(A NEW CANON BEGINS TO TURN AND THINGS ARE JUST BEGINNING FOR SORA MINAKAZE!? JUST WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?)

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Canon 11

As Sora walked outside the Kagutsuchi museum, he couldn't help but wipe a sweat off his forehead. Clutching gently on the Rev Blade, Sora couldn't help but think that he may have gone a little overboard for what was supposed to be a simple job. 'I hope that the museum repair costs doesn't dock my pay... Pikaka needs it more than me.' Sora thought as he felt his phone ring a little as he answered it quickly. "Hello? Who is this?" Sora asked, having not bothered to check the phone number.

"It's...It's me." a female voice said as Sora immediately recognized who it was. "Ahhh Caroline. I am guessing you're calling me because you want to know about the Rev system huh." Sora guessed as he took a seat by the museum stairs. "N-No it's not that. I have been monitoring your fight with Tager and gathering the data from there... it's just...I want to call you for something." Caroline stuttered, clearly thinking about something as Sora decided to humor the woman.

Sora: Alright then... what's on your mind?

Caroline: It's...in regards to my former boss...

Sora: Ahhh... you mean Professor Kokonoe? What about her?

Caroline: Well... you see... while you were fighting Tager, remember when I briefly hacked into his comms to tell you to kick his ass?

Sora: Just get to the point.

Caroline:...I talked back to my boss like you said I should if I ever got the chance...and I felt like I may have gotten a little too passionate and may have gone overboard.

"Let me guess, you allowed your emotions to get the best of you and you blew your lid off... that's understandable since she's the one who stopped your project in the first place." Sora said as he could hear Caroline audibly shake her head. "I mean... it's good to get stuff off your chest... But I am afraid that I may have accidentally made things awkward between the two of us and I may have gone overboard with my whole rant and now she probably hates me even more besides for me having a much superior bust size." Caroline said, spewing out words like a mini gun as Sora couldn't help but shake his head and relaxed even more.

"It's alright Caroline. You got what you need to say off your chest. If you two ever meet again you both can resolve things from there. Now relax before you get wrinkles that prevent you from ever getting that boyfriend you are desperately searching for." Sora said, causing the scientist to fluster up even more. "THANKS FOR BRINGING UP MY NON-EXISTENT LOVE LIFE! UNLIKE YOU! WE SCIENTISTS STRUGGLE TO GET A BASIC FRIENDSHIP! LET ALONE LOVE!" Caroline exploded making Sora chuckle as he always enjoyed the outbursts she would have when he would tease her about this.

"Okay okay relax... in any other case, the Rev system worked like a charm. The new Astral Gear will take some time to get used to but the amount of Seithr it charges is crazy." Sora said, changing the topic to something that wasn't love related to calm her down as Caroline shook her head. "That's good to know. Just don't overdo it. You only can use the Astral finish at least 2 more times before I can tune it up for you. Don't worry, I am already planning on upgrades to lift this restriction. it's just with the transforming mechanism, I don't think I can afford to put too much strain on the Rev system without introducing a way to dissipate excess Seithr out." Caroline explained as she began to type furiously on her new project.

"That's good to know. As long as I don't use Astral heats the system won't go breaking on me. Don't worry, I'll be back soon so you can do some more tuning for me." Sora said as Caroline realized she had something else to reveal to Sora. "Also, I have been checking on Pikaka, Neko and Derrick like you asked me to do so. It doesn't look like they have Amnesia because they remember who they are." Chikacho said as Sora rubbed his forehead.

"That still doesn't explain why they are starting to have memory loss at their ages. I just don't want them to go all vegetable on me." Sora said as Caroline nodded her head. "Just make sure to keep visiting them regularly and the effects won't be so bad. I wouldn't recommend long periods of being away from them. I don't know what would happen if that was the case." Caroline suggested as Sora nodded his head back at the suggestion.

