(A new fate and the starting of something new for everyone involved. Let us see what happens next.)

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Fate 6

The first thing Makoto felt as her eyes slowly opened was the beaming glow of sunlight hitting on her face. Her face scowled a bit at the brightness of the sun shining on her face as she slowly began to wake up from her slumber. Why was she slumbering in the first place? Wasn't she just heading towards a cauldron with Sora? In fact, why was there a sun hitting her in the first place? "...oto… up…" A voice called out as Makoto felt her head ring a little as she slowly shook her head to wake herself up.

"MMMnnnn…" Makoto mumbled as she understood that keeping her eyes closed and resting any longer would be bad for her. She needed to open her eyes at that moment and get a grip of her bearings. As her eyes opened, she was greeted with the sight of blonde and red hair flowing in front of her eyes as she still felt a sense of drowsiness that lingered on her head. "Who's there?" Makoto called out as she had to know who was trying to talk to her at that moment.

"...Come on Makoto. Now is not the time for jokes." the moment Makoto heard the voice that was calling out to her, her eyes widened upon hearing them as her eyes immediately opened up wide, the tiredness she was feeling at that moment was immediately dispelled as she needed to focus on her surroundings at that moment, get a grasp of what was happening around her. Her eyes went wide like saucers as the people in front of her were real and she needed to do a double take about her current situation.

"Makoto what's wrong with you? You look like you saw a ghost." the red haired girl, Tsubaki Yayoi said as her blue eyes were looking at her directly. "Did you actually see a ghost in your dreams Makoto?" the blond haired girl, Noel Vermillion asked as Makoto's eyes darted between the two girls, trying to process what her eyes were looking at. "Noel! Tsubaki! You guys are alright!" Makoto said in relief as Noel and Tsubaki looked at her in confusion.

"Uhhh….Yeah Makoto. We are alright?" Tsubaki questioned, confused by her friend's sudden outburst as Noel couldn't help but hug Makoto at that moment. "Awww you must have had a nightmare. You poor thing." Noel commented as Makoto was just bewildered by what she was hearing coming out from Noel's mouth. "W-What are you guys talking about? You guys…" Makoto was about to finish her sentence before realizing that someone was missing.

"Where's Sora?" Makoto asked as both Tsubaki and Noel looked at her with confusion on their faces. "Alright Makoto. I think you may need to use the restroom." Tsubaki said as Noel nodded her head. "I agree with Tsubaki here. You seem to be thinking all over the place right now." Noel questioned, worried for their friend's current health at that moment. Makoto soon realized that her own behavior was drawing unwanted attention towards her and she needed to reassess the current situation.

"You're...You're right you guys. I am still sort of waking up from my sleep. I'm going to wash up real quick." Makoto said as Tsubaki nodded her head upon hearing that. "That's good to hear Makoto. But you best be quick. We are going to land in Kagutsuchi soon." Tsubaki said as Makoto's eyes blinked several times more upon hearing that. "Excuse me… Kagutsuchi?" Makoto questioned as Noel nodded her head at that.

"Yup, we are heading towards the 13th hierarchical city of Kagutsuchi because we had heard rumors that Ragna the bloodedge was located around the area." Noel explained as Makoto was starting to put together the pieces in her head. "I...I see… I better go and use that restroom huh. Got to go and catch that Grim reaper and I don't want to feel the urge to use the restroom doing so." Makoto said, using that as her time to slink out of the room to do so.

As Makoto did so, Makoto realized where she was at that moment. She had just stepped out of the private room of an NOL airship. She was clearly in a place that she shouldn't have been right now and she needed to try and see if the communications Ars Magus that she and Sora had placed on each other was working at that moment. She knew at that moment she should rush to the restroom and lock herself inside there as she needed time to recompose herself at that moment.

"Makoto? What's the matter?" A voice called out as Makoto made an audible gasp as she turned to see another pair of red hair her eyes were staring at that moment. The red glowing eyes that the man had immediately told her who this person was. "Oh! Hunter! It's you!" Makoto said as Hunter simply tilted his head upon hearing Makoto's suspicious choice of words. "Yeah it's me. Why are you so surprised to see me?" Hunter questioned.

