A girl, sipping a half empty juice bottle is running through the quiet night streets of Tokyo, being chased by three boys.
Bully: You won't get away this time.
She turns a corner and notices a thin stream of water.
The boys are about to catch up when she jumps.
She is about to reach the other side when suddenly a rift in time space appears with a rainbow aura, and she falls in.
...Mellord presents...
She opens her eyes and notices that she is in a fully black void.
Kaori: Where am I?
She takes a sip of her juice and turns around to see a black hole with a white aura.
Kaori: What the-
Suddenly it starts to pull her in. She tries to resist but her juice bottle slips off her hand and falls in the black hole.
Kaori: Matte!(Wait) Awa it was still half full.
She tries to grab it.
Kaori: ¥100 down the drain.
Suddenly she also starts to get pulled in.
Kaori: What's happen-
She is about to fall in when-
*Ting* *Ting* *Ting*
Clock particles surround the void and the black hole starts glitching.
Kaori: Is there anything left?
Suddenly the whole world goes colorless and one by one, white cubes cover every essence.
She starts looking around and notices all the energy moving towards a direction.
Kaori: I jinxed it. Didn't I?
She starts following the energy until she notices a white dot in the distance.
Kaori: What's that?
Immediately after noticing it, she starts to get attracted to it times the speed of sound.
Kaori: Why are the fates- (before acceleration)
Kaori: -DOING THIS! (after acceleration)
Kaori: What on God's green Earth is that?
Suddenly a soft and echoing voice comes from the point of infinite energy.
Singularly: You are forbidden from being present in this realm... You must return to your world... Before the balance is shifted too much.
Kaori: What are you?
Singularity: You shall have no memory of this encounter.
Suddenly a black hole with rainbow aura starts pulling her. She tries to save herself but accidentally touches the Singularity.
*Boom*
The whole realm collapses in on itself and-
Suddenly she wakes up, head buried in the sand.
Kaori gets up and spits some sand out right before looking around.
She notices a giant futuristic city, stretching on from miles to miles.
Kaori: What kind of dream am I in?
She starts walking in the city.
Kaori: If this is a dream, it ain't funny no more.
She goes into an alleyway and stops at an udon shop.
Kaori: Finally! Something recognizable.
She goes in and sits on a seat.
Kazuo: And how can I help you?
Kaori: Do you know where we are?
Kazuo: Northern Eutika. More specifically; the heart of the city scarpers. Techtan.
Kaori: Eutika? Where's that?
Kazuo: Where's what? Are you a tourist?
Kaori: Guess you could say that.
Kazuo: Where're y'from?
Kaori: A place called Tokyo Japan.
Kazuo: Well y'want somethin' to eat?
Kaori: I don't have any money.
Kazuo: Y'use a different currency or what?
Kaori: No, I actually have nothing.
Kazuo: Well, don't sweat it.
He puts a bowl full of udon in front of her.
Kazuo: It's rude to walk out of a restaurant without eatin' somethin'.
Kaori: But, I won't be able to pay ya.
Kazuo: Eat up kid. This one's on the house.
Kaori: No I-
She gets cut with a loud growl led by her stomach.
Kazuo: Still not hungry?
She gets fully red.
Kazuo taps the counter and goes to the kitchen.
Kaori glances at the bowl full of udon.
A few hours later; after the sun set.
Kaori is sitting in an empty restaurant with 3 empty bowls.
Kaori: The last one was times better than the other too.
Kazuo: It had a garlic paste. Of course y'like it.
Kaori: What do you want in return?
Kazuo: Nothin'.
Kaori: You didn't feed me without a reason. I know that.
Kazuo smiles.
Kazuo: Well... y'remind me of my son.
Kaori: Is he dead?
He lets out a slight chuckle.
Kazuo: Nah. He's just on a journey.
Kaori smiles and raises her hand.
Kaori: I'm Miyako Kaori.
He shakes her hand.
Kazuo: Myself, Kazuo.
She turns around and notices the last customer leaving.
