Spikeys and Lil' cooking hats.

"So, you guys will participate in battles from today?" Lanz said, kneeling in front of the Nopons in front of him.

"Correct! Manana help with fighting!" Manana answered cheerfully.

"Well, Riku want to contribute to combat, so…yes, Riku will work." Riku nodded with determination.

"Then, do we get to share your clothes from now on?" Sena said, with her eyes sparkling.

"Yes! Friend Sena can try right now! In fact, friend Sena is the first one to try Manana's class!" Manana said.

"Really? Yippee! I always wanted to try Manana's uniform! It's so cuuuute!" Sena's blue fire got stronger with anticipation.

"Friend Sena ready?"

"Ready!" Manana and Sena nodded, staring directly into each other's eyes.

"Then…Class…switch!" The two girls exclaimed at once, and Sena's outfit started to glow, only to change into Manana's Yumsmith outfit.

"Woooah…. Cool! Mimi, how do I look?" Sena turned to Mio, sporting a cute pose with Manana.

"I love it, Sena! It looks perfect on you!" Mio said with her ears perked up to the sky.

"Really? Taion, how do I look?" Sena turned to Taion, whose face had the look of 'Didn't see it coming' on it.

"Huh? Me? I…uh…."

"Please?" Sena begged for feedback.

"Ugh… Okay…then…just wait for 3 minutes." Taion sighed.

"3 minutes?! That's too looooong!" Sena whined.

"I need time to think, okay?" Taion made a bad excuse.

"Aww….."

As the Agnian trio had a fun time enjoying Sena's new outfit, the Kevesi trio started to feel isolated from their talk.

"Hey, Noah." Eunie started their conversation.

"Huh?"

"How come we don't get new outfits?"

"You're complaining about that?" Lanz facepalmed.

"Come on, I couldn't help it, you know. That outfit is pretty cute!"

"Oh, so you're now interested in cute things?"

"Now? I've always been, you mudder." Eunie walked powerfully toward Lanz, showing a bit of irritation.

"Now, now, guys, don't start bickering right now. It's no use doing that right now since there's only one person who can get new uniforms and classes." Noah said, tapping the shoulders of the two sparking mates in front of him.

"Ugh… Alright… But…doesn't it seem unfair?" Eunie said.

"What, only Sena getting uniforms?" Riku suddenly interrupted.

"Uh…yeah…?" Eunie said, startled at the Nopon's sudden interruption.

"Then Riku might provide some service."

"Service?" Lanz shrugged.

"Yes, according to the systems, Riku cannot provide outfits to friends, but…."

"Systems? What systems?"

"Riku cannot provide further information, so just listen," Riku said, keeping a straight face.

"Eh…"

"Anyway, yes, systems ban Riku to do it, but Riku can provide service to friends if friend Eunie desperately want to get it," Riku said, no, stated.

"Wait, really? How can you do it when the…eh…systems? Are banning you?" Eunie asked.

"Riku is special Nopon. End of explanation."

"Eh…..?"

"Anyway, Riku like action more than talking. Time for action." Riku said, managing something with his strange device. After some tinkering, the Kevesi Trio's clothes started to glow, and they soon got new outfits.

Which… Eunie didn't really expect.

"Woah, that actually wor… Huh…blue…? This is not what I expected…. Wait, is this yours? Why do I get yours, not Manana's?" Eunie complained.

"Because the system's rules work like that."

"But didn't you say you can break the syste…."

"When?"

"Now you learned how to lie?" Eunie said.

"Well…it feels comfortable though…" Noah said, moving around with the new clothes.

"Wait, you got that too?"

"Me too, not what I asked for but…yeah. And…holy sparks, I just found out something crazy. This will be this year's discovery!" Lanz said, after scanning Eunie and Noah's heads.

"What?" Eunie seemed a bit irritated.

"The…spikey doo-dads on Riku's head… It…was…a hat! It's…on your heads right now! It's on my head, too!" Lanz said, patting his head to feel the spikiness.

