( A New Canon and our lovable Squirrel girl makes her way to the Kagutsuchi Museum for answers. Let us see where that leads her now.)

Bold = English Conversations

Bold + Italics =Japanese Conversations

Canon 4

The Kagutsuchi Museum... what some critics call one of the most important locations to visit, is in actual reality, a place that nobody, not even the locals bother to visit. Maybe it was due to how dry and dull it looked or how it was a museum and people were becoming less and less interested in viewing things when they can do so from the comfort of their phone. Regardless, Makoto Nanaya could clearly see how this place could be the potential location for a meeting with whoever the note was written for.

'Still... what on earth could Gnuuu even mean in the first place?' Makoto thought as she was giving it much thought. Her suspicion was that it was a password she needed to say but what if she was simply presuming what it was and she says it wrong. Checking on the Obi tied around her waist, Makoto wondered if she was going to be ready for whatever was going to be tossed in front of her. 'Here I am... going to a museum and going to try and talk to someone I don't even know... just to find a way back to my time.'

Makoto at this point was wondering if this was even reality at this point, if she was really in fact, drunk as all hell back in a cauldron of all places. But the more she pinched herself, the more she realized that she was really living in reality. Scratching her head in frustration, she slowly made her way towards the museum, holding onto her cross tonfas carefully as she didn't want them to slip off her person and she was unprepared.

Now that she thought about it... Even though she didn't really need them, They came in handy from time to time in fights where she could have easily had more trouble if she didn't have a way to redirect the power coming from her fists into something more focused. Besides that, using them just felt right to her for some reason as she walked up the steps and into the museum itself, greeted to the sight of a giant banner advertising the newly constructed ancient wonders exhibit.

'Ancient wonders... I wonder what that could even mean?' Makoto wondered as she realized she doesn't even know who or what she is supposed to be looking for. How was she going to give the disc if she didn't know who to give it to. She didn't exactly have god like intellect and knew who she was supposed to meet with, for all she could even care, She could be meeting with some random strangers from Otsu.

'I guess I should walk around the exhibit for a little while and keep my eyes peeled for something odd...' Makoto thought as she walked up to the cashier and got her ticket into said exhibit, grumbling a bit when she realized how much they were charging for the tickets. 'come on now... 1000 blaybloo for just a single ticket?.. no wonder so many people don't even know this place exists, this place rips your money off harder than an Otsunian trying to pawn off his stuff to you.' Makoto secretly thought as her eyes shot daggers towards the man who was unfortunate enough to charge her for her ticket.

'Might as well make sure I take my time to look around this exhibit and see what it is all about. I mean if you are going to have the name ancient wonders, you better live up to that word.' With those words in her mind, Makoto couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed by what she was looking at. All she was seeing so far was recreations of famous wonders of the world that were lost when the world was engulfed by seithr and thus a whole century of history along with it.

Then her interest began to grow even more when she noticed ancient armor from a time that she didn't even recognize and also weapons that she immediately recognized as when the world was nearly consumed by the Black Beast during the dark war, these ancient weapons were brought back as a result. Seeing them in a more ancient and rusting form was intriguing to her as it went to show her that history does have a weird way of repeating itself.

'So far I am slightly impressed... I just hope that the last exhibit isn't a dud.' Makoto hoped as she paid good money for this, money that could have gone towards either paying for a good bottle of wine or her upcoming rent. As she turned the corner, she couldn't help but take a deep breath as her eyes witnessed a gigantic skeletal recreation of a creature she has only seen in movies... a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

'Oh my god... I am already getting a tingly feeling at my underparts for something that is already dead... someone pinch me please.' Makoto thought as she simply pinched herself in the cheeks to snap her out of her wonder. As soon as she did, her eyes were immediately drawn to what was gigantic red figure as she immediately recognized who that was and took cover behind one of the exhibits to quickly try and compose herself.

