(A New Canon has begun! And we now start the journey of Sora Minakaze in this world. Just what is going to happen to him next!?)
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Canon 9
The 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi, A city famous for housing one of the largest Kakan populations in the world and for being a cultural boiling pot. When Sora walked through the checkpoint, the first thing his eyes were greeted to were the various signs of a language he did not recognize as he thought he had been teleported to another world. 'Well now... this is totally new.' Sora said to himself as he was a complete stranger to a land like this.
Sora Minakaze himself is here for a short job but otherwise, this is a vacation for him. For the past few years since he left the NOL, he's been travelling around the world as he pulled out a small diary and taking a look at his previous travels. 'I better make sure to leave a spot for Kagutsuchi, once I do that job for the heads.' Sora thought as he kept his diary and began to walk. Once he did so, he couldn't help but notice a couple of eyes looking his way as he decided to stroll his way into an alleyway as soon, multiple figures began to surround him.
"Well Well Well, look what we got here, Fresh meat!" A punk said as Sora couldn't help but look around his surroundings as he realized they blocked the entrances of the alley. "You must be new to Kagutsuchi. How about you pay us to give you a tour? Well, judging from your rags, I doubt that you have enough cash to pay out fare." The punk continued as Sora couldn't help but begin to yawn at how routine they were being.
"So...maybe there's something else you can do to pay..." But before the punk could finish his sentence, Sora immediately dashed forward and swung his motorcycle blade right into the man's stomach, not cutting him as it was unusually blunt but caused severe pain as Sora placed the blade on his shoulder. "I don't need to hear the same routine again, come and get me if you want." Sora taunted as the punks looked at each other before charging right towards Sora as he closed his eyes and began to focus.
Soon, Sora bobbed his head away from an attempted punch and quickly retaliated with a pommel strike from the blade as he did a quick kick to dispose of another that was about to attack him. Two punks then charged right at him as he didn't even hesitate to swing his blunt blade right into their chests, knocking the wind out of them as they staggered up to their feet. "Come on now, if you are going to try and stick up someone, the least you can do is try to show some fight." Sora taunted as a couple of the punks got up to their feet and one of them managed to grab his cloak.
Sora, unfazed by what the punk was trying to do, simply lowered his head, discarding the cloak and allowing the punks to see that the person they were trying to stick up was missing an arm. "OH COME ON GUYS! HE'S MISSING AN ARM FOR GOD'S SAKE! LET'S TAKE HIM DOWN ALREADY!" The punk shouted in frustration as Sora's eyes flickered silver for a moment as he could see the frustrated punk charge up to him. As he did so, an image began to appear in Sora's mind of him taking what is a very predictable punch as Sora didn't even try to dodge the attack and raised his blade to intercept.
As soon as he did that, the punk's fist collided with the blade, causing him to lurch in pain as Sora tossed him the blade right at him, forcing the punk to catch it and be suddenly taken aback by how heavy it was as he dropped straight to the ground, leaving himself vulnerable as Sora ran up to him and delivered a powerful running knee right onto the punk's jaw, flooring him as Sora kicked his blade into the air and effortlessly catch it.
"Anyone else eager for a beating?" Sora questioned as the punks looked rather reluctant to charge at him, now seeing what he was capable of doing. However Sora was not feeling merciful as this is a regular occurrence in Otsu and if you didn't make sure that your attackers were on the ground, they could stab you in the back without warning as soon as you turn around. "Fine then, time to finish this I guess." Sora said as he held onto the motorcycle handle of his blade tightly and slowly twisted, revving it as a sound could be heard as soon as he did that.
"ENHANCED GEAR!" The blade shouted as the punks slowly walked back, fearful of what is going to happen next as the lights around the street flickered for a moment and a strange gas began to emerge out of the blade as Sora revved the blade again. "DISTORTION GEAR!" The blade shouted as the lights flickered again, alarming the punks as Sora placed his two fingers right on the motorcycle brake attached to the blade as the blade surged with seithr when he did so. "DISTORTION FINISH!" The blade shouted as the men realized what was going on.