"Good idea. I'll be back in Otsu by 3 days so it's not going to be a long trip. Think you can hold onto the fort for a while?" Sora questioned as Caroline smirked a bit. "I've installed all the security cameras around the building and your apartment. Nobody's sneaking in without me knowing." Caroline said as Sora smiled. "Thanks. You take care now." Sora said before hanging up on her, not even letting Caroline say goodbye... not that she would normally as he couldn't help but start thinking about her.

"And to think I only met her 6 months ago..." Sora thought as he felt that he deserved a little shut eye, closing his eyes for a bit to get some well deserved rest as his mind began to drift and think about the woman named Caroline Patricia Smith not in a loving way but in a more nostalgic manner as she was a very different person from the Caroline he knew now as thoughts of the past soon came swirling on his mind...

To the day the two met.

FLASHBACK

SORA POV

I was coming back from a job I did for the Otsu heads. It had been at least a month since they found me at the bar and asked me to do jobs for them. Hell I didn't even know who they were, only that they were the four heads and that they were trying to get Otsu it's freedom. Hell if it wasn't for Pikaka they wouldn't have met me too since I liked keeping a low-profile even in Otsu. They are the people who are responsible as to why the town knows me now... not that I minded.

I was on an airship back, the day I was heading back was the day that Otsu finally got it's independence and I didn't know what was going to happen. A lot of people in Otsu these days are former Ikarugans from the Ikaruga war who ran into Otsu for hiding. The NOL branch in Otsu would be their target and those who worked there... after all, Old wounds heal slowly and grudges are eternal, of course they would want some kind of retribution over what happened in the war.

'I just hope I can get back home without a cluster fuck happening. it's the first day after all.' I thought as I looked out the window of the airship and much to my surprise, I saw a huge plume of fire break out just in front of the port as we landed. Jesus the crimes have already started and I haven't even gotten off the airship yet. Talk about getting a head start in introducing me to what my life was going to be from now on.

After going through the necessary immigration checkpoints, my feet finally stepped outside of the free Otsu for the first time and to say that the scene was chaotic would be doing it a disservice. Homeless people were rushing into stores, grabbing as much food and booze their arms would carry as children ran out of those same stores with candy in their hands. Even Pikaka was there, trying to carry as much booze in those gigantic paws of hers as she didn't notice me through her glee.

'Let's leave her be. I'm too pooped to carry anything anyways.' I thought stretching my arm a bit as I walked a little bit before hearing a woman shriek and tumble to the ground. "W-What do you mean there's not enough in the evacuation ship!?" The woman cried as I turned to the direction I heard the voice. "We can't afford to carry any more personnel intern! That's why the whole branch has decided to leave you behind!" An NOL officer shouted as I noticed a blonde haired woman wearing glasses with lenses so dark you can't even see her eyes on her knees, her NOL uniform conservative in nature as she even wore loafers instead of heels.

"But I just started working here!? You can't just decide to leave me behind!?" The woman shouted, her voice panicked but meek at the same time as she tried to stand up but the officer shoved her back to the ground with his feet. "It's called survival of the fittest! And besides you were going to get cut anyways! Your project was too expensive for the NOL and we can't afford to keep you!" The officer shouted, demoralizing the woman as he left her crying on the ground as she clutched a small suitcase she had with her.

"No...No way..." the woman said depressed as I scratched my head. 'Talk about getting the boot... she didn't even get one day of work before she was fired.' I thought as I was about to leave her be when I suddenly heard her shriek again as I looked to see that she was slowly getting surrounded by a couple of Ikarugans. "Well Well Well.. What do we have here. An NOL soldier being left behind by her branch! Your misfortune's our good luck lady." An Ikarugan said as the men began to surround her like a bunch of vultures.

"W-What are you going to do to me!?" The woman screamed in terror, clutching her suitcase close to her as a couple of the Ikarugans stared at her body. "Is it just me... or are NOL women getting more and more busty these days. I mean look at the size of those melons!" Another Ikarugan said as the woman placed her suitcase to cover her chest as her glasses failed to hide the tears that were coming out of her, cursing the situation she was placed in right now as I wanted to leave her be... but just seeing her like this was just too depressing even for me.

