A flaming warrior

Chapter 36 Guns

"Samantha?" I called out to her as she walked into our base. We walked up the stairs into Amanda's room and saw Samantha in a tube, trying to heal. "What happened? She looks different," Chris said, worried. Samantha's appearance changed. Her body had more burn scars, her hair was now a long blue ponytail, her muscles got bigger, and she had a scar going down her right eye like mine. "Samantha, what happened?" I asked her. "World One version of Chris did it. He tried to burn all of us, but Samantha shielded us from the flames. Something about the experience of being engulfed in all those flames changed Samantha. She was screaming, but then just controlled the fire and absorbed it. After that, she threw it back at him and the ten people who were shooting at us. World one, Chris got away, but as we were going in to arrest the ten people, I guess one didn't get hit and shot at Samantha. Samantha took care of them quickly and burned them to death without any second thought," Marques told us.

"I have no sympathy for people who are already criminals and have decided to lose themselves even further. That person I killed was a mother who traded her own son for drugs. I was not going to let her live forever. Even then, she's in her own personal hell now. My flames trap people in their own sins to relive everything and the pain forever," Samantha said, sounding more serious. "Well, I can't be mad with you doing that. I honestly would have killed them outright," Chris said, giggling. "I'm sorry about being like this. I'm still the same, just... I'm so tired," Samantha said, sounding sad as her eyes turned light green. "Your true appearance. Well, hair and eyes-wise. Do you want to be called Leona?" Chloe asked. "No. I'm Samantha, still and forever," Samantha told us. "Muscles," Eva said, messing with Samantha's arms. "Really?" Samantha started giggling, cheering up. "Well, if you're okay with it right now, do you mind if we get a report on what happened? Not to you, but I mean like as a whole," Chris asked. "Yes, come this way," Samantha said, leading us to Jacqueline, who was working on something. "Thanks for the help, by the way. I'm heading out to check on Ophelia since apparently she turned huge?" Marques said, confused. "Yeah, she did, but she's normal now. Just can be a kaiju," Bella told him. "I see. I have to see this," Marques said, leaving.

"What are you working on, J?" Eva asked Jacqueline as Samantha picked up two boxes and laid them on Jacqueline's huge work table. "Well, for one, that gun that Rachel used against that fake Kenzie is finished. Pretty ass white and gold colt 1860, but the skin on it looks weird," Jacqueline said, handing it to me. "Kind of looks like what Kenzie turned into when I shot her," I told her. "Well, test it out. Shoot these four targets," Jacqueline said, making four targets appear. "I wonder if we can help you aim this like before," Roku said. "Let her aim it first," Yorisue said. I didn't even aim with it, I just used my powers to buff and shot all three targets. They weren't bullseyes, but it still destroyed the targets and made them rot. "HOLY SHIT!" Roku said. Everyone was shocked, even I, at how this revolver was with my powers. "I need a gun," Eva said, giggling. "No, but if there is one we get to your liking, I'll make it for you," Jacqueline said. "Now, onto what we've got today. Samantha, if you will," Jacqueline said as Samantha opened both crates.

