NOVEL WEB Good Morning
*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Ah goddammit
Why must I wake up with this loud noise penetrating my eardrums?!
*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
It's not gonna stop ain't it?
*BEEP BEEP
I should just get up and turn it off...
But this feeling of Kishimoto laying next to me with her large heavenly breasts smothering my chest is way too good to just slip away from!
"Nghhh!"
Oh shit, she woke up?
"I don't wanna get up already..." she says speaking into my abdomen.
Well, who am I to deny a Lady of her wishes...
And with that, I roll out of bed and stumble over to the alarm clock that is ringing next to the tv.
*BEEP BEEP... click
Finally, I am rid of this damn sound...
The clock reads 7:00. I have to be at school at 8:30.
I look back at Kishimoto and it seems like she wants to continue sleeping as she draws herself back towards the wall.
I might as well just start making breakfast...
I walk over into the Kitchen closing the door behind me. I start to boil some water and look inside the fridge and the other cupboards to find something to eat for Kishimoto and me.
It doesn't seem like there is much of a selection to choose from so I just decide on some scrambled eggs with toast.
As I put the eggs in the pan I realize something...
Yesterday wasn't a dream.
I really am in Kei Kurono's body in Gantz...
This shit is so crazy...
I died and got... here.
I don't think I should or am even able to focus on what I left behind.... If I did I would just get depressed probably.
I always fantasized about this back in my old life and it seems like that maybe my wishes were heard by some higher entity or something alike. I got what I wanted so I have no right to complain. I will make the best out of this and reach all the things I would be unable to achieve in my past life!
As I reminisce about my situation I hear the door opening behind me with Kishimoto standing there with her already wearing her attire from yesterday with just the jacket missing. She is clearly still very sleepy.
"Mmmh good morning..." she says while rubbing her eye.
"Good Morning. You couldn't resist the smell of my delicious cooking?" I say exaggeratingly.
"I am pretty hungry so... yeah you could say that." she says while smiling cutely at me and leaning forward, which gives me a nice look down her blouse.
Without doing anything and not even really trying how can this girl be this attractive?
"Well, it is almost ready..." I say while scrapping around in the pan and adding salt and pepper.
Let's mess with her a little bit...
"But can I humbly ask of you the courtesy of sitting your beautiful behind down for one more minute so that I can prepare it in an appropriate way for her well-endowed ladyship?" I say smugly.
The comment seems to have brought Kishimoto out of her weariness a little bit and after realizing what I said she blushes as so often and looks at me with a bit of shock.
"You Moron!" she says with an 'Hmmpf' and pushes me with her arm before stomping back towards the living room.
Even though she was trying to appear annoyed I can tell by the way she pushed me she isn't really offended... I could of course read her wrong but I think she enjoys the attention.
After the egg is fully cooked and the Toast is toasted I slice some tomatoes on top of it and put it all on two plates.
As I make my way back into the living room I can see that Kishimoto is sitting on the floor next to the table and she is watching the TV. A news show seems to be on with a pretty anchorwoman standing in front of the scene of an all too familiar subway station.
"We now turn to our foreign reporter Haruto Kenan. He's live on the scene at a platform in Ikebukuro where the strange incident happened that seems to be a contender for a new Urban Legend"
The screen changes to a middle-aged reporter with a mic standing in the middle of the station.
"This Subway Platform is where two High School Boys saved a man who had fallen on the tracks and suddenly disappeared without a trace. It sounds like an impossible happening but many people here on site tell similar stories"
The screen changes to different witnesses of the incident
"They were running that way, but the train came and I couldn't see what happened after that. But I sure as hell didn't see them get hit." a younger woman describes what happened.
I place one plate in front of Kishimoto and walk across in front of the screen to sit down on the bed but the whole time her eyes seem glued to the Television.
The screen now shows a man wearing glasses who is speaking to the camera.
"I was here at the platform when it happened but I didn't see any young men or High School Boys for that matter..." he speaks matter of factly "Maybe it was one of those Incidences of Mass Hypnotism..."
Yeah sure that's what happened mister-know-it-all...
Although... with something like Gantz existing in this reality maybe I shouldn't speak down on ideas like that...
The screen changes again to another witness. An old woman with white Hair. She is hunched over and is carrying a Bag on her shoulder which seems way too big for her. Also, her eyelids are so strongly pressed together, that I don't know if she can even clearly see...
"Ah yes I was asking a young man for directions here yesterday, I just moved here you see... But he didn't answer me at first and then said quite rudely that I shouldn't bother him..." she explains.
"So you saw how they jumped down?" The Reporter seems to respond.
"No, I left after the young men treated me so harshly" The old woman says looking a bit sad.
The screen changes to some other witnesses who all tell different stories. But none seem interesting to me.
I now realize why the old women looked familiar...
She is the one that the original Kurono talked to before jumping down to Kato. I think that in the Anime she played a bigger role but in the Manga, she was just a red herring.
Maybe she somehow is involved with my reincarnation...?
I shouldn't think about it too much. Unnecessary Brainwrestle that isn't solving anything...
