Chapter 2
Dragged into Another World
"Lovely meal!" Nero exclaims as she has just finished off her lunch that Tamamo No Mae cooked up. "Umu! Time to get some ideas!"
"It was really good, Mama Tama!" The little one of the family, Altera Lily, comments as her plate is empty as well.
"You both are too kind~" the fox woman giggles. She turns toward a certain beautiful brunette, who is clearing up the table. "Oh! My darling Husband! Let me take care of it!"
Hakuno Kishinami, who is wearing a beautiful white dress, turns and smiles at the fox woman. "You've worked hard on cooking. Let me do the honors this time."
Sakura Matou helps Altera Lily off her chair. "I'll take care of Lily, too." She is also wearing a white beautiful dress, almost identical to Hakuno-chan's.
Hakuno-chan smiles at her mistress. "That's very nice of you, Sakura."
The violet haired girl returns the smile and leads Altera Lily to her room. Hakuno-chan and Tamamo head toward the kitchen to wash dishes while Nero makes her way to her throne to greet her loyal subjects.
It's been a year and a half since Sakura's heartbreaking journey to live the life she always wanted. Hakuno-chan overcame many obstacles just to reach Sakura's heart deep down inside and also fight and defeat the one and only A.I baddie, BB, the Moon Cancer. Sakura and BB were once just one in the same, but now are two separate beings. BB belonging in her own world: the digital world where she freely makes content on her BB Channel. As for Sakura, after Hakuno-chan and Nero were married, the Matou maiden has made herself Hakuno-chan's mistress. To be by her Sempai's side forever and ever.
So far, there hasn't been anything strange since Nero and Hakuno-chan's marriage. They went through a whole year without incident. Hakuno-chan is relieved, yes, but still. There could be something funny going on behind everyone's backs.
Once Tamamo and Hakuno-chan are done helping with the dishes, they make their way toward the throne room where Nero is sitting. There is another chair to the right of Nero where Hakuno-chan sits and then there's another to Nero's left, where Sakura is sitting right now. She had just taken Altera Lily to her room for a nap.
"So….what shall we do now?" Tamamo asks. "Any whereabouts on some of the villagers of Rome? Or something exciting happening somewhere else?"
Hakuno-chan is busy typing on two holo screens with a third one above her. Sakura closes her own holo screen and shakes her head.
"Not that I know of," she answers with a soft smile.
"Umu!" Nero says with a fist pumped. "Another day, another relaxing day! It's been a year and a half with no incident. Just glad that BB chick isn't up to no good."
"Yeah, I do wonder what has she been doing lately," Sakura says, putting a finger to her chin. "Besides doing her usual BB channel content."
"Who knows…?" Tamamo shrugs. "Perhaps she wants us to wait like this on purpose? Who knows what tricks she will have up her sleeve next?"
Nero nods in agreement. "It is possible that BB may have been planning something really big during that time."
"But BB-san redeemed herself, didn't she?" Sakura says. "I thought she turned over a new leaf."
"Yeah she did," Nero says. "But to this day, I still don't trust her. Even though she DID bring us back the one person we held dear, only a littler version."
"Yeah…" Hakuno-chan says. She remembers the original Altera being killed in battle when trying to save Sakura. The younger version of Altera was BB's gift of apology.
Everyone lets out a sigh. It's so quiet in the throne room now. At least for about 10 minutes before Hakuno-chan receives an alert. She expands the screen and it shows a picture of BB winking and doing a V sign. It's the first time in a year that she has received a letter from the A.I maiden herself.
Nero and Sakura take a look.
"Seems suspicious," Nero says. "Is BB trying to troll us or something? Because on simple picture of BB is definitely not something anybody would do."
"Should I have not opened up that letter?" Hakuno-chan asks.
"Well…you already did…" Sakura says, sweat dropping. "I have a really bad feeling about this…"
The screens around Hakuno-chan flashes red and starts to static. Hakuno-chan and the others start to panic, trying to find a way to shut them off. But they couldn't.
"What is happening!?" The brunette cries.
