The streets of Orient Town

Zeta was smiling when Nu handed her the outfit she wanted her to try, and decided to report the discussion about Noel as she decided to change clothes... in front of everyone here, using her cloak to hide her body.
Happily there didn't seem to be so much people besides Nu and Makoto who could have got a grasp of her, and even that was improbable. When she removes the cloak like a curtain, Zeta was fully dressed in her new outfit. "How does Zeta look?", the little girl said while making a little graceful turn-around. "Zeta looks nice, doesn't she? Those clothes feel tight, but Zeta thinks she looks nice in them. Let's go!"
She didn't even think she could have to pay for that, so Zeta just put a hand around Nu's shoulders and headed out while bringing Noel back into the conversation."So Mu wants to be called Noel? Zeta does not exactly understand, but Zeta will do with it."

Nu smiled, nodding a bit as Zeta asked if she looked good. The girl seemed allmost normal now, and the shirt fit her just right so that the tattoo was nicely hidden.

"Works for me, matey. Lets get going, then."

She too walked off without paying, leaveing Makoto to pay for them, who did so with a light grumble... it was all on the NOL credit card anyway.

"Its just an identity issue with Noel and Mu. Nu thinks she´ll resolve it at some point and start calling herself Mu.. or she´ll just cease to be Mu at one point."

With that, the two walked out, but not out of the mall yet... instead, Nu was heading over to an icecream stand for a little treat.

Zeta seemingly ignored the remarks around Noel's identity. Zeta hopes she will be able to call Mu 'Noel'... She could get angry and Zeta messing up would not help her.
But she wondered what Makoto was doing while they left. "Why does the squirrel-girl stay there? And... what is she doing?"
Zeta was blindly walking behind Nu while the latter headed somewhere else in the mall. "Nu has something else to do here?", she asked to Nu as she saw they weren't leaving the crowded place that instant. "An icecream? Can Zeta have one please?"

Shortly after that... little incident Makoto left the mall, wearing an outfit she bought for herself and carrying a seperate one for Noel, going into the corner where she was hideing.

"Now do you see why i wanted you to come along? Now you have to change out here in the open, stupid."

Makoto said, but with a smile, handing her the bag... inside it was a red dress with a striped blazer, a pair of socks and shoes to fit her size. She herself was wearing a black dress, a simple beige shirt, overknee socks like the ones she ususally wore and boots.

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Noel was waiting in the dark. "Makoto sure is taking her time... Well at least she'll come back with clothes in which I won't get recognized. But I feel like it isn't enough." Thinking so, she started to comb her hair, or wanted to do so... when Makoto came back there with new clothes, and something for her. Then started some kind of long silence...
"Makoto, would you mind turning back? I'm about to change clothes you know..." She kinda doubted Makoto would stand here and refrain from watching, so she got changed as quickly as possible.
"So what are we gonna do now...?" Noel was still hesitating a little, but that wasn't gonna take her anywhere.

"Weeeeell, seeing how your plot for revenge is done, my plot to give you panties is complete as well.. Well, i dunno about you, but i could really go for a bite to eat."

Makoto`s decision was spontanous, instinctive and impulsive, but she didn`t care about either, she was hungry, and Noel probably was, too. They could think over the next choice of action dureing that... and Noel could need a rest after all that stressful stuff.

Noel was a bit disturbed at the word "plot", but she didn't give it a second thought as Makoto was bringing her back to reality: she actually was a bit hungry... a bit.
"Yeah... I'm a bit hungry. Let's go eating then." Recovering her smile and her joyful expression, she started to walk towards the nearest restaurant, knowing Makoto would follow her, even if most of the time it was her friend who led the way during their Academy years.

--------(Exit to 'Local Restaurant')---------->

Makoto nodded, then followed Noel as if in a trance, her eyes half closed and her tail swaying from side to side. She would follow Noel to the ends of the earth and back, evident by her walking in a straight line behind her with no detours, although it was not sure whatever she followed Noel or the prospect of food.

----> Exit

"That was a nice treat!", Zeta said after eating her icecream. She really thought it was. She was actually starting to get over her mentor's death, her smile began to be really honest. She was really feeling nice. Makoto and Nu's kindness touched her heart: she had people to rely on, people who would be nice to her. Zeta's smile went even more genuine: a true smile for a truly happy girl.
Zeta can't hold it... Zeta loves Nu soo much~~ "Um, does Nu need to do anything now?", she asked her younger sister, looking straight in the deep red eyes she liked. She had something in mind; Nu could easily guess what she thought when Zeta advanced her face closer to hers... trying to kiss her.

Nu was blissfully unaware of her thoughts, naive, and happy. Nothing to worry, nothing to fear, no need to activate any subroutines that would check for Zeta`s odd behavior.
As she was asked about the next step, she had to think, tapping her chin thoughtfully and deducting.

"Humm... Well, i guess the next thing to do is to get a room for the night, or something..? I dunno, what do you-"

With that sentence spoken she looked at Zeta and realized that she was centimetres away from her face, her mouth closeing with unimagineable speed, but she wasn´t fast enough to move backwards before Zeta´s lips pressed onto hers.

