AN: Next chapter we go. I'm thinking weekly updates on Saturday for this one, provided I can keep up with my surplus chapters. Let's hope so.
Chapter 2: Mysterious Barriers
"Welcome back. Did you two find anything?"
"About that Lindy-san..."
"Something has happened other than just the time going back Mother."
Lindy Harlaown sent her daughter a curious look, absently stirring her tea while ignoring the look Nanoha was sending her, "What do you mean Fate?"
"The city down there isn't Uminari," Fate answered, "I had Bardiche check to make sure."
"The coordinates were accurate."
"They were, but everything else calls the city Mitakihara," Nanoha added, "and my Mom didn't act like anything was odd, when...it looks like that."
Nanoha waved her hand at the viewscreen, now showing the drastically different cityscape. A city that had more than a few on the Arthra scratching their heads. It was odd enough in its own right that there was somehow a magical power great enough to shift an entire dimension back in time. Especially since the tremors had ceased and there was no sign of whatever caused the slide back in the first place. But to do that, and replace an entire city while simultaneously upping Earth's technology by at least a couple decades...that was getting into the territory of absurdity. Nothing like this had ever occurred before...within their knowledge at least, and when you had a ship with access to the Infinity Library, that was saying something.
"This is very strange," Lindy sighed.
Understatement of the century there. Nothing made the slightest bit of sense at all in relation to this situation. It was outside the norm even for an organization that used magic for everything and routinely went between different dimensions on a moment's notice. Which was frightening in its own right, as Lost Logia's tended to not stay on one world. And that was the most minor this could be...the idea that a Mage could do something of this scale was potentially worse, as any Mage could leave Earth when they pleased. The idea of someone of this power running around on Mid-Childa wasn't exactly appealing, to say the least.
"I have Amy looking into the situation now," the Admiral continued, "If there is anything down there, she'll find it."
"Speaking of me," the girl in question spoke up, "I have something. Can you come down here?"
"What did you find?" Fate asked.
"It's a big...mystery."
"What kind of mystery?" Nanoha asked this time, curiosity clear in her voice.
"A big one!"
Sharing a look, the three Mages on the bridge moved as one towards the deeper portions of the Arthra, where Amy was stationed. Probably still with Chrono watching over her shoulder. The fact he had been silent during her teasing was a sign that whatever was up was serious though. He normally cut her off fairly quickly...
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"All right Amy, what's going on?"
The short-haired girl turned her head, data streams running in front of her, "Captain! It might be easier to say what isn't going on."
"What's that mean?" Nanoha blinked.
"Just that every bit of data I'm getting doesn't make any sense," Amy sighed, turning back to her screens as Chrono ran his own eyes over them, "Nothing at all actually, which is odd in itself."
Fate stepped forward, her own eyes examining the data, before she shook her head slightly, "That doesn't make any sense."
"I know."
"Be more specific please," Lindy sighed softly, aware of her subordinate's tendency to get too wrapped up in her work.
She at least had the grace to blush slightly, "Right, sorry ma'am. I've had the sensors looking for any signs of Lost Logia, familiar or otherwise. There isn't any sign of one down there though. Even the Jewel Seeds had a residual trace that we could find given enough work. It was how Fate knew to look in the ocean when we ran out on land..."
The girl in question flinched slightly at that reminder. If it hadn't have been for Nanoha she would have died in that foolish mission of hers.
"...but there isn't any Lost Logia related magic on Earth or anywhere nearby."
Lindy sighed again, placing her hand on her cheek, "So we have no idea what caused this."
"Sorry ma'am," Amy certainly sounded apologetic, at least until she looked back at her data, "That's not the strangest thing though. Earth is ordinarily fairly barren so far as magic goes. Nanoha and Hayate are outliers, since most people down there don't even have a Linker Core, leave alone magical potential. The thing is..."
Chrono stepped forward, "That isn't the case anymore Admiral."
As one, the eyes of the others turned to the one male in the room. Chrono didn't even flinch, as he began typing on Amy's console, condensing the data. A hologram of Earth popped up, soon joined by a second. The first was dim, with only a handful of equally dull lights scattered across the globe. The other lit up like a Christmas tree, brilliant lights shining from everywhere but the poles. There were certain clusters that were even larger than the rest though. Typically coinciding with large population areas, there was one in particular that had more than the rest.
