"go...good morning Soseki-kun" figure of a young girl with red hair greet Soseki

"ou, morning" Soseki greet Izumi back, when he goes into the class, the creature can't be seen anymore on the student's neck, Soseki can't help but wonder about what was going on

"um...something happens?" Izumi asks him

"oh, nothing, it just the creature is gone from his neck, i wonder why" Says Soseki while he shifts his gaze to Izumi and starts to talk again "so... what's with that pun yesterday?" he asks

"......please don't remind me" Izumi looks to the ground while says this and sighs

"eh, no, that's a good one, maybe we should do it sometimes again, my sister seems to like playing pun too" Says Soseki while he grins toward Izumi, she smiles weakly and has complicated feeling

While they talk, another figure coming in closing to them and says "hee, i still wonder how Natsume-kun knows Kyouka-san, ah, good morning you two" a girl with braided hair, that she let's drop on her right shoulder

"oh... Class rep right?" Soseki asks Class rep

"mo...morning, Ito-san" Izumi greets her back and nodded her head

"yup~ thank god you remember me, and I'm sorry about yesterday, you know, about that joke that he made" the girl is called Ito Noe, Noe says this and shift her gaze to the student that makes a joke about Soseki eye

"Nah.. it's not a big deal, I've already forgotten about it" Soseki replies to her

"i see... so, how are you two meet? since Kyouka-san have a smartphone, i hear they have online dating apps, are you two meet by that?" says Noe, Izumi shake's her head lightly and Soseki replies with "oh, you mean Timber? that's pretty famous, but nope, i met her in my dream" with a joking tone and grinning, this makes Noe and some other student shift their gaze to them

"what~? cmon, what year is it, even a child will not buy that, but it still romantic right, to meet someone of your dream" Says Noe and she grins back to Soseki, Izumi just kept looking to the ground, her ear is reddened again

"ah right, Kyouka-san i found this book yesterday, is this yours?" Says Noe and she shows brown book, it looks the same as the one Ogai shows to them yesterday, both of Soseki and Izumi looks astonished

"oh, and... about Ogai, how do you know him Natsume-kun? don't tell it comes from a dream too" Noe ask Soseki again after she gives the book to Izumi

"Ogai?..... ah, that punk? i meet him yesterday on my way to school" Soseki while says this learn that the Punk name is Ogai

"is that so... um... how should i say this, it seems like Ogai isn't coming home yesterday, so... did you two went to some place before going home?" a slightly worried looks can be seen on her face

"no we're not" he says this and shifts his gaze to Izumi, Izumi nods, and Soseki says "Class-rep! sorry but i need to talk privately with her" he pushes Izumi wheelchair to the place where their talk yesterday after reaches their destination Izumi start talking

"...is Mori-san getting sucks inside the book?", Soseki replies her with "that dumb punk", Izumi says again "hey..Soseki-kun, why don't we open the book and check it?" , Soseki hears her word and says "We?" and shift his gaze to Izumi's legs, Izumi understands the meaning of Soseki gaze says "e.. ehm... it's fine, and I'm kinda curious about what happens too" while tries to convince Soseki, he sighs and nods

Following Soseki nods, Izumi open the book and

"This again!?" Says Soseki

"wha...what happen?" Says Izumi

When Soseki opens his eye, he already inside the hut from yesterday

**

"urgh..Kyouka you're okay?" Says Soseki, while he tries to stand up and in his astonishment..... Izumi is laying down on the floor, her wheelchair is nowhere to be seen, she looks up, has teary eyes and say "i....i'm fine"

Izumi continues her word "....it looks like my wheelchair doesn't get sucks" and gives weak smile, Soseki on the other hand "...let's go back first" and ring the bell three time, but... none of them get back, Soseki looks confuses and tries to ring it many times again, after a while he know that it is useless, and look to the Izumi that still laying on the ground

"sorry, i mess my priority" Soseki, pull Izumi body, and help her sits down, on the other side Izumi slightly surprised and retaliate when Soseki does this, in the end, he still manages to put her in the nearby chair

".....sorry, I'm a little ticklish" says Izumi, and she keeps looking to the ground, Soseki realizes that he just touches her body without permission says "no..that was insensitive of me, sorry" he sighs and starts to wander around the room

Izumi speaks "Soseki-kun, may i try ring the bell?" Soseki replies in surprise "oh, right, maybe you can do that"

"Excuse me then" He walks to the side of Izumi, and carries her, Izumi that know about what was going to happen when she says that still leave a surprised face, her face becomes red, and she tries to cover it with her arm

When Izumi ring the bell, nothing happening either, both of them sighed

After a long silence, Soseki says "want to check things outside?" , Izumi replies with a simple nod, he carries her on his back and starts to walk outside of the hut

