SZ: Welp…after that hefty battle, we got ourselves another rest chapter. But not just any…

GT: Yep. Gotta deal with some of the consequences of last chapter…well…one big one.

SZ: Oh yeah…one very big one…

Sonia: *offscreen*Mmm….

GT: Relax. You have a clothes maker at the hotel that doubles as Miyuki's manager and something else coming. Let us do the Disclaimer and then you can complain.

Sonia: Mmm…

SZ: Ahem…we don't own anything in this story aside form original content. So…begin!

"Ite!" Sonia yelped, her tail and ears sticking up.

"I told you not to move while I am adjusting," White noted, needles in his mouth as he worked on the outfit Sonia was in.

"G…gomen…" Sonia whispered, a bit of a blush on her face, "J-just…a lot going through my mind right now…"

"It's understandable. Just be glad you had someone on hand that can do rush jobs," White chuckled, sewing something into place, "Alright. This should do for now until I have more time to make some more."

"Oh thank you…" Sonia sighed in relief.

She looked at the fully body mirror set up in her and Geo's room. She sported a pair of lime green shorts that reached down halfway to her knees and somewhat hugged her curvaceous behind, a fitting white shirt with a yellow sun fused with a blue moon stretched against her ample bosom with a pink jacket over the shirt with sleeves reaching just past her elbows. Her arms were covered in fingerless magenta gloves reaching up into her sleeves to end just an inch below her shoulders while magenta stockings covered her slender, long legs with white running shoes covering her feet. She posed a little and tried to hold in a blush on the faint notices of a hint of a frilly baby blue bra and matching lace panties that would show at times.

"Thank you for keeping your tail and ears out for the fitting," White thanked, "Knowing where they helped with making the clothing just right for you if you want them out while also keeping them modest for when you hide them."

"O…Of course," Sonia whispered, feeling a bit awkward from having to look down at him and not up, 'Miyuki's right…this is vastly different from the last time I changed…'

"I think this look suits you," Lyra complimented, "Reminds me of your old outfit from when we first met." The FM-Ian giggled, "You refused to wear anything but that outfit if it wasn't a contractual obligation."

"It was comfy," Sonia pouted.

"I think the only other outfit you really liked wearing was that one show outfit. The blue one that caught Geo's attention. In fact, I think you still keep that in your closet and…"

"Wizard Off!" Sonia spoke quickly and muted her guitar with a blush.

"..."

"...Could you…"

"Bring it by my place when we get back to Echo Ridge."

"Arigatou, White-san."

"My pleasure," White smiled, "Oh. And I do believe you and Geo have a report to give to Ms. Goodall."

"Ah! That's right! She should be calling soon!" Sonia yelped as she ran out, passing by Miyuki in the process, "Bye, sensei! Good luck today!"

"Take care, kyu," Miyuki waved as Sonia pulled her room card out while making her way to her and Geo's room and unlocked it.

"Am I late?" Sonia asked as Geo looked up from his Transer and blushed.

"Ah, um…well…yes and no."

"Ah mou~!" Sonia groaned as she flopped down on her bed, making her ample chest bounce and make Geo blush harder and discreetly smack himself in the leg, "…Wait, what?"

"Dr. Goodall called and I gave the report with Miyuki. But she is sending Ace here to deliver something from one of Dr. Sakurai's bunkers to help with the…um…hiding your changes…" Geo mumbled, the two blushing while glancing away from one another.

"Really?" Sonia blinked.

"Y-yeah…" Geo replied before freezing up as he looked more like a tomato upon feeling the back of his head sinking into two large pillows while pressure was put around his midsection by two surprisingly strong arms, "ACK!"

"...oh. Oh!" Sonia gasped in realization as she quickly-yet gently- put him down as a heavy blush grew on her cheeks, "G…gomen…"

"It…It's fine…" Geo coughed, 'My ribs feel like they're cracked…'

"Guess she's stronger now, too. And that's from three monkeys, so how strong are her hugs gonna be from absorbing the tiger or dragon?" Omega-Xis asked before doing Wave Change with Geo, "...Yep. Ya cracked all the ribs, popped his liver, broke three ribs, and two of them punctured the right lung and stomach. Haven't had that happen since that ghost data of Club Strong clubbed us in a surprise attack last year."

"Ahh!" Sonia panicked at that, her ears and tail shooting straight up.

"Relax. Geo stockpiles Recovery Cards. Two Recov300s and he'll huggable again."

"E-even still…!"

"Um…why don't we go wait for Ace?" Lyra offered.

"Go in a different frequency to keep hidden," Omega-Xis advised as Megaman glowed softly from the healing BattleCards going to work.

"O-Oh! Good…good idea," Sonia agreed.

With that, she and Lyra turned into Lyra Note. She blinked a few times as she looked at herself in the nearby mirror. She sported the little wing tuffs she had from before and her helmet, but everything else had drastically altered. The wing tuffa had become full-on fur poking out of holes in the black long-sleeved skin-tight 'shirt' she wore that fed into white detached sleeves with massive openings on the ends to look like long tassels. A white robe-like vest covered her chest area of her outfit, split down the middle to expose the heart-shaped cutout right over her breasts to expose a tantalizing amount of cleavage. Her visor had become crimson in tint and the heart on her helmet had become an outlined crimson heart. A white sash was wrapped around her waist with a red gem in the center of it with a dark grey/black skirt covered her lower body up to her lower thighs, exposing a hint of skin that hid under crimson stockings that went into tiny versions of her original boots, now white and crimson with more of the 'wing tuffs' on the sides of where leg turned to foot. Her blond hair had grown out further, reaching to just a few inches above the ground. Lyra was nestled on her back, her guitar form a solid white with her radiation now crimson in color. To complete it all was a pair of white coattails with a crimson interior and red gems on the ends.

Lyra Note blinked a few times as she saw something in her cleavage. She reached in and pulled out her brush from her cleavage. Megaman gulped, blushing once more.

"E-Even our Wave Change altered," Lyra Note gulped, tugging a little on the skirt.

"No kidding…" Lyra added, "It's kinda cute."

"Huh? …Huh, it kinda does…b-but still! This is just…" Lyra Note panicked before Megaman took her hand.

"It…It'll be alright. It…looks good and very you," Megaman noted, "Think of it…like when you first Wave Changed while in control."

"We changed how we looked when the VG Hunter got installed," Omega-Xis pointed out, "Took a bit of time to figure out how to customize the look. So now we got most of the badass upgraded look, but I can now bite idiots again."

"...t-true…" Lyra Note whispered as she began to calm down, "I think even sensei and Frost-chan did that…"

"Huh? When was that?" Omega-Xis asked, "...Where's the gnat?"

"During our spar match back when we met and…good…question," Lyra noted, "...where is he?"

"I d-ahh!" Lyra Note yelped in surprise.

"Sonia?" Megaman asked, moving towards her.

"S-something just moved in m-ahh!" Lyra Note yelped as her breasts suddenly bounced.

"...I knew he was a perverted gnat," Omega-Xis growled, "That's it! I'm going in!"

"Wait, wh…" Megaman began before Omega-Xis lunged…and resulted in the arm he was on to go into her cleavage, "?!"

"?!" Lyra Note heavily blushed at that, feeling his hand/Omega-Xis's head rummaging through the valley of her ample bosom.

"That baka…" Lyra seethed.

"Mmmm~!" Lyra Note moaned, feeling a bit weak in the knees from how rough Omega-Xis was making the arm move in his chase, swapping his head for the hand.

"Eek!"

"Found ya! Get over here!" Omega-Xis snapped as Megaman pulled out his arm out of Lyra Note's bust finally, gripping onto Issun between his thumb and index fingers, "You perverted little gnat!"

"I'm sorry! I couldn't resihihihihist~~!" Issun whined.

"Grounded!" Omega-Xis barked.

"Awoo…" Lyra Note moaned, her eyes swirling and steam coming from her ears, before collapsing right on Megaman, his face replacing the arm.

"MMM!"

"...uh…" Issun began.

"GROUNDED!"

"Ah come on…"

"...the heck happened?" Acid Ace asked, standing before MEgaman and Lyra Note as they looked away from each other with heavy blushes, "Aside from one of you being as tall as me now."

"Don't ask," Lyra sighed.

"..ok…" Acide Ace muttered, "Anyways…I have that package for you guys…and something from the doc about that VR thing you kids like to play."

"Hmm?" Megaman and Lyra Note blinked at that.

=Ace, are you not forgetting something?= Acid asked.

"Hm?"

=Dr. Goodall requested Sonia to report to the base in downtown for physical tests to understand what has altered aside from height and BWH measurements=

"No need. She broke Geo's body with a hug when she wasn't in Wave Change," Omega-Xis noted.

"Mega!" Megaman barked as Lyra Note slumped.

"What?"

=I see…= Acid noted =...Still, it is best you come with us to examine this=

"C-Can I have whatever you found to hide…" she gestured to her height difference with Megaman, "...this first?"

"Sure," Acid Ace agreed as he handed her a jewelry box, "This was found in a bunker with cloaking tech in it. Ironically, the bunker with cloaking tech was in plain sight this whole time disguised as an abandoned donut shop. This one is extra interesting…because it was the only one made with Solid EM Wave tech."

"Eh?" Lyra Note pondered as she opened it, revealing a semi-elegant necklace with a blue and pink gem, "Oh!" She put it on and her body glowed…before Megaman and Acid Ace jumped when she shrunk to Megaman's height with he BWH sizes shrunk by half, "Huh…I don't feel different."

"Uh…Sonia?" Megaman spoke.

"Yes?" Lyra Note asked before Megaman pointed down, making her look to see her current body, "?!"

Acid Ace waved a hand over her head, "Just like the ten foot mannequin it was put on. Funny enough, it looked like a brown-eyed Sonia when it was wearing this."

"I like this a lot," Lyra Note smiled as her tail wagged happily.

"Glad ya do, little lady," Acid Ace smirked, "Alright! Let's get these tests done so you kids can see about this VR stuff."

"Yay!" Lyra Note cheered before hugging him, "Arigatou!"

*CRACK!*

"Gh?!" Acid Ace froze up.

"...Spine?" Megaman asked.

"Spine…" Acid Ace weakly uttered.

=Predating two Recov300s= Acid stated, a hint of exasperation in his neutral tone.

"Gomen nassai…" Lyra Note apologized, comical tears falling down her cheeks.

