A very long time ago, there exists 3 worlds in the center of existence, being surrounded by other realms that live around them. Each of the worlds has a tree and a guardian that embodies a concept of existence that they are meant to represent, that is important to all worlds within the realm that they live in. One of known as the Tree of Magic, which provides magic across all of existence, the fruit on the tree are in the shape of pears, but of a rainbow color. The other tree is the Tree of Life, a tree that houses the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. The tree has apples that contains the soul of the dead in a blue crystal, and when it falls down, the apple releases the soul to other worlds, where the deceased can be reborn. And then, there is the third tree, known as the Tree of Feelings, where the tree is able to give emotions and feelings across all sentient beings within all of existence, with 2 types of apples present onto the trees themselves, one of which is golden, that houses the feelings of light and virtue to those that eats it, while the other is black, that houses the feelings of darkness and sin, that corrupts those that consume it. Each of the trees are connected by the guardians. One is named Lanny, who embodies magic. The other is called Quetzalcoatl, who embodies magic. And the last one is named Nim, who embodies Feelings. Together, all 3 of them provide all feelings, magic, and life across all of existence.
One day, Nim, the Guardian of Feelings, retreated to a different existence, filled with countless worlds, for she is feeling unsafe around the other 2 tree. Having found a place that she feels she is safe in, she placed her Tree of Feelings there. But then, she got attacked by a human, who has wielded a weapon that can harm even guardians. Ink and the Human fought against one another, and while Nim won and slayed the human, she became severely wounded, and is now possessing limited life before she goes. Resorting to drastic measures, she began to lead to the creation of 2 replacement guardians. Each of the guardians embodies a half of the concept of feelings. One embodies Positivity, and the other Negativity. Nim tries to find suitable vessels for the spheres of light, but the vessels got destroyed by them a few times whenever they are put into the vessels. She began to get desperate, until she found another way. She looked and saw the entity, a skeleton who is in a realm where the positions and roles of others were altered, which in this case, the skeleton and his younger brother switched roles, personalities, and magic. Realizing this, she then used what remains of her power to make the vessels based off of this skeleton, who is named Sans, and inserted the souls within them, being able to handle the body far greater then the previous vessels. And thus, her spirit vanished into the tree, no longer desiring to come out.
The 2 Brothers, made by the Guardian of Feelings, lived around the tree, as a village then formed around it. The village all adored the Positive Brother, for they became selfish in his positivity, while the Negative Brother was abused by the village, for they do not want negativity. Other the few years of his life, the Negative Brother was continuously getting hurt, being subjected to so much pain and suffering by the villages, despite the kind soul that he possesses, unaware that his brother is also a victim, for the villagers emotionally manipulated the Positive Brother to lure him away from the Negative Brother, so that they can continue to hurt him. And even when the Positive Brother is concerned about his brother, Nightmare hid his pain, so his brother does not worry. And yet, deep down, he became jealous of his light brother, desiring the life that he has.
One day, the Negative Brother decided that he wants to prove that he can look over the Golden Apples just like his brother can. And thus, he touched one of the Golden Apples...but the moment that he did...a corruption began. All of the golden apples, they began to turn black, becoming filled with the negativity that makes the brother who he is. The villagers, in their unrestricted rage, attempted to kill him, with the Positivity Brother trying to stop them, but their true selfish nature revealed, shoved him out of the way. But as the Negative Brother was afraid to die...the spirit of the human that attacked Nim spoke to the Negative Brother, manipulating and convincing him to eat the black apples. Nightmare, in his lowest, did as the voice told him, and ate the apples...and the moment that he did, he began to ate more and more of the black apples, his vessel began to break from the sin that make up the form of the apples. And then, after eating almost all of them, with the exception of one, the Negative Brother...became something else. A corrupted guardian thar sheds darkness and abhorrence, made from all of the villagers that had did nothing more then abused him. The villagers were frozen, unsure of what to do, but then...the guardian attacked, killing the villagers. They tried to flee, seeing him as the Devil. But the Guardian of Negativity refuses to let them go that easily, as he killed and corrupted their very forms, trapping their minds in bodies that are in a constant state of eternal torment. Their very selfishness and hatred now repaid back to them, every last one of them that hurt and almost killed him. His brother, holding one last Golden Apple, resorted to eating eat, and while he became stronger...he is not as strong as his brother, and became turned to stone by the hatred and rage that his brother sent out. But unable to get the last one, left the barren world that he once lived in, having gained what he wanted, as the villagers are forever forced into a cursed existence, all by their own hands, now having given birth to a monster of pure evil. And the Guardian of Positivity, remains stone, as he felt every single bit of agony.
Hundreds of years later, Lanny released the Guardian of Positivity from his prison, even though she despises him for Nim's death, believing my both him and his brother responsible. She trains him, and told him what really happened with his brother, and a guilt formed within the Guardian, realizing that he did nothing to help his brother, only letting him suffer. He hopes to save his brother, and wanted to...but after speaking to what remains of him...he accepted his death, and became stronger then before. He and his brother fought for countless years, but deep down, he really wants to save his brother, even though he knows that it is necessary to kill him. Deep down, he could never kill him, for he believes his true brother is still deep within the hatred that makes up both his mind and form.
