Omi Fushimi/Picture Perfect

Stranger ・Epilogue

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Omi	I'm going to turn off the lights then.
Taichi	Good night.
Omi	Good night.
Taichi	....
Omi	....
Omi	Hm...?
	Eh...?
	(This place... it is... not the stage right. The final show ended already, and this, it clearly feels like real sand)
	...a dream?
John	Found you.
Omi	—
	You are, not Juza right?
John	Where is Zero. If you don't tell me I'll kill you.
Omi	—- wait!
	You're mistaking me for someone else. The one you're looking for, it's supposed to "Wolf".
John	Stop it with the bad acting.
Omi	*gunshot*—
	You must be kidding. My clothes just got burnt. So it's realistic even to this extent.
John	What happened to your usual ambition.
Omi	As expected, even if it's in a dream dying is scary.
	Haa!
John	—ugh.
Omi	In this situation, running is the safest.
John	*bike engine* —wait!
	—
	To think he would use the sand...
Omi	Good thing the motorcycles of this world are mostly the same as the ones in ours. Well then, what should I do now—.
???	—
Omi	!?
	[hit]—
???	....
Omi	You—...
Omi	...hmm?
	So I am still in the dream?
Wolf	Oi. Wake up.
Omi	— "Wolf".
	How surprising. to think even you would appear here...
Wolf	Why, do you know me? Who are you.
Omi	Err, how can I explain this...
Wolf	Spit it out. Are you someone from the laboratory.
Omi	*hit* —Ugh, uh.
	(Being treated as an enemy both by John and by Wolf, as expected this is hard...)
Wolf	...tch. What a pain. Die.
Omi	—oi, wait. At least hear me out!
	My name is Omi. I have nothing to do with the laboratory. Due to some circumstances, I know about you and Zero, and about the laboratory.
Wolf	Circumstances?
Omi	Explaining it is difficult... I came from a different world, and in that world you guys were made into a book sort of...
Wolf	Stop with the sucky lies.
Omi	It's not a lie. I really-
Wolf	—
Omi	No way, again.
Wolf	Tch, as I thought you let them know.
Omi	If I was one of them, they won't be trying to blow me up too.
Wolf	....
Omi	This thing doesn’t matter right now. If we don’t run away quickly—
Wolf	—you die alone.
Omi	—I guess you are this kind of guy. Geez.
	—
Wolf	Tch...
John	—Die!
Omi	—Wolf, behind you!
John	—, there're two of them!?
Wolf	Ha!
John	*hit* Ugh—
Omi	Let's run away while we can!
Wolf	...I'm not going to thank you.
Omi	When in trouble, we help each other.

Wolf	How long are you planning on following me.
Omi	You're the one who restrained me though. Well, I don't have anywhere else to go. Don't mind it.
Zero	Wolf!
Wolf	Zero. I told you not to walk outside alone. What's with that guy—
Taichi	Omi-kun!
Omi	Taichi!?
Taichi	Uwaan, I'm so happy. I was so hopeless alone! What is it here!?
Omi	No, I don't know either but... isn't it a dream?
Taichi	It's way too realistic for a dream!
Omi	Well, that's for sure. Anyway, I didn't think Taichi would appear here too.
Zero	Is he your friend? Good thing you were able to meet him.
Taichi	Ah, Zero-chan, thanks!
Zero	This kid says his name is Taichi. I picked him near our hideout.
Wolf	Don't go picking up weird things.
Zero	Looking at Wolf and Omi-kun standing next to each other feels so weird~
Omi	If you say that, the same goes to you and Zero, doesn't it?
Taichi	Point.
Zero	More like, we look exactly alike. What’s up with that?
Wolf	You're really not related to the laboratory?
Omi	We are not.
Wolf	In any case, if we're together with you, we'll stand out. Go away.
Taichi	Eeh!? That's so cold.
Zero	Isn't it okay even if we're together?
Wolf	Don't joke with me.
Omi	I don't think we have time to argue.
Wolf	—tch. Let's move, Zero.
Zero	Yeah.
Omi	Taichi, let's hurry up.
Taichi	Okay!
Wolf	Like I said, how long are you planning on following us.
Omi	I told you, right? We don’t have anywhere else to go.
Wolf	Don't get in our way.
Taichi	Somehow, he really feels like "Wolf"~
Omi	Because he is "Wolf".
Wolf	What are you talking about.
Omi	Don't mind us. It's just between us.
Wolf	....
Zero	Zzz, zzz...
Taichi	*mumbles*... Yuki-chan, stop stabbing me with that needle~...
Wolf	....
Omi	If we're going to keep watch, let's switch.
Wolf	I don't need your worrying about it.
Omi	You don't know when you're going to get stabbed in your sleep, or something like that?
Wolf	...you get it well, don’t you.
Omi	We are not your enemy.
Wolf	Hm, I wonder about that.
Omi	Well, asking you to believe us is impossible huh. You've been living alone all this time after all.
Wolf	Don't talk as if you know anything.
Omi	Aah, my bad. But, no matter what, I can't think of you as a stranger.
	Me and you, it's not just our face that is the same, but the inside too. That’s what I thought, when I got to know you for the first time.
	However, you were living all by yourself, and I had a best friend and comrades. That was the only difference.
	Performing as you—no, looking at you, I've always been thinking how nice it would be if you just had comrades.
	It's a weird relationship, but being able to travel together like this, makes me a little happy.
Wolf	...what a weird guy.
Omi	You're right. If I was in your position, I would've thought the same.
Wolf	....
Wolf	—wake up.
Omi	Hm...?
Wolf	We've been surrounded.
Omi	—
	Taichi, wake up!
Taichi	Uha!?
Zero	...what is it?
John	Hand Zero over obediently.
Omi	You hired more people...
Taichi	W-W-W-What should we do!?
Omi	Estimating roughly, there are about 15 people...
Wolf	16.
Omi	Either way this is harsh.
Wolf	You, take Zero and escape.
Omi	What are you planning to do, Wolf?
Wolf	I'll catch up with you later.
Omi	—
Zero	You can't!
Taichi	Right! Staying here alone, you'll die!
Wolf	Shut up. We don't have time to argue.
Omi	...got it.
Taichi	Omi-kun, are you serious!?
Wolf	When I give the signal, start the bike.
Omi	—
Wolf	Go!
Zero	Wolf!
Taichi	Omi-kun, Wolf is—!
Omi	It's okay, so let's do as he says for now.
Zero	—