Kaori: Guess I gotta go?
Kazuo: You ain't bouta see the light of next mornin', if y'go out.
Kaori: What?
Kazuo: Almost everything's made out of metal. You'll die from hyperthermia in 1 night.
Kaori: Then what do I do?
Kazuo passes her a key.
Kaori: What are these?
Kazuo: Keys to your new room.
Kaori: New room?
Kazuo: They're the keys to my son's room. Since he's gone, they're all yours.
Kaori looks down at it.
Kaori: But you've already done so much for me.
He smiles.
Kazuo: Y'really are a strikin' image of my son, ain't ya?
Kaori looks at him in confusion.
Kazuo: About 3 years ago, I met ém just like today.
Kaori smiles.
Kazuo: It feels like only yesterday, he first called me dad.
Kaori: What was his name?
Kazuo: Aniki.
Kaori: Hope he's doing all right.
Kazuo: I have to close the restaurant. You get comfortable.
She starts going but stops and turns around.
Kaori: Kazuo-kun.
He turns to look at her as she smiles.
Kaori: Arigato. (Thanks.)
She runs up.
Rosemary: What? This episode doesn't have me? It's horrible... Next episode preview, but I'm in charge. Me and Aniki come back. Finally, screen time.
Singularity: You're finally back.
Pariskrit: You're getting better choreography, y'know.
Singularity: We can talk about that later... for now, there's something else.
Pariskrit: What's wrong?
Singularity: An irrelevant character has been transported into another timeline.
Pariskrit: And you want me to fix it?
Singularity: Not quite. You still have some work left in 'Starlight rebellion'. Assign the search and revitalization to the cronomancers.
Pariskrit: Got it.
To be continued.
Kazuo: Could y'place these there?
Kaori: Sohdesu né. (Sure thing)
She grabs the basket full of fruits and puts them on top of a shelf.
Kazuo: That's all for today.
Kaori: Yokata! (Thank goodness)
She stretches her body as Kazuo turns off all the lights.
A few moments later.
Both of them are in a Japanese style living room.
Kaori: Arigato. (Thanks)
Kazuo: Daijoubu. (It's ok.)Did I say it right?
Kaori: Yep.
Kazuo: The old wheel still spins.
Kaori: This place has weird sayings.
*Ting ting*
Kazuo: Coming.
He opens the door, holding a pen but drops it immediately.
Kazuo: Aniki?
...Mellord presents....
A young lad with a long sword, black long hair and a warrior's robe sit with them in the living room with a small girl about as big as a human head with four pink petals for wings and green clothes and two finger rings worn in the wrist, like a perfect fit.
Kaori: So this is your son?
Kazuo: Yep.
Rosemary: And I'm his friend. Rosemary.
Aniki: Dad, who's this?
Kazuo: Oh, this is Miyako. Miyako Kaori.
Aniki: What's she doing here?
Kazuo: Nothin' much. Just livin' with me.
Aniki: So she's homeless?
Kaori: Hey! I'm right here y'know.
Aniki: So what?
Kaori: Jāku. (Jerk)
Aniki: What was that?
Kaori: Nandemonai. (Nothing)
Rosemary: Hey, what's she saying?
Kazuo: She ain't from here. She's from Tokoto.
Kaori: Tokyo.
Kazuo: This one was better than the last one.
Kaori: Guess it's true.
Aniki: Where's that?
Kaori: Another world.
Aniki starts laughing.
Aniki: Another world you say?
Rosemary: Wait, I read a few books about this.
She slowly flies towards Kaori to observe her.
Suddenly, Kaori's face lights up as she covers her face.
Kaori: Kawai.
Rosemary: What?
She pulls Rosemary in for a hug.
Rosemary: Too tight. Too tight.
She immediately let's go.
Kaori: Komenasai. (Sorry.)
Kazuo: And that's all.
Aniki: You have a problem with trusting people.
Kazuo smirks.
Kazuo: And that trust is the reason you're alive.
Kaori: So why're you back?
