We reach Mikado. This is either gonna go well enough that the people, those I am fighting for, will approve so much that Gabi and God won't be able to take a shot at me and Walter, or its gonna go south really quick and they'll call us unclean and attack on sight.

We exit Naraku. OK, this is it. We are greeted by Hope, Gabi, and a large number of samurai. Oh, this looks bad.

Gabi steps forward. "You have entered the territory of the Unclean Ones, you have destroyed a gauntlet, and have taken the life of the samurai Walter, you must die!"

Walter steps forward, "hoy," he stops Gabi, "that's not what happened. I'm fine, as you can see, and yes, my gauntlet is destroyed, but it's not his fault, it was Lucifer, the king of demons. Speaking of which, we have good news about him..."

"He's dead," Jonathan continues, "these two are heroes, they killed Lucifer. This is a time of celebration, not bloodshed."

"Is this true?" Hope asks me, "have you defeated Lucifer?"

"Yeah," I reply, "he was in Tokyo, he had killed my son and fled into Naraku. Like any reasonable person, I gave pursuit. Walter saw me, and decided to assist me. We followed him into Tokyo, killed him, and returned here with Jonathan and Issachar after they were sent after us. Now, here we are, Lucifer is dead. The demons have no king."

"Very well," Hope replies, "we shall spread the word and a celebration will be prepared. You've done good kid. I just have one question, where were you when the gauntlet rite was happening?"

Oh yeah, I didn't go to that did I? Well shit, that's bad, I better think of an excuse quick.

"I saw him," Walter interjects, "he was one of the last ones and the gauntlet didn't respond, you must have forgotten."

"Ah," Hope replies, "very well. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must spread the word, the demon king is dead! Samurai! Spread the word throughout Mikado! Lucifer has fallen! As for you guys, take a rest, you've had a long day. Even you, who is not a Samurai, you are welcome to rest in the barracks for the evening."

Hope walks off. It is still rather early, but I could go for a nap. Then again, Issachar may attack me as soon as he gets the chance. The samurai begin to clear out, and Issachar leaves with Gabi.

"So I gotta ask," Jonathan breaks the silence, "how did you, with no demons, stand up to Lucifer?"

I think for a moment, considering how Issachar will see this coming next time, I've only got one shot. Well, maybe it's best to just go big, show off my magic, I'm sure he'd accept such an explanation.

"I learned a few spells from demons we encountered," I explain, "made then cough up the knowledge by force. Watch this."

I cast cold world, sending the spell high into the sky. It explodes mid air, causing a light snow to fall over the plaza. Eh, that'll last only an hour or so.

"Impressive," Jonathan smiles, "so, I'm headed into town. You and Walter wanna tag along?"

"Sure," I reply, "how about you Walter?"

"Sure thing," Walter replies.

"Oh," I suggest, "I know of this butcher, his name is Pete, best butcher in town. Wanna go there?"

"Sounds good," Jonathan replies.

As we head to the butcher's I begin to wonder how other me, Navarre, and Fujiwara are doing. As we near the butcher, I run into Navarre, makes sense, it is in a nicer part of town.

"You guys go on ahead," I explain, "I'll catch up."

"Come on man," Walter smiles, "we gotta get there before they run out of lamb."

"You see that luxorer?" I whisper, "he's related to the resets, and I need to speak to him. He is a comrade of mine. Go on ahead."

"Sure thing," Walter replies, "see you at Pete's."

I walk up to Navarre. "Hey," I greet.

"Ah," he replies, "hello. I'd love to catch up, but I'm here with my family. The plan is going... poorly. Issachar gave Gabi powerful demons. I'm gonna need your help to take her out."

"There's gonna be a celebration," I explain, "not sure when, but we can meet up there. Long story, I can explain later."

"You got Lucifer," Navarre replies, "I heard. I also heard it's tonight at sun set. We'll meet up in the plaza. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to lunch."

"Before you go," I stop him, "how did you not get killed by Issachar?"

"He just sorta, didn't bother," Navarre explains, "I drew my sword, he shot it out of my hand, and dashed off. Sorry I couldn't stall."

"Don't worry about it Navarre. I'll let you get back to lunch now. See ya."

"See ya Flynn."

Navarre walks off. This is looking preety good, but Gabi may give issues. However, I can't give up. I head into Pete's, and it's nice. We all enjoy a nice meal, we smile, we laugh, and it's quite refreshing. It reminds me why I'm doing this, why I'm fighting so hard to save them. I am reminded to never give up. However, I can't really do anything until the celebration. That's probably the best time to strike, but I'll have to wait and see...