(A New Fate, A New Start. Let us see where things lead for all those that are caught in it's eternal spin.)

Bold = English Conversations

Bold + Italics = Japanese Conversations

Fate 1

"What's the situation with our recently awake guest?" Kokonoe questioned as beside her was an individual who often plays a back seat role in the daily operations of the building. "Our guest is awake and waiting for us to meet him. The guard minimized his contact with the individual to ensure nothing happened." The man said as Kokonoe nodded her head at that. "That's good to hear bowl cut. Let's just get this done so I can vent this guy to the shadow realm." Kokonoe said as the bowl hair cut man simply shook his head at that.

"That is up for Kagura to decide, not you. And will it kill you to address me by my proper name instead of bowl cut." The bowl cut man answered as Kokonoe shook her head at that. "Come on Hibiki. Can't be casual? You got to learn to loosen up and that is saying something." Kokonoe said as Hibiki sighed upon hearing that as he has heard similar comments from Kagura before. "In any case, the sooner we can question our prisoner and find out his intentions, the sooner Kagura can decide what to do with him." Hibiki said as Kokonoe nodded her head at that as the two approached the prison.

"Miss Kokonoe, Mr Kohaku. The prisoner's awake and waiting in his cell downstairs." The guard said as Hibiki simply nodded his head at that, giving him a silent thanks as the two of them approached the cell, unsure what will happen next. "Let me lead alright bowl cut. I promise to not be too harsh on him." Kokonoe said as Hibiki simply sighed before deciding to agree with her, mostly to avoid further complaint from her.

They soon stood in front of the cell of the individual they were most interested in finding out. He was simply seated on the cold metal slab, the clothes that were laid out for him had been used, the old clothes he was wearing now on the table instead, The man was looking around his surroundings as he wondered where on earth he was at that moment. "I take that the clothes you are wearing are to your comfort Mr Minakaze?" Hibiki asked as the white haired man, Sora Minakaze turned to face both the attendant and the professor herself.

"Did you...Did you happen to take my measurements while I was asleep Hibiki? These clothes fit me a bit too well." Sora said as Hibiki sighed upon hearing his name. "Now this is concerning, I have never told you my name and have not met you in my life. Yet you somehow know my name." Hibiki answered as Sora realized what he had just said and immediately became quiet. 'Right… different timeline. New person basically.' Sora thought to himself as he heard Kokonoe clear her throat to get his attention at that moment.

"Well Don't get too chummy with us right now. We've got a whole bunch of questions for you." Kokonoe said as Sora saw her grab two lollipops from her coat and munch down on them, cracking them with her teeth as Sora simply nodded his head at that, noting that she was simply in a bad mood at that moment. "Well I am happy to answer as many of them as I can. Just don't be surprised if I cannot answer everything." Sora explained as Kokonoe sucked even harder on the lollipop.

"Well if you are so happy to oblige. Tell me this, What the hell were you doing in the arena that day! Do you know how fucked we got because of that day!" Kokonoe shouted, kicking the bars of the cell as Sora was surprised by her action as Hibiki had to restrain her a little to ensure she did not go overboard. "Please calm down Miss Kokonoe. There's no need to show so much violence towards our guest here." Hibiki asked as Kokonoe found herself taking a few deep breathes before gesturing for Sora to explain himself.

Sora himself scratched his head, unsure how to explain himself as he took a deep breath before exhaling out deeply as he looked at the two with a straight face. "Well, I was just walking down the street and saw the fight on the screen. I saw something I didn't like and quickly went into action." Sora explained as Kokonoe nodded her head at that. "What about your relationship with the mercenary Bullet? Tell me how did you come to know her." Kokonoe said as Sora nodded his head at that.

"Well… I met her in the field a long time ago. I just happen to know her from there." Sora said, unsure how much of the truth he should add and how much he should leave to not make things complicated. All he knew was that the world he was in has a Caroline that knew who he was. So if that was the case, then maybe, just maybe. "If you two don't mind me asking this one simple question." Sora asked as Kokonoe raised her hand to stop him at that moment.

