Hello once again people. I bring to you the end of the summary chapters. I will probably write up chapter 6 and maybe 7 before focusing on something else for a while.
Now I will not lie I got caught up with other things that's why it took me so long to write this chapter. One of the things that really messed with my head was a new idea for a different story. As usual I love the creativity so I just couldn't hep it and instead of discarding the idea, I have a bit of the first chapter. I will tell more about that story in the next chapter in case some are curious. Now I don't intend to start going into it and finishing a chapter yet, though I have already laid down 5100 words for the first half of its initial chapter. I will leave it there half finished, since I wrote down a plan for it, and come back to it after I developed my other stories more.
Specifically I want to go back to the Enslaved one since it was the first and the prince one since its the only poor story with one chapter. I will also work a little on the brother story since as I already mentioned, its already written and just need to make changes based on a core concept being modified. It's a re-write but I have the base so its much simpler to write. Also realise that I'm very curious about the true canon ending of Danmachi, I really want to see it since most of the decisions I make rn in the story are based off canon events and timeline. What I'm saying is that until Danmachi actually finishes you guys shouldn't expect any of my stories to end quite yet.
I believe I finished the notices that I had to put out so I will now leave you with the chapter.
Chapter 5 – The Adventures Of Bell Cranel (2)
A pair of emerald eyes looked longingly at the moon above her.
'Soon, my time will come.'
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Welf raised his mug to celebrate his own level up, roughly twenty days since Bell's own level up, which while it put him on the same level as Bell it did not equate to the same battle power. With that the party now consisted of two level twos and Lilli being a level one supporter. Slowly but surely their little group began growing stronger and stronger.
'Soon Ray. Soon I will come find you.'
However, it wouldn't be a surprise that the young rising star's activity and success would draw lots of attention, both good and bad. Though it turned out to be bad more often than not. Those who are jealous or those that look to fulfil their God's whim as they take a shining to an adventurer.
It was a mistake to celebrate away from the Hostess of Fertility as the moment they let their guard down someone would come prod at them. That someone coming in the form of a tiny insufferable pallum, who most would wish to crush him just at the mere sight of his cowardly yet arrogant and smug attitude.
He hurled all kinds of insults going as far as to target even Hestia, which really set Bell off. Welf was going to be the first to act but before he could hit him with a mug, due to his hand 'slipping,' the little rat bastard managed to let an insult towards his necklace leave his lips. The reaction was instantaneous and unexpected by both his party and the pallum's party.
A raven knife flew through the room hitting the pallum's shoulder and pinning the bowl cut ugly shit to the wall. Before anyone could stop him, three punches hit the black clothed pallum in the face and stomach. From there the fight started.
It only stopped as an elegant man, who turned out to be the captain of the Apollo Familia, intervened and knocked out Welf. Luckily before he could get to Bell, a werewolf belonging to the Loki Familia stopped the man. While initially looking to protest a simple punch that knocked the air out of him convinced him otherwise, causing the night to end there.
Bell wanted to thank Bete, but before he could do so, the werewolf simply let the pub, saying only that he should be stronger. The party of three then returned back to the home of the Hestia Familia, who thanked Bell for standing up to her but also making it clear that he should simply ignore people like them.
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Just like that, a chain of events started. The pieces had been set in motion and the domino effect began. The moment Bell reacted was the moment they fell in Apollo's trap and from there, there would be no stopping him from getting what he wanted. Bell Cranel.
Ever since seeing him, the God had become enamoured. His strength, display of heroism and achievements simply made it all the more inviting to the Sun God. Now the fiendish God would do anything to get his hands on the candid bunny of his desires.
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"It's an invitation from our God to a banquet held at our Familia's home."
Just like that another move was made by the God. Bell later informed Hestia and gave her the letter, inside which was an invitation and a request to bring one child from the Familia along to the banquet. A way to show off your child and raise their popularity, but Hestia saw the real intention, to lure the boy out.
As much as she didn't like the idea, she no choice but to indulge the request of the arrogant God. Buying a proper dress and a clean suit for Bell, the two set out for the banquet, leaving Lilli to guard the Familia house.
At the beginning everything looked to be going smoothly, he met a few familiar faces like Takemikazuchi, Miach, Astraea and Loki. All of the aforementioned Gods brought a child of their choice. Ais with Loki, Naaza with Miach, Mikoto with Takemikazuchi and Alise with Astraea. The group expanded as Ardee also joined them, leaving Ganesha with the other Gods.
