( A NEW CANON HAS ARRIVED! Let us see where the tides of fate take us to right now.)
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Canon 13
Ronin-Gai, All Sora knew about Ronin-Gai was that it housed a lot of Ikarugans who ran away after the war and had turned the once abandoned district into their own home. However Sora didn't really much about that at the moment, his mind was simply focused on reaching the destination he was to stay at for the night. "I've got to be getting closer now..." Sora mumbled to himself as he looked around for a candy store sign that he could walk into and ask.
Soon, he reached the candy store in question and knocked on the door as a clerk opened for him. "Hello there. Are you aware that the store is closed right now?" The clerk asked as Sora took a brief moment to think about the phrase he was supposed to say to ensure he was at the right place before remembering, "I know. it's just I want to know where is the best place in Ronin-Gai to get hard candy?" Sora said as the clerk paused for a moment before gesturing for Sora to enter.
"Your room has been prepared for you to stay in Mr Minakaze. Just know that it's for tonight. We don't have a room prepared for you the next night yet." The clerk said as Sora simply nodded his head. "Thanks. Tell me what's the current situation here in Ronin-Gai." Sora questioned as the clerk escorted him to the top floors of the candy store which are normally meant for just employees only. The room that Sora was escorted into looked rather different from what the candy store looked like.
It was a simple room, with a cabinet, table, chair and futon for one person to stay in. "Ronin-Gai's alright right now. Just be careful around here. In Ronin-Gai, the Ikarugan ninjas and their leader, Bang Shishigami are in charge here and while they claim they are peacekeepers, they won't hesitate to use force to bring you down if you are caught." The clerk warned as Sora scratched his head. "Of course, it's the people who want peace that are willing to fight." Sora said as the clerk nodded her head.
"The shower's at the end of the hallway if you need it. If there's anything else you need, don't hesitate to let me know." The clerk said as Sora simply nodded his head, that being the signal for her to leave as he took a deep breath and placed the Rev blade the wall beside the futon. He has had a long day, from meeting with the Red Devil to meeting a green haired snake from Intelligence to finding out Makoto Nanaya is going to become a wanted criminal soon. Sora needed this peace and quiet to process the events that had happened otherwise he would simply struggle to make logical sense with the world around him.
"To think all of this is happening all because Makoto decided to steal some information..." Sora said to himself as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the pill bottle containing red pills. "And there's still the question as to what Tager was doing with these pills... I hope that he doesn't need them urgently." Sora said to himself as he scratched his head and placed it on the table, rubbing his forehead a few times before looking back at the pill bottle.
"I better make sure I find Tager as soon as possible so I can give him this... but now that I think about it, giving a pill bottle is rather low priority when I need to find Makoto..." Sora said as he opened the window and looked outside, greeted by the moon cast over the sky as Sora stared blankly into the city, his eyes not particularly focused on anything as he couldn't help but keep staring at the moon.
"The moon's out tonight... just like that day..." Sora mumbled to himself as he clenched his necklace tightly, thinking about Makoto at that moment. The way the full moon was out glowing brightly in the sky reminded Sora of Prom Night, the last night he spent as a student in Torifune before he went back to Otsu. The last night he ever saw Makoto before she started working for the NOL as Sora closed his eyes and simply began to reminiscence...
Reminisce about the good old days...
FLASHBACK
Sora was standing by the balcony where the party was taking place, wearing a simple black suit with a black tie as prom is considered a formal event. The only difference with his outfit was that he had folded the left sleeve up since his arm was missing and he had untucked his smart shirt so he didn't need to feel the shirt riding up his pants. Being at such formal events was foreign to him as he heard the footsteps of someone approaching behind him.
"Huh... Didn't know you were going to be here." A voice said as Sora turned around and looked at the person who greeted him. His red hair had a faint trace of a black streak running across him as he wore a simple red prom suit. "And you look comfortable wearing a suit Hunter." Sora said as Hunter scratched his head, wondering what he should say next. "I mean... I was Noel's butler for a while so...yeah..." Hunter said as Sora simply nodded his head hearing that.
