Terror Infinity Side B
Chapter 2 - 2, Real World I
When Chika's parents finally returned home and learned that Shin had turned up back home, both his uncle and aunt had called for him to come down for an emergency family meting ( Most are normally held because of me for one reason or another, so it was oddly nostalgic ).
Shin, Chika and her parents were gathered around a table in the living room after patting Shin down to see if he was hurt as they were really worried about him. Having not heard a word from him for so long it wouldn't surprise them that he was kidnapped by organ traffickers and that he had lost a kidney or lung. Shin's uncle started the conversation after he assured him that he hadn't been cut up ( For his organs at the very least ).
Uncle: So Shin... To start with where have you been these last few weeks? We had no idea where you were and you've made no contact with any of us.
Aunt: That's right. Your wallet, clothes and hug pillow were all in your room. If you had runaway you would never forget to bring Lala-chan 2.
Shin: The thing is... I didn't have time to bring anything ( And how do you her name and why do you assume I would have brought it if I ran away? ).
Uncle: Why is that?
Shin: Well, I was kinda kidnapped in a way.
Uncle: What!?
Aunt: What!?
Chika: Is that why you look like a street punk?
Shin: Who the hell is a street punk ( I already pit the coat in the Na Ring and am wearing regular clothes )!?
Aunt: Was it a cult? Did you escape? Dis they make you dye your hair white?
Uncle: Shin, please explain just what exactly has been going on.
Shin: ...
Explain... How the hell can I explain what I have been through.
1. I clicked YES to a computer message and ended up being abducted by something claiming to be God.
2. When I woke up I found myself in the world of one of my favorite Manga ( That should just stop being on hiatus ) High School of the Dead. I was tasked to protect fhe main character along with some comrades. Aqua the the mature and badass beauty, Hikari the cute sixteen year old glasses girl and wanted hacker, and Misaki a delinquent who may have lead a biker gang.
3. I somehow survived being turned into a zombie and killed by a large silver wolf monster, and found my way into the heart of another dimension with the ball of light in the middle we call God.
4. I acquired a lot of points to exchange with God and gained powerful, manga like powers and tools.
5. Lost my virginity to 34D ( The best phrase ever ) veteran Player Aqua, yet she won't admit that she is my girlfriend!
6. My next mission sent me to the world of BTOOOM, a world were futuristic bombs reign supreme with my newest comrades Saki, Kampa, and Shuai.
7. Fought mercenaries equipment with power physical enhancing suits of armor and bombs, and I have unlocked the hidden potential of man within myself called the Genetic Constraint.
8. Along with my comrades I defeated the Main Character of BTOOOM and avoided his last ditch self-destruct that probably blew up the island with what I could only call good fortune and dumb luck.
9. And currently, I found myself with some free time, so me and my comrades choose to have a vacation in the real world and here I am.
None of the above is believable and would get me committed if said out loud, yet I am not even allowed to say that much. God has forbidden me from speaking about God, his dimension, the missions and exchanges to outsiders. Maybe I could somehow tell them somethings that I can and show them proof. For example: Like Ki Energy, Na Ring and Kagune to freak them out ( Especially the latter ), but that would lead them to asking more questions that I can't answer. I have to come up with something that is convincing and won't allow them to ask questions.
Shin: To start off with... I can't tell you the whole truth.
Chika: Can't tell the... What the hell is that!?
Aunt: Watch your language.
Chika: But... I was worried all this time.
Shin: Sorry, but for very important reasons I can't tell you or anyone what I have been through. What I can tell you that I am safe ( Lie ). It, what happened to me was forceful, yet I found what I want to do in life, or at least for now anyways. Also, before you ask I wasn't brainwashed by some cult or anything like that ( What someone who was In a cult would say ).
Uncle: ...Seeing you now, I can tell that you have changed a lot, but not just your outside appearance. You always looked depressed these last few years, yet you look full of life now. You... Coming here after the accident you never seemed to fit in here, but as your uncle I wish you could tell me, and all of us more, but if you can't then you can't.
