Hey everyone! I'm gonna have two character profiles in this chapter because it's probably going to be the one that brings me up to 100k words in this story. I promise that the other stratums will be shorter. Actually, I don't. You can never know. Speaking of which... I get so confused when I try to figure out if Ryuu is a protagonist. I'll say that he is... So that would make it Hana, Aoimi, Ryuu, and the mystery person. I'll even give them a nickname that'll help you figure out who it is. I like to call them the undecided killer. No. That's not all the people that are protagonists... I think Kise, Caelum, Marin, and Hanami would count too. The funny thing is that Marin was supposed to be evil, and Isis was supposed to be a hero. Things switched up real fast when I added the mermaid blood and science in. Anyway... Here.

Name: Himi Clare (I once named some EO OC Himi. I dropped her though. And I gave the name to Himi. I can try to give you a rough translation. I think her name means a sorta slang for "beautiful light.")

Birthday: Demiurge 10th

Age: 17

Class: Farmer. (She's so good at being one she can go to the front line. She's a great offense.)

Blood type: A+ (A positive.)

Eye color: Green

Hair color: A very saturated orange.

Height: 5'1"

Hometown: Thanos is the place Himi lived when she was young. Ezra took her away from there.

Notes: Himi is obviously my favorite member of Gears. She's a germophobe that applied to be a Farmer. This isn't because she really wanted to. She did so because she missed her home. Thanos was a big agriculture city. Himi also loves animals. Her family did not appreciate the fact that she was afraid of contamination, but they understood why. Himi gets sick easily and when she does it takes a huge toll on her. She was in a coma for six days when she caught the flu once. Her immune system barely works. It does seem to work better while she's sleeping. That was why she fell into a coma. She doesn't like to sleep much either. She feels like the germs are crawling all over her. She also remembers when she first fell into her comas. She knew that Ezra once had the biggest crush on her. He was about ten when he did.

Pros: Even though she is easily sickened, she is stronger than most of Gears. She and Mei Ling can actually defeat Isis. Himi seems to be able to communicate with animals. Works well with others.

Cons: Deathly afraid of germs. She can be skeptical and disagreeable.

Hobbies: Cleaning, talking to Gears, polishing her gas mask, talking to animals, and socializing with Gears.

Here's the second one.

Name: Kogageru Lucy (I was listening to a song called "Kagerou". In one of the lines they said something that sounded like Kogageru. So one day I decided to use the other color of Keiko, and I really couldn't get that line out of my head. So I started singing the song until I realized that I didn't give him a name. And I sang that part of the song,and bam! He was named Kogageru. And I later found out that the singer said "Kogarerou" instead. And now Koga has a name that literally means "child gel".)

Birthday: Aries 1st

Age: 15

Class: Wildling

Blood type: O+ (O positive.)

Eye color: A vibrant orange.

Hair color: A weird burgundy, reddish brown.

Height: 5'8"

Hometown: Windcloak. Windcloak was sadly destroyed by a massive storm ten years ago. It used to be the world's leading producer in bread and dairy products. Thanos was a neighboring city that eventually took that fame.

Notes: Kogageru is a blind Wildling with inhuman senses. He likes to make fun of Himi by saying he can hear the germs crawling on her. He's funny and has strange humor at the same time. Underneath that humor and his disablity, he has a pretty bad backstory. He was about five when he met Isis and Ezra. That was a year and six months after his hometown was destroyed. He lost everything on that day. A flash of lighting struck right in front his face. That was were his parents were standing. The blast took away his eyesight. And the thunder after the strike reminds him of what he lost. He still had his twenty-one year old sister. She took good care of him. Kogageru is very, very afraid of thunderstorms. That's because on the same day in a different town, his sister died by being struck by lightning. He was taken in by an Astrologer, Lars, who used him in a project. Kogageru hearing is a bit more efficient than most blind people. Kogageru's hearing was so well that he could hear activity in the air around him. So Lars used Kogageru for his research on weather. Lars treated him like a son. The Astrologer said that it was a gift from the gods. His hypothesis seemed to be correct when Ezra showed up and want Kogageru to travel with him. Kogageru tears up slightly when he hears Ezra or anyone else use lightning. He's happy with Gears now. He says that he's happy he's blind. His most common reason is that "He isn't able to see how ugly Zero's face is". He says that,but he often wishes that he could see.

Pros: He has super human senses, he's intelligent ,and he's loyal.

Cons: He's sorta a scaredy-cat, is afraid of thunderstorms and lighting, can be awkward at times.

Hobbies: Listening to conversation even of it isn't his, wondering what the world looks like,and messing around with Gears.

Chapter Seventeen: Bohimian Rhasody

"W-what happened?" Ezra sat up in his bed. It was nearly ten thirty in the morning. Isis was looking around Ezra's room, and the rest of the guild stared at Ezra like a bunch of five year olds.

"You passed out yesterday. Aoimi saved your life." Mei Ling spoke jealously. "We seriously owe that girl our lives." Mei Ling's accent wasn't as noticeable as before.

