"Was wondering when you were going to show up," Storm as the Ox-King said as she sat upon her throne inside the cave that was her new temporary home. The group had finally arrived at the place a few hours after their encounter with Nezha.

"Sorry, got a little lost on the way here." Andy apologized. "Must have been boring, waiting here all by yourself."

"Extremely especially so when Red Boy had to go play her part of this annoying 'play,'" She said with air quotes. Though the mention of her being basically by Storm caused Mordred to blush, increasing her cuteness by a factor of five.

"Well, the good news is that it's almost over," Andy said with a shrug. "Oh, but congratulations on being the only one who got a costume that was able to actually pull off the look. Very intimidating."

"Why thank you, Andy, now I am supposed to hand these over too Sanzang here," Storm said as she picked up three scrolls at her side and threw them at the monk.

"Wah!" She exclaimed in shock as she grabbed them out of the air before they could hit the ground. "Got them," Xuanzang said with a happy tone as she held the scrolls.

"Now you just need to read them and regain your lost enlightenment and memories ending this farce of a journey," Storm stated, though as she did, Xuanzang's face turned into a frowning one.

"Ending my journey here? But I can't end it here I… I have to go to Tianzhu or at the very least the river that leads to the underworld cause that is where Andy needs to get picked up," Her tone was one of fear as if she was afraid to learn what the full return of her memories would entail.

"Then do that I don't care, even if we'll just wait a little bit longer until then, not like Chaldea is going to collapse if we're a little bit absent," Storm said with a dead tone as if this entire ordeal had already emotionally killed her and that she just wanted to go back home to her room and be a slob.

"Honestly, you can do whatever you want, Laoshi. You don't need to wait for me to get your memories back." Andy said, nonchalantly. "Worst comes to worst, if this whole thing comes apart at the seams, Boss and the others will be able to Rayshift me out once there's nothing holding this place together."

"You're right about that Andy, the only reason Mash, and the others haven't gotten us back is because of interference from something, and if this place starts to collapse, there is going to be more holes for them to exploit… wow, that can be taken the wrong way," David said as he gave a perverted giggle that resulted in a smack from Mordred.

"How the hell did this moron become King?"

"That is King Moron, young knight."

"...Just leave and get this over with already," Storm said. "And Red Boy you're staying with me,"

"Yes, father."

"Alright, well you two have fun, I guess we're off to...Naraka, right?" Andy asked as much as said.

"Well, just the entrance really, no need to go inside of the place cause then we're going to be stuck there for at least ten thousand years," Xuanzang said. "If we're able to make the climb in the first place."

"Yeah, no thank you, definitely not that, I don't have the Rage necessary to pull that off." Andy said, making the universal sign for 'no' with her arms. "What are you going to be doing down there, exactly? I only ever got about this far in the story."

"...I don't know yet, but, but I think that Ox-King here is correct that I should regain my memories, but not now, now is not truly the time. My gut tells me it's at the river that I should do it. Though now that you mention Rage, you do kinda look a little like an Asura with all those arms of yours, though no eating people," She said pointedly though the tone was joking.

"Hey, I've never eaten anyone...like that! And anyway, I don't have nearly enough faces to be called an Asura!" Andy replied just as jokingly. "Or arms, now that I'm thinking about it...hmm…"

"Save the bodily experimentation for later Master, now do we go or not," David said, pointing his fingers at the door.

"Right, right, sorry. As long as there's nothing else pressing to take care of here, let's go." Andy said, shelving her thoughts for later.

"See you in a few days, Andy," Storm bade goodbye.

"See you soon, granny," Mordred grinned as she waved goodbye.

"See you two back at Chaldea!" Was Andy's response, eager now that she knew they were just one step away from going home.

Xxx

?

It took a few days of travel, but they had finally managed to get to the river that was the entrance to Naraka.

"It's good to see you again, Senpai," Mash said as she appeared in the form of a hologram in a crispy clean image.

A grin of relief spread across Andy's face the instant she heard Mash's voice. "Happy to see you, too, Kouhai. We're almost home." She said just as much for herself as for Mash, considering this was the longest she'd been anywhere without Mash since getting her Kouhai, and Andy had not realized until now just how much she relied on Mash until now.

