Random

This is extremely random, but I decided I just wanted to talk about the Bishi-World for no reason whatsoever.  Well, except to rant and rave and continually confuse you, of course!

Well, I’ve got my radio on, and I’m listening to 96.3…My favorite station, and I can just barely discern the voices of Eric, Dad and Mom in the living room.  Anyways, back to the point.  I first heard of the Bishi world when I came across this:

Bishonen and Bishoujo! by Songwind
Bishies! Catch yer fave anime chars! A girl clicks on this website, thinking it’s a fun virtual game. Boy will she be surprised! Questions answered!

Songwind made every anime fan’s dreams come true.  The Bishi-World is basically a lot like Pokemon, except, you’re not catching Pokemon, you’re catching Bishonen and Bishoujo!  All of the trainers I’ve read about got to the world via E-mail link to website. All of the trainers are from our world, so they’re human.  There’re a LOT of rules and regulations that come with this world.  There’re even complications, like the Half-Bishies…They appear when trainer and their bishi….Mate!  Yes, mate…Er…

So, Half-Bishies are not exactly respected or liked by full bishies.  Then again, in the first story they were going insane and crap, so it’s kinda understandable.  I’m not sure how you classify a Bishonen such as Inu-Yasha or a Bishoujo such as Kagome.  If I remember correctly Kagome’s were like “Humans” in a way, because they do the whole “jumping into the well” thing, or traveling between two worlds via a well.  Which brings up the matter of Miaka and Yui, whom travel to another world via book, don’t ask, just go find Fushigi Yugi and read and/or watch it, okay? Otay!

Anyways, as I was saying, the trainer’s can run around and catch Bishi, it’s really cool! 

Notes- This is about teens who somehow end up in a world where they can capture and interact with their favorite anime, video game, and/or book characters. I’ve been putting up various versions of this, but I hope you like this one. Please, please review!!

I shall explain somethings, using the explanation Songwind wrote in Chapter two of her story.

“Take a seat at the front, please. There are very few of you,” the man said. Obediently, they all did. “Now, I am Professor Dion. I’m here to explain what’s happened to you.”

They’re at this “Orientation building” thingie.  This is where every newb trainer finds out about the Bishi-World.

“You all were emailed a new site on the internet, a Bishonen- or Bishujo- site” he nodded at the guy, who nodded back. “And you clicked on ‘make me a trainer’. The next thing you knew, you were here, and you had guides showing you here. Am I right?”

As I said before, trainer’s get to the world via link to website in an E-mail they receive.

“This all happened without any explanations, I take it? Well. You are here to become actual trainers of actual Bishonen and Bishujo. I hope you all read the definitions. Bishonen count as male characters from anime, video games, or books. We used to have Bishonen running around that resembled those from the Old World, Lance Bass for a mild example. But they are all extinct. Perhaps they died out because he’s not quite as popular anymore…” The Professor shrugged.

I don’t know who Lance Bass is, so don’t ask me!  And I’m not totally sure what he meant by “Old World” either.

“So. Bishujo are the same thing, except they are obviously female. They exist in this world like you and me. They have their own hidden cities. They used to be open to everyone, but that was before humans showed up. They are hidden so we don’t tear the world apart and make them ALL extinct. Anyhow, they have their cities and we have ours. The world for the most part is split up fairly equally. We made a pact with the Bishies of the world decades ago that we would never drive them into primitive and/or inhumane conditions.”

Yeah, there’s some BAD history there!

“However, we have created technology to capture these Bishonen and Bishujo for battling, protection, or just for their company. The Bishonen and Bishujo don’t really mind. As long as the trainer is open minded and bright, they are content. Of course, an attractive one would be nice too. Trainers have been known to, ah, stay with their Bishonen or Bishujo.”

The last part basically means trainers are compatible with their Bishonen/Bishoujo.

“You mean we’re COMPATIBLE with them?” the blonde blurted out.

The man gave her an amused look. “Yes. There are a couple half-Bishies out in the world. They’re easily confused as full-Bishies. Anyway…”

They only mildly mentioned the Half-Bishies here, I think they go into them in detail later on.