"Well I mean...You know...LATER!" Makoto said as she knew the more she spoke at that moment, the more she may have risked drawing more unwanted attention towards herself. Locking the bathroom door, she took a few deep breathes before attempting to use the Ars Magus communicator she had been given. She had hoped that this communicator would still be functional and would allow her to communicate with Sora regardless of distance.

"Come on Sora… Pick up…"

At the same time…

The light shined across a room and this caused the individual who was sleeping underneath his blanket to stir awake. He would have enjoyed his slumber were it not for this rude blasting of light that shone across the room. The man soon arose from his sheets, a loud yawn coming his way as he woke up from his slumber and stretched for a bit. As he did so, he slowly opened his eyes to let him take in the scene that he was looking at. It was after that he realized that he was definitely in a place he shouldn't be at.

"This is...Otsu Air?" Sora said to himself as he took a deep breath and take in his surroundings at that moment. The comfortable airline seating, the smell of cigarettes in the air, the copious amounts of shady phone calls and dealings being made? "Yup, this is Otsu air alright." Sora said without any hesitation in his voice as he slowly undid his own seatbelt to make his way towards the restroom to freshen up his face.

"Ahhh sir, where are you going?" The air stewardess questioned as Sora looked around his surroundings for a bit. "Well I was just heading to the restroom is all." Sora said as the stewardess smiled at him with a bit of a lewd glare at him. "Well, if you need anything, let me know." The stewardess replied as Sora promptly walked away from the woman before she could have any ideas of bringing him to the lavatory herself for some dirty business.

As soon as Sora locked himself inside the lavatory, he knew he had to check a few things. One of the few convenient things Otsu air had in their lavatories was a window view as he opened up the shades that were covering up the window to take a better look at his outside surroundings. His eyes were greeted with the sight of clouds followed by a few hierarchical cities. "Judging from how the mountain ranges are set up… It seems to be that I am approaching Kagutsuchi." Sora said to himself as he knew he had to check up on the time at that moment.

But before he could do so, he heard a ringing sensation hit his head as he shook his head greatly upon feeling the sensation hit him. He took a second to compose himself as he realized that it was the communication Ars Magus that Caroline had given him and Makoto. And if that was working then that must mean something positive has happened. Pressing on the communicator, he could only hope for the good news at that moment to hit him.

"Sora...Sora are you hearing this? You haven't gotten snapped out of existence yet again?" Makoto's voice called out as all Sora could do for Makoto's own worries to be relieved was to hear him exhale deeply a sigh of relief. "Oh thank god you're still there Sora. You had me extremely worried for a second you know." Makoto explained as Sora simply nodded his head. "I know Makoto. But if we are separated then that means the Otsu cauldron has taken us to where we need to be." Sora theorized as Makoto could agree with him there.

Makoto: That's good to hear. Just need to know, where are you heading right now?

Sora: I am on an Otsu Air flight that seems to be bound for Kagutsuchi

Makoto: Kagutsuchi… I'm on an NOL airship that is on it's way to Kagutsuchi, the goal being to apprehend Ragna The Bloodedge who has been spotted there.

Sora: Ragna? He's at Kagutsuchi right now?

Makoto: By the sounds of it, that seems to be the case. I just need to ask you though, is anybody else with you right now?

"No… This is Otsu Air so if I have to guess, this was when I was heading towards Kagutsuchi by myself." Sora explained as Makoto couldn't help but tap her feet a little upon hearing that statement. "Well… I found Tsubaki and Noellie but they are acting a bit weird right now. They seem to be thinking that we are on our way to go and arrest Ragna. And Hunter's with us too." Makoto explained as Sora couldn't help but find that part alarming as a quick theory came up his head. "You think that they are just caught in a phenomena intervention event right now?" Sora said.

