14.1 – (Saphroneth, Bliss Authority)
[Kill la Kill/MLP]
To whom it may concern,
Activities in this Loop are considered to be restricted. This Loop is a safe zone. While it is permissible to enact pranks, and we all know the feeling of having accidentally escalated past the bounds of our plans, we ask that all care be taken to limit harm caused by pranks to property damage and that which is easily and completely fixed. Mental intrusion is not considered to be okay; nor is physical damage; nor is anything which would have a permanent affect in general.
Yours,
Ivory Scroll (Mayor Mare).
P.S. Prank Limit Enforced By Alicorn.
"Well, this place is better organized than some worlds," Ryuko commented, as she finished the letter and folded it back into the paper-crane shape it had arrived as. "You holding up okay, Senketsu?"
"Mostly," her uniform replied. "A dress, I can handle easily."
"It helps that they don't wear clothing much at all, here," Ryuko admitted. "I feel less... exposed. Hey, isn't this where Cheerilee is from?"
"Probably," her sister agreed. Her own kamui pulsed, then reshaped itself.
"...okay, I didn't even know you could make pony clothing do that," Ryuko said. "Seriously. That looks... well, good on you. But we might be arrested."
"I thought it through."
With that, Satsuki's outfit went quiescent again.
"He never says much," Satsuki said briskly. "Right, what now?"
"...hell if I know." Ryuko pointed, flaring her wings. "Look, a clothes shop. Might be where that... Rarity? Works?"
"Worth a try."
-x-x-x-x-
The white-coated, black-maned unicorn strode through the door of the Carousel Boutique with the tight-lipped expression of somepony - or someone - who did not gladly suffer a waste of time. At first glance Rarity thought she might have been military from her uniform: a closer look at it clarified that it was inspired by a Japanese boy's school uniform, but cut and modified for a sleeker look.
Interesting.
Rarity bowed (as best as a quadruped could, which involved craning her neck down). "Welcome to the Carousel Boutique, where everything is chic, sleek, and magnifique. My name is—"
"Rarity Belle," the unicorn cut her off. "One of the elite five guardians of this world, as led by the example of Twilight Sparkle. Enforcer of this Loop's status as a sanctuary to all who respect its tranquility." The stranger reared up on her hind legs, towering over Rarity, and resting her fetlock on the hilt of a sheathed katana. "Peerless in the crafts of war, peace, and tailoring - this last of great personal interest to me." And her expression curled upward, if only a little bit.
Rarity frowned. "I believe you have me at a severe disadvantage, darling. How did you know I was Looping? And what, pray tell, is your name?"
"My Loop memories tell me that I am named Pure Cloth," the stranger said. "But you may remember me by another name. Satsuki Kiryuin."
It took Rarity a second to remember. "From the Loops with the living clothes!"
"Just so," Satsuki said, a very slight smile on her lips. "You will forgive me if I wasn't displaying my usual composure, but you have to understand that meeting you as — how does my sister put it — "Disco Mom, Winner of the Gendo Ikari Lifetime Achievement Award for Parenting" She paused to allow Rarity time to titter. "— was not doing my mental state a favor."
Rarity waved her off. "It happens all the time, dear," she said. "Now, what may I do for you?"
"Prevent untold suffering in my Loops," Satsuki said, betraying no emotion save a twitch of one great bushy eyebrow in the prefix to a frown. "By redesigning the Goku Uniforms so they need not rely on Life Fibers. We will need our source of Honnouji's titanic power to be shot through with threads of an alien lifeform that thirsts for blood, and is in thrall to a dark God."
Rarity managed a weak chuckle. "I can see that as a bit of a design flaw."
Satsuki looked directly into Rarity's eyes. "My Goku Uniforms are very much double-edged swords. It is past time I corrected that. Too many of my fellows in too many Loops have died when the Life Fibers in their uniforms betrayed them."
Rarity nodded. "I will see what I can do."
Satsuki nodded. "Without even asking for payment..." she stopped, and closed her eyes, to float in a suitcase and snap it open; it contained several paper rolls of gold bits. "As to be expected from a paragon of Generosity. Take your time," she said, her expression shifting to a fierce smile. "You have until the Loop resets."
Ragyo Kiryuin had to admire the suddenness of Satsuki's betrayal, but she had known it was inevitable and planned for it. Still, there was no way that her daughter could plan for Mind Stitching - or for the Life Fibers of the Peerless Uniforms to turn against their masters with a snap of her fingers, a feat she could manage even while bisected and crucified. It was sort of a shame that such a beautiful flower as her daughter needed to be trimmed when the First Life Fiber awoken, but she would not cry for her.
Wait. It hadn't worked. Ragyo snarled and snapped her fingers again.
"Third time is the charm! Charming charming charming~!" Nui said. (As for how she heard the tilde, she hadn't. Nui was standing under a word balloon as she spoke. Ragyo didn't question it; she was unnerving, but she was loyal. The perfect daughter.)
"Oh, and by the way. Dear mother." Satsuki smiled. "I'm now certain that you didn't notice, but the Ultimate Uniforms no longer rely on your tainted gifts," she said. "Thank you very much for bringing me the other half of the Rending Scissors, Nui. ELITE FOUR! TAKE THEM!"
"AT ONCE, MILADY!" Gamagoori screamed, as was his wont. "THREE-DIAMOND ULTIMATE UNIFORM, SHACKLE REGALIA MARK TWO!"
Wait. Three DIAMOND? Ragyo's eyes went wide as she realized just how badly she had been outplayed.
"So this is the power of a Three Diamond uniform," Aikuro said. "Made entirely by the power of human ingenuity. It is almost as fearsome as the powers of the Nudists."
Ryūko snorted, swallowing a bite of her Mystery Croquette. "Wouldn't say it's HUMAN ingenuity, 'zactly. We called in some help from a friend."
Aikuro raised an eyebrow at her. (And peeled off half of his shirt, but it WAS Aikuro.) "Anyone I would know?"
"Depends. Were you Awake when Disco-Mom was really into purple and green?" Kory said, grinning.
14.2 – (Me)
[Code Geass}
It was to his eternal shame that one Lelouch Vi Britannia would later recall that his introduction to awareness of the Eternal Loops lasted a grand total of thirty seconds. Of course he would justify this frequently due to the unfortunate fact that his starting point occurred in the back of an out of control vehicle in the middle of a high speed chase through the Shinjiku ghettos moments before said vehicle came to an extremely unplanned stop.
