Trapped in the Fandom net
Me: welcome back to Trapped in the Fandom Net everyone!
Neko: Have you finished hammering out the plotline, Moon-chan?
Me: Sure have Neko. There will be a Gatekeeper council, and I'm going to take entries for that, but it happens later. I'll let you know when!
Ichigo: What's a Gatekeeper anyway?
Me: I refuse to put up spoilers. You'll just have to read and find out.
Ichigo: You're no fun. BladeofMoonlight does not own TMM or MMP. NOR DOES SHE OWN WHAT REALLY HAPPENED! That fic STRICTY belongs to MONKEY-LOVER-25!
Me: that's right. Now let's get going!
Chapter 1: Romance
Moon skipped down a hard dirt path that lead through a series of canyons out to an open plain. Ichigo looked around. The sky seemed infinite, as did the ground. It seemed to stretch on forever, millions of paths leading in different directions. But Moon walked among them confidently, and she seemed to know where she was going.
At last, the path ended. Ichigo looked practically straight up at the tablet where the path ended. A huge screen sat in the middle of the road, at least a story tall. On the top it read; . In boxes below, it read Anime/Manga, Books, Cartoons, Comics, Games, Misc, Movies, Plays, TV. The screen itself was encased in a large silver cage, the bars so close to each other there was no way a person could slip through.
Ryou didn't know what to say, so of course he asked a stupid question. "Why the cage?"
Neko whirled on him and glared. "Its there to stop nosy people, like you, for going to different earths."
"Huh?" Ryou looked at her in confusion.
"It's okay, Neko. I'll erase their memories of this place if they intend to speak of it." Moon replied, a bit too casually for Ichigo's taste. "The reason no one knows this place exists, and most who do don't know its true purpose, is because..." She turned around and looked them in the eye. "Think of every book you've read, every show you've seen. Those worlds are all real."
The clearing was very, very quiet. Moon took that as a request to continue.
"The ones that prosper the most are the ones who are implanted with the most alternate realities...the greatest number of possibilities, things that COULD happen, ways for people to expand their universe, change their fate or future...those ones prosper the most. They are the least likely to decay, to fall into nothingness from neglect. Your Earth is one of those favored few."
"W-W-Wait!" Mint stammered out finally. "You mean books like Inkheart, Lord of the Rings, Dear Dumb Diary...! They're all real?"
"The different realities are woven so finely, the multiple Earths do not coexist. And for cosmic balance to be maintained, it is to remain that way." Moon replied mysteriously. Then she smiled. "But you aren't supposed to know that, spill and I'll take away all you memories!" She turned from the group and scampered up to the gate.
"Please confirm your identity, Gatekeeper." A computerized voice said.
Moon took the large key off her neck and spoke clearly. "I am BladeofMoonlight, a Gatekeeper of Anime/Manga and Games, and I oversee 17 different realities." She inserted her key in the lock and turned it. There was a loud click, and the cage slowly unlocked and vanished into the ground.
Moon singled for the gang to come closer. Slowly, (with a little nudge from Neko) they did. Moon reached up and touched Anime/Manga. Immediately, the screen changed. It listed thousands of different titles. Sure enough, the title Tokyo Mew Mew was one of the ones closer to the top. The number listed next to it was 4, 854.
Moon smiled and clicked it too. A large door opened. She turned around and faced them. "Follow me." And she vanished inside. Neko followed her.
The group looked at each other. Then they followed.
/In the Tokyo Mew Mew category:
Ichigo looked around in awe. The path was dark as night, just like it was outside, lit by thousands of torches. Moon took a far left at the crossing and headed down the smooth, flower-laden path marked 'Romance' They reached the end of the road and Moon pushed the door open
Then came a sound that wasn't heard often, a soft popping noise. And that was the sound of ten mouths dropping open in identical astonished expressions.
The Romance category glowed in a dazzling brightness, with all the shiny, cheery colors in existence. Trees stood among a perfect emerald green-grass clearing. Flowers grew every where, some pink, some violet, still others colors of love. The sky was pure black and shone with countless stars.
Ichigo, for some reason, started feeling absurdly happy the moment she stepped inside and onto the soft grass. She felt like flying. Her heart felt completely weightless and she spun in circles, filled with an untamed joy she could not fully understand. She had never felt like this before, never.
The others were quickly filled with the same feeling. Lettuce and Pudding started spinning like Ichigo, Mint kept jumping around, Kish kept flying around the treetops until he crashed to the ground with dizziness, Ryou was running about like a child, Keiichiro was having a laughing fit, even Zakuro and Pai had enormous grins on their faces that wouldn't leave. They all felt like they could splash through seas as if they were puddles, snap highways between their fingers, and push mountains aside with no effort at all. Along with the feeling of happiness was unbridled peace and security, filling in along with the endless energy.
"haha...gasp...M-Moon c-chan, what is this amazing feeling?" Mint gasped out, a huge grin still stuck on her face.
Moon was smiling too, but in a slightly more controlled manner. "You're feeling love, in its purest form. Different genres give you different feelings, and Romance is the happiest of all. I always come here when I'm upset about something."
Neko nodded. The love was affecting her too, because she was smiling brightly.
"Anyway, come on. The screen's this way."
The very happy group obliged and walked into the center of the clearing, which looked like it had a little outdoor theater installed in it. Still giggling, Ichigo sat down on one of the red chairs, not even noticing when Kish sat down next to her hand held her hand. Yes, it was that powerful. The others gathered around on other chairs and looked at the screen.
