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Distortion 30

Previously on Canon Distortion

When Sora and Bullet received passage into the 9th Hierarchical city of Akitsu-Ko, one of the conditions of their entry was for them to do a hit for one of the most well known criminals in the city. After receiving the gear he requested, Sora decided to have a quick full out sparring match against Bullet to see if there was any problems. Things progressed well until Sora tried to use his Drive where his world suddenly went black…

And Now, the continuation of Canon Distortion.

The Past…

SORA POV

"My Drive?" I said as I looked at Makoto in the eyes as she looked at me back. We were still recovering from the climatic battle of the Black Lotus and were relaxing out in the courtyard of the hospital we were in, enjoying the cooling breeze winter brought thanks to the artificial weather created by the Seithr, Makoto herself was seated next to me as her hand was on top of mine. "Yeah. I have been meaning to ask about it for some time, but that thing you do, the whole vanishing in and out of some of your attacks, how do you actually do it?" Makoto questioned.

"I don't really know how to explain it… I just do?" I said as I was a bit baffled by Makoto's choice of words. "I mean… can you tell me how your drive actually works? I really want to know." Makoto questioned further as I couldn't help but hold her hand a bit tighter. "What. So you can beat me the next time. Or so you can figure out how I know your attempts at surprise kissing me." I answered, trying to use a bit of teasing I had learned from just relaxing in my hospital bed, watching patients and nurses flirting with each other.

"Hey. You know how hard it is for me to sneak up on you only for you to just 'conveniently' turn around and kiss me? For a while, I thought you had some eye hidden at the back of your head." Makoto answered as she held my hand back with both of hers and moved herself closer to me. I figured that was enough teasing at that moment and simply smiled. "Well… you can say I have an eye of sort." I said, pointing towards my blind eye.

"Ever since gaining that drive, this eye often acts up. Whenever I use it, this eye would let me see what would happen if I continued doing what I was doing. It then shows me another action I could take and my body simply snaps into position when I grasp it." I explained, hoping that would be enough but I could already see the confusion growing on her face as I scratched my head before the example I needed came into my head.

"You are familiar with the concept of multiple choice right?" I said as Makoto nodded her head at that. "Let's say you are not happy with the choice you made in a game. Normally games give you two choices you can make if they give you that choice in the first place. My drive sorta functions like that. If I don't like the option in front of me, I can just undo it and go to the second option." I explained as gears began to click in her head as she realized what I was talking about.

"So like how if you fuck up in a romance game with one of your love interests and you go back to a previous save to choose the better option!" Makoto yelled, loud enough to make the patients in the hospital look at us as she blushed hard immediately and sat back down with the same energy she had. "That sounds really overpowered though. Being able to see what happens in the future and avoid it perfectly!" Makoto complained as I had to shake my head at that.

"There are limitations to what I can see. I can only see one possible option when there could me many other options I can take. So even if I dodge danger, I can still be hit by another attack incoming. And I can only see what is happening to me and nobody else. So I wouldn't know if I was being attacked by just the person in front of me or if there are other people in the area. All I can see is what will happen to me. That's it." I said, going into a deep explanation for Makoto to understand.

"...I mean… you still have basically what is a cheat code. So why don't you use it more often?" Makoto questioned as I scratched my head at that. "Well… I do actually. It's just that I mainly use it for attacks that are quite linear, sleight of hand. If I have to use my drive in a more obvious manner then that means the opponent I am facing warrants the caution." I explained as Makoto simply nodded her head at that. "So what will you do if you cannot use your drive? You ever thought of that?" Makoto questioned as that is a good question to ask indeed.

"I never really thought about that… I mean, can you just not use your drive at any point?" I asked hoping to figure out possible situations that this may occur but Makoto just gave me a look of confusion. "I mean...Ummm… You know what. I am not really sure about that. Anyways, I really am just asking about a possibility here, not an actual reality." Makoto quickly clarified as I decided to use Makoto's shoulder to rub my head on it and think about what she had just said and to stimulate my brain cells.

"Well...I guess I will just have to manage at that point. I am not sure how I will adapt but at the very least, I know that I can manage losing my drive. At least that is what I think." I explained as Makoto couldn't help but simply smirk at that. "Ehhh, adapt to what is being thrown your way huh. That sure is a Sora solution if I ever heard one." Makoto teased as she suddenly pinched my cheeks and pulled on them, hurting me a little in the process.