Upon taking his last breath at the end of the Zero Requiem he fully expected his last sight to be Nunnaly brokenheartedly sobbing over his dying body, or at least find himself facing some form of eternal judgment. Therefore it came as no small surprise that in the space between heartbeats he found himself going from lying on his back as he bled to death before his beloved younger sister's eyes to standing in the middle of a wildly heaving truck as its injured driver hit part of a collapsed building, and it jerked violently as it barely maintained its balance.
The same could not be said of Lelouch.
Thus the 99th Emperor of the Britannian Empire, Zero the Maker of Miracles, Lelouch Vi Britannia who destroyed the world to create it anew... died from a strike to the head due to poor footing.
14.3 – (DrTempo)
[Evangelion/Undertale]
Gendo Ikari Awakened, and as usual, looked through his Loop Memories. Instead of a son, he had a daughter. "Why Yui named her Frisk, I have no idea," Gendo said to himself. Soon enough, his daughter arrived, wearing the purple shirt he remembered giving to her as a birthday gift.
Looking around, Frisk asked, "So...let me guess. Get in the giant robot?"
Gendo looked surprised, and Frisk replied with, A: friend of mine loves mecha anime. Anime in general, actually. All right, then. Let's do this."
Misato walked over to Frisk, asking, "Are you sure about this?" Frisk gave thumbs up.
"Don't worry. I have the Determination to see this through. And Dad, wish me luck."
Gendo said, "May fate be on your side."
Through this, and all this Loop will throw at you. Jut to be safe, I suppose I should destroy Lilith to make sure.
As the Eva prepared to launch, Frisk was thinking, 'Undyne'd love to be in this role, I'm sure. I'll have quite a story to tell Toriel when we meet again. I fear for Gendo if they ever meet though…'
14.4 – (Chronopie)
[Gurren Lagann]
Simon knew it was going to be a weird Loop when he Woke up, surfing the wave of pigmoles towards the ceiling over Jiha village.
It didn't really help that Nia, with single-colored, light blue hair and pink eyes, was hugging the pigmole for dear life right behind his leg. It meant there'd been a role shuffle. Of course, this one was already better than the time Viral and Kamina had swapped places. Viral insisting that Simon call him Bro was just weird.
He didn't get any reply pings when he sent one out, either. That meant a solo run.
It was, at least, still Yoko to drop through the ceiling in pursuit of the Gunmen. He'd needed a shot Brain Bleach in Eden Hall after the Loop where it was Kittan, and still in the same outfit.
Wait, did that mean that he was supposed to romance Yoko this Loop? Kamina would kill him!
So after escaping the Gunmen (he could've taken the Gunmen out with a blood drill, but he didn't want to break from the Loop so soon.), Simon let Yoko take the shot that Kamina would have interrupted. Not that it mattered. Leeron hadn't upgraded her rifle yet.
So Nia lead them to the 'Face' that she'd uncovered. It was blue and white, and rather more rounded than Simon's normal Lagann.
"Solvernia." Simon said. It did look an awful lot like the head of her Tengan Toppa Solvernia that she had in the movie Variant, of course without the blue and yellow mane of Spiral Energy.
Simon only hoped that the Gurren equivalent wouldn't be too feminine.
Simon wasn't Kamina. No, he was Simon, not his bro. That being said, he'd heard Kamina's speeches often enough that he still managed to convince Kittan of the Bachika siblings that they should go out and get their own Gunmen.
Viral, on the other hand, was a much more difficult fight. Simon was used to fighting with a drill. That meant thrusting strikes, and little lateral movement. Kamina had always been the one to fight with the ridiculously long sword, and he made it look good. Simon looked like he barely knew how to hold it. So much so, that he was glad that Nia broke up the fight when she did.
He did put up a better fight when it came to mech-to-mech combat though, back in his natural element. Enough to hold his own, but not so well that people got suspicious.
He still stole Enki's helm.
Adiane had swapped with Thymilph this Loop. Oh, she still had Sayrune, her personal mech, but she commanded the Dai-Gunzan, rather than the Dai-Gunkai.
Yoko didn't give him the Kiss of Death, luckily. Even if the upcoming fight didn't kill him, Kamina would.
Even so, Simon barely avoided getting skewered by Sayrune's tail. It also didn't change the fact that he 'created' the Giga Drill Breaker to deal with her. It also meant that Rossiu wouldn't get to drive. But Simon didn't mind.
Without the Solvernia vomiting, (and Simon still didn't know what that vomit actually was), he had to engineer an excuse to jump down the ravine. So when the horse-headed Gunmen showed up, he jumped on it with both feet. Literally.
He kicked the Gunmen into the canyon.
It was what Kamina would do.
When Nia unlocked the Drill-lock, the chest opened to reveal Kamina. With Blue-and-Yellow hair, and bright cyan eyes with a red gothic cross in the middle.
He was, as always, shirtless, but, this time, had a blue cape, rather than his normal red, and a thin layer of light blue chest hair in the shape of a spiral. He also had a blue set of his normal triangle shades. He was also the same age as Simon, rather than Nia.
He sat up, stretched, and said. "Hail fellows, well met."
"Hail fellows?" Nia asked. Simon was dumbfounded. That was so, so... UnKamina.
"And who are you, good lady?" He asked.
"Ah... I don't think I'm anyone important enough to be called 'good lady'."
Kamina looked around. "Oh, this is the outside I've heard so much about. And this is... Rain?" He got up and out of the box. "And this is... mud? It's cold and damp and squishy."
"Are you alright without shoes?" Nia asked.
"I'm fine." He replied. He got right up in Nia's face. "Why do you look like me? No tail, no fangs, or fur, nor claw or scale?"
Nia laughed. Her voice tinkled in the air. "I'm a human silly, that's normal."
"A human? And what, exactly, is a human?"
As Nia tried explain humanity to Kamina, Simon wondered at the differences this would make to the timeline. Anti-Spiral Kamina? That was an odd thought.
The Dai-Gurren crew rolled out the welcoming feast that was supposed to pass for an interrogation. The combination of Kamina's natural charisma, ham tendencies, and what seemed to be genuine ignorance, had them eating out of his hand.
But before long, Thymilph brought the Dai-Gunkai to the Dai-Gurren, and landed the Byakou right on their deck.
Kamina rushed out on deck and stopped not ten feet away.
