Chapter 25

I do not own Destiny 1 or 2

I also do not own Rising of the Shield Hero

I use Grammarly

Apparently, I have a lot of Gears of War fans

L as it was an all-out bar fit (and he was alive and unscared(physically that is) nothing happened though Itsuka probably did complain behind the scenes but would have been shot down by the Queen). Shit-Shoveller can't actually leave the capital, so her trying to go to storm city will never happen. The device is sort of ready, it still needs to be calibrated and this will take some time and will not happen any time soon. I don't think that they will likely kill anyone even if they believe they are NPC due to how many games have detrimental effects of killing any NPC and they wouldn't be willing to risk it (though they would definitely care less about their feelings, would probably try to steal something if they thought it was important but killing would be the last plan. The stoogies won't be banned from storm city (because to me I have always had my character consider them as 'unimportant' and as such he doesn't really care about them. However, you have given me the idea of having one of the heroes kicked out due to them trying to steal weapons from Callum's forge (likely Itsuka or Motoyasu...though Itsuka I see as more likely). Also, Callum will be staying, and I decided that some time ago (but the ambassador is a good idea) the reason will be in the sequel, but I'll include it now. It will also cause a temporary break up in the student-mentor relationship between Ar'na and Callum as she doesn't understand why he would stay in a world that isn't his own...especially when his world needs him. Callum will then reply that he is doing it for his world and to him, the most people lost in the red war (at least in vain) wasn't due to the actual attack but from not having a place to go after the city fell. Think about it, nothing prepared them from the fall of the city or the loss of the light, and they had no reason to expect something to happen. But how many were lost trying to flee in the wilderness? How many were lost on titan? How many were lost searching for safety before they discovered the farm? Storm City will be many things, a place of freedom and acceptance, of safety...a sort of miniature Last City. It will also be a back up in case the Last City ever needs to be evacuated again

Guest and L, unfortunately, Itsuka kicking out Rishia isn't enough to strip him of his weapon (even though she almost killed her self as a result) this is because it is his party and he can decide who is in it. The fact that Rishia almost died will be a nail in his coffin but not the final nail. At this time I have a number of ideas for Itsuka such as being caught trying to steal gear from Storm City and lose his weapon, do something stupid in season 2 and lose his weapon OR when the cardinal heroes take the fight to the goddess behind it he dies. I will be introducing the idea that the cardinal weapons were either made by the goddess for some reason or other (such as entertainment or to harvest the user's energy) or created by somehow harvesting the energy given off by the waves. Also, my long off idea on the fates of the hero's is that Itsuka gets himself killed after losing the cardinal weapon by acting like he still has it, Motoyasu becomes a Filolial farmer and a successful one at that while Ren is up in the air.

Rishia will also become a part of Callum's party, will be trained by Raph (at least partially for Raph's training) and will be using...as her weapons (sorry you'll have to wait to see what see wields)

OMAKE

(This was supposed to be part of the last chapter, but I forgot and will be adding it to that chapter after this one has been published)

It had been hours, no nights of work to come this far. Despite all delays, the device was almost complete. Using the heavily modified beacons that Saint had given me I was able to build a device that should be able to connect me to my world, all that I need to do was calibrate it to my world which I should be able to do during the next wave. Once calibrated, it would be easy to travel to and from my world to this one, though I had no idea how many waves would be needed or how long it would take to calibrate.

'But that can wait until later.' I thought to myself as I placed the last key piece into position, I'd been using a room in the castle given to me by the Queen in order to make sure that no environmental factors impacted the device. I slowly and carefully pushed the last piece into position. Unfortunately, that position needed was in the heart of the device, and just like the ancient game of operation, I couldn't touch the sides under any circumstances.

"HEY DADDY!" came a shout from right next to me

This surprised me so much that instead of careful sliding the piece into position, I jammed it into the side.

"Filo...what did I say about not being interrupted?" I ask calmly while internally worrying what would happen "Now we are both going to quickly and calmly leave this room, okay?"

In response, Filo just looks at me, confused and asks "Okay?"

Unfortunately, before we could leave the device starts to spark and ark

'Shit!'

One second I am looking at the inside of a medium-sized room with stone walls the next I am looking at a forest that stretches as far as I can see.

"Who are you?" asks a voice

Turning around I see a blond hair girl that seemed to be the same age as Melty

"My name is Callum, who are you?" I ask

"I'm Aurora, what are doing in the forest? I've never seen you here before?" the girl asked curiously

"Indeed, what brings a human here?" asks a voice behind with anger in her voice.