"RUN YOU STUP..." But before they could finish their sentence, Sora immediately swung his blade forward, sending a massive wave of seithr blasting towards them as the group of punks found themselves being thrown out of the alley and into the street where they began to run for their dear lives as Sora looked at the blade and whistled. "Wow... talk about a tune up Caroline. The Rev Blade's running better than ever." Sora said to himself as he walked up to the man he had rendered unconscious and took his wallet for himself, taking out some cash before tossing it back at the man.
"That will teach you for randomly ambushing people you shouldn't be messing with." Sora said as he sheathed the rev blade back on his hip as he stretched his arm for a bit before looking at his left stump. While normally it would be visible, the stump was currently being hidden by a pair of machinery secured to the stump itself as Sora checked up on it. "Well, at least those idiots didn't damage the device. Still... where's the NOL when you need them." Sora said to himself as he walked back out of the street and looked around to see if there was any NOL troops walking around.
Nobody... Nobody from the NOL he could see from miles in any direction. 'So the rumors of NOL disappearing in Kagutsuchi are true... thank god for the head's info.' Sora thought as he decided that it would be best to quickly head towards the meeting location otherwise he would be wasting time he could be using to actually explore Kagutsuchi, as Sora's mind thought of a few days ago in Otsu where he met with the Otsu heads...
...Where they had to ask him for a favour...
FLASHBACK
It was another snowy day in Otsu and a day before the new year. Recent news over Akitsu-Ko's weather issues due to Ragna the Bloodedge's rampage of the Akitsu Ko NOL headquarters and destroying the cauldron itself have reached Otsu. While everyone in Akitsu-Ko struggled to cope with the weather fluctuation, everyone in Otsu treated it like it was any normal day, just with more snow as Sora waded his way through the snow which had buried it's way up to his knees.
"God damn Ko, bringing in their snow to Otsu." Sora grumbled, more angry over the fact that Ko couldn't keep their weather issues away from Otsu rather than the Otsunian weather itself as he noticed a young child trying to run away from an old man he had robbed from as the two of them struggled their way through the snow in comedic fashion. "GET BACK HERE YOU RABBLEROUSER WITH MY WALLET!" The old man yelled as he stabbed his cane through the snow, using it as a support to prevent himself from sinking into the snow.
"EAT MY SHORTS LOSER!" The kid yelled as the kid struggled to move through the thick, dense snow as Sora couldn't help but laugh at the daily occurrences of Otsu as he heard gunshots occur in front of him as a couple of men dressed sharply in suits and fedora hats walked out of a store as they noticed Sora and tipped their fedoras to him as they got on their getaway vehicle and drove off, leaving Sora to look through the store that they had riddled their bullets into.
"MY STORE! YOU DAMNED MAFIA!" The shopkeeper shouted from the rubble of his store as Sora simply sighed and looked at him. "You do know that if you don't pay the protection money they are just going to trash your place again and again till they get sick of it and just off you?" Sora questioned as the store keeper looked at him. "Oh! Mr Miracle Bringer! Yeah I know but it's just...the family you know." The shop keeper said as Sora sighed and pulled out his wallet, pulling out a single note and placing it on the man's hands.
"Here's some cash for the store damages, just get it fixed and get back to work. That's the Otsunian way after all." Sora said as the shop keeper simply nodded his head and took the cash graciously. "You truly are a nice guy Miracle Bringer, would wonder what we would do without you." The shop keeper said as Sora was already on his way to his destination. "You would be just fine, after all. Otsunians find a way." Sora said as the shop keeper couldn't help but smile at those words before nearly fainting at the 1 million Blaybloo note that Sora had given him.
As Sora left the carnage behind him, he made it his focus to get to his destination as soon he managed to do so, staring at the entrance of the Midnight Cat which now looked much more modern, something more of a proper pub instead of the run down place it originally looked as thanks to Otsu's efforts to secure their freedom, the owner managed to illegally make a couple of renovation permits and have the place spruced up in the first place as Sora opened the door, ringing the door bell as a big toothy grin greeted him.