Moon took out what looked like an ID card and inserted it in the TV. Immediately it started to glow blue, like before you started a movie.
It read; What REALLY happened, by Monkey-Lover-25
The movie began at chapter 2, which happened to be titled, Pudding's Confession and Tart's new feeling.
Tart's eyes nearly bugged out of their sockets, and Pudding's eyes brightened.
Tart's P.O.V.
I turned around and looked a little bit. Thank god Pudding can't see me! "Well Purin, what would you do if Taruto was here?" DAMN MEW! I gave Minto a small death glare and I turned to see Pudding again, she looked deep in thought.
"What's going on here?" Tart asked, eyes wide but still giggling from the air the genre was giving off.
"Well, first I would give him a BIG HUG! (of course) Then Pudding would ask Taru-Taru if he would come to play with Pudding, (which would be no!) but, Pudding knows the answer..." She looks sad, IM SUCH A BAKA!
"BAKA?"
"SHUSH TART!" Ichigo giggled. "We're kinda trying to enjoy this!"
Tart tried to glare at her, but the atmosphere wouldn't let him. Moon giggled loudly.
I hit my forehead hard and when I say hard I mean, you can hear it. I took my hand off my forehead and just waited too see what would happen.
"Taruto, your current expression is priceless." Neko said, laughing slightly.
Tart's head snapped up and his face was a dark shade of red. Pudding smiled real big.
Pudding's P.O.V.
I could see Minto-oneechan was about me what would be the answer for the question I would ask Taru-Taru, until we both heard a loud SMACK! Minto-oneechan turned around and she started to talk, but too who? I walked a little around Minto-oneechan and saw Taru-Taru. I smiled and ran to im, "TARU-TARU!" I held him real close too where I feel his chest. I could also feel his arms trying not too hug me back, and I could also feel him start too struggle, so I let go and smile at him!
"Awww!" Ichigo cooed.
Tart's blush deepened and Pudding's face was red too.
"Hi, I don't know why I'm here, and NO!" The last answer made me sad a little, "Well see you later Purin! Bye...alien.."
"ITS TART! TART!" I started too giggle when Taru-Taru swing his arms around and stomp his legs up and down, man did he look cute! He gave me a confused look,
"Hey, whats so funny?" I stopped and looked at my little, cute, alien friend and smiled,
"Well Pudding was just thinking of how cute Taru-Taru looked while giving his tantrum." I smiled and I saw a blush creep on Taru-Taru's face which made me smile more.
"S-STOP SMILEING!"
"Pudding can't help it if Pudding like Taru-Taru!" he gave me a confusion face a little blush,
"W-what?" "Pudding said that she likes Taru-Taru...probably more than a friend!"
By now both Tart and Pudding were redder than tamatos, Kish was whisling, the mews were all having a total giggle fit, and Ryou was just staring at the screen, mouth open.
Tart's P.O.V.
M...More than a friend?Th-that means... "Yep, Pudding likes you! More than a friend!"
I stared at her with wide eyes. Wh-what? I mean I might..NO! I HATE HER! I shook my head her which kinda made her sad, but I have too leave before I feel the same. I telported out of that situation and was in my room. I landed on my red bed, I mean why does she like my? Look at me? Have fangs and elf ears? And she has monkey fangs and...monkey..tails..and..ears. Maybe were not different than we think we are.
Kish entered my room and sat down next too me. I ptted my har and made a mess out my hair."Hey I need you too capture that mew mew...whats her face...the girl you like!"
"I HATE HER! And why?" Kish smirked and his eyes went from gold like mine to a sheer, ice blue, which meant he was thinking something dirty or evil...sometimes both! "So you and that little monkey can get together and we need too test if any of the mews have a weakness."
"Oh KISH!" Ichigo half said, half laughed. "You'll always bit a bit perverted, huh?"
Kish blushed awkwardly at that, before nodding sheepishly and turning back to the screen, where the little movie was occuring.
I gave him a serious look and a pissed one at that, " Well good luck getting one from Pudding cause she doesn't have o..." I stopped right there, cause Pudding does have a weakness, and that weakness is..ME!
"So she doesn't have! That's where you come in! You have too watch her!" "I have too what!" Me...Pudding...In a room...ALONE! There's something wrong with this guy! What if Pudding tries too kiss me or something? "Fine..but you will regret it! Sooner or later!"
"Good! You get her tomorrow morning! Good night!" Wht in the eep Blue of hell have I gotten myself into?
"T...the other chapters are attached to the story, which can b-be found on M-Monkey's profile." Moon managed through fits of laughter. "TART, PUDDING, YOU TWO ARE SO CUTE!"
Everyone turned and looked at the young couple, who looked like they were about to die of emerbessment.
/Outside
Ichigo was a little sad to leave the Romance genre, but she managed to get off her hyper edge and regain her common sense.
"...Zakuro!" Moon said suddenly. "Pick a genre!"
"..." For a second, Zakuro remained silent. Then she spoke. "Tragedy."
"Oh, Tragedy." Moon cooed. "I have one in mind..." And she and Neko lead then down the roads once again...
End Chapter
Author's Note: Hey Monkey-Lover! Did you like that? I hope everyone did! And the whole 'other earths' thing has something to do with the plotline...(insert ominus music here) which is also connected to the gatekeeper council..but enough of that! I have had a Tragedy story in mind, but if you've got a suggestion, I'll happily listen to it! I hope you all stick with me! Thanks for reading!
Oh and R&R on your way out!