Erika, that's my name. I'm the kind of carefree and sarcastic girl you see almost everyday, if I had to compare myself to any anime character, I would be Shikamaru, from Naruto. I love anime and my wish is that something happened in my life. Something anime-related. But that wish is obviously never going to come true, since our world has nothing magical and there's a reason for everything. But seriously, I've watched so many anime in my life that I can't even begin to list them all. I have to say that one of my favorites is Shugo Chara, but you know, Fruits Basket, Vampire Knight, Fullmetal Alchemist, Naruto… All of them are really good. And Elfen Lied, oh Gosh, Elfen Lied was just too much, it was so awesome! And Code Geass, and Death Note, the endings were just too good. And I can't do anything about it… Sadly, so my life is just the most boring life you'll ever encounter.
But this summer, everything changed…
"Erika! You are going to be very late." My brother said in a fake British accent. "What the hell are you talking about…" I mumbled in my sleep. "It's the first day of summer break and you wake me up at…" I paused, searching for my alarm clock with my eyes still closed. I opened my eyes slightly and saw the flashing red number on the pink alarm clock. I jumped out of bed and pulled my hair. "It's 7 a.m. already! Oh my god! I have to get ready!" I yelled as I ran as fast as I could to the bathroom and brushed my long hair and teeth before splashing my hair with freezing water.
I sighed, "I need to hurry up." I mumbled to myself as I looked into my closet to pick what clothes I would wear. I took out a tank-top and short shorts. "This should do." I slipped them on quickly and sprinted downstairs. My brother was in the kitchen, eating a pancake. "Hurry up! We—have to…" I trailed off. "What was it we had to do, again?" He smirked.
"Oh gosh, no…You didn't dare…" Hi smirk was growing bigger by the second. "Yes I did." I tightened my fists, ready to punch him. "Damn you! You faked it! I'm not late for anything!" I ran back to my room, fuming. "Damn that kid, he should die." I paused, opening up my laptop. "Well, I shouldn't waste precious time. I should watch anime."
I opened a new tab on Firefox and typed in Google search:
Naruto episode 78 english dub and clicked on the first link; . I'd rather watch it on animefreak. I thought, pressing the back button and clicking on the third link. Yeah! Naruto awesomeness! Last episode of season three! I yelled in my head. This is were Naruto beats Gaara… I hope. Aw, he probably will, I mean, he's the main character. "And seriously, I feel bad for Lee. Sheesh, how can this anime become any sadder. After Negi almost killing Hinata and Negi's past, and before that Rock Lee. And then Gaara's whole life. Guess it can't be helped, can it?" I continued out loud. "And Sasuke with Orochimaru's bite and all that. I can't wait 'till I get to Shippudden." I sighed. "I really wish my life could be this interesting, I mean just watching Naruto makes me excited." I watched at least seven episodes that morning. When I finally got tired of it, I shut my laptop and laid in on my desk, walking out the door. "I'm going for walk." I called to my brother. I heard a slight "Bye!" and headed outside. I live in California, so the weather outside was scorching hot. I was sweating even through my tank-top and shorts. "Damn this weather. It's so hot, I think I could melt." I whispered as I walked along the houses of my neighborhood. I shrugged, "Maybe I should go to the park." I walked another few blocks of houses and arrived to a large grassy clearing with benches all around it and a swing with sand under it in the very middle. "Cute." I mumbled, remembering that I used to come here everyday when I was seven. I walked over to the swing and sat on it, thinking for a while. I swung a few times and did a few wallflips on trees a little further, before walking back to sit on the swing. The swing was hard and cold, and the sun was slowly going down. "It's this late already." I hadn't noticed the stifling air lifting up. I suddenly felt sleepy. Well… I did wake up at seven. I laid my head down on the metal chain on the side of the swing. My head hurt a little, with the chain digging into it, but that didn't matter. I was just too tired…
"Can't sleeeeeep." I mumbled a few minutes later. I lifted my head slowly, seeing a silhouette in the dark. "Wh-who's there…?" I asked, not seeing anything. "Hey Erika. What are you doing here?" A familiar voice whispered, I could feel it coming closer. "Ama—Amaya?" The person put a hand on my shoulder, I flinched. "No need to be that creeped out, ya know. Yeah, it's me." I smiled and sighed in relief. "I called you a few times but you were on voicemail. And when I went to your house, your brother was there, alone. I went to look for you, but when I couldn't find you anywhere, I decided to look here. And there you are." I could picture her grinning in the darkness. "I—I can's see anything." I whispered, getting off the swing and sitting by her on the ground. The only thing I could see was the full moon. "No stars tonight, huh. The clouds are covering them." I noticed. I could feel Amaya nodding besides me. "Yeah, it feels kinda nice. You know, being here together like this. As best friends." I looked up to the sky; the first few stars were finally showing. "Yeah, it does feel…" I paused. "Nice." I smiled to myself. "It's been a while since we've done anything like this. It's…sad you're moving, isn't it?" I said, holding tears. Amaya forced a laugh, "Yeah, it is. I'll miss you."
