Magic Forest : Murasaki House
Ozora Subaru & Minato Aqua
" Are you guys sure about not wanting to continued working as part of Akukin Construction? You are former CEO and her talented Magician after all.
Hell, I am willing to step down and let you take the leader seat if it means that you twos will stayed." Subaru pleaded, while Aqua and Shion simply sipping
their mushroom tea straight from the kettle.
Right now, three of them are sitting on the wooden table that standing in the middle of herbs garden in front of Shion's house.
Enjoying tea and home-baked snacks from Magician's oven and discussing about the future of Akukin Construction itself.
Aqua sighed after finished sipping her own tea.
" You see? I spent my previous life becoming a CEO of multinational company at day, fighting crime at night and recruiting Idols during my free time.
And now that I actually have a chance to start over again. When the world already full of Idols that can guiding people toward safety while the greatest crisis
that might happened to our very own existence already been avert. Was it that hard to believe that I just wanted to leave it all behind?"
" No. it's just that… I heard about story of Minato Aqua since I was young. About the heroes who not only leading the company.
But also changing fate of the world too.
Okay, when it turns out that you are just some cheeky brat. I am quite disappointed. But my point still stand. All of this couldn't happened without you.
You have saving this universe.
And I am sure the future of Akukin Construction as an interstellar company are just about to start. With your skills and knowledge.
Infinity growth is await. The fruit began to ripe, ready to be eaten. Why leave at that. Why do you want to left us behinds?"
Aqua smiling tiredly, picking one cookie up and slowly chews it before answering.
" You are wrong there, Ozora Subaru. The achievements Akukin has get here it not just my work. It is yours and every previous owners too.
We made this become possible. And last time I check. You are the one who gathered Myths members. Not me. Stop discrediting yourself, child."
" But everything I did. I just following your path and instruction! Now that we have met an uncertain future. I need your wisdom more than ever!
Please! If you just stay with us only a few more years…" Subaru start sobbing heavily, trying to hide her tear from Onion maid's sight.
Aqua smiles. " I am just an old businesswoman, Subaru. Knowing nothing but punching criminals in the alleyway and basic business decision.
You on the other hand, taking care of Akukin branches from all over the world and it subsidiary companies like Cover Corp and such.
You already far better than me. No need to be afraid of the future since you are already part of it." Aqua gets up, pulling favorite cap from her bag and puts it
on top of Subaru's head.
" My duty has ended. Next, it's your turn."
Subaru wiped her tears. " You just copying that from your favorite Manga aren't you?"
Aqua stuttered. " How can you…! I mean I just made that up myself, of course!" But Shion who making a face and slowly lifted one dusty comic book from
under the table indicated how bullsh*t that statement is , making onion maid punches the table in embarrassment.
Subaru pulling the hat out and pressed it on her hands, seeing the anchor logo that is the early brand of Akukin Construction before onion will take over.
This is the OG item. Maybe something that Aqua carried with her since she was still a child.
The fact that Aqua giving this to Subaru mean only one thing. She trust Subaru to carry on with everything she has.
The same way Aqua did couple of centuries ago after the fight between Sora and Suisei in San Francisco have end her parents' lives.
" But that make me understand now. Don't worry, I will take a good care of it." Subaru said, referring to both the company and this artifact cap,
making Aqua and Shion nodded with admiration.
"But why exactly do you want to living in this Magic forests? I am sure there are lots of Akukin properties you can live happily ever after in our world."
Subaru frowned.
Aqua sipping another tea. " You see? I spending my entire life searching for Idols that can saving our world. Now that I can have a second chance.
I want to become Idol myself. Shion is currently teaching how to become a proper Magician and if I finished the whole course.
I might become an Idol like her. Hard to achieve. I knows, but not exactly impossible. With genius Magi like her as teacher."
Aqua shamelessly flattering Shion, making the garlic witch puffing with pride.
" Like many human. Aqua has trouble searching for Mana gates. But by living in Magic Forest and absorbing Magic particles through food and drink.
She is getting better and better. If you returned in the next week. She might already able to cast some basic spells.
And judging by my genius inspection. Akutan can become proper Magician in… 5 or 6 years."
" Neeee! Why it took so long? Wasn't Ina-chan managed to mastered art of Space Magic within a few months? Why am I losing to her!" Aqua pulling
grandmaster of Magic cheeks, making her screaming in pain.
" Because you are puny human while Ina is half ancient one! Finding mana gate and casting spells is absolutely no trouble for her!"
Shion yelped, pushing Aqua back and then it become the brawling match where the table and chairs are all being knocked over while Subaru gently stepping
away from the mess that was once her respectable ancestor and her Magician mentor. Which look no different from two fighting toddlers now.
" Seriously, you guys never changed! I will take my leave now. Good luck with your Magic training BTW." Subaru shakes her head, start walking toward the
portal that linking toward her office in Seattle when Aqua and Shion suddenly stopped fighting and answered in unison.
"" Good luck!""
Current owner of Akukin Construction paused.
" Thank you for everything. Hope we can met again in the future."
"" We will."" Onion maid and garlic witch said, before they will continued with the fights.
…
Tel Aviv Beach : Israel
Sakamata Chloe
" Are you really sure about leaving altogether? We are just about to upgrading your contract into real worker. Not intern any more." Laplus asked,
eating Lui's Hamburg steak from the colorful lunchbox as she is speaking, rather looking at swimsuits of Iroha and Koyori who splashing water at each other
in the shallow sea instead of employee's eyes.
Chloe smiles, knowing that it was her boss way to try making her stay a bit longer.
" Years of working experience in HoloX make me understand the meaning of capitalism and human society. Now that I have learned about art of peace and
economy. Something many Atlantean is lacking. I think it is the right time for me to return to my Arctic Frozen Kingdom and governs my people.
Especially after Gura has lifted my exile status and allowed me to roaming freely in the ocean again. You do understand that, right?"
" We do." Lui said, handing orca girl a glass of coconut water. " But that doesn't make it less hurtful."
Chloe grinned. "If the fight with Omegaα teach me anything. It is that everything has its own beginning and the end.
No matter how long or short it might be. So instead of grumbling about it. I rather being sent off with big smiles on your guys face instead!"
" Well said!" Iroha who teleporting in front of them somehow with her ninjashaolinbullsh*t power clapping Chloe's back.
Making orca girl flinched before realizing that four of HoloX members are now surrounding her.
" If you really wanna go then we will not stopping you. But at least let us giving you a proper sent off!" Koyori shouted,
shoving the super high tech communication devices she just built in Chloe's hand.
"This is HoloX super device! Can be used as a tracking device, multi-way communication channels from normal radio to the whale sonar.
With this! You can have a distanced communication with five of us as much as you desired!"
" And this is your favorite human's foods cookbook written by me. Don't forget to teach your chefs how to properly prepare them!"
Lui putting the waterproof handbook inside Chloe's sea bag.
Iroha pulling black tanto knife out of her swimsuit.
" I forged this blade myself in traditional samurai way. It will serving great warrior like you really well."
" Thanks!" Most Atlantean detested metallic stuffs. But Chloe can clearly see that Iroha values the blade she giving to her so much that only right thing orca
girl can do is to accept it.