"And you are dating her... isn't the golden rule of working not to date your boss?" Sora said as Hunter couldn't help but cough a little bit before scratching his head. "Noel's not my boss...but more of someone I want to keep close..." Hunter explained as Sora simply closed his eyes, listening to what Hunter had to say as Hunter waited for a response only to not receive anything. "I mean... what about you and Makoto? You both are really close." Hunter said as Sora simply nodded his head but didn't say a word, allowing Hunter's mind to wonder about a lot of things.
"Well...We are friends...close friends to add. But that's about it." Sora said as he kept up the facade of keeping both his and Makoto's relationship a secret. "But don't you think that closeness would make you want to be closer to Makoto?" Hunter questioned as Sora couldn't help but scratch his head a bit. "Maybe...but it's too late now. Tomorrow I am leaving Torifune and I am going to start trying to find some work." Sora explained as Hunter simply sighed, deciding to leave it at that.
"In any other case... have you prepared the farewell speech you're going to give... Mr Hero of the Black Lotus War." Hunter said as this time it was Sora's turn to sigh. He had completely forgotten about the fact that he was supposed to give a speech to everyone for his contribution in the Black Lotus War and for finishing off the boss. "All they want from me is to give them some good PR press and smile... I would refuse but Jin and Kagura insist this time..." Sora explained as Hunter couldn't help but scratch his head at that.
"I know... I am just glad I am not doing a speech myself. I would most likely crumble under the pressure... also I hate giving speeches." Hunter said as soon, both Sora and Hunter heard footsteps approaching their direction. "There you two are! We were wondering how long you two were planning to spend outside." A blond haired girl said as the light blue dress she was wearing matched her hair as Hunter smiled.
"Sorry about that Noelie, We were just about to head back in... I'm guessing the party's almost over." Hunter said as Noel smiled and hugged him. "Almost. The dance is going to start soon." Noel said as Sora noticed Makoto looking at him, fidgeting as she tugged a bit on her black dress as Noel smiled. "Come on Hunty. Let's go in and start dancing." Noel said as she pulled Hunter back into the room, leaving Sora and Makoto with each other as the both of them stared at each other.
"So...How do I look Sora?" Makoto asked as soon as both Hunter and Noel were away from sight, lost in the sea of people that the party contained. "I have to say... that dress looks good on you Makoto." Sora commented as Makoto couldn't help but giggle as she leaned over the balcony and looked down to see the floor in front of her as Sora couldn't help but smile. "Want to go? They are going to be dancing all night long and we aren't going to get privacy at this place." Sora said as Makoto couldn't help but smile when she heard that.
"If that is the case..." Makoto soon took off her hells and wrapped herself around Sora's neck as he knew what he had to do. Holding onto to her firmly with just his arm. He leapt off the balcony as Makoto clung onto Sora tightly as they both soared in the sky for a bit before Sora landed on his feet, rolling forward as Makoto's bushy tail helped to soften the landing. "To think that last year I was afraid of doing stuff like this." Makoto said as she wore her black heels once again.
"Then again, I wouldn't have thought by the end of my school life, I would be dating someone and have already fought in my first war... Talk about Life giving you a card you never expect." Makoto said as Sora chuckled a little bit hearing that. "Me too Makoto... Well... except the whole war thing. Other than that...I agree." Sora said as Makoto giggled hearing that. Soon the both of them walked down the dark streets of Torifune back to their dorm room, their hands entangled with each other as they were making the best of these final moments together.
"Say Makoto... how good are you with public speaking?" Sora questioned as Makoto looked at him for a moment before smiling. "Someone forgot to prepare for their speech tomorrow huh." Makoto said as Sora blushed a bit before scratching his head. "I was busy getting something and it took so much of my time I forgot I had to do that alright... I just don't want to make myself look like an idiot that's all." Sora said as Makoto giggled, understanding what he was thinking at this point.