"Oh no you don't we still got a whole bunch of questions to ask you and you are not going to ask your question until you answer everything we have for you." Kokonoe said as Sora sighed upon hearing her response. "Can you at least let me ask a question after I answer 1 of yours. I promise that it's only the one question that I need answered." Sora said as Kokonoe sighed upon hearing that. "I do not see anything wrong with granting his request professor. Do you object?" Hibiki asked as Kokonoe scratched her head.

"Fine fine. You will get your one question as soon as you be a good boy and answer the next question I have in mind." Kokonoe said as Sora took a deep breath upon hearing her response. "Tell me your relationship with the black beast. Now." Kokonoe questioned as Sora couldn't help but look at her a bit confused before realizing what she had meant as he scratched his head. "My relationship with the black beast huh…" Sora said, having a face that said that it was currently a complicated situation that was in front of him.

"What if I were to say something like… me and the Black beast are one and the same. That we are both part of the same being?" Sora answered as Kokonoe kicked his cell once again upon hearing his answer. "Bullshit that's the deal. The Black Beast isn't some pet one can control!" Kokonoe shouted as Sora scratched his head upon hearing her response. "But it's true though. The Black Beast and I are one of the same being at the end of the day." Sora added as Kokonoe showed frustration on her face.

"That doesn't make any god damn sense though. How can the Black Beast listen to you let alone be capable of fighting the way it did that day." Kokonoe said to herself as Sora cleared his throat, deciding to grab her attention at that moment. "So now that I have answered your question… can you now answer a question of mine?" Sora questioned as Kokonoe took a deep breath upon hearing his simple request before gesturing with her hands to get along with his question.

Sora took a deep breath upon seeing this. He knew that his next question had two distinct possibilities. He had to prepare for both as he took a deep breath in and out. "Tell me right now. Is there a Makoto Nanaya in this place?" The moment Sora's question left his lips and hit the ears of the two, their eyes immediately widened in shock. "How do you know her name?" Hibiki immediately questioned as Sora cleared his throat upon hearing that.

"I know her for the longest time. And judging from your responses, you are telling me that she's here in this facility right now." Sora said as the two couldn't believe how much he was able to discern from just their facial expressions. "Can you both let me see her right at this very moment. I need to make sure she's alright." Sora immediately requested as the two immediately looked at each other, Kokonoe's sour mood now softening as she had proper reason to not get mad at him anymore.

"As much as you want to go and see her right now, she's currently not in any state to see anybody at this very moment." Kokonoe said as Sora immediately looked at the ground upon hearing that very statement. Concern immediately came over him as both Kokonoe and Hibiki could see the cogs in his mind spin. "Can you both just let me see her. Even if she's unconscious right now. I just need to see her and make sure she's safe." Sora asked once again as the two simply looked at each other before shaking their heads.

"I'm afraid we are going to have to say no to that right now. We don't know what's currently got her unconscious right now. Even if you go to her right now, there's nothing you can say to her that would wake her up." Kokonoe said as before Hibiki and her could blink their eyes, the person in front of them had vanished in front of them. "Then I'm sorry. I really really need to go and see if she's fine right now." Sora said, his footsteps echoing as the two turned to see Sora running out of the prison as they looked back at the prison before looking back at the direction Sora had run away to.

"How...How did he…" Hibiki said, having read the reports but simply thought that they were an exaggeration of Sora's abilities. "Dammit! He did it again! I still haven't figured out his god damn disappearing act too." Kokonoe swore as she ran for the direction he ran towards. "Get the guards to restrain him Hibiki! We can't let him near Makoto's room no matter his intentions!" Kokonoe immediately requested as Hibiki was quick to shake off the shock that had struck him to focus on the situation in front of him.

Meanwhile the guard yawned a little bit as he heard a pair of footsteps approach his way. He thought the two were already done with their interrogation. He soon found himself bumping right into another person instead, looking to see it was in fact, the prisoner that was supposed to be in his cell. "Hey what are you doing out of your cell! You need to stay…" Before he could raise his hand to grab the hand of the prisoner, he felt his hand get struck away as he looked down to see what was responsible for doing so.