"Stand down Thymilph! First Prince Kamina, son of the Spiral King Lord Genome, orders you!" Arms spread wide, he glared at the Gunmen. "I will not permit you to do violence upon these people!"
Thymilph took a moment to talk to his beastmen on the Dai-Gunkai.
Then he began laughing. "Aha, aha, ahahahahahaa... Oh, Prince Kamina, haven't you heard? Your Father threw you away. Like a Piece. Of. Trash. You can die with the rest of the trash on board."
It was only the fact that Simon was ready for a possible movie Variant, where Cytomander and Guame could show up any minute, that let him intercept Byakou's spear in time. Like hell was he letting Kamina die so easily.
As it happened, this wasn't a movie Variant, meaning that Cytomander and Guame were handled over the next month, rather than all at once.
The Beach Day had the otherwise 'sheltered' Kamina in a Speedo. It reminded Simon of the Bathhouse incident honestly. Yoko and Leeron had stars in their eyes. Thankfully, though, Nia was indifferent.
The major change here was that they'd already dealt with Thymilph, so they didn't get ambushed in the water.
Simon never got bored of seeing the Dai-Gurren kick the Dai-Gunten, and it did let them grab the Levia-sphere too.
But the biggest change of the Loop so far came after Kamina insisted on speaking to Lord Genome personally, when they reached Teppelin.
As Simon and Nia confronted Viral in the Enkidudu (Not to be confused with the original Enki or the Enkidu - this was the four armed version), Kamina stepped out to face Lord Genome personally.
Not that Viral lasted long. No beastman, immortal or otherwise, would ever be able to match a human that had unlocked their Spiral power.
"Kamina."
"It has been a long time, Father."
"You're looking quite well. You do know I never expected to see you again."
Kamina stalked towards Lord Genome's throne. "I'd just like to know, why do you drive the humans underground, and exterminate them when they reach the surface. It seems like a cruel and heartless act, so unlike the man I know."
"Ignorance is such a frightening thing. You truly believe you fight on the side of righteousness, but I am the one protecting this world. It is I, Lord Genome, who am the ultimate guardian of humanity."
"By killing your charges?"
"This path is the only one that ensures Humanities survival. Your friends have strayed from the path, and for the whole of Humanities sake, cannot be allowed to live."
A thin, whip-like drill lashed out, only for Simon to block it.
"The Spiral Power is strong within them. But such power will lead to destruction. Allow me to teach you." His throne sunk down, and into the floor. "As you know, they are not the only ones to possess Spiral Power."
The Lazengann rose to the floor's level. Kamina dashed to the wall, blue Spiral Energy wreathing his legs, as Lord Genome's personal Gunmen leapt high.
The Gurren-Solvernia and the Lazengann were evenly matched. Punch for Punch, Drill for Drill. Despite the fact that both Simon and Nia were channeling Spiral Energy into their mech, Lord Genome seemed more powerful than normal too.
In the end, their arms broke, and their drills shattered.
Lord Genome tore the way out of his own cockpit, "I shouldn't have trusted a Gunmen to get the job done!" His head blazing with his signature red Spiral Energy, he strode towards the crippled Gurren Solvernia.
Only for Kamina to stand in his way.
"Kamina."
"Father."
They threw simultaneous punches, each hitting the other in the face, sending both backwards. They got up and resumed the fistfight, bodyblows and jabs making meaty thuds, uppercuts rocking jaws. Blue Spiral Energy met Red as fist met fist.
They locked hands, pitting their strength against one another. "We can protect humanity together."
Lord Genome knocked Kamina back. "I've haven't this much fun in months."
"I knew I was your favorite son."
"Show me your Spiral Power son, make me proud!"
With a straight lunge, Kamina's fist connected dead center with the spiraling hair on Lord Genome's chest. Blue Spiral Energy burst from his back, and he was sent tumbling backwards, until he slammed into the wall.
"I see. Your Spiral Power has grown to match my own." He chuckled. "Maybe you're right, my son. Perhaps we should try it your way."
Simon reflected on just how weird it was. Lord Genome had survived the battle of Teppelin. He stepped down as ruler, though, and was content to serve as an adviser to the new Teppelin council.
And so he passed on the message of the Anti-Spiral's ultimatum personally. And for the next seven years, between Simon's out-of-Loop knowledge, and Lord Genome's own knowledge of the world before the Beastmen, they managed an even greater level of technology than normal.
With the repaired Lazengann, they had two flight-capable Gunmen specifically designed to counter the Mugann, and, between Lord Genome and Simon, two pilots that knew all about the Mugann's explosive tendencies.
Rossiu, whom still had a place on the council of course, had no reason to arrest Simon and Nia, nor Lord Genome.
Kamina didn't turn out to be the Anti-Spiral Messenger, thankfully. It actually turned out to be one of Lord Genome's daughters, Kamina's sister for the Loop. Simon had known that Lord Genome kept a harem, but he'd never actually followed up on that train of thought...
Lord Genome, on the other hand, was pissed. The Anti-Spirals dared take one of his children? Kamina was spitting nails too.
When the Cathedral Terra activated, they still launched the Arc-Gurren.
Then Lord Genome revealed the secret of Teppelin Tower. It was actually the Dai-Gun Dekabutsu!
The rest of the Loop played out pretty much Baseline, with Nia in the lead role. The Arc-Gurren Solvernia taking over the Cathedral Terra to form the Choginga Dai-Gurren, though Lord Genome could have used Dekabutsu to the same effect, the Galactic Spiral Abyss, which Simon preferred to call the Sea of Despair, full of dead and drained Lagann-type mecha, and Kittan's ultimate sacrifice, before finally the multi-dimensional labyrinth.
Using the necklace worn by Lord Genome's daughter, Team Dai-Gurren made their way to the Anti-Spiral space, and each member, using the Lagann-types from the Sea of Despair, combined with the Choginga Dai-Gurren Solvernia to form the Tengan Toppa Gurren Solvernia.
Nia started. "Even when trapped by karma's cycle.."
Next was Yoko. "The dreams we left behind will open the door!"
Leeron got in on the action: "Even if the universe stands in our way..."
Lord Genome wasn't left out: "Souls once drowned in a sea of despair, reawaken!"
Then Viral: "Our burning blood will determine what will be!"
Kamina was never going to be silent: "Using our power to cut through Fate!"
Simon: "We'll break through time and space!"
They all came together: "And defy all who would stop us to grab hold of our path!"
And then back to Nia: "Tengen Toppa Gurren Solvernia!"
"JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!"
The Anti-Spiral mech combined two galaxies to form their ultimate attack.
"Infinity Big Bang Stoorrmm!" It brought the beam to bear. "Burn in the everlasting hellfire of creation!"
"Not yet, we're not done!" Nia cried.
"Nia!" Lord Genome yelled. "Leave this one to me." The Lazengann tore it's way out of the Tengan Toppa Gurren Solvernia, and caught the beam.
"Father!" Kamina yelled.
"Do not grieve for me, my son. I waited a thousand years for my revenge. If my sacrifice can create a tomorrow for all Spiral Life then I will gladly give it."
"Your Sacrifice will be for nothing!" The Anti Spirals yelled, as they intensified the beam.
"That's what I was waiting for!" Lord Genome countered, as he turned his essence, his very being into Spiral Energy, absorbing and redirecting the Anti-Spiral attack with it. "Nia, take it!"
"He allowed himself to undergo quantum breakdown to become one with the energy?!"
"Eat this!" Nia screamed, as she brought a fresh drill to bear.
"Never!"
It was drill to drill combat, until, finally, the Granzeboma brought out extra drill directly from the homeworld on the crest of it's head, catching the Tengan Toppa Gurren Solvernia. In reply, it released the Choginga Dai-Gurren Solvernia, then the Arc-Gurren Solvernia, then the Gurren Solvernia in turn.
As the drills looked set to pierce the Gurren Solvernia too, the Dekabutsu Lazengann, piloted by Kamina, smashed through them from beneath the Gurren Solvernia.
"My father was a shining example of the potential of humanity, how can I be any less?!"
"Solvernia. Impact!"
As the crowds died down, Kamina, still in his blue cape and triangle glasses, turned to Simon, winked, and sent out a ping, before walking into the sunset. Then the Loop ended.
"Kamina?"
14.5 – (Tabac Iberez)
[Girls und Panzer/Warhammer 40k]
Sitting down at his comfortable table he had commissioned some time ago, Leman Russ cracked his neck and started doing his least favorite part of being a Primarch.
Paperwork. Reams and reams and reams of paperwork.
That said, some time ago Leman had been introduced to a couple of very important inventions. Specifically, the typewriter and linotype press. One made excellent correspondence, while the other made excellent duplicate copies, as necessary for the fact that there were so, so, so many duplicate copies needed. Incidentally, as Inquisitors and other aggravating people had figured out over the years, challenging a Primarch on the little matter of a mechanical device was a really stupid idea. Leman prized them for their clear, easy to read print and versatility.
At no point in time did this make it easier to read what was contained in the message. Specifically, it was a junior Sister of Battle requesting support in an out-of-the way place. More specifically, it was absolutely dripping with the secret code he had commissioned so that Looper correspondence could get to where it was going in the Imperium in the first place. One too many Loops had been crashed because Leman or another Anchor had been doing something stupid or necessary or both and couldn't get what they needed. Thankfully, he had a few billion printed up and distributed to Celestia so that Loopers could get in touch without getting hung up on a million and two things. Rolling his shoulders, Leman got up from the desk and started heading to the armory. This was going to be a fun one...
Arriving on what could only be described as somewhere far far away, Leman looked around. The demonic infestation was fairly well in hand, but the Sisters of Battle commander was looking nervously for him. Going up to her, he introduced himself, removing his helm.
"Leman Russ. So, you're the Looper?"
She nodded restlessly, and looked around carefully. "Miho Nishizumi. And yes, very new Looper. I've sorta been rolling with it, but this Loop makes no sense!"
A painfully brief explanation followed. "Alright then, Miho. Welcome to the Imperium of Man. Forty thousand years of chaos, bloodshed, and darkness. Then we started Looping, and now it's a chance to fix everything that went wrong. Our mission here is to throw a light into the darkness, so that it will light the Loops ahead. The trick is getting the light up to where we can throw it. Unfortunately, most of that job involves killing the ever-loving crap that's stopping us."
Miho nodded. "I get that, I hope. Well, it makes me feel better, so I can actually get my head in the game, now. Thanks, Leman."
Leman just smiled. "We get an unusually high number of Loops with Equestria, so I hope we meet next there. Does your Loop have a focus?"
Shrugging, Miho blinked. "Well, we have a sport composed of tank battling that is considered feminine and attractive, and we have sea ships that are bigger than they should be according to the Looper who saw them."
"I'll meet you there, someday. Until then, Miho."
"Until then."
After Leman returned to the Wolves' command pavilion, he got scans of the battle from the orbiting Navy units, and whistled. Miho had mentioned getting her head in the game, and she had still conducted a masterful battle- far above and beyond the normal hash the Sister's commanders made. Leman's opinion was that the rejuve rotted their minds, but that was here nor there. For a second, he was afraid where this young woman's talent would place her.
Fifty years later, Leman snorted. Miho had died "under mysterious circumstances." He had paid her his due, by having her remains buried in the seas of Fenris. As much a head as she had for battle, Leman hoped like hell she could learn the arts politic. Although, if she did, Miho Nishizumi would be a frightening friend and foe indeed.
14.6 – (Harosata)
[Assassination Classroom]
"I'll be frank. Your job is to cook him."
"...Eh?"
Karasuma frowned, but he had to bear with it. "Technically, we're trying to kill him before he destroys the Earth, but in addition to teaching this classroom, he insists that he wants to be served as food."
"I can regenerate my tentacles, so I am a never ending food source you can practice on, but ultimately, I want you to prepare me like the main course of a five-star restaurant." Koro-Sensei grinned as he basted himself. They did very well in the school festival with ingredients picked exclusively from the mountain, so he figured he'd focus on teaching them everything food-related in this Loop. Of course, Koro-Sensei needed to remember not to allow Home Economics as a tentacle-handicap for the summer assassination.
Kayano just had to ask. "Sir, what do tentacles even taste like?"
14.7 – (Leviticus Wilkes)
[Negima!]
Asuna Kagurazaka stared at the potion in Negi's hands. "Negi-san... As the only other person involved in this time loop business, I'm in the unique position to tell you that we both know the future. Why are you still making that love potion?"
Negi Springfield looked at the vial of love potion in his hands. "Well, it's a complicated potion and I need the experience. This helps."
"After all the trouble it caused?" Asuna shook her head. "It turned half the class into raving shotacons, and it made Ayaka even worse than normal. And... Why bring it here?"
