Uh-oh, I'm not updating as regularly as I'd hoped... -_-' Sorry, but I'm a high school senior now, and I'm stressing out about college stuff xP
But enough about me and my problems...
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Also the title was supposed to read "Time To... Totoro?", but periods aren't allowed in the chapter titles :( (I wish they'd be banned elsewhere, if you know what I mean ;P)
Sorry, that was kind of a long blurb. Without further ado, enjoy chapter 5! :D
"Mei? Mei? MEI!" Young Satsuki ran around the fields near her home. She lost her younger sister, whom she was desperate to find.
'This isn't good… I'll have to ask Totoro for help! But… where is he?'
Satsuki ran around, not willing to give up. The last time she had lost her, she was fine, only scared. Satsuki had only the cat bus to thank. If it wasn't for the strange creature/vehicle hybrid, Mei probably would have had to spend that night out in the wilderness. And now, with all the talk about infected people…
She ran to the shrine as fast as her legs would carry her. 'Please be ok, Mei!' She thought to herself.
"Satsuki!" Satsuki whipped her head around and saw her sister, bawling, run up to her and embrace her around the waist.
"Mei, don't do that again! I told you not to wander off!"
"I'm sorry, but I was looking for Totoro, but then I got lost. That's when I met this funny man"
Satsuki looked up and noticed a man standing just outside the small dedication to a higher power. He was a tall man, with a bald head and strange, goggle-looking eyewear that gave him red pupils. His outfit was something neither Satsuki nor Mei was used to. To make things even weirder, he had an unusual device he wore on his right forearm.
"Mei, that's not a nice thing to say!" Satsuki scolded, even though she agreed with her sister.
"It's no problem. I'm out to help the ladies, no matter how small" the man said. Then, the aforementioned device started to speak in a female voice. It said:
"Cortez, a wormhole opened up to the year 1945, just a few kilometers from your current location. You've got to go through before it closes and stop this thing!"
"Right, I'm on it" he replied. "Well, it's time to split!"
With those final words, Sgt. Cortez left the presence of Satsuki and Mei.
"Wait-!" Satsuki tried to say, but it was too late, Cortez had vanished.
"I wish we could have thanked him properly…" Satsuki said as she stared into the direction Cortez had headed. Satsuki's mind abruptly shifted gears after she heard a heart-sinking, moan/cry. "No…" Satsuki whispered, gripped by the clutches of fear. She reached for her younger sister.
"Sis, what is it?" Mei asked, unaware of the danger she was in.
"Sssssh! Mei, you have to be quiet!" she sternly whispered. The cry got louder. Satsuki took a tight hold of her sister, and started to run in the opposite direction of the sound. The cry turned into a screech, and a pale face with bleached-blonde hair appeared. She had dried blood on her face and the look of pure insanity in her eyes. Her hands seemed more like claws, and they were raised as she came towards the two sisters. They both gave a loud, blood-curling scream as they tightly shut their eyes, silently wishing the witch would kill them quick and painlessly.
They heard her come to an abrupt stop.
Satsuki daringly opened her eyes and witnessed the witch, limp with a steel spear intercepting her abdominal cavity. Afterward, the only sound was Mei, huddled in a ball as she bore her fingernails into her hair, eyes tightly shut, and madly bawling. Satsuki darted her head around, desperate to find out where the spear had come from.
"Excuse me, but you wouldn't have happened to see my old friend Luke, have you?"
Satsuki saw a tall man with dirty blonde hair, glasses, and a blue outfit she wasn't familiar with. In fact, the design seemed odd to her. "Mei, it's ok. Mei, open your eyes now!"
Mei looked up and saw the man who had saved her and her sister.
"Colonel! Oh, I finally found you!" A young, black-haired girl with pigtails tied with ribbon said. She wore a pink outfit, similar in style to that of man who owned the spear. For whatever reason, she had a doll's arms wrapped around her neck and it hung behind her.
"Ah, Anise. Did you happen to meet up with Guy?"
"Of course, Colonel!"
"Anise, do you have to run so fast?" A man with short, blonde hair, orange clothing, and a sheathed sword tied around his waist exclaimed. He was out of breath.
Jade proceeded to remove his spear from the witch he had earlier impaled.
"Wow, sounds like you've been through a lot, Tear" Penelope said as the two girls walked through a green area.
"Look, up ahead!" Tear said.
Penelope looked up ahead and saw what looked like a group of six people; three young girls, two men and a woman.
"Hey, you guys, it's Tear!" the younger of the two men exclaimed. Once they got closer, Penelope got a good look at the woman. Penelope felt she was in the presence of royalty. The woman was so beautiful, with her golden hair and delicate expression. Penelope deducted that this woman was an archer, do to the quiver on her back and the metallic finger guard she wore.
"Why, I don't think we've had the pleasure." The woman said to Penelope.
"Oh, um, I'm Penelope, and I'll be working with Tear to find Luke."
"Goodness, could you be the one Tear was telling us about?"
"Yeah, that'd be me… I guess" she said.
"Well, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I'm Colonel Jade Curtiss, but please, call me Jade" the older man said to Penelope.
"And I'm Anise!" the young girl with black pigtails chirped ever-so-happily.
"I'm Guy, it's a pleasure to meet you" the younger man added.
"And I am Princess Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear. I dearly hope you can be of assistance in finding our beloved Luke" the woman said with a delicate bow.
"Um… I-It's a pleasure to meet you all"
At that moment, Penelope heard the sound of a roaring… meow? Penelope couldn't believe what she was seeing. It was a huge, feline-like creature with several legs that she couldn't even begin to count. It came to a sudden stop, just a few yards or so from Penelope. Jade, Guy, and Natalia, for some reason, didn't seem to notice.
"Catbus!" Young Mei exclaimed upon seeing the creature.
"C-Catbus? Tear, what is that?" Penelope asked. Tear seemed almost as shocked as Penelope.
"I-I'm not entirely sure…" She responded.
"Whoa, this is sooo cool!" Anise squealed as she started to run around it.
"Um, just what's happening here?" Guy asked, confused.
"Are you not seeing this?" Penelope asked as she pointed to the catbus. Guy and Natalia both looked, but they didn't seem to see anything.
"Perhaps I can offer an explanation?" Jade said.
"Please, Jade. I'm not fond of being made a fool of!" Natalia said in a huff.
"Cat vehicles, or in this case, a 'catbus', are magical creatures that only reveal themselves to those under the age of eighteen"
"So that's why Natalia and I can't see anything" Guy said.
"Huh? But Tear, you can see it, can't you?" Penelope inquired.
"Well, I am only sixteen"
"Huh? Really? You look at least 19!" Penelope exclaimed.
"Oh, you think so?" Tear asked, embarrassed.
At this time, Satsuki and Mei had boarded the catbus, and the catbus was leaving. As it did, Satsuki leaned out the window and yelled, "Thanks again for saving us!"
The gang saw them off, and as she waved good-bye, her mind began to wonder.
I wonder what Naruto's been up to this whole time… He is the first person I met here, I can't help but wonder.
Cast:
Satsuki (Totoro)
Mei (Totoro)
Cortez (Time Splitters)
Witch (Left 4 Dead)
Jade Curtiss (Tales of the Abyss)
Anise Tatlin (Tales of the Abyss)
Guy Cecil (Tales of the Abyss)
Penelope (OC)
Tear Grants (Tales of the Abyss)
Natalie Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear (Tales of the Abyss)
Catbus (Totoro)
Honorable Mention:
Totoro (Totoro)
Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto/Naruto: Shippuden)