Right now, Takato is 18, the age where he should be in his last yeat of high school, but if you've read 'Forbidden Love', you'll learn that he no longer goes to school.
The day was nice and bright. People wandered on the streets of Shinjuko, going to places.
But they are of no importance. The main focus of our story takes place in the library. In this library, there was a very dedicated worker, not that it really mattered. Its just that he is the only one there who actually seems to enjoy working there.
"Just remember to bring it back before the due date." Takato said, smiling to the little girl who was checking out a storybook.
"I will, Matsuki-san." The little girl smiled back at him, "Come on mommy, I want to read this right away."
Takato smiled as the little girl and her mother walked out of the library. This was his life, a quiet time working at the library and going home after. It wasn't the luxurious life, but it still satisfied him.
"Takato, we've got some books that need to be shelved." A fellow female librarian said as he approuched Takato. "Ricky's sick for the day, and I'm dealing with a kid who wants a library card."
"I'll get to it right away then." Takato said, "Let me just take care of this last customer, Yaeko"
"Thanks, Takato." Yaeko smiled, "Hey listen, you wanna grab a coffee on our break?"
"Sure." Takato smiled, "That'll be great."
"Great." Yaeko smiled, "I'll see you then. For now, I'll let you get back to work."
"Thanks." Takato smiled.
This was his life now. A nice quiet life. Of course there were times he wished he could have done some other things, but that didn't mean he regreted this decision. He was quite happy with the choice he made.
He finished with dealing with the last customer in his line and proceeded to move on to shelf the library books. He rolled the trolley along through the carpet floor, moving to the many sections of the library. Yaeko took the liberty of ordering the books out into sections, so that all Takato had to do was go to the sections the books were organized in, and not have to search for the section of individuel books. The first section he went to was the cooking section. The books that he shelved had some interesting covers, some that even got Takato to take a second glance.
"Maybe I'll pick one of these up tomorrow for a glance." He said to himself.
The next section that he had to go to was the history section. The covers of these books also interested him; one being on whether or not King Arthur was truly the king that was described in literature. Others included Hiroshima, World War I, The coming of Hitler, and other books on war. Finally, the last section he had to go to was the science fiction. As he was putting the books on the shelf, he came acroos the final book which caught his eye more than the others.
Dimensional Theories:
More Rules to the It?
Takato looked at the book in surprise. This could be an interesting book for him to look at. He chose to keep the book with him, shelfing the rest of the books and taking the trolley to where the rest of them were stored. He checked his watch and saw that his break was in another minute, so he made his to the library's entrance/exit, and sure enough, Yaeko was waiting for him. She was in a black coat that went down to just above her knees.
"You ready?" Yaeko asked.
"Yeah." Takato said, "Let me just run one thing on the computer and get my coat."
"Sure thing." Yaeko smiled, "I'll wait for you outside."
"So how are you enjoying your second week at work?" Takato asked, taking a sip of his coffee.
"Its going great." Yaeko said. She held her coffe in her two hands, warming the palms, "Everyone's really nice to me."
"Well, there's no reason to be rude to co-workers." Takato laughed.
Yaeko laughed with him, "So, how is Rika doing?"
"She's doing great." Takato answered. "So how bout you? Did you talk to Ricky yet?"
Yaeko quickly looked down at her coffee. "He's a nice guy, but I don't think he really notices me."
"Well, you're not giving him a chance to." Takato said, "Everytime he's around, you always hide behind some books. Maybe if you made the first move, you might have a better chance in knowing him."
"You really think so?" Yaeko asked.
"I've been with Rika for over two years." Takato smiled, "You think I make up these ideas on the spot?"
Takato opened the door to his apartment. He tossed his keys on the kitchen table and headed straight for his bedroom. With the book in his hand, he went to his desk and began to skim through the contents, looking for anything interesting. After a inute or two of searching, he found a page that had some new knowledge for him. The creator of the theory seemed to have some intellegence that Takato hasn't read of before.
"There may be the possible theory that traveling to these other dimensions may involve the Space-Time Continuum. Similar of how fictional stories involve heroes who can bend time, and move through space, it may be possible to use this in dimensional travels. It may be required to have a perfect amount of stillness to successfully achieve dimensional teleportation. It has been once said that pure concentration requires absolute silence and zero distraction. Now the only possible way to achieve pure concentration is to be completely frozen in time. But if it were possible the pause of time could in fact allow a human being to move through dimensional space and transport himself/herself to a completely new realm of reality.
In theory, to make dimensional teleportation a success, one should not bend time and move through space, but bend time to move through space."
This guy really knew how to make a theory, this was something Takato could really use. Maybe this author could be right, stopping time may be essential in going to other dimensions, it may be the only way for Takato to have any hope of getting to the Order Realm. He decided to read more to find any possible ways on making this theory possible. Within the next fifteen minutes, he came across a section of another chapter written by another person.
"The movement of time in our world is always constant, never stopping or being manipulated. Alternate dimensions don't follow the same flow of time as ours, while we follow a specific amount in seconds, another dimension may consider a second to be much longer."
Takato kept reading on, reading different thoeries.
"Traveling to another dimension is not impossible, but merely near impossible.
In 1593, a man by the name of Gil Perez found himself in Mexico City when he was on sentry duty in Manila seconds ago.