Like me, Amaya was an anime fan. And also like me, she wished her life to be interesting. But sadly, she was moving to England in the middle of summer. I would only be able to email her, no calling or texting. We'd been best friends since first grade, we were going to be eighth graders next year, after this summer.
I leaned my head on Amaya's shoulder. "I feel sleepy." I said. Amaya nodded, "Yeah me too… I wonder why? I was normal a few seconds…" She trailed off, closing her eyes. I closed mine too and fell asleep after only a few minutes.
*Sigh* I was thinking of making this a cliffhanger and wait another few days before uploading the next chapter but I think it's a little too short of a chapter, especially with nothing interesting going on… -' Sorry 'bout that, but this is still chapter 1, KEEP READING!
I woke up after what seemed only a few, short minutes. "What's happening." I mumbled as stood up. Amaya flinched next to me. She stood up, muffling something under her breath. "What the hell is happening?" She cussed, rubbing her head as if she had hit it. I shrugged, "Dunno, I just woke up. Is this a dream?" Amaya stared at me. "You idiot," She flicked my forehead. "If you were dreaming, then why am I here?" I thought for a while, then came up with a pretty good response. "You're in my head." I paused. "This is my dream, and somehow you got in my head." She looked at me with a are-you-feeling-alright look. "If anybody's in anybody's head right now, then you're the one in my head. This is my dream."
I raised an eyebrow. "No freakin' way, you're the one in my head, here." She frowned, "No, you are in my head. This is my dream and mine only."
I sighed. "No, this is my dream, if you hadn't noticed." I paused. "My dream." I added. She stared at me and flicked my forehead again.
"Nuh-huh." She stared in my eyes. "I didn't notice because this is my dream." She sighed. "Look, why don't we just try to figure out where we are?"
I nodded, looking around. We weren't really anywhere. We were nowhere. Everything around us was pale white, almost gleaming with brightness, almost blinding. "What is this place?" Amaya looked around too. "It's so bright, and there's nothing around." I nodded, laughing. Damn, these days, dreams are the only interesting part of my life, I thought. "Freaking idiot." I mumbled to myself. "If you keep thinking like that, you'll end up committing suicide. Well, not really, 'cause then I wouldn't be able to finish Naruto and Shippudden and all the other anime I wanna watch." I hit my head. "Sheesh, baka."
Yes, I had started to fill in some of my sentences with Japanese words. Like, baka (Idiot), so ka (I see), kawai (Cute), kuso (shit), chikusho (Damn), or mattaku (Sheesh/geez). Ya know, stuff like that.
"Why are you talking to yourself?" Amaya questioned me. "What? Oh, err, nothing." I laughed. "Just saying dreams are more interesting than real life, these days." She nodded thoughtfully, "Yeah that's actually true." She smiled. I looked around some more, noticing something, I turned to Amaya. "Hey see that." I pointed to a gate-looking thing. She nodded, "Yeah, wonder what it is. Should we get closer?" She grinned. Grinning back I answered her, "Yes! This dream is freakin' awesome!" We walked closer to the odd thing, definitely looking like a gate after we got closer.
