The Bossman has NOT been happy about those children getting away… “You must be so angry, Boss...” He looks up from his Book, and stares at me. “I don’t care.” He returns to his book… Poor Bossman, he’s devastated… “Don’t worry sir, we won’t rest until your new recruits are returned!” I reassure my Boss, and he just RADIATES recognition and adoration for me and my resolve. “Whatever.” He says, this time not removing his gaze from his book. He must be so proud! “I’ll be on my way then!” I shout as I run off.

I burst through the door- there he is! “Alimond, quick, we gotta go find the escapees!” I shout with urgency and determination! We gotta’ make the Boss proud! Alimond looks at me with a tired expression. “Yes… that is what I’ve been doing for the past 3 days.” He was so inspired by my resolve, that he started 3 days early! “Well, what do we have so far?” I approach Alimond, and I find that he’s been looking at a map. There’s an arrow that points in the direction the children escaped from. “Right… I have Dartlin searching for them, the hunter squads have also been sent out. Arigold went to Neotopia to check if they were there, he said he met with Liyoxis himself. Anyways, he said even the armies of Neotopia couldn’t find the damn kids. I guess that’s a good thing though, if they find out we had Lianlovloragram, there would be an all out war, and Marigold would certainly be wiped off the map.” I’ve always wanted to meet Liyoxis… “Wait… really? Even Liyoxis couldn’t do it?” I look at Alimond with disbelief, and he looks back at me, even HE is struggling to believe it… “Yeah, I was shocked when I heard it too.. What the hell are these kids doing? Anyways, gather the squad, we’re not making any progress like this, so it’s high time we got going.” Ah, finally, orders! I give a salute and an expression of determination just before I run off. “You got it Alimond!” I finish and run off.

About an hour later, we find ourselves outside again, looking at the castle… we’re about half an hour from the Mariejois- We hear a light voice ripple through the air, and frantically look around- there it is! I spot it; some sort of comet descending from outer space. It’s on its way to impact the castle! I point at the object and inform everyone of its trajectory- “Wh-What the-” I hear Alimond shout, as the object strikes straight through the- the- holy shit... The rumble finally hits us, and extinguishes all doubt of our reality… Mariejoise has been destroyed! In just one attack, thousands must be dead- “Everyone, get moving, Arigold would have landed somewhere over there!” Alimond shouts to us before he runs into that exact direction. We follow close behind of course. He’s immediately worried about Arigold like always…

We arrive to find a newly formed path of destruction, it’s easy to see that something has been dragged through the ground, but this is definitely where it should have landed- “Is.. Is that-” Alimond says, as we begin to look down the path- “Arigold, if you wanted kids, you could have just asked!” We hear, as we see a short girl standing on Arigold's stomach, his shirt clenched in her hands. “Why won’t this thing leave me alone?...” He coughs out, with some of his blood. “Ar-Arigold, are you okay?!” Alimond shouts, causing the naked- girl- thing- to quickly turn around and look at us- she blushes and a large sweater appears on her, covering her from shoulder to knee.

I was thinking she was a 9 tails until I noticed the extra arms and all of the crystals.

She’s short, a perfect meter to be specific- 4 eyes, simple red pupils.

She has 4 arms, they have fur that starts at the elbows down to her claws, her hands are 5 large red claws and no noticeable palms.

She has 4 ears, they’re long and fluffy spikes that jet out from the side of her head, 2 of them are in the usual location, but the other 2 stick out like cat ears.

Her hair flows completely backwards into a seamless cape that extends to her knees.

On her exposed forehead is a red diamond embedded in her forehead that glistens perfectly in the light.

Her torso, neck, face, and upper arms look relatively normal, as they’re the only things not covered in snowy fur, she’s wearing a sweater too big for her as her only covering.

From about her hips down she’s covered in more white fur with 2 red crystals on her knees and her feet also end in another 2 red crystal points, I can see them cutting into Arigold’s torso.

She has 9 Tails with Crystal Spikes on the end of each one, I think they might actually be longer than her body.