Aniki: I was around the area and decided to visit.
Rosemary: He ran out of money and hasn't eaten anything since morning, to feed me.
He suddenly and angrily gets up.
Aniki: Hey. Don't you just-
*Growl*
Kaori: Was that your stomach?
A few moments later, Aniki is enjoying some udon whereas Rosemary has a small pot of honey.
Kaori: You're helping me with the dishes.
She glares at Aniki.
Aniki: What? Why?
Kaori: Because I've been doing them for almost one full month.
Kazuo laughs.
Kazuo: So true.
Aniki: Why can't she do them?
He points at Rosemary.
Kaori: Because she's cute. Duh.
Aniki: How's that fair?
Kaori: It isn't. Kinda the whole point y'know.
Few moments later.
Kazuo: Here you go.
He opens a sliding paper door to a room with two futons on the ground with a small basket, having small mattresses and pillows.
Aniki: Y-you don't accept me to share a room with her right.
Kazuo: Yep I do.
Kaori: Here you go.
She hands Rosemary a rose about as big as her.
Rosemary: So cool.
Kaori puts it on her back and straps it on, using a vine worn around her waist like a belt.
Kaori: Perfect.
Rosemary looks around and suddenly glows up with magic, powering the flower.
Kazuo: What do you think, Miyako?
He looks at Kaori.
Kaori: About what?
Kazuo: About there only bein' one room.
She looks at the arrangement of her room and gets shocked.
Aniki: Exactly my point.
Kazuo puts his hand on Aniki's shoulder and smiles.
Kazuo: Well, y'got no choice.
Kaori sighs.
Kaori: At least we have different futons.
She starts going inside but Aniki stops her.
Aniki: Stop!
Kaori: Nani? (What?)
Aniki: You're not gonna fight back?
Kaori: Nande? (Why?)There's no point anyways.
Kazuo: Sou dana.(Exactly.)
A few moments later.
All three of them are lying in their own beds.
Aniki: I just got back.
Rosemary: Want me to do it?
He looks up and nods.
Kaori: Do what?
Rosemary: Mikyako-chan.
Rosemary gets up from her bed and covers her lip with her finger, smiling.
Rosemary: Not telling.
Aniki suddenly gets up from his futon.
Aniki: Rosemary. What's 'Chan'?
Kaori: Relax. It's a Japanese thing.
Aniki angrily gets to bed as Rosemary starts to circle around the room, releasing a pink glittering powder from her petal-wings into the air.
The next day.
Kazuo: You're goin' already?
Rosemary and Aniki stand by the door.
Rosemary: Yep.
Aniki: The call of adventure is too strong.
Kazuo smiles.
Kazuo: Guess you've always been like this.
Kaori: Chotto matte. (Hold on.)Chotto matte kudasai. (Hold on please.)
She comes out of the room wearing a royal red and plump pink Kimono furisode with flora garment, a decorative obi belt tied around her waist with a ribbon on the left frontal side. Her Kimono shows her entire right hand including the shoulder and a bit of the chest area-the chest area covered with a white inner wrap and a white and red wrap around her wrist with a pink ribbon. Her Kimono reaches to half her hip with the rest being covered by gray tights and a golden-white pair of boots, and gray gloves on both hands revealing the thumb in each.
Her hair is set as a ponytail getting to the level of the back with small braids in front of her face, and two long braids reaching the shoulders in front of the ears. The ponytail was held together with a red string, tied to a ribbon.
Two thin bent plates of metal reside in her left shoulder, layering on one another. A big blue cloth, fully going around her waist, with golden wave-like patterns remained sandwiched between the Kimono and the Obi belt. Through the knot of the red string on her head, went a large golden pin with a ring attached like a hook on the other side. On the obi black belt, a golden '霊' (sprit) symbol remained.
All three of them remain shocked.
Rosemary: Woah girl. You look fabulous.
Aniki: What in the name of Zendra-
Kazuo: What's up with the new outfit?
Aniki: Yeah!