Chloe then feel the urge to returning them something. She decided to pulling object from her bag and giving it to the samurai.
A mammoth ivory that being crafted into the scene of five people chilling and having fun in the modest apartment room together.
Of course those fives are Chloe, Koyori, Iroha, Lui and Laplus.
" Aw! So sweet! When did you make this!" Lui asked, couldn't help but hugging Chloe from behind while the girls are inspecting the ivory together.
The working are somewhat cruder than what you might expect from something this expensive. But the spirit is clearly there.
" I took a month of carving lesson in order to improve my hand's skills. The topic that day is about 'Happiness' or something and at the moment.
I am very wanting to just having fun with you guys and watch TV. So that's that." Orca girl shrugged.
" I think about keeping it with me to reminding about you guys. But since plenty of you already giving important stuffs to me.
So it's only feel right for me to…giving something back.
I mean. It's ain't much. But it was an honest work. Only few things I can say being built by my hands. ( and a bit of mammoth tusk that being frozen in the
North Pole glaciers.)"
" We will take a good care of it." Lui promised, five members of HoloX then embracing each other before Chloe will remember something.
" Hey. La+. Wasn't you supposed to giving me something too?" Orca girl demanded.
Laplus snorted. " Why should I given something to you? You aren't even my employee now! Our souls contract expired without the need for you to paid any
debt. You should be thankful for that."
" She just went all that puffy because the fact that you are about to leave. No need to thinking too much." Koyori explained, making Chloe nodded in
agreement.
" Okay then. Bye bye! Everyone! Don't forget that my kingdom in Arctic Ocean will always welcoming you guys!" Chloe start walking away with her sea bag,
barely managed stop and catching something Laplus thrown toward her without looking back.
" What is it?" Orca girl asked, tearing the plastic that wrapping on the thing up and looking straight into… one expensive natural treatment soap.
" Considered it your bonus. Don't forget to wash yourself before visiting your city! Or else they will mistook your with rotten whale carcasses or something."
Laplus smirked, causing other HoloX members to laughing and pretend to closing their noses at the same time. Making Chloe's face turning all red.
" You bullies! I will report everyone to the ministry of labour!"
Orca girl yelled, charging after the laughing girls around the beach for quite some time. Caught up with them at last and forcing everyone to sniffing her body
a few times.
When it was over. The sun already beginning to set. So, Chloe finally decided that it was time for her to saying goodbye.
" See you again everyone! I will keep contacting with you guys from time to time!"
""""" See ya!""""
Orca girl began to walking into the deeper water when Laplus suddenly spoke. " One more thing. We may not fighting as one as often as those legendary
'Myths' unit. But as your former demon lord I am willing to declared right here.
You will always have place among us, Sakamata Chloe. No matter how long has passed or how our future will changed. HoloX's door will always be open for
you."
" I know it." Orca girl smiles, diving deeper into the water and out of everyone sight in less than a minute, Iroha and Koyori cheering after her as hard as
their vocal cords could allowed.
Chloe following the water current of Mediterranean Sea. Eyes looking at the direction of her homeland.
Heart still staying with her odd family she unexpectedly found in human society and growing to love.
…
Saitama : Japan
Tokino Sora
Sora slowly kneeling in front of her human parents tombstone. Closing her eyes and listening to the sound of raindrops that showering around her.
Communicating with everything and nothing at the same time.
After a long moment. The rain that keep pouring on her body suddenly gone. Not because of the downpour has stopped, but because A Chan has opened her
umbrella above Sora's head.
" Thank you. A Chan. You are always been so kind." Blue goddess smiles.
" Just figured out that you would be here since this is always the place where you would visit when about to make a decision." Glass girl smiled at her
alien-goddess-whatever friend. Despite the fact that both has met their own death back and forth and it is more than couple of centuries since they first met.
Their friendship is still strong as ever.
" Have you visit your own… er graveyard? I heard that Myths has wreck some havoc there few years ago." Sora asked as they are walking out of the
cemetery area. Toward the more lively area where sound and light are plentiful.
" Not as much as at your monument where you just fought Myths after they revived you. I saw a footage of you throwing your own statues toward them.
Wasn't that feel a bit strange?" A Chan laughed, recalling the video that M Chan. Her descendant sending toward her few days ago during their partying.
Sora scratch her cheek. "Nothing in particular. Should I feel wrong?"
" Just kidding." A chan clapping Sora's back. " Let get you some warm drink from that place instead. You are soaking wet right now and everyone's waiting."
" Everyone?" Sora raised her eyebrows.
…
Inside the small but cozy Japanese traditional bar (aka Izakaya.) local customers whose knowing each other since their childhood gathering disorganizedly
from the counter to tables and even the front of the shop.
There aren't much of strictly politeness here like those more popular and urbanized place because everyone here is some sort of friends to one another.
So, to spot the newcomers here is quite simple. Looking for those with the most stiff manner and well organized group within that place.
Sora spend less than one second to noticed that. But not because of she know the information above or anything.
It has more to do with the fact that the group of girls that sitting around one table are full of familiar faces instead.
DIVA Azki, Hoshimachi Suisei, Aki Rosenthal, M chan and Moona Hoshinova are all circling around the table that being filled with foods and drinks.
Leaving two empty seat for Sora and A Chan to joined them.
" Why throwing a party here?" Sora asked after sipping a cup of warm sake and nodded as a thank you at Azki who poured the liquor for her.
" Not exactly that. But I heard that you would come by from M chan and A Chan. So we decided to ambush you here in order to discuss thing up."
Suisei explained, eating cooked pork shoulder deliciously.
" About what?" Sora frowned, while Moona pouring more spices onto her piece of cutlet.
To her surprise, it was A chan who answered. " About our future. Like what you would do after the war is over. For example."
" What about you guys?" Sora asked back, picking a kimchi up with chopsticks before she will eating it with rice.
" I will find the new star systems that can be used as our star people colony. Far away from Kiryu dragon fleets, Usaken Construction, Akukin and what not.
People from my cruiser ship are all on board with the idea. Including my sister and Aki. A home where no outside influences can be found.
Sort of like Flare's Hololand." Suisei clarified.
" Sound cool! What about the rest of you guys?" Sora clapped her hands, but Azki who sitting next to her suddenly start coughing.
" Actually. I am with them too. Yagoo sending me with you not just to guarding you to safety but also to rebuilding our star people society.
Now that you have become something of a goddess yourself. I guessed that my first service is done. Only the second one that has to be done."
" But I am quite enjoy your company! Do you really need to do that?" Sora pouted.
Azki sighed. " It was my dream, Sora. To be able to mapping new star systems that occurs after our time and reviving our society again but being more…
sustainable this time. Now that there is no Council to pulling our ladders. Who knows what we may be able to achieve next?"
" If you really want that. Then who am I to stop you?" Sora hugging her pink Android friend. " But I will be very missed you. Good luck, old friend."
" I will still working with Cover Corp like usual. Hopefully we can keep in touch!" M Chan bowing her head a little while Moona giving her answers
after a sip of tea.
" I will probably sticking around between Usaken and Holo ID. This planet is my home after all. Don't want to rebuilding things all over again."
A Chan drinking large portions of sake before giving her opinions.
