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Canon 28

Previously on Canon Distortion

Sora Minakaze was in the middle of an important test that was laid in front of him by Rachel Alucard. All he had to do was simply touch her but Ragna the Bloodedge proved to make that as difficult for him to do so without the use of his Drive. However when he received a phone call from Makoto Nanaya only for her to abruptly disconnect the call, he proceeded to do so in order to quickly rush to where he was supposed to meet her... but this is not about Sora Minakaze right now, it's about what happened before to Makoto Nanaya..

And now, the continuation of Canon Distortion

In order to make sense of the series of events that happened beforehand, it is important to first turn back time to a few minutes earlier, in fact, before the time before Sora even began his test with Rachel to be precise. During that exact same moment, Makoto was busy escorting Noel to the drop point but in order to do so in a safe manner, she had been leading her through a series of narrow alleyways designed to minimize their exposure to crowds and people spotting them.

"Is this really necessary Makoto?" Noel questioned as while she could understand her friend wanting to make sure that they were not spotted by anybody, especially any potential NOL officers that might be roaming around, this level of secrecy seemed to be redundant when they could just blend in with the crowds instead using their NOL Uniforms. While Makoto could understand her skepticism about being this secretive, Makoto had her reasons for guiding them through the maze like alley ways of Kagutsuchi.

"I know it looks like we're wasting time but... I would rather place it even more safe than normal rather than try to risk it by walking outside. Besides, that's why we woke up early to get moving already." Makoto explained as Noel couldn't help but giggle at that. Though there was something that lingered in her mind in regards to that. "Speaking of waking up early... who was that person that you were talking to when I woke up Makoto? Was he someone from Sector Seven?" Noel questioned as Makoto froze for a bit.

How was she going to answer this question that wouldn't make her sound like a lunatic in the process. "Well... Let's just say he's ummm...more than just a friend at the moment." Makoto said as Noel became curious at that before trying to piece together what Makoto meant by those words. "Do you mean... work sense or private sense?" Noel questioned as Makoto did not know how to respond to that weird question. "Ummm...Private sense?" Makoto said as Noel immediately began to think about a couple of possible theories that her friend might be hiding from you.

"Private..." Noel mumbled as her mind went racing at that moment with thoughts… thoughts that may not have been pure as her face suddenly erupted out with steam. "So...You...You mean like….birds and bees more than friends?" Noel said as Makoto was both bewildered and confused by the statement her friend had just said. How was she supposed to react to the fact that Noel Vermillion, the most innocent friend she knew, was now asking her if she was having a sexual relationship with her boyfriend or if she was simply cock blocking him.

"I...I simply have no comment to that weird ass statement you made." Makoto said, making the gesture of penetration with her hands to simply confuse Noel even more as more of a way to lighten the mood and hopefully ensure her friend gets the message that her previous question might have been a lot lewder than she had intended as Noel flustered immediately. "I-I-I DON'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT MAKOTO! I MEAN I DID BUT…." Noel simply silenced herself at that moment, too embarrassed to say another word.

"Don't worry Noellie, I promise not to tell Hunty about what you have become." Makoto said as this was this chance she had been looking for to redirect the conversation and where it was about to head to beforehand as Noel simply turned red and got to her knees unable to believe that she asked her friend such a perverted question in the first place as Makoto patted her friend on the back. "In any case, he's not my sex friend if that is the answer you are looking for." Makoto said with a bluntness in her voice as Noel soon shook off her embarrassment and walked faster.

"T-Then we should hurry towards the meeting location right?! We shouldn't be keeping the person waiting for us up there for so long." Noel said as she tried to pick up the pace, wanting to shake off her embarrassment about the current situation and just go to a place that was much safer for the time being. As she did so, Makoto couldn't help but stare right at Noel as she allowed her mind to drift for a bit wondering what was going to be both her and Sora's next step once they reconvene at the meeting location.

