Disclaimer - Microsoft and Xbox are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the US. Dead or Alive and Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball are registered trademarks of Tecmo LTD. This story is in no way suggesting or questioning the sexuality of any and all of the characters mentioned. It's just a harmless bit of fun.
Emma James was an 18 year old girl. She was 5'7, and approx. 120lbs, she had reddish blonde hair down to the middle of her back which contrasted nicely with her light blue eyes, she did regular gymnastics that kept her body well toned but she wished she could do something about her 32B chest. She wasn't the most popular girl at school, she tended to keep to herself and only had a few friends She discovered many years ago that she liked girls, the thought of boys would turn her stomach. Weekends she would baby-sit her neighbours eight year old son, Sam, he wasn't much of a handful as he would spend his time playing video games. This all changed one cold night...
Game On
"Now, you're sure you'll be okay?"
"Yes Mrs Reece, just like all the other weekends,"
"Don't worry about her Emma, she's just being paranoid,"
"I'm not, what about the news about electrical storms,"
"They'll be fine indoors, now come on,"
Emma waved goodbye to the Reece's as they left, not knowing she may never see them again. She went up the stairs to check on Sam, and he was in his usual place. Sitting on the floor of his room infront of his TV playing video games,
"Hey Sam,"
"Hey," he replied not looking up,
'How many video games does one kid need?' Emma thought to herself as she saw his collection. Three consoles; an Xbox, a Playstation 2, and a Gamecube, all surrounded by possibly hundreds of games, piled up and just waiting to fall over,
"I'm gonna get a drink, do you want one?" asked Emma,
"No thanks," came his reply,
Emma went back downstairs thinking about how that can't be healthy for Sam, don't get her wrong, Emma enjoyed playing computer games as much as the next person, just not as much as Sam does,
"Oh well, he can always get a job in Blockbuster," she laughed to herself as made her way to the kitchen and got herself a hot drink, before retiring to den and switching on the TV,
"And in weather news the weather will get much colder as the night goes on-,"
'Great,' thought Emma, 'God I hate winter,'
"-and we have more news on the freak electrical storms. They appear to be caused by ionic storms in the upper atmosphere, the possibility that they are drawn to radio waves is still being investigated-,"
"Boring," said Emma as she flicked through the channels, trying to find something worth watching, after much flicking she settled on a cartoon channel.
After an hour or so, Emma had begun noticing the reception was playing up, she walked to the TV and started fiddling with it, trying to improve the picture but only caught herself an electric shock,
"Ow, son of a-,"
Her curse was cut short as she heard a scream come from upstairs,
"Sam!?"
She ran up the stairs and into his room, he was nowhere to be seen but his TV, consoles and games all appeared to have an electrical current flowing through them,
"Sam where are you?"
"Y-you will nev-never find him-m,"
"Who said that,"
The mysterious and broken up voice was coming from the TV, Emma walked closer to it and saw a disfigured face on the screen. It's eyes were glowing green, and had horrid yellow teeth,
"What are you,"
"I-I am... freedom,"
"What," said Emma, her voice barely above a whisper,
"B-be f-f-ree,"
A jolt of electricity shot out of the TV and wrapped itself around Emma, before pulling into it in a flash of light.
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
"Oh, my head,"
Emma awoke to find herself lying on sand, with cool water washing over her feet,
"Where the hell?"
"Hey, are you OK?"
Emma looked up and saw where the voice was coming from. She saw a young girl, probably about her age, with light brown hair and eyes. She wore a pink bikini with a flamingo over her right breast,
"You alright?"
Emma recognised the girl almost instantly, it was Kasumi from Dead or Alive,
"I, um, I guess,"
Kasumi helped Emma to her feet and brushed the sand from her woolly clothes, while Emma tried to brush Kasumi's hands away,
"Yes, thank you. Where am I?"
"This Niki Beach on Zack Island,"
"Zack Island?"
Emma looked around, recognising the various trees, the volcano, hell, she could even spot Zack's statue,
"This is impossible,"
"I'm Kasumi by the way,"
Emma turned back to face her, noting her smile and look of concern in her eyes,
"Nice to meet you," Emma said, quickly shaking her hand and going back to looking around, "Ha, there's the volleyball net,"
"What's your name?"
'Why is she still here?' Emma thought as she turned back again, "My name's Emma,"
"Well Emma, how did you end up washed up on a beach?"
I have no idea," came her reply, "This must be a dream, how can I be in a computer game?"
"Computer game?"
Emma had noticed the confused look on Kasumi's face,
"Yes, where I'm from, this is a computer game and you are all made of pixels,"
"Do I look like I'm made of pixels?"
Emma paused to look her up and down, spotting her pink canvas sneakers and pink ribbon around her wrist, she looked real enough,
"No, you look... Nice,"
"He he, thanks," said Kasumi, blushing slightly,
Emma went to walk forwards but her legs gave out under her, luckily Kasumi's ninja reflexes caught her before she hit the beach,
"Whoa," she said, "Easy there. You poor thing you must be exhausted, I'll take you back to my hotel room,"
Too tired to protest, Emma let her help her to Kasumi's room, not meeting any of the other girls along the way. When they got there, Kasumi laid Emma down on her bed and she immediately feel asleep.
Emma awoke to the comfortable and familiar feeling of her bed back home. She was dressed in a pink T-shirt and panties, and she rubbed her eyes,
"Oh man, what a crazy dream," she said to herself,
"What was it about?"
Emma froze in her position. She slowly looked up and saw Kasumi, still in her flamingo bikini, and she had a drink in her hand,
"I-I," Emma found it difficult to make a coherent sentence, "I'm still here?"
"Yep. Why, were you expecting to vanish into thin air?"
"Well you'd know all about that,"
Kasumi expression changed from happy to a look of confusion and shock,
"What-what are you talking about?"
"Well, you're a ninja aren't you?"
Kasumi tensed up and her face was that of stern anger,
"How do know that, you don't even know me,"
'Uh-oh, if I get her angry she will kick my ass,' Emma thought, "I just figured, what with the... Origami on the shelf and your reflexes when I almost fell over earlier,"
"Oh," said Kasumi, immediately relaxing, "Well aren't we a smart one,"
She walked over and sat on the bed, next to Emma,
"How'd you feel?"
"Still a bit woozy I guess, my back hurts a bit too,"