The guard then felt his blood freeze a little when he saw what looked to be a black snake menacingly growl at him, threatening to bite him if he attempted to do anything else. He then turned to see Sora Minakaze exit out of the prison as the black snake disappeared in front of him, leaving him slightly terrified as he was not sure what had just happened. Sora meanwhile ran out of the lower levels and into the massive hallway that the NOL buildings were famous for having.

"Right… I used my drive to get out of there but how am I going to find Makoto now." Sora said as he felt his left hand pulse upon hearing himself say that. He raised his hand up to see a blue light glow from the palm of his hand before it formed a small wispy trail in front of him. At first, Sora couldn't help but wonder what the purpose of the light was but he felt an instinctual presence tell him that he can trust the light and follow it to his destination.

"I got nothing better to do. I might as well follow this light." Sora said as he ran at the direction of the blue light. As he did, he saw the blue light simply weave itself, creating a path for him to follow as he felt that he was heading the right direction. "There he is! Get him!" A voice shouted as he saw in front of his eyes, the blue light actively change the direction it was about to go to as he could sense that if he ran through the opposite direction, he would most likely be taken out for doing so.

"Don't let him escape! Form a wall to stop him!" The guards yelled as Sora turned the corner to see that a wall had slowly begun to form in front of him. The intention was clearly to stop him in his tracks as Sora took a deep breath and ran as fast as he could towards the wall before it could form and block his way. His right eye then reacted, allowing him to see all the possibilities of him getting past the makeshift wall as he chose the one that allowed him to simply slide past the legs of the individuals in front of him, to them he looking like he just ran right past them as they turned to see him running away from them.

"How did he!? Regroup and trap him again!" The NOL Guard in charge shouted as Sora saw more guards form in front of him. This time when he used his drive to see the possibilities, he saw instead that all of the possibilities in front of him end with him just pinned by several guards. He understood that running past was not an option but the blue light was pointing for him to head past the rows in front of him so he needed another way.

It was then he looked at his left hand, seeing the black liquid coming out of it as he understood that there was probably something he could do that would let him get past but he needed to apologize in advance for what was going to happen next. "Sorry everyone. But there's someone I need to see and you all are blocking me from doing so." Sora said, giving his apology as he raised his left hand up for the guards to see. They thought they were going to be hit with an ars magus spell and steeled themselves for the worst.

A seal began to form itself in front of Sora but instead of shooting out ars magus from it, a magical black substance began to pool itself out of the seal, forming the shape of a head in front of Sora as he held his hand out to complete the spell. Soon, it became obvious what he was creating was not an ars magus spell but instead something massive as the guards could hear the sounds of something primordial come right out of the seal.

"If you want to live. Get the hell out of my way." Sora warned one last time as he was soon covered by the whole black mass. As it sealed him inside it's protective covering, the shape was finally obvious in front of the men as they felt the fear of god strike them as a Black Beast's head roared at them. They couldn't believe what they were seeing, the beast of calamity taught and spoken of in history textbooks was now in front of their eyes and they were face to face with such a beast.

They knew that their ars magus was designed to deal with such a creature. However, the shock of seeing such a creature manifest itself in front of them, a beast of legend, made everyone simply stare at the creature as the Black Beast head screamed even louder, causing some men to drop on their asses as the Black beast head simply rammed itself past any walls the NOL guards had attempted to form, it's sheer raw power a near perfect match to the real deal 100 years ago.

"A...A BLACK BEAST! WE HAVE A BLACK BEAST!" The men shouted, unsure what they were dealing with as the men simply backed off Sora's way. Some dared to try and block him by using barrier Ars Magus but the power of Sora's Black beast was enough to smash their barriers away but not injure them as Sora was actively trying to hold back the power of the beast he was using to only push away the people blocking his way and not deliver harm onto them.

Inside the Black Beast head, Sora got a good glimpse of what was happening around him, the beast actually allowing him to see what was in front of him as he saw how effortlessly he was able to push back all of the NOL guards trying to block his way, making it clear the power he now has at the tip of his fingertips. Sora however did not let the fact he now had power get into his head and simply focused instead on just making his way to Makoto, the blue light still guiding him true to his destination by the looks of it.