One hour has passed since they leave the hut, both of them just walking around aimlessly, Soseki body is already full of sweat, and his breath slightly heavy, Izumi says this to him ".....sorry, I'm heavy right? why don't we take a little rest?" with a very small voice, Soseki follows her word, find a log, and drop her there, while he took off his blazer Izumi looks really depressed, he starts to sit near her and say " no, you're not heavy, you're just not as light as i think" while grinning to her face

Hear this, Izumi hit his arm, raise her head and protest "...that's the same as heavy right, you just try to make it sounds better" at the very least, Soseki can see that she isn't depressed anymore, he feels that his understanding is increasing

Not long after this, a sound of rustle can be heard, and something comes out from the bush, Soseki in reflex yell " Pan!" blue letter comes out and forming into Pan, but the figures they see is

"Punk!" Says Soseki

"eh.....Mori-san?" Izumi continues, but what surprised her the most is that Soseki already stands up, one of his hand already hold a dagger, and the other hand tries to cover her body

".........." Ogai just look blankly into them, after a while Soseki notices something

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Ogai eyes have yellow pupils, he follows this by "h.....e....l....p" after Ogai says this, black letters come out, it continues to circle around, until Ogai figures can't be seen and forms into a creature

it has leopard body, stands on two leg,its face is elephant face, its arm is the arm of gorilla, and its tail is a snake, it is more than 4 meters tall, Ogai can be seen inside its belly

"Kyaaaa!" sound of a scream coming out from Izumi's mouth, Soseki on the other hand while looks surprised yell " Garu! " the wind surround that creature, but it doesn't do any effect, the creature isn't getting cut or throw into the air

As soon as garu finish, the creature jumps out to Pan and punch it hard, Pan is getting thrown to the nearby tree, and Soseki yell "argh...." while looks in pain, he holds his chest, the place where Pan getting hit, and drop down to the ground, Izumi in reflex tries to grabs Soseki, but unable to hold his weight, she falls down with him

the creature suddenly speaks... no the one that opened its mouth is Ogai in that creature belly, but the voice is slightly distorted

"khe, khe, khe.... I'm the king of this story, none shall defeat me in my story, I'm the ruler of this jungle" Ogai? says to them

*cough* "gah!, Mandrake!" Soseki still holding his pain, call Mandrake, a figure of a plant with face coming out and he follows with " Poisma! " Mandrake vomit the purple liquid, but the creature evades it easily

The creature jumps out and tries to hit Soseki and Izumi, in his desperation, he pulls Izumi body getting out of the path, at the cost he's the one that getting hit, Soseki body is flown to the tree, his back hits the tree.

"* cough*...." a blood vomit can be seen coming from Soseki mouth, the eyepatch is gone, and his hollow right eyes can be seen

"......mandrake, Poisma" in small and weakly voice Soseki order mandrake once again, but this time, before mandrake able to vomit the poison, Ogai? snake tail already bite it in the neck, Mandrake is disappearing into the letter, and Soseki feels another pain in his neck

"gah!..... Kyouka! Run!" Soseki yell in desperation, fully aware that Izumi can't walk, but he can't help to yell like that

Hearing this, Izumi starts to crawl, not to the other side, but toward Soseki

Ogai? looks satisfied starts to speak by himself "kha, kha, kha, welcome to the jungle! the place where the strong eat the weak!" Ogai? jump once again, this time it's sure that Izumi will get hit, in the middle of desperation, Izumi stop thinks rationally, and continue to crawl to Soseki until

I am thou and thou art I

Thou hast established a new vow

It shall become a pen of truth

Helping thou write own destinies

Thou has been blessed with the power of fool arcana

Say my name, and read my story

Izumi red book appears it opened, and there's letter coming out from it, Izumi suddenly knows hot to read that letter and Scream

"RED" she screams while closes her eyes, Soseki that still awakes, tries to hold onto his consciousness, sees Ogai? getting surrounded by a letters

Other letters flowing out, circling around and making an appearance of a girl, her legs made from a machine, it has two wheels as it feet, and spewing fire on its exhauster, she holds a basket in her right hand, and her left hand is holding a canon, her head and , her face is covered in modern night vision goggles, and she wears a white shirt, above that there's a red hood, with blood dripping out from it

Ogai? in surprise yell "there's two Fool!? how!? this isn't what i told!" while still trying to get out from the letters

Red, starts to touches Izumi's face, she looks up and opens her eyes, Red gives her a warm smile, and hand her the book, Izumi notices what she means, open her book and scream

" Agi!" a burst of flame coming out from Ogai? legs, Ogai? screams but manages to get away, once again Izumi scream " Agi!!" a fireball coming from Red Riding Hood canon, and she shot it towards Ogai?, Ogai? easily evades it and tries to hit Red with his hand, but this time

