(A New Fate, A New Destiny unfolds in front of our eyes. Let us see where the wheels of fate take us.)

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Fate 8

The Kagutsuchi Museum, a recent addition to the 13th hierarchical city of Kagutsuchi. Many of the world's important discoveries are put proudly on display in this location including some items that came from the old world. Museums are are generally considered by the general public to be boring places and are often times not worth visiting unless there was something interesting to view inside it, making them the perfect location for secret meetings.

"This is Tager, I have reached the destination." The Red Devil, Iron tager reported as his communicator crackled with radio chatter. "Hear you Tager, is the informant we are supposed to meet over there?" A person spoke through. "No Professor, it looks like we have arrived early." Tager replied as the person, Professor Kokonoe sighed through her communicator as Tager could hear the sound of something being squeezed tightly before the loud crunching of candy.

"Well there is nothing we can do if somebody is late to the meeting. Just stay where you are and don't do anything to attract attention to yourself." Kokonoe explaineed as Tager's small confused grunt made her rub her head upon hearing that. "The NOL have sent in a whole armada to go looking for Ragna The Bloodedge in Kagutsuchi. You got to be careful where you are at and don't get caught in that whole mess." Kokonoe explained as Tager simply nodded his head at that.

"Understood. Do you wish for me to let her know as well?" Tager explained as Kokonoe sighed even more upon hearing that. "Don't bother, she would just make the situation worse by asking me more questions and I am already stressed as it is." Kokonoe explained as Tager simply sighed upon hearing that himself. "You do know that you need to explain these details so that confusion doesn't happen on the field correct?" Tager said.

"And you are better at doing that kind of stuff over me so stop complaining and do it yourself if you want her to know." Kokonoe said before disconnecting the call, making Tager scratch his head upon hearing that. "Has the Otsu Four case really have her this stressed? I would have thought she wouldn't have much of an issue with those criminals?" Tager wondered as he decided to put those thoughts at the back of his head and instead focus on the task ahead.

"Tager to Bullet? Are you receiving this message?" Tager questioned as he waited for a little bit for the radio to send a response. The silence that greeted him was simply unpleasant at that moment as he decided to press further. "Tager to Bullet. Respond." Tager said as his worry that something had happened to her came to his mind. "Bullet here. Sorry for the late reply, was busy making sure we were not getting stalked." Bullet explained as Tager did an internal sigh of relief upon hearing that.

"That's good to hear, what is happening out there?" Tager questioned as Bullet went quiet briefly upon hearing that question. "So far, nothing odd is happening but the radio's starting to act a bit funny. You sound on and off sometimes when you speak." Bullet explained. "The Radio's acting weird? I am unaware if the NOL is using any kind of radio jamming on our end. Keep an eye out and to be safe, stay close to my area." Tager advised as Bullet's simple grunt was enough for him to know that she had just registered his instruction.

"In any case, I am going radio silent and will only report should things go wrong." Bullet replied before ending her call with the Red Devil. Tager sighed a bit upon hearing that as he rubbed his forehead. So far what was supposed to be a simple job for him was already beginning to have it's series of complications. He was used to such things coming his way but at the same time this was just ridiculous the series of coincidences that were happening right now.

He can only hope things don't become more complicated than they had become…

Sora Minakaze yawned greatly, boredom striking the back of his mind. He couldn't believe he was feeling boredom with the series of events that had happened to him but maybe just maybe, his body was getting slightly burned out of the constant barrage of events happening to him in his life that his mind needed just a little silence was something his mind needed. A brief respite as he closed his eyes and took in the surroundings.

The gentle breeze blowing past his hair, the jingles on his new jacket's buckles that his girlfriend picked for him, the feeling of warmth he felt on his left arm after going without an arm for the longest time. Things like this he had taken for granted were now being properly processed for him and a smile was growing on his face. He raised his left hand to the sky, staring at the jet black hue it had as he focused and slowly made it vanish in front of his eyes, letting him know it was in truth just a part of him from him being a Black Beast rather than being a natural appendage.

