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Tales of the Multiverse Bit 98

Thank you again for the help.

In a garden located near the Canterlot High School, we see Bless, "Captain" Cesaro Barbossa, Felipe Ignacio and Kenny Rogers helping Wallflower Blush with club activities. Unbeknownst to them, a bright light is making it's way towards Wallflower.

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And while everyone in the living room are still trying to comprehend the information that was revealed to them and at the same time, they're thinking about their next move when Aka Red suddenly spoke.

"Umm..." Aka uttered which earned everyone's attention.

"What is it Red?'' Marcus "The Kane" McGee replied while not even breaking away from his thinking pose.

"Can I..." Aka uttered, "... can I..." she furthered, "... can I have a talk with Nodoka?'' she requested.

Her question surprised everyone in the room, "Umm..." Nanoha Takamachi uttered in confusion, "What brought this up?" she questioned.

Vita then crosses her arms, "And why would we let you talk to her?" she questioned in dismissal, "You could be planning on to something.'' she suspected.

"I'm not planning anything!" Aka retorted before calming down and releasing a sigh, "Look... I know you guys don't trust me that well but I'm sorry." she apologized, "It's just hard for me to trust people much after I went through.'' she reasoned.

"What do you mean by that?" Fate Testarossa Harlaown asked.

Aka sighed once more, "Might as well tell you guys all about me." she relented, "First off, my real name is Akame Kunihiro, and I came from another city." she introduced herself, "Believe it or not, I used to be a cheerful girl living happily with my father despite being poor." she claimed.

Marcus sat on a chair while eyeing her rather critically, "Go on." he beckoned while everyone gathered around to listen.

Aka sighed for third time, "You see..." she begun, "... the reason why I don't trust other people that much is because of what happened to me and my father." she shared.

"What happened?" Akane Isshiki asked, "And what about your mother?" she added.

Aka scoffed, "Don't know and I don't care." she replied, "That slut left my father and I for someone a lot richer." she revealed.

"I'm sorry about that but I do agree that she's a slut." Duncan Nelson admitted which earned him a few snickers from everyone.

Aka snorted in agreement, "Yeah..." she muttered, "Anyway... because of our poor standings, we often get fooled by many people taking advantage of our situation." she revealed, "It happens so many times that I've lost count." she admitted, "Then one day a man came up and offered us help, and being fools that we are, we accepted his offer only to regret it later as it turns out that the man was a human trafficker and before he could shipped us to another country my father sacrificed himself just to help me get away." she explained, "I don't what happened to my father after that but I can only think of the worst." she concluded with a sad expression.

"Horrible..." Fate muttered.

"And I know those guys are still after me, so I changed my appearance and name, so no one can recognize me." Aka shared, "I've been hiding from one city to another before I came here." she added.

"What about your relatives?" Himawari Shinomiya pointed out.

"They've already abandoned my father before I was born." Aka answered, "No used coming after them for help." she said.

"I'm sorry about that." Himawari apologized.

"Don't be... you didn't know." Aka reassured, "And that's why... that's why I want to talk to Nodoka." she insisted, "I want to tell her that both of us suffered because of other people, that both of us lost our parents, that both of us were abandoned by our relatives and I wanted to tell her that she's not alone with this..." she reasoned, "I... I want to be there for her..." she said, "I know that I don't know her that much with the little time that I got to know her..." she admitted, "So that's why..." she uttered, "I wanted to make her feel better by sharing my own feelings to her." she declared with a determined expression.

"I see... however..." Marcus uttered while staring at her with a serious look, "... it's true that it's hard to trust people after what you've been through but you had to remember, you were really hostile towards the first time you met us and after that." he reminded, "Do you really think we can trust you enough to let you talk with Nodoka?" he questioned.

Aka hung her head in shame, "I... I know..." she uttered, "... and I'm really sorry for my hostility." she apologized, "But after what I've been through, you should understand why I'm so hostile." she reasoned.

"But what about 'we stealing your prey', 'Considering this city your turf' and your constant 'gonna drill us from the inside out'." Eddy Skipper McGee listed off.

Aka blushed in response, "Okay! Okay!" she squawked, "That was just my ego getting over me!" she admitted, "Ever since I got this power and the numerous times I killed those creatures, its gotten over my head that I'm an unstoppable force which I'm really am not!" she explained with a embarrassed expression.

"Huh?" Vita uttered in surprise, "I'm surprised that you're really honest about that." she admitted.

Suddenly, Marcus placed a hand on Aka's right shoulder, "Can we really trust you?" he asked.

Aka took a deep breath before nodding, "I'm sure." she answered.