"That's great that is really great, the doctor and Da Vinci are working on getting coordinates fully locked so that they can Rayshift you out," She informed Andy.

"So, this is what you look like?" Xuanzang asked as she came up beside Andy, her attention entirely on the holographic Mash. "Well, Andy's description of you certainly doesn't do you justice with how cute you are, I just wanna pinch your cheeks," The Monk said as she was going gaga for Mash's appearance.

"Senpai has been talking about me?" She asked.

"Yep, Andy has been talking almost constantly about you while we were walking on the road," Xuanzang informed her Kouhai.

"Getting back on topic!" Andy said, happy that the blue medium of the holograms meant her blush didn't transfer. "We've reached the entrance, I've already collected a water sample, and no I didn't immediately drink it this time. So we'll do whatever it is we're supposed to do here, Laoshi will get her memories back, and then we'll be home in no time."

"That is good to hear, Senpai."

"Right, just give me a second," Xuanzang said as she took out the scrolls, and with a hearty sigh, she opened them up in front of her.

Andy watched as Xuanzang's eyes widened to the point of her pupils becoming small points, before returning to normal while her face shift to an apologetic frown as she dropped the scrolls onto the ground.

"I am sorry, Andy," She apologized.

"What for?" Andy asked, now on edge but acting as calm as possible. "Did it not work?"

"It did, and it's all my fault this entire situation is my doing, well my enlightened self's doing. You tried to summon me, to ask my assistance in restoring the Human Order. But I was a Buddha, an enlightened being who had forsaken all earthly desires to reach enlightenment. An event such as the incineration of human history would just be a blip on the radar, and none of our concern as that is what happened. Nothing should be done. But if I choose to help, it would mean I still had earthly desires and had not truly become enlightened. And so I created this situation to test your character to see if you were a worthy being of casting that away for. But you cleared that in the first five minutes of, meeting, and the test got turned around to testing me to test my character." She paused for a moment to catch her breath, before she continued. "And through your stories of what you experienced, I learned that I was wrong, that choice I made in life was wrong. What good does me being enlightened do? When everyone around me is suffering and screaming for help. How selfish of a person can I be to ignore that? To ignore my fellow men in favor of myself. Only a monster does that," Xuanzang finished as she collapsed to her knees and began to cry.

"...Well, I know the Laoshi, who taught me so many different things in such a short time, isn't a monster." Andy said as she kneeled down and put a comforting hand on Xuanzang's shoulder. She was a bit mad about this whole thing having been a fucking test, but she understood the sacrifice Xuanzang was making was massive.

"And what has that been, I called you my disciple, but what have I actually taught you? I've truly fallen as a person, haven't I?" She asked no one in particular as she leaned into Andy.

"Well, for one, you taught me about Buddhism." Andy started slowly as she gave the monk a comforting side-hug. "And you most definitely helped refine my patience. Plus, I know how to use a staff now, which is neat." She paused for a moment, before going for the finishing blow. "And, if you really think you haven't taught much, you could maybe come back with us and make up for it there."

"That was a shit pep talk, you know." Was her statement, but she did smile now as she wiped away the tears.

"I know, but you can blame my other teachers for that one," Andy said with a grin of her own.

"Well, that was certainly an emotional rollercoaster we were just witness to, neigh."

"Not now, Red Hare, so Ms. Kyrielight, how much longer until we can return to Chaldea?" Li Shuwen asked.

"IN ABOUT A MINUTE!" Shouted the voice of Roman from out of frame.

"Heh." Andy laughed a bit at hearing the Doctor's shout, before focusing back on the monk she was still hugging. "So you've made your decision now, right, Laoshi?"

"Yeah, I wanna journey to that observatory," She responded.

"Great! Good to have you onboard." Andy said, the closeness of the hug working in place of the normal handshake.

"So, you've chosen to abandon the teachings of Buddha Xuanzang?" Asked Nezha as she landed in front of the group.

"Of course not I just decided to be a bit more flexible with them, I'll take my punishment when Andy no longer needs me," She responded as she stood up grim determination on her face.

"I see… then I shall eliminate you all," She spoke in a robotic tone as her feet and lance ignited with fire.

