Author's Note: This is another a plot bunny that was demanding attention. I rather like Märchen Awakens Romance so... Why not? As usual, I try not to create Mary Sues and Gary Stus. If the (accidental) creation occurs, please inform me and I will rectify it ASAP.

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"Take this! Sacred Sword, Holy Thunder Force!" A loud voice shrieked beside me.

I snarled angrily, not wanting to wake up from my blessed sleep.

The room grew dead silent for a moment, making me sigh happily.

"Ginta… It's you again… You little punk…" The teacher growled angrily, dragging his chalk against the blackboard.

I winced at the ear piercing sound but stubbornly tried to go back to sleep, burrowing my head into my arms.

"Go run laps to wake yourself up!" The teacher exploded, his face crimson with anger as he crushed the chalk in his hand.

"Sensei! Shin was sleeping too!" An irritating voice yelled.

All went silent again for a moment. I lifted my head up sleepily at the sound of my name and hissed angrily at the direction of the stupid little tattletale. A squeak was heard and I fully awoke to see the teacher glaring at me while most of the students were leaning away from me and the poor soul who tattled on me. Ginta remained rather calm next to me, knowing my personality rather well. He was my neighbour after all.

"Shin, you delinquent… Get out and run your laps with Ginta!" The teacher erupted again, his face turning purple with rage.

"Tsk… What makes you think I'll do it?" I challenged, sending a sharp stare to the enraged teacher.

Now, if you think that I'm a delinquent, I don't blame you. I'm not really a delinquent though. It's just that my hair colour, a nice shade of orange if you must know and it's au naturel, and the way I dress – my shirt is always untucked and I like to wear coloured undershirts – makes people assume that I'm a delinquent. I've tried to prove them wrong but with all the nit-picking and assumptions by the teachers, I've given up and started to behave like a delinquent on purpose just to piss them off.

"They certainly don't know that assuming makes an ass out of me and you." I grumbled under my breath, a bad habit that I would like to get rid of but it sticks to me stubbornly, like gum to hair.

If possible, the face of the teacher was turning into a darker shade of purple, making him resemble a nice, ripe plum.

"How dare you…" The teacher breathed; smoke practically gushing out of his pores as he clenched his fists hard.

"Shin, don't create more trouble, please… Let's just run the laps." Ginta urged me, placing a hand on my tense shoulders.

"Fine…" I snorted before stalking out of the classroom like a furious predator as Ginta scurried behind me.

I heard murmurs in the classroom, the students saying things like "I wonder how Ginta puts up with him.", "What a delinquent…" And "Damn, he's scary." The last one made me smirk proudly. I was glad that my reputation was still intact.


Ginta and I got to the field and we started to run our laps. Well, I ran - telling myself that it was a form of training - while Ginta stopped after a minute of running and panted like a dying dog. I sighed and stopped my run, walking over to my best friend who had zero athletic abilities.

"Ginta, you okay?" I asked, placing a hand over his shoulder.

"Yeah… I'm… Fine…" He wheezed and took off his spectacles which were clouded from his panting.

"Let's head back up then. I'll help you." I offered him a hand and pulled him up.

I only show my good side to the people whom I trust. As said by Marilyn Monroe, "If you can't handle me at my worst, you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." I looped his arm over my shoulder and we walked back to the classroom where Ginta slumped down against the wall in exhaustion, still panting hard. He was surrounded by several male students, whom were currently irritating me at the moment. I remained silent though I was ready to voice out my opinions with my fists any moment.

"Ginta, you're pathetic." One of the males, Keita, sneered, "Here's the Sacred Sword, Holy Thunder Force. Go beat Yazawa with this."

"Nice sarcasm." Ginta snorted with a deadpan face.

Keita started laughing like a hyena and grabbed Ginta by his collar before shaking him hard.

"If you want to beat him, you'll have to increase your height twofold." Keita teased while the other males started laughing uproariously.

"Stop that!" I slammed my palms on the table and glared hard at Keita.

"Oh? What are you going to do about it?" Keita dared me, a smug smirk on his face.

"Why you…" I snarled, and got ready to punch the living daylights out of that fat bastard.

