“Tsukino!”

  “Tsukino!”

  I awake from Tetsu

  calling my name.

  But he's nowhere in

  sight.

  It's merely a summer

  night as I stand up,

  I was sleeping

  underneath a familiar

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  big tree.

  I'm supposed to be

  waiting on someone.

  But this all feels wrong.

  “Tsukino!” Tetsuya runs

  towards me, only to

  morph and turn into

  Ronin.

  It's the Ronin who is

  wearing a Japanese

  Oni mask.

  Despite fear overwhelming

  my senses, I stare, being

  on guard.

  “What's the meaning of this?”

  Ronin doesn't answer me.

  Instead he lunges at me.

  I waste no time running

  away from him.