( A NEW CANON HAS ARRIVED. And while time may have gone quickly for Sora Minakaze, time has progressed slower for us. So let us see what is going to happen next.)

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Canon 18

For how long was he running? Sora did not care at this point. His mind was simply focused on trying to get as much distance as possible from anybody who might see him. He simply kept his foot on the pedal, not bothering to slow down until he began to hear the motorcycle slowly start to give out, having run out of gas from being driven at maximum. 'Shit...' Sora simply thought as he slowed down the motorcycle, coming to a stop at a park where various layers of flowers ranging from roses to hibiscus were laid out in an intricate manner.

Sora soon stopped the bike at a nearby lamp post, next to a park bench he could sit by and a balcony view he could take a look around. Sora wanted to keep moving but soon realized that he was rushing as he stopped himself from going any further. 'What are you doing Sora? There is no need to rush things like you are right now.' Sora thought as he soon took a seat by the bench, his gaze now looking towards the horizon view that the balcony gave as he just forced himself to take a deep breath.

'Calm down Sora... Calm down dammit...' Sora thought as he took several deep breathes to keep himself calm as at this point, his haste was going to cause him to make another mistake and if he did not stop to take his breath at this point, he was going to make that mistake much sooner. As soon as he took his deep breathes, he realized that he may have already made a couple of mistakes in his haste to get away as he had instinctively blurted out to Caroline if she had made any limiters to the Rev Blade.

'God... in my haste I made an assumption about something again...' Sora thought as he was trying to fix some bad habits he had picked up ever since his mercenary days as well as when he had to keep the whole Black Lotus invading Torifune a secret for the longest time until he had no choice. Slowly he had been trying to get himself to stop trying to presume stuff like if a weapon has limiters he did not know about without bothering to think about the creator of the weapon who may have purposely left the limiters on for good reason.

Sora took several deep breathes as he knew he needed to slowly figure out some things about his current situation before he proceeded any further. First of all, he needed to figure out what his current situation was like as he closed his eyes and began to visualize the situation in front of him. 'Alright... so firstly, I am currently being chased by a god like being for something I don't even know I had commit and that god like being has been erasing my existence as a result. So far from meeting Jin and Tsubaki, this means that their memories of me are completely gone as a result of this god's tampering.'

As Sora continued to collect his thoughts, Sora pulled out a cigarette and lighter, lighting the cigarette but instead of smoking it, hovered it close to his nose so he only got the vapors and none of the actual nicotine itself. He tried smoking once, ended up coughing heavily as a result when the vapors went down his throat and into his lungs and while he knew that smelling the smoke like this was just as unhealthy as smoking the cigarette itself, it at least was better than getting addicted to the stuff in the first place as it had a sort of calming effect on him at that moment.

'So as a result of this god like being tampering with my friends and their memories, I have to safely presume that everyone has forgotten about me... even if I don't want to admit it.' Sora thought as his mind went back to Makoto, clutching on the necklace with the rev arm as the more he thought about it, the more pain he felt at the idea that when he would see her, she would simply give him a who are you just like Jin and Tsubaki. That he would be just another stranger to her. And no connection would be there... not even a faint memory of them being in love would remain.

All of what they had experienced together, ripped apart by this god like being who simply wants him dead... for what reason? He didn't even know or cared at this point. All he knew was that god was literally trying to fuck him over for some reason, destroy everything he had worked hard to gain for himself and get rid of him at the same time as he crushed the cigarette in his hand and slammed it right on the park bench, ignoring the searing pain the cigarette caused on his normal hand as his rage was simply growing at this point.

"God dammit Sora... you got to calm down right now." Sora said to himself as he realized his anger was starting to get to him again as he took a couple of deep breathes once again to bring himself back to a calm state as getting angry at this point was useless. He just needed to find a way to get even as Amy might be his key in getting even as his survival was much more important in this case. So trying to find Makoto in the first place was not the logical choice... but since when was he a logical person?