After chatting with all of his friends and having an unexpected meeting with Freya, Bell had distanced himself from the loud crowd of people. Instead opting to take a break on the balcony where he spotted the detestable captain of the Apollo Familia speak with another man wearing a white cloak.
His attention, however, was momentarily attracted by Hermes who announced his presence and upon looking back down, he noticed that both men were gone. What came after however, was pure and utter embarrassment for Bell. To Alise, Ardee and Ais, the boy owed a dance according to Hermes. Hearing the idea, Ardee and Alise were immediately on board and Ais also seemed to like the idea.
Stumbling slightly at the start, it only took a couple of tries before the adventurers got used to dancing. Then came the true problem, in the form of false accusations, deception and fraud by Apollo. In came the same pallum who looked like he had been trampled on by a thousand minotaurus'. With Bete having been there, Loki knew exactly how things went and while Bell did take it slightly too far, there was no way the young bunny had caused that kind of damage from the description she had gotten.
'Rotten ginger bastard.'
There the man demanded for a Wargame. Hearing this excited many Gods. After all, a Wargame was a rare occurrence in these days. There were quite a few on other hand, that weren't happy with the outcome of the banquet. Ganesha too was oddly quiet about it and the usual grin was replaced by a dark frown.
Hestia of course declined to play along with him and decided to leave at once. She wasn't the only one, Astraea, Ganesha, Loki, Hephaestus, Miach and Takemikazuchi also soon left the venue as their moods soured after the declaration.
The grin on the perverted maniac's face however, told tales that he wasn't done and that he was wiling to go pretty far for Bell. In the end, stuffing the Guild with plenty of money to bribe them had its perks, particularly for someone like Apollo who was all about the shady businesses and actions.
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Bell armoured up and prepared to set off for the day with Lilli at his side and his Goddess right in front of him. Before he could open the door, a feeling of danger, like a sixth sense, warned him of the incoming threat. He quickly grabbed onto Lilli and Hestia, much to their surprise, and dashed out the side just as a barrage of magic attacks landed on the decrypt church completely crumbling the remaining structure.
"What the hell was that?!"
"Lilli grab Hestia-sama and run!"
She nodded and sprung into action before lifting the Goddess like a sack of potatoes and running off with whatever speed and strength she had. Bell though, looked around as he was greeted by dozens of black clothed members, bearing the symbol of the Apollo Familia.
It had been a while, and by while Bell meant just two days, since he had to fight such a difficult battle. Immediately after evading all magic attacks, the vanguard members charged forwards. Maces, knives and swords, the variety of weaponry of the large Familia was more than wide. Bell however, stood his ground and faced each one head on.
"Get him!"
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Its eyes bore into the valley beneath its lair and as its nose smelt the air a grin spread to its face.
"A worthy opponent is rising."
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Orario was awoken early in the morning by explosions and shouting. Everyone looked outside to see what was happening. For hours, dozens of black clothed people chased around a rabbit, losing members left and right. Even Daphne backed off and resorted to underhanded tricks after a single confrontation with Bell, which resulted in her defeat.
Astraea, Loki and Ganesha were less than happy with the situation. As soon as they heard of the commotion they had sent someone to investigate and the report caused frowns from all executives of each Familia, particularly since the Guild didn't look to be doing anything.
"I knew it! Those greedy little shits are no better than Soma Familia! They will happily bend rules and look the other way as long as you stuff their fat asses with money!"
The Familia looked at Kaguya with wide eyes. It wasn't uncommon, in fact, it was well known that despite the noble lineage, elegance and beauty of the woman, she was a renowned bad girl and her personality was anything but what you'd expect. She was blunt, crude and never hesitated to say what was on her mind. Astraea however, simply shrugged.
"I mean, I guess she has a point."
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Bell, Hestia and Lilli now hid under a bridge. Just a few minutes ago, Bell had been beaten by the captain of the Apollo Familia once more before reinforcements from Astraea Familia came to let Bell run. However, like Bell, Hestia was also sick of running away from it all. She proposed to leave the city and stay away but just like she expected and hoped Bell refused to do so.
"Good, then take me to Apollo."
With a resolute nod, both Bell and Lilli accompanied her to the mansion of the Apollo Familia before snatching the glove of a terrified Luan and unceremoniously throwing it at the pervert's face. Hestia wouldn't lie, it was pretty satisfying to throw it at his face.
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"That's not going to be enough Bell!"