He took the time to take a deep breath and let nature sing around him. The peace that had been given to him was something he needed right now. There was just one thing that was missing for him to complete this rather serene atmosphere and he could feel a wind blow right at him as he sat up from his bench and turned his head to face the walkway. "What took you so long to get here? Didn't you say that you were part of intelligence before?" Sora teased as Makoto couldn't help but smile, having secretly taken a picture of him in a serene pose on her phone to keep.

"Awww you know, I just wanted to take in the view that I was looking at." Makoto replied as Sora smiled upon hearing her response. "I am just glad that this time we did not end up being separated for too long." Sora expressed as Makoto smiled upon hearing that, giving him a kiss in response to his word. "That's very touching to hear Sora. I miss you too." She replied as they both kissed each other a bit more before recomposing themselves, knowing that they had a job to do.

"So...How should we actually proceed from here?" Sora questioned as Makoto sat next to him and began to rub on her chin, stirring her brain up. "We could try convincing the others that something is off and finding Ragna The Bloodedge…" Makoto said, letting her mind stir as Sora nodded his head upon hearing that. "I do agree with finding Ragna… But do you think the others will even listen to us in the first place? When they most likely will not have a clue as to what we are talking about?" Sora questioned as Makoto further thought about what Sora had just said before nodding her head.

"I do agree with that statement but at the same time if we don't do anything to convince the others we risk making ourselves more vulnerable to attacks from our enemies. Maybe the goddess of death or the goddess of the world will see fit to just ambush us right now." Makoto explained as Sora could see the logic of her words and would like to go with that plan but he also knew something else to add to that.

"Do we even know how we are going to convince the others we are not taking any crazy pills? They should be currently operating under the logic that they are trying to find Ragna The Bloodedge and if I am not mistaken, we should be leading towards Noel getting kidnapped eventually." Sora said as Makoto nodded her head upon hearing that. "That sounds about right… Hmmmm… Maybe we try using hypnosis to make them remember?" Makoto said, clearly spitballing an idea for Sora to hear as the weird look she got from him told her that was probably an ill timed joke.

"I mean...Hypnosis works only if they are aware of what they are remembering no?" Sora questioned as Makoto simply sighed and nodded her head upon hearing that statement come out of his mouth. "Yes Sora, that's exactly how hypnosis normally works." Makoto explained as Sora nodded his head upon hearing that. "Might as well add that to the list. We don't really have much of a choice or other methods we can use so why not." Sora said as Makoto couldn't help but feel her eyes lit up, Sora seeing her tail sway upon hearing Sora's approval of her statement.

"You are oddly excited hearing that." Sora said as Makoto immediately made him look at her in the eyes. "Why wouldn't I!? The chance to hypnotize someone to make them remember things they don't remember? It's the kind of stuff you only see on TV!" Makoto said, further expressing her interest. Sora wanted to make a response to her growing excitement, hoping to temper her expectations on the realities of hypnosis but then sense the air become a bit more tense as Makoto was quick to pick up the change in Sora's face and was ready to ask herself what he was thinking.

"What are you two doing here?" A voice questioned from behind as both Sora and Makoto immediately shot up from their seats to look at the person that had just questioned them. Sora was thinking that it was an NOL officer that thought they were just having a suspicious conversation while Makoto thought it was an NOL officer that Kagura had sent to make sure she was not slacking even though she was under no obligation to follow this Kagura's orders.

"We're sorry." Both Sora and Makoto said, their eyes closed as they soon opened them to see who it was in front of them. Makoto could clearly see it was just a tan woman with white hair wearing hot pants and a unique jacket. Her breasts were massive and stacked and her choice of clothes in general would have attracted several men her way. If she was a man, she would have been the type to go after the woman without a heartbeat.

"Uhhh...Who are you?" Makoto questioned as she took a quick glimpse of Sora to see what he was thinking and could see in his face a growing sense of shock on his face. To Sora, it looked like he had seen a ghost of the past right in front of his eyes. Sora did not know what he was to say at that moment. He did not expect to see Bullet here in Kagutsuchi of all places and also speaking to him as a total stranger yet again.