"NYAHAHAH! HOW YOU BEEN SORA!" A kakan greeted him as Sora smiled and entered the building. "I have been good Pikaka, I am guessing with the latest renovation up front that business has been going well for you?" Sora asked as the Kakan known as Pikaka smiled, grinning with pride as she walked towards her bar happily. "OF COURSE! BUSINESS HAS BEEN BOOMING LIKE CRAZY! SO! Can I interest you with one of my specialty drinks?" Pikaka asked as Sora smiled and took a seat.
"Sure, give me your recommendation. And also tell me how Derrick and Neko are doing right now?" Sora smiled as Pikaka smiled and whipped out a bottle of whiskey and gin and began to mix a couple of drinks randomly. Soon, Sora was presented with a weird concoction of a drink he has never seen before as he picked it up and looked at the glass weirdly. "So... care to tell me what's the name of this drink?" Sora questioned as Pikaka grinned.
"This is my special Kakan Justice Punch! Go on! Try it!" Pikaka said as Sora took a sip of the drink, tasting the high amounts of Vodka, Gin and whiskey flowing through the drink as Sora couldn't help but smile at the sour after tastes that the lime was able to provide. "It's a good drink don't get me wrong, it's just you might kill someone with this alcohol content." Sora commented as Pikaka laughed greatly.
"Well it's a drink only you can drink after all! It has over 100 percent alcohol so if I gave this to a customer... THEY WOULD DIE FROM ALCOHOL POISONING NYAHAHAHAHA!" Pikaka laughed as Sora couldn't help but laugh along with her as he had to agree. Thanks to a unique drinking condition he has, he can drink heavy amounts of alcohol as if they were nothing as he downed the whole drink in one gulp before looking at Pikaka with a smile. "So... going to tell me about Derrick and Neko now Pikaka?" Sora questioned again as Pikaka smiled.
"Derrick's been busy in the kitchen. I have been whipping him up like a slave so he has been cooking good for for the bar! Neko's becoming quite popular working as a waitress here too so it's not all too bad!" Pikaka said as Sora smiled at that. "So, are they in today or did you finally give them a break you slave driver." Sora said as Pikaka laughed hard, slapping Sora at his back. "Of course I did! I am not cruel to family! Only to those that need to be disposed off!" Pikaka said, grinning wide as Sora knew not to ask any further.
"So besides those two... what about the other guests?" Sora asked as before Pikaka could answer for him, a throat clearing was heard. "We are just waiting her for you Mr Minakaze." A voice called as Sora turned around and noticed on the big round table four figures seated on the chair as Sora took the refill of his drink from the bar and brought it towards the table. "So... how is everyone doing?" Sora asked as he looked at the four individuals in front of him.
...Wondering what kind of job he's got in front of him...
SORA POV
As I took the seat in front of me, I couldn't help but look at the four people who had hired me for a job that they say needs my delicate touch for some reason. The four people in front of me are the ones who run Otsu from the deepest depths to it's political scene. These four are often called the four heads of Otsu, because of the power they wield, both legally and illegally. "It's good to see that you made on time Mr Minakaze. Any longer and we would have had to start sending our men to find you." A spectacled man said as he pushed his glasses closer to his face.
"I know Tetsu, You have always been a man who highly favours time." I said as I looked at Tetsu with a straight face. Tetsu of the Yakuza faction, a strict man of few words and all business. Some people have tried to speculate what he does for fun but Tetsu himself makes it near impossible to predict such things. "And also, I would not like to have my house trashed by your men again thanks." I replied, as the memory of his Yakuza squad storming into my house when I went out to get something ringed in my mind.
"OH DON'T BE SO HARSH ON HIM COMRADE! WE CAN TRUST COMRADE MINAKAZE AFTER ALL!" A loud Russian man shouted as he slapped him right at Tetsu's back. "Of course you can trust me Vlad. I mean we both have been working with each other for some time now, I was kind of expecting for you guys to trust me by now." I replied as I looked at the 7 foot muscular man in front of me as he took a swig of Vodka as if he was drinking a glass of water.
