W I N G I T [Souji]

Souji was caught off guard by Ooi's look, it was like she just saw something as weird as lets say a chimera. Souji then realized that not everyone is as intimately familiar with Shonen jump like him. "Oh yeah, its going on a good direction. Hopefully we will see them go back to make shows with quality like they used to." He said thankfully stopping himself from going on a long talk about the manga industry, but today is not the day for such long talk.

Souji was very happy to hear that Ooi would like to discuss with him the RPGs she finishes in the future. "Yeah!!.. I mean ofcourse, I would love to do that." He said rubbing the back of his head as excitement took the best of him, honestly he was very embarrassed at how he yelled just now. "I think video games especially RPGs are a good thing to do that with, since they are so huge we are bound to miss stuff in our first playthrough and we can compare our findings, and some have multiple endings so we could get different endings." Souji said, excited as he looked forward to such talk.

Souji was suprised by. Ooi's reaction it was......honestly nice, yeah sure she was not as invested in the topic like he was, but despite she was willing to listen to him. Which was more than he could even ask for, all his life he was listener as no one from his social circle was interested in what he had to say and those of the lower class either despise him or get close to him for other reason and usually are not his friends. But this conversation felt good, if only it could last longer since Ooi will totally not believe him about the digital world right (?) "Heh yeah, I have spent alot of time playing video games and reading comics. Some people might not find that bad compared to playing sports." Souji said with a soft quite chuckle.

This was it Souji looked away from the girl waiting for her to be angry at his lying and possibly think he is crazy, because of the whole digital world thing. It would be a shame he liked her and everything, too bad they wont be able to hangout anymore. Here it comes...........( wait she knows about the digital world ? ) that was the first thought that came to his head. "WHA- I mean how I mean when ?" Souji was confused to say the least, this day keeps on getting more interesting "wait, hold on there. You know about the digital world and digimon ? Since when ? And how ? Does that mean you have a partner or maybe a spirit weilder like me ?" Souji's reaction was to throw all of his questions at her at the same time.

Souji smiled and nodded at Ooi's statement, she might not know or care much about shonen jump but that magazine means alot to him and he will keep on following it. But there is no need to keep discuss this magazine or its content or any of its possible futures, but a one sided conversation might prove a little unsatisfying honestly, its more fun when the two of them can insert their opinions. And celeberating the agreements and discuss the disagreements is something that was so much appealing to him and thats why he wont continuue rambling about comics.

Besides he was far more interested in the talk of the two of them sharing a video game experience together, it was not something big but it made him genuienly happy. Maybe things will go better for Souji, ever since the bullies threw him into the digital world he has beem meeting nice people some have been rather strange but overall have been really interesting and nice people, its a good thing that the list continued to grow with time. "So you are the type to look for secrets thats always, I do not do that on my first run but I do that on my second run. Thats something that gives RPGs a really uniqe charm a large world to slowly unravel at your own leisure, they also offer some challange to boot. I think its intimidating length that make them so hard to approach for newcomerd, but thats just my opinion" Now that is better while she may not be as knowledgeable about the subject as he was but she could easily keep up with him which was honestly much better.

But that subject was not nearly as important or shocking as the revelation that she knew about this all along, what luck ? Surely things are looking good for Souji, the string of bad luck is now finally over. But enough with that for now, what Ooi had to say eclipses whatever feeling of joy he is having. The digital world is dangerous a fact that Souji chooses to ignore, something he does not want to associate with his safe haven, even though he had trouble before everything worked out like it will continue to, but lone human ? Souji was confused as he listened to her explanation. No partner ? So she was not like Katherine Jasso, nor is she like him and Kyo "Ah I see, that is certainly new to me. I never met someone who both knew about the digital and did not have a digivice. But I am sure if you want you will get a digivice soon Ooi" he said, he sounded like he knew what he was saying but in reality he did not.

Souji stopped for a moment thinking of an eloquent and quick way to explain all of this to her. He took out his digivice from his pocket showing it off to her "you see this is my digivice, this basically identifies me as a spirit user. Which basically means I am partnered with an ancient digimon who allows me to use his power and transform to a digimon myself. But the thing is the spirit does not remember his past at all, so I need to find some totems that can unlock more of his power and hopefully help him remember. But thats a dangerous task, like super dangerous. So I need to find something called a fragment which would make me get temporary stronger and find the totems helping the spirit remember his past. " he paused looking at Ooi for approval, he was not sure if his explanation was good enough. "As for the night stuff, no reason do not think it really matters. Does it matter ? I do not know." Souji then asked worried he might have maid a mistake.