"Bullet…" Sora mindlessly said as Makoto immediately understood what was going on. Sora had told her about Bullet and what he had gone through with the woman as Makoto could understand the feeling that Sora was going through at that moment. At the same time, she understood that Sora did something that he should not have done as the mercenary Bullet looked at him with a now growing suspcion on her face.

"How do you know my name?.." Bullet questioned as Sora realized his mistake and bit on his tongue saying that. He couldn't believe that he had said what he had said and now had drawn attention towards himself. What does he say at that moment to not make himself anymore suspicious than he had already done? He cannot just say that he knew her from her mercenary days without raising any further attention… even if this was a different timeline and her mercenary group may not exist right now.

"Hey now, don't be so aggressive with my boyfriend you." Makoto said, placing herself between Sora and Bullet as Sora was surprised she did so and decided to let her lead, trying to avoid causing a situation in front of everyone. "Huh? Boyfriend? Then what are you all doing around here then?" Bullet questioned as her eyes then darted towards Sora as he tried his best to not look like a suspicious individual.

"What? Can we not enjoy ourselves in this side of Kagutsuchi? Are we intruding in your personal space here?" Makoto said as Bullet shook her head. "Look, I do not care about you and your relationship with him over there, but I would strongly suggest you leave the area." Bullet threatened as Makoto started to assert herself more. "And what are you going to do if we don't?" Makoto questioned as Sora could sense a growing hostility between the two that he needed to defuse before it was too late.

"Come on you guys, there's no need for us to start a fight here of all places." Sora said, trying to defuse the situation before it got any worse. "Not now!" Makoto and Bullet shouted as Sora immediately backed off at that moment before realizing he did not need to do such a thing. "No seriously, there's no need for us to be fighting in a public place like this. We should just move on from here and take our conversation else where." Sora advised, trying to defuse the situation at that moment.

"Oh no you don't! I still have questions for you." Bullet said, her eyes darting Sora's direction. "And he doesn't need to answer you anything." Makoto said, her emotions starting to get the better of her as she did not like the tone of this Bullet person even if Sora knew her. "And who are you? His mother? I didn't know girlfriends are this needy these days." Bullet said as Sora's face paled upon hearing that, realizing that a landmine had been stepped and there was no stopping the fight that was going to happen next.

"Oh? And are mercenaries these days this needy for attention? You make it sound like you are not getting paid enough for your job and you are just taking it out on me!" Makoto retorted as Sora sighed and began to take a few steps back. He should do something about it, maybe try to pull Makoto away from Bullet before the fight got worse but the way things were going to go down, Bullet would just strike him in the process and that would be enough of a trigger for Makoto to go after the woman with fangs down. At least by letting the two women hit each other for a bit, they won't harm themselves to the point of severe injury… at least that was his hope.

"You want to fight you hot pants wearing bronze!" Makoto said as Bullet looked offended at that statement. "I am not wearing hot pants! You lewdly dressed squirrel!" Bullet retorted as both women slammed their foreheads on each other, teeth grinding as veins could be clearly seen popping out of their foreheads. "And the cats are out of the bag…" Sora said, sighing as he saw the chance for peace leave his very eyes, pressing his back on the wall as he figured the least he can do is make sure nobody gets too badly hurt.

Both Makoto and Bullet pushed each other to a respectable distance and tensed their fists. The both of them were ready to throw down and begin to fight each other. As their fists tensed, Sora felt his stump react as he reached out to touch it. "What the…" Sora said as he felt the air change a bit before he instinctively looked up at the sky to see something massive drop from the sky. Before Makoto and Bullet could begin their brawl, the ground immediately shook underneath them as everyone lost their footing and had to stabilize themselves when that occurred.

"What's going on over here!?" A voice boomed as whatever had crashed caused a massive dust cloud to kick up and cover their view of the person. Everyone in the area recognized who it was right away as just the glimpse of red skin was enough for them to know who could make such an appearance in the first place. "Captain!" Bullet said as Sora and Makoto immediately looked at her upon hearing that.

