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World 1-2

Hunters: A Field of Black Roses

Nina Sangan wasn't sure what to feel about her friend, let alone as her supposed girlfriend. On one hand, Aurora had swooped in to save her stubborn ass on multiple occasions, never giving any fuss to Nina's somewhat questionable means. But at the same time, it was this very woman that spelled the end of them. She was a big factor in forcing their hand into Odiaba and to some extent, their subsequent adventures. And in turn, a lot of deaths. Some of which, resulting in characters being erased from the multiverse itself. Thanks a lot, Yami.

"I really want to hate you." the anarchist muttered. "After all you've done, the deaths you caused…"

She let her attention turn to Aurora. At the moment, they were both in their pajamas, having just woken up from what may have seemed like an endless slumber. But it didn't change the events that transpired back then. The spikes that had pierced through their bodies, the fight with their 'past' selves and those angels in Heck. All because she had motives that none of them could know or possibly understand at the time. They still had no clue why she went through the things that she did.

Which brings us nicely to this ruined mansion. At one point, maybe it had served as a place for the elite to hide from the prying eyes of the public. Now though, it served as a partial prison for one woman, her jailer and the jailer's caretaker.

"But when I look into those eyes, the only one I hate is myself for letting you down."

Carefully, Aurora made her way over to her girlfriend. But all that got her was a slap to the hat. Memories of her time as someone else came rushing back in, a reminder of her cowardly end so long ago.

"I deserve that." the cowgirl weakly remarked, holding still for any future punishment from Nina. But when none came, she gave her a confused glance.

"You've already suffered enough." Nina continued and pulled Aurora over, letting her arms wrap around. Aurora did something similar and attempted to get a kiss in.

"Ahem."

Both girls turned around, finding the actually dressed form of Nina's partner, Celeste. And by that, I mean she was actually wearing a t-shirt and skirt with her long trenchcoat. Because nothing says 'don't-mess-with-me' more than a garment that's too big for you and drags on the floor.

"As much as I enjoyed your little display, I believe that it can wait till both of you are clothed."

"Fine." Nina answered and the two made their way over to the closet, getting assaulted by an avalanche of dirty clothes.

"Do you think I should go with my nicer outfit?" Aurora inquired, watching Nina get her usual crop top and tube skirt on. While the pairing would made sense when her friend was maybe in her late teens. It just looked silly on what was supposed to be an adult body. And while Nina knew that, the same could be said about Aurora's choice of outfit. Sure, the cowboy leathers were far less skimpy than the crop top, they looked quite tight on her. Though, I suspect the nicer one would probably be a similar story.

"What's the difference between it and your usual one?" the anarchist answered and watched Aurora hold up the garment. Which compared to what she was wearing at the moment, actually looked sensible. And by that, it was a shirt and vest with a pair of jeans to finish it off. Of course, there was still the matter of grabbing her badge. Even if it didn't really make her an actual officer.

"Yes, you most definitely wear that one."

Aurora took a deep breath.

"That's the regular one." the cowgirl explained, watching Nina realize her mistake. "I can still wear this, if you want…"

For a few seconds, Nina got the puppy eyes.

"Fine." Nina answered and watched Aurora switch into her new clothes. Which was the perfect time to maybe find a mirror to look and see how much they had actually grown,

"Better?~" she called out, watching her girlfriend get all red in the face. "Now can we kiss?"

A nod, followed by the attempted locking of lips. Which mostly looked like Aurora carefully pressing her face into the anarchist and hoping to not break away mid-moment. Eventually, they did allow themselves some space and breathing room.

"I think we might need to work on that." Nina joked and got a nervous laugh from Aurora in return. This also seemed to be Celeste's cue to enter once more.

"Something has come up, you two." Celeste announced. and made her way over, using this as the perfect opportunity to look them over. "Grab your stuff and let's go."

Both girls gave a nod, and grabbed their respective weapons off a nearby bed stand. Butterfly swords for Nina and revolvers for Aurora. Or in other words, a typical loadout for the duo.

"Which vehicle are we taking?" Aurora remarked as they made their way past a now abandoned room. Once this had been where their other partners had slept, kind of like Ace's. Though, I'm fairly certain that he didn't give them their own place to sleep. No, they probably were told to go sleep somewhere and forgotten about. Not that Nina was any better.

"Don't remind me." Nina muttered, letting her gaze fall to the ground. "I still have fluffkins, though! That must count for something, right?"

Aurora shot her quick glance, only to watch her girlfriend pick up a taxidermy stuffed cat.

"Uh…" the cowgirl answered, not entirely sure of what to make of this pet. It probably help if it were alive. But it wasn't. "That's nice, I think?"

Nina set it back down and the two passed through the living room, giving the general rundown state of the place. None of the furniture actually matched, with the pieces that sort of had some theming looking quite ready to fall apart into a million pieces. Thankfully, they exited to the garage and shifted their attention to that. There, a motorcycle and a mechanical horse thing awaited. "Which one?" Aurora asked and watched Nina's gaze focus on the horse. "Now, wher-"

Before she had a chance to finish that sentence, a girl with fairy wings flew out from behind the motorcycle.

"Kai!" Nina screeched, pointing a butterfly sword her way. "What are you doing here?!"

But Kai doesn't answer, instead choosing to hold a hand to her forehead.

"There's something inside of my head." the rogue whispered, each word seeming to be distorted by an unknown source. "Get it out! Get it out!"

But the 'thing' inside her refused. If anything, it was probably quite confused. Especially when their home was slammed into the pavement and they themselves were flung out.

"Uh… better?"

Kai gave a nod and watched her teammates get on the mechanical horse. It was a bit of a tight squeeze, but Aurora eventually settled upon having Nina just sit on her. That way, Celeste had a place to sit.

"Where is that cat?" Nina muttered and focused on the door. After a few minutes of staring, her partner busted through and jumped onto the back.

"Sorry about that." Celeste whispered, letting her gaze shift to the horse more than the people around her. "Just needed to prepare mentally prepare myself."

Nina shot her partner a quick glance. While she wasn't entirely certain what connection Celeste exactly had to the white cat, something about it didn't seem good.

Yet, she opened the garage door up and gave Kai a nod. Which for some reason, the fairy took as reason enough to shoot out of the garage like a bullet.

"Let's go."

They followed right behind the fairy, making sure to at least try and keep up with her. Which was a bit of a challenge for Aurora's steed, but welcome for once.

"There they are, finally." Yami muttered as she watched the four approach. Strangely, her attention seemed most focused on Aurora. "Out of all the people she could have picked, it was her. Truly a sh-"

A blade pierced through her stomach, doing little in the way of actually killing her. Which is a complete shame if you ask me.

"Than you're going to be disappointed in me too." Ace muttered, knocking his own mother to the ground. "Not that I'm certain why you even care."

That got him a growl, which was the least of his worries at the moment.

"Oh please." Clara remarked and focused on Yami. "What did you expect to happen? You left both of your children off to two random strangers and just expected them to turn out as straight little angels? You make me laugh."

After, the mage let out a chuckle.

"Bitch."

That got Yami a kick to the head. Which she most definitely deserved. Right after, a large airship flew overhead.


Notes:

Yeah. Ace and company had a lot of time offscreen to figure who's pants/skirts they wanted in. Kinda weird to be going full-circle with these two. While their not quite to a point that they could be an actual married couple, give them some time.

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Next Time: An angry ex's and a boyfriend. Good times.