I woke up. In Green Time, surprisingly. That place makes you so tired, I normally sleep through it all.

"Hey! Ray-san!" I could hear Yukari's urgent voice.

"WOT."

"Wake up! It's an emergency!"

"Well, aren't I already awake!?"

"Yeah! Just…Wake up more!"

"I'M AWAKE, HAPPY?" Figures. Even though I yell a lot, I only yell when I'm fully awake.

"O-okay… Get out!"

"Sure!"

I stood up and opened the door.

"…You…don't change?" Yukari asked.

"Hey, after living your whole life without parents, you learn to sleep with whatever you got."

"W-w-well, we got a major emergency, and we need to get out!"

"Ok… What is it?"

"I'll explain later, just…Here!" She tried to hand a longsword to me. I looked at it, and shook my head.

"No need." I threw my right arm at a 45-degree angle. I could feel a box roll down my sleeve. I crushed it.

Faster than you can say, "I don't give a shit," a small buckler appeared on my wrist.

"H-h-how did you-"

"Don't ask…" I muttered as I ran off.

Flashback-1 year ago

I woke up. I was in space. I could see the stars and planets everywhere I looked.

"…Where am I? Is this a dream?"

"Yes, young one." A great voice boomed across the "sky." I looked around.

"Who's there?" I said calmly. I learned that panicking does nothing in these situations.

"I am Naga, soon to be your persona." I cocked my head.

" A 'sona? What's that?"

"I cannot tell you. Our time grows short, little one. We need to move quickly. Here." Two things floated down. I cocked my head and raised an eyebrow at one. It was a small wooden buckler, with a metal cross across it, as though to reinforce it.

"This shield will never break," Naga said, apparently seeing my concern. It was a small shield, about a foot in length, and it looked weak. Very weak, seeing as it's wood.

"Ah, but why so small? Can't you just give me a stronger weapon?" I questioned. Naga laughed.

"Child, this weapon will grow stronger with you. It will prove to be stronger and lighter than anything you will ever wield." I took it and put it on.

"Damn, it is pretty light…" I looked at the other item. 4 small, techy-looking cubes. "And… What are those?" I pointed to the cubes.

"Those are… Storage cubes," Naga replied. I scoffed.

"Heh, seems like you made it up just now."

"That's because I did."

"Ah." I took them and held them in my hand. However, 4 cubes at once can be a bit hard to grip, so I just shoved them all into my left sleeve. Surprisingly, it didn't fall out.

"Lemme guess," I started to say, shaking my arm up and down. Nothing. It was like it was glued on. "I'm guessing it's some more mumbo-magic you got?"

"I suppose so."

"Damn, you really are dull," I started to say.

"I suppose." I could sense someone shrugging.

"So…" I started to say. "What do these do?"

"Ah. Here, lemme do some more, 'mumbo-magic.'" I could hear some weird tinkering noises.

5 minutes later, I heard Naga again.

"Done. I have just bonded your shield to a cube. Think of the cube falling down from your sleeve, and it shall happen." I thought of a cube rolling down. Sure enough, it rolled down.

"Now, hold the shield in your right hand, and crush the cube in your left." I did exactly that. Surprisingly, the shield and cube went away, and my right sleeve felt a bit heavier.

"Now, will the cube in your right sleeve to fall, and crush that." I willed my heavier cube and crushed it. All of the sudden, my shield returned back onto my wrist. The cube disappeared, and there was more weight on my left side.

"…Damn," I muttered.

"I know, right?" Naga replied. He paused.

"Time is still moving in your world. Now, farewell…" My eyes started to fall sleepy, and I closed my eyes.

When I woke up, I was back in my bed.

"Was it all a dream…?" I tried to dismiss it as a dream, but my arm still felt heavy. I willed for my shield cube. Sure enough, a cube rolled down my right sleeve. I crushed it, and my shield returned to my wrist.

"…Damn."

A/N: Please leave a review! I don't really care much for the follows and favorites, but the reviews are very constructive criticism for me

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-Urter

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