Note: This chapter takes place before the execution of the Shie Hassakai so this will explain where Chifuyu got her "Mightyena" vanguard to finish them off.

Also...

This chapter is gonna be a precursor to not only the upcoming Arc of Chifuyu gathering potential allies but also a preview for a Trunks-esque Arc involving the plot line of Sonic Forces. And also a side story book featuring Chifuyu's escapades outside of UA.

1st Person POV, Chifuyu

"And uncle lectures me about having restraint..." I thought as I made a sled with Wyrdeer at the front.

I placed the six wounded canine-like Mobians (Jackals if I'm not too mistaken) onto the sled before I secured them so they didn't fall off when I got Wyrdeer running.

I then had my Rotom Phone speed dial Colress as he was the only person I could think of that can help.

I guess I should explain from the very beginning....

Flashback Time!

Some time earlier that day....

"Can't wait to see Uncle Tails and the rest again!" I said, as I rode on the back of Minowaka.

Oh, that's right, you guys probably don't know who Minowaka is!

Well you guys remember the creature that appeared during the Curry Festival back at Shujin, right?

Well, this is her.

A quick recap:

Sometime after the festival and the investigation that followed after saving the Queen of Novoselic from certain death, Minowaka (who she basically demanded of me to name her since I was the one who summoned her to begin with) went with Her Majesty back to Novoselic.

Now just a few days ago after my Hunter exam ended, I woke up in the shared penthouse hotel room with Kokoro (who was still recovering from her operation but I had no intention of leaving her alone back at the bunker during my leave to take my Exam) that Kurapika bought for a month-long stay (I had no idea how long the exam would take as Kurapika told me that the time length varies from year to year with no discernable pattern aside from the average number of Phases) with Minowaka herself sticking her head in through the balcony entrance.

Turns out, Minowaka wanted to check in on me. And for something else...

Flashback

"So have you been practicing your Blood Arts?"

I blinked in confusion. I had just got done calming down the hotel concierge because the other guests called making emergency complaints about a monster loitering on the hotel building and Kokoro at the time was still asleep so I tried to resolve this as quietly as possible.

"My what?" I asked a bit dumbly.

Little did I realize that I was gonna be in for some hell...

Flashback ends

Long story made painfully short, Minowaka had been cracking down on me to learn my new "gift" bestowed upon me.

Between this and my training with my two new Inverse (which is what we call Taisho's domain as opposed to Igor's aka Needlenose's Metaverse) mentors, I have been fairly exhausted especially after wrapping things up at Heaven's Arena.

Good news on that is not only have I honed my Blood Arts sufficiently by Minowaka's standards, I have also earned a lot of money winning fights in Heaven's Arena. Which means I got some serious seed money for the Moving Bathhouse.

The other good news is that not only have I unlocked more abilities with my Nen sword, named "Shinga", but I've also learned a few new attacks from Sesshomaru and InuYasha, mostly focusing on my newfound ability for Nail Manipulation.

But that's a story for another time.

Now, me and Kokoro decided that before we return to Japan's national soil, we should take the time we have left before my "absence" is up to gather potential allies.

Why?

You'll find out later.

Don't wanna spoil the surprise too soon.

But first, a stop at Mobius to see my dear Uncle Tails and his friends was in order, as a way to celebrate not only getting my License in record time, but also clearing all of the floors in Heaven's Arena.

I also wanted a place on the islands where I can leave a portal for the Moving Bathhouse, so I can come and go easily when need be.

Unfortunately, when I dropped by Uncle Tails' house (shared with Uncle Sonic), it turns out neither of them were home.

When I popped over to Angel Island with Minowaka (nearly scaring the crap out of the redhead echidna hybrid with Minowaka's appearance), he told me that Tails and Co. were out on a mission.

As for Shadow, Rouge, and Omega, they were on an assignment from G.U.N. so they were also unavailable.

As for Team Chaotix... well who knew where they were. Charmy wouldn't give me the details, possibly meaning the team has a case and the details had to be kept hush-hush. And God forbid trying to get any info out of Uncle Espio...

Regardless, I decided a little rest from last week's excitement (i.e the Hunter's Exam and then Heaven's Arena) was in order. And Kokoro was wanting to see the beach.

Good thing the bungalow Uncle Sonic said that I can crash at any time has a great view...

"Land down there!" I told Minowaka, pointing down.

"You sure this is okay?" Kokoro asked.

