The Real Life Manga: Chapter 1

"Akio Fujimara!"

It was my turn, I got up from my desk & walked towards the teacher.

He was sitting in his old black office chair, right in front of the old blackboard. He looked at me all the way up to his desk. I grabbed my grades & silently went back to my own desk.

I looked down at the white piece of paper.... I got a C. I've never been the best in school, I guess that is part of why I started writing mangas. That is bout' the only thing i'm good at.

"Sashi Sugiyama!"

It was Sashis turn. I instantly noticed her when she got up from her chair.

Her dark black hair & blue eyes, were impossible not to notice. Her kinda gothic clothing style, was unique to her too. No one else in the school could pull off a black dress with a bit of red, & some long black socks going all the way up to her knees. I guess my clothing style is kinda dark too, now that I think about it. Black jacket, white shirt, & black pants. That is what i always wear. I guess it's kinda greasy too.

But Sashis clothing style, fit her personality well, & even though she isn't anything like me, we are still best friends.

Sashi grabbed the piece of paper with her name on it & walked back to her desk.

She just sat there looking at it. Like always i couldn't exactly tell how she felt. She is impossible to read. I went back to looking out the window & waited for class to end.

Maybe that is part of why i don't get that great grades. But hey atleast i can write manga.

"Rrriiiiinnggg!"

As soon as the school bell rang, everyone rushed outside. Except for me and Sashi.

She was still sitting in her seat, with her beautiful black dress.

"Sashi..? Should we go?"

"Yeah, coming"

She got up from her chair & picked up her bag & swung it over the right shoulder.

When we got outside we said farewell to our fellow classmates & started walking home.

"So Akio, what manga are you working on now?"

"You remember the one i told you about a couple months ago, that i said i might not finish?"

"Yeah..."

"Well, i finished it. It's about a guy named Emiru Hashimura, he is inspired by myself, as you might already know by his name. He also kinda looks & acts like me. Black jacket, white shirt & the black pants & shoes."

Sashi looked at my face with a weird expression, & a little while after silently came out with a "Can you get more selfish?"

I looked back at her with an angry look on my face. I know she is just joking around, but that still kinda hurt.

"Anyway! He lives in a world called Aneraz & the rest is something you are gonna have to figure out yourself, when you read the book!"

"Who says i'm gonna read it?"

"Whaa!!?" I stopped & looked at her, like some kind of maniac. But she just looked back with her usual face, that looks like she is about to go to sleep.

"Calm down, jerky face. Haven't i read all of your other mangas?"

i looked at her calmly & started walking again.

We finally reached my house.

It was a typical Japanese house with 2 floors. It was white & you could see all of my anime collectibles in my window. Sashi hated them, saying i was obsessed with fictional girls with rather large boobs.

We walked up the steps & entered my room. My bed was on the right, & my shelves with my own & other peoples mangas on the left. In the middle was my window & all of my anime stuff.

Sashi looked at the stuff in the window & then slowly turned her head towards me. I was sitting in my bed with my laptop, that i wrote all of my manga on.

I could feel her eyes upon me & slowly moved my eyes up, noticing how she was staring at me.

"What?" I bursted out.

"Nothing.... You're just still obsessed with anime chests that's all."

"Will you ever stop saying that?"

She looked at me with a small smile. "Probably not."

I logged onto my laptop & opened my mail. I had mail from my publishers, saying something about my new manga has been leaked on the web.

The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.

My jaw fell to the ground & i opened it as fast as i could.

Sashi noticed how i started sweating. "what is wrong?"

I could barely hear her, i was so afraid that it was already out somewhere on the internet. This is possibly my best manga yet & it's not finished yet.

Sashi walked towards me, she couldn't see my face because it was buried in my black laptop.

I could hear her high heels getting closer. She sat next to me & i could feel her blue eyes staring at me. I was still sweating.

"Akio calm down you are sweating like when you run for five meters, & we both know that is a lot."

I opened the mail & was redirected to a weird website. Sashi still sat next to me, looking at me with her usual sleepy face.

"ACCESS DENIED"

"Huh...?"

I looked at the screen not being able to understand what just happened.

I closed the website & tried again.

"ACCESS DENIED"

Then my laptop shut down.

"NO! no no no no! Please don't"

"Akio... Would you calm down? It's getting weird"

"NO! what might possibly have been my breakthrough to becoming world famous, might just have been leaked!"

"Why is that such a big deal? Just write a new one"

I slowly turned my head towards her & looked her straight in the eyes. Even though her black hair & blue eyes were traumatising, then i had to remember what had just happened.

"I can not just write a new one" i said in a very low, sound level.

"I can never write the same thing twice & if it's already out, then what is the point?

I could hear & feel Sashi taking a deep breath & getting up from the bed & getting back into the chair.

She just sat there looking at me like she was waiting for something.

"Turn your PC back on and check again" she said.

"Alright, yeah..."

I looked back down at the black laptop & pressed the power button.

"please, please, please,"

It worked! The laptop started. A sarcastic "you're welcome" could be heard from Sashis chair.

I didn't even look at her or acknowledge what she said.

The laptop had started but, all of my video games & everything else, was gone. Except for 2 files.

The one where i was writing my new manga, & one that said.

"Have a nice journey"

I opened up the file where i was writing my manga, still sweating like a pig & could still feel Sashi staring at me. Waiting for me to say something.

I noticed how it didn't get opened with the usual program i write manga on.

There was a note in the bottom saying

"WRITE THE LAST LINE OF YOUR MANGA & DELETE THIS"

I was shaking, blut slowly moved my hand down on the mouse & deleted the text & wrote down the last line, in what could possibly be my breakthrough as a manga writer.

Even though i was just a 19 year old boy, it was still very possible to become a famous author.

"ENTER"

I had clicked & had finished my new manga masterpiece.

I slowly looked up at Sashi, still shaking.

"So... Did it get leaked?"

"No... i don't thi..."

"WHOOSH!"

A big whole shining bright with white & pink, just opened up in the middle of my floor.

This is the first time in years i've seen Sashi make an expression that doesn't say 'I'm tired'

We looked at each other, with our chins stuck to the floor like magnets.

We were starting to get sucked in.

"Akio... What the f##k did you just do?" she said surprisingly calm.

I looked at her with a completely pale face & my chin still stuck to the floor.

I could barely speak.

"I.... I don... i don't know..."

"But it's definitely not good because it's sucking us in!"

"Do something Akio!"

We both screamed but no one seemed to be able to hear us, & suddenly everything went black.

End of chapter 1

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