( The Second Canon has begun. The Wheels of fate have begin to turn as the actors assemble to the stage.)

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Canon 2

Darkness... that was the first thing that greeted Makoto when she took a step out of the loading bay of the ship that she had stowed herself in. She didn't know how she even got here or why she even had a disc on her person at that moment, but she knew that she might as well get the hell out of the ship and try to figure out what is going on. Soon various small lights greeted her as she looked around the port, realizing that she was at the NOL section of the Kagutsuchi port.

'Looks all clear right now...' Makoto thought as she slowly reached out for her flask for a quick drink only to realize it was not there. When she had checked herself before for any of the belongings she had, the only thing that actually remained on her was the normal looking silver necklace that she felt a strange attraction to. Other than that, nothing else that she had brought with her to the ruins remained as she figured that she should get something to drink later on.

'Just what on Earth am I doing in Kagutsuchi of all places... I mean I haven't gotten orders from the captain yet but still, I highly doubt that I just blacked out and slept walked my way to that ship.' Makoto continued to think as she placed her hand on her head, realizing that she didn't have any kind of hangover just yet. This whole situation that she was in was simply confusing and she needed some answers at that moment.

'No point wasting time thinking about stuff like this, I should first find a way out of the port and maybe start trying to figure out who this disk is meant for?' Makoto figured as she began to walk towards the exit of the port. There was something odd about the port... the lack of people in particular was eerie as usually these kinds of ports would have more troops and guards stationed to protect everyone...

Sure the port had their quiet moments but deserted like the way it is currently? Never in a million years unless a criminal was nearby the port that forced everyone to give pursuit but other than that, standard NOL procedures dictates that you stay in your post and help ensure that the delivery of NOL goods go smoothly. Someone is going to have one hell of a field day should command find out their troops were slacking.

Makoto however didn't mind this as it simply meant that she was going to be able to sneak into Kagutsuchi while not leaving a paper trail for anybody to follow. 'For once, that is actually a good thing for my job. If I did leave a trail then things might have gotten awkward... especially if I have to explain to Captain Hazama that I ended up in Kagutsuchi all of the sudden.' As soon as Makoto thought that, she immediately saw a blue fabric flow as she took cover immediately. She had just a few more steps to make to get out of the port and now there was an NOL officer patrolling around.

'I guess command must have asked for someone to come over here to check out the missing troops.' Makoto figured as she decided that she needed to keep some distance at least despite wearing her NOL uniform. If there was something her time in intelligence has taught her, it's that you shouldn't just jump to conclusions when it comes to first glance as she slowly crept up towards the direction where the blue fabric flowed.

As she stood where the man was, she noticed something red on the ground as she traced her finger on it, before bringing it closer to a light; Blood... Blood was what she was looking at as she realized that the person she was following was currently bleeding badly and will need some kind of medical attention as soon as possible. This raised more questions to her previous thought that the person was sent to find out what happened to the NOL troops at the port as what if there was someone who could be murdering NOL officials.

'Wait a minute... if that is the case... don't tell me that this is Ragna The Bloodedge's doing?' Makoto thought as she remembered the day that the man became only one of the rare few to ever recieve the dreaded SS rating by the NOL Bounty board and also the highest bounty ever published. White hair with a red right eye and a green left one, Makoto couldn't help but rub her forehead as she wondered if this Bloodedge could be the man she keeps seeing in her dreams.

'Nah... Can't be... his hair may be white but it doesn't have any blond tips.' Makoto quickly dismissed as she knew that should she encounter the man, she should run away or if she's forced to fight, fight long enough that she can find a way to escape. The problem with her current train of thought is that she doesn't even know what his fighting capability is, only knowing that he likes to fight with a gigantic blade that can transform itself into a scythe form for range and cutting power.

"Dammit Makoto! Don't get distracted! You need to go and find that NOL officer or not NOL officer... also note to drink some alcohol otherwise I am going to be seriously stressed." Makoto said to herself quietly, mumbling her words as her hands were reaching out for the flask that didn't exist as she continued to follow the trail leading to a bridge where the blue clothed man was standing at, clutching his stomach region in pain as he struggled to stay standing, placing his weight onto the railing.