Turning around, I immediately sigh "I'm sorry" I start to say before being interrupted.

"You're sorry? You think a simple apology is enough for entering my Moors without permission?" asks a woman with black hair and a set of curling horns

"I'm sorry for entering your domain without permission, but I was mostly referring to that!" I said as I point to her head

"To what?" asks the woman before feeling the hands-on her horns.

Immediately turning around she sees a young girl that looks to be the same age as her Aurora hovering in the air, but what really grabbed her attention was the two pure white wings that were coming out of her back.

"Filo! Stop playing with her horns, your being rude!" I exclaim

"But daddy!" whined Filo

"Don't daddy me; I've warned you before about not surprising me if I'm working on something...what if you had gotten hurt?" I ask with worry "And now your playing with someone's horns without even asking, what if you hurt her feelings?"

"I'm sorry pretty lady...I just wanted to see what they felt like." apologised Filo which seemed to snap the woman out of her surprise

"That's okay...Aurora used to do that all the time. Now, Filo was it? Who's that man?" asked the woman

"That's my daddy!" beamed Filo

"Is he a good father?" she asks

"Yes he's the bestest daddy in the whole wide world!" exclaimed Filo proudly

"Well my name is Maleficient, what's your daddy's name?" asked Maleficient

"Names Callum, sorry about popping in like this but I was working on a teleportation device when Filo surprised me...winding up here was the result." I explain

"Teleportation?" asked Maleficent in confusion.

"It's a long explanation." I start to say

"Hey daddy? Can I go and play with Aurora?" asked Filo

"Why don't you ask her mother?" I suggested

"Okay, hey Mal can I go and play with Aurora?" asked Filo

"That would be fine...just don't go too far." said Maleficient with a smile

The rest of the day was spent with Filo and Aurora playing, myself and Maleficient chatting while I tried to form a teleportation bridge back to the castle using a back up that I had made to make sure that any trips weren't one way.

Story Start

"I can't believe I did that!" moaned Raph in embarrassment

"Wait wait here's the best part!" Said Ino as she showed of the recording that she took of Raph last night

"You think you're prettier than me? You're not prettier than me!"

"..."

"What you think you're cooler than me too? Listen to me when I'm talking to you!"

"..."

"THAT'S IT! You're going down bitch!" said an outraged Raph as she lunged forward

Now, this would usually be frightening for the person who is facing Raph's wraith, but most people aren't a fountain...or rather Raph's reflection in the fountain, and soon a soaking wet Raph emerged from the water.

"Where'd she go?" cried Raph as she looks around "I'll teach that bitch to try and steal my man!" shouted Raph as she climbed out of the fountain and ran after the person who dared to anger her...despite the fact that they didn't exist

After a few more moments of laughter, I decided to intervene.

"That's enough, everyone. I'm sure Raph is already feeling embarrassed enough...right Raph?" I ask cheekily

"Wahhhh, stop being mean!" pouted Raph

"Okay everyone get packed its time to leave." I ordered

Within half an hour we were ready to go, the only delay was when Filo once again tried to bring her carriage with her. Only to be told once again that there wasn't enough room on the ship and even if there were, we would be travelling a lot by boat rendering the carriage useless.

On the way out of the castle, we ran into the Queen.

"Good morning Sir Calllum, I hope you and party slept well...also that they recovered from the partying last night." added the Queen mirthfully

"Arggh does everyone know?" asked/moaned Raph

"Unfortunately you made quite the name for yourself last night, but I wouldn't worry you're not the first to embarrass themselves when drink is involved." said the Queen supportive

"By the way, where is everyone else?" I ask

"The other heroes and their parties left some time ago." answered the Queen

"...you know I'd be impressed by their eagerness to arrive on time if I'd didn't suspect that they either forgot that there is only one ship going into our destination. Or that they thought that by arriving at the ship sooner they could get to the islands first whether by game logic or by trying to bribe the captain." I responded

With a slight frown, the Queen responded with "The captain has clear orders not to depart without all cardinal heroes, though I also let him know that if one of the heroes was overly late, I wouldn't hold it against him as long as it was clear he waited as long as he could."

With that we left the castle grounds and made our way out of the capital, the entire route was lined with civilians giving us their thanks, a fair amount seemed to be demi's

"Daddy why is everyone watching us?" asked Filo

"It's because of your daddy that a lot of people are living better lives, especially demi's. Because of him we can now live free without fear of capture." answered Raph while smiling.