"But regardless of what I asked, at least you can relax now that we are not at war with anyone." Makoto said, pulling on them some more as I swear I could feel my cheeks about to rip off with the amount of strength she was applying. "I hope so. I more even more to relax without having my cheeks die on me thanks." I quickly said as Makoto soon pressed her hands on my cheeks, no longer pulling on them and pulled me in for a kiss, letting our lips touch.

"You deserve to be happy Sora. After what we have been through, you of all people deserve to be most important of all happy that we don't have to fight for our lives anymore so desperately." Makoto said as I couldn't help but look towards the sky as my mind wondered about that. "Sure I should be… but if I can be honest, I don't know how to put it to words but… it feels like not having to fight anymore… feels sad in a way too." I expressed as Makoto looked at me before taking a deep breath and making me face her right at the eyes.

Makoto: Alright Sora, I want your eyes looking at me when I say this

Sora: Alright Makoto, I am all eyes on you. Let me have what you feeling.

Makoto: You don't have to let war and fighting be only bad things in your life. Sure they are bad when they happen in circumstances that involve a lot of people, especially war. But fighting itself, in it's purest form, it's not really about gaining anything, but pushing yourself.

Sora: Pushing yourself huh?

Makoto: Yeah! Don't you ever feel like that? When you would fight sometimes and feel like you could go just a bit further? Just push yourself for a bit longer until you get there?

Sora: Honestly… I have never felt such a thing from fighting. All I ever desire is just to be happy in my life and I am unsure if fighting for me is something to be happy about or a sad truth I had come to embrace over my life.

I then felt Makoto's hand drift towards my own hand and hold it gently, pressing it down on her chest. "That is up for you to decide. But at the very least, find a reason for you to fight. That way, even if you hate fighting at the end, you still have something to keep you going, something to justify the killing you will need to commit in your life. Is that enough for you at least Sora?" Makoto questioned as I didn't say anything for a while before a smile emerged from my face.

"That at least sounds good enough for me. A reason to fight for now." I said as Makoto smiled hearing that before pressing my hand further on her chest. "You know… I am hoping… maybe I can be the reason why you fight? Even if I am not in danger with the war anymore." Makoto said with a bit of a hopefulness in her voice as I couldn't help but blush a bit with my face before rubbing my face on her shoulder.

"I...I will think about it." I said as I immediately felt Makoto's hands wrap around me for a hug. Her normally strong strength was not there as she gently hugged me closer into her breasts, pressing my face into her breasts more and more. "Thanks Sora. Thanks for hearing me out like this. I am not trying to force you to find a reason.. but at least it makes me happy to know you are willing to find one in this world." Makoto explained as I couldn't help but smile to that.

"Of course. I can never forget about you. From the day we met in that alleyway all those years ago until now. Our lives have been intertwined in a way it seemed like fate that we were bound to each other the way we are right now." I expressed as Makoto couldn't help but giggle hearing that. "I'm glad to hear that. I do hope that whatever is in store for us, it will keep us together, no matter what." Makoto expressed as she kissed my hand.

"So...Until we graduate and separate from each other for the time being, let's spend the rest of our days together. Along with everyone else. Let's make these final days in our short Academy life as memorable as possible." Makoto said as she had a smile that would have been enough to melt the ice around us if it could see her right now. I myself couldn't help but smile seeing such a pure innocent look on her face as I simply said the words she wanted to hear from me.

"Of course. I would love to spend the rest of my time with the woman I call my girlfriend, as well as lover."

The first thing Sora felt when his eyes opened was the stiffness he felt all around his shoulders. It seemed like he had fallen asleep as he slowly sat up to first settle himself before he looked around to see where he was. The first thing he thought was he realized that he had fainted and was now inside a room he had not been in before. The second thing was that it was currently night and his room was dark, so a light source was needed to see more of the room he was in.

Reaching out towards what seemed to be a lamp, light soon bathed the dark room, allowing Sora to see that he was in a simple room with just white walls, wooden flooring and nothing in the way of actual decoration. It could be simply put, just a white room with the bare necessities in it. Not helpful in knowing where he was at that moment as he could be any room with a white wall and wooden flooring. The next thing he will need to do is just approach the window and try and get a glimpse of the outside from there.

When Sora pulled the curtains, he was simply greeted with snow and nothing in sight. That at least told him he was at the outskirts or in a private location but nothing else. Soon a knock on the door was heard before it was opened as out standing at the door was Bullet, looking at him with a bit of a serious look on her face. "You're awake I see." Bullet said as Sora simply nodded his head at that. "I am guessing that I fainted mid match?" Sora questioned as Bullet simply nodded her head at that.

