( A New Canon has begun! Now let us see what fate has in store for Sora Minakaze Next.)
Bold = English Conversations
Bold + Italics =Japanese Conversations
Canon 17
Orient Town... Sora Minakaze had been here once. In fact it was yesterday when he was last here, eating food with an NOL official that was rather sub par at best. Now that was less the fault of Orient Town and more on the NOL official who thought that it was a good idea to only order boiled eggs without any kind of condiment, eating them whole like some sort of weirdo. Regardless, Sora did not want to be seen here...for a lot of reasons.
'Let's just make this a quick passing by trip and nobody has to get hurt in the process... easy right?' Sora thought but he knew it was not going to be easy. There is a god like being after for his blood, able to make anything go after him and fight him, and they can manipulate time to do so. Sora at this point would not be surprised to find out that he has been secretly consuming drugs in all of this but the 1000th pinch to his skin via using the rev arm tells him otherwise.
'Of course not... knowing angry god like beings... when something doesn't go their way, send the next obstacle.' Sora thought as he couldn't help but think back to the Seithr like creature he had fought a while ago known as Arakune. How does something like that even exist... a being able to just existence as pure Seithr alone. Then again, what Arakune is somewhat similar in concept to what the Black Beast was... simply put, a being of Seithr.
'No point spending time thinking about stuff that doesn't make sense, all I can do is survive and get to Makoto...' Sora thought, pushing Arakune to the back of his mind as he began to look left and right around his surroundings. This was a new place to him so he didn't know where he needed to go to exit Orient Town. But at the very least, this was a brief respite to the current chaos that he had to endure as he decided to have the Rev Blade in it's Rev Arm form, figuring that would draw less attention than a giant sword strapped to his back.
'Anything that gets less eyes on me is alright... that being said, If I could just dye my hair black and not have a blind eye, then I would be perfectly blending in.' Sora finished as he looked up to see that somehow, his feet had taken him to the restaurant that he had worked hard to run away from, making him scratch his head in the process. 'Oh how did I get here?.. Never mind, just walk away and pretend that place doesn't exist.' Sora thought but before he could even take another step forward, he immediately sensed a killing intent directed his way.
"SO THERE YOU ARE RAWGNA!" A voice shouted as Sora looked to see something he had never thought he would see. Another Kakan as this one was dark skinned and was wearing a white kakan hoodie with red and yellow trim as her face bared the look of an angry beast as her tail was spiked in the air. "Uhhh... Can I help you Kakan?" Sora questioned as the Kakan in question pointed her paw right at his direction.
"YES NYA! YOU CAN HELP ME BY BEING DEFEATED BY TAO NYA!" The Kakan known as Tao shouted as Sora couldn't help but rub his forehead at that. "Uhhh...I don't know about that... but are you sure you should be saying stuff like that before we fight? And also why are you challenging me out of nowhere?" Sora questioned as Tao couldn't help but puff her chest at that. "Well you see Rawgna! You are worth a lot of money! Money Tao can use to help her village Nya!"
"Uhhh...that's great and all... but why are you calling me Rawgna?" Sora questioned as Tao smirked even more and reached her paw into her breast pocket, pulling out a piece of paper. "IT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE RAWGNA THE BLOODEDGE! JUST LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE TELLS ME THAT!" Tao shouted as she revealed the wanted poster of not Rawgna the Bloodedge but Ragna the bloodedge... and the terrible picture that came with it as Sora couldn't help but rub his forehead at that.
Sora: Okay look...I know your kind can be...dumb at times... But don't you think that the guy in the picture...is not me?
Tao: HAHA! TRYING TO DEFLECT THE BLAME AWAY HUH RAWGNA! YOU TRULY ARE A BAD GUY!
Sora: N-No... it's just I don't look like anything like the guy in the picture. I don't have red and green eyes. I have white hair but not that spiky... and I certainly don't look like I got fucking hit by a truck of all things!
Tao: DON'T TRY TO THINK THAT TAO IS DUMB NYA! I LOOKED AT THIS PICTURE AND I CAN TELL YOU'RE RAWGNA! YOU EVEN SOUND LIKE A BAD GUY YOURSELF TRYING TO DEFEND YOURSELF!
