i am searching

for a way out

of this place

filled with~

spirits from all

around the globe!

can someone please

help me find a way

to leave this bathhouse

where I just have to

do my best & not

make the owner mad~

i can see how things

here are not like home

most of the beings

have animal-like

features, and strengths

its exciting ‘n’ scary to see-

Now I have to focus

maybe I’ll find a way

to save myself and

get out of this odd

magical spot that I believe

is hidden from the world

Papa and Mama really

should be more careful

why did they fall for the

trap set by the crazy boss

she seems quite ancient

still, she can be deafeated.

Anime:

#SpiritedAway.

Song_

always with me-

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tBSthP5LTZU

A murder of crows,

Gathered together

And standing tall,

Ebony feathers gleaming

Even through the murk

They rise one by one,

Slowly, but undoubtedly,

Taking miraculous flight

Alone, destined to fall

Together, even lowly crows

Can fly high in a sapphire sky,

Conquering countless goals,

And achieving dream after dream

I keep seeing these prompts and cannot play

cause I don’t know nothin‘ bout anime

But not to worry, I’ll rock old school

And bring back ’toons that were really cool

Are these new shows y’all want to parody

really better than Merry Melody?

B-B-Boy, Ah say boy, pay attention now

Ah says, “Ah’m a rooster, not a chicken or cow”

Andele, andele, run Speedy run, but

Senor Rodriguez, “he pack a gun.”

There’s a big crop of carrots pulled fresh from the ground

so dat wascally wabbit’s, “Alabamy bound!”

And there’s Hannah-Barbera, or Looney Tunes

Popeye the Sailor and Mr. Magoo

I’ll have to give anime a pass

and remember the ’toons that made us laugh

She squealed in that adorable way of hers; eyes bulging and twinkling against the sunlight. I do not know what she is saying. Her mouth is moving as usual. All I know is that she is the cutest and how I long to shut her up with a kiss.

Urg I’m too shy.

“Hello Kai-sama!” she waved in my face. Busted.

“Oh hi,” I smile as I awkwardly scratch the back of my head.

“Kai-sama, why are you blushing?”

“Blushing?! I’m not blushing.”

I’m simply mortified.

“Kai-sama is blushing. Kai-sama is blushing, blushing, blushing,” she sang.

“You are annoying,” and truly she was.

"Shining Sword Attack! You will never evade this one! Now, Die!" Rin said, making weird symbols with his hands. "Ugh. Can't you ever stop with this nonsense? I mean come on, you don't have super powers. Accept it. Accept the facts." I yelled at him. "Hmph, foolish mortal. Just because your mortal eyes can't see them, doesn't mean it's imaginary."

Rin and I are the new students at our school. Since we were too awkward to talk to the other people, we talked to each other. As a result, we became good friends. In the span of one short month, Rin and I got to know each other really well. I also realized Rin acted differently. He pretends as though he has super powers. I tried to stop him, but it didn't work. I never really understood why he was like this, but if he wasn't the world would be a really dull place.

"Hey, Rin. You wanna hang out after school today? I-I mean if you can, of course." I asked him hesitantly. "Um... Sure." He answered, confused. Hah! It worked, wow. I didn't expect it to. Now to move on to the next step. The school day went by pretty quickly. As school ended, Rin and I met up outside. "Let's go!" I yelled out to him. He noticed me and followed. We kept going to different places we had never been before. "Hey, it's getting dark. Let's head home, okay?" He asked. "Sure, but let's go to one more place."

I took Rin and headed to his favorite shop. "Buy any one thing from here. It's my treat." I said. His face lit up with joy. He ran off, and came back almost immediatly. "This. I wanna buy this."

On our way back, Rin was smiling all the way. "Hey, Rin. I have a question. Why are you like this? I mean, why do you pretend as though you have super powers? As though you are special, even though you aren't." Those words were easily the worst mistake I ever made. "You really are a monster..." As those words left his mouth, he threw his gift and ran away.

