Hello people welcome back to a new chapter of Senran Kagura, last chapter was something so how will things play out now? So let's get going.

Kiriya's POV
'I told the girls to go wait in the classroom, while I went to go get Hanzo and tell them more about Lucian's parents, and the origin of their light and darkness affinities. I stopped to look at Lucian as I went to the infirmary room.' (Lucian....I hope you come out of this alive.) I left the room, and went to Hanzo's office.

Kiriya: Hanzo.

Hanzo: Are you here to ask me how I feel about seeing Lucian in his condition? If so then I'm mortified about his condition, he is near to the point of death. The medics did the best they could but the rest is up to him, if his mother was here she would be able to heal him completely. But she's not unfortunately because of the threat that's been going on now. Powerful shinobi are getting kidnapped and transformed into humanoid-yoma, however they've become silent as of yet, and who knows when they'll come to get me? This is quite the predicament.

Kiriya: I know but Hanzo, I think it's time we tell them about everything that's been happening as of now.

Hanzo: We tell them of the humanoid-yoma, and how shinobis are getting kidnapped.

Kiriya: Yes

Hanzo:.....Very well then, they have to be prepared for the big threat that's going to come.

Kiriya: Indeed.

Hanzo: Well let's get going and tell them.

Kiriya: Right. 'As we walked past I heard some noise coming from the infirmary. Both of us went in and saw that Ikaruga was moving around frantically like she was having a nightmare. All we heard from her during her sleep talk was.

Ikaruga: No....why did it turn out like this. This is not me.....no stay away! AAAAHHHHH! 'After that Ikaruga immediately woke up and both of us tried to comfort her.

Hanzo: Ikaruga are you all right?

Kiriya: Are you okay?

Ikaruga: *huff...huff* (What a horrible nightmare, what was that? I don't remember much of what happened....wait yeah I remember just fragments of it. Let's see I stopped Hibari from going to Haruka, and then....oh no....w-w-w-w-what have I done? I used it........that power, all I could think about was rescuing Lucian that...I gave into it. It was preying in on my fear of what happened to him, and the rest I don't remember much.) Yes I'm all right, I just had a nightmare. Hm? LUCIAN! 'I saw her turn to side and when she saw Lucian she was surprised and worried.'

Ikaruga: Lucian are you okay?! Please say something.

Kiriya: Ikaruga don't it's no use.

Ikaruga: What?

Hanzo: After the torture he's been put in Hebijo, his body is in critical condition and his mind went into a coma. There's also the chances of survival as well.

Ikaruga: Is he going to make it?

Kiriya: Like I said his chances of surviving are slim the medics did all that they can but the rest is up to him.

Ikaruga: No.....'I saw her begin to cry and both of us comforted her.

Hanzo: It'll be all right I know that Lucian is strong. He will pull through and be back to his old self.

Kiriya: Ikaruga what happened back there during your encounter with the Hebijo girls?

Ikaruga: I.....! No....nononononono! NO! I don't want to remember what I did, the things that I did with my own hands. I couldn't take it, but I had to in order to save him. 'She screamed frantically.'

Hanzo: What do you mean? What happened?

Ikaruga: I remember going back to the rendezvous point to trade Hibari over to Lucian, but I stopped her, sensing that it wasn't really him just an imitation. I remember myself getting really angry towards them when I saw images of Lucian in the state that he's in now, after that I heard a voice in my head that told me that it could give me power. I refused at first but hearing his voice, and thinking it over on what happened to the rest of the girls when they fought the Hebijo girls I....I had no choice I accepted it's power. When I received that power, I've never felt so much strength within me but it also gave me uncontrollable impulses like wanting to kill or mutilate anyone that stood in my way. I could barely control myself when I felt it. After that the rest is a blank, I can't remember past that, all I got in the end was a horrifying nightmare.

Kiriya: I see, but tell me are you yourself right now? Or are you someone else?

Ikaruga: What do you mean Kiriya-sensei?

Kiriya: Yep you're yourself, I'll inform you and the rest of the girls soon of what's happening.

Ikaruga: Wait! What do you mean by I'm myself?

Hanzo: We'll tell you and everyone else everything, but for now can you walk? If not I'll get the wheelchair ready for you, because you lost a lot of blood on your left leg.