Sora:... You fucking idiot cat. I already told you that I am not this Rawgna! AND IT'S NOT EVEN PRONOUNCED RAWGNA ON THE POSTER BUT RAGNA! IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A BOUNTY HUNTER! TRY TO AT LEAST LEARN BASIC ENGLISH!
"NYAHAHAH! TAO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING AT ALL SO YOU MUST BE A BAD GUY! NYA!" Tao shouted as a crowd as beginning to form as a result as Sora simply sighed and realized that while Tao wanted to capture him... he was just not in the mood to fight against her. One was simply because from just looking at her, he could tell he could beat her with his eyes closed and second was that he didn't feel like bullying someone who clearly has not either studied a lot in her life... or was fed information that was dubious at best.
'At least if I can subdue this dumb cat without harming her... I can at least sleep at bit easier knowing that I didn't harm someone who might be autistic in the head... but then again me presuming her to be autistic is just as bad...' Sora thought as he scratched his head before looking at Tao in the eyes. "Are you sure you want to do this? Just to let you know, I am pretty strong." Sora said as Tao couldn't help but grin widely at that. "OF COURSE NYA! YOU ARE MINE NOW NYA!" Tao shouted as she dived right for Sora, intent on beating him.
As soon as Sora saw the Kakan dive towards him, he immediately dodged, causing her to crash into a pile of trash as a crowd began to form as a result. As the trash flew to the side, Sora saw his opportunity to end this fight as peacefully as he could when a trash can emptied it's contents when Tao crashed right into it, causing the lid holding the trash back to spill out as well. 'At least I can see a way of ending this without bloodshed... If I can just get her to go into that bin...' Sora thought as Tao immediately turned around.
"STOP RUNNING AWAY FROM ME RAWGNA AND FACE ME!" Tao shouted as her paws sprouted out big metal long claws that would seriously hurt someone if they come into contact with anyone. "Just where on Earth are you even keeping something like that on your paws?" Sora questioned as Tao tilted her head, having never heard Japanese in her life. "What are you saying now?! Don't tell me! RAWGNA IS ACTUALLY AN ALIEN NYA!" Tao shouted as her claws became sharper at that as Sora couldn't help but face palm at that.
"It's called Japanese you moron... Oh who am I kidding. With you real idiot types, trying to reason with you would be just a waste of time at the end." Sora said in English at first before finishing the sentence in Japanese, Realizing that it would be useless to try and reason with Tao at this point. It would be better to play the role of Rawgna the bad guy, not only to bait her even more, it also makes it easier for Sora to not get attached to what is essentially a cat given sentience.
"NOW TAO KNOWS THAT SHE MUST TAKE YOU DOWN RAWGNA THE ALIEN!" Tao shouted as she dived towards him once again, Sora dodging to the side once again as Tao quickly pulled something out of her paws and tossed it right at Sora, Sora's head bobbing to the left as he saw that Tao had tossed right at him a pillow. Tao then tossed another item right at Sora which was a bowling ball as Sora couldn't help but wonder where she was pulling this stuff out of.
But he had no time to think about such things, all he knew was that he had to subdue the cat as he picked up the bowling ball using the Rev Arm and tossed it right back at Tao at full speed, comedically causing it to bonk Tao on the head and forming a bump on the top of her head which slightly bulged out of her hoodie. "OWW! YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT RAWGNYA NYA!" Tao shouted as the crowd continued to grow much to Sora's disliking as he continued to dodge the Kakan's attempts at trying to hit him as she arched her back and sprouted her claws forward in an attempt to hit him.
"HEY YOU ARE THE ONE WHO DECIDED TO PICK THIS FIGHT WITH ME! I AM JUST OBLIGING HERE YOU CAT!" Sora shouted as Tao simply interpreted the words Sora was saying as some sort of magic chant he was speaking at her as Tao had never heard another language in her life. "STOP SPEAKING LIKE A WEIRDO AND FIGHT TAO ALREADY NYA!" Tao shouted as Sora couldn't help but shake his head at that, wondering what he had done to deserve this in his life right now.