The pair had met up for the afternoon homeroom of class 2-A, Negi planning to finish his English lesson. The ten year old teacher shrugged in response, a concise answer, all things considered. "Well, it's a more powerful version of the usual love potion and I was pretty proud of making it. I wanted to show you."
"You're insane Negi." Asuna shook her head. "That's ridiculous. How would I know what a good potion looks like? And besides, you're a boy teaching a class of girls: how is a love potion not going to backfire?"
"Oh it's not like I'm going to drink it," Negi chirped. At that moment, Haruna Saotome walked by and tripped Negi by accident. The chibi Sensei fell over, the bottle arcing through the air, and landing neck first in his mouth.
Asuna watched in banal horror as Negi involuntarily gulped down the potion. "Negi-san, 'I told you so' doesn't cover it."
Negi stood back up, gasping a bit. "Well... This is going to go very bad."
A hush fell over the room, and Negi became acutely aware of how many eyes were now on him. "Very... Very... Bad."
Konoka literally threw herself into the chalkboard. "MARRY ME NEGI-SENSEI!"
A moment later, Setsuna Sakurazaki crashed into the board. "NO, MARRY ME!"
Evangeline McDowell was flying straight at Negi. "NEGI-KUN, I WANT TO SUCK YOUR-"
That one was stopped by a dog pile. Another girl came forward. "Negi-Sensei, I have developed ovaries. Please marry me."
Negi stared for a moment. "Wait... Wait, are you a robot?"
"Yes," Chachamaru Karakuri answered.
A ribbon wrapped around Chachamaru and she was instantly replaced by Makie Sasaki, with a cake. "I baked this for you in home economics Negi-Sensei."
At this point there was a physical torrent of girls running at Negi, which then devolved into a full scale brawl with gunfire, lasers, windmill shuriken, explosions, and cries of "FOR NEGI-SENSEI!"
Asuna leaned in close to Negi. "You, er, want to run now?"
"I think so, yeah. I might be able to pacify them though."
"You won't. You really-"
"EVERYONE STOP FIGHTING!" A short, fairly unassuming girl was standing in a desk in the middle of the brawl. The full scale war (and probable international incident) that was breaking out ground to a halt. A few questions were raised as the girls recognized Nodoka Miyazaki as the speaker. Nodoka flinched as the class turned to her. "Uh... Hi."
Negi turned to Asuna. "You know, they may be addled by the love potion, but at least Nodoka has her integrity."
"You should all be ashamed of yourselves," Nodoka declared boldly. "We shouldn't be fighting over Negi-Sensei. We should be sharing him."
"Huh?" Negi said.
"I propose Saishoudoukin."
For a few moments everyone just lay there blinking at Nodoka. Negi ran the world through his brain. "Sai (wife) shou (mistress) dou (same) kin (bed)!? You want a threesome!?"
"Technically this is an orgy," Nodoka corrected him. "GRAB HIM! WE'LL HAVE OUR WAY WITH HIM IN SHIFTS!"
"Now run?" Asuna asked.
"Run." Negi declared.
Most of the girls were mounting the horse that Ayaka had smuggled in as the duo ran like hell. "COME BACK! WE WANT OUR STUDMUFFIN!"
14.8 – (wildrook)
[Cowboy Bebop/Firefly]
"Time Loops, huh?" Spike Spiegel asked Malcolm Reynolds, who had just introduced himself to the Bounty Hunter. "And I'm replacing one of your crew. My apologies."
"Don't," Malcolm replied. "Sometimes you get the benefit of being part of it thanks to Fused Loop potential. Besides, unless you start trouble, I won't be forced to kick you out."
Spike nodded as he looked at the area. "Nice ship, though. Doubt I can fit my own one-man cruiser in this thing, but if it flies, it's okay in my book." That, and he really didn't want to argue with the engineer. "So, who am I replacing?"
"Our resident preacher, Shepherd Book."
Spike blinked. "Yeah, I know, you never expect the guy replacing a man of God to have a bit of a backstory of his own. There a story behind that?"
He gave Malcolm a look, then sighed. "I'm an ex-hitman of the Red Dragon Syndicate. Had to fake my own death in order to get out of it, managed to make the mistake of falling in love with my ex-best friend's girlfriend, and my own crew consists of an ex-cop, a Welsh Corgi that can hack into signals that lead into the brain, a woman from the time before interstellar travel, and a fourteen-year-old girl who dresses like a boy that's also a hacker. And no, I've no interest for the Bounty if I can't use it in my...own Branch of the tree."
That was all Malcolm needed to hear. "Which means it's safe for you and your sister to come out, Doc," he said, looking up, much to Spike's surprise. A young man in a doctor's outfit with a young woman with long hair and bare feet following behind as they walked down the stairs.
Spike blinked. "Now I'm tempted to ask why you went to me first," he said.
"Well, we already took out the Alliance member that was on the ship," Malcolm replied, "but the girl mentioned something about a...space cowboy, so I had to check it out for myself."
"Captain," Simon interjected, "I think he may need the full truth. Heck, I'm surprised to meet a Bounty Hunter that doesn't think about his wallet."
The Captain of the Serenity just sat down. "Simon, we've been over this," he said. "As long as you and your sister are Awake, you can call me Mal. And you don't need my permission to explain to Spike about the people hunting your sister down."
Spike didn't even bother to look surprised at that. "I take it you're not just dealing with Bounty Hunters?" he asked the two.
"And the occasional moron who decides to try to get some extra pocket change," Simon replied, remembering the incident at Ariel. "What we're up against, however, are government officials known as the Blue Sun, and they're after River because she found the darkest secret the Alliance kept under lock and key."
"Miranda," River said, making herself known.
Spike blinked. "That would warrant a bounty," he replied, "but I'm not looking for cash."
"Probably the wisest thing you can do," a voice replied. A burly man with a beard and sweatshirt came down. "From what I can remember, these guys aren't just looking to kill them, but also target anyone who's even MET them. Namely, the whole crew."
"Guy's talking from experience," Malcolm replied. "What brings you down here, Jayne?"
Jayne then smirked. "Just meeting our Guest Looper," he said. "Despite the appearance, if the guy's ex-mafia, he's probably a fighter."
"Maybe," Spike replied, "but my friend, Jet, was more of the muscle between the two of us...and the pilot." He then looked at Simon and River. "I know you guys have been through this before, but if this 'Miranda' is causing people to hunt for you two, then I might need the full story."
