Three Universes Away From Home

Chapter 1

"Stupid cat."

"I'm not stupid!"

Tohru sat at the kotatsu as Yuki and Kyou fought. Their bickering had made Shigure move them outside, commenting about his house being broken enough that week. The two boys grew up hateful of each other. In fact, it was admirable their squabble over Kyou's pickiness of that morning's breakfast that had the two outside. Tohru hadn't known that the cat hated miso, if not in soup form, and served it, much to his dismay.

She watched with a blank look on her face, half spaced out. She didn't notice the half German Souma approach the house, or heard him walk in, until Momiji burst into the open area of the kitchen and dining area.

"Guten tag!"

Tohru, startled, jumped a few inches, then turned with her hand on the back of her head, the voices outside becoming background noise as usual. Shigure, who had been sitting at one end of the table, reading as he ate, greeted the young looking boy.

"Good morning, Momiji. What brings you here?"

"I wanted to spend the day off with Tohru-kun," the boy replied cheerfully, hopping down onto the floor and scooting up next to her. She turned, following his movement with her eyes, smiling, before finishing the small amount of food on her plate. A loud crash echoed through the house as Yuki sent Kyou flying over the fish pond onto the ground. The older of the two then came back into the house and sat down to eat his breakfast as insults were hurled at him.

***

She looked around the woods. Having known her land fairly well, this strange landscape before her held a mysterious air to it, especially after hearing the crash that sounded throughout the trees.

The purple girl then heard faint yelling coming from her left. She decided to find the source, and wandered off in that direction, when it stopped. Making sure she stayed on track to locate it, she dodged trees and bushes, continuing her trek. Two other figures weren't far off from her. A brunette with a hair tie that looked like green leaves, and a taller, older looking version of the purple haired girl, were trailing. A girl with long black hair in twin tails was walking alongside the other girl who had two D-Pad style clips in her hair, hearing the same noise cut off.

"Neptune, where are you going?" The brunette had not heard what the two in front had, and was confused at their sudden detour.

"I heard someone, Iffy!" Neptune responded very enthusiastically, looking quite excited for someone who was lost.

"There's a voice off in this direction, IF. I heard it as well. We should investigate it."

IF nodded before turning her head to face the girl to her right. "Hear that, Nepgear?"

Nepgear nodded. "Nee-chan? Do you think we are close?"

Neptune continued walking forward, but called back to her younger sister. "Fear not, Nep Jr! Your trusty old Neptune will lead us to the mysterious game flag raising voice!"

"Neptune, focus!" The twin tail girl hit Neptune on the head with a chop from her hand.

"Owie, Noire."

"Let's just hurry up." Noire seemed annoyed, but not entirely, as she came closer to the source of the voice.

They emerged onto a dirt road that seemed well worn, and went to the left once they heard the same voice start up again. At the end of the road there was a small, traditional style Japanese house set in the woods. Neptune bounded off ahead, as Noire just sighed and IF shook her head. Nepgear gave a small smile at her sister's seemingly endless supply of energy.