" If I cannot return to my timeline. Then I may have to start working with this Cover Corp too. Are you guys taking a person with programming experience?
Beware, though, because my technological knowledge is outdated for like 200 years or so."
M chan smiles. " We will gladly working with you. Believe it or not, my house still hanging you and Sora picture from the ceiling."
Glass girl cringed. " I now know why Aqua afraid to walking in public. Seeing your own statues being worshipped by the crowds is probably meh."
" Don't worry A chan. You will get used to it." Sora reassured, stroking her friend back and giving her another drink.
" What about you, Sora. What is your future plan?" Aki asked, throwing whole jug of beer through her throat without much effort.
Sora looking at everyone eyes. " I still wondered what Matsuri said about Investors and Audiences. We now know that Audiences and Listeners are some sort
of entities from outside our universe that enjoy watching our stories.
But what about Investors? From what Omegaα has told us. Those guys are the one who creating our universe or at least influenced in making us.
While also using gods and manager to control us. Destroy us when we did something they deemed wrong. But what do they want?
What exactly do they gain by causing all this?"
" And how to you plan to know more about them? They are outside of our universe. Hell, maybe the multiverse systems itself, Matsuri sake!"
Suisei questioned.
Sora bit her lips. " Then I will have to leaving multiverse."
Azki frowned. " How exactly are you plan to do that?"
" I don't know yet. But what we know is that while Council are gone. The Investors are still out there. And both Matsuri and Omegaα agreed that they will
returned to wreck havoc if we are causing trouble again. Whatever that is. To prevent that from happening. We must know our enemy first."
Sora trying to explain, not sure if her point can get to the groups or not.
" So after fighting god. You plan to become bigger by fighting the horror outside of our universe itself. Always aiming big, aren't cha?" A chan jokingly sighed.
Sipping more sake from the cup.
" Because I love you, A chan." Sora said, making the glass girl choked.
" And you guys too. I mean, everything in this universe to be precise. All of us having our own beauty, flaws and whatever.
It's unfair for them to just snatching us around like a broken stuffs just because of we aren't matched their standards." Sora looking at everybody eyes again.
" Amen to that." Moona said, lifting cup of sake upward and causing everyone to do the same.
" Man, it suck doesn't it? To think that both of us some how being revived and able to start over again. But after a few days, you are about to leaving this
universe while I am still here, learning new kind of programming." A chan complained after the second drinking and make everyone else chuckled.
But Sora looking at her first human friend seriously for the first time.
" But you don't have to do that. I mean, you can coming with me."
" What?" A chan going to drinks again, but Sora gently pulling the cup away from her.
" I mean I want you to accompany me traveling out of this universe. Don't worry. My power is strong enough to protect you!" Sora hitting her own chest
proudly.
" What? But why?" A chan gasped.
" Like you said. It is not easily to have second chances of living again. Since it happened to both of us. I don't want to separate from you for a second time.
Let's go A chan. Together! To the edge of multiverse!" Sora aggressively holding A chan while the girls are whistling cheerfully.
" I mean… if you will have me…" A chan shakily setting the glass on her face. Before Sora will pulling the poor girl from her seat and running out of the bar.
Leaving the trail of ' Not yet!' Screaming from A chan to be heard from behind.
" Welp? Look like our meeting purpose here is conclude. But I still want some more drinks. Who else?" Suisei lifting her hand up in order to get new sake
bottles.
" Me too!" Moona reluctantly raised her hands.
Since the rain still downpours on the outside of the bar. Everyone else also decided to stay.
…
10 minute later : Somewhere Outside Our Solar System.
Tokino Sora soaring through the darkness of universe with nothing but a light from distant stars as her guide. Carrying A chan with electromagnetic shield
from her body.
" Stop! At least let me packing my stuffs first!" Glass girl screams, banging the energy field with both hands as she is speaking.
" Sorry, A chan. I totally forget about that!" Sora scratches her head in embarrassment as they start returning to earth. Making A Chan grumbled.
" Seriously! You aren't grow up a bit!"
" Heh heh. But at least the view is beautiful aren't it?" Cheeky goddess smiled.
A Chan then calming down enough to look around herself. Seeing the binary stars systems. Distance black hole and blue gas giant that can easily fits dozens
of earth inside its body as Sora slowly flying back toward their home.
" Yeah. I'll admit that."
" Don't worry. There're lots of more beautiful things waiting for you to see during the traveling with me. Some are harmless. But most weren't."
A Chan groaned. " Yep. Didn't make me regret my life decision of tagging along at all, thank you."
Sora giggles, making A chan start laughing uncontrollably too, before the goddess and human will falling in silence again,
enjoying each other company and the beautiful celestial objects around them.
…
Halong Bay : Vietnam
Hakos Baelz
Embodiment of Chaos kneeling inside one of the large and complex cave systems that being created millions of years ago by water currents.
Her godly eyes can seeing perfectly find despite the fact that there was no light in the area.
Reminding everyone that definition of Chaos means f**k the rules after all.
Baelz putting her land inside on shallow limestone pool that being surrounded by white stalagmites,
slowly lifting a paper-like object that being dropped there eons ago and looking at it wistfully.
This is the picture of five Council members. During one of their trips of exploring and recording in details of each planet on ground level similar to what
human may do with their Google Earth. Of course all of them are not actually there and building five avatars from local resources just to collecting the
informations. At that time the earth is still a backwater planet with nothing more civilized than bunches of primates and small Atlantean colony that live in
shallow sea after all.
But it was a fun trips nonetheless. Not the sort that she will remember for the rest of her life. But is enough to put a smile on her face whenever she recalls
the event. Like when Kronii panicked after being left alone in the dark and reversed time just to pulling everyone together at the beginning spot five times.
Or when Fauna stepped on flimsy plate of limestone that snapped under her feet, making Mother Nature yelped in unladylike manner as she is crashing with
a load of cave pearls under it.
Oh, how can she forget to mention that time when swarm of startled bats suddenly flying out of the holes they tried to get in?
That is the only time Baelz ever heard Sana screaming at top of her lungs. Causing the limestone structures to shattered and collapsing on their heads by
accident. Baelz pulling Sana away from the damage she just caused while Kronii carrying Fauna out of the flooding water that rushed from behind the wall
of broken stones in no time.
Everyone clapping each other in the back and calling themselves lucky for quite some time before realizing that they forget about Mumei who being buried
under the stones and then flood over by the water while she is busily taking details note of cave structures.
The owl girl then refused to talking with them for over 3 hours after the rescue. And the rest of their journey are being spent by each of them keep
apologizing to Mumei from time to time while the rest keep recording stuffs. Good old days.
To make her stop being angry. Mumei asking for everyone to take a picture together and leaving it inside the cave.
So that they can have something to laugh about when returning.
Fauna fumbled at the idea of leaving unnatural stuffs inside one of the most untouched underground systems in the world.
But Kronii and Sana reassured her that they can creating a small area inside one specific pool that will not changing and affecting the cave and it watery
systems as the time goes by. Bae pin pointing the pool with her chaos dice dot in case that they need to searching for it one day.
The day finally come. But unfortunately, there is no 'they' anymore. Bae is the only one left among five Council members.
