Chapter 7 – Aftermath of Comiket
Kyoko's POV
We ended up meeting with the others and sneaking away from Big Sight before the police and media wave showed up in swarms. Escaping to a small ramen shop Hiro said she's been to before. Once it was clear that nobody followed us, we were able to relax and, in Chinatsu and I's cases, fully explain to the others what exactly was going on.
"A-A different world?"
"M-Magical powers?"
"Yeah…it was definitely an experience." I said to Yui and Sachiko as they were shocked out of their minds.
"S-So…this "Puyo Puyo" game is actually real, your cousin knows people from a different world, and you two gained magical powers that seem VERY similar to the Copy Abilities from the Hoshi no Kābī series?" Hiro asked Chinatsu as she was recapping what we just said.
"Yep. Pretty much."
"What the hell…I know this kind of thing should be normal for us…but even I'm at a disbelief for this."
"Yeah, I don't blame you."
"All of that's cool and all…" Akari said. "…but I think you guys are glossing over the fact that KIRBY IS REAL! OH, MY GOD! THIS IS SUCH A DREAM COME TRUE!"
"Since when were you a Kirby fanatic?" I asked.
"You kidding?! I've ALWAYS been a Kirby fanatic! I've played every game at least 3 times! Hoshi no Kābī 1, Hoshi no Kābī 2, Hoshi no Kābī 3…Hoshi no Kābī: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari, Hoshi no Kābī Sūpā Derakkusu, Hoshi no Kābī 64, Hoshi no Kābī: Kagami no Dai Meikyū, which is my all-time favorite…even the new ones like Hoshi no Kābī Wii, Hoshi no Kābī: Toripuru Derakkusu, Hoshi no Kābī: Robobo Puranetto, Hoshi no Kābī: Sutā Araizu, and even…"
"O-OKAY! AKARI! We get it!" Chinatsu yelled after this went on longer than it should have.
"Aw~! But I was nowhere near done~!"
"We don't have time to sit here and listen to you list every single Kirby game! Get a grip on yourself!"
"Boo~…"
"W-Wow…Kirby's sure has gone on a lot of adventures." Amitie said as she was listening on while eating (though honestly struggling) her bowl of ramen.
"It's no wonder he's always shown sleeping…" Kaori added.
"Anyway…" Yui spoke. "…you guys said that you gained powers from it all, right? Are they really Copy Abilities?"
"Well…we're not really sure." I said. "That Puyo just spat out these necklaces at us without even explaining what they are."
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"Then again…I highly doubt it could with the only thing it could say was "Puyopuyo~"."
"Th-They can talk?"
"Yeah…but that one word is basically all they say." Lidelle answered.
"Huh…"
"Anyway…if you guys want to know if your new powers are Copy Abilities, you can let Amitie try to use them. After all…she's got like 9 of them."
"N-NINE Copy Abilities?!" Akari shouted in pure glee. "Wh-What are they?! What are they?!"
"U-Uh, well…" Amitie stuttered as she was slightly uncomfortable from how close Akari was to her face. "…Fire, Water, Ice, Plasma, Poison, Mirror, ESP, Yo-Yo…and my newest one Crash."
"Woah…that's AMAZING, Amitie!"
"That last one, though, almost destroyed us all along with this entire world." Yu said.
"I-I said I was sorry, okay?! You guys don't need to constantly bring it up!"
"We almost DIED because of it, Amitie. I think we have every right to bring it up."
"But I thought you were all in on the idea of dying again." Floré said."
"Like I said before…I'm not willing to be killed by Amitie of all people. I'd rather jump off Ta-Toon-Da Castle."
"Is she always this suicidal?" Hiro asked.
"Yeah…but the reason for that is…complicated." Lidelle answered.
When is anything from that world NOT complicated?
"A-Anyway…how are we supposed to do this?" I asked Amitie.
"Well…the way I've done it had me absorbing whatever the power was with my left hand. It would transfer to my wristband and then I would have that ability. So, maybe it'll work if I just hold your necklace."