"Yeah," I responded. "Uncle Sonic always said his door's always open for me if I need a place to crash. With all the time we have left before we have to go back to Japan, I figured some rest and relaxation is in order. And Mobius is lovely at this time of year." I sighed, remembering old days when Uncle Tails would bring me, Chiaki, and Chihiro here for summer vacation.

Kokoro nodded, cracking a smile. "So how long do we stay here?"

I shrugged. "I'm thinking a week before we jump into the whole recruitment thing. And I figured since you're gonna be in the wheelchair for the most of this, you might want a few things to do when we aren't around each other."

Kokoro hummed. "You're right. I still need to write my letter of resignation for you-know-who."

I smirked. "Right. Can't wait to see their faces when you-"

"Let's not give too many spoilers right here and now." Kokoro cut me off.

I paused to let that sink in and then shrugged. "Fair point, I guess."

I then bowed at the waist, gesturing to the entry way of Sonic's villa.

"After you, milady," I said in a posh fake Galarian accent (that would have probably gotten me arrested as a felony in said region if I were to impersonate that). "I would open the door, but it doesn't exist..."

Kokoro chuckled as she used the controls on her wheelchair to wheel herself in.

"Wonder what this place has for security in case intruders show up?" Kokoro asked rhetorically.

As if summoned, the sound of paws hitting the wooden floor was heard, making us look up to see a....

A wolf?

(Appearance, height, and yes, even the haori and hanafuda earrings)

"Great Almighty Sinnoh, that's a big dog..." I muttered. "Admittedly not the biggest given my experience with Alpha Arcanines...." I thought absently.

"Guess that answers the security question...." Kokoro commented, her eyes wide.

The canine approached the both of us, their eyes too intelligent to be a simple animal.

We both kept still, though my hand drifted to the hilt of my katana, ready to draw it at a moment's notice should this get ugly.

Their eyes were trained on me, my nichirin sword in specific. The dog/wolf then approached me.

I kept very still, my eyes watching the canine's every movement.

The dog placed their nose on my hand, the one holding the hilt of my nichirin katana. They took a sniff, sticking their nose slightly in the sleeve of my kimono. After a moment, I felt their tongue run across my knuckles, making me gawk slightly in surprise.

"I think he likes you." Kokoro spoke up as the dog then sat down, his tail now wagging. I could almost swear he's smiling at me.

"You don't have to tell me that," I sweatdropped.

I then spotted a tag attached to his rope-like collar.

Picking it up, I saw that an inscription on Kanji was engraved into the tag.

継国 縁壱

"'Yoriichi Tsugikuni'....?" I translated, tasting the name on my tongue.

"The name sounds familiar..." I racked my brain to recollect where I have heard this name.

An image of a male swordsman appeared in my mind, catching me by surprise.

"The first swordsman of the Breathing styles....!" I realized with silent shock remembering Peko-senpai's and Sohnosuke-senpai's lessons.

I saw Kokoro's eyes widen at my thoughts.

And knowing the two of us, this dog's name and appearance cannot be a coincidence....

Timeskip

In the end we chose not to worry over this Yoriichi's sudden arrival, and decided we just do as we intended and just relax.

So we were sitting out on the beachfront near Sonic's villa, Kokoro in her motorized chair while Chien Pao draped themselves over her shoulder while taking a nap, and I'm just stretched out on a towel while wearing just a pair of Azalea themed shorts and my matching kimono top was opened, revealing my bandage bralette, giving myself a bit of sun. Minowaka had taken to rest atop of the villa, resting from her long journey.

Some of my Pokemon were milling around the beach, some playing in the shallow water, others trying to catch fish, some playing in the sand. It made for a peaceful scene.

And of course, it never lasts.

Case in point: the large army of egg-shaped robots suddenly landing in front of us.

One of them yelled out, "GET ON YOUR KNEES!"

And naturally, I responded with, "I'm not your motherboard last night!"

And they took exception to that.

Side note: Sorry, Kiibo-kun and Nana, for the robophobic remark. Please do not sue me in court.

They opened fire, which made me bear my teeth at I felt myself transforming into my animagus form as Minowaka began to emit lethal pink flames from both her body and mouth. My Pokemon began to charge up their own attacks.

Brandishing my sword in my mouth, I began to cut through the fleet of robots while Minowaka began to burn them down.