'Holy shit... that's the Red Devil, Iron Tager! What's a big guy like him even doing in a boring place like this!?' Makoto thought as the Red Devil's reputation is well known. A member of Sector Seven and one who works directly with one of their chief scientists, he is a dangerous man to face off against due to the sheer power his fists pack, especially if he managed to grab you. He is also rumored to have mastery over lightning, something considered difficult in the first place.

'Wait a minute...am I supposed to meet up with Iron Tager of all people!? Woah this is way too much if that's the case!' Makoto panicked as she had hoped she was meeting with some normal person from either the NOL or Sector Seven. Meeting the Red Devil was the worst possible outcome as if she pissed him off in some way, she knew that her head was going to be on the chopping block and none of the punching power in the world would be enough to stop such a man.

'Calm down Makoto... All you got to do is not panic...Not panic.' Makoto thought as she began to take in a couple of breathing exercises to calm herself down. "Ummm...Are you having a panic attack Miss?" A voice calmly asked as she looked at the direction of the voice and her face immediately paled as she realized that the Red Devil had discovered where she was at and now had his entire attention focused onto her as she quickly cleared her throat before casually leaning herself onto a wall, trying to be suave.

"Why no Mister... I am just Uhhh...Admiring the fossils you know... History sure has a way of making things interesting Hehehehe." Makoto said as she cannot help but give herself a face palm for her choice of words, reminding her of the Mutsuki who shall not be named and his lame pick up lines. "I see.. judging by your outfit, I am guessing that you come from Ronin-Gai?" Tager asked as Makoto just decided to go with the flow at that point.

Makoto: Why yes! I am actually here on holiday right now from Shinatsu!

Tager: Shinatsu huh... that is interesting to know. But what brings you here of all places?

Makoto: Oh you know! I heard that this Museum was going to put on display a couple of Fossils from the prehistoric age... and comparing you to such things, you look tiny in comparison.

Tager: So...You like fossils then?

Makoto: Yeah! it's just... you know, I was hoping that they were going to have more well defined... Gnu bones.

As soon as Makoto gave the code, she cannot help but notice the polite face from the Red Devil immediately turn into a serious one as she tried to play it dumb. "Hehehe! You know! Like word puns! Gnu bones... GOOD BONES!" Makoto said louder, trying to play dumb only to immediately dodge for her life when Tager tried to grab her with his massive hands. "WHAT THE HECK MAN!? WHAT DID I DO WRONG!?" Makoto yelled as Tager immediately focused his gaze into a fighting stance and Makoto at that moment nearly shat herself.

"I have found a suspicious girl, I am going to subdue her and bring her in for questioning." Tager said as Makoto couldn't help but feel offended by such a statement. "HEY! I AM NOT SUSPICIOUS! OKAY MAYBE A LITTLE SINCE I KNOW THE CODE BUT I AM NOT SUSPICIOUS!" Makoto yelled as Tager didn't waste any time trying to subdue her as his lumbering size hid a sudden burst of speed as Makoto did not expect to get tackled hard into a wall as she noticed sparks coming off her body in the process.

"Oh shi..." Before Makoto could even finish swearing, Tager immediately began to pull her in as this was his trademark magnetism, powerful enough to pull people around like a ragdoll as she raised her arm to block the Red Devil's powerful punch right at her abdomen. "Hey man! Let's try to talk things out!" Makoto said, hoping that diplomacy was still a possible option as she really did not want to get into a 1v1 confrontation with someone who is clearly going to rip her to shreds.

"I can't, you know too much. For all I know, you may actually be an intelligence officer for the NOL trying to get information from Sector Seven." Tager deduced as Makoto couldn't blame him for his train of thought as that would be the same thing she would be thinking at that same moment. "Then... You leave me no choice... and I just want to say, I AM SORRY!" Makoto yelled as she retaliated with a punch of her own, pushing the Big Red Man quite a distance as he was quite surprised by the punching power of the woman in front of him.

'A drive? I would like to say it is... but it also could be her own naturally born strength.' Tager thought as Makoto quickly equipped the Cross Tonfas at her waist as assumed a fighting stance. "I got a lot of questions to ask you... But if I want to do that I've got to fight for my own life!" Makoto yelled, realizing fighting was her only option as she immediately ran towards him, splitting herself into three versions of herself to hopefully cause some doubt in the veteran on who he should hit.

