Chapter 2

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Omori jumped up, knife pointed down, ready to win--

blulalala.

Madotsuki’s head turned into a decayed hand and closed its fingers over its eye, disappearing from the ground. Omori's knife hit the blackness but found nothing underneath. Madotsuki had once again evaded his knife.

A door was pushed open nearby, causing Omori to turn around. A hand-headed Madotsuki was running at him. She used the Medamaude to grab onto the boy and then immediately threw him through the door she came out of.

Omori flew through the door's portal and landed feet first on the ground. Said ground was once again a void, but this time, there were a large number of strange symbols surrounding it. Some almost looked like people. The main sight to see was the doors surrounding the world's strangest floor plan, Some doors were normal, others were odd. But the weirdest thing was Madotsuki appearing out of thin air in the center of The Nexus.

The eye-hand-head tried to slap Omori, but the girl was still sad and therefore slower. He dodged out of the way and then came back in to slash, but at the last second, Madotsuki jumped back from the weapon. She landed next to a sad blue door leading to the snow world. She used her head to grab it and then launched it at Omori like a frisbee, hoping it would hit him and send him away. The dreamer jumped from the floor onto the flying door.

He then jumped again, flipping over Madotsuki.

Once he landed, Madotsuki faced him. Before she could attack, he immediately used SHUN, summoning nine of his own small hands towards her. For some reason, Madotsuki suddenly felt incredibly sad to see the hands shunning her. So sad, she took damage. Omori used this as an opening and rushed to STAB.

BAM!

The stab shanked her right in the windowed shirt, launching her away. As the girl was sent flying through the Nexus, she closed her hand on the eye once again, disappearing from the air. She reappeared in the Nexus’ center, bugging Omori immensely. The boy came in to slash her, but (blulalala) her head became a stoplight again. (FLICK) Madotsuki used it to avoid the attack, suddenly appearing far away from Omori. He readied his knife to try again when-

Blulalala

-Madotsuki had gained cat ears and a tail. This confused the black and white boy.

"Meow"

The cat lover was suddenly drawn in by Madotsuki’s meow, much like all the creatures in her dreams. He softly walked over and placed his hand over her hair-

Blulalala.

-Madotsuki’s head turned into a lamp. Omori was surprised for the third time in a row. She cranked her head back and

THWACK!

bashed Omori in the face with her new head. The boy flew far back, breaking through the door to The Dark World. Madotsuki followed him.

Omori was was incredibly tired of landing on void floors. This time, he could see absolutely nothing but darkness. Nothing to light up the scene, nothing to fight with. That was until Madotsuki entered, her head being the only bright thing in the room. Omori got up, but she was already there to bash him over the head a second time. The hit sent Omori bouncing off the ground and into the air.

Blulalala.

Madotsuki dawned a witch costume and summoned a broom, She jumped up and flew into Omori, the tip of the broom carrying him across the dark dimension. She dismounted the broom mid-air and then

SWING!

hit Omori with the broom as if it was a bat. The hit sent him through a sinister white gate.

On the other side was a vast wasteland, filled with nothing but strange dead plants and grey skies. Ironically, it was a breath of fresh air next to the blank voids the combatants had been fighting in. But Omori didn’t have a lot of time to enjoy it. He was launched out of the gate to the new land, and his impact with the ground

Thud.

took out the last of what he had left. But-

Omori did not succumb

The boy got up from the attack, alive. Yet, he was on the verge of losing the fight. It didn’t help when the witch quickly flew out of the gate, upwards so Omori could reach her. Madotsuki landed on the landmark of the Wasteland. A giant staircase that looked like it went up to the clouds. She switched effects

Blulalala.

to the Umbrella. Upon opening it, rain spilled down from the clouds. Before Omori could step towards the stairs to hit her, Madotsuki quickly took another jump over Omori. As her umbrella carried her through the air (blulalala) the regular girl transformed into a red demon.

Rumble...Rumble.

Omori looked up, noticing the stormy sky was even darker than before. It was a thunderstorm, accompanied with-

CRACKLE!

Lightning. A giant line of energy came down at lightspeed, targeting the nearly dead boy. As it touched down

CRASH!

Omori dodged the attack. But it was clear the floating girl wouldn’t stop until he was gone from her dreams.

CRACKLE CRACKLE!

Two more lightning strikes came down onto Omori, but he avoided both.

Madotsuki transformed into a witch and started to fly farther into the sky. Omori saw what she was doing, trying to stay in the air. He knew two things; he couldn’t dodge forever and he had no way to get her down...But he knew someone who could.

The witch-dressed girl flew. She normally wasn’t keen on combat, but she was frightened by the intruder. Once he took control of her dream, who knows what he’d do? However, her fear subsided knowing this threat could be fought. And so long as she kept in the air, she could avoid any of his-TOINK! And just like, a basketball had hit her in the back of her head.

Plop. Madotsuki, her broomstick and her hat had all fallen onto the sand. She quickly shook her head back to consciousness and looked at her opponent...opponents?

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