The day after all that happened yesterday, it's surprisingly quiet. Sure, news reports are being done regarding the giant pillar that emerged from beneath live house CiRCLE, so it's currently unavailable.

"It's a mess! I have got no clue what this all means!" The boss for CiRCLE says in the interview me, Touko and Sam are currently watching.

Henry decided to find a hotel to live at on his own as he did not want to disturb us three as he most likely assumed me and Touko want to be on our own to talk with our future son.

You never get opportunities after all to take contact with someone from the future, let alone your very own future child.

"Maybe I shouldn't ask, but... how's the future like?" Touko begins as I nod, just as curious.

"Well, normally it's true that a time traveller shouldn't tell too much. But considering I have come here so you can stop that future, I don't mind telling." Sam says as he straightens himself and clears his throat, before telling us.

"It's a future of chaos, pure chaos. Because the future wasn't written before the Zero Point, it couldn't be prevented like now."

"But how did me and Touko manage to even get you? If there was so much chaos, how would we have time to do any sort of baby making?"

"Good question, dad. And well, it was in a shelter that you two did the thing, according to many. Both of you wanted a kid after all, despite the world being in shambles from incursions happening due to multiverses opening."

"Well, having a kid with Stephy would be lovely, and knowing we do at one point get one is amazing, hehe~"

"Not just one, two." Sam replies as we both look at him. "My little sister, Yoko, needed to remain safe. So I couldn't bring her with me, but of course, with you two being the best parents ever, I don't have to doubt her safety."

"But of course, I would protect my children at all cost!" I reply to him as he chuckles and nods.

"Yeah, that you two do indeed, no matter what." He replies before his smile fades away again. "Alas, I really needed her to have comfort, which she find a lot in you, dad. It will be needed once... the future gets erased."

"Thought as much. However, it seems that it varies in fiction what happens with the timelines and all."

"Good point in bringing that up." Sam says as he takes out a phone from his pocket before opening an image on it that projects a holographic image above it.

"Well, phones certainly change in the future..!" Touko comments before we two look at what Sam wants to show us.

"I have observed how it will affect if we change something in the past, and I can say at once that our timeline is very stable."

"Meaning?"

"That no other timelines will be created from changing the past." He replies to me before sighing. "Unfortunately it means an one way track every time, so once done, it cannot be reversed."

"Hence why you will disappear once we close the Zero Point?" I ask him as he nods. "And all of you are prepared for that to happen?"

"Indeed, the Resistance movement has been working on this plan for three decades and was just completed. I cannot afford to fail my first and last time travel mission."

"Right, but me and Touko will do what we can to prevent a disasterous future like that. You have my word, Sam."

"Heh, thanks, dad." He replies as the three of us get up to see what should be done next in Sam's plan.

"So, I need someone that is good in general with equipment or mechanical stuff. Do we have someone like that around?"

"Well, the ones in the UAA that helped me convert my guitar into also being able to be used as a weapon are good. But there is no way I am approaching them again!" Touko retorts soon after, but we both nod. Sam I can imagine understands that his mother hates the UAA, especially seeing what I have been put through thanks to my parents getting involved.

Now I just keep on going for both vengeance and the desire to have the UAA gone once and for all.

So much for having a normal life where I just can cheer on my beloved Touko as she makes it to the top together with her band.

Hell, now barely any major girl band can do worth shit due to CiRCLE having been destroyed by the Zero Point. Of course, there is Galaxy, the live house Masuki's father owns, but CiRCLE I can imagine there is more attachment to.

In this live house, many band lives begun, and even if they existed beforehand, it has definitely enhanced the experience for many...

"Dad, you figuring out whom can help us with the device?" Sam suddenly asks me as I realize I got sidetracked in my thoughts. Thinking quickly, I figure I will answer with someone that do know equipment quite well.

"Let's ask Maya."

"Maya Yamato? Aren't you taking distance from Pastel Palettes due to them having the hots for you?" Touko asks me, showing a concerned expression. She clearly don't want me to push myself out of my comfort zone, but she probably doesn't know I am on better terms with them nowadays.

"Don't worry, they don't anymore. They have accepted that I am with you." I tell her as she breathes out before giggling.

"Well, that's great stuff to hear~! Let's go find her then and see if she is willing to help!" Touko says as she pulls in me as we head outside the apartment. "You too, Sammy!"

"Already giving our son a nickname, eh?"

"But of course, he's our wonderful and brave son. He has taken up so much from you, hehe~"

"Indeed so, mom. Dad is an inspiration for many, even if he denies it and don't even want to take credit for it." Sam says as he goes out the apartment as well before closing the door behind him. "It's obvious you have remained the same ever since you were as old as I am currently."

"Huh..." Was all I could reply with, as I just didn't know what to say, but Touko and Sam just giggle and chuckle before the former pulls in me so we can start be on our way to find Maya to see if she can help us do the final constructing of the device that will stop the Zero Point from doing further damage.