“I want to go over a couple rules with you, but first. Who wants to stay a trainer? You may go home right now if you want… You can go home at any time… No one wants to go? Good.” The Professor nodded in approval. “First rule- do NOT go in search of the Bishonen’s cities. They are private. Do NOT ask your Bishonen about them either, they will not answer even under torture. As an add on to that, NEVER capture a Chibi.”

Here’s the reason why:

“There are a couple stages the Bishonen and Bishujo go through. Instead of us, they… evolve, you could say. They go from ‘Chibi’ to ‘San’ to ‘Sama’ stage. You may capture Sans or Samas, but NO Chibis unless you are given consent by their parents. Capturing Chibis is like kidnapping a kid.”

See?  They don’t appreciate it either!  However, if you’ve caught one WITH consent, you sometimes get a rather hard time from other Caught or Wild Bishies, because they’re suspicious and you have to explain yourself almost 60 times a day, it gets annoying.

“Second rule. To capture Bishonen or Bishujo, you use these Bish-Balls.” Dion held up one of the silver and black balls. “Basically it’s like Pokemon, if any of you have seen that show. You throw it and catch them. If you want to release them, simply let them out of it, open the ball manually, and snap it in half. The bond between you and your Bishie will disappear, and he or she will be free to go. But do NOT release ALL of your Bishies unless you want to go home that moment.”

So, there is a way to go home if you seriously want to, but none of the trainers I’ve heard of ever wanted to go back to boring old Earth.

“Rule three. Never leave your Bishonen more than three miles away from you. If you must, only do so in emergencies and for VERY short periods of time. As you will see shortly, you are bonded to your Bishonen by your blood. If they cannot reach you and you cannot reach them, they will go mad, possibly die after forty-eight hours. Is that CLEAR? Forty-eight hours, three miles.”

Besides, over time, you become too seriously attached to your Bishi to let them suffer.

“Good. Those are the most important of all the rules. Now, fourth thing. This is a Dex.” He held up what looked like a cell-phone. “It’s a phone and an encyclopedia in one. It tells you general information about any Bishonen or Bishujo THAT IS KNOWN, and you can contact other trainers on these. Understand?”

Dexes are kinda like cellphone’s and a buncha other things rolled in one.

“Wonderful! We’re moving right along! Now, you may capture, and trade all the Bishies you want. We’ll give you your first twenty Bish-Balls, but after that you’ll have to go to a shop to make more. The belts you’ll get will adjust to hold about sixty balls at once. You’ll have to either get another belt to store more or find another way to do it. I think that’s all the basics. The rest is feed them regularly- or have them feed themselves- and wash, and drink water, that sort of thing. Oh, and if they are injured, take them to a Hospital Center! You can’t miss them, they’ve always got ads for healing Bishies in the windows for everyone to see!”

So, unliked Pokemon, you can carry more Bishi.  After this they get their belts and Dexes, I’m gonna skip ahead to the confusing part.

When they all had their belts of Bish-Balls and their Dexes, he said, “Well, that’s that. You’re on your own. Remember, if you want to go home at any time, just release all your Bishonen. Any questions?”

“I have one,” Anya said.

“Yes?”

“How do we let our parents know we’re fine?”

“They don’t know you exist right now,” he said.

Everyone blinked. “Huh?”

“Well, it’s sort of complicated. See, to be able to let you go home, but not worry anyone back home, you are going through life normally there, but you’re not there. You can’t exist in two planes. You never were here before until you got here. Now you won’t have ever existed back home until you go back.”

“You mean if we went back no one would know us anymore?!” the blonde demanded.

/Ah, a good question,/ Anya thought.

“No. You will age naturally here, so when you go back, enough time will have passed so that you will be exactly the same age back home as you are here. So right now, yes, your parents and friends don’t know you exist. When you get back there, however, you’ll still be there like you never left.” He shrugged.

Didn’t I say it would be confusing?  I don’t totally understand what he means.

After that, trainer’s get told they have a two-week limit to catch their first Bishi.  If they don’t manage to catch one, they’re sent back home.  And the Dexes are rather annoying.  I started my own story, I’m working on fixing it up, and my story adds HUGE complications to the main storyline, because my character doesn’t come from our world.  She comes from a world parallel to both ours and the Bishi-world….Rather confusing, I know…