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Canon 15
Previously on Canon Distortion...
Sora Minakaze woke up the next day ready to go and find where Makoto Nanaya went to. When he checked out of his window however, he saw Jin Kisaragi get stabbed in the chest by Tsubaki, his close childhood friend who might have a crush on him. However when Sora ran down to question what happened, He was shocked to see Jin alive and well. With Tsubaki arriving onto the scene now, How will Sora act with the current situation in front of him.
And now, the continuation of Canon Distortion...
There were many feelings running through Sora at that moment. Relief that he managed to see two of his friends from the academy. Confusion because he witnessed one of said friends plunge a blade into the other friend's chest and now they were completely fine. And finally... bewilderment for the situation that has been placed in front of him. All he could do at this very moment was take every single thing happening in front of him one step at a time before it completely consumed him inside.
"You with the sword! Please lay down your weapon right now!" Tsubaki shouted, noticing Sora holding his rev blade in a manner that suggests he was going to use it in battle. Sora couldn't help but tense up as he didn't know what he should do at this moment. At the next moment, he made up his mind quickly as he refused the offer. "Afraid I cannot let you do that Tsubaki... Not after I saw you stab Jin at the chest." Sora said, surprising both Jin and Tsubaki as the person who was with Jin immediately stepped forward.
"I may not agree with the NOL usually... but I would recommend that you do as the woman says and please put the weapon down." The man asked as Sora looked at the man who had a scar on his face. "And who might you be?" Sora simply asked as the man cleared his throat. "I am simply a man of justice. BANG SHISHIGAMI!" Bang exclaimed, crossing his arms in a manly manner as Sora simply looked at him with a bit of a deadpan in his face.
"Okay Bang... Can you just take Jin out of the way now. I need to have a personal talk with the NOL officer in question please." Sora simply said as Bang could see the seriousness that was gleaming through Sora's eyes as he knew that Sora was serious about this. "Come Jin-dono! There is much to explore around Ikaruga!" Bang said but Jin refused to follow as he stared right at Tsubaki. "What are you doing here Tsubaki? Shouldn't you be stationed at Wadatsumi right now?" Jin questioned as Tsubaki remained quiet for a bit before taking a deep breath.
"Jin...if you promise to come with me quietly, I can explain everything to you. So please..." But before Tsubaki could finish her sentence, Sora knew with the knowledge he had, he had to step in before something happened. "Sorry Tsubaki...I cannot let you kill Jin right now." Sora said, surprising everyone in the area as Bang immediately tensed his arms while Jin stared at Tsubaki in surprise as she looked at Sora with equal amounts of shock and confusion.
"How do you..." Tsubaki muttered as Sora got in front of Jin. "Look...I don't know what you are trying to do but I won't let you harm Jin in any way." Sora said as he looked at Jin who could see the seriousness in his eyes. "You have no reason to lie even though I don't know you... and combined with your hesitation means that he's right isn't he...Tsubaki." Jin calmly said as Tsubaki continued to remain quiet.
This was not what she had hoped to happen. She had hoped that Jin would quietly follow her so she could tell him to get away from the NOL while he still could. Especially with the fact that her superior from the Zero Squadron, Meifang LapisLazuli was with her on this trip to assess her dedication towards the Zero Squadron. "You leave me no choice... Jin Kisaragi... please come with me without resistance... You are under arrest for conspiring against the NOL." Tsubaki said as Jin's eyes widen at that.
"I'm Sorry Tsubaki, Like I said before. I cannot let Jin be killed especially by you... that also means not letting him come with you." Sora said, walking towards Tsubaki as she readied herself for a fight. "I don't know who you are but I ask that you do not interfere in official NOL business sir!" Tsubaki said as brushed that threat to the side, focused on his task of protecting Jin that he failed to notice that Tsubaki didn't know who he was.
"Like I said Tsubaki... I can't do that...so if you want me to do that, You will have to force me to do so!" Sora yelled, readying himself into a battle stance to meet Tsubaki head on as Jin was about to stop the fight before collapsing to his knees. "Jin-Dono! We must leave right now!" Bang said, placing Jin on his arms. "Let go of me! I do not need your aid!" Jin yelled but it got ignored as Bang quickly dragged him out of the area, sensing a fight that was about to begin as Tsubaki looked at him with intensity in her eyes.