"For real? Wait…it is real!" Eunie exclaimed.

'So it wasn't his hair…? Then how does he look when he removed his hat….?' Noah thought, as he slightly stared at the blue Nopon below him. He wanted to test it out right away, but this didn't seem like the right moment to do so.

"So, now that Riku gave friends new outfits… How is it?" Riku asked.

"This…was not what I expected, especially this spikey hair… But yeah, I can handle it, since this outfit actually feels pretty good too…." Eunie said, hopping around with her new clothes.

"Oh? Then…how about friend Mio and Taion?" Riku turned towards the two Agnian.

"Huh? Me?"

"Yes, since you guys are the ones who didn't get to try new outfits…"

"Sooo…..?"

"Why don't you get in those just in case?" Riku said, as he swiftly tinkered with his little device. After a few seconds, the remaining Agnians' clothes started glow, eventually changing into the orange Yumsmith clothes of Manana.

"Wait, how come Mio and Taion get those and we don't?" Eunie said, looking at the Agnians.

"Systems." Riku shrugged with his non-existent Nopon shoulders.

"Sparks, what is up with the sparking system shit?" Eunie complained.

"Beats me, we never knew much about Riku in the first place, you know…." Lanz shrugged.

"True… Buuuut… Damn, Taion, you really killin' that look! How's that little cook hat balancing perfectly on your fluff?"

"Fluff? Eunie, you don't call someone's hair 'fluff'." Taion said, slightly touching the little hat on top of his fluff.

"Well… No hard feelings on you, mate, but… Yeah, 'fluff's the perfect word to describe your hair." Lanz said, holding in his laugh.

"Come on, what the spark's up with this nonsense? Change me back!" Taion said, approaching Riku in rage.

"No." But the chad Nopon refused.

"Huh? Why? Why the spark not?!"

"Because…it's better this way?"

"Waah?" Lanz scratched his head in frustration.

"What do you mean by 'it's better this way'?" Eunie demanded.

"Riku not spoil details," Riku said, hiding his device in his tiny body.

"Ugh…since when did you become such a dick, Riku?" Lanz sighed.

"What does dick mean?" Sena asked, slightly tilting her head in curiosity.

"Beats me, in fact… It's the first time ever hearing that word in my life, too."

"Huh….." Sena looked slightly disappointed.

"Enough of that talk. Riku, are you really not going to change us back?" Taion interrupted the muscle duo's little talk.

"Unfortunately for friend Taion, yes. Plus, you look good in that outfit." Riku said with a small grin on his face.

"Pffft….." The bird girl tried not to laugh.

"Eunie… What happened to you disliking Riku's outfit?" Taion groaned.

"I never hated it, I just liked Manana's one more. Plus, how do you think, do I look good in it?" Eunie said, striking a little pose that emphasized her spikey hat.

"…" Taion stayed silent.

"Oi, what's up, four-eyes? Say something!" Eunie demanded comments.

"I need 3 minutes."

"You WHAT?"

"Speaking of 3 minutes… How much time did it pass since Taion said that he needed 3 minutes for my new outfit?" Sena asked.

"2 minutes," Mio said after checking on her iris.

"So…does this '3 minutes' count start from now, or does it start after Sena's comment?"

"The latter would be the right answer," Taion said, silently fixing his glasses.

"You are a right muppet, Taion." Eunie sighed.

(The meeting with Ethel & Cammuravi)

"I knew you would come here, Noah!" A big, echoed voice came from far up.

"That voice… Ethel?" Noah flinched at the familiar voice coming from above.

"Yes, and today, I brought company!"

"Precisely. Ouroboros, unfortunate for you, but your journey ends here!" A low voice was added to the feminine one of Ethel.

"…Who is it?" Noah exclaimed.

"Hey, have you ever heard of that voice?" Eunie whispered to Taion.

"Nope. First time hearing it." Taion shook his head.