"It's a virus!" Nero answers loudly. "BB created that virus! I KNEW she was up to something!"
"Wh-what do we do!?" Sakura panics.
The screen flashes more and more and opens up a portal in front of Hakuno-chan. It starts to suck her in. The brunette screams as she tries to hold her ground. Nero and the others try their hardest to help her. However, their hands slip and Hakuno and Sakura get sucked inside the portal and it disappears as soon as they enter. Tamamo and Nero fall to the ground.
"No!" Nero cries. "Praetor!"
"My Husband!" Tamamo cries.
Later*
Hakuno-chan and Sakura wake up from being unconscious by that fall. The brunette sits up and finds that she is now wearing a dark blue schoolgirl sailor uniform. Sakura is wearing her own with a lab coat over it.
"Why…are we here?" Sakura looks around. "We got back…to the real world?"
"I have no idea…" Hakuno-chan replies as she stands up, looking around as well. "BB sucked us in here for a reason. Whatever that reason is…" She then notices at the back of her right hand is a large red symbol, a symbol for Command Spells. "Wait…why?"
Beep! Beep!
A red flash pops up next to Hakuno-chan. She walks over and presses it. The screen expands and BB herself shows up.
"Long time no see, Sempai~!" The Moon Cancer says. "I am so glad you could join me on my latest game~!"
"BB!" Hakuno-chan says. "What is the meaning of this!? Why did you drag us in here!?"
"All I want to do is play with you~" BB answers. "Besides, aren't you happy to see your darling Kouhai again~?"
"N-not so likely…." Sakura says.
"Too bad~!" BB shrugs. "You play my game or you will stay in this world forever~!"
Hakuno-chan sighs. "How do I get out of here?"
"You need to summon your servant first! But you can only choose one!" BB says. "Then, you must enter the Sakura Labyrinth where there are challenges await! However, you won't be alone in this labyrinth. There is already an adversary that is trying to get out as well."
"Who?" Hakuno-chan asks.
"Not telling~" BB waves her wand playfully. "Better hurrrry~! Or else my pet will catch you~!"
"Wait, what!?" Sakura and Hakuno-chan say in unison.
They see people running from the school as they can feel the ground shake and shake. And then…a giant head peers over the top of the school and looks down at Hakuno-chan.
"Found youuuuu~!" The gentle Sakura Giant says. "Hakuno-seeeempaaai~!"
"K-K-Kingprotea!?" Hakuno-chan panics.
"EEK!" Sakura squeaks. "Who knew BB-san would be this crazy!"
"Gaaoooooo~!" Protea roars adorably as she reaches out a giant hand. "I wanna plaaaay~!"
Hakuno-chan summer salts to the right to dodge Protea's hand and she grabs Sakura's hand.
"Let's go!" The brunette says.
"But…but there is no way we can outrun this giant!" Sakura reasons.
Protea steps over the school and a single step makes the ground shake again, making Hakuno-chan and Sakura topple over since they are near her.
"Do something!" Sakura cries.
"Okay! Okay!" Hakuno-chan stands up and tries to think quickly. "Let's see. We cannot outrun Kingprotea, so summoning Saber won't help. Altera Lily won't be good either. So that leaves me no choice."
"I got you~!" Protea outstretches her giant hand and almost grabs the brunette.
Hakuno-chan raises a fist. "I summon thee…CASTER!!!"
A large ball of light shines in front of Hakuno-chan and Sakura, stopping Protea in her tracks. And then, when the ball bursts, a certain fox woman appears, twirling about and then stops to make a V sign.
"You called…my husband~?" She says. However, her cheeky smile fades as she sees Protea in front of her. "YIKES!! It's a giant!"
"Caster! We have to act quickly and get to a safe place!" Hakuno-chan says.
"Right on it…Master!" Tamamo snaps her fingers, summoning a large red magic carpet to fit three people and all of them hop on. "Hang on!"
The magic carpet starts zipping ahead and Protea whines.
"Gaaaooo! Nobody runs away from me!" The Gentle Giant says as she starts to chase the trio.