"Captain!?" both Sora and Makoto said out loud upon hearing that as the red devil faced the both of them upon hearing their surprise. "And what are these civilians doing out here?" Tager questioned as Bullet had another question in her mind. "What are you doing out here captain? Shouldn't you be waiting for our contact at the NOL?" Bullet questioned as Tager nodded his head. "I was until I got a message from the professor that our meeting had been compromised. Something or someone must have interfered with our contact and they were a no show." Tager said as Makoto simply had a shocked face at that moment, realizing what he was talking about.

"Uhhh...that was supposed to be me." Makoto said, raising her hand sheepishly upon hearing that as everyone couldn't help but simply stare at her upon hearing that statement. "You are supposed to be our contact from the NOL? What on Earth are you doing out here by yourself then?" Bullet questioned as Sora felt his stump throb even more. "And who is this person over here that knows my name?" Bullet further questioned as this was enough to attract Tager's attention.

"You know Bullet?" Tager questioned as Sora could feel the eyes of Bullet and Tager go his way as Makoto realized there was nothing more she can do to stop this. All she can do is watch what Sora was going to do next and hope whatever it was, it was not going to be bad in any way. Sora ran through various excuses he could use but being a person whose existence is normally erased, his reasons were limited and any excuse he would try to make would be met with questioning, so the only choice was to be honest.

"Alright….But you all must promise me that you will not stop me no matter how crazy I sound alright?" Sora explained as now it was Makoto's turn to simply wince at the side. She was not sure how this going to happen as she felt her heart race like never before. "My name is Sora Minakaze and I come from the future. We all are currently experiencing a time loop where it is the 31st of December 2199. In actual reality it's around the first week of February 2200." Sora said both Tager and Bullet simply blinked upon hearing that.

"You all, including the professor were sucked into a blue orb called the Embryo and you all are simply experiencing all that has happened already." Sora said, taking a deep breath and stepping back as he waited with bated breath for their response. He knew what he had said was both weird, bizarre and 100% unlikely to be true, so it should be not a surprise to him if they react in a manner that would simply mean they gang up on him.

"You know what I think? I think you are being full of shit right now." Bullet accused as Sora raised his arm towards Makoto to stop her from going aggressive on Bullet as Makoto took a deep breath before showing restraint once again. "Listen, you can say what you want. I am truly telling the truth right now. Tager you must have some sort of lie detector system installed inside you. You can tell I am telling the truth right now." Sora begged as everyone faced Tager as he pushed his glasses up upon hearing Sora's statement.

"Well Captain? Is he telling the truth to us?" Bullet questioned as both Sora and Makoto hoped that his gambit to tell the truth was going to work to an extent. Sora instinctively reached towards his stump as he felt his stump ache. "I do not detect any kind of heart motion that would suggest he is lying… but my sensors are detecting small amounts of Seithr leaking out from that stump of his." Tager explained as Bullet walked towards Sora at that moment.

"Let me take a look at that." Bullet said as before Sora and Makoto could do anything, her hand touched his stump. Sora felt a brief sensation strike him at that moment but he saw Bullet stumble back at that moment. "Bullet?! Is something wrong?!" Tager questioned as Sora and Bullet realized that despite this being a coincidence, this was big enough for them to raise suspicion towards them as Bullet stepped back a bit.

She held her head at that moment as Sora noticed small amounts of blue Seithr leak out of his stump as he felt his blind right eye react and begin to burn a bit. "Hey. What are you! What have you done to her!?" Tager questioned, his massive frame covering Bullet as Makoto knew she had to get involved. "N-No! He didn't do anything to her Tager! We swear it!" Makoto said as Tager shook his head.

"That does not explain the reason for his arm to start leaking out Seithr as it is right now! As far as I am aware, no being in general is capable of doing such a thing in the first place!?" Tager questioned as radio chatter cracked in the air. "Tager?! What's going on down there!? Your heart rate's racing over there!" Professor Kokonoe said as she looked at the people that was in front of her subordinates.