As she quietly approached the man, the smell of blood became stronger to her nose as she knew the man was hurt and hurt badly. Makoto slowly reached out for her weapons, ready to draw them should the man try to fight back against her. Before Makoto could grip her tonfas tightly, yellow hair with green eyes suddenly turn towards her direction, forcing her to take cover once again as she got a small glimpse of his face, but it was enough for her to be shocked as she realized who it was.

Makoto immediately recomposed herself as she slowly approached the familiar man. On the side of his hip he clutched Yukianesa, one of the famous Nox Nyctoreses used in the fight against the Black Beast during the dark war. She cleared her throat as the man who is known as Jin Kisaragi immediately pointed her blade right at her neck before realizing who he was. "Oh! You're Tsubaki's friend aren't you?" Jin said as Makoto nodded her head, not daring to move as she didn't want to make any sudden movement.

"Yes Major Kisaragi... I'm Makoto and I am not here to hurt you." Makoto explained as Jin didn't dare to lower his blade as she could understand the caution that he was using at this moment. "I know I am from Intelligence and Intelligence doesn't really have the best reputation even in the NOL, but if you want to live, you have to trust me." Makoto said, hoping her words will bring some sense to Jin as he lowered his blade slowly, not bothering to sheath it as she noticed the reluctance on his face to do so.

"We should take you to the NOL Infirmary... but judging by the way you look, you don't want to do that. In that case, we can take a detour towards a Kagutsuchi clinic to patch you up." Makoto said, explaining her plan to Jin as he looked at his wound reluctantly before smirking a little bit. "Still keeping your friends close huh..." Jin said as Makoto sighed and looked at him in the eyes. "Aren't you the same too?" Makoto replied as he smiled away from Makoto.

"Let's go for a clinic at the lower levels, currently the NOL is after me and going to them for help would be not the wisest option right now." Jin explained as Makoto simply nodded her head at that as she began to search in her phone for any Kagutsuchi clinics at the lower levels that were open at the middle of the night. As She did so, she held onto Jin's wounded body as he began to freeze as many of his injuries as possible to help lessen the burden on Makoto.

"You don't need to do that you know... say, how has Noel been doing? She's your secretary after all." Makoto said, alarming Jin a bit as his eyes opened at the name. But before he could even give his answer to her, another pair of footsteps were heard as that made Makoto immediately keep her phone as she walked in front of Jin. "Someone's coming, take cover." Makoto quickly said as Jin didn't say any more, taking shelter in a nearby alleyway as he moved a couple of trash cans onto himself to obscure his body, despite the stench coming from said trash.

As Jin went to cover himself, Makoto waited at the spot where Jin was as she saw a black fedora hat resting on a patch of green messy hair as the sound of knives spinning were heard as she immediately recognized who it was as the man eagerly approached her. "Ahhh, Lieutenant Nanaya! What brings you here to Kagutsuchi." The person... her captain, Hazama, said as she didn't know what to say at this point but she just knew she had to play it cook.

Makoto: I came back from that mission to Ibukido you sent me for.

Hazama: Huh? What mission to Ibukido?

Makoto: You know, the mission to investigate the weird energies coming out from the Ibukido cauldron?

Hazama:... My Lieutenant, I don't even know what you're talking about, I never asked you to do that or sent such a request in the first place.

Makoto: Look I know you like to troll sometimes, but I am being serious right now so you can cut the trolling act now.

Hazama simply tilted his head in pure confusion as he began to scratch his head. "But I am speaking the truth Miss Nanaya, I have never heard of the weird energies in Ibukido you were speaking off nor I ever asked you to head there in the first place." Hazama explained as Makoto couldn't help but feel alarmed at what was going on. Why did he not know of the mission he clearly gave her in the first place to do... was he feigning ignorance or did he truly not know...

"But thank goodness you're here Lieutenant, I need your help right now and the Kagutsuchi NOL branch is currently lacking in firepower." Hazama explained as Makoto looked at him, curious to see what kind of orders he was going to give her. "Major Jin Kisaragi recently ran away from his post at the Yabiko branch and he was spotted some where around the Kagutsuchi area, If you would be a dear and help me bring him back alive, that would be good." Hazama said as Makoto simply nodded her head at that.