One day...when both of the brothers battled in a fight, in their former home again, the Positivity Brother got very close to being killed by Corrupted...and realized that he is about to lose the battle, as well as all of universes about to be corrupted as well. But then...he remember something that he is able to find out when involving the guardians. When he uses one black apple with the golden apple, he can reset the world back to the previous point in time, before Nightmare became the way that he is. He hopes that through this, the outcome can change, one where he can save his brother. Thinking quickly, and with every ounce of his willpower, he ripped the Black Apple from his brother, before ripping the Golden Apple out of his own body...and put it back into the tree. Both brother died, but the entire world reset, as well as the worlds that exist around it.
However...the change did not come in the way that he hoped. Although both brothers lost memories of their previous selves, the Positive Brother now became more protective of the Negative Brother, for while his memories are gone, his heart didn't forget the reason, and this time, actually tried to stop the villagers from hurting his brother. Although it was only one change, it didn't stop the villagers from continuing to hurt the Negative Brother. And this time, although the corrupted still happened, he did this to protect his brother this time, but the outcome remained the same. And the spirit of the human, remembered what happened, and this time, tried to kill the positive brother. But the positivity, when he ate the apple, remembered as well, and this time, he escaped. The positivity brother was saddened, as he could not change the outcome the way he wanted to...but he noticed that when he reset, the actions of the villagers became different, even before Dream's intervention. The Guardian...was determined to change this fate, and hopes that he can stop Nightmare from becoming who he is, refusing to give up on him. Lanny tried to convince the guardians to give up on his brother, but the Guardian of Positivity couldn't, for he is determined to change fate.
But no matter what he did, the Negative Brother always gets corrupted, the Light this time escapes, and The Positivity Brother always is forced to become his enemy, as well as forced to Reset every 100 years. But Dream is determined to try and save him, for each action of the villagers in the reset changed at the beginning. But then, during another reset...a major change occurred, but not in the way that he hoped to happen. Although Nightmare still got corrupted by the same number of Apples, this time, Dream had 2 Golden apples in his possession. And this made Dream become stronger then last time, in addition to his memories being preserved. And because of this, the Guardian of Positivity believes that this might be the change that he is looking for, and decides to try and take the chance. This time, the Brother fought with no more resetting. But Nightmare, this time, had a trick up his sleeve, he used his darkness to corrupt one of the 2 Golden Apples within him, and tries to corrupt the Positive. Within the Guardian, a new personality began to form, when from the corruption, being just as evil as Nightmare. He threatens to take over the Positive Brother, as he fed onto his guilt and shame for the failings as a brother.
But when he came back into his former home universe, which made the corruption stronger, he went to a house of one of the villagers that once lived here. He went down into a basement, trying desperately to fight off the all-consuming hatred growing work in him, threatening to corrupt the last one. He discovered a series of chests, and when he opened them, the Positive Brother discovered something that he didn't know, and was shocked. During this reset, a villager began to steal Golden Apples over the 6 years, seemingly a couple of hundreds at a time, and the amount of Golden Apples within the chests...they were enough to make the Positive Guardian as strong as his Brother. Of course, he is weary of what happens, and gets Lanny to help him with this, for he sees this as the best shot that he has against his brother. Lanny was enraged that the brother did this, but hearing his reasoning, although Lanny hates him, the Guardian of Magic decides to help the Brother in this.
Fighting back from the corruption within, the Brother began to eat the Golden Apples, although he cannot get rid of it, as it fed on his many years of guilt, and not even the amount will destroy it, he can stop it from taking him over completely. And Lanny would stop the brother if he starts to lose his mind, and would wait for a long time, as the Guardian, like his brother, would have his vessel destroyed if he eats too much. And thus, he waits for his vessel to strengthen by the power of the Golden Apples, and when the process is finished, he would consume more again, as 2 pairs of wings began to grow from his back, and his crown began to float above, like a halo, his right eye began to form onto a shape similar to that of a sun.
Finally, after a year, Dream has reached the same level of strength as Nightmare. The brothers fought against one another, with Dream now having reached his brother's power. Neither can truly kill the other, for they are evenly matched, fights before that Dream originally needed help in by others, even with the corruption existing within the Positivity Guardian, for Dream, even with what he has become, still could never forgive himself for failing his brother.
One day, the Guardian heard a cry of agony from a universe that was not related to the worlds that make up the one that he is in. Hearing this, he used his power to provide comfort and healing to the child in the suffering that his brother wound have sensed, until her rescue came, the soul of the young child preserved and intact, protected by the power of the Guardian, with the rescuer help raising the child. Guardian then moves away, for this world will not take his brother's interest for now. And then...a decade later...during a battle between the brothers again, something changed. One that will change their fates, and their futures.
In a world that resides in space, floating chunks of rocks and asteroids present all over the starry void, the sounds of explosions and breaking was heard, despite no air being present inside of the world that the battle is taking place in. Asteroids are flying all over the place. Black tentacles and golden arrows are fired and launched in multiple directions. The arrows exploded and the black tentacles pierced, as they nearly hit someone, only for that certain someone to fly up into the air, and fire more golden arrows, which tried to explode onto the one with the tentacles, only for the black entity to jump out of the way, as the arrows exploded onto the asteroid, with both entities now onto a larger asteroid. One of the entities was a black humanoid being resembling a skeleton, but all parts of his body are black of black slime, including the hoodie, pants, and slippers, his left eye shining a cyan color, and coming out from the back of the entity is black tentacles. The other entity is also a skeleton that is a normal white color, but this one has an outfit of black stocking-like pants and a withered light yellow coat with tips of cyan, with the hood having light yellow fur on the edges. He sports a golden crown that floats above his head like a halo and a belt that is gold with only the "DS" initials being cyan in color. He has golden eyes, the right eye resembling that of the sun in terms of appearance, due to having dark golden spikes around the circle. The other entity also possess 2 pairs of golden wings on his back, being very large and at the same length as Nightmare's tentacles when not in use. The bottom part of the yellow coat also appears to be longer, reaching down to his ankles.