"In that case, why don't we write that speech together. Two heads are better than one." Makoto suggested as Sora couldn't help but smile at that. "You are eager to do this kind of thing. Is the chance of getting promoted to Intelligence getting you excited enough to actually take other things besides punching?" Sora said as Makoto giggled before wrapping herself around Sora's arm. "Well...something like that." Makoto said as Sora noticed that his arm was inside Makoto's arm.
'Wait a minute... Could it be... she's doing the power play right now?!' Sora thought as the way she assertively slipped her breasts into his arm told him that she was trying to get him into the mood. 'She...she really wants it today huh...' Sora thought as he took a deep breath and stopped walking before looking at her in the eyes. "I...I am guessing that you want to do it before we go huh..." Sora said without holding back as Makoto herself paused for a moment before realizing what he meant.
'Oh...OH SHIT...Sora... you savage...' Makoto thought as she wanted to do it... but she wanted a more...romantic vibe about it. After all, she's about to give her virginity to the man she loved and she didn't want to be too assertive about it. 'Am...Am I going too hard? Am I being too aggressive right now? Should I rethink my actions right now?' Makoto thought as Sora could shee the fluster on her face as he noticed a building that they could go into.
'Well...in that case... I should make the first move...right?' Sora thought as he pointed at the building. "Should we spend the night in there?" Sora said as Makoto looked at the direction that Sora was pointing and her face nearly paled as Sora was pointing towards a love hotel of all things. 'Oh my god Sora... I know I look like I am desperate but stop please before I die!' Makoto thought as it took her a while for her to respond.
And a while it took as before Makoto could protest, she was sitting on a heart shaped bed in the middle of a brightly lit pink room as Sora was using the restroom. 'Oh god...I am going to die.' Makoto thought as Sora exited out of the bathroom before looking at her and noticing her blushing face. 'Woah….she looks pretty when embarrassed… Wait a minute… How am I supposed to approach this now.' Sora thought as both he and Makoto stared at each other for a little while before Sora made the first move.
Sora:….So… do we just jump right into it?
Makoto: H-Huh? Jump right into it?
Sora: You know… we just do it right now.
Makoto: W-W-WOAH COWBOY! I KNOW YOU MIGHT BE EAGER BUT AT LEAST SPARE MY HEART FROM A HEART ATTACK!
Sora: What do you mean by that? Are you saying that...the thing can cause a heart attack?
Makoto: N-N-NO! It's not that! It's just…. HOOHH… I didn't expect that we were just going to do it in a place like this right now!
'What are you saying Makoto! THIS IS YOUR BIG BREAK! YOU AREN'T GOING TO DIE A VIRGIN BUT YOU'RE FUCKING IT UP LIKE THE VIRGIN YOU ARE!' Makoto thought as her mind was simply racing. Sora was trying to keep a calm face himself but he too couldn't help but think about what he needed to do. 'How...How do I do this? I mean...Do I need two hands to do the deed? Or is she supposed to… Oh why can't the sex ed book I got tell me how one is supposed to initiate the art of sex?' Sora thought as the both of them continued to stare at each other before Sora decide that he was going to make the first move.
"I guess...when you put it like that….I can understand what you mean." Sora said as he slowly took off his jacket and tossed it towards the chair. "I know right… I mean for the longest time yeah I may have been the perverted one but just like everyone else I am a virgin at the end of the day and I want to make sure that I don't fuck over my first….time…." Soon Makoto slowly came to a stop as she was staring right at Sora Minakaze's bare chest as he had taken off his shirt off, allowing Makoto to see his well developed and muscular body as he continued to stare at her.
"Well.. at least it's good to know that you can be girly despite behaving like a man at times." Sora said as Makoto was about to take offense to that but couldn't as her eyes were simply glued upon his chest, her hand slowly reaching out nervously as Sora couldn't help but feel his heartbeat faster than ever. 'Please...Please say or do something right now Makoto. This silence is killing me right now.' Sora thought as Makoto's finger finally touched Sora's left pec, allowing her finger to trace around his nipple.