More specifically, Umi...Mitakihara. There was at least a dozen lights scattered in the immediate area of the city and its surroundings, data scrolling by them. One in particular glowed brighter than any other, so much data flowing by that it was almost impossible to read. Fate at least was able to keep track of it, and her eyes widened noticeably. Nanoha grabbed her friend's hand, turning those red eyes in her direction instead.
"Fate-chan?"
Instead of replying to her friend, the girl turned to her adoptive brother, "Chrono? Is that saying what I think it is?"
A nod answered her, "Yes. The first hologram is the Earth we remember. Each light represents a person with magical potential, the brighter the color the more potential they possess. Clearly, there wasn't much there. Amy is correct when she said that Nanoha and Hayate were outliers. The second one though..."
"That's Earth now?" Nanoha asked, quickly picking things up.
"Exactly. While there are no signs of Lost Logia, Earth has nearly as much Magical power- and trained power at that -on it now as a more advanced world. Not at Midchildan levels, but far more than it should have. That one in Uminari in particular...at the least AAA rank in potential power, if not higher."
Understandably, both Fate and Nanoha blinked at that. While giving a rank based entirely on power was...iffy...it was still notable. Both of them had the same, AAA, in mana levels when they had first been found by the TSAB. It wasn't exactly common for someone to have that much raw power without any TSAB training however. Very, very unusual in fact.
"So we have a lot of Mages," Lindy mused...only for her son to interrupt her.
"I said they were trained Admiral," the boy sent an apologetic look for interrupting his mother, "But the interesting thing is...that training is unlike anything I've ever seen. Without being there in person it's impossible to know exact details, but the sensors don't detect any Midchildan or Belkan style magic in use. There are a lot of skilled mana users, but none of them are using an identifiable form of Magic."
"I thought there weren't any other styles?" Fate asked warily.
"There aren't," Chrono replied dryly, "Or shouldn't be in any case. Most magical societies don't reach the point of developing their own systems before the TSAB contacts them. There are outliers, but it's very rare. And Earth certainly shouldn't have any."
Amy chose that moment to break in, "There is one similarity though."
Her data zoomed in on Mitakihara, more specifically one one of the magical signatures. Not the mysteriously powerful one, but a dimmer one. Data began to flow again, and this time everyone in the room recognized it. Nanoha had seen Yuuno use it enough times and had done it herself on more than one occasion as well.
"Barriers?" she asked curiously.
"Yup," Amy nodded, "For every Mage signature there's on average a dozen or more of these barriers. Sensors can't penetrate them though, so your guess is as good as mine what they're hiding. The thing is though, they aren't standard either. Where the Mages have at least somewhat traditional magical readings, these barriers are..."
"Strange," Chrono continued, "The sensors are reading magic more like the Defense Program the Book of Darkness had. It's at least as dark, though far weaker. The fact this is spread wherever the Mages are is worrying."
Nanoha had fallen silent, looking at the pulsing lights of these barriers. There were so many in Um...Mitakihara. Several were close to the school, one in particular along an alternate path that went across a bridge. To say she was worried would be an understatement. The last time her friends and family had been in so much potential danger was the Jewel Seed incident...and the end of the Book of Darkness one. Sure, most barriers operated on a principle of moving non-Mages out of the dimension they were overtaking. But not all of them did...and the darkness of these ones meant they might be the ones that didn't.
It was completely understandable for Nanoha to be extremely worried. Fate recognized as much, because her hand was on her friend's again, purposely ignoring the sly look Amy sent the pair. The blonde squeezed her friend's hand slightly, before turning to her brother and mother.
"Can you find out anything more from here?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
"No," Chrono replied.
"Unfortunately, the barriers are interfering with our scans," Amy supplied, "We cant see what's inside, only where they are. And..."
The barriers blinked out, before new ones appeared in different areas.
"That happens," the officer finished.
Lindy frowned, "The barriers move?"
"Yes. Or at the least, they are taken down and replaced with new ones. Like I said, we can't tell from here."
"I'll have to deploy teams then," the Admiral rubbed her face, feeling a headache coming on, "Nanoha, Fate."
"Yes?"
"Mother?"
The blue-haired woman smiled at the younger girls, "You two can go back down now. See if you can find anything out in Um...Mitakihara. I'll deploy the other infiltration teams in other cities, but I imagine you two want to make sure that Nanoha's family is safe."