"And who are you two!?" Kokonoe demanded as Sora wanted to say something but immediately dropped to his knees, feeling his arm stump ache with pain, as if it wanted to release something at that moment as Sora panted quite a bit as before anything else could occur, a sudden surge of blue Seithr came rushing out of his arm stump, Tager and Bullet instinctively tried to shield themselves from the incoming Seithr wave, Makoto herself was shocked by what had happened and simply out of instinct tossed herself towards Sora, hugging him in her chest to try and help calm him down as he screamed out of instinct.

Sora himself was not in pain but screaming helped him release something that was inside him. The blue Seithr blasted all out of him and it took all of Sora's effort to try and contain the effects to just the area around him. Soon, the sensation had ended as Sora was left panting in Makoto's arms, Makoto able to get a glimpse of Sora's now glowing Blue eye as she felt her own eye react upon seeing it, as if she was feeling what he was feeling.

"Is...Is everyone alright?" Sora questioned, still putting others above himself as he knew what he did was insane but he had to make sure. Tager and Bullet were simply lying on the ground as this was enough to make both Makoto and him help stand them up as they struggled to find their footing, Makoto handling the Red Devil while Sora helped Bullet up. "Hey...Hey…" Sora questioned Bullet directly as Bullet's eyes slowly opened and got a glimpse of the person in front of her as he could hear an audible gasp come out of her voice at that moment.

"...Sora….Sora Minakaze?" Bullet said as Sora was caught off guard, letting his hand go as he used his drive to quickly grab her before she fell on the ground. Makoto herself was caught off guard by what she had heard and had completely dropped the Red Devil on the ground. "You...You called me Sora?" Sora said out of a sense of being dumbfounded. "...Yes...You and I...We know each other." Bullet replied as Sora and Makoto looked at each other at that moment, the dots connecting at that moment.

"The only question I have...is why am I in Kagutsuchi with…" Before Bullet could finish her sentence, everyone noticed her looking at Tager at that moment, becoming quiet as she did so as she stood up and took a few steps away from everyone. "Professor? Are you there?" Tager questioned as Kokonoe was quick to give him a response. "Have you handled the situation already Tager? We don't need to draw more attention than we need." Kokonoe asked as that alarmed Tager as to what had happened.

"...Yes I have. We need to discuss further later, we may have been compromised." Tager explained as before Kokonoe could question even further, Tager hung up the call so that his attention can focus itself right on Sora and Makoto only. "I do not know what you have done to me and Bullet… but whatever you did, for some reason I know who you are…" Tager said as Sora took a deep breath upon hearing that.

"What did you remember exactly?" Sora questioned as Tager placed his hand on his glasses. "I remember meeting you once at the Kagutsuchi Musuem… and how you spectacularly caused a whole tyrannosaurus rex exhibit to nearly collapse. And back at Ibukido and meeting you there." Tager said as Makoto quickly approached Sora at that moment. "You nearly destroyed a whole ass dinosaur exhibit?"

"W-What… I was doing everything in my power to try and hold Tager back at the time. I wasn't trying to harm him severely, just subdue him." Sora explained as Makoto nodded her head a bit at that before giving him a light slugging at his stomach, making him feel the air leave out of his body at that moment as Sora looked at Makoto with a light pained look on her face. "That's for thinking that destroying a dinosaur exhibit is a good idea." Makoto replied, giving justice to dinosaur lovers everywhere.

"A-Anyways… judging from what you said, you remember me but the events of what happened don't match what you are experiencing right now?" Sora questioned Tager as the Red Devil nodded his head at that moment. "My memory banks date all the way to today… but what I experienced was clearly from a later day. I don't know if it's a contradiction or a coincidence but what you are saying has to be the truth at this point to me." Tager explained as Sora nodded his head upon hearing that.

Sora: So… Are we cool right now?

Tager: I'm sorry but I cannot say. There's too many things in my mind right now and just remembering you out of nowhere is a bit too much.

Sora: I see…

Makoto: In any case, do you think you can convince the professor that we are inside the embryo?

Tager: Most unlikely, she may be versed with all matters of phenomena intervention but if she herself is not aware that she has been affected then it will be hard to do so.