Ikaruga: What?!

Kiriya: You didn't notice?

Ikaruga: No I didn't. But I think I can walk. ' I saw her get out of the bed but she almost collapsed until I caught her.'

Kiriya: It's best if you got on the wheelchair.

Ikaruga: Right thank you. 'I got her in the wheelchair and all three of us went to the classroom where the rest of the students are waiting.'

Asuka: Ikaruga how're you feeling?

Ikaruga: I feel fine somewhat.

Kiriya: It's good that you said that if not we would've had a problem if you said you felt fine.

Katsuragi: Okay enough secrets! Tell us what the heck is going on?!

Kiriya: Right, but in order for you to understand what is happening you must first learn of the origin of light and darkness.

Hibari: Learn the origin of light and darkness?

Hanzo: Yes. Allow me to explain do know however some of what I say is fragments of what really happened in the past, and you will find that most of the pieces won't make sense or it will be incomplete. So please do know that I don't know much about the origins of those two affinities, I only know most of it, or perhaps I only know a bit of what I truly know and I'm sorry.

Girls: Understood!

Hanzo: Very well then in the beginning there was a village called Mahoroba. Within that village there were regular people but there were also many shinobis that were given a chosen element each shinobi carried by one and throughout time it remained like that however two shinobi were granted an unusual yet unique affinity that is both the light and darkness affinity. The light affinity carries with it many things related to life, I'm sure Kiriya may have said this before but the light affinity can bring a lot of benefits. It causes any type of wound to be healed, even if it is fatal or near to impossible to save, it can calm the angriest of spirits and provide a sense of warmth and safety. This has been a rumor but most have believed it, but it can also resurrect the dead, restoring them of everything. Take for example me if I died from a severe fatal wound like my vital organs would stop working back in her time. She would use the light affinity on me restoring me of anything that would've killed me even my youth. The orginal wielder of the light affinity was Byakuya. She was an exceptional shinobi that is thought to be a living miracle that can prevent any sort of diseases or death like I said before. She had a younger brother named Amnael, his darkness brought upon him misfortune, shame, humiliation, eventually being sealed for what presumed to be forever because he brought many things. However having his sister by his side they would balance each other out but as you can tell not everyone else liked the idea they wanted him to be banished or killed. Eventually Amnael had enough of being treated as something like an abomination and left the village, after his departure strange and ominous things began to occur.

Asuka: Strange things? What kind of strange things?

Hanzo: Shinobis mysteriously vanished, people who were healthy fell ill mysteriously resulting in them to bleed out somehow through their sleep. Nobody could tell what was the strange phenomenon, but from what I can remember most of the people talked about hearing a loud roar, and seeing a grotesque creature made of flesh and bones but the thing wasn't human it could send chills down anyone's spine. Most people speculated that it was Amnael who made his presence known by summoning this creature and wrecking havoc on their village so they decided to pursue him. However it was all for naught, all they could hear was one loud roar people and the shinobis of Mahoroba mysteriously vanished but what was most disturbing is the way how they vanished. Their organs exploded leaving them to bleed out but after that their bodies would mysteriously vanish the only thing that was left behind was the blood stain of where the person once stood. Eventually the sister went out in search for him confronting him about what has happened to their once great village. However what she saw wasn't her younger brother his personality became warped, and he wanted to kill her because she was always treated better than him, she was praised heavily and to make things worse everyone in Mahoroba who was suffering at the time their pain, sorrows, and fears gave Amnael incredible strength through the use of negative energy, it is also through that negative energy that he was able to summon what we know now as the yoma. However those negative feelings became a destructive impulse and desire to bring nothing but destruction and death to everything. That's why when Asuka asked you Ikaruga "if you were all right?" It was a test to see how you would respond if you answered "You were fine" we would've had a problem on our hands because based on what Hibari told me you were probably possessed by Amnael's spirit and with that response we would have to put you under constant watch to see if Amnael would try to possess you again.

Asuka: No way!

Katsuragi: Wow I never knew that!

Ikaruga: *gulp* I can't believe it, but I'm me right now

Yagyu: I can't believe it either.