"Do be careful when you do decide to subdue him though, he's been injured and may be bleeding out as we speak. If you do find him alive, please do report it to me so I can start faking reports while you dispose of the body." Hazama ordered as Makoto simply gave him a salute. "Of course Captain. I will go and do that right now." Makoto said as Hazama simply walked up to her and patted her shoulder as he gave her his signature smile.

"I am placing my trust onto you to help me find the Major...please don't let me down now." Hazama said as he walked past the alleyway that Jin was hiding in, Jin steadying his breath to a near still as Hazama's eyes nearly caught sight of the small patch of blood that was beginning to form at the pile of trash as Jin's ice was slowly melting away due to the heat being produced by the metal cans. Makoto herself waited for her superior to get far enough before she quickly went to Jin to get the trash off him.

"That was Captain Hazama... We need to get you the hell out of here right now." Makoto said as Jin silently nodded his head as Makoto pulled him up to his feet. As soon as she did though, she immediately felt a cold presence creep up behind her back as Captain Hazama was behind her, staring at her back with Jin Kisaragi on sight. "See, I can count on you finding the Major for me. Good job Lieutenant." Hazama praised as Makoto knew the words of praise he said were not meant to be in a kind way.

"Hazama!" Jin shouted as Makoto was trying to remain calm in this situation as Hazama shook his head. "Now Now Major, We don't want you raising your blood pressure now. I mean you're bleeding so much and I don't even think the NOL ward that you were in could even stop the rate you are bleeding." Hazama said, feigning worry as Makoto continued to stand in between Hazama and Jin as the two men locked eyes and coldly stared at each other.

"You can go now Lieutenant. I can handle things from here." Hazama said as Makoto could sense malicious intent coming out from Hazama's voice. "What are you doing holding your weapon like you are wanting to kill... Didn't you say that we are to bring him in alive?" Makoto said as Hazama simply sighed as he had to admit, his lieutenant was a sharp woman as without even hesitating, he launched his weapon right at her, chains rattling in her ears as she quickly deflected the weapon using the cross tonfas that she had thankfully on her as her intelligence cloak flew off her.

As soon as she did so, she got a good glimpse of a green aura swimming along a long bronze like chain with a snake head ready to snap as Makoto recognized the weapon as another one of the ten Nox Nyctoreses that were created during the Dark War... Ouroboros. "Oh... So you are planning to resist as well lieutenant... my my what a stubborn lieutenant you are." Hazama mused as both Jin and Makoto could clearly sense the killing intent that he was exerting as Makoto didn't even need to ask him if he had lost his mind.

"Oh... You sure are standing firm on your ground Lieutenant... Must be the fact you are experienced with this sort of situation aren't you." Hazama said, having made sure to read the files of every single person on his command, especially with Lieutenant Makoto Nanaya, one of the students who took part in the siege of the Black Lotus just two years ago. Makoto herself was not fazed by the aura that Hazama was producing as her fists simply steeled themselves for a confrontation.

"Just leave Makoto... he's after me. You don't need to get involved in this!" Jin pleaded, wincing as Makoto knew that Jin pleading told her that Hazama was going to be a challenging opponent to face. Despite this, Makoto simply chose to steel herself as she stared down her superior. "You know Captain... I've never liked you in the first place... never liked you when I first started, when you treat the office to boiled eggs and your constant trolling." Makoto said, allowing venom to be heard in her voice as Hazama couldn't help but scoff at that.

"And I hate how much of a bitchy animal you are. Always running that stupid mouth of yours and always meddling in my affairs." Hazama retorted as Makoto was kind of glad the feeling was mutual as both of them could feel their respective hatred for each other leak out as Makoto sucker punched him, slugging him with the blunt side of her Cross Tonfa as Hazama simply spat out the blood that went through his mouth.

"That was woman's intuition, the next ones are for being a terrible boss and a fucking racist!" Makoto swore as Hazama was immediately put onto the defensive as Makoto lunged herself towards him, not relenting with her barrage of punches as Hazama used a combination of ars magus and Ouroboros's chains to deflect her blows before responding with a kick of his own to Makoto's stomach, causing her to slide on her feet as she couldn't help but smirk at that.