"At this point, I am inclined to believe that is actually the case right now." Makoto agreed as Sora took a deep breath upon hearing that. "Great, Everyone has most likely forgotten about me...again…" Sora said as Makoto couldn't help but feel sad for Sora upon hearing him make that statement. "Well, nothing I can really do about that for now. I just got to work with the punches I have been dealt with." Sora said, giving Makoto some comfort on how he was taking this.

"So Kagutsuchi huh… We should try and find a way to immediately meet up as soon as we both arrive there." Sora said as Makoto couldn't agree even more with that statement. "The question is, where are we going to meet up?" Makoto questioned as Sora couldn't help but wonder about something. "Do you know who is in charge of the Ragna The Bloodedge hunt?" Sora questioned as Makoto realized that was going to be an important detail.

"If I remember, Hazama was the one who was in charge of that search… My former boss at NOL Intelligence." Makoto said as Sora couldn't help but groan a little upon hearing that statement. "If I have to guess, it's going to be your former boss again… If that's the case then it will be better if I pick the place we can meet up, that way, you can come up with an excuse to be at the general area where I would be." Sora suggested as Makoto couldn't help but agree with that statement.

"In that case, where should we meet up? It should be in at a location where we could easily meet up with each other without running into much trouble." Makoto asked as Sora began to think upon hearing what she had said. A place where they could meet up with ease without running into trouble. There was only one real place he could think that would work in this situation. "Do you know where the Kagutsuchi Museum is?" Sora questioned.

The Kagutsuchi Museum. The place that Sora first went to for his job for the Otsu four. He knew how to get there so if anything, going to a location he was familiar with rather than trying to figure out another place would be more advantageous. There was another reason why he chose that place. "Makoto do you think you can check the date and time of where we are right now." Sora questioned as he did not know why he felt like asking that, a hunch was his most likely guess.

"The date and time…" Makoto said as she pulled out her own personal phone that she used and clicked on a button to bring up the screen. She could only gawk as she saw the date and time that was on the phone. "It's...the 31st of December 2199." Makoto simply said as Sora scratched the back of his head upon hearing the date. "So it turns out, we have somehow managed to travel back in time which means we are currently in a different timeline." Sora said

"But that doesn't make sense though, If that's the case, how is Hunter here with me and Tsubaki? If I remember right he was supposed to be still at Kagutsuchi." Makoto explained as Sora scratched his head. "I don't know myself but if I have to guess, someone, either the Master unit or another player is involved in this world's creation." Sora theorized as Makoto couldn't help but sigh upon hearing that. "It's always got to be god when it comes to these kind of messes huh…" Makoto grumbled.

"Regardless. We have a place, date and time. That tells me that our goal in this world will be simple." Sora said. "And what will that be exactly?" Makoto questioned. "We just got to be the first people to find Ragna The Bloodedge." Sora replied as Makoto couldn't help but start coughing upon hearing that. "You want us to go and find the most wanted criminal in the world like it's nothing!?" Makoto asked shocked.

"It's either we do nothing and flounder around or we at least try to fulfill the goal that was established in this world. Whoever made this world clearly made Ragna the target so the very least we should at least try to find him and see what happens next." Sora explained as Makoto bit her lips a bit upon hearing that. "Besides… I don't think we can go around explaining to people that they are in fact being played by god and not get weird looks from them." Sora elaborated.

"That's also true…" Makoto agreed as Sora had another plan. "Besides, when we meet up at the museum we are going to meet with the Red Devil as well." Sora said as Makoto could see where he was going with this. "You want to go and meet with Tager so that we can contact the professor no?" Makoto suggested as Sora smiled upon hearing that. "Well it's good to see that your time in Intelligence has made you much more aware of this kind of stuff."

"Well you know, I have to learn how to be a secret agent and all that stuff." Makoto explained as Sora could sense pride coming out of her voice at that moment. "You really have worked hard this past few years huh…" Sora said out loud as Makoto couldn't help but look confused upon hearing that come out from Sora. "Whatever you do. If you have to use Balmung, be careful not to push yourself too far." Sora warned as Makoto smiled.

