Chapter 1: A Paddy Opening

This was SUPPOSED to be the continuation of Season 1 - My Deer Friend Nokotan.

The dusty atmosphere was nothing but flaming and fiery. Hino Minami High School's sky was red and seemed like hell from a scene of whatever fantasy anime that fits. What's the root of this very catastrophe? The one and only, flaming hot paddy field!

Just 'totally' close enough from our comfort zone to an open fire... Bashame leans at the Deer Club's building- smiling with satisfaction. "Ah- perfect for firing the paddy field, no winds whatsoever," said Bashame.

From afar, a predator's eyes stared with clear hatred (and probably killing tendencies, too). The figure slowly walked towards Bashame with a ten-kiloton of strength from clenching its fist. She stopped walking, staring at Bashame's soul. Yes, the figure is a girl now.

She started yelling and pointing to Bashame like a freak from a TV show, "HOI! What's all this? This is school property, how do you even get to burn this without anyone saying a word?"

The Hino students just took a look and passed by like it was an ordinary view. [It is in My Deer Friend Nokotan]

Bashame smiled and brought out a rice pot from behind her, "Do you want some rice? It's fresh-picked by me," said she as casually took out a bowl and filled it sky-high with her rice.

Torako Koshi, the school's Student Council President at her junior high school and a former delinquent [but miserably failed to hide it] more known as, Koshitan. And again, no transition or anything put as an effort here!

Now, she became one with the fire, "Bashame, care to explain this to me?" Trying to confine her killing intents to her very best. Bashame lifted her face as beastly chomped the plain rice she just made. "Finish eating first!" Koshitan scolded her.

Bashame finished the bowl in the next five seconds. Koshitan continued, "Grea—" Bashame filled herself another bowl full. Apparently, a sky-high bowl of rice was never enough for her.

Bashame, still mouthful of rice, "Isn't it just normal to fire paddies?" This great narrator will explain to you, that some farmers would burn their crops after harvesting and one of the plants listed was none other than paddy. It would save time from cleaning the field. It was much faster to light them and plant them after everything cooled down.

Koshitan's head spun around after getting the new random fact for no reason at all. "But, please... take out the fire. You might burn someone!"

Suddenly, the voice of the world as if spoke to them, it sounded right from the fire, "SHIIIIIIKAAA-". A deep voice once again repeated the call, "SHIIIIIKA-". Koshitan turned to the fire, "What now?!".

There it is, stood a figure in the fire, very menacingly staring into the empty school. Koshitan pointed and yelled, "Shikanoko!". It was none other than the deer-girl hybrid that stands as the main character of the story that's more known and Nokotan. The Deer Club's (only) deer now has the power to withstand fire. Give a round of applause!

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Bashame, stretched out her bowl of rice (on 4th round already), "Do you want some rice?" Nokotan snapped her head to Bashame and slowly walked towards rice-master Bashame. The fire was flaming on her very viciously and even followed her after she got out.

Nokotan took her antler, broke it into pieces, and sprinkled it on Bashame's rice bowl. The hard and dull antler was now crispy, "Enjoy, roasted antler," she backed herself into the flaming field and once again, meditated in it.

Bashame mowed down and almost ate the bowl too. Then, she started to shine, "Are you alright, Bashame?" Asked Koshitan, anxiously freaking out.

"HAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Bashame screamed with her tender and emotionless voice of her. The shining was now reaching the climax and it blinded Koshitan's eye for a moment.

Bashame started walking towards the fire after the shining stopped. She entered and joined Nokotan in the fire and started meditating. "Huh- What're you both doing, no- HOW do you both could withstand the fire?" Koshitan started pointing like a freak once again.

Nokotan turned her head, with a straight face and imitating a deep voice, "I am one with the fire," she paused. "I am the fire and the fire is within me."

"What?" Replied Koshitan, unable to find a better response.

"Nun!" Nokotan said with her original soft voice.

"Ah, she's back to normal," commented Koshitan as observing both Nokotan and Bashame exited the fire. From whatever power or magic (god knows what), the fire cools down, leaving only dark waters filled with ashes.

Koshitan asked Nokotan, "Where did you get this sorcery?" Note: Koshitan was still influenced by mangas and animes even up until now.

"This is how the story was..."

She was walking to school as per usual. Wind passed her face gently as she took a deep breath of the morning, soothing air. Then, she saw it. The divine item.

It was a deer cracker, scorching and flaming with raging fires. It was an item from hell (maybe). Without any hesitation, she jumped and took the cracker in one bite.

She started steaming and fire sprayed out her mouth. Fire surrounded her in a blink. She could literally recreate a falling meteor if she was falling from the sky with the scorching fire.

"Then, the fire started calling after me and here I am! Niut's!" Nokotan closed the story.

Koshitan mumbled, "Why did you choose to eat a fiery deer cracker anyway?" She shook her head.

Nokotan clicked her tongue a few times, also shaking with disappointment, "Number one rule of being a deer, never turn down a deer cracker."

Koshitan emptied her eyes and face and walked away from the fiery scene. In her head, it was full of emotions. She didn't have the energy or motivation to stay in this madness anymore.

Don't worry, tomorrow everything will be back to normal...

She jinxed it.

The next day at the deer club, Koshitan came early and opened the door. She only saw a figure, stuck. Nokotan hanged herself (or stuck) her antlers on the fan. Hyenas were circling her from under and looking viciously at Nokotan.

"AH! DEJA VU!!" Koshitan screamed as slammed the door close back.

> In the end, not even a thread was connected to both the ending and season 1. This was not a surprise, in fact even anticipated to be this way!