Come to think of it am I in the Manga or Anime of Gantz...? I would prefer the Manga but which 'Storyline' I'm railed into I suppose I can't tell right now...
So many questions and I don't know if I'll ever get an answer...
Meanwhile, the screen changes back to the reporter who is ending this section of the show by speaking into the mic.
"Did those two Teenagers really exist?! We have heard a lot of different partially contradicting perceptions just now and I think anyone can decide for themselves what happened here yesterday. But will there ever be a discussion-ending answer for this new phenomenon? I guess we'll never know."
And with that, the screen changes back to the moderator women from before but instead of listening to other news while eating, Kishimoto instantly takes the remote turns the TV off and looks in my direction with an uneasy gaze.
"K-Kurono those two guys that were r-run over was that you and Kato?"
Wow, she figured it out just like that? I guess she is smarter than her original self...
"Y-Yeah it happened after I left school.... Someone tumbled on the tracks and both Kato and jumped down to help him..." I say while taking a swoop from the egg. I'm gonna leave out how the original Kurono hesitated. I won't jeopardize the brownie points I have with Kishimoto! And it also wasn't me anyway...
"That's so brave Kurono! So that's the way you died huh...." she whispers something to herself and I am just able to make out the word 'wrist' before she continues speaking to me "But it isn't really surprising you would do something like that regarding how you also helped me out yesterday. I think I could never manage the courage to act like that..." Kishimoto contemplates.
I look back at her and see how she is just picking at the food.
"Come on you're selling yourself short again. First, that's unhealthy and second off how you think about yourself is just not true" Kishimoto looks back at me to hear what I'm saying " I mean ask anybody on the street if they were ever courageous enough to confront and shoot down the Letuce Aliens that are terrorizing their very home town as we currently speak!" I say while trying to sound like an instigator.
Kishimoto laughs lightly.
"I'll think if I went out right now and spoke to anybody like that it would be a miracle if I would still be able to talk to you by the end of the day" she says with a smile.
"Yeah, I wouldn't want that to happen" I say with a smirk "But you got my Point right?"
"Mmmh" Kishimoto humms with a blush and a nod.
After that, we dig into our breakfast and listen to the broadcasting even though nothing interesting is coming on. After we're done Kishimoto starts to speak again.
"Thank you very much for this delicious meal Kurono! It tasted very nice!" she says while taking a bow which lets me see her cleavage again.
"Don't mention it..." I say while trying to not engage with the enticing view.
"Uh Kurono there is one more question I have tough" Kishimoto says after looking back into my eyes.
"About the Train incident? Sure go ahead."
"The Old Woman who came on, she talked to another Teenager right? Not you or Kato?"
Oh shoot. I think I've maybe created a too-positive image of me inside her head...
"Nah that was some other guy. I don't know what that overwitness said about us being the only schoolboys there... It was around 3 p.m. There were plenty like us going home..." I say lying through my teeth.
"Yeah, I thought so.... I just couldn't get how someone could be so rude to that nice old lady..." Kishimoto says thoughtfully.
The original Kei could be so rude. And that's probably one of the reasons you rejected him. Valid but this time it's not going to happen like that. Imma hit that Kurono not only for me but for you. Ok, that sounded way too weird let's forget about that...
"I think I'll make myself ready now you can handle yourself home alone today right?" I say while dragging together all the school stuff that is lying about and making my way to the bathroom to change into the spare school gakuran.
"Oh right, you have to go to school today..." Kishimoto looks down but quickly gets a hold of herself and puts on a smiling face "I can snoop in your stuff a little while you're gone to pass the time, so that I won't get bored you know?"
I hope Kurono doesn't have a stash of porn mags that is either too imposing to her or too easy to find...
"Suuuure you do that..." I say while closing to the bathroom to change and prepare myself for school.
After I'm done I put the Gantz Suit in my schoolbag (which I stored here yesterday) so that I have a contingency plan for the bullies which I'll also likely have to face today...
As I make my way out again and look into the living room I see Kishimoto looking back at the TV screen with an empty look on her face which makes the idea of leaving her alone for the day now pretty unnerving.
"Well Goodbye then... see you this afternoon..." What am I supposed to say?! I know that she has some abandonment issues but right now I can't think of any solution for that....
"Oh... yeah bye..." Kishimoto draws herself towards me with a loathsome look. But her face lights up after a second again as something seems to have come to her mind "Umm... One more thing... could you maybe go shopping for some new clothing with me tomorrow... I don't want to bother you but I just don't feel comfortable wearing this for too long..."
"I don't think I'll be able to focus on the lessons today with such an inviting proposal on the table" I say mischievously.
"So is that a yes...?" she asks shyly
"Of course it is I would go out with you right now if I could..." I say.
That came out... pretty forward and Kishimoto seems bashful again because of it.#
"For the future... sometimes just say yes when you get asked something okay..." Kishimoto says trying to sound annoyed but with a small smile on her face.
" I'll think about it"
And with that I take one last look back around the small apartment before I close the door and make my way towards an institution of which I would've liked to get away from in this new life.