Bell got up as Tiona charged forwards with her Urga and slashed the place he was standing on just a few moments ago. Ais, Tiona and Alise offered to train him for the upcoming Wargame. The Wargame that had been organized just the day before.
After Hestia agreed to play by Apollo's whims and issued a challenge, the Denatus was called upon. The Gods there all watched as Hestia and Apollo sat at opposite ends of the table, placed at the centre of the room.
After much argument and discussion, the Wargame was settled to take place in a week while the type would be decided by random choice. Unfortunately, Hestia was bestowed with heavenly bad luck and the worst type of Wargame was selected. A siege.
Apollo's pettiness didn't help the already bad situation, for when Hermes demanded that Hestia received help, supported by Freya, Loki, Takemikazuchi, Miach Ganesha, Hephaestus and Astraea, the God conceded. Only to say that the helper had to be from outside of Orario and only one member could join.
The Gods racked their brains but couldn't come up with anyone much to Hestia's dismay. Until they told Bell at the meeting they held after the Denatus. The meeting consisted of Hestia Familia as well as Takemikazuchi, Miach, Loki, Ganesha, Hephaestus and Astraea along with their executive members.
"You know someone who could help Bell?"
"Yes, normally in a week it would be impossible to get him to come since he lives in the Far East. But I received a letter from my Grampa saying he's in Melen right now. If we are fast enough we should be able to catch him."
Lilli however, looked sceptical.
"Is he reliable?"
"Oh he's reliable all right. He's my cousin apparently."
Everyone stared at him with raised eyebrows.
"Apparently?"
Hermes looked at him perplexed, Zeus hadn't informed him about this.
"Yes, apparently Grampa thought he was dead, but he suddenly remerged a month ago."
"So you've never met him."
"Yes. But Grampa said he's like me. Always happy to help those in need."
Hermes however, was very curious upon hearing this.
"Then is he … you know … your auntie's, umm, offspring?"
"Oh no, apparently he comes from dad's side according to Grampa."
"Ah."
The messenger God couldn't help but be curious at this point. What kind of person was he actually and since he could help, it meant he was strong right?
"Wait Bell, is he strong? What level is he?"
Hestia suddenly asked the question that everyone around was dying to know but had refrained from asking not wanting to be rude. The enemy Familia had more than a hundred members with a good number being level twos and two level three adventurers.
"Grampa said he was level four."
"Level four?!"
This time it was people like Bete and Tiona who shouted out. Finn too was shocked to hear someone like that was in Melen. Not only that, but he was little Bell's cousin. While not unique there were hardly more than a couple of people who reached a level higher than three outside of the dungeon.
"Well you heard him Hermes, can you go fetch him?"
"Yes, but I'll need a description of how he looks if you want me to find him.
"Right. His name is Nuri Arcadaea. He has long black hair and bright blue eyes. And should you ever ask me about him, Grampa said to tell you he has a real lady killer face? No idea what that means, but he said you would know and you wouldn't miss him."
"Haha, that old man. Oh well, don't worry I'll be back in a jiffy, with your cousin by mine side."
Hermes quickly departed after that, leaving Bell and Hestia to come up with plans on how to deal with the members of the Apollo Familia. It was also there that Astraea and Loki Familia offered to train him while Welf and Mikoto asked to join the Familia to repay for all of Bell's help. That is how Bell was in his current situation, getting destroyed by three level six adventurers.
"You'll have to do better Bell!"
Alise shouted as she let her blade sail towards the bunny's face, scratching his cheek as he barely dodged it in time. The boy however, had little time to reflect as Tiona swung her massive blade right after. Only to avoid it and find Ais' foot an inch from his face before it knocked him out.
"Uh."
Tiona cringed away as she saw Bell topple down, hitting the ground as his body fell to the ground.
"Aren't we going too hard on him?"
"No, Bell asked us to do this. Besides, he needs this right now. He really does and as much as I hate hitting and would rather cuddle him, right now being soft on him would bring him nothing but a defeat when he enters the Wargame.
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It was around two days later that Hermes returned with an extra person in tow. Bell's internal excitement must have leaked because everyone in the room was staring at him with smiles. For his entire life, he believed to have no family, then all of a sudden he found out he has a cousin.
"Nuri, I'd like to present to you Bell Cranel, your cousin."
Hermes stepped aside, letting Bell take a good look at a tall man, no smaller than Ganesha.
"Hey Bell, hehe, so you're my cousin, it's nice to meet you."
