✿☆*To the Moon and Back*☆✿ -- Hanako-Kun x Fem!Reader --

*×<:.. Hell of Mirrors (3) ..:>×*

~~Chapter 24~~

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Kou's grip on his staff tightens. "Why?" He asks. "Why would you even do that? I'll never see my friend again, and it's all because of you!" 

Tsukasa hums, putting his finger on his chin. "I guess I always wanted to try to make one. An artificial human! But he's a ghost... So I guess that makes him an artificial ghost? Believe me, I wasn't expecting him to be so weak he couldn't survive in the living world. Oh well." He pulls Mitsuba's head closer to his. "He's still pretty cool, right?" 

Kou slams his staff next to Tsukasa's head, lightning coming from it. "Cut the crap." He speaks angrily. "Damn you. Mitsuba's not just some toy for you to play with!" He shouts.

Tsukasa hums. "Are you saying I shouldn't have made him, then?" He asks. 

The two teleport. "They're gone!" Kou says, looking around the mirror area. 

Mitsuba screams, holding onto Tsukasa for dear undead life. "Help me! I'm gonna fall!!"

"Hey, Mitsuba... Isn't it crazy how you were born with absolutely nothing?" Tsukasa asks, still holding Mitsuba. "And now you've got No. 3's power! What'll you do? Will you let them take this new power away and vanish with it? Or do you steal a spot in the seven wonders, and take over this boundary?" He asks.

"What're you gonna do? Tell me." Mitsuba thinks. "I guess... Yeah. I don't wanna go. So... I'll do it. I don't wanna disappear and go back to being nothing! So I'll become a wonder! I'll do whatever it takes to avoid ending up like that!" He shouts, tears in his eyes.

Tsukasa grins. "See? Now that wasn't much of a difficult choice, now was it? I'll grant your wish."

His outfit changes to a darker color, and has many eyes over it, his scarf red rather than what it was before.

"From this moment on, you'll be known as the third wonder of this school. It's done." Tsukasa says.

"Mitsuba, no..!" Kou softly exclaims. 

Mitsuba looks at his fit. "Oh wow! Cool!" He exclaims. "This is actually pretty fun!" He smiles.

Tsukasa grins. "Take a look around! It's your boundary now! What kind of apparition will you be?" He puts up his hands. "Have fun with it, you can be whatever yo imagine!"

"I can be anything...?" Mitsuba repeats. He looks at Kou. "Whatever I want?" He asks again. "Okay. All I wish to be is a normal human. Is that possible?" He asks.

"Yup. It sure is." Tsukasa replies.

Hanako's haku-joudai swirls around them. "No! Apparitions born in the land of the dead are forbidden from living as humans in their world. Give back the position. Don't be the third!" Hanako exclaims, pointing his knife at them.

"It's okay." Kou says, looking at his used-to-be friend.

"Wow." Tsukasa laughs. "You sure about that? Mitsuba's gotten pretty strong recently. He might crush you like a tiny bug!" He exclaims, Hanako slightly lowers his stance.

"But since this is Mitsuba's boundary now, you won't be able to beat him here, no matter how hard you try! I tried to warn him, but, no!" He turns to where Mitsuba used to be.

"Mitsuba?" He asks. "Where did you go?"

"Sneakity sneak~" "There you are!" He stops moving, letting out a small yelp. "Where are you going?" Mitsuba whips around towards the boy. "Go away!" He yells, then floats close to him. "Isn't it obvious?" He asks in a hushed tone. "I'm trying to run."