"My friends!" I called to my Pokemon on the beach. "Protect Kokoro with your lives!"

They gave their roars of agreement before they busied themselves with acting as Kokoro's offensive shield.

I batted away one bot with a sidearm, just as Kokoro yelled out, "Chifuyu, behind you!"

I turned around just in time to see a barrel of a robot's sidearm aimed right at my face.

Before I could act, a stream of orange-yellow fire cut through the bot, cutting it in half.

As it fell apart, it was revealed that it was Yoriichi, but now he had his own sword, looking very similar to my nichirin katana, only the blade was a scintillating red.

"I don't know where that came from, but keep doing what you're doing!" I spoke to him, to which he nodded and began to proceed to do the same to the other robots.

Unfortunately in my rush to slay the robots, one managed to slip past me and was heading straight for Kokoro who had Chien-Pao hissing in warning as they have already been worn down and their ice isn't very effective against the bots for some reason.

"SHIT!" I spat as I tried to run towards Kokoro but I was surrounded by a whole bunch of the robots.

I tried to leap over them but I got blocked and was swatted into the sand, where one robot stood on the side of my head, forcing me into the ground.

I could see Minowaka was getting overwhelmed and was already on the ground. She had been doing well to keep them at bay as they tried to subdue her with cables, but she was being worn down bit by bit.

Yoriichi had been making incredible progress but now he seemed to be at a stalemate with a big bot, locked in combat. But then a smaller bot had snuck up on him and shot him in the leg, making him lose his footing.

"DAMMIT!" I was enraged but also helpless, which probably pissed me off more. "All of that hellish training only to be felled by a bunch of assembled nuts and bolts! DAMMIT! DAMMIT TO HELL!!"

Just as the small group of bots were about to open fire on Kokoro, who looked as pale as a ghost at the idea if experiencing death (again, no less), a loud howl pierced the air, the entire place becoming drenched in red.

Red cubes appeared around us, surrounding the robots around Kokoro before they were lifted into the air. As they hung in the air they suddenly were trapped in a giant red cube. The cube then began to shrank, crumpling the robots like aluminum cans before they exploded, showering the beach with metal parts.

A new voice cut through the air like a hot knife to butter.

"MUGEN, RAMPAGE!!"

A huge black and white streak burst through the treeline, roaring as it practically bulldozed the robots holding me down, the drones practically ragdolling as they were airborne.

This gave me the opportunity to use Behemoth Blade on the airborne bots, slicing them to pieces.

I then dashed over to Yoriichi, freeing him just as the black and white behemoth was on the bots holding down Minowaka, a flash of white teeth and fur was all that was seen as the robots were disassembled, giving the large flying beast the opportunity to get free and melt the robots.

The large newcomer finally stopped long enough for me and the others to get a good look at them.... and it's rider, I realized with no small amount of surprise

The rider was a petite blonde girl, if not a woman, with bright blue eyes and wearing a white long coat that looked similar to the ones Colress wears in his lab.

The beast was a large male canine creature (Ingrid informed me of the gender, don't ask how she knows), with mismatched blue and yellow eyes with mismatched red and black sclera, a grey scarf wrapped around his neck, an odd (yet ominous) red stone seemingly embedded in his chest, and torn gloves on his front paws.

"Sorry," the blonde girl slid off the back of the giant canine, with said beast helping her down. "But I couldn't help myself but to help..."

"I normally wouldn't be quick to thank a stranger for intervening," I spoke to her while panting I exhaustion. "But given that you helped my companions a great deal, I'll make an exception."

The girl chuckled before the black and white... jackal, I realized with shock as Ingrid told me barked softly at her, grabbing her attention.

"Right, sorry, Mugen," the blonde girl spoke to her companion before speaking to me. "You guys sit back and relax for now, just leave it to me and my buddy Mugen!"

With that she leapt back onto Mugen's back, to which he charged into the fray.

I stepped forward to help, before I felt Kokoro's hand on my flank. Looking back over at her, I saw her face was holding a mixed expression of shock, confusion, and oddly enough a glimmer of happiness.

"Let them go." She said, her eyes locked on the two as they practically mowed the robots down.

Deciding to trust my girlfriend on this, I began to check her, Yoriichi, Minowaka, and my Pokemon for injuries, the cacophony of metal being torn apart turning into background noise.

Timeskip

The sun was nearly below the horizon when the last of the robots were destroyed and reduced to a giant pile of scrap.