" Garu! , *cough* " Soseki, don't know when and how, already calls Pan, the burst of wind able to hold Ogai? punch, but it doesn't seem to give any injury

Soseki tries his best to stand up, this time he yelled once again " Kouha! " at the same time, Izumi yells " Agi! "

The red string appears between their persona follows their yell, linking both of them, on Soseki and Izumi hand, there's a pen, Quill pen for Soseki and Ink pen for Izumi, both of them at the same time writes something on their books and yell " Feuer leggero "

Pan throw his dagger that surrounds by his glittering golden dust, to Red, Red put it into her canon and shoot a light spear that surrounded by flame, this instantly hits Ogai? Elephant head, and Ogai? drop down, releasing Ogai body from its belly, while the rest of its body becoming black liquid

Soseki, already use the tree to hold his body, with blood coming from his mouth and hold his chest in pain, while Izumi clothes all dirty because she's crawling on the ground, her face full of tears and snot

".....hey, Kyouka, let me rest for a while and i will carry you back with that Punk..." Soseki sits down for a while, and resting his head to the tree, Izumi on the other hand, still trying to crawl to a nearby log, and trying to turn her body but

"I AM THE KING OF THIS JUNGLE!! NONE SHALL DARE TO FIGHT ME!! THIS IS MY DREAM YOU CAN'T MESS WITH MY DREAM!" the black liquid, forming another body, this time it's more grotesque than before

Its face and body is the combination of gorilla, leopard, snake, and elephant. its right arm now becoming elephant trunk, while its left arm becoming 5 snakes that form an arm, its leg is the combination of gorilla and leopard for its right and left

" fuck! Pan!" Scream Soseki "grab that punk!"

"...re....red" Izumi says with weak and shivering voice "Agi"

**

on the other side, Ogai hears something in his dream

"...hey, brat, for how long do you want to sleep" says ???

"huh? whaddya mean by sleeping!? I'm fully awoken here!" replies Ogai

"wake up! get up! this isn't the power your looking for!" says ???

"i already said I'm already awake goddamnit!" says Ogai

"why don't you try to open your eyes and face reality?" says ???

".........wait....i can't open my eyes!" Ogai replies to that voice again

"this is my story! now get up! stand up!" says ???

" I am thou, and thou art I.... open your eyes, and conquest the beast inside you!"

Ogai forcefully open his eye, and sees that no one there, except him, all this time he's been dreaming and talking to himself

*GAAAAASP* Ogai wakes up from his dream for real, this time he sees three figures, one is the guy with a hollow right eye, the other is the girl that tries to crawl her way, and the last one is a grotesque figure of a beast

"Tarzaaaaaaan!!" Ogai Screams, Pan surprised and drop him to the ground

Figures of a Man, his skin is pink, his arm is big and long, his shoulder and back is full of white fur, his hair is the same mohawk hair as Ogai, he doesn't bring any weapon like the other two persona, his only weapon is his oversized arm along with his claws, but the self-confidence look can be seen on his face, he playing his chest like a drum, ululating his voice "Ooo-wa-ooo-aaooaaooaa-ooo!" and throw a book to Ogai that has light brown of wood as its cover

Ogai opens the book and yells "Hysterical Slap !!"

Tarzan following his order, stands between grotesque beast and Soseki, holding it down with one hand, the contest of strength can be seen, but Tarzan other hand is pulled back, and he slaps the grotesque beast face, throwing him to the tree

"..Kouha!" Soseki yells, following the figure that being thrown, Pan throw the spear of light that pierces its chest

"..a..agi" Izumi slightly behind, follows Soseki word, Red instantly burns the grotesque figure that being impaled

After a while, the figure is becoming the letter, black letters are flown out and .....there're two figures, both wear a black robe, from where Soseki and the others look, one tries to collect the black letters and put it into his bag, while the other one eats the other letters.

"...a...are they friend?" says Izumi

"...dunno" Soseki, don't want to take a risk, grabs Izumi and tries to hide, but after they finish their business they become the same black liquid and then turned into a mist

"..............eyepatch!! what was that!?" says Ogai

".....shut up for one fucking minute ....i want to get... some rest...." Says Soseki still holding his chest and tries to get some sleep...but before he does that, he looks to the other side, and manages to see

"Hey, punk.... is that a hut?" says Soseki

"huh!? your right! thank god! i can finally leave this place!" Says Ogai while he stomps his feet to the ground

"punk... carry her, i can barely walk by myself" says Soseki

"e...eh...no my clothes its already dirty, I'm fine by crawling, Mori-san, just take Soseki-kun" says Izumi

"wait, so i need to carry who!?" says Ogai

this goes on for a while.... until a decision has been made and Ogai need to do two round journey to help each one of them