"Hmm…very interesting…" Goodall noted as she looked over Sonia, the teen running on a treadmill with several suction cups with receivers on the ends on her body donned in just a sports bra and running shorts and shoes.

"What's up?" Ace asked, nibbling on a Mega Snack.

"Her stamina has increased vastly," Goodall noted, "When we did this when she first grew, we were able to hypothesize that she would be capable of running for three hours straight at full speed. When she gained her ears and tail…and then learned how to keep her balance…we redid the test and it increased to six hours."

"And now?"

"Hypothetically, she has enough stamina that if she were to run at full sprint the entire time, she would be capable of running for a full twelve hours straight," Goodall confirmed.

"...Well….dang," Ace blinked at that.

"And her breaking bones from hugs?" Omega-Xis asked.

"Well that is an interesting thing to note," Goodall noted, "Her cells are far more active than the average human. We drew some blood for testing and the hole made from the needle healed while we pulled the needle out. Our best hypothesis is that this new change caused her body to be thrown 'out of whack' so to speak. She'll need to do some minor retraining of holding things to get that under control. But given how her body is working right now, I'd say she'd only need an hour or two to adapt instead of the usual several months."

"...So you're saying she's the ace in the hole for a triathlon?" Ace asked, earning deadpanned looks from Geo and Goodall, "...Sorry. That was bad, even for me."

"Why is everyone here so surprised?" Omega-Xis huffed, "We all knew that these Fudegami things were causing Sonia and Lyra to transform each time they give them those brush techniques. You make it sound like this wasn't something expected." he crossed his arms over his chest, narrowing his eyes as he watched Sonia keep on running, not even looking like she was breaking a sweat, "...Think you can run these tests on me and Geo, Granny?"

"Hm?" Goodall pondered.

"The kids of those guys have been giving us those powers, too, yet neither of us have been as affected by what's been happening with Sonia and Lyra," Omega-Xis explained, "How's that changed us?"

"Hmm…That is honestly a good question," Goodall noted, "Alright. Geokins, can you go put on some exercise clothing to do the same tests we're performing on Sonia real quick?"

"Oh uh…sure," Geo shrugged, "It can't be that bad…"

"Ahh….ahh….ahh…" Geo panted as he sat down, covered in sweat as he wore a white sleeveless shirt and a pair of red shorts.

"Well now…This is quite interesting," Goodall noted, looking at her test results, "While not as strong as what Sonia's experiencing, you do have some improvements in your physiology. Not as far as Sonia's, but it's still noticeable." she then looked to Omega-Xis, "I still can't figure out why your head refuses to reconnect to the rest of your body, however. But your own radiation signature has shifted a bit. My best theory is that because you receive these from the children of the Fudegami, they are not as powerful and why neither of you has undergone as vast a change as Sonia."

"Hm? Did you need something, doctor?" Sonia pondered as she walked in, "Ah!" she ran over to Geo and knelt down to be at even height with the sitting brunette, "Daijobu, Geo-kun?"

"Dog shows…all the dog shows…" Geo panted, "No mercy for…Mega on this…"

"I was curious," Omega-Xis replied, "Still…we know now that what's going on with you is happening with me and Geo on a tinier scale because we get them from the kids."

"Eh?" Sonia pondered in surprise.

"Indeed. Do make sure to come back when another happens, you two. This data is quite the discovery," Goodall noted, "Go take showers and you're good to go while I go over all this new data on you kids."

"Arigatou, Goodall-Hakase," Sonia thanked with a smile, her tail wagging.

"Oh, and let the poor boy breathe, dear," Goodall giggled as she walked off.

"Eh?" she looked down to see her sudden turn to Goodall had caused Geo's face to be engulfed in her ample bust, cutting off his oxygen since he was too exhausted to struggle, "Ah!" she moved him back, letting him breathe in oxygen once more, "Gomen nassai!"

"...This is gonna be a thing now with those things on her chest, isn't it?" Omega-Xis asked as he looked over at Lyra, "Seriously, what's the point of those things, anyway?"

"Do not ask that!" Lyra exclaimed, her body glowing from the blush she developed.

"Whoa now! What's with you?" Omega-Xis gawked, holding his hands up in surprise.

"Sonia never got The Talk, so Miyuki had to give it to not only her, but Frost and I, last night," Lyra whispered.

"Oh, that? Kelvin gave that to Geo a week after we got back," Omega-Xis huffed, "Wasn't all that bad."

"..." Lyra narrowed her eyes at him.

"...What?" Omega-Xis asked, "It's just how humans reproduce. I just don't get the lumps of flesh on girls."

"..." Lyra put a hand on his shoulder…before slapping his head hard enough to send it out the open window near them.

"YOU SUCK!" Omega-Xis barked.

Solo narrowed his eyes at the leaf on the rock before him, the wooden sword (bokken as Susano'o called it) in his hands trembling in them as he felt the uncut leaf mocking him, 'How did he do that? What does he mean by 'hearing' the 'breath' of things?'

He had finally been considered well enough to go further out of Kamiki Village into the fields outside of it. It was rather…surprising to him at how there seemed to be none of the technology he had come to be used to being surrounded by. The most advanced thing he'd seen so far was the water wheel for Kushinade's rice wine-making and that wasn't saying much. Even the Wave Roads weren't as plentiful as he was used to. Just where had he ended up at?

"Well now…" Solo tensed and spun around to see an elderly skinning man with large gray eyebrows and a mustache wearing a white gi, blue hakami, and a walking stick looking at him, "...I haven't seen a fellow Murian in fifty years."

"...What?"

The elderly man chuckled before, with several cracking noises, he stood up fully. He swung an arm out at an angle…before his head rapidly rotated until it was upside down, making his mustache look like angry eyebrows and his eyebrows as a bushy mustache. He spun around, performing several poses before reaching into his top and pulled out…an Ancient Star Carrier.

"?! How did you…?"

"Boyo, we scattered when Mu sank decades ago. You wearing that getup from our past is just screaming 'I have no idea how to be discreet to avoid our lost nation's enemies trying to round us all up'!" the man declared.

'Decades? It's been millennia, not decades,' Solo thought in rising anger, 'Is this old man trying to trick me?' he tensed when his barrier appeared and then felt pain in a single point of his forehead.

"And of course you're one of those who thought accepting the Indie Frag would be a wonderful idea," the man groaned with a snort before tapping his arms, "At least you're smart enough to keep up your physical training and not let it flounder just because you got some fancy shmancy barrier that poofs after just one strike leaving you open for several seconds."

"Wait! J-Just who are?!" Solo demanded, about to Wave Change when his barrier appeared and then his change halted while his body locked up, "?!"

"Whippersnapper!" the man snapped, bonking Solo upside the head with his cane, "You think I don't know the pressure point that negates our Denpa Henkan?!" the next thing Solo knew, he was being dragged off by the man as he ran with a skill that should not be in such an elderly man towards a dojo of sorts on the far side of the fields, "I swear, you've been extremely lucky the Atlampians and their Network technology haven't been seen in this area lately! But we are getting you in disguise to hide from our enemies and get you into the right kind of shape! Your whole attitude and posture bemoans the Murian race and I, Onigiri-sensei, do not take kindly to idiots who do that! And you even broke your Star Carrier for crying out loud! Now I have to repair that as well! You better be thankful for this, boyo!"

'...What in the world is going on?' Solo thought in utter confusion.

The old man entered the dojo, revealing a small entry room that was ignored in favor of going into the main dojo part. He slammed a foot down hard on the floor and the largest section glowed before vanishing into EM Waves to expose a stairway that he quickly went down, Solo still being dragged along. The old man reached the bottom before slamming a foot on Solo's feet, making him stand up.

"?!" Solo's eyes widened upon seeing a large chamber filled with a myriad of items…with a mural depicting the symbol of Mu on a wall.

The old man tapped Solo and his body relaxed at last, letting the teen look around in shock and surprise. He whistled and Solo turned to see him slide off his top to expose an intricate tattoo on his right shoulder. Solo held up his hand to show his own and both glowed softly.

"Welcome my fellow Murian," the old man spoke gently, "Heh. How rude of me. I am Oni Giri. But call me Onigiri-sensei, if you would."

"...Solo…"

Onigiri-sensei nodded as he took Solo's broken Ancient Star Carrier, "Let's take care of this first. After that, some tea as we tell our tales."

"Understood, Onigiri-sensei," Solo nodded.

'I swear most of our travel budget is going to Pappy's,' Geo thought, sitting across Sonia, wearing her new necklace, as she happily ate through a massive meal consisting of a full slab of ribs, two sandwiches, a quarter-chicken, and four side dishes…along with one Fritos Pie.

"Why did I never come here for that world tour I did?!" Sonia noted between bites, her tail wagging happily, "I swear that when I get married, I am ordering everything for catering from here!" She took a big bite from one of the sandwiches and shuddered in pleasure, "Mmm~"

'Honestly it's times like this I completely forget her career and her fame,' Geo thought before pausing, 'Marriage?' A blush formed on his cheeks on thinking of Sonia in a wedding dress before shaking it out of his thoughts, 'No no! None of that!'

"Hmm?" Sonia blinked, lowering the slab of ribs she was eating as she noticed the look on his face, "Everything alright?"

"Huh? Oh! Y-yeah…" Geo slowly nodded in response, "Just…thoughts is all."

"...mm," Sonia shrugged a bit before she went back to eating her food.

=So what was in that message Ace had from Aaron?= Omega-Xis asked, playing a game in the VG Hunter.

"The St. Louis Science Center. AMAKEN made a recent set of deals with it to update their space center and Mr. Boreal got a big deal on having a temporary exhibit on video games that he's recovered thanks to those bunkers and wanted us to test out the VR Machines for them since we've been doing that so far for him."

"Hmm?" Sonia blinked at that, stopping in eating once more as she swallowed her food, "Really?"

"Yep," Geo confirmed.

"..hmm. Haven't used the VR Machines in a while," Sonia noted, "You think there might be some new games for us to try?"

"Probably. Maybe even previous ones," Geo replied.

=New games means new BattleCards from data gathered from playing them. But old games might mean I get my RYNO back!= Omega-Xis grinned.

"That's actually a thing they're hoping to implement. Purchasing BattleCards based on weapons, techniques, and characters in the games," Geo noted, looking over the list of things the people at the Science Center and Aaron were planning.