"Just come out of your room, I'll explain what happened in better detail." Bullet simply said before closing his door. Sora couldn't help but sigh and take a seat by his bed to process everything that had just happened. He couldn't help but think about what had happened and couldn't help but remember that fateful day in the hospital courtyard in Torifune. How he and Makoto discussed this very situation and how he would handle it.

"Well it looks like I really have to figure something out now huh Makoto…" Sora said to himself as he took a deep breath. He decided he needed to make sure that his drive was truly missing for now but also decided that could wait until he heard what had happened from Bullet herself. As he emerged from his room, he immediately smelt something being cooked in the air. He turned to his left to see Garlond preparing something as Vlad and Bullet were seated, both discussing what seemed to be old mercenary stories.

"HAHAHA! that sure sounds like a pain for a group of mostly men to deal with!" Vlad chuckled as Bullet herself had a smile on her face. "Yeah. They had to construct a females only bathroom when I was brought in. one of the few things they had to teach me when I was found by them. Probably would still be walking on any bathroom if they didn't." Bullet said as Vlad raised a glass to her words in agreement before drinking.

"AHH! Comrade Minakaze! You woke up just in time! Garlond's making his beef ragu for us to eat!" Vlad said, Sora able to tell that Vlad was already slightly drunk. Sora simply sat down and tried to relax as Vlad placed in front of him a shot of vokda. "Nothing like a shot of vokda when you just wake up to bring you right back to life am I right?" Vlad commented as Sora looked at the drink in front of him before smiling and just taking the drink without much questions asked before Bullet could stop him.

"I am guessing that this beef ragu is something to talk about if you're talking about it with such words of encouragement." Sora said, holding the shot glass to Vlad, prompting him to pour him more which Vlad did so without hesitation. "Are you sure you should be drinking that much? After just waking up?" Bullet questioned as Sora looked at her, wondering what she was talking about for a bit before realizing what she meant. "Oh this? Yeah long story short I cannot really drink water. I didn't say it the first time we met because my mind was thinking about other stuff and didn't really take in mind what I was eating/drinking at the time." Sora explained as Bullet registered that.

"What about your mercenary troop, didn't they teach you not to do that before a mission?" Bullet asked as Sora placed the glass down after Vlad poured him a second glass. "Well...I left the mercenary life around my early teens. And even then, I was already drinking alcohol thanks to a doctor's note I got proving that I have a special condition with water…" Sora said, realizing that notice was probably gone too. At the very least, he was old enough to afford alcohol without such notes in the first place.

"Tell me. What Mercenary group were you in before?" Vlad questioned as Sora wondered if he should even say it. Not because of the bad memories associated with them but more of whether or not they even exist in this world. "Let's just say… They are not really worth mentioning." Sora said, deciding to go with a more vague answer rather than a direct one as Bullet couldn't help but look at him with a look as Vlad sighed.

"And they just let you go like that? Man I would be kicking myself if I had let go of such potential like you. The way you handled the recoil of that gun was simply magnificent." Vlad commented as a massive pot was placed in front of the trio. "Indeed. Most people would try to tame the recoil of a revolver that big but nobody's that stupid to try and actually weaponize recoil like that. Especially if it can rip your arm off in the process." Garlond noted as Sora scratched his head at that.

"I just figured that since I only have one arm. I would try to use heavy caliber weapons in a different way. Sorry I most likely broke the gun in the process." Sora apologized, actually bowing before Vlad as he felt a massive hand slap his back. "You kidding me? That was simply crazy to watch! Hell my gunsmith was inspired by such stupidity that he's throwing in some free modifications for your stupidity." Vlad said as Sora couldn't help but wonder if that was an actual comment of praise or just an insult thrown his way.

"Regardless, I hope you didn't push yourself to the brink with that stunt you pulled. We still need you to be able to do your job in order for you to pay of the debt owed to you." Garlond said as he began to lay out the spread of Italian delights for everyone to eat. "I can reassure you sir, I will still be able to do my job on the appointed day. I just pushed myself too hard is all." Sora explained as Garlond simply nodded his head at that, acknowledging the man's words.