'Even if it hurts me... I need to find Makoto... I need to see that she's alright. Even if she doesn't recognize who I am.' Sora thought as regardless to how dumb and illogical it was. There was simply a part of him that refused to give up on her in the end as opened his eyes, greeted by the sky blue horizon in front of him as he released his grip on the cigarette, causing it to drop on the ground as he smiled a bit. "And if I have to bet... you would be looking for me too if you still have your memories of me too...right Makoto?" Sora said with a bit of hope in his voice as he clutched tighter on the pendant strapped to his neck, his determination to find Makoto now renewed as he decided that he needed to take the time to prepare for that as he pulled out the file that Caroline gave him to see what it had.

'If I remember right. It was some maps of Kagutsuchi including old ones, a basic blueprint on the Rev system including by the look of it, this Reverse Flow system designed for it that I will need to do some more reading up on and most importantly, all the spies that the Otsu four heads have currently stationed in Kagutsuchi.' Sora thought, going by his own memory and the files Caroline had sent him what he wanted to know and what Caroline thought he should know at this point.

"Right...to avoid making another mistake, I better make sure I go through this whole list properly and slowly." Sora mumbled as soon his fingers drifted towards the contents of the files, his eyes scanning each one with the precision and care each required for his attention. This was something he would have not done before, in fact if he did this, he would start rushing it quickly, trying to get things done preferably on his own.

He still would like to do things on his own but at least this is a sign that he's starting to show some sort of growth to his character instead of stagnating like most people would. His eyes soon started to scan the Reverse Flow system as he began to read the notes carefully crafted by Caroline for him to understand. "Alright, let's see what this Reverse Flow system is all about." Sora said as his eyes soon began to read the instructions given to him by Caroline

"The Reverse Flow system is a backup system designed to allow people who have excessive amounts of Seithr or absorb Seithr in a rapid rate an alternative method to using the Rev System when there are situations that said person is unable to use Seithr for a wide variety of reasons. (Exp: There is a lack of Seithr in the area due to a variety of factors or Seithr is being sapped away in the area, preventing the Rev System from being used.)"

"Oh Caroline this is already becoming overkill..." Sora complained as he was already struggling to read through the mumbo jumbo that Caroline was already throwing his direction. He just needed to know how to operate the damn thing, not 3 whole pages on what the Rev system was, how it was made and the development history behind it. "Caroline must have just gotten lazy and expected me to just go straight to how to operate it." Sora mumbled out in complaint as he finally found the documents that contained the instruction manual on how he was supposed to operate the Reverse Flow system in the first place as he took the Rev Arm out and reassembled it to it's Rev Blade form to begin the process.

"So first disassemble the brake system by..." Sora mumbled as he began to follow the instructions that Caroline gave to activate the Reverse Flow system, screwing out some stuff before reinserting them in different positions, exposing parts that Sora had never seen before as he couldn't help but feel like he was beginning to see a brand new weapon get assembled right in front of him. "And finally inverse the blade to complete the transformation." Sora said as he did what the instructions had said, completing the conversion of the Rev Blade to now allow the Reverse Flow system to activate as he realized what he was looking at...

"Wait a minute, this looks like the exact same blade but the colors are now inversed." Sora said as the colors of the Rev Blade before was primarily white with some black trim and yellow stitching. Now it had primarily a black color scheme with white trim and the same yellow stitching. "Is this really now able to use the Reverse Flow system like Caroline... Oh who cares. If I keep thinking about stuff like this, I am going to give myself a fucking headache." Sora said, deciding to take Caroline's instructions to her word as he revved the Rev Blade, making sure it worked.

"So if I do it the opposite way..." as Soon as Sora did that, he revved the Rev system in the opposite Direction. Immediately, he felt a recoil throughout his body as the handle of the Rev blade had jutted out some small spikes, jabbing them into his palm as he felt the Seithr inside him flow into the Rev system as it soon activated. "ENHANCED GEAR!" The Rev Blade shouted as Sora couldn't help but look around with some panic as he quickly pressed the brake to dispel the Seithr it had absorbed.