"Oh neat," Sonia noted before waving over a Wizard waiter, "May I get another Big Ben to go, please? Oh, and two more Fritos Pies to go as well?"

"Huh?" Geo looked down and gawked, seeing all the empty containers.

"What? I'm still hungry."

=...= Omega-Xis popped out of the VG Hunter and changed his frequency while Geo lowered his Visualizers, "Methinks she has much in common with the squirrel girl of that one game now. Especially in stomach."

"Hey…What's that supposed to mean?" Sonia fumed, making the two blink and look at her to see the markings around her eyes glowing faintly.

"...Okay…Adding 'can see in the same frequencies as my Visualizers' to the list," Geo noted.

"Ahh…was wondering when you'd arrive," Aaron smiled a bit as he noticed Sonia and Geo walking up to him…Geo wearing a black t-shirt with a white pig with wings and 'Pappy's' on it, "Guess you found the bbq place here, huh?"

"I got my picture on a wall and signed a menu they laminated!" Sonia beamed.

=She has a copy of said menu as a souvenir= Lyra added.

"Yeah, they love their famous folk there," Aaron chuckled, "Surprised you didn't get asked, Geo."

"I did, but it was more Sonia than me," Geo sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.

=Sonia has a copy of his as well=

"Ah! L-Lyra-chan!"

"Heh heh heh…" Aaron couldn't help but chuckle at that, "Anyway I'm glad you kids are here. We managed to find and code in some new video games into the VR system for this exhibit."

=RYNO! RYNO! RYNO! RYNO! RYNO!= Omega-Xis chanted.

=Oh for…= Lyra began with a groan.

"Funny enough, we did find a new game for that series the weapon is from," Aaron admitted.

=BOOYAH! BRING ON THE RYNO!=

"Speaking of these games…where's Issun?" Aaron asked before flinching at the dark expression on Sonia.

"Grounded for very very valid reasons," Geo replied, blushing heavily while holding his Star Carrier, showing a crying Issun tied up and having a ball and chain on his leg, "Muted."

"...ahem! N-noted…" Aaron muttered, "Anyway…if you'll follow me to the booths in the exhibit hall, you can begin testing out the new games to help with the demonstration."

"Hai~!" Sonia beamed.

"Of course," Geo agreed as they followed him inside, none of them aware of Ran watching nearby.

'I guess even goddesses have a break now and again…' Ran thought to herself before holdign her VG Hunter, "I need you to keep an eye on them for me…let me know if you see anything happen."

=Leave it to me, nuki!= her partner beamed before a ball of forest-green light floated out of her VG Hunter and flew right in the direction Geo and Sonia left in, 'Nukiki…I wonder what those two are gonna look at…'

"Ahahahahah! YES YES!" Omega-Xis cackled as multiple explosions went off, "Blow it up! Blow it all up! I don't care about any budget! We are getting this one as a BattleCard!"

"This one looks a little more advanced to the one we took from him and gave to Miyuki-sensei," Sonia admitted, both Lombaxes again with their partners defective warbots once more.

"This looks like a mix between a multi-hit, armor piercing attack and one that summons a copy of whoever is on the card for a quick but powerful attack," Geo noted.

"Think he'd fall for another suckers bet for it?" Lyra joked before the place shook.

"YIPPE KI YAY, MOTHER FUCKERS!" Omega-Xis cackled as melted robot scrap sailed over their heads.

"...That's probably a 'no' on that," Sonia replied to Lyra's joke.

"...Ok…what game is this…" Omega-Xis began…taking the form of a small penguin in his colors, but with a small pair of batwings growing from his back, "And why am I a penguin, dood!? ...why did I say 'dood', dood?!"

"I'm not sure, dood," Lyra replied, looking much the same but in her colors.

"...ugh…I can't believe I'm asking this," Omega-Xis groaned, "...oi, gnat! Wake up, dood!"

=Snkr! Huh what? Am I ungrounded finally?= Issun snorted.

"No, and what game is this?!"

=Game? Wh…oh oh! Disgaea!= Issun replied =It's a tactical RPG where you grind for a lot of levels…and do ridiculous amounts of damage=

"...and what are we exactly, dood?" Lyra asked.

=Oh…you got Prinnies= Issun cringed =They're basically seen as the servants/cannon fodder of the series…emphasis on cannon fodder since if you're thrown…boom. You explode=

"We do what?!" Lyra exclaimed in shock.

"And us?" Geo asked, wearing a white jacket over a black shirt, black jeans, fingerless gloves, and a long red scarf while Sonia wore knight-like armor with a tiny skirt with a long cloth in the front reaching past her knees with a generous amount of the upper part of her breasts visible, the cleavage hidden the the knot of the tiny red cape over her shoulders.

=Misora's a Magic Knight. They utilize different elemental spells-mostly being Fire, Ice and Wind- and can infuse said spells into her sword attacks= Issun explained =And you Geo got Almaz from Disgaea 3. He was basically a hero wannabe before he got promoted to a full time hero, and he's pretty good when it comes to swords=

"Huh….interesting," Geo noted before a sword appeared in his and Sonia's hands.

=Yup. There are different weapon types you can equip in this game…Swords, fists, spears, guns, axes, bows, staves for spell casting, and special equipment made just for monsters=

"That's good and all but when do we fight, dood?!" Omega-Xis snapped before something large landed before the small group, making them slowly turn…and look up at teh massive bear-like monster towering over before it roared…with its stomach opening up to reveal a second, even larger mouth with fangs, "...what is that?"

=That would be a Bear…or specifically the Orangadang, the final form of the Bear class. Heads up…they got of LOT of health and can hit like a truck…and the more damage they take…the stronger they become…=

"..."

"..."

=...yeah I think you need to run and think up a strategy to beat it=

"Oh I am in heaven, dood…" Omega-Xis awed.

"RUN!" Lyra snapped, grabbing him as the group began to run from the large Orangadang.

"Bad day, bad day, bad day, bad day!" Sonia and Geo yelped.

"RAAAWR!"

"Ok…there's gotta be something we can use!" Geo yelped as he and Sonia lept behind some cover, letting the Oragadang rumble past them.

"...what's that?" Sonia asked, making Geo look before she pointed to what looked like a blue glowing seal.

=Oh! That's a Summon Gate!= Issun beamed =You can use that to summon other units in your party, like monsters you have on your side you can use to MagiChange!=

"Magi-what?" Lyra blinked.

=It's a special system where you can turn a monster in your team into a weapon= Issun explained =Then there's Dual MagiChange, which lets you use TWO monsters to make one big and powerful weapon=

"...do we become swords?" Omega-Xis asked, motioning to himself and Lyra.

=Yup=

"Bring on the change! Imma be a sword that explodes, dood!"

"Ok ok…" Geo muttered, jumping up as Omega-Xis began to circle around him, an aura beginning to surround the two as Geo reached out and grabbed him, resulting in Omega-Xis turning into…a Prinny-themed swore with the guard resembling his head.

"...well that was dramatic," Lyra muttered.

=It's Disgaea. They are known for dramatics and their over the top attacks= Issun stated.

"OVER THE TOP?!" Omega-Xis beamed from the sword.

"We've made his day," Sonia rolled her eyes.

"Let's just see what we can summon for a weapon," Lyra sighed.

"Good idea," Sonia nodded as she reached out for the Summon Gate, causing it to light up as three lights flew out of it…and flew right towards Geo, "?"

"Huh? Wh-" Geo began before the lights expanded, changing into a trio of humanoid…very busty and curvy females, each one being a succubus with long-hot pink hair and a hot-pink sling bikini with her breasts covered by a pair of 'bats', a kitsune woman in an opened red kimono with her breasts covered by a pair of black straps, and what looked like a cat girl with her hot-pink hair held in a ponytail by a white ribbon with bits of fur acting as a top and 'panties'…yet the former provided a very generous view of her cleavage, "?!"

"Ahh….master has called us today~"

"Is it my turn to fight, nya?"

"Ara ara…perhaps he needs us to MagiChange into a weapon for him…"

=...I forgot how…voluptuous most of the girls in this series are…= Issun muttered.

"..." Sonia just stood there, however…her eye twitching violently as she dropped her sword, 'Why those no good, two bit, smaller chested…' "Grrrrrrrrrr!" Her tail and ears popped out while she whipped out her brush, "Mine!"

"Hmm?" the trio blinked at that.

"Grr…hungry! Where..?!" the Orangadang began before the fox woman was suddenly tossed into the back of his head, "?!"

"ITE~!"

"EEK/NYA!"

"WHO DID TH-?!" the bear-like monster began as it turned…before it was suddenly bisected by a huge ax that resembled the succubus and the cat girl…with the ax blade resembling both with their wing and tail acting as ax blades.

Sonia landed by the kitsune before dropping the ax on her, making it split back into the two. She then snarled at them, her markings all glowing strongly as she glared at them.

"Mine. Got it? Not yours; mine," she growled before swiping her brush, causing the large pillar of stone behind them to be sliced diagonally and collapse on the remains of the bisected beast, "MY MATE! GOT IT?!"

"HAI, MISTRESS~!" the trio cried out in panic as they hugged each other.

"I got robbed!" Omega-Xis complained, he, Geo, and Lyra all a bit away with the former two unable to hear what she said.

"I have never seen her this mad unless you mock her music, especially the songs she made for her mom," Geo noted before looking to Lyra, "Any idea why she's livid?"

"I think…it was because those three had their hands all over you…" Lyra muttered.

"Huh?"

"She probably thought they were an enemy," Lyra quickly corrected.

"Oh…."

"I still got robbed!" Omega-Xis ranted.

"NEXT GAME!" Sonia snapped.

"What?! But I…!" Omega-Xis began before flinching as Sonia was now holding him and glaring hard at where she thought his head was.

"NEXT! GAME!"

"Maybe…something more relaxing…" Geo muttered.

"Agreed," Lyra seconded.

"...are we at a beach?" Geo pondered, both him and Sonia wearing some swimming attire.

"Where…are we?" Sonia pondered, her swimwear being a form-hugging one piece white swimsuit with red swirl patterns making a wolf face across her chest with a hibiscus in her hair pulled into a ponytail.

=Recall that Danganronpa game I mentioned?= Issun asked.

"A little, yeah," Geo replied, trying to not look at Sonia, "Is this it?"

=Yes and no…this is technically one of the side games for it= Issun explained =It's nothing too serious…you just go around the board after using a specified number card on ya to advance, picking up either another card to use, or interact with one of your fellow classmates=

"So just a board game?" Geo asked.