Nanoha smiled widely, "Thank you Lindy-san!"
Fate's smile wasn't as wide, but it was equally warm, "Yes, thank you mother."
All the Admiral did was wave the girls off, both of them rushing to transport back down to the surface. For her part, Lindy continued to watch the data with her mind racing. The implications she was facing truly worried her, more than she would ever show around her subordinates. Because this situation was quickly escalating from a potentially natural occurrence- it was hard to argue that any one Mage could pull off a dimensional disturbance of this scale -to something engineered. It was the only explanation for the surge in Mage activity on Earth.
And she didn't like that, not at all.
The moment that Nanoha and Fate appeared in Mitakihara, the two girls set out for the nearest barrier. If there was any way to figure out what was going on, it was inside these barriers. That was the logic they were operating on at any rate...it made the most sense that the answer they needed would be inside the dark barriers.
"Fate-chan? What do you think these barriers are?" Nanoha asked her closest friend, as the two jogged down nearly empty streets.
"I have no idea," Fate replied warily, "that data didn't make any sense to me Nanoha. They aren't anything like our own."
"Or the Knights either," the brunette sighed, "I'm even more worried now."
"We both are, trust me," worried or not, she managed a smile at her friend, "But we'll figure it out Nanoha. We always do, right?"
"Good point Fate-chan!"
Nanoha's bright smile made her friend feel slightly warm, as she did her best to ignore the flush on her cheeks. All she had done was say what she always did, the truth. No matter the situation, they always pulled through in the end. Still though, when Nanoha sent that type of smile at her it always made Fate feel good.
Especially since she was the only one who ever saw it.
"Master, the barrier is nearby."
Not that the smile lasted. The pair of Mages were excellent at landing where they wanted to when teleporting, and in this case, that was near to one of the barriers. This one in particular being near the Mitakihara High School, though far enough away that it wouldn't be noticeable if one wasn't looking for it. But that was the case no matter where it was. Unlike a normal barrier, neither Fate nor Nanoha could see it spreading over the area. Their devices and senses said there was a barrier, but they couldn't see it. An invisible barrier...the situation just became more and more odd the longer it went on.
At least Raising Heart and Bardiche could still identify the barrier though. Being fed data directly from the Arthra was useful in that respect to be sure.
"Right," Nanoha nodded at her device before turning to her friend, "Are you ready Fate-chan?"
"Of course," Fate nodded back, pulling out Bardiche's pendant.
For her part, Nanoha held up Raising Heart's gem, the two girls sharing a look before holding their devices skyward.
"Set up!"
When the resulting pink and yellow energy had cleared, the two were dressed in their standard Barrier Jackets. Nanoha's blue-white and Fate's red-black contrasting each other as much as usual. Not that either of them noticed that contrast by now. The girls were as familiar with the other's Jacket as their own and it didn't bother them that they were polar opposites in this regard. They merely moved forward warily, Raising Heart and Bardiche pointing in the direction of the barrier.
A barrier that only came into view with a slight application of magic from Raising Heart. Pink light grew along the large red jewel at the top of the staff, expanding slightly to influence the air in front of it. A strange symbol appeared out of nowhere, spinning slightly before stopping.
"Fate-chan?" the brunette looked at her friend, "This barrier is even weirder now..."
Fate nodded, "Agreed. Let me see..."
Holding Bardiche up against the strange symbol, Fate blinked when she felt almost no resistance to the movement. Clearly whatever was inside didn't want them outside at least. Normal barriers were not so easily penetrated, to say the least. Pushing harder, her hands tightened on her device when the tip of Bardiche went inside the symbol, vanishing from sight.
"Anything?" the blonde asked her device.
There was no reply.
"I think we have to go inside to hear Bardiche, Fate-chan," Nanoha said.
"Most likely. Only one way to find out."
Sharing a nod, both girls jumped at the strange symbol. There was only a momentary resistance, a slightly cold feeling, before they were through. And blinking shocked blue/red eyes. Because instead of what they might have expected...the area around them was freaky. Barriers that the girls were familiar with would have merely changed the coloration of the sky and their surroundings, while removing any without magical powers. So it should have just been the same view that it was outside the barrier in the end.
Instead...
"What...is going on?" Nanoha breathed, looking around at the almost...surreal landscape around her.