'Maybe I should just stop trying to entice the stupid cat and get her in the bin already.' Sora thought as he dodged another attempt by Tao to pounce on him, Sora not even bothering to use the Rev Arm or the Rev Blade as in his mind, that would be a waste of not only resources, his time but everything else as everything counts in the long run. Soon his opportunity to subdue the cat came when he heard a loud grumble come from Tao.
"NYAA! TAO DIDN'T GET TO EAT MUCH BEFORE SHE SPOTTED RAWGNA! TAO NEEDS TO END YOU QUICK SO TAO CAN EAT AGAIN!" Tao shouted, mouth drooling as this was Sora's chance to subdue the big cat as her mind had become so distracted with wanting to eat that she began to attack him with even more ferocity at the expense of less accuracy and no longer watching where she was pouncing, pouncing on even civilians as Sora ran towards the rubbish bin, enticing Tao in the process.
"HAHA! YOUR BACK IS EXPOSED RAWGNA! NOW IT'S TIME FOR TAO TO USE HER SPECIAL TECHNIQUE!" Tao shouted as the area suddenly turned black as she leapt into the air, making Sora simply sweat at what she was doing. "Is she seriously going to use an astral heat right now of all times? When I am not distracted and can clearly see what she is doing?" Sora simply thought as seeing Tao ready herself for a ferocious pounce simply told Sora everything he needed to know.
"NOW PREPARE FOR THE KAKAN SPECIAL FURIOUS POUNCING TECHNIQUE!" Tao shouted as she blasted herself right towards Sora, claws sprouting out and ready to hit Sora. But like Sora had said before, she was doing it right in the open, where he could see what she was doing and knew what her attack was and thus he had a simple counter towards what she was trying to do. Lift the rubbish bin right at her direction, causing her to crash right into it and sealing it shut in the process as Tao began to struggle.
"NYA! LET TAO GO RAWGNA! YOU COWARD! LET TAO OUT OF THIS DARK PLACE!" Tao shouted as Sora did not waste time to seal the bin shut with a combination of large trash cans and duct tape he borrowed from a nearby convenience store but the moment he saw Tao stab the bin with one of the massive claws, he knew he had to get her out of the way sooner rather than later.
"You can thank me for this later you cat, for now... I NEED YOU OUT OF HERE!" Sora shouted as he slammed the bin right onto a cart that contained a bunch of fruit and released the brake. Pushing the cart down a hill as Tao was soon launched into the air. "CURSE YOU RAWGNA THE BLOODEDGE NYA!" Tao shouted as she was soon simply a sparkle in the sky as Sora collapsed to the ground, simply tired from trying to contain the crazy cat in the first place.
"My Cart..." The owner of the cart simply said as he dropped to his knees, having witnessed his cart fly towards the heavens into...wherever it may be now as Sora simply sighed and pulled out a cheque. "How much was it worth? I can pay it back for you." Sora said but before the owner of the cart could tell Sora how much it was worth, Sora felt the back of his collar get picked up before he got turned around where Sora immediately recognized the man.
How could Sora recognize the man? It was simple, it was the same man in the picture Tao had shown him, Ragna the bloodedge. "What are you thinking, just booting my friend out like that huh." Ragna said, his red and green eyes staring right into him as Sora couldn't help but scratch his head at that. "Well she attacked me...and I defended myself. I don't see anything wrong with what I did." Sora simply replied as Ragna simply sighed at that response.
"I get it. Tao may be a bit of an idiot. But don't think I would let you treat her like that!" Ragna shouted as Sora couldn't help but continue to scratch his head. "Then what do you want me to do? Fight her and get her injured in the process? I was trying to be nice to the damn cat even though she started the fight first. And besides she's going to be fine... I mean she has some food along with that cart so at least she's not going to starve to death if she survives so it's all good." Sora calmly explained as he hoped that by calmly explaining his decision making he could get away from what was essentially another dumb fight waiting to happen.
"Fine... You may be right about that. But that still doesn't change the fact that you treated her like that." Ragna said as Sora couldn't help but facepalm at that. 'Does this guy really expect me to really treat her nicer? God for someone with the SSS Class rating given by the NOL he's ridiculously nice for some reason.' Sora thought as he didn't know what he was going to say to Ragna the Bloodedge that would not entice another fight at this point.