Omi	We should be fine if we're here...
Zero	This is terrible! At this rate, Wolf will die!
Taichi	Omi-kun...
Omi	You two hide here. I'll go back to Wolf.
Zero	Eh...?
Taichi	As expected from Omi-kun! I'll go too!
Omi	No, you stay here and protect Zero. I can't take both Wolf and you on the bike.
Taichi	—but, how are you going to help him? With this many people, even if Omi-kun goes...
Omi	I don't plan on fighting them head on.
	For dealing with those numbers, there's a fitting way.
Taichi	Omi-kun, just now, you had the same face as Wolf!
Omi	Hm? Is that so?
Taichi	The Mad Wolf has come back. If Wolf and the Mad Wolf are together they're the strongest!
Zero	Be careful—
Omi	I will definitely bring Wolf back.
Taichi	Omi-kun, you can't die!
Wolf	—kuh.
John	How about you give up already, and tell me Zero's location.
Wolf	...as I thought, I'm not going to last. Damn it—
Omi	Wolf!
Wolf	—!?
Omi	Grab it!
Wolf	You—
John	You think you can escape.
	Quick after them!
Soldier A	Yeah!
	?
John	What's wrong?
Soldier A	My bike—
Soldier B	Mine won't move either!
John	Damn it!
Wolf	What did you do?
Omi	Nothing big. It's thanks to Wolf buying time.
Wolf	...
	...you saved me.
Omi	Having comrades isn't bad, right?
Wolf	...you're right.
John	As if I'm going to let you escape—
Wolf	!?
Omi	Hold tight!
Wolf	...
Omi	!!
	...this is... my room...?
	(Up till now, it was a dream right)
	(To think I would have this kind of dream. I wonder if I got a little emotional, after "Stranger" has ended...)
	(Wolf, I hope he and Zero were able meet up safely)
	(Wait, it's a dream. It's no use worrying about it)
Taichi	Omi-kun! Wolf!
Omi	?
Taichi	Ha!
	Hm!? Hm!?
Omi	Taichi? What's wrong?
Taichi	Just now, I was about to have a breathtaking battle with John in the wasteland—
Omi	Eh?
Taichi	No, a dream... seems like I had one.
	A dream where Omi-kun and I were together in the world of "Stranger"... We were going to travel together with Wolf and Zero.
Omi	How surprising. I was having the same dream.
Taichi	For real!?
Omi	Yeah. So there are mysterious things like that too.
Taichi	...I wanted to see how it continues just a little more.
Omi	You're right...
Taichi	Zero-chan too, I wanted to get friendlier with her...!
Omi	Eh? You, no way...?
	I see... this is... well... you have the same face, I feel it might be too twisted but...
Taichi	Eh!? Y-You're wrong! I didn't mean it in a romantic way!
Omi	No, don't mind it. Love is one's freedom after all...
Taichi	You're wrong! Please don't say it as though I'm a narcissist! It's just, she just looks a little like my first love—!
Omi	It's alright. I won't tell anyone.
Taichi	It's a misunderstanding—!

Hoshiko