"What's the matter, I thought that you didn't like to fight?" Makoto taunted as Hazama simply clicked his tongue in frustration as he began to spin his butterfly knife on his left hand before catching it with his right. "That's it... you're so dead rodent." Hazama said as he began to lunge with his knife, Making Makoto dodge as the swift motion of his knife strikes prevented her from trying to use a barrier to block said attacks in the first place as he grabbed her to attempt to stab her several times in the chest.

In order to prevent this, Makoto used her Cross Tonfas to either deflect the blows to the side of her armpits or catch them on the circular part of the cross tonfas and pull them in a different direction. This strategy was not perfect however as some of his attempted stabs did result in her getting struck at her exposed stomach as she managed to punch him off her, forcing him off the clinch as she managed to disarm him in the process as she attempted to barrage him with another series of punches like she did before.

But Hazama was not going to let that happen as he quickly tossed Ouroboros to a nearby wall and used it to pull himself rapidly, escaping a swift haymaker aimed at his face before tossing Ouroboros right behind her to move rapidly towards her blind spot. As soon as he did this however, Makoto immediately turned around, spooking Hazama as he tossed his Ouroboros quickly to dodge another swift hook that Makoto delivered at his position as he did not expect what he had seen.

"Please... do you really think you're the first person who has tried to hit me by my backside? Compared to him, you're much slower." Makoto said, pausing when she realized what she had just said as Hazama quickly took that brief pause to unleash a quick attack as Ouroboros managed to strike her by her stomach, slamming her to the wall as she couldn't believed she allowed herself to become distracted like that. Slapping herself in the face, she immediately dodged the stab that Hazama tried to do with Ouroboros and grabbed the chain instead, pulling with her full strength as he was thrown off his feet in the process.

Soon, she had him swinging in a giant swing as Hazama kept his cool despite being thrown around like this. Makoto then slammed his body into the wall, making him cough even more blood as Jin knew that Hazama was probably toying with Makoto and letting her get away with this. He knew that he had to prepare some sort of getaway plan if things were going to get worse. As he began to look for a potential escape route, Hazama was starting to get a better understanding of how his lieutentant fought.

Reports are one thing, getting to fight the real deal is often times not only more knowledgeable... it just feels more satisfying to see that person in action. As much as he wants to enjoy himself though, Hazama knew that she was standing in his way for a paycheck as he felt himself getting pulled once again as Makoto's strength was truly fearsome. He then witnessed Makoto charge up her fist as he instinctively knew to raise his arms to guard as he soon felt the impact of said fist reverberate throughout his body, causing him immense pain as he had just experienced Makoto's drive for the first time. The sheer power associated with that fist is something he never thought would be possible as he had to release himself from Ouroboros to prevent Makoto from yanking him around left and right. "Okay miss cocky... Let's see you try to handle this then!" Hazama shouted, his annoyance leaking out a bit as he set Ouroboros through the ground, alarming Makoto in the process.

Suddenly without warning, she felt something bite onto her shoulder as she immediately tried to grab the offending object only for it to escape her grasp. Then another... and another...and soon the bites began to pile on her, forcing her into a defensive position, blocking and deflecting as many of these bites as possible. But when the thing biting you is a metal head, it is going to be really painful trying to handle such a dangerous thing in the first place.

It was then the solution came to Makoto akin to lightning striking the ground as she raised her fist to strike the metal head as it came towards her head on, slamming it to the ground as she stomped on the chain, restricting it's movement in the process as Hazama was quick to respond by tossing another metal head right towards her. This was made easier however as she was able to use the chain she had restricted on the ground to purposely yank on the attack, causing it to snap dangerously close to her face as she wasn't expecting it to work in the first place.

'Damn... That's a beastkin's intuition for you... always able to act on their feet like so.' Hazama thought as Makoto knew that she was not going to get anywhere playing defense like this as more offense was needed in this scenario. She then knew she had to go for it as she suddenly released the chain, allowing the chain to retract as she soon sprinted towards Hazama at full speed, fists up and covering her mouth as she began to bob and weave her head.

