Nitsu No Sekai

Chapter 2: Accidentally Jumped Realms... Oops.

Hideaki was in a pitch black room. Little fairy-like lights lit up things, wandering around him, ever so faintly glowing and making little tinkling noises as they fluttered around him. He heard a faint voice from the room. It seemed to be in pain and suffering, wherever or whatever it was. Hideaki tried to find it, slowly listening to the voice in pain. "Where... where am I?" It tried its hardest to say. "Where's the school?" It softly called out. Hideaki sat on the bed, wondering where the voice was coming from. "Was it the fairies?" He asked himself as the voice continued. "What is this place?" Hideaki curiously asked himself. "Was Mitsuko and everything else a dream?" The orange haired kid thought, trying to think back. He couldn't set aside the feeling that he was missing something... Something important. The fairy lights were scrambling to the other side of the bed. Hideaki watched as they crowded around someone. "Please, help me... I can't move." A young woman begged, tears running down her face. The orange haired boy stared at the girl in shock, wondering what the living Hell was going on. Why was he in bed with this random girl? How did he end up there? Then, everything slammed back to Hideaki after seeing the white haired person in the bed. He remembered being shoved off the ledge of the second floor, falling head first to what seemed to be his death or major injury. But something happened, something pulled him through matter, like a vacuum sucked him up and shot him into the bed. "Mitsuko..." Hideaki called out, looking at what he could see of her. "Huh? Who said that?" Mitsuko pleaded, trying to sit still, not wanting to move in such an unfamiliar environment. The fairies shifted to Hideaki's body, illuminating some of him. "W-Who are you? What am I doing here? What happened?" She asked him, not recognizing his face. "Mitsuko, it's me, Hideaki. I don't know what happened, but I know whatever it is... it probably isn't good." Hideaki told the white haired girl, clearly distressed about this whole situation. For some reason, Hideaki didn't feel that freaked out that he was in some sort of dark room, it was like something inside him knew he was supposed to be here. "H-Hideaki? Where are we?" Mitsuko asked him as she looked around the pitch black room. "That's what we're going to figure out." Hideaki responded, getting out of bed so he could try to find a light switch of some sort. His shoes touched the woolly carpet, not making a sound as Hideaki stepped across it. Mitsuko got out of bed too. The golden eyed girl's feet touched the ground, making some sort of vibrant energy shoot through her, giving her legs goosebumps and somehow making the whole room light up with color and brightness. The sudden burst of light blinded the two teens. They scrunched their eyes and placed their hands over their faces, adjusting to the beaming light that burst out of nowhere. "Wh-What the heck just happened!?" Hideaki curiously asked her, trying to pry his eyes open and face the gleaming whiteness. "Um, I don't know..." She answered, wiping her tears away, knowing full well that she and her feet had something to do with it. Hideaki's eyes adjusted, still a little blurred, but good enough to make out objects, like the door on the other side of the room. "Please let this be a way out!" Hideaki prayed as he walked towards the dull looking door. Hideaki tried to twist the door knob. Locked, not flinching for anyone or anything. "Dang it! The door is locked!" Hideaki complained as Mitsuko took a closer look. She felt a fizzling in her hands and eyes, like the door knob was practically calling out for her. Her hands felt like magnets as she attempted to open it. It made a click sound as the door knob started to turn. The sparkling feeling in Mitsuko's hands and eyes left her, feeling like it was being drained by the door. Hideaki stared at the girl in awe, wondering what connection she had with this place. Mitsuko slowly opened up the door, only to see a deep and narrow hallway. Mitsuko poked her head out, checking both ways twice before pulling Hideaki out of the room. She curiously looked at the seemingless endless, white and red hallway. It looked infinite where Mitsuko and Hideaki stood. There wasn't a door to be seen, only a