"Hey Noel...I am just going to warn you about something." Makoto said, making her friend stop in the process of her walk to look at her in the eyes as Noel remained quiet, noticing the seriousness on her face. "I...I think after I drop you off to Sector Seven… I won't be following you from there." Makoto said, surprising Noel greatly as she walked back up to Makoto and looked at her, her eyes told her that she wanted to know more as to what was going through her mind.

"It's just… there's something that only I can do and I can't really protect you or Tsubaki right now. This is something only I can do." Makoto explained as Noel shook her head. "Can't you tell me at least Makoto… as friends?" Noel questioned as Makoto closed her eyes and shook her head. "Sorry Noellie… I don't think I can right now." Makoto said as Noel quickly rushed up and took Makoto's hand. As soon as she did that, Noel immediately froze on the spot, not that Makoto noticed anyways.

"I know what you're going to say Noel. We're friends aren't we? So why won't you trust me with this? Well… if I have to give a reason, it's more because I don't know if I can tell you in a way that wouldn't make me sound like a lunatic in the process. We're friends… no more than that but it's just that my life lately has turned into a crazy roller coaster and I am still trying to piece things together myself… all I can ask is that you be patient with me and let me deal with them in my own way." Makoto said, tightening her grip on Noel's hand, unaware that Noel had seen something she shouldn't have saw.

"Huh? Is something the matter Noel?" Makoto said, finally noticing her friend's rather grim expression on her face as this caused Makoto to suddenly tense up, wondering if she had spotted or sensed an enemy nearby them. "Is there an enemy!?" Makoto said as this brought Noel back to reality as she shook her head greatly. "N-No! S-Sorry… I...I just…." Noel stuttered as Makoto looked at her with a worried look before placing her hand gently on the girl.

"Look Noellie, anything you got to say, don't hesitate to say it. I am always here to listen to whatever is on your mind, regardless of what you may think." Makoto said, trying to reassure her friend that everything was alright and that there was no need to have such fear with her around. Noel herself took a few minutes to calm herself before looking right at Makoto. "It's alright… I just got spooked that's all..." Noel questioned as Makoto couldn't help but become a bit suspicious about that statement as she leaned in closer, hoping to get to the girl

Makoto: Come on Noellie, You don't need to be so secretive around me. I can understand if there's something on your mind. You can just say it.

Noel: Really? Are you sure?

Makoto: When you say it like that, it makes it sound like you saw something really spooky you know Noellie.

Noel: I know… It's just...I don't know how to tell you this at all.

Makoto: Trust me, for the past few days, my life has been a bit of a roller coaster myself. So anything you say right now won't really faze me by that much.

As soon as Makoto said those words, Noel couldn't help but take a deep breath. She was originally going to just play off what she had seen but with Makoto being this insistent that she told her, Noel simply had no choice but hope that Makoto, A.) Doesn't laugh off what she was about to say and think she has gone insane or B.) Does the complete opposite and thinks that Noel herself had somehow become insane in the process and try to administer some sort of aid towards her.

"Alright… here goes..." Noel said as she took a deep breath. Makoto herself could sense the seriousness coming out of Noel's voice at that moment as Noel grabbed Makoto's hands firmly and stared right into her eyes to ensure Makoto was just looking at her. "Well… You see… for the past few days… I've… I've been experiencing visions." Noel explained as Makoto simply nodded her head and remained quiet, understanding that she shouldn't speak but allow her friend to speak out her mind.

"When...When I touch people...there is a chance when I do so… that I see these visions… So when I touched you just now… I saw those visions." Noel explained as this surprised Makoto, wondering what Noel could have seen to cause her to have such a grim reaction to her face. "When I touched you… What I saw… I… wanted to believe it was all just nothing but… But…" Noel stuttered as her hands continued to tighten their grip on Makoto, not wishing to part anytime soon as Makoto herself steeled for what was going to come next.