"Many of our friends are still hanging around CiRCLE surprisingly enough, so let's see if Maya is among them." Touko tells me as she had been quick with sending around messages to most of the band girls where they are.

Some replied, some has not, it's typical really. Either way, we know first where to look, so we head to CiRCLE as fast as we can.

Arriving there, we see how the band girls stands in their respective groups and talk it out what to do next.

"Yukina, can't we at least have some rest after what has happened here..?" Ako asks Roselia's vocalist as she just shakes her head.

"Even if I want to be lighter with us all, we can't really let up on our band practice now, can we? We can practice at Galaxy in the meantime, I don't think Raise A Suilen's drummer will have much against it."

"Well, how about next week we begin doing practice again?" Lisa asks her as Yukina begins thinking for a minute, before nodding.

"Yes, for this week at least we can take our time to recover." She soon tells her band mates before she spots me, Touko and Sam come up to them. "Ah, hello you three. I heard from Lisa that Touko was coming here with you, Stephan, and... Sam, was it?"

"Yeah, that's right." Sam replies as he chuckles. "Kinda unreal to see you again though, because in the future, you move out of Japan and to USA to live with your husband."

"H-husband?" Yukina asks him as she looks around and to her bandmates before looking back at Sam. "...Just one thing, is his nickname Drawn or Toast..?"

"That's him alright!" Sam says proudly as Yukina blushes before smiling a little.

"Heh, I actually do end up meeting him in person at one point..."

Though while the rest of Roselia begins asking their leader who this Toast fella is, I can't help but to feel that it's a very familiar nickname.

And ever since that Zero Point emerged, everything feels more familiar than ever, as if I have always known about all these bands, and my beloved Touko.

Is there something about it that makes me remember things, or is it perhaps something to do with all this multiverse stuff?

I think answers will come soon enough, Sam sees to know some about this all himself, way more than me. He seems to be holding out on telling for now though it appears.

But that's not the focus because otherwise it won't be the big reveal it probably will be later!

Anyways, Maya it is, and searching for her we do, until we find her speaking with Masuki.

"Hey Maya, hope we aren't disturbing!" Touko says as we go up to the two talking as they look to us.

"Ah no, not really. I were just giving MASKING some tips and tricks for the drums, huehehe!" Maya replies as she looks to Sam. "So, you are Stephan and Touko's son in the future, huh? Feels sort of unreal that things from the future would just pop up around here."

"Well senpai, we sorta already have future stuff. Like an exact replica of Mechagodzilla from one of the Godzilla movies, can't remember which-"

"Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Tokyo SOS." I suddenly say, interrupting Masuki. Though I soon realize that I let my otaku side set in and just start blushing from accidentally doing that. "S-sorry, go on..."

"Oh no, it's fine. But hell, even a Swede knows better his kaiju stuff than a Japanese person." Masuki says as she scratches her head.

"Ah no, don't say that. Can't know about every little pop culture thing out there after all." I reassure her as she cracks a smaller smile.

"Have I ever told you that you are cute?" She suddenly asks me as I raise my eyebrows while Touko just giggles.

"Well, I mean, I hear it from my beloved, but not from anyone else-"

"Oi, come on now. You are cute in general, not just because of your smaller size, but how you are like in general." Masuki soon says as I am unsure what to say at this point, because this really derailed from our main topic..!

"Alright, I guess I am pretty cute-"

"Nuh uh, you are super duper mega cute~!" Touko soon says as she hugs onto me and begins kissing me. I mean, I love being kissed by my beloved, but this is still derailing..!

"Hey, dad, don't worry, you and mom can snuggle. That's what Yoko would've wanted after all." Sam tells me as Touko begins overwhelming me with kissing until we both fall on the grass, me still being barraged with kisses from my beloved..!

In the meantime, Sam walks up to Maya and hands her the almost finished device. "I heard you are good with electronics. So I wanted to find you and see if you could help with final adjustments."

"What... is this even?" Maya asks as she looks at the device that just looks like a simple toy.

"Isn't this just those wands with a ball that has spinning lights in it..?"

"Well, the thing is, yes, it basically is that." Sam says as Maya hands him back the device. "But the light you see currently spinning inside it contains the immense power to seal any sort of rifts that might get created from the Zero Point, and of course, take down the big bad orb itself."

"Looks like a sex toy to me." Masuki says out of the blue as Maya and Sam looks at her with wide eyes. "...What, you expect me to not acknowledge the birds and the bees?"

"No, it's just... No, never mind." Maya replies before looking at the device again. "So, what is needed to be done on it to fully work?"

"An actual trigger handle. We have already tried our hands on doing these from snowglobes and just shake to activate them, but to no avail, only more rift openings..."

