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[sub]Maybe it's a dream; maybe nothing else is real [/sub]
[sub]But it wouldn't mean a thing if I told you how I feel [/sub]
[sub]So I'm tired of all the pain, of the misery inside [/sub]
[sub]And I wish that I could live feeling nothing but the night [/sub]
[sub]You can tell me what to say; you can tell me where to go [/sub]
[sub]But I doubt that I would care, and my heart would never know [/sub]
[sub]If I make another move there'll be no more turning back [/sub]
[sub]Because everything will change, and it all will fade to black [/sub]
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Umi smirked seeing the shield boy go after the real copy, with everyone else's attacks either hitting him or his ghosts. This locked him down for just a moment not only allowing them a few good hits but also gave Umi some breathing space as she now only needed to dodge meteors and one ghost man. Umi kicked up a lot of grass and dirt as she dodged, rolled, and ducked out of his way but sure enough nothing touched him. But just as things seemed like they were looking up it all went downhill. As the original separated himself from the shield boy the ghosts started exploding. The meteor shower became even more chaotic even after the caster went down, spraying lava and stones around randomly. Umi barely had time to brace herself as the ghost she fought lunged at her and exploded, sending her flying back towards the original.

Everything hurt. Despite trying to minimize the damage by feebly blocking and even rolling as she landed, her body was wracked with pain. She was barely able to get onto her knees as the original threw up another card into the air that summoned some sort of black hole. Umi could already feel it pulling her up as it started, and she tried to resist as best as she could. But all she could do was grip a handful of dirt and a small stone as she felt her body getting pulled towards the yawning portal. [color=aqua][i]"Dammit! Dammit! This can't be it! I won't let it end like this!"[/i][/color] As Umi was being pulled up she noticed the strange gauntlet on her arm, which she thought was a claw, seemed to have popped out into some strange arm mounted weapon. She didn't really know what to do about that so she simply took her rock and threw it at the original mystery man. Unlike Umi herself, the stone was unaffected by his magic and would sail straight towards him. She didn't get to see if it struck him though as she was taken out of this realm.

Umi frankly expected her entire being to get torn to pieces like noodles as she got closer to the black hole. At least that's what was taught to her in science class. But instead it seemed like they landed back to where they started. Or so she thought. Her body still felt sore from that explosion as she got up from the floor and she noticed two things: First was that they were in some sort of pub and second she had a blank card in her hand. This looked like the same sort of card that Kanbaru had received. Umi vaguely remembered seeing the mystery man some some cards but she was too focused throwing her rock at him to realize he gave them to the others.

Taking a few steps forward Umi nearly collapsed, catching herself on the nearby bar counter. Her wounds started bleeding, especially the one around her shoulder where she was cut by the magic sword. She could see her legs had some bruises from the explosion too. Her arms felt like someone had smashed them with a baseball bat (Something she's actually quite familiar with), and it was hard to move her fingers. And yet despite all of this, she couldn't quite call it pain. Sure it hurt, and she did wanna go lie down, but it almost felt like this sensation was just telling her that she was still living. Either that or the adrenaline was numbing her senses and she'll be crying like a baby in a few minutes. Either way Umi took a seat and looked at the card.

[color=aqua]"Huh, I got a card too. Is it going to let us go somewhere else now?"[/color] She held the card out in front of her like Kanbaru did, trying to use it to summon forth some light or something. At first nothing seemed to have happened which just left Umi confused. She shook it around, tried to peel it, bend it, lick it, but nothing happened. She was about to give up when it started glowing, just like how Kanbaru's did before. [color=aqua]"Whoa!"[/color]