Chapter 4: Chapter 3: Heartfelt Reunion

A little heads-up: This chapter contains a bunch of lore that I have come up with. It's pretty interesting and it all makes sense in my opinion so I hope you like it. Sorry if things sound confusing, I will go into detail about all of the lore I came up with later. Enjoy. 

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Amelia: (The Council? I wonder who they are... Are they all like Kronii? I guess I'll find out soon.)

Suddenly, a sapling appears from the ground to the right of Kronii. In a matter of seconds, it blooms into a huge Oak Tree with dozens of big branches.

Amelia & Gura: (??????????)

The front of the tree starts changing, a wooden door appears on it.

Kronii: *sigh* (Of course, she has to make some grand entrance.) 

The door opens and a beautiful green haired woman with branch like horns comes out of the tree.

???: "Whew okay, I'm here!" the mysterious women says in a soft voice as she's closing the door.

Kronii: "Was that tree necessary?"

???: "Of course!"

Gura & Ame: (No way...) the two of them are just watching them in shock while thinking the same thing.

The girls hear hear something behind them, they turn around and notice someone. A brown haired woman with huge owl-like wings was flying towards them at high speeds.

???: (A tree in the middle of the road? Aw man, she beat me to it!) the mysterious woman was thinking

She flies past them through the tree and lands next to the green haired woman, cutting multiple branches off the big tree as she landed.

???: "Hey, sorry about the mess." she says and retracts her huge wings into her back, materializes a cloak in her hands and puts it on.

Gura & Amelia: (No way!!)

???: "The mess? you ruined my tree!"

???: "It's not my fault, why'd you put a tree there?"

???: "I came out of it!"

???: "What?! Well, why didn't you get rid of it afterwards?"

???: "But, I like the tree..."

???: "Yeah well, it's too big and annoying!"

???: "Wow..."

Kronii: "We're all gonna die..."

???: "Oh don't worry Kronii, we got this!" the girl says as she walks up to her and gives her a pat on the back. "By the way, where are the other two?"

Right after she says that a black and red portal appears next to Kronii. A short red haired girl with rat-like ears and tail appears from it, she's floating upside down in air while scratching her eyes.

???: "Heeey, I'm here..."

???: "Oh finally, took you long enough!"

???: "Sorry, I just woke up..." the rat girl says, in a sleepy voice while rubbing her eyes.

???: "Is that why you're upside down?"

???: "Oh, I didn't even notice..." she flips and stands on the ground with her feet.

Gura: "..."

Amelia(whispering to Gura): "Well, this one is the least surprising..."

Gura(whispering to Amelia): "Yeah I guess... Still, it's hard to believe..."

Ina: (I feel like I'm missing something here... Do they know something I don't?)

Amelia(whispering to Gura): "She said two, that means there's one more..."

Then they see someone above them, it's a girl, falling straight from outer space. She lands with her left knee on the ground, next to the rat girl. She's tall, has tanned skin with long white hair.

???: "Sorry I'm late, I had to put my size limiter on and stuff." She says as she’s standing up straight but, when she notices The Ancient Ones, she realizes they are what Kronii called them about, which appears to scare her.

Kronii: "Don't worry about it, you're right on me. Now that everyone is here, we should introduce ourselves."

The Ancient Ones are just standing there with their arms crossed, watching everything happen. They look confused. As if they don't know what they're seeing.

AO: (Something is not right here. Why do We not know about them? Why does it feel like We should? Or rather, it feels like We did know about them. Ever since the Time Warden appeared, We have felt odd. As if something is missing within Us. Have Our memories been altered? There is only one who could have done this... However, there is one which we have not forgotten. Yes. You...)

Sana: "Tsukumo Sana, The Speaker of Space."

AO: (We remember you, Sana.)

Sana: (If this is why she called us, I don't think I can be of much help here...)

Fauna: "Ceres Fauna, The Keeper of Nature."

Kronii: "Ouro Kronii, The Warden of Time, but you already knew that."

Mumei: "Nanashi Mumei, The Guardian of Civilization."

Bae: "Hakos Baelz, Chaos. Together, we're The Council, and we're gonna take you down!" she says while pointing her finger towards them.

AO: "The Council... Yes, We were aware of your existence, We simply did not know what you had looked like. Now We see, you are just a bunch of clowns."

Kronii: "Hey! Only one of us kinda looks like a clown!" she says while shifting her eyes at Bae.

Bae: "Hey, why are you looking at me?!"

Suddenly, they all start to sweat, as the air around them gets hotter. They look behind them to see Kiara flying towards them, with huge flaming wings. She flies through one of the tree branches and lands next to Mumei.

Kiara: "Takanashi Kiara has arrived!" she says but everyone is just silent. "Why is no one saying anything? Was my cool landing not cool enough?!"

Mumei: "I already did the cool landing thing."

Kiara: "Dammit!"

Ina:" I thought it was cool Kiara!"

Kiara: "Thanks! Oh woah, Ina, you look so uhh normal! No offense!"

Ina: "Don't worry, I understand. “

Gura and Amelia are still in shock from what they're seeing, they aren't paying attention to Kiara.

Bae: "Huh, what’s that smell?"

They all turn around and notice Fauna’s tree burning up.

Fauna: "WHAT?! KIARA, YOU SET MY TREE ON FIRE!"

Kiara: "AAAAHH SORRY, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"

Mumei: "Don't worry Fauna, I can fix this!"  she takes off her cloak and whips out her huge owl wings again. She flies up and flaps her wings in front of the tree. By doing that, she creates strong wind which puts out the fire and she goes back onto the ground. "Easy!"

Fauna: "Oh thanks Mumei! But, it’s almost completely ruined now… Sheesh, at this point, I’ll just have to fix it.". she puts her palm against the tree and it heals up, returning to how it looked before even Mumei damaged it. “There!” she says and together with Mumei, she returns to stand with the rest of the Council girls.

Kronii: "Guys, can you like, get serious? Stop messing around, this isn't the time for that!"

Mumei & Fauna: "Sorry!"