However he was not the Red Devil for nothing as he gathered energy into his gauntlets and slammed the ground, causing a crackling of thunder to strike all of the copies and forcing Makoto to guard in the process as static returned to her body in the process. As soon as she noticed the static, Makoto steeled herself as Tager prepared to charge once again, suddenly pulling Makoto who was quite a distance away from him closer as he charged right towards Makoto with force.

'God! That magnetism and lighting are sure a pain! No wonder he's called the Red Devil! He really fights as if he is the Devil himself!' Makoto thought as she realized now wasn't the time for her to be showering her opponent with praise, she had to fight for her life and hopefully not get killed in the process. She didn't want to die in a world she wasn't familiar with and with memories of a person she barely remembers yet for some reason, hold an important significance in her heart.

'If I am fighting the Devil... THEN I NEED TO FIGHT LIKE A DEVIL MYSELF!' With those thoughts raging in her mind, Makoto immediately raised her fist to deliver a Haymaker punch right into the Jaw of the charging Red Devil, causing him to recoil as she began to deliver a series of quick and fast jabs, circling around Tager to ensure he cannot use his massive arms to grab her in any way, sticking close in the process.

'This woman's punching power is incredible... I must do something to restrict it.' Tager thought calmly as while Makoto was easily exerting her pressure over the giant man, Tager was used to fighting fast opponents like her. All he needed to do was simply keep his calm and allow his opponent to exhaust themselves trying to fight him in the process as he only blocked blows that would either cause him to stagger or crumble.

Makoto swung her fists right for Tager's knees, hoping to cause him to buckle to his massive weight but opponents must have targeted those very same spots in the first place because Tager was ready for her, easily parrying her attempts with his massive gauntlets. When that plan wasn't working, Makoto immediately shifted her focus on his arms instead, hoping that she would be able to disable them so that Tager couldn't use his Magnetism to their fullest potential.

But with every tactic that Makoto pulled out, Tager was familiar with as he raised his gauntlets up, causing her fists to meet pure metal as the cross tonfas dealt little against such beefy armor. Makoto knew she needed to do some damage otherwise she's going to get knocked out at this rate. Thus she began to shift her focus on mixing things up by combining sweeps with her strikes, something she rarely does herself as she preferred swinging with her fists.

Tager himself was rather impressed by his opponent's ability to try and adapt against what is presented in front of her. This meant that he needed to adapt as well as without warning, he raised his hand to catch one of Makoto's fists as she found herself getting tossed into the air as before she could even react, Tager immediately pulled her in, using what looked like a vacuum function on his gauntlets to suck her back into his hands, clamping down hard on her as he easily slammed her to the ground with force, causing her to cough blood as she immediately pulled some distance between her and Tager, coughing even more blood in the process heavily.

'God...that was just one grab? Oh god my insides...' Makoto thought as her Obi was nearly undone in the process as while the Yukata held on, she was now fearing for the fact that if she suffered another devastating grab like that, she may not even last for much longer as she wondered what she could do against such a big guy in the first place to hopefully displace him enough to land a couple of crucial blows to knock him unbalanced.

Tager however was not going to give her that time to think as he immediately lunged with his gauntlets ready to grab her once again. Now forced on the defensive, Makoto immediately ducked low to dodge the grab, her ribs aching in the process as she felt like they were about to snap into two from the slam they suffered from. Soon Makoto forced herself to move as much as she could, knowing that she has to do some thing drastic to catch him off guard.

It was then it came into her mind, a move she had been spending the past few years to perfect. She didn't know how it was going to turn out but if she wanted to live, she needed to pull it out now. Creating more distance once again, Tager got ready to charge at her as Makoto began to motion with her hands, creating a swaying motion as Tager began to move at a rapid pace. It was at this moment that Makoto had been waiting for as he could not brake himself even if he wanted to as she relaxed her right arm and allowed the motion to sway, creating a smooth circular spark that soon manifested itself as a giant ball of energy.

