An: I'm writing this chapter fueled by self loathing (for forgetting I had to write this) and Dr. Pepper (the drink of intellectuals). So without further fuckery, let the second chapter commence!

Third person POV:

The two teenagers were standing at the top of a green hill overlooking their surroundings. The brunet was the first to pipe up.

"Mashiro," he said standing to get a better view," are you hurt?"

Mashiro stood up and parted her blonde hair from her eyes so she could scan the surroundings along with Sorata,"Just scratched a bit but I think I will be fine"

"Well that's one problem dealt with, now where are we?" Sorata asked her, looking at the lake in the distance and the animals floating around. "This doesn't look like Sakurasou that's for sure"

"Well what does it look like?" Mashiro inquired.

"It looks like... A meadow," the brunette replied.

"Let's walk around and see if we can find a familiar location" Mashiro remarked.

The teens started walking down the hill to see if they could find a familiar landmark.

"Do you see anything Mashiro? Any houses, roads, any signs of human life?" Sorata asked.

"I don't see anything but green... And blue" Mashiro answered.

"Yeah me too..." Sorata replied, "think we should look around a bit?"

"Well it would be better than sitting around and hoping help will come, let's check what this place has to offer.

The two teenagers marched on, keen to figure out what this area had in store for them. Little did they know, someone had been surveying them since they had appeared there. This mysterious figure was sitting at the top of a tree branch, covered in leaves and branches that he was using as camouflage. His breathing was raspy as he examined the pair. He had viewed the pair as they came through the portal he had seen several times the last month he had been there. The portal usually opened up at random times and would usually drop a random trinket or animal, but never another person. As far as he knew, he was the only one in that place.

He saw the kids start getting out of his view, he sprung up and jumped expertly from tree to tree to get a better vantage point on them. He knew these were the first people in a while and he had to protect them at all costs...

"There's seems to be a lot of animals and plants around here," Mashiro remarked," So far I have seen two doe, two bucks, and a couple of rabbits"

"Not to mention the wolf we saw back there..." Sorata added.

The pair came near the tree line, both wondering wether or not they should go inside or not. They looked into the woods and noticed they could only see about thirty feet in as the trees and branches became too thick to let sunlight through. This made the couple uneasy as neither of them wanted to go inside and see what was going on. Suddenly out of the corner of her eye, Mashiro saw a flash of brown that ran into a bush.

"Sorata I think I saw a puppy there" Mashiro pointed out.

"Where?" Sorata questioned.

"Over there," Mashiro pointed to the spot where she had seen the brown flash and started walking towards it.

Sorata followed suit until he heard a loud growl from behind the bush and saw small protruding claws.

"M-Mashiro slowly, very slowly back away from that bush, that is not a puppy"

Mashiro froze,"w-what is it?" She whispered, a hint of anxiousness in her voice.

"That... Is a bear cub" he uttered, "Now slowly walk back to me"

Mashiro became caught up in the moment, fueled by panic she began to run frantically towards Sorata. She barely made it two steps when the bush bs tarted shaking violently behind her and a bear cub started running towards her. It was a little bit bigger than a normal cub but slightly smaller than an adult so Sorata assumed that it was in fact a bear adolescent that was chasing his current girlfriend.

He started running towards her to help out when all of the sudden there was a loud shout from the trees and a large figure jumped down in between the bear and Mashiro. Acting quickly, the figure got a lighter out of his pocket and cut a handful of green grass. They lit the grass with the lighter and started shouting gibberish at the bear to taunt it away. The bear started lashing out at them its assailant but eventually grew tired and scurried away. Mashiro ran up to Sorata and hugged him closely beginning to sob into his chest from the fright.

As the bear left, their savior started pulling off his camouflage to reveal he was a man. Sorata walked closer and got a good profile look at him. The man looked like he was nearing his twenties with height looking to be around five foot ten. He had an average build and not much muscle. He had a square jaw with a bit of a stubble growing on his chin. His short black hair was swept back into an unruly mess. He had light brown eyes that looked like they were boring into Sorata. He had khaki slacks and a shirt that seemed like it had once been white. Both were now matted with mud, sand, and leaves. He had several rips and tears in his clothing but otherwise looked healthy.

Sorata finally found some courage and said with a tight voice,"Wh-who are you?"

The man looked deep into Sorata's eyes before cracking a big smile.

"My name is Hououin Kyouma, I am a mad scientist"

An: BOOM BOMBSHELL. Betcha didn't see that coming! Ok maybe you did... I'm gonna go to sleep...

This is BroshikiKishinuma, signing off *Boop!*