Chapter 6: Phantom Awakening
Chisa: So both of your dreams overlapped and Shizuka was once again reunited with Kokona.
Panda: How ironic. The moment where you were at your weakest, that was the point where your Sense came back.
Panda: During that time, did the memories of you and Shizu-chan come back?
Kokona: Uuu....
Shizuka: Really!? How rude! Even though I was always by your side when you were young!
Kokona: When you put it that way......
Kokona: Well, you should've said from the start that you were my Sense, that would've helped.
Shizuka: If I said that, would you even believe me?
Kokona: I wouldn't.....maybe?
Panda: Ah well, a Sense where you can create a new being out of yourself is as unusual as you can get. Even if you mistake something here and there, people will think you're crazy.
Chisa: Honestly, Whenever I see Kokona talking to herself, sometimes I think I should just leave her alone.
Kokona: Sasuga-chan, you think I'm crazy!?
Panda: You say some weird stuff too from time to time.
Shizuka: Putting the Sense aside, with the past we shared, whatever my existence is doesn't matter. I will do whatever it takes for Kokona.
Shizuka: I will become Kokona's Phantom in order to get her to become a Daistar.
Panda: Phantom..... Like "The Phantom of the Opera"?
Shizuka: Right. Kokona's Phantom. An existence to train her to become a Daistar. That is the reason for my existence.
Kokona: And that's why Shizuka is my ideal actor.
Kokona: Her acting exceeds my expectations, and shows the real cool side of herself. Something only I can see, my aspiring actor..... She really is like my Phantom.
Panda: Truly the most ideal model is in front of you. On top of that, you can even come up with how you want to play the characters together..... How handy. You can come up with a plan for the ideal way to perform pretty easily.
Chisa: But...... everytime, Kokona is always overtaken by Shizuka.
Kokona: Ugh!
Panda: Ah..... Katorin did take the lead during "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter", And Niizumacchi took the lead role during "Arabian Nights".
Panda: So surely that means that Shizu-chan will take the lead role in the next performance.
Kokona: S-T-O-P I-T!
Shizuka: "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter", huh.
Shizuka: Around that time, if I'm not mistaken, a monster awoke inside of me.