Hibari: Ikaruga is herself now she isn't possessed but what I don't get is. Why would this have happened to him? He didn't ask for the power of darkness so why was he treated cruelly?

Kiriya: Hibari it's simple people fear what they don't know.

Hanzo: Indeed but later on he could no longer stand positive energy which was created by his sister so those two fought according to what the history of Mahoroba was they fought for 20 days without rest until at the end they both killed one another. His sister predicted that Amnael would return as a reincarnation to finish what he started so as preparation she made herself reincarnate her soul. Many years have passed and those two have fought time and time again until now.

Katsuragi: What do you mean?

Hanzo: Both Amnael and Byakuya's battle ended because of what they both were.

Ikaruga: Are you referring to Lucian's parents?!

Hanzo: Yes, those two fought fiercely but Kaisei lost after losing his sanity to save his friends after he went overboard on the darkness affinity. His mother Mikata had the light affinity in which both of them clashed frequently but it resulted in her win. Because of everything they did by spending time together they developed a strong bond, in which escalated further into love, then finally the wedding of those two, and at the finale we now have Lucian wielder of Amnael and Byakuya's power.

Asuka & Hibari: Wow! 'They both said in awe.'

Yagyu: I have to admit even I'm shocked at hearing this.

Katsuragi: That's insane!

Ikaruga: I didn't know that such a battle existed let alone those two fought for 20 days. But Hanzo there is still one question that's missing what is this "thing" that you mentioned the creature made out of flesh and bones you said it was not human.

Hanzo: Yes, about that not much information was gathered on it. But from what we can perceive from other shinobis is that three keys and a mirror are needed after that there is nothing else detailing about the creature or what these three "keys" and the "mirror" do. *sigh* Now it's time to tell you of the real threat that's been happening as of late.

Girls: ?

Ikaruga: Real threat?

Asuka: What do you mean grandpa?

Hibari: What's happening Hanzo?

Yagyu: ? I'm curious what do you mean by this? What's the real threat?

Katsuragi: Great we get to kick some asses!

Kiriya: No Katsuragi it's best not to engage them. Lately lots of powerful shinobi are dissapearing mysteriously there is no trace or evidence of what's happened to them. The higher council decided for the shinobi to be divided into three units but only one vanishes, and the rest are brutally killed.

Girls: !

Katsuragi: No way!

Hibari: I'm scared

Yagyu: Don't worry Hibari I'll protect you....(But can I really? After hearing that story, I'm scared as well.)

Ikaruga: I can't believe it! Who would do such a thing?

Asuka: *gulp* Surely this has to be the work of some yoma right?

Hanzo: We're not sure as of yet. The teammates of the one that was captured seemed like they were devoured by something and we believe it was a humanoid-yoma because the saliva found at the spot where they were killed was 5% human, the rest is pure yoma DNA. We don't know what causes for shinobi to be transformed into a yoma but we can only surmise that someone with a lot of knowledge about the yoma and transformations knows how it all works. But that's not the worst part.

Asuka: Wait there's more?!

Hanzo: Indeed, some of the missing shinobi I was talking to you about before they were transformed into humanoid-yoma. What's worse is that they can use their ninja arts to defeat others, and probably devour them or turn them into humanoid-yomas as well. We don't know much but I would be devastated if either of you became a humanoid yoma, because your sanity will degrade until all that is left is an empty shell of what you once were, you will no longer be human.

Kiriya: Yes, it is a frightful experience

Girls: ! *gulp*

Katsuragi: But wait sensei, we have Lucian can't he restore them of their sanity, because he has the light affinity of Byakuya.

Kiriya: Unfortunately I don't know if it is possible for it to happen so far he is only showing signs of Amnael's ability thanks to what Hibari told me.

Hanzo: What?! Why didn't you inform me?!

Hibari: I wanted to make Lucian trust us, if he did then this might subside and everything would be back to normal. I f we told you then that would mean that we would be.....betraying....him. *sniffle* 'She began to cry.

Hanzo: Hibari I know what you did was good, but believe me it could spell doom for us all if we don't seal Amnael immediately, when did all of this start to occur?

