Change 123: Dream Sequence: Ch. 2
Chapter 2: Level 1: Heroism
"HA HA HA! YOU KAMEN RAIDERS HAVE NO CHANCE OF DEFEATING I! THE EVIL KENNAMI IN MY DESTINY TO CONQUER THE WORLD!" Said the evil overlord from atop his giant mech, as it destroyed the capital city.
"There is no way, it's impossible to defeat him!" Said Raider Black, as she cowered behind a piece of rubble.
"Screw that!" Raider Red yelled.
"Hold on, hope is not lost yet." Raider Blue said, firing her pistol at the city-crushing behemoth.
"Will he be coming?" Raider Yellow asked.
"He has to." Raider Black said.
Then above the sound of the chaos and explosions, the distant sound of a motorcycle engine could be heard. Soon enough the vehicle launched over a ramp of rubble and concrete, and for a brief second, the masked rider with a long scarf could be seen riding it, before he skillfully dismounted, and the motorcycle hit the evil Kennami's robot square in the chest.
"Justice always prevails against evil! Kamen Raider Gold reporting in!" The armored masked man said, before striking a pose in front of an impressive fireworks display.
"It's Raider Gold!" Proclaimed Raider Yellow.
"Quickly! In order to defeat this menace, we must combine our powers!" Kamen Gold said.
And so, Kamen Black, Blue, Red, and Yellow each drew their pistols, and aimed them at Kennami's evil creation, which was still trying to recover. The fired their pistols, with the beams intersecting, and creating a powerful orb of energy. Kamen Gold drew his pistol, and aimed for the energy orb.
"For Justice!" He cried, before firing, and sending the powerful orb at the evil Kennami, who was only able to scream in anguish, as his giant mech was destroyed in a giant explosion.
"We did it!" Raider Yellow said.
"Hell yeah!" Cried Raider Red.
"In the end, as long as you believe, Justice Prevails." Raider Gold said, taking off his helmet to take in the view before him.
"But, for such noble heroism, the hero must be rewarded." Raider Blue said, taking off her helmet.
"S-She's right you know." Raider Black, who was almost missing her helmet, said, tugging on Raider Gold's sleeve.
"Come here hero!" Raider Yellow said.
"And get your reward." Raider Red said, beginning to take off her tight bodysuit.
Just as our hero, Raider Gold, was about to partake in his 'reward', an otherworldly laugh interrupted him.
"Hah, ha, ha, ha!" The voice chuckled. "I apologize for interrupting your dream Kousekegawa, but it was simply too much. I'm sorry to say, this is exactly the kind of thing I expected, yet I am still surprised."
"Who, who's that?" Raider Gold asked.
"It is I, the evil Kennami." The voice said. "Do you remember what you were doing earlier?"
"What do you mean?"
"You went into a dream machine. I am sad to inform you that this is simply a dream." The voice said.
"It's- it's what?" Raider Gold said, confused, before a look of clarity dawned on his face. "Oh! Oh." I looked around, and I could see that the Raider versions of Motoko and the Hifumi looked somewhat disappointed.
"I would let you continue Kousekegawa, but I have a feeling you wouldn't want me intruding on you." Kannami said.
"Uh, yeah." I said.
"Alright, so I guess we should just get down to business then." Kannami said. "I'll need you to find a door."
I looked around. "Hey, Kannami, if this is a dream, then I can do anything I want to, right?"
"Yeah."
I took a breath, and did the first thing that came to my mind. I flew. I jumped up, and flew through the ruined city that contained my dream, in and out through the different buildings, high and low.
"Yes, that's very impressive." Kannami said. "I hate to be a kill joy, but shall we get on with our business?"
"Sorry Kannami."I said, landing firmly on the ground.
"Okay, I want you to create a door, and I need you to imagine that it'll lead to Motoko's dream." Kannami instructed.
I looked around the area I was in, and saw a door frame leaning up against the rubble.
"Good. Give me a second… there, you should be connected to Motoko." Kannami said.
I took a small breath, grasped the doorknob, and entered the door.
Level 1: Intimacy
It took a while for me to adjust. I looked around, and found myself in a starkly different place than the city that had been the scene of my 'raider battle'. I was back in the school me and Motoko went to, now in my school uniform than the Raider Gold Armor I had just been wearing. I shivered slightly, as I felt the coolness of the school's a/c on full to the nearby window, I saw it was practically pouring outside.
"Kousekegawa. I hate to be the bearer of bad news."
"What is it?"
"I can't seem to contact Motoko." He said.
"What? Why not?" I asked, trying to explore the hallway.
"I don't know. Perhaps due to her unique mental state?" Kannami suggested. "We could play it safe and pull the plug right now, and try again, but the problem doesn't seem serious. I suggest finding Motoko, and telling her."