"That's what I want to know myself. What were you trying to do that make you faint the way you did?" Bullet questioned as Sora paused for a moment, thinking about how to respond as he downed a glass for some "Courage".. if courage could be made into a liquid form. "Truth be told, I was trying to put to use my drive at that moment. But something happened and prevented me from fully using it and well..that happened." Sora explained as everyone looked at him at that moment with interest.

"Your drive? That is something rare to have indeed." Garlond noted as Sora was surprised to hear that. "Yeah, people who have drives are a rare commodity to have indeed. Not every individual is born to have one in their life." Vlad explained as Bullet stretched her arms a bit. "I myself do not possess a drive but my Ars Armagus basically functions as one. People with drives are naturally much more valuable than those who don't." Bullet explained as to Sora, this was new for him.

'Really? Drives are not that common in this world? Maybe it's the company I had.' Sora thought as he noted what was said before the conversation changed again. "So what could your Drive do? And why did you need to use it at that moment." Bullet asked as Sora froze hearing that. If he just said, "My drive allows me to see what happens in the future." Regardless of what he tried to say, they would just be bombarding him with even more questions. So in this case, a lie he needed to make and the perfect one came to mind.

"Well… I could charge up the power of my attacks. So I was trying to unleash a powered up strike when I fainted." Sora said, lying without a single hint of hesitation. Technically he was speaking a half lie, a lie with some truth in it. He did have a drive. The drive he was describing was not his drive but Makoto's drive. "Well I can see why you would fainted. The amount of concentration a drive like that must require would put a strain on someone who is just recovering." Bullet noted, Sora breathing a sigh of relief as he failed to notice the lifted brow Bullet had.

"In any case, don't worry about it. Even without it I am still more than capable of handling the tasks in front of me." Sora reassured as Vlad and Garlond simply looked at each other before shrugging. "In that case, make sure you eat up and get some rest. You got an important day coming up and I will make sure you do your job right...or else." Garlond sternly said, like a father speaking to his own son as Sora simply nodded his head at that.

"Indeed! Don't worry about damaging the gear we are giving you. Just make sure it gets the job done at the end of the day. Consider it your reward if you do this for us correctly." Vlad reassured as Sora simply went with the flow and nodded his head again. "Oh come on comrade! Don't be just a bobble head! There's no need to be stiff around us!" Vlad answered as he slapped Sora right at the back as hard as possible.

"Sorry. It's just force of habit I guess." Sora quickly explained as Bullet herself kept her gaze on Sora as the night passed on. Food was consumed, Alcohol was downed in massive amounts and their guests left Bullet and Sora alone, finally giving the two the chance to speak. "I was wondering when those two would leave." Bullet complained, rubbing her hair as Sora cleaned the dishes. Sure there was no need to do so but Sora couldn't help but want to keep himself occupied with anything.

"Now that we are alone. Maybe you can give me a better idea of where we are right now. When I looked out my room, I didn't see we were anywhere I could have seen." Sora asked as Bullet took a deep breath, taking a seat and pouring herself a glass of water. "This place is within Garlond's compound. A safehouse of sorts. This is normally just a storage facility and we are staying in what is essentially a worker's quarters. They said we can stay here until the day of the job and they will get us transport to leave as soon as the job is done." Bullet said as Sora nodded his head at that, placing the final dish down.

"Do you know where they plan to send us as soon as we do our job?" Sora questioned as Bullet leaned back on her chair for a bit. "I told them where we are going. I want to follow a few leads they gave me. It's up to you if you want to come along but we can split up from there if that is what you wish." Bullet explained as Sora rinsed the last plate off. "I guess that's a plan we can agree on for now. Sorry once again for dragging you into this mess of a job." Sora said, finally taking a seat in front of her and grabbing the vokda in front of her as Bullet has seen Sora down 20 shots at this point, convinced that he truly has developed an immunity to consuming alcohol as the amount he drank would have killed someone.

"Like I said, I don't mind. So long as I got something out of it and thankfully I did. So this detour has not been a huge waste of time." Bullet said as the two simply took a deep breath before Bullet decided to ask her own set of questions. "If you don't mind me asking… can you even kill someone again? You were out of the mercenary life for so long, how can you so readily take that back up even if it's just a one time deal?" Bullet questioned as Sora paused hearing that, closing his eyes for a bit and allowing the creaking of his chair to sing.