Hibari: *sniffle* It all started when Katsuragi was peeping on him in the shower, then he used his lightning affinity to beat her, then with Yagyu when we were doing our training. Finally it was now with Ikaruga when she found out the Lucian they were going to give us was a fake after that she went on a rampage slicing everything Haruka threw at her. But what was really scary was that she went as far severing off the limbs of the evil shinobi, and they were in pure pain and agony.

Hanzo: I see so three appearances showed. All right I'll get the sealing scrolls ready, I'm going to repress Amnael's power that way he can't make his appearance, but I can't guarantee that this will seal up his power permanently. I'll do the same thing as I did to his father, but now I don't have Mikata with me.

Ikaruga: Wait Hanzo! What about his parents?! Can't they help him?

Hanzo: *sigh* Unfortunately they can't I sent them on a mission to be far away from here as soon as possible because of the humanoid-yoma threat.

Ikaruga: Oh...

Hanzo: I'll take my leave Kiriya you handle the rest.

Kiriya: Right! 'I saw Hanzo leave and turned my attention to my students.' All right whatever we discussed here stays here! We are not allowed to talk about what Hanzo and I have given you, what we just told you was a highly confidential secret, the reason why we told you is to be careful and to be wary. So keep this secret understood!

Girls: Yes sensei!

Kiriya: All right until tomorrow we begin training.

Asuka: But what about Lucian?

Ikaruga:......We don't know if he'll wake up tomorrow but if he does then it will be fine.

Katsuragi: Rrgh! I hate this, I want to beat those Hebijo bimbos down with my own two feet for what they did to Lucian.

Hibari: Lucian....*sniffle*

Yagyu:......Don't cry Hibari.

Kiriya: All right get ready for bed. 'I saw them all get up and leave the room except for Ikaruga in which Asuka wheeled her out leaving me to myself.' (I really hope this all ends soon, without any casualties like last time.....the night sky it looks so eerie now.....I just hope that nothing serious happens and this will all go away. The girls, Lucian they don't need to go through that terror.) 'I then left the room to go back to my room and rest up for tomorrow.

--------Ikaruga's POV

I was being wheeled to my room by Asuka but I made one reuqest before I went to sleep.

Ikaruga: Asuka...

Asuka: What is it Ikaruga?

Ikaruga: Can we stop by Lucian's room? I want to check up on him.

Asuka: Sure. 'She wheeled me to the infirmary and opened the door, and from there we saw him in his present state he was all bandaged up. He also had a mask to let him breathe but from where we were it looked like he wasn't breathing so we went over and checked up on him. Asuka leaned down to hear his heartbeat and I was getting worried that he wasn't going to make it.

Ikaruga: Is he going to be okay?

Asuka: His heart is beating normally so I guess that means he is going to live through this.

Ikaruga: (Thank goodness.)

Lucian: Mmm...

Ikaruga and Asuka: !

Ikaruga: Is he waking up?! 'I started to look at him hoping that he would open his eyes but he didn't, all he could do is murmur something out faintly.'

Lucian: Re..d.....Mo...on...ec..k. 'After he said that I couldn't hear anything else he went quiet.

Ikaruga: Asuka did you hear that?

Asuka: Mmhm he said something about a red moon right?

Ikaruga: Yes but what does a red moon have to do with anything?

Asuka: Maybe it's better to ask when he's awake.

Ikaruga: Yes, until then good night Lucian. I hope you wake up soon.

Asuka: Yeah me too! I want to train a lot more with you! I feel like there is so little that we truly know about you, and I want to know more. So when you wake up I hope we make some good memories together.

Lucian:..........

Asuka: Okay let's let him rest.

Ikaruga: All right. 'I was wheeled out of the infirmary, and was brought to my room.'

Asuka: There you go Ikaruga, we're here. Now to help you get into bed.

Ikaruga: It's okay I think I can. 'I lifted myself up from the wheelchair gently, and placed myself on the bed, however I had trouble lifting up my left leg so Asuka helped me and tucked me in.' Thank you Asuka.

Asuka: No trouble, good night Ikaruga!

Ikaruga: Right good night. 'I then went to sleep.'

-----Hanzo POV
'I went into my office and got the sealing scrolls ready.' Okay time to seal that soul! 'I then left the office to go to the infirmary until I saw that the door was open, I peeked in and saw Asuka leaning over to hear his heartbeat.