"Okay…I don't really get how that works, but…who am I to question it after what I've been through today? Let's do it."
I gave Amitie my necklace and she held the light-purple star part of it tight for a few seconds. Her green wristband soon changed to the same color and…
"Artist!"
…She suddenly changed into an artist's outfit, gained a red beret on her head, and had in her right hand a paintbrush that had multiple colors on it and seemed like it was infinite.
Kinda like my hair was when I used the power…
"Well, that confirms it. It's a Copy Ability." Lidelle said.
"Woah…so, it's called Artist?" Amitie asked as she was looking over her new form. "What do I do with it?"
"Ooh! I know! I know!" Akari shouted as she raised her hand in excitement "Artist is a Copy Ability that debuted in Hoshi no Kābī: Sutā Araizu. With it, you can splash paint on your enemies and create artwork that come to life and fight for you. It's a really handy ability."
"Woah…create artwork that comes to life?" Hearing that an ability that can do that is in MY hands really got me excited.
Just think of all the things I can do with it! A Happy Go Lily manga adaptation with LIVING drawings would be so freaking cool!
"Okay, what about mine?" Chinatsu asked as she took off her necklace and gave it to Amitie. "I wanna know what kind of ability I have."
"Sure." Amitie said. "I mean…if Artist can be a thing, then I'm sure this could work." She then clenched the slightly darker purple star part (which I now noticed had a picture of a microphone on it) for a few seconds. Making her wristband change color again and…
"Mike!"
…She soon gained a gold-colored microphone and a pair of red earphones with a yellow star on them. As opposed to Chinatsu's pink earphones with a black star on them and rainbow-colored microphone.
"Another Copy Ability." Yui said. "What's this one all about, Akari?"
"It's the Mike Ability! One of the original 24 Copy Abilities that debuted in Hoshi no Kābī: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari!" Akari cheered. "This ability gives you three chances to scream into the microphone for massive ear-piercing damage! The third one being the most deadly of them all…"
"Scream for ear-piercing damage?" Chinatsu asked as she stared at her microphone with a disgruntled look. "Why do I feel like this ability is more of an insult?"
"Probably because you're a really crappy singer." Sachiko said.
"My ears are still ringing from the horrid sounds of absolute torture…" Famitsu added while shivering in pure trauma.
"Again…you didn't need to react THAT hard to it." Chinatsu's disgruntled look grew even more.
"So, that answers the question of you guys gaining Copy Abilities." Yui said. "But now the question is…WHY did you guys gain these abilities? How are Copy Abilities even real in the first place and why is it only you two out of this entire world?"
"That…is something to think about…" I said before going dead silent as I thought about this hard.
I bet I know who to ask about this. But…I'll save it for later…
"Well, in any case…now that we got that out of the way, I can fully explain to everyone here the ENTIRE history of theHoshi no Kābī series! Starting with the very first one!"
"A-Akari…" Yui and Sachiko's faces grew pale from hearing that.
Oh, boy…time to find an escape route…
As this conversation (that nobody asked for) was going on, I noticed Feli laying her head on the table. Physically and mentally exhausted from what this day had brought to her.
"Wow…look at you." I said as I sat next to her. "You look like you just got bitch-slapped hard in the face with the main character troupe. I've had that exact same feeling countless of times."
"I would question exactly what the hell are you talking about…but I'm too exhausted to even do that."
"Well, good. You probably wouldn't get it, anyway."
I sure as hell don't. And I've been doing this since middle school…
"*sigh* Is Comiket normally this tiring?" Feli asked as she raised her head up from the table."I can barely move after all we went through."
"Well…aside from stopping an other-worlder from using her video game-based powers from destroying the entire country…it's pretty much the extent of it. By the time it's all over, you're too damn exhausted to make your way home. So, you just end up collapsing wherever you see fit."
"You make it sound oddly routine, Kyoko. Are you an expert in this kind of thing?"
"Uh, well…past experiences, really."
"Huh…" Feli went silent for a bit. "…you know, the more you talk about these "past experiences", the more curious I get about them."
"Trust me, Feli. You don't want to know…" I gained a sweatdrop.