=Yep!=

"Okay, let's play then!" Sonia beamed as she wrapped an arm over Geo's shoulder and pumped a fist, "We're gonna rock!"

"...y-yes," Geo whispered in agreement…trying his best to not look down at her chest as it pressed against him, "...wait. Where're Omega-Xis and Lyra?"

=I don't know. Maybe they're your dice or maybe they're variations of Monokuma=

"Monowhat?"

"Oh what the goddamn hell is this?! We look like Ursa's kid if he fell halfway into dye!"

"It's not that bad…"

The two looked to see a pair of a bear and a rabbit approach, half their bodies white and the other half colored like either Omega-Xis (the bear) or Lyra (the rabbit). Issun began to crack up laughing.

"Oh shut up, you perverted gnat!' the beat snapped in Omega-Xis's voice.

=You're a Monokuma and Lyra-sama is a Monomi!=

"...I don't know why…but looking at Lyra-chan makes me want something…" Sonia admitted, her tail and ears popping out.

"...It better not be hasenpfeffer," Lyra warned.

"?" Sonia tilted her head, "No…I feel like I want something sweet and chewy…" she then paused, "You don't have a hammer, do you?"

"Huh? A hammer? No, I don't think I do. Why?"

"Something about a rabbit with a hammer worries me…" Sonia frowned in worry, her ears drooping and tail curling up.

=You may be thinking of Tsukigami, the rabbit Fudegami that makes delicious mochi that only the divine may partake in= Issun noted.

"Mochi?" Sonia repeated, her ears rising up as her tail slowly wagged, "I think that may be what I'm thinking of…"

=I remember the bunker in Electopia that had the supplies aside from ingredients to make mochi!=

"Yatta! Still not forgiven, though!" Sonia cheered.

=Yeah that's fair….=

"Let's just give this game a go," Geo offered, reaching into his pocket as he pulled out a set of cards, "Hmm…let's try a three."

"Yosh! Ikuze!" Sonia cheered, grabbing Geo's hand and running off.

=Other way= Issun corrected.

"Hai~!" Sonia giggled as she ran in the other direction, still pulling a blushing Geo along

"...may as well see where this leads," Lyra sighed as she and Omega-Xis followed.

"This better not be boring…"

"Hmm? You sayin' you're lookin' for somethin' new?" a rather tall, tanned's skin girl with neck-length wild brown hair blinked.

"Hai," a girl with tanned skin and her hair pulled into a ponytail shaped like a magatama nodded.

"...alright…" the first one began with a grin as she punched her open palm, "Try battling me then!"

"Why am I not surprised you'd say that, Akane…"

"Sure you don't look that strong, but I bet we'd be evenly matched if we fought in the water, Hina," she countered.

"Did she just suggest fighting in the water?" Geo whispered to Sonia as the two watched from nearby, blushing harder, 'Are all the girls in these games we're playing going to be like this?!'

"There's no such thing as underwater martial arts…" Hina sweatdropped, "Although there are various sports played in water…"

"Sounds kinda fun," Sonia noted, putting a finger to her cheek in thought, "...We didn't really get to play much when we went to the beach when I first grew my tail, did we?"

"...I don't think we did," Geo muttered as they overhead Akane just brushing off the water sports idea.

"I think that Akane girl just wants to fight," Lyra sweatdropped.

"And that's a problem why?" Omega-Xis asked.

"..."

"...what?"

"...wait…two of them…two of us…" Sonia whispered as an idea was forming in her mind, "..oh! Maybe a game of Chicken?"

"Chicken?" Geo repeated.

"Yeah! I had to learn it for a beach episode on the show last year!" Sonia beamed, "It was really fun!"

"...I suppose that doesn't sound too bad," Geo admitted, "What do you do in it?"

"Basically one person rides your shoulder and the objective is to knock the other person off their teammate's shoulders," Sonia explained, "It was so much fun being on top and on the bottom!"

=Gurk!=

"Issun?" Geo pondered.

=N….nothing…j-just enjoy yourselves…=

"...you better not be thinking anything perverted, gnat…" Omega-Xis muttered as Geo and Sonia approached the two girls.

"Ano, excuse me!"

"Hmm?" Akane and Hina blinked, the latter beginning to pump her fist as they turned to see the two.

"We couldn't help but overhear your conversation and we think we have a suggestion," Geo offered.

"A game of Chicken!" Sonia beamed.

"Chicken? Like…the food?" Akane raised a brow, "...well now I'm a bit hungry for chicken…"

"Oh! That's actually a good idea!" Hina beamed a bit, earning a raised brow from Akane, "It's a water activity where you team up with someone and help them push the opposing team into the water!"

"...so kinda like a fight?"

"Yep!" Sonia beamed, "And we're not gonna lose!"

"Oh?" Akane asked as Geo swore he was seeing a tiger over her and Ammy over Sonia as they smiled at one another.

"...mistakes have been made," Geo whispered.

"Agreed," Hina gulped.

"...boring. This game is boring!" Omega-Xis complained, laying on the sand at the beach as Lyra looked on to see Geo and Sonia having a bit of fun with the two girls they ended up meeting.

"I don't know. I mean, after all we've been dealing with lately, something like this is kinda nice," Lyra noted.

"Whatever," the current bear grumbled before pausing and turning his head to a nearby palm tree, "Hm?"

"What's up?" Lyra asked.

"I'm feeling EM Waves nearby," Omega-Xis replied.

"Eh?" Lyra blinked as Omega-Xis got up and began to approach the palm tree, "Why's that strange?"

"Because this feeling is for an AM-Ian," Omega-Xis replied, his sinister-looking eye glowing.

"?!" Lyra tensed at that, "...be on your guard…who knows who it could be…"

Omega-Xis nodded in response before looking back at the tree, reeling his leg back to kick it...before a large iron ball resembling a racoon landed on top of his head, "?!"

"Chance, nuki…!" a voice whispered before a blur ran out of the palm tree.

=What's going on?= Issun asked.

"Something Omega-Xis and I can handle. Don't tell Geo or Sonia," Lyra ordered before running after the blur.

"G….grr…" Omega-Xis grunted as he forced the iron ball off him…his head currently buried in his own body before he reached in and pulled it out, "Gah! Oh whoever it is is dead…!" he growled as he joined Lyra in chasing after the blur…to the best they could, "Come on, you stubby legs, move…!"

=You guys know Baka-Ryu's allowed to use the vehicles on this island, right?= Issun asked =I mean, he's Monokuma AKA the Headmaster AKA the one who has all the keys on the island=

"...what?" Omega-Xis blinked, "..."

"...oh dear…" Lyra whispered, hearing an unsettling chuckle coming from Omega-Xis.

"Oi gnat…is there a vehicle nearby I can use?!"

=...you're not planning on going on a rampage are you?=

"...no…"

=...I'm starting to fear he's being influenced by this form…=

"...why?" Lyra cautiously asked.

=Because there's a chance he might end up pulling everyone into a Killing Game just to get that intruder=

"NUKI?!" the blur panicked from a nearby palm tree.

"THERE YOU ARE!" Omega-Xis snarled, his red eye glowing until Lyra smacked him on the back of his head…popping it off and making it hit the ground, "...Even in games my head won't stay on…upu…"

=...next game. NEXT GAME!= Issun panicked.

"May have to put a warning for 'No Wizards' in this game," Lyra advised.

=NEXT GAME!=

"...Why am I a hat now?" Omega-Xis muttered…currently taking the form of a top hat in his colors as he rested on top of Geo's head, "...Why am I a hat?!"

"What is this game…?" Lyra pondered, taking the form of a cap in her colors as she rested on top of Sonia's, the red-head's ears and tail out.

=It's your next game…A Hat in Time= Issun explained =Your goal is to collect hourglasses called 'Time Pieces' while using different types of hats to help progress through the game=

"I feel like I'm dressed as a phantom thief in those dramas mom likes to watch when she can't watch the shopping channel," Geo noted, tugging on the cape on his formal outfit.

"It feels kinda nice here," Sonia noted as she looked around, wearing a similar outfit to Geo's in pink and lime green.

=...yea…..nice…= Issun muttered as Geo and Sonia began to look around the large port town they were in =Just…be careful on who you trust in Mafia Town=

"Mafia T-woah!" Geo yelped when he and Sonia ended up tripping on a large muscular man's leg.

"Hey! What was that for?!" Sonia snapped as she shot up.

"Mafia has no idea what little girl is talking about," the man scoffed, "Little girl and boy just happened to walk over Mafia's leg…"

"...Your name is Mafia?" Sonia asked.

"Everything in Mafia Town is named Mafia."

"...Mafia…Town?" Geo pondered.

"Yes…now little girl and boy apologize for tripping over Mafia's leg."

"Wh-?! You tripped us!" Sonia snapped.

"Mafia did not. Mafia was minding own business. You want Mafia to apologize…" the man began as he learned forward, "...50 bits…a piece."

"..."

*BAM!*

"Oops…you tripped," Sonia taunted as the man ended up falling into a nearby river…that was going straight into the ocean.

"S-Sonia?!" Geo gawked.

"What? He tripped on me just like we tripped on him," Sonia insisted.

=At least she didn't use her brush= Issun pointed out.

"Thankfully…" Lyra muttered as the two resumed walking.

"Hey you~! Down there!"

"Hmm?" Geo and Sonia blinked, looking around before they noticed someone looking down at them from a nearby bell tower.

"You should be really careful, ya know. I mean, Mafia Town can be a really dangerous place," the figure stated as they stepped into the light a bit, revealing themselves to be a little girl in a red hood…and a blond mustache, "But I saw what you did to that Mafia…what do you say? Wanna join my little rebellion?"

"...Rebellion?" Geo repeated.

"Oh by the way, did you have anything to do with the junk falling from the sky?" the mustache girl asked, "If so…yikes. Looks like you've got a lot of cleaning up to do, huh? ...Tell you what, come up here and I can show you where some of your junk landed!"

"...Junk?" Geo whispered.

=Those hourglasses= Issun replied.

"Sure! We'd appreciate the help in finding it!" Sonia replied up to her, "We'll be right up!"

"Anyone gonna ask why a little kid has a mustache?" Omega-Xis asked.

"We'll just leave it as 'it's part of the game,'" Geo sighed, looking around before he pressed a switch on the floor, causing a crane to lower down a wooden platform for them to jump onto.