"Got to be fucking careful with this damn thing and it's whole shouting out what level of Seithr charge it has."Sora said as he took a few deep breathes before finally settling down on his seat, slumping down onto the park bench once more as he looked at the Rev Blade, surprised by what it had just done as he shook his hand for a bit. 'And god did that hurt. I need to be careful using this thing from now on.' Sora said to himself as he decided that sitting down was not doing him any good anymore so he stood up, sheathing the Rev Blade behind his back and walked towards the balcony.

Leaning forward on the Balcony, Sora couldn't help but start to take in the scenery that was in front of him. He was used to the lower levels of his hometown of Otsu, dangerously close to the ground but high enough that Seithr didn't just consume it. So seeing nothing but clouds instead of the ruins of an old city was a strange experience for him. The thought that such a view can only be seen in Otsu was something that made Sora smile a little as it was a little badge of honor he had as his hands went to his pockets.

"What the?" Sora said as his hands reached out to his pockets and soon pulled out the pill bottle that he had taken from Tager who dropped it before. "Oh yeah... I wanted to give this back to Tager when I saw him." Sora muttered as he tossed the pill bottle in the air, carefully and dexterously catching the pill bottle with each toss in the air at the balcony. He knew that he should probably not do that as if something were to happen like he would get spooked all of the sudden and he failed to catch it then. It would fall all the way down to the abyss and there was no way to get it.

'Alright just one more toss then I am done.' Sora thought as he tossed the pill bottle for the last time into the air. Sometimes, in life, whether it maybe the last cookie on the plate or wanting to toss a pill bottle in the air for the last time before you kept it, it's always the one more time that screws you over. In this case, it happened as Sora raised his hand, ready to catch the pill bottle as it began to go down it's descent.

"H-EY! PUT THAT BOTTLE DOWN NOW!!" A voice shouted, spooking Sora as he turned away briefly before feeling the pill bottle hit his hand. Even with all of the speed in the world, Sora was unable to catch the pill bottle in time as it bounced right off his hand and far enough that not even Sora using his Drive would matter as Sora quickly turned back to the pill bottle's direction, placing his whole body over the rail to see it descend down to the abyss below.

'...Well... Shit.' Sora thought as he couldn't believe what had just happened as he soon felt the back of his shirt get grabbed and he was pulled violently back to the ground as his back was thrown into the park bench as a pair of hands grabbed his shirt and began to shake him violently. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?" The person shouted, anger clear in his voice as Sora was quick to piece together that the pill bottle was most likely intended for this person as he raised his hands in Self Defense.

"Well... Technically, I was trying to catch it when you startled me and caused me to drop it so... can we just say it's a fault of both parties and move on with our lives?" Sora said, hoping to keep things civil not only to avoid having to have another fight in his hands, but also hoping that for once, talking things out with people was the right solution and not what leads into another god damn fight for him to take.

The man didn't even reply to his words, just mumbling to himself as he walked back and forth as Sora couldn't help but feel a nagging sensation scream at the back of his neck, the sensation that he needed to look at the man who was talking to him as his voice, while slightly husky, he sounded...rather familiar. As the man sighed in frustration, Sora decided to get a better look at his face, raising his head to see who it was that had grabbed him violently and tossed him to a park bench.

At first, Sora's eyes blinked for a bit. He thought he was hallucinating things and closed his eyes tightly to focus harder on the image in front of him. It was then that Sora could see it, the spiky hair, the glowing red right eye, the almost pretty boy image. It couldn't be him, he was supposedly reported dead by various news outlets that covered his death intensely. "Hey you.. Please... Excuse me. I'm Sorry I..." The man said, turning his head towards Sora's direction as that was enough to make Sora's eyes widen as he stood up, staring right at the person who was supposed to be dead.

"Hunter is that you?!" Sora said in shock, forgetting for a brief moment that everyone's memories of him were scrambled, so that would have meant that Hunter's too were scrapped as when said his name, Sora couldn't help but feel his face go a bit pale as the man turned his head at hearing the name Hunter. As soon as his face was in full view, it was now confirmed for Sora that this was Hunter Long, The student who went on to become a major in the NOL and even lead a squadron called the Vermillion Dragoons thanks to his role the in the Black Lotus war.

