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Tales of the Multiverse Bit 107

Now that I have a Gift! I'm going to work hard to become a hero people can rely on!

After discovering that she's a Blessed, Wallflower Blush made a determined declaration which made Bless, "Captain" Cesaro Barbossa, Felipe Ignacio and Kenny Rogers smile proudly at their friend.

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Continuing the nice day inside the Canterlot City Mall where we see Anna Maymorie, Erika Yaeger and Honne Nohotoke walking around the mall with the latter holding a bag of snacks in her arms while passing-by Nagisa Motomiya, Orine Aida, Chieri Sono and Yuuka Ichijou playing a crane game when Luna Platz, Sonia Strumm and Momo Yaoyorozu joins them.

Meanwhile in a sport shop, we see Rainbow Dash working on some boxes when Indigo Zap and Aria Blaze approaches her while Ben Tennyson, Blonko Rook, Gundam Tanaka and Jin Matsuriya are checking out some sports supplies.

And right next to the sports shop, we see Kellam, Miriel and Libra buying some donuts from a Duncan Donuts branch, and at a nearby table, we see Luna Loud and Hector Vanguard Jr. having some drinks.

"Man! I'm having a great time here!" Luna commented while taking a sip of her shake.

Hector nodded in agreement, "Yup!" he cheered.

Luna and Hector then shared a toast when then former spotted Aria "Arinah" Sakurada walking in the crowd, "Hey look, it's Arinah!" the rocker girl pointed out, "Arinah!" she called out.

However Arinah ignored her and just kept walking, Luna was about to chase after her but a pair of hands stopped the rockstar from doing so.

"What the?" Luna squawked, "What's the big idea?!" she demanded before turning around to see Eustace Bagge and Tsunayoshi Sawada standing behind her.

"You better not disturb her now, stupid girl." Eustace advised, "Arinah is in a bad mood." he pointed out.

Hector raised an eyebrow, "What? I find that unlikely.'' he said in disbelief.

"Why don't you two go see it for yourselves.'' Tsunayoshi beckoned while pointing a finger forward.

Luna and Hector then turns to see Hunter Isaac Rey marching towards Arinah.

"Arinah!" Hunter called out but is ignored, "ARINAH!" he called out once more but is ignored once again. Hunter then reaches her before grabbing her right shoulder, "Arinah, I just want to ask-" he was trying to say when Arinah responded by grabbing his throat really tight, "Urk!" the ace fighter croaked.

Arinah then began to punch Hunter on the face numerous times before hitting his stomach and then kneeing him on the groin which made Hunter's eyes strabismic while squeaking in pain. Arinah then judo-flipped him down to the floor and held his right arm tight, she then began stomping his head really hard, making his head bounce on the floor numerous times. Arinah then forced him up before swinging a right hook across his jaw and then uppercutting him which sends him flying upwards and then landing hard on the floor.

Arinah then grabs his left leg and with all her strength, she began to slam him left-right-left-right overhead into the floor hard, reducing the marble floor to gravel and Hunter to a horrid, broken and senseless mess, she takes a close split-second look at him before proceeding to smack him against the floor two more times.

"Uugh..." Hunter groaned in pain with tears in his eyes.

Arinah then quickly grabs a Singapore cane from a nearby sports store and the owner is TOO scared to scold her, she then proceeds to hit Hunter on the back multiple times with the boy squirming in pain with every hit, she then proceeds to target Hunter on the face, brutalizing his nose, swelling his cheeks and his eyes began to bleed, Hunter then tried to protect his face with his hands but Arinah targeted his hands as well by hitting it hard, breaking his hands on the process.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Hunter screamed in pain.

Arinah then threw the Singapore cane aside before grabbing Hunter's left arm and then locking it in a very painful armbar, pulling it hard that Hunter felt his shoulder is about to get dislocated, Hunter screamed loudly, begging her to stop while apologizing at the same time, he then screamed even louder when he heard a loud pop after Arinah snapped his arm.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Hunter cried in pain and tried to grab his broken arm but Arinah grabbed his right arm into another armbar, "AAAAAHHH!" he screamed in horror, "Stop! Please stop! I'm begging you!" he bawled in mercy but heard a loud pop instead, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" he screamed even louder after Arinah snapped his other arm. As Hunter howled in pain over his dislocated arms, "Please master! Stop! I'm sorry!" he cried out when Arinah proceeds to target both of his legs, locking it in a figure-four, pressuring it hardly until his legs are snapped as well, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" the Ace Fighter let's out a blood-curling scream as witnesses can't help but be horrified at what just happened.

Arinah stood up while watching Hunter whimper on the floor, she let's out a scoff before walking off but she stopped midway, she let's a nasal sound from her nose before marching back at the already beaten down Hunter, she then proceeds to stomp Hunter's head hard a few times with his head bouncing on the floor hard, she then grabs a nearby vase before smashing it on his vase, breaking the vase to pieces and leaving Hunter's face in a bloodied state.