"OF COURSE WE CAN TRUST EACH OTHER MR MINAKAZE! I AM JUST TRYING TO HELP LOOSEN COMRADE TETSU UP OVER HERE!" Vlad shouted as Tetsu simply and in a calm manner slapped Vlad back to his seat as I couldn't help but scratch my head at that. Vlad's the leader of a group of mercenaries that have made Otsu their home. They are different from most mercenaries as they chose to offer their services to petty criminals instead of participating in wars, saying that is the next step to expanding their business.
"I am alright Vlad, I don't need you telling me to calm down." Tetsu said sternly as Vlad couldn't stop grinning as he took his seat and swigged more of his Vokda. As he did so, a rather young woman leaned over the desk, drinking a glass of whiskey despite her being underage. "We can't really calm down right now Vlad, especially since we have a big problem on our hands." The girl said as she adjusted her tie on her slick black suit, her fedora tipped a little bit towards the right as Sora could sense the seriousness that was coming out from her voice.
"And I am guessing that this problem involves all four heads Sofia?" I questioned as the blond 15 year old girl looked at me in the eyes, her eyes not intimidated by my presence. "Why yes, we wouldn't be inviting you here if this problem didn't involve us and in an extension to you." Sofia explained as she cleared her throat. Sofia is the youngest daughter of the Otsu Mafia, forced to take the reins of her family when the former head, her father, and her brothers were killed in a calculated strike by NOL troops while on business. Sofia survived because she didn't partake in the business trip but now rules the mafia with the same iron fist her father had.
"Of couse Sofia. I understand the seriousness of the situation if you are calling for me. What's going on?" I asked as Sofia took a deep breath before pulling out a series of files for me to start reading. "A few weeks ago, we were given a job by Sector Seven. You know the science group that doesn't really see eye to eye with the NOL?" Sofia questioned as I nodded my head. "I am sort of familiar with them, what happened with them?" I questioned as I noticed even Vlad of all people became a bit serious as Sofia continued her explanation.
"It's simple really, they asked us to help them get information and transfer the information we collect to them. So when our men start disappearing from these transfers, we cannot help but start to suspect we are being fucked with." Sofia explained as now things were starting to click. "So you're suspecting that Sector Seven is killing your couriers and taking the info for themselves." I deduced as they nodded their heads. "If that's not bad enough, yesterday, someone tried to hack into our servers to delete the info we have been working so hard to collect for Sector Seven off our hard drives. Thank god for Caroline and the group of hackers we got because they managed to stop the delete and preserved the data." Sofia continued as I couldn't help but scratch my head not because I was confused but wondering why.
Me: So you're telling me that attack is also done by Sector Seven to try and cover their tracks as well?
Sofia: We don't know if it's Sector Seven or the NOL or some random jackass, we are starting to get pissed that we are being underestimated and we need you to handle things.
Tetsu: We have been in talks with Sector Seven and they have arranged for a final meet to give all of the data we have to them. Obviously, they are going to just try and kill the courier again
Vlad: As much as I would like to send my men again to deliver this information. I suspect they are sending someone of great combat capability to these meetings because none of my men have come back. I don't like that at all...
Me: And thus, you want me of all people to go to this meeting and make sure that Sector Seven isn't going to try something funny?
"Why yes... and if they are responsible for doing so... teaching them a lesson on fucking with Otsunians." the final person finally spoke as her long black hair covered her right ear as she brushed the fringe of her hair to the left as she wore a seductive china dress which had a boob window that exposed the top of her breasts. "Of course you want me to do that too Zhang Pi. You guys sure know how to work someone down like a slave driver." I joked as the heads gave me a glare at my direction as I smiled.