"Then by the power bestowed upon to me by mankind's blue hope. I shall arrest you for getting in the way of an arrest sir!" Tsubaki said, tossing her massive coat to the side, revealing underneath she was wearing the Sealed Armament: Izayoi underneath. Sora couldn't help but be slightly surprised by what he was seeing. "So...You really are determined to kill Jin that you are going to use the Izayoi again... while being aware of the risks that using that thing." Sora said, remembering the time he saw Tsubaki use this during the Black War.
"I am not going to kill Jin... I am going to arrest him. So I cannot help but feel angry for these baseless accusations that you are throwing my way!" Tsubaki shouted as Sora couldn't help but scratch his head with the hilt of his blade before staring right back at Tsubaki. "Baseless or not I do not care, I am going to make sure that you don't get your way!" Sora yelled, lunging towards Tsubaki with the rev blade as he revved the blade once.
"ENHANCE FINISH!" The blade yelled as Sora pointed the blade behind him, blasting himself towards Tsubaki and catching her off guard with the sudden rush of speed that Sora had gained, barely able to block the first attack he threw. "AND YOU SIR! ARE UNDER ARREST FOR ASSAULTING AN NOL OFFICIAL!" Tsubaki yelled as she retracted the blade of the Izayoi to use the eye shield to bash him right at his chest.
Sora felt the wind briefly get knocked out of his chest as he could feel the experience suddenly kick in and tell him to retreat as soon as possible, Soon he had gained some distance between Tsubaki but knew to be careful as he made sure to do up some reading on the possible abilities of the Izayoi unit. One of the most important techniques that the Izayoi can do is detach the blade into several smaller sections of itself to extend it's reach.
'If I have to guess... she will probably try to use the extend function of the Izayoi unit to keep me at a distance.' Sora thought as Sora saw the blade extend out to try and strike him. As soon as Sora saw that, he immediately used the Rev blade to blast himself away from the strike as Tsubaki herself was trying to assess the current situation. 'He is using that weird blade of his to instantly accelerate and decelerate himself in order to maintain his distance from me. In that case, I must maintain my offensive.' Tsubaki thought.
With that, Tsubaki immediately cracked the Izayoi blade back to it's full shape and charged forward. Sora tried to step back but Tsubaki immediately blasted herself towards Sora's path, ready to intercept him as he slammed right into her shield. Tsubaki slowly raised her blade for another attack but before she could finish it, Sora immediately grabbed the shield using the skeletal arm for the rev arm, catching Tsubaki off guard as she had thought she was fighting an amputee.
"How can you use your disability like that!" Tsubaki shouted, offended by the way he clearly had a prosthetic but didn't use it. "YOU'RE ALSO UNDER ARREST FOR FEIGNING A DISABILITY!" Tsubaki yelled as Sora simply ignored what was being said and pulled the shield back so he could slam the hilt of the Rev Blade right into Tsubaki's chest, pushing her and creating distance once more. 'Tsubaki's going to stay much closer to me in order to make sure I can't use the Rev Blade's reach... if that's the case.'
As Tsubaki extended the blade once again in order to strike Sora, Sora immediately revved the Rev Blade before engaging it's arm mode, spinning it so that it acted as a one time barrier against Tsubaki's next attack before quickly reattaching it right onto the skeletal arm, quickly venting the rev arm to blow seithr right into Tsubaki's face. This gave Sora some time to deliver some quick damage to the woman, landing two solid blows right into her stomach and right shoulder in an attempt to get her to drop the izayoi.
However, in the two years that Sora had not seen Tsubaki, soft was something she had not become as she quickly retaliated with a swift shield bash right into Sora's solar plexuses, causing him to stagger as he quicly retreated in order to make sure she couldn't do anything afterwards. As soon as he did however, he noticed Tsubaki immediately wince in pain as he knew what that meant. 'The Izayoi's already paying it's price. I've got to try and stop this fight as soon as possible.' Sora thought as he quickly revved the rev blade, unlocking it's enhanced finish once again.