Makoto:… I am guessing you don't have any spare fairy dust to spare for her Sora?

"…No not really." Sora said as his eyes were directed towards the direction Bullet had gone to. "I...I need to go and see her. She seems shook up." Tager explained but Makoto raised her hand to do so. "Why don't we let Sora do so. Call it a girl's intuition but I think you would just cause her some discomfort right now." Makoto said as her eyes were looking at Sora. Sora simply nodded his head, thankful for the chance Makoto gave him as he took off for Bullet.

Soon Sora saw Bullet sat down on the same bench he was sitting, eyes focused on the horizon in front of her as the sun had been slowly setting at that moment. Approaching her slowly, Sora knew that what he would say at that moment would matter a lot more and he did not want to go stuffing his mouth with his foot. He took a deep breath upon getting closer as a way to get Bullet's attention and to ready himself to say something.

"...So this is your world?" Bullet questioned as Sora felt the wind immediately leave his chest at that moment as he stumbled a bit before recomposing himself and sitting down on the back of the chair. "Yeah… I need to know Bullet… How much of me do you really know?" Sora questioned as Sora needed to know what knowledge Bullet knew about him, as a way for him to know how he was going to be able to approach her.

"….I remember meeting you in the middle of the forests of Ikaruga. We stuck together for some time and we bonded until we separated when I decided to hold back the Mad Dog in the 5th hierarchical city of Ibukido." Bullet explained as Sora nodded his head upon hearing that, processing what had he had just heard. "And...if I may ask… What happened after that?" Sora questioned as he waited with bated breath what she was going to say next.

"Me and the mad dog were fighting for a while after we separated… and… I lost… bad. I most likely died that moment." Bullet said as Sora couldn't help but feel a sense of shock grow through him at that moment as he simply turned to face her at that moment. "Are….Are you serious?" Sora questioned. "When I came to. I was standing in that arena, behind some barred gates and what my eyes see? Ragna The Bloodedge, Kagura Mutsuki the Black Knight and some high school girl. And beyond the gates was you, face to face with the Mad Dog and the Black Beast being right behind you the whole time."

Sora simply nodded his head upon hearing that, knowing that Bullet expected him to give her a response. "...Everything you saw was the truth and nothing but the truth. Nothing was fabricated and it's like what you saw." Sora answered as Bullet took a deep breath in return, composing her thoughts. "And what about that Amy girl? Where is she in this whole mess?" Bullet questioned as Sora remained quiet hearing that, unsure how to explain what had happened.

"She's...Currently elsewhere. It's hard to explain honestly." Sora said, deciding that was the best way he could phrase things as Bullet chuckled upon hearing that before standing up and placing her hand on his shoulder. "Well at the very least, you look less like shit right now. You actually look rather decent for once." Bullet commented as Sora smiled upon hearing that. "Thanks, Makoto offered to give me this outfit and she put it together. Makoto's the girlfriend I have been talking about." Sora said as Bullet looked at Makoto at that moment.

"I...I should probably apologize to her for my ummm...tone earlier." Bullet said as Sora shook his head, "It's alright Bullet, you didn't remember me and was in the right to suspect me as some sort of criminal. There's no need to feel guilty for anything." Sora replied as Bullet took a deep breath upon hearing that and nodded her head. "So what are you going to do right now? You are here for a reason no?" Bullet said as Sora nodded his head upon hearing that. "It's going to be finding Ragna The Bloodedge next. And maybe helping my other friends remember what's going on and figure out how to break this loop we are in." Sora said as Bullet nodded her head upon hearing that.

"Do...Do you want to come along with us? We can always use the backup." Sora said as Bullet looked back at the setting sun, her mind in thought before shaking her head. "Not right now… I got some things I need to go through right now and I don't think I would be much help in that case." Bullet said as Sora could see that Bullet was clearly in pain about something. He decided against saying any further and simply nodded his head in agreement. "In that case, let me set you up on a Ars radio chatter me and Makoto are using along with my usual backup. That way, we can stay in contact if we need to help each other." Sora said as Bullet was surprised by the gesture Sora was offering as she had half expected Sora to just cut her off after getting what he wanted.