His appearance however had changed drastically. The most significant of these changes was that his hair was no longer a bright red but instead a near ash like black, the left side of his hair covering his left eye as Sora was quick to notice that his right eye was not glowing as intensely or to be more accurate not at all as his left one as it was clearly missing and his skin looked pale, as if he was reach death's door at this point. Sora was shocked by Hunter's appearance but Hunter was shocked by something else entirely.

'Oh...Shit...' Sora thought, realizing that Hunter was reacting to the fact that someone he did not know him just said his name so casually as Sora scratched his head several times after realizing his mistake. 'Maybe I can try tricking him with some words?' Sora thought as his mind was quick to formulate a couple of sentences he could use to throw the man off his scent as Sora knew he had to give an answer quickly otherwise it would raise Hunter's suspicions even more.

"Well..I mean... Sorry if you are not Hunter Long. It's just... you look like him a little. I mean there are some differences but you..." Sora suddenly stopped talking when he noticed Hunter's nose start to twitch, Hunter sniffing several times as Sora couldn't help but feel a chill crawl up his back as he had forgotten about Hunter's nose, which was sensitive to lies. 'God damn you Hunter and your god damn lie detecting nose.' Sora thought as Hunter got closer to Sora, his eyes starting to dig right into Sora's soul.

"Who the hell are you?.." Hunter muttered, his voice becoming serious as he said those words. Sora felt the sweat behind his back drip in an extremely slow manner as he realized that he might have been too hasty with his words as Sora knew at that point there was no use trying to lie against someone who has what is essentially a lie detector test attached to his nose as Sora took a couple of deep breathes, looking at Hunter as he decided to be straight with him.

Sora: Okay look... I know this is going to sound crazy... but we know each other. Your memories of me are most likely screwed but we have met before.

Hunter: Yeah... I bet we do know each other...

Sora: I am being serious here. I am not trying to fuck with you right now because there's nothing I can gain from lying to you. You can tell can you. Your nose is not acting up right now... so you must think I am a good liar. But I am speaking the truth, Try sniffing me again and try and smell the lies from me.

Hunter couldn't help but hold his surprise at Sora's words, touching his nose instinctively as Sora's words were true at that moment

Hunter:...How do you know about that?..

Sora: Look. I just do because I know who you are. You are Hunter Long, the supposedly reported Deceased Major at the NOL who had his own Squadron called the Vermillion Dragoons, who was credited with a medal of honor for his role in stopping the Black Lotus invasion and also supposedly has access to what is known as the Lost Nox Nyctores... Is there anything else you want me to say to test that nose of yours?

As Sora bombarded Hunter with what was essentially an information overload, he couldn't help but hope that this info dump would be enough to convince Hunter that while he is not exactly a friendly, he's not a hostile as well. 'Just a little bit more. Hunter needs a bit more convincing before he at least trusts me a little.' Sora thought as he saw Hunter hold his hand to his head, pressing his palm hard on his forehead as his thoughts were roaming all over the place in the process.

Sora swallowed his saliva as he realized that he needed just one last push, one last sentence to convince Hunter that he was someone to trust. His thoughts ran for a bit before he realized a solution...a risky one that could end up blowing up on his face but if he didn't try it now, when will he ever try it? "If you want confirmation... Go and ask Makoto Nanaya... She may still remember me I don't know but I know her so yeah..."

Sora did it, he had pulled the trigger. Sora had said Makoto's name. The name of a person who hung out with Hunter a lot during his Academy years. Sora himself didn't know how Hunter would react to a nobody saying the name of his best friend as if they were nothing. Sora gulped as Hunter simply remained quiet the moment Sora mentioned her name. "Makoto...too?.." Hunter simply muttered as his mind began to piece together the events that happened a few hours ago...

When he met with Tager in order to get his medicine.