"I am not done yet!" Tsubaki yelled as she stabbed the Izayoi to the ground after quickly forming an ars magus circle underneath. This caused immediate concern for Sora as suddenly, the ground underneath him glowed with the same ars magus circle, prompting him to evade as the Izayoi blade shot out of the circle and quickly gave chase to him, like a relentless snake. "You need to stop overexerting yourself Tsubaki! The Izayoi's just going to kill you at the rate you are going!" Sora yelled, hoping to get it into her mind that she should just stop trying to overexert more power from the blade itself. Unfortunately this would lead to even more problems.
Tsubaki: How on Earth do you even know about the Izayoi and who are you to be worried for me Criminal!
Sora: I know of the Izayoi because you showed it to me once in the Black War and I decided to do some reading up on it afterwards to make sure my knowledge is up to date. I am also worried for you because you are one of my friends dammit.
Tsubaki: I never told you anything about the Izayoi because I have never met you in my life!
Sora:...Wait what?
Tsubaki: You heard me! I don't know who the hell you are so answer my previous question already! How do you know about the Izayoi Unit and where did you get your information!
As soon as Sora heard those words get uttered out of Tsubaki's lips, he couldn't help but freeze a bit in thought. As he did so, Tsubaki did not hesitate to attack, thinking that this was the best opportune time to strike her opponent while he was distracted. Sora however was one very hard to distract as he immediately saw what she was trying to do with his drive and raised the rev arm to catch her blade as it charged towards him.
"I am going to say this once and once only. I know you because we were friends in the Academy Tsubaki... So either you are playing the most elaborate early april fool's joke since it's been so long since we last me... Or you really have forgotten about me." Sora said, his voice becoming a bit soft as the Rev Arm tightly clutched itself onto the Izayoi, unable to break it but stopping it from being able to move altogether.
"Fine... I don't need an answer right now... I just need to stop you here and now!" Sora yelled as he pulled the Izayoi, causing it to fly out of Tsubaki's hand as she quickly summoned it back to her to ensure that Sora was unable to use it against her. As soon as she did, Sora got up right at her face and began to throw a series of punches that she struggled to stop with her shield. It was not just raw power that was causing her defense to get thrown side by side, it was technique as well as Sora made sure his punches were aimed at the weakest spots of her guard to optimize his ability to force her guard off.
'At the rate that this is going! I am going to lose!' Tsubaki thought as she couldn't afford to lose... not right now. As soon as she realized that loss was coming her way, she immediately retaliated with a ferocity that Sora had rarely seen from the girl in the first place as he always knew her more as the person who loved reading and knowledge instead of the pointless fighting that she was doing right now. "Tsubaki just stop! Don't you know you are just going to lose to me at the end of the day!? Just give up and let's talk about things right now!" Sora yelled, hoping that his display of power would have been enough to dissuade Tsubaki from further combat.
"I am afraid I cannot. I have too much to lose right now! Even more that you could ever imagine!" Tsubaki yelled back as Sora simply closed his eyes. "Is that why you picked up the Izayoi in the first place? Because you wanted to protect Noel, Makoto and Jin?" Sora questioned, now hoping that by bringing up her friends, Tsubaki would back down and listen. Instead of that however, Sora couldn't help but notice her eyes narrow as her grip around the Izayoi tightened.
"DON'T YOU DARE HURT MY FRIENDS!" Tsubaki yelled, swinging the blade of the Izayoi unit several times onto Sora, forcing to defend with the Rev Arm by deflecting it to the side or using his palm to do so. As she did so, Sora's mind couldn't help but race with thoughts as to what in the hell was going on. 'It's like Tsubaki's forgotten everything about me... what on God's name is even going on anymore!' Sora thought as his thoughts were cut short when Tsubaki immediately began to gather energy for a distortion heat.
All he knew at that moment was simple, Tsubaki was serious right now about beating him and he needed to beat her before she beats him down and knocks him out and locks him in an NOL holding cell where he would be unable to go amd find Makoto in the mess that she was currently in. Now the more he thought about it, what if Makoto was behaving the same like Tsubaki and Jin were right now? How should he act in that case since she would probably not even remember dating him.