As Nu didn't physically oppose it, Zeta had her lips in contact with Nu's. Her happiness and her passion were made one in this moment, and she moved a step closer to enjoy the kiss thoroughly. As the little blonde homunculus pulled back after the kiss, her face blushed a bit, her legs slightly trembled for a fraction of a second, and her eyes looked to the ground at her right...
But she soon got a hold of herself, and answered Nu's question with a slightly shy tone. "Get a room? Um... How are we going to do that already?"Zeta will be taught another thing again... There are so many things Zeta does not know about... Zeta was learning what the life of a true girl like her really is, and Nu was surely the best person to 'teach' her how to live.

Nu´s face was red, and her whole body was backed up against the wall Zeta had pushed her against. Her eyes were wide and her mouth speechless.
She often imagined what it would be like to kiss Ragna, but now that she actually experienced a kiss, she had no words to say left in her mouth. It took almost a whole minute before she found the breath again.

"I.. Nu... Nu means we.. We need to get to a hotel and book a room there.. Nu can do that, Nu just needs the money for it.."

Zeta knew it was wrong! Nu is confused now..., Zeta said as she saw Nu catching her breath, still back to the wall. "Zeta is sorry... but... you know..." She was at a loss of words too when talking about that. Her smile expressed her unease for having put Nu into such a state.
Though when Nu talked about how they were going to get a room and posed the problem of money, Zeta had her answer: "Money? Um... Zeta has money, but... it is not here. The treasure is nicely hidden in Yabiko... If you want Zeta to go there..." She interrupted herself due to a "flash of genius" "Um, Nu can teleport there with Zeta, take the money, and come back here, right? Like you did to... outrun that squirrel girl as she said..."

"The Squrriel girl is stupid. Nu didn´t outrun anyone." Nu replied, pointing her finger dramaticly into the air, then lowering it again. "And yeah, we could do that... Nu guesses." With that being said, she was about to leave, when she noticed Zeta´s unease with the situation. Truth to be told, she was uneasy with it as well, but... despite the wierdness, it felt kind of good...
"Its all okay, Zeta... don´t be like that." Nu said, quietly, almost whispering, before takeing her hand and leaning in to her. Her eyes closed quickly, not wanting to look at her and embarrress herself as she locked lips with Zeta, pulling her close and testing out some technqiues she had seen from other couples... ones she wanted to try with Ragna, originally.

As Zeta was reassured Nu wasn't disturbed by her attitude, Nu pulled her in for a very very long kiss. Zeta closed her eyes to, only feeling Nu's lips pressed on hers, and enjoying every second -more like every fraction of a second- during which it continued.
This is one of the nicest moments in Zeta's life~~, she thought as she put her hands on Nu's back. Nothing else mattered now. Zeta was almost trembling in excitement; it felt so good for her: she finally had found one of her sisters who expressed love for her. A true accomplishment for Zeta.

Nu kissed her, growing wild and fierce over time, but eventually had to pull away to gasp for air, blinking a bit. She had no idea what had gotten into her, but... somehow.. she liked it. Her stare lasted on Zeta, and she blinked.
"Like, wow. That was so neat!" Her language might´ve been unfitting to the situation, but Nu was happy to see Zeta satisfied with the situation, too. Now they really needed a hotel room...
"Now we really need a hotel room to finish this, Zeta. Nu demands it." Her cheeky grin was accompanied by Nu holding her hands and awaiting Zeta to act, possibly teleport them to the treasure.

Zeta's joy was almost limitless after that extremely lively kiss Nu gave her. That stare after such an action only meant one thing for Zeta: Nu shared her love, she enjoyed that kiss if not more!
Zeta evaluated her options for the teleport: she could teleport to Jellal, but that is no longer possible now he is dead; she could teleport for 3 meters, if one could have called that a teleport, and it would not lead her to Yabiko... But she had always this emergency system in the base: she could teleport to base anytime for repairs!
Her smile illuminated her face with that idea in mind: Zeta held Nu's hands in her own ones, and she closed her eyes to activate the teleportation process. "Nu, hold Zeta's hands."
---------------------(To Jellal's Hideout)---------------->