"Hey~…still breathing~?"
"What, Futaba?" Feli said coldly as Futaba was poking her head in a teasing manner.
"You know we still gotta look for that Miracle Cure doujin, right?"
"You mean we STILL gotta grab that thing?! *whine* Can't we just go home~?!"
"It was the whole reason for us coming here. I'm not going to just give up after nearly getting into a fight with nerdy virgins, sitting through a Mario Kart Tournament, and almost dying because Amitie lost her temper again. Now, come on."
"But I don't wanna~!"
"Feli…"
"No~! You can't make me~!"
"Can we not do this with your "whiney baby" personality? You're making a big scene over nothing."
"Not as big as your boobs~!"
"That doesn't make any sense…" Futaba gained a huge sweatdrop.
"*giggle* You two sure do get along, huh?" I asked as I was watching this rather stupid argument play on.
"Yeah, we sure do. Even though we've only known each other for a little over two years at this point, the two of us act like we've been together since childhood. A bit strange, huh? Since we live in two separate worlds and all."
"No way! Regardless if it's different worlds or different dimensions. The bond of a friendship should be the most important thing in the world to you. I wouldn't be here today if I didn't live by that rule."
"What do you mean by that?" Feli asked.
"W-Well…" I blushed a little as I looked away from the two girls.
Can't believe I'm doing this again…
I then began to remove my pink scarf from my neck and slowly revealed the ginormous scar that took up nearly half the space. The surprised looks on their faces most likely meant that it was the most bizarre thing they've ever seen.
…
Well…probably behind Ayano's markings and Akari's missing eye.
"Woah…Kyoko, what happened to your neck?" Feli asked.
"*sigh* This is what happens when you don't value your friendships more than you should." I replied as I quickly started wrapping her neck back up. "Long story short, this keeps me from going back to how I used to be. Just keep on moving forward."
"Woah…" Was all the duo could say.
"Geez, there you go showing off that scar again." Chinatsu said as she wrapped herself around me from behind. "I thought you were embarrassed by that thing."
"I am, but…y-you know…it's been proving to be useful as of late, so…wh-why not?"
"Hm~? Maybe it's because you're just an exhibitionist, Kyoko~. Plan on getting naked eventually~?"
"I-I wasn't…sh-shut up!" My face was bright red at this point.
"These two definitely get along." I hear Feli whisper to Futaba.
"*giggle* Yeah, clearly."
Geez…I hate how I'm easily embarrassed now…
"Hey! Futaba! Come check this out!" Yu called out to us.
"Ayano's gonna try and sneak us back inside Big Sight to grab our own copies of the Miracle Cure doujin!" Akari added.
"Seriously?! You can do that?!" Futaba asked in shock.
"My body's feeling recharged now after that incident earlier." Ayano said. "I can get us past the police and media frenzy without being detected. And soon, the Miracle Cure doujin will be ours!"
"Alright, Ayano!" Hiro and Amitie cheered with glee.
"What? No! Guys…you can't just STEAL doujin!" I yelled.
"Why not? It's just gonna sit there." Ayano said.
"That doesn't mean you can just TAKE it! Someone worked very hard on it and it would definitely hurt them like hell if nobody was legally reading it! That's such an asshole thing to do!"
"Wow, Kyoko…that sounded very personal." Mao said.
"I just really hate piracy. The fact that people not only do it on a regular basis but also justify it as being "morally correct" just pisses me off. Those goddamn scumbags…"
"O-Okay, Kyoko. We won't just take them." Ayano said and the other Miracle Cure fans agreed. Most likely due to the fact that my anger about it scared them a little.
"Well, with that idea thrown out, what are you guys gonna do now?" Chinatsu asked.
"*sigh* I don't know…it sucks that we came all the way to Ariake for pretty much nothing."
"What do you mean "for nothing"?!" Sachiko yelled. "I won a freaking Dreamcast!"
"Who still PLAYS with a Dreamcast?!"
"Experienced gamers…nerdy geeks…Yui…"
"Why am I a separate category?" Yui asked with a sweatdrop.