There was something on the gate, like a sign of some sort. I walked closer examining it. I stopped-dead as I saw the giant carving on the gate. "Oh. My. God." It's—it's…" I took Amaya by the arm and flung her toward the gate, "LOOK!" I yelled my lungs off. Amaya froze, almost mimicking my actions. "Oh, gosh, that's the…"
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But this summer, everything changed…
"Erika! You are going to be very late." My brother said in a fake British accent. "What the hell are you talking about…" I mumbled in my sleep. "It's the first day of summer break and you wake me up at…" I paused, searching for my alarm clock with my eyes still closed. I opened my eyes slightly and saw the flashing red number on the pink alarm clock. I jumped out of bed and pulled my hair. "It's 7 a.m. already! Oh my god! I have to get ready!" I yelled as I ran as fast as I could to the bathroom and brushed my long hair and teeth before splashing my hair with freezing water.
I sighed, "I need to hurry up." I mumbled to myself as I looked into my closet to pick what clothes I would wear. I took out a tank-top and short shorts. "This should do." I slipped them on quickly and sprinted downstairs. My brother was in the kitchen, eating a pancake. "Hurry up! We—have to…" I trailed off. "What was it we had to do, again?" He smirked.
"Oh gosh, no…You didn't dare…" Hi smirk was growing bigger by the second. "Yes I did." I tightened my fists, ready to punch him. "Damn you! You faked it! I'm not late for anything!" I ran back to my room, fuming. "Damn that kid, he should die." I paused, opening up my laptop. "Well, I shouldn't waste precious time. I should watch anime."
I opened a new tab on Firefox and typed in Google search:
Naruto episode 78 english dub and clicked on the first link; . I'd rather watch it on animefreak. I thought, pressing the back button and clicking on the third link. Yeah! Naruto awesomeness! Last episode of season three! I yelled in my head. This is were Naruto beats Gaara… I hope. Aw, he probably will, I mean, he's the main character. "And seriously, I feel bad for Lee. Sheesh, how can this anime become any sadder. After Negi almost killing Hinata and Negi's past, and before that Rock Lee. And then Gaara's whole life. Guess it can't be helped, can it?" I continued out loud. "And Sasuke with Orochimaru's bite and all that. I can't wait 'till I get to Shippudden." I sighed. "I really wish my life could be this interesting, I mean just watching Naruto makes me excited." I watched at least seven episodes that morning. When I finally got tired of it, I shut my laptop and laid in on my desk, walking out the door. "I'm going for walk." I called to my brother. I heard a slight "Bye!" and headed outside. I live in California, so the weather outside was scorching hot. I was sweating even through my tank-top and shorts. "Damn this weather. It's so hot, I think I could melt." I whispered as I walked along the houses of my neighborhood. I shrugged, "Maybe I should go to the park." I walked another few blocks of houses and arrived to a large grassy clearing with benches all around it and a swing with sand under it in the very middle. "Cute." I mumbled, remembering that I used to come here everyday when I was seven. I walked over to the swing and sat on it, thinking for a while. I swung a few times and did a few wallflips on trees a little further, before walking back to sit on the swing. The swing was hard and cold, and the sun was slowly going down. "It's this late already." I hadn't noticed the stifling air lifting up. I suddenly felt sleepy. Well… I did wake up at seven. I laid my head down on the metal chain on the side of the swing. My head hurt a little, with the chain digging into it, but that didn't matter. I was just too tired…
"Can't sleeeeeep." I mumbled a few minutes later. I lifted my head slowly, seeing a silhouette in the dark. "Wh-who's there…?" I asked, not seeing anything. "Hey Erika. What are you doing here?" A familiar voice whispered, I could feel it coming closer. "Ama—Amaya?" The person put a hand on my shoulder, I flinched. "No need to be that creeped out, ya know. Yeah, it's me." I smiled and sighed in relief. "I called you a few times but you were on voicemail. And when I went to your house, your brother was there, alone. I went to look for you, but when I couldn't find you anywhere, I decided to look here. And there you are." I could picture her grinning in the darkness. "I—I can's see anything." I whispered, getting off the swing and sitting by her on the ground. The only thing I could see was the full moon. "No stars tonight, huh. The clouds are covering them." I noticed. I could feel Amaya nodding besides me. "Yeah, it feels kinda nice. You know, being here together like this. As best friends." I looked up to the sky; the first few stars were finally showing. "Yeah, it does feel…" I paused. "Nice." I smiled to myself. "It's been a while since we've done anything like this. It's…sad you're moving, isn't it?" I said, holding tears. Amaya forced a laugh, "Yeah, it is. I'll miss you."
