Fate IV: Agreement

Ragna and Bullet made their way around Kagutsuchi. The two had enjoyed lunch a couple of hours before hand and the two were now walking around the upper district of the Hierarchal city.

"So where are we going exactly?" Bullet asked her friend.

"We're heading to the NOL branch. Noel should be getting off of work at around this time, so I was thinking we could walk home with her, maybe introduce you two to each other."

"I see…" Bullet said to herself a bit unsure. "How did the two of you meet?"

"Let's see, it was about a year after we met. We'd been assigned to work together for one of my bounty hunting jobs with a friend of hers named Makoto. The three of us got pretty close during our jobs we've had over the years. They're good women, at little scatterbrained, but good."

"So… are you dating either of them?" Bullet asked, again unsure.

Now normally Ragna would be swearing 'hell no!' and going into a frenzy to prove he wasn't dating them, but keep in mind this is his best friend we're talking about and this isn't the first time she's asked this question.

"No we're not, we're just good friends," Ragna said calmly and surely.

"Good," Bullet said under her breath.

"Sorry?" Ragna asked, he hadn't heard her properly.

"I-It's nothing," Bullet asserted, somewhat nervously.

"If you say so," Ragna said shrugging. "But I've said it before and I'll say it again. You got any problems you want to talk about, I'm always available to listen."

"I'm fine," Bullet assured him. "But thanks for the offer." She may have been one of the greatest mercenaries, but that didn't mean that she was absolutely sure about confessing her feelings to Ragna. She'd wanted to save him to prove to him that she'd gotten stronger… but that was only half of the story.

Just then the two arrived at the NOL branch. The two stepped inside and saw that the lobby was relatively empty, save for the receptionist at the front desk. The two walked over. "Excuse me," Ragna said.

The receptionist looked up and asked, "Yes, can I help you?"

"Yeah, I'm looking for Noel Vermillion. Could you tell me where her office is?"

"It's down that hallway, but Noel Vermillion has already left for the day. Apparently she's gotten the rest of the year off from her superior."

"I see…" Ragna said nodding. "Well thanks for letting me know, c'mon Bullet."

*Time Skip*

Noel's Apartment

"Alright, so Noel doesn't really know that you're coming over, so try to let me explain everything. I'll take the fall for this one."

"If you say so," Bullet said as Ragna opened the door with the key Noel had given him.

He had only taken a single step inside when he was covered completely by a complete shadow. He noticed the shadow had come from a form above him that was about to perform an aerial tackle on him.

"…noel?" he asked meekly.

"SQUIRREL POWER!" Makoto shouted as she plowed right into Ragna. The two fell to the ground and rolled on the hallway for a moment. When the movement finally stopped, Ragna was lying flat on his back with a Makoto wearing the apron he'd been wearing earlier kneeling on his chest, pinning him down. "You miss me?"

"Not if you keep giving me a fricking heart attack every time!" Ragna shouted as he moved the Beastkin off him. "Seriously though, what are you doing here Makoto?"

"Visiting Noel for Christmas of course!" Makoto said cheerfully before noticing the other woman. "Who's she?"

"Oh, Makoto this is Bullet, an old friend of mine. Bullet, Makoto."

"Nice to meet you," Bullet said holding her hand out for Makoto to shake. The squirrel Beastkin hesitated for a moment, but accepted the hand shake.

"Likewise," she said, though a little reserved.

"So where's Noel?" Ragna asked. "I heard she got the week off, isn't she back yet?"

"Oh, yeah we're making dinner for everyone! She's still in the kitchen."

Ragna's eyes grew wide, and I'm talking about plate sized. "You left Noel… in the kitchen… COOKING!?"

"Come on," Makoto said laughing. "We're making curry together. What could go wrongOH MY GOD! NOEL DON"T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT ME!"

As Makoto rushed back to the kitchen to stop Noel from causing a threat that would very well result in global annihilation (I am NOT exaggerating), Bullet turned her head to regard Ragna. "Is she always so… high-strung?"

"You've never had Noel's cooking," Ragna muttered to her. "Let's just head inside."

As the two made their way to the kitchen, Makoto was trying to stop Noel from adding chocolate to the curry (10 points if you get the reference), Ragna and Bullet made their way inside.

"Oh Ragna, you're back! Huh? Who's this?" Noel asked, she was wearing one of her Sailor moon aprons.

"This is Bullet, she's an old friend of mine and is going to be staying in town for a few days. Bullet, Noel."

The two girls shook hands, but Noel was analyzing Bullet, trying to see if she could tell how far her relationship with Ragna went. 'I could always ask her, but I don't want to do that with Ragna here.' "Well it's nice to meet you Bullet, and you're welcome to join the three of us for dinner. A friend of Ragna is a friend of ours."

"Thanks," Bullet said simply. "If there's anything I can help with just let me know."

Noel thought to herself. "Well…" Noel thought to herself for a moment. "Now that I think about it this is a reunion for all of us. If someone could go out and grab some champagne or maybe some red wine?"

"Didn't think you drank," Ragna commented.

"Not usually, but this is a special occasion for everyone."

"I guess it is," Ragna agreed. "Tell you what, I'll go out and grab something to go with dinner and you three can get to know each other."

"Works for me," Bullet said simply again. Her object may have been to keep an eye on Ragna, but this was going to be for less than an hour, Ragna could take care of himself.

Noel and Makoto nodded in agreement.

"Great, I'll be back soon," Ragna said as he headed out once more leaving the three of them there.