"Well, it seems that I have to postpone my arrival to Chaldea," Xuanzang said as the tapped her staff, and a barrier surrounded her and Nezha, cutting them off from the rest.

"Kick her ass, Laoshi!" Andy immediately cheered.

"Mash get Andy out cause I don't know how long I will be able to hold her," Xuanzang said.

"Understood, commencing Rayshift."

"See you later, Andy, and again sorry about this whole thing."

"See ya, Laoshi!" Andy said, happy to be going home.

Andy's vision saw the blue Rayshift tunnel, but a second later, it went black as what looked to lightning flashed across her vision.

Xxx

June 11

Andy could feel her consciousness returning, and is it did her sense of hearing touch did too. And what she felt was someone caressing her hair and humming a tune that sounded like a lullaby.

Her eyes fluttered open, and her vision was met with… breasts, two very big and round breasts. "Oh my, did I wake you, my child?" Asked a maternal voice, and Andy saw the face of the person that mountain of flesh was attached to.

"Ugh...where am I?" Andy asked, groggily. "Who are you?"

"You're at the summit of Onigashima, my child," She responded, her voice filled with maternal love. "And as for who I am? I am your mother."

Andy was now fully awake and aware as she sat up and scrambled away from the woman before her. "Mother!?"

"Why yes, you are the Master of my dearest Kintoki, are you not? That makes you his sibling, and you are my child then, but as for my name, I am Minamoto-no-Raikou or Yorimitsu if you prefer."

"Wait, your Kintoki's 'Boss'?" Andy asked, more surprised than anything since he never mentioned anything about her outside of offhand comments. The 'mother' thing at least kind of made sense now at least, if anyone knew about weird pseudo-adoption it was her, but she now also understood what it felt like for her Servants now.

"Yes, though I do wish he stopped that and referred to me as mommy properly, it makes me a little sad, then he doesn't," She said with a sad face, but there was something a little off about her as she sat on the rocky ground. And now that she noticed it, the entire sky was covered in dark clouds with thunder booming.

"Um, Minamoto…-san," Andy added, not wanting to be rude. "Thank you for taking care of me, but, do you know why I'm here?"

"Of course I called you here, I wanted to see my child now, come and return to mothers lap, while Kintoki and the others finish climbing the amusement I prepared for them," She said with a now slightly psychotic smile.

"Hypothetically speaking, what would happen if I didn't do that?" Andy said, prepared to either bolt, fight, or start placating depending on the level of 'nope' at play here.

"Then mommy would have to punish you for disobeying her," She responded, her face going into the disturbing end of the spectrum and becoming unsettling to look at.

Andy weighed her options.

On the one hand, there was an obviously psycho Servant in front of her that had a really weird complex, and...Andy quickly used her Stat-o-Vision upon realizing she knew her name.

[spoiler= Raikou's stat sheet]

True Name: Minamoto-no-Raikou

Class: Berserker

Master: -

Parameters:

Strength: A

Endurance: B

Agility: D

Mana: A

Luck: C

Noble Phantasm: B++

Skills:

Mad Enhancement: EX

Riding: A+

Magic Resistance: D

Divinity: C

Genji-Clan Martial Arts Discipline: EX

Mana Burst(Lightning): A

Mystery Slayer: A

Noble Phantasm:

Ox-King Storm Call – Heaven's Vengeance is Slow yet Sure(Anti-Army): B++

[/spoiler]

"Senpai, can you hear me," Came the voice of Mash via telepathy, cutting off Andy's deliberating.

"Mash thank God, yes, I'm at the summit of 'Onigashima,' and this crazy lady with a mommy complex and Mad Enhancement EX is holding me here, where are you guys?" Andy thought back, frantically.

"On Onigashima too. We Rayshifted here a day ago to this Singularity when we located you after something kidnapped you, and it seems that Kintoki was correct in the assumption that Raikou or rather Uzhi-Gozen is behind this."

"Uzhi-what now?" Andy asked, before noticing the look Raikou was giving her, still waiting for an answer. "Wait, more importantly, ask Kintoki, should I run or try and stall her? Her agility is low, but she's got a bow on her."

