Summary: Just because their time periods in Japan had come to an end, it didn't mean their future was over. GUDAGUDA chaos and all.

Note: This chapter's entire basis came from the warm feelings I was able to get from starting the rerun of the Yamataikoku 2022 event. I was painfully let go from my previous job when the original event started back in 2022, and reading it helped me cope with my growing feelings of uselessness. I wanted to revisit that a bit, especially when re-emerging from the death of Anh Ti Anh, my oldest cousin, back on Oct. 2, 2023. GudaGuda 6 earlier this November helped too.

The theme for this chapter is Mixed Nuts by OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM, the first opening to the Spy x Family anime. Because when exploring something like GudaGuda in FGO, I just gotta have something lighthearted to match. For those of you looking for an alternative? K2G by Puffy Ami Yumi, the insert song for the episode titled "Mad Mod" in the original 2003 Teen Titans show, or heck, even the Japanese version of the Teen Titans theme song, also sung by Puffy Ami Yumi.

Let's do this.

Day 72: Chaos in Fun

"Nobu?"

"Nobu nobuuuu," Vy murmured quietly back to the mini version of Oda Nobunaga she found in one of the many spiraling hallways of Novum Chaldea, kneeling to the tiny Nobu's height with a smile. Her ponytail hung low against her neck as she said happily, "Nobuuuuuu!"

"Nob nob!" The Nobu apparently agreed, jumping around in place before leaping into Vy's extended arms, a contented "Nobuuuu," echoing in the air as it raised its stubby arms to hug her tight.

"Nob nob nob," Vy agreed, getting up to standing height while adjusting her grip on the Nobu to cradle it to her chest. "Nobu nobu nobuuuuuu."

"Nobu!" said the Nobu in pure delight.

From afar, the Avenger version of Oda Nobunaga felt her eyebrow twitch. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but is Master… actually talking to them?"

"Oryou-san can talk to frogs," the aptly named Oryou said suddenly in her odd form of input, hovering over the faintly smiling Ryouma while holding her cheeks in her hands. "It wouldn't surprise Oryou-san that Vy suddenly gained the ability to talk to the mini-yous, Nobunaga. That one Archer — Fujino? Said something about her being a 'Disney Princess', whatever that means. Maybe she could kiss one of Oryou-san's frogs and it could become a prince."

Without warning, an audible crack of metal resounded in the room. It was a miracle enough Vy was too absorbed in talking to the mini-Nobu to notice.

"…I don't think frogs are on the same level as those folks, Oryou-san, not to mention Vy has already chosen her 'prince,'" Ryouma said placatingly with a laugh, raising an open palm in Demon King Nobunaga's direction. "But Vy has always had the gift of being able to talk with all of us so far. In my opinion, I don't think it's beyond her either to talk with all the Nobus." In a softer voice to Nobunaga, Ryouma tipped his hat and said, "It's how Master was able to summon you, right, Avenger?"

"Hmph." Tossing some of her long red hair back and over her broad shoulders, Nobunaga shrugged. "I decided to answer her call, Sakamoto Ryouma, nothing more, nothing less." With what looked like a satisfied smirk, the Demon King went on to stride forward and walk away from the Rider couple. "Now if you two shall excuse me, I must go devour — ahem, I mean, bother — our dear Master."

A bead of sweat formed on Ryouma's brow as he watched Nobunaga's back. "Hey, hey… that's just a bad idea…"

"As long as you don't actually eat her! Oryou-san can see poison in your future if you do!" His dragon companion called after her.

Nobunaga merely waved a hand at them on the way out, flipping an extra long strand of red hair for good measure.

Watching the growing scene of Vy addressing the taller Nobunaga as she came close, while hugging the smaller Nobu to her chest with a giggle that sounded suspiciously like another "Nobu!", with another smile, Ryouma stood back and sighed, patting Oryou's head. "Well. I think they'll be fine, Oryou-san. But just in case — you'll protect Master just as much as you do for me, won't you?"

The woman floated towards him with a satisfied smirk of her own. "Of course."

The relief was enough to drown out the thought of whatever else the Demon King was saying to Vy in her desire to "bother" the young Master.

"…Master-chan?"

"Mm?"

Saito took one hand out of his Shinsengumi haori sleeves, pointing at the mini-Nobu nestled in Vy's arms with a curious smile. "Where'd you find your new friend?"

"Nobu!" The mini-Nobu said for its piece, raising one stubby hand in the air from its seat in Vy's lap as Vy hugged it close to her chest. "Nobu nobu nobu!"

"Nobuuu," Vy murmured softly to the mini-Nobu, bending her head in its direction, nuzzling its hair and squeezing it warmly, just before giving Saito a smile. "In one of the hallways leading to the boiler rooms. I asked and it decided to follow me."

"Asked? As in—?" Saito cut himself off once the original Saber Okita elbowed him from her seat cushion, barely dodging out of the way while giving Vy a wry smile. "I'm amazed it decided to follow you."

"Better her than me," Hijikata muttered, tipping his head back to down a small saucer of sake. "There are far too many of them."

"It can't be helped that Sister is so majestic to the point of having so many mini-copies of herself!" Nobukatsu put in as input, ducking his head to avoid a chafing chop towards him from the sister in question while grinning. "They are quite cheerful and easy to use as subordinates!"

"Ah, shut it, Nobukatsu, all this 'Nobu' debate is making my serving of sake go bad," Izo drawled over his saucer, frowning until Saber Okita lightly elbowed him just like she did for Saito. "Oi. Don't spill the booze."