"I say we bring her back to our hideout and have our way with her! It's definitely not enough to pay back what the NOL did to our nation and families, but it's a very reasonable start don't you think!" The first Ikarugan said, grabbing the woman by her cheeks and pulling her closer to him in a suggestive manner as I tapped him on the shoulder. "Huh?! What do you want?!" The Ikarugan shouted as I gave him a roundhouse kick to the trash cans to allow me to see the woman up close and personal.

"Just here to talk to the NOL woman in front of me. That's all." I said calmly as the Ikarugans were about to pull their weapons on me when one of them stopped the men. "Don't attack! he's with the four heads!" The Ikarugan said as they immediately fell silent. "One of the four head's lackeys? Talk about bad timing..." another said as I scratched my head. "I work with them, not under them. This is why I hate fame sometimes." I said as I looked at the woman before looking at her briefcase.

"You don't mind me looking at what's inside?" I said as the woman immediately became defensive. "W-Why should I!? It's my life's work!" The woman said, clutching the briefcase even more as I wanted to look at what she was trying so hard to protect. "I heard what the NOL officer said. I am guessing this briefcase has something you're working on. I just want to see it. I am curious." I said, causing her to relax a little as she reluctantly opened the briefcase to allow us to see what was inside, probably out of fear of being raped if she didn't.

As soon as the briefcase was open for our eyes, I couldn't help but feel a strange attraction to it. It was on that day my eyes landed on the prototype of what would become the Rev system. A metal hand with a motorcycle handle. " What the... why the hell are you carrying around a fucking metal hand lady?! It's not much of a damn collector's piece even with the motorcycle handle attached to the palm!" an Ikarugan said, causing the woman to shriek but I silenced him with a back fist to his nose, causing him to hold back a nosebleed as I took the thing off the case.

After looking at it for a while, I couldn't help but try twisting on the motorcycle handle to see what would happen. Much to the shock of everyone...including me, the arm suddenly transformed itself into a blade as it was so light despite it's size. "Jesus christ lady! A blade disguised as a mechanical arm!? How messed up can you be!?" the Ikarugan I kicked to the trash said as the woman immediately got defensive.

"MY INVENTION IS NOT MESSED UP! MY INVENTION WILL HELP US WALK DOWN ON THE EARTH SOMEDAY!" The woman shouted back in defense as I couldn't help but look at her, seeing a woman who was trying so hard to do what she wants but there were several things holding her back. I walked up closer to her and grabbed her glasses and took them off her, surprising her as I saw the woman's brown eyes.

"W-What are you doing!?" The woman said, feeling attacked but I gave her back her glasses as I reached out for her pockets and pulled out her passport to look at what her name was. "Caroline Patricia Smith... 20 years old and born in Kazomatsu..." I said out loud as the woman, now obviously Caroline, collapsed to the ground in a flustered manner. I admit, the methods I used to see who she was as a person may have been a little over... but I just couldn't help myself when she's being passionate over a mechanical arm that has a neat trick behind it.

"Alright. It's decided. You're going to work for me now." I said, chucking her passport over the rails as Caroline hastily tried to grab it but I stopped her. Did I need to toss her passport? No. Did I do it because I wanted to commit my first crime of illegally hiring a person without going through proper hiring channels because I may have wanted to commit a crime in the first place?... I admit yes.

Before Caroline could protest however, I carried her on my shoulders as I began to walk back home. The Ikarugans made way as I looked back at them. "If any of you try to kidnap my first hire, I will find you...and I will make sure your deaths are as painful and obvious as possible." I said, keeping the rev system in it's briefcase as I walked with Caroline on my shoulders, crying over why she's even in this situation in the first place.