Even Irys is no more after the delivered of Hope for everyone in this universe to having second chances.
Rat girl looking at the picture that being taken in front of the stone caves they fixed back into place after Sana tantrums.
The limestone pillar is growing from the wall while stalactites and stalagmites poking out here and there. Even bats were brought back from the deatomized
state that caused by Sana screaming and being put to sleep by Fauna whispers.
Some of them can still be seen hanging from the cave ceiling above their heads as they are cheering and smiling at the automatic camera camera Mumei
brought with her. Squeaking unconsciously by light from the machine.
Baelz touching the millions of years old picture in her hand. Brushing fingers on Sana nervous smiles. Kronii smuggly grinned.
Fauna gentle beaming and Mumei pouting cheeks that being pushed into smiling position by Baelz herself.
Remembering the conversation she has few days ago.
…
Tokyo Station Party : Japan
" Is everything alright? You seem to need a hug." Mori Calliope asked, sitting next to Hakos Baelz who sat in silence since the party has started.
Seemingly want no one but herself as a companion.
" All of my friends just bite the dust days ago and people are celebrating over it. Should I start dancing?" Baelz snorted,
nipping on lobster Thermidor dishes and washing it down with lemon soda pouring straight out of can.
" Just wanting to talk." Calliope making a face. Pouring chateau red wine inside one empty glass and pushing toward the rat girl.
" You already talking. Now leave me alone." Baelz said, shoving the wine aside.
" Careful. That was one hell expensive alcohol. You wouldn't want to lose it on napkins." Calliope smiled, pouring herself more wine and groaned after sipping
it.
" Beside, I need to told you how wrong you are." Reaper added.
" How so?" Baelz asked. Looking at the red liquid inside the transparent glass.
" We aren't celebrating about your friends illed fates. We are doing this in the name of her. For Natsuiro Matsuri. The God whom we own our lives to.
And this festival? It is a way for us to say thank you."
" You may have some merit here." Baelz admitted, remember how the idolatry used to offering foods, alcohols, luxury treasures and even their own life in
order to worshipping the Idols before people will start calling them gods and goddesses.
" To those who sacrificed themselves for the rest of us to thrived."
" To the Council members."
Rat girl sniffing the red wine before she will touching the glass with the one in Calliope's hands. Before both will take a swigs at the same time.
" Ah! That's better than I expected." Baelz using sleeves to wiped her mouth. But by that time Calliope already filled the second glass with wine.
" Pardon?" Embodiment of Chaos gawking but Grim Reaper simply pushing the wine glass forward.
" Nobody drink only one glass of wine. Take the second sip and I will tell you something very important."
" What the hell is wrong with you guys!" Baelz blurted out.
" We were enemy until few days ago, hell maybe still are. And yet you are here going buddy buddy with me despite the fact that we just trying to killed each
other not long ago? Why don't you guys just leave me and my sorry ass alone like those Council members that left me? Just go away already!"
Baelz yelped, tears start brimming from her eyes as she is speaking.
Calliope sighed, sipping wine straight from the bottle. " Thing is. Nobody ever truly being alone. We are all part of society after all."
" Why do you say such things?" Hakos demanded, remember that Sana used to said something along the lines of. 'I am not alone and neither are you.'
When Baelz suddenly having an insecurity problem during the Council picnic inside some kind of asteroids belts from another Galaxy.
" Because it is the fact, see? During my early career as reaper. I thought there are only two types of people I will ever met. Enemies and coworkers.
I spend first thousands of year after Death Sensei's death alone. Ruling all souls on Undead planet as the branch leader of reaper in that Galaxy and
searching for Phoenix whereabouts in order to kill her like what any faithful reaper has been told to do so.
It took times but I finally get a wind of her on this planet so I traveled here. Spend some centuries searching around the gloves in order to located the sworn
enemy of my race. The firebird who refused to dies. And yet when I find her. Everything has changed."
Calliope gulping another wine down while Baelz silently sipping from her glass.
Both woman's attention then being turn toward Takanashi Kiara who is currently become a center of the party, dancing with elegant and energetic steps while
Nerissa and Reine keep swapped between singing and squealing at the Phoenix while Ollie simply simping with full force.
Gaining some cheers and claps from the crowds as they are all enjoying the performance at its fullest.
" You see? The first time I saw Kiara smiles, I know that trouble has begun and my life will never be the same." Calliope drinking another gulp of wine.
Staring at the dancing Phoenix who smiles brightly at the crowds and winking at her.
" That smile." Reaper sighed. " That damn smile."
" Are you here to bragged about your GF or what?" Baelz snatched wine bottle from Calliope's hand and pouring some for herself.
" No! I just want to tell you that sometime. What we think as our slow and meaningless life may actually worth it after all.
Especially when you find someone special."
Baelz snorted. "All Council members are my special 'person' and yet here they are. Turning into dust and leaving me behinds."
" From what you said. They aren't exactly dies. Just returned to concept form or something. The personality that come with concept might still can be found
somewhere. If not in this universe. Then across the multiverse. There's a chances. And that's my point."
" Do you think I haven't think about that!?" Baelz suddenly gets up.
" Yes! The person behind the 'graduated' Council members may can still be found in multiverse. But do you know how slim that chance is?
There are like infinity numbers of universes out there. And the chance of I actually finding any of them in those multiverses is even beyond slim.
Hell, may even impossible considered that by the time I finished searching throughout one universe means that another one might already been collapsed.
It's like the race against time while having your arms and legs removed. Can't you understand how hopeless that actually is?"
Embodiment of Chaos yelled, grabbing Calliope choker as tears of frustration start dripping from her eyes.
" Have I ever tell you the story about how me and Kiara first met and departed?" Reaper asked, gently touching Baelz's hand as she is speaking.
Rat girl snorted. " No, but the authors of this story already repeated it for like 5-6 times in each of their stories already. I don't care to listen to that now."
" I will tell you anyway. Before I uh… die for the first time and becoming reaper. I promised with the stupid bird that even if I have to searching every star
systems in this universe in order to find her again. I will gladly do it. I may not remember that most of the time when I become reaper.
But she didn't and keep searching for me through the different stars since then. And even while I can't remember about the promise.
My soul memories still yearning for her. I keep searching for Phoenix while she keep looking for me amidst some 200 billion trillion stars throughout our
universe.
Calculated by per chance and proximity. We should've never met. But after thousands of years or so. Me and Kiara reconciled again.
And this time. Nothing in this universe and separate us apart."
" You are definitely here just to bragged." Baelz concluded. Shaking the wine bottle in frustration upon seeing that it was empty.
" No. I am here to tell you not to losing hope. Everything can be possible as long as you're still believing it.
The moment you stop hoping is the moment you actually losing."
" Sheeet! I want whatever kind of hopium you are into right now." Baelz snorted, before she will remember one of her lost friends, Irys.
What would that girl react to this overly optimistic reaper? Chaos suspects that they would have something of an soul searching agreement.
" But thank you anyways. I feel a little bit better now." Rat girl muttered with herself. But reaper can still heard it amidst of the noisy party anyway.
" See, sis? Enough with doom and gloom for now. Let's get to the wine section already! There's more Bordeaux stocks being put into refrigerator just
moments ago! We can asked for Artia or Lamy to cool one in case that it is not cold enough!"