As soon as there was no more guards attempting to block his way, Sora immediately focused and dismissed the Black Beast that he was riding inside, allowing him to run on his legs again as he saw the blue light point towards a metal door that clearly was housing someone inside. He only took a few steps ahead when he sensed danger coming his way. His right eye pulsed greatly as he could feel the inch of a blade press on the back of his neck for a brief moment before his drive activated and allowed him to dodge the would be fatal attack.

"Impressive, so you seem to have a sense of precognition that we are unaware of." Hibiki's voice echoed as Sora stood still after the attack, his eyes scanning around for where Hibiki could be as he then sensed Hibiki's next attack coming his way. Hibiki then tried to lunge for another attack only to feel his hand to be grabbed and tossed towards the door that Sora suspected housed Makoto inside. Hibiki himself had quickly changed from his normal uniform to something that was more light fitting, a sheath housing many blades on the back of his hip.

"Maybe not precognition, instant divination perhaps." Hibiki said as Sora's gaze was not on him but the door he was standing behind of. "Hibiki please… let me pass. I need to see her." Sora said as Hibiki shook his head upon hearing that. "Once again, I cannot let you pass. You are an unknown factor and with what you have shown me, what's stopping you from killing the woman." Hibiki replied as Sora could hear the wheels of something approach behind him.

"Damn, the power of the Black Beast truly is something to be feared." Kokonoe said, Sora turning to see she was riding on a scooter to reach his point. "But Hibiki's right at the end of the day. You say you are not going to hurt her, but we don't trust those Black Beasts of yours to let you be all alone with her." Kokonoe said as Sora could hear the sound of footsteps approach behind him as he turned to see the rest of the NOL soldiers he had not harmed

"Now, Please cooperate with us Mr Minakaze. Don't make this any harder than it has to." Hibiki said as Sora looked at his surroundings. Even with his drive he wouldn't be able to force the door wide open as he had considered to cooperate with them with the hopes of being able to talk to Makoto later on. Yet at the same time, with the stunt he had just pulled, he may be barred from being able to see Makoto at all.

"Boss. Can you hear this?" A voice chimed as Sora immediately understood who it was and looked at the camera. With his left hand, he tensed his fist a little to let the camera see he was able to hear the person's voice. "You want access in the room right? Think you can get in there if I give you the chance?" The voice continued as Sora decided against giving another sign immediately and decided to wait for the others to respond instead.

"Come on Sora. Be a good boy and go down to prison with us again and work with us." Kokonoe said as Sora simply remained quiet before nodding his head. This was the sign that he needed to give to the camera as without warning, the door behind Hibiki opened, alarming him as he turned to see in front of his eyes, Sora had already managed to step inside the room, everyone else who had their eyes focused on the man shocked by how fast he was able to elude their eyes of him.

Hibiki himself wasted no time and tried to use one of his blades to stab it right at the doorway as it was closing to prevent the door from fully closing on him. He would have been successful in doing so were it not for the fact that his blade met the teeth of a Black Beast instead of the frame of the door, watching as it sacrificed itself just to prevent Hibiki from interfering as it got squished by the door as it closed and dissipated into Seithr in front of his eyes.

"Dammit! Was that Caroline!?" Kokonoe questioned as the speakers activated and a chuckle was heard. "Indeed it was me, Caroline! Good to see you can tell my rival." Caroline said as Kokonoe made a loud tch upon hearing her voice. "You better open that god damn door or so god help you…" "Trust me when I say this, Boss won't hurt Makoto one bit." Caroline immediately replied as Kokonoe herself couldn't help but shiver upon hearing Caroline's confidence.

"And how can you make such a claim with such confidence in your voice Caroline?" Hibiki questioned as Caroline chuckled through the speaker system as she smiled from the back of her laboratory, leaning back on her chair as her eyes were mainly focused on the Rev System, the motorcycle blade now resting on the table in it's Mk2 form as with her memories restored about her former boss, she had everything she needed to know about her boss to make her decision. If she had to give a reason however…

"It's simple really. The man loves the woman too much to let any kind of harm come her way."