"You know..." Marcus uttered, "Trusts takes years to build, seconds to break and forever to repair." he stated, "So when I tell you that 'I trust you' please..." he emphasized, "Don't make me regret it." he said with a rather dangerous tone in his voice.

Aka was taken aback of what he just said but she understood what he meant, she took a deep breath before looking at him with determined eyes, "You can trust me!" she declared.

Marcus smirked, "Okay then, I trust you." he accepted.

Rex Salazar raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure about this?" he asked.

Marcus nodded, "I think we can trust her with this." he confirmed, "Besides... the best way to help Nodoka with her situation is have someone to talk to her that truly understands what she's going through, and I believe Red is that person." he explained.

Rex shrugged in response, "If you say so." he complied.

"If it makes you feel better, I'm keeping the cuffs on." Aka suggested.

"No need to tell me because I'm not taking your cuffs off for safety measures." Marcus replied rather bluntly.

Aka deadpanned, "Geez... you really do trust me." she uttered sarcastically.

Marcus grinned in response, "Yeah I do." he admitted.

And with that, Marcus stood up from his seat and left the room with Aka while the others stayed behind in the living area when Eddy turns his attention to Yoshika Miyafuji.

"Does anyone noticed that Aka sounds awfully like Rainbow Dash?" Eddy mused.

"I was thinking the same thing." Ms. Fortune admitted with Ichigo Kurosaki nodding in agreement.

Yoshika tilts her head, "Now come to think of it..." she uttered, "She does sound like her." she admitted.

"Who's Rainbow Dash?" Hayate asked in curiosity.

"An athletic girl with a rainbow for a hair." Eddy answered, "Hence the name." he pointed out.

Meanwhile at the flight of stairs, we see Marcus leading Aka to the second floor, though the blue-haired lad would stopped when they reached the top of the staircase.

"Just go through this hall and the third room on the right is her room." Marcus instructed before walking back down the stairs.

Aka nodded, "Okay..." she complied, "And uhh... thanks." she said, "Thank you for trusting me." she stated in gratitude.

Marcus waves a hand, "Whatever..." he uttered rather lazily.

Aka snickered in response, "Nice guy but he's really rude." she commented, "But I like him." she admitted before making her way towards Nodoka's room. She stood in front of the door for a few minutes before taking a deep breath, she then proceeds to knock, "Excuse me... Miss Nodoka, it's me, Aka!" she called out politely which is something she haven't never done for a long time, "I know that you're surprised to hear me calling but I just want to talk to you." she reasoned.

It took a few minutes until Nodoka replied, "Please come in, the door is open." she beckoned with a soft voice.

Aka took a deep breath, "Okay..." she uttered before opening the door and lucky for her, she still can use her hands despite being handcuffed.

Aka then entered the room to see Nodoka Takehara sitting on her bed while staring at a large window illuminated by the bright moonlight.

"I'm surprised to see you here." Nodoka admitted, "Mostly, one of Marcus' friends would come over here to comfort me." she commented with a small smile.

Aka looks around awkwardly, "Yeah... the guys were thinking the same thing." she admitted.

Nodoka then turns to her, "So... what do you want to talk about?" she asked while offering a seat on her bed.

For some reason, Aka can't help but stare at Nodoka, the moonlight illuminating her caught Aka off guard, she just can't help but admire Nodoka's beauty.

Nodoka tilts her head, "Is there something wrong, Miss Aka?" she asked.

Aka shook her head, "No, I'm fine!" she reassured before flopping down on the bed with a tint of red in her cheeks.

The two stayed in awkward silence for a minute, Aka would shift her gaze to Nodoka and the floor back and forth before finally giving in, "Um... so..." the redhead uttered, "How are you doing right now?" she asked.

Nodoka slowly nodded her head, "I would love to say that I'm fine but after what I discovered, you know that I'm lying." she admitted.

Aka sighed in response, "Yeah..." she uttered in agreement, "... for a blood relative to do something so horrible, I can't blame you for feeling devastated by their treachery." she admitted.

"All my life I thought my aunt was a good person." Nodoka begun, "I just can't believe that she was responsible for everything..." she uttered in disbelief, "I can't believe that she would do something like that to my father, her very own brother." she pointed out, "I can't believe she would go this low just to get what she wants." she furthered, "Not only that... she got everyone from my entire family to abandon me and now she wants me dead." she added, "I don't know what to think of it anymore, I don't know what to do anymore..." she uttered in confusion, "Why does want me dead?" she asked, "Killing my parents and ruining our lives wasn't enough for her? Why? I just can't help but ask why?" she concluded with a trembling voice.