'A pure seithr ball?!' Tager thought as he couldn't stop himself in the process, slamming himself right into the ball in the process as Makoto spun her right tonfa a singular spin as she charged her fist with pure seithr. This intrigued Tager in the process as he has heard of Ars magus aptitude but directly manipulating seithr to a physical form is an interesting feat on by itself as Makoto slammed her fist right onto the ball, causing Tager to get shot into a museum piece in the process as Makoto took a deep breath from that.

'I...I did it! I finally did it!' Makoto thought as she realized what she had just done. For so long she had been working on this singular technique and while she still is working on the kinks, being able to launch a big ball of seithr like she just did was just incredible. Even though she has a below average ars magus level, able to only manifest a barrier to protect herself, She's always had this ability to handle higher levels of Seithr for a bit longer before she needed to use a filter to not kill herself with seithr poisoning.

But by at least using some of her limited ars magus knowledge to pull in Seithr, she's able to make manifest a ball of seithr and fire it out like a powerful cannon and the results have shown for themselves. She should be able to do this a couple more times but unless she strikes the ball, she won't be able to send it flying like the way she just did, but that doesn't mean she can't use the Ball in other ways as she used the space given to catch her breath.

"Impressive... But I won't let you repeat your success once again." Tager said as he began to use the powerful vacuum in his gauntlets to bring Makoto closer as she was unable to grab anything to stay still, walking as he did so to create even less space for the squirrel girl to maneuver in as his hands loomed closer for another chance to grab her. This time though, Makoto ducked low, tripping the Red Devil a bit in the process as he was quick to recover his footing in the process.

As soon as he did though, Makoto immediately made the ball of Seithr appear right in front of his face, causing him to get hit as he got lifted into the air by it, catching Makoto a bit off guard as she realized this was her chance and began to gather energy into her fist. Tager was able to recover however but was soon forced to guard her attack as she came launching at him, her fist much stronger than normal as the metal at his gauntlets vibrated greatly.

"CORONA UPPER!" Makoto yelled as she charged up another punch, this time coming from her left arm as like lighting, it shot itself right at Tager, breaking the giant's guard as he was hit square in the face from the move. "AND LIGHTNING ARROW!" Makoto continued as she landed on the ground softly, her eyes focused on Tager as he stood up, rubbing his face from where she struck and nodding his head, understanding the power that laid in the squirrel beastkin's fists.

"It appears that I must subdue you even quicker before things get too messy. I was hoping to not use excessive force but I have no choice." Tager said as Makoto couldn't help but be shocked by those words. 'Excessive force?! Dude nearly killed me with that one slam!? Don't tell me he actually has something even more painful than one of those!?' Makoto thought in horror as Tager's gauntlets released a massive amount of air as she realized he was charging up for an astral heat as she could feel the gauntlets begin to gather a massive amount of seithr.

'Oi... He can't be serious now... I'm just one little girl and he wants to man handle me already!?' Makoto thought in horror as her cool was starting to break a little. She knew very well that if he manages to grab her with that move, she might not even live to the next life as desperation kicked in and Makoto began to gather energy into her fist, knowing that charging against a man like that is too dangerous and she needed to knock him back should he attempt to grab her out of nowhere.

'No choice, Big Bang Smash to keep him at...' Before she could finish her train of thought, the area around her turned black as suddenly the vacuums in Tager's gauntlets kicked in, as she felt herself getting pulled in even faster than normal as her footing was lost in the process, sending her flying into the air as she could see Tager raise his hand in the air, ready to catch her in the process. At that moment, she knew she had to pull the trigger and punch him out of it otherwise she would become a squirrel pancake.

But she had no time to charge a fully charged up power punch, all the time she had was for a singular small and tiny level 1 punch, meaning it would have to near point blank. But thinking about that was not going to save her at that moment, she had to just do it as she drew closer into Tager's hands. The Red Devil took no pleasure in doing something like this but he knew when not to take chances and while his opponent was just a mere squirrel girl with massive punching power, He knew better than underestimate her, especially since she manipulated seithr into a ball.