"So…" Noel started. "Bullet, how exactly do you know Ragna?"

"We've been friends ever since we went on a bounty hunting job back when we first met. In the bounty hunting world the two of us are sort of rivals."

"Looks like you've got your work cut out for you then," Makoto said as she stirred the curry (trying to keep Noel away from it at all costs). "But be straight with us Bullet, what's your relationship with Ragna?"

"Makoto!" Noel exclaimed, the Beastkin merely shrugged.

"What? You wanted to ask her anyways didn't you? So c'mon Bullet, what's going on between you two?"

"Nothing," Bullet said reservedly. "What does it matter to you two so much anyways? You're acting like we're fighting to get Ragna's attention… No… Don't tell me…"

Noel blushed. "Makoto and I have gotten into an agreement. Ragna gets to choose who he wants to be with in the end, and no one interferes with one another."

"So you all have a thing for Ragna then," Bullet said before sighing. "Why on earth is everyone attracted to him?"

Makoto shook her head. "I don't know, maybe it's because he's a nice person to all of us, he's will to stand up to anyone who's overstepping it… and he's just a caring person when you get to know him. Are you saying that you don't care about him?"

Bullet sighed to herself. "No, and I can see what you're saying. He means a lot to me as well… and I honestly can't imagine myself with anyone else."

Noel giggled. "Well I guess we have a third person to include in this agreement. Let's all do our best and be friends by the end of this, agreed?"

Bullet smiled and nodded. "I guess so, now how about dinner?"

"Should be ready in a little bit," Makoto said. "I hope Ragna's is going to be alright with grabbing the wine."

*Meanwhile*

Ragna thanked the clerk as he took the bottle of red wine he purchased. It was a pretty expensive brand, but he knew it would go well with dinner, and it wasn't like he was short on the money he made from bounty hunting. As he made his way from the Wine store, his thoughts (damn them) started to get the better of him again.

'Heh, now I feel like I'm acting like some sort of errand running husband… Not that it could ever happen to me. I'm a Reaper, on the path of death and vengeance. I'm not going to build a family just to see it destroyed by my own rebellion. Why the hell am I even think this? Curse you and your thought provoking comments Kokonoe! All right, that's it! Next time I talk to her, I try to discuss HER love life and see how she likes it. Yeah a good call on Christmas and… oh shit, what am I going to get everyone for Christmas!?'

Ragna had never really had to face this problem in his past. As a kid he once tried to do a sort of Christmas thing with his teacher… it hadn't gone that bad, but that's a story for another time.

'I'll just have to come up with something for each of them. Come on how hard could it be?'

Side Quest Obtained: Operation Christmas *Description: Find something for each of the would-be love interests of Ragna the Bloodedge. Finding the proper gift will boost affinity with the representative while getting a rushed or unthoughtful gift will decrease their affinity.

Ragna looked at what the story summary had just said. "Seriously? You're putting me in a Japanese RPG? What gives?"

Okay, first off I gave you a sweet set of katanas and guns for this story, so try to show some gratitude. Ragna continued to glare. Second, how the hell are you breaking the fourth wall?

"No clue. Hey, am I getting overtime for this? Also, can I still break the fourth wall?"

No dice.

"Dammit! Wait, on which one?"

*Time Skip*

Noel's Apartment

'Well that shopping trip was pretty uneventful, Ragna thought to himself. 'Well, aside from that effed up vision that I had, but that's about it… What was it about again?'

"I'm back," Ragna said as he walked inside. In another split second he was again cover in a shadow.

"SQUIRREL P-!" Makoto was interrupted this time due to the quick thinking of Ragna who managed to catch her and held her back from tackling him and ruining the win. "-ower… Uh, heh?"

"You really need to come up with a new way to say hello, you know that?"

"Yeah… but enough about that. Dinner's ready, you got the wine right?"

"Right here, c'mon let's go eat."

As the four sat at the table and started to dish out the rice and curry everyone started to say what they'd been up to.

"I visited the sixth Hierarchal city a while back," Makoto started. "It was a pretty nice area to explore, but I wish that my boss hadn't been a complete racist."

"That's why I hate working under people," Bullet said. "It's too hard to find a good employer. When I was taking care of my last string of bounties I had this employer who always tried to put moves on me. It was annoying after the first time, and he didn't get the message."

Ragna cringed, he saw where this was going. "Don't tell me you-"

"Hit him in the groin with a haymaker? Ragna you know me too well."

The Reaper sighed. "That's what I thought," he said as Makoto and Bullet fist bumped. "What about you Noel?"

Noel gave an unfitting evil smile. "Well same old same old with me, except for this morning. When I woke up and found you wearing my "Cookin' AND Good Lookin'" Apron. Quite the sight to see."

Makoto was howling with laughter while Bullet's wine came out of her nose. Ragna meanwhile felt his face turn a deep crimson.

'Damn it, why did she have to bring that one up? I'm always the fall guy with these things.' After seeing the happy looks on everyone's faces as they pressed Noel for more details Ragna allowed himself a small chuckle. 'I guess that's not always a bad thing. As long as everyone's happy.'

Author's Note: Don't own BlazBlue or Sailor moon.

Well, it's an official harem fiction now. The plot from earlier is still going to take place, but now Ragna has to save Christmas… in his own special way.

Coming up, I'll probably have a chapter dedicated to Ragna spending time with each of the ladies. Aside from Noel who'll go last, the person that receives to most idea's for a date will go first, so send me any ideas via PM or (if you're not a member) by review. See you next chapter.

Ciao.