SORA POV

The first thing I note when I entered the room was the fresh scent of oranges that lingered in the air. My eyes scanned and saw the scented candles that were used to give the room it's currently citrus aroma. My eyes were then drawn to the person that was currently lying on the bed, a curtain used to cover them from the light that was shining into the room as I raised my left hand up, letting the blue light coming out of it to guide and show me where my final destination was to be.

That final destination became clear when it rested on the bed itself, the person behind the curtain being the source of this blue light as I swallowed some saliva and approach the curtain. My hands trembled a bit before I swiftly opened the curtain, allowing me to see the person that was behind it. My breath soon left my body as finally, after what felt like an eternity. I finally found her, the woman that made me go through so much trouble to see her again. Resting like sleeping beauty was Makoto Nanaya, her body breathing but sleeping in silence.

"Makoto…" My voice simply said as I pulled the curtain away to get a proper view of her completely. As I pulled a chair to sit closer to her, I couldn't help but just stare at how at peace she looked at that moment. Her brown hair now turned into white with red streaks where the previous black and white streaks were. Even her tail was the same as I couldn't help but stroke her tail gently. She looks so peaceful sleeping the way she did and I can now understand Hibiki and Kokonoe's reluctance to let me see her.

The few touches I did with my right arm failed to wake her up. In fact, she continued to sleep peacefully as I did as I decided to touch and feel for a pulse to make sure she was alive as she felt cold by my touch. The fact that I was able to feel a brief pulse was enough for me to feel a sense of relief that she was alive and not actually a corpse they were posing eerily. "Is...Is she hibernating right now?" I wondered as I looked at my left hand as soon as I felt a sensation strike it.

My left hand began to glow a bright blue as I noticed Makoto's own left hand begin to glow as if in response, an orange glow. I swallowed some saliva as I stared at the glow, almost in a hypnotic trance. I looked at my own left hand, glowing a bright blue being pulled towards the orange glow on Makoto's hand. I guess I am supposed to lay my hand on hers and something will happen. I took a deep breath upon that realization and realize I need to take a chance with what is going to happen next and have faith in the process.

As my hand rested on top of hers, I felt a brief sensation strike me as a warmth began to grow on my hand as it touched Makoto's. I then saw the light that became of my touch grow even brighter as out of instinct, I shielded my eyes. I then felt several things play and dance around my mind as I felt the warmth grow even more as it began to engulf my body. I couldn't help but smile upon feeling this warmth as this warmth was undeniably the warmth only someone in love could bring.

"This...This is you huh...Makoto." I said as a few tears couldn't help but drop themselves down my face as I tried to hold back the urge to cry even more at that moment. The happiness my soul felt being touched like this was something I couldn't really describe. The light that engulfed the room soon died down, allowing me to see Makoto once again as I noticed an immediate difference from the hand that was holding hers.

Warmth. The very warmth that I felt when that light came in the room was the same warmth I felt in her hand as I could see her mouth slowly move up and down. The fact that she was moving her body again gave me the same sensation as watching a fuyuhodon spider crab waking up from it's hibernation period as I decided to touch her forehead and feel for her warmth. As soon as I did, I could feel the cold that once dominated her now subside and become a much more normal warmer feeling as a smile grew on my face.

"Par...Parmmm" Makoto murmered as the fact that she was speaking now was telling me that she was rousing from her slumber to reawaken from her slumber. I couldn't help but lean in closer, hoping to get a better sound of what she was saying next as the fact that she was speaking now told me that she was about to wake up at that moment. "Parfait….mmnnnn. Chestnut parfait…." The moment I heard her say those words, I couldn't help but feel my face freeze to a near deadpan state.

"Really? The first thing you mumble when you wake up is parfait?" I said to myself before chuckling. At least I know what's the first thing I am going to make for her when she wakes up. Which is going to be right now as I looked for a jug of water to chuck at her face. Wait a minute, if I don't offer something in return, she's probably going to dump me instantly for waking her up rudely. It was then I noticed the bouquet of flowers, rather new and smelling fresh on the bed beside her.