"...I say keep an eye on that kid though," Omega-Xis muttered as the two jumped onto the platform just as it was raising up, "There's something about her I don't like…"

"She's a kid…" Lyra deadpanned.

"What little kid has a mustache?!"

"Again, it's just part of the game," Geo whispered to him as he and Sonia hopped inside of the bell tower, letting them see the mustache girl as she pointed out towards a path.

"See that? That will lead you to Market Plaza," she explained, "I think I saw one of your Junk pieces fall and smash the market's fountain. Messed it up real good, too."

"D'oh…" Sonia cringed, "We are so sorry for that. Uh…D-Do you want us to fix it?"

"Eh. If you can," the mustache girl shrugged, "Just know when going over there, avoid making eye contact with the Mafia." she suggested before hopping out, landing on a nearby rooftop as she waved up at the two, "Good luck, fellow rebels!"

"...Yep. Really sus…" Omega-Xis noted, narrowing his eyes.

=You've played Among Us?= Issun asked in surprise.

"Acid roped me into it with the others one night," Omega-Xis snorted.

"He's just mad because he got found out in the first minute of his turn," Lyra giggled.

"Lousy cooldown!"

"Hmm…Mafia could sell this…" a Mafia muttered, holding onto a fairly large hourglass as his other hand held onto a pair of umbrellas.

"Um…excuse me?" the man turned to see Geo and Sonia walked up to him, "We kinda need that."

"...no," the Mafia frowned as he pushed the two back with his umbrellas, "Finders keepers."

"Sorry, but it's kinda important, so we…" Geo began before he was punched in the face, "?!"

"No…unless you trade Mafia something of equal value, finders keepers."

"Hmm…Equal value?" Sonia pondered, smiling innocently.

"Yes."

Sonia kept her smile up as she pulled her brush out. She made a simple line in the fountain the Mafia was standing on before putting it away. A moment passed before the Mafia screamed as the fountain shot out a jet of water, sending him into the distance.

=Yep. Mafia done goofed on punching Geo= Issun mumbled.

"Why do I keep ending up in these situations…?" Geo muttered as he sat up, rubbing his currently bruised cheek.

"At least this time I could actually fight back," Sonia noted as she walked over with the two umbrellas.

"? …Oh, right," Geo blinked a few times before tensing when she cupped his punched cheek.

"Hopefully, this goes away when the game ends," Sonia noted, "...I think it's the same cheek you got punched in by that stupid rat back then, too." her ears and tail drooped, "I don't think I really apologized for you getting hurt because you were trying to help me back then, either."

"...it's fine," Geo assured as he pushed himself up, "I did what I felt was right back then…plus I've taken worse blows before…"

"Dumbass Mafia was just lucky I'm stuck as a hat," Omega-Xis snorted, "...Speaking of, can we switch games now? I'm tired of being stuck as a hat!"

"Not yet," Sonia stated, looking up to see a large geyser of water holding up a large circular platform, "...There's something I think we should take care of first…"

"...you're thinking what I'm thinking?" Geo asked.

"Hai," Sonia responded, her eyes narrowed a bit, "I don't think this place is really owned by the Mafia…"

"Could be Mafia came to this place because Mafia can't be Mafia anywhere else," Omega-Xis noted, "Omega-Xis gets that."

"..." Geo took Omega-Xis off his head and held it out to Sonia, who took Lyra off her own head, letting the cap spin in her palm to smack Omega-Xis into the small fountain by them.

"AHH! BITCH!"

"You deserved that," Lyra deadpanned.

"And I am offended!" Sonia added, pointing at her ears and tail.

"...D'oh…fine, I'm sorry! Just get me out of here! I think I'm sinking!"

"Better," Sonia smiled, both her and Geo unaware of a bird looking down at them from above.

"Hmm…really helpful for others, nuki…" the bird whispered to itself before flying off.

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"Grr…Who is behind all these magical hourglasses?" a man wearing a chef's hat and an opened ringmaster's coat frowned, sitting on top of a throne while a pair of Mafia stood at the bottom of the steps while an hourglass hovered above him, "They've caused havoc in my town…is it that kid with the hat? They will…"

*BAM!*

"?!" the man tensed as he stood up in his chair, looking down the hallway to see Geo and Sonia glaring down at him, ":...YOU!" he snapped, getting off of his throne as he glared back, "You've caused all this chaos in my town!"

"And your men have been very rude tripping us and then punching Geo-kun!" Sonia replied back.

"Also we're pretty sure this isn't your town," Geo added with a frown, "We've seen how your men have been treating the townsfolk…you even have that poor cat working tirelessly in the kitchen."

"Of course! My men need to eat plenty of meat!" the man snapped, "And it's not our fault those fools decided to live here…it was just unfortunate timing when we took this island as our own!"

"Well you're gonna be giving these people back their town or else!" Sonia barked.

"...You must be very lost, kids," the man frowned dangerously at the two, "You're in the heart of Mafia Town, standing before the most powerful man you will ever witness. Anything you've ever owned…and will own belongs to me now…" he grinned before pointing to the hourglass, "Including this Hourglass piece. If you want it and complain…we'll settle it in true Mafia style!"

"Wh-?" Geo began before the lights suddenly turned off, "?!"

"Lights! Action! It is…" the leader of the Mafia began as the lights turned back on, revealing him to be golding a pair of meat cleavers as they were now standing on what looked like a stage for a play, "Showtime!"

"Oh finally, a fight-fight!" Omega-Xis cheered, "Rip 'em a new one, Geo!"

"May as well give him a fight," Geo muttered as he and Sonia pulled out the umbrellas the latter obtained earlier, "...Still can't believe how effective these a-woah!"

"HA!" the Mafia Leader roared out as he spun at the two at high speed, prompting the two to jump up out of the way.

=Hit him when he's blue!= Issun called out =That's how you damage the bosses of this game!=

"Gotcha, Issun!" Sonia replied just as the man turned and headed towards them once more, his body covered in a blue aura.

"Stand still, you little…!" he began before Geo and Sonia jumped over him...before using their umbrellas to hit him in the head, "GH!" he grunted, stumbling a bit as the two landed, "You little…!" he groaned before he began spinning in place, sending out a few shock waves and energy balls at the two, "SUPER CHARGE! ULTRA CHARGE!"

"This feels like when we do team training with everyone," Sonia noted as they jumped over the shockwaves while avoiding the energy balls.

"Right?" Geo asked as the man began to slow down, groaning as he felt dizzy from spinning around so much as he was covered in a blue aura once more.

"Hit him! HIT HIM NOW!" Omega-Xis shouted.

"SEIYA!" Sonia shouted as the two rushed him and struck him with their umbrellas.

"Gah! D'oh you little…!" the Mafia Leader growled out before tossing his weapons at the two.

"Eek!" Sonia yelped as she and Geo jumped out of the way, the blades spinning around like a pair of boomerangs as they headed towards them.

"Sonia, look out!" Lyra called out.

"Wh-" Sonia began before the man landed between the two, the resulting shockwave sending both of them flying as he caught his weapons, "Eek!"

"Whoa!"

=Hard to believe this guy is the beginner boss, eh?= Issun noted.

"No…ki-" Geo began before he was tackled into from behind by a Mafia, "GH!"

"Geo-kun!" Sonia gasped before a sandbag landed on top of her, "Kya!"

"Ahaha! I told you kids you can't stand against me!" the Mafia Leader mocked as he stood back, a few of his thugs standing near him, "You're going to learn what happens when you defy me…much like that brat!" he shouted as the girl with the mustache was lowered from above, currently tied up in a rope.

"GH! Unhand me, you psycho!" she snapped.

"Never!" the Mafia Leader laughed before tossing his weapons at Geo and Sonia once more, "You're in my town, kid! Accept it!"

*SLICE!*

"?!" the Mafia Leader tensed as the now broken halves of his weapon fell onto the floor.

"Okay…I am mad," Sonia stated, her umbrella on her hip while twirling her brush.

"...pfft! Do you honestly think a silly little brush is gonna do anything in a f…" the Mafia leader began.

Sonia made three lines in the air (at least to everyone else) before the plants near the Mafia leader twitched before shooting out vines that tangled him up.

"What in the…?!" the leader began before Sonia made a swipe with her brush and the little girl yelped as she fell into Geo's arms, the end of the rope sliced off.

"How is she doing that?" the girl asked, looking up at Geo in confusion.

"She knows some ancient brush techniques," Geo replied as Sonia did a circle and swipe before a paper bomb landed on the Mafia leader.

"...what the…?!"

*BOOM!*

"...little girl just took out leader…" one Mafia in the crowd whispered, the smoke clearing to show no trace of the Mafia Leader there before Sonia turned her glares towards the crowd, "?!"

"...Oh she's livid," Omega-Xis whispered.

"I'm giving you all a choice," Sonia stated as she aimed her brush at the crowd, "Leave this island…or I do to you what I did to that jerk! And whoever tied up this little girl better apologize to her for it! You do not kidnap children!"

'I'm starting to get why those brush animals keep calling her 'Mother,'' Omega-Xis thought with a drop of sweat coming off his hat form, 'She sounds like Hope when she got mad before I finally got to meet her in person by pretending to be a Wizard.'

"...Mafia apologizes…" one Mafia spoke…before they all began to run for their lives.

"That's what I thought," Sonia huffed, putting her hands on her hips while slipping her brush back into her outfit, before walking over to Geo and knelt down to look better at the girl and spoke gently "You alright? No rope burns or anything?"

"...N…No…" the mustache girl whispered before the hourglass fell into her hand, "...Though..I am curious on these things you've been collecting…Are they some sort of rare collector's item for nerds?"

"Honestly, not sure myself," Sonia shrugged before winking, "You're welcome to keep that one, if you want."

"Huh? That e…" she began before she ended up fumbling the hourglasses when she tried to catch it, causing it to break, "Oh no!"

Suddenly, time froze around them…as the world began to go in reverse until it stopped to when she just caught the hourglass.

"Though I am curious, wh-" Mustache Girl began before tensing…slowly looking down at the hourglass in her hands.

"...Well, that was something," Sonia blinked a few times along with Geo.

"...Sonia, I don't think these are normal hourglasses," Geo noted.

"I'm starting to realize that as well…" Sonia agreed before shrugging, "Eh, she can still keep it. If it breaks, it seems to just rewind time to just before the event that causes it to break."

