Children of the Future

Chapter 4

Sen here again. This chapter, another Inazuma woman joins the picture. 

On other news, I pulled Furina! Now my Neuvillette will feel even better once she's built. Not going for constellations or her weapon. That's a bit of a tall order at the moment so now I save for Zhongli (On god I need that shield I'm literally on my hands and knees) and Raiden when she returns.

Anyway, onto the story!

Fearing the worst after another shockwave ripped through the estate, everyone regained their bearings while Aether tried to calm down a distraught Ayame. All the while she was trying to explain something about there being more of them.

"Slow down. Let's just go back to square one. Now, who are you talking about?" he asked her calmly.

Ayame took a few deep breaths, "I-It's the rest of our siblings. We had a large group of us explore a new domain in Inazuma while you came to visit. At some point we split up to cover more ground so most likely they found the same door we did."

"So you're saying more of you are on the way?" Paimon asked to which she nodded.

"Will they be ok on their own?" Ayaka asked worriedly.

"Maki is with them so I'm positive they'll be fine. It all depends if they don't do anything rash," Ayame muttered the last part.

"Rash?"

Meanwhile...

Things on Watatsumi Island were much more peaceful now that the war was more or less over. Tensions were still fluctuating but the residents could afford to relax a bit. Still, General Gorou was on full alert to protect their home. However, the last thing his men expected to see were a group of children making fools out of a group of ronin they were tasked with exterminating.

Most of it was the result of two blonde girls using the powers of hydro and dendro to send the enemies flying with exploding dendro cores. The rogue samurai screamed in terror as their forces were torn apart. Once the threat passed, the two quickly picked up all the hand guards they could and showed it to the oldest looking girl there.

"Big Sis! Look! They dropped so many of these!"

"Look! Look!"

"Haha. Those will certainly come in handy someday. Now, come along. We're not too far off before we meet with your Uncle Gorou," she told them after patting their heads.

""'Kaaay'"

"Sis, we've got company," Kiki warned her.

"Hm?" she looked to where her sister pointed and saw Gorou and several men looking at them with shocked expressions. She walked up to them with a smile only for them to put their guard up.

"Halt!"

"Woah, what's with the hostility?" she asked them.

"How did you find this place, Kujou Sara?" Gorou asked with an arrow pointed at her. How did their location get leaked?

"What does Mom have to do with this? Uncle Gorou, it's me, Maki. Her daughter? You remember, don't you?"

"Come again? She's your mother? Actually, before that, who are you calling Uncle? We've never met, child," he looked at her with confusion but kept up his guard.

Maki looked absolutely flabbergasted, "You don't know who I am?" She looked among all the men and could make out several familiar faces. However, one thing caught her attention: they all looked... younger? Then an idea popped into her head.

"I apologize for going off topic, but what is today's date?"

Not dropping his guard for a second, he told her to which she facepalmed.