"Right." I said, getting a suspicious feeling in my stomach. I knew Kannami meant us no harm, but he was the kind of results at all costs person. I searched the hallway I was in, looking for the room number of the class me an Motoko take.
After finding it, I slowly opened the door, and saw all of our classmates on break, sitting at or on their desks, talking and such. Entering the classroom, I could see Motoko sitting at the back, far from any of the other students, looking bored, and somewhat lonely.
"Hey, Motoko!" I called making my way to her. She turned to see me, and the instant she did, a big smile appeared on her face.
"Kousekegawa." She said, as she turned to me.
"Hey, I was looking for you." I said. "You seem a little lonely."
"Well, not anymore." She said.
"Come on, I think we should talk in private."
"Okay." She said, getting up and taking my hand as we left the classroom. It took me a few seconds to notice that the rain had stopped.
"So, now that were together, we need to figure out what to do next." I said.
"Well, right now I'm taking what is basically a moving CAT scan of her subconscious. The process takes about fifteen minutes, but there is only a little time left. When that is over, we will try to cross you over into the Hifumi's dreamscape, and we will do the same thing. Based on the readings, I will decide what to do from there."
Unfortunately, I did not here most of that, as Motoko was talking.
"Maybe we could leave the school building here, and have another date." Motoko said.
"Uh, heh, maybe." I said. A literal dream date actually sounded really good, but I was rather uncomfortable with the idea of Kannami watching.
"We could sit at home." She said. "Watch Kamen Raider together."
"Uh yeah." I said. It only then occurred to me that Motoko hadn't actually watched Kamen Raider with me, only some of the movies, and even then, as one of the HiFuMi.
"Did I do something wrong?" She asked.
"No, why do would you think that?" I asked.
"You seem kinda indecisive about our date." She said. "I don't want to be a bother to you."
"Your not a bother at all Motoko!" I said. "It's just that, we kinda have to do stuff later."
"What stuff?"
"I believe she has yet to realize she is dreaming." Kannami noted.
"Motoko." I said, clearing my throat, even though I guess it didn't really need to be cleared. "You're in a dream right now." I said plainly.
"Oh." She said. Then a few seconds later, and I could see the realization dawn on her. She looked around the room, and pulled me into a classroom that was conveniently empty.
I was going to ask her something, but my train of thought was completely derailed when she took off her shirt.
"Wha-wha-what are you doing?" I asked.
She ignored me, and grabbed my hand, pressing it against her supple womanflesh. I stammered something unintelligible. She pushed herself against me, and I fell to the floor with her on top.
"What's happening?" I asked, as she leaned in to give me a big kiss.
"I believe that she's decided to take advantage of being in a lucid dream. Her thoughts however have gone decidedly south from yours."
Now don't get me wrong. I love my girlfriend, and while she may not always show it, she is sexy as hell. I have nothing against us just grabbing eachother and doing it. However, I would certainly like our first time, real or not, to be alone. My opinion of Kannami dipped severely as I did what I did next.
"Motoko, please stop!" I said, with her ignoring me. "Kannami's watching!" That did stop her, but she simply paused to look around the room as if he were there. "Remember, that we're in the dream machine, trying to get a look at you psyche?"
She paused for a moment. "So… that means… you're the real Kousekegawa, and that the real…."
"Yep." Her blush quickly grew, as she covered her chest.
"Here's your shirt" I said, extremely disappointed in the turn of events.
"Th-thank you." She said quickly putting her shirt on. "Uh, where's Kannami?"
"He's kind of like a voice in my head." I told her.
"I don't hear anything." She said.
"Apparantly there's some kind of glitch in the system." I told her. "I can hear him just fine."
"Should we just stop then, find out what's wrong?" She asked.
"It is a minor issue, there should be no danger in continuing from here." Kannami said.
"Kannami would rather we just keep going. He doesn't seem to be worried."
"O-ok then." Motoko said, currently unable to look me in the while.
"I still need to connect to the next level of Motoko's subconscious. It sees that the Hifumi are indeed having their own dreams as well."
"Kannami said that we still have to wait a little before we can go to the Hifumi's mind." I told her.
"Okay." She said, still kneeling on the floor and unable to look me in the eye.
"Come on, let's explore your dream." I said, hoping to cheer her up. She got up, and we silently walked through the school, which was eerily quiet. We eventually wandered outside, and while it was no longer raining, it was still overcast.
"Hey, Kousekegawa?" Motoko said. "I'm, you know, sorry for um…"
"Hey, it's okay. It's not that big a deal. I didn't mind. It just took me by surprise is all." I told her. "Hey, since this is a dream, I can fly, look!" I said in an attempt to cheer her up. I jumped in the air expecting to float for a little bit, but I soon landed back on the ground. "Huh. Why didn't that work." I wondered.