Arigold looks at us from behind her. “Alimond, get it off of me-” He says, as the 3 and a half foot THING stares at us. “Who- what is that thing?!” Alimond says, offending that- whatever it is- “I am NOT a thing!” She shouts as a laser fires from the crystal on her forehead, hitting Alimond in the face and knocking him over- “And you will fear my laser face!” She shouts, as Arigold grabs her leg, rips it out of his chest, and flings her into a nearby tree. “That was- her name is- I usually just call her Demi.” Demi stands up and shouts back at him. “My name’s not that short, jackass! It’s Demitrivanexislovinazervalanscinagazortasmaprosiavatarus!” What kind of name is that?! Everyone just stares at her, then at Arigold again. “It’s stupid, I know.” Arigold says, as- uh- Demi appears on his head- She’s just sitting there with her legs crossed… “Get off my Head.” Arigold says as he tries to look up, causing her to giggle- She appears on his shoulder, cuddling her cheek against his. “Aw… you’re so cute when you’re angry~ anyways… it has come to my attention that you were looking for some children you adopted that went missing… How about instead of looking for them, you replace them with something more… natural~?” She stares at him with lechery, STILL pressing her cheeks against his own- Why is this creature clinging to the Boss like that? “I already considered that, I don’t think Annestica is up for the task though-” He says, tearing the girl from his face, and throwing her through multiple trees, she appears on his head again.

“How does she-” Krueman tries to say something, but Arigold quickly interrupts him- “She is the girl who has never tasted defeat, she is the master of Time Magic, she’s one of the 12 World Powers, and my… and my rival…” He says, as he looks away from her. “B-Boss, how about the castle?” I say, as I walk over with the rest of the squad. “I wouldn’t just destroy Mariejois if I couldn’t repair it!” Demi says, as her crystals begin to glow, and we find ourselves in one of the rooms in the castle.

“Ah- wha- where-” I say, as I regain my bearings- “This is Demi’s doing, she altered our timeline while retaining our personal memories, this is how she flicks through emotions so rapidly, she’s constantly traversing time.” Everyone looks around the Room, as Arigold takes a seat, and Demi appears on his Head again. Arigold grabs her arm, and smashes her through the table- It’s quickly reverted to its original state, and then Arigold pulls out a dagger and starts taking jabs at her, but there’s no damage, it can’t break through..

“How is she-” Celiba says, as Arigold kicks her away, and she appears on his head again. “Demi’s powers have left her in a state of semi-suspended-animation, her body doesn’t progress through time, but she can still move, so no matter what I do, I can’t hurt her. She’s completely invincible which is why she opted to ram herself straight through my damn house just to get my attention, to remind me of how weak I am.” He says, as he chokes her neck with his foot against the ground, while trying to tear her arm off- “Didn’t know you were into this sort of thing~” She chokes out, causing everyone, even Arigold to back up. “Please leave me alone.” He says causing Demi to appear on his arm, clinging to it, crying. “PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME GO!!!” How does this even-

“How do I process this?” I say, as I finally sit down. Everyone stares at me, as I contemplate what it would take to keep track of this- “Don’t try to process this, kid. You would have to actually be following me through time as I traverse it, if you wanted to understand it.” Demi says with a deadpan expression, as she sits on the table in front of me. She appears on one of the chairs- “Learn time magic first.” She says, as she lazily lies against the armrests of the chair. Dartlin approaches her, and starts whispering into her ear, surprising her somehow-

“What.. What kind of creature is your uh, friend, Sir?” Celiba says, as she sits next to Krueman. “Nobody knows, she appeared out of nowhere, she’s some kind of… mutant-” -Demi quickly cuts him off- “Not a mutant!” She surprised Dartlin, and looked back at her- “Oh, yeah, don’t worry hon, I already did it.” She says with a smile, and Dartlin hugs her with excitement- Everyone else just stares at her, then back at Arigold, for answers, but he simply shrugs.. “No idea.. I’ve never been able to convince her to tell me, her body never changes, so nothing physical would work… And she flicks through her own timeline too fast to leave any lasting mental effects…”

Alimond looks at Dartlin, who continues to hug Demi. “Is there something you would like to share with the rest of the class, Dartlin?” He says, causing her and Demi to look over. “Oh, uh…” Her face begins to go red, and she disappears along with Demi- She ran off!

Demi reappears on Arigold’s shoulders, resting her chin on his head, clinging to it with her arms. “I almost forgot to mention, my mom wanted to talk to you, but first~” She falls asleep, and Arigold tries to grab her, but his hand phases through her body. “Great, she’s asleep…” Arigold says sarcastically, as he walks over to a Chair to sit down. “Um…” Krueman says, trying to figure out what’s happening. “It’s an automatic defense when she sleeps, it makes her impossible to wake up… she doesn’t even need to sleep, she just likes it.” Arigold pulls out a book, and opens it. “I’ll be returning to what I was doing, before Demi, well…” He looks at the direction that Demi shot him through- “Yeah… Now, go ahead and get back to whatever you were doing.. I’ll just read my book, and wait for Demi to wake up..” Arigold opens his Book, and starts looking for where he was at-

“Now, where was I...”

End of Chapter: 4√B “She has appeared, she is the weakest!”

Thank you for reading.

“Thank you~!”