'What are you doing Sora! You cannot let yourself get distracted right now! You have to fight regardless of what's going on and you have to fight with everything you got!' Sora thought as he immediately revved the Rev Arm before clicking on the brake to disengage it back into the Rev Sword as he revved it again until he heard the words, "DISTORTION FINISH!" as soon as it did so, Seithr began to shoot out from the vents all over the blade, alarming Tsubaki as she could now smell the seithr that was in the air.
Before she could think about what that meant, she immediately knew she had to release out her distortion finish before Sora did so as Sora pointed his blade while clutching it with the skeletal arm. 'Sorry Tsubaki, Unfortunately for you the rev system gathers seithr much quicker than normal means of Ars Magus. Even if you have the Izayoi Unit, I am still faster!' Sora thought as quickly released the seithr collected inside the Rev blade while changing it back to the rev arm at the same time.
When he did this, Tsubaki's guard was made wide open. With the viciousness of the attack, Tsubaki was forced to cancel her own distortion due to her concentration being broken at that moment. As that happened, Sora took the opportunity given to him by the opening to blast himself into the air using the left over seithr and quickly revved it once again once he was in the sky. "DISTORTION FINISH!" The arm shouted as Sora palmed his hand right towards the sky and blasted himself rapidly towards Tsubaki, extending out his left foot.
"MONSUN KURASSHU!" Sora yelled as Tsubaki barely pulled her shield back to block the attack, immediately feeling the force strike her chest as she underestimated the power of the distortion that she was being hit with. 'This...THIS POWER IS TOO MUCH! I CAN'T!' Soon Tsubaki was blasted back from the incredible force that she felt, unable to contain the power anymore as she flew right into the wall, creating a small indent on the wall she crashed to in the process.
As soon as Sora realized that Tsubaki was incapacitated as much as she could be, Sora couldn't help but relax a bit. He didn't mean to hurt Tsubaki, just enough that she would stop fighting as thankfully she was still conscious for him to ask a few questions to her. Before she could fully pull herself out of the rubble, Sora grabbed a piece of rebar and impaled it through Tsubaki's clothes, pinning her to the wall as he looked at her in the eyes.
"Tell me Tsubaki… what on earth is going on in Kagutsuchi that has you coming here to all places? Why is the NOL sending the Zero squadron here?" Sora questioned as he made sure to keep his guard up, being aware that of the fact that Tsubaki could suddenly attack him without warning. "Why should I tell you anything? You are just a mere criminal. I don't have to tell you anything." Tsubaki said as Sora scratched his head, a sense of frustration building within him.
"Stop pretending that I am a bane to your existence and tell me what you know already Tsubaki." Sora said, unable to help but feel his feelings being hurt as the more he spoke to her, the more he was beginning to realize that Tsubaki seemed unable to recognize him… even if he had already said her name several times hoping it would cause her to realize that maybe she should remember who he is.
"I am not pretending to be anyone's bane… I am merely speaking the truth. You're a criminal, a criminal who blatantly commits acts against the NOL and everything it stands for!" Tsubaki yelled, as Sora had no choice but to give her a gut punch in order to make sure that she didn't suddenly lunge at him with strength he had not seen before. "And your truth is built on a foundation of lies… yet you already know that. You are fighting to rebuild that foundation….yet you are also sided with the Zero Squadron… THE ZERO SQUADRON!" Sora yelled, the frustration he had reaching a fever pitch as he wanted to say more.
Unfortunately, he was unable to say anymore as he felt a dangerous presence approach his way as he immediately backed off from Tsubaki, the Rev Arm clenched tightly on his hand as his eyes landed onto a person he had never thought he would see in Kagutsuchi. Her black twin tailed hair was tied with an ornament that resembled horns as her eyes felt like they were piercing his soul with their light blue gaze. This is a woman that even someone who tends to not pay attention to what was happening all around the world like Sora...knew very well.
"Oh my… it seems that you have found yourself in quite the predicament there Miss Yayoi. Would you require some assistance?" The black haired woman said as Sora stepped several steps back not out of fear but out of a growing sense of caution. "And what brings you all the way here to Kagutsuchi… Meifang LapisLazuli?" Sora questioned as the woman now known as Meifang LapisLazuli looked at him with some interest in her eyes.