AO: "It appears that the Phoenix has decided to join us but, there is still one missing. Where is the Grim Reaper? We would prefer to crush you all at once and not chase after anyone."

Kiara: "Sorry, Calli couldn't make it today, she's busy. But I can leave a message for her if you want."

AO: "How unfortunate. This means there is only nine of you against Us. No, not nine, given that there are two worthless humans among you. And you. Sana. Do you mean to oppose Us too? You must already know you cannot do that. Our Apostle!"

Everyone is shocked and confused upon hearing that.

Mumei: "Apostle!?"

Fauna: "Sana, what are they talking about?"

Sana:" I- Kronii, can you pause it?"

Kronii stops time, everyone is already immune to it except for Kiara.

Sana: "Thanks... I'll explain everything later. I think some of you have some catching up to do."

Fauna: "Yeah, that's true."

The Council girls all turn around and look at Gura and Amelia. But then Mumei notices that Kiara is still frozen. She waves her hand in front of Kiara's face while looking confused.

Mumei: "Hey wait, how come the three of them can move but Kiara is still frozen?"

Kronii: "I gave them bracelets that make them immune to it. Kiara just got here so I couldn't give her one."

Mumei: "Oh cool!"

Ina rolls up her sleeve and notices the bracelet.

Kronii: "I put it on you when The Ancient Ones spat you out and I grabbed you." she says as she's walking up to Kiara.

Ina: "Oh I didn't even know you were the one who grabbed me, thanks!"

Kronii touches Kiara's shoulder and she gets back to her senses.

Kiara: "Uhh what just happened?"

Kronii: "I stopped time and had to touch you to make you able to move while time is stopped. You're welcome, by the way."

Kiara: "Oh uh thanks!"

Fauna: "Hey uhh, long time no see! You probably have some questions for us so, ask away!" she says to Gura and Amelia.

Ina: (So, they do know each other, I knew it!)

Gura: "Probably??"

Amelia: "Yeah so, my first question is" she clears her throat before asking "WHAT THE FUCK??"

Mumei: "I don't know how to answer that, sorry."

Bae: ”That is a good question. I got nothing.”

Fauna: "Hey! Language! That's not how I raised you! And don't think I don't know about you!” *looks at Gura* "You swear in your streams too!"

Gura: "Uhhh uhh, Ame swears more than me!"

Amelia: "Hey!"

Fauna: "Hmmm that's true... You do swear a lot more Ame. What do you have to say for yourself?"

Amelia: "I mostly swear when I get angry at a game ok?"

Fauna: "That's not an excuse! I wasn't swearing when we were playing together, was I?"

Gura: "Well uhh, you kept winning so, you had no reason to swear..."

Fauna: "Oh yeah, haha, I guess that's true! But still, you're supposed to be idols! Calm down with the swearing ok? Or you're both grounded!"

Gura & Amelia: "Ugh okay Fauna..."

Amelia: (Even though she didn't actually raise us, she acts as if she's our mother... But I don't mind, it's cute...)

Fauna: "And why did you stop visiting me? You became super famous and forgot all about your dear Fauna... You know, without you, all I had was Mumei and uhhh" she gets closer to them and starts whispering "her drawings kinda scare me..."

Mumei: "What was that?"

Fauna: (Did she hear me??):Uhhh I just said how beautiful your drawings are! I love that you keep taping them all over my walls! "

Mumei:" Oh! You didn't have to whisper that!"

Amelia: "Uhhh yeah, about not visiting you, sorry! We both feel bad about that! We kept saying "ok tomorrow we'll visit her" and well, here we are... We were just busy with Hololive stuff... "

Gura: "Yeah sorry... We'll visit you like before from now on!"

Fauna: "You better!"

Amelia: "Oh and what do you mean, we got super famous? I was already a super famous detective even before joining Hololive!"

Gura: "And I was the most famous shark in Atlantis!"

Fauna: "Oh right, I guess you were already pretty famous!"

Kronii: "So uhhh, should we like, go somewhere while you guys catch up or something?"

Amelia: "Wait no, I'm supposed to ask you a bunch of stuff! Fauna! You kept changing the subject so I forgot!"

Fauna: "Sorry! But you kinda started it too! You could've just asked a normal question right away!"

Amelia: "My question was perfectly reasonable! Explain yourself! How come you're friends with Kronii?! She's like my arch nemesis!" she walks over to Bae "And you! You're 'Chaos'?! What does that even mean?! At least the other ones sound normal!" she doesn't even give the girls time to respond and  walks over to Sana "And you!"

Sana: "What did I do?!"

Amelia: "... I don't believe we've met, I'm Amelia Watson!" she says and puts her hand out.

Sana: "Oh I'm Sana!" she says and shakes Amelia's hand.

Amelia: "Nice to meet you!" she says with a smile on her face but that smile fades as she looks at Mumei and starts walking towards her.

Mumei:(Oh no, I'm next...)

Amelia: "You... 'Guardian of Civilization'? IF YOU'RE REALLY THE GUARDIAN OF CIVILIZATION, WHY DIDN'T YOU GET HERE SOONER?!" she says angrily and grabs Mumei by her collar.

Mumei: (Should I say it?) "... I-" 

Amelia: "Y-you should've been here... I had to ask Kronii for help!" tears start to form in her eyes as she's talking. "But you... YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN HERE TO PROTECT HER!" she says with her mouth shaking, her voice both filled with anger and sadness.

Gura and Kronii are the only ones who know exactly what she's talking about, everyone else is confused by Amelia's words at first, but they all quickly realize what she meant. Mumei can't bring herself to respond after hearing Amelia's words. Gura walks up to Amelia and puts her hand on her shoulder.

Gura: "Ame... It's okay, don't get angry at her now, you already saved me after all... Mumei must've had her her reasons for not being here..." her words slowly calm Amelia down and she lets go of Mumei.

Fauna: "Ame, Gura... What happened here?" she asked worryingly.

Amelia, Gura and Kronii all look at each other. Gura and Kronii both nod at Amelia, who, while looking at the ground, takes a deep breath before responding to the question.

Amelia: "Gura... The Ancient Ones, they killed her..."

Ina: "What?!