"Of course I am happy to take this job for you guys, give me the details right now and I can start preparing for the mission ahead." I said with eagerness as it has been a while since I have left Otsu. The last trip I took has almost been a month now and while Otsu is a nice city to stay in, I need to keep expanding my horizons otherwise I would feel a bit stilted. The heads grinned towards my direction as they took the files I was looking through before and slid me another pair of documents for me to start reading
"Firstly, the meeting will be taking place at the 13th Hierarchical city of Kagutsuchi. NOL presence there has been low lately, making it a perfect location for us to organize a meeting." Zhang Pi explained as I leaned in closer and looked at the document presented to me, opening and noticing a pink haired cat girl's picture attached to the file. "So I am guessing the pink haired girl is the Sector Seven client in question?" I asked as I couldn't help but pick up the picture and wonder who on earth this person was.
"Yes... that is Professor Kokonoe A Mercury. Daughter to the great sage Nine. I am guessing you did not know who she is?" Tetsu asked as I thought about it for a few seconds. "Nope... she draws blanks in my mind. You guys know that I don't really give a fuck about people I don't know." I said frankly as Vlad chuckled lightly. "That's good to know. When people usually hear about her, they shit their pants!" Vlad said, drinking more Vokda before Pikaka gave him another bottle to drink some more.
"So I am guessing the person I am meeting is going to be a contact of hers?" I asked as Tetsu nodded his head. "Yes, Unfortunately with all the dead couriers, we have been unable to identify who he is, so you're going in blind on info this time around. Not like that has stopped you before." Tetsu said as he couldn't help but give me a stone cold stare as I smiled back at him and took a sip of my drink. "Of course Tetsu, If I let a lack of info stop me, I wouldn't be able to fight to my fullest." I said as I stood up, getting ready to prepare myself for what is to come.
"I would recommend not going easy on the contact. The prof has been fucking with us and it's time we gave her a taste of her own medicine. With a side of an Otsunian right hook." Sofia said, sipping her whiskey as I scratched my head a bit. "I am just curious though, that is your first glass of Whiskey right? And you three are watching to make sure she's not overdoing it right?" I asked as Sofia couldn't help but look a bit pissed but Zhang Pi stopped her.
"Of course we are. Just think of this as Sofia's growing up phase. She's got to grow into her new head position after all." Zhang Pi explained as I nodded my head understanding that. "Well that's good to know... In any other case, I better head back and start my preparations for this meeting. I expect the payment to be made after the job's done and also I will be in Kagutsuchi for a while after the job's done. Heard it's a pretty city and want to see it myself." I said as the four heads smiled at me.
"Of course Comrade! We will make sure Pikaka receives your cut and also book your flight with Otsu Air to Kagutsuchi. I am sure you will be able to find your way back here." Vlad said as I smiled and turned around only to remember something important. "Also, I still have my favor with you guys right?" I asked as silence greeted me for a moment. "Of course Mr Minakaze, We never betray someone who's been so generous with their aid for us. Just give any of us a call and we will make it happen."
I couldn't help but smile at that as I began to walk away from the table to head outside. As my hand touched the knob I heard a whistle come from the table as I turned my head towards the four heads of Otsu as Sofia cleared her throat. "Make sure you do us proud. 5th head." Sofia said, trying to keep the proper titles in order as I scratched my head for a bit. "Of course. I promise to not disappoint you guys." I said with a small smile on my face as I left the bar, making sure to leave Pikaka a tip as I knew where to head next... Home where a certain person is working on the weapon that has become his trusted companion...
...The Rev Blade...
As Sora continued to let his mind wonder about how he got here to Kagutsuchi, he looked up and saw that he was already at the location where he was supposed to meet with the Sector Seven agent responsible for transferring information. "Well... I guess that thought will have to wait for a while." Sora said to himself as he checked on the Rev Blade, revving it a few times and looking around while he did so as the ars magus lights flickered with each rev he made as gasses erupted out of vents carefully engraved throughout the blade.
His hand soon hovered above one of these vents but no heat struck his hand when he did so, in fact he felt no kind of temperature but just pure wind blowing through his fingertips as he grinned. 'At least Caroline made sure the blade's working better than ever. Hopefully if things do go south, I have that other thing to rely on.' Sora thought as he sheathed the Rev Blade, pulling up his cloak as he walked into the museum and right past the ticket master who had already been paid off to let this deal happen.
