Charles Patricius

After the return of Sakura, Miko and Kaguya, that hole in reality only expanded further. In fact, its expansion seemed to occur more as certain thoughts were formed than it did otherwise. It was becoming almost tangible in the hallway right outside the bathroom and bedrooms. One could almost say lightning struck ─ that was the level of impact as that rift expanded rapidly in a single instant. As quickly as it opened, it nearly shut. Everything was shaking. Indeed, it would feel to the residents of this home as if an earthquake suddenly occurred far and wide. Shortly after the first, there was a second, and Angelica would be ejected from the rift into the hall.

Several additional pulses would occur over the next few minutes, and then... that rift would finally open enough for another to come flying through. Of course, that second individual was none other than Kazuhiko, naked as a newborn babe and sporting his full, meaty erection as he was literally ejected down the hall. "Woahwoahwoah!" he yelled during the launch, having no idea where he'd even land... or who would even be present by the time he appeared. Ah, but a bit of an intervention had occurred for the better of all. Little did anyone know, that old man in the Nexus was still capable of manipulating space and time in the perfect way to make everything work as intended. What did this mean for the here and now? Time would tell shortly. . .

Sakura for her time spent talking to the mostly sleepy Kaguya and the seemingly energized Miko was settled. She had new names to call everyone and a happier visage though she seemed to be curious about multiple things. That man they'd been interacting with, the strangeness she felt in the house and something else. She couldn't be sure about everything but she knew she needed to be here for a while yet. Meanwhile, Miko was busy primping for reasons she couldn't even understand right up until the moment the house began to shake. A fall and a thud and a groan and in the hallway of this small house, lay Angelica who seemed to be a bit worse for wear and also stark naked. "Ugh, that was rough... I feel terrible," she murmured. Miko peeked out of the bathroom with wide eyes still a little shaky. " We all do over here. Good evening, Princess..." she managed only for Sakura to come barreling around the corner. "An-chan♥! He did it♥~" she was so pleased. Kaguya for her part in this had woken to the shaking and stumbled forward. "The hell... " she murmured. Sakura was already busy helping Angelica up and taking her somewhere. "To the room, can't have a naked woman in the house when we don't know where Sai-nii is~" Kaguya managed in a somewhat joking manner. Miko finished up brushing her teeth as those pulses continued.

She didn't know what to do, but she was definitely going to wait and see what else happened. And low, a couple of minutes later, she was stepping out of the bathroom again balanced on her toes and hearing a familiar sounding voice. She she looked up and saw someone flying towards her and it almost seemed to be in slow motion. Hair, face, muscles... dick. Huge Dick, Great Dick, Godly Dick! 'BOX IT!' she slammed it shut in her brain but she could hardly move. Like a deer in the headlights she was stuck and this man with a full erection completely naked was flying towards her. Sakura and Kaguya were emerging from the room they'd laid Angelica in and Miko was on a collision course with the last person she wanted to be in physical contact with or maybe the first. She fell... her body in that slightly tight hoodie. Her face flushed red her eyes, closed tightly. Maybe she was more tired than she realized. Surely she was dreaming and this wasn't happening. Surely, she'd not made the fatal error of seeing something she shouldn't have. Repress, box, close, quiet. She needed her heart to stop beating so fast. She was sure it was radiating throughout the entire building. 'Stop. Please brain... stop!' she tried to shut down the function, tried to lock it away and forget it. She tried so hard... but what would her best efforts amount to?

After flying out of the strangest ripple he'd ever been thrown through (as there had actually been a lot), Kazuhiko collided with... Miko, he believed her name was. He'd only recently extricated himself from Angelica, and now he was back on Gaia having to deal with an awkward moment. Oh well; he'd done it! Maybe he did have to ride the slipstream of Angelica's porting, but the Holy Princess's safety was the concern here. Ah... but there was another concern. Suddenly, he felt even worse than he did upon first returning to Gaia. Maybe it was an aftereffect of being in the Nexus for so long. Maybe it was a result of spewing more mana than he had throughout his entire life before. Maybe... just maybe, it was actually because of the way he landed. . .

An immediate and clear effort had been made to avoid harming anyone, but Kazu couldn't avoid contact with Miko. After a brief tumble, he managed to hold himself up over the girl's body, taking to his hands and knees. Even though he managed that much, there remained the issue of his erection which lay over Miko's torso... nearly the whole of it. Stranger still, he was still leaking a bit from many, many rounds with Angelica. Kazu couldn't have given a more perfect representation of potential penetration depth if he tried, but his concern, as always, was something different. "Hahh! Shit! Annie?! Are you okay?!" he questioned without hesitation or a single thought about the current predicament.

