They were all teleported to the hall of Kagura's headquarters.

"What the hell?" Kokonoe's group was startled. They were planning an attack. It was still the first day of the barrier nodes to keep Izanami and her army off the building. Ragna's battle felt forever, but it only lasted for hours. "Cool you're back. Now get up and..." Kokonoe noticed that something was off, Ragna and Tager were the only ones standing while the rest were tired, exhausted, and unconscious. She took a closer look and sees that everyone was in very bad shape. "Dad! Mom!" She runs to her parents. They were bandaged and they were injured. "Oh...hey daughter...how were you while we were gone?" Nine places her hand gently on Kokonoe's cheek. "S-shut up and rest! Litchi!"

"What's the problem- oh dear..." Litchi arrived and was surprised at everyone's injuries. In an instant, she responded to take care of them. "Tao! I might need your help!" Taokaka falls from the ceiling, "What does booby lady need from Tao?" She was shocked when she saw everyone. "W-what happened to everyone good guy?" Taokaka became worried and serious.

"We fought someone hella strong...Nearly killed us all. We pulled through and won. Barely." Ragna and Tager still have energy left. Ragna wants to help Litchi while Tager would inform Kokonoe and have some repairs. Ragna lifted Rachel in his arms and heard her whisper his name.

"Ragna..." Rachel could feel Ragna's warmth and clutch into his jacket.

"It's alright Rachel, everything will be alright. Tao, Carry master! Kokonoe can you bring in the rest to help us out?"

Kokonoe calls Kagura, Bang, and Hibiki to support the rest.

"Holy shit...you guys don't look so good..." He lifted Jin up. Tsubaki and Makoto carried Noel and Nine. Hibiki brought in stretchers for all of them.

Celica wakes up and shakes off her fatigue. I and Minerva will help!"

"No. You should rest Celica. You had done enough, you can continue when you are fully recovered. Overworking yourself isn't a good thing." Ragna then placed Rachel on the stretcher and looks at Litchi. "Thanks." Ragna then proceeded to help Minerva with Hakumen, seeing how it looked like she was having a hard time taking him to the stretcher. "I'll help you out." After putting him on the stretcher, Ragna tells the automaton to bring them to the room where Litchi will watch over them. Ragna then proceeds to help out with the rest in putting them in stretchers. Especially Jin and Noel.

Kokonoe herself is gonna interrogate Tager. They went to her lab and Kokonoe started asking questions."What happened there?"

"We were separated. Your plan failed when people we didn't expect appeared...even an alternate version of Terumi appeared." Tager sat down, fatigue caught up to him.

Kokonoe responded with an eardrum-breaking voice, "WHAT?!" He told her to calm down. Just before she could ask more, Tager tells her that Ragna had killed the alternate Terumi.

"How strong was he?" Tager took time to reply.

"From what I've seen from everyone's injuries...especially Ragna. If Terumi can inflict wounds on him like that...I can say that he was too strong. Without Ragna, we wouldn't stand a chance." They were lucky that Susanoo had toyed with them if he went serious from the start. None of them including Ragna would survive.

"What about Naoto?" She noticed that Naoto was not part of the group, "Was he KIA?" KIA stands for killed in action.

"No. He disappeared. His final words said something about finally completing his mission. That's all I heard from him before his communicator went null. You can ask Ragna for details since he was near him." Naoto completed his mission by saving the possibility. He helped Rachel protect Ragna and risked his life for the Man of Azure.

"I see...what about the rest of our enemies?" Tager unfortunately does not know what happened to them. Neither does Ragna. "I'm assuming they were brought back here. But that's just my hypothesis."

Meanwhile in the dorms which are located by the corridor. Not far from Kokonoe's lab. After everyone who could stand helped Litchi with everyone else. He accompanied Rachel in the room. She was bandaged and resting on the bed. Ragna wondered about Litchi being in the NOL HQ. "I thought she was with Izanami. I'll worry about that later I guess..." Rachel wakes up a few minutes later.

"Huh...?" She opened her eyes.

"You're awake." He moves his chair closer to her.

"Terumi...? Is...is he-?!" She tried to get up.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't get up. You need some rest." He stopped her from leaving the bed. He held her hand to keep her comfy, "I solved that problem. I'd say I owe you and the rest for saving my ass. Without it, I'd be dead." He gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"Why aren't you with your siblings...? They have more critical injuries than me..." The vampire twitched a bit from the aching parts of her body. She was sore and tired.

"I know that they're pretty fucked, but they are strong and would recover well. I already checked on them while you were under Litchi's watch. Jin wouldn't give up so easily and Noel is pretty durable." He moves his chair closer to her and caresses her hair, "And as for you bunny-leech, I care about you more than anything else. That's why I fucking dashed to your room the moment Litchi was finished. I was worried about you. Like the others, you nearly died, but you were the closest one to actually die. I was lucky enough to bring out the poison or whatever Terumi shot you with."

Rachel smiles and holds his hand, feeling safe and warm near him. "Thank you..." She giggled unconsciously, he was a little cheesy there and made her feel a bit giddy. She didn't complain about it.

Valkenhayn teleported to the room and felt horrified and guilty. The first thing he saw was Ragna smooching her forehead and Rachel wearing Ragna's Jacket. He felt uneasy and angry. But he had priorities and rushed to his master. When Ragna noticed that he was behind him, it gave him a heart attack, and falls from his stool, "Jesus Christ Old man, can you at least give me a warning?" The werewolf didn't answer back.

"Heavens! Forgive me Clavis! Lady Rachel, what did this careless vagrant do this time?" Ragna felt annoyed that he was the first thing to be blamed.