"Tell me Makoto… What… What were you doing in Ibukido.. and why did you see… another me?" Noel questioned as the moment Noel said those words, Makoto felt the sweat that was behind her back simply stop and her whole being simply freeze on the spot. She was prepared for anything… anything but that as she scratched the back of her neck. "Uhhh… Except for that." Makoto said as she knew that this was going to eat up into their time if she explained everything as she looked around for a bit.

"Alright… How do I explain this with the minimal amount of words needed?" Makoto said as despite time being a limited resource, if she did not at least try her best to explain what Noel had seen, it's going to cause more problems than what a simple waste of time would normally cause. "I was Ibukido for a mission but then ended up going through a lot of shit that involved a whole different world, crazy shit, Colonel Clover, a gothic girl by the name of Rachel Alucard and finally getting back here..." Makoto said, deciding to leave a pause as Noel simply stared at her blankly, waiting for her to first digest all of that before she continued.

"When I came back to this world… I got the chance to find out what was hiding in Ibukido. What I found was simply bodies… bodies of you. For what purpose were they were made I don't know but… I'm sorry if I am speaking way too fast and you're not able to process this but you saw it so you know I am not lying to you." Makoto said as she made Noel look at her in the eyes, allowing her to directly stare at one of her closest friends and speak to her what her heart truly wanted to say.

"And it doesn't change the fact that the person in front of me, Noel Vermillion, is my one and only friend and nothing in this world can change that." Makoto said as Noel finally smiled and nodded her head, in agreement with what was being said to her. "I'm...I'm glad you told me all of this Makoto. Granted I guess this is not the way you wanted to tell me all of this but at least I don't feel like you're trying to hide things from me." Noel explained, bringing relief to Makoto that her friend trusted her even now.

"And is that why you have to go after seeing me off?" Noel asked as Makoto simply nodded her head. "I know you're probably thinking about a lot of things, Tsubaki included. But I need to do this Noellie. Only I can do something like this." Makoto explained as Noel looked down at Makoto's feet before sticking out her finger in a pinky promise. "Then promise me… when we go to deal with Tsubaki… We will deal with her together. As her friends." Noel asked as Makoto quickly nodded her head.

"Of course Noel. We will deal with Tsubaki.. as her friends." Makoto promised as Noel took a big deep breath as Makoto accepted her pinky promise. Was the pinky promise really necessary for someone like Makoto who she knew has a heart of gold even if she doesn't openly express it? Not really… and maybe that's the point. Maybe she needs this pinky promise more for herself, to steel her resolve to help her friends to the best of her abilities despite how weak she was.

"Is there more on your mind Noellie?" Makoto questioned as Noel immediately shook her head. "N-NO! Not really!.. Hehehe" Noel responded, laughing a bit before turning around and facing towards the alley. "W-Well time is running out for us and we should get going right? That Sector Seven agent is not going to wait for us forever now!" Noel said, trying to stuff down her deep thoughts down. Makoto wanted to respond but knew very well herself what it's like trying to just suppress the thoughts that run in her mind.

"Sure Noellie. We should get going. But don't worry about stopping us if you need a break. You were always bad with the physical activities and I doubt you still like getting sweaty." Makoto teased as Makoto began to run, hoping that would help her friend get things off her mind as Noel couldn't help but pout at that. Then as such, as quickly as the conversation the two had, the conversation was quickly ended. Both Makoto and Noel felt that there was more that needed to be said but that could wait until later.

Right now, at this very moment, their goal was clear. Get the hell out of Kagutsuchi and meet up with Professor Kokonoe who will arrange to protect Noel. From there, Makoto will try to figure out things with Sora. Speaking of which, she should probably consider calling the man and informing him that both her and Noel were on their way to the meeting, as a way to make sure that he is in time to leave Kagutsuchi and not get abandoned.