Kazuhiko had come tumbling out of a weird rift. That wasn't even the first time something like this had happened to the lad, of this Miko was certain. Of course, that didn't change the fact that when she opened her eyes, it was there... staring at her. Kazuhiko was looking at her as well, but her first line of sight was that huge dick of his now up against her newly formed breasts. Of course, she immediately freaked out, her body tensing she aimed to make herself smaller. But in so doing she'd only really succeed at cupping his cock between her breasts. 'I can do that now...' Miko thought, only to shove it down. 'BOX IT!' she shouted in her mind. She was trying her best to shut it all out. She could ignore it right? The cock spewing the last remnants of his sexual activities, which was hitting her palate as butter cream and almonds. The print of his dick on her brand new hoodie, the feel of it throbbing against her new breasts. She was even trying to suppress the weird desire she had to lick up the remainder something she found herself loving even in the last few hours. 'I have to stop I need to stop!'

Ah, but it wasn't that simple because when she closed her eyes and opened them his concern wasn't his nudity. Her new sexy body or anything like that. He simply wanted to make sure he hadn't hurt her. Of course that was where his mind was. In the grand scheme of things... this was who Kazuhiko, previously known to her as Charlemagne was. Her Charlie was just a good guy trying to be nice to everyone he could. She saw it all in her head as that box exploded and showed her every moment just like this one which made her feel specifically the way she did about him. It took everything she had to close her eyes again. To take a deep breath to go completely still. 'It wasn't her who was defective... it's me. I thought it was just her and it's me too.' she concluded. "I'm fine, Char... Kazu. You didn't hurt me. Princess Angelica came through before they are or were tucking her into bed. She's fine too, you did it! Omedetougouzaimasu♪~" she managed for her friend. She could do this. She just had to finish the boxing process. She just had to get away from him. She had to walk away. But oddly enough behind them Sakura would be watching. She saw a struggle and felt an emotion she didn't truly understand and it was one which had been present since she'd been introduced to the group.

Kazuhiko was panting as he hovered over Miko's body. He still couldn't even mentally register the inappropriate scene unfolding between them, though his body did respond to physical stimuli. Miko's attempt to shrink resulted in his cock being sandwiched near the tip between her breasts... which resulted in a prominent throbbing that Kazu also didn't consciously acknowledge. He didn't even realize she had those, but that wasn't something for him to take note of before confirming her wellbeing. Luckily, the impact hadn't caused any issues. Once Miko confirmed as much, he heaved a deep and relieved sigh. "Oh... good. Suman. I had to shoot myself through as soon as it was open enough. It was a tight squeeze, and it just kinda... flung me out at the end," he explained roughly."But yeah... I did it. Now we ca─... fuck!"

Without finishing his sentence, it seemed Kazu was zoning out a bit. No, that wasn't quite right. He wasn't losing consciousness, but he was losing equilibrium and spiritual stability at once. In one particular moment, Kazuhiko seemed to be glitching out like a faulty computer program. It wasn't nearly the same as when he was broken in Munetsuchi, but someone in the know might have realized his connection to the Nexus was a bit stronger than it needed to be. That hole in reality was almost back to its previous tiny size, but it wasn't closing. It no longer streamed outward ─ it was instead slowly and steadily pulling on Kazuhiko's existence. He didn't fully belong to this world anymore. In truth, his time in the Nexus was much longer than the amount of time that passed here on Gaia. Kazuhiko, right this moment, would be classified as a citizen of the Nexus almost exclusively.

Kazuhiko was panting and that wasn't good. Well, it was good he was breathing but it wasn't good for Miko's overactive imagination to see him in such a position over her. It was taking every bit of her concentration to avoid saying or doing something to make this into a more awkward situation between friends than it needed to be. She felt something else with the twitch of his dick a little dribble touching the bare skin in the space where her hoodie didn't reach. Actually given her current position she was sure everyone down wind could see her new panties as well... it was all girls right now. That was less of a problem than it could be. Still the explanation that Kazuhiko gave was one which hit her ears strangely. 'That's so sexual!' she thought. 'I could do something like that...' she paused and closed her eyes again. 'Please, just please, stop!' she was trying to quiet her brain and none of her normal exercises were working. Still, Kazuhiko was relieved and almost relaxed except it couldn't. Immediately Miko's eyes flew open and she reached up.