The Winged Entity looked at the Tentacled Entity, as the tentacles one then spoke out.
"You still cannot keep up with me, Dream. You will die in my hands, and you will not stop me."
Dream, the one with the wings, clenched his fist, as he turned his bow and arrow into daggers, connected by cyan strings at the bottom of the handle, with the blades now half a foot longer then before, as he then shouts out.
"You will not corrupt this world, Nightmare!!"
Nightmare smiled, very cold and empty with no heart, as he spoke out.
"I would like to see you try and stop me, brother. You may have gained power equal to me, but you do not have the same experience as I do. You will still die."
Nightmare launched a tentacle and pierced Dream into the stomach, only for Dream to slice the tentacle and land down, as Dream regenerated from his wounds fast. Dream then fired arrows at Nightmare, and they did a lot of damage, just as much as Nightmare having hurt Dream. The 2 Brothers looked at each other in the eyes, as Dream's right eye flared, and Nightmare's left eye flared, both dangerously. They charged at each other, as blades and tentacles met, the daggers clashed against the tentacles, as the tentacles clashed against the daggers, both of the weapons evenly matching against each other. The 4 tentacles then tried to stab Dream, but Dream used his wings to block Nightmare's tentacles, as both Dream and Nightmare locked hands and pushed against each other. Nightmare and Dream stared at each other on the eyes, their fierce emotions pouring out through their very moves, as power unlike most other entities erupted from them. The power of the 2 guardians is incredible, with very few able to match and surpass them both. They cannot stop themselves, for they are fated and meant to lock feelings against one another, as sin and virtue push back against one another. After what must have been a minute of pushing their feelings against each other, in order to try and overpower the other, they both jumped back, and Dream looked at his brother. For a brief moment, he looked sad at him, almost as if he is in grief, but he shook his head and his eyes became steely, as he then spoke out in a strong tone.
"Brother, it is time to leave!!!"
Dream then flies into the air, as he charges at his dark half, who smiled very dangerously and menacingly, his tentacles then burst out, as a cyan color then tinted the tips of his tentacles, which oddly looked a tiny bit larger and stronger then before, as he shouted out to his light half.
"No, you will fall to my hands, brother!!"
Nightmare then turned into a liquid state, as he and Dream charged at one another, in hopes of being able to defeat the other. The 2 Guardians, each of them meant to oppose the other, readied themselves, and then, at the single moment in which they are now close to each other, Dream and Nightmare hit against one another with their attacks, and then, a bright flash of light occurred in between the 2 brother's, as their are too focused on their battle to consider what it is that is happening between the both of them. The Golden Apple and the Black Apple, both of which take the place of each of their own souls, they pulsed brightly and immensely, as Dream's eye socket began to turn orange, and Nightmare's left eye socket began to turn cyan, both of the irises turning white in the process in the flickering. The brothers then felt a powerful force between them both, and then, out of complete nowhere...a powerful explosion occurred.
The explosion is so powerful that it destroyed all of the asteroids that are present in space, including the asteroid that both Dream and Nightmare were floating on. But that is not all...for as Dream looked, he sees that he is falling down. But not into whatever it is that is below the world that he is in. No, he is falling down into a tunnel of energy, as he briefly opens his eyes. He reaches his hand out...and he sees what was once his brother on his eyes, falling down with him. He sees his brother's face, sad and filled with agony and suffering...one that Dream could never save him from...as he whispered out to what he is seeing.
"Brother..."
His tone carried a weight of sadness, one that is far deeper and older then any living being that exists. But after he tries to reach out, his consciousness began to fade, and his mind began to go blank. His arm went limp, as it goes up, along with his other arm, as the top of Dream's skull is facing downwards. He falls down into the tunnel of light, and a shine appears, as he vanished into parts unknown, unaware of where he will wake up.
Cold...hard...rocky...that is all that Dream is feeling onto his back. That is all that Dream can now feel...and the type of sensation he is feeling now is making him so uncomfortable. Dream's hand...he feels a very strange feeling around his hand that not even he himself can't explain. He tried to move his hand, but all that he did is make his hand twitch. But Dream was persistent. And after what must have been a minute...he clenched his fist, and rose his hand, as he then pushed himself up.
"Ghhh...wh...what happened?"
Dream said. He felt so confused, as he is unsure of what it is that has occurred to him, what it is that has happened to him. He looked a little bit disorientated, and he then touched the side of his head. But when he did...he felt something soft...almost like...flesh?
"Huh?"
Dream spoke, sounding a little bit confused, as he then looked at his hand...and he sees that his hand, isn't made of bone anymore, no longer a skeleton's hand. It almost looks like...a human hand!
"What the?!"