"...I don't think she'll settle with just one," Omega-Xis muttered, seeing the look forming in Mustache Girl's eyes.

"This…This is amazing!" she beamed, looking up at the two, "Do you realize what we could do with these?! We can make it so he never got punched by that Mafia! No…even better! We can travel back in time, prevent the Mafia from ever coming here…and beat them up again!"

"And cause a time paradox that would erase us all from existence," Geo noted.

"A what?" Mustache Girl asked, tilting her head.

"Mmm…Think of it like this. If you went back in time to stop yourself from getting a scraped knee, it means you never scraped it," Sonia explained, "But if you never scraped it, then why did you travel back in time for?"

"...But..If that's true….we can make sure no bad guy in history would ever do anything!" Mustache Girl argued, "We could be time traveling crime fighters!"

"That does sound like fun," Sonia noted, petting her head, "But you also have to be careful with time traveling. I mean, what if you did something in the past that led to your parents never meeting? Or that we wouldn't meet? Wouldn't you be sad if you didn't get to meet someone you liked because you did something in the past like making someone go right instead of left?"

"...but...you…" she began as she stepped away from the two, "You…you especially have all this power…you could do something great with it, and yet…you're using it for nothing?!"

"Not at all," Sonia replied, shaking her head, "I never even knew that hourglass could fix itself if it breaks. As for my power? Well, it is great, right? But…I also have a very very big responsibility with it. I have rules that I have to follow or people-innocent people-could be harmed because I didn't responsibly use them."

"But…you…you and I could…"

"I'm so sorry…but we can't go through with that idea," Geo shooked his head.

"...Tch…" The Mustache Girl began to breathe heavily, her hood shadowing over her eyes as she growled out, "If you're not gonna use the hourglasses…fine…I will!" she snapped as she pointed at the two, "I'm not gonna let any sort of evil remain on my…no…I'm not gonna let evil remain in the world any longer! I'll collect all the Time Pieces all by myself and for myself!"

"Ah! Wait…!" Sonia called before the girl ran off, "Oh…" her ears drooped, "...Issun? Is she…?"

=The final boss of the main story? …Yeah=

"Oh that poor girl," Sonia noted.

"I knew that little brat was shifty," Omega-Xis growled a bit.

"Read the room!" Lyra hissed to him.

"Wh-?! I…oh…" Omega-Xis whispered, noticing the looks on Geo and Sonia's faces.

"...Issun, can we…" Geo began.

=Sadly no…that's how the game has to go…it'll always lead up to her being the final boss…=

"That's so sad," Sonia whimpered, "Why does a little kid have to be that?! We scared the Mafia off the island, so why?!"

=It's because of the Mafia she's like that…= Issun sighed.

"..."

"...Sonia…" Geo began.

"C-Can we move on? I…don't really feel up for this game anymore," Sonia whispered sadly.

"...yeah….Issun?"

=I think there's a game that I think she'll enjoy…=

"...where….are we now…." Lyra whispered, Geo and Sonia now standing before what looked like a traditional Japanese highschool with various cherry blossom trees along the path.

=Week 6 of that Friday Night Funkin' game I mentioned= Issun replied.

"Friday Night wh-what?!" Geo squeaked, his face blushing like mad.

"Funk, Geo-kun. It's a music genre," Sonia explained, "Not my preferred genre, but I can admit it's good at times."

"Oh…"

=What were you thinking I said?=

"...n-nothing…." Geo muttered, "So…wh-what do we need to do?"

=Oh you don't do anything aside from cheer on a bit= Issun replied =Misora-tenshisama has to sing against someone in a rhythm-style game…well technically Geo's supposed to sing, but Aaron went with one of the game's many mods=

"Mods?"

=People really liked this game and came up with their own custom mods for it, being it playing as different characters, changing up notes, or even play mods based on fan favorite characters in media like video games, cartoons…memes…even…brr. Creepypastas…=

"...What does Hope's halloween spaghetti have anything to do with this game?" Omega-Xis asked.

=...no….reason….=

"Bring on the music!" Sonia cheered, tail wagging.

=Alrighty…here comes your opponent for this stage. Senpai=

"Eh? Sen…"

"Ah, a new fair maiden has come in search of true love!"

"...And with that statement, I am already wanting to shove the owner's head down a toilet and flush repeatedly," Omega-Xis stated as they looked to see a handsome-looking teen around their age approach with well-combed hair, a uniform in various shades of blue and purple, and having a coat over his shoulder.

"Mayhaps I sing a serenade to you?" the young man offered, raising up the microphone in his hand as a group of girls came onto the scene, cheering him on with hearts in their eyes.

"...Not interested," Sonia deadpanned, "You are not my type, thank you very much."

=You don't have a choice…the song's about to start= Issun sighed as music began to play.

"...what is this lovey dovey…?!" Omega-Xis began.

=Shh! This is gonna be good…!= Issun sushed.

"Can Sonia improv?" Lyra asked.

=Yes, but she has to stay in tune and make sure to rhyme with his lyrics= Issun explained.

"Girlfriend, please let me be~ Yours~" Senpai sang as the girls squealed in excitement.

"No thanks, you're more annoying than~ chores~" Sonia sang back.

"Yours is the only love my heart longs for/stomach groans for~!" Senpai and Sonia sang in unison, "And it's been that way, ever since I first noticed you!"

"Underneath Sakura blossom trees~ Our~ Love~ Will bloom~"

"Inside this Pixel Facsimile~ You~ make~ me~ feel gloom~"

"When it rains, it pours, but when I'm yours I'll dry~ your tears, you'll be safe and sound~in this video game."

"When the rain is pouring, your forlorn heart will weep cos I'll never be around since I'll~ stay~ far away."

"I'll raise all of my stats cos that's what a girl cute as you deserves: a maxxed-out, attractive, Senpai darling!"

"I'll keep on spitting facts cos this is what you deserve: I already have a close friend who is sweet as a starling!" Sonia sang as she winked at Geo, making him blush.

"Girlfriend, I'll show you that I care~!"

"I'll keep on proving you're ugly as a shaved bear!"

"Free of enhancements/you, I'll lay myself bare! So you'll realize, You and I were both/not meant to be!"

"We'll both stay together high-school lovers joined forever more!"

"I'm with someone forever, winning each battle 'till we win the war!" Sonia looked over at Geo with a smile as she sang.

"Make the choices that prove my voice is the one you really wanna hear!"

"I'll be plain, my love's no game. You've already lost to someone near."

"My love for you is like a car~ Barreling toward your heart~ About to hit head-on with maxed out affection!"

"My disgust for you goes deep and far~! My love~ goes to a shooting star~, shining a bright blue in my heart, there's no question!"

"Girl/Sir~!" the two sang as the song began to end.

"...wow…that was great," Geo noted as he and Lyra clapped.

"...I'm conflicted," Omega-Xis muttered, "On the one hand..it sounded like a…ugh. Love song…on the other hand, she was dissing pretty boy over there the entire time…"

=Oh it's not over yet…that was just song 1= Issun explained.

"...song 1?" Geo repeated before he and Sonia flinched a bit at the annoyed glare Senpai gave..along with the glares the girls were giving to Sonia.

"Not bad, milady…but I do advise you watch your attitude…otherwise I may end up doing something that isn't rated E for everyone…" Senpai growled.

"Called it," Omega-Xis snorted, "Like Prez, but no redeeming traits; just all nasty, ego, and selfishness."

"You stay out of this, mutt!" Senpai snapped at him.

"Bite me, pretty boy!" Omega-Xis snapped as the music began to pick up again, "Tag in, fuzzball!"

"Wh-?!" Sonia began before Omega-Xis took the microphone from her, "Eep!"

"Wait…did he…" Lyra began.

"Wanna fight, worm?! You don't know who you're tri-fi-ling with!" Senpai sang.

"Take your mid-terms! You're just a dumbass schoolboy but I got-a-gift!" Omega-Xis rapped into the mic as he glared at him.

"Three-dimensional peo~ple have emo~tions that turn sour~ quickly!"

"Two-dimensional ass~holes can't heal you when you're feeling sickly!"

"What if she finds someone else and leaves him broken-hearted in here?!"

"She already tried that for his safety, but look, he's still at her side over there!" Omega-Xis pointed at Geo with his thumb, the red head standing close beside him looking relaxed.

"She'll stay inside with me, and she'll know for sure! She'll never have to face hardships anymore!"

"Sure your programming might give you allure, but is love just code true love anymore?!"

"I've got a thousand lines of dialogue, to suit her every need, desire and whim!"

"Geo's got an entire lifetime of dialog! His words have only made her closer to him!"

"Girls have spent their childhood worshiping my physique, and there's so much for her to admire!"

"Ha! You don't have anything unique! You're weak; and their close bond is like a planetary wildfire!"

"Bet it's weak or made with a cheap supply of ply! Can she really be with him if it's all a lie?!"

"Even if it's not, their friendship has a special gleam! Your entire body is just ugly ass pixels on a screen!"

"But looks are gonna fade, when he's tired, old and gray, while I keep up my serenade until the girlfriend's dying days!"

"They'll be growing old together, their bond won't be any less. Time will leave you how you really look: withered, fading, disc-rotting, and poorly dressed!"

"?! What was that part? Did you say my game's rot-ing away?" Senpai asked as a scared look began to appear on his face.

'What did he just say?' Geo and Sonia thought as Omega-Xis grinned darkly.

"Time de-grades art, on lots of old CDs now-a-days!" Omega-Xis snorted.

"I can't lose all my data! It's my everything, my whole existence!"

"'Fraid that might be your fate, I don't think I can offer an asswipe like you any assis-tance!"

"Come on buddy, you gotta help me! I can't be a hearth-throb bishie! If my world fades into nothing, please doggy, tell me your just bluffing!" Senpai begged in a panicked tone.

"I can't stop your disc from dyin', know it must be terrifyin', but hey man you got one big plus, least you don't have a soul like us!" Omega-Xis declared as the music ended with him doing a mic drop.

"...brutal…" Lyra whispered as Senpai dropped his microphone.

"I have got to get him in a recording booth!" Sonia whooped, hugging Geo in an aside hug, "Why didn't you tell me he could rap?!"

"I…didn't know either…" Geo muttered before noticing her markings were glowing, "Um…S-Sonia?"

"Hmm?"

"...something's wrong," Lyra whispered with a frown, "Issun, what's happening?!"