As the two reached the point where they needed to make the call to inform Professor Kokonoe that they were in the location, Makoto figured now was the best possible time for that. "Hey Noel. You go on ahead for a bit. I need to make a quick call." Makoto said as Noel looked at her, curious to what this call was about but knew that Makoto was probably contacting someone important if she has to make this call right now. "Alright Makoto, I will make sure I don't get spotted. But please hurry." Noel begged as Makoto smiled and nodded.

As Noel ran ahead to go and see if the coast was clear, Makoto pulled out her phone and dialed up Sora's number. She was rather glad that she managed to get his number since at least she now had a way of communicating with the man that did not involve the usage of some vague communication tool like signal fires or messenger birds. Not that would have stopped Sora from trying to implement them to varying degrees of success if he could but regardless, as the phone began to ring, Makoto herself couldn't help but feel anxious.

What if he suddenly disappeared while taking this call? She did not know the true capability of this god and thus did not know if that was even a possibility to consider. What if he gets attacked instead by some unknown assailant mid call and is forced to hang up on her? What if he trips and falls down a conveniently placed hole that led to nowhere? Makoto could feel her mind begin to irrationally think about possible flaws and fears that could come to fruition as she desperately tried to push them to the back of her mind.

'There's no way something as silly as that would actually happen? The gods of this world don't have that much power… right?' Makoto thought as the more she began to think, the more she began to fear. Just how powerful was this god? Is it like the gods of various religions she has read about? Or even more powerful than them in every way? Is it even possible for a god to erase a person out of existence like snapping a finger? Or is there a logical reason as to why Sora's existence was being erased.

But soon, her worries came to an end as Sora picked up the call. "Hello Makoto? What's going on?" Sora said. His voice simply breathed in relief that she never thought she wanted, all the emotions she had felt and the thoughts she was thinking about before finally left her mind as she smiled and made sure she took a deep breath away from the phone to ensure Sora did not hear her worry. "Oh it's nothing. I'm just letting you know that we are at the spot I said that we should meet up. Just wondering how is your search for Rachel going?" Makoto replied as she couldn't help but engage on a conversation with him from there.

"It's going well. I found her actually." Sora said as that brought some relief Makoto's way. Good. He had managed to find her. She was going to worry if he didn't and if he was going to consider staying in Kagutsuchi to keep searching for her. "Really!?" Makoto said with surprise, composing herself as she knew she needed to continue. "What did you ask her?" Makoto questioned as she had hoped that Sora's response to that would be at least a good one.

"Well, I asked her how Hunter is currently doing and she said she's taking care of him." Sora said, surprising Makoto as she would have thought that Sora would have gotten straight to questioning Rachel about his own personal problems. 'I guess he has grown in a way I guess.' Makoto thought as she diligently listened to what else he had to say. "Other than that, she's currently testing me to see if I am worthy to know about what's going on?" Sora said as this intrigued Makoto

"A test? Why is she even doing a test all of the sudden?" Makoto questioned as she wondered why Rachel would be doing a test like this. Was there really need to do something like that? Wouldn't that make Sora hungrier to find out the answers that he wants? When she asked Rachel herself, she was given her answers. So why Sora and why do it right now? "I don't know and I honestly don't care. All I want to do is just complete this already so I can go and see you." Sora said, Makoto able to feel the worry come out of his voice as she smiled at that.

"I cannot help but get worried for you right now." Sora continued as Makoto's heart was fluttering at that moment. If it wasn't for the situation right now, she would have been giggling with joy and be all over him. "Aww, thanks for the concern Sora. But I can assure you that..." Before she could say anything else, a sudden chill suddenly crawled up her back. "KKKYYYAAAA!" A scream, let out by Noel immediately broke her out of this stupor as she looked up at the direction of the scream.