hallway with some paintings of weird looking people and creatures. "What do we do now?" Hideaki asked Mitsuko as he looked at a painting of an elegant fairy on fire. "Weird." Hideaki thought. Hideaki and Mitsuko were so so so confused. They didn't understand what was going on at all, nor did they really want to be here... at all. This place was creepy enough as it is, not to mention the weird phenomenons that have been occuring with Mitsuko. A strange sound came from a wall. Hideaki's head turned to the wall, startled by the glassy sound. Something was materializing on the red wall, swishing together like watercolors. A new door appeared with gold swerves around it, and pearls embedded into it. "This is getting freaky" Hideaki thought with a full. The orange haired boy only had one conclusion what had happened... he had died and this was some sort of heaven and Mitsuko had also does because she probably foolishly jumped off to save Hideaki. Mitsuko was kind of freaked out, because she was just thinking about where to go and if only a door was somewhere. The patterns were starting to make her realize that she had some kind of control over this strange place. "Woah, I was just thinking about that exact door..." Mitsuko stated, her eyes dazedly staring at the gold encrested door. "Alright, how are you doing this? Tell me what is going on right this second." Hideaki demanded. The orange haired boy was getting a little frightened, not knowing if he could trust Mitsuko remotely. "I was only thinking about and it appeared in front of me, I swear!" The white haired girl nervously answered, hands raised like she was trying to prove she had nothing on her. "Here, let me try." Hideaki offered, scrunching up his forehead and putting his fingers to the corners of his forehead. He tried his best, but all he got was a laugh from Mitsuko. "Okay, miss high and mighty! Let's see you try and do it on purpose!" Hideaki stated as he watched Mitsuko laugh her heart out till the point that her stomach hurt. "Oh, okay." Mitsuko responded, holding out her hand and wiping a tear of laughter away with her other hand. Another door appeared before them. Mitsuko looked at her hand in amazement while Hideaki silently moped. This door looked more threatening and devilish. It was dark red with demon tails surrounding it. "Well, pick a door." Hideaki teased, knowing she would pick the pearl embedded one. "Let's go in this one." She suggested, pointing to the demonic door. "WHA!?" Hideaki yelped with shock. The sweet, white haired girl who loved everything pretty chose the demonic looking door... now that right there did not add up to Hideaki whatsoever. "How about we take this one." The orange haired kid suggested as he guided Mitsuko to the other door. Hideaki tried opening it, only for the knob to jerk to a stop as he tried to twist it .Mitsuko reached her hand out to it, and easily opened it with a click. "What the hell!?" Hideaki complained as Mitsuko haughtily walked through the pearly door. The white haired girl could get used to this, she felt good that there were some things only she could do. Module grabbed Hideaki's hand and pulled him in with her. The other side of the door revealed a giant room filled with marble thrones and a large table in the middle of it all. It was decorated in dark purple and white with swerves of gold lines. They both stared in awe at the giant, glass ceiling letting sunlight gleam through the room. "A-Amazing." Mitsuko commented as she looked up at the glorious chandelier hanging from the glass ceiling. "Are you enjoying this place?" A voice asked from behind them. Hideaki and Mitsuko startledly turned around, wondering who was talking. A woman with the same hair as Mitsuko's stood there, looking happy and mischievous. She wore a black dress with red roses all over it. "Who are you?" Hideaki asked the woman smiling at them. "I'm Yuuki Black, nice to meet you." She said with a formal bow. She had long pointy ears and grey eyes. Her hair was exactly like Mitsuko's, only a little less messy. She didn't wear any make up of any sort or even jewellery, just a simple dress. "Yuuki? Well, my name is Mitsuko. Nice to meet you too." Mitsuko greeted back. Even to a stranger in another plain of existence, Mitsuko refused to be impolite and not respond to the strange lady who could have been