Dream was stunned, as he then quickly stood up. He looks around, seeing that he is on a rocky near a River. He then runs to the ocean, and luckily, the full moon is out, so he able to see his reflection rather clearly. He looks, and he is stunned, almost to the point that he does not want to believe it...yet he does still. The features that involve the traits of a skeleton, they are now just simply...gone. Instead, in the place of skeleton features are human features. He now has beautiful pale skin, almost as pale as the bright part of the sun itself, with blond hair that is very long, reaching down to his back, and his eye sockets are now simply eyeballs. Despite this, the shape of his right eye remains the same. His face is also rather...cute, by human standards, almost looking feminine in a way. But oddly, his ears are pointed when he pulled his hair out of the way. Dream was stunned, as he looks behind him in the reflection. Luckily, he still has his wings and the crown on top of the head, but since he is in a world that likely has humans in it...the wings were gone, and the halo stopped floating, now being worn like a normal crown. He looks around, and saw that he is near a grassy field of sorts, with a bridge, and...Dream looks at the bridge and sees that there are military vehicles present. This made Dream confused.
"Huh? What is...am I not in an Undertale timeline?"
Dream looks and closed his eyes...and he is stunned. He senses no monsters inside of this world, as he then spoke out.
"There's...no monsters here. I'm inside of a different world entirely. And my...powers...they've been severely weakened, at least...when it involves my aura. I'm only strong enough to affect a small town. Do I still have my..."
Dream then put both his hands over the ground, the fingers pointing downwards, and sees a light construct in the shape of a bow manifesting under his hands. Dream sighed, as he then stopped, and he spoke out.
"Okay...good. I didn't lose any of it. But...why do I look like a human? Has this world altered my essence to make me fit inside of this place?"
Dream looks around, and he puts his hand onto his chin, before he spoke out.
"I'll have to figure this out for some other time. But for now...I need to look around."
He then turns and began to walk around, as he sees a city that the bridge is connecting to. He looks around, and saw that the signs are said in Japanese. Dream narrowed his eyes, as he then spoke out.
"Japan, huh? At least I studied their language, as well as their culture."
Dream, during his years of living, went to different versions of the original where he learned Japanese and studied their ways, which also include how to cook and all of that, not to mention studying their mythology involving their gods, such as Susanoo, Amateseru, and all of that. And Japanese is the first language that he has learned.
Dream then began to look around, as he walked inside of the city that he is going into. His hands behind his back, as the hair covers his right eye, so he does not have his status as something not human get noticed. After all, this is the first time that a world changed his appearance into something that can fit the setting, so there is that. But for some reason...
"This is strange...this is the first time that I am inside of a unique world like this...and yet...I feel like I've been here before. Why? I didn't visit this place before in person."
As Dream continues to walk around inside of this place, inside of the city that he is in, he feels something. A feeling of hopelessness and despair present, and it is all by one person. This made Dream stop, as he then turned around to see where it is coming from.
"Huh? What is this?"
Dream then began to walk into a different direction, as he goes to see where the feeling is coming from. And as he did...he felt...cold. This made Dream stop and feel confused. Even though the night is cool, it is never this low in temperature. Dream felt even more confused then before, as he then continues to walk towards where it is coming from. But as he continues to walk through the area...
"Ah..."
This made Dream stop, as he turns around to see where it is coming from. And when he turned around, he sees the one that is feeling such emotions of hopelessness. Sitting onto the bench, is a female of some sort, with short light brown hair and grey eyes. She wears a lab coat onto her back, and it is covered in blood. But Dream could tell that it isn't the woman's blood, for she has no injuries. On her forehead is a symbol that Dream has never seen before. It is of a bird above a young yang symbol, and between the yin yang are 3 curved shapes. She looks blank and depressed. Dream looks at the woman, and he felt rather...pitiful to her. He often sees that face on his brother, whenever he got healed from the pain in the aftermath, but would light up again whenever he is near Dream. He then goes to the woman, as he spoke out.
"Are you...okay?"
The woman looked down with a more depressed look, as she then flat tone, almost as if she has given up on everything.
"Ah...No, I am not."
Dream bent down, as he spoke out.
"What happened to you?"
The woman speaks out.
"Ah...I am a...scrapper number. I can't be...winged."
Dream looks at the symbol that is on her forehead, a little bit curious as to why such a symbol is here, as she then spoke out.
"I'll...forever be alone. No one...wants me."
This made Dream's eyes widened, at what she said. He looks at Akitsu...and he sees his brother in her eyes. Someone who is rejected, because of an existence that he never asked for, an existence that he never wanted, that he did not choose to be by his own choice. Almost as if on a reaction of some sort, Dream then spoke out to the girl.
"But...you don't have to be."
the woman looks at Dream, as he holds her shoulders, and he then spoke out.
"You don't have to be by yourself in this. I'll even be the one that accompanies you in your life, if you want?"
the woman locks eyes with Dream's, a glimmer of hope formed into her very eyes, as she then spoke out.
"Really? You are...willing to be...my Ashikabi? Even if I...can't be winged?"
'What does Ashikabi mean?'
Dream thought to himself, but he buried that question deep down into himself, as he spoke out.
"Yes, I will. It is not right to be left alone, and be hurt for no reason."
He held his hand out, and the woman took it, as Dream got her up. But when that happened, a young voice spoke out.
"Hey, let the woman go!!"
This made Dream jump, but he turned around, and see 2 people present. One of which appears to be a young boy that is wearing clothing that appears to be that of a wealthy family, almost like he is an aristocrat of sorts, at least in Dream's eyes, being white clothing, with short light brown hair and brown eyes. The other is a young man, with a sword on his back, wearing a black suit that exposes his chest and a yellow scarf, as well as having messy silver hair and grey eyes. Dream could sense how the boy is feeling...and it is not a good one. He stood in front of the female, and spoke out.
"Why do you express interest in her as if she is an object to you?"
The boy spoke out.