Now that I think back at that... There was another reason why I decided to kidnap Caroline that fateful day. When I first saw the prototype of the Rev system... a part of me felt a strange kinship with it. It was as if we were both meant for each other, like soul mates. I wouldn't say that it was competing against my love for Makoto but on that day... the Rev system was calling out to me...calling for me to use it. And when I saw Caroline's dreams about to be crushed in front of her I couldn't help myself but stop that... because I know all too well...

...What it's like to have your dreams crushed...

As Sora slowly woke himself up from his slumber, he couldn't help but feel the presence of someone staring right at him. 'Oh god...Did I accidentally fall asleep thinking about that? That's definitely not good.' Sora thought as he rubbed his eyes. "Sorry about that. I'll get off the stairs and be on my way now." Sora apologized, standing up as he felt strangely tired despite his brief respite. "Oh no, you are just the person that I am looking for right now." a male voice said as Sora slowly opened his eyes hearing that.

The first thing his eyes caught sight on was the near bright green hair of the man as he was looking at him with his eyes closed. The man tipped his fedora a little bit as he leaned in closer towards Sora. "The museum staff was talking about you. How you managed to beat the red devil in combat. I find that hard to believe myself that someone missing an arm could do such a thing." The green haired man said as Sora simply raised an eyebrow.

"What. You don't believed that disabled people can fight just as well as people who are not disabled? That's just being rude now." Sora said, making the green haired man laugh as he sat right next to him. "That is not important right now. Of course causing property damage is one thing but I am more interested about you in general... Sora Minakaze." The moment Sora heard his name get called out, he couldn't help but feel his blood freeze a bit as he looked at the man with some caution now.

"Who are you? You know it's rude to talk and never give your name. Especially if you know the other person." Sora said, hoping to get some information out of the man as the man simply chuckled. "My name's Hazama. I'm a captain in the NOL Intelligence department and also your girlfriend, Makoto Nanaya's boss." The moment he dropped that bombshell, Sora had even more reason to be alarmed. Not only does he know who he is, he also knew his relationship with Makoto? And he knew nothing of the guy at all.

"So what does my girlfriend's boss want with me? It sounds like you should be going to her directly." Sora questioned as Hazama sighed. "Well I would... unfortunately it looks like Miss Nanaya has decided to go rogue on the NOL." Hazama said, causing Sora to worry more and more. "At the rate things are going, she's going to be charged with the crime of selling top secret NOL information and be given quite a hefty bounty... unless you help us with her."

As Hazama said those words, his eyes were secretly scanning Sora, trying to figure out who on Earth this man was. 'In all of my time observing different timelines, this is the first time I am observing a person who I have absolutely fuck all to know about. What's even worse is that information I wanted to use against this him as dirt is non-existent. Thank god I kept my own memories of what happened otherwise this whole thing would have fucked me over at some other point.' Hazama thought as Sora himself was on his own train of thought.

'Makoto's a criminal now? And she's stolen top secret NOL information?!.. Wait a minute Sora... that's what this guy is saying but there's no news of it yet so that means that only he, I and a few people actually know what is going on right now. That means that he's trying to get something from me... if that's the case, then I should try to use this situation I am in right now to my advantage.' Sora thought as his stomach grumbled at that moment, giving him an idea.

"I would like to... but I haven't gotten dinner yet and I am actually feeling pretty hungry." Sora said as Hazama couldn't help but shake his head. "Oh this will not do, I can't have you going hungry on me before I can even get information on you. If I didn't find you lying on the stairs here I would have had to search all night long for you!" Hazama said, trying to figure out what Sora was trying to do with such a weak excuse like this.

"In that case... do you know anywhere that has good food in Kagutsuchi? This is my first time and it would be a shame if we didn't discuss this further with some dinner." Sora suggested, hoping to use Hazama to gather and confirm what Hazama had said about Makoto. Her safety is his number one right now and if something bad was happening to her, he would need to know that immediately so he could initiate his contingency plans.

