"So you know Medusa then, right?" Pyrrha asked as Neo sipped her coffee.
"That's right, yup. God DAMN she's hot too.." Freed chuckled after saying.
"Down bad much..?" Neo set down her drink, watching Maka and Soul pay attention while Blackstar stood on the cafe's counter and tried to get the attention of customers while Tsubaki tried to talk him down.
"Hey, you try being stuck in a Witch prison for like.... uh.... a lot of years, okay!?" Freed said passionately.
"Ah.. no bitches. I see" Neo nodded sagely as Freed lowered his head.
"No.." He sighed.
"Um.. can we get back on track? You said Medusa, right? She's that Witch I saw back in Italy, right?" Maka asked, raising her hand to steer them away from their new topic.
"Oh, yeah..? I think? I dunno man.. I saw Soul Eater back in 2013 and that was a long time ago for me.. I just woke up in a jail cell" Freed picked his ear and responded casually.
"Uh.. what? You saw me back when..?" Soul interjected, confused by the Werewolf's words.
"Don't worry about it.." Pyrrha smiled and tried to distract the two from the conversation.
"So.. She asked you to test these guys, right?" Neo asked while sipping her drink.
"Yeah. She specified that she doesn't want me to kill them too. She seemed kinda different than I remember" Freed admitted, glancing at Maka and Soul.
"I want you to take me to her. Soul, Maka, Tsubaki, Blackstar, head back to the DWMA. I have a better chance to maybe infiltrate and see what the Hell is going on" Neo said as she stood up.
"Wait a minute!" Maka slammed her hands on the table.
"We can't just leave you to do everything! We came here for a fight, remember? I.. We have to get stronger!" Maka yelled at Neo.
"I understand that, Maka. But this took an unexpected turn.. Had it not? I'd never have even interfered. Whether you truly realize this or not, this concerns more than just us. I can at least blend in as a magic user. You? Medusa will kill you. You guys aren't ready yet. In the future, you will. But now? No. Go back to the DWMA and let Death know my plans" Neo said in finality, signaling Freed to walk with her before her, Freed and Pyrrha walked out of the cafe.
"You really wanna do this? I'm kinda on the fence about what I should really do here.." Freed asked, rubbing his neck.
"Well do you wanna bring madness and death to the world by breaking the Kishin out?" She asked with a dry expression.
"Fuck no! I really just want a girlfriend.. like a catgirl you see in anime. Yeah.. one with big tiddies too" Freed said in excitement as he rambled on about his preferences in women.
Pyrrha slowly looked at Neo, who hummed thoughtfully to herself. Neo looked at her and started to type in chat.
[>Neo²: Think we should bribe him with Blair?<]
[>Spartanwaifu: Eh.. it depends if she'd be into him I guess. I'd rather not shove Blair under the bus if he isn't her type<]
[>Don'tbashmebruh: What? What's going on?<]
[>Neo²: Found a 'cultured' Werewolf reincarnator who likes catgirls. I'm thinking I can help set him up<]
[>Icecreambae: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)<]
[>Yangsyummymummy: A dog and a cat..? Great idea, that. I can't wait to see such a flawless plan in action<]
[>BoobaphysicsFTW: Awww.. you guys sound like you're having fun over there!<]
[>Prettykitty: Wait there's another catgirl..?<]
[>Neo²: Yeah I met two but I love you way more, Bellabooty<]
[>Prettykitty: Just for that I'll send you a treat later..<]
[>Neo²: YES<]
[>Spartanwaifu: Back to the matter at hand.. Should we try to set them up?<]
[>Icecreambae: Why not? Opposites attract, right?<]
[>Prettykitty: What about you and Neo then?<]
[>Neo²/Icecreambae: We're a sexy sundae, baby<]
[>Spartanwaifu: That was weird.. Okay let's bribe him then<]
"Hey Freed? In exchange for helping us get in with Medusa, I'll introduce you to Blair the sexy kitty and try to set-" Neo didn't finish before the man got on the ground and hugged her legs with tears of happiness in his eyes.
"YES!! PLEASE, GOD YES!" He practically begged.
"I was wrong.. You're down HORRENDOUS. I got you though. Just take us back to her" Neo said while patting his spiky black hair.
"Hell yeah! Let's go already!" Freed said while quickening his pace while the two followed.
-Twelve hours later, border of Russia and Belarus-
It took far less time than they expected, but they arrived where Freed said Medusa was hiding out. It was in an old bar in a small town called 'Krasnaya Gorka'. It was incredibly inconspicuous and hardly anyone but the few locals knew of the place. As they descended into the bar, they stopped at a metal door with a small window latch about five foot-seven high.
Freed cleared his throat and knocked loudly. Soon after, the latch opened and who Neo knew as Medusa answered.