"So... the deal's taking place at the dinosaur exhibit and the password's Ree... let's just make sure that things don't go too south now." Sora said to himself as he made sure that his cloak hid his weapon underneath so that he can stealthily reach for it. As he waited at the dinosaur exhibit, he made sure he was waiting at the T-Rex exhibit so he would stand out a bit more. His eyes darted left and right, making sure he kept his surroundings in check.
Soon, his eyes landed on a particularly interesting person as he stood out quite a lot with his red skin and massive frame. His round small glasses didn't fit his massive appearance as Sora couldn't help but walk towards the person and look at him a bit seriously. "Well Well. You look interesting indeed." Sora said, not realizing that he was talking to the Red Devil, Iron Tager himself as Tager looked at the young man right in the eyes as he felt his instincts tell him to be careful.
"T-Thanks? I guess that is good to know." Tager said, confused as to why this white haired man was not intimidated by him... in fact, he looked like he didn't even know who he was at all. "So... are you the Sector Seven contact that I am supposed to meet up with?" Sora asked, not even trying to hide his question in a sentence as Tager looked around and noticed the various eyes in the museum just ignore the two of them as he realized that this man was the contact he needed to talk to.
"What's the password?" Tager asked as Sora cleared his throat. "Ree." Sora replied quickly as Tager nodded his head, registering the order that was given to him as he looked at Sora in the eyes. "Do you have the info that we requested for?" Tager questioned as Sora reached out for his pocket and pulled out a drive for Tager to get. "That's all of the info you guys need. Am I free to go now?" Sora questioned as Tager raised his hand.
"Please wait for a moment, I need to make sure the contents of this drive are correct." Tager said as he inserted the drive into a bank that he started to scan using a device installed within his massive gauntlets. Sora scratched his head as he felt a tension rise in the air as he couldn't help but place his hand on the Rev Blade. "What's your name by the way. I feel bad not knowing who you are with a physique like that. You must be pretty famous." Sora said, trying to start a conversation as Tager remained quiet for a bit before answering the question.
"Iron Tager. That's my name. I also go by the name Red Devil if you want." Tager said as Sora nodded his head, treating him as if he was a nobody and that made him feel tense. It's never the people who fear you that made him feel tense. It's the people who treat you like you don't mean anything that made him feel tense as Tager soon confirmed the contents of the drive as a secret comm activated on Tager's ear.
"The data's there, Take him out and make sure to dispose of the body when you are done." Kokonoe said as Tager did not like what he was doing. Still, orders are orders. And he needed to eliminate the person in front of him... Sora could feel the tension rise up into the air as without warning, Tager tried to attack him with a quick and painless slap from his hands, intending to give Sora a quick death. However Sora immediately blocked the attack that was tossed his way and deflected it to the side with the Rev Blade, his eyes immediately sharpening to a deep glare.
"So... you are going to try and kill me huh..." Sora said as Tager couldn't help but not be surprised. This person that was in front of him was a different person he was handling as he turned on his comms. "Professor... that order is going to take a while. Permission to enter combat?" Tager questioned as Sora looked at him with a small smile. "Well... we might as well not waste time anymore and get this show on the road. I hope you are ready Red Devil... Because I am not holding back." Sora said.
...As The Red Devil prepared himself to face off against the Miracle Bringer himself...
GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION! HOW IS EVERYONE DOING IN THIS FINE DAY!? BECAUSE I AM DOING JUST FINE!? Well to be fair, I mean in spirit and mentally because assignments are starting to swim in and I better make sure that I start doing them. So here's this early chapter for you all to read and enjoy. I am just happy that people are enjoying the content that I am creating and posting for you all and hope that I can keep on living on your expectations for me.
SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT FOR SORA MINAKAZE!? HOW WILL SORA MINAKAZE FARE AGAINST IRON TAGER!? CAN HE STAND UP TO THE RED DEVIL HIMSELF!? AND JUST WHAT KIND OF WEAPON IS THE REV BLADE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WHO IS IT'S CREATOR CAROLINE!? Well... read on if you dare and I hope you stay tuned in for what is to come next.