FLASHBACK

It had been a long day for Hunter Long. To recap his entire life at this point would be a challenge even for him as he struggled to walk the simple flight of steps that a normal person would be able to walk with ease. 'God Dammit Kokonoe. Can you at least take into consideration my health and select a place without much walking next time?..' Hunter thought, his right arm holding firmly on the stairway railing to the point it nearly bent as he dragged himself to the top.

Hunter Long has been in Kagutsuchi for a while. Hell he was here when all hell broke loose, when he went down to the cauldron and saw Noel there. He wasn't awake for long due to injuries he suffered there so by the time he had woken up, Noel Vermillion was long gone. Despite knowing that Noel was somewhere in Kagutsuchi, Hunter himself couldn't help but feel a sense of unease as he struggled to find the words he wanted to say to Noel as he took a couple more steps.

'Noel...' Hunter thought sadly as he stopped walking for a bit before he continued, his body still aching in pain... pain that was there long before he got injured again by the being in the Cauldron. He needed the medication that Kokonoe promised to give him, the life saving medicine that has been keeping him alive for the longest time. He needed that so he could go and find Noel and tell her how he felt... how he was sorry for leaving her alone for so long... how he didn't tell her that he was alive and allowed her to suffer in silence.

'Noel...please... hang in there for me.' Hunter thought as he walked up the stairs, seeing Tager sit down on a bench as he walked towards Tager before sitting down next to him. "So how long have you been waiting here huh?.." Hunter asked as Tager didn't even bother turning around to face Hunter, keeping his gaze forward as he got into the conversation. "I have only been here for at least a few hours now but do not worry. Kokonoe has been working me to the bone after all." Tager said as Hunter couldn't help but laugh a bit at that.

"Tell me about it... if it wasn't for the fact I am injured right now, she would be making me do the same thing... not that I would want to work for her directly anyways." Hunter said, thinking about his current life situation where he is not working for anybody in particular, just trying to make ends meet doing vigilante work while figuring out why the NOL wanted him dead in the first place. "So... are we going to make the drop or is there someone else we are waiting for?" Hunter continued as Tager simply nodded his head.

Soon, a pair of footsteps were heard as Hunter couldn't help but turn his head towards the direction of the footsteps as his eyes soon widen at the person who came from the stairs. Her big bushy brown tail with white and black stripes immediately gave away who it was and if that wasn't enough, the squirrel ears hiding underneath her beret as they twitched slightly were enough to confirm Hunter who it was.

"There you are Tager! I have been...looking...for you..." Makoto said as her speech slowly went to a crawl as without even saying a word, she ran up to Hunter and simply gave him a tight hug, Hunter simply keeping quiet before he smiled and hugged her back. "What's the matter Makoto?.. You look like you have seen a ghost?" Hunter said, trying to bring some sort of cheer towards Makoto's way, thinking that Makoto herself must be dealing with some sort of shock of seeing a dead guy who she probably thought was dead for the longest time was dead... being back alive.

Makoto however... didn't need such humor as she clutched Hunter harder in her hands, unwilling to break out the hug as Tager knew he had to break up the happy moment as he cleared his throat. "As much as I would hate to interrupt such a touching moment like this... we have business that we need to complete quick." Tager said as Makoto simply nodded her head at that as she pulled away from the hug. "There...this is a lot for me to process right now... but all I can say is simply... it's good to see that you're alive Hunter." Makoto said as Hunter couldn't help but smile at that.

"Me too Makoto... I am glad that I got to see you too. Though I... wait a minute... YOU'RE THE SECRET SPY THAT KOKONOE HAD PLANTED!?" Hunter said in shock as Makoto simply looked at him with a blank look on her face as she simply rubbed her forehead. "Look it's a really long story and I am just here to meet with the big guy to get some details from Kokonoe herself. We can figure out the bigger details later after we get out of this alive..." Makoto said, surprising Hunter as she sounded serious... much more serious than how she was before.

"You're right about that... so...Tager, do you have my medicine?" Hunter asked, realizing that he shouldn't linger for too much longer at this point and while he wanted to talk with Makoto just a bit longer, they both seem to be pretty busy at the moment which simply meant that they needed to go out there and get the stuff they needed to do done. "Hold on for a moment Hunter. I have your medication so there is no worry about that." Tager responded as his hand soon reached towards his pocket.

