0.11: Heart trusted corruption!

Upon awakening, Tedashii immediately noticed his unfamiliar surroundings and the misplaced furniture, confirming his suspicions that he was not on the Rooftops.

"How did I end up at Punk Knock?" He asked.

He decided to fall back onto the bed but then felt something soft on the back of his head.

"Ow..that hurt."

Tedashii slowly got back up, then saw Brianna wiping her eyes to wake up. When she finally did, she saw him staring at her.

"AH!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" She asked and threw his pillow at him.

"I don't know-WAIT. I WAS BROUGHT HERE!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE??!!"

Brianna then remembers everything from yesterday.

"Oh no~! I fell asleep." She said. Tedashii felt his shoulder and knee.

"Did you…heal me?" He asked.

She shook her head. Tedashii wanted to hug her, but she ran away since he didn't have a shirt. So Tedashii decided to chase her around the room out of fun.

Yuri was walking towards the hospital with Suzuki.

"YO! Wait for me!" Sasha called them and caught up.

"Sash. How was your night?" Yuri asked.

"Not better than any, I guess. I hope Tedashii is much better today." Suzuki hummed in agreement, and they both laughed and kept walking.

"So, did you hear anything from Brie since last night? I did not see her in her room." Yuri asked.

"You already gave her a nickname?" Sasha said sarcastically.

"Yes, I did. I do that for all my friends."

When Yuri said friends, Sasha scuffed and then walked faster. She ran when she saw Tedashii's room at the end of the hallway. And with a smile, she opened the door wide open.

"WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD! OR ELSE I'M Going to-"

She saw Brianna and Tedashii forcefully hugging Brianna on his bed.

"…" Sasha was speechless and ran out of the room. She passed Yuri and Suzuki, but they thought there was something wrong.

"Tedashii!! Is everything-OKAY…what the hell?" Yuri said, walking out the next minute. Suzuki only watched them for a while, sneezed, then walked in to open the windows.

"H-Hey Su. How are you?" He had his thumbs up and then waved before leaving.

Brianna got up and walked out as well. And that left Tedashii on his own. "…HEY WASN'T I THE PATIENT HERE?!"

"That you are true." Someone responded.

Haruki walked in and closed the door behind him. "Tedashii, we need to talk. It is about your friend."

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Sasha went to the entrance of Punk Knock. She hit the ground with her spear continuously. Brianna came by to see her. "Sash-"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT! NEVER CALL ME THAT!!" Sasha retaliated and had her spear aimed at her.

"(Exhale)Sasha…what you saw in the room was a misunderstanding.." Brianna said.

"DON'T LIE TO ME, YOU TRAITOR!! I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I SAW!!" Sasha began to cry.

"You are stealing…him away from me…(sob)"

"What? I would never. Tedashii is my friend…." Brianna then thought it through. "NO! No more! I'm not going to hide this! Sasha…I LIKE TEDASHII!!"

Yuri and Suzuki were silent. They both had their mouths wide open. Brianna kept catching her breath, waiting for her response.

"…" Sasha retracted her spear back into its sleeve. "Listen to me. You don't know what you are saying. Tedashii has known me for ten years, while he has only known YOU for hours. We came here as a family; you're the outsider! LEAVE this instant, and if you repeat what you said to him…"

She then made a slitting gesture on her neck. Brianna looked at Yuri, hoping she would interfere, but she had no intentions of overruling Sasha's decision. She wiped her tears and then left Punk Knock.

"What are you going to tell Tedashii?" Yuri asked.

Sasha just shrugged her shoulders and walked back. Suzuki felt terrible, so he took Brianna's belongings and found her.

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Tedashii finally finished his conversation with Haruki.

"Wait…what?" He asked.

Haruki stood up and stared out the window. "I'm afraid to tell you that all I said is true. Your connection to this dream…is that I just told you, Tedashii."

"But…if I put everything together…then.. they're-??"

"Yes. Unfortunately, it's visible from their eyes." Tedashii got up from his bed and put on the clothes provided for him. "I don't want them to know this, which will hurt them so much. I'm going to-"

"Hold on, Tedashii," Haruki called him, then gave him a picture of Cheyzar and Fugin.

"What should I do with this?" Tedashii asked.

"If you ever end up in trouble, just remember that everyday-say: 'Like Father, Like Son.'"

Tedashii thought for a moment; then it came to him.

"I can also…" Haruki nodded. "Now tell the others the plan, then let us get going."

...

Sasha was resting on the bar's roof, then saw Tedashii walking.

"Oh, TEDASHII! Wait up!"

She rolled herself down without the intention to stop, and then Tedashii ran to catch her in time.

CATCH!!

"HAHAHA!! Sash, what's your problem?! You could have gotten hurt." Tedashii said.

"You caught me, so I knew I would be fine."

Tedashii threw her up, then set her on his back. He ran towards the town river and then tossed her in.

SPLASH!!

"HAHAHAHA!! Whoops, I dropped you." He said.

But then she appeared behind him and tried to push him in. He reacted in time, then hooped over it.

"WHOA! How did you do that?" Tedashii asked.

"Crystal clone. I learned that while you were away."

They both walked back to the bar while catching up. Everyone welcomed Tedashii back after they saw his state of yesterday.

WELCOME BACK, MASTER TEDASHII!!

"Wait…Master? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS EVEN SAYING??!!" He asked.

They all laughed and gave him a glass to drink. Yuri came in with Suzuki before they began their plan. Tedashii looked around and noticed that Brianna was nowhere to be found.

"Where is Brianna, Sasha?"

Sasha stopped drinking her juice. "Oh Yeah! She said she had to see…I-If anyone she knew was also in this dream world. She felt exiled from us; that must have been her problem."

Tedashii could not believe what she had said.

"But I… I was her friend...we all were..."

"I guess she did not think the same. Don't worry; I will always be by your side, Ted." Sasha responded.

He smiled at her, then got serious. "Alright, everyone. We are going to go head-to-head with the Rooftops. I need all you guys to help us. Mister Haruki, how many of them are they?"

Haruki then took his map. They saw the blue, red, and white dots when he swiped his palm. All the men were amazed at this.

"My, my. Would you look at this? According to the report, my map says their numbers differ from 500 soldiers. But we are pretty much even by the count."

"Although they have swords, we don't even have weapons!" One of the men said.

Haruki then smiled and called on Suzuki and Col-Born. They had a bunch of bags, some filled with bows and arrows and others with axes and maces. All the men and Tedashii were baffled about how they got there.

"It's pretty simple," Haruki said. "I sent Col-Born to the castle during the battle. You took a handful of weapons, Big Guy!"

Col-Born was overjoyed by the praise, and Tedashii was excited about this battle.

"THIS IS AWESOME!! ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, GEAR UP!!"

YEAAAHHHHH!!!!