"We've still got a copy of the file," Simon said to Malcolm.
Malcolm nodded. "The Alliance isn't the only thing that you watch out for in the galaxy," he said. "You're about to learn the origin of beings that, if you're lucky, kill you, violate you, and use your skin as clothing, in that order."
"We call them Reavers," River said, "and they originated from Miranda."
Spike knew he made the right decision by not going for the bounty. Considering his own dark past, whatever made River nervous would traumatize him, but to be targeted for finding a dark secret, even by accident, was too much for his taste.
"Is she..." Spike asked Simon.
"She's fine," the ship's Doctor replied. "We keep a back-up copy each when River's first activated. The file's connected to her abilities, so she's usually...less twitchy."
"And that's the nice explanation," Jayne said, prompting a glare from Simon. "Just saying."
Spike then gave Malcolm a look and nodded. "Show me the video," he said.
After that unpleasant discovery, Spike shook his head.
"No wonder they wanted to keep it a secret," he said. "This kind of information would shatter the Alliance from within."
"That's exactly what Book said when he started to Loop," a man with red hair said on the seat, accompanied by a dark-toned woman who sat next to him. "Imagine our surprise when he decided to tell us about his past profession."
Spike gave the man a look. "Profession?" he asked him.
"What Wash meant was that Book's old career wasn't exactly...enlightening," the woman replied. "Heck, it explained how he knew the Alliance inside and out..."
"It does explain why he knows how to use a gun, Zoe," Jayne replied. "The kneecaps, I think, was cathartic to him, despite being a holy man."
Malcolm chuckled. "Wish I could have seen it, despite being tortured and all..." he said.
"And losing an ear," Zoe replied, making Spike give her a look. "Long story, but let's just say that we've had a run-in with a torturer who got mad that we didn't do our job..."
Spike cringed. He was familiar with the method, but the guy they were referring to sounds like his ex-friend, Vicious, preferring his victims to suffer instead of outright slitting throats.
"What was the job?" Spike asked them.
"Stealing his own medicine from a train," a red-headed woman replied, walking in, "leaving the sick without defense."
Simon cringed. "Another reason why I prefer the Sick Bay here to the Med-Labs in the Alliance," he said. "I prefer helping others, not prolonging their deaths, Kaylee."
Kaylee nodded as she looked at the others. "Let me guess, the video from Miranda?" There were multiple nods. "I can never get used to that...the Alliance creating the Reavers."
"One of the reasons why we aim to misbehave when the Alliance is at its worst," Mal replied.
Spike had to admit, the crew was pretty close to each other. "If this is supposed to be some well-kept secret," he said, "why bring an outsider in?"
"The Serenity's the only safe haven for Guest Loopers when the Alliance is in power," a voice replied, revealing a woman in a rather...ornate getup. "Even if there are...disagreements..."
"Oh yeah," Simon muttered. "The Doctor's encounter with the Blue Suns."
Now Spike was confused. "Doctor...who?"
"Just the Doctor," Malcolm replied. "And Inara, despite his psychotic hatred of guns, we've seen River talk openly with him."
Inara just sat down. "And you'll meet him sometime in the future," she said to Spike. "Spike, was it? Make yourself at home. Did Malcolm fill you in the one rule when entering the Serenity?"
Spike nodded. "Never betray any of his crewmates or else they get sucked out the airlock," he said. "Don't worry, I've no intention of breaking that rule. Heck, if you guys can fill me in on the Alliance and how they work, I'd like to be a part of whatever you guys are planning this time."
The crew looked at each other...but someone else made herself known.
"Could be dangerous," River said to Spike. "Then again, we're a bunch of cowboys ourselves, aren't we?"
"And cowgirls," Kaylee replied. "Nice to see you're not...twitchy."
"I've been coping."
Jayne then looked at Spike. "Well, this is the first time we've had an ex-mobster on the Serenity...why not make the most of it?"
Malcolm looked at the others...then smiled. "Welcome to the crew, Space Cowboy."
Spike gave out a smirk. "Same to you, Captain Reynolds," he said, making his signature finger gun pose. 'Bang.'
14.9 – (XeroM52)
[Familiar of Zero/Skullgirls]
After so many Loops, Louise already knew how to perform magic and not cause an explosion that blew up on her face. Still, she had to keep up appearances and screw up her spells since being able to perform flawless magic overnight would rise a lot of alarms in people's heads.
Once again she was performing her summoning ritual, wondering what would come up next. Would it be Saito? Or would it be some crazy Looper from across the universe? As the cloud of dust formed by the explosion of her spell casting cleared off, she got her answer in the form of a gigantic man wearing a trench coat straight out of a detective story.
"Huh? This is certainly weird." Said the mountain of a man said in a very suave voice in English.
"Sir, are you 'Awake'?" Louise asked in perfect English making the rest of the class look at her weirdly. "Don't worry about the rest of them, they can't understand what we are saying."
The giant man nodded. "Are you the local Anchor?"
"Yes," Louise confirmed. "Sorry for hurrying you along, but we need to complete the Summoning ceremony or people would start talking…" she said apologetically.
"Your Loop, your rules. You are the expert here." The man said. "So how does this summoning ceremony is completed?"
"We need to kiss." Louise answered bluntly.
"Sorry, kid. But I'm probably three times your age." He refused.
"Age is kind of an illusion, once you are in the Loops." She pointed out. "Besides, this is a necessary step if we wish to carry on with the Loop."
"Are you sure about this?" He questioned a little uncomfortable.
"Like you said, I'm the expert. Also this isn't the first time I had to kiss an old man or a weirdo." One could only imagine what kind of people the Loops threw her way.
"Just get this over with…"
"My name is Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière." Louise said in her mother tongue. "Pentagon of the Five Elemental Powers; grant your blessings upon this being, and make it my familiar." With a small hand way, she indicated him to bend down to her level and planted a kiss to mark him as her familiar.
"My name is Louise by the way." She introduced herself, knowing that he now could understand her. "What should I call you?"
"Call me, Big Band."
Louise couldn't help but sigh at the scene playing in front of her. It seemed that Guiche was destined to 'duel' with every familiar she had ever summoned. All because everyone somehow managed to expose him as the two-timing bastard he was at the beginning of the Loop.
"Let us begin our duel, commoner!" Guiche taunted, not feeling intimidated by Big Band's 7'8" (2.37 meters) frame.