Kiara: " They killed her?! "

Amelia: " They shot her with a beam, it made a huge hole in her chest... It was horrible... I time traveled in order to get Kronii to me so I can ask her for help. She agreed, we went back to my timeline and she turned back time. Then she helped us save Ina... " silence fills the air as Amelia explains what happened to them. Kiara and Ina both start tearing up upon hearing that.

Kiara: "Gura... "

Ina: " You guys... Why didn't you tell me about this? "

Amelia: " We would have told you but, there wasn't a good time to do it earlier... "

Ina:" Oh, I guess that's true... You two... I'm sorry about... everything... This is all my fault, I never should have picked up that stupid book..."  she says while looking at the ground and clenching her fist.

Amelia:" No, Ina, don't. "  she walks up to her and starts patting her head. Ina looks up at her as she does that. "There's no point dwelling on the past, nothing is going on change. It was 6 years ago after all. Don't worry about anything okay? It's not your fault." Gura walks up to the them and she starts patting Ina's head as well. 

Gura: "Ame is right, Ina, it's not your fault. And now we set you free too! "

Ina: "Thanks you two..." she starts wiping her tears with her sleeve and she hugs them both. Kiara then walks up to them.

Kiara: "Gura, Ame... I'm sorry, I should've gotten here earlier! Maybe if I did, things would've been different... Calli and I only woke up after sensing that huge amount of energy appearing out of nowhere. But, judging from your message, you already knew that was going to happen..."

Amelia:" Yeah, it took me a lot of thinking but I figured if everything went right, you'd wake up thanks to The Ancient Ones. And don't worry about not getting here earlier, we were supposed to call you guys anyways. But then The Ancient Ones destroyed my phone so I couldn't. "

Gura:" Yeah, don't worry Kiara, I don't even remember dying! And thanks to Kronii, it technically didn't even happen! "

Amelia:" I wish I don't remember it though..." she said quietly.

Fauna:" It looks like you two went through a lot today. " she walks up to them and hugs them. "You did good on your own, I'm proud of you!" they both hug her back.

Gura & Amelia: "Fauna..." after a bit they stop hugging and Fauna starts patting them on their heads.

Amelia: "I don't really know about that though, we couldn't even do anything until Kronii started helping us..."

Gura: "To be fair, I was holding back a lot. It was hard fighting them, since they looked exactly like Ina... And I didn't know if she'd be hurt because of me after they separated..."

Amelia: "Yeah, I wasn't sure about that either..."

Fauna: "Don't worry about anything, you did good! You came out of it alive, you didn't give up despite anything, you even decided to ask your enemy for help! That took a lot of courage. I'm really proud of you two!"

Amelia: "Man, you really know how to cheer someone up."

Gura: "Yeah, she's really good at that."

Mumei:" Hey uhhh" she gets closer to them "I just wanted to say sorry, for not being here earlier. The truth is, I really wanted to come and help you but I was on a mission. Despite being the Guardian of Civilization, there are still orders I have to follow and those come above anything else." The Council seems slightly concerned by what she's saying. But Amelia gets intrigued.

Amelia:(She's telling the truth... I can tell. But that means!) "Orders?! Then, there must be someone above The Council!"

Fauna: "Hey Mumei!"

Mumei: "Oh was I not supposed to say that? Whoops. Just pretend I didn't say anything okay?"

Amelia: "What, No way! Tell me who it is!"

Mumei: "Okay fine, I'll tell you." The Council is visibly concerned but Amelia is excited to hear her answer. "It's Gura. She's our leader." she says with a smirk on her face, trying to hold in laughter. Council girls all having an expression of relief on their faces but are also trying to hold in laughter.

Amelia, Gura, Ina & Kiara:"WHAT?!"

Amelia to Gura: "Why are you surprised?!

Gura: "Cause it's not true, obviously!! "

The Council girls all start laughing at their reactions.

Amelia: "Oh. Yeah, that makes sense, Bae did almost kill you after all. "

Gura: "That wasn't me technically. "

Bae: "Ah yes, cause that's the only weird part about Gura being our leader ahahha"

Amelia: "I got surprised by the answer and wasn't thinking okay?" *looks at Mumei* "So uhh, are you gonna tell me or?"

Mumei: "Okay Ame, I know you're curious and all that but, what am I even supposed to tell you? The name? Appearance? I don't see a point in it. Besides, knowing you and your luck, you'll probably meet Her on your own anyways."

Amelia: "Ugh fine, I'll stop asking. And yeah, that is true, I did meet almost all of you before already. Everyone except Sana, would be cool if I met her too..."

Sana: "Well, I'm just chilling in space all the time so, I guess you never had a chance to meet me."

Amelia: "Yeah, that makes sense. Wait Fauna, you never answered my question, how come you were friends Kronii all this time? I mean, I know you're both in The Council and all that but still..."

Fauna: "Oh come on now Ame, was it really that surprising? Bae and Mumei didn't tell you what they were cause that would sound kinda weird but, you knew from the start what I was. I told you I was Mother Nature! So, me being Nature, Kronii being Time, seems a bit obvious that we would be connected in some way. "

Amelia:"... Well, now you're just making me feel STUPID! "

Fauna:" That wasn't my intention! "

Amelia:" Wait no, you two! "*looks at Bae and Fauna* "You helped me make Watson's Concoction! And I made that specially for Kronii! Explain now!"

Kronii:" I have never felt so betrayed then when I found out you two did that..."

Gura: "Hey wait, I helped make it too!"

Amelia: "I know but, you're not a part of The Council, are you?!"

Gura: "Maybe I am!"

Amelia: "Oh yeah, what are you then?"

Gura: "I'm uhhh uhhh, The Embodiment of Cuteness!" she says while looking up with a smug look on her face and her hands on her hips.

Amelia:"... Well, I can't argue with that."

Fauna: "Maybe she really is our leader..."

Gura: "Hehehe!"

Amelia: "Okay now, Fauna, explain."

Fauna: "Well, you just asked me so nicely, I couldn't say no! And I guess I thought it would be a bit suspicious if I did too."