"I've never seen anything like this," Fate agreed, looking back at Bardiche, "Anything in the network?"
"No sir."
"This magic is not in our databanks Master."
If neither device had any information on their surroundings, that just made it all the odder. Because instead of the High School and surrounding buildings, the Mages found themselves standing in a place that looked more like a mad child's scrapbook. Random drawings etched on walls, with rainbow roads stretching into the distance. Pieces of crayon stuck out at random points of the walls, some sharpened to the point where they approximated swords. I really did look like a child's playground turned into a demonic reflection.
"I don't like this Fate-chan," the brunette continued, "There is something very wrong here."
Fate didn't dispute the point, "We need to find whoever is doing this Nanoha. Maybe we can get some answers that way."
"Right. Area Search!"
Pink lights flew from Raising Heart, spreading through the strange area surrounding the girls. It wasn't long before there was a reaction...albeit one they could have done without.
"Magical creatures approaching Master," Raising Heart spoke.
"What kind?" Nanoha was immediately on guard, Fate much the same.
"Unknown. The power matches the barrier but is too weak to support it."
"Familiars?" Fate suggested.
"Like Arf or Zafira?"
"Maybe. But they would be strong enough to manage a barrier like this on their own. At least Arf is."
Nanoha knew better than to doubt her friend when it came to her Familiar, so she just nodded, "Well, hopefully they don't attack us Fate-chan."
"I doubt that they won't."
Maybe so, but I would rather talk with whoever created this. Figure out what's going on! Nanoha thought, even as she charged her magic for a fight. She had a reputation for enjoying magical fights- which I do! -but she far preferred at least making the attempt to talk first. 'Befriending' someone should be a last resort like it had been with Fate.
I'd really rather avoid fighting until we've at least tried talking...
Unfortunately for her, that probably wasn't an option. Because the sound of...clanking...began to echo through the strange landscape. A dozen toy soldiers walked into view, supersized to be larger than the average human. Each of them was colored in a different shade, and they all carried sharpened pencils in the same color in place of rifles. The soldiers came to a halt across from the Mages, silently staring with misformed faces, resembling a crude drawing.
Both girls shared a look, Fate's hands resting on Bardiche...ready to move at a moment's notice. For her part, Nanoha stepped forward slightly, the still-unmoving soldiers staring her down. Managing a smile, the girl looked back, doing everything she could to avoid looking threatening. She wanted to avoid fighting if possible after all.
"Hello?" Nanoha asked calmly, "Are you the ones who created this barrier? Or is there someone else doing it?"
There was no response from the soldiers. Well...
"Nanoha!"
No verbal response. One of the figures drew back its arm suddenly, before lobbing its pencil-spear at the brunette. Who threw her hand up, the pink form of a Protection spell taking the blow, as the pencil snapped from the force of impacting what amounted to a solid wall of magic.
"I don't think talking is going to work," Fate chided her friend telepathically, running forward, a Photon Lancer already charged on Bardiche.
"I had to at least try Fate-chan!"
Fate smiled, "I know Nanoha. But it won't work here, we have to fight to the center of...whatever this barrier is. Whoever is creating it must be there, if these are some form of Familiar."
"You're right Fate-chan."
Another smile was directed at the brunette, before Fate narrowed her crimson eyes on the 'Familiars' that were tossing seemingly regenerating pencils in an effort to break Nanoha's barrier.
"Photon Lancer."
As Bardiche spoke the name of Fate's signature bombardment magic, Nanoha dropped her defense and instead focused magic on her feet. Her signature fins appeared, as she took to the air, easily avoiding a flying pencil along the way. Beneath her, Fate sent out a wave of five balls of lightning, the soldiers making no effort to dodge. The blonde expected to see defense magic appear in front of them if they weren't going to dodge. Some Mages- Yuuno most notably -specialized in it, and if the Familiars did the same, they could be formidable in defense. But her eyes widened when, instead of a barrier appearing, the soldiers just...
Took her shots head on. Charred holes were blasted through their chests, the caricatures crumpling to the ground before fading in a wash of magic.
"What? Why didn't they..."
Nanoha blinked from her place in the sky, "Fate-chan, what if they can't use magic?"
"But any Familiar..."
"Nothing about this is normal right? Maybe only the creator of the barrier can use real magic?"