"She's a Sekirei, and she incomes with me! Get away from her!"
Dream narrowed his eyes, as he raised his hands, fingers pointing to the ground, as a construct of a bow made of light is present. But Dream then splits the bow, turning it into 2 daggers, as he spoke out in defiance
"It is not your right to decide who gets to come with you, child. If you want to get to her, you'll have to get past me first."
The man beside him looked at Dream, a feeling of uneasiness.
"Mikogami, there is something off about this man that does not feel right."
Mikogami, the boy aptly named, spoke out.
"We can't just give up now, not when we can get to her. Take him on, Mutsu."
Mutsu, the name of the man, nodded, as he spoke out to him.
"Very well."
He then leapt to Dream, as Dream then raised his Daggers into a defensive position, the sword and daggers grind at each other, before Dream then pushed Mutsu back, before he too jumped forward, and swung his daggers, with Mutsu barely dodging it. But Dream then spun his dagger, before he launched at Mutsu, who then swung his sword, making the dagger retract and land into Dream's hand again. He narrowed his eyes, as he took a stance. Mutsu then held his sword with both hands at the scabbard, as he then spoke out.
"Smashing Point."
He then hits the butt of the scabbard onto the ground, and then, the earth began to shift, going out like an earthquake. Dream looked shocked, realizing that this is a different fight then what was expecting, thinking that. Is a normal human fight.
"What the-"
Dream backflipped out of the way, and goes next to the female, before he made a wand and formed a forcefield, which the Earthquake was able to crack, but could not break the dome. Switching again, Dream then made his bow, and fired arrows at Mutsu. Originally, they could only hurt Nightmare, and even though today, it doesn't truly pierce people, it can knock them back. Mutsu dodged the arrows, before Dream then leapt forward, and swung his daggers yet again. This made Mutsu skid backwards, as he looked at Dream. Dream narrowed his eyes, as he raised his daggers, before he leapt and swung his dagger again, making Mutsu jump from the attack, but Dream jumped up fast, and swung the daggers down, sending Mutsu back down from the ground, with Mutsu being able to barely stick the landing. Dream then raised his dagger over his head when he goes down, but Mutsu then blocked the attack, and Dream jumped backwards, as he got into a stance. Mikogami was shocked at this, unable to believe that a single person is able to hold his ground against Mutsu, who then speaks out.
"Mikogami, we need to leave. This one is too strong for me. He is No Sekirei, but can hold against me very greatly."
This made Mikogami stunned, but reluctantly fled, as Mutsu grabbed him and leapt away...and the jump was very high. Dream looked up, and spoke out.
"That jump is not normal. No human could ever do that. Is he a so-called Sekirei, that the man and the boy said?"
He then turns to Akitsu, who looked down at Dream, before Dream spoke out.
"Are you okay?"
The woman began to speak out.
"Ah...I am..."
But before she can finish, she felt something. A heartbeat within her chest. She felt her cheeks heat up and turn red, as she went onto her knees, holding her shirt. This made Dream concerned, as he spoke out.
"Uhh...what is wrong? Are you-"
But as Dream began to speak out...he felt his soul, the Golden Apple, pulse, also like a heartbeat. This made Dream stunned, as he held his chest, his knees buckled a little bit, as Dream spoke out, shocked at what it is that he has felt so suddenly.
"Hah, what the-"
But before Dream could react, all of a sudden, Dream felt his hands being touched by hands that feel cold. He looks and sees that it is none other then the woman, and she seems to have a hitched breathing sound. Her eyes are unfocused and she seems to be...blushing. It is almost as if she is consumed by a primal instinct of hers. Dream, feeling concerned, began to speak out.
"A-Are you oka-mmph?!"
Dream's voice was muffled, as the woman caught Dream's lips into her own. This made Dream shocked, as he did not expect for this to happen. But what came next shocked Dream. His Golden Apple began to glow brighter, as the symbol on the woman's forehead began to glow. The same golden glow then covered the woman, as the crest then vanished, completely out of sight. Finally, it happened. An icy blow glow appeared around the woman, who let's go of Dream. She felt herself moan from the heat, as wings made of energy appeared, and spread out. Snow began to fall, as Dream felt...strange. He senses the woman's feelings...but now...it is far more direct, not simply from just his powers sensing her feelings. It is almost as if, she has made a connection with him. The female looks at Dream, and smiled, a tear wells out of her eyes, as she then spoke out.
"I am Sekirei number 7, Akitsu. I belong to you...master."
Dream was stunned...as he felt his soul pulsed. The wings on his back appeared, with golden feathers floating down, and his crown began to float up again at the sudden winging. His right eye shown, which also glows as well, along with his left eye, confused and embarrassed by what has happened.
'What is going on?'
At a tower that is simply called MBI, there are a bunch of workers that are present, and they came to look at see who it is that has been winged. One of the workers looked at the screen and spoke out.
"What the, this can't be right! There's no way that-"
Then, a woman with white hair and in a lab coat came through the door, the name, Takami Sahashi, is shown on a name tag on the front of her coat, as she then shouted out to the workers.
"What do you mean by, mistake?! Our censors never had any mistakes! Tell me what makes you think that!"
One of the workers showed her the screen, and this time, Takami was stunned.
"What, that is impossible! Number 7 has been winged?! Especially after that damn tuner ruined her! Who winged her?!"
One of the workers then spoke out.
"That's what we are trying to find out! But for some reason, we cannot see who it is! It's almost as if he does not exist on the records! And the camera that showed Number 7, it short circuited for some reason, and only came back on line when she disappeared!"