"I-it's nice to meet you."
Bell offered his hand causing everyone around to giggle while Nuri looked at him with a tilt of his head and a cute raise of his eyebrow.
"I'm sorry w-was I too forward?"
Nuri however, only chuckled before erupting into a full blown laughter. Bell was worried to have offended him only for him to grab his hand and pull him into a tight hug. The sudden embrace surprised the bunny but he soon returned it with joy.
The others watched with wide smiles before Hestia suggested leaving them so that they could familiarize a bit. The Wargame was still days away, so there was no harm for Bell to rest for a couple of hours. Thus, Bell and Nuri spent the time given to them to tell each other their own adventures and forging a bond like that of brothers, something neither of them had experienced before and had wished for dearly.
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"Ready?"
Bell nodded as he watched his Familia, with Nuri as an extra helper, assemble before him. Hestia saw them off in front of the ruined church before setting off for the tower of Babel, where all Gods would watch the Wargame from. Pubs and bars were filled with people as Hermes granted everyone in the city the ability to watch the match through a divine mirror. The major Familias all watched from their homes with hopes in their heart.
'Don't lose little Bell.'
Everyone cheered on the young bunny as he arrived on the battlefield and the match started. Unexpected to everyone, the moment time began ticking Hestia Familia started their assault on the fortress. Nuri charged first causing chaos as he swung right and left taking dozens of people down with each swing of the magic swords given to him by Welf.
Mikoto assisted in the chaos while Lilli, disguised as Luan confused the enemy from the inside. Though it was bending the rules a little, Miach and Naaza did not hesitate to act according to Hestia's plan and tied up the little bastard in an isolated alleyway of the city, therefore allowing Lilli to take his place.
While the battle raged, Welf and Bell that chance to walk in straight through the front gate, courtesy of Lilli. Though Apollo screamed traitor much to Hestia's joy, little could be done as the Little Rookie made his way towards the keep of the castle.
Bell now found himself right under the throne room, thanking everyone who has aided him to get there. Nuri, Welf, Mikoto and Lilli were all out there unleashing chaos on the enemy troops. Now it was his time to do his part. A white light gathered around his hand as he pictured his heroes in his mind. Argonaut charged before being unleashed with a Lux Aurea straight up into the throne room blowing it up.
Unexpected to everyone but Bell's companions and supporters, Bell charged straight at Hyakinthos right out of the smoke cloud. While just a week prior Bell would have easily been smashed by the captain of the Apollo Familia, Ais, Alise and Tiona knew better. To the shock of Phoebus Apollo, the rabbit rapidly overpowered him in both speed and strength. Within the first three minutes, his Flamberge had been sliced in two, leaving him disarmed.
That's when Cassandra tackled Bell. As much as she hated the idea it was her duty as a member of the Familia. Being the honourless adventurer that he is, Hyakinthos backed off and began chanting before launching a golden ring at Bell.
"Not on my watch!"
Nuri suddenly appeared, knocking Cassandra away with a powerful kick to her stomach. Bell immediately launched himself to the side only to find out that the spell was tracking him and his spell could not counter it.
The young hero collapsed as he was hit by the spell. Nuri however, didn't act as he had faith in Bell. The boy watched his cousin stand aside as Hyakinthos was lost in his desire to defeat him and prove his love to be more worthy of Apollo
'Remember Bell, when a person is about to deliver the final blow is when they are the most vulnerable.'
He watched as Hyakinthos charged with his knife completely letting his guard down. Not letting go of the chance, Bell delivered a mighty punch to the face of the level three captain, knocking him out. Nuri and Bell watched as the man collapsed and the Wargame was announced to have ended in Hestia Familia's victory. Nuri turned to his cousin and smiled as he celebrated with the other members.
"You did it Bell."
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"Already going?"
"Unfortunately yes, I have already spent too much time away from my Goddess and I don't want to worry her."
Bell and the Hestia Familia bid goodbye to Nuri who prepared to set off for the Far East. The Takemikazuchi Familia also asked him if he could pay a visit to the orphanage which Nuri was more than happy to do so.
"Thank you for everything."
This time it was Hestia to speak as she bowed to the black haired man.
"Please don't mind Hestia-sama. It was no biggie. All I had to do was knock some people out and that's it. Plus, Bell showed me a nice battle."
As the chit chat came to an end Bell gave him a hug before parting.
"Take care."
"You too Bell."
Little did they know that their next meeting would be unlike anything they had ever experienced.