"Nobu!" The mini-Nobu said in lieu of a reply, leaning back into Vy's chest with a softer Nobuu of content. "Nob nob nobuuuuu."

"Nobuuuuuu," Vy said to the mini-Nobu happily in agreement, nodding her head and barely noticing the other Servants' mixed stares in her direction. "Nob nobu nobu!" The extra peck to the mini-Nobu's hair seemed excessive too, if Kagetora and Izo's feigned gagging was any sign.

"…Rengoku," Okita Alter said suddenly from her corner with Chacha and Mori, having put down her cup of tea with a spark in her normally blank eyes, "do you have a camera function in your hilt?"

"…Wielder," the sentient sword echoed, sounding incredulous in spite of his regained weapon form, shaking against the Alter's hip enough to audibly rattle. "I may have said I would follow you to the end of time, but that doesn't mean I have everything. And how can a sword get a camera, anyway?"

"But my shooting star looks so cute hugging that mini-Nobu…" Alter lamented, lowering her head. "Maijin-san just wants to preserve her like this, Rengoku…"

"Wielder, that's a tall order even for me, and I'm the giant sword."

"Hyahahaha, maybe we should take up the Da Vincis for that camera, Alty!" Mori laughed suddenly, throwing his head back to contrast Okita Alter's own downtrodden figure. "I'm sure they could come up with something! Otherwise, Lady Chacha's already snapping away!"

Almost all attention (outside of Vy who was still fawning over the mini-Nobu) immediately went to the tiny Berserker as soon as Mori said her name, highlighting the many sudden camera flashes filling her corner of the golden boiler room thanks to the device in Chacha's hands. "More fuel for the Grailed, more fuel for the Grailed and maybe Da Vinci Caster…" Chacha muttered in determination, the look on her face uncharacteristically serious as she wiped sweat from her brow. "Auntie will definitely love this haul later…!"

"…Please tell me she isn't planning to sell Vy's pictures to the Grailed after this," Himiko said wryly while crossing her arms behind her head. "Because that's one thing I don't want to use my predictions for. Mirai-chan is cute, sure, but would there even be a market for her pictures when we were supposed to get together just to watch Teen Titans?"

Hijikata took that time to huff into his sake cup, shaking his head at the former Yamaitaikoku Queen. "Let it be said, Lady Himiko, that in all fairness? I would be surprised if there wasn't a market. Master is the only human in the room with us, after all, and…" The elder Shinsengumi commander trailed off, glancing at the Saber Okita and Saito before smiling dryly. "There's a reason we aren't killing each other."

The two captains who Hijikata met eyes with both consequently placed their fists in front of their mouths in almost unison, eyes sparkling with mirth past the hidden snickers. "'C-Cuteness is justice,' the Commander said," floated out past Okita's fingers a few seconds later. "Apparently!"

"I shall bet my best Kabuki mask on it," Okuni put in with a flick of her hand, exposing a fully opened fan past her kimono sleeve. "Or even Zanzaburou's best sword!"

"Zaaaaan…" the Kabuki mech said softly, red eyes dimming.

"A-A-Anyway! Enough about 'cuteness', and whether I-I'm cute or not!" Vy raised a hand into the air to chop through the conversation, matching her mini-Nobu's happy Nobu cry while intentionally ignoring the growing heat of her own cheeks. "We left off on 'Employee of the Month!' So! Who has the remote?"

"I got it, Master-chan," Saito cut in after one more snicker, turning a warm smile towards the duo sitting in the center of the room. And besides — he could ignore the incoming Avenger from the entrance of the boiler room better that way. "Oh, and just saying because I can? You probably should get comfy soon, Master-chan. I think you're going to get a seat change in a few minutes…"

"Saito-san, what do you mean by 'seat change'—" Vy doesn't even get a chance to finish her sentence.

Once a domino-mask wearing Robin screamed, "Titans Now!", over the TV speakers, prompting a cyborg to yell, "Moo-yah!" from a mechanical cow, Vy was promptly floated up into the air, mini-Nobu in her arms and all. No one even batted an eye to the duo's matching Nobu squeals as Vy was levitated over to a smaller, unoccupied corner, and then promptly deposited into a pink-haired Avenger's robe. The galaxies inside enveloped the young Master in a hug from behind, a chin bumping her head as Astarte revealed herself with a huff.

"A-Ash?"

"How dare you press the 'play' button before I arrived, Master." The Grailed Avenger shook her head, pressing her cheek into Vy's hair as Vy blushed. "I wasn't going to miss this for the world, so don't move else you want to be smothered by love, my little comet. I'm honestly curious as to what this space tofu is going to do."

"A-Ash, that's spoilers! SPOILERS! Hold it on talking about the tofu!"

"As long as you allow me to hold onto Master later, Astarte!" Demon King Nobunaga interjected with a loud cackle. "Then I can ask the red Archer who's not my little brother to cook us all tofu!"

"Hey! Why can't I cook you tofu, Sister?! I'm sure I can fry a decent meal!"

"Perhaps Oryou-san should go cook some soybeans instead… What do you think, Ryouma?"

"...As long as you don't slip in any frogs, Oryou-san?"

All the other Servants held back laughter once the Japanese version of the Teen Titans theme song started playing on full blast in the boiler room.

Note: Let it be said this is a shorter chapter from less ideas and my unconscious still working through an apparent emotional rut. But GudaGuda 5 and 6 were both really nice, and it felt nicer just visiting all the Servants in a story like this. Especially when re-listening to old 2003 Teen Titans tunes. Grew up with them and I still refuse to watch Teen Titans Go outside of trying to support the original voice actors.

Otherwise? See you all next time.