The sun raised and the light stretched out and seeped into everyone's window as the birds began to sing their morning songs. Sen got up and stretched checking the time to see if she was going to be late for school. She was extremely early to wake up. She began to get ready for school. Once she was done she looked over at her nightstand and picked up the crystal "I wonder if it actually helps...maybe it could make me happy for before I head to school if it does!" and then hugged it tightly as she closed her eyes like how Josh said to do. Everything then felt weird and when she opened her eyes she was in an unfamiliar place. The trees looked like Wisteria trees but they were... glowing making the grass illuminate the light. The sun on her skin felt so strange and the air felt so much cooler as she breathed in it felt so fresh.. like a whole different world, Sen looked around some more and She looked down at her hand to still see the crystal. She then hugged it like she did before but when she opened her eyes nothing had changed. So she put it into her pocket and began to walk around, she was extremely confused and had to figure out where she was.
As she walked she stumbled apon a wonderful view of mountains and a river that slowly flowed. Then a sound like sticks breaking went off behind her. She looked back only to see a man with a weird skull on his head covering most of his face and fully naked. Sen held her breath for a second realizing this and quickly looked up at his face "uh-uh- h-hello-?" the man said nothing, all you could see was a smile across the tall man's face. Sen felt scared and nervous that something bad may happen. The man just continued to stand there and things become more awkward "d-do you know where we are?" She said as she played with her fingers nervously. The man didn't awnser. She began to slightly panic and walk away while still looking at him "well- I'll be on my way then- u-uh- yeah-" she said As she walked further away now turned towards the way she was walking. the man began to follow her She turned around to see his member so close to her "HEY HEY HEY BACK AWAY A BIT-" he just tilted his head and took a few steps back. "uh- here wait-" she went to go look for some things that would serve to cover his member. She found some Wisteria Sinensis vines and tied it around his waist trying not to make things seem awkward then tied some in the front from the one around his waist. "I'm sure this will work well, for now-" she looked away from the man and made some distance between the man and her. The man just looked down at the flowers and vines tied around his waist. Then he looked up at Sen with a wide happy smile then grabbed a vine and walked over to her. Sen being curious just stayed still but was going to of course make sure that he wasn't going to do anything. He got on his knees and began to tie it around her waist as much as he could then tied one from the front. He then stood up and continued to smile as he began to pick up sticks from the floor and put them into a pile. Sen giggled from him tying the vines around her waist and decided to try and help him collect the sticks. "What are you going to do with these sticks?" He perked his head up and looked at her as he grabbed the rest of the sticks and walked to a small clearing in the woods then dropped the sticks he had onto the pile then walked over to her and grabbed the sticks she had. He began to stare at every stick individually. He pulled one out and pointed at a wet spot on the stick for Sen to see and shook his head gently as he put it back down and began to look through the rest of the sticks now just putting the unwanted ones on the ground. He smiled at Sen and placed a big amount of good sticks into the pile of good ones and started a fire. He sat down then looked back at Sen seeing her standing far away and patted the floor next to him. It seemed he wasnt involved with people but he still was able to do gestures that people usually did so it was quite confusing to tell what he knew and didn't. Sen sighed and walked up to him and the fire and sat down and looked at him "do you have a name?" He just stared at Sen for a bit then to the floor and wrote "kukunochi" in the dirt. He then looked back up at sen. "Wait! you know what I'm saying right? And you can write! That's amazing! So can you talk also right?" He took a deep breath in and went to speak but then stopped himself then looked back at the dirt and rubbed his fingers into the dirt making his name not understandable. Then looked back at the fire scilently. Sen felt bad like as if she did something so she patted his back "sorry, i'm not exactly used to this... And I was supprised to know you knew how to write..." he stood up and looked down at her while gesturing for her to stand up. It was already dark and she felt she had to so she did. He began to walk following a river from the right of them as Sen followed. Soon they walked apon a hill that went above the trees where the sky could be seen fully. The moon illuminated light at Kukunochi and Sen. Kukunochi continued to stare at the beautiful sky before looking back at Sen and seeing something shinning in her pocket. He slipped his hand in her pocket and pulled out the crystal and examined it she looked at him and sighed "I love it here but I wanna go back home..." He just stared at her examining her expression "my home is filled with more buildings and people... Do you even know what those are? The buildings I mean. " He shook his head and sen chuckled "I see" kukunochi then looked at Sen. Sen looked at the crystal in Kukunochis hand "the crystal... It's the only thing I can think of that got me here." Kukunochi quickly held it up high "hey wait! Why would you-" Kukunochi just kept it high making sure she wouldn't be able to get it "it doesnt even work. You don't have to do all that" He slowly put down his hand but refused to give it back. "You dont want me to leave... Is that it?" He nodded and sen sighed "listen, I have to leave and go back home when I find a way but if you like possibly I can take you with... If it's even possible" He smiled and nodded like crazy making sen laugh a little "theres only one thing that I think might work, I've tried it earlier though but I'm sure it doesn't hurt to atleast try it again." He shook his head "okay okay I won't right now!" He looked back up at the sky and smiled. Sen just stared at him then towards the sky. She looked down and checked her pockets and pulled out her phone "ah yes!" Kukunochi got startled and looked over quickly seeing her hold the device as he tilted his head. "This is a phone! Something we have where I'm from! Maybe I can call for help if it isn't the crystal that got me here! And if there's signal of course-" he stared at her as she attempted to call her mother "it isn't working... Well I suppose I can atleast show you the buildings from where I live!" He nodded as she scrolled through her gallery and showed him the buildings and roads filled with cars and people "pretty right? I would say here looks so much better though... Is it okay if I take a photo? A photo is like... Hm... Your eyes seeing something but making it where you can see it anytime and it makes it possible for others to see the same thing you've seen!" Kukunochi nodded as a smile spread across his face and Sen took a photo of the scenery then she looked back at Kukunochi and quickly stood Infront of him and took a selfie with him. "Look! It's you and me" she said as she showed her phone to him and he looked at himself then back at her. "What's wrong?" She asked as he looked back at the photo then he pointed at her face then at his mask "huh?" He stepped closer and put his face closer to her ear and spoke quietly "different..." She felt a shiver down her spine as she blushed realizing how amazing his voice sounded- she covered her face trying to act normal "w-well it's cause of your mask!" He scooted away then grabbed onto his mask and held it against his face "you dont have to take it off!" He looked over at Sen and smiled again then realized she was covering her face. He tilted his head as he poked her hands. He then gently pulled her hands away from her face to see her face all red. He then felt her face "huh-" she looked at him and he paused for a second then sat her down and forced her to lay down then ran off "huh-" Sen sat back up and looked in the direction he headed towards. Then he came back and sat down next to her. Then put something down and gently made her lay back down making her lay her head onto the thing. "What are you doing-?" He stared at her and then grabbed her hand and put it onto her face letting her feel her own temperature "ah don't worry I'm not sick!" She said as she sat up and kukunochi just sat there. She then reached her hand over to kukunochi and forced him to lay down "your probably tierd though arnt you?" He shook his head and attempted to sit up but Sen just pushed him back down and laid onto his stomach in attemt to keep him down "sleep" he just stared down at her then smiled and after a while fell too sleep. She looked over at his face and smiled being happy that he fell asleep as she gently sneaked her hand into his hand and pulled out the crystal and put it into her pocket. He laid there sleeping as Sen watched the stars twinkle.

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Kukunochi
(A random man in this unknown place...)

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