Both hands were on either side of Kazuhiko's face as she stared at him quite directly. She didn't have as much sense for her magical abilities but she was still looking for signs of trauma making sure his landing hadn't hurt him. That was way to sudden. "Fuck that, are you okay? Take a breath..." she stated. Just the same Sakura was observing from the outside a certain amount of stabilization as this more direct form of contact was made. A small smile crept up onto Sakura's face, so this was precisely what she thought it was. Good, it was easily fixable. "Look I need you to be okay. I can't handle another near death experience for you this week." Miko confessed. 'Waaah, I reached without thinking. I have to stop. If I keep doing this I won't be able to...' she paused her thought. Was she ever actually capable of what she was trying to do in the first place? She could only wonder if it was ever actually possible. By this time Kaguya had wobbly wandered out of the bedroom and she was now standing beside Sakura who was gesturing to the pair with approval in her face. So Kaguya got to confirm that at least from Sakura's perspective there was a certain outcome she was alright with... well that was a good thing to know.

Kazuhiko was perfectly fine. Alas, though he was fine, he was also technically in danger. Nothing was life or death this time around, so Kazu wasn't so bothered about it. Even so, it was a slightly uncomfortable experience. Miko's hands upon his face felt very comforting though. One of Kazu's hands rose from the floor, gently wrapping around Miko's wrist as he shared a very typical and comforting smile. "Daijoubu. I just... maybe spent a little too much time on the other side trying to bring Angie through. I don't belong to this world anymore," he said calmly. With that, Kazu paused and blinked. He'd never had so much understanding of magical mumbo jumbo in his life. Actually, he seemed pleased. "Oh. Nexus brain. Cool," he commented.

In truth, Kazu knew exactly what was going on. He knew exactly why Miko's hands on his face were so comforting. When Miko was Anais, she'd spent a lot of time healing him. There was an easy fix to his current issue, but it was something he'd held firm as a rule since becoming an adventurer in a group ─ especially after becoming the leader of said group. The easy way was not the right way, so he disregarded it entirely. "I'm not dying. Worst case scenario, I get sucked back into the Nexus for a while and have to get myself out before Angie gets launched back through. I'll figure something out," he said, straightening his back to stretch a bit. Oddly enough, he didn't even think about how doing so only made his dick more exposed, and even inadvertently pushed its tip closer to Miko's face.

Miko had reached for Kazuhiko without thinking about it, and was soon greeted in a comforting and familiar way. Oddly enough he also touched her wrist holding it as her hands held his face. This felt so right to do and so wrong at the same time. She'd decided already right, she should let go... 'It's so nice though,' she thought absently. He was alright, he claimed. It seemed he even had an explanation for what happened. He'd apparently spent too much time within the Nexus and he now belonged to it. He even seemed to have the thought that having the Nexus brain was cool. That was the lad she knew, a sigh of relief passed her. Even if she'd decided to give up, she didn't want anything bad happening to him. According to Kazuhiko the worst case scenario wasn't one of life and death but instead one of placement. "I mean... it's cool you have Nexus brain and all. Probably really useful but even without details wouldn't you or Angelica being thrown back into the Nexus or Alaya be bad in your current states. How do you fix it?" she asked immediately.

Ah, but Kazuhiko's movements was also something odd. His cock was shifting further and further up and did so in such a way that it drew her attention. It was getting closer to her face and she had an invasive thought. 'If I lick it, it belongs to me!' she closed her eyes and exhaled. Why had that come back up. "Stop brain please!" she uttered to herself. "I know how to fix it. It is technically not a very difficult thing to do, so does he but he won't say..." Sakura mentioned watching the pair of them who obviously fit so well together avoid the simplest solution to all of their problems. "I don't understand, even after days of observing humans I still don't understand the way you two act around each other... I don't understand the emotion." she said of Kazuhiko and Miko. Kaguya grinned and looked at her friend. Even without the ability to read her heard she saw her closed eyes and constant fluctuating state of panic. She'd also been in her friend's mind she knew her secret. "I know why." Kaguya said which made Sakura look at both women. "Kaguya don't you fucking dare," there was an odd amount of aggression in Miko's voice. "Who?" Kaguya said as if confused, still she held her hands up in the air. Apparently if anyone was clearing the air here, it couldn't be Kaguya. "That's aggression, why?" Sakura asked earnestly. Miko aside from her attitude wouldn't actually say anything rude to Sakura. "It's..." Miko couldn't even explain it really. "Mi-chan's struggling and she doesn't want anyone to worry. So, she's deflecting~" Kaguya clarified. A deep breath and she found herself trying to squirm just a little finally letting go of Kazuhiko's face as well. It was too intimate she was doing too much. She wouldn't be able to stop if this went on too long. "Problems of most importance in descending order... spill." Miko wasn't Anais, she could compartmentalize a bit. She could ignore it... she could shove that burning feeling away to help the actual situation taking place here. Her directive was for Kazuhiko or whoever else could explain the actual problems.

