I was inside the vortex, floating unconsciously…
Moments past, when my consciousness came back…
Bell pepper, Cabbage…
Carrots, Potatoes…
Celery, Onions…
Where in the earth am I???
"Inside the dreams! ♪" the BAKUs stated as they smiled at me.
"Wha! A B-BAKU!!!" I yelled.
"Ehehehe— this is the first time we talk! ♪" Hacchi laughed.
"This is inside the boy's bad dream. That's why, look—" Pocchi said, and I looked around and saw many vegetables around. And I unintentionally floated again and got caught in a bowl of vegetables.
"Wha! H-hey!"
"Be careful! ♪ If not, you'll get hurt!" the BAKUs reminded, but still I continued flowing with the vegetables, it was like a river flowing.
Don't tell me that!
I know!
But I can't get out!
Somebody help me!
As I was about to fall in some kind of a vegetable fall (water fall), somebody grabbed my wrist.
And it was some kind of a handsome boy…
"Anko! What the hell are you doing here!?"
"… Who are you?"
"That's the Dream Mirror your holding! Why do you have it!... Never mind… We still need to destroy the one terrorizing the boy's dream!" he said coolly as he picks up his sword.
"I asked, who you are!? I don't even know you!" I said.
Who the heck is he?
Well I still don't really care…
We're still floating! Ugh!
"You know what you call to the one who makes a dream bad? ♪" asks Pocchi.
"It's called 'Muma' it sounds dumb! ♪" Hacchi laughed.
"And you know what?! We still have something to tell! ♪" Pocchi continued.
"This handsome boy is the one who will kill the Muma! And his name is" Hacchi said…
"Noboru-kun desu! ♪" they both said.
Yoshikawa!?
I thought of him, as I imagined his face… so small… so weak… so dorky… and most of all, short!
But this guy is handsome, cool, and mostly tall!
Well, he talks rude, though…
And calls me Anko!
He should say Anko-san!
Darn!
……………….
Never mind… He's still cool. ♥
"AH! Don't lie! I know that Yoshikawa is small, weak, dorky and geeky and…" I yelled as I pinpointed at this strange guy but the guy interrupted.
I still half believe these BAKUs statement…
"Oh please! Let's get going and make aside the difference search!" he yelled back, "The mirror you're holding is the [Dream Mirror], using that you will search the boy possessed with the Muma." He pointed the mirror.
"Huh? Me!? Search? But how…" as I mumbled, the mirror flew out from my hand and landed in a big green bell pepper. And I saw the boy crying from the mirror.
"There!"
"If you could please! Mention the place?"
"Umm… The big bell pepper which just flowed to the right… I think…"
"Phew, at least you found him. That's good."
Yoshikawa floated towards the pepper and cut it into half, and the boy popped out.
The BAKUs caught the boy by the hand and, "Catch♪"
"Noboru Now's the chance♪"
Yoshikawa suddenly slashed the Muma which was just in top of the boy's head.
And the Muma was destroyed, and it turned into candies…
"That was the Muma?... Wow… Candies?" I said, as I caught some candies falling from above…
"BAKU eats bad dreams, right? But they're still small, so I need to turn the Muma into candies for them to eat easily."
I just still don't understand what's happening…
But…
I'm sure…
And believes…
He's really Yoshikawa…
But why?
"Well job done Noboru! And also Anko-chan!" a young maiden smiled, "Weren't you surprised coming into a new world suddenly?"
"Umm… You are…?" Anko asked.
poof "It's me." Grandma smiled.
"Yoshikawa's Grandma!"
"As Noboru have said a while ago, this is the Dream World… Well, I think he said… Anyway, we, the people of the Temple of Dreams have always entered people's dreams and destroy the Muma… Well, that's been out tradition and all… And, this is only a Dream World turns into a young maiden again so anything you wish for may come true, but we only change ourselves into easier bodies to move. Like mine, I'm too old to swing some swords so I prefer the younger body. winks But in Noboru's case, he unconsciously turns like that."
"Oh…" I stared at Yoshikawa.
"By the way, why does Anko have Grandma's mirror? We were having a trouble for it being lost all day!" Yoshikawa yelled.
"Ah… That was what I was going to—" I tried to explain but the BAKUs interrupted, " IT WAS US♪"
"We are the one who changed the contents of the charm Noboru made♪ WE thought that Anko can use the mirror♪" Hacchi explained.
"Our thought was very very correct!" Pocchi said as they both danced around."
"WHY DID YOU DO SUCH A THING!? HUH!?" Yoshikawa said fiercely and the BAKUs started to run away…
"Um, well, don't get mad at them. There's no problem, if I give it back to you, right?" I said, as I turned to face Yoshikawa, "Here, Yoshikawa…"
As I looked into his face well…
……………………….
I can't face him!
I tried to ignore it…
But, he's too handsome!!
He's shining like a sun!!!
So I run away from him, without giving back the mirror, "Aaah!! I'm too shy!"
"What the…! Give it back!" he yelled again.
Can't he do other things than yell?
"Hmmm… could you come here for a moment, Anko-chan?" Grandma said.
"Yes?"