Aka looks at her with sad expression, "I understand the feeling of being abandoned by your own relatives." she admitted while Nodoka looks at her in surprise, "Long before I was born, my foolish father fell in love to a slutty woman, which was my mom, and my relatives disapproves their relationship but my father, being the fool that he is insisted of marrying her." she explained, "Our relatives having enough of his foolishness abandoned him, not wanting to do anything with him anymore." she furthered, "A year later after I was born, my mother left us for someone more richer and left my father behind to raise me alone." she concluded with a crooked smile.

"Aka, I'm sorry to hear that..." Nodoka muttered in apology.

Aka shook her head, "Don't be." she advised, "What happened to you is a lot worse than mine." she pointed out, "My relatives had the reason to abandoned my dad, they tried to convince him not to go after that woman but he didn't listen and look what happened to us." she stated.

"But I think he did the right thing at least." Nodoka claimed.

"And what is that?" Aka asked.

"If he didn't go after your mom, then you wouldn't have been born." Nodoka pointed out.

Aka thought about it, "Okay... that one completely slips off my mind." she admitted, "Okay... that maybe the only thing that woman had done good to me." she acknowledge before sighing, "I know... we just met and I know you don't trust me that much." she said, "I just wanted to tell that you're not alone." she pointed out, "You're not alone anymore." she repeated, "And while you're relatives may have abandoned you but you had people around that cares for you." she reminded, "For example those noisy bunch downstairs..." she trailed

On cue, the two heard Eddy shouting madly and Edwin "Ed" Horace Williams laughing before the rest joined in the laughter.

"... and myself." Aka added, "I'm... I'm you're friend!" she declared with her cheeks turning red, much to Nodoka's surprise, "That's right! I'm you're friend now!" she confirmed, "So you don't have to feel alone anymore!" she pointed out, "Who cares about your aunt! Who cares about your relatives!" she exclaimed, "As long as I'm your friend then you don't have to feel alone anymore!" she vowed before sighing, "... if you wanna be friends with me that is." she said with a nervous grin.

Nodoka stares at her with wide eyes before tears began to fall down her cheeks, "Aka..." she muttered before suddenly pulling the redhead into a hug, "Thank you! Thank you!" she cried out in gratitude, "You don't know much it means to me of everything you said!" she cheered.

Aka smiled awkwardly, "Like the say, birds of feather flocked together." she said, "I don't if that's the right thing to say but I feel it fits our situation." she stated.

Nodoka looks up to her with a gentle smile, "I believe so..." she said in agreement.

After a minute of crying, the two had a conversation afterwards with both of them getting to know each other very well.

"You're really different from the first time I met you." Nodoka pointed out.

Aka rubs the back of her head, "Yeah..." she uttered in agreement, "The guys find it weird too." she said, "But I guess that's the result of isolating myself from people for so long and my ego getting over me." she admitted, "Sorry about that." she apologized.

Nodoka giggled, "It's fine..." she reassured before letting out a yawn.

"I think you should get some sleep." Aka suggested, "It is pretty late." she pointed out

Nodoka nodded in agreement, "You're right." she said.

Aka then stood up from the bed, "Welp!" she mused, "I'll be heading downstairs to tell everyone that you're fine." she said when all of a sudden, Nodoka to grabbed her left arm, much to her surprise, "What is it?" she asked.

"Will you sleep with me tonight?" Nodoka asked.

Aka is completely taken a back by this as her face turns red, "Hah!? Are you serious!?" she squawked, "I... I..." she stuttered, "I don't think that's a good idea!" she exclaimed nervously.

"Please..." Nodoka pleaded, "I don't want to sleep alone tonight..." she reasoned while staring at the redhead with puppy eyes.

Aka tried to resist her pleading looks, only for her give in, "All right..." she uttered with a sigh.

Nodoka let's out a big smile, "Thank you very much!" she cheered.

Later that evening in the mansion, everyone are fast asleep which includes Aka and Nodoka whom are sleeping peacefully in one bed. Marcus, whom is still awake, enters the room and proceeds to take off the cuffs from Aka's arms before covering them with a blanket.

"Sweet Dreams, you two, tomorrow will be a big day for all us." Marcus declared with a smile before patting their heads making them smile. Upon setting sights of their smiles a brief image of a young girl that he don't recognize flashed through his mind which caused him to blink numerous times before looking upwards, "What was that?" he uttered in confusion, "Was that... a part of my lost memory." he assumed with an uncertain expression.

bzzzttt...

Meanwhile in the skies of Uminari City, we see the strange girl once again flying around aimlessly while trying to fight the strong winds.

"Don't worry big brother, big sister!" the girl reassured, "You're little sister is coming! Just you wait!" she declared only to be blown away by the wind, "Aiiiyeeee!" she shrieked, "Why does these winds had to be this strong!?" she shouted in annoyance.

A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Jamesdean5842, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.