Kaori: Well. I put some thinking into it and... Kazuo-kun.
Kazuo looks at her.
Kaori: I'm going on a journey with them throughout Eutika. I wanna further understand this magical realm I got transported in.
Kazuo claps.
Kazuo: That's... GREAT!
Aniki: What!
Rosemary: Yay, more companionship.
Kazuo: Aniki, Miyako-san is more responsible, intellectual and can do better household chores than you.
Aniki: But-
Kazuo: Go Miyako. Go.
Kaori nods and bows with a smile.
Kaori: Hontoni, Arigato ńe Kazuo-kun. (Hey, Kazou-kun Thanks, really.)
Kazuo: No problem.
They all left the house.
Kaori: Sayōnara. (Goodbye)
Aniki: Bye.
Rosemary: See ya.
Kazuo: Take care y'all.
A few hours later.
Kaori: So where're we going?
Aniki: None of your business.
Kaori puffs cheeks.
Kaori: Baka. (Idiot.)
Rosemary: We're here to get his old friend; Xuli.
Xuli: DID SOMEONE SAY XULI!!!
A girl with white, grey and black outfit and a small tech backpack flies down riding and standing a metal tech hammer with a jet on the back.
She lands in front of them laughing.
Xuli: There y're.
She walks towards Aniki.
Aniki: Have you been waiting?
Xuli: For about 3 months. My exams ended ages ago.
She glances over at Kaori waiving and gasps.
Xuli: So cute.
She hugs her tightly.
Kaori: Too tight. Itai. (It hurts.)
Rosemary flies nearby.
Rosemary: Some one got a taste of their own medicine.
Suddenly, Xuli also pulls her in the tight hug.
Rosemary: Finally a good episode. Now, next episode previews, but I got the power. Aniki, Kaori, Xuli and I start the new adventure.
To be continued.
Pariskrit blasts down at a small floating island made out of blue rocks, mirror water pond and red grass, with an equally magical and technologically advanced lab or base of sorts full of clocks and hour glasses.
Pariskrit: It hasn't been THAT long since I last came here... Yet this place has been flipped upside down.
He smiles.
Pariskrit: Let's see how this goes.
...Mellord presents....
Kaori: And then the next thing I knew, I was here.
Xuli: Interesting.
Aniki: Am I the only one who thinks this is still bull crap?
Rosemary: Dude, stop being a buzzkill.
Kaori: Baka. (Idiot.)
Aniki: HUH?!?
Xuli: Where'd ya wake up?
Kaori: Y'know the beach by Techtan.
Rosemary: Yeah.
Kaori: There.
Xuli gets in a thinking pose.
Xuli: Come to think of it, a few months prior, I did notice what appeared to be clock particles around that area followed by a flash bang.
Aniki: How do we send you back?
She puffs her cheeks.
Kaori: Modoritakunai. (I don't wanna go back.)
Aniki: What are you saying?
Xuli: She's speaking Jap-and-ease.
Kaori: ○ ○ ○
Xuli tightly hugs Kaori.
Kaori: Agh-
Xuli: Miyako. You're so cute when you're quiet.
Rosemary flies next to Aniki.
Rosemary: Is she usually this overly affectionate?
Aniki: I don't know.
Rosemary: How long have you known her for anyway?
Aniki: About 4 years.
Suddenly, Rosemary also gets pulled in the hug.
Rosemary: Not me. Not me.
Aniki smiles but suddenly stiffens up again, right before clenching the handle of his sword.
Suddenly, a giant red bird descends from the sky, trying to attack Aniki using his sharp claws, but he slices it in half.
*slice*
Rosemary: Riwi.
She breaks the hug and pots both her hands in front. Suddenly the two rings on her wrist start glowing as a blue energy beam originates from the palm, blasting the bird's wing, causing him to run away.
Kaori covers her mouth.
Kaori: Kakoi wo. (So cool)
Rosemary: Third encounter.
Kaori: Wha- HOW DID YOU DO THAT!!!