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"Come on, let's get a move on!"
A busty amazon shouted at her companions before her eyes unknowingly made their way to a golden haired girl before turning to the moon.
'Only a few days left.'
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The slight rustling caused by a couple of wild bunnies disturbed the being who lived inside the cave. The little bunnies accidentally stepped over a branch and before they knew it an overbearing presence towered over them. They only saw it for a couple of seconds before their lives were snuffed out by the maws of the monster.
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Bell, Welf and Lilli secretly followed Mikoto and Chigusa as they ventured into the Pleasure Quarter. While focused on their mission to discover what Mikoto and Chigusa were doing, Lilli and Welf never realized they lost the poor bunny to the crowds of people.
In the meantime, said bunny got himself caught and kidnapped by a group of amazons. He was carried off to Belit Babili where he met Ishtar and eventually left but not before being traumatized by the starved and lustful amazons. He paled as every single one chased after him, particularly terrifying due to an ugly toad, and wished to get a taste of him.
That is how he had the fateful encounter with Mikoto's dear childhood friend. Haruhime. The two spent some time bonding over heroic stories like the one of the Argonaut. That is when he discovered that he wanted to save the girl. He couldn't help but imagine Ray being in her position.
He later understood the meaning behind being a Xenos. The deep rooted hatred that ran in humanity made the idea of a Xenos like Ray being in a cage a possibility. He dreaded the idea of Ray being captured and forced into slavery like Haruhime was.
Upon returning to the Hearth Manor later that day, thanks to Haruhime, Bell met with Mikoto to discuss the renard's situation. Through Hermes he would later learn of the killing stone and the fact that Ishtar planned to sacrifice her.
Their plans were cut off short however, when their party was ambushed by a group of Berbera's who once again kidnapped Bell. It was in that moment that Haruhime once again saved him from suffering a fate worse than death.
He was supposed to save her, yet he had already been saved twice by the blonde renard. Despite doing his best to convince her, the girl wouldn't budge from the idea that she was prostitute, thus a dangerous and cursed being to a hero like him. However, he could see it in her eyes, the sadness, loneliness and the desperation.
Just as he swore, he came back the following night alongside Mikoto who refused to give up on her friend. Together, the two stormed the home of the Ishtar Familia, only to be surprised shortly after as someone else started storming the Pleasure Quarter. Buildings were razed and the streets turned to battlefields as Freya Familia brought down their rage on Ishtar.
Unknown to Bell, Freya was enraged to hear that the slut had laid her filthy hands on him and threatened to stain his beautiful colourless soul. She had planned to deal with Ishtar but seeing Bell being captured caused the plan to be put in action much sooner than predicted.
Using the distraction provided by both Bell, who entered the tower and caused chaos launching golden orbs through the tower, and Freya who attacked the entire of the Red Light District, she aimed for Haruhime. Using all the skills that made her a shinobi, learnt from Takemikazuchi, she stealthily made her way past the guards and up to the blonde princess' location.
However, unlike Bell she was not graced with extreme talent and luck nor did she have the same heroic drive as him. While she was level two, skilled and had a passionate desire to save her best friend, they were not enough to deal with the Berbera of the Ishtar Familia. A mix of level two and three alongside Aisha and Phryne, the two strongest members of the Familia.
So it wasn't unexpected that Mikoto unfortunately failed her mission to rescue Haruhime. Defeated and injured, a white haired amazon kicked her off the tower and down to the ground. Before she could pass out, she grabbed the tube she kept strapped to her thigh and sent the red flare into the sky signalling Bell as he was distracting other amazons. Not willing to let this go and with no other choice, the white haired adventurer charge alone straight for the site of the ritual where the strongest members were found.
Making full use of the element of surprise he attacked Samira, the amazon who held the knife that would have taken Haruhime's life and crushed the killing stone. Seeing that, the renard couldn't help herself from feeling hope and a desire to be rescued from this hellish place.
"Tell me Haruhime, what is it you truly want?!"
"I want you to help me! Please save me!"
With teary eyes, she gave into her true feelings and screamed out her desires. Even when Phryne came up and ordered her to level her up, even when she threatened her, she stayed true to her desires. She chanted but when the ring of power came down, it fell on Bell rather than Phryne.
Empowered by her power, Phryne discovered that she couldn't defeat Bell despite still being a level higher. The two fought with everything they had, locked into a stalemate as neither could get an advantage over the other. Not wanting to waste more time, Bell used an argonaut enhanced attack to causing the ground below the bullfrog to give out and drag her down the tower they were on.