Soon, the calm Tager began to pat his pockets with his massive gauntlets even more, worrying Hunter in the process. "You... You have the medicine in those undersized pockets of yours right...Tager?" Hunter questioned as Tager continued to pat his pockets even faster, not panicking outside but both Makoto and Hunter knew that deep inside, the Red Devil himself was beginning to panic as he knew... this was something that Professor Kokonoe needed to know.

"Professor...I need to confirm with you on something. Bringing this to a private channel." Tager said as soon he went quiet, disturbing both Makoto and Hunter as he stood there, remaining silent before Tager looked at Hunter. "I... am afraid I have some bad news for you." Tager said as Hunter's face couldn't help but pale hearing those words. "Please... please don't say what I think you are going to say?" Hunter said as he couldn't help but feel his feet go out as he dropped to his knees.

"Unfortunately...I have somehow managed to lose the medication needed to keep you alive." those words Tager said simply caused Hunter's heart to drop as Makoto stared at Hunter, saddened to see him broken like this. "Fortunately. I suspect that we can still retrieve it from the person we suspect may still have it." Tager said as Hunter looked at him with a sudden burning determination as he stood up and grabbed Tager in his vest.

"THEN TELL ME ALREADY! I NEED TO KNOW NOW!.." Hunter said as Tager kept quiet for a bit, looking at Makoto for a moment as Hunter looked at Makoto, noticing that she had to look away for a bit, biting her lips in the process as Tager decided to say it. "The person's name is Sora Minakaze. I had a bit of an unfortunate encounter with him yesterday and must have dropped it in the middle of combat. I suspect that he might have it but I am not certain about it." Tager continued as Hunter looked at him before looking back at Makoto, seeing her expression tighten even more as she didn't say a word.

"Do you know something about this...Sora Minakaze Makoto?" Hunter asked, his gaze focused on Makoto as she simply remained still. "I do... but I am looking for him myself... Sorry." Makoto said as she walked up to Tager and whispered something to his ear as the Red Devil simply nodded. "I'm sorry Hunter, I need to go now. We will catch up later." Makoto said, walking away from the scene as Hunter couldn't help but keep staring at Makoto's direction as something was clear to him.

Makoto knew much more than what she was implying...

"I see... so that is why Makoto is acting Strange..." Hunter muttered from his voice as Sora barely heard his voice. "Ummm Hunter?" Sora questioned as he saw Hunter focus his gaze down. Something was wrong and Sora could tell there was so much more going on at this point as Hunter made his weapon, The lost Nox Nyctores, Draco but it's appearance has changed since the last time he had seen Hunter.

Before, Draco was a straight blade jutting out of what looked to be a Dragon's maw wrapped around what seemed to be an almost organic like chain and runes. Now, Draco looked drastically different, the runes now streaming all over the weapon with the chains how extending past the maw itself and wrapping itself around Hunter's hand. The biggest change was to the blade itself as it was no long just a straight blade but instead a crude looking saw like blade, the points of the blade extremely blunt instead of being sharp as before.

"You must be after her... which means that You're the Sora Minakaze that she was looking for. The same Sora Minakaze who stole my medicine and dropped it into the abyss..." Hunter said, his voice become lower and much more primal as Sora couldn't help but feel a bit unnerved by the way Hunter was behaving at this point. He was not trying to socialize or trying to be a bit more positive but instead showed more of his hostility towards him, causing Sora to feel a sense of unease as Hunter soon stared right at him, his eye glowing greatly.

"So to recap... You stole my medicine for no reason, dropped it into the abyss because you wanted to have your fun with it... and You also know me and Makoto very well...claiming that we were friends once... Now I am no genius but you have to agree... that in by itself... is very suspicious don't you think?" Hunter said as he tightened his grip on Draco, causing Sora to tense up even more as without warning, Hunter leapt towards him, Sora barely dodging out of the way as Hunter destroyed the park bench, causing splinters everywhere as Sora was shocked by how wildly he swung his blade.