"I promise not to do anything stupid or beyond my own capabilities. Promise." Makoto said as Sora smiled upon hearing that. "In any other case, let's first get off at Kagutsuchi and meet up at the Kagutsuchi Museum." Sora said as he was about to end the Ars Magus call at that moment only to hear Makoto raise her voice a bit. "P-Promise you will be there waiting for me. I don't want to be the only one waiting there…" Makoto said as Sora could understand why she would say something like that.

"I promise… I won't let what happened happen again." Sora said, ending the call as his right arm reflexively ached in pain, as if to remind him what happened the time he was too late to meet with Makoto before. "I swear it this time…" Sora mumbled as he knew what he had to do now. There was nothing that was going to stand in his way to reach Kagutsuchi as he began to approach the drop pods.

"Oh? Is this where you will be stopping with us for today?" The Air stewardess asked as Sora simply nodded his head. "Well then. Have a nice day." The air stewardess said, leaning in to give him a cheeky kiss as Sora immediately placed a finger on her lips to stop her from doing so. "Sorry. Already taken." Sora said with an aura of coolness that came out of him before entering the drop pods that will launch him downwards to Kagutsuchi.

"Hey Jasmine! What are you doing over there?" A voice called out as the air stewardess, Jasmine smiled with a cheeky look on her face. "Oh nothing. I just thought I would pull the strings on one of our customers." She replied as she approached her colleague to prepare for disembarkation. Sora meanwhile approached the drop pod after retrieving his weapons which had been placed here, most likely due to him coming to this world with them and the air crew figuring they were his storing them at the back like it was their job to do so.

"Time to repeat this rodeo all over again." Sora said to himself as he couldn't help but remember the first time he came dropping down to Kagutsuchi the way he did. He was excited for the chance to explore a new hierarchical city but those past few days were nothing less of stressful and not at all the field trip he was hoping for. He would still love to go and give Kagutsuchi another chance but now was not going to be that time unfortunately.

Boarding himself in the giant pod that will soon shoot itself towards the ground for his final destination, Sora took a deep breath at that very moment. He was ready for what was to come next but at the same time felt a sense of anxiousness hit him at that moment. Can he use the knowledge he had gained from his previous experience to avoid the same mistakes he had made before. It's very rare that a person would have a second chance in the same scenario they were in, it's an opportunity that he will not let go.

He felt the pod immediately disengage any safety locks that were holding it in place, prompting him to brace himself for what was to come next. It was brief but he heard a clicking sound followed by the pod suddenly gaining acceleration as Sora held on for dear life as he felt the G force hit him immediately, telling him how fast he was moving in the air towards the ground. While he was used to this method of entry, it did not make each time he experienced it a butt clenching experience.

"I am so glad Makoto's not…" Before Sora could finish speaking out his thoughts, the pod finally met impact on the ground, cratering the earth it landed on as Sora tumbled and shook inside the pod. His weapons were at least safely stored on the pods at the side, not being rattled around the pod and risking stabbing him in the process. "Here…" Sora finished as the pod slumped a bit, the entrance opening up for Sora to step out as he took a deep breath seeing the outside world once again.

He had expected to see something different when he emerged out of the pod and into this new world but in actual reality, the world just seemed to be normal around him. As if there was no world ending disaster looming around the world's head. Even the big blue ball that was just hovering in the sky was nowhere to be seen. This world truly seemed to be like it had been brought back to a time before the whole incident that plunged the world into chaos happened.

On one hand, he couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed that the world was not in chaos currently and was in fact, in a state of peace but on the other hand, this state of peace told Sora that at least the people who currently reside in this timeline won't be freaking out like maniacs wondering what was happening around them, making them more useful in terms of gathering information.

"Now...to the annoying part." Sora said as he looked at the long trek that was ahead of him to get to Kagutsuchi. One of the more annoying parts about being sent to the outskirts of a hierarchical city instead of just going through an airship port. If only he had a way to cut the trek down greatly so that he can just get to the hierarchical city without much trouble. As if on cue, he felt a sensation strike the back of his neck as he looked at his left arm at that moment.