=It's song 3 c-BZZT!=

"?! What…"

"N…no…" Senpai whispered, earning their attention as he and the girls trembled, "E…even if I don't have a soul….he….does…"

"He?" Geo and Sonia repeated.

"Ugh….gh….ugh…" Senpai grunted in pain, blood beginning to drip from his mouth and eyes before a violent light shout out of them, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGUHGHGHGHG!-!-!-!"

"AHH!" Geo and Sonia yelped as they shut their eyes, the bright flash of light engulfing them and their partners.

As the light began to die down, they slowly opened their eyes…and saw that the area was entirely different. The school was still there, but..it looked as if it was old, broken and withered by time as the once beautiful sakura trees were dead whilethe clear blue sky was replaced with nothing but a pitch black void. The schoolgirls had all been replaced with Imps with flutes, violins, or taiko drums. Floating in Senpai's place…was what looked like a floating red face, wrinkles evident around its eyes and more as its lips were gone...revealing the fangs within.

"Direct contact…with real humans…after being trapped in here for so long…" the face whispered before growling, "And her of all people…I will make sure she and her father pay for what he's done to me and all the others!"

"Onryou…" Sonia whispered, her hold tighter on Geo.

"Huh?" Omega-Xis asked.

"A soul killed and forcibly staying due to it's grudge against their Killer. It will stay and kill other people, turning them into Onryo, even if they killed their killer," Sonia explained, 'Wait…h…how do I know this?'

"I'll beat you….and have you take my place…" the Onryou whispered as he looked up at Geo and Sonia, "You don't mind your bodies being borrowed right? It's only fair…"

"Tag team him!" Omega-Xis called, tossing the mic to them, before flexing his claws, "I'm gonna go buck wild on his entourage!"

"..allow me to assist," Lyra spoke as she floated next to him, "If anything happens..we can assure these souls can rest in peace…"

"Tch…"

"...can you sing?" Sonia asked Geo.

"Kinda…I think…." Geo responded before music began to pick up, "?! Never a better time to practice then!"

"You might have shaken up that lump of code. But I'm well aware that this world's destined to implode!" Onryou sang as he began to move in different directions.

"Wait just a second, right now I'm lost. You're a Yokai and not some glitched up final boss?" Geo sang before quickly handing Sonia the mic.

"You and I share more than you'd ever know! That's why you'll stay trapped when I'm free to go!"

"Seems you're struggling, but these bodies are ours! Go find somebody else to stay behind!" Sonia sang.

"Just how often do you think another human shows up in here? I know I won't get this chance again, my ticket out's…"

"Crystal clear!" the three sang in unison, Geo and Sonia holding the mic together.

"You must've done really awful stuff in here to get stuck in this game! There's no way you'll win against us if you're that lame!" Sonia sung.

"It wasn't my choice! I burned out my youthful voice, screaming for the day I finally escape at long last and rejoice!"

"Bet you got depressed, so you gave up and possessed tha trash-talking pretty boy to try to lure somebody in to best!"

"But you're still here standing after Senpai's reprimanding, so I'll have to beat you down in my incorporeal form one last time!"

"We'll fight for our freedom! You can't have these husks, we need them!" Geo sang before Sonia took over, "Every rose has got its thorns and guess what, you just pricked yourself touching thine!"

"Oh just to think of touch-ing things again! Even stinging, burning pain would be a wel-come friend!"

"We get you wanna live and feel again! But you'll never be yourself if you leave without a friend," Geo sang.

"Bet my husk is decomposed, Yuchiro buried it and no one knows! The punishment he cursed me with for just a couple words I chose!"

'Yuchiro? I think I read about him…' Geo thought while singing, "If you're talking about Yuchiro Light, he was a victim of a blight called Nebula that hurt countless others in the past until a rebellion arose!"

"I've been wandering these damned school grounds for so long, discontented! Dad said it was my turn on the BS1 (he really meant it)."

"We've been here for five whole minutes and already I can tell that living in this program 'till it rots would be like its own special hell!" Sonia sang.

"Seems you really care, let's make a deal before my data breaks thats you'll free my eternal soul from that foul demon's vile control!"

"We'll ask Issun all he knows about the past and why you were chose to be locked away in this singing game after we release you all from your pixelated pain confining your soul!"

"Good! It's a deal then, pledge you'll stay aware! There's no telling what that eight-headed serpent might pull out there!"

"You've got our word; you know we'll stay aware. Working out a way to free you soul from out there!" both sang.

"...alright….you won this battle," Onryou sighed, his form rippling a bit as he took the form of Senpai as he started to fade, "Now win the war for me…for all of us…"

"We will," Sonia replied before making a circle in the sky.

Sunlight went to work, letting the sun appear in the skies above and dispersing the black void above. The Onryou screamed out as his body faded while Omega-Xis and Lyra finished off the last of the Imps. 'Senpai' collapsed before transforming into a bed of roses with several demon fangs scattered around it.

=ZZRRT!-lo! Hello! Can you hear us?!= Aaron called.

"Yeah! We're okay!" Geo called out in assurance.

=Oh phew! What a relief!= Issun sighed in relief =What happened in there?!=

"It's…a long story," Lyra sighed.

=It was a Yokai inside of the data, wasn't it?= Issun asked.

"How did you know it was an Onyro?!" Sonia gawked.

=IT WAS AN ONRYO?!= Issun snapped =AARON NO BAKA!=

=I don't know what that is!=

=Was there anything on top of the disc this was in?!=

=Well, a really old slip of paper that dissolved the moment it was touched=

=Great…The bunker was compromised to the elements enough for the ofuda sealing this to dissolve= Issun groaned.

"We purged it," Sonia assured.

=Oh thank the kami…=

"We even got a lot of those demon fang things you've been collecting," Omega-Xis added.

=Subarashi!=

"...You know…even with that Onryou…I had a lot of fun with this game! Can I get a copy to play on my VG Hunter?" Sonia asked.

=Certainly! Shall I include the mods as well for more song choices?=

"More songs to sing? Hai~!" Sonia replied.

=So glad for Satella for that constantly updating translator for your language, Sonia= Aaron noted.

"This place should be good for people to go into when it opens, Mr. Boreal," Geo assured.

"And Geo-kun is a great beginning singer!" Sonia giggled before both blinked a few times and looked down, realizing that during the singing Geo had shifted to holding her up with one arm to hold the mic and his hands were slightly sinking into her shapely rear.

"..." Sonia quickly hopped out of his arms as they looked away from each other with heavy blushes.

=...everything…?=

"Just peachy!" the two squeaked out, unaware of a figure watching from a nearby sakura blossom tree.

'Hmm…they purified a Onryou, nuki…may need to tell Ran-chan about this, nuki…' the figure thought as they vanished.

"Hoo….what a day, kyu," Miyuki muttered as she walked down the hall, dressed up in her workout attire as she held a towel over her shoulders, "That Ellie girl proved to be quite the fighter in the ring…"

"You seem to really like her like you do Sonia," Frost noted, floating beside her with a book about the botanical garden in her paws.

"I know potential when I see it, kyu," Miyuki giggled a bit, "Speaking of Sonia, I wonder what she and Geo did today, kyu?"

"Uhn," Frost nodded before Miyuki's VG Hunter beeped, "Oh! Mail for you, Miyuki."

"Hm?" Miyuki looked at the message, "Oh, talk about timing. 'Miyuki-sensei, I don't know if you'll be able to get this, but we got back to the hotel with dinner. Geo-kun had us get something not Pappy's-boo-for everyone to eat on our way back from the St. Louis Science Center. Had to drag Geo-kun out of their planetarium. PS: I AM FREAKING OUT BECAUSE I REALIZED I MAY HAVE INDIRECTLY CONFESSED TO GEO IN A VIDEO GAME! TATSUKETE~!'"

"...Oh my…" Frost whispered.

"May as well meet up with them, kyu," Miyuki giggled, "Tomorrow's our last day here before flying back to Electopia after all."

"H…hai…" Frost nodded, "...I am going to miss this place though…it was…nice…"

"Oh so true. But tomorrow will be a perfect day off! We'll be going to the zoo!" Miyuki beamed.

"What's a zoo?"

"It's a place with all kinds of animals that are protected and raised to help repopulate certain species and help people see them in real life," Miyuki explained, "This one is free and you can make donations either directly or from purchasing things from their gift shops, kyu."

"Ohh~" Frost awed a bit at that.

"Just need to send a message to Sonia-chan to meet me in mine and White-san's room and we'll be good to go. I wonder what she and Geo-chan got for food," Miyuki pondered as she resumed walking, "...hopefully something good…I'm starving, kyu." she paused for a moment before sniffing the air, "...ooh…pizza, kyu…"

"What's pizza?" Frost asked.

"Only one of the best foods in existence," Miyuki smiled a bit as she drooled a little, "Oh, I hope there's a supreme or garden variety one, kyu…"

"This salad came from a pizza place?" Miyuki asked in surprise, sitting at a table with Sonia, Geo, and White with several boxes of thin pizza and two plastic cases of salad.

"Imo's Pizza," White chuckled, eating a square slice of an all meat pizza, "This is a highlight of pizza lovers that come to Missouri because they use parmesan cheese instead of shredded cheddar like other pizza places and cut their pizzas into squares. They're also one of the rare pizza places to not have a bad salad. I'm guessing you were near the Science Center and the Zoo."

"We went there after doing some tests at the local Satella station," Geo replied, recalling the test results, "It seems Mega and I are slowly changing while Sonia's been changing quickly from learning these Brush Techniques."

"Ace calls her the Ace of any Triathlon she enters," Omega-Xis snorted.

"I didn't even break out in a sweat from all the running they had me do," Sonia admitted sheepishly.

"Huh…interesting," Miyuki noted as she began to take a sip of her drink.

"When we tried out some new games, Aaron-san managed to upload an Onryou into the VR system," Sonia added.

"PFFFT!" Miyuki spat out her drink and looked at her with wide eyes, "An Onryou?! How is no one dead, kyu?!"

"We sang it to death," Omega-Xis smirked, "Little schoolboy pansy sucked at it."

"Using Sunrise finished it off," Sonia added.

"Oh phew…" Miyuki sighed in relief.

"Oh, I do need some help with something," Sonia noted as she got up, "Miyuki-sensei, can you help please?"

"Of course," Miyuki replied as they walked out onto the balcony and closed the door behind them…before Sonia spun around with a look of panic.