Having what he called the 'Nexus brain' may have been Kazuhiko's second-favorite development of this journey. It took a natural backseat to pulling Angelica out of Aincrad, of course, but it was still cooler than most other things. "Chill, Annie. Focus on the awesome part for a minute," he said before having second thoughts about his own preaching. Why did he think that even for a moment? This should have been a way bigger issue than he was making it, but... he'd done it! "Actually, yeah, that would be a problem. I can fix it somehow; don't worry about it."

Miko went on to yell something about her brain stopping. Before any questioning of that occurred, Sakura pointed out her own understanding of potential fixes. True enough, he wouldn't say the obvious answer. Never would Kazuhiko, or Charlemagne in most cases, put his followers in such a troublesome spot. "There are always other ways," he said quickly, lying through his teeth. There were less troublesome methods for the human mind, but they probably wouldn't work quickly enough. In spite of that, perhaps he could find a workaround to avoid asking too much of his own comrades. Some words were exchanged between Sakura, Miko and Kaguya, all of them leading toward one eventuality: Miko giving up on the dilly dally in favor of demanding answers. From his upright position, Kazu kept facing Sakura... but his eyes shifted down and to the side, glaring questioningly at Miko herself. He had every answer necessary, though some required more explanation than others... and some were simply improper. "I told you before how Albertus Animusphere is the god in the Nexus. He had to integrate himself to make it work, but it's still not complete without a few more pieces. I spent a really long time in there, so I've become incorporated. Angie is here now because we forced a connection. The problem is, the Nexus latched onto me when I was meditating inside for just a few centuries. Ang is linked to Kazuhiko, so she's here on Gaia... but... the best way to put it is, Kazuhiko isn't my main account anymore. Neither is Charlemagne, but... don't worry about it, alright? It's something I'm locked out of right now, but that's irrelevant anyway. I just need to upgrade Kazuhiko and reestablish his position as a guy from Gaia. That's all."

Kazuhiko wanted Miko to not focus on the problems. He wanted her to think about how cool it was... she couldn't begin to explain. That she was thinking about how cool the Nexus Brain based ability was. She was also thinking about all the problems that could come from him being dragged back through space. She was also thinking about fucking him raw in the middle of the hallway. She was also thinking about giving up because she couldn't or wouldn't interfere or complicate things for him. "You can't tell me not to worry... my brain moves too fast for that. I've worried already among the thousand other things happening in my head right now..." she murmured. She'd been trying to quiet her brain for a very long time. It wasn't going to work she was simply accepting it.

Beyond the parts that Miko was obviously avoiding revealing in her own emotional status, there was Kazuhiko once again avoiding the ease of his magical life in favor of something Sakura couldn't understand. "There are other ways, with other variables..." Sakura agreed, but they weren't nearly as safe, efficient or fulfilling as the one way which could do it quickly. At the same time, Kazuhiko's eyes cut towards Miko, and she stared at him unblinking. His explanation made enough sense for her tor realize his problem maybe but she could technically be misinterpreting it. She also knew by the way the explanation went... that there was quite a bit missing from it. Something he didn't want to say or didn't want to do... "Alright lost, Kaguya at tech based explanation," Kaguya said of herself. Sakura would be the one to fill in the blank. "Magically, he needs to be grounded to keep both An-chan and himself in this world. I can help. If I leave my presence won't encourage that hole to open up any wider. I was planning to do so anyway... just to be safe since I understood when I saw An-chan that I couldn't get too close to her for very long. I can break her... and him it'd be an accident but I won't risk it... " Sakura mentioned. Kaguya nodded her head in understanding. She had enough magical knowledge to know the easiest ways to tie things together and now she knew why Kazuhiko wasn't saying anything... it was because the best target for grounding would be naturally the one closest to the earth, Iino Miko. Even Kaguya couldn't really say she counted as much given her more direct connection to the Void and her Outer God. All the while Miko was now able to sit up a bit better but she was still staring at his dick and as Kaguya noted, the corner of the girl's mouth was amassing a bit of drool. If earlier incidents were anything to go by, whatever she was seeing in front of her was absolutely appetizing to her. In fact her brain was almost blank as she considered it. She could have it a bit right? No one would mind? It could help... she didn't want an excuse. She wanted to be brave. She needed to be brave... but she couldn't even bring herself to ask a question. 'Maybe I can just... have a taste?' she thought before shaking it away like a bad dream. 'No. Stop. We Can't.' Her eyes were closed now and she was talking herself out of saying something extreme.