The theory I have to share through this event is that the way to other dimensions or to other locations is through pockets scattered throughout the planet. They are very difficult to see, only being visible for split seconds if someone can fix their eyes on the spot at precise accuracy. These pockets flash in different locations, never reappearing in the same location right after. The only possible way to find these pockets are to either be lucky enough to be standing perfectly still in the spot where the pocket will appear, or stop the flow of time and just walk right into one.
If time manipulation is in fact possible, then there would be many people in our planet disappearing and reappearing all over the place."
"Wow..." Takato was mesmerized by the words from these theories. Maybe one of them might be able to help him find a way to the Order Realm. Its been a while since he first started looking into finding theories and clues on how to go to other dimensions, but each of them never really gave him the right answers, but these book helped him get just a little closer to his goal. He then heard a knock on his door. "Who's there?"
"Its Rika." The voice on the other side responded.
"Rika?" Takato glanced at the clock on the corner of his desk, "Oh right." He got up from his desk and wakled over to the door. He opened it and standing on the otherside was none other than Rika, "Hi."
"Hi to you." Rika smiled.
"Sorry, I didn't answer the door sooner, I was doing some reading." Takato said, holding the book in his hand.
"Tell me about it later." Rika took his hand as she dragged him out, "We're gonna be late."
"Hold on, let me get my coat." Takato tossed the book on the couch and grabbed his coat that was hanging right next to the door.
The night was cool, a small breeze blew along the streets, carrying leaves and a bit of dust with it. It was the time of night where people were either still in their workplaces or at home, with only a few people who were outside to get to places without a car.
From the privacy of the rooftops, far from the eyes of anyone, a paranormal activity occured. From the emptiness of the air, a small vortex formed, slowly growing and revealing a passageway inside. From this opening, a body forced itself out and onto the human world. Once the entire body was out, the portal faded away, leaving this figure alone on the roof.
"Finally..." The figure hissed out, "Earth."
The face of the figure was shown from the light of the streetlamps as well as the moon that was just pearing from the horizon. Flaps of skin hung on his face, which was nothing more than a skull under a battle warrior's helmet.
"I will find you." He said, "And when I do, Chaos will be there."
The couple sat together in elegent chairs that took up the entire room, save for a stage at the front. The seats were all filled with people in formal clothing, most of them in black. The stage had many people in elegant clothing, large dresses and large hair styles. What stood out from them all was the character that wore a white mask that covered most of his face. The performance ended with a scene that had a chandelier crashing down on the stage.
"That was pretty good." Takato said, "I can't believe you actually talked me into seeing this."
"Well, you're enjoying it aren't you?" Rika asked.
The two were together by a stand-up table, having a drink during the intermission of the musical they were watching; Phantom of the Opera. Rika had begged Takato to take her to see this, and with enough persuasion, Takato gave in and bought tickets for the both of them.
"Oh yeah." Takato smiled.
The two continued on their conversations of how school and work was going for them. With Rika still at school and everyone there still not knowing of Takato's whereabouts, Takato didn't really have to worry about people giving her much trouble regarding him.
"So, how are things going with your research?" Rika asked.
"I think I may have gotten closer to finding it." Takato answered, "I found a book that mentioned theories on how to find ways to get to other dimensions. These theories are much more helpful when I consider all the other things I've read."
Before Takato could go more indept with this, a chime was heard.
"Looks like you'll have to wait until after." Rika said, "The second Act is going to start soon."
Rika held onto Takato's hand and pulled him along through the crowd and back to their seats.
The two sat together on the roof of her house, staring up into the night sky and gazing at the stars.
"You ever wonder if you need to use these gifts for saving people again?" Rika asked, "It's been a long time since the news mentioned about Blood Rose."
Takato stroked Rika's hair with his warm hands, "Shinjuko doesn't need Blood Rose anymore. The city's safe now, this gives me the time to be with you with no more distractions. They don't need him for the crime we have now, the police are more than enough."
"But don't you ever dream about going out there and fighting crime again?" Rika asked some more questions.
"Of course I do." Takato answered, "But its not worth spending my time out there when I could be with you."
"You really love me that much?" Rika asked, smiling at Takato.
"Of course I do." Takato said.
"Tell me." Rika requested to her lover, "Tell me you love me."
"I love you so much." Takato smiled, "That will never change."
Takato leaned towards her and closed his eyes. Rika responded by closing hers as the their lips met. What seemed like mere seconds felt like a lifetime for the two, they kissed eachother, knowing that there would be no distraction.
"Rika?"
Well, almost no distractions.
"Yes mom?" Rika called back.
"Where are you?" Her mom asked, apparently from the kitchen of their house.
"I'm outside." Rika called back again.
"Well, hurry back in, you'll catch a cold."
Rika giggled, while Takato could only smile. "Sorry Takato." Rika said, "But you know I have a curfew to follow."
"Don't worry." Takato said, "Tonight was more than enough fun." He held onto Rika's hand and the two closed their eyes. when they opened up, they were now off the roof and right in front of Rika's front door. "I'll call you tomorrow after school."
"Ok, bye." Rika planted a quick kiss on his lips.
"Bye."
I am really sorry for taking too long with this story, but my Naruto fanfic really got me focused on it instead.
I can't say for sure when the update will be, but please bear with me.
This chapter is short, because I didn't want the 'big' stuff to happen just yet.