"Company…. Wait, Bolearis?! He betrayed us?!" Lanz gasped.

"Well well, Cammuravi, it seems that you lack fame than I….?" Ethel teased.

"Ugh….." Cammuravi groaned.

"Oh, so that's Cammuravi?" Eunie nodded her head.

"It's my first time actually hearing his voice…." Sena said.

"You're pretty well known amongst your people," Ethel said, facing Cammuravi's ferronis.

"Since when did you know how to tease, Ethel?"

"Falling down to the dirt ranks taught me many things, and this is one of those."

"Uh… Sorry to interrupt your conversation, but when will you come down here?" Eunie shouted to make herself heard by the two ferronis.

"Right, right, that was our mission. Cammuravi, on the count of three, we're gonna fall down together. One…two…" Ethel counted to two, but Cammuravi fell first.

"Oh, you sparking piece of burning shit!" Ethel cursed as she followed him down.

"There they come…." Mio sighed as she saw the massive battle machine falling down to their grounds.

"Ethel! Cammuravi! Can…can we have at least one moment before we get into combat?!" Noah shouted through the dust they made.

"A moment? Yes, a minute or two won't hurt." Cammuravi agreed.

"Anyway…where are you, Noah? Can't see you guys because of the dust…." Ethel said, swinging her sword around to manage the dust.

"Can…can you actually not swing the sword around? It really scares me!" Noah said with 100% honesty.

"Okay, so are we in a fight, or are we in a little pillow talk before sleep?" Eunie whispered to Taion.

"….."

"Hey, four-eyes. You listening?" Eunie said, poking Taion's small hat on top of his fluff.

"Eunie! You're messing up the balance!" Taion snapped.

"Oh, so that's what you're concerned with?"

Along with Eunie and Taion's little conversation about their little hat, and the waiting till the dust settled down, the party stopped, and…waited.

It took a full minute until their event restarted.

"Uh… I think the dust settled enough, so…can I resolve my speech?" Noah said.

"Yes, you can, by the way, did you change your…pffft!" A lighthearted sound came from Ethel's ferronis.

"What is it, Ethel, what's up with…Ahem….." After some hard breaths, Cammuravi literally turned his mic off.

"Cammuravi….?"

"Holy sparks…. Whose idea was it?!" Ethel said, mid-laughs.

"Huh? Idea?"

"Your…clothes… No, not exactly the clothes…. The…how should I call this…hair? Fake hair?"

"Oh, hat?" Eunie helped.

"Yeah, that… Sparks…now I have tears in my eyes… Ack!" Ethel screamed, as a big thud was heard.

"Ethel?" Noah exclaimed in surprise, watching Ethel's ferronis damage itself.

"Sorry! I forgot this thing was motion-controlled…" Ethel said.

"So…does that means her ferronis tried to wipe its tears with its sword?" Sena whispered to Lanz.

"I…guess…? Why the spark would she do that? And why is that Cammuravi guy swinging his arm around?"

"Cammuravi? If you want to talk, turn your mic on." Ethel said.

"…Oh, yeah, sorry. Forgot I turned it off." The spear wielder opened his mouth.

"Are they gonna kill us or not?" Eunie said.

"Yes, are you going to kill them or not?" A strange voice suddenly appeared from behind.

"Whoa! What the spark?!" Eunie jumped, surprised at the sudden Moebius.

"We made you live another life, and we gave you new ferronises, but you're still not in combat? What a big disappointment." The female Moebius sighed with palms on her face. The big one next to her nodded in agreement.

"Moebius?" Sena drew her blade as she saw the apparent enemy in front of them.

"What? Moebius? Why? Do we have to face two enemies at once?" Lanz said.

"It's damn unfair!" Eunie added.

"Unfair or not, Ethel! Cammuravi! Start working! Or not…." The female Moebius started to slowly close her hand into a fist. Ethel knew what was about to come by instinct, so there was no choice.

It was time to fight Noah.