"He says to just play along, for now, we're in the middle of beating up the third guardian Oni blocking the path, so we should hopefully be there in an hour or two. And Shuten and Ibaraki are on their way to so they should be able to help you. So just play along, and I try to answer any questions." Mash responded.

"Understood," Andy responded, before focusing back on Raikou. "Um, actually, do we have anything to eat? I'm kind of hungry...mama." She said, dying a little inside.

"Ahh," She squealed as she, in an instant ran over to her and hugged her. "Of course mama has food for you, my dear," And from nowhere, she pulled out a box of dumplings for her to eat. "Now lay on my lap, and mama will feed you," She said with a tone of insistence.

Andy died a little more inside as she did just that. "Thank you, Mama." She said, feeling a part of her soul leaving her body, and quickly began distracting herself from what was occurring by telepathically talking to Mash. "Kouhai, how long have I been here?" She started with.

"You've been out for a day. Me, Kintoki, Ushi, Ibaraki, Shuten Rayshifted in as soon as we could alongside Irisviel and Kiritsugu to help us out. And we even managed to find to stray Servants to help us in the form of Benkei one of Ushi's retainers and Fuma Kotaro, the fifth head of the Fuma Ninja Clan. And also, Kintoki found one of his Noble Phantasms here and class changed to a Rider." She informed Andy.

"Wait, you got a ninja? Awesome! I've always wanted to meet a real ninja!" Andy replied ecstatically, distracted from how she was being fed (as much as she hated to admit it, very lovingly) by Raikou.

"And I think he wants to meet you too, Senpai, since we explained the situation to him. So should I start explaining what is going with Lady Raikou?"

"Please do."

"It is rather simple, according to Kintoki, Raikou's biological father was a lightning god by the name of Gozu Tennou, though the same kind of God as Orochi is making him a monster one. Though funnily enough due to syncretism in Hindu, he is Indra making her and Arjuna half-siblings. Now back on topic due to her upbringing and divine blood, Raikou developed a split personality, the other one being Uzhi-Gozen tied to her divine blood, and it comes out then the 'level of divinity' inside of her reaches a certain point and boils over. At least that's how Kintoki explained it," Mash said finished her lecture.

"Her current Divinity Rank is C, according to her stats." Andy mused. "What's the threshold, E-?"

"I think that C is the base, but I think your vision isn't properly conveying the 'buffs' as it were to your mind. So I think it's higher than it is currently showing." Mash proposed.

"Interesting. I never would have thought Stat-o-Vision wasn't reliable." Andy 'said', now doubting if she'd been seeing the correct information at all this whole time. Hell, that could mean there were Noble Phantasms hidden from her, and she'd be none the wiser, and that was a dangerous prospect.

"Maybe it's because you viewed the stats of Raikou but not Uzhi-Gozen? Like with Jekyll and Hyde, you have to focus on their name even if you look at one or the other, right?"

"Oh, good idea, I knew I could always rely on my Kouhai."

"Senpai, please now is not the time," She could hear the blushing over the link.

"It's always the time." Andy smothered a grin, which was made easier by how Raikou had just fed her another dumpling (that box must have been a noble phantasm with how many dumplings it had…), before checking the stats of 'Uzhi-Gozen' this time.

And saw that they were mostly the same, but every physical parameter had a '+' attached, and the Divinity was now C++ instead. The rest was still the same as Raikou's. "And you were right. She's got double plusses on her divinity, among other things."

"Her chest? For those are most certainly double something." Mash responded.

"How do you know that?" Andy asked. "I thought she's had me up here for a day?"

"You've been unconscious for a day, she has left your side a few times and went down the mountain to pass herself off as a Stray Servant killing the Oni on the island." She answered.

"Ah, okay, that makes sense," Andy said. "What's your ETA btw?"

"Half an hour, Kintoki just managed to kill the enemy by crushing it with its own weapon." She answered with a distinctly annoyed tone.

"Man, I wish I could have seen that. Sounds so much cooler than...this." Andy said, trying to picture that scenario, her mind for some reason supplying a palette swap of Ibaraki wielding a weapon bigger than her body for it.

"Mostly annoying since this was the third time we did this, and the enemy Servants assisting them did not help at all. But we're on our way, also has Shuten and Ibaraki shown up yet?"