"In that case… I'll take that offer… and also maybe that drink I said we would get." Bullet said as Sora nodded his head and began to make the adjustments to the Ars Magus Caroline used to allow Bullet to use it. As he did so, Makoto watched from a distance, seeing Bullet simply stare at Sora as Tager himself watched from behind. "Is Bullet alright?" Tager questioned as Makoto nodded her head upon hearing that.

"Why don't you go and check up on her yourself? There's no need to hide behind me and ask that way." Makoto said as Tager heard what she had said before shaking his head. "I understand the concern and appreciate it but there seems to be a distance between me and her right now. At the same time I understand that she is someone important to me for some reason and I do not wish for any kind of harm to come her way." Tager explained as Makoto simply smiled and nodded her head upon hearing that.

"That's good to hear. And if you want my honest opinion, you and her would make a good team together, she clearly trusts you and you should place some more faith in her." Makoto said as Tager couldn't help but agree with that statement. "So… Are you still going to pursue Ragna The Bloodedge at this point?" Tager questioned as Makoto nodded her head. "We might as well see what happens next. Rather than wait and do nothing." Makoto explained.

"Just be careful, he is an SS criminal for a good reason." Tager said as Makoto nodded her head before seeing Sora approach her with Bullet on tow. "Right, I have traded info with Bullet and gave her a way to contact me and Makoto. You two will be alright from here?" Sora questioned as Tager simply nodded his head. "We cannot really do much other than try to fulfill the orders of the professor and trying to convince her we are telling the truth." Tager said as Bullet simply looked silent and was looking away from the Red Devil at that moment.

"Is something wrong Bullet? You seem to be a bit pale." Tager said as Bullet shook her head at that moment. "Sorry, I was just in my own thoughts captain… We should definitely get going before sunlight is gone." Bullet said as Tager was slightly confused by this gesture but simply agreed with her statement at that. "With that, we shall get going right now. Take care you two." Tager said as he and Bullet left at that moment, leaving Sora and Makoto to themselves at that moment.

"Do you think those two are going to be alright?" Makoto questioned as Sora simply watched the two leave his sight. "Maybe… but we should at the very least try and keep up with them, to share information and also to check up on Bullet." Sora said as he realized what he had just said. "I-I mean it's just a friend thing and not anything to do with." But before Sora could finish his sentence, Makoto immediately grabbed Sora by his face and kissed him at that moment, letting him feel her warm lips.

"I know Sora, I am not that dumb. You got to have a little bit more faith with me after all." Makoto said as Sora smiled upon hearing that. "I guess I got worried for nothing...but at the same time I cannot help but still express my concern is all." Sora said as Makoto simply wrapped her arm around Sora's at that moment. "In any case, we should figure out where we are going to eat for dinner tonight. I am feeling Chinese food. What about you?" Makoto questioned as Sora wondered about that before deciding in his mind to agree with her statement, after all…

What could possibly happen with Chinese food.

GREETINGS LOST SHEEP OF FANFICTION!? HOW IS EVERYONE DOING ON THIS FINE DAY!? I am doing fine myself but I figure I might as well still ask you all fine folk. Well, a small life update for me, things are starting to get a bit busy for me. Don't worry about the story going dead for months before being updated I do promise to keep the story updated, I only worry that I will not have the time to do 2 chapters a month for the time being. If that turns out to be the case, I will be sure to make sure everyone gets updated but we are staying with 2 chapters until stated otherwise. If I do decide to stick with 2 chapters a month, I may go with shorter chapters unless I feel a particular chapter needs me to write with great passion.

SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT TO OUR HEROES!? WILL THEY BE ABLE TO GET DINNER WITHOUT MUCH OF A HASSLE!? WILL THEY SURVIVE THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT ARE THROWN THEIR WAY!? AND WHAT ABOUT THE MERCENARY AND THE RED DEVIL, HOW WILL THIS EXPERIENCE CHANGE THEM THE NEXT TIME WE SEE THEM!? All this and more when the wheels of fate turn.