"I...I...I can be a woman too you know….I'm not all just fists and brawn…." Makoto said as she couldn't help but take a deep breath as she soon got off the bed and sat on his lap. "And you know what...Tonight's the night I prove it to you." Makoto said, trying to be confident to hide her nervousness but Sora couldn't help but smile a bit hearing that. "I know you must be nervous as all hell Makoto… I am too… I mean...we did say we want to lose our virginities before we leave the Academy..." Sora said, trying to help Makoto relax but also himself as Makoto took a small deep breath.
"But trying to lose our virginites is proving to be much more difficult that fighting a whole group of armed and dangerous mercenaries who could have killed us if we fucked up… who would have guessed that Life's greatest challenge is one's first time." Makoto said as Sora couldn't help but chuckle hearing that. "Guess that shows regardless of what happens….we are still noobs at something." Sora said as he grabbed Makoto with his one arm and placed her on the bed with him on top of her.
"Y-Yeah...I guess so." Makoto said with a smile on her face as soon any nervousness they had felt before vanished and the two of them began to kiss each other as gently as possible. "Say Sora… want to think about your speech while we do it?" Makoto suggested as Sora couldn't help but laugh at that. "I would probably be spending more time trying to make sure you are satisfied than write some stupid speech I can just speak out from my mind. Let's just ignore everything that has happened so far and just focus on each other Alright." Sora said as Makoto giggled for a bit before grabbing Sora's hand and placing it on her dress's zipper.
"Of course Sora. You are right after all." Makoto said as she slowly with Sora's hand, unzipped her dress as the both of them just continued to stare at each other, no longer thinking about what they were about to do and more how they wanted each other to be happy. As the night went on, Sora and Makoto spent the longest time together that no other couple could have in the Academy. For that one night… they weren't students in the Academy… people who were about to graduate and join the working force…
...They were just Sora and Makoto...two people who loved each other dearly…..
As Sora snapped himself out of his daydream, he couldn't help but realize that he had accidentally fallen asleep near the window. "God I got to stop doing that… it's a fucking bad habit." Sora said to himself as he rubbed his forehead a little bit. To think that he would just fall asleep randomly while standing simply told him that his day had been an action packed one and that his mind needed to process everything that happened. "Still..I wonder why I thought about that of all things..." Sora said as he reached down to his crotch, simply wondering why his mind thought of that of all things.
"In any other case...I better make sure I get some much needed rest." Sora mumbled as he laid himself on top of futon and closed his eyes. Soon he felt his body become worn out as his previous daydream had left his body in a half state of sleep and awake. "Tomorrow's going to be another busy day… I can feel it already..." Sora said, clutching on the pendant as he did so as his eyes finally closed and his mind finally went to sleep. One thing certain in his mind…
...Makoto comes first….
As Sora's mind went towards Makoto, Makoto herself was in the middle of trying to get the fuck out of the Kagutsuchi Port undetected. As soon as she had gotten off her airship, she immediately took cover under the night's sky and made sure nobody saw her leaving the airship in the first place. She couldn't believe she had to already sneak her way into a hierarchical city, thinking that she would have had some time to get into the city before she got wanted.
"Stupid NOL and their rapid response to wanted individuals… I hope they don't have a stupid bounty picture like what they did to Ragna the Bloodedge." Makoto complained as she had managed to find her way into the luggage hold of the Kagutsuchi port, using that as her chance to get closer into the city without walking through immigration. Despite how much she was complaining, Makoto remained focused on her objective, get out of the port, meet up with Tager and then find Sora.
As Makoto peeked her head out a pile of luggage, she noticed a group of NOL officials approach her direction as she immediately sank back in the luggage. "Still, to think that they would be here of all places." An NOL official said as Makoto decided to pay attention to their conversation. "I know right, to think that the Zero Squadron is coming here… Ragna the Bloodedge really must have everyone on edge right now." His friend said as Makoto raised her eyebrows at that.