"Honestly… I don't really think about stuff like killing too much anymore." Sora explained as Bullet was curious about that. Sora debated on telling Bullet what he had to go through to be the way he was right now. "When I first started as a Mercenary, they made sure that killing was to be a regular part of our lives. Yeah, there exists mercenaries who are mainly bodyguards or infiltration experts but my mercenary group was more of an actual fighting force where we would go and fight for the highest bidder." Sora explained, alarming Bullet a bit.

"You mean, your mercenary group was already making children fight long before they would go into battle?.." Bullet said, a slow growing anger present in her tone as Sora nodded his head at that. "They didn't just train children… I actually went on missions as a child, and I killed people in the process." The moment Sora said those words, Bullet couldn't help but slam her fist down hard, nearly snapping the desk in half.

"How can there exist a group that is this careless with their resources!" Bullet exclaimed in shock, Sora secretly smiling as he nodded his head. "That was just how it was. When I joined that mercenary group as a child, I already have to claim a life around that age. So my hands aren't exactly the most clean of hands at the end." Sora said as he couldn't help but find it refreshing to know that the idea of child mercenary soldiers was still deplorable to other mercenaries made him feel a bit easy about the way he had been raised as a child after being taken away from his first family.

"Did you at least find a group within that mercenary group that treated you more like a human being rather than some killing machine?" Bullet questioned as Sora nodded his head "Yeah… What organization would not have people that are not obsessed with killing? I am just glad I got that group and not the blood hungry groups." Sora said as he couldn't help but look towards the roof of the building, his mind wandering as the thought of his old mercenary mates ringed in his mind.

'Marcus...Chikacho… Shen… Monika… Reiko I wonder how you five are doing over at the other side.' Sora thought as Bullet could see his face make a light smile but it was not a normal smile but a smile of pain. That was enough to tell her that something happened to the group… something similar to her. "They are gone...right? Your old group?" Bullet questioned as Sora nearly fell out of his seat hearing that, rolling as soon as his chair smacked the floor as he stabilized himself by grabbing a pillar and stopping himself from rolling further.

It took but a moment for Sora to process what Bullet had just said but he just nodded his head at that. "Yeah… everyone's got but me now. A lot of stuff happened but simply put, they were the reason why I stayed in my mercenary group. When they went… I had no more reason to work with those kind of people anymore. Granted we were already planning to leave at the time but that sealed our decision." Sora said as Bullet paused hearing that, processing she was hearing.

"… Sorry about the loss of your group." Bullet apologized, lowering her head as Sora was quick to shake his hand and head at that gesture. "Please you don't need to do anything like what you are doing right now. We knew the risks and we took a job that was clearly meant to wipe us out. Only three of us went that day and I lived to tell the tale." Sora said, piquing Bullet's interest in that. "So what to the other members of your group? They died as well?" Bullet said, unable to help but be curious.

"Uhhh…" Sora stuttered as he definitely could tell that the Black War was probably not that big of a deal in this timeline. Or maybe they are but regardless, talking anything about the Black War was probably not the best idea as of that moment. "Yeah… They also died later on. I'm all that's left of that squad." Sora said as Bullet couldn't help but feel a connection form between her and Sora. As much as she would like to forge a bond with Sora, she had to remain professional for the time being. But there was at least one thing she had to ask before focusing on the task at hand.

"Can you tell me… The name of your part of that mercenary group? Not out of some obligation as a former mercenary to a current mercenary but as comrades?" Bullet questioned as Sora couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia in her choice of words. Comrades… that had a nice ring to it and also reminded him of much more pleasant times. "They...We were the Code Zero Squadron. Yes I know, the Zero Squadron is also the name of a division in the NOL and that was kind of the point. We basically did missions that were too high risk for most groups."

Bullet simply nodded her head at that. "I figured your group had to be good. The way you were fighting even with just one arm and not being able to use Ars Magus, You had to be good to survive as long as you have been." Bullet commented as Sora simply shook his head. "Trust me. I would have been dead a few times due to my own stubbornness. I am just glad to have people who care about me to make sure I was seeing things straight." Sora corrected as Bullet chuckled.

"Indeed you did. But a word of advice, if that is our plan for dealing with the target in a few days, we should really reconsider our partaking of this job regardless of everything we got." Bullet said, finally getting to business as Sora simply nodded his head. "That is correct. That was just to make sure I was prepared for the worst case scenario. We have to have a better plan when we do this hit. And I am thinking we infiltrate the building and assassinate him when he is alone." Sora explained as Bullet nodded her head at that.