"*whine* I just wish this doujin-whatever would just come to us instead~." Amitie complained.
"Don't be that illogical." Feli said. "I mean, what are the chances of that even happening?"
"WOOHOO! I FINALLY GOT IT!"
We then saw at the door a girl with long pink hair cheering in total glee as she held up something in her hands. Completely oblivious to the rest of us here.
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A-Also…the girl was floating. Like as in off the ground.
Wh-What the hell?
"R-Raina! I keep telling you not to fly while we're here!" Yelled another girl with light-green hair as she pulled the first girl down to the ground.
"But Marvie! My feet hurt! Walking is hard!"
"But it'll be harder on us if people get the wrong idea about you." Said another girl with yellow-green hair with a cloud floating about it (how is that even possible?!). "From what I read about this world, it isn't so accepting of people different from what they call "normal"."
"*groan* That's bullshit!"
"R-Raina…" The two girls gained sweatdrops from the sudden swear word.
But she is right. That part about this world of ours is bullshit…
"Raina's totally right! Our world is complete bullshit and she shouldn't have to follow its discriminating as hell rules! POWER TO THE PEOPLE, BABY!"
"Stop shouting. You're gonna get us in trouble."
And then came in two other girls alongside the trio that came in before. A duo that a lot of us here are very familiar with.
"R-Raina?! Marvett?! Marle?!" Feli asked in total shock.
"F-Feli? Amitie? Lidelle?" The light-green-haired girl replied in the same tone.
"Yu, Floré, and Mao too?" The cloud-headed girl added.
"Wowie! Everyone's here! So awesome!" The pink-haired girl cheered as she did a mid-air loop in glee.
"Himawari and Sakurako? Why are you two all the way out here?" I asked.
"We could ask you the same thing." Himawari said. "I thought you guys went to Comiket."
"Uh…"
"It…didn't go so well. So, we left." Chinatsu said.
"Huh…"
"Nice save!" I whispered to her.
"So, do you guys know these three girls?" Yui asked Feli.
"Yeah…we do. Their names are Marvett Simmons, Raina Fielding, and Marle Sākuru. The three of them are good friends."
"Um…hello." Marvett said.
"Nice to meet you all." Marle added.
"Hiya! Nice to meet ya!" Raina cheered. "Can I kick you?"
"Wh-What?" Some of us asked with a pale look.
"Raina…we don't kick people, remember?" Marvett said to her.
"Oh, yeah…*giggle* sorry."
"Yeah…Raina's not that bright in the head." Lidelle said.
"We can tell…" I replied with a huge sweatdrop.
She reminds me so much of Kanako…
"So, I'm guessing that these girls are from Primp much like you guys are, right?" Himawari asked the three girls.
"Yep…we're all from the same world." Marvett replied.
"W-Wait, you know about Primp?" Amitie asked. "How?"
"Oh, that's easy." Sakurako said. "It's because we've been there before."
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"WH-WHAT?!" We all shouted in pure disbelief.
"Why did you say that so nonchalantly?" Marle asked.
"It's called living a carefree life, Marle. I live by that ruleset every day."
"Given what's happened in your life thus far, you should be one of the LAST people to be living carefree." Himawari said.
"Shh! Himawari!"
She's right in every way possible…
"O-Okay, seriously. Back up." Chinatsu said. "What do you mean you've been to their world?"
"And how did you three became aware of this world?" Mao asked Marvett, Marle, and Raina.
"Well…" Marvett began explaining. "…originally, we weren't. But then a few days ago, something…rather absurd happened."
"Absurd like how?"
"Well…"
Marvett's POV
*SOUND OF COMPUTER TURNING ON*
"Phew…I finally managed to put this thing together." I said as I looked at my brand-new computer starting up for the first time.
"Marvie! We've come to play!"
"Sorry for the intrusion."
"Raina. Marle." I greeted my two friends as they entered my room. "You guys are just in time. My computer just came in."
"You bought a computer?" Marle asked.
