Chapter 34: Reliable
It was now February 14th and Alice still had yet to buy Yoshi a gift. She was in her bed, stressing out. Outside, she heard fighting. When she walked out, she saw Alice and Belle sparring early. The two were having a conversation that Alice could hear perfectly thanks to her adept hearing.
"Really, that girl tried to hit on you?"
"Not hitting on me. She tried to break me and Alice up."
Yoshi knocked Belle's pistols out of her hand with his katana. Belle swept his legs and kicked him far back, but he managed to land on his feet. He then rushed back in, swinging at her again.
"Don't let some gaslighting bimbo ruin your relationship. In all honesty, you guys have such a pure, sweet, loving relationship. She loves you just as much as you love her, so don't let that heathen's words get to your head."
Belle transformed into her minotaur keeper form and blocked Yoshi's sword with her arm. She tried to punch Yoshi, but he let go of his sword and moved out of the way of her hand. She tried to shoot him, but he dodged by backflipping over her. He transformed into his dragon keeper form and brushed her, knocking her to the ground. He tried to bite her head, but she dodged and jump-kicked him in the pecs, making him roll back.
"Maybe you should tell Alice about this." Belle said while dusting herself off. "I'm glad you trust me enough as a friend to tell me this, but you should tell your girlfriend that someone is trying to ruin your relationship... Anyways... about your nightmares..."
"Oh... so you remember?"
"You've been hiding a lot from Alice. Are you still having those nightmares about our time with Star?"
"Y-Yeah... every night."
"Maybe you should talk to Alice about it. When even I notice how awkward you're getting around her, it's time to come clean."
Belle saw Alice listening to their conversation out of the corner of her eyes as she fought Yoshi. Alice, now flustered, ran away.
"In fact, you should do it sooner rather than later." Belle said while helping Yoshi up.
"How... do you think she'll react?"
"How she always does when you have a problem. You don't need to be scared around her, dawg. Hehe, get it."
Meanwhile, in Kyoto, Sylvie had walked into a luxurious mansion. When she stepped in, she was tackled into a hug by a little girl. She petite preteen with short brown hair in pigtails and vibrant green eyes. She wore a short and fluffy brown dress, sort brown gloves, and brown boots. She had fox ears and a fox tail.
"Onee-san, have you completed your mission?" The girl asked.
"Sorry, little one, not yet. I was supposed to do more research on that anubis lass, but her boyfriend kept getting in the way. I tried to break them up by getting into his head, but his love is too strong."
"Aww... onii-chan is waiting for you upstairs."
"Ok. Wait here for me. We can go get cookies when we finish."
"Yay!"
Sylvie patted the little girl's head and pushed off of her gently. She then headed up the staircase to find and entered one of the room's upstairs. Inside was a man with spiky white hair, emerald eyes, and pale white skin. He wore a red jacket, black pants with a leather belt with a chain, and white shoes.
"Ay, it's my girl! Welcome back, Sylvie."
"Coffee welcomed me at the door."
"Coffee really missed you. She thought about you every day. Anyways, how did the mission go."
"Awfully. Though, I did manage to get some data on the anubis. It seems our insider's reports were right. She's always in her keeper form and she rarely uses her passive skill. It seems she can barely control them, so she supressers them instead."
"We'll be joining them next year as seniors. I want as much information on them as possible. I want to cure you guys."
"Yeah, me too. That bastard Star has lived rent-free in my head ever since he turned me into... this."
"I think you look fine."
"Ok, monster fucker."
"I do love my monster girls."
"Ok, where's Sybil? Don't tell me she's... doing it again."
"You know how thar battle junkie is."
Meanwhile, several kilometers away, there was a cute and curvy teenage girl with long dark blue hair that had a light blue strip in the front. She also had blue eyes and a giant dolphin tail coming out of her lower back. She wore a short light blue dress with white frills and long blue gloves. This was Sybil, and she was tearing through a Derozues foundation. The Derozeus cultist tried to use crystos guns on her, but she was so fast, she dodged the bullets effortlessly. Her weapons were her two blue gloves under protector class, which allowed her to deflect physical weapons or attack, so even when she wasn't dodging, she was knocking the bullets away with her bare hands.
The Derozues members tried to run, realizing they couldn't beat her, but Sybil didn't let them escape. She slaughtered every single one of them; all 340 people found in the facility by herself.