Amelia: "Fair enough. Bae?"

Bae: "Well actually, I didn't know it was for Kronii when I uhhh, made my contribution. You remember my reaction when you said it was for her?"

Amelia: "Oooh so that's why you reacted like that! Now that is pretty funny actually! So uhh, Kronii must've been real mad when she found out you helped me make it haha."

Kronii: "Oh I was mad alright!"

Fauna: "She was mad, but that's nothing some hugs and cuddles couldn't solve~" Kronii instantly starts blushing upon hearing her say that.

Kronii: "DUDE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY THAT!" she says while looking all flustered.

Amelia:"Ahahahaha wow, I've never seen Kronii like this before, I love it!"

Kronii: "ALRIGHT SHUT UP! That's enough catching up!! Start thinking of a plan already, Watson!"

Amelia: "Wow you're no fun, Kronii. I'll think of something, I just need some time to process everything."

Kronii: "I don't care, just process it later!"

Amelia:(Sheesh, just as I started to like her, she starts acting like a jerk again...)

Fauna: "Hey Kronii, that's no way to talk to a friend! Be nicer!" she starts pointing her finger in Kronii's face.

Kronii: "Hey, we're no friends!" she pushes Fauna's finger away. "I hate her!"

Fauna: "Oh come on, hate is a strong word..."

Kronii: "I wish there was a stronger one! She's so annoying with her time traveling, gives me a headache every time!"

Amelia: "Okay Kronii, I get it..."

Fauna:(Oh this is gonna be fun) she gets a smug look on her face. "Well then, if you hate her so much, then why did you give her that monocle hairpin she always wears for her birthday?" Kronii starts blushing like crazy.

Kronii: "AAAAHH WHAT, NO I DIDN'T, SHUT UP!!"

Amelia: "What?? Is this a joke?" (This makes no sense but why would Fauna lie? Just to mess with Kronii? Her reaction does make it sound believable though...)

Fauna: "I remember when you came to my place and asked me when her birthday was. You kept talking about how cool she was and then asked if it would be weird to give her something for her birthday."

Kronii: "Hey! I said she was kinda cool!"

Amelia: "No way!!" she says as she's touching her hairpin.

Gura: "Wait, you don't know who gave that to you?"

Amelia: "No, it just appeared in a box at my doorstep on my birthday. Someone rang the doorbell but when I went outside, the only thing I saw was the little box."

Gura: "And you just started wearing it??"

Amelia: "IT LOOKED CUTE OKAY? Wait!" she puts her hand on her chin as she's remembering what she saw. "There was a little note in it too if I remember correctly!"

Kronii: "NO, NO THERE WASN'T A NOTE!!"

Amelia: "Well, if you're not the one who gave it to me, then you have nothing to worry about, right?" she says with a smug look on her face. "Oh, I think I have it in my pocket!" she says as she puts her hand in her inner pocket.

Kronii: "WHAT?! WHY DO YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU???"

Amelia: "I kept it in case I met the person that gave it to me." she says as she's taking out the note and straightening it out. "Here it is! Let's see..."

Kronii: "NO, DON'T READ IT!" she quickly walks towards her but Amelia starts running away and they begin to chase each other in circles.

Amelia(reading the note): "Happy Birthday! I think you're pretty cool haha. From a fan :)

PS Not Crazy xoxo" she reads as she's running away from Kronii. "Oh so I'm 'pretty cool' now hah?"

Kronii: "SHUT UP!! I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE THAT!"

Amelia: "Then why are you chasing me?!"

Kronii: "SILENCE! RUNNING IS FUTILE, YOU CANNOT ESCAPE ME HUMAN!!"

Amelia: "WHY ARE YOU TALKING LIKE THAT??" everyone else is just watching them run in circles.

Mumei:" Wow Kronii's lost it."

While Amelia is running away and looking at the note, she notices something.

Amelia: "Wait!" she stops running, Kronii bumps into her and then falls on top of her with her hands next to Amelia's head. Amelia doesn't pay any attention to Kronii being on top of her and just continues with her talking while looking at the note "I didn't think anything about it at the time, but, 'Crazy' is spelled with a K (Krazy) and an O in 'xoxo' is capital (xOxo). Those are your initials!"

Kronii: "C-couldn't solve that one 'World's Greatest Detective'? Hahaha" she says while stuttering and blushing

Amelia: "This is really from you, isn't it?"

Kronii: "..." she's blushing like crazy and can't respond.

Fauna: "Oh don't worry, I can confirm it's from her. When you first started wearing it and she-"

Kronii: "FAUNA, ONE MORE WORD AND I'LL START SWEARING!"

Fauna: "Pfft, I know you won't do it!"

Kronii: "Fu-" Amelia then cuts her off.

Amelia: "Okay Kronii, you mind getting off me now?"

Kronii: "Oh uhh, yea..." she gets up and moves away from Amelia, then she gets up too, and cleans her clothes up from the dirt.

As she's doing that, Amelia suddenly stops and starts recalling her own words ("I've never seemed affected by your time stop...")

Amelia: "That's it!! I get it! Now it all makes sense!" she rolls up her sleeve to reveal the bracelet that Kronii gave her. "I never actually needed this bracelet, did I? I was already immune to your time stop. I became immune to it thanks to the hairpin I'm wearing!"

Gura: "Oooooh!"

Amelia: "Am I wrong?"

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Kronii: "Hmph, took you long enough to figure it out." she says and crosses her arms.

Amelia: "Yeah now that I really think about it, things have been weird with you and your time stop ever since I started wearing it. But uhhh, why did you do that exactly?"

Kronii: "Isn't it obvious? So I wouldn't have to touch you every time I stop time and go after you. Also, making you immune to my time stop isn't the only thing it does, it also tracks your location."

Amelia: "WHAT??"

Kronii: "I mean, I can find you without it too, it just made things easier."

Amelia: "Wait so, is that the only reason you gave this to me? Just so you can track me? What about me being 'pretty cool' and everything?? Man, I thought you secretly cared about me or something... "

Fauna: *clears her throat*"As I was saying! When Kronii saw you started wearing it, she was so happy. She came to me and she was like 'She's wearing it! She's wearing it!' while shaking me all excitedly."