" Wasn't Artia is the one who killed your sensei? Why are you easy to forgive her now? And more importantly, when does us become siblings!?" Baelz
demanded.
" Hey! That happened in our universe. This ice mage has came from alternative reality and has nothing to do with that. Beside,
if Ina can forgive Hachama who killed her father. I cannot doing no less!"
Mori who already dragging Hakos toward the wine area suddenly slow down. Rubbing her hands together in embarrassment.
" Beside, I kinda want to have someone I can called sister since I was younger. Being alone for thousands of years is tough. You knows?"
Baelz facepalm herself. " You sure have lot of different fetishes."
" Hey! I just want to cheering you up, okay?" Calliope defended herself. Before she will smiles when looking at something from behind.
" Beside. Nobody is being alone forever, please remember that!"
" What do you mean?" Baelz asked, turned back to seeing that she is being approached by Nakiri Ayame, Koseki Bijou, Anya Melfissa, Shiori Novella,
Kaela Kovalskia, Hoshimachi Suisei and Hitomi Chris.
All of them seemed to have something to say with her.
" Calli! What are you guys doing here?" Kiara asked, holding Calliope hands while Kobo has jumped on the reaper back, making her staggered by the weight
of rain shaman's body.
" Oh! Just having some friendly conversation with this lonely girl. It seems that she is not so lonely now, though. So I will take my leave!" Calliope then
proceeded to staggering away with Kobo on her back. Leaving Kiara to look after her worriedly before turning attention back to the rat girl that are now being
surrounded by familiar faces.
" Bae. Are you okay? I heard about your friends departure. It must been really taken a toll on you. Part of the reason why we win is because of you guys help
after all."
" Yeah! It's a real shame that I cannot thanking them properly with this great feasts after the war end. But I hope they can feel our gratitude wherever they
are right now." Ayame added. Suisei who is slurping on AAA grade steaks quickly nodding in agreements.
" To be fair. We did throwing lot of punches at you guys during the war." Baelz scratching her cheeks. Before she will changing subjects.
" But thank you for the kindness. I will make sure all my friends know about this. If I ever find them against across the multiverse. That's it!"
"Don't worry, Hako Belsu!" Bijou said cheerfully.
" My jewel of emotions can feel Hope inside your soul again. It is not there before but it is here now. No matter what future may lies for you.
The Hope has already become your ally. And that's like half step to the win!"
" Really?" Baelz suddenly feel as if she is being hugged by Irys again. The sensation is so real that she has to touched her own shoulder in order to be sure
that the red hair Nephilim is not actually there.
" I may not having emotions reader. But just look in your eyes is enough for me to seeing the fire within." Anya added.
" Okay, everyone. As a thank you gift. How about we helping Bae calculate the chances that she might be able to met all of her friends again?
Between my 'forbidden knowledge' book. Kaela's Quantum computer and Chris' relativity equations. Let see if who will get the right answers!" Shiori urged.
" How are you guys gonna proved that?" Baelz snorted, but she is too thankful for them to actually objects the idea.
" Let me see. Let me see." Shiori eyes glowing bright yellows as she repeatedly open her book while Kaela checking her pocket computer as Chris start
scribbling on her notebook nonstops.
After a paused. Shiori slowly lifting her head up and looking at Embodiment of Chaos before raising a single index finger upwards.
" What the heck is that supposed to mean? One per hundred? Millions or Centillions?" Rat girl demanded at Shiori who simply shook her head in silence,
confused Bae even more.
Kaela deliberately making ' 0 ' shaped with her index and thumb as Chris slowly doing the same, sinking Baelz's heart even further.
" You are saying that one calculation think I will have a very small percentage of finding my promised friends and the rest think it was impossible?
Way to ruined one mood, I supposed!" Rat girl complained, surprises that Shiori, Kaela and Chris suddenly smirking at her for some reason.
" Idiot! We believe that you will 100% finding your friends! 1 and doubles 0. Can't you be a bit more optimistic?" Shiori smacking Baelz's head with her book,
make the Chaos god moaning in pains.
" But! But! What about calculations?"
"F**k the calculations!" Kaela declared which Chris nodding in agreement.
" Who need that when you believe that you are going to succeed? Dive for it!Showing them fate what Hope and Chaos can do when they are together!"
"…seriously. You guys are…" Baelz began to sniffs, wiping her nose aggressively before she will jumping to hug them.
Ayame and Anya lifting rat girl up and parading Baelz around the party. Yelling something along the line of ' This rat girl is going to searching for her friends.
Please support!' Gaining a thunderous clapping from boys and girls alike as each Idols and fans are all rushing toward her.
Showering the girl with praised and friendliness.
Far away from the spot. Calliope lifting her wine bottle to salute Baelz, holding Kobo by her neck to stopped rain shaman from eating the second bottle.
Before both will being bonked into oblivion by angry Kiara who just finished talking with Raden about their art course.
…
Halong Bay : Vietnam
Hakos Baelz slowly walking out of the cave. Enjoying the warm breeze that blowing at her face as she is staring into multiple limestone islets that growing
from greenish water. The scenery reminds her how big the universe actually is and this is just a tiny bit of it.
And I am gonna digging through multiverse in order to searching for my friends.
Hakos hand clutching the empty pocket where she intended to put the Council picture they have left inside the cave system there.
Baelz even already shoving it there in order to keep reminding what she began traveling for. But on the second thought.
Chaos rather kept it here inside the timeless pocket area while she explored the multiverse where such item might be easily damaged.
" The next time I picking that picture up from the pool again it will be five… no! Six of us to enjoying that moment together. Right, Irys?"
Baelz asked, feeling the presence of Hope gathering on everything around her again. It is as if that if she just looking back, her long time friend will be there.
But Baelz knows that if she looking back. She will see nothing except for the dark cave, weeds and some bats. So she didn't.
Embodiment of Chaos decided to ripping through fabric of Space and Time in order to open six portal that will linking her toward six different universe
instead. Rat girl then looking at the portals for a moment, wondering which one she supposed to get in first.
Baelz picked her red dice up and throwing it upward, intending to use the number on its surface to determined which way she should go but changing her
mind in the last minute.
Chaos and Hope are unpredictable, hard to keep up with and, after all full of infinite possibilities. Instead of trying to searching for clear ways to go.
She might as well just diving randomly into each universe. And let luck find her way through.
The dice falling back into the shallowed sea in front of the cave. But by that time Hakos Baelz already lifted her backpack up and randomly walking through
one of the opening portals. Starting her own longs but hopefully rewarding journey in order to reconcile with her friends again.
…
Akukin Headquarter Airfield : Seattle : United Sates
Uruhu Rushia
Rushia sleeping uncomfortably on the small chair, leaning her chin against the table and winced from time to time by the coldness of where her bare
shoulders touching the metallic part of the furniture.
Unpleasant dreams about the past where her friends is no more creeping over the girl, make her beginning to cry when something warm and fluffy gently
covered her shoulders from the cold winds, making Rushia stop moving and finally entered her sweet dreams at last.