Rin didn't come to school the next day. Or the day after. I got worried. Could he have gotten hurt on his way back? I should go to his house and apologize. As soon as school ended, I ran to Rin's house. It wasn't too far away. About a 3 minute walk. As I arrived at his house, I rang the doorbell. "Hello? I'm Rin's friend. I just wanna talk to him." I announced. "Oh, you're one of Rin's friend. Come in, come in." Rin's mother said. I looked around the house, but no sign of Rin. "He's not home now, but he'll back any moment now. I'll get you something to eat." She explained. "Wait, I have a question. Why is Rin always pretending to be special? I asked. "Oh, I thought he already told you. He said he was finally going to tell. I guess he forgot," She said. "Four years ago on his birthday, his father died in a car accident. Rin had a fight with his dad. Before his father headed out, he told Rin he would always be special. So once his father died, he started to live in a fantasy. A world where he wouldn't be sad. A world where he never had a fight with his dad. I guess even he knows deep down that his dad is gone. He just refuses to accept reality as it is." I remembered what I said to Rin. "Oh no, what have I done..."

“Liiiight, wake uuuup... Light. Light! Come on, I’m getting bored again!”

”...God?”

“Of Death? Yes... Wait, have you forgotten about me already?!”

“Oh, it’s just you.”

″Just me? You would have been nothing without me. Did you at least bring any apples?!”

Light Yagami opened his eyes to known other than a shinigami shaking him awake. Had he been any other mortal soul crossing over to the afterlife, he would have been scared by Ryuk. But to him, this monster was nothing more than the annoying apple-addict who had given him the power to be the New World’s God. And brought him to his untimely death.

Speaking of which--

He sat up, fear overshadowing any other emotion that he had earlier.“Is this... Hell?”

Ryuk let out one of his signature laughs. “Did you also forget one of the most importantly rules of the Death Note? Go ahead and reread it, there’s one in your hand right now... hmm, that was fast of them...”

Confused by what the shinigami was saying (and not enjoying being confused), Light flipped open the book to the page of rules. His suspicions were confirmed as he skimmed the words and caught sight of his vaguely-inhuman hands.

“This is Nothingness, ‘neither Heaven nor Hell’,” he quoted. “and I’m shinigami, aren’t I?”

Of course, the Realm of the Death-Gods and in-between area of the afterlife are the same place. Should have realized that earlier.

“You got it!” Ryuk chuckled once more. “But don’t worry, you don’t look half-bad. Still tall and handsome, only this time in shinigami standards!”

Light stood up, looking around at Nothingness: various bones and lethargic Death-Gods scattered about a dark, barren landscape.

It occurred to Kira that, thankfully, he didn’t have to stay here for long.

“Hey, where’re you going?” Ryuk flew after him. “Trying to find someone? Your dad and L are both in Heaven, so don’t bother.”

Light scowled, slightly envious of L’s new life after death. “The only thing I want to find is a way to the human world.”

“Oh.” Another laugh. “I see where this is going. You’ll just have to ‘lose’ your Death Note, right over that edge there. But don’t expect the others to take this lightly.”

Sure enough, other bored shinigami turned their attention to the newcomer holding his Notebook over the edge of Nothingness, a few snickering.

“And here I thought you would be done with all of this ‘New World’ nonsense.” Ryuk watched as the Death Note fell into the abyss. “Well, at least you have less of a chance of dying... unless the human who finds your Note was as arrogant as you had been.”

Kira shot him a glare, saying nothing.

Just as he was about to make his descent with the Notebook, another familiar, irritating voice called out his name.

“Ooh, that’s right.” Yet another classic Ryuk laugh. “I completely forgot about your girlfriend... you probably did too, huh?”

Misa pushed past the curious bystanders to Light, somehow tackling down his towering frame. “Oh, I got the same idea of going back to the human world! Let’s go together... hmm, you already threw down your Note, though, so we’ll be separated... just try to contact me when you get there!”

Then, just like that, was gone, diving into the void without second thought; a chorus of laughter following her.

Ryuk grinned. “You should probably get going, before some of your other blind followers find you.”

So now I’m on the other side of the story, the one where I simply watch and influence, Light thought as he unfurled his new wings. I get another chance, now as a true God, to create a New World.

As he jumped down to the beginning of his story, he had one last thought:

This time, I won’t mess up. I know what I must do.

How wrong he was.