Chika: Wait, what? So your letting it go? If I disappeared for weeks without any word and came home, you wouldn't have any questions for me?
Aunt: We definitely would, but if it is Shin it is okay.
Shin: How so?
Aunt: To tell you the truth you are pretty lazy Shin. I had no idea what your future was going to be like with such a indifference to your future like you once had. This worried both your uncle and I, and kept us up many nights, and so I just alway assumed that we would have to pair you up with Chika here so you will be taken care of.
Chikai: What?
Shin: Huh?
Marriage?
What nonsense is that? And with Chika at that. Is she supposed to be my default heroine? If both Aqua and Hikari dump me, if I hadn't killed myself immediately afterwards, Chika would appear and we would get together fairly easily. Nice in theory, but no thanks.
Uncle: My wife is right. You have become so unmotivated that recently we were already planning the ceremony out in detail for once you both graduate school. Still, it is pathetic for a man to be 100% taken care of my by a women. Ideally, the ratio should be 40 - 60, and for you 30 - 70 exception can be made.
Just, just what do these baka parents see me as?
A lump of laziness with no potential and needs a women to take care of them for the rest of their... Actually, that isn't that bad an offer, but that isn't the point. I was never that bad, and if I am, don't hand your only daughter and child to that good for nothing.
Uncle: So Shin... It seems that you have found something you want to do. Can't you tell us anything about it? At least to make Chika feel better.
Shin: Well, ( We're just discarding the marriage talk from before, are we? ) In a way I have sorta become the protagonist in a series of events I have no control of. I also have friends I can trust and I, we face challenges together. To sum it up... I am Ichigo Kurosakifrom Bleach ( Just not a Soul Reaper, yet ).
Chika: Can't you be serious for once?
Shin: I am being serious here. I am living such a life now, but unfortunately I can't stay here for long. I could be gone up to 1-2 years, but it is very likely I could also not be coming back.
My cousin Chika didn't seem to want to accept that kind of answer, but thankful my uncle and aunt calmed her down. I didn't know just how accepting they were of this half assed explanation, but they seemed to be under the impression that I was never at home here and wouldn't hesitate to take the first opportunity to leave home no matter how it happened. They werre right, but there is no reason to confirm it for them since they did take such good care of me all of these years. Wanting to move the conversation on to something more cheerful I reached into my pocket.
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Shin: Uncle and Auntie, I know that wasn't a very good explanation, but I will be fine. In fact, I am already very well off in what I decided to do with my life, so... I decided to pay you back for everything.
Uncle: Pack back?
Shin: I know that the insurance and the rest of my families money ran out two years ago, but you supported me and my exorbitant life style with my otaku goods. I found out not too long ago, by accident and was considering getting a job, yet luckly and in my new workplace I am very, very rich. Here.
Pretending to take out of my pocket, but actually summoning from my Na Ring's subspace, I took out several cut down pieces of Platinum ( Compliments to Aqua's Adamantium claws before leaving the Terminal Lobby ) and as if it wa spare change, I dropped them onto the table. Uncle and aunt inspected them and found them to be real.
Aunt: Wh-What on earth is all of this?
Uncle: Shin, where did you get all of this? Even if you have some suspicious job, how much of an advance is this? Do you have to work for them for the next year without vacations?
Shin: No. Lucky for me what I am doing now pays almost too well to equal out the risks involved. I still have more to give you in fact.
Chika: Really Shin what have you been doing since you left home?
Shin: Nothing special ( Other then jumping into the world's of BTOOOM and H.O.TD ). I took a break from my new work to give you all this. Uncle and Auntie no longer have to think about money for the next few decades and you can send Chika to any college in the world that she wants, and have enough for a savings for her on the side. Money aside, you all raised me when I had no where to go and took me in. Even when I was distant to you all each of you treated me like family. If I couldn't return the favor when I have the power to then how can I call myself a man.
Uncle: Shin.
Shin:c Yes.