"Hmm, I see... Well, let's head over there where there is more sun, just so I can see more of the small part and such." Maya says as she and Sam begins walking over to the nearby bench.

"Hey you two, not to ruin your kissing party, but your... son is making progress!" Masuki tells us as Touko stops kissing me and looks up at the drummer.

"Oh oops..!" Touko replies as she helps me up while I am just in such ecstasy. I just can't get enough of being kissed like this by Touko, even if it means getting kissmarks all over, it still feels great, hehe..!

As Touko takes out her napkin, which she has around in case we take our kissing to this level, and wipes me clean, we go up to Maya and Sam as they are looking at the device.

And they weren't kidding about it looking like a toy, it seem to literally be just that. "I remember these being sold at circuses when I were younger."

"And you seem to have kept one around, as it was thanks to this artifact we managed to somehow discover the ability to be able to stop the Zero Point when it's at its weakest. Which of course is when it first emerged, like it has now."

"Right then, I shouldn't stop you from completing it by any means. It needs to be done as soon as possible after all, and also it's ready in general after I finish the rankings."

"Ah yeah, full intent on getting the UAA out of the picture first, right? I will not stop you either with that, dad. Only one less thing for you to think about after all with how chaos it is currently." Sam replies back to me as I nod before looking to the pillar housing the Zero Point.

"I wonder if this Sothis Travis worked for at one point is really behind this..?" I ask myself before going back to helping the others.

...

"Well, I screwed up big time now..." Sothis mutters as she has a pensive look. "Dang it, I actually really don't want to kill Stephan, but I have to go by the rules of isekai or else I will be demoted..!"

She thinks and ponders what she can do right now in order to help a bit, at least without it seeming she wants to skip having to kill Stephan, but it might be difficult, real difficult.

"And hell, I can't deny that I certainly don't want to separate him from Touko at all. He's just so happy with her." She says to herself, before looking up again to her 'screen'. "That is, if I go for lending my powers to them instead. I don't care if I will be deemed having left my post, I need to fix my mistake somehow while also keeping together the fluffiest relationship ever!"

Sothis quickly turns 180 degress and begins her preparations to amend for what she has done. "This will take some time, so I hope he stays alive until then!"

...

After we had spent most of the day putting together the device we will use to neutralize the Zero Point, I finally get the go that it is time for my next ranking battle.

Miu calls me though, which I answer reluctantly on. She knows I don't have time to listen to her bullshit!

"I know you are... tired of this all, and honestly, I could just end the UAA here and now. If I would've known Jasper had been out for you, we would've prevented it, but I guess he wants to confront you very badly in a final battle."

"Huh, the battle with him won't even be my final one..." I reply as I sigh, before letting out a small chuckle. "But at least it's just 3 more to go currently-"

"Well, about that; Alice Twilight, whom would've been the one you fought on 2nd rank, has gone missing. Sooo, after you fight this assassin I admittedly don't know much about myself, it's only Jasper left."

I stay quiet after hearing that, because I did not expect to hear those news. But... can I complain? Can you blame me for not wanting to do this cycle anymore? "Then, it shall be like that. I will kill Jasper's ass once and for all. And then, you put an end to the UAA, or I will do it myself."

"It is a promise. I will turn myself in once you have killed him, and I shall make sure you aren't affected by the arrest."

"Even if I have been your toy this whole time and killed psychopaths and also almost had to kill a friend of mine."

Miu stays silent but soon sighs. "Yeah, I get it. Also, are you interested in polygamy?"

"...What now?"

"If you are, want to have my daughter's hand in marriage?"

"What the fuck are you talking about, woman?!"

"Alright, I will not say more." Miu says as she hangs up while I am still confused. No way she tried having me marry Chiyu..?

Nah, what the hell! Ugh, no matter, I know who I want to marry and pretty much will marry in the future, heh~

I am soon on the way on my motorcycle, because yes, I got one overtime, what of it?

The assassin is far out again, which reminds me of when I had to go further from Tokyo to fight Speed Buster.

Man, nostalgia, even if some time has gone and I have probably forgotten a lot about my first time as an assassin myself.

Things has really changed overall I feel, both from how I handle things to... Touko...

My beloved Touko, my only reason I went for going on with this, but eventually she begun having regrets about cheering on me murdering people, which ironically advanced our relationship into understanding each other more in depth.

I smile as I think about Touko. "Don't worry Touko, I will come back home no problem."

After reaching the location were my adversary should be at, I see... nothing.

Well, there is a crop circle here, so I guess they should be somewhere around here.

Walking to the middle of the crop circle, I put my hands on my waist and sigh loudly. "Well then, guess I took wrong time- Huh?"

"Have you followed me?! You don't look American, but you might be a filthy spy instead!"

After hearing someone speak, I suddenly have a beam of light come down on my forehead and as I look up, the beam grows larger as it turns out to be... a huge laser beam?! Holy shit!