"Dammit! Guess we have no choice now…" Noah also knew what was coming, so he drew his weapon as Ethel and Cammuravi took their stance for combat. The other Ouroboros copied him too.

"Finally, some work." The Moebius sighed, and sat on the rock which looked pretty sittable behind them. She thought now would be the time to see the legendary commanders own the little Ouroberries…

But no.

She forgot that the commanders were also 10-year-olds.

Especially that little silvercoat.

"Okay… Noah… Before we actually get into combat…."

"Huh?"

"Can you actually take off that hat of yours? I can't take this seriousl… Oh, Taion, you look pretty cute there?"

"ENOUGH! FUCK THIS SHIT! I'M DOING THIS MYSELF. O, LET'S GO!" The Moebius raged.

"Uh-oh, who made them angry?" Sena said.

"Probably Ethel….?" Lanz answered, his face a little bit tenser than before.

"Wait, something's strange! Look!" Mio said, pointing her finger toward the air. Clearly, there was something wrong. The glowing particles, which they were used to because of witnessing countless deaths of their comrades, were coming out from the chest region of the two commanders' ferronises.

"Moebius! What are you doing!" Noah shouted, pointing his sword toward the Moebius.

"Oh, nevermind, they were destined to die soon anyway, I'm just making the event faster! And that includes you too. Enjoy your quick death!" P said, soon holding hands with O.

"Those sparking bastards! Now what do we do?!" Lanz gritted his teeth.

"We…We fight!" Noah replied.

"Do we kill them?" Eunie asked.

"….Yes!"

"Knew you would say that. Sena, let's go!" Lanz gave Sena his hand.

"Yeah!"

'Riku kinda expected this to happen, but didn't expect this to happen like this…..?'

(Enter the City)

"Damn, that's a glorious sparker!" Eunie gasped in awe, finally witnessing the great sword piercing the land of Aionios. Indeed, it was a glorious sparker. Almost on par with the great Urayan mountains. And it felt even more sparking incredible…

When some group of people started to walk outside from it.

"Guys, wait, there are people coming out," Noah said, stepping forward to send caution to the party.

"Uh…I'm the tank, so…I can be the guy in front…?" Mio said.

"That makes sense, but this make more cinematic sense," Riku said.

"Riku getting more and more strange over time…." Manana sighed.

"So, you guys must be Ouroboros, then?" A woman with a strange eyepatch appeared from the small crowd.

"Huh? Who are you? How do you know us?" Noah shouted, drawing his blade.

"Relax, relax, boy. I'm not trying to kill you or something if you also don't try to kill me too. And…wait, you guys look quite…different from what I heard from the expedition team…" The woman said, widening her one remaining eye towards them.

"…What?" Noah and his friends tried to say something, but the woman started to talk with her men, so he stood silent, waiting for her talk to end.

"What are they doing right now….?" Mio whispered to Noah.

"Uh…called me, ma'am?" A small girl, whose height was almost the same as Sena appeared from behind.

"Yeah, didn't you say Ouroboros kids wore clothes from our City….?"

"Uh, yeah, when I saw them, they were…" The girl replied.

"So…who are they, a bunch of jokers?"

"Monica, you seriously using that probably 1,000-year-old joke here?" The girl sighed.

"Come on, I couldn't help it. Just look at them!"

"Uh…yeah…? So what….?"

"….Why are you so damn moody today, Shania?" Monica sighed.

"I'm always like this, ma'am. Plus….I'm sleep-deprived. Didn't sleep for days…." Shania said, covering the one eye which was not covered with the eyepatch.

"Well shit… Guess my attempt to create a laugh out of this heavy atmosphere with their outfits failed miserably…." Monica facepalmed.

"You finished?" Eunie spat, her eyes looking extra tired.

"Uh…yeah…. Sorry about that."

"What were they doing anyway?" Lanz shrugged.

"Just a failed attempt to joke with our outfits… When would we be able to change back to our old ones….? I even miss my military uniform…" Taion said.