"...They're close. Lemme switch over." Andy said, feeling the connections. "Shuten, can you 'hear' me?"

"Ah, Master, I guess you're wakey, wakey now. How is the cow's company?"

"I udder-stand why you call her a cow now," Andy replied, tone dead serious despite the pun. "Where are you?"

"Tehee, you get me now. Now Iba and I are hiding out near you, though we do have to be careful, or else she will cut our heads off," She responded.

"Is your stomach full now, my dear?" Raikou asked as she caressed her hair.

"Uh, yeah, thanks mama," Andy said, dying a little more inside. "Um, my necks getting kinda sore, can I, um, sit up now?"

"Of course, dear, is there anything else you need? For a mother is meant to take care of her child's every need?" She asked as Andy sat up. "But that will have to wait for I am hearing some insects buzzing about," She said with a sour expression on her face as she stood up.

"Oh, crap, she knows we're here!" Came the shout from Ibaraki and a second later, a large rock exploded as in less than second Raikou had drawn her bow and fired a lightning infused arrow at the target followed by more arrows fired at Shuten and Ibaraki who were now dodging the attacks after their hiding spot had been destroyed. "Like I said, insects buzzing about."

"Wait, Mama, stop!" Andy said, mentally praying that this would work. "That's my onee-sama and her friend!"

"MORON!" Came the shout from Ibaraki, but it was too late as Andy collapsed to the ground as in the blink of an eye, she had been pushed to the side by a now headless Shuten-Douji.

Raikou had drawn her blade blood dripping from the edge. "Filthy insect, it's always your fate to have your head cut off by this body of mine. And dear, you shouldn't be talking and saying such dirty words, mama is going to have to punish you now."

"Great Grudge of Rashomon!" Shouted Ibaraki and her massive flaming hand came rushing towards Raikou, but it was cut to mincemeat by her lightning infused blade.

Raikou grabbed Ibaraki by her horn and thrusted her blade into her chest, and quickly pulled it out, dropping the Oni to the ground. "Now those pests are dealt with, shall get back to what we were doing before, dear."

But even after all of that had happened, Andy could still feel the connection to the two Oni's, and there was the fact they were not dissipating back into Ether.

"No," Andy said as she got up from the ground, Ibaraki's sword in hand, a dangerous look on her face Shuten's blood splattered across it. "I don't think we will." She said, body beginning to crackle with electricity. "You're so eager for Kintoki to get here, maybe a clash of Lightning gods will bring our Golden Boy here?" She said facetiously as she transformed and charged straight at Raikou, moving like a lightning bolt and screaming like thunder. "Huh, Mama?!"

"Disobedient child, I will punish you!" She roared with animalistic fury as she swung with heaving swings at her. By sheer luck she managed to dodge the hit, having to abandon her initial charge, but as it hit the ground and Andy's slightly cut up her shoulder she saw a good chunk of the mountain plateau they were standing on begin to slide downwards as it had been separated from the rest.

"You're not my mom!" Andy said, shooting ice rune-bullets at Raikou as fast as she possibly could, aiming more to ruin her footing than actually hitting her dead on.

The crack of lightning thundered through the air, and Raikou disappeared from Andy's vision, and what followed was a familiar reverb of metal-on-metal Andy had grown very accustomed to hearing.

"Mash Kyrielight reporting for duty, Senpai," Her dearest Kouhai stated after having blocked Raikou's swing.

"Master's loyal dog Ushiwakamaru does the same."

"The Golden Hero of Children, Kintoki here too support his bro."

"Fuma Kotaro is ready to receive orders."

"Glad to see that you're okay, Andy," Said Irisviel as she and everyone else arrived at the scene, and standing by her side was Kiritsugu and Benkei.

Some of the tension left Andy's body at their arrival. "Finally!" She said, the one word conveying her relief and the eagerness that filled her. "Now that everyone's all here, lets butcher this cow!"

"You heard Andy, time to beat Uzhi-Gozen back into the deepest part of Boss' psyche," Kintoki stated as his fist crackled with electricity.

"Do you not like what I made for you, Kintoki? I made this wonderful land for you to kill Oni to your heart's content. Do you not love the gift your mother gave?" She spoke with tears forming in her eyes.