Fate nodded, lowering Bardiche...before it switched to its scythe form. Crackling yellow energy flew out, giving her device its familiar blade of lightning. Fate looked at the soldiers, regrouping as they began splitting their pencils between her and Nanoha.
If they can't defend...get in close so they can't attack.
The blonde Mage shot forward, her speed far more than enough to dodge any pencils sent her way. Spinning and weaving around the barrage, she reached the Familiars. Arms angling up, Fate cut clean through two of them with one blow, sending the pieces falling in a wave of magic. She wasn't comfortable killing, but...these Familiars didn't seem like they were alive. Not in the way they acted or looked. Perhaps they were artificial entities created entirely by magic...not unlike automatons used on Midchilda. No matter what they were, she easily ducked under a swing from one wielding a crayon sword, her cape fluttering around the girl as she jumped back, Bardiche cleaving through the crayon and the arm holding it.
"Fate-chan!"
Moving further back at the warning, Fate smiled slightly. She knew exactly what Nanoha was about to do.
"Divine..." pink light grew at the end of the now-barreled form of Raising Heart, "Buster!"
Namely, a brilliantly pink beam of destruction. When the light faded, not one of the Familiars was left standing. Nanoha dropped down next to her friend, a bit of steam from Raising Heart the only sign she had fired at all. When they were younger that beam might have taken more out of her. Now? Nanoha could fire a dozen Divine Busters of that scale without slowing down. Her friend smiled at the blonde, at least until they felt a tremor in the ground. Both girls looked up, as a set of...doors...began slamming open in rapid succession. The terrain all around them changed with the doors, until they ended up in a massive circular area.
"What just happened?" Nanoha got out, looking around.
"Magic," Fate replied, "very strange magic. The barrier reorganized itself on its own."
"This keeps getting weirder and weirder Fate-chan!"
She didn't dispute the point, examining the area they had ended up in. The general aesthetic of the Barrier remained intact, but they were in what resembled a colosseum. Rainbow walls rose all around the girls, fencing them in with no clear way to leave. More of the soldiers stood in lines around the edges, clearly blocking the way out as well. A crudely drawn sky capped the room, making flying out impossible without blasting a hole. Something that Nanoha was likely capable of easily enough...were it not for both Mages being forced to look towards the center of the massive room.
Where a horrifying sight stood. The form of a girl no older than themselves, horribly twisted and mismatched though she was. Green hair flowed from a head pierced by a pencil, paint flowing where blood should have been. Blood red eyes stared out of a face twisted in pain, half her teeth missing, the other half replaced by the ubiquitous crayons. And that was the most normal part of the girl. Her body was twice the size of any normal human, a mass of roiling paint where her legs should have been. The arms were twisted and bent at an unnatural angle, both holding appropriately sized pencil-swords.
The horrible figure screamed at the Mages, her voice broken and higher pitched than any girl should make.
"Fate-chan...I think that's the source of the barrier," Nanoha whispered, a tinge of worry in her nearly-purple eyes.
"I agree," the blonde nodded back, voice pained, "I don't know what happened to her, but she looks like she's in pain."
"I noticed...it's horrible Fate-chan. We have to do something to help her."
Nanoha...you always want to help, Fate admired her friend for that. But at this point, it might not be possible to help. This girl looked like the Book of Darkness defense program had taken over her body, and short of destroying that body...there might not be anything they could do to help her.
"Haken Form."
As such, Bardiche transformed once more, as the Mage held her weapon towards the girl in front of her.
"Yah!"
Charging forward, Fate brought her yellow scythe blade down on the girl. Even if the Familiars had lacked it, she expected to see either a Midchildan or Belkan style shield take the blow. Even knowing that this magic was entirely different from either style. But instead of a shield, she was met by a tendril of paint shooting up from the mass that served as the girl's lower body, the steam from its contact with Bardiche obscuring her target.
Fate grit her teeth, and ducked on instinct as one of the 'swords' swung where her head would have been. Her return swing from the scythe in her hand cleaved it neatly in two, sending the pieces of sharpened wood and graphite flying away.
"Haken Saber."
Her next attack cut clean through the smoke, and if the scream was any indication, through the girl's arm as well. Fate had to fly back, as the girl shot up multiple strands of paint, sharp enough to cut through anything in their way. Her Barrier Jacket might have taken the blow well enough...