"Sorry, sorry! I just thought you guys might feel nervous seeing us for the first time… Hahaha…. But for real, why are you guys dressed like that? Aren't you soldiers from both nations? Why do you have those…weird…"

"Eunie, how many times were we asked about these stupid things on our heads?" Taion asked.

"1…2…3…. Beep. Error, error, birds can only count up to three." Eunie talked like an AI with a high-pitched voice.

"We…will talk about that later. And we would be…grateful…? If you tell us who you are, and what are you going to do instead of joking around with these….?" Noah said with an awkward, forced smile.

"You're making a good first impression, Monica." Shania snorted.

"You're saying that to your superior? Who's probably 20 years older than you?"

"Probably not 20 years, since you had Ghondor when you were a teenag…."

"Okay, okay. Where did you learn to be like t…"

"Your daughter."

"And where did you learn to cut your elder's spee…"

"Your D."

"….." Monica lost her words.

"Can we…get back to our talk?" Eunie said.

"Oh, yeah, right. Anyway, back to the talk. I'll be easy and swift as possible. My name's Monica Vandham, daughter of Guernica Vandham. And I'm the leader of this place, City. Copy?"

The party all nodded.

"And I'm not hostile."

They nodded again.

"And she's pretty lame." Shania interrupted.

The party nodded for the third time.

"You wha….. Hey! Don't nod, dammit!"

They didn't nod this time.

"Is that a refusal?"

They stood still, eyes half-drooped down.

"Monica, you sound like a dad with a son and a daughter meeting his daughter's friends."

"I'm a mom!"

"What the spark's a mom?!" Sena shouted.

"…..Fine…. I'll just shut up. Let's continue our business…."

(After Eclipse Homecoming)

After a tiring month captured in the cell, the Ouroboros was finally freed, and after a day after their freedom, they were now well-rested. Of course, there were unexpected and extraordinary events regarding Mio and her other self, but anyway, they were now free. Now free, they were gathered in the resting spot of the new city. Where the city moved after Shania's betrayal using the annihilator.

"…." Everyone was in silence. Since they didn't have anything to talk about, and they needed some peace, seeing everyone healthy and alive with their own eyes. Especially Sena, when she was leaning her head against the new Mio's armored shoulder.

"…Sena." Eunie finally broke the silence.

"Yeah?"

"When will you lift your head up from Mio's shoulder? Like…it's been an hour, you know."

"It's okay, Eunie. I can handle it." Mio said, patting Sena's head.

"Why, Eunie? You want to do this too?" Sena said, purring at the sensation of Mio's hand touching her.

"Uh…I actually d….! Anyway, isn't her shoulder pretty hard to put your head against? That pointy armor, you know?" Eunie quickly switched the topic.

"Yeah!" Sena said.

"Then how are you….."

"But I don't care! It's my Mimi!"

"Eh…..?"

"Speaking of new clothes…. Since we had this…attire for a long time… Mio's new look feels pretty fresh…. And her new hair, too." Taion added.

"Yeah, Mio, are you gonna keep those clothes?" Lanz asked.

"Huh? These? Uh…I didn't decide yet… But…hmm…. It's a pretty hard decision…" Mio said, playing with her long hair.

"Friends talking about something?" Manana interrupted, walking in with Riku.

"Uh, yeah, actually. We were talking about Mio's….." Noah said.

"Mio's new Moebius clothes? Then Riku have solution."

"Huh? Already? But that's Mio's decisi… Wha….?" Eunie wanted to say something, but Riku started to tinker with his machines. After a swift flick, Mio's Moebius clothes started to glow, and they fell off.

"Riku? Why are you making me nak…" Mio squealed, surprised at the sudden action.

"Riku apologize, this procedure have slight delay."

"Uh….." Mio's face became all red as she tried to cover her exposed body from the world.

"…..There!" After a beeping sound, Mio's body glowed, soon covering her body with…

The sparking Yumsmith uniform.

