Its been a long time since I finished this story, thinking it was good enough to give it the "completed" status. This chapter was originally written some months ago motivated by the comments I occasionally received asking for a new chapter. But from there on I wasn't sure how to continue it. I did have some ideas but none of them convinced me and once you take a route you must make it to the end of it. I hope you will like the direction I finally decided to take from this point onwards.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter as I enjoyed writing it.


It was a month since Jin returned to office. Noel and Tsubaki have been helping him to figure out some of the holes he had in his memories, but still it was hard for him to remember Noel...or what happened at the Kagutsuchi Incident... He felt he was "creating" new memories rather than "remembering" them, something to which Tsubaki quickly noticed but tried to feign ignorance about. She didn't want to hurt Noel considering the nightmare they all experienced.

Still, something strange was going on as time passed on. The Intelligence Division was restructured and a new head was appointed. Jin seemed to be looking at the documents regarding the new personnel when someone was calling out his name.

"Jin..."

"..."

"Jin."

"..."

"Jin!"

"Huh?"

"Noel was talking to you!"

Tsubaki inmediately scolded him for his lack of attention, to which Noel tried to not make a big deal out of. Jin gazed at them and remembered he was not alone in the office.

"Sorry for that, did you ask something, Lieutenant?"

"Uhm, I was asking if tomorrow you had something to do, Major. I noticed you filled to take a leave for a few days."

"Well, I was summoned to visit the Kisaragi estate so probably I won´t be around in a while."

"The Kisaragi family..."

Tsubaki was preoccupied for a moment while mutting to herself that name. Even though she knew Jin would have to face the head of the family sooner or later, she hoped they could get a little more time. The news regarding his memory loss must have reach their ears and now they wanted to confirm by themselves if Jin was still a fitting candidate to be the next head of the family.

Noel, on the other hand, was asking herself how must be Jin´s adoptive family. When she learned about his relationship with Ragna she realised that up until now she didn´t know anything about him.

"That reminds me. Perhaps this could be a good chance for you to visit your family, Lieutenant. I´m sure they would be happy to see you."

"Yeah..."

Noel faked her smile, she hoped Jin would ask her to accompany him, but she knew Tsubaki, as his newly appointed bodyguard, would be able to make a better job protecting him than her.

"...I´ll ask Makoto and...oh."

When Noel mentioned Makoto, there was a sudden silence in the office. A couple of weeks before there was an announcement regarding the Intelligence Division. The disappearance of Captain Hazama turned the whole department into a mess. Many files vanished and at the same time there was a clear mark of distrust towards its personnel. Makoto, along with many other members, simply disappeared from sight. When Jin tried to investigate the issue, his superiors told him the personnel was transferred to another location and from then on would work directly under the Imperator´s supervision. On the other hand, Tsubaki hasn't received a word from the Zero Squadron. They only contacted her if it was related to her current assignment and whenever she tried to ask she was simply ignored.

"...I´m sure she must be alright. At least we know she is still working in the Librarium."

Jin kept silent regarding Tsubaki´s comment. He, more than anyone, knew that the Librarium wasn´t an organization to be trusted. He didn't want to worry everyone...he wasn't even sure if his memories are all that reliable anymore. Still, he felt that something was fishy regarding the current situation. Up until then there were no new assignments and it was strange that there were no sightings of his brother after what happened at Kagutsuchi.

They decided to keep working. After a couple of hours there weren't too many things to do and Jin offered to leave early and go to have dinner at a cafe outside the building, hoping a change of atmosphere would help to improve everyone´s mood.

The day after, Noel was waiting at the port, hoping to see her friends lift off to their destination. Jin and Tsubaki were being accompanied by other soldiers. He told them to wait inside the aircraft while he and Tsubaki discussed something important with the Lieutenant.

"..."

"..."

"..."

The three of them were silent for a brief moment, until Jin patted Noels head, which broke the ice.

"Is that the way you should see your friends part Lieutenant? You too, Tsubaki!"

Both Noel and Tsubaki looked at one another surprised at the Majors comment. They then realized the little time he gave them to skip formalities. Tsubaki removed her mask and, smiling at teach other, they hugged and wished their farewells.

"Well I guess it´s a farewell, Lieutenant. I wish you a safe trip home."

"You too Major, Tsubaki..."

Jin and Tsubaki boarded the aircraft and it started to lift off. Noel kept waiting there holding her hands. She wished to have had the courage to ask to accompany them.

"I guess...I still haven´t changed at all...even after all what happened."


So here it is, my attempt after 2 years to continue my vision of what could be Continuum Shifts Story. My intent now is to cover Chrono Phantasma and try to make it consistent with the source material while keeping the changes I made to the story.

And, yeah. English isn't my first language so any input regarding typos and grammar will be welcomed.