"So you know who I am huh?" She said, musing to herself as Sora scoffed a bit. "Of course I would… your name is something to be feared in the criminal circles… Leader of the Zero Squadron and Mad woman..." Sora said as Meifang couldn't help but smile at that. "So you know about me do you… that is troublesome. I must deal with you now and find out more about what you are doing in this town right now assaulting my dear lieutenant." Meifang said, her feet starting to walk as Sora's instincts kicked in at that moment.
'Don't even dare fight Meifang right now Sora. You need to get the fuck out of here right now… away from this crazy bitch right now before she does anything.' Sora thought as flight was his option...and a really strong option at that point as he looked to his back to see that there was a sewage system that flowed underneath the platform they were standing. If he wanted to get away now, he would have had to do so at that very point.
"As much as I would like to have a chat about that… I am afraid I do not have time to spare right now." Sora said as he pointed the rev arm towards Meifang and blasted right at her, causing the force of the seithr blast to blast him off the platform completely and go into a free fall as Meifang simply allowed him to do so, calmly walking as she did so to look at the bottom and see nothing. No signs of a person falling down to their death as Tsubaki removed the rebar that had pinned her to the wall as she approached her commanding officer.
"Is he dead Ma'am?" Tsubaki asked as Meifang simply turned around and looked at Tsubaki in the eyes before grabbing her and lifting her to the balcony itself. This terrified the girl as Meifang looked at her in the eyes. "Do you see a body at the end of the ground?" Meifang calmly asked as she made Tsubaki look at the ground underneath her, making the girl shake her head as Meifang simply smiled and placed her back on the balcony.
"Then that means he's most likely still alive. The fact that he willingly blasted himself off this balcony tells me he's already got a way to get away from us in the first place." Meifang said while Tsubaki simply panted on the ground, her face briefly going pale as she slowly stood up before Meifang looked at her in the eyes. "Why did you hold back your true potential Miss Yayoi?" Meifang questioned as she got up closer to the girl.
Tsubaki froze at that moment, unsure of what she should say at that moment. "I...It's because...I still don't know how..." But before she could finish her sentence, Meifang threw a punch right at her, stopping inches at her face as Tsubaki felt the wind blow across her hair as Meifang pulled back her fist. "You held back simply because you lack the backbone to commit your task? Is that right Miss Yayoi?" Meifang Questioned as her eyes continued to stare right at Tsubaki as she stood still.
"Face it Miss Yayoi… you're weak and lack a backbone. that's why I was sent with you to Kagutsuchi. To make sure you do your job of killing Jin Kisaragi and Noel Vermillion." Meifang said as Tsubaki simply stood there and allowed her to speak down on her as she tightly clenched her pants. "Frustrated now? Good. That means you know that already. So tell me… Why did you hold back against that man huh?"
Tsubaki wanted to say that she tried her best, that she was giving her all in the fight against Sora. However she knew that whatever she said next would simply be interpreted as excuses and simply remained quiet, something that Meifang knew from just looking at her as she simply patted Tsubaki's back. "Good… You know well enough that you didn't give it your all. You didn't put everything into it. You didn't push the Izayoi to it's limits." Meifang said as she grabbed Tsubaki's hands and placed them onto the hilt of the Izayoi.
"Remember this very well Miss Yayoi, Power is needed to fight against Power. Those who have power are absolute. And without power, you are simply useless." Meifang said as Tsubaki gulped, knowing the meaning behind those words as Meifang released her grip on Tsubaki's hands, leaving them rested on the hilt of the Izayoi as she began to walk. "Now come on Miss Yayoi, we need to report what happened to Captain Hazama and let him know that the person he's been looking for was last seen here." Meifang said as Tsubaki slowly began to walk before suddenly being stopped by Meifang again.