"Ah…?" Mio looked pretty startled after that.

"Holy sparks, that again? Buuuut….not complaining. Her long hair looks pretty good with that small hat." Eunie laughed.

"But anyway, Riku when would be getting new outfits? Like…we got new classes while getting here, you know. Don't we need some diversity?" Taion said, trying to take off his hat. His hat was strangely glued onto his fluff.

"Riku have plans, so friends follow for this playthrough."

"Playthrough?"

"Nevermind. Forget Riku said that."

"Riku, then how about M's clothes? They fell off unlike the old clothes of ours…." Mio asked.

"Those are friend Mio's. Mio can keep it."

"But can't I wear them….?"

"That's also friend Mio's choice. Riku would specially allow Mio to wear it if friend Mio wants to wear them."

"Really? Thank you!"

"Hey! How come only Mio gets to…." Lanz tried to complain, but he got cut by Riku.

"We can't throw them away, so…yes. Riku can allow it."

"Damn sparks…."

(Omake)

(The last sunrise)

"So…this is the end, then?" Noah said to Mio next to him.

"Yes. It really is." Mio nodded.

"We…we went really far, didn't we?" Sena said to Lanz next to her.

"Definitely…." Lanz answered, mesmerized at the beautiful sunrise.

"So this is goodbye…." Taion murmured.

"Yeah… Feels different, doesn't it?" Eunie said.

"Heeeeeeyyyy!" A rash voice interrupted their little moment of silence before the final parting.

"Huh? Isn't that…."

"Ghondor!" The Ouroboros shouted in unison.

"You gonna have a farewell party only with yourselves? You have company!"

"Huh? Compa….ny….? Holy….holy…. Queen's….sparking….tears….!" Eunie almost fell down, not believing the sight in front of her. There were people. A lot of people.

Wearing…

Yumsmith outfits.

"…" Noah stood flabbergasted, with his mouth slightly open.

"R…Riku…?" Sena said, slowly turning towards the small Nopon below her.

"Was this your plan all along?" Taion asked.

"Half right."

"Huh? Why half?"

"Riku never knew every single one of them would follow Riku's request! Riku expected at least one of them would refu…."

"Riku shut up! At least everyone is here!" Manana exclaimed, spinning Riku around.

"What a scene, isn't it, daughter?" Monica said, poking her daughter's tiny hat on top of her head.

"Yeah, it i… Wait, why do you have that spikey on top of your head? Aren't we from Agnus world technically?"

"But we're currently city citzens! We're free to decide!" Monica chuckled.

"Sparking spark…."

(Meanwhile at the castles)

"Looks like they're having a little farewell festival?" Melia said through the screen.

"But it really is, although we will meet again, we won't be able to see each other for long," Nia replied.

"That's true…. I'll miss you, Nia."

"Me too. Let's hope that we meet each other as soon as we can! By the way… Wanna see Poppi in her Yumsmith outfit?" Nia suddenly changed the topic.

"Poppi? That little cute robot you showed me a long time ago?"

"Yeah! I gave her that too! By the way, that spikey adds extra goof on you, Melia."

"Do I accept that as a compliment?"

"Of course! Anyway… Poppi, Poppi! Where are youuu~!" Nia disappeared from the screen, searching for the small robot.

"Ah….." Melia sighed, sitting on her Queen bed. Finally, everything was coming to an end. She could now return to her forever-missed friends, even to the one she once loved. She pressed a little button on her drawer, making the painting over it descend to reveal something.

A red sword with a round hole near its handle.

"I'll…be there soon…." Melia whispered with a faint smile.

But her mind was thinking something else.

'Come to think of it. Should I keep Yumsmith outfits for them for when I go back? Probably 6 mo…'

"Melia! I brought Poppi!"

'Nevermind…..'

"Really? Coming!"

I'm back.

With...crack?

Well...

Was this a good comeback chapter?

Anyways, Happy Holidays!