"Well... I do know of a chinese restaurant in Orient Town that has a couple of private rooms perfect for the conversation that we will need to have. Will that suffice?" Hazama suggested as Sora nodded his head at that. "Well if you know where this place is, I might as well let you lead me on." Sora continued as both him and Hazama smiled, not out of liking each other but more out of trying to maintain a facade that this was just two men who wanted to know each other better.

'I see where this is going... well... if you want to join with me for some dinner I don't mind. I just hope you bother thinking about the reason as to why otherwise using you as bait for Miss Nanaya will be way too easy.' Hazama thought as Sora was thinking differently. 'Makoto... I don't what kind of trouble you have gotten yourself into recently, but if what I am fearing the most is actually happening, I hope what I have had planned as a contingency works out...' Sora thought as both Sora and Hazama's eyes lit up.

...Ready to get into a battle of the minds...

As Sora and Hazama went on to have dinner, Makoto Nanaya was on a flight booked for her by Sector Seven, drinking some red wine and trying not to get drunk in the process. The sweet bitterness produced by the red wine was not enough to dampen her thoughts of Sora as she couldn't help but place her hand on her head, wondering how things became the way they are. Here she was, betraying the organization that she would she would be working for the rest of her life for information that would lead to her boyfriend who she had heard from a gothic lolita girl the world had forgotten.

'Just what on earth does life have planned for me? Making me go through so much craziness in just the span of one...maybe two days?' Makoto thought as she looked in front of her as the seats she was given is in business class which was currently empty, leaving her just the sole person in there as she decided to lift up her necklace and stare at it for a while. Her mind went back to Sora... her lover that only just a day ago, she would have had absolutely no idea who he was.

"God dammit Sora... Why do you always have this tendency of attracting trouble to yourself. Whether it be in the academy or out of it, you're always still the same..." Makoto muttered as she suddenly felt a presence behind her that alarmed her as she turned around to see Rachel Alucard sitting behind her, terrifying her as she had no idea she was there. "HOW ON EARTH DID YOU GET HERE!? JESUS!" Makoto said in a great panic, clutching her heart and trying to not have a heart attack.

"I can't tell you everything now. Just know that it has something to do with magic." Rachel explained as Makoto simply nodded her head, understanding what she meant by that. "So what made you appear out of nowhere to give me a sudden heart attack then?" Makoto asked as Rachel thought for a moment before answering. "It's simple really. I am here to just pass the time." Rachel said as Makoto couldn't believe what she had just heard.

Makoto: Pass the time? Don't you have like ummm… important stuff to do rather than just talk with someone like me?

Rachel: of course. But I feel like having some company before I go on and do my other tasks. And besides, your current situation is interesting to me

Makoto: Interesting huh… don't sound like a creep when you say it. It makes me feel like you want to know my whole life story like some creepy stalker.

Rachel: I can assure you, I will not stalk you forever. I just wish to know how a woman like you was able to survive not only two trips through the boundary, but also survive a mental assault by that man of all people.

Makoto:… I don't pretend that I know how… But I guess it's because of my friends...and...Sora… Speaking of which, there is something about Sora that I want to know about.

"Do tell, You have my interest and time right now." Rachel said as Makoto sat down on her seat, staring in front of Rachel as something she had been thinking for a while was beginning to stir. "You said that people in Otsu knew about Sora… Did you check to see who exactly knew him?" Makoto asked as she couldn't help but be a bit bothered by that. At the time, she took Rachel's word as truth and was about to head to Otsu as soon as she gave the information that Kokonoe wanted.

Now that she's on her way to Kagutsuchi and has had some time to think about it. She realized that she was not as through as she should have been. She had not asked Rachel about where she had learnt about that and if it really is everyone in Otsu that remembers him. "If I may be honest… I simply went to the town myself and observed the people there. I did not ask any individual if they knew Mr Minakaze. I simply heard his name get thrown around the locals." Rachel explained as Makoto couldn't help but slap her forehead.