"Yeah…my laptop's taken quite the beating over the years I've had it. I figured it was time to finally put it on retirement. Plus…there are things a computer can do better than a laptop. So, in a way…this is basically an upgrade."
"I see…" Marle said as she got a closer look at the computer. "…this thing actually looks pretty cool. Thinking of all the stuff we can do with it…"
*TWITCH*
"…The amount of fun we'll have will be MASSIVE! *creepy giggle*"
*TWITCH*
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"*moan* This virus…" Marle whined after she had turned back to normal.
"Still a thing, huh?" I asked with a sweatdrop.
"Will this thing let us play better?" Raina asked. "Cause if so, I'm all for it!"
"This isn't a toy, Raina. I'm using this for my story writing and reviewing job."
"*whine* Marvie~…"
"Where did you get this computer, anyway?" Marle asked. "It looks really high-tech."
"Some website named…Am-a-zon?" I wasn't too sure about the name. "Amitie suggested it when I said I was looking for a computer. Said something about it being a website from that Toyama world."
"Ooh…I've heard so many things about that world. I wish I could visit it someday…"
"It's pretty interesting from what I've heard. You just have to get used to its somewhat odd customs. Some of them are pretty out there."
"I see…"
While this conversation was going on, the computer had finally finished booting up. And was now on the screen where I had to create a username.
"Finally, it's done." I said as I sat in the chair in front of the computer. "Enter my name…done. Now…what would be a good password?"
"How about your birthday?" Marle asked. "That's easy to remember."
"Yeah, but it's not strong enough. People could easily guess that and hack my computer."
"That's possible?"
"Yeah…unfortunately."
"Ooh! Ooh! I have a good one!" Raina yelled as she flailed her hand in the air. "How about walrjaglsgajergaljwrhglkehsght?"
Marle and I just stared endlessly at our dense clone of a friend in pure confusion and disbelief.
"R-Raina…that's not a comprehensible word." Marle said.
"It's just not a word, period." I added.
"So, it has to be a word?" Raina then went silent as she tried thinking of a new password idea. "Ooh! How about…cunnilingus!"
And from there, our looks of confusion turned into looks of shock.
"N-Now where did you get THAT from?!" I asked with a faint blush.
"Big Sis Amira taught me a whole bunch of new words recently. There's cunnilingus, bukkake, defloration, tribadism…"
That girl's as dirty-minded as ever…
"…She never told me what they meant, though. Hey, do you guys know?"
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"Uh…"
"Th…Th-They're bad words, Raina. Sw-Swear words, even." Marle said.
"You like the ones Sis says a lot?"
"Y-Yeah…like those."
"Oh~. I get it now. *giggle*"
"*sigh* That was a close one…" Marle then said to herself with total relief.
Nice save, Marle!
"W-Well, anyway…" I continued. "…I'm just going to come up with a random one. Literally anything would be better than "cunnilingus"."
*PASSWORD ACCEPTED*
"Wh-What?!"
*NOW LOADING SPACE-TIME WARPING PROGRAM*
"H-Huh?!"
"Woah…computers have Space-Time properties?" Marle asked in amazement.
"Th-They normally shouldn't! So, I don't know why this one's doing it!"
"Wowie…the computer-thingy's glowing." Raina said. "And shaking, too."
"Sh-Shaking?!"
As Raina said, the computer was glowing and shaking. It glowed a light-blue light and the rumbling even made the table shake. It was like my brand-new computer had gone supernatural out of nowhere.
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Which kind of makes sense since I bought the thing from an other-worldly website.
*PORTAL-IO LOADING COMPLETED. NOW OPENING DIMENSIONAL PORTAL*
"Wh-What's this "Portal-IO" thing?! And why is it opening a dimensional portal?!"
"Marly! Can't you stop this with your God powers?!" Raina asked her.
"I don't have God powers, Raina! And even if I did, I don't think I could stop it!"
*TWITCH*
"This looks WAY too fun to stop in the first place! *creepy giggle*"
"Marle, this is NOT the time for your personality virus!" I yelled at her.