Ikaruga: Is he going to be okay?

Asuka: His heart is beating normally so I guess that means he is going to live through this.

'I sighed in relief knowing that he was going to survive the outcome, and that I wouldn't have to face Mikata and Kaisei's wrath if they ever found out that their son was in critical condition. However I saw an interesting change in Ikaruga she looked very concerned and worried about his condition and from what I heard from Hibari. She must've used Amnael's spirit to rescue Lucian or was manipulated in order to do so.' (She must really care for him a lot, if she was to go that far. But with what I'm doing now, I'm going to save the both of you. I promise!) 'I waited for them to leave and went inside.

Hanzo: Poor Lucian, don't worry I'll seal up his influence. 'I got the scroll ready and began to form the handsigns needed in order to activate. (Ninja Art: Influence Sealer!) 'The scroll began to glow and Lucian's body began to glow as well seeing as how they are now linked I proceeded to perform handsigns to seal off Amnael's influence in order to control Lucian.' There all done, although I'm surprised this was easy far too easy it seemed as though it was allowing me. (Before when I used the scroll Kaisei would have normally resisted, but with Lucian it's different. (Could it be his light affinity activated making Lucian become more relaxed and is recovering, if so I'm grateful for that.....it seems from what my granddaughter said was correct he has already escaped the jaws of death.) 'But what was curious is the message in which he told the girls.' (I'll have to see until tomorrow. The "red" moon....what could it mean?) 'I the. went back to my room and slept for tomorrow.

--------Lucian Darkness POV
Lucian: Looks like someone has a placed a seal on him, and I won't be able to gain control of his body anymore. Great isn't this fucking perfect! With the outer consciousness sealed up or "coma", he won't awaken and with the seal that's been placed on me I can't use his body and there's no way either him or me is getting up from slumber. Well at least I can still absorb negative energy here, any negative emotions that pass by I can bring them here and make their worst fears come to life when they're asleep. But I really love the whole redecoration of this place it's more giant than it used to be. Could it be since I activated the shinobi barrier to surround the school and trap that slutty puppeteer this place expanded greatly? If so then this will make things a whole lot more fun. Hehehe! While I do get to enjoy myself for a little while longer, that damned female is getting closer to him. She is a major thorn in my side and I want her gone, but with this seal in place I can't bring her or anyone else here most I can do for now is absorb negative energy so that'll be my mission for now until she plans something else. Hmm.......! Unless....yes that'll work it may not be here but at least her and the others suffering will offer this place more negative energy and soon I'll be strong enough to break free of this cursed seal that's been placed on me! But for now time to practice what I gained from the four Hebijo girls.

---------Next day Ikaruga's POV
I got out of my bed and went to the infirmary to check up on Lucian I saw that the bandages that was put on him was removed, and I saw everyone else in there as well.

Asuka: Good morning Ikaruga! Oh! where's your wheelchair?

Ikaruga: It's fine I can stand on my own now.

Katsuragi: You sure?

Ikaruga: Yes I feel fine.

Yagyu: That's good to hear.

Ikaruga: So has he woken up yet or....

Hibari: No he hasn't woken up. 'She said in a sad and worried tone.'

Ikaruga: I see...'I walked over to him and looked at him but what I found strange the most is that it looked like he was sleeping all the injuries from his torture from the Hebijo girls vanished without a trace even the black eye.' Hey what type of medicine was used in order for him to be healed completely? He doesn't even have a single scratch on him.

Asuka: Grandpa was here earlier he said that his light affinity took over and made him recover quickly, so that's how we see him now. But what it can't heal is his coma unfortunately.

Ikaruga: I see...'I turned back to face Lucian and heard Kiriya speaking behind the door.

Kiriya: All right girls I know you want to help, but we can't do anything for him now so it's best if we left him alone. Now come on it's time to begin training.

Girls: Okay.

----------Timeskip one week Asuka's POV.

It's been one week since Lucian was in his coma, and now most of us is starting to worry that he's going to be stuck like that. I was walking by the shopping area to buy flowers for Lucian as a gift to know that I care about him and he's a very important friend to me and I also bought ingredients to make futomaki rolls for everyone. It's been a long while since we last seen or heard from the Hebijo girls and I'm glad that we haven't because if they started to act up I don't know if we'll be able to take them on. I was walking towards the secret entrance until I heard footsteps from behind me and a boy who was about my age started speaking to me.