"Then that means the town of Otsu knows about Sora...but we don't know the specific people that know about Sora?!" Makoto said as Rachel simply paused for a bit before Makoto shook her head. "WERE YOU EVER GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT THIS!? DO YOU ALWAYS LEAVE OUT KEY INFORMATION THAT YOU THINK PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO KNOW!?" Makoto asked as she couldn't believe that she was going into Otsu and ask people about Sora without knowing if they knew him or not.

"I simply thought an observation was enough information at the time. I had more pressing matters to tend to and asking every single person in Otsu is a plebian task." Rachel explained as Makoto couldn't believe what she had just heard but she couldn't afford to spend unnecessary energy to shout at a woman who didn't do basic question and answering. "I guess I can ask the people I know Sora knows like Pikaka, Derrick and Neko… but who knows when I am going to be heading there." Makoto summarized as she rubbed her forehead in an attempt to calm herself down.

"A word of caution I may give you… be very careful of Phenomena Intervention. Recently, the entity has increased the frequency of Phenomena Intervention and as a result. You may slowly start losing your memories of Sora Minakaze." Rachel warned as Makoto's eyes opened up wide once again, realizing what that meant. "WHY DID YOU LEAVE THAT TO THE VERY LAST MINUTE TO TELL ME!? NOW I MUST FIND SORA BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE DAMMIT!" Makoto shouted, frustrated by how much information was being left out from her.

"That is advisable. If you can find Mr Minakaze, perhaps your soul can form a kind of imprint and help reinforce your memory on the boy. It's just a theory… but better than nothing I suppose." Rachel suggested as Makoto couldn't help but want to slam her forehead on her seat. "So...not only am I on the clock with my memories… but I also don't know who exactly knows about Sora… Way to ruin my life world." Makoto cursed as she turned around to look at Rachel.

"So what am I supposed to do? Just go and find Sora as soon as I give this information?" Makoto asked, hoping that Rachel would give her some kind of insight or wisdom but what she was met with was the gothic lolita girl simply shrugging. "I do not know. I am just an observer. I cannot give you the answers to your problems. That is up for you to decide what to do." Rachel explained as Makoto closed her eyes and sighed.

"Then what the hell am I supposed to decide about!?" Makoto said, looking at Rachel but feeling her blood freeze. Rachel Alucard was no longer there. The seat she occupied no longer having a trace of the person that sat there. She couldn't help but shake her head several times as she couldn't believe what she had to bear witness as she just decided to close her eyes at that moment and try to get more rest.

"God dammit Sora… what god did you piss out to get this kind of fate?.." Makoto thought in frustration as she didn't know what was even going on at this point. What she knew was that none of that mattered and she needed to focus her sights on finding Sora and ensuring that he was alright. As soon as her feet touch Kagutsuchi, she will immediately contact Professor Kokonoe and let her know that she has arrived… and once the data she collected back at Ibukido gets handed to the professor she can begin her search… there was just one thing that ran through her mind….

...Will she be able to find him in time before her memories of him get wiped out again…

GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION!? How is everyone doing in this fine day!? If you all have noticed, the chapter's a bit shorter than normal and there's a simple explanation for that. This month has been particularly busy for me. Hell as I am writing this chapter I still have assignment work that is due in the next two weeks. So this is about as much as I can write for the time being without causing my brain to crash in the process. Still, I hope that this explains some things for you guys and also keep things interesting.

SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT NOW THAT THINGS ARE STARTING TO ACCELERATE IN A WAY THAT NOBODY COULD FORESEE!? WHAT IS HAZAMA'S PLAN WITH SORA AND WILL SORA BE ALRIGHT!? AND HOW MUCH LONGER MUST WE WAIT UNTIL SORA AND MAKOTO FINALLY MEET BACK WITH EACH OTHER!? Well then… keep on reading to find out what is going to happen next.