'Maybe this guy has fought one too many bounty hunters at this point that he's incredibly twitchy against potential threats... or maybe he really is famous for picking a fight.' Sora thought as Ragna could see Sora's mind in works, his eyes going left and right thinking about various things as he couldn't help but feel a bit pissed off that he was now getting ignored by Sora right now. "Hey! I am talking to you dammit." Ragna said as Sora simply raised his hand to Ragna's face, taking a calm deep breath in the process.
"Look...if you want to fight, I can understand. But at least if you want a fight, let me get prepared at first at least." Sora said as Ragna couldn't help but feel caught off guard by that. Was his current stance coming off as too strong? It didn't seem like Sora was actually picking a fight with him in the first place. "No you don't have to do that... I was just trying to bring a point that's all." Ragna said, his tone becoming lighter as Sora couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"Do you want to just get a bite? There's no point in us fighting it out if we can just settle this issue by talking it out." Sora said, hoping that this was the key he needed to get himself out of another fight and into a proper table for diplomacy. "Sure...I guess... But you better be able to pay because I am not going to run out of another restaurant again." Ragna said as Sora couldn't help but sweat at that. 'Are you really a criminal or just some guy with bad luck?' Sora thought as he was just glad that this whole thing was going to be resolved peacefully.
"Oh my my, I never thought I would see the day that two dogs would be with each other." A voice said as that made Sora simply groan in the process, cursing his bad luck as he looked past Ragna's shoulder to see the green haired man himself, grin on his face and spinning his fedora hat on a finger. "Hazama" "Terumi..." Both Sora and Ragna said at the same time, surprising each other in the process as Sora looked at Ragna in confusion.
"Terumi? That green haired guy's called Hazama not Terumi." Sora said as Ragna raised his eyebrow at that. "Yeah... that's what he calls himself. But in truth, that guy's real name is Yuuki Terumi. And he's someone you need to back the fuck away from." Ragna said as Hazama couldn't help but clap at that. "I am so touched by the words you chose for me dear Ragna. But unfortunately or fortunately for you today, I am not here to ruin your day... but his." Hazama said, pointing his finger right at Sora as Ragna couldn't help but raise a few questions at that point.
Ragna: Woah Woah Woah. What did he ever do to you huh?!
Hazama: Well. Simply put, he left me stranded in the middle of a restaurant with a bill that I had to pay with my own money. You owe me at least one hundred thousand blaybloo you!
Sora:...What? You are the one who ordered the shitty food. Why should I even pay for that stuff?
Ragna: You ran out of a restaurant just because you don't want to pay the bill?
Sora: What? It tasted average and boring and also he eats whole boiled eggs...whole...without chewing! What monster does that!
'I highly doubt that is the problem right now kid.' Ragna thought as Hazama couldn't help but rub his forehead at what he was bearing witness. "I always knew you Otsunians were an untrustworthy bunch but I had never thought I would see or bear witness to the day that I would hear such nonsense come out of a person's mouth. I LIKE EATING MY EGGS WHOLE! IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THAT!?" Hazama said, his voice becoming stern as Sora rubbed his forehead in return.
"You can't enjoy an egg swallowing it whole! At least if you are going to eat an egg whole put some soy sauce or hell salt on it! NOT SWALLOW THE DAMN THING WITHOUT ANYTHING!" Sora screamed as Ragna could not believe the dialogue he was hearing at that moment. Here he was, a mortal nemesis that he hated to his very core on one side. And a complete stranger who had just shoved his kakan friend into a trash can and sent her flying into parts unknown on the other. Just what kind of world was he living at that moment.
"Oh you know what... I was going to show you some mercy and at least beat your ass before I drag you back to base... but screw that. I am just going to make sure the only state they find you in is in a body bag!" Hazama said, his tone suddenly changing as both Ragna and Sora could sense a sudden change in the green haired man. His tone had changed from a serious but joking kind of manner into a more... unsettling tone, his voice sounding more sadistic as Hazama himself looked like he was struggling to contain something that was beyond him.