"Miyuki-sensei, what do I do?! I think I confessed that I like-like him in there!" Sonia panicked, "I got possessive when we played Disagea and these three summons were hanging off him and trying to flirt and-and then I fell into a groove in the last game and ended up singing that Geo was my mate And Omega-Xis seemed to catch on when he rapped and-and-and..Ah mou~!"

"Mirsora, Mis…Sonia, Sonia! It's okay," Miyuki calmly assured her, putting her hands on the currently panicking redette's shoulders to get her to calm down, "Breathe!"

"?!" Sonia tensed before she quickly took a deep breath…before slowly exhaling.

"Listen…I know a lot must be going through your mind right now…especially after we had that talk the other night," Miyuki explained, making Sonia blush and fidget a bit at the memory, "But you're still young, somewhat…you're still discovering things about yourselves…and things feel different around the people you know, like Geo-chan, kyu…"

"R-Right…" Sonia nodded before pouting, "D-Din't help with what Issun-baka did this morning…"

"Hm?" Miyuki pondered.

"He hopped into her cleavage and Omega-Xis shoved Geo's arm into it while they were Wave Changed to pull him out," Lyra sighed, "Took a while before Sonia woke up and then for Geo to catch his breath since she fainted right on top of him."

"Lyra-chan~" Sonia whined, face beet red from embarrassment.

'I have a feeling that's probably gonna happen often between you two, kyu,' Miyuki thought with a giggle, "Okay…And this game with those summons, what exactly happened?"

"W-Well, they were all hanging off him and calling him master while pressing their chests on him a-and well…I kinda threw this kitsune one at this monster, made the succubus and this cat girl become an ax that I used to kill the monster and basically threatened to slice them into pieces with Power Slash and, um…I…" she mumbled.

"I didn't hear that."

"I called Geo-kun…"

"Once more, just a little louder."

"...I told them to leave Geo-kun alone because he's my mate," Sonia replied.

Miyuki sighed with a roll of her eyes, "That is honestly normal for us, Misora-chan. Your wolf instincts took over when you saw someone slight your territory."

"Eh?"

"When Oina women have a certain type of mammal as their Spiritual creature, they'll often delve into those tendencies they have, kyu," Miyuki explained, "Wolves being really territorial on what they see as theirs is what you deal with. Your wolf considers Geo-chan as your mate and took offense with those three and you retaliated against them for that."

"Y-Yeah…" Sonia nodded, blushing.

"And I'm guessing something else happened? That singing game, I take it?"

"That…That…ugh! That prissy 'Senpai' tried to flirt with me when I wasn't interested! And Geo-kun was right there and I got madder because he blatantly ignored he was there!"

"Mmm hmm…another thing Oina women share," Miyuki nodded, "We can be rather…picky on what we want in a potential mate. This 'Senpai' ticked off the boxes of everything you don't want in a mate while Geo-chan has, so far, ticked off the boxes on everything you do want. And probably already had been prior to becoming an Oina, kyu."

"..." the blushing redhead could only nod at how accurate she was.

"Though...I am a bit guilty of it myself with White-kyun," Miyuki admitted, looking away a bit as she blushed herself.

"Eh? With White-san?"

"W-Well…he's nice, funny, really good at adapting to thing, and he has a cute smile, kyu," Miyuki noted, "A-And he's just so kind and understanding! H-He honestly apologized to me when I came in that first night, you know? Even though I was the one who walked in on him!" she fidgeted a little as she blushed, "Sometimes, I just want to pin him to the bed o-or somewhere and then have him dominate me and…" she shook her head quickly, "Mmm…"

"...s-sensei?" Sonia spoke up, "Our…talk?"

"Hmm? Oh hai hai!" Miyuki realized as she shook her head, "M-my point is…you may end up feeling certain…things when another woman is trying to advance on Geo, kyu. You just need to step back, take in a deep breath, and think on the consequences of what actions you can take."

"She did look ready to pounce on Geo after they sang together," Lyra noted, "Probably the fact she had adjusted herself to let him carry her in one hand."

"Stop helping!" Sonia hissed behind clenched teeth.

"Why don't we just go back and enjoy our dinner?" Miyuki suggested, "We're both still hungry from our own respective days…I had a rather interesting match with someone new, kyu."

"Hm?"

"Oh, I think I have a wrestling apprentice now, kyu," Miyuki giggled, "She's such an innocent girl, too. She's wrestling to raise money to cover this boyfriend of her's medical costs since he's in a coma at the moment. It's honestly sweet, no?"

"It…kinda is, hai," Sonia nodded with a small smile, "I hope I get to meet her."

"Hmm…well…Why don't we meet at the zoo tomorrow?" Miyuki suggested, "Just a girls day out, kyu!"

"Oh…that sounds great!" Sonia beamed as her tail wagged a bit.

"Hai!" Miyuki beamed, 'Ohh…I hope my two apprentices get along okay!'

'Issun is still grounded, so no worries about him,' Geo thought, wearing red button pajamas while looking out at the sky, 'Omega-Xis is busy playing that Breath of the Wild game again…'

=Grah! Zap me, will ya you stupid Blight! Come here! Imma go Buck Wild on ya!= Omega-Xis snapped from his VG Hunter before he muted.

'This place is night and all, but the night sky isn't like home. Too many lights hiding the stars…' Geo thought before hearing the bathroom door open.

"Oh, these are really comfy!" Sonia beamed before a soft click went off.

Geo turned and blushed a little once more. Sonia had taken off her necklace and was now wearing a strapless pink nightgown with most of it semi-transparent aside from the part covering her impressive chest and the panties beneath in the same shade of pink. Musical notes in a baby blue color decorated parts of the transparent part of the dress and seemed to be put together into constellations. He quickly looked back out the window before she noticed him.

"Hm? Whatcha doin'~?" Sonia asked.

'?! D-did she spot me?!'

"Mmm…I really don't like big cities," Sonia noted, looking out the window, "You can't see all the stars like at Vista Point or on a deserted island."

"H-Huh?"

"What? I like watching the stars. It's kinda thanks to you, really," Sonia noted, sliding into the seat beside his, "Back when we fixed our BrotherBand the first time it broke and I had a few days before I went back to singing. You and I went to Vista Point and you let me look through your Visualizer. It was really amazing how the EM Waves seemed to just…dance with the stars. After that, I started to just get a bit excited when the sun started going down because then I'd be able to look up and know you'd probably be seeing the same sky in just a new place."

"...yeah. That is true," Geo admitted as he looked up at the night sky, "It's…been so long since we first met…its almost surreal what's happened since then."

"True," Sonia agreed before she giggled, "And it always seems to connect to the night sky in some way, ne?"

"Huh?"

"We met because of Omega-Xis, a being from outer space, getting you to go outside of your comfort zone," Sonia listed, "It was at night when we met again that summer with the OOPArts and I shared those neat BattleCards that could change what they were based on what constellation you tapped on them with that pen they came with. That time with Meteor G and Dealer, especially the fun time we had at the beach with that luau. And even now we're dealing with the night sky with the Fudegami hiding in constellations of all things!"

"...huh. That's true," Geo noted with a smile, "Seems no matter what happens…we always end up seeing the night sky in some way."

Sonia nodded, "It honestly feels nice, doesn't it? No matter what happens, we'll always have it as a part of our lives." She then pouted, "Even if we can't really enjoy it in places like this because of the stupid lights of the city…"

'Even with all her changes, she still has these moments of being just that excitable girl I ran into that asked for my help in hiding,' Geo thought, his beating a little faster as he looked at her pout and finding it kind of…adorable on her.

"Right! First thing we've got to do when we get back is go straight for Vista Point!" Sonia declared.

"And if it's daytime?" Geo asked.

"Mmm…Th-Then I'll find that bunny Fudegami that knows how to make it night!" Sonia declared.

"And get this 'mochi' stuff it makes, right?" Geo chuckled.

"That, too! I don't know why, but I want it a whole lot!"

"Well…guess we'll have to try our best and find this Bunny Fudegami then," Geo stated.

"Hai!" Sonia giggled before she began to yawn out, "Ahh…excuse me."

"Tired?"

"Yeah…"

"We did have an eventful day so it's understandable," Geo nodded.

"Yeah…lots of tests, yummy barbecue, all those fun games," Sonia giggled before frowning, "...I still feel bad for that poor little girl."

"We can talk to Issun about it later. Maybe get a copy of it to see how it ends," Geo suggested.

"Maybe…" Sonia nodded before looking at Geo's VG Hunter, "Still can't believe Omega-Xis can rap."

"No kidding…" Geo admitted, "...guess he enjoyed that music game too in some way."

"Yep," Sonia nodded, "And you did pretty good in that last song, too. With enough practice, maybe I can convince ya to come on stage for a song or two if I do a concert or something for fun."

"U-Um…M-Maybe…" Geo gulped, now looking pale at the thought.

Sonia just giggled, contant in this. After a few minutes, Geo managed to shake off his tiny panic moment and was the first to go to his bed. Sonia looked at him and felt her inner wolf stir a bit. Geo was about to open his mouth while grabbing his sheets to cover himself when she pounced.

"?! S-Sonia…?" Geo stammered, the taller of the two curled up against him, her generous assets pressing against his chest while she had an arm over his body.

"Comfy…" Sonia mumbled, nuzzling his cheek as she immediately succumbed to sleep, leaving a frozen, blushing Geo in her slumbering grasp.

'Wh-what's gotten into her?!' Geo mentally exclaimed, looking at her sleeping face, the way it looked content and comfortable, how her lips seemed to have a natural pale rose to them like she was wearing makeup, '...' he gulped a little as his face heated up, 'Was she always this cute when sleeping?'

"Geo…" Sonia mumbled, shifting a bit as his arm on her side was now sandwiched into her breasts, "Mmm…"

'!' Geo tensed a bit as he realized her shifting had her snake a leg over him, the slender limb rubbing a little against him, 'S-Shoot…can't hit my free leg or I'll wake her up…but now I have another issue if she wakes up and sees it…or, worse, feels it.' He mentally sighed as he tried to sleep, 'Why can't we be normal teens?'

SZ: Well…Geo's gotten himself in a rather..interesting predicament.

GT: Hope he can wake up before Sonia. But given how she now wakes up immediately at sunrise…Anyway, we've got one last chapter of this place before continuing on back to Echo Ridge.

SZ: Yeah…yeah…

GT: So please, folks. Read and Review!