This made Takami shocked at what the employee said, as she shouted out.
"What?!"
Back with Dream and Akitsu, they are shown to be walking to the front of a hotel of some sort. And needless to say, Dream is a little weirded out by what it is that has just happened. He did not know what it was that has occurred, nor is he aware of what Akitsu is, except for what the man and boy said. The boy said that she is something called a Sekirei. And Akitsu claims that she cannot be winged. Well...whatever the Sekirei are, Dream gets to see it first hand, at least when it involves their winging, Dream could see that he about to get involved in something that is going to be insanely catastrophic. Dream looks up at the hotel, and spoke out.
"Might not be the best place to be in, but...it better then nothing."
He holds onto Akitsu's hand, and pulls her into the building, and luckily, Dream has his wings gone into his body and crown back to normal, for it is resting onto his head. And luckily, Dream still kept some yen from his trip to the other Japan he was taught in, so it'll be enough for staying at least a week. But as they go into the hotel, Dream thought to himself.
'But...if I am here...then what happened to my brother? Is he somewhere else...or is he here as well?'
Dream closed his eyes, and thought to himself with worry.
'I can only hope for the best.'
Luckily, getting in the hotel without being suspicious proved easier then expected, and that is mainly because he is able to get some clothes for Akitsu, wearing a white kimono outfit with chains that go into her cleavage, and Dream had made himself look as human as possible. He pays for the hotel room, and goes inside of it. And it seems to be normal in size, as Dream then spoke out.
"Well, so far so good. Are you doing okay, Akitsu?"
Akitsu smiled, as she spoke out.
"Ah...I'm going wonderful, master."
Dream nodded with a smile. Of course, he did make him feel uneasy that she calls him master, and even told her that she didn't need to say it, but Akitsu claims she wants to. If it makes Akitsu happy, then Dream found he happy for her. He then held the bags that are in his hand, filled with food. Dream then spoke out.
"You must be hungry. Here, I'll cook something for you."
Akitsu smiled a bit wider, despite her blank expression in her eyes, as she spoke out.
"Ah...I'd like that."
Dream smiled, hearing that she is happy, or rather, feeling that she is happy, as Dream then began to cook and turned on the stove, hoping she likes it. And in a way...Dream felt proud, happy, because she manage to save her from this loneliness that she is in. He just wished that he could have done the same for Nightmare. He then felt a tinge of pain, and he realized that the instant he felt like he has a heart being squeezed inside of him. He shook his head, and got his mind off of nightmare, in order to cook some supper for Akitsu.
From very far away, there is. 2 floored house that is out in the middle of a neighborhood. Sitting in the backyard of the house is a young woman with purple hair, reddish-brown eyes, and is wearing a white kimono that is purple at the bottom. She is shown to be drinking some tea, as she recalls that strange feeling from before early in the night. She was busy sweeping her home as usual, but at the end of it, she felt a strange surge of power from somewhere far away. But this surge of power was very...strange. It didn't bad and oppressing. In fact, it felt very nice and pleaser, like the sun is simply stroking her body. Of course, she is not the one to think of such things like this as good, as it could very well be something very bad.
As she thought to himself, a pair of footsteps appeared behind her, and a voice spoke out.
"Ah, there you are, Miya? Did you feel that?"
The purple-haired female, Miya, looks behind and saw another female, having very short purple Chinese dress which shows her cleavage and stomach, with long black hair with a purple tint and brown eyes. Miya nodded her head, as she spoke out.
"Of course, Kazehana. I felt it. And I am sure the others have felt it too."
Kazehana smiled, as she hugged herself and spoke out.
"It felt so pleasant to feel. It felt like I could bath in the warmth for an entire day."
She felt so pleasured in the aura from before, and almost feel like she wants to feel it yet again. She then looks up, and spoke out.
"Wonder if Matsu is finding about this."
Miya chuckled, as she spoke out.
"Well, knowing her, she is probably going to keep on looking around too see what it is that has lead to this happening. And that is if she does not do any lewd acts inside of my Inn~."
When that happened, Miya made a demonic mask appear behind her, as Kazehana did sweat a little bit, but she shook her head, and just simply drank in piece, or at least tried to do, as Miya hits her with a ladle on the head, and she spoke out.
"And do not even thinking of drinking that in the inn."
Dream opens his eyes, and sees that he is inside of a forest of sorts with Golden Apples all over the trees themselves. He looks at himself, and sees that his hands are back to their skeletal appearance once again, and his chest is glowing of a golden orb that is within him. Began to look and walk around the area that he is in, as he has his hands forward and touching each other, intertwining, as he admires the beauty that he is seeing. But as Dream continues going on, as he continues to walk around, a familiar voice spoke out.
"Come on, Dream! Let's go"
This made Dream turn around, and sees that there is a scene of him and his brother, Nightmare, back before he was corrupted by the Black Apples. Dream, back then, wore a different outfit then the one that he has now. He once wore a light blue jacket, with slightly darker pants. The jacket was closed with a golden belt with the initials, 'DS' on it, which didn't glow from before. On the sides of the belt little bells were attached. To finish it he had boots that matched with his belt. He also had a golden cape that was tied up with a badge.
As with Nightmare, he wore a similar outfit, only it had long sleeves and was dark purple. It was closed with a gold belt with "NM" on it. He wore black pants and dark purple boots. Atop his head was a golden headpiece with a crescent moon on it. His eye lights were a dark purple color.