A few hours later. Rushia wake up when the sun already shining through ship's windows and reaching her face. Necromancer winced when remembering how
deadly the sun on her home planet can be. The radiation that coming from it will boiling your blood in less than a minute and forcing her people to hiding in
the underground tunnel city such as Necropolis, her planet capital city.
For Rushia and her people. Sun means enemy who bringing nothing but death and destruction with it.
Not on this planet though. Necromancer sighed in relief when feeling the gentle ray on her cheek. Due to distance from the star and atmosphere.
This planet actually thrives on the radiation its sun has given. Growing the greenery lives which then allowing more complex lifeforms to living off it.
Universe seems to filled with wonder and mystery. Rushia mused, and now they are going to seek for more of it.
" Ru-tan. Are you awake? And what with that face, having nightmare again?" Marine who wearing red sailor people uniform asked, lowering the galactic map
she used to write about during her space pirate time down and reaching for the sleepy Necromancer.
Making Rushia realized that her shoulder is now being covered by Marine's black coat. Green Necromancer sniffing the clothing that filled with her friend's
scent for a moment, enjoying the fact that both of them are still alive and being together again.
" Nothing. I just feeling glad that you are finally with us again. Back then when you were killed during the Council war.
I did everything in order to bring you back. Something I am not proud of. No wonder why Flare and Noel never really forgiven me til this day.
Worse, in the end. All of that does not matter at all since it could not really bringing you back.
Billions of people I killed for the quest that destined to fail from the start…" Rushia sniffed, trying to gathered her next words carefully.
" I just want to say I am sorry. For not being the hero you guys want me to be. For breaking our promise."
" Hey hey. Don't push yourself too much, Ru-tan. I won't say stupid thing like you did nothing wrong and stuffs. But everyone can make a mistake.
What's matter is how we owned that mistake and acting different in the future. Beside, due to that kid Watson mischievous. I already here aren't I?
And I will be there for you no matter what happens in the future, punching you back to your sense if you ever doing stupid craps like sacrificing the whole
Galaxy to reviving me again."
Pirate queen hugging her Undead friend very tightly as their foreheads touched, enjoying the difference between each other's body temperature and the fact
that both of them are, after all, still alive and kicking.
" Excuse me, captain. But the new passenger already arrived." After a ten minutes of cuddling together. One Ichimin's gently knocking the door to let his
presence know before slowly open it. Leaving enough time for Marine and Rushia to sitting in more formal positions and listening his reports at last.
" The passengers have arrived, Senchou. You may wish to greeting them before our ship will took off?"
Marine smiled. " Give us five minutes. But don't let our guests become bored, though! Showing them the lounge, mapping equipment and all that while we
prepared ourselves."
" Roger." Ichimin bowed before he will walking away, leaving Marine and Rushia to have their private time again.
…
Outside of the spaceship that look like a giant 16th century sailing ship. Calliope, Kiara, Kobo, Gura, Ina'nis, Zeta and Altare are all gathering at the open
space next the spacecraft itself, talking and packing their things while waiting for the captain to greet them in person.
" Welcome to my humble ship, everyone. Are all of you wished to journeying throughout the Galaxies with my fleet? It's been an honor." Marine bowed
slightly at the groups while Rushia awkwardly shaking hands with Calliope and Kiara, trying to get over the fact that they were trying to murdered each other
around 2,000 years ago.
" Kobo and Zeta will goes with TakaMori. But me, Ina and Altare are just here to sending our friends and family." Gura clarified.
" Too bad. I would like to hosting Emperor of the Deep in my ship one day. Ancient one priestess and hero from another dimension are no joke either."
Marine grinned.
" Maybe next time then. Despite that the war has ended. There might still be some new threat popping up here and there. As a leader of Atlantean society.
I have duty to guarding my people and homeland." Gura explained.
" And I will return to the Temple of Immortal with Nene in order to learned how to become a proper priestess and protecting the balance of universe.
This is a world without god after all. There is no telling who will taking care of people if the trouble arises." Ina'nis added.
" And after saving alternative universe from demon lord. I has enough of hero duty for now. Time to hanging my sword and returned to my family in Storm
Breaker Island. Though my little sister seems to thinking otherwise." Altare glaring at Kobo who simply go "Ehe!" And running between Kiara and Calliope.
" I still not tired of learning new things. Now that the whole world has been explored. I think it is only right for me to start learning the new things from outer
space. Tell ma and pa to not worrying! I will sending postcards back from time to time!" Rain shaman beating her chest proudly.
" And we will protecting her from any kind of harm. Tell your mom and dad to not worry about Kobo. She is in good hands!"
Calliope reassured Altare who can only roll his eyes.
" Being adopted by Grim Reaper and Phoenix. I think that is as safe as one might be able to. Just don't let her play game overnight, okay!"
"" Okay!"" Calli and Kiara promised, before they will bringing their own stuffs through the ship's stairway while Altare carrying Kobo luggage toward it.
" Wait, nobody gonna asked why I am here? This is not fair!" Zeta complaints. So Rushia decided to talking with her out of kindness.
" To cure your cat allegations, perhaps?"
" No! Which part of me look cat-likes? As an TSAU (The Secret Archive Unit.) agent. It is only like for me to jumping at the chance to visiting different planet
and recording their information for the next generation of human to know. Don't you think so?" Zeta pleaded, causing Rushia to look at her cat-like eyes,
hairs and noises.
" Whatever you said, bro." Green Necromancer then began to walking away, help lifting Zeta luggage with telekinesis power instead of bother looking at the
cat agent again.
" Wow! Is that a real telekinesis power? So cool! Wait, when I think about it. You must be the same Rushia who become death goddess millennia ago right?
I used to make a thesis about how you destroyed Viking Society in Greenland during my master degrees. Here is the files.
Can you sighed it up or at least let me having a selfie?"
…
On the ship bridge. Kiara and Calliope having a good bye conversation with Gura and Ina'nis for the last time while Kobo rolling on the captain's sofa.
Four girls hugging each other for quite a long time as Altare fumbled to apologized Ichimins and Fandeads for his sister behaviors.
" Are you twos really need to get going? I thought four of us would be waiting for Ame return together. On earth I mean." Gura asked.
Calliope looking at Kiara's eyes. " All of us are waiting for her return, Gura. If you or Ina heard news of her. Don't hesitate to called us.
And will straight back to earth in no time. But this journey. It is as important as earth itself for both of us. Remember the tale Kiara used to tell about how
we first met in another life?"
Gura make a fake shivering gesture. " Yep. Something along the line of how you promise Kiara that ' After the war is over. Calliope and Kiara will traveling
together among the stars. Even if both of you were being separated by the universe. You twos will finding each other again and doing just that someday.'
Touché. Am I remembering it right?"
Kiara laughed. " Something like that. We have met each other again years ago and fulfilled first half of our promise. Now it is time to fulfilling the latter half.
The war is over. And we will traveling among the stars together. Though there are both old and new faces coming along the way." Phoenix then looking at
Rushia who help the crew cleaning the ship floor with mixed feeling again. Death goddess is the direct cause of Calliope 'dead' during the last time they met.
But Kiara also vaporized Rushia with spiral heatwaves from her mouth not long after that. So they might actually even.
Especially now that Calliope has returned. Alive and well as ever.