Arinah then lifts him up on a fireman's carry position before slamming him down on a nearby bench, breaking it in half and causing massive damage on Hunter's back.

Arinah panted heavily while glaring at the motionless Hunter before finally walking away as everyone who witnessed the onslaught can already stare at Arinah's retreating form in utter horror.

As Nah, Naoto Takayama and Rei Kuroki proceeds to help Hunter while Takeo Kurata went to call for medics, the scene transitions back to Luna, Hector, Eustace and Tsunayoshi, and all of them had a look of shock on their faces.

Luna gulped, "Oh my God..." she uttered, "I'm glad you guys stopped me.'' she said in relief.

"How do you guys figure out that she's in a bad mood?'' Hector asked.

"Earlier today, we we're about to greet her when Eric beat us to it and only for him to get slugged on the face.'' Tsunayoshi explained.

"Stupid boy is now on a coma from what I heard.'' Eustace added.

"So... what got her so riled up?" Luna inquired.

Tsunayoshi shook his head, "We don't know." he answered, "We want to ask but we're afraid that we'll get beaten up as well." he admitted.

"So, what should we do now?" Hector asked.

"I think our best option for now is to leave her alone." Luna advised, "And when she's calmed down then we can go ask her what's wrong." she stated.

Eustace nodded in agreement, "That's for the best.'' he accepted.

"You know..." Tsunayoshi uttered, "I kinda noticed from the past few days that Arinah is displaying some weird traits." he shared.

"Such as?'' Hector egged.

"She's getting less friendly, she frowns when she thought no one is looking, she's keeping her distance away from that stupid boy Marcus and she's yelling whenever she's on the phone." Eustace listed off.

"Really? Dude, what the heck is going on with her?'' Luna questioned in confusion.

"You're question is as good as ours." Tsunayoshi replied.

Meanwhile somewhere inside the mall, we see Kafuu, Micro Chips, Bright Idea and Sandalwood walking amongst the crowd, and all four boys are sporting red slap marks on their cheeks after the incident from the girl's changing room earlier.

Bright rubs his swollen cheek, "Ouch!" he yelped, "Who knew both Scribble Dee and Velvet Sky can slap hard like that." he commented, "At least we just got off with a slap." he uttered in relief, "If it weren't for Sandalwood explaining the situation, we could have been labeled as perverts." he stated.

"Still we got beat up.'' Micro grumbled in annoyance.

"I guess the portal machine still needs work." Sandalwood commented.

"I suppose so, the portal machine is only limited in this world but it's a good start.'' Micro stated

They then saw Arinah walking towards their direction and Kafuu decided to greet her.

"Hey Arinah-" Kafuu didn't finished his greeting when Arinah grabs his shirt collar before throwing him away, "AAAAAAAHHHH!" he screamed in horror, despite the creepy smile on his face, before landing on the other side of the mall.

Arinah then glares at the remaining boys, whom raised their hands in defense and fear, she then let's out a sneer before walking away. With her out of sight, the boys ran towards Kafuu.

"Kafuu are you all right?" Bright asked in worry while Micro helps the Alolan native up.

"I'm fine..." Kafuu reassured while fixing his sunglasses, "But I'm in shock...'' he admitted.

"So are we.'' Micro said in agreement.

Sandalwood turns and watches Arinah walk away with narrowed eyes, "Just what is wrong with her?'' he questioned.

Unbeknownst to the boys, we see Malvina Rasputin, Shizune Takatsuki and Cal the Exceed hanging out in front of lemonade kiosk where they witnessed what Arinah did to Kafuu.

Cal cringed, "Oooohh..." he cooed, "That's got to hurt." he commented.

"I know Arinah can be aggressive at times but not to this extent.'' Shizune commented.

Malvina brought out her phone, "We better tell everyone about this.'' she beckoned.

Meanwhile in another part of the mall, we head inside a clothing store where we see Maya Sparrow, Raya Amanda and Karizza Stronghold standing in front of a changing room.

"Are you going to come out now, Sylvia?" Raya urged.

"I don't know Raya..." the voice of Sylvia van Hossen replied from behind the curtains, "I think these clothes are too much for me...'' she commented.

"Come on Sylvia!" Karizza egged, "Raya chose those clothes for you and she's a fashion expert!" she pointed out, "Have some faith in her!" she urged.

Sylvia let's out a sigh, "Okay...'' she replied before pushing the curtains back which reveals her outfit, "How do I look?" she asked with red tint on her cheeks. She is wearing a white slip dress underneath an over-sized pink sweater jacket and black strapped high heels.

"Woah! You're so beautiful Sylvia!" Karizza cheered in awe.

Raya smirked in response, "Looking good." she complimented, "I bet Marcus will fall madly in love with you once he sees this.'' she commented.