"Catch me if you can!"
Nightmare said, his voice sounding much more normal and happier, as Dream spoke out.
"Ah, Nightmare, slow down!!"
Nightmare laughed, as the past Dream began to sweat due to getting tired. The current Dream looks at this memory, as he felt very sad about it. He clenched his fist, yet he didn't cry, for he knows that crying will not change anything. All of those happy memories he had worn his brother back then, the one before his first reset...it seems to be so far away. Dream has no idea what else to say.
But as Dream looked, a voice spoke...similar to his own...but more menacing.
"You seem to have forgotten one thing, you pathetic weakling!!"
Then, black slime began to appear all over the place, as the voice shouted out.
"YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE HISTORY, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO!!!!"
Dream began to struggle, as he felt himself sinking down into the black mass. He felt distress and desperation, but he refuses to go down that easily, as he closed his eyes, using all of his might to escape from what it is that is sinking him down. He closed his eyes, and he kept on pulling...and pulling...and pulling...
Dream's eyes snapped open, as he looked around and see that he is inside of the hotel room still. He sighed, as he held his head, clearly relieved that he is truly not in danger. But as he thought of that, when he touched his mouth...he felt something we coming down from his mouth. He raised his hand, and saw a black goo leaking out...the same one that Nightmare has. Dream, thinking quickly, used his soul to repelled it, as the black goo vanished. He sighed, and held his head, before he then looked down, and feels that there is a weight onto him. Dream looks, and pulls the cover up, and sees Akitsu, in the same buttoned shirt as before, with 2 buttons off, exposing her cleavage, and her arms are hugging in the middle of it. Cold breath escaped from her mouth, as it touched Dream's neck, which is embarrassing. But Dream hid his embarrassment, as he watches Akitsu yawn, and she began to wake up.
Her grey eyes opened, and she looked up at Dream, and she smiled, before she spoke out.
"Ah...master."
Dream gawked his head to the side, and spoke out.
"Good morning, Akitsu."
Akitsu snuggled into Dream's neck, as Dream puts his hand around the back of Akitsu's head. It is kind of strange that he is doing, considering that it has only been a single night since they've met. But Dream seems to realize that she is fond of him, so it is enough for him.
Of course, hunger struck Akitsu, and Dream decides to simply cook for her.
"Don't worry, I'll cook something up for you."
In the kitchen, Dream carries out some bowls that are filled with some nice ramen, where he sets it down, and spoke out.
"Here you go, I hope you like it, Akitsu."
Akitsu smelled it, before she used her chopsticks and ate it. She tasted it, and it was good. Akitsu smiled with a blush on her cheek, as she spoke out.
"Ah...it's wonderful."
Dream smiled, as he spoke out.
"I'm glad you like it."
Dream also began to slurp the ramen into his mouth, as he can feel Akitsu's liking for it, due to how he made it. And honestly, feeling her happiness made Dream happy as well. They continued to eat in silence, although Akitsu did give Dream a bit of the one he made for her when he had his eyes closed, which surprised Dream, but he took it, and smiled in embarrassment, yet was touched by this gesture that Akitsu gave him.
After that, Dream then looks at the fridge, and he spoke out.
"That reminds me...I didn't get all that I need from the grocery store."
He then stood up, and Akitsu spoke out.
"Ah...master...where are you...going?
Dream looks at Akitsu and spoke out.
"I realized that I didn't by all that I need from the grocery store. Only some of the stuff that I decided to buy, due to the fact that it was nighttime. So I'm going to go back and get the rest that I did not buy yet. Wanna come along?"
Akitsu nodded, as she spoke out.
"Ahh...I'd love to...be with you, master."
Dream then spoke out.
"Well, then let's get going."
Akitsu and Dream went down from the elevator, and they went outside of the hotel, which began to snow from above. Dream looks up and he saw the snowflakes, and he then spoke out.
"Hah...snowing now. Kinda fits that the both of us are under it."
Akitsu held onto Dream's hand, as Dream gets moving to the grocery store, in order to buy the other stuff that he needs. But as they kept on walking, Dream and Akitsu heard something from very far away, a loud scream, but it didn't sound like a normal one. It sounded...unnatural. Dream felt a little bit uneasy, but he shook his head, and he continues onward.
'What...was that?'
Dream wondered, however, as he was curious at where that scream came from.
An hour later, Dream and Akitsu are walking back from the grocery shop. The snow above them continuing to go down. The bags hang onto Dream's arms, as he spoke out.
"Well, got all that we need. That's nice."
Akitsu nodded her head, as she spoke out.
"Ah...it is...master."
Dream smiled, as they kept on moving. They past a blue wall that has a poster on it. Dream looks down, but than, he felt something. And before he knew it...
"Ummmm..."
This made Dream and Akitsu turn around too see where the voice had came from, and the both of them turned to see someone that had suddenly appeared behind them. It is a young girl, at the height of 5'1. She has blond hair, blue eyes, with a petite build. She wears a blue long sleeved blouse with a white collar and a matching ruffled skirt, knee high black boots and white stockings that stop just above her knees. She seems to be cold and...in pain.
This made Dream surprised, as he spoke out.
"How did she appear like this?"
Dream looks at the girl, but decided to not simply stand there and go to her. He walks up to her and spoke out.
"Excuse me, miss, are you okay?"
The female looked up at Dream, and her eyes locked eyes with Dream's. Then, her stomach growled, as she spoke out.