"How did she do that?" Ezra rubbed his forehead. "She's not a Monk."

Zero shrugged. "We don't know. She just healed you somehow."

Ezra began to move out of his blankets. He felt like he was stuck in a sauna. "Where is she? I guess I should thank her."

"We dunno that either." Zero shook her head. "If we did, we would have thanked her already."

"Oh, I'll read her mind then." Ezra concentrated on Aoimi, but couldn't read her thoughts. He tried harder, but he couldn't focus. He stopped and held his head shortly after. His head felt like a furnace and it was throbbing.

Mei Ling walked over to his side and felt his head. "You have a one hundred two degree fever, Ezra. You need to rest today. No mind reading either." She seemed to be upset.

Himi suddenly screeched. Both of the boys in the room covered their ears. "If Ezra has a fever, does that mean-" Isis took a book and threw it at Himi's face. It left a book shaped mark.

"Yes, he's sick." Isis yawned. "And since you screamed louder than I predicted, you can take care of him with Kogageru."

"No, no, no! That is against my contract! No sickness. You promised my parents that!"

Isi smiled broadly. "That was a pinky promise, but someone wouldn't use hers!" Isis laughed at the flustered Farmer before her.

"Shut up! I watch him after I get my gas mask."

"You have thirty seconds to get it."

"Fine!" Himi stormed out.

Aoimi was at the beach with the rest of RAGNAROK. They were really enjoying their time off, but they knew that they would need to train eventually. Aoimi had her eyes closed. She was trying to meditate. So in a way, she was training. There was a skill that required meditation. She only focused on her breathing. It was a bit hard. She was wearing a bikini that was green and black ,and the sun was burning on her skin. Hana's high pitched voice occasionally broke into her thoughts.

How dare you?!

Aoimi heard the voice of her sister. She opened her eyes. She saw that cursed monochrome world again. Being possessed was the worst. "What do you mean by that?" Aoimi remained calm. She presumed that she only had seizures when she made a commotion.

I gave you that scar so that no one could separate us ever again!

And you removed it!

You removed it to help someone that wasn't me!

You did it after all I did for you!

Aoimi's eyes were half-lidded. "Sis. All you did was warn us and tell me whether or not there was anything beyond certain doors." She took a few breaths.

I don't understand you!

I killed all of them for you!

So we couldn't be separated! So we wouldn't be like that...

Ever again!

"Calm down, Midori. You aren't the center of my universe. Accept it. I know that I am older than I think. I know that you've done something unforgivable to me, and that is why I still carry the grudge that I had for you. I can tell that you altered my thoughts to punish me." There was an awkward silence.

You never change, little sister.

I guess we were born to be like this.

I guess she has replaced me.

Hana was her name.

"What?" Aoimi giggled. "No. She's just some shortstack that thinks that she's my rival."

That was how...

We used to be... We were so happy.

Why don't you remember what you did to me?

Aoimi glared at the direction the voice came from. "You made me forget. I only remembered you when I was in that field. I must have forgotten about you."

You did.

Our rivalry went to new heights...

You replaced me with him.

So... I...

Nevermind. Do whatever. As long as we can be sisters again... I'm happy.

Even if Hana's more of one to you than I am.

Aoimi hugged herself. "I don't think we can be..." Aoimi saw Midori appear in black and white. She seemed to reach out for Aoimi, but another hand pulled her out of that dream like state.

"Aoimi... Your eyes were clouded again." Aoimi looked at the person who got her out of her daze. It was obviously Bare. She was wearing sunscreen. The light reflecting off her forehead was blinding.

"Thanks Bare." Aoimi slowly moved to her feet. She heard a familiar long sigh. She turned to her left to see the princess, Meru sighing at the sight of Ryuunosuke in a bathing suit. Ryuu was in the water with Hana on his back. Hana couldn't swim. Hanasaku wasn't far behind the two of them.

"He looks so hot..." Meru spoke wistfully. "Why can't he be my prince?"

Bare gawked at her. "Cause he doesn't want to. He's weird. Most boys are into girls by now."

"Never start a sentence with cause. It's because." Meru had an evil expression on her face.

"Whatever." Bare rolled her eyes. "Don't you have Maki waiting for you?"

Meru frowned. "Maki's a turd. He never listens. He's a tryhard too."

"He only wants to marry you. I would be grateful if men lined up to marry me!" Aoimi shouted.

"Shut up, he's over there." Bare pointed to him. He wasn't in swim clothes. He was in his normal Buccaneer outfit next to Magnolia, Asuka. They were also in exploring attire.

"Buzzkills." Meru crossed her arms. She was wearing a bikini that was striped. It was white with red stripes to be precise.

"Stop being so rude. It's no wonder why Ryuu isn't attached to you." Bare raised her eyebrow.

Magnolia called to Meru with a perturbed expression. "Lady Meru, could you cover up more?! I don't think that your father would approve."

Bare made an irate expression. "Nevermind. They are buzzkills."