Rosemary: Do what?
Kaori: The magic thing.
Rosemary: It was just a basic zen attack. Nothing special.
Kaori: Basic?
Aniki: What's all this fuss about?
Xuli: Where you're from, are there no zen?
Kaori: What's zen?
Xuli: A power source in out body.
Kaori: How do I see it?
Xuli: Here you go.
She hands her her war hammer.
Xuli: Try to turn on the jets. If it works, you have zen.
She tries really hard, but fails.
Xuli: Well that's disappointing.
Aniki sighs.
Aniki: You're more useless than before.
Kaori glares at him.
Kaori: Damare. (Shut up.)
Rosemary: Maybe, she just needs a zen ornament best suited for her.
Kaori: What's a zen ornament?
Xuli: Any object that allows you to release zen.
Aniki: Like Rose's rings.
He points at the rings on her wrist.
Kaori: But, I'm not from here.
Aniki: Exactly my point.
She jumps on him and starts hitting him.
Kaori: I told you to shut up.
Rosemary: So, what do you think?
Xuli looks at her and her face immediately lights up.
Xuli: I think... YOU'RE SUPER CUTE!?!
She hugs her tightly.
Rosemary: I regret all my life choices.
Xuli: And I regret not being with you earlier.
A few days later.
They make it to a small village.
Xuli: I think this is Vile valley.
Farmer: You got that right.
An old man with a straw hat, fabric clothing and slippers approaches them from behind, holding a massive bundle of hay.
A few moments later.
Kaori: This is so heavy.
They all are carrying a bale of hay, taking it from the farmlands to the village.
Rosemary: Just keep walking.
She rests on top of Kaori's bale.
Xuli: 8-2.
She flies back to the farmland in her tech-hammer.
Aniki: Stop complaining.
Kaori: I still don't see what we get from this.
Aniki: We're helping. If we expect something in return, it misses the whole point.
Kaori: As I said, a waste of time.
Aniki: Why're you making a fuss about it?
Rosemary: Yeah, you're not like this around Kazuo.
Kaori: I was living under Kazuo-kun's roof. Plus I owed him quite a ton.
Aniki: So, you were just repaying debt?
Kaori: Sohdesu né. (Yep.)
Rosemary: That's pretty cold.
Rosemary takes out a small pot full of honey and starts eating.
Kaori: Why are you so hell-bent on helping other anyway?
Aniki: Because, I can. You don't need a reason to be nice.
Kaori: Yeah.
She looks away.
A few moments later.
Kaori washes some sweat off her forehead and drinks some water off a bottle.
Xuli: Could I?
Kaori: Sure.
She hands her the bottle.
Farmer: Thanks to you people's help, I've got the work done.
Rosemary: No problem.
Kaori: You're the last person I wanna hear that from.
Aniki: You see?
He walks up to her.
Aniki: By 'wasting' a bit of our time, we've helped him so much.
She looks at the farmer.
Aniki: Tell me, isn't that one smile worth every last drop of sweat.
She remembers an event from the past.
Kaori, then 8, was sitting in a field of flowers, watching the butterflies when some boys started throwing rocks at her.
Boy: Hanareru baka. (Leave idiot.)
She gets up, but suddenly a rock hits her on the head, causing her to fall head first into a puddle of mud.
Back here.
Kaori: Maybe you're right.
She smiles.
Aniki: Took you long enough to come back to me.
Kaori: Back to the fuss, aren't we?
He nods.
Kaori looks away and puffs her cheeks.
Kaori: Because I let my guard down for 5 seconds? Baka. (Idiot.)
Xuli sees this and lets out a soft smile.
Xuli: I ship it.
Meanwhile,
Pariskrit rings the doorbell and a clock chime rings.
Pariskrit: Still the same Qurixti, I see.
The door opens and-
Rosemary: I'd say childhood trauma's an overused trope. Next episode preview, but I killed the dude who was supposed to do it. Miyako-chan and her friends find a dungeon and decide to check it out.
To be continued.
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