???: Umm....excuse me miss?

Asuka: Yes what's up

???: Um.....I REALLY LIKE YOU SO PLEASE GO OUT WITH ME!!!......I'm sorry, really sorry. 'He then began to run in the opposite direction.

Asuka:.....Ok...ay? That was weird anyways time to head back inside. 'I went inside the secret entrance and saw everyone there except Lucian.

Ikaruga: Asuka you're back. Those flowers are meant for Lucian?

Asuka: Yeah so anything yet.

Katsuragi: Nothing, he's still like that I wonder when will he wake up?

Yagyu: It's just like Kiriya-sensei said there's nothing we can do for him but wait. But still I'm wondering when will he wake up?

Hibari: I want him to be awake! I don't want to see him like that anymore he should be awake and with us having fun.

Katsuragi: I know but it's hard I just don't know why but this feeling has been weighing me down a lot. I just can't put it into words but I want to see awake again.

Asuka: Then let's all visit him!

Girls: Right

'We made our way to the infirmary and saw that Lucian was still there but his skin color changed. It looked so lively and warm to touch, has now become cold and pale.

Girls: !

Ikaruga: Lucian! 'I saw Ikaruga go over to him and held his hand it looked like no life was in there.' His hand is cold.

Hibari: Are you saying Lucian is.....'I saw her begin to cry and Yagyu began to comfort her.'

Yagyu:......There's no way he's dead! Hibari you just got to believe that he will come through. I'm believing that he will wake up, so you should too.

Hibari: Yagyu.....okay I will believe

Katsuragi: If only he'd wake up once you acknowledged him as a friend and not an enemy.

Yagyu: Unfortunately that isn't the case right now he's still like that.

Ikaruga: I think we should go, I don't want to stay here any longer. 'I saw that her hair was shadowing her eyes and I knew that she wanted to cry.

Lucian: De....ti...ma...pl..ba

Girls: !

Hibari: He's speaking!

Asuka: He did this last time as well, but now we can't hear all correctly what he was saying.

Katsuragi: What did he say last time?

Ikaruga: Red moon.

Katsuragi: A red moon what does that have to do with anything?

Hibari: Maybe it's a way to help him wake up.

Ikaruga: I'm not too sure that will work. For now we are only drawing blanks and as to what he's saying now I don't know, but for now let's go.

Katsuragi: All right.

Asuka: Okay. 'I placed the flowers in a vase and left followed by Yagyu and Hibari.'

'After leaving the infirmary we went to the classroom where Grandpa had his sushi cart ready.

Hanzo: Hello everyone so I take it nothing changed did it.

Ikaruga: Actually....his skin is a lot colder and pale when I touched him.

Hanzo: I see...(His parents are gonna have my neck for this!) Well I'll try to do something to get him back to normal, but for now who wants some futomaki rolls.

Katsuragi: I do

Asuka: I bought the ingredients.

Hibari: I want one too!

Yagyu: All right.

Ikaruga: I'll only have a little......

Hanzo: Very well then. 'After that both of us got to work in making the rolls and we soon gave them out but grandpa pulled me into the back and he wanted to talk to me about something.' So I hear that someone confessed to you.

Asuka: H-H-H-How do you know?

Hanzo: I know everything that goes on in the school, and I say it's best to live life by trying new things....before I told you about the sword and shield. You would always be the sword no matter what, but without a shield you wouldn't have an equal balance. Now that you've become a shinobi you learned more about the sword and only grasped little about the shield. So now would be the chance to see if you can finally take the shield and protect others in which you care for.

Asuka: (Protect those who I care for.) Okay then grandpa. 'I then went back to my group and began to talk.'

Katsuragi: So anything new happen?

Asuka: I did get asked out.

Katsuragi: Ooohhh! That's something new, so tell me about how many guys did you wrap on your finger. Cause who wouldn't ask you out you have these big beautiful jugs. Ehehehehe! 'She then began to grab my breasts and fondle them.'