They peered back at Hana and Ryuu at the perfect timing. Every time that RAGNAROK would go to the beach or any other swimming facility, Hana would pretend to drown. She did that to see if Ryuu would save her. Since he was so kind, he did so each time. And every single time he did, Hana would laugh in his face. Ryuu would usually get angry afterwards, and throw her into the sand.

Right then, Hana pretended to slide off Ryuu's shoulders. She fell into the water. Ryuu and Hanasaku stared into the water.

"Ryuu, she's not drowning. I can stand in this water. She can too."

Ryuu had his eyes set on the water and waited for about three minutes before he stuck his hand into the water to get Hana.

"Maybe she couldn't stand in the water..." Hanasaku glanced at Ryuu. "Whoops." They stood still in the water.

"Should we?"

"Yes, you dolt." Hanasaku and Ryuu moved out of the water and placed Hana on a towel. They stared at Hana. She was wearing a big puffy one piece bathing suit. She coughed and they sounded very fake. They found out that she was laughing the entire time.

"You dummies! I really tricked you this time!" Hana laughed with triumph.

"No, not really. We were surprised that you held you breath for so long." Ryuu and Hanasaku stated in unison.

"It's harder to hold in my laughter!" Hana held her stomach. She was tearing up. "Aren't you gonna throw me?" Hana began to mock Ryuu.

Ryuu shook his head. "All the other times you tortured me all day before you did that. You didn't do much today. You made me breakfast. It's starting to worry me. You haven't been this nice ever since we saw each other again in school."

Hana blushed. A really big smile appeared on her face. "Well, yeah... You killed the Narmer. Why would I torture you when that thing already did?" She rubbed her head.

Ryuu squinted at her. She was acting strange. "Hana, forget about that stuff." Ryuu looked back at the city. He could see Asuka walking back to the inn. She was there when Ryuu's father died. And Ryuu guessed that it was a snake that killed his father. He stopped thinking about that and smiled back at Hana.

"How could I! You used to be so... Quiet and upset. You were a worrywart. You still are actually. I can't believe that you've grown so much. I'm even more surprised that you did so after you lost your other mother."

Ryuu peered at his side. "We don't need to get all gloomy. This is our last day off."

"Yeah, Hana. It's new to see you act like this." Hanasaku put her small cold hand on Hana's shoulder. "Stop. Let's build a sand castle."

Hana cringed. "No. I want to get back in the water." Hana moved toward the water and Ryuu followed her. Hanasaku felt a little hurt. That was one of the first times where she went with Ryuu and not her. Aoimi was suddenly behind her. She had some big grin on her face.

She was still thinking about what Midori said. She thought that making Midori a bit green wasn't a bad idea. And making Hana jealous wouldn't hurt either.

"I'll build a sand castle with you, Hanasaku!" Aoimi cried out. Hana turned around. She gave Hanasaku an almost betrayed stare. Hanasaku didn't really know why. Hana left her first.

"No!" Hana ran back to her cousin's side. "I'm going to make one with her!" Hana yelled back.

Aoimi's expression didn't change. "Oh dear, it looks like we're going to have to compete..." Aoimi let out a long giggle.

"What type of competition?" Hana asked. She glanced at Hanasaku to see if she would recommend anything.

"Guys, I don't thin-" Hanasaku's words were interrupted by Aoimi.

"It's decided! The first ever Winter, but Summer Beach Olympics!" Aoimi was showing off her toothy grin while she glared at Hana.

"Whoever wins gets to build the sandcastle with Hanasaku!"

"They get to spend the whole day with her!" Aoimi added on.

"Ew..." Luna mumbled. "I call being a referee."

"Me too." Tanaku stood next to Luna.

"I will participate in the refereeing." Magnolia was suddenly on the beach with Maki. Maki wanted to become a referee too. Along with Keiko. Inki, Miki, and Ace said that they would like to watch the event.

"Okay then!" Tanaku suddenly had a whistle. "Hana and Aoimi, take turns picking your teamates!" She blew the whistle so loud that a bunch of seagulls flew away.

Hana went first. Her first companion was the one we already know that she would pick. "Ryuu, I choose you!" Ryuu sighed. He saw that coming.

Aoimi was agitated. She was going to pick him. Ryuu was honestly the best person to pick for athletic activities. She still wanted bother Hana. She picked Hanasaku. Hana began to complain about how that was unfair. Tanaku ignored her cries.

Hana glared at the ground. "Dove, get over here." She covered her eyes. She didn't want look at that comvict. Even though she was a convict, she was very agile.

"Bare." Aoimi gave the ex-pirate a high five. She was also very agile. But neither Dove nor Bare were as agile as Luna. It was a shame that she wouldn't participate.

"Oh, yeah! Well, I'm gonna pick Meru!" Hana fist-bumped the blonde princess. She was great cheerleader and singer. And was strong for a princess.

"Yoshiko." Yoshiko was born with inhuman strength for an unknown reason. She was also great at cheering a team on.

"Uh..." Hana frantically peered around for another teammate. "Niku?" Ryuu facepalmed. Niku was useless in a competition like that, but Hanasaku was too. That would make them even with Aoimi's team.