"Since this is Motoko's dream, you are not your own master, she is."
"Kannami says I can't fly because this isn't my dream." I told her. "It's a shame, I was able to do it earlier, and it was really fun."
I could see Motoko contemplating the idea. "Hey, you should try it!" I said.
"Well, okay." Motoko said. With a look determination she jumped, and she failed to come back down, she was floating.
"That is so cool!" I said.
"AH! I'm scared." Motoko said, flailing her legs, trying to move. She only managed to flip herself around.
"It's okay, I'll catch you!"
"I'm going to fall!" She dropped, and I managed to catch her, but fell myself onto the wet pavement. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah." She said, with a genuine smile on her face. She got off from me, and helped me back up. We simply continued our aimless walk, passing a public statue of Kamen Raider that I pointed out.
"This is so weird." Motoko said. "Knowing your in a dream."
"Yeah. Like it's really hard to think back. It's like I just don't want to try too hard to remember." I said.
"And then there are all these things that you know are off, but you just don't think too much of it."
"Alright, the process is complete. Just tell Motoko to imagine a door that leads to the minds of the Hifumi." Kannami told me.
"Okay Motoko, Kanami said that we can go into the minds of HiFuMi." I told her.
"Okay." She said, taking a deep breath. "I'm ready."
"Alright, you need to imagine a door." She looked ahead of me, and I noticed for the first time that we were actually in Motoko's apartment block, and we were standing infront of her apartment."
"Alright, just imagine that HiFuMi lies behind those doors." I told her.
Steeling her resolve, she grasped the doorknob with one hand, and my hand with her other, and we entered the doorway.
Level 2: Commune
The place we found ourselves in was empty of anyone. It looked almost exactly like Motoko's Apartment, except that it was much smaller, and almost everything was white. A bright white light came out through the windows on the far wall, helping illuminate the room well. We were in the living room, with a couch against the wall, facing a flatscreen tv, with a low table between them.
"Where are we?" Motoko asked.
"I think we're in your subconscious." I said. "This is the room where HiFuMi live."
"What do you mean."
"Well, they've said that when you're awake, it's basically like them hanging around on the couch, and watching tv, and what's on tv is what you're seeing." I told her.
"This place does seem oddly familiar." Motoko said. "Hey, Kousekegawa, look, there are some pictures here."
I walked over to where Motoko was, and I saw several picture frames on top of a white dresser. There was one of each of Motoko's personalities, including her own. There was a picture of Motoko all three of her fathers, and then there were the HiFuMi with their father, Hibiki with Tatsuya, Fujiko with Jin, and Mikiri with Takezou. And then lastly, there were pictures of me, and Motoko's personalities. A picture of me and Fujiko eating ice-cream, me and Hibiki at the waterpark, me and Mikiri at the park, me and Motoko at school. There were two more pictures, one with me, Ginga, Hino, Kannami, all the people who knew of Motoko's secret, together with Motoko, and a picture that could never actually exist, a picture with Fujiko, Mikiri, Hibiki and Motoko all centered around me.
"There's a hallway here." Motoko noted. I put down the last picture, and followed her, seeing a short hallway, with four doors along a single wall.
"Hey, each of these doors has one of your names on it." I noted, each door had a small sign on it, the first being a white sign that said 'Motoko'.
Motoko carefully looked at the door, and with a bit of hesitation, she opened it, and we entered.
"This is just like my room in real life." Motoko noted. It was, it had the same couple of posters she did, the same alarm clock, the same orange and tan bedsheets. I went to the dresser, and noticed two more picture frames. One of Motoko and her father, and one of Motoko and me. Motoko sat down on the bed and looked around.
"Hey, Kannami, are you still here."
"Yes I am, I'm just trying to understand where you are right now." Kannami said. "I was not expecting this."
"Do you think I was right about this being the HiFuMi's living room?" I asked.
"I don't know. It might. It seems that from here you can go to any of the Hifumi's dreams. It is easier than I expected to, to link up with them from here."
"Alright Motoko, let's get started." I said.
"Okay." Motoko said, getting up from her bed.
We came back into the hallway, and went into the next door that we found, Fujiko's, which had a blue sign over it. Holding onto Motoko's hand, I opened the door, and entered.
Authors Comment:
In this chapter we Kousekegawa's very Kamen Raider influenced dream, and Motoko's drizzly school dream, and of course the subconscious of Motoko and the HiFuMi. I think that could have been a very interesting place, albeit a hard one to visit.
I hope that in this chapter, the symbolism with the Colors and the HiFuMi were clear. Also again, please review simply telling me you read this story.
-Sincerely SAmaster01