By now, the computer had stopped shaking. But it still had that light-blue glow to it as something started to form from the monitor. A bright blue portal…about the size of my bedroom window.
And then…
"Waaaaaaaaaah!"
"Gaaaaaaaaaaah!"
*THUD*
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"Ow~…well, that backfired…"
"*cough* *cough* I told you it was a bad idea to just press buttons at random!"
"It wasn't stopping, damnit! What, did YOU have any better ideas?!"
"Turn the damn thing off and throw it in the trash."
"After I spent so much money on it? You're crazy, Himawari!"
"*sigh* You're so hopeless sometimes…"
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"Uh…wh-who are you two? Wh-Where did you even come from?" I asked these two girls who were now suddenly in my room.
"W-Woah…there are people here!" A blonde-haired girl said in shock after noticing us standing there.
"Aw, crap…we ended up warping somewhere." Said a blue-haired girl with…uh…a very impressive chest, to put it simply.
They're definitely bigger than mine…
"W-Wait…warp? You warped here from…a computer?" Marle asked.
"W-Well, we're not FROM a computer…" The girl went silent for a bit. "…m-maybe we should introduce ourselves first to clear up any misunderstanding."
"Um…sure. I guess." I said.
"*clears throat* Well…my name's Himawari Furutani. And this girl is…"
"Name's Sakurako Ohmuro!" The blonde-haired girl shouted. "The biggest badass to ever exist on this planet! GUARANTEED!"
"Yeah…that." Himawari said with a sweatdrop.
"I see…" I gained a sweatdrop of my own. "…well, my name's Marvett Simmons."
"My name's Marle Sākuru."
"Hiya! Name's Raina Feilding! I'm a clone!"
"Wh-What? You're a clone?" Both girls asked with looks of shock.
"Yep! Of a girl named Raffina! She's also my Sis! Although, we're not really related…and I kinda have bigger boobies than her. Oh, and there's also…"
"Raina…that's too much information." I said to her. "Just your name is fine."
"Oh~! Okay, then! *giggle*"
"Sorry about her. She's…not that bright."
"Oh, um…it's fine." Himawari said.
"We actually know someone who's kinda similar to her." Sakurako added. "Would be totally freaky if the two met."
That sounds like a mistake…
"Anyway…how did you two get here?" I asked. "I mean…you came out of my computer monitor talking about being "warped"…I don't get any of this."
"Well, it's kinda complicated…" Himawari said. "…we were at Sakurako's house setting up this new computer she got…when this strange program called Portal-IO started downloading on its own and we couldn't get it to stop."
"I was pressing buttons and repeatedly clicking random spots…" Sakurako added. "…until at one point, a bright blue portal appeared and sucked us inside."
"And it sent you here…" Marle said. "…where we had the exact same program booting up without our consent. I think I'm starting to understand what happened."
"Do you think it's another incident like with the Tetris world and Dream Land?" I asked.
"It shouldn't be…I thought I had all the dimensional rifts under control before coming to live here. Could someone had manipulated them again?"
"Dimensional rifts? Manipulated?" Sakurako asked.
"And what was that part about Tetris world and Dream Land?" Himawari asked.
"O-Oh, uh…n-nothing important. Just making random and wild theories. Hehhehheh…"
"Huh…"
Probably for the best that we don't mention the past incidents…
"*sigh* Well, anyway…" Himawari said. "…sorry for intruding on your house, Marvett. We'll be on our way now. Can you point out where the nearest train is?"
"Uh…train?" I gained a confused look. "We don't have any here."
"Really? Well, how about a bus?"
"We don't have those, either." Marle said.
"N-Not even a taxi?"
"What's a taxi? Is it edible?" Raina asked.
That was when both Himawari and Sakurako gained pale looks as they realized that getting home wasn't going to be as easy as they thought.
"Guys…where is this place, exactly?" Sakurako asked.
"This is Primp Town." I answered.
"Pr-Primp…Town? Y-You mean this isn't Japan?"
"What's Japan?"
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"H-Holy crap…"
"We were warped to a different WORLD!" Himawari shouted in a huge panic. "How do we get back home?!"