Like me, Amaya was an anime fan. And also like me, she wished her life to be interesting. But sadly, she was moving to England in the middle of summer. I would only be able to email her, no calling or texting. We'd been best friends since first grade, we were going to be eighth graders next year, after this summer.
I leaned my head on Amaya's shoulder. "I feel sleepy." I said. Amaya nodded, "Yeah me too… I wonder why? I was normal a few seconds…" She trailed off, closing her eyes. I closed mine too and fell asleep after only a few minutes.
*Sigh* I was thinking of making this a cliffhanger and wait another few days before uploading the next chapter but I think it's a little too short of a chapter, especially with nothing interesting going on… -' Sorry 'bout that, but this is still chapter 1, KEEP READING!
I woke up after what seemed only a few, short minutes. "What's happening." I mumbled as stood up. Amaya flinched next to me. She stood up, muffling something under her breath. "What the hell is happening?" She cussed, rubbing her head as if she had hit it. I shrugged, "Dunno, I just woke up. Is this a dream?" Amaya stared at me. "You idiot," She flicked my forehead. "If you were dreaming, then why am I here?" I thought for a while, then came up with a pretty good response. "You're in my head." I paused. "This is my dream, and somehow you got in my head." She looked at me with a are-you-feeling-alright look. "If anybody's in anybody's head right now, then you're the one in my head. This is my dream."
I raised an eyebrow. "No freakin' way, you're the one in my head, here." She frowned, "No, you are in my head. This is my dream and mine only."
I sighed. "No, this is my dream, if you hadn't noticed." I paused. "My dream." I added. She stared at me and flicked my forehead again.
"Nuh-huh." She stared in my eyes. "I didn't notice because this is my dream." She sighed. "Look, why don't we just try to figure out where we are?"
I nodded, looking around. We weren't really anywhere. We were nowhere. Everything around us was pale white, almost gleaming with brightness, almost blinding. "What is this place?" Amaya looked around too. "It's so bright, and there's nothing around." I nodded, laughing. Damn, these days, dreams are the only interesting part of my life, I thought. "Freaking idiot." I mumbled to myself. "If you keep thinking like that, you'll end up committing suicide. Well, not really, 'cause then I wouldn't be able to finish Naruto and Shippudden and all the other anime I wanna watch." I hit my head. "Sheesh, baka."
Yes, I had started to fill in some of my sentences with Japanese words. Like, baka (Idiot), so ka (I see), kawai (Cute), kuso (shit), chikusho (Damn), or mattaku (Sheesh/geez). Ya know, stuff like that.
"Why are you talking to yourself?" Amaya questioned me. "What? Oh, err, nothing." I laughed. "Just saying dreams are more interesting than real life, these days." She nodded thoughtfully, "Yeah that's actually true." She smiled. I looked around some more, noticing something, I turned to Amaya. "Hey see that." I pointed to a gate-looking thing. She nodded, "Yeah, wonder what it is. Should we get closer?" She grinned. Grinning back I answered her, "Yes! This dream is freakin' awesome!" We walked closer to the odd thing, definitely looking like a gate after we got closer.
There was something on the gate, like a sign of some sort. I walked closer examining it. I stopped-dead as I saw the giant carving on the gate. "Oh. My. God." It's—it's…" I took Amaya by the arm and flung her toward the gate, "LOOK!" I yelled my lungs off. Amaya froze, almost mimicking my actions. "Oh, gosh, that's the…"
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