Chapter 1: Do, Die and Isekai

Characters:

Mai (new name Fei) - Our protagonist.

Ai (real name Miki) - Mai's best friend and love interest.

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Crash!

Eeek! Somebody call the police!

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I reach out to the hand of my best friend Ai as I look at her one last time.

"Ai, your a mess." I painfully joked at her.

Ai lays on the road beside me staring at me unmoving. Blood flowing from his head.

'Ai! Ai!" I cried her name but there is no response. I beat my chest to stop the pain in my heart. Not like this. Not like this. Tears fell like rain.

Eh? My heart is really in pain? I'm having trouble breathing and my eyesight is going dim.

God, if your there, please don't separate us please!

My breathing gets ragged and shallow. I'm gasping for air and my lungs seems to be useless and stopped working. I guess this is it. The end. I should have loved my friend more! I could have cherished her more! But I guess this is the end.

Darkness.

I guess I'm dead. It's just all darkness around me.

Open your eyes.

What?

Just open your eyes and see.

I tried opening my eyes and it really opened! I'm alive! I survived the accident! 

"Ai! Ai! We survived the crash!" I look at my side and I see Ai but in a different attire. She is still holding my hand. Why is she wearing a kimono? Wait a minute, why is my voice different?

"Aaa aaa aaah aaaah." 

My voice has changed. My voice turned into a man's! What the hell is happening here!

"Ai! Ai! Wake up!" I shaked my best friend really hard.

"Eh... Mom, can't you see I'm sleeping? Give me another 15 minutes." Ai groaned.

"Ai! Ai! Were not in Tokyo anymore! Wake up!" I tried making her sit down and shake her squeezing her face.

Ai rubbed her face and then looked at me. "Hey, your not my brother. Who are you?" she asks.

"Brother? Do I look like your brother to you? What the hell is going on?" I shouted.

"Where is Mai? Where did you take her?" Mai assumed her angry pose, the way she always do with her hands clenched and her her eyebrow up.

"I'm Mai! What the hell are you talking about!" I shouted at her.

"If your Mai, then I must be dreaming because your not her. Your a boy!" Ai shouted.

"A boy? What makes you say that?"

"Well, if you look at a mirror, you will see a boy's face staring at you." Ai replied.

"Really? But I'm Mai. Since we don't have a mirror with us, let's go find a river, a puddle of water or something so I can verify for myself. Let's go Ai."

Ai is staring at me cautiously. "Okay, but if you try anything weird, you're gonna get it."

"Sure Ai. In the meantime, lets think rationally about this. We were at school right?"

"Right."

"We crossed the road, something hit us."

"Yes. I believe it was a truck or a something." Ai said sadly. "Then it means we really died. Bummer."

"Well, the good news is, we are still alive Ai. Now if we can only find out why I have this weird voice." I said. "I've watched a lot of animes and I know what usually happens in this type of scenarios. We should be really careful about this and find a branch or something that we can use to protect ourselves."

"Luckily we are in the middle of the forest and there are lots of tree branches here. Pick that up and I'll pick this one. We should be careful in this forest we might stumble into something dangerous. Come, follow me. " as I gesture Ai to follow.

"What makes you an expert?" Ai asked angrily.

"Duh, I'm a gamer and a novel reader. I've practically experienced a thousand lives at this point."

Ai rolled her eyes.

"I know your rolling your eyes Ai even if I'm not looking. I can read you like a book."

"Hmmph!" Ai hit my head. "You really are Mai! Only a knucklehead like you would say that."

"Shh! Quiet now! I think I see something. Quick, hide behind those bushes!" As we hid behind the bushes quietly.

We see a young man and a young woman tied to a piece of wood and carried like pigs, ready for barbeque. There seem so be what I think are orcs carrying them.

What do we do? Do we run or do we attack? Let's assess the situation. I say to myself.

The orcs are carrying wooden clubs. There are 3 of them. Luckily I'm a veteran of a thousand wars. I have already formed a plan.

"Ai, here is what we are going to do. Just pick up stones the size of half of your fist. Probably pick 6 of them and put them in your pockets. When they move close, just shout to get their attention. I'll whack them from behind and if that fails, run to the opposite side. I'll catch up to you later."

Ai nodded. Those who try, favors the bold. I guess we will find out.

(To be continued)