"Kid, you don't want what you are asking for." Big Band looked at the slender boy who didn't look like he could stand a good punch to the face. "Just turn away and apologize for your behavior!"
"As if! I'll teach you to show respect to your betters!" Guiche waved his rose from which petals fell to the ground summoning his bronze Valkyrie golems. "Go my Valkyrie, show this commoner his place!" Guiche wasn't worried about his opponent's size since he had magic on his side.
Big Band looked at the incoming golem with its sword ready to attack, frankly he wasn't all that impressed. In fact he remained still as the attack came. "Now!" then at the last second before the sword even hit, BB summoned a cymbal that parried the attack completely by transforming the force behind the attack into wave vibrations.
"What?!" Guiche shouted, surprised that his golem attack had no effect whatsoever.
"I'm not done!" The from beneath his coat, BB released a gigantic punch the size of a small car and obliterated the golem to pieces. Quicker than his size would imply, BB then rushed towards Guiche gave him a hard look in the eye. "Now Listen here…"
"What…?" Guiche asked frightened doing his best not to soil his pants.
"To this!" Big Band then summoned two metallic arms and trapped Guiche inside a giant Bell, which he started ringing. After he was done, the blond noble was on the floor in a very dazed state." Hear that ringin'? Recess is over! Now clean up your act!" BB said before he marched away leaving the rest of the students who witnessed the duel completely dumbfounded.
"Was it really necessary to be that rough?" Louise asked to her giant familiar.
"Rough? I thought I was being soft as smooth jazz."
Louise couldn't help but groan. "You and your music puns!"
It was the day of the exhibition of familiars, and Louise looked more confident than ever. Sure, Big Band would have to compete against more majestic familiars like Tabitha's dragon, but what BB lacked in looks, he made up in sheer musical talent.
I mean, who could beat a man that was literally a One-Man-Band?
Besides, his Jazzy tunes were something out of this world. Literally, since Jazz wasn't a music genre that existed on her world.
"You were great, BB!" Louise cheered for her familiar as the both of them walked away from the exhibition grounds. "The judges, specially the princess, loved your music!"
"It is nice to just kick back and play up a tune every now and them." Big Band said slightly elated. He may not have shown it, but he was a little nervous of performing his jazz to a public that never heard of it before. "That trophy would look good in your room."
"What are you talking about? You were the one on stage, the trophy is all yours!"
"Thanks, Kid."
Suddenly the ground started trembling and when a shadow fell upon the both of them Big Band and Louise looked up to see a massive rock golem.
"Looks like you are out of luck!" The golem's creator, Fouqet of the Crumbling Earth said as she rode on top of the massive head of her golem.
Ignoring her for a second, Big Band turned to look down at his pink haired 'master'. "Did you forget to tell me anything?"
"Oops. Kinda slip out of my mind." After so many Loops, Fouqet wasn't even a challenge anymore, so she would frequently forgot to stop her before her attack at the school.
"Sloppy notes are what ruin good melodies, kid." BB said.
"I told you to stop it with the music puns and allegories!" Frankly, they were getting really old by now.
Big Band just turned his head away and pretended he didn't hear her. "You! Whoever you are!" BB said to Foquet. "Dead or alive you are coming with me!"
"Ha! What do you hope to achieve against a golem of this size!" Foquet mocked.
"This!" Then Big Band unleashed a flurry of punches to fast that he even left after images.
"TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA!TUBA! TUBA!
It didn't need to be said but the giant golem ended up as a pile of dust on the floor.
"What? What are you?!" Foquet screamed frightened by the power of this strange summon.
"The name's Big Band! And I just showed you the full extent of the Jam!"
14.10 – (The_One_Butcher)
[Haruhi Suzumiya]
"I am John... No wait." He rummages in his pockets and pulls out an ID: "I am Kyourosuke Takamichi.", he reads from it, "I'm just a normal dude. No funny business here. But, if you see anything strange, I'm interested."
After Haruhi made her usual speech he muttered, "No wizards?", just loud enough so Haruhi could hear it. He then scrunched his face up into a grumpy expression.
Of course that got him cornered pretty soon.
"Hey! What kind of suspicious guy are you? What is your real name?"
He regarded her with a cool gaze. "Kyourosuke Takamichi. And who are you to meddle in my affairs? Don't you know I'm subtle and quick to anger?"
She grinned "Yeah, Yeah You're a wizard, I get it. What can you do?"
"Absolutely nothing. No Mana. So let's make a deal. You let me mooch of your power and I'll teach you magic."
"My Power? What Power? Am I a Medium or something? Will this weaken me or shorten my lifespan?"
He snorted. "Come on, I could feel the power rolling off you from miles away. You're at least a fourth Circle Demon. Your lifespan is 'Yes.'"
Haruhi raised an eyebrow. "Demon? I'm supposed to be a Demon? I guess my reputation precedes me, but I am in no way an evil spirit, that was all hard work and elbow grease!"
"So you don't know any magic? Then maybe you are some kind of lower circle Demon, one or two that has some strange mutation that causes Mana to leak from you? Maybe a defense mechanism to make demon hunters reconsider? Can I tap you? It won't do any harm."
Haruhi disbelieved him. But said "Sure" and held out her hand. He put his on her head. Only to jump back in alarm and yelp.
He looked at her in complete Horror. "Milady. I will not ever try to harm you or in any way divulge any of your secrets. I wouldn't ever presume that anyone managed to trick you, but in case of that infinitesimal chance: You are a Twelfth Circle Archdemon. Someone has Blasphemously sealed your power, probably out of some misguided fear you would use it to destroy the world. But how one could do that... I have no idea. The only way to do it would be the cooperation of another user of the Twelfth Circle. Preposterous. The only other explanation would be if someone tricked you into drawing a high powered magical sigil and empowering it with your own essence. However you'd have surely noticed drawing a two hundred foot diagram. I have actually some designs for that."
He pulled out a notebook and showed her some very familiar sketches.
14.11 – (lord Martiya)
[Lupin III/Winx]
"It's impossible..." Faragonda said, still in shock. "Nobody can do that!"
"Actually, we likely know a way..." Icy pointed out. "But it wouldn't be so easy."
"He didn't even use magic..." Flora said, surprised. In all her Loops she still had yet to see that one.
"That's what he does: the impossible." Zenigata pointed out. "Oy, Lupin! You proved you can, now give it back, or at least give it to Fujiko! It's not a nice sight!"
Lupin laughed, continuing to fly thanks to the stolen Dragonfire while dressed in Bloom's outfit.