"What do you think? With that attack on the NOL headquarters, it's a miracle he didn't destroy the cauldron. NOL aren't going to take risks though, they are sending the best of the best to guard the NOL headquarters." The official said as they stopped walking and looked at each other. "The best of the best in the Zero Squadron? Who are those exactly?" the officer said as Makoto knew she should probably pay attention to what going to be said next as that may alter her plans.
"Well...first of all, there's Meifang LapisLazuli. The Imperator's loyal lap dog and the head of the Zero Squadron herself." The Official said as Makoto couldn't help but feel her blood freeze when she heard that. "Hey don't say that! She can easily kill you without even taking a single step!" The officer said as the official raised his hand towards him. "I know officer, but fearing her will do nothing for us. she's an asset for the NOL's greater goals...despite her methods." The official explained as Makoto couldn't believe what she was hearing.
'Meifang LapisLazuli… of all people it had to be her...' Makoto simply thought. Meifang simply had the reputation of being one of the scariest women in the world. She potentially has both the fighting ability and prowess to best even the Mad Dog, Azrael himself in combat and that was a proposition that did not sit well with Makoto at all. "So who else is tagging along with Meifang? I mean it's good to know that Meifang's going to be doing this but who else could keep her in check?" The officer asked as Makoto shook her head and focused once more on the conversation.
"Well… apparently, it's their recent transfer, the Yayoi girl." The Moment Makoto heard Tsubaki's name, she couldn't help but feel the cold chill that was on her back become a deathly blizzard. 'Tsubaki...Tsubaki Yayoi?… No… it can't be...' Makoto thought as she didn't want to believe what she was hearing. "Yeah… she transferred over to the Zero Squadron when Jin Kisaragi left his post. Probably to bring him down herself I guess."
The more Makoto listened in the conversation, the more she felt sick to her stomach. The memories of the events she was unfortunately a part of had remained in her mind and in those events, Tsubaki had quit her own post to join the Zero Squadron and chase after Jin. 'I couldn't protect that Tsubaki from what was going on… I need to protect my Tsubaki before something terrible happens… I can just feel it.' Makoto thought, a determination growing within her as the guards soon left, allowing her to leave her hiding spot as she pulled out her phone and began to look at her group chat history with both Noel and Tsubaki, wondering if they had left any posts.
'God now that I think about it… I have been so focused on trying to find Sora I completely forgot about checking up on Noel and Tsubaki… I just hope I haven't missed any important details that will bite me in the ass.' Makoto thought as much to her relief or horror, the group chat had not been updated since her last post on the last day of the year 2199. 'Everyone's ignoring each other… What if Noel's here too? Oh god… what's going on in Kagutsuchi? It's like one massive shit show is about to begin...' Makoto thought as she began to piece together things in her mind.
From the fact that Ragna the Bloodedge is in Kagutsuchi, Meifang LapisLazuli was on her way to Kagutsuchi with Tsubaki in tow, Noel not even responding to the group chat and some omnipotent being trying to wipe away everyone's memories of her boyfriend, Makoto couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed at the ridiculousness of the events that just happened to be surrounding her were. 'I cannot afford to lose focus right now… I need to make sure that Sora's safe first before I go for everyone else.' Makoto thought as her feet soon took her, her determination now growing to find out what was going on with her friends.
Soon Makoto managed to sneak her way out of the port, taking a huge sigh of relief as she wondered where she was going to sleep for the night. She was told by Kokonoe that she was not going to provide her with a room so she needed to find the least, a cheap ass motel that she can stay in. 'Even though I am a high value target, Kokonoe still finds a way to cheap out… talk about being a cheapskate.' Makoto wondered as she looked at the map of Kagutsuchi to figure out where she should head towards.
'I could try in Orient town… but there's also Ronin-Gai. I could visit Mr Shishigami and ask him to have me in his...Oh wait, different Bang… so he won't know who the hell I am.' Makoto thought as she sat herself on the chair and sighed greatly. Her luck was literally running out and she might be facing the fact that she would be sleeping out on the streets by herself. As she lamented the fact that her next nap may just been on a cold wooden bench, her senses suddenly went to high alert.