Sylvia blushed before looking away, "Y-you think so...'' she uttered.

Raya snickered, "Of course!" she cheered, "That is if he doesn't fall for me first.'' she pointed out with a mischievous grin.

"Nuh-uh!" Karizza piped in, "Marcus is going to fall for me first, Raya!" she declared with her arms crossed.

Raya chuckled, "Yeah! Them fighting words girl!" she complimented before turning back to Sylvia, "So... you like it?'' she asked.

"I guess I'll buy this." Sylvia conceded.

Maya then heard her phone making some beeping noise, she checks it out and read a text message, "What?" the winged-girl uttered in disbelief.

"What's wrong, Mayaya?'' Karizza asked.

Maya sighed, "Don't call me, Mayaya." she reminded, "And that was Malvina." she answered, "She told me to look out for Arinah as Malvina said that she's been acting very hostile towards anyone coming to her." she explained.

"What's wrong with her?'' Sylvia asked.

Maya shrugged her shoulders, "I had no idea." she answered.

"That's weird." Sylvia uttered, "Arinah rarely displays such an attitude." she pointed out, "Something must have got her really upset.'' she assumed.

Raya crosses her arms, "Whatever it is, it's clearly a bad idea to go anywhere near her until she calms down." she advised.

"Still... I wonder what she's angry about.'' Karizza mused.

Meanwhile in another part of the mall, we head inside a cafe where we see Precious Dazzle, Adagio Dazzle, Flash Sentry and Charlotte Dunois having a good time at one table when Precious heard his phone making some beeping noise, he then checks it out and read a text message.

"Oh dear..." Precious uttered in concern.

"What's wrong?" Adagio asked.

"Malvina texted me to look out for Arinah.'' Precious answered.

"What for?" Charlotte asked.

"She told me that Arinah is in a very, very bad mood." Precious shared, "She warned me not to come close to her or she'll retaliate... hard.'' he explained.

"Huh? I knew something is going on with her.'' Adagio uttered in confirmation.

"What do you mean by that?" Charlotte asked.

"I'm a siren remember and I used to feed off with negative energy." Adagio reminded, "While I can't do that anymore, I can still feel anyone that displays negative emotions and from the past few weeks, Arinah had been showing off some negative aura." she explained.

"Really? Then what do you think is causing her to act like this darling~?" Precious inquired.

Adagio shook her head, "I wish I knew.'' she replied.

Flash was looking through the cafe's window when his eyes widen, "Uhh... guys..." he called out, "She's over there.'' he announced with a finger pointed outside.

Precious, Adagio and Charlottes then looks through the window and just in time to see Arinah grabbing Gingka Hagane by the collar while Youhei Sunohara, Gertrud Barkhorn and Andres "Singko" Alvarez trying to calm her down however Arinah throws Gingka head first towards the fountain before walking away, Youhei ran after to help Gingka while Gertrud and Singko tried to confront Arinah but only to back away when she snarled at them like a dog, much to everyone's shock.

Back inside the cafe, the four and the other patrons, can only stare in shock from what they just witnessed.

"My goodness.'' Charlotte uttered while placing a hand on her mouth.

"Okay... this is a lot worse than I thought." Adagio admitted.

Flash took a sip of his latte, "I'll say.'' the blue-haired guitar player said in agreement while Precious watches Arinah walks away with narrowed eyes.

Outside the mall, we head towards a 1950's themed restaurant called Sweets Snacks Cafe. Inside the restaurant, we see Pinkie Pie rollerblading past a table where Dan Mandel, Chris Pearson and Elise Pearson are having lunch.

Chris is currently talking on his phone, "Okay... okay... thanks." he concluded the call before putting his phone down.

"Who was that?" Elise asked.

"That was Malvina." Chris answered, "She told me to stay clear from Arinah right now because she's in a bad mood and is attacking anyone who gets close to her." he explained.

"Pffft... big deal!" Dan scoffed, "I'm in a bad mood all the time." he pointed out.

"Dan... it's because it's you and everyone understand you're personality." Elise reasoned, "Arinah, on the other hand, is kinda shocking." she admitted, "Are you really sure she's acting badly?" she inquired.

"Malvina told me that Arinah threw Kafuu when he greeted her." Chris answered.

"What's wrong with that?" Dan questioned, "I think the reason she assaulted him because of his annoying smile." he assumed.

"Dan... Arinah is been in a bad mood for several weeks and I don't think Kafuu's smile is the reason why she's in a bad mood." Chris mentioned.

"And besides it's not Kafuu's fault that he was born with a creepy smile." Elise added.

"Still nothing wrong." Dan insisted, "In fact, I'm going to talk to her right now and tell her that she did the right thing." he declared.