'Now what is she trying to do.' That was the thought that raced through Hazama's head before he saw a second Makoto appear. Then a third but this one was soaring in the sky along with a fourth. 'Did the rodent just duplicate herself? Duplication Ars magus huh...' Hazama thought as it was such a basic level ars magus spell but this one felt very different... very realistic as he realized that they all were coming at him with attacks.

Hazama knew he had the reaction speed to block just one so he decided to settle for the ground Makotos, creating in his hand two barrier's each as they soon slammed right into the barrier, vanishing in the process as this caught him by surprise as the two Makoto's in the air were coming towards him at high speed. Using his quick thinking, he blocked the Makoto who was higher above his head but suddenly out of nowhere, the lower Makoto dropped to the ground, immediately telling him that she was the real one.

But he was unable to act at that moment because he was currently frozen in the motion of blocking the fake. This was Makoto's chance that she needed as she cocked her fist backwards and began to charge energy into it as Hazama could see a massive ars magus circle manifest behind her. Hazama had seen this in pictures and knew how powerful it was, so all he could do was simply grit his teeth as Makoto's right fist glowed bright orange for a brief moment.

"BIG BANG SMASH!" Makoto Yelled as a massive energy fist came out of her arm, lunging towards Hazama as the attack landed true and sent him flying towards a nearby building, causing some parts of the wall to collapse as Makoto thought that was over as she had known the commander as someone who was afraid of fighting for some reason, so it told her that he was the kind who could not take a big hit like that.

"Time to go and check on Jin." Makoto said as she had turned her back to go and find Jin. But it was in that split second that she did so that she immediately felt a sudden rush of blood lust crawl up her back as she turned around to see Hazama already so close to her face and feet planted on the ground. "Don't you get cocky..." Before Makoto could even react, a foot was launched right into her chin, smashing it hard as she felt her whole head go upwards as her feet lost their footing.

"YOU STUPID BITCH!" Hazama swore as Makoto felt a massive wave of reinforcement Ars Magus packed into that one kick be used in an offensive manner as she flew high into the air, unable to stop herself as Hazama launched Ouroboros, snapping down on her left leg as he sent her plummeting towards the ground and into the alleyway where Jin was as trash flew out of the way, scattering everywhere as she shook herself off and stood up, the pain coursing through her leg in the process.

"My My My... now this is what I would like to call an unexpected development indeed..." Hazama said as Makoto couldn't stop panting, fighting on full power right from the bat and taking a lot of good shots in the process. "Now I can see why Relius wants to get his hands on you now... I had thought that man had lost his mind but you proved otherwise." Hazama continued as this alarmed Makoto a little bit.

Colonel Relius Clover... a man of little mystery. She knew very little of him, even when she tried to dig up information about him out of curiosity. This only made her even more wary of what is going on as she looked at Hazama in the eyes. "Just...Just what is he planning to do with me?" Makoto questioned as Hazama shrugged. "Who knows... All I know is that if I knock you out and bring you and Jin in, I can give you to Relius and let him do all of the examinations he wants." Hazama said with a slight grin on his face as Makoto clenched his fist even more, feeling disgusted by what he had just said.

"So what... like I care about me right now..." Makoto said catching Hazama by surprise as his ears were opened. "Just what are you planning to do with Jin?.. hell... what are you going to do with Tsubaki Yayoi and Noel Vermillion!" Makoto shouted as suddenly, the smile Hazama had dropped as suddenly a scowl appeared on his face. "Who the fuck are you." Hazama ominously said as Makoto immediately felt her blood run cold as she realized that something had changed.

Hazama was not laughing one bit. His facial expression had changed completely. No longer did he had that shit eating smile on his face nor was he trying to joke around. His eyes narrowed to a small slit as she couldn't help but feel her feet slowly start to shut down as her fists began to shake. "ANSWER ME YOU RAT! WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU!" Hazama yelled, his tone menacing as she immediately had to raise her arms to guard an attack as she struggled to guard it.

Makoto tried to counter attack but Hazama was not going to have any of her shenanigans as he lunged with his thumb right into her eye, blinding her for a bit as he kneed her at the stomach. He then pulled out his knife as he began to slash at Makoto's arms, causing them to bleed as she struggled to just keep her guard up. 'What the fuck... I just said Noel, Tsubaki and Jin's names and he's gone mad! But also... what is this blood lust coming out from him!'