"BIG BANG SMASH!" As soon as Tager heard those words, suddenly his gauntlets disengaged and lost all vacuum functions, as if they were manually overridden from his control as Makoto came flying towards him in the air. Shock soon dawned over Tager as he didn't have time to block as Makoto threw her punch right into the Red Devil's face and an astral fist emerged from it, delivering a double blow right onto the big red man and sending him crashing right into an exhibit display, nearly destroying it thanks to his massive size as Makoto was too high on adrenaline to realize what had happened.

'He's down! Now's my chance!' Makoto thought as she didn't hesitate to run herself right towards Tager's face and prepared herself to beat him down. But before she could do so, a loud static noise brought her back to reality. "Cut it out the both of you! That's enough dammit!" A loud annoyed voice said as Makoto nearly lost her footing, barely breaking as her obi came undone at that point, forcing her to quickly grab it before she accidentally flashed the Red Devil her boobs.

"WOAH! What on Earth!? Who's there!" Makoto yelled, desperately tying the Obi back as Tager got back to his feet, still assuming a battle stance as he tried to relax himself. "Are you sure you want me to stand down professor?" Tager asked as Makoto looked at him confused. "Wait... professor?" Makoto asked in her confusion as the loud static came out again. "Don't think about it Tager, just do as I say for now." The voice, now calming a bit more said as Tager did so. "Yes Professor Kokonoe."

The Moment Makoto heard the name Professor Kokonoe, she nearly pissed herself on the spot. As if the Red Devil wasn't enough, here she was dealing with the elusive Professor Kokonoe of all people. 'This day just keeps on getting better...and better...and better...' Makoto thought as she decided to double check if this was truly Professor Kokonoe speaking to her. "Say... are you the one that people calls "The Bitch" Kokonoe?" Makoto asked as she immediately became worried that she would be turned into a squirrel sandwich for that comment.

"Yes, I am the bitch herself. Now who the hell are you?" Kokonoe asked in a non-chalant uninterested manner, which made it even more terrifying for Makoto as that made it harder to tell if Kokonoe was pissed or even more pissed as she stood straight and calmed herself repeatedly with breathing exercises before continuing. "Lieutenant Makoto Nanaya of NOL intelligence... I've got my ID to prove who I am..." Makoto said, knowing she was taking a massive risk revealing she's NOL but not saying she's NOL would make things even worse.

Then silence, simply silence greeted Makoto as she stared at Tager in the eyes, her heart beating rapidly as she waited for an answer from the daughter of the great sage Nine herself. The hero known for inventing ars magus and stopping the Black Beast almost 100 years ago, earning her the title as one of the six heroes of the Dark war. "Lieutenant Nanaya, can you please give me the code once again?" Kokonoe asked as Tager and Makoto were caught off guard by this.

Tager: Are you serious about telling her...

Kokonoe: Why don't you leave it to me to think of the big brain stuff and trust me with this... Let me ask you again Lieutenant Nanaya. The password please.

Makoto:...Gnuu?

Kokonoe: Wrong... It's Baaa

Makoto:...If I can be honest...I don't really know what's going on myself. I come from another timeline, a timeline where this is my first time ever meeting you or the Red Devil himself. So... I don't really know much in the first place.

The moment Tager and Kokonoe heard timelines, their attention immediately changed drastically as Makoto left a bit of a pause in her statement, knowing how hard it must be to believe such a statement, especially from people of science that Sector Seven are. "Lieutenant Nanaya, Tell me the date right now." Kokonoe urged as Makoto was caught slightly off guard by that as she paused for a bit before giving her answer.

"31st December 2199..." Makoto said as she had been so busy she had forgotten to check the calender on her phone when she arrived to this new timeline, so she simply said the date that she last saw, which was 31st December 2199. More silence greeted her as she decided to take the initiative in this conversation. "So ummm... Does Sector Seven know of a way I can return back to my own timeline? I know I am not supposed to be here and there are a couple of questions I need answered myself..." Makoto asked as more silence greeted her as Tager looked at her.