Souji turned to Ooi, she had a totally different approach to games compared to him. It wasn't that he did not want to take his time with RPGs, it was that he knew he would play the game twice so he leaves the thorough exploration of the game for his second playthrough. "Yeah, I tend to enjoy the game on an aesthitic level first, focus on learning more about the characters and story first. After that the game probably should have me hooked by then, and in my second playthrough I try to unlock everything. I also use party members based on if I like both their design and character I do not believe in using the members that are strong but I do not like, same goes for fighting games for me. " If Souji stopped to think about the fact that he is talking to someone he met in real life about video games, he might have been overwhelmed by feelings of joy, but he did not he was too busy enjoying the conversation and living the moment which is a good thing, he needed that.

He then was intrigued by her comment, it was something he understood subconciously but he was never able to put it into words. "Yes you are right, if something is easy to get into, it can also mean its something you can lose interest in very quickly. You perfectly described how I felt about the new comics, thats what its bothering me about them." He said excitedly he almost accidentaly steered the conversation back to Shonen jump thankfully that did not happen and he managed to stop himself before going there. "But yes, thats why the niche titles are almost always leagues above the popular stuff. But as always there are some exception." He said before the topic jumped back to the digital world.

Souji was a loss of words, he did not know what to say to her. He has never met anyone who is unchosen before, he honestly did not know if that was a bad thing in the first place, maybe having a digivice was akin to being cursed. Probably not, he then smiled at Ooi "thats good, its a fascinating world filled with alot of interesting people. The fact that we get to experience it is something truly amazing, we are lucky people Ooi." He said with a carefree and relaxed smile on his face, Souji was happy to be "Chosen" because that will give his life a meaning, something to control and something he could do and enjoy outside of him secretly practicing his draftsmanship and the arts. Maybe this time he won't be under oppressive figures like his parents, was he an arrogant sheltered child who knew not of the struggels of the every man ? Yes, but that does not mean it should stay that way, he wanted to learn the struggles of the people in the lower classes and learn their stories and learn more about the world around him, he knew there was more to the world than material things. The digital world seemed like the perfect place for that.

"Wait your best friend has the sae type of digivice like me ? Thats awesome, I would love to meet her and possibly learn from her how all this works." While he had someone teach him the basics of spirit evolution, that person's sadly could only teach him the basics, so he had hoped maybe Ooi's friend knows more about spirits so she can teach him. "Oh yeah, I would love to show my tranforsmation. So far I only have one, but when we get to the digital world I will show you it." Souji said, a little excited to show off his powers later.

Souji could not help but nod in agreement with Ooi's statement, while who might hear him might mistake him for an elitist snob, but he just had searched for what makes some niche stories be leagues above the mainstream and popular titlels and the thing its something unique to every title, its soul or rather the soul of the creator. "Yes, its just a hobby. No need to get angry discuss them like alot of people do. Especially those who try to prove which seires is better, that always devolves into a competition to see who can find more flaws in the other sides title, which is often counter productive if you ask me. " Souji added to this whole topic, but that is not important right now, atleast not when compared to the talk about the digital world.

Souji smiled at Ooi as he listened to her talking about her best friend, such an optimistic air about her. She seems to like her friend, such talk made him quite honestly jealous of Ooi. Having a bestfriend must feel real good, someone with no familial tie to you yet love you like you are family, honestly it began to seem like a distant fairy tale to Souji, a lie that does not exsist. But maybe just maybe he was wrong, as Ooi seemed to have that type of connection with Amy. "Oh wow, Amy sounds amazing. A whole year !? She must have alot of experience. I cant wait to meet her. " Souji said excitedly, a delicate yet delightful smile painted his face. It was always nice to meet more people, that might become possible friends.

He then listened to something that caught his attention, using the transformations stress her out ? Now thats something he could relate with. "Ah, yeah that makes sense. I only have the most basic transformation and it stressed me out, besides its kinda hard having someone living in your subconcious you know. But its not all bad, I might get used to it after a while. " he said as he started to look at his device, to think such a small thing could permantely change his life. It was almost funny, but so far he was happy with these changes. "Woah, the more you talk about her the more excited I am to meet her. She sounds like a really cool person, I cant wait to see her. " he said playing with the device he held with his hands.

Souji's eye widened as he heard that Ooi and her friend were really experinced with the dark, he was overjoyed with such news truly his fortune has flipped around recently. "Really ? Thats amazing, I was so worried about that I did not know what to do. Thats great, I will be honored if you guys can lend me your help. " he said as he was obviously overjoyed with such news, he excitedly waited for the girls arrival.