I then checked the vase and saw a rather sizable pool of water had collected. I then took the flowers out of the vase and placed them to the side along with the vase before I moved Makoto off the bed and to the ground. I at the very least was not going to get the bed wet as I could hear her mumble some more stuff on her breath, most of which were basically made no sense but were mainly about food. "Dinner...date...shopping...mmnnn,...Sora…" The moment I heard her call out for my name, that was the moment I felt a sense of happiness as the fact she still remembered me made my heart feel happiness.

"Thanks for thinking about me Makoto. And Sorry for what I am about to do next to you." I said as I held the vase of water on my left hand and with my right hand, the bouquet of flowers I held behind my back. I then got on one knee and without hesitation, tossed the water right at Makoto's face as I chucked the vase to the side and waited as Makoto immediately sprung to life the moment I did so, her eyes wide and her face splashed with water as she blinked several times to get the water off her face.

"First things first, before you do anything to me. Here. Have this bouquet of flowers." I said as I gave them to Makoto. Makoto continued to blink a few times as she slowly placed the flowers on the ground and slowly held my shoulder to support herself up to her feet. She trembled a bit as she did so as I felt a sensation strike me at that moment. That sensation being a fist coming my way and sending me flying out of the room in the most dramatic way possible.

While I could just easily choose to avoid the easy to read attack coming my way, for once in my life, I saw what my drive was trying to tell me was going to happen and instead of trying to dodge the attack. I accepted it without hesitation. As I felt my cheeks slowly move left and right from the sheer shock of being struck. The force I felt coming my way was almost as strong as Azrael's weakest flick. All I could do at that moment was just hope my body was not crashing through the metal door behind me.

Luckily for me, I heard the door behind me activate and open wide open. Most likely done by Kokonoe overriding Caroline's control. What was unfortunately for me was that my body crashed right through another person, causing them to tumble with me. The pain I felt must be the same pain the person behind me felt as I slowly got off them and turned around to see who I had just landed upon. "Owww...Why….Why me…" The person mumbled as the person that was my cushion was now clear to me.

"Hunter?" I simply said as Hunter slowly stood up to get a good look at me. He stared at me up and down before he nodded his head. "To think...You really are here." Hunter said, leaving me a bit confused by his statement as before I could ask him further, I felt my body get tackled to the ground as Hunter was smacked to the side in the process. I could hear the sounds of people gasping in shock as I groaned a bit upon feeling the pain course through my body. As if my jaw wasn't enough pain already.

"Finally...What took you so long?" The voice of the person chimed as I slowly looked at the person who tackled me. I felt my heart flutter the moment my eyes laid on her. Sure I saw her when she slept peacefully but seeing her alive and awake the way she was, priceless. "Do you know...How long it took for me to wait for you to come back? How much I had to fight just to keep your existence here? Sora you idiot." The woman said to me as I simply smiled and nodded my head at those words.

"Of course Makoto. I am very well aware of the lengths you went to get me back. And it's good to be back." I said, reassuring Makoto as I held her in my arms. But something was different with me touching her… as if there was something missing on her. "Wow… I mean...wow…" I heard someone say as I turned to see a black haired man wearing a black version of the NOL's coat, his eyes scanning up and down repeatedly. But that was not all.

Beside him was a blonde haired girl, shielding her eyes and Hunter's as they were staring at something they were not supposed to see. Beside them was a red haired girl, simply turned away but her face was clearly crimson as I looked back at Makoto at that moment and simply looked up and down at that moment. "Heh… is it me… or is it feeling a bit chilly up here?" Makoto said, unaware she was completely in the nude.

How Makoto lost her clothes in the first place I do not know but at the same time, it doesn't change the fact that she was completely in the nude right now and she needed to have something obscure her view at that moment. "Uhhh Makoto. Just ummm….don't panic and don't look down." I said as Makoto looked at me, almost in a manner that drugged people would do. Maybe her long days of sleep have dulled her senses for a bit so it's up to me her boyfriend to ensure she's well protected.

I know, A black beast should serve as adequate cover for her for the time being. But maybe instead of making this black beast look menacing, scary and guaranteed to cause trouble, I should instead try to make this Black Beast look...friendly and not like he is going to kill someone. I focused on the image in my mind for a bit as I felt the black mass on my left arm act according to my wishes and slowly surround both me and Makoto.