the one behind all of this. Over all, this Yuuki person looked the same age as both of them, only a couple years older. "That reminds me, Mitsuko. How old are you?" Hideaki asked the girl holding his hand. He was genuinely curious, she had never told him her age, even even they were young "Two hundred and fifty five." She responded, a little flustered. "Haha, seriously though." Hideaki fake laughed. Hideaki wasn't in the mood for games right now, he didn't wanna mess around, joke, or even try to relax, he wanted answers, even the simple ones. "Two hundred and fifty five." The white haired girl repeated. Hideaki wouldn't have believed this if he didn't just see Mitsuko's unknown magic skills and the whole teleportation thing. "Huh... what? You're, you're, you're..." Hideaki tried to say, shocked by Mitsuko's age. "What a lovely couple! I haven't seen people with orange hair in about one hundred and two years..." Yuuki added as she clapped her hands together with a smile. Hideaki fell over from the shock of the age of these two teen looking girls. "You're not really that old, are you?" Hideaki asked Mitsuko again. "What? Do you have a problem with my age?" The golden eyed girl asked him, feeling more and more embarrassed. "N-No! I just wanted to make sure." Hideaki said with an awkward laugh. "Ooh! You guys are just too adorable!" The lady squealed, pinching both of their cheeks with a mischievous smile. "We are not a couple." The orange haired boy grumbled. Hideaki was too weirded out by the lady pulling on his face, not trusting her one bit, but neither trying to defy her. "What's up with this room?" Hideaki asked Yuuki as he pulled her hand away from himself and Mitsuko. He felt like she would know after all. "Ala? You don't know? This is your house, you should know where and what places are." Yuuki advised them. "Well, to be more specific, this is Mitsuko's house." She added. "My house!?" Mitsuko asked, full of surprise. "Yep! You're the only one who can open doors unless they're already unlocked." Yuuki giggled. "What!? So I can't-" "Oh, just a second. My boyfriend's calling me." Yuuki interrupted, leaving the room. Mitsuko and Hideaki watched as the white haired girl left the room, not hearing a dang thing or any person calling for Yuuki. "She seems... Odd." Hideaki stated. "That was Yuuki, the Sadistic Princess, or used to be at least. At least I think that's her." Mitsuko doubted herself. "S-Sadistic Princess?" He repeated to himself, looking up at the giant chandelier once more. He didn't know the new girl, but anyone with a name like Sadistic Princess, isn't good, not one bit. "Her whole family died by a demon." Mitsuko muttered with a frown. Mitsuko seemed very frustrated and regretful when she said that last part, like she had some part in it. "The demon slaughtered her mother in front of her. After that experience, she mentally lost it and became the Sadistic Princess." Mitsuko explained to Hideaki. He looked at her guilty expression, all the pain and misery it held. Mitsuko was definitely a part of the incident in some way. Did she know the demon or something? Was she the reason the demon killed Yuuki's family. "Did you have anything to do with it?" Hideaki finally asked. Mitsuko didn't answer, only gritted her teeth and clenched her fist so tight, it started to turn white. "Sorry for asking..." Hideaki apologized as he looked at her paper white hand. Yuuki skipped back in the room, looking like she was the happiest person in the world. "I have good news and bad news!" She happily stated. "What's the good news?" Mitsuko asked her. "The good news is that the person trying to kidnap you a while back failed and accidentally took someone else!" Yuuki stated as she pointed at Hideaki. "So, you can take your rightful place as Oberon!" The orange haired boy was back to his state of confusion, and questions came rolling in. What was she talking about? Who tried to kidnap Hideaki? Why would someone ever want to? Something told Hideaki that the reason why he was here must be it. "The bad news is, your purple haired friend was the one who got mistakenly kidnapped!" Yuuki said with enthusiasm. Hideaki's eyes widened as she said that. "What purple haired friend? Aiko?" Hideaki asked, as his brow wrinkled. "Well, she survived. She just isn't what she used to be." Yuuki awkwardly