'What the? Noel!?' Makoto thought as she waited for a response but didn't hear anything. The silence greeting her after that scream was enough to make Makoto want to end the call immediately. "I got to go now Sora, Something came up. Just meet up with me at the spot like we promised." She said, hanging up on the phone and quickly rushing up the stairs. She knew that what she did would most likely prompt Sora himself to hurry so that's not on her mind. What was on her mind was Noel as the scream she had let out sounded like that of terror.

"What happened Noellie!?" Makoto screamed as soon as she reached to the top of the floor, wondering what happened to make her best friend scream like the way she did. Noel herself didn't need to say a word as the scene in front of Makoto was enough to answer her question. In front of her was the red devil himself, Iron Tager. But he wasn't standing, in fact he was down on the ground heavily injured and damaged as standing on his head was the familiar green hair that Makoto was starting to grow to hate.

"Oh? To think we would meet like this again. Makoto Nanaya and Noel Vermillion." Hazama mused as he spun his knife a little bit before pocketing the balisong knife with a smooth swiftness. "W-What are you doing over here!?" Makoto questioned as Hazama sighed and rubbed his hair. "I am the head of Intelligence for a reason you know. There is a good reason for that." Hazama said as he walked towards the two girls.

"And besides... I think it's about time I stopped girl's playtime now. You have a job to do doll." Hazama said as Noel looked at him confused. A job? What job? She was a traitor to the NOL? What could that possibly mean? "W-What are you talking about?" Noel said in fear as Makoto instinctively walked in front of her, shielding the small girl with her body, her eyes glaring at her former boss as he simply shook his head.

"Oh you know, Your job in killing a god." Hazama said as both girls were left confused by this. A god? What on Earth was this man talking about now? Noel was thinking about how on Earth was she supposed to kill a god. Makoto was thinking about the fact that the way Hazama spoke implied the god he was speaking about had a physical shape of sorts for some reason. "I...I Don't understand." Noel said, shock running through her mind as Hazama simply grinned.

"Oh you don't need to know or understand. All you need to do is just be a good little doll and help me slay god." Hazama taunted as Makoto instinctively formed a barrier between herself and Noel. "You aren't taking Noel anywhere you creep!" Makoto shouted raising her fists, ready to defend her. Hazama couldn't help but sigh at this as he scratched his head before revealing irritation at his eyes. "You know… You are really starting to grow to be a thorn on my side Makoto Nanaya." Hazama said as he cracked his hand when he clenched his fist.

"You know… I am really starting to get tired of seeing your face." Hazama said as his eyes glared right at Makoto's direction, making Makoto want to freeze but adrenaline prevented her from doing so. "Time and time again, you ruined my plans. First it was all the way in another timeline where you ruined everything. Then now, with you constant interference no matter where I go." Hazama said, his voice raising with both annoyance and anger as veins were popping by his face, the anger now clearly becoming visible and transparent.

"So you know what… screw Relius and his plans for you. I will serve you up to him in a fucking body bag!" Hazama yelled as he leapt for Makoto. This prompted her to push Noel to the side for her safety as she blocked his lunge with her tonfas. "OUROBOROS!" Hazama screamed as the green chain emerged from the sky, threatening to crash itself right onto her head at full speed which she managed to dodge after kicking him away.

As soon as she did, Hazama grabbed the chain and pulled himself back at Makoto, whipping out his balisong knife and thrusting it in a vicious manner. Makoto pushed it to the side but felt it just cut her thigh as she winced in pain before feeling a knee land on her face, stunning her for a second as he attempted to thrust his knife right at her chest. Makoto, realizing what he was trying to do, used her tonfas to block the attack and create distance between him and her.

"STOP TRYING TO RESIST AND JUST DIE!" Hazama yelled, his anger fully releasing as he once again lunged himself right for Makoto, forcing her to dodge as much as she can as he barely allowed her to attack, thrusting several times with his knife while using Ouroboros as a battering ram to try and slam into Makoto's stomach. His killing intent leaking out through his knife with each thrust he made, sending a chill down her spine each time his knife was almost close to landing a blow, each one fatal if connected.