"Amelie.....thats a foreign sounding name ? I never met someone that was not japanese before, not that their nationality changes anything. " he said kinda panicked, worried he might have said something wrong. And before he could make his point, who shows up but Amelie herself.

In a luxurious car nonetheless, the driver seat's door opens and reveals her rather tall figure, he couldnt tell because she was sitting but she could be even taller than him, which would be rather suprising. He turned towards Ooi, he was clearly confused, he then turned towards Amelie. "Uh, hi. So you are Miss Amelie, nice to meet you." He bowed his head as a show of respect, before introducing himself as "My name is Souji Himura. And um sure" he said as he picked up his bag and heading for the back seat, since he figured Ooi would sit infront. After getting in, he started the conversation in a rather strange twist of fate, usually he is too shy to talk. "Umm, so Ooi told me that you not only know about digimon but you are also an experienced spirit user, thats pretty cool. " he said before quickly remebering something far more important. "Where are we headed ? Since we can access the digital world via the train station. Or are we going someplace else now ? " He said as he remembered that it was the better alternative to the stinky river.

Souji was suprised by Ooi's word, saying he was a good guy. Now deep down Souji thought that might have been a general praise but he could not help himself from being really happy abour it, his cheek got very reddish as he rubbed the back of his head and nervously said "uh-um......thanks, I think you are good person as well Ooi" he barely managed to say, although he immediately regreted that decision as he felt that was not the correct response and unlike texting he did not have all the time to think about what he should say. But hopefully that was not a bad choice of words.

She then used terminology he was somewhat good with, the perfect level was "oh yeah perfect, wow thats really advanced. I am in the uhh rookie level which is like the really early stage, but my form is still verstaile and all that. I think I can avoid fighting using the skills giving to me in that form, but my spirit urges me to drop that attitude cause he thinks fighting lots of foes will be inivetiable. I sure hope he is wrong, but my gut feeling tell me he is not." Oh yeah Souji now remembered why being a spirit users was not all fun the mortal danger he will need to put himself through, will atleast he wont have to endure a completely ancient creature slowly trying to chip away at his sanity oh wait, he kinda does have to deal with that.

The next thing he heard was quite shocking to him, build a city ? That sounds incredibily cool yet also very bizarre to be honest, he was really curious if anything "woah that sounds pretty cool, but how is she going to build a city ? She must be very resouceful to do that. And I guess you are right, if I manage to get stronger I am absloutely going to find some good use of the power the spirit said I will have." Souji said a bit confident in his decision to help others, but he shouldn't be ahead of himself, he needs help now to be able to provide help later.

"So she is french ? Thats really interesting, I have always loved france. It always looked like a vibrant country, I wonder what it will be like to go to Paris." Souji said, he never really thought about leaving Japan before. While his parent left out for multiple reasons, he stayed home with a humble maid, who taught him all the good values that a parent should have teached him, and thus Souji came to care for this more than his own mother.

But then Amy arrived, and as Souji bowed to her she opted for the much more informal option of a handshake, he then shook her hand and nodded his head as he agreed with her and hopped in the back, this was gonna be a night that will longer and easily more amusing than he had initially planned.

Souji nodded he shared the same sentiment about the digital world, even though he did not have nearly as much experience about the digital world as Amy did. "Yeah I have,once actually. Even though the way I got there was...... lets say not satisfiying, I am still happy I did end up there, its been so much fun so far. Also a little bizarre, but learning more about that world will be an interesting thing. " Souji said, he honestly felt conflicted about the digital world, part of him was kinda scared but the other world wanted to go there and after alot of thinking he decided to go, hopefully nothing happens that will make him regret his choice.

Souji was totally flabbergasted at Amy's new statement, was this car as cool as the batmobile ? "Woah! Wait a second what do you mean this car can take us to the digital world ? Like teleport us there ? Wow thats amazing! Where did you get a car like this ?" Souji asked as he was rightfully amazed, this night is defienitly more amazing than he had hoped and that was promising.

Souji then was not used to have someone pay for his food, he was used to be able to buy anything he asked for from his parents but he was not ready for someone else to pay for him. And while realisticly this was not going to cost alot, the gesture was still very apperciated. "Thanks, I will like a-" Souji then remembered how hungry he really was "a big Wac, large coke and fries please." Souji asked, he knew that may not be a classy and elegant pick, but who cares about that when the hunger is real ?

The group waited for their food to show up and Souji remembered something really important. "Oh guys, I almost forgot something. I was originally going to use the train in order to reach Terminus first, I have a digimon friend waiting for me there. She is really knowledgeable about the world and she said that she is willing to help me when it comes to searching for the totems, can we go pick her up in terminus ?" Souji asked, he had hoped his request wasn't too much.