Kronii: "Do you HAVE to tell her everything?!"

Amelia: "So you DO care about me! I don't get it, what's your deal?! You give me this gift and then just keep trying to kill me!"

Kronii: *sigh* "Try? Did you just say try?"

Amelia: "What???"

Kronii: "Do you really think I need to try kill you? I don't need to try at all, if I wanted to, you'd be dead already. I could just stop time and cut your head off. And I could do it with my bare hands too."

Amelia: "Okay, I get it! What's your point, you mean you weren't trying to kill me all this time?"

Kronii: "No, obviously. I was never supposed to kill you, I was just pretending, to scare you away from time traveling. But I guess I wasn't scary enough."

Amelia: "Couldn't you have just taken my watch away from me? Unless... You liked chasing after me! Oh I get it, you're just a Tsundere!"

Kronii: "I don't even know what that means!!"

Amelia: "Oh you know, when you're being mean to someone but you're secretly in love with them!"

Kronii: "Hey, I'm not in love with you! I just..."

Amelia: "Yes?"

Kronii: "Uhhh"

Fauna(quoting Kronii): "Hey Fauna... You think Amelia and I can ever be friends?" *clears throat and switches back to her normal voice* "Who knows. Maybe one day, when she finds out the truth about you." *switches to Kronii voice* "I want us to all hang out together! Amelia is just so cute, funny and smart and-"

Kronii: "OK, I DID NOT SAY THAT LAST PART!!"

Fauna: "Hmmm I guess not! Whoops!"

Amelia: "Awww, so you just want to be friends with me? No wonder you agreed to help me so easily. You were like 'It's cause of the planet haha' but you actually really wanted to help me! Don't worry, I can be friends with you Kornii!"

Kronii: "This is beyond embarrassing and I'm leaving. I'm going to curl up in a ball and cry." she says and starts walking away from everyone.

Mumei: "Oh wait up Kronii!" she and the rest of the Council girls go after her.

Amelia: "Oh come on, don't go! Friend!" she says as she's reaching her hand towards her, then turns to the rest of the Myth girls. "She'll be back alright!"

Gura: "Well, that was something! Kronii actually liked you the whole time! What a twist!"

Amelia: "I know right??"

Amelia starts talking with her friends about everything that happened, while the Council girls are watching them from a distance. Kronii being curled up in a ball, against a building. Mumei is squatting next to her and patting her head.

Bae: "So uhhh, that was quite the experience!"

Sana: "Yeah, I've never seen Kronii like that before!"

Fauna: "Come on Kronii, it wasn't THAT bad! I mean, just look at her now! Look how happy she is!" Kronii picks herself up and cleans her clothes up with her hands, Mumei then also gets up after her.

Kronii: "Yeah, it looks like we made her forget all about what happened. I guess it was worth it, this was the best time for her to find out after all."

Fauna: "See, you overreacted!" she says and pats her head.

Kronii: "You still made that way more embarrassing than it could've been!!"

Fauna: "Eh hehehe sorry! I just couldn't resist teasing you!"

Mumei: "I tried to cheer her up with the Gura being our leader thing but you two really outdid yourselves."

Fauna: "Yeah, good job Kronii! You cheered your new friend up!"

Kronii: "Oh shut up please..."

Mumei: "Should we get back to them now?"

Sana: "Yeah, let's do that. I think they should hear what I have to say too..." they all start returning to the Myth girls.

Amelia(to Kronii):"Oh hey, welcome back friend!"

Kronii: "Don't.... Please..."

Kiara: "Oh Ame, I just remembered! That message you sent me! That was messed up, we were really worried!!"

Amelia: "Huh, what do you mean?" *remembers what she wrote* "Ooooh, I remember now! Haha yeah, I got you good, didn't I?"

*Flashback*

Just like Amelia, Gura and Ina, Calli and Kiara had an off collab. Gura was supposed to call them if things happened as Amelia predicted but, due to an unfortunate turn of events, her phone was dead and Amelia's phone was destroyed. So, the two remained asleep, in their pajamas, up until the Ancient Ones spit Ina out and started transforming. They were releasing a huge amount of energy, both Calli and Kiara felt it and that is what made them jut out of their bed. They both looked at each other when they woke up.

Calli: "This, it has to be-"

Kiara: "Yeah, it's her! Come on, we gotta hurry up and get dressed" they both jump out of the bed and start getting into their outfits.

Calli: "Did they call us? I didn't hear anything!"

Kiara: "Yeah, me neither, let me check." she looks at her phone and see that she got a message "Oh I got a message!"

Calli: "A message? Why didn't they just call us like they said?"

Kiara: "I don't know, wait!" she starts reading the message "Kiara, this is Amelia from my work phone. If you're reading this it must be because Gura and I failed and we are now dead. It's all up to you two now, I'm sorry..."

Calli & Kiara: "WHAT??" they both start tearing up

Kiara: "No way!!"

Calli: "There's no way that's true, did she say anything else?!"

Kiara: "Wait, there's another message" she starts reading the second message "SIKE HAHAHA! I ain't dead LMAO! Or maybe I am, I don't actually know... Oh man, this is gonna suck if I'm REALLY dead when you're reading this..."

Calli: "Grrr that little time traveling detective! I can't believe she did that to us!"

Kiara: "I know, she sounded genuine, I almost started crying!"

*End of Flashback*

Kronii: "That's weird, I could've sworn you said 'No jokes, no messing around, we're going serious mode' or something like that."

Amelia: "I know, sorry! I just couldn't resist!"

Kiara: "Grrr. Well, I'm just glad you're all okay. It looks like everything went how Amelia thought it would."

Ina: "Oh Ame, about that... You had today circled on your calendar... It's clear to me that you knew what was going to happen today but, for how long did you know?" Amelia gets a serious look on her face when she hears Ina's question.

Amelia: "I knew... From the day that you were born..."

 

....

 

Ina: "But you're only a year older than me!"