"Ahhhh...I'm so hungry!"
Then, Kuno gripped onto Dream's coat, as Dream was caught by surprise, almost ready to drop the bags. Akitsu almost looked like she wanted to do something about it, but Dream held his hand out, as it off to tell her to hold on for a second. The female looked up with tears threatening to leak out.
"Woah, easy there."
The female spoke out.
"S-Sorry."
Dream looks at her, and saw that some parts of her clothes are dirty and scratched a little bit. He doesn't know why, but he feels like that this female has been attacked and chased by someone. Akitsu looks behind the female, and noticed a familiar crest on her nape.
"Ahh...are you a...Sekirei?"
This made the female jump, as she turns to see Akitsu, and she spoke out.
"Y-Yes, I am. A-Are you...an Ashikabi?"
The girl said to Dream, as he then looks at the the girl, and spoke out.
"I am. But...what is a Sekirei like you doing outside of the cold like this?"
The girl looks down at the ground with tears of fear now present, as she spoke out.
"I was walking to s-some place I could st-stay when a couple of Sekirei began to ch-chase and h-hurt me! I manage to get out alive, but...but I lose my card...and now I don't have food to help myself."
Dream looked very bad for her, as he heard her story. Obviously, he feels very bad for the girl, as she is now lost. He then looks down at the bag that he placed beside his feet when the girl grabbed onto his clothes, and he then spoke out.
"Hang on..."
Dream then grabbed onto one of the bags, and he took something out, as he then spoke out.
"Here you go. I...I know it may not seem like much...but..."
He gave out some melon bread to her, as the female took it from his hands, she looks down at it, and she is...tearing up...but Dream can tell that she seems touched. She stood up to her full height, and admittedly...she is a foot taller then Dream, who himself is an inch taller then before. Back then, he is simply at the height of 4'0, but ever since he became the way that he is now, he increased to an inch, at the height of 4'1 like his brother, which is not much to him, making him a little embarrassed.
"Th-Thank you...s-s-so much!!"
Dream smiled a little bit, as he spoke out.
"You are welcome."
He looks up at the clock above, and spoke out.
"Well...we better get going. It is a pleasure to meet you."
He picked up his bag, and he prepares to leave...when all of a sudden...he felt a hand grab onto his left arm. This made Dream surprised, as he looks to see Kuno, tears welled into he eyes still, but...she seems to have ragged breathing, and her cheeks are red. Akitsu looked, and realize what is now happening.
"I-I've found you... my Ashikabi."
This made Dream surprised, as he turned to look at her, and he spoke out.
"Me...I...you must be joking."
The girl shook her head, as she spoke out.
"I'm not...you...y-you are the one for m-me."
Dream, in a state of doubt, his soul beginning to beat like a heart, began to speak out.
"I...I'm not..."
But the girl, desperate to have him, spoke out, tears leaking out of her eyes much greater then before.
"P-Please, be my Ashikabi! I...I don't want to hurt anymore! All I could do is simply run and hide and not fight! I felt so pathetic and useless I believed that my life is not even worth it! B-But you, y-you warmed me up with your kindness! P-please do th-this for me, my Ashikabi!"
Dream, looking at the Sekirei, almost is reminded of Nightmare's sadness, when he saw tears that threatened to come out of his own eyes, and what she said...it made him look down, and it reminded of how Nightmare's uncorrupted existence came to an end due to his agony and pain by the villagers, who continued to hurt him. Yet Dream, feeling very unsure about himself, looks at Akitsu, if she will be okay. In his mind, he thought out.
'Will Akitsu be bothered by this?'
But to his surprise, Akitsu spoke out.
"Ahh...master...wing her."
This made Dream surprised, as he spoke out.
"You...you are okay, Akitsu?"
She nodded her head, as she spoke out.
"Ah...she is...reacting to you...it is fair that...she gets to be with you. Other Ashikabis...can have more then...one."
Dream looked stunned, but he sighed, as he turns around to the Sekirei holding onto his arm. He sighed, and spoke out.
"Okay...if you are serious about being with me...then I'll wing you."
This made the girl happy, as she held onto Dream's shoulders, and spoke out.
"My Ashikabi..."
Dream then spoke out.
"It's okay. I got you."
Dream got onto his toes, and pressed his lips onto the Sekirei's, who pushed a bit and does the same, her chest touching Dream's. A moan escaped, as golden wings then appeared from behind the girl, with Dream's own golden wings coming out, Although he quickly made them go away when it is over. They spread, as Dream looks at them with awe, and the Sekirei spoke out.
"I am Sekirei number 95, Kuno. Now and forever, my Ashikabi."
Kuno, as she is named, smiled, with tears of joy leaking down from her eyes. Dream smiled, as he caressed the tears off of her. Akitsu also smiled, seeing that Dream is now willing to take another Sekirei. He then spoke out.
"I'm happy for you, Kuno. And, call me Dream, is you want to."
Kuno nodded, as Dream spoke out.
"Hmmm...I wonder if it still works here."
He then looks at the side, and held his hand out, and to his surprise, a portal opened, as Kuno was caught by surprise, as well as Akitsu, although she didn't show it. Dream blinked, as he spoke out
"Oh my...I guess it does work still. We'll go back to the hotel in here. Come along, Kuno."
Kuno smiled, as she wrapped arms around Dream's right arm, as Kuno, Dream, and Akitsu entered the portal, and went back into the hotel, with the portal closing behind them. It appears that Dream is now making an interesting life for himself now.