"Could it be…" Sora mumbled as he raised his left hand in the air, letting the black ooze come out before Kevin the Black Beast emerged from the mass, bigger than he was before as before he was about as small as a reasonably sized German Shepherd. Now he was at least as big as Sora was at that moment. That told Sora that there must be Seithr in the area as in order to keep Kevin manifested, he had to supply Kevin with some of his own Seithr.

"Well...this is a big surprise." Sora said as Kevin looked at Sora before opening it's massive jaw for Sora to see. "You...You want me to go inside you?" Sora asked as Kevin nodded his head. This brought Sora back to when he used a Black beast head to ram his way through a bunch of NOL soldiers blocking his way so being able to do that but in a much smaller form may actually be faster. "Well… beats walking I guess." Sora said as he approached Kevin and stepped inside the Black beast's mouth.

"Now… no eating me alright." Sora said as Kevin simply sealed it's mouth shut before it focused it's gaze on Kagutsuchi itself. Sora meanwhile simply felt that he was pressed all over by a black sludgy mass, his vision of the real world taken away from him as he then felt Kevin move rather quickly. He did not need to brace himself for impact but at the same time, he felt a sense of discomfort as Kevin did not have a sense of speed control, darting like a bullet for his next destination.

...At least this beats walking…

MAKOTO POV

As soon as I hung up from my call from Sora, I couldn't help but sigh a little as I scratched my head a little. Talk about a massive world change right from the get go. I should be used to this since I am kind of an expert of alternate timelines and hopping back and forth between them but at the same time, it's still bizarre to be used to this kind of thing. All I hope for honestly is that I don't ever get used to this kind of life and instead can live a nice and peaceful life after all of this madness.

Before I left the bathroom however I couldn't help but subconsciously check myself on the mirror and see what I am wearing. My hair was still as white as ash and thankfully the arm that Caroline gave me was still there. It looks like other than trying to fit me into the role that the world needs me in, it allowed me to keep my current outfit which is better than nothing. Speaking of which, My current outfit…

When I look at my orange top, jacket and skirt, I cannot help but feel like I am commit a fashion crime and I love these colors. But the white hair is making the orange feel… so wrong right now. I could dye my hair later on but dying my bushy white tail too? I don't want to pour that much conditioner and hair coloring on myself just to make my hair brown. And just thinking about how to maintain it makes my spine chill.

"It would honestly be better to get a change of clothes… but what color even matches me?" I wonder to myself as I couldn't help but pose myself a bit for the mirror. Then a weird idea hit me in the head. I know Sora said not to use Balmung unnecessarily but a fashion crisis is one of them. Besides, Balmung only shows me a possibility I can take and I am pretty sure not taking that possibility wouldn't hurt me.

"Right, time for clothes shopping, Balmung edition." I said as I focused on myself a bit. Since I am just focusing on my appearance, I don't need to focus on what would be the best action right now. So I should block out any other actions I could be taking at that moment and just focus on what I am wearing. Focus on what I am wearing… focus… As if I placed myself in a trance, when I open my closed eyes, I can now see myself standing in front of a mirror and in front of me is a wide variety of colors I could be wearing at that moment.

In front of me was my current choice of clothes and there was nothing wrong with them in my eyes. I just only need to see what color would work well for me if I were to pick so take out the need to change my clothes and focus only on the color they are now. With that idea in my head, I could feel the image become much clearer in my mind as my clothes began to change color in front of my eyes, allowing me to see such a wide variety from blues to yellows and even whites and blacks. The color rainbow was simply exploding on my current outfit in front of me.

Right, now that I have gotten the focus of my vision down, I just need to narrow down the color itself. I guess I can start with just changing the oranges to a different color and work my way down from there. I first started by checking the color red on myself and immediately there was a big difference. For some reason, the red just works so well with my white hair and the other colors my outfit had did not clash as much as I had thought they would.

Did I already find a winner from the word go? I was hoping for a bit more of an adventure but maybe that can wait for another time when I am actually going on a shopping spree. This is after all just looking for clothes after all. But wait a minute, now that I think about it, Sora when he was teaching me how to use Balmung didn't exactly teach me how to stick to the current path. I guess it's because he has always used it for combat situations and only taught me how to use it for combat situations that he figured I wouldn't do something as dumb as this.