Friendly Black Beast huh… The first thing I need to do is give him a silly face, make him have eyes that look like those googly eyes. Yeah that seems like the least threatening Black Beast so far. But that may not be enough. I know. Give him a tongue that is always sticking out. That will most definitely scream that he is not harmful in any way and also make people just chill around us. Right, that is the image that I will go with. With that image in my head, I created the brand new Black beast to surround both me and Makoto at that moment.

I then looked Makoto whose face was bright red, as bright as the red streaks on her hair. She must have looked up and down and saw that she was naked at that moment. "How...Why….Ahhhh…" Makoto said, flustered as all hell as I decided to take off the shirt I was wearing and put it on her. The moment I did so, she felt a sense of relief hit her as she was able to control her embarrassment on her face to look at him once again. "Thank you Sora… truly."

"Look… I understand you are confused at the moment. But...please...Let's just enjoy this moment together." I explained as I could see Makoto struggle to find the words to speak right now but that was fine. There is a lot for her to process and she needs the time to process it all. "Heh… it's funny… Even though I know it's the first time in a long time I have seen you… it really does feel like I have seen you so much already." Makoto said as Sora smiled at that.

"Well...we did have a lot of time in that world where time stopped. And in more ways than one." I said as I simply looked up and down on Makoto. Makoto herself simply scoffed and grabbed my right hand before making me grab her boobs in a rather bold manner. "What. Are you already getting horny again?" Makoto teased as I must have turned quite the red color for her to see. "Come on now, This is neither the time or place for sex." I said, wondering if this was the reaction she was looking for.

"Of course it isn't… but after everything we've been through. Life's too damn short for me to care about what's right or wrong. I just want to spend as much time as I can with you and everyone else." Makoto said as I couldn't help but chuckle a bit upon hearing that. "Yeah… Life's way too short. If only we could live forever then maybe we can truly experience everything the world has to offer. Together." I said as she soon smiled and pushed me to the ground, keeping my hand on her boob.

"Yeah. Together. That's the one thing I want right now. But for now… while we have this convenient smokescreen you have created… I just want to have you for myself right now." Makoto said as I felt her slip my hand through the shirt and let me feel her naked boob underneath. "Just as long as we don't go too far. I am not so sure how soundproof this guy is." I said as Makoto giggled upon hearing that. "Oh don't worry. I promise to be as quiet as a mouse." Makoto said as our lips soon met once again.

Bringing me a warmth I long missed.

"Uhhhh… So what do we do right now?" Kagura Mutsuki questioned as everyone in the room was just staring at the Black Beast that was in front of them. The black beast was something completely different from any Black Beast that they had pictures of. The goofy looking eyes, the way it's tongue simply drooped down and the rather dumb looking expression. Everyone could simply look stumped as he looked at the three people at his left.

"I say...Leave them be." Noel said as the red haired girl nodded her head. "From what I have heard, Makoto's been through a lot and I have yet to give her a proper apology for what I did to her. But for the time being, I am happy to give her some time to herself." The red haired girl said as her blue eyes looked right at Noel as she smiled and nodded. "You're right Tsubaki. She really needs it right now." Noel said as her hands were still obscuring Hunter's eyes, leaving him to just say this.

"Ummm… guys what's going on exactly?"

GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION!? HOW IS EVERYONE DOING ON THIS FINE DAY!? I know I took quite a bit of a break from writing but it has always been my personal belief that sometimes a good break is something people need to rejuvenate their brains for further writing. I have been doing fanfiction for a long time now and seeing works not get published for months can be terrifying some people. But at least until this story is complete. I promise that I won't go for too long of a break unless it's a good reason. Otherwise, it's good to be back writing again and I hope you guys continue to read my works.

SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT!? WHAT IS IN STORE FOR OUR LOVEBIRDS!? ARE THE HARD TIMES FINALLY BEHIND THEM OR IS THERE EVEN MORE CHALLENGE IN STORE FOR THEM!? AND WHAT ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM? IS IT FINALLY STABLE OR ARE CRACKS FORMING UNDERNEATH THEM!? Well this is a new arc, let us see where this arc takes us. Shall we?