" Fair enough. But the world are gonna be quieter without you guys. Don't get lost too long inside some space pub, okay?" Ina'nis joked,
wiping her tears away and giving her friends a smiley send off instead.
"Sure my friend. We will missed you and your pun." Calliope said, hugging Ina and Gura for the last time before Kobo will demand to hugged everyone else
too. Lightening their moods again.
" And don't forget. That Myths is 5ever!"
"""" Myths5ever! ! ! !""""
…
Half an hour later. Marine flagship slowly taking off from the planet's surface. Subaru and Cover Corp employees are all sat in the airport traffic room in order
to witness the fleet of sailing ships gently lifted itself in the air before zooming out of earth atmosphere within a few seconds.
Gura, Ina'nis, Altare who still standing at the airfield keep waving at the disappearing ships.
Subaru herself along with numbers of COVER CORP employees also keep waving after them for quite some time even when the air has become clear again.
Leaving no sight that alien fleets used to fill the sky only a moment ago.
" Have you considered about convincing them to stay and teaching their technology to humanity? It seems that you have missing some important chance
here." Tanigo-san asked, crossing his arms and looking at Subaru who wiping her face with handkerchief.
" Don't worry about that. Coco's fleet and 'Pol Pol' Circus still having great relationship with us along with Usaken.
Our society will transform into type one civilization and beyond in no time. Beside."
Subaru looking at the 'cover' crystal Kiara has 'returned' to her again, feeling the presence of its owner still.
" I have a feeling that this is not the last time we'll met. They will return again. That's for sure. Let's wait patiently and taking care of their business for them
shall we? How do new owner of KFP performed?"
" As good as how Kiara taking care of business, my friend. I am sure she will more than happy hearing that we plan to open new branches on Mars next
year." Tanigo-san reassured.
" And if you wondered about Calliope's three raptors ( Trio of velociraptors named Munch, Ghost and Tutu. Which Calli has adopted during the time when she
have a drunken party with Amelia and being left in Mongolia 75 million years ago by accident.
She spending three weeks in age of dinosaurs before Ame will finally find her and brought the reaper back to the present day, though not before she would
adopted three youngling raptors which their mothers being killed by other pack of velociraptors during the time she stranded there.
So Amelia and Calliope have to gathering the animals and running back toward our time again, causing Subaru to face palmed but allowing a space inside
Myths' mansion to being turned into artificial desert while Calliope taking care of them until they are growing enough to look after themselves and living with
Calli in human society as much as they can.)
We already hired bunches of paleontologist and zoologist to looking after them while waiting for Maori's return. Of course she wanted to bring them with her.
But space travel aren't safe for raptors and there might be some germs that harming them while Marine's ship parking on different planets.
So I think it was the right call to leaving them here."
" I will trust your judgment on that."
Subaru nodded, sighing in relief before she will make up her minds about another important business.
" Let me discuss things with Gura and Ina first. If they are about to went their ways too. We must find the new groups of heroes to protecting the world while
they are not here.
" Holo ID and HoloX are not enough? What about Justice?" Tanigo-san asked.
" Those two are too unpredictable and Justice are already having their hands full protecting the universe. We need something a bit more… neighbor friendly."
" New recruiting and debut? Interesting."
Subaru shrugged at Tanigo-san comments. " Maybe that. Or we can just asking for local Idols. Do you think FLOW GLOW and ReGLOSS will interested in
doing that? Maybe we will call our new unit DEV_IS or something equally hard to understand.
It may be confusing the public enough to distract them from the fact that Myths are temporary disbanded.
Or maybe just hire Advent to taking care of our planet might not be such a bad idea. After all, this is not the last time when great villains can evolving into
public heroes with the right push. Only time will tell, I guessed?"
" We will see about that." Tanigo-san nodded, before going back to his work. Leaving Subaru with her own thoughts and the memories of her departed friends.
…
Takanashi Kiara & Mori Calliope
" I used to mapping Milky Way Galaxy and every Civilizations I can find in it ten thousand years ago or so. How about we start exploring those in my book
first and figure out which part are already outdate and updating those. Sounds good?" Marine asked, sitting cross-legged on the captain sofa and reading her
interstellar map while Kiara, Calliope and Zeta are busily reading the guidebooks Marine left on the passenger seat.
" Undead society sounds nuts! Is it true that their sun are so hot that they have to hiding underground like an ant?" Zeta looking at the 3D map of Necropolis
in excitement as she is asking.
Surprisingly, Calliope is the one who answered. " Not nowadays. I heard that their sun's changing angle or something, make their planet become cooler.
Enough for Undead to living on the surface again. Trust me, I live on that planet for quite some time."
" Wow! Look like my book really need an updates! Write that down Ru-tan!" Marine ordered Rushia who keep writing the notes nonstop.
Adding new fact into their journey logs and marking a reminder for them to visit that place too.
"There is one more planet I am sure you guys never heard about." Kiara added.
" It's called Hololand. A home of my adoptive mother Shiranui Flare and her friend Shirogane Noel along with Sakura Miko and Himemori Luna.
It's an artificial planet that every single races are welcome and living in harmony. Which being found… well? After your death.
So there is no chances you ever visit that place!"
" Oh I remembered trying to located that one stealthy planet!" Rushia punching the table energetically.
" It took a sacrifice of one Undead warship in order for me to finding that place. Too bad that I have failed to destroy it- But all of that are in the past of
course!" Rushia rising both arms when the girls are looking at her wearily.
Before they Green Necromancer could defending herself more. An alarming sound suddenly filling the whole ship, making all the crews and Marine returning
to their combat positions in no time.
" Captain! There are one spaceship flying directly toward us. Should we blow it up with our atomic cannon?" One Fandead asked.
Already reaching for the firing button as he is speaking.
" Hold up, backwater area like earth's solar system does not well known for space pirates. And even if there are some flying around here.
They probably choose better strategy than directly charging forward in order to robbed our big fleet of spaceships like this.
How about we let them get close and communicated a bit?" Marine suggested, making her gun blazing crews went 'tsk' in disappointment but punching their
ship's communication devices button anyway. Still charged their energy weapons along just in case.
" Yoo-hoo! Can you heard us?"
Luckily for newbie space tourists like TakaMori family and Zeta. The faces that showing on ship's main communication monitor belonged to trio of Iofifteen,
Ollie and Kaela who waving at Marine and her crews from the flying saucer they are currently piloting.
" Yopi, Ollie and Ela? Why are you guys here anyway. Wanting spare part for your saucer or something?" Kiara wondered.
Marine and Rushia also nodding in agreement while Kobo and Zeta simply greet the familiar faces by waving their hands around.
" Actually. Three of us decided to leaving earth with different goals. I want to captured the beauty of different locations around the universe in my painting
while Kaela wanting to returned to her home planet and brought her family members to visit earth at least once.
About Ollie…" Iofifteen trailed off, letting zombie girl to shoving her face forward, knocking Blacksmith and painter alien aside with the sword that stuck from
her skulls.
" Yo! I heard that you guys are about to traveling all over the universe with that cool fleet right? I have a suggestion! How about you guys brought Death
goddess Uruhu Rushia back to her Necropolis capital? I wanna see those Undead aristocrats that keep sh*tting and experimenting on my body sh*tting their
souls out upon meeting their former god once again!"