Uncle: How you obtained this money is legal, right? I won't accept it if you have done anything criminal. Even by accident.
Shin: Uncle... I have a perfectly clear conscience. Even if I can't tell you how, I can proudly say that I earned all this with my own ability. If you want we can even go to my family grave and have me tell them that I acquired all of this without breaking any laws or hurting anyone ( That wasn't trying to kill me first ).
Uncle: ...There is no need. If you are that serious then I won't say anymore. I'll gladly accept this.
Aunt: You really have changed Shin. You've even become more handsome than when I last saw you, and now you have money and pride in yourself. Maybe I should be begging you to take Chika then the other way around. In fact please do take her off our hands.
Chika: Mother! Isn't this kind of tallk too-
Shin: ...
Chika: Ne-never mind! Anyways, if we aren't going to get any real answers from oni-, I mean Shin, we should just start preparing for dinner.
Aunt: Your right about that. Since we are apparently rich now why don't we order something expensive to welcome Shin's return home.
Uncle: Why not go out then?
Aunt: I want Sushi.
Chika: I want Lobster.
Uncle: Fine. So I have to find a place that delivers first class Sushi, Lobster, King Crab and... Shin what do you want?
Shin: ...Why all seafood and your going along with-, never mind. Just get me a combination of all of that and fried rice on the side
Ah, I had forgotten.
Uncle, Auntie and Chika were these kind of people. They really are good and honest people, so only realizing this now meant that I was not. Even if the accident and suddenly living with a new family was part of the reason, for me to not have tried to get closer to them... Is a regret that I will always have.
Shin: Maybe in the future I'll get another chance.
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After dinner I returned to my room with a stomach stuffed with seafood. The three of them were so excited about coming home, and worried at the same time that I haven't been eating right they forced feed me a lot of the food that was delivered.
Shin: It was so-so compared to the stuff we get in God's exchanges, but wasn't bad. Man, I am so sleepy now. I should just go to bed for today.
Recently, I've been spending a lot of my time training as I prepared for the mission, so this really was the first time I got to relax while knowing nothing bad was going to happen anytime soon. I still long for the missions where I can be the hero, but... The real world can be a paradise as well if you let it be.
Shin: Though the old me would have scuffed at such an idea. I should call Hiakri before turning in. I never got to talk to her in the end.
I took out my phone and called up Hiakri. I wasn't worried that anything had happened to her so far, but it was only now that I realized that I was mistaken. This world may not have zombie or BIMs, but it isn't like the world is in peace or that there is no crime.
Shin: And I sometimes forget, but Hikari herself is an internationally wanted criminal hacker. Hikari enhanced herself, but she has taken a supporters role, so the authorities may have captured her. What if... What if a survivor of a criminal organization she has ruined took her hostage and wanted to do this and that to my cute Hikari? Like they tie her to a chair, pull up her shirt to just below the nipple and, and with a feather they begin to tickle her... Like hell I'll let some criminal use my Fantasy Plan 42, Tickle Torture Play! I haven't even gotten to do that yet!
I was aware that it was nonsense, yet I still went there in my mind. As my mind was going into an even more inappropriate place my call finally connected to Hikari. Hikari didn't say much and said she was fine... But I could tell something was not right in the depressed and worried tone in her voice. So I ran out of my room, out the house doors and hopped onto my old bike leaning against the house. Then as I was about to leave my Aunt caught going out the door and asked me what I was doing so late at night.
Aunt: Shin, where are you going?
Shin: To pick up a sharp tongued, yet a bad liar of a middle school girl.
Then without saying anymore, I speed off on my bike to Hikari home.
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Authors Note:
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The relatives are easy going for the sake of the story. Kinda like Zhengs parents in the original. They also aren't too important to the story, so they weren't given names.
Also, I said Hikari Entry/Return Point was the school she went to, but due to a future plot and convince at the end of this arc, I've decided to officially make it her home instead. I won't be going back to rewrite the first chapter because it is such a minor detail that needs to be rewritten. It's more troublesome than me being lazy.