The stars have begun to appear as night was well on its way.

Minowaka lit a small fire from some driftwood that Mugen had gathered from the wreckage as his handler made a makeshift camp with a tent.

The young woman held a flap of the tent before waving at us. "Please come inside!" Before she ducked inside.

Looking at the others, I had no clue how all of us, especially Minowaka and Yoriichi, were gonna fit inside.

Then Mugen nudged me from behind, grunting a bit.

"Oi!" I barked, trying to nip at him only to fail as I was practically pushed in, causing me to trip on my paws, much to my embarrassment.

My embarrassment faded away in record speed as I looked around myself as I felt shock and awe take its place.

The inside of the tent was not only spacious but it was also furnished. And not with run-of-the-mill sleeping bags or cots, but legit furniture, carpets, even tapestries of varying designs.

"Sorry if this isn't to your liking," I jumped back onto my feet hearing the girl from before speak. Looking over, I saw she stood at a table grabbing a first aid kit. "I don't have the fanciest tent, but I find it comfy especially when roughing it."

"D-don't worry about it," I stuttered. "If this isn't considered 'fancy', I'm almost scared to know what is considered 'luxury'..."

I heard Kokoro's wheelchair enter as she too, followed by my Pokemon, Yoriichi and Minowaka. Much to my relief, they all fit inside the tent with no trouble, and with plenty of space to boot.

Mugen then entered, shooting me a smug look (much to my ire) as he sauntered over to the young woman before laying down.

"I should probably introduce us," the girl chuckled a bit bashful, "My name is Kanata," I didn't notice Kokoro suddenly tensing at her introduction, "and this," she gestured to the large canine at her side, "is my partner Mugen."

I nodded to her. "Hello." I decided to introduce ourselves, "I'm Chifuyu," I gestured to Kokoro with my head, "that's my girlfriend Kokoro-"

"Oh no need to introduce yourselves," I blinked at the sudden interruption, "I already know you guys." I looked to see her gesture to Kokoro, "Kokoro Mitsume." Then to Minowaka, "The legendary Novoselic beast Minowaka," then to Yoriichi, "Yoriichi Tsugikuni, namesake of the great progenitor of the Breathing Styles." And then to my Pokemon. "And Moth- I mean, Chifuyu-san's summons."

I blinked owlishly at this. How on earth....?

Sure I'm famous, if only for my gaming channels and my few stunts with certain idiots, but I don't recall showing my animagus forme on stream, nor have I mentioned Minowaka much during my streams (despite the cooking competition livestream being one of my most popular ones, especially with saving Queen Nevermind's life on stream), and we had just met Yoriichi not even twelve hours ago.

This made suspicion rise in my chest, something was not sitting well with me.

Seeing my expression, Kanata hastened to say, "I'll explain as much as I can later, but first," she pointed to Yoriichi's wounded leg, "we should get those wounds taken care of..."

My eyes narrowed before I felt Kokoro nudge me. Looking her in the eyes, she nodded to me, her face solemn.

"It's okay, she means us no harm. If anything, trust me when I say she is entirely on our side." Kokoro said, her expression unfathomable as she eyed Kanata.

Taking a moment to let Kokoro's words sink in, I sighed, deciding to trust her on this. Besides Kokoro had never led me astray yet so I think I can chance this.

"Fine," I permitted. "Just let me transform back into my human form."

With that, I ducked behind a folding screen before I felt myself transforming back into my human self.

Coming back out I saw Kanata treating Yoriichi's leg, effectively removing the bullet before dumping a bottle of red liquid over the wound. My eyes widened as the wound closed up before our very eyes.

"Wow..." I couldn't help but gasp. "A Quirk, perhaps?"

Using my aura, my eyes widened slightly seeing that she had a considerable amount of Nen infused with her aura. Not only that, she seemed very proficient in utilizing it.

"Can I offer you guys a drink?" Kanata asked as she finished bandaging Minowaka's wounds from the steel cables.

"How do we know we can trust you?" I asked not in a hostile tone mind you, but a speculative one.

"I got Boba tea." She offered. "And snacks for the Pokemon."

"Well," I began, "God did say 'Love thy neighbor'..."

With that we were all sitting in a circle drinking some Boba tea (Strawberry milk for me, Taro for Kokoro, and Brown sugar for Kanata) while Kanata went into the kitchen (yes the tent has a legit kitchen) to make something for the beasts in the room.

