Chapter 1: And the Box Was Opened Part 1
~𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐱.~
~𝐀 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬… 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬.~
~𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝…~
~𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐬…~
~𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.~
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"Okay, I'll repeat your order to you again."
~𝐀 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞…~
"A double cheeseburger, medium fries, and a cola. Teriyaki burger, fish filet, and a cola."
…𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲
"Is that correct?" A young woman smiling brightly asked.
"Mogami san, sorry I was late. You can get off your shift now. I'll take over for you." A flustered young girl said, hurriedly getting behind the counter.
"Ah, okay." Kyoko replied, "Thanks, everyone!"
"Thank you for your hard work!"
"It's 5:10! If I don't hurry, I won't make it to Daruyama on time!" Kyoko shouted as she rapidly changed from her waitress outfit into regular clothes while running into the dressing room.
Daruyama was Kyoko's second part-time job.
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- 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 -
"From now on Shou is the only one for me!"
"Eh!"
"Shou… do you mean the guy whose albums have started selling lately? Fuwa Shou?"
"No way! Wait- Kuniko weren't you all into Ren?"
Kuniko: "I've converted over to Shou - "
"Yes!" Kyoko cheered internally as she eavesdropped on the conversation happening behind her.
"Shou is much cuter and a much better singer after all." Kuniko continued
"That's right! That's right!" Kyoko agreed silently, pride filling her chest.
"Wait! What do you mean Shou is better? You can't say Ren sings worse than Shou! We've never
even heard him sing before!" Kuniko's friend argued
"Hmph." Kyoko scoffed as she listened to those words "It's obvious that he sings worse. He's just an actor with a pretty face."
"Either way I've converted over to Shou, and my proof is… This!" Kuniko paused dramatically before whipping out two body full-sized posters of a handsome, cocky young man holding his guitar. On the bottom of the poster in bold letters were the words - Fuwa Shou.
Sounding pleased with herself, she continued, "I bought his second single first edition bonus and got two Fuwa Shou life-sized posters."
Kyoko suddenly whirled around in shock.
Unaware of the beast they'd awakened, Kuniko and her friends continued.
"You bought 2 of his CDS?"
"Ho ho ho," Kuniko replied proudly. "One is to save of course."
"This girl… she's actually serious…" her friend sighed in exasperation
"No way…" Kyoko muttered as she stared at the life-sized photo of Shou, she started shaking, "I
also…bought two CDS but…they never gave me any of those things!!" Life-sized poster? First edition bonus? What the hell is that!!
"Wh-whyyyyyy CD store person? So heartless!" Kyoko wailed as she slumped to the ground entering the sea of depression. Her aura turned so dark, some deep-sea fishes from the ocean floor could be seen floating around her.
The other girls watched in stunned silence as the person in front of them collapsed on the floor wailing.
"I went as far as waiting outside of the store the whole night before the sale, and I was the first person to purchase it!!" Kyoko continued shouting
"…do people still do that? This isn't to the level of gaming software that both the young and old want right?" Kuniko's friend asked her
"You know you can buy these things without having to wait all night…" Kuniko told Kyoko as she began to roll up her posters.
"Shou-chan poster~~~~! I want one~~~!! Kyoko wailed while still on her knees, and a ghost arm coming out of her mouth to reach for a poster.
"You…stop it! This is mine!" Kuniko replied, backing away rapidly from the weird girl. Was that a hand from her mouth?
Looking devastated and on the verge of tears, Kyoko sank even deeper in the sea of depression.
Some weird multi-legged animals could be seen scuttling around her.
"Ah Kuniko, she's sinking even lower. Won't she eventually drown at this point?"
Kuniko and her 2 friends just stared in stunned silence before one of them approached Kyoko.
"Ne…Mogami-san, did you get a receipt when you bought the CDs?"
"Yes…I did…" Kyoko replied quietly
"Well, then you can show the receipt to the store and try to get one. Maybe you'll be able to get at least one."
In the deep sea, there is a ray of light.
Kyoko looked at her hopefully as the dark aura around her cleared.
"Of course, it's probably not possible." the girl continued as she turned to Kuniko
"Right. A kind and polite girl like Mogami-san wouldn't start a fight with someone just for that~~" Kuniko agreed
Before she finished her words, Kyoko had transformed into a mini whirlwind as she finished changing, putting her clothes away, and dashing out the door.
"She..she just left, faster than the eye."
"I really thought Mogami-san was a calm person." Kuniko agreed
"Besides that, I never thought she was the type to have an interest in entertainment idols…. But Mogami-san is someone that could probably get very serious about it…"
Meanwhile, on the steps to the pedestrian bridge somewhere, people were dashing out the way as a crazy person was riding the bikes UP the steps without any regard to hitting people.
"Move it move it move it move it!!!" Kyoko shouted as she biked rapidly going almost twenty miles an hour on the sidewalk.
"Hey!"
"What the hell!"
"Watch out!" People exclaimed as they dodged out her way.
"Shou chans poster! Shou chans poster! Shou chans poster! Shou chans poster! Shou chans poster! Shou chans poster! Shou chans poster! Shou chans poster! Shou chans poster!" Kyoko chanted as she biked as fast as she could,
Shou chans poster!
Panting, she arrived at the store, bursting in with her bike, and pinning the manager against the wall as balancing delicately between the counter and the back wall. Her face was flushed and covered in sweat.
The manager looked very afraid. He sunk to the floor afraid that the would slip and knock him out on the head.
Panting rapidly, Kyoko started talking. "I…hah…didn't get….hah…..Shou's poster…"
"Kyaaa! Boss!" One of the bookstore workers screamed
"Uhm…I hadn't told the clerk about the first press bonus at that time of day…" the boss replied nervously
"Er…we don't have any other posters except for the stores… Would this do?"
As she walked her bike out of the store, Kyoko glanced down at the poster in her hands then smiled cheerfully.
"Ehehe," Thank goodness I was able to get a poster! The people at the store were more understanding than I thought they'd be. I didn't have any proof that I hadn't gotten one. I was prepared for them to tell me that they must have given me one already…how nice of them! I'm glad I tried so hard to come and check!
"Now I can go to work and not feel down…" Kyoko's voice trailed off as she glanced at her watch.
"Kyaaa! Noooo! 5:45?? My boss is going to be furious!!"
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