"Raikou is the only person that is, that not you Uzhi-Gozen. You're just divinity going on a rampage," Kintoki responded.

"Well, if that is the case. Ox-King Storm Call!" She shouted, and lightning slammed into her in the form of a large pillar, and then it dissipated five Uzhi-Gozen now stood each wielding a different weapon with one of them being Kintoki's ax.

Andy, however, was not perturbed. "Ushi, go for the bow one! Kintoki, deal with the one with your ax! Fuma, Benkei, split up the other two as you see fit! Mash, with me!" She said, jumping at the original one with an overhead sword swing, Mash right behind her.

"So, annoying you're just insects aren't just buzzing around, making my Kintoki not listen!" She shouted with a voice laced with madness as she swung her sword, but her form was now non-existent.

Mash shot ahead and blocked the sloppy strike, before Andy's power slid underneath her before stabbing upwards at Raikou while she was occupied.

"Argh," She shouted in pain as she lashed out, but the strike was once again blocked by Mash as drew her own sword in a quick unsheathing maneuver and cut Uzhi-Gozen's stomach. "Pests the lot of you; you're all pests."

Arcs of lightning were unleashed from her blade to increase the length of her slashes, but it was utterly sloppy, unlike before. It looked like Uzhi-Gozen was so consumed by anger that she had stopped drawing on the martial prowess that Raikou had imprinted on the body they shared.

"Just shut up already!" Andy said as she quickly sent a confirming message through her telepathy before Mash raised her shield, which she leaped at. "Senpai-Kouhai Combo!" She said as she landed on Mash's shield before getting launched off of it at high speed directly at Raikou sword held outward and sparking with lightning while her larger arms did the same, the points of Black Keys poking out of the wrists.

Uzhi-Gozen tried to retaliate and dodge, but one of the Black Keys found its way into her stomach. Andy landed on her feet as Uzhi-Gozen pulled the weapon out, and the wound sealed shut. "How dare you, I am-."

"Distracted, you freaking cow!" Shuten yelled as she ax-kicked Uzhi-Gozen straight onto her skull and sending her straight into the ground creating a small crater. "I would say this is cathartic because she killed me, but… this is Uzhi-Gozen and not Minamoto, so it doesn't count. And did I scare you Master with that stunt?" Shuten said with a smile as she walked over to Andy.

"Uh, yeah!" Andy said, indignantly. "Especially if you're saying you did that on purpose!"

"Oh, I did I would never be able to beat her in a straight-up fight as I am now, so that was the plan Ibaraki and I laid down."

"We, did but it still hurts getting stabbed," The Oni Leader complained as she went over to them, having assisted with the clones, taking her sword back.

"I got blood in my eyes because of you, y' know," Andy said with a huff, before her expression softened. "But seriously, don't do that kind of thing without telling me, okay? For a second I thought she actually got you."

"Is that compassion I hear Master? You shouldn't be express such feelings towards us Oni, or you would have to deal with the consequences of doing so," Shuten grinned.

"Oh, shut it, Shuten, you shouldn't be talking to Andy like that," Kintoki said with a grumpy face as he walked past them and over to the knocked out Uzhi-Gozen.

"Oh, right, momzilla," Andy said to herself. "You think that did the trick, Golden?"

"Did last time; hopefully, she doesn't try to kill herself this time," He responded as he sat her up and snapped his fingers in front of her. "Boss you there?"

"Hmm," She groaned as her eyes fluttered open. "Kintoki, dear, is that you?"

"Yeah, it's me."

"Hmm, what happened?" She asked, now fully awake as she looked at her surroundings. "...Oh my…I seem to have made quite a mess this time haven't I." Her tone was apologetic to the extreme.

"Uzhi-Gozen did not you, now come I don't want you sitting here feeling miserable," He said as he helped her stand up on her rather thin legs.

"Yes, but I do still have to apologize to a certain someone," She said as her eyes meet Andy's. "Young lady I apologize for what I, what Uzhi-Gozen did those actions were unbecoming of a mother."

"It's fine, I guess, since it wasn't really your fault," Andy said, waving off the apology. "Admittedly, she was very gentle when she wasn't trying to kill us. Completely psycho tho. You'll be able to keep that in check now, right?"