The first crate contained a silver sawn-off shotgun with freeze, explosion, and fire ammo. The other crate had a completely black Smith & Wesson Model 19 with the same ammo. "What were they about to do with these beauties?" Chris said, picking them both up before Eva snatched the sawn-off shotgun from him. "We don't fully know, but from the record of everyone, they seem to be a part of some type of group. The commissioner of the police force stated that it may have even originated in Japan. Even five bags of cash were recovered." Jacqueline said. "The Yakuza were a thing in my world. I wonder if they are a thing here," Chloe said. "Since I was in a fake version of Japan, I honestly don't know...Soma and Kato might know," Chris said, seeming worried. "Come in, Soma or Kato," Cubie said, calling them. "Hey, what's up?" Kato said, getting on the call. "Kato, we need to know, are the yakuza a thing in Japan?" Chloe asked. "Ah, that's right, Chris doesn't know, but yes, they do. The last thing I remember was that they were peaceful after the top six yakuza groups were taken down. There were two versions still, but if this report is correct, I wonder if it's world one version of Chris or world two Chris." Kato said. But Kato bringing up World Two confused us. "World two? How do you know?" Chloe asked. "Because a version of you showed up when Soma and I were in that temple that doesn't match the world's one version. He was wearing a Japanese mask and seemed way too powerful. World one, Rachel told him to go back to that country and keep building it; she had everything here." Kato finally told us. "Why did you hide that?" Chris said, sounding a little annoyed. "I'm sorry," Kato said, sounding sad. "You're coming with us to Japan to make up for this and Soma to," Chris said. "Wait, we're going to Japan?" Miriam asked. "Tomorrow," Chris told her. "Might be able to find those nekos there and get their help," Miriam said, turning into her human form. "A neko group. Wait, you mean kitty cat girls are nekos? And the male group romance, too?" Eva asked, shocked. Miriam started giggling. "They are. I finally got in contact with them, and they told me what happened to them. Same thing as me. It's twelve of them, so that's twelve nekos recovered. First, we meet up with them and maybe even perform with them, then we try to meet up with the good yakuza group, build a base, and now we've got full connection in Japan," Miriam said. "Perform?" Eva asked. "Yup, you and your old bandmates better be ready, they like to perform with you all, and I'll be joining you," Miriam said, wagging her tail. "I'll let them know. Oh, Amanda, did you get the blueprints?" Eva asked her. "I did for your superhero outfits," Amanda said. "Superhero outfits?" I asked. "Yeah, I thought about us having a different battle outfit with armor to protect us against bullets. These outfits will allow us to switch between our fighting styles and armor without any drawbacks. And my lovely BF helped with the designs," Eva said, hugging Tyler. "I didn't take you for a designer," Chris said, smiling. "And I didn't take you for a cook," Tyler said, laughing.

Speaking of cooking. I'm going to make a pizza, but that will be later tonight. I'm going to make everyone a salad. Can I get some starfruit and strawberries? Samantha asked. "I got other fruit I bought, but I want some fresh fruit too. Oh, also, Irene left some seeds for you two. Tomato, peach, corn, and lettuce," Samantha told us. "Ooo, let's go planet them," I told Chloe excitedly. "Alright, let's go," Chloe said, giggling. Chloe and I went to the greenhouse and planted the seeds. We also took some starfruit and strawberries and gave them to Samantha, who started making a fruit salad for all of us. We all thoroughly enjoyed the fruit salad. We all relaxed for the rest of the day and just enjoyed having nothing else to do until Kenzie woke up.

"Hello?" A voice said over the coms. "Hi?" Chris said back, confused. "Kenzie, is that you?" The President asked. "Yes... I'm so tired." Kenzie said, sounding weak. "You've been locked away for a while. She said she wanted to talk before she got more rest," Ophelia said. "Thank you all so much for saving my daughter from that bastard of an android," the President said. "Speaking of, has she died?" Kenzie asked. "We don't know. I shot her with an infected bullet, and it turned her into this strange...being. Her body was taken away, though." I told her. "An infected bullet? I don't remember hearing her talk about an infected bullet while I was asleep. If she's still alive, I...well, I want to sleep first, but then I want to kill her myself," Kenzie said, sounding more tired. "I'm going to sleep now. Thank you all," Kenzie said, getting off the coms with everyone else. "I'm glad I could keep using this gun," I said, pulling it back out and making it disappear again. "You know, I forgot we can just make our weapons reappear," Chris said, laughing. "Well, I put the sawn off in my room so that's fully mine," Eva said happily. "I hope you can use it," I said. "Well, I'm going to need them again. I want to attune them to your powers." Jacqueline said. "Oh, fine. Here," Eva said, handing the shotgun to her.

"I'll bring it up as well," I said, getting up. "Same," Chris said, getting up to. My friend and I put the guns back on Jacqueline's work table. "You and I cuddle now," I told him, blushing. "Where?" He asked. "On the couch," I said to him. Everyone else went to do their own thing, so it just left Chris and me to cuddle with the puppy, who was with us, but decided to go see what Eva was doing once he heard her singing with Miriam. "Oh, shot...Rachel, dear, I'm sorry, but can you and Chris come up here? I got your superhero outfits done first." Amamnda said. "It's fine though, after I need to nap," I said, getting up with Chris, and was about to go up the stairs, but Chris picked me up and carried me