"Oh crap…" I simply said as I could feel my decision to stick with red suddenly kick in and the world around me suddenly distort. Oh shit, I really did not think this through. What was supposed to be a simple color viewing for future clothes has now suddenly turned into me now distorting the world just so I can wear the color red instead of the color orange. Oh gods if Sora saw what I was doing now he would say something along the lines of, "The power to change one's destiny… being used to give someone a change of clothes."

Even when he's not here I could feel his gaze upon me as I felt my soul simply burn greatly upon feeling that realization hit me. The world then finished distorting as I found myself staring at the mirror once again, the red I liked now replacing all of the orange that was on me before as I even noticed my hair now has a red streak on it that was not there before. I waited for a few seconds to see if I was going to get some sort of backlash from doing this but nothing happened, making me breathe a sigh of relief

I then felt a stinging sensation on my hand that immediately disproved my original train of thought as I took a deep breath and was simply glad that it was just simply a stinging sensation on my hand and nothing worse than that. But now what was I going to do and how I was going to explain… "Hello? Makoto?" A voice called out as I immediately couldn't help but panic as I tumbled a bit and slammed my head on the door, making a loud thud for all to hear.

"AHHH Coming!" I loudly shouted as I immediately recomposed myself and quickly thought of a reason why I looked like the way I did. As soon as I had an answer I would be satisfied with I opened the door to greet whoever was there. "Sorry I took so long. Lady's business after all." I quickly explained to the person in front of me. "Ahhhh….Makoto your clothes." The person, Noel Vermillion said as I couldn't help but scratch a little my head upon hearing that.

"Well...Well I mean you know… I just wanted to make sure that I look different before entering Kagutsuchi is all." I explained. As Noel looked up and down for a bit before scratching her head. "It's just that… you sorta look like a female version of Ragna The Bloodedge if it wasn't for that nice bushy tail of yours." Noel quickly said as I couldn't help but blink my eyes several times upon hearing that statement. Really? I look like the most wanted man in the world? Good old me?

"Ahhh well you know… I just happened to like this look you know. There's nothing wrong with red now huh." I quickly said as I put on my jacket at that moment. "Ahhh well… True but at the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if we will more false reports with you walking around like that." Noel explained as I sighed in understanding. "I know Noellie, But at the same time I cannot help it. These are my only change of clothes I got." I said as Noel smiled at that.

"Don't worry Makoto. If they got any complaints with the way you dress, me and Tsubaki will handle it." Noel said as I smiled upon hearing that. "But at the same time… I must ask… Why do you have to dress so...risque." Noel commented as I looked up and down my clothes before looking back at Noel with some confusion on my face. "Well… You look rather risque yourself Noellie. In fact, I would have to say, your dress is much more bolder." I commented as I looked at her up and down, realizing that Noel was not wearing the normal NOL uniform and instead the outfit I saw her wearing in Ibukido.

"W-W-Well… I figured you know… since this is meant to be more of a blend in mission I would try something different… especially since Hunter is with us in this mission." Noel explained as I couldn't help but blink my eyes a few times hearing that. "Wow… You really are a brave woman sometimes Noellie." I said as Noel simply shook her head heavily upon hearing that statement. "W-W-What are you… I am just…" "I'm kidding Noellie. It's good to see that you are at least thinking about Hunty." I said to help calm her down as I hugged her tightly, squeezing her face into my boobs.

"killing...me...with...illegal...goods." Noel muttered as I giggled upon hearing that statement as I released my grip on her, letting her breathe once again as Noel seemed to remember what she was going to ask me to do. "Oh right, I nearly forgot about this. Tsubaki said that we are about to land in Kagutsuchi soon and we need to be at our seats now." Noel explained as I could understand that. "Then what are we waiting for? We got to head over there soon otherwise Tsubaki's going to kill us for breaking the rules." I joked as Noel giggled upon hearing that.