"And if you hesitate to do your job properly against Jin and Noel… I will do it for you… Do you understand." Meifang said before continuing to walk ahead of Tsubaki as she knew very well that if she got her hands on Jin and Noel… they were most likely to die very painful and horrible deaths. 'Jin… Noel… I am sorry… but for the sake of justice… I must do this.' Tsubaki thought as she clenched the Izayoi tightly before following her officer…
...Keeping the words that Meifang said close to her heart…
As Tsubaki followed Meifang, Sora panted heavily, unable to believe his luck slipping into the sewage system as he knew he was safe for the time being from the NOL chasing him. 'Sometimes I am thankful for my drive.' Sora thought, having used his drive to pull himself into the drain in the first place, slipping through the graters as now that he had this time to think for himself, he couldn't help but sit down and rub his forehead.
'Just what is going on… it's like Tsubaki… hell even Jin somehow forgot about me… and it's not the normal kind of forget at all.' Sora thought as he was about to place his head onto the sewage wall before remembering that he was in the sewers and sometimes sewage could seep through the walls. So he simply placed his head on the rev arm instead to rub his forehead and comprehend the gravity of the situation he was in at that moment.
'So if Jin and Tsubaki forgot about me? What about Makoto then? Does that mean she forgot about me too?' Sora thought in fear as he clenched his necklace tightly at the thought of finally finding Makoto only to be met with a who are you question. That simple thought was enough to not only cause him to shiver but also shake his head several times at such thoughts. 'No… that can't be true. I refuse to believe that Makoto of all people would have forgotten about me.' Sora thought as he couldn't help but start piecing together things that were starting to make sense now that this has happened to him.
'Could whatever affected Jin and Tsubaki be what affected Derrick, Pikaka and Chikacho? If so how on earth do they still remember me… God I should stop trying to think of answers to questions that are impossible to answer right now!' Sora thought in pure frustration, ruffling his hair as he began to walk out of the sewers looking for a manhole he could use. 'First of all, get into the open road and find a place where I can contact Caroline about all of this.' Sora thought as he began to climb the manhole, his second thought becoming very clear.
'The second thing I will have to do is find Makoto… right now.'
As all of this happened, three beings watched from the white void surrounded them, their bodies nowhere to be seen but the shadows that they cast over a series of chairs were the only indication that there were people present in the room. This was a special place and the three beings present in the room are known as the Takagamahara System, a man made creation long ago designed by man. "So… we have finally found the Event Error it seems." A male spoke, his gaze now focused on Sora Minakaze as the two other beings simply nodded their heads.
"It seems we have, I must admit, the moment we started trying to find the error, the Master Unit started to behave strangely and started erasing any trace of the error's existence. Despite it's best efforts, we have finally managed to locate what she has been trying to hide this whole time." A female being said as the third person cleared their throat. "Should we begin the process of erasing the Error so we can reset the timeline once more to it's proper flow?" The third being spoke.
"Let us not proceed with haste right now. We must first figure out why the Master Unit went through so much trouble to keep this Error's existence in place. Once we do so, we can start altering the events of the world to ensure that the Error is eliminated." The first man spoke as the woman noted it down. "Shall we start by altering the timeline so that the Error meets with the Azure Grimoire?" The woman suggested.
"That would be a good start, start making sure that is possible. Also let us call back Miss Alucard and Terumi back here. We must inform them that they are to double down on their efforts to observe the Error. We must make sure we do not lose track of him the moment we see him again." The second man said as the shadows soon disappeared, continuing to have a discussion among themselves as they began to spin their own machinations as Sora's life was about to be thrown in for a loop…
… A loop designed to ensure his death…
GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION!? HOW IS EVERYONE DOING AT THIS FINE DAY!? I can understand if you guys are not doing well and need a story to cheer you all up so I hope this story does that for you. In any other case, I hope this chapter has given you some closure to the questions you all may have been looking for or maybe have risen your interest in other questions that need answering. All I can say is, all will be told in time and time is something a story needs to be good I believe… that and making sure everything makes sense in the process and doesn't cause you frustration.
SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT TO OUR HERO!? WILL HE SURVIVE WHATEVER TAKAMAGAHARA HAVE IN STORE FOR HIM?! AND HOW DOES HE FEEL ABOUT HIS CURRENT SITUATION AT THE VERY MOMENT?! Well… All I can say at this very moment is simple, whatever happens to Sora at this point, things are not going to get easier for him and for the people he has chosen to become friends with. So read on to find out more.