Chris and Elise blinks in response from his statement, the two looks through the window to see Arinah walking outside, the two then looks back to see that Dan is gone from his seat, the two looks back outside to see Dan approaching her.

"This is not gonna end well with him." Chris commented.

The two then witnessed Dan getting strangled by Arinah before she throws him inside a dumpster head first and then walking away.

Chris flinched, "Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark." he commented.

"Well... he deserves it." Elise uttered before taking a sip of her shake.

Back inside the mall, after separating themselves from Eustace and Tsunayoshi, Luna and Hector decided to continue strolling around the mall when they came across Marcus "The Kane" McGee, Xyrielle "XY Girl" Yona, Nodoka Takehara and Aka Red.

"Hey, Marcus!" Hector greeted, "Seems the mission went great." he commented before taking notice of Nodoka and Aka, "And who are these two?" he asked.

"Hey Junior!" Marcus greeted back as the two shared a fistbump, "Still a handsome fucker as ever!" he complimented, "Mission went fine and these girls are Nodoka Takehara and Aka Red, Heroes Coalition's newest recruits.'' he explained.

"The two of us are showing them around.'' XY pointed out.

"Where are the rest?" Hector asked.

"They're scattered around the Mall.'' Marcus answered while whirling a finger around the air, "And oh! Nodoka and Red, please introduce yourselves.'' he beckoned.

"It's nice to meet you." Nodoka greeted, "I'm Nodoka Takehara and I hope we get along well.'' she introduced herself with a bow.

"What a polite girl.'' Luna commented.

"Sup! I'm Aka Red." Aka introduced herself, "Don't get into my nerves or I'll drill you from the inside out.'' she threatened.

Luna cringed at her remark, "Geez... rude much.'' she uttered.

XY sighed in response, "Don't worry." she reassured, "You'll get use to her.'' she said.

"Marcus!" a familiar voice called out.

Everyone then turns around to see Eddward "Edd, Double D" Marion Smith walking towards them.

"Marcus, you and I need to talk." Double D requested with a stern look.

Marcus stares at him for a minute until he spoke, "Did Malvina already told you about the two of us?'' he asked which Double D nodded in confirmation. Marcus then let's out a sigh before looking around, "Let's talk about this in another place." he suggested.

Double D nodded, "I had no problem with that.'' he complied.

Marcus turns to the girls, "Sorry about this but I need to go." he announced, "I had important matters to talk with Double D.'' he reasoned.

And with that, Marcus and Double D left the group, whom watches them go in either of concern or confusion.

"I wonder what are they going to talk about?'' Luna uttered before turning to XY, Nodoka and Aka, "Do you girls know?'' the rockstar asked.

The three girls looks away with solemn looks, "Luna...'' XY uttered, "It's better not knowing but all I can say is that he did the right thing.'' she stated..

Hector nodded, "Okay... we'll leave it like that then.'' he conceded before turning to Nodoka and Aka, "So... what are you're Gifts?" he asked.

"My Gift is called Future Sight." Nodoka answered with a smile, "I had the ability to see a few glimpse of the future but only a little.'' she explained.

Aka then suddenly turns her hands into a drill, "As you can see, I can turn my hands into drills.'' she pointed out before turning to Hector and aimed her drill at him, "Wanna see an example?'' she offered.

Hector raised his hands in defense, "No thanks.'' he replied, "How about we treat you girls with some coffee?" he offered with a nervous grin.

Nodoka nodded, "That would be lovely." she accepted.

The scene then transitions to Double D and Marcus at the second floor of the mall where the two are having a conversation.

"Are you really sure about this, Marcus?" Double D asked, "I don't mind, in fact, I'm happy for the both of you." he admitted, "But what about the others?" he pointed out, "How would they feel about this?'' he added.

Marcus sighed while rubbing the back of his head, "I... I'll try to explain things to them." he stated, "Don't worry.'' he reassured.

Double D sighed, "Just make sure you do it right." he reminded, "Much like Eddy, you can despicable at times too.'' he pointed out.

Marcus snickered, "You can say that again." he admitted.

Double D looks at his watch, "I need to get going." he announced, "Minna is waiting for me at the Sushi Shop because it seems that Miss Ashley had turn the place into her bedroom.'' he stated before turning to Marcus, "By the way, I received some concerning reports of your recent actions from your previous mission.'' he shared.

Marcus looks at him with cold look, "I killed someone from the latest mission.'' he revealed.

Double D's eyes widen in shock before narrowing it, "I see..." he uttered, "So you have done something you shouldn't have.'' he stated.

Marcus sighed, "Someone had to Double D... someone had to.'' he uttered.

Double D sighed, "All right." he conceded, "Just don't let this become a habit." he advised, "You are not killer and you know that.'' he reminded before walking away.

Marcus watches Double D's retreating form before releasing a deep sigh, "Easier said than done." he muttered.

A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Jamesdean5842, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.