Still, this current situation may not be as bad as it seems. So far, it looks like instead of Noel being on her own, she's surrounded by me, Tsubaki and Hunter right from the get go. She's not going to Kagutsuchi by herself unlike last time and we are nearby her to make sure nothing bad happens. Sora's also on his way and once he is with me, we can start trying to figure out how we are going to restore the memories of the others and make them aware of our current situation.

As we made our way to the passenger room that we were given, I saw that Hunter and Tsubaki were discussing something among themselves. I didn't catch a single word that they said as they were now looking at me. "Oh Makoto… Your outfit." Tsubaki said as I smiled and scratched my head. "Hehehe, yeah sorry I took so long. I just wanted to make sure I was dressed in my best is all." I explained, giving an answer that wouldn't raise much suspicion.

"It's fine to want to dress into something more fitting but at the same time you took quite a long time in the restroom to do so." Tsubaki questioned as I couldn't help but sweat a bit hearing that. "Oh you know… A girl's got to take her time is all." I said as Tsubaki tilted her head. "Even though your outfit is rather… revealing?" Tsubaki questioned, sounding more like my mother when she said that. In fact, I actually felt tempted to say just that.

"Come on now Tsubaki. There's no need to be that picky about Makoto's choice of clothes. You know how hard it is for her to find clothes that fit her body type." Hunter defended as I was surprised he would say something like that to me. "And besides, I think she looks pretty good in red." Hunter added as he immediately looked at Noel and quickly bowed his head. "Of course I say this as a friend!" Hunter quickly added as Noel simply smiled and walked up to him.

"Awww Hunty, you don't have to be like that." Noel said as she hugged him, making sure that her own chest was pressed on his face. I couldn't help but giggle at the sight of her trying to push her breasts on his face and Hunter was simply enjoying the feeling he was getting at that moment. Makes me want to do that with Sora the moment we both meet back up. "In any case, Let's get seated and ready for landing you guys. We are almost at Kagutsuchi." Tsubaki said as I nodded my head in agreement and took my seat next to Tsubaki.

I couldn't help but wonder, who was going to be coming next. So far this whole thing I have been experiencing has not been that much of a pain much to my relief. For once I am with my friends and there is nothing trying to separate me from them right off the bat. I am able to be just myself and be with my friends. Yet at the same time I know that this is all just a dream, an illusion to what I want in the future and I will not stop until I gain the real deal.

"Say you guys, since we are going to be going on a hunt for Ragna The Bloodedge, whose the one in charge of the manhunt?" I questioned as I couldn't help but be curious. If memory serves me right, My former shitty boss was the one who came along with Noel to search for Ragna. So it should only go to reason that the same shitty boss would be the one in charge of this whole mess. "Ahhh… About that…"

"Well Well, looks like someone was not paying attention to the mission briefing after all." Oh...Oh no… Oh hell no. This is not right at all. "Geh… that voice… that irritating voice that makes me want to punch his whiskey out of his hands…" I wanted to clench my hands on the seat so hard as the black haired man standing at the door had a grin on his face, directly staring right at me. "And I must say, you look rather nice, Miss Makoto the Bloodedge." The man continued to tease as I simply clenched my fist tightly as before we landed, I just had to do this.

"KAGURA! DIE!"

GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION!? HOW IS EVERYONE DOING ON THIS FINE DAY!? I am doing well myself and it has been half a year now. God it doesn't get any easier to know that the time just flies by so fast. I don't think I will ever get used to it but at the same time I don't think I want to get used to it. I personally am just enjoying writing stories for you guys and one of the things that brings me joy is just writing and watching the time pass me by.

SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT TO OUR HEROES!? WILL SORA AND MAKOTO MANAGE TO MEET UP BACK AT KAGUTSUCHI!? WHAT CHANGES ARE AWAITING THEM IN THIS NEW WORLD THEY HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN!? WILL THOSE CHANGES BE A PLEASANT ONE OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD IRRITATE EVEN THE MOST CALM OF INDIVIDUALS!? Well… tune in to find out