In the end, that left only Aisha against Bell. Knowing that Aisha truly cared about Haruhime and wanting to prove that he genuinely wished to save the poor soul, he let the level boost wear off causing Aisha to grin as she liked the boy more and more. Once the effect was off, the two dashed at each other without an ounce of hesitation.
Sword and knife slashed and cut at each other. Metal would screech, skin would tear and blood would spill as the two fought against each other. Letting all his passion and desire drive him Bell surprised the amazon with sheer will.
"Come, champion of savages!"
That's when the true battle started. Aisha began chanting her spell as Bell's knife barely missed her cheek. The rabbit's eyes widened and followed suit for the final bout by charging Argonaut. Their blades clashed violently against each other with each slash and swing.
Back and forth they danced with their weapons while Haruhime watched from the side. She watched with hope in her heart as Bell fought for her sake. As expected of Aisha whose had years of experience she danced elegantly before finally reaching the end of her chant.
"Hell Kaios!"
A stream of red energy shot towards Bell who used his argonaut infused blade to swing right at the incoming spell. The two forces clashed with enough strength that it cracked the floor below them. The two opponents screamed their heart out until they cancelled each other out. Bell, however, did not leave Aisha a chance as he rushed in with a golden clad fist.
With a magnificent show of speed, he arrived right before her and thrusted up with his hand right into her stomach. As he made contact, the point of impact exploded from the Lux Aurea sending Aisha flying and setting her out of commission. With deep breaths and silence he enjoyed the taste of victory and turned to Haruhime before flashing her a smile that made her heart flutter.
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Hestia sighed as she looked at Bell who only smiled sheepishly at her. Her head turned once again towards the area of the Pleasure Quarter. Despite the fact that hours had gone by since then, the smoke stacks were still plenty visible from the Hearth Manor.
"Seriously, what the heck was Freya thinking?"
She held her head as she felt a headache coming before turning to the blonde renard sitting by Bell.
"So you're the girl that Bell and Mikoto went so far for, huh?"
The girl looked down with a blush. However, that prompted a red haired smith to pose the question.
"Speaking of, where is Mikoto?"
Said Far Eastern girl was the only member of the Familia currently not there.
"She went to tell Takemikazuchi and his Familia, she'll be back in a jiffy."
Just as Hestia had said, the door bell soon rang and in came the whole of the Takemikazuchi Familia. The childhood friends of the blonde renard all teared up as soon as they saw her. The God stood by Hestia as the others all rushed to hug Haruhime.
"Thank you Hestia."
"Thank Mikoto and Bell. They tore through the Ishtar Familia for her."
"That they did."
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The world was black as she first gained her conscious. The centre of her vision suddenly cracked, rays of light peering through the spaces that formed. Each moment the cracks expanded until it all collapsed and her vision was filled with light for the umpteenth time.
She looked around to see where she was only to realise she was lost. In a tunnel of sorts. Looking behind she saw that she had just came out of the wall. Almost as if she was suddenly created and thrown out of the womb of her mother.
She turned her attention to her own body and curiously looked at her frail arms. Blue in colour and covered with scales. Her hands small and slender but her nails long and sharp. Then memories of her previous dozen lives came crashing back. But through all those memories two questions lingered in her mind.
"Where am I? Who am I?"
~To Be Continued
PLEASE READ IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT NURI (THE COUSIN)
Now as you have seen, instead of going along with the canon story, I went out of my way to replace Ryuu since she isn't working at the Hostess, but rather introduced Nuri, his long lost cousin.
Now there are a few things I'd like to make clear. Yes, other than the fact that I inverted scheme colour of the character (red eyes to blue and white hair to black) he is the same character in terms of design and theoretically personality.
Obviously he will not be relevant in this story contrary to the one where they are siblings. Matter of fact I'll be sending him back to the Far East and probably won't be seen until chapter 10 or somewhere there. He will be completely underpowered compared to the Rabbit Brothers story and won't have much relevance to the story until somewhere along the end of the story.
Other than that, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, as you saw they are summaries of the canon arc. Now next episode is where the story begins to diverge from canon and romance develops.
As mentioned at the start I'll reveal more about the new story next chapter if you have questions and r rly dying to know then DM.
With that said as usual opinions, criticism, ideas and advices are welcome as long as they are respectful and constructive, just leave them as review or dm.
See you next time :)