She could feel a huge blood lust flow in the air. It was enough to simply paralyze a person dead in their tracks and Makoto couldn't help but feel her body tense in the process. "Who's there!?" Makoto shouted as her readied herself to punch whoever was going to go after her. However she was too late to react as her tail was suddenly grabbed and Makoto tripped to the ground. Makoto yipped a bit but she couldn't do anything as Makoto squirmed helplessly on the ground.
"Oh I missed this tail. It's been so long since I've stroked this fluffy bushy tail." A soft voice spoke as Makoto's chill was soon immediately melted and a great relief suddenly washed itself upon her. Her head turned towards the direction of the person who was responsible for groping her tail and she couldn't help but hold back her tears as she bit her lip tightly, holding in her relief as a blond haired girl stared right at her and noticed the tension that was in her face.
"What's the matter Makoto? You look sad for some reason." The girl asked as Makoto sniffed greatly before shaking her head before hugging the blond haired girl into her grasps. "It's...It's absolutely nothing Noelie, it's just… I've had a really long week." Makoto simply said as the blond haired girl simply known as Noel Vermilion simply smiled hearing and hugged Makoto back, responding to her warmth.
"I...I don't know if I can understand… but I have had a rough week myself so I guess we both really need each other right now." Noel said as Makoto simply nodded her head on Noel's shoulders, smiling in the process as they both looked at each other, the two close friends relieved to see each other at this very moment as Makoto scratched her head. "I am going to take a guess that you yourself have been quite busy." Makoto said as Noel simply nodded her head.
"Do you have a place that you can stay? We should sleep together for the night and catch up on old times." Noel said as Makoto couldn't help but pause hearing that as she thought about what Noel had said before nodding her head. "You're right Noelie, we should definitely catch up right now… especially since there are so many things that I want to tell you right now." Makoto said as she stood up, Noel dusting her off.
"But I can't really sleep with you right now… I still got business that I need to handle." Makoto explained as Noel looked down on the ground, saddened as Makoto took a deep breath and placed her hands on Noel's shoulders. "But that doesn't mean we cannot speak with each other right now. I have so much to talk with you right now and I don't right just ending our meeting like this." Makoto said as Noel simply smiled hearing.
"Then let's get going to a quiet place so we can talk… I am in a bit of a pickle myself and I cannot afford to be spotted by any NOL officials right now." Noel explained as Makoto couldn't help but giggle hearing that. 'Oh boy… what did Noel do this time that she needs to hide from the NOL… Then again I am hiding from the NOL so there's a bit of a relief that comes with that.' Makoto thought as she soon followed Noel, eager to catch up with one of her closest friends…
...Hoping to find some sort of relieve to the nightmare she was currently in…
GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION!? HOW IS EVERYONE DOING IN THIS FINE DAY!? As you may have noticed, throughout the story I may have been using names that to those who may have only read the story of Blazblue through the main games may not be aware of. Well, to make things more interesting for the story and because I thought they would fit, I have decided to include some characters from the extended world of Blazblue, Characters like Meifang LapisLazuli who exists in Variable Heart. If you want to know more about what happens to her I would recommend reading Variable Heart or looking up a wiki about her.
If you are wondering why I am saying this now it's pretty simple, I plan to not follow the main stories down to a tee, The events will still flow in a similar manner but since this is an alternate timeline, I am able to change them around to suit my story's needs. Sometimes I am glad that Blazblue has a complicated timeline because it just makes writing stories about it so much easier. Also my uni work is slowly dying down so I will finally be able to breathe once November rolls in so WOOHOO.
SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT!? WILL MAKOTO TELL NOEL ABOUT WHAT SHE FOUND OUT!? WHAT IS TSUBAKI DOING IN KAGUTSUCHI WITH A WOMAN INFAMOUS FOR HER BRUTALITY!? WILL SORA BE ABLE TO FIND MAKOTO IN TIME BEFORE THE NOL DOES!? ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE WILL BE ANSWERED IN THE NEXT CANON SO STAY TUNED!