explained. "You're kidding... this isn't true." Hideaki mumbled, looking down at the ground. Mitsuko's eyes looked at the sad orange haired boy in front of her, full of concern and worry. "You're lying. I don't know why I'm here or if this is a dream... but Aiko sure as Hell wasn't kidnapped!" Hideaki snarled as he glared at the white haired girl who seamlessly told Hideaki these random lies. "Huh? Me? Lie?" Yuuki asked. The white haired lady looked quite surprised that Hideaki didn't believe her, like she had reasons for him to. "Okay, lemme recap for ya. Um, 'Aiko' went to the store, someone thought that was you, and they kidnapped her. Simple as that, kk?" Yuuki said with a grin and a giggle. Hideaki felt rage consume his emotions as the so called Sadistic Princess chuckled at his predicament. "You think this is funny?" He asked Yuuki, glaring at her with disgust and anger. "Oh! You really are Oberon! He doesn't like me that much! And neither do you!" She laughed. Now she was blabbering more nonsense "I'll kill you!" Hideaki yelled as he walked towards her. She simply stared at him with fright as Hideaki was face to face with her. "Do you think this is a joke!? You don't just laugh because someone's close friend was kidnapped!" He asked Yuuki. "Mitsuko, this isn't the Yuuki you were talking about. Someone who experienced having their parents dying in front of them, wouldn't be laughing at someone else's misfortune!" He spat as Yuuki started crying. Mitsuko pulled him back from the terrified white haired girl. She scrambled away from him in horror. "Hide, She doesn't know better!" Mitsuko told him, only to see tears in his eyes too. "She laughed at Aiko being kidnapped!" He yelled, shoving Mitsuko off him and approaching Yuuki again. "We don't know if that's true!" Mitsuko tried to calm down the orange haired boy. "I don't care if you're a girl or even some Sadistic Princess! You mocked Aiko!" Hideaki shouted at her. Yuuki tried getting up only for Hideaki to shove her down. "You say it as if it was a joke!" He continued. Yuuki couldn't stop crying at the current situation. "You don't laugh at another person's death!" Hideaki yelled again as he tried to hit her, only for his hand to stop mid swing. He couldn't move his whole arm, it was like it was possessed or something. Hideaki floated up in the air as Yuuki scrambled to a man wearing a black parka with crimson fur. He had black fingernails and pale skin, matching his jet black hair. Hideaki flung into a wall as the man glared at him with his red eyes. Yuuki hid behind him, trembling in pain and fear. Hideaki full on broke into the wall and fell helplessly to the ground... he couldn't feel shit, everything hurt like the wind was eternally knocked out of him. He huffed and coughed as his insides hurt like an elephant was sitting on him. "Hideaki!" Mitsuko yelled, running towards the orange haired kid. The man in the parka looked at Yuuki with concern in his eyes, followed by him touching her gentle skin. He turned back to Hideaki with his eyes full of hatred and malice. Mitsuko looked up at the figure staring at them. The pure look of terror.on her face said it all. It was like Mitsuko knew her fate and how fast it would swing down on her. Hideaki had never seen such a look of horror and hopelessness on Mitsuko's face before. "Marilyn, stop." Yuuki ordered the approaching man. "I know you don't like seeing people get hurt, but this boy has crossed a boundary. A boundary that will lead to death." The man responded as he kept on walking. "Marilyn, I said to stop." Yuuki ordered again, this time with a serious, less sad tone. As Yuuki told Marilyn to stop, she seemed to change to a whole 'nother person, a person who was crazily serious and empty hearted with a mature, older sounding voice. Marilyn stopped in place, looking back at the white haired woman. "Figuring that he tried to beat you to a pulp without any thought whatsoever, I'm guessing he's Oberon." Marilyn said with his cold harsh voice. Yuuki nodded, guilty that she didn't tell him in the first place. "Oberon, what triggered you to beat her like that?" Marilyn asked, seeming like his crimson eyes stared straight into Hideaki's soul. Hideaki didn't respond, pain overwhelmed his body and even if he wasn't in such pain, he would respond to some psychiz weirdo calling him "Oberon"