Amelia: "Are you sure about that? Am I reall-" she stops and just starts giggling "Okay sorry, I can't keep going, I just thought that'd sound cool."

Kronii:(So much for 'no jokes, no messing around'... But still, the fact that she's able to make jokes in this situation means that we really cheered her up, that makes me happy...)

Ina: "Ame!"

Amelia: "Okay okay, sorry! I guess... I knew from the day that I met you..."

Ina: "Really?"

Amelia: "Well, I didn't figure everything out right away but, I just had a bad feeling about The Ancient Ones. From what I've seen and from what you've told me, I just didn't believe that they wanted to be your friend. It didn't make sense to me, I thought they were just using you. "

Ina: "B-but how did you know everything was going on happen today!? "

Amelia:" I wasn't 100% sure, it was just a speculation. I just had a theory. It took me a while to figure everything out but it all made sense when I did. Basically, I thought that the only reason The Ancient Ones were with you is because they had no choice. That they needed you to survive. You told me that your appearance changed 3 years after picking up the book. That The Ancient Ones first started talking to you then. What if they couldn't talk to you before? What if they were still 'asleep' during those 3 years? Who knows how long they were in that book before you found them. You reading the book constantly and carrying it around everywhere... That's what was giving them their power. So, I assumed that after those 3 years, they were at half of their power and after another 3, they would be at full power. Meaning, after those 3 years, they wouldn't need you anymore. You found the book, 6 years ago today. Today is when they stopped needing you. I guess they could've done this any day after today but they decided not to waste any time... "

As Ina is hearing what Amelia is telling her, she starts remembering what The Ancient Ones told her. ( "We were simply using you." "We needed you in order for Us to survive. But now the day has come, Our full power has returned to Us and We no longer need you.")

Ina: (I can't believe it!)

Everyone is amazed by Amelia's intelligence.

Sana: (This human really is something else. She almost figured everything out all on her own. Her Majesty was right about her.)

Ina: "Ame... I don't even know what to say, this is identical to what they've told me!"

Amelia: "Oh really? I guess I was right..."

Ina: "But, I don't get it... If you figured all of that out, why did you still want to be friends with me? You invited me to join Hololive too..."

Amelia: " That is exactly the reason why. Well, one of the reasons. Before, Gura and me, you had no friends. You were lonely, you only had your mother and The Ancient Ones with you. I guess you reminded me of myself. I saw myself in you. I... Before meeting Gura I was also lonely like you. Sure, I had my family and co-workers but that's not the same as having a friend. And I did have Fauna too but she was more of a cool mother to me. And she never left the forest either."

Fauna: (I didn't know Ame felt like this... Now I feel bad about always staying in the forest...) 

Amelia:" That loneliness put me on a dark path, I did things I'm not proud of, just to feel something. But everything changed when I met Gura..." Gura starts blushing when hearing Amelia talk "So, I didn't want you to end up on a dark path too. I saw a girl that needed help, that needed a friend, and I wouldn't forgive myself if I didn't try to help her. "

Ina: "Ame..."

Amelia: "And the other reason... I thought that if you continued to live in isolation like that, with no friends, only talking to The Ancient Ones and occasionally your mom...I thought, surely, you'd lose your mind. I thought, if today came and you had no friends, you wouldn't even care about The Ancient Ones taking over your body. Maybe you'd even give them your body willingly. I wouldn't just allow that to happen...  I figured if you had friends, fans, people that cared about you, that you'd want to keep living and not give up on yourself. And although, you didn't seem that optimistic about getting saved, it was the memories of our time spent together that brought you back. " both Gura and Ina start tearing up, but they are happy tears.

Gura: "Those sure were some great memories... But I'll be honest, when Ame first told me that she wanted the three of us to hang out together and that she invited you to join Hololive... I thought she was crazy.... But then she told me everything and I changed my mind. I'm really glad we became friends..." Ina walks up to them and hugs them both.

Ina: "You guys... Thank you, for everything... Meeting you was the best thing that ever happened to me..." they all hug with tears of happiness steaming down their faces. Everyone else is just watching in in silence, with smiles on their faces. After a minute of hugging, they let go of each other and Amelia starts patting Ina's head. 

Amelia: "Ina, trust me, we'll beat this thing and we'll make even more great memories together!"

Ina: "Yeah, I trust you!"

Amelia: "Now then... I've been meaning to ask you, did The Ancient Ones tell you something about what they wanted to do, or what their goal is?"

Ina: "I don't know if this is their final goal but, they said something about having me witness the destruction of this world..." Amelia starts thinking about everything when she hears this.

Kronii:" So, they want to destroy the planet huh?"

Bae:" How original."

Gura:" Never heard that one before.."

Mumei: "That's it? Even I have done that before!" everyone just stops and stares at her. "I mean uhhh, not this planet obviously! Wait no, it was a joke! Fauna!" she goes next to Fauna and hugs her.

Fauna: "It's okay Mumei, you did nothing wrong..." she says and starts patting her head.

Amelia: "Oookay, let's just pretend we didn't hear or uhh see anything..."

Gura: "Uhh yeah sure..."

Amelia: "But, about The Ancient Ones wanting to destroy the planet... I don't buy it. I mean, it's obvious that they want to do it but I don't think that's their final goal. There's no way, there has to be more to it. What could it be? I guess they could destroy the universe next but still, that doesn't feel like that's it... I GOT IT! "

Ina: "You do? “

Amelia: "The one that The Ancient Ones are after is... The one above The Council! " she says as she points at the Council girls, while they're all surprised by Amelia's discovery.

Fauna: "They're after Her Majesty?! "

Amelia:" That is the only thing the makes sense to me... But, why exactly? Is it revenge? What could have 'Her Majesty' have done to them?" she starts to wonder as she's walking in circles. "Okay now, this might sound crazy but just bear with me. What if The Ancient Ones weren't inside the book, but they WERE the book? They called Sana their Apostle but, judging by her reaction to hearing them call her that and, telling Kronii to pause time, I'm assuming she didn't become their Apostle of her own free will. What if, 'Her Majesty' got angry when The Ancient Ones made Sana their Apostle so, in return, she turned the Ancient Ones into a book. Now, how that book got inside of a library where Ina found it, I guess only 'Her Majesty' knows that..."