"I know you're still not aware of it, but you used the mirror so easily… It is impossible… Or let's say rare that someone out from the blood can use it… Those people out from our family can't even use that as a mirror… So, well, I thought it might be fun if you and Noboru could pair up to destroy the Muma…" she smiled.
"Me?"
What!?????
= School Garden =
"I am so sorry Anko-san! It was my fault that I didn't check the contents well…Oh I am so sorry" Yoshikawa cried out, "Well, if you don't want, I can tell Grandma for you…"
"Oh don't say sorry that much. Hehe, your attitude and [his] attitude are way— too different, eh?" I giggled as Yoshikawa sat beside me.
"Well, I'm sorry to talk so proudly and rudely inside the dreams… I have the memory of it… But, I don't have… something like the will? Well, I really can't explain but it's like not me…"
"Oh— does that mean that dreams are still dreams?" I asked, "I think I would help you, Yoshikawa. [Muma], I really didn't know that there is something like that… And now I know, so I can't leave it alone…And I also want to help those children like Kenta. And…" I fell silent for a moment.
"And?" Yoshikawa asked.
"Ah, well, it's nothing. Don't bother; I decided that I'll help." I smiled.
"Well said♪" Hacchi said as he appeared from nowhere, "We have something you need to do♪ Work♪ Work♪ Work♪"
"You know what; Kenta-kun yesterday was possessed again with a Muma. And Grandma said that you need to help him♪" Pocchi danced.
"Kenta? But how can we cut classes?" I asked.
And Hacchi and Pocchi placed some kind of a star-shaped-sticker into our forehead… Yume is written [Dreams]. And we fell into the ground… Sleeping…
"It's a new creation of ours! Dream Trip Ticket!"Hacchi danced around.
"It is a very very nice goods that can bring you to the dream world by leaving your body!" Pocchi joined to dance with Hacchi.
As I woke up in the dream world, Yoshikawa [the other] was holding me by the shoulder, "You alright?"
"Aaaahh!!!!" I screamed…
"Not again… What's that reaction!? It's just that a little difference was made in the appearance." He said as he scratched his head in disgust.
"It's not little! Not little!" I yelled, "A-Anyway, where's Kenta?"
"It makes me sick… It's worse than the last time… The Muma may have liked him…"
What the heck's going on here!?
Oh poor Kenta!
We saw Kenta being chased by some mutated vegetables with feet and hands… And with a size of a human… They also have swords!
"Noboru♪ you forgot your sword♪" Hacchi and Pocchi said as they handed Noboru his sword.
"In any case, I'll go stop the attacks of these weirdoes. While you go save the boy. Got that?"
"Y-Yeah!"
As Yoshikawa slashed the potato, I grabbed Kenta by his hand and hugged him, "It's alright now, oni-chan [big brother] will now defeat the Muma for you." I caressed his forehead as he cried.
But, Yoshikawa was in trouble and cornered by those mutated vegetables.
Yoshikawa…
He's cornered…
I need to help him…
It's too many…
By this case… he might…
I checked the mirror and saw Kenta's daily life…
Kenta's real life?
= Kenta at School =
"Hey! Eat that all! Don't make any left overs! That's bad!"
"Why can't you even eat a vegetable?"
"That's uncool—"
I hugged Kenta tighter, "That's why… Oh— you poor thing… Yeah! Come with me!"
"Darn! Stronger than the appearance eh?" Yoshikawa mumbled as he loses to the mutated vegetables and saw Anko and Kenta standing near it, "What in the earth are you doing there!?" he yelled.
"One-chan, is with you, so don't worry, okay?" I smiled, "In three, let's EAT the vegetables."
"What the—!!!" Yoshikawa turned to us.
"1…2…3!!!" and I jumped to the vegetables as Kenta also did jump and we both ate them up.
"Well done! We ate them...!" I said as I sat down, "You're cool! You can eat vegetables!" I smiled at him.
"Me?... Cool??... It's all alright!!! Potatoes, Carrots, anything! I'll eat you all!!!!" Kenta smiled and run towards them, as the vegetables run away.
And Yoshikawa stabbed the Muma he found and it turned into candies.
"One-chan [Big sister], I'm not afraid of vegetables!" as he disappeared he mumbles, "Arigato! [Thanks!]"
"That's good… Now we know the reason of his nightmares, so—…."
"BAKA!!!" he suddenly yelled as he interrupted me, "Don't be careless even though it's only a dream! Look at what you have done with your knee!!!"
"Huh?" as I laid my eye on my knee, I saw bloods erupting from my knee, "Aaa!!! When did…!? That's why I couldn't stand!!!"
"sigh you didn't even notice it? What a fool…" he said as he carried me in his arms, "Don't move." I really blushed!
Yoshikawa!?
"Well, there were many bloods coming out but it wasn't that much of a deal." Grandma said as she put gauze in my knee, "Don't worry, the scar won't be there in the reality."
"You seem responsible and dependable in the reality but you really seem stupid and careless." Yoshikawa mumbled.
"… I'm sorry…" I said as I was so shy.
"Well, it's no big deal. You we're light than I thought."
… I'm surprised
Carry me in his arms?
The real Yoshikawa can't do that…
Even a ton of book, he can't carry…
What more…
It's really different…
Strong and cool…
Why…
Why should it end as a dream?