"You know what...I might as well turn around and well...run away right now?" Sora said as he was about to do what he was going to say but Hazama tossed a strange weapon right at him, a giant head attached to a chain as Sora bobbed his head in time to dodge the chain only to raise his guard to block an attempted knee strike right at his stomach by Hazama to knock him out. Ragna was pushed to the side when this happened as Sora had already went to combat mode as Hazama couldn't help but look around.
"You know what I realized? Where is that motorcycle looking blade you had on you? I don't remember you having this arm? Are you feigning having a disability to get benefits? You know it's a chargeable offense by Law to fake having a disability in the first place if you have a prosthetic replacement." Hazama said with a calm in his voice. Regardless of that, he still had an unsettling feeling about him as Sora knew very well that he should not underestimate this person in the first place.
Instead of answering his question, Sora simply decided that it was best for him to simply and quickly put some distance between him and Hazama at that exact moment. He had just been through hell already, having had to run away from a black Seithr creature and a crazy Kakan. He did not need to add to his day by fighting an NOL official who was clearly more than what meets the eye and overexerting himself doing so in the process.
'I need to find a way out of here. I can't afford to fight him right now.' Sora thought as he looked at his possible escape routes. There was either too many people blocking that way or it was too open that it would require overexerting himself with use of his drive and that may prove to be an even bigger problem if he used it too much. He needed to think to think about where he could go at that moment as he noticed Hazama slowly reach for his hat.
"Regardless of who you are... You are just too dangerous to leave alone. You're going to ruin my future plans at this rate and I can't have that happening right now." Hazama said as he pulled down his hat, his hair spiking up as he tossed it to the side, his golden yellow eyes staring right at him. Sora couldn't help but feel even more of his blood freeze in the process as he tensed up and grabbed the rev arm by it's wrist, his eyes focusing on the danger present in front of him.
'Run... Just Run...' Sora thought as he turned around looking for possible routes to escape but immediately sensed a presence behind him as he turned back to see Hazama, having already gotten to behind him as he spun a balisong knife in his hand and tried thrusting it right towards Sora. As soon as he did, he saw another hand reach out to intercept the attack before Sora could use his drive to dodge the attack.
"Look kid, I don't know what you did to make this asshole angry at you. But you best leave him to me. So get your ass out of here right now!" Ragna said as Hazama simply gritted his teeth. "Don't get in the way you fucking dog!" Hazama shouted as Ragna stopped another attempted stab with his other hand. "As if I give a fuck about what you think Terumi! I am going to crush you with my own hands!" Ragna shouted as people began to run away from the scene, as if they could sense the danger that was growing as a result as Sora heard the sound of a vehicle approaching their direction.
"Captain Hazama! Are you..." But before The NOL guard who came in on his motorcycle could finish his sentence, having witnessed the scene of Hazama engaging with Ragna the Bloodedge, a third person suddenly appeared right in front of his face, terrifying the man as before Ragna and Hazama realized it, Sora was already in front of the guard, having used his drive to move to where the guard was to steal his ride.
"Where did he..." "How did he…" Hazama and Ragna said respectfully as Sora himself did not bother saying any other word to Ragna, simply grateful for the fact that he has a chance of escaping now thanks to the distraction Ragna was giving as he grabbed the officer by his collar and tossed him off his bike. As he flew into the air, Sora jumped up to intercept, kicking him right towards Hazama to not only force Hazama off his balance but also to delay even further as Ragna himself was forced to dodge the body coming his way.
As soon as his feet landed on the ground, Sora immediately leapt onto the bike, the key still left on the ignition as Sora quickly floored the accelerator and turned around, his experience with driving motorcycles immediately kicking in as he drove as quickly as he could in the opposite direction away from Hazama and Ragna. By the time the both of them realized what had happened, they were unable to stop him as Hazama gritted his tetth.
"YOU JUST HAD TO RUIN THINGS HUH YOU STUPID MUTT." Hazama said, his teeth grinding at what had just happened as Ragna simply scoffed hearing that. "Ruin things? After what you did to me and my family, I think you deserve even more coming your way.. YOU DAMN SNAKE!" Ragna said as soon they violently clashed, the streets of Orient Town now left completely empty as Sora himself floored it, his senses now heightened to a point that even the slightest drop of water would get his attention.