14.12 – (Zero Exceed)
[Akame Ga Kill]
This was a weird situation for Tatsumi, to say the very least. The last thing he remembered was heading to his room to go to sleep after talking to Akame, and then, he suddenly wound up walking down a dirt road in some random area. In fact, it actually seemed to be the exact same road he'd been traveling on from before he had reached the Capital and met Night Raid. Normally, he would have thought this was impossible and that he was just hallucinating, but a quick check of his belongings, as well as a sharp pinch on his arm, had quickly proven that this was, in fact, real. When he discovered this, he decided to keep walking down the road, seeing as how, if his suspicions and memory were correct, this road would eventually lead him to the Capital.
Soon, he came across the exact same situation that he had come across on his original trip to the Capital, with the same two merchants, and the very same Earth Dragon that he had slain so long ago. This immediately dispelled any doubts in his mind about his theory. There was no way that someone could have perfectly replicated every detail of this situation. The only explanation that Tatsumi could conceivably think of to explain everything that was going on was that he was truly in the past.
Now, normally, someone would find this to be completely impossible, and would most likely attempt to deny the very possibility of it. Tatsumi, however, was not one of those people. He did find it extremely hard to believe, but, when he remembered everything he'd dealt with ever since he had first joined Night Raid, it definitely seemed like time travel could be possible. After all, he'd fought against and with all kinds of different people, with several of these allies and enemies each in possession of some kind of powerful weapon that allowed them to perform amazing feats. Heck, he'd fought against a sadistic, sociopathic woman who could literally make the surrounding area so cold that time itself froze in place. Considering that little tidbit of information, he seriously doubted time travel was a complete impossibility.
Tatsumi quickly shook his head and rushed towards the dragon. He would have plenty of time on the way to the Capital to think, but right now, he had a Danger Beast to slay.
-x-x-x-x-
"Get out of here!" Tatsumi was, once again, thrown out of the Imperial Army recruitment office, except this time, it had been on purpose.
Just as he'd assumed, he had plenty of time to think while the grateful merchants he'd saved brought him to the Capital. He had used this time to figure a few things out and make plans for the future, like he believed any reasonable person stuck in a situation like his would do. The first thing he figured out was that, despite the fact that he was in the past, Incursio was still with him, and still merging with him. This had become abundantly clear to him during his fight with the Earth Dragon, seeing as how it was much easier than it should have been. The ride had merely allowed him the time and privacy necessary to confirm this fact by looking through his bag to see if Incursio's sealed form was there, as well as checking to see if his body was still trying to change into that of Tyrant's. For some reason, though, it seemed that much of the progress Incursio had made in turning him into Tyrant had been reversed. This meant that, whatever had sent him back in time, it most likely wasn't caused by an enemy.
Second, Tatsumi had decided that he would completely disregard the timeline once he met Leone. Oh, he knew that changing too much could end up being a problem, but he really didn't care. This was a chance to change things for the better, to save the friends he'd made in Night Raid so that they could see the fall of the Empire, and the creation of the new world that they had been striving towards. He did know that he needed to stick to the timeline just long enough to meet Leone, however, that way he had a way into Night Raid. Hence why he made sure to get himself kicked out of the recruitment office.
"Well, it looks like you could use a hand."
Tatsumi turned his head to see the exact person he'd been waiting for. Leone was exactly as he remembered her. Short blonde hair, golden eyes, an easygoing grin, and a body that could tempt any man who looked her way. Even now, after all the time he'd spent around her, Tatsumi was still amazed at just how beautiful she was.
Tatsumi quickly snapped himself out of those thoughts. He needed to remember why he was doing this. He had to make sure Leone brought Night Raid to Aria's mansion tonight, that way he could show them that he had what it took to join them. He could have easily just waited for them to show up at the mansion tomorrow night like they did in the original timeline, but he wanted to see if it was possible to save Sayo and Ieyasu if he sped things up a little bit.
Tatsumi gave a small grin and said, "Actually, there's something I want to talk to you about..."
-x-x-x-x-
Later, Tatsumi was once again looking out the window of the mansion of Aria's family. After he finished talking to Leone, he made sure to recreate the events that lead to Aria taking him to her mansion and having her parents lend him a room for the night. It really wasn't that hard to do, seeing as how he had plenty of experience with acting thanks to his time with Night Raid. Now, all he had to do was wait for the right moment to strike.
As soon as he was certain it was time, Tatsumi grabbed his sword and started towards the door to his room. However, before he could leave the room, he found himself being drawn toward his traveling bags. Hesitantly, he opened up his bag and pulled out an object wrapped in black cloth. Partially unwrapping it, Tatsumi gazed at the sealed form of what was both his greatest weapon, and the cause of his rapidly approaching demise.
Taking a few moments to think about it, Tatsumi wrapped Incursio's sealed form back up, then he strapped it to his back alongside his normal blade. After all, it was best to keep it with him at all times, in case of emergency. He doubted he would actually end up needing it for what he was about to do, but better safe than sorry.
Once again walking to the door, Tatsumi took a calming breath as he placed his hand on the knob. He began to slowly open the door, taking care not to make to much noise. Once it was open, he took a quick look around to see if there were any guards nearby. He spotted two, and as soon as he did, he stepped out of the room, grabbed the hilt of his blade, and prepared to slaughter each and every one of the corrupt vermin living here, along with the guards who would dare to protect such filth.
With this in mind, Tatsumi gained a savage glint in his eyes and voiced a single thought. "Well, then. I guess it's time to get to work."
14.1 - You Men in pony clothing! (followup to 4.5)
14.2 - C.C must never know. The world is not ready for that level of snark.
14.3 - Instrumentality Route.
14.4 - Looks like Kamina's expanding his acting repertoire to include other skills beside HAM.
14.5 - Grimdark vs Moe: A fight 40k years in the making.
14.6 - Food poisoning is a valuable tool in any good assassin's toolkit.
14.7 - For a teacher, Negi sure does seem to have problems learning from history.
14.8 - Well, it can't be any crazier than life on the Bebop. Right? Right?
14.9 - If they hurry, Reconquista might have time to write the dirge Big Band plays at their funerals.
14.10 - Insanity: convincing the goddess of your world that she's an archdemon. What could go wrong?
14.11 - He probably could have done it without the crossdressing, but the reactions are half the fun.
14.12 - What's the rush Blacksmith? You've got all the time in the world. And then some.