Suddenly a portal of darkness emerged from one of the dark alleys of Orient Town, a perfect place for Hazama to sneak on out from the darkness. With E'thale, and the Omoikane Unit following him, he sighed as he loosened the tie around his neck. "Well guys that was a....somewhat tough battle with old H Man back there...as always. So lets have a search for that damn cat around here, I heard that he sometimes roams around here to look for Miss Litchi's Clinic and sometimes rescuing those damn Kakas. We could also get a bite to eat here." Hazama peered his head out of the darkness to see who was around, luckily it was just normal individuals who knew Hazama was a proud member of the NOL and nothing more.

~~~~~~~~~~~~>(From 'In Search of Terumi, 7th Heirarchical City, Kazamotsu)

Still awakened by his taint, but able to suppress the activity of it in the open, he said nothing, but made his observations; while drawing the Schwarzvald's Reach back into the daze of its silence-zone, while still appearing odd due to the obviousness of the aura around his body that was dying down; the homunculus said nothing in response to Captain Hazama's talk, instead making observations of him instead. 'Quite the odd fellow, appearing to have jumps in attention while aimed in one direction...prefers the use of profane language when describing civil targets. And has a hankering for sustenance despite the body likely not requiring such...indeed intriguing, it is likely due to the anomaly present within the artificial body. A various thing of intrigue, certainly something that requires more study.' to this thing he seemed to be very intrigue, E'thale had not expected this strange fellow to be such a juxtaposition of conflicting behaviors and yet here was a prime example.

"Heading to Restaurant to seek sustenance, Acknowledged." the general speak was easy to follow with, after all with how many missions he'd had banked before he went to sleep, posing as one side of his old programming was without a doubt; a snap to the older model homunculus. He wondered what his creator would think of the bizarre twists that had come with his altered mindset while he was stored in the Sheol Gate, he imagined that his behavior would not go undiscovered for horribly long; after all he knew for one fact that he would not ignore and that was the Omoikane Unit's observation skills. He was probably already discovered, but it mattered not; he had just wanted to keep his true self hidden until a surprise.

Aomi was hovering just next to Hazama, as usual... She heard her master's words, and first she didn't seem to react to it at all. After a little while, she spoke with her usual monotone voice: "Aomi does not need to eat. Aomi will focus on finding Jubei." Putting any thought aside, she hovered on a rooftop and had a look at everything from that point. If Jubei was here, she would find him, if he wasn't here, Hazama would not have to waste any time after his meal.

"Now... show yourselves." The words of Relius echoed into her head: he needed her, and obviously, he needed Hazama and the other homonculus too.
"Hazama-sama, the group is needed by Relius-sama." As she said this, she grabbed Hazama and E'thale's hands and teleported the three of them where she was called.

-----------(Exit to 'The Imperial Bunker: Hallways and Horror')------------>

~~> From Hazama's Office - just finished the epic trolling ~~>

A pair of scarlet eyes flickered within their triangular veil, well-hidden despite being in a well-populated area in the middle of the day. She moved not invisibly, but unnoticably; a mere shape among shapes.
Tora had her Armagus, Oni, to thank for that.
And Hakumen was nowhere to be seen. Torakaka had doubled back to their last meeting spot, and encountered nothing more than many random trails leading in many different directions - useless, even to a skilled tracker like Tora.
And so, whilst walking intently through the streets but uncontrollably following her nose towards the sweetest-smelling food, she set those eyes upon Hazama.
And froze. Oni worked on most people, but on a thing such as the green-haired man..?
If so, she would track him. If not, she would have to fight.

Hazama hardly heard what the Omoikane Unit told him from the noise of the bustling people, but she grabbed her and Ethale's hands and was talking about Relius, he knew that the Omoikane unit only grabbed hands when she was teleporting someone else with her. Damn that Relius what was so bloody important that he needed there assistance...Relius hardly ever asks for help especially from Hazama himself. As they were beginning to teleport Hazama smelled something.....awful, he turned behind him and saw nothing but....he could smell the fur of a damn cat. Having serious allergies to felines he could smell a puff of their scent a few miles away.

Tch damn it Omoikane warn me sooner next time when we need to go somewhere I was just about to get a Kagutsuchi Puffer Fish from that restaurant but first I need that damn cat pinned to the floor!" Before disappearing Hazama fired three throwing knives in the direction of the awful smell, whoever it was if they didn't move out of that way there would be three knives stuck in there chest. Hazama snickered as he disappeared along with the two Homonculus.

-----------(Exit to 'The Imperial Bunker: Hallways and Horror')------------>

Tora moved to the left very deftly - in fact, 'deft' isn't the type of word for a movement to dodge such a shoddy attack: she budged to the side.
HazamaImessedupyouroffice! she called quickly, just as the fiend was teleporting away.
Afterwards, left alone and lost again, Tora stamped at the ground and said a bad word.

And then, after a consolidating meatbun from the nearby store, the Kaka pounced to a rooftop and set off again, in search of...something to do usefully.

E'thale had simply been recording Hazama's action before being teleported by the Omoikane Unit, he had no thoughts that came to mind, just a simple repeating function, well the original plan that was to destroy Jubei of the Six Heroes, they were heading to that objective now.

(Exuent to the Imperial Bunker, Ibukido, Former 5th Heirarchical City)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>

Having had ample time to restore his levels of power and consider what options he would take, the Silver Knight made his way quietly through the dark side streets of the Orient-Town region, letting his thoughts mull over his next action. "To think that the fiend Terumi has malicious dolls with him, I can see extinguishing him may take another hand...and with that cretinous Relius Clover active, I must stay on guard. I will eliminate the destruction that they bring, I shall start at their very foundation and rend them assunder."

His determination was more of what his legend was made of, things like this that made many fear him; with Ookami he would crush the N.O.L. beneath the fist of justice. They had to be destroyed, but more carefully, he would consider carefully...who he could see as an ally.