She re-entered the room with a basket in her hands. "I hope you guys like Poffins!"

I choked on a Boba pearl at this.

Kokoro patted my back as I regained my breath.

Kanata looked at me with worry, looking half ready to give me the Heimlich just as I spat out the Boba pearl.

"Are you okay?" She asked rushing over to me as her companion sniffed my hair, his face full of genuine concern despite his earlier cocky attitude.

Catching my breath, I responded with a shaky tone. "Y-yeah... just fine." I gave her a thumbs up though it was a bit wobbly just like my smile. "Caught me by surprise is all. Not many people around here know about poffins..."

She looked awkward, rubbing the back of her head nervously. "Well, it's a recipe that my... mother taught me, and she gave me a wide variety of poffin recipes to cater to others' tastes."

Had I not been focusing on composing myself, I would have detected higher notes in her speech, a telltale sign of a bad liar.

But the growling of Mugen caught my attention as he paused in eating his treat.

"What is it?" I asked him getting to my feet getting a certain vibe as I saw him staring out the tent entrance.

"More robots?" I wondered, a bit apprehensively.

"Something is happening." Kanata stated than asked, and I noted the certainty in her tone, making my ears perk up with curiosity.

Before I could ask what she meant by that, my aura senses picked up a familiar life signature, however faint with distance.

Closing my eyes, I let my aura flare out, covering the massive distance from the beach to the familiar life signature.

I let out a gasp seeing that it was Uncle Shadow against an entire fleet of robots, similar to the ones we had just fought off just awhile ago.

"Uncle!" I gasped, seeing him in his Mobian forme and with his favored rifle out.

I quickly identified where his coordinates are before I quickly switched off my aura sight to grab my nichirin katana and my Nen sword which I have named Shinga.

"Chifuyu...?" Kokoro asked a bit of worry in her tone, no doubt seeing my thoughts.

"I'll be back," I said simply, before I took off with Rhythm Echo, my aura sight switched on again to direct me straight to my uncle.

Little did I realize that a certain new friend of ours decided to follow me...

Timeskip

Mystic Jungle

Getting to the location was easy enough, and fast enough as I went by treetops.

I effortlessly leapt from limb to limb as I cut down a few airborne bots that tried to snipe me midair.

"Sorry," I spoke in a blank tone, "but I'm in a hurry."

Seeing a clearing ahead I decided to land there and get my bearings to see how far along I am before reaching my uncle.

I could hear the sounds of more robots being destroyed in the distance accompanied by the sound of crashing and gunshots, meaning that Uncle Shadow is really letting them have it.

Whether this means he's in a bad mood or not is hard to say with him. Sometimes he treats it like a game similar to Sonic only crueler than his blue counterpart.

"Now which way to go from here..." I pondered to myself before I used Aura Sight again to see how much further I had to go.

Only to pause when I sensed six life signatures in close proximity.

And they were fading fast.

To add to matters I heard a howl pierce the air, overcoming the distant sound of destruction nearby.

Knowing that I couldn't let this slide without at least investigating, I changed course (judging by the sounds of things being blown up, I trusted that Uncle Shadow had things under control before I show up).

Letting my aura guide me I ran through the jungle on foot, becoming a pink blur through the greenery.

"Almost there!" I noted, thankful that the life signatures had not moved from where they were sensed.

Only for that feeling give way to dread as I noted six Mobians were sprawled out on the ground, fatal wounds inflicted on them.

Using my aura again, I noted that there were signs of Shadow's presence that lingered in this place. Meaning that he was here some time ago.

"Why do I get the feeling that he had something to do with this?" I asked myself rhetorically, running an exasperated hand over my face.

Even if they were aligned with Shadow's enemy this is admittedly a bit overkill.

And I might be the pot calling the kettle here, but....

I just could not leave them here to die.

Sighing to myself, I summoned Xerneas, as this was gonna take more than just me to get this job done especially after busting my tail back there at the beach.

"Can you help me stabilize them?" I asked the Life Pokemon.

The antlered Pokemon nodded, wordlessly sending out her healing move to pulse over the six wounded canine-like Mobians as I offered my help as well with the signature move Shelter and Revival Blessing on all of them.

By the time we got them stabilized I was on the brink of exhaustion.

"Today is just not my day, is it?" I asked myself rhetorically as I thanked Xerneas for her help before summoning her back into her ball.

