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To see them is what we needed
For then all we could do is believe
For when we finally meet I could say
I’m finally free
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“AKAJIWHATTHEFUCKISWRONGWITHYOU-“ Kinako screamed as they hit the bottom of the seemingly never-ending hole.
“Uhh.. we’re here..! Hah.” Akaji awkwardly shows Kinako, her expression furious. “I can’t believe-…. Woah..” Kinako cuts herself off, looking around the unbelievable place.
The roots of the tree in the middle beat as if it’s a heart beat, the old flesh of people moving with it. “Dear Mother Nature..” Kinako cringes at the sight of the horrible display.
Akaji walks up behind her, “I don’t know what it is.. it’s.. scary.” He says, watching the tree pulse. “I wanna understand why all these people went missing.”
Akaji opens his journal, flipping over to a new page to sketch out the tree. “How did you even find this place..?” Kinako asks.
“Luck I guess? I don’t know if this even is lucky.” He shrugs, trying to capture every detail that’s necessary. Both of them stand there for a bit, almost frozen.
“AHHHHHHH!!!!” A scream fills the air, following with a thud behind them from where they came from. They both turn around in shock. “FUCK!” A angry tone yells out, roughly getting up.
“Dragonfruit!” Kinako exclaims at the pink and green lady approaching them. “You followed us?!” Kinako grabs the dragonfruit by the collar, “what is wrong with you?!”
“First of all you don’t have the right to call me that, *fungi*. My name is Azubah and that is the only thing you can call me.” The dragonfruit says, equally roughly pushing Kinako.
Akaji watches as the two argue, listening as they spit nonsense. He adjusts his glasses as they both shove each other around. “Guys?-“
“WHY ARE YOU SO INTERESTED IN ME? YOU'RE OBSESSED!”
“NO ONE IS OBSESSED WITH SOMEONE AS POISONOUS AS YOU!”
“CLEARLY YOU ARE!”
They both push each other around, “uh- guys-“ Akaji stutters as they both almost push each other off of the stump. “KINAKO-“ Azubah pushes Kinako off of the edge into something similar to what Akaji had fallen in the day prior.
Kinako grabs Azubah’s sleeve and brings her down with her, both of them falling into an unknown portal. “Holy shi-“ Akaji runs out after them, jumping into the portal.
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Akaji felt cold and warm all at the same time as he went through the portal, he heard muffled screaming from the two prior. When he opened his eyes water filled them.
He was in a body of water, sinking rapidly. He swam up and crawled onto the shore that was near him. The arguing got louder as he climbed up out of the water.
“WHERE THE HELL DID YOU BRING US?! TOADSTOOL?!”
“I DIDN’T BRING US ANYWHERE! YOU’RE THE ONE WHO PUSHED ME TO NO-WHERE!”
Akaji walks up to them, draining his clothes of excess water that is weighing him down. “Stop arguing, the both of you!” Akaji yells back at the two. “I don’t exactly know where these portals bring us, and nor do I know the safety of them. But you two arguing about it isn’t helping!”
Akaji adjusts his glasses as the mushroom and dragonfruit look at him silently. “These “worlds” bring us to places in history! I think.. We have to appreciate and get as much information as we can!”
Akaji runs off into the forest, adjusting his hat and grabbing his journal out of his pocket. “God he’s such a geek..” Azubah mutters under her breath.
“...Why are we all wearing pirate outfits all of a sudden?-” Kinako realizes, pulling her shirt out to see it from her perspective.
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Akaji walks through the trees as the two pissy women follow behind him, they walk into a park with a few picnic benches as three people sit at one.
“Oh! Kinako! Watch this!” Akaji exclaims, walking up to the people at the bench. “Uh, rewind!”
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“Can we help you, sir?” The woman at the bench asks. “AHH-” Akaji jumps back and hides behind Kinako. “Uh.. ignore my friend he’s.. Something.” Kinako says.
“Hehehe.. Don’t worry!” She giggles, “Would you three like to sit with us?” The three look around before sitting down on the picnic bench.
“My name is Olive, that's Popeye, and that’s Bluto!” Olive said, introducing the other three. Kinako smiles at the lady.
“My name is Kinako, This is Akaji, and *that* one is Azubah.” Kinako mimics what Olive said, but for themselves.
“It’s a pleasure!” Olive smirks. Akaji sketches something down in his journal. *“This doesn’t make sense.. The other portal let me rewind and the people in that era didn’t notice me..”*
Akaji thinks to himself, writing down something similar in his journal and drawing the three strangers next to the writing.
As the three sit there, many things happen. Fake lemonade in a hive, Explosive hotdogs? “What even is a hotdog..?” Kinako whispers to Akaji as he shrugs.
The three kept saying it was april fools, even though Akaji could’ve sworn it was may 16th. The three end up at a lake, as Popeye plays a prank on Bluto as Olive and him go on a boat away.
Akaji could’ve sworn he heard a tune at the end, as the world suddenly stops. “What was that?” Azubah asks confusedly.
“Why is everything.. Frozen?” Kinako asks in the same voice as Azubah. Akaji jumps on the boat with Popeye and Olive as the two suddenly turn into sketches and disappear.
“What the..?” Akaji whispers, watching as they disappear. He squints in the distance as everything starts reducing to white and sketches.
“WHAT THE FUCK!” Azubah screams as Kinako and her jump on the boat with Akaji, the ground turning into sketches as the only thing left is the boat, and the fake monster that had scared Bluto.
They all look up at the monster as it turns and forms into this black goo, turning into a giant octopus of black ink.
“OKAY CAN I WAKE UP FROM THIS DREAM NOW?” Azubah screams, “I WON’T FOLLOW THESE DORKS EVER AGAIN!”
“It’s not a dream! This goo.. It seems- so familiar..” Akaji exclaims, as the tentacles slam the boat into the ground.
“AKAJIIII!!!!!””
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The End!