Makoto finally managed to launch an attack of her own, striking him on the stomach. But Hazama ignored this level 3 punch as he simply grabbed her arm, ready to break it as she saw his elbow rise into the air to do so as Makoto prepared herself to have her arm broken. But nothing happened, In fact Hazama simply stopped what he was doing and released her as his eyes were no longer on her but on a different person... a Jin Kisaragi as Makoto herself realized what was happening.

Both Jin and Hazama locked eyes for a long time... not daring to speak a word as Hazama made a gesture with his middle finger, taunting Jin to attack him as Jin decided to oblige, stabbing the ground and creating an ice pillar, instantly freezing Hazama in the process as he ran towards Makoto and swooped her off her feet before she could realize what was going on. "We are getting the hell out of here Lieutenant!" Jin yelled as he ran as fast as he could, not caring for which direction he went as Hazama soon had Ouroboros smash him out of the ice pillar as he noticed his hat had fallen off his head when Jin froze him.

"SIGH... That little bitch..." Hazama muttered as he picked up his black fedora and placed it on his green hair. He couldn't help but grind his teeth as he was annoyed by what was going on. "Oh you better thank me when I bring her in for you Relius... because she's starting to prove to be a pain in the ass..." Hazama muttered as he kicked the trash can hard, denting the metal in the process as hearing Makoto Nanaya mention the name Noel Vermillion...

...made him feel sick in the stomach...

As Jin continued to Run, Makoto was trying to get him to stop. "That's enough Jin! You're overexerting yourself!" Makoto yelled as she tried to get off. But Jin was not going to let her go as he shook his head. "I can't do that Makoto, not until we are far enough." Jin retorted which annoyed Makoto. She wanted to punch him to stop him but couldn't do so for 1.) She would be hurting Tsubaki in the process by hurting Jin and 2.) Jin himself was injured and she would feel bad hurting an injured man.

'Still... just what was with that look in Hazama's eyes... that killing intent... it was completely different from the normal killing intent I would sense from others.' Makoto thought as she suddenly felt Jin fall to the ground, using her tail to cushion the fall as Jin himself couldn't move anymore, his body crumpled to the ground as his bleeding began to intensify. "Shit, I told you not to push yourself like that Jin!" Makoto said as she immediately tore off a portion of Jin's coat as she tied it around the injury.

"I'm grateful for you rescuing me... but if you die now then Tsubaki would be sad you know!" Makoto said as Jin couldn't help but keep quiet about that as he looked at her in the eyes. "I know Makoto... I know..." Jin only said as Makoto rubbed her hair and ears. "if you know it then just stay quiet and let me find you a hospital dammit!" Makoto said as her senses were at an all time high as suddenly, she felt a presence behind her as she turned towards the direction she felt said presence.

"WHO'S THERE!" Makoto yelled, attracting the person who was following as said person sighed. "It looks like you are in need of help madam! May I be of assistance to you?" The voice said as a man with a long red scarf leapt off the building he was standing from to where Makoto was. She immediately recognised the man as an Ikarugan, with his traditional Japanese clothes that exposed his midriff, and a gigantic 55 inch nail strapped to his back. "Who are you?" Makoto simply asked as the man simply smiled.

"I am a hero of Justice, Bang Shishigami."

GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION! HOW IS EVERYONE DOING ON THIS FINE DAY!? I Hope you all have been satisfied with the pacing of the story so far. I know that some of you have probably played through the stories so I am trying to not waste too much time on the story itself so we can develop more of the characters in the process. That being said, I still hope that I have been able to give a different spin to the story being told in the process.

SO NOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO MAKOTO NANAYA AND JIN KISARAGI!? JUST WHAT IS THEIR SAVIOR BANG SHISHIGAMI GOING TO DO TO SAVE THEM!? AND WHAT IS WITH RELIUS'S ATTRACTION TOWARDS THE SQUIRREL GIRL?! Well... if you want to figure out these questions and many more, you will just have to read on to see what happens next.