'Got to avoid the streets, if the NOL's setting up roadblocks right now I have to just drive through the alleys.' Sora thought as his mind was racing with various solutions to the current problem he was in. This thing… whatever is trying to kill him, will most likely try to influence events so that he is forced to fight but the more things he can do to limit those events, the more he is able to narrow his possible angles of attack.
Soon Sora found himself needing to stop. While thinking what would be the best solution would be the best idea, he also knew that he needed to get a proper bearing of his location as he temporarily stopped his bike to make a quick call towards Caroline for her assistance on this. "Hey Boss. Did something happen?" Caroline said, quickly knowing that Sora rarely calls her and thus was able to deduce that this was something rather urgent if he was calling her.
"Caroline. I need you to send me a full map of Kagutsuchi to my phone right now. As well I need you to disable any limiters you may have placed on the Rev Blade now. My life is currently in danger and I need all the power the system can give me now as well as any information." Sora said, his mind was in too much of a rush to think if the Rev System had any limitations in the first place but Caroline understood what he meant at that moment.
"I'll send you all the latest information that the internet has on Kagutsuchi and some old maps of the city itself. Also I am disabling the Reverse Flow limiter in the Rev System so that you have a way of using Seithr. I'll send the instructions for that too as well." Caroline said, deducing that it was more efficient to give Sora a word document on how to operate the system rather than risk telling it to him and it all flying past his head as she could tell that Sora was in a state of focus and she didn't need to break it.
"Also… The organization has managed to get in contact with Makoto and let her know that she's currently in danger. They also have their men watching her movements as we speak but it's going to be slow since she's also trying to dodge NOL guards." Caroline continued as any information she could feed to Sora at that moment would not only serve to help him greatly but also help to reduce his own burden in the process.
"Thanks Caroline. I can find the spies on my own… also I sort of know what may be the cause of the memory loss. I will tell you the details later. For now, I need to get somewhere to process the info you gave me." Sora said as Caroline simply took a deep breath at that. "Alright Boss… just make sure that you keep your eyes out. I'm noting an increased traffic of bodies in Kagutsuchi right now and not all of it is NOL." Caroline said before Sora simply took a deep breath of his own.
"That's all I need to know. Thanks for everything Caroline." Sora said as he ended the call and sent a simple message to the four heads of Otsu, realizing he would have to start moving soon. The message simply read as, "Heads, I need your help on something. Give me any info that the spies have gotten on Makoto as soon as possible. It will help me with pinning down her location." Sora messaged before he rode off on the stolen bike, his next plan of action now established as he soon exited Orient Town, noticing the signs and architecture of the buildings changing as his indication he was now far away from the location.
...But he knew that his day was far from over… no matter how far he got from any part of Kagutsuchi.
GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION!? HOW IS EVERYONE DOING!? I hope you all didn't mind the chaotic pace of this chapter. Personally I don't mind it but don't be afraid to let me know how you feel about this breakneck pace? Also to think we have already reached the end of the year already. God how time flies sometimes and before you know it. You are already at the end of the year.
I say this because if you really think about it. Life can be really short at times. So short in fact that I cannot help but wonder who thought that 12 months would be long enough for people to enjoy a year. Oh well. I don't really spend much time thinking about stuff like this because I just prefer to live in the moment and see where that takes me. Hopefully it takes me to a place where I can be happy in life and it should be the same for you too. Do whatever makes you happy and also helps you feel fulfilled at the same time.
SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT TO SORA MINAKAZE IN THIS CRAZY ADVENTURE HE HAS BEEN FORCED TO PARTAKE IN!? WHAT NEW FACES WILL HE BE FORCED TO FIGHT AGAINST OR MEET!? AND WITH THE CRAZINESS THAT HAS BEEN THROWN HIS WAY, CAN HE FIND MAKOTO NANAYA IN THE MADNESS! ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE WILL BE ANSWERED NEXT YEAR SO HANG ON TIGHT BECAUSE THE RIDE WILL CONTINUE ONE!