"Sorry Lieutenant, can't do. Sector Seven doesn't have a time machine to send you back to your proper timeline..." Kokonoe explained as Makoto couldn't help but despair a bit hearing that, knowing that her chances of heading back home are slowly evaporating in front of her eyes. "Though...I can say that if you head towards the Cauldron here in Kagutsuchi, you might be able to find a way back from there." Kokonoe continued, catching Makoto by surprise as Tager turned his back towards the squirrel beastkin.

"0457291." Tager said as Makoto heard those numbers and realized that they were a code for her to enter. "When you return back to your own timeline... Please contact that timeline's versions of us and get into contact with us immediately about any information that you may have about this event... Don't tell them where you got it Got it." Kokonoe said as Makoto finished writing the codes down a piece of paper before lifting her head up, realizing that both her and Tager were gone, leaving her with even more questions and a singular clue towards the answer she may be seeking.

"The Cauldron in Kagutsuchi huh..." Makoto muttered as she looked at the code written hastily by her. While it's true that she could try to use the Cauldron in Kagutsuchi to try and send herself back to her proper timeline... How does she even use such a thing in the first place? "Noel... Tsubaki..." Makoto muttered under her breath as she held her head a bit, a pain ringing throughout her very psyche as she wondered why her brain was aching in pain as she spoke those very names.

Her eyes soon opened to a sight of a figure standing in front of her. A one armed man whose white hair flowed free like the wind itself as a blank face containing a singular yellow left eye and a blank white eye stared back at her. She felt like she should know someone like this, this identity was so recognizable and yet she couldn't. "JUST WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!" Makoto yelled as she held her head in pain, staring at the figure in front of her as she continued to remain on her knees in the now empty dinosaur exhibit. As she does so, a figure standing on top of the head of the Tyrannosaurus Rex stared at her with continued interest.

"So what do you think princess? She piquing your interest as we speak?" Gil said as Rachel calmly sipped her tea as she was not familiar with the scene in front of her. "I have rescued this squirrel with moxie a few times now... but this is the first time I have seen her under this much duress." Rachel said as a black cat like figure became a small stool for her to sit upon. "Are you talking about how different this Makoto Nanaya is from the other Makoto Nanaya's you have had to save?" Nago questioned as Rachel nodded as she had to admit, this was quite a drastic change indeed.

"This new timeline has brought in some interesting changes that we observers have never seen before... the question now is... just what is the force that is causing such drastic changes to the timeline as we speak?" Rachel questioned to herself as Makoto stood up from her tirade, having managed to calm herself as she knew there was no point standing around this empty museum for much longer.

"I need to get back to Ronin-Gai and think about what I had just heard... Or maybe I should just try heading back without even thinking at this point." Makoto said to herself as her hand reached out for the pendant she wore and began to gently caress it. It felt so calming when she did as she began to take her steps towards Ronin-Gai slowly, a mental image of the white haired man's back standing in front of her, taunting her to remember as she struggled to do so as her quest to return back home simply continued...

...As Rachel simply sat from her spot, observing very carefully what is happening in front of her...

GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION!? HOW IS EVERYONE DOING!? I hope you all are enjoying the pacing of the story so far. I hope that it's not too fast for you all reading right now. If not, then I hope that you all continue to enjoy the pace of the story being given to you. Besides that, I am currently on holiday right now thanks to my university's semester ending and having some spare time to relax and think about the next few chapters that have to be written for this story, all so I can give you guys quality content at the end of the day.

SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT!? HOW IS MAKOTO NANAYA GOING TO GET BACK HOME!? JUST HOW WILL SHE NEED TO USE THE CAULDRON AT KAGUTSUCHI TO RETURN BACK HOME!? AND JUST WHAT WILL RACHEL ALUCARD THINK OF THE SITUATION BEING PRESENTED IN FRONT OF HER!? Well... read on if you dare and keep your eyes out for when the next chapter is posted.