Aoimi shrugged. She only had four members. Who else should she choose? Tsukiro walked over to her. "Ohh... I forgot about you!" Aoimi hugged the black haired boy. "This is team AoiMe!"

Hana frowned. If she added me to her name it would sound like Hanami. "This is just team Hana then. Bring it on, AoiMe!"

"Hey,hey! Kujura!" Kise called out to the man. She was still in her armor. She was moving her arms around. She ran over to him. "Did you see them at the beach?" Kise spoke quickly and did not wait for the man to reply to any of her questions. "Marin, said that today's supposed to be the second hottest day of the year and it's still winter!" Kise stopped talking and glimpsed back at a store. The store was having a sale on swimsuits. Kise gazed at the one in the main window. It was gorgeous. She needed that bathing suit. She moved her stare back at Kujura. He was looking at her now.

She thought that she could ask him to get it. She didn't ask for much. She didn't even ask for the oranges she always got. Those were just the only thing that would make her shut up. That was why Marin bought her so many.

Kise began to whistle. "Hey, um... Kujura." She swayed around. "Can I have that?" She pointed to the bathing suit. She wasn't making much eye contact for once. She never asked him anything. She always forced Marin to buy her stuff. That was not including the time where Kise first met the two. She asked Kujura for an orange. She still sounded nervous.

Kujura stared back at the item Kise point at. He didn't respond for the longest time. Kise waited silently for his reply for once. "No."

Kise frowned. She knew that she should have asked Marin instead. Even though she was quite mean, she was strange around children. It was almost like she had a soft spot for them. She wasn't as nice to Kise for some reason. Marin kinda treated her like she was on punishment. Kise felt like she should bug Kujura about it, but he seemed to be troubled already. Marin was her own kind of irritating. She didn't open up to the two much. Marin felt like she didn't know them long enough. That was peculiar because she knew Kujura for ten years, and Kise for two years. She did stay in Armoroad for nearly twenty two years. That was how old Kujura was.

Marin was down that road. She wasn't doing anything special. She was sitting on the side of the street. She was oddly aloof. She was never like that. She mainly watched the people in the town. She was staring straight ahead. It was almost as if she was mourning something.

That was one thing that she had in common with Kise. It was just that Marin was mourning over something that was way more tramatizing. It was the very event that caused her to get her trust issues.

Marin noticed Kise staring at her and stood up. "I hate this ocean." She left. That was weird for Kise to think about. Why did Marin live there in the first place? She looked at where Marin had been staring at. It was the one of the beaches. RAGNAROK was on it. She wished that she had friends like that. She really wanted that bathing suit. But maybe she'd find time to make Kujura buy it for her.

"Okay, Ezra." Himi had her gas mask on. "Do you need something else?" Himi had hand sanitizer in one hand and disinfectant spray in the other.

"You could get me something to cool me down." Ezra let out a murmur.

Himi peered back at Kogageru. "Your turn, Koga." She pointed out. "I cooked for him."

"I don't know about anything cold in here." He smiled. "Ezra, you want some lemonade?" He laughed. Ezra grunted.

"I guess that you managed to hear the conversation I had with Hanasaku then." Ezra had his eyes closed. "Just go find me a lot of water. Both of you do it. I want some time to myself."

"Okay..." Himi slowly removed her mask as she closed the door. "Koga, we aren't leaving yet."

"I know. He's going to use his powers for something. He has mind reading abilities, but I can tell what he's thinking by his voice."

Himi nodded. "Yup. He's upset that he couldn't read Aoimi's mind. He's going to check if he can read the minds of other people in RAGNAROK."

"I'm surprised that Ezra didn't notice earlier. Aoimi does not have common human features. Her hair hasn't grown for the entire week that they were here. And she doesn't grow at all."

"I doubt that's she's human. She seems to be a personification of an idea. Most likely selflessness."

They waited for a while before they heard Ezra sneeze. Himi gave Kogageru a look after that. Kogageru closed his eyes and stood still. Ezra sneezed again and a high pitched sound was heard. And it wasn't Ezra sneezing. It sounded like a barrier broke. Kogageru held his head.

"I can't hear as well as I used to now." He suddenly opened his eyes. He blinked few times. He seemed completely shocked.

"Koga? You okay?" Himi put her hand on his shoulder.

"I... I can see!"

"What?!" Himi shouted. Ezra's sneeze did something terrible. She could tell.

"You're so tiny!" Kogageru picked up Himi and twirled her around. "I always imagined you as a tall person! You look so cute!" Kogageru's laughter rang throughout the inn.

"Put me down, you filthy rat!" She kicked Kogageru in his face. He dropped her.

"Oh! What does Ezra look like? I always thought that Isis was a creepy short person. I thought that Mei Ling was an old lady at first. And Zero. I never thought about what she looked like. I hope she isn't too pretty." Himi heard voices in Ezra's room. It was her voice and Kogageru's voice. She cracked the door open. There was another Himi and another Kogageru.