" Your propose reek of the need to revenge even from here. What do you think, Ru-tan?" Marine frowned, glancing at Rushia who looking at Ollie's face with
some sort of recognition on her face.
" You must be former General Olivia, right? It seems that my past mistake has causing you a lot of trouble. As a former leader of Undead society.
I will make sure those people get what they deserved and delivered justice to you." Rushia answered to Ollie before turning to clarified things with Marine.
" We are about to visit that place anyways. And I kinda owning that poor girl a little. It is not exactly a redemption.
But setting things right maybe all what we can do after all."
" Fine by me. Our crews aren't shy of fighting after all." Marine sighed before looking back at the trio in monitor.
" So what exactly do you want? Joining our fleet? Or you guys want to parking on one of my carrier ships and joined my crews over here?"
Iofifteen shook her head. " More like hitchhiking with you from time to time and make our presence know first in order to not accidentally being shot down
by your trigger-loving crews. We kinda enjoy traveling with our own pace rather than going full caravan with you guys.
Of course there is no telling about future and we might have to joining you guys when entering the hostile part of the universe.
What did they called it again. Safety in numbers?"
" So you guys want us to become your safe space from time to time? Fine! I will noting your saucer signature in our flight database.
So that our comms will report us about you guys presence. Is that enough?"
" Another thing." Iofifteen added. " Can you guys visiting Kaela's home planet too? It is kinda out of our UFO storing power capacity and there are lots of
stuffs Kaela wanted to bring back to earth too. My saucer has no space left for that."
" Want me to become your transporter too? That's aren't cheap." Marine groaned, but Kaela quickly clarifying.
" Of course we aren't asking this for free! I will giving some of my pre Big Bang era technology to your fleet and teaching my Blacksmith skills for your crews
too.
Beside, I bet there are lots of Idols Era objects that you cannot find anywhere else in this universe in my junkyard. You guys can take those too.
And if that is not enough…" Kaela open the suitcase behind her, revealing Koseki Bijou who silently eating rock from the inside.
" Wait, you are child traffickers too!? Police!" Marine yelped until ship's skipper reminded her that 'Ma'am. But we are also pirates.'
While Kobo and Zeta simply waving at the rock girl cheerfully.
And judging by horrified expression on Iofi and Ollie's faces. They know nothing about Kaela shenanigans too.
" Biboo! Are you injured? Where are the rest of Advent?" Calliope asked at the same time as Iofifteen and Ollie already pinning Kaela on the ground,
ignoring Blacksmith protested.
" Oh! You wondered about Advent right? Shiori and Nerissa are having three ways date with Elizabeth while Fuwawa and Mococo already on the way of
become ambassadors of Akibahara stations thanks to Cover Corp promotion. I have nothing better to do and don't want to become a third wheel.
So when Kaela offered to 'bring me to many fun places!' I agreed to come with her."
" Well, Ckia and Ela need someone around their age to befriended with. So I figured that Bijou is the right choice to joining our trips.
Beside. Her Jewelry of Emotions can produced enormous amount of energy while we can simply feeding her with pebbles from asteroids and different planets.
She will become very essential when our flying saucer power run dry. And since she can create many valuable gems at will.
I am about to offered some for Marine's fleet as a gifts-"
" Not only using a child labor. But you also want her to paying stuffs for you? You monster!" Marine yelled at Kaela who is still being beat up by Ollie and
Iofifteen. While Kobo, Zeta, Rushia and the crews keep shouting 'Fight Fight Fight!' At the monitors.
Making the fleet and flying saucer stopped for a moment that might to be the end of their universal journey before it could even properly start.
" Is this what we are fighting for? Defeating the vengeance of gods just to quarrels among ourselves like a child? Man, everyday.
We stray further from Matsuri's light." Calliope asked, leaning against the ship's wall as Marine drawing her sword and commands Kaela to bringing the child
here while Blacksmith rolling her sleeves and said
" Have at it, Bro!" as Bijou continues to happily eats rock without caring of the world. Look like they aren't going anywhere for a while.
" It's nature of thing, Calli. Without common enemy, we fights among ourselves, befriending somebody to help fighting the new enemy and then fighting with
our former allies is how things are.
Same with every single tribal conflicts. Every nation on earth and even Galactic Empire. But the point is not that we fight among ourselves again or not.
It's about how we can throw our old conflicts away when the new threat come. Knowing to dissed the old grudge that being taught down for generations is
not an easy task.
Remember the first time when you met me post being reaper? Everything in your life teaches you that Phoenix like me are the great enemy who refused to
dies naturally. The balance breaker of the universe.
And yet despite everything you have learned for thousands of years to hate me. We are now holding hands and watched these children fighting among
themselves in the middle of flying spaceship. Planning to explored the universe with all the time that we have left.
This is the meaning of Hololive Subaru, Flare and perhaps Yagoo keep insisting about. A unity regarding of how different our past are.
As long as we are still believing that. This universe still knows Hope."
Calliope just realized that her left hand was now holding Kiara's hand unknowingly, causing reaper to scratching her cheeks in embarrassment.
" I wouldn't called Marine a child in any means but I get your points, Wawa. Thanks again for always being my sunshine during all those years."
Kiara making a mock screaming. " Aww! Cawwi! This must be the sweetest thing I ever heard you say during our 2,000 years plus relationship!"
" Oh shut up! I spending quite some time learning those rizz skills from Nerissa, you know?" Calliope covered her face with the cap she is wearing and try to
look away but Kiara is not being deterred.
Phoenix gently touching reaper by her chin and turns Calli's eyes to met her… the kiss that come after that is the sweetest thing both of them ever get from
each other.
…
" Oi! Oi! No tee tee moment here on my ship. Get your ass out of this real quick!" Marine yelled, proving the common enemy theory again and making Zeta,
Kobo and the angry crews quickly lifting Kiara and Calliope up and dragging them out of the command room.
Leaving embarrassed Iofifteen and stutter Kaela to awkwardly concluded the meeting while Ollie collapsed on the floor and complained devastatingly.
" It should have been me. Not her!" (Nobody sure which side she means by that.)
And of course. Bijou who as energetic as ever. Simply clapping hands as some gems on her forehead glowing bright pink. " Love is also strong emotion worth
collecting! I Luv it!"
" Uncledad! Mommy! We will get you a room soon! Hang in there!" Kobo bellowed, carrying Kiara and Calliope into their sleeping quarters along with Zeta
while dozens of Fandead and Ichimin yelling ' Couple can go to hell!' Or something along the lines after them.
Intentionally leaving the commands room for their leaders to take time after Rushia suddenly pinned Marine on sofa and telling her to not losing against those
kids energy that easily before both of them will making a loud make out noises.
Causing the high rank crews to ordered everyone to moved out for their leaders personal time and shutting down those who tries to left recording cameras
behind with EMP grenade.
Calliope looking at Kiara eyes and both of them automatically smiles as they were passing some sort of crystal clear hall for those who want to staring into
the deep space where billions of colorful lights from different stars, comet and planets can be seen illuminated over them.
Knowing that no matter what universe will throwing at their faces in the future. There is no need to be afraid at all. As long as they are still together.
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