My vision was beginning to swim as I began to construct a sled of sorts to transport the Jackals back to the beach house.

Flashback End

So that brings us to now as Wyrdeer had already summoned himself to pull the sled, as I have called Cream's mother (the only person available for this sort of emergency) and she told me to come straight to the beach house and she will have the necessary things ready to help keep the Jackals alive before Colress can use his invention powered by my Lustrous Globe to get the Jackals and bring them into his care.

I just barely made it on the sled without falling from fatigue with the Mobians secured to the sled so they did not fall off while we headed back.

By this time the din in the distance had faded to silence making me believe that the battle was over, and I had money that Uncle Shadow had won.

This was proven when I heard a very loud yell, one of anger and defeat.

"I'M NOT WEAK!!!! URRRAAAUUUGHHHH!"

The scream echoed through the trees, spurring Wyrdeer to run faster as he and I felt an unnatural amount of Nen fluctuate in the distance.

"Nope!" I thought to myself. "Not sticking my nose into that one!"

As I urged Wyrdeer to pick up the pace, little did I realize that our "new friend" had witnessed the whole thing.

1st Person POV, ???

"Thank you....

Mom..."

With that, I nudged Mugen in the sides, making him turn us around to disappear back into the jungle, our gear already packed up after healing the others.

"At least we saved your friends in this timeline, ay, bud?" I scratched my friend behind his ears.

He whined in agreement a mix of relief and sadness.

I pressed a kiss to his head. "It's okay, my friend. Trust me when I say she'll make sure they'll live and you'll see them again...

In the future."

With that, I tossed a ring to the air in front of us, the gold band expanding big enough for the both of us to fit through as we left.

POV Switch, 1st Person Chifuyu

My Arc phone began to rang, the ring tone signaling that it was my aunt calling.

"Gotta take this," I said to Minowaka, Yoriichi, and Kokoro. Amatsu had appeared sometime while I was gone having brought Aunt Vanilla and Cousin Cream just as Colress appeared through his "rift generator." They both took the injured Jackals Mobians before I went over to Kokoro, only to see that our unexpected hostess (and her belongings) had already vacated the premises.

Pressing the accept button, I put Aunt Chichi on speaker.

"Hello." I stated than asked. I had questions on why Kanata was gone when I came back but before I could ask...

Well, you could see for yourself here...

"What did you do?"

Sighing, I responded. "Alright. But you can't be mad at me."

"What. Did you do?" She repeated.

"Okay," I began, "but first, I was minding my own business."

I heard a thud on the other end before Chichi spoke again. Meaning that my aunt broke another office desk...

"BULLSHIT!"

"I WAS!" I protested in a whine throwing my hands up.

"And what happened while you were 'minding your own business'?!"

I could practically see and hear the air quotes.

"So I was just chillaxing at the beach outside bungalow like a baller..."

Soon after my "debriefing" I was so tired from the days events I immediately crashed on the sofa in Uncle Sonic's living room, which led to Kokoro draping a blanket over my body before she allowed herself to turn in along with Minowaka and Yoriichi.

"I wonder why that kid look so familiar..." My drowsy thoughts faded as sleep overtook my senses. "It's like... we know each other... and why did her pet... look so similar to the Mobian Jackals...?"

With nothing else to keep me awake to ponder these burning questions I ended up surrendering to the arms of Cresselia (metaphorically speaking) and let sleep take me away.

Aaaaaaannnndddd SCENE!

Happy birthday, KaoTamashi! I hope you like this update as we have often chatted about this scenario!

To everyone else, I'm back in action!

Well sort of, anyway.

I now work double shift on weekends which leaves me with five days worth of free time (when I'm not resting or recuperating from work).

It has been one hell of a month last month as first I was in a car wreck at the beginning.

Thankfully I didn't get any severe injuries, just some bad bruises (a lot of it from the air bags and the seat belt). Though it may be awhile before I get back on the road again.

Then my girlfriend, the lovely yuki_no_fuyu herself came down to my place for a two week stay with me and let's just say we no longer trust American Airlines, or air travel in general.

Next time we try trains.

Aside from that we both had fun and when we had to part ways, I cried.

A lot.

Long distance relationships do have its downsides....

Hopefully next time we meet we will have a more permanent arrangement.

Anyway that aside, I hope you all enjoyed the update. And I hope you all had a great 4th of July!

This is ArtVampire signing off!

Ja ne!