"Please lower your malicious tendencies against the man. He has saved me and everyone countless times, let alone almost died protecting me." She was happily talking about Ragna, Valkenhayn was taken aback. He could feel her aura. It was calm, at peace, and felt safe.

"He what?" He sniffed his master and smelled Ragna's scent all over her. "You! How dare you do such heinous actions to Madame Rachel, you mongrel! Clavis please forgive me!" When he smelled Ragna's scent all over Rachel, he knew that she had slept with Ragna. This enraged the butler.

"Valkenhay enough!" Rachel was too tired to stand up in time. The werewolf lost his cool and swung his fist.

Ragna stood still and closes his eyes.

"Uh..." He opens one eye and sees a fist right next to his face.

Valkenhayn stopped when it was about to make contact with the criminal's face. "Why do you stay idly?" Ragna didn't move a muscle. He was going to accept the blow.

"You wouldn't believe me anyway, and you didn't follow Rachel's command. So what chance would I have to persuade you? I stayed still because you're pissed and well...it felt like I deserved it. She's technically your daughter and all." Ragna then straightens his position, "Yeah yeah, you're mad because I slept with her, but we'll tell you what happened after you beat the shit out of me." Ragna closed his eyes once more, preparing to have the beatdown of his life. But nothing came. "Huh?"

"Tell me everything and I'll forgive you." He looks away and waits for his answer.

"Uh, it's a long story so I'll just..." Ragna places his hand on his forehead. Memories surge into him. The time when he had risked his life to protect her from Hakumen's attack, Azrael's assault, and saving her life once more from Terumi's massacre. He sees that she had gotten such fatigue because she had used the Tsukuyomi unit to protect him, despite not being an onlooker anymore. It took a toll on her magic reserves and left her sick. The vampire was willing to risk her life to protect who she loves as well.

"I-I see..." Valkenhayn takes time to process and observe the memories once more.

Ragna on the other hand started to glow. The same goes with the Jacket that Rachel was wearing. "Ah shit, time's up."

"W-wait Ragna!" She forced herself to stand up.

"Rachel what are you-" Ragna was about to stop her from standing up.

"Silence! I do not care..." She trips but was then caught by Ragna.

"Hey Rach, forget about waiting. I won't be erasing memories here. You all have grown stronger. Something pretty valuable to keep. I won't take away any of that from all of you." He smiles at her.

"What about you? I-I don't-" Ragna stops her. She tried to kiss him. "No."

"Why did you...?" Rachel felt confused, but Ragna placed his hand on her cheek.

"Have faith in me alright? I'll be going back. Both times. Here and there in a flash, trust me in this. There will be no final goodbyes. But just to be sure, I'll give you a password alright?" He whispered her the password.

"That's a terrible password!" She retorts and suggests that they would change it.

"What really? I thought it was good." He calls out to Valkenhayn to hold her.

"Hold on to her until I get back." He disappears, along with his jacket.

Silence filled the room...Rachel was left with tension. Worried about where and how Ragna would return.

Bright particles began in the room, blinding Rachel and Valkenhayn.

Ragna reappears with his face on the floor. "Ugh, the hell happened here? I had this really weird dream...everything was all white and I talked to Saya...was she even Saya...?" He swapped placed with the Ragna in this timeline. He was stuck in the Amaterasu unit the entire time. Saya had reset his memories to where he left off when she knew it was time for him to return. He gets up and sees Rachel, "Rabbit why are you wearing that?" He immediately looked away and blushes. Rachel's top was only her sleeveless polo shirt. The jacket she wore disappeared with the original Ragna. She approached him and told him to look at her.

"Ragna..." Nago helps her reach his height. She touches his cheek.

"Uh, Rabbit...?" He steps back and touches the wall. "This is getting weird-" His eyes opened wide. Rachel pulled him in for a kiss. Ragna always had a thing for her but never admitted to it because he was afraid to enter the zone. The moment felt like ages, but it only lasted for a few seconds. Then, Rachel pulled away. She began to wait for a proper response from him.

"Rachel...what was that for?" A blushing Ragna. "Did you hit your head or..."

"Wh..?" Rachel's face twists into disbelief and takes a step back. She tells herself that it might take a moment. "I thought you told me it would return in an instant...maybe it would take a while..."

"Just kidding.

Ragna is red

Jin is blue

This is the best I can do

And I love you." A smile forms on Ragna's face. That was the password.

SLAP!

"OW!" He touches the part of his face where Rachel slapped. "Jesus Christ, that hurt."

He looked at her, she was on the verge of tears and she looked angry. Ragna felt a little bad But then, the vampire dived into him and both fell to the floor, she started laughing while crying tears of joy, "You imbecile! Don't you dare do that again!"

"I won't. That was just a joke I planned from the start. And I could only do it once so..."

"Don't try to explain you, cretin!" She pulled him in for another kiss. This time, Ragna responded in return. Valkhenhayn felt uncomfortable, he couldn't leave the room because the couple was kissing by the door.

"I'll take my leave..." Valkenhayn teleports back to the castle.

During the time Ragna accidentally went to the wrong timeline...

A certain girl returns to the location where the sword was placed. When she arrived, the sword was nowhere to be found. It was Rachel. She started to lose her composure when the sword was nowhere to be found.

"W-what?" Rachel immediately searched the area, maybe it had fallen? Did an animal take it? Or did someone steal it? "No...I was careless for just leaving it still..."

Okay so, I'm gonna have the continuation of the alternate time of Ragna and Rachel's in a different fic. I don't wanna cram everything into one story.