"But when we do so, we got to make sure we have a way of getting out of the building, they will most likely put the entire place under lock down as soon as the body is discovered. The NOL may also have their intelligence and Zero Squadrons to keep track of security but are dressed in formal attire to ensure that any potential assassins will be caught off guard." Sora said as Bullet could only blink her eyes to see how much Sora had actually thought this through.

"Did I stutter on something? Is there anything I need to know here?" Sora questioned as Bullet stared at him a bit longer before realizing he was asking her a question and shook her head vigorously. "No of course not. I am just wondering how much of this you actually thought through?" Bullet questioned as Sora looked at her with a bit of a blank look on his face before realizing what she meant.

"I actually didn't really think much through. Call it instinct or something else but I just figured this kind of stuff would be natural based on the kind of party we are supposed to go into to murder someone." Sora explained as Bullet nodded her head at that. "Well… I have always been more on missions where we have to do stuff for the NOL. I really don't have experience with this kind of thing so I am leaning in more on that worldly experience you must have gained while not being a mercenary." Bullet said as Sora couldn't help but scratch his head at that.

'More experience huh…' Sora wondered as he knew he had to respond. "I wouldn't say I am more experienced, but if you want me to lead then I don't mind. The only thing we need to settle on is how we are going to get into the building in the first place." Sora wondered as Bullet realized she had forgotten something. "Garlond managed to get us entrance passes into the event. Apparently, we are going into some avant garde event where the NOL are celebrating something. They even went as far as to hire some of the highest nobility to this event." Bullet said as Sora couldn't help but nod his head at that.

"Well if that is the case, the final thing we need to settle on is what we should be wearing…" Sora said as he looked up and down, assessing Bullet's choice of clothes as Bullet noticed his gaze towards her. "W-What… why are you looking at me like that?!" Bullet said, thinking that Sora was eying her up as she couldn't help but feel a bit conscious at that moment. Sora however could care less about that as he was thinking about other things.

"Hmmmmm…" Was the only sound Sora made as his mind was thinking about possible clothing choices. "It seems kind of obvious to me, but you won't really look good in a dress." Sora said as Bullet couldn't help but suddenly lunge at Sora, grabbing him by the collar and slamming him on the wall. "Were you about to suggest to me that I should wear something that is essentially just a long skirt?" Bullet said, an irrational hatred coming from her as Sora himself was not fazed by the manhandling she was giving him.

"I did consider that, but then by observing your clothing I can tell you don't really like wearing girly clothes in the first place due to your upbringing. So a different disguise will have to be in order." Sora said as he finally realized why Bullet reacted the way she did as he looked at her with sudden surprise on his face. "But don't think I was going to suggest that you should try wearing dresses right now! I was just thinking out loud right here I swear!" Sora said, unable to help but curse how late he was to realize Bullet hated being looked like she was about to turn him into a human carpet.

"...Fine but don't let me catch you glaring at me like some sort of creep again!" Bullet said, tossing him to the side as he simply nodded his head at that, sweating buckets at how he nearly got killed because he did not think too much. 'Is this another attempt from the master unit to try and kill me?' Sora thought as he would prefer to think that but knew very well that this is one of the rare few cases he himself made a mistake and he had to own up to it.

"In any cases, disguises are what we need and whatever disguise we pick Garlond and Vlad should be able to provide, so we should focus mainly on how we are going to do this. We can't afford to make any kind of mistakes here." Sora said, quickly focusing back at the matter at hand as Bullet herself was eager to move on. "Yeah, we don't have time to talk about petty stuff like skirts right now. We just have to do what we can right now." Bullet said, eager to focus on the job on hand as Sora couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as he stood up and followed Bullet.

...As the two began to make out their plan of attack in a few days time…

GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION!? HOW IS EVERYONE DOING ON THIS FINE DAY!? I hope things are going alright for you regardless of where you are in the world. With the world slowly returning itself back to a sense of normalcy, we should hopefully be able to just move on with our lives and not be bogged down by what is happening. That's my hope at least, I am not really holding onto things becoming normal again but if we let fear grab us, normal may never return to us at any rate.

SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT!? HOW WILL SORA AND BULLET HANDLE THE SITUATION IN FRONT OF THEM!? JUST WHAT KIND OF MAN IS THE PERSON THEY ARE ASSASSINATING REALLY IS!? AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE TWO WHEN THEY PROCEED TO DO THE DEED!? Well, the only way to find out what happens next is to wait and see what kind of situation unfolds in front of our eyes.