"Maybe try rebooting the program." Marle said. "Perhaps it'll send you back."
"*sigh* It's worth a shot."
The five of us then gathered around the computer to see if we could get this strange program to work again…only to see that it was now gone. With the only thing showing was the home screen and a few applications.
"Well, so much for that." Sakurako said with a disgruntled tone.
"I don't get it…what made the thing activate in the first place?"
"W-Well…" I said while gaining a light blush. Remembering what exactly happened before they got here. "…we were coming up with password ideas for my computer and…R-Raina said a word that made the thing start downloading and warped you guys here."
"Well, what was the word?" Sakurako asked.
"Um…well…i-it was a long one. St-Started with a C…"
"Ooh~! I know! It was "cunnilingus"!"
"Wh-What?"
"R-RAINA!" Marle and I yelled at her with full blushes of embarrassment.
"C-Cunnilingus? THAT got the thing to work?" Himawari asked with a blush on her own.
"*sigh* We don't know why…" I said. "…but once that word was said, the program started booting up and we couldn't get it to stop. It accepted the word as some kind of password."
"A password? *agitated sigh* Sounds like something the boys at school would come up with."
"Or Chitose." Sakurako added. "DEFINITELY sounds like something she would know about."
"Yeah, true…"
"So, do we just shout "cunnilingus" until the program boots up again?"
"Please don't. My parents will be home soon." I said with a sweatdrop.
"Then how do we get home?"
"I know a way!" Raina cheered.
"None of us can fly like you, Raina." I said.
"No, not that! I know a totally legit way to get there!"
"Do you really?"
"Uh-huh. I learned it from Dalida one day."
"The fact that you learned it from Dalida makes me even more doubtful." I gained a bigger sweatdrop.
"*whine* Marvie~!"
"Let's at least hear her out." Marle said. "We've got nothing else to go with."
"Yeah." Sakurako added as she wrapped her arm around Raina. "And besides, it'll give a chance for us stupid people to finally redeem ourselves. Right, Raina?"
"*giggle* Yeah!"
"You do realize that you just called yourself stupid, right?" Himawari asked with a sweatdrop.
"*sigh* Fine, whatever." I gave in. "What's this "totally legit" way to get Himawari and Sakurako back home, Raina?"
"Okay! So, there's this thing where…"
Feli's POV
"…So, then Raina told us about this eclipse that shows up every month at night for 7 and a half minutes and a bus that travels between the two worlds whenever it happens." Marvett continued her story. "And we traveled here with Himawari and Sakurako and have been here waiting for the next one so that we can get back home ourselves."
"I see…that sounds like a lot." I said.
"An eclipse connects our world to theirs's?" Yui asked. "And a bus travels between each one for ONLY 7 and a half minutes?"
"Why is it only in Toyama?" Ayano asked.
"Who knows." Futaba said. "But for our sake, it's for the best. If there were a bunch of ways to access Primp, both of our worlds would be screwed."
"You do have a point…"
"Hold up!" Mao yelled out. "I think we're glossing over a REALLY important plot point here. This "Portal-IO" thing…it just WARPED you to a completely different world?"
"Yeah…it did." Himawari said. "And since coming back, we couldn't get the program to come back. No matter what we did."
"I even shouted sexual terms at my computer for about an hour." Sakurako added. "All it got me was being grounded for a week."
"A correct response for such an absurd activity…" Floré said with a huge sweatdrop.
"*sigh* For some reason, I have a bad feeling about this…"
"Don't worry, Mao." Ayano said to her. "My guardian Haruka is part of the Supernatural Agency back in Takaoka. We have them look into it."
"On top of the fact that they're STILL looking into the heatwave and Akari's allergy?" Sachiko asked.
"Maybe they're related. And besides…if they don't know, we can always ask our "last resort"."
"Oh, yeah…"
"Who's this "last resort" person?" I asked.
"She's…a friend of ours. More or less." Kyoko replied.
"Huh…"
"Well, I'd rather not think of something like that right now." Lidelle said. "I just want to go home."
