Author's Note
After doing some thinking going to rewrite this story to adjust some things and expand on other. Though the following is short that contain the current idea for what currently is Chapter 05 of the story
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Murakumo Unit Alpha 01 alias Una Honoka was the sword of Yuuki Terumi
Something he went through a lot of trouble to go about creating that took countless attempts to set up everything just right for her creation to be finally his. However now that he had his sword it was time to go after the one he wanted to become his shield. Acquiring them would be as hard as it was to get Alpha 01 which was a herculean task and very few things could match it or surpass it at a difficulty level at the moment.
The shield was simple in comparison as it was merely something he had to go about breaking in and ensure that it felt right for him. Making it so that felt like a pair of new shoes after they had been properly broken into or something like that.
The Sealed Weapon Izayoi
Murakumo Unit Prototype was what Terumi was after as he was not interested in what the evolved form could do at that moment. If anything he would want it to retain the aspect of being a shield more than those of a lance. He had already explored all the aspects of it being his lance instead of his shield while prepping for Alpha 01's creation in what downtime he had countless loops he went through back them.
The shield aspect was what interested him the most as he learned everything he could by manipulating the person who would serve as the vessel to become his ideal shield. Tsubaki Yayoi whom Terumi used in a number of ways during each loop to see what was possible with Izayoi. It was not easy but then again compared to the creation of Alpha 01 once again. It was fair simpler to do once he got the hang of it at least.
The power of Izayoi could to a degree be controlled through his control over Tsubaki to nudge her along to become not just a user of Murakumo Unit Prototype but perfect her into becoming one herself. One that was a shield instead of a sword. Having gained a mastery of how to do such a thing all that was required now was to lure Tsubaki into where the process was to take place and do the deed itself.
He placed Una in a position where she was now actually good friends with Tsubaki Yayoi. Thus Terumi managed to worm his way into her life and started influencing her in this timeline like he had in many others. Careful not to alert anyone to what he was doing from behind the scenes and ensure that those who might have been able to do something were too busy handling other threats or issues to bother him at the moment and/or ever giving the threat level they posed to his plans after all.
Though Una had helped Tsubaki master the Izayoi in a manner that would her exactly in the position that he wanted her to be. Her mastery of it was only through what he allowed her to know and what he did not she did not because she never thought about it. One can not get an answer to a question they are not even aware needs to be asked in the first place. It was interesting how he made others gain strength but always made it so that it was never enough to pose a threat to him because it was done in a manner that was within his framework only.