Keita's head suddenly jerked forwards from a blow that came from his back.

"Ouch!" He squealed.

"Stop bullying Ginta! Shin, don't use your fists to solve your problems! You'll get into trouble!" Koyuki scolded, hands on her hips.

I snorted and turned away at that show of hypocrisy. I didn't really like her and I think the feeling's mutual. She lectured me too much. Too self-righteous in my humble opinion but Ginta has a crush on her, so I am forced to spend my time in her presence. I did argue with her once but that made Ginta angry at me and he refused to talk to me until I apologised to Koyuki.

"We're not bullying him, Koyuki-chan. We're making him man up!" Another student, Jirou, claimed, yanking Ginta's cheek.

"Now you've done it!" Ginta roared and ran after the group like a charging bull but lost steam rather quickly due to his low stamina.

This made the group laugh louder while Koyuki slapped her palm onto her face in annoyance. I refused to do anything for Ginta this time, feeling indignant from my recount of his refusal to speak to me just because of Koyuki. I went home after that, sulking that Ginta wanted to spend more time with Koyuki instead of me. When one only has a single friend, this is what happens.


"I'm home!" I called out to my empty apartment.

I don't know why I keep doing that. I've been living alone for a few years now, ever since my parents died from a freak accident when their car crashed into a large lorry. They died on impact, apparently. I was grateful for that though, because they would suffer had they been alive after that. The car was on fire and glass was everywhere, before the car exploded that is. I still remember that there was no choice but to have a closed casket funeral since the remains of my parents could not be properly recovered.

I cleaned up the apartment and did some homework before deciding to eat my dinner. I, unlike most males, can actually cook since I've been living alone. It'd be sad if I ate nothing but packaged bentos from convenient stores. I had a nice dinner of rice with stir-fried vegetables and grilled mackerel before I headed off to my part-time job. I work at sushi shop as a waiter and sometimes, as a chef. I'm able to work there though I'm seventeen because I am good friends with the owner of the establishment. I've been working for them for about three years.

Soon, it was rather late at night, perhaps about ten. I was cleaning up and chatting with the last few customers when a vision suddenly assaulted my head.

"The connection will form soon." A teen with dark blue hair two upside down triangles under his left eye said in a faraway voice.

"Shin, you okay?" Shigeru oji-san, the owner of the fine establishment asked gruffly, giving me a manly slap on my back.

I nodded my head, slightly bewildered by that strange vision but chalked it up to being tired. I finally finished clearing up and waved goodbye to Shigeru oji-san and strolled home. I finished up with my homework and remaining chores before showering. I then removed my futon from the cupboard and rolled it out. After crawling into my comfortable bed, I tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. The words of that teen were persistently floating in my head like a mantra, rendering me sleepless. Finally, I somehow managed to fall asleep and I had a dream.

In my dream, I saw Ginta fighting against a strange, topless man with a mask and had a blade was attached to each of his hands. Ginta somehow formed a strange silver weapon on his hand; something like a kendama hammer with the sharp point changed to a large ball, and defeated the man in one blow with that weapon.

At that very moment, I could hear the shrills of my alarm clock, trying to get me up in time for school. Aftering groggily awakening, I made breakfast and my bento before getting ready for school.


When I reached the classroom, I saw some guys crowded around a dopey looking Ginta. They exchanged some words before Ginta rapidly withdrew his desk and sulked with a large pout. Suddenly, Koyuki appeared, making me steer clear of the area. I walked to my seat and plopped down gracelessly, watching Ginta blush while talking to Koyuki.

"He's got it bad…" I muttered to myself, smirking as I saw Ginta suddenly stand up and talk to Koyuki.

"It's connected." A voice called out suddenly.

I recognised that voice as the one I heard last night and stood up. The room turned dark and a strange glowing circle appeared underneath Ginta. There was a face in the middle, with crosses for eyes and a tongue sticking out. Everyone started to panic and three blue flames appeared in mid-air. A strange wraith like creature with the exact same face of the one in the circle melted out of nowhere, its sharp clawed hands stretched out in front of it.

"The portal is opening." The creature sang, its red robe fluttering about.