"Is that me?! Dude, I look nice!"

"Shut up!" Himi elbowed him.

"Okay."

Himi put her hand on her chin. Ezra's sneeze must have broken the space and time barrier because they were clearly ten minutes in the past. "Shoot." She walked away. Kogageru followed with both eyes opened widely.

"Where are we going?" Kogageru asked.

"Isis has to know about this stuff. She has to. She will probably be next to Zero. And if she isn't there then we'll have ask Mei Ling." Himi quickly ran out of the inn.

"Zero's probably bothering Marin. She thinks Marin's cool." Kogageru sounded like his usual self. "I wonder what she looks like..."

They hid in the shadows until they saw Marin. Zero was talking to her. There was no sight of Isis. Marin was I not her full armor.

"Whoa... She looks as scary as she sounds." Kogageru gaped at the woman.

"Umhm." Himi nodded. "I want to ask Marin if she's seen Isis, but we have to wait until Zero leaves. We can't get detected."

"Okay." Kogageru ogled at Zero. "Wow. You guys don't look so bad. Ezra looked nice too."

"Shut up, Koga. Pretend to be blind." Himi saw Zero leave. She approached Marin. Marin frowned at the sight of her. Marin was sitting down at the end of a path. "Hey, Marin. Have you seen Isis?"

Marin thought for a few seconds. "Isn't it your job to keep track of her? She's in your guild."

"That's why I am looking for her."

"I can tell. It's not like a magical sneeze ruined the space and time continuum. That would be ridiculous." Marin pulled out some papers she gave Himi a mocking smile. Himi gawked at her. "Speaking of keeping track... There have been a lot more disappearances than usual. Seventeen people went missing in the past three days." Marin said the last part to herself. "I wonder why." She sounded like she knew the answer already.

"Oh, I guess we'll head back now." She nudged Kogageru. "Let's go."

Rai sat on the roof of the Via Senatus building. Two figures suddenly spawned behind her. Pandora and Isis. Isi wore a large smile and Pandora wore a blank expression.

"Are you sure you can handle the puppets, Isis?" Rai had her eyes closed. "They are a big deal."

"Of course I can. I can tell what's going to happen throughout this entire week." Isis grinned. "That reminds me of our biggest problem."

"What?" Pandora had clothes on that day. "We're going to take this town by storm. There shouldn't be any problems."

"According to my hypothesis, a few 'puppets' may know of our plan." Isis looked at the beach. "Hanasaku seems to be the closest to figuring out. She will find out tomorrow."

"Hm. Impressive. Hanasaku is such a special one. I knew she would figure out sometime. As long as the overpowering figures don't find out we are fine."

"Hanasaku would make an excellent pawn. I wish to have her knowledge. And she has the same hair style as me." Pandora patted her cowlick.

"I'll find time for that. Your children would be a great help with the plan I have in mind." Isis grinned.

"You shouldn't have expected anything other than that." Pandora looked off into the blue sky of the ocean city. "This plot is interfering with the Prophecy of how that chosen one saves the Yggdrasil." She smiled. "I guess that's the challenging part. Hanami and the Yggdrasil will do anything they have to in order to stop us."

"We finally get to deny fate." Rai looked forward. "The pirates are plotting something too. My husband told me so."

"I think that it's a little wrong that you've cheated on Brac with Blackbeard, but... I caused the Black Plague a few thousand years ago. I have no right."

Rai gazed at RAGNAROK on the beach. "It's more like I cheated on Blackbeard. I wonder how Hari and Setsuna are doing... They are my children with Blackbeard." She sighed. "Isis, I know that you're pretty close to RAGNAROK. Please make sure that they do not find out. I need to sacrifice them at the right time."

"Hm... I'll make sure." Isis nodded. "I had a feeling that you were not on Haruka's side."

Haruka was at a the shop that Marin and Hana had been in the other day. It was called Divine Aura. She was looking for a dress that she could buy for Hanasaku. She pulled out a dress with paws on it.

"D'aww~!" Magnum came with her too. "You should buy her a nekomimi too!"

"I wish that she was here to try it on." The dress was purple like Hanasaku's hair. "Maybe I should buy Rai a dress..."

"Nah." Magnum turned to the side. "I don't like her. She insults you a lot, if you haven't noticed. And she's a liar."

Haruka stared at the dress that she was going to have Hanasaku wear. She also had paw printed socks that went with the short dress. She grabbed a cat headband like Magnum told her to. She was silent the entire time after Magnum brought that up.

"Magnum, I'm going to check on RAGNAROK." Haruka finally spoke again.

"I'll come too." Magnum followed his wife. "All of RAGNAROK is there, right?"

"Asuka isn't. She's not used to exploring much. She still wants to train and rest so she can be as great as everyone else in the guild." Haruka was moving in the most sluggish way. Magnum began to walk faster and accidentally stepped on her shoe. Her priceless white boots that Hanami gave to her after she finished training. They used to be Hanami's, but Haruka managed to tie with her in a fight. So Hanami gave them to Haruka as a reward. Haruka glared at the boot. There was a noticeable large scuff on the boot.