"B-But we still haven't gotten the Miracle Cure doujin!" Amitie yelled.
"Will you just drop it already? We can't get it even if we wanted to."
"So, then how did Raina get one?!"
"Huh? W-Wait, you guys didn't just ask Chetta for a copy?" Marvett asked.
"Ch-Chetta?"
"Yeah, I mean…she's the one who made it."
"WH-WHAT?!" Those of us who knew who Chetta was yelled in shock.
"We went to this event called Comiket with Himawari and Sakurako…and ended up seeing her there with Chu and Mandrake." Marle said.
"She gave me one for free and even signed it! It's so cool~!" Raina added as she cheered once more for having the book.
"You've gotta be kidding me~…it was Chetta this whole time?!" Amitie asked.
"Now that I'm actually looking at it…every other page has some sort of cat pun. This is definitely Chetta's work." Futaba said as a sweatdrop she gained grew bigger with every cat pun she read.
"This girl has me saying cat puns…" Mao said with a facepalm.
"*snicker* A-At least they're funny." Yui said.
"Once again, Yui, your sense of humor remains questionable." Kyoko said with a sweatdrop of her own.
"So, what this means is…I came all the way over here, got swept away by a bunch of nerdy virgins, sat through a Mario Kart tournament, and almost got eradicated by Amitie's rage fit…for something we could've done back home?" I asked. "Ugh! What a waste of a trip!"
"Oh, come on. It wasn't THAT much of a waste. You got some new friends out of it."
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"Yeah…that's true." I said after thinking about it. "I don't regret meeting you guys. Despite it being Rin's fault in the first place."
"See? No harm there." Kyoko then gained a small grin on her face. "And besides…once I fully master this Puyo Puyo game, I'm challenging you with all I got! Feli Kuromi!"
"Ooh~…" The others were amazed by that declaration.
"Fufufufu~! Is that so?" I replied with a smirk of my own. "Well, then…I accept your challenge, Kyoko Toshinio. When the day comes…I shall show you the TRUE power of the Occult Arts of Divination~! *creepy giggle*"
"*giggle* That's a day I'm looking forward to!"
"So, it looks like we're being dragged into this battle-to-be too, huh?" Chinatsu asked Futaba as they stood next to each other.
"Yep. Pretty much." Futaba replied with a sweatdrop.
Author's Note: And so…Feli, Futaba, Kyoko, and Chinastu had explained to everyone what was going on. The rumors and where they came from, what Amitie really was, and the deal they made between each other. Kyoko and Chinatsu learned more about their Copy Abilities and the Miracle Cure fangirls learned where they can get their precious doujin. So, everything worked out for everyone.
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For now, at least.
So, yeah…Portal-IO and everything behind it will be further detailed in Yuru Yuri: The Inner Struggles. I wanted to do it here…but it would have required me to make up characters and plot points that I don't have a clear view of yet. So, it had to be left out.
On the bright side, this crossover story turned out to be better than I thought it would. I'm glad I finally got this off my wish list of stories to write. Now it doesn't have to be a "what if?" in my mind 24/7.
Will I do more like this? Probably. Depends on what my schedule is like and if I could think of an idea for one. But for now…I think this is enough.
Thanks for reading. Later.
*LIST OF JAPANESE KIRBY TITLES IN ORDER OF RELEASE*
Hoshi no Kābī – Kirby's Dream Land
Hoshi no Kābī: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari – Kirby's Adventure
Hoshi no Kābī 2 – Kirby's Dream Land 2
Hoshi no Kābī Sūpā Derakkusu – Kirby Super Star
Hoshi no Kābī 3 – Kirby's Dream Land 3
Hoshi no Kābī Rokuyon – Kirby 64
Hoshi no Kābī: Kagami no Dai Meikyū – Kirby & The Amazing Mirror Hoshi no Kābī Wii – Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Hoshi no Kābī: Toripuru Derakkusu – Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Hoshi no Kābī: Robobo Puranetto – Kirby: Planet Robobot
Hoshi no Kābī: Sutā Araizu – Kirby Star Allies