"For too long you have been a thorn by my side! No longer! I will end you here and now you rodent!" Hazama yelled, as Makoto ducked another knife swipe only for her to see Ouroboros charge right for her face, the maw open and ready to bite down on her face as she didn't have any time to respond to this. But before she could feel the maw bite down on her face, the Maw itself was blown off course, catching Makoto by surprise as Hazama was soon met with a barrage of bullets as he quickly dodged out of the way.

"No you won't captain!" Noel shouted, the barrel of Bolverk smoking as Hazama ticked as Noel continued to lay down fire, forcing Hazama to take cover as she quickly rushed to Makoto at that moment to take if she was alright. "Are you alright Makoto?!" Noel questioned as Makoto looked at her surprised before accepting the hand that was offering to pick her up. "I'm good Noellie. Listen, you have to get the hell out of here right now." Makoto said, surprising Noel.

"I know you don't want to hear this but Hazama's after you, not me. I can stall him for you while you get away." Makoto said but Noel shook her head. "But he's going to kill you! I can't let you be bait like that!" Noel said, Makoto understanding her friend's worry. "I know, but he's going to be so focused on trying to kill me that you will at least be able to get away from here while I buy us some time." Makoto said as Noel shook her head even more.

"Listen to me Noel. He needs you for something. He told you himself. If you get captured, then what about Tsubaki? How are we going to save her together If you end up caught?" Makoto said, trying to reason with her friend with logic as she knew what the risk entailed if she used herself as bait. But Noel this time was not going to have any of it. She failed to reason with Tsubaki and has to deal with the fact she's slowly losing her vision because of her, she's not going to let her other friend use herself as a sacrificial lamb to run away.

"No Makoto. I am not going to run away. Not again." Noel said, her voice firm as Makoto wanted to object but the moment she saw the determination growing on Noel's face to stay, she suddenly felt like she couldn't resist Noel's objections anymore as she sighed sadly. "Since when did you become so firm and resolute huh Noellie?" Makoto said aloud as Noel became slightly surprised by that as Hazama got in front of the two women once more.

Hazama: So? Are you going to run away again Lieutenant Vermillion?

Noel: No… and I am not going to let you boss me around Captain!

Hazama: Oh? Since when did you grow a backbone huh Doll?

Makoto: Noel's not a doll! She's a human being with feelings and as her friend I won't let you hurt her!

Hazama: Oh god shut up with the friendship talk. That shit makes me sick. Fine, allow me to show you how fickle your friendship really is! Once I am done with you rodent, I will make you remember your place Doll.

Now that he isn't trying to hide it, Noel could feel it. She could feel malice simply leak out of the man as Makoto noticed her grip tightly on Bolverk, trying to steel her emotions as Makoto simply took a deep breath and tightened her fists. "I promise to protect you in place of Hunter for the time being… So stay behind me alright Noellie." Makoto said, her words meant to inspire courage into the girl as Noel smiled at her friend's encouragement before looking back at Hazama with a serious expression.

...As the two women steeled themselves for a battle that they have to face.

GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION! HOW IS EVERYONE DOING!? Well, We have already reached the half way point of the year. Who would have thought we would have reached this point, let alone have to deal with the current craziness in this world. That said, I won't let this author's note become too much of a political rant. We already have so much of that already happening around the world right now and I think we deserve a place where we can just get away from all of that. I hope you all do understand and agree with this.

SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT TO MAKOTO NANAYA AND NOEL VERMILLION!? CAN THEY HANDLE THE VIOLENCE THAT IS HAZAMA'S RAGE!? JUST WHAT KIND OF MOVES WILL HE PULL OUT NOW THAT HE NO LONGER HAS TO HOLD HIMSELF BACK!? AND WILL SORA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT IN TIME TO HELP THEM IN THIS FIGHT!? Well… All these and more will be answered in the next chapter so read on there.