 

...

 

Everyone is just silent upon hearing Amelia talk.

Sana: (She's incredible... Her Majesty said she was special but she is on a whole another level...)

Amelia: "So uhh, Sana, can you confirm my theory or am I just crazy?"

Sana: "Yeah, you're right. It wasn't of my own free will. I was researching astrology and I guess I went too far once and The Ancient Ones got a hold of me. Her Majesty, She warned me about this. She said if I kept going, that a dangerous being could take over me. But I didn't listen..."

Gura: (Wow... Amelia is right, again. I don't think any of us could have figured all this out, especially as fast as she did. She's really amazing...)

Amelia: "I understand now but, you being their Apostle, what does that mean exactly? Can they control you or take over your body like with Ina? "

Sana: "I don't know... That's why, I'm scared... I don't know what they could do, I don't want to hurt any of you... I don't think I should be here... I'm sorry but I can't fight alongside all of you... " right as she's says that, Bae puts her hand on her shoulder and stops her.

Bae: "Sana, wait. I think I can help you. "

Sana: "Bae?"

Bae: "Her Majesty gave this key to me." she takes off her collar and then the key that was attached to it, then hands her collar to Fauna. "With it, I am able to phase through things and beings. She said 'When the time comes, you will know what to do with it.' . I think now is that time."

Sana: "Bae, do you really think this will work? "

Bae: "Only one way to find out. "

Bae opens her mouth wide open and swallows the key. She takes her right hand, and as if she was putting it in water, she inserts it into Sana's stomach and closes her eyes.

Sana: "Nnghh Bae... What are you doing? "

Bae: "Just stay calm, I'll find the thing that's holding you back, Sana." she inserts her hand deeper and then just stops, as if she has found what she's looking for. "There it is. There's something, stuck on your soul..." she grabs it, pulls it out of Sana's stomach and throws it onto the ground, then spits her key out. "??? What is that?" she says as she's picking up her key.

It looks like a purple blob with little horns, it turns around and it has an angry expression on it.

Ina: "Is that a takodachi?"

Mumei: "I don't care what it is, I'm getting rid of it!" she says as she's grabbing the takodachi.

Ina: "Hey, wait!"

Mumei throws the takodachi lightly into the air and kicks it with her right foot. The pressure from her powerful kick creates wind which blows into everyone's hair, it looks as if she had shot a tornado from her foot. The takodachi gets pushed straight into the sun, in a matter of seconds.

Mumei: "Whew, crisis averted!"

Ina: "Why'd you do that?! "

Mumei: "Huh what do you mean?"

Ina: "It was just a harmless takodachi..."

Mumei: "And how do you know it was harmless? That thing was inside of Sana, it was how The Ancient Ones were controlling her, there's no way it was harmless!"

Ina: "I..." Amelia walks up to her and puts her hand on her shoulder.

Amelia: "Sorry Ina, I know you're confused, after everything that's happened to you today, I don't blame you. But that takodachi clearly wasn't harmless, no matter how cute it looked. Besides, it had horns instead of a halo like your usual takodachis. It had an angry face too! Mumei made the right call in getting rid of it."

Ina: "Yeah, I guess you're right... Sorry Mumei... "

Mumei: "It's fine, sorry I yelled at you... "

Bae: "So, Sana, how are you feeling? You think you can fight The Ancient Ones with us now? "

Sana: "I feel, as if a huge weight has been lifted of my back! It's amazing! Thank you Bae, I really think I can help you guys now!" she gets excited and hugs Bae and she hugs her back.

Amelia: "Well, that was weird to watch but it looks like everything is okay now. I only just met you, Sana, but I'm glad you'll be fighting together alongside us. Well, I doubt I'll be doing much fighting myself but you know what I mean." Sana stops hugging Bae and turns to Amelia.

Sana: "Yeah, I'm happy I'll be able to fight with all of you! "

Mumei: "Oh right! That reminded me, I need to talk to Kiara about something! " she grabs Kiara's hand and drags her away from them. "Hey, Kiara. Are you good to go? Has it returned?" she whispered.

The rest of the girls are just watching them, wondering what they're talking about.

Kiara: "Obviously. I had Calli check for me already. After all, I wouldn't be here if it hasn't returned."

Mumei: "Yeah, that makes sense..."

Kiara: "You look disappointed, did you want to check or something? I guess you still can if you really want to."

Mumei: "Oh Really?!"

Kiara: "Ugh, why do you look so excited?? But yeah okay, sure..."

Mumei: "Anything you don't want me to do?""

Kiara: "Just don't cut my head off or rip my heart out please..."

Mumei: "Wow you're no fun, those are my favorites..."

Kiara: "Your favorites are the worst! Alright, I guess you do it on a count of 3?"

Mumei: "Sure!"

Kiara: "Oneee..."

Mumei: "THREE!" she says and shoves her knife-like hand straight through Kiara's stomach. Everyone gets surprised when they see that and they run towards them.

Kiara: "FUCK!!! Owwww! I didn't even say 2 yet!" she yells out, with her blood splattering everywhere.

Amelia: "The hell are you two doing?!"

Mumei, with her right hand still inside of Kiara, puts her left hand on her shoulder. With a slash of wind to the right, she does a slice to the left and cuts Kiara in half. Both of her halves falling onto the ground.

Kiara: "FUCK!! Did you HAVE TO cut me in half?!?"

Mumei: "Yep, you're definitely still immortal!"

Amelia: "Still immortal? What's that supposed to mean?!"

Kiara: "Uhhh uhhhh..."

Mumei: "Uhhh I forgot!"

Kiara: "Oh don't worry about it! This is just an inside joke of ours! Mumei likes to check if I'm still immortal haha. As if I could ever stop being immortal hahaha!!" she laughs nervously.

Amelia: "Well, that's one way to check... (I can tell you're lying Kiara. I don't know what you're keeping from me but must be doing it for a good reason so I won't ask.)