"Yes, I should, though her manifestation shouldn't really have been possibly normally, though I do believe it was thanks to this thing, and I think you should have it," Raikou said as she manifested a grail in her hand and threw it to Andy.

"Oh, a Grail fragment Senpai guess that explains how Onigashima manifested as it was a fictional place," Mash stated.

"Onigashima...wait, like Momotaro?!" Andy asked, only just now putting that together as she shifted out of demon form. "You're telling me I missed out on a Momotaro thing? That would have been so cool! Dammit…"

"You sadly did Andy," Said Roman as his hologram manifested. "Glad to see that you're alright now."

"Don't worry, Master I will forever be your bitch if you want," Ushi stated with a hundred percent serious tone though Andy could tell by the red on her cheeks she was slightly drunk.

Andy lightly bonked her on the head. "No. Bad Ushi." She then grinned and gave the dog-like girl a few head pats. "But thank you for saving me."

"Heh, Master praised me, Mash," She said with a smug tone of voice.

"Lord Andy, may I forge a contract with you?" Kotaro asked before Mash could say anything in response to Ushi's statement.

"Yes, absolutely, I've always wanted to meet a real ninja!" Andy said, grabbing and shaking Kotaro's hand ecstatically before he could say anything more. "I have so many things I wanna ask you when we get back to Chaldea." She said, eyes practically sparkling.

"This Shinobi will be happy to answer my Lord."

Andy just barely restrained herself from either squeeing or giggling like a schoolgirl at the idea of having an actual ninja under her command, deciding she needed to address the other stray. "And you must be Benkei, right? Thank you as well for helping save me." She said after a moment to the absolutely jacked man with numerous weapons strapped to his back.

"You're welcome, Lord Andy, but before you ask, I have already established a contract with Lady Irisviel," He stated.

"Yep, lucky me. And like I said glad to see that you're okay, Andy got a little nervous when you suddenly vanished," The homunculus said.

"From the summoning room or during the Rayshift?" Andy asked, since it'd happened twice in a row.

"The summoning room, and Mash was very distraught when it happened she didn't sleep for the first four days you were gone," Irisviel stated.

Andy frowned before turning around and pulling Mash into a hug, surprising the Shielder.

"S-senpai," She stuttered at the sudden embrace.

"...I missed you, Kouhai." Andy said after a moment. "I missed you so, so, so much. But you shouldn't neglect your own health because of me."

"I'm sorry, Senpai."

"Oh, that is so cute." Came Raikou's voice.

"Hm, hm. So Andy, if you're going to contract with Ms. Raikou please do so now. If not, I will start the Rayshift Process and… not even going to say just get ready," Roman stated.

Andy weighed the pros and cons of that at light speed in her head, before deciding 'fuck it' and holding out her hand towards Raikou, still hugging Mash. "Raikou, you wanna join us? Shake my hand for yes." She said quickly.

"I would like to very much, I hope I will be of use." She took Andy's hand, and a second later she saw the blue tunnel, and this time, there was no lightning.

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"Well, that was certainly a trip, Senpai," Mash stated as the two made their way for the Dining Hall after a quick briefing and getting all the new members situated.

"Yeah, and by god does it feel good to be back home Kouhai," Andy said, stretching as they walked. "I'm pretty sure if this wasn't Andy 2.0, the aches alone would have killed me."

"Well, hopefully, you get some time to relax before anything crazy happens again before your birthday Senpai," She said hopefully.

"Hopefully," Andy said, dragging out each syllable. "On that note, what is today, by the way? I lost track of time in that whole mess."

"It's the eleventh of June."

"Shiiiit, it's almost been a month?!" Andy asked, eyes widening in alarm. "Nothing exploded while I was gone, right?"

"Nothing did Senpai," answered though that was followed by her coughing a bit into her hands. But as she removed, Andy's eyes went wide as she saw the palm was covered in blood, and it was now leaking out of her mouth and nose. "Senpai," she groaned weakly as she lost consciousness falling to the ground.

Andy caught her, going fully into panic mode. "Nononono this isn't supposed to happen yet, we had until her birthday, why now?" She asked whatever was listening as she carried Mash to where she hoped-prayed the Doctor was.

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