Barely dodging out of the way, the laser beam hits the ground as hard as I smash Touko in bed, before I look up and finally see the one I will be fighting.

"An astronaut? What the fuck, am I going to fight a whole space program now or what?!"

"Attack unsuccesful! Re-aquire target and eliminate enemy!"

"Well then, guess eventually I would fight someone that looks straight from a sci-fi horror movie!" I say as I get up and ready my dual wield beam katanas. "Let's go, I've got all night long!"

"You are but a mere child, why are you fighting for the Americans?" The assassin asks me but I ignore him.

To defend himself, he puts up an energy shield, much to my own dismay. Because that's just bullshit, why can't I have a shield?!

He also begins making rocks hover and throws them right at me, but I manage to block them. I ain't going to get hit by any rocks or The Rock!

He soon starts charging up a laser of his own, which I duck to not get hit by. Right after, he disappears and teleport further away from me. "Oh damn it, these assassins has just been ridiculous in the latest time!"

As I run towards him, the space station he is apparently using shoots smaller lasers towards me, and while I am near to get hit by them, I continue on.

"Please respond!" The astronaut shouts out as he is apparently trying to have connection with the station again. Perfect opening.

I get up on him and starts slashing at him, before he let's out a garbled yell and some sort of black ooze comes out from his wounds. Yeah, this guy definitely isn't normal of him...

After he recovers, I hear him say something in Russian before he charges up his own laser to take distance from me again.

Russian, huh? But if he is Russian, does this mean..?

But as soon as I get lost in thought, I get hit by a stone and fall onto the ground, but manage to block the rest before I would get too beat up.

I just can't help but to find it weird though, why is he afraid of Americans, Russians really was more that during the space race.

No... No way, is this assassin, a lost cosmonaut-?

"Agh, shit!" Yet again, have to block out anything coming my way. But my thoughts are distracting me too much, I need to beat that asshole for good before thinking any further.

Even if the battle keeps itself relatively easy for me to handle, his arsenal of attacks and weapons is nothing to mess around with.

He soon flies out of the way to call to the space station to fire one of those huge lasers again, which I imagine needed some time to charge. I luckily enough get out of the way again, and continue getting in strikes on the otherwise defenseless cosmonaut.

Yeah, without his shield or laser, he can't do much else, and the tubes and wires that are sticking out from his MMU, despite looking like tentacles, are nothing more than just that.

But even if he is defenseless, it definitely is taking some time to beat him, as I can begin seeing the early dawn in the horizon. However, he is noticeable getting weaker and less reactive to my attacks, I think he is exhausted at this point.

...That is... If ghosts can even be exhausted.

One big slash from me, and one final yell of pain and fear from him.

-music end-

As he begins to float around aimlessly, I jump up and drive one of my beam katanas into the visor of his helmet, and as I do that, a huge amount of some sort of energy beams up and most likely destroys anything in its path.

Beneath the now broken visor, I can see an old and thin looking man, still somewhat flabbergasted from what had just happened, but he soon looks around with his eyes.

"Valk, my ship..."

"It's over now, captain."

The cosmonaut looks at me before looking at the sky.

"...Aah, so this is... Earth?"

"Yeah, welcome home..."

"So I'm finally back, after all this time..." The astronaut breaths in and lets out a breath of relief. "Fresh oxygen, blue skies, just as beautiful as I remembered it..."

He continues floating around, taking in the last sights of his home, before I lower my weapon. "...Glory to the Soviet Union."

As I remain there, looking at the cosmonaut float freely, I can see him start turning into dust. I had never expected to help a ghost get to the other side, but guess the UAA has anything up their dirty sleeves.

I soon hear people behind me and it turns out to be the cleaners and Miu herself. "Fuck you."

That was the only thing I could muster out seeing her as I begin walking. "And leave him be for a bit, will you?! He is free for once, so let him have his peace."

Miu gestures to the cleaners to stop as she sighs. "Well, Jasper next then. He has sent in he is ready already later today, so... Get some sleep, Stephan."

"No, I am mad and sad, so I am going to have sex with my girlfriend once I get home so I won't be so mad and sad." I tell her as I walk up to my motorcycle and drive home. "Jasper fuck, I will kill you and put an end to this assassination stuff once and for all..."

...However, while I had been fighting the captain, I didn't know at the time that someone had been watching me from a distance.

Someone that had came here thanks to multiverses starting to merge thanks to the Zero Point we need to worry about as well.

I would've never known that this all would soon turn bigger and more dangerous than I had imagined it to be...

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☆☆ UAA RANKING LIST ☆☆

NO. 2: C̶A̶P̶T̶A̶I̶N̶ ̶V̶L̶A̶D̶I̶M̶I̶R̶

NEW NO. 2: STEPHAN KLAUSCH
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To Be Continued...