Kiara: "Anyway Mumei, can you help put me back together now? "

Mumei: "Just do it yourself. "

Kiara:" Oh come on, it's easier if you help me..."

Mumei:" What if The Ancient Ones cut you in half, are you gonna ask them to put you back together?"

Kiara:" Well no, I'd ask one of you guys obviously."

Mumei: "You can't, we're all busy defending ourselves."

Kiara: "Well, I doubt Ina or Ame will he busy defending themselves..."

Mumei: "There will be times when no one will be there to help you. Do it yourself."

Kiara: "Ugh fine..." as she's moving towards her bottom half with her arms, Mumei moves her bottom half further away with her foot. "DUDE!"

Mumei: "Come on, you're almost there!" she continues to move Kiara's bottom half away from her.

Kiara: "STOP DOING THAT!"

The rest of the girls are just watching them, confused at first but they start laughing at what they're seeing.

Amelia(whispering to Fauna):"You know, now that I think about it, Mumei seems kinda psycho doesn't she?"

Fauna: "Yeah, sometimes she can get like that. I think having to kill billions of people as a part of her Guardian duties is the reason for that."

Amelia: "Billions?! That's hyperbole, right??"

Fauna: "No, unfortunately, it's not. Oh I forgot to mention they were from different planets. I guess they were really 'people' then, just creatures."

Amelia: "Ooooh they were from different planets, whew. Wait, why did she have to do that?"

Fauna: "Her Majesty can foresee the future and She saw that some planets were planning on taking over Earth. So, She sent Mumei to those planets to stop them. Even though she was following orders and it was for Earth... Lately, she's started to feel bad about what she has done..."

Amelia: "I guess that explains a lot. And that thing she said back then wasn't a joke after all... Wait a second, you said 'Her Majesty' can foresee the future? Then that means She must've seen this day coming too! "

Fauna: "I don't doubt She has, but She didn't tell us anything about it. Maybe She wanted us to take care of this all on our own, without Her help... "

Mumei eventually stops messing with Kiara and she lets her connect her two halves together and heals up. Kiara gets up and looks at Mumei angrily.

Kiara: "You're really mean sometimes, you know that!"

Mumei: "I'm only like that cause I know you can take it. You're my best student after all. Don't tell Calli." she says and pats her head.

Kiara: "Oh uhh really? Thanks, it means a lot, Mumei!"  Mumei just smiles at her and runs off to Fauna

Gura: "Well, that was pretty weird."

Kiara: "Nah, don't worry, that's normal for us..."

Mumei: "Hey Fauna, you don't think I'm being too hard on her do you?"

Fauna:" Well, that speech was nice but the later part was unnecessary I think..."

Mumei:" I thought it would look funny and couldn't resist..."

Amelia:" It did look kinda funny, not gonna lie. Well, I think we have done enough catching up now. Let's start talking about how we're gonna fight them now!"

Bae: "Uhhh yeah, about that whole fighting thing... Quick question, what's stopping us from just killing them right now? "

Amelia: "Uhhh that would be lame as hell? Besides, I've already started thinking of a plan! "

Bae: "Oh uhh okay then. "

Kronii: "I can give you one more reason. When The Ancient Ones transformed, they said 'Your time tricks will no longer work on Us'. "

Mumei: "But they're clearly working..."

Amelia: "Yeah, I remember them saying that and I was confused cause they still seem affected by it..."

Kronii: "Well, let's check if they really work." she materializes her short sword in her right hand and throws it at The Ancient Ones. Before it could reach their head, a tentacle juts out of their back and it deflects Kronii's sword back to her and she grabs it with the same hand by the hilt.

 

?!?!?!

 

Gura: "What's going on, were they just pretending to be affected by it?!"

Amelia: "No, just calm down. They had too many chances to kill us while we were talking. And there's no way they'd just stand there while Bae was helping Sana."

Gura: "Oh yeah, that makes sense. But what just happened then?"

Amelia: "It looks like with their transformation, they gained some kind of defense mechanism that works even while time is stopped. It's as if their tentacles have a mind of their own..."

Mumei: "Oooh, I wonder if it works like my Wind!"

Amelia: "Your what?"

Mumei: "Kiara, would you like to demonstrate?"

Kiara: "Ugh, why me?"

Mumei: "Come on, you should be used to it by now!"

Kiara: "Fiiine. But no way I'm using my sword!"

Mumei: "Yeah, that wouldn't be smart."

Mumei stands in place, not moving, as Kiara is preparing to punch her. She covers her left fist with flames and goes for a powerful punch to Mumei's face.

Kiara: "HAAAHHH"  before her fist reaches Mumei, her flames disappear and her arm bends and breaks. "AAAGHH FUCK!" 

Gura: "Woah, awesome!!"

Mumei: "You know, those flames weren't really necessary."

Kiara: "Whatever!" she heals and her arm bends back into how it was. 

Amelia: "That was pretty cool, but what happened exactly?"

Mumei: "When my instincts sense someone attacking me, even if I can't see them, the attack will just twist and pass right by me."

Amelia: "I see now. I guess The Ancient Ones's instincts remain active even during stopped time... And I have a feeling, that if they continue to evolve throughout the fight, it's possible that Kronii's time stop might become completely useless so, we shouldn't rely on it."

Kronii: "Well, that sucks..."

Amelia: "Don't worry, I'll think of something. Besides, I was planning on having you not use your time stop this time around anyways. It's a good thing you kept your swords a secret from them at least. "

Kronii: "Yeah, and I didn't want to use them until we separated your friend from them either. "

Amelia: "Awww how sweet of you! "

Kronii: "Shut up. "

Amelia: "Well I guess I should tell you what I came up with now. I already have a rough idea of a plan in mind but, I need you to tell me your abilities first before coming up with a full plan. You don't have to tell me everything, like your secret trump cards, if you got any. But still, tell me as much as you can..."

The intense planning continues...

To Be Continued...

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I hope you enjoyed reading that one as much as I enjoyed writing it! I have no idea when the next chapter will be done. It has a lot more action than the previous ones and those parts are a bit difficult for me but I will try to make it not take longer than a month at least! Any advice or feedback is appreciated :D. 
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