Soon we reached the walled gates of the capital, but before we could leave

"WAIT!" shouted out a rough voice.

Turning around we see a wolf-man hobbling towards us, one leg missing below the knee and a walking aid under one elbow.

"Can I help you?" I ask

"No...but I wanted to thank you. I grew up in the fighting rings, made to fight until I died. When I lost my leg I thought I'd meet my end in a cage, abandoned and forgotten if I wasn't sold for my organs. But thanks to you I can die free, and though my remaining life will not be glamorous it will be free all thanks to you." the wolf-man said gruffly.

During this Raph's eyes had gotten wider and wider in recognition.

"It-it's you." she said breathlessly.

At this everyone becomes confused

Taking a sniff the wolf-man's face breaks out in a smile "So you made it...I'm happy to hear that, and you're with the shield to boot."

"I'm sorry do you two know each other?" asked Ar'na

"Yes, yes we do." said Raph with a smile "He's the reason I got free that night, if it wasn't for him I would never have met you."

"Than you have my thanks, Raph has become a very important person to me." I said thankfully

"No thanks needed, I wasn't ever going to make it out of there. I was too expensive to throw away but too broken to be of any use, the best-case scenario is that someone wanted a retired ring fighter to be their bodyguard or waiter...and there are dozens of ex-fighters out their more suitable for that sort of work. I wanted to at least make sure someone had a better life before mine came to an end, a young girl who hadn't even begun to live her life was perfect. And now for the first time my life is my own thanks to you, so again thank you."

"Your welcome, but I think there is one last thing I can do for you." I said before I summoned my light and multiple materials, some from my world and some native to this one. I then started to shape and mould that material and light, before long, I stood holding a replacement leg that I modelled off his remaining one except in a bright silver.

"A prosthetic?" asked the wolf-man

"It's much more than that, please have a seat." I asked

After taking a seat on one of the nearby benches, I pressed the metal leg against the stub of the wolf-man's missing one

Before his stunned eyes, the metal fused painlessly with the flesh. When he slid is new foot forward, testing how sound it was his eyes widened in disbelief.

"I can feel it...I can feel it as if it's my real leg, how is this possible? How can I possibly repay you?" he asked overwhelmed.

"There is no need to repay me mr?" I queried

"Name's Raze and surely there is something I can do to thank you?" Raze asked

"Just live your life how you choose, you lost too much of your life to waste doing anything else."

OMAKE Filo does it again Part 1

After what happened last time, one would have thought Filo would have learnt her lesson and stayed clear of the room her daddy was working in. Then they would have realised that it was Filo and realised their mistake, besides Filo thought she had left some food in that room.

Which is how Filo found herself once again looking at her daddy's device, though why it was so important or why her daddy was working on it she didn't know...after all it wasn't food and if it wasn't pretty, food or a carriage it just wasn't interesting to Filo

Before too long Filo had searched the room and come up with nothing so she grabbed a chair and leant it against the bookcase. Climbing onto the chair she peered over the top of the bookcase, not quite making it she got up onto her tip toes. Unfortunately, she quickly lost her balance and fell backwards hitting her head on the table holding the device.

"Owwee." moaned Filo as she rubbed her head, not noticing the device behind her begin to spark and flash

Middle-earth

Our party of dwarves and a hobbit had just escaped from the clutches of man-eating spiders and were busy fighting off the spiders that had managed to follow them...perhaps that was why they never noticed the young girl appearing in their mist. Until that is some of the blood of the dead spiders landed on her, hitting her face, her hair and her dress.

"EEWWWWWW." shouted Filo, immediately gaining everyone's attention "It's so icky!"

So shocked by the sudden appearance of this girl they barely had time to raise their weapons when they were surrounded by bow-wielding elves

Filo remained oblivious until one elf started to insult the picture of one of the dwarves wives

"Why is the lady being so mean to you?" asked Filo

"I'm a male elf." said Legolas with his eyes twitching

"Then why are you wearing so much makeup?" this is almost too much and a female red-headed elf almost laughs out loud

"I'm not wearing make up."

"Ehhhh?"

Next time on Filo does it again part 2

"I am SMAUG KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN WHO ARE YOU TO CHALLENGE ME?" roared Smaug

"I am Filo, daughter of my daddy, kicker of all butts!"