"Haruka... I am so sorry..." Magnum was shaking. "Let's go check on RAGNAROK now..."

"Sorry?" She moved toward him. "Sorry?!" She picked him up. He pushed her away and ran for his life. "Magnum!" She chased him throughout that town.

Magnum dashed to the beach. He face planted in the sand. RAGNAROK stopped and stared at him. They were about to start the javelin competition. Haruka sprinted after Magnum before they all felt like something was incredibly wrong.

Magnum blinked. He was back at the dress shop. He could stop that entire thing. Something must have messed up time. He turned back and saw Haruka looking through the dresses. He sighed. He moved toward her and she began to the move dress in her hands. He heard a familiar squeaking sound. He stepped on the boots again. And before he knew it he zoomed back to that beach. Just that time he didn't fall on his face. He made there down faster because RAGNAROK was just about to start the javelin throw. He was panting by the time he realized.

"Oh, Magnum." Hana walked over to him. "What are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to watch what you doing!" He ignored how creepy he sounded.

"Oh, okay then." Hana put her index finger in the air. "We're having a competition. My team is up against Aoimi's. We're tied and this is the match that'll settle the entire game." Hana smirked. "And my team is totally going to win." She whispered.

Magnum studied the other guild members. Ryuu was wearing a bothered expression. Hanasaku was sweating. Hana and Aoimi must have been forcing them into doing something again. He sighed with relief.

"Okay!" Tanaku blew her whistle. "Last competition. Javelin throwing. You get the gist." Tanaku pointed at Aoimi and Hana. "Whoever wins officially becomes my underling!"

"No, I don't need to become your underling." Hana bragged. "We all know that team Hana has won already!"

"You're so delusional, Hana." Aoimi pushed Hana to the side. "I'll give you mercy for that." Hana laughed at Aoimi's reaction.

"Bring it."

Magnum strained his eyes and peered back at the city. Haruka was power-walking down to the beach Magnum shivered. He didn't know what would happen if she found him there. Maybe that was a good thing.

Kise blinked really hard after they had left the bathing suit store. She felt like something just went wrong. She opened her eyes and saw that they were actually in front of the shop again. She was rendered speechless at the sight. She didn't say a word. Kujura stared at her after she remained silent and didn't begin to vibrate. Kise stared back at the man with wide eyes. She blinked again and opened them slowly.

"Kise, what are you up?" He asked. He wasn't facing her. Instead he faced the beaches. He didn't see RAGNAROK because Kise distracted him with her talking. Kise made a mental note to herself. If you don't talk to Kujura, he tends to give you more answers.

Kise narrowed her eyes and they moved to the side. "Um..." She began to grin. Perhaps she would get her way if she acted the opposite of how she did at first. "Can I have that?!" She shouted in his face she was vibrating and talking. Kujura wore some look that made it seem like he was disappointed ,and her turned to face the shop.

Kise was literally bouncing around the street after that. Kujura stared at her with his usually beady eyes. "GO." He sighed as he forced a small bag of currency in her hands.

"Aren't you coming?" Kise got quiet. She didn't want to go in by herself.

"I'm not going with you." He gestured to Marin. She was walking away by then.

"Please~?!" Kise reached out for him. He didn't do anything in response. He glared at her. Kise couldn't tell. His face didn't look much different from his blank face.

"Go ahead and make the purchase." He sounded bothered. Kise realized that Kujura was upset right then.

"Okay. I'll do it all by myself~!" Kise gripped the bag of en in her hands and sprinted of into the store. Kujura turned back to see Marin. She had approached him with her meter stick in her hands. She was wearing a slight smile.

"You're just going to let her go in by herself?" She didn't seem like she meant to insult him. She was pacing for an unknown reason.

"We're in a time loop ,are we not?"

"I'm surprised you caught that." Marin laughed. "Ezra's a lot to handle."

Kujura did a sort of half nod. "If time reverses, Kise will have done that entire experience, but I won't have to buy her that bathing suit."

"That's a good plan, but how are you going to know when time will revert to its normal state?" Marin asked.

Kujura glowered at Marin. "It will abruptly fit back into place. The power of that will be so strong we should feel it."

Marin made an impressed expression. "That answer was the correct one. I think we're going to be stuck her for a while. Play along with Kise's game until you feel time fitting back into the continuum." Marin turned the opposing direction of her underling.

"Where are you going?"

Marin cackled slightly. "I'm going to make sure RAGNAROK doesn't destroy this beach." Marin pointed to them. She looked down at the beach and muttered something. "Is that..." She face-palmed. "What business does the Oracle of Stars have here?" Marin jumped down to the beach.

"I'm back~!" Kujura heard the girl Kise exclaim. "I have five extra en. Should I keep it?" She held the money in her right palm. Kujura didn't hesitate to take the spare change from her. She didn't seem upset by that. Instead she pulled out the bathing suit and dangled it around. Kise stopped for some reason. "I kinda feel funny..." She held her head. She blinked again and she was just like how she was ten minutes ago. She wanted to scream. So she did. She fell to her knees while doing so.