Asuka: Oww not so hard!

Ikaruga: I see so what happened?

Asuka: Well he confessed and ran

Hibari: Wow that must've taken a lot of courage for him to do that.

Yagyu: We're shinobi we don't have time for romance.

Asuka: Right.....'After that we proceeded to eat the rolls and talk until nighttime came.

------------Timeskip nighttime Katsuragi POV Dream

I was in a field playing with Choco my dog, and I saw my parents in the distance. That dream still haunts me to this day the day my parents left me and had to be on the run constantly because they failed a mission. My reason for being a shinobi was to become a great ninja and have them pardon my parents, that way we'll be together again. I then saw Choco begin to run toward them he got closer to them while for me I was running trying to reach out to them but the more I ran the further they got away, it was only until I realized I was now in a forest.

Katsuragi: Where am I? 'I looked to the sky and the sky was dark nothing was shown. But the night sky did illuminate my surroundings making it easier to see.' I kept walking until I saw a shadow run past me, I quickly turned and saw nothing was there. I kept pursuing further until eventually I got lost.' How long have I been walking? I feel like I've been walking for ages. 'I kept heading going forward until I saw a building it looked like an old school that was run down. Something about it felt really sinister so I decided not to go further and went back.' There's nothing else in here hm? 'I saw a familiar small animal running in the forest.' Choco is that you? 'I ran after the dog until I couldn't see him anymore.' Choco where are you! I called out but no response until I heard someone behind me.

Ikaruga: Katsuragi is that you?!

Katsuragi: Yeah it's me so you have any idea where we are at or how we got here in this forest?

Ikaruga: No clue but we should stick together. We shouldn't be careless in here let alone get lost.

Katsuragi: Right.

We continued further and decided to stop for awhile and begin to plan out where we are.

Katsuragi: Man just how far does this forest stretch out? We've been walking for what looks like forever!

Ikaruga: It's best to keep calm in situations like this, I don't know how we got here all I do remember is that I went to sleep and suddenly I'm here.....unless wait no it can't be. 'I saw that she was shivering in fright.'

Katsuragi: What's up? It can't be what?

Ikaruga: Katsuragi did you see anything that resembles some sort of building?

Katsuragi: Yeah I did I don't know where anymore since we're walking in circles. Why what's got you so jumpy?

Ikaruga: This place is extremely dangerous we have to wake up!

Katsuragi: What are you talking about? We are awake plus I can feel everything around me it feels real to me.

Ikaruga: That's just it we're asleep right now, but now that we've entered this place we're in extreme danger because spirits roam and haunt wherever we are now. They will try to possess or kill us, note that if we get wounded here we'll feel it when we wake up. Remember that wound I had on my left leg.

Katsuragi: Yeah didn't Lucian heal ya?

Ikaruga: He did, but the origin of where I got this wound it was from a school that I was trapped in and it's most likely the same place within the school just outside of here. That's not even the worst part if we die here then we will experience the same pain over and over again except it's a lot worse than before.

Katsuragi: Woah didn't know that so how are we supposed to wake up then? You had your experiences here before haven't you?

Ikaruga: Yes but one involved a mirror that showed no reflection, while another was when a spirit woke me up from being trapped here.

Katsuragi: I see.....well come on let's get going to see if we can find a way outta here!

Ikaruga: All right.

We continued on pressing through the forest hoping to find something that could help and that was when Ikaruga stopped in place.

???: Kyehehehe

Ikaruga: !

Katsuragi: What is it? Why'd you stop?

Ikaruga: Didn't you hear that?

Katsuragi: Nope I didn't hear anything. Come on let's keep going.

???: No escape, there is no hope.

Katsuragi: ! Okay that I definitely heard. What is going on?

Ikaruga: Let's get outta here.

After that we ran straight ahead, until we eventually came across something that made us stop in our tracks.

Katsuragi: What the? What is this?

(A/n): That's it for Chapter 9, so for this style of writing I give my thanks to Alexmercer156 because he's the one who helped in me in writing this way. So I hope you guys will enjoy the new style of writing in which I will write from now on. Thank you guys so much for reading this, and have a good morning, afternoon, or evening whatever time you're reading this. Until next time Rekxyen out!