But she wasn't going to test that theory.
"Fate-chan!"
"Nanoha, her Familiars attacked us without warning. We might not have a choice but to fight."
"I know that! But..." Nanoha squared her shoulders, looking down as the smoke cleared and revealed the girl now missing an arm, "Hello? We don't want to fight you! Can you tell me your name? I'm Nanoha...Nanoha Takamachi!"
The only response she got was a scream of rage, as pencils flew from the Familiars. Nanoha's eyes widened, as she dodged the projectiles.
"Axel Shooter."
Raising Heart's voice announced the brunette realizing she would have to fight. Pink orbs surrounded her, as the Mage easily dove through the swarm of attacks heading in her direction. Nanoha's eyes narrowed as she looked at the soldiers, before she brought a hand off of her Device and aimed it down.
"Shoot!" she shouted, the pink orbs splitting off. Several caught pencils mid-flight, while the remainder shot for the soldiers.
The blonde nodded at her friend, before focusing back on her own foe. The girl was glaring at her now, more paint flowing from the wound on her head. Fate held her weapon in front of her, the scythe fading in favor of the Assault Form. Bardiche began glowing, as the Mage once more focused her power. She had to end this fight quickly. The longer they were in this barrier, the more it would play to the strengths of the mysterious figure in front of her.
Clearly, this was her construction. Fate didn't fancy figuring out just how far that logically went.
"Plasma Smasher."
"Fire!"
Brilliant lightning shot forth from Fate's weapon, directly to the chest of the girl. A final scream of rage came from her...once again, no defense presented. The yellow beam continued on, striking the rainbow wall. There was only a seconds resistance, before the scream faded away and the barrier began to twist and distort.
"Fate-chan? What's happening?"
"I don't know Nanoha."
More twisting and distortion occurred, before the entire barrier faded away. Leaving the pair of Mages standing in the same area they had begun in...at least out of sight of the high school. There wasn't a single sign of the battle they had just fought...but a small orb falling to the ground. Nanoha landed next to it, catching the black object in her hands.
She didn't like doing so.
There is something wrong with this. The magic is darker than anything I've felt...even the Book of Darkness. I...
Nanoha was shaken from her thoughts, as she felt Fate's hand on her shoulder. Turning questioning eyes on her closest friends, Nanoha saw Fate nod past them. Turning her head in the direction indicated, Nanoha blinked. Because another Mage was standing in front of them...a girl their age. Long black hair cascaded down her back, purple eyes similar in shade to her own staring her down. The girl was somewhat tall for her age, slim figure concealed by a dark grey and violet dress, dark leggings and heels completing the ensemble. Nanoha knew she was a Mage...because there was clear power on the girl. That, and she wore a round shield on her right arm, that could only be a Device of some form.
But it was the eyes that got the most attention from Nanoha Takamachi. Eyes that, despite being more similar to her own in color, reminded her of Fate's eyes.
They're so pretty. But...so sad. That pain is just like Fate-chan's, I know it. I would recognize it anywhere.
"Who are you?" the girl asked, her voice emotionless and dull in a way that not even Fate's had ever been, "What are two more Magical Girls doing in Mitakihara?"
Magical Girls?
AN: I debated which Magical Girl- yes, I'm using that not Puella Magi. Barring Rebellion which may or may not have been spoofing fanfic writers tendency to use it, the only name ever used is Magical Girl/Mahou Shoujo -was the best to meet our Mages first. In the end, I decided on Homura for a couple reasons.
1: Mami's been used in two stories already.
2. Kyoko is...iffy. She wouldn't stick around without good reason.
3. Homura just works best to get them information quickly.
So, eh. Works for me. The fight scene was also interesting to do since it's my first time using Nanoha. Hopefully that went well. A bit depressed I only managed four reviews though. Let's respond.
Reviews:
Krazyfanfiction1: Yeah, she can't really catch a break can she?
Nintendoman58: Glad you liked it!
edboy4926: Hope you liked the chapter.
Drinker: I know about the other dimensions bit- that's going to be a big plot point...already was somewhat, with them having to hop dimensions to avoid Homura's time reset. On the other hand, the time travel and alternate characters I'm not familiar with. But I haven't read the manga/played the games so...
AN: Hope everyone liked the chapter. Leave a review on the way out too if you can!