"Kise, are you all right?" Kise peered up at Kujura. She wanted to whip an orange at his squinty eyed face.

"Nooooo!" Kise cried out. "What just happened?!"

Kujura gave her a bland look. "You walked over and started screaming, Kise. That's all."

Kise's eyes were shaped like almonds. "I don't believe you! This is probably a test that you made up with Marin!"

"No. I haven't spoken to Marin since Wednesday." He replied.

"I saw her leave earlier!" Kise yelled back.

"What are you talking about, Kise? Nothing like that occurred."

"Hmp!" Kise crossed her arms and pulled out a bag. That was the bag that would have contained her allowance. It was empty. She groaned again. "Kujura, could you lend me some en?" She sounded flustered.

"Why? Kise, you don't seem to be in a stable mood right now. If you went somewhere I would have to follow."

Kise complied. "Fine. I was going to ask you to come with me anyway..." Kise began to calm down. They began to walk near the shop, and Kujura saw Marin headed to the beaches again. What was there that concerned Marin so much?

"Oh great. Now there are more clones!?" Himi sighed. Himi and Koga appeared back at the inn. They were in front off Ezra's room instead of beside the door. They saw why. Their past selves were there too.

"How long has it been since you even washed your hands, other me?" The past Himi asked with disgust

"That's not important! We need to find Mei Ling or the world will keep on doing this to us!" Both Kogagerus stared at Himi.

"Himi actually not caring about sanitation? Wow, time is really broken, huh." They spoke in unison.

"Where is she, Himi?" Past Himi asked the present Himi.

"I don't know! All I know is that there are only clones appearing because we were closet to Ezra when he sneezed!"

"Ask the past past Himi." Present Kogageru suggested.

"Wait, if we ask that Himi wouldn't we have to wait ten minutes again?"

"Time paradoxes are always so confusing!" Both Himis yelled.

"What was that?" They heard Ezra ask.

"I dunno. It sounded like Himi." The past past Kogageru spoke beyond the door.

"Huh. That's strange. I'm right here" Past past Himi pointed to herself. "Maybe it's my germs. There's such an abundance of them! So much that I can hear them!"

"Himi, that's not what it is." Ezra wiped his forehead. "Show yourselves."

"Is he talking to us?" Present Koga muttered.

"Yeah duh!" Present Himi whacked the side of his head. She kicked the door open. "This is why we should always listen to Mei Ling, Ezra!" Himi hollered. "You used your powers like she told you not to do!"

"Sheesh, you Himis never speak in inside voices." Ezra murmured.

"You broke the world, are you happy yet?" Past Himi spoke normally. "We only have five minutes to ask for Mei Ling's help too."

Ezra frowned. "I'm not happy. And I can't help you find Mei Ling. I would make another tear I guess." Ezra seemed to be unhappy as he said. "I feel so useless right now."

"You're not useless. You've just locked us in a never ending time paradox!" All of the Kogagerus cheered Ezra on.

"I think that Mei Ling went to train. She seemed a little off and upset over the fact she couldn't heal me last night." Ezra was lying on his bed with his eyes closed.

"Okay!" They all left the room. And ran outside they only had four minutes before they started all over again.

"Where does Mei Ling train?" All the Himis asked their counterpart Kogagerus.

"At the labyrinth entrance!" Present Kogageru pointed to the Yggdrasil.

"Let's go!" The Himis ran ahead. The strangest thing was that no one found them suspicious. Armoroad was already used to such things. There were ninjas who could duplicate themselves at will. They ran over to the entrance to see Mei Ling training in the open field. She glimpsed them from the corner of her eyes.

She stopped. "What are you doing here?" She seemed to be bashful.

"We need your help." Present Himi planted her hands on Mei Ling's shoulders.

Mei Ling's eyes widened. She didn't know how to respond. "You want help from me? The girl who isn't even considered worthy in my home continent? They didn't even repay me for turning Dove in."

"Yeah." The others spoke from behind Himi.

Mei Ling saw them and jumped a few feet away. "Why the? Why are there more of you?!" She screeched.

"That's what I was getting at." Present Himi laughed. "Mei Ling, do you have any idea on how to fix time paradoxes?"

"Well, of course I do... You have to get rid of the clones by pushing them into a rip in time. That's the only way." Mei Ling pointed to the beach. "I have a feeling one's going to happen there."

The group of Himis and Kogagerus made the same expressions at each other. The past past Himi and Kogageru made eye contact with the past Himi and Kogageru. The present Himi and Kogageru ran down the stone roads. They knew that the past past them and the past them would work to get rid of them first. The others chased after them. They made it down to the beach.

"Whoa. RAGNAROK looks so cool!" Kogageru examined them. "Look at Hana, she cute like you!"