Screams of fear and disbelief started to fill the still air while Koyuki stood stock still, staring at the strange creature. Everyone started to run out of the classroom desperately, trying to get away from what they deemed a monster. Seeing their panic only made the creature laugh wickedly. I personally wholeheartedly agree with the monster. Foolish humans who fear and want to destroy things they don't understand…

An ominously glowing metallic double gate with the creature's face shot up from the aforementioned circle, shocking Koyuki even further. She flopped down onto the floor, her legs seeming to have lost all feeling. Ginta walked over to her and scooped her up bridal style and grinned widely.

"See, Koyuki. It wasn't just a dream! It's the world I saw in my dreams, except this isn't a dream!" He said excitedly, his eyes practically shining.

I turned my head to look at the gate and was momentarily stunned silent at the image granted to me. Cities were burning while people with strange masks and a peculiar fashion strolled through the cities, smiling widely or moving in a relaxed manner. It was clear that they were the ones who burnt down the cities. This was the world Ginta saw? Somehow I couldn't believe it.

"Ginta…? What are you seeing..? All I'm seeing are cities burnt down to the ground while strange people are walking through it like they own the place…" I asked tentatively.

Ginta and Koyuki turned to me with identical expressions of horror and alarm.

"What…? I see a clear blue sky with green meadows and a long winding path. There are also some buildings that look like ruins, many trees, a large towering mountain and a few stacks of rocks..." Ginta trailed off while Koyuki remained silent.

"Apparently, you two can see it…" The red wraith cut in, its voice gleeful.

"I… don't see anything… Can you two see it? Are you the only ones who can see it…?" Koyuki whispered, looking disappointed as she stared hard at the gate.

The wraith shook one of his hands and opened it, revealing a die tumbling down.

"There! The die says two. Only two will be passing through!" The wraith announced happily, "You who saw the vision… You either want to escape from this world or you believed in the existence of another world, correct?"

Ginta stared back at the wraith resolutely and I found myself staring too, except in disbelief. I guess it's true that I want to escape this world, to find a new place to start over where life isn't as shitty and the people weren't as judgemental.

"That's why the portal opened up for you." The wraith continued.

"Enter." The wraith murmured reverently.

"Hurry up and get out, Ginta! Get out with Koyuki-chan!" Keita yelled.

Well, how nice of them to forget me. Well, it's not as if I'm well-liked in school anyway.

"Um… I'd like to enter as well. Can I…?" Koyuki asked nervously.

"If more people enter than the number stated on the die, I cannot guarantee their safety." The wraith replied morbidly, a dark grin pasted onto his white face.

Hearing that, Ginta gulped and walked to the door where everyone was gathered. He dropped Koyuki off there and said something before walking back into the classroom.

"No! Someone grab him!" Keita shrieked.

"Shit! We can't enter from here!" Another student cursed as he slammed into an invisible force field.

"The monster said something about entering a parallel world!" One other student shouted in fear.

"Is he really going to enter?" A voice screamed anxiously.

"I could still be dreaming… But if I don't go now, I get the feeling that I'll probably never get another chance." Ginta explained with a large smile.

The students outside started screaming and shouting while I snorted by the side.

Well, looks like only Ginta has people who care about him... Again, not very surprising, but it still evoked bitter feelings from within me.

Meanwhile, Koyuki muttered something under her breath before facing Ginta with a forced smile.

"Promise me that you'll bring back stories of your adventure later!" She demanded, to which Ginta responded with a thumbs up.

Ginta turned and walked back to the room with an excited look upon his face and walked to the door, with me trailing silently behind him. Soon, we were both at the steps. With a nod to each other, we started to push open the gate. Out of nowhere, a gust of wind suddenly blew and whirled around us, as the gate opened to reveal a blinding shaft of bright yellow light. Ginta ran in, while I walked in sedately and flipped off the watching crowd, smirking at them as the doors started to close. This was met with shouts of outrage and anger but hey, it's me we're talking about.


In the middle of a dark forest where light barely penetrates, a blue-haired teen with two upside down triangular markings below his left eye gasped as a ring on his finger shattered.

"An unexpected development… Two from the parallel world shall come..." The teen muttered gravely as his faithful fairy looked on with concern.