"WOAH WOAH!" Sora yelled as he did not want to fight Hunter at that moment, trying to instead resolve his current issue with diplomacy and peace rather than fighting and war. Sora himself did not want to engage in several fights in a single day, having already have to fight for his life at least three times today. However Hunter looked like he was not going to have any of it as Sora couldn't help but hold his head, feeling a strange presence lurk inside his mind.

"You...Losing your cool...tapping...power..." A voice uttered as Sora couldn't help but shake his head even more, realizing that the voice he had heard was not aimed at his direction but instead towards Hunter. "Not Now...if anything...right now...I need it even more than ever..." Hunter said as Sora heard Hunter say it audibly, his voice now raised as he looked at Sora, placing his blade on his shoulder and stared right at Sora with a death glare Sora had never thought was possible from a person like him.

"Woah...Hunter...Please...Calm down. We don't need to continue on with violence. Why don't you put down your weapon and we have a conversation that doesn't involve us having to forcibly fight against each other..." Sora said, raising his hands in a surrendering position as he had hoped to convince Hunter that he was not willing to fight. However Hunter seemed to care about his words, slowly entering his stance once again as he continued to stare at him with a death like glare, looking like was about to explode.

"Oh?.. Don't worry about that Sora... I'll make sure to keep things...Civil." Hunter said as he remained in stance as he emitted out an aura of power, causing the ground to shake a little as Hunter simply planned to fight Sora... his mind focused not on trying to resolve things peacefully or understand people like before but now replaced with an anger that seemed to overwrite all sense of logic as Sora sighed, realizing that the diplomacy he had hoped for...simply failed.

"So come on... come over here... SO I CAN PUT YOU TO THE DAMN GROUND!" Hunter shouted, reasoning gone for some reason as Sora couldn't help but look away from this sight. 'No... This isn't right... what's happened to you Hunter.' Sora thought as something must have happened to Hunter for him to become... like this. An incident so severe that it was enough to make him unable to try and trust him and even resort to violence to solve this as Sora clenched his fist.

"If I have to fight to get you to listen to me... then fine. A fight is what you're going to get." Sora said as Sora took off the cloak he was using, letting the wind blow it out of the way as he knew he had to get serious for this fight otherwise Hunter will absolutely kill him as his cloak soon caught itself onto a pole, allowing Hunter to see that Sora was missing an arm as Sora didn't need to feel his way towards the Rev Blade that was on his back, pulling it out as he gave Hunter his own determined stare as both Sora and Hunter simply prepared themselves...

...For a fight...

GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION! HAPPY NEW YEARS! (Or New Year's eve for those who have yet to reach New Years.) I HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WELL! 2019 has been a rather eventful year for us all. The list of events that have happened to us in this year are endless but at least the more things change, the more some things remain the same. Overall, the 2010's has been a rather interesting decade for us with it's own list of events that we would have thought were only possible in a fanfiction itself. God life can be weird at times.

Regardless. If you all think I will have any resolutions? I honestly don't really have any resolutions. I just want to keep giving you guys content that not only interest you all but also keeps you interested for the long run. So whether it's 2019 or 2020 or 2200 (I know, that is too long and I would be dead by then.) I just want to keep writing stories for you all that will come to appreciate and love and remember, at the end of the day fanfiction is a way for people to connect to the main story that people write about so if you like this story, don't hesitate to check out the Blazblue story itself even if it's a convoluted mess that needs it's own fixing.

SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT!? HOW WILL THE FIGHT BETWEEN HUNTER AND SORA TURN OUT!? JUST WHAT HAPPENED TO HUNTER FROM THE PAST FEW YEARS SINCE WE LAST SAW HIM!? CAN SORA CALM DOWN THE NOW ENRAGED HUNTER OR WILL HE HAVE TO RESULT TO VIOLENCE ONCE MORE? Well... Hang on to your seats as 2020 will not stop for anyone. Not even for our heroes.