"Koga!" Himi screamed. RAGNAROK seemed to be too busy to hear them. Magnum was hiding behind Marin and Marin was holding back Haruka. Himi sprinted over to RAGNAROK. Hana seemed to be laughing at the entire event and Aoimi was talking to Hanasaku. Ryuu was livid and he was shaking. Hana must have made him do all the dirty work. Hanasaku peered at Himi.

"What are you doing here?" She asked them.

"Shut up and tell me this... Why is Marin holding the Oracle of Stars back?" Himi shook Hanasaku.

"Oh, that's Haruka." Aoimi spoke.

"Be quiet, we don't have very much time left." Koga hissed.

"Uh... Haruka said she was going to throw Magnum so hard that he'd break time. Albeit, it isn't possible to do that."

"Sure. Thanks." Himi motioned to Kogageru and he came over to her side.

"What are you two doing?" Aoimi asked.

"Nothing." Himi moved closer to Marin, Haruka, and Magnum.

"I don't think you want to mess with them." Hanasaku reached out Himi. Himi stepped to her side ,and that caused Hanasaku to fall.

Marin looked to the side and Himi took that chance. She forcefully removed Haruka from Marin's grip. Marin seened shocked that Himi had the ability to do so. Haruka gave her a stare that thanked her in a way.

"Get over here, Magnum!" Haruka reached out for the man. He screeched in response. He attempted to move, but there was a mole on his legs. He shot Koga a glare. He summoned it while everyone was staring at Haruka. Haruka grabbed Magnum's shoulders and threw him as she said he would. Himi pulled out some hand sanitizer as she watched. There was an awkward silence. That was until Magnum flew back onto the beach from the opposite side. There was a loud high pitched sound. A large tear formed out of nowhere. All of RAGNAROK had their eyes set on Himi and Koga. Hanasaku was still lying on the floor with an inquiring look. Kogageru saw her face and stretched his hand out. Himi heard him mumble about how cute Hanasaku was.

"I swear if you touch her, I'll slap the eyesight right outta you." Himi threatened him with a whisper.

"I'm just helping her up."

"You want to touch her hand because it's small, don't you?" Himi brought her hand close to Koga's face. Hanasaku seemed confused when she saw Koga's hand. She hesitantly moved to hold it. Koga completed the rest of the action and helped her up. Himi was shaking by then. She slapped him in his face so hard the direction he was facing changed. She heard him whimper after that.

"You took it away!" Kogageru hissed.

"What?" Everyone asked him.

"My eyesight!" He was on the verge of tears.

Himi gasped. "Koga, I'm so sorry!" She moved to comfort him.

"You better be!" They heard the sound of their own voices. Their past versions must have caught up to them.

"What's even going on right now?" Hana inquired.

"Don't worry about it. You'll forget soon." Marin spoke.

Past past Himi approached the two first. "Hey look, I know you guys don't wanna leave, but this is our time period." She bragged. Past Himi and Kogageru followed behind her.

"We don't really care if we disappear right now." They both said.

Past Past Kogageru nodded. "We only need you to get into that rip. If you don't we'll be stuck in here forever." He pointed to the rip in time. It was right in front of them.

"This taking too long." Marin walked over and pushed Himi's and Kogageru's past selves in the hole. The hole closed.

"Whew, that was close. Thanks Marin..." Himi patted her.

She grew her normal disinterested face. "Wait. You were they on that moved Haruka away from me?" Himi didn't hesitate to nod. "Whoops, I was supposed to push you in there."

"Hey!"

"Don't say that." Marin shook her head. "I didn't get to push you, be grateful that I didn't." She sighed. "Anyway, time should revert to its normal form soon."

Kise walked out that store with an overly satisfied expression on her face. Kujura stood at her side with a cross expression on his face. Kise had the bathing suit in her arms and was cradling it. It seemed as if she had no idea that man was next to her. She felt funny again and groaned. She blinked and she was back in front of that store. The bathing suit wasn't anywhere near her. She muttered a few words to herself and walked over to Kujura.

"Hey, hey! Can I have that?" Kise asked him. He stared at her for a while.

"I'm not buying that again, Kise." Kise's eyes widened once she heard his response.

"It was a test!" She yelled.

Done.

I write the best fillers, don't I? Magic Ezra sneezes. Wow.

Anyway, you're probably wondering why it too me so long to complete this chapter. (You know that this chapter is shorter than Bittersweet and that only took a week. Yes 10,000 words everyone. In a week.) Welp, I'm sorry to inform you, but my school year has just started. That means less story more artwork. (I draw in all of classes. Mainly math.) Expect to see short chapters, and new stories with my drawings for covers.

By the way, Gears is going to have a prequel story. I already drew the cover for it. You can find my tumblr to check it out.

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Next Time: The Woman Who Basks in Secrets decides to share some of her thoughts with a few friends. She doesn't tell them everything that's bothering her and it may lead to even more problems. Ezra speaks to Hanami about how the Prophecy turns everyone who lays eyes on it into a new threat to the world. Hansaku discovers who the red eyed madwoman is. Hana bakes bread with Ryota. This all happens next time in Chapter Eighteen: Stop Your Antics!