"Password?" Medusa asked, not noticing the two new people behind Freed.
"Really? You know it's me.." Freed asked with a grumble.
"And? I want the password.." Medusa impatiently asked again.
"Ahh fine.. RENT!" Freed shouted in his best Russian accent.
"You'll get your rent when you fix this damn DOOR! Pffhahaha!" Medusa opened the door, amused at her own reference before stopping upon seeing Neo and Pyrrha, who were looking at her strangely.
"What the fuck.. You didn't tell me she was a reincarnator!" Neo yelled at Freed and elbowed him in the ribs.
"Oww! What!? She is..?" He asked in confusion before looking at Medusa.
"How do you not get the fucking reference!? Have you no childhood!?" Neo seemed offended he didn't realize where that line came from.
"Freed you're a reincarnator too!?" Medusa asked in shock.
"..."
"..."
"..."
There was a long, awkward silence between the four of them as they all looked at the other. Pyrrha was the first to say anything and break the silence.
"Helloooo.." She awkwardly waved and greeted them.
-Fifteen minutes later-
After that long, awkward surprise meeting, Medusa let them in and they all took a seat at a round table. Medusa was the first to talk.
"So.. uh.. yes.. I'm a reincarnator. One day I just woke up like this. Apparently, the old Medusa had made her kid, Crona kill puppies to.. prove a point? I dunno, she was a cunt. After I took over her body I had to raise Crona. Which has been.. SO difficult! Bitch had already injected him with black blood and everything but at least he didn't kill any humans and eat their souls. Not on my watch" Medusa explained.
"Okay.. so why were you in Italy and why did Crona injure Soul?" Neo asked, still mistrustful of the Witch.
"I've been avoiding these BUM ASS spider henchmen Arachne sends after me. She wants to take Crona for herself for some reason. I don't know why as I never watched this anime. I was just told to stop Arachne and the Kishin by some floating Goddess after I was hit by a truck. Ah! And Crona was attacked by the Meister girl first for fighting off some Mafia that thought she was a girl. He accidentally went a bit too serious on them and cut that boy" Medusa informed them.
"Truck-kun? Ah.. better way to die than me. I guess Maka was probably just too quick to jump in" Neo sighed with a shake of her head.
"You guys met gods..? I just went to sleep and woke up as Freed" Freed facepalmed and grumbled.
"That sounds rough.." Pyrrha tried to console him.
"Okay.. you guys aren't my targets so.. maybe we can work together?" Neo asked, looking at the two.
"I'd rather not endanger Crona. He's been through enough" Medusa said with a regretful expression.
"Why not set him up in the DWMA then? He could make friends there" Pyrrha suggested with a smile.
"I'd like to but I don't trust Death with my child. And the whole 'Witch' thing I have going on would make it hard to visit him there" Medusa argued.
"I can talk to Death if you want but anyway.. Where's Crona now? And why free Freed here?" Neo asked, looking around the bar.
"Crona's out, learning from Erika. She's a Frog Witch I made friends with after helping her solve a dispute. As for Freed here, I needed him for his spatial magic in his eye. I asked the Grand Witch to help me avoid Arachne but she's not very fond of Crona, being a Meister. So I broke him out on the condition he follow my orders. I heard from the Witches network that DWMA students were coming nearby. Two of them being the ones Crona fought. I wanted him to test them, to see if the black blood infected them or not. If so.. well I need to take responsibility" Medusa finished explaining.
"That is a lot more reasonable than I was thinking" Neo said as she shared a look with Pyrrha.
"Safe to assume the previous Medusa was an evil bitch later on? Yeah, I understand thinking I'd be evil too.." Medusa shook her head, thankful she was at least listened to before it came down to violence.
"Okay so.. team up?" Freed asked/suggested.
"I think it's a good idea! You can never be too cautious, right?" Pyrrha asked but saw Neo's face change.
"Tell that to Seiya.." Neo muttered, snickering under her breath.
"So what are you doing here in this world anyway? Aren't you from that Rooster Teeth show? The one about the girls..?" Medusa cleared her throat and asked.
"Ya know damn well I reincarnated. I just have the option to travel to other series. Cool, right?" Neo bragged with a cocky smile.
"Shit.. I wanted to get sent to DxD.." Freed sulked.
"I'd have preferred Lucky Star.." Medusa hummed.
"I'll take you after we kill off Arachne and Asura. Now we just have to move you to Death City" Neo leaned back, pleased how smooth this was all going.
"So.. you single?" Freed snapped her out of her thoughts as he scooted right up to Pyrrha, who laughed nervously.
"Er.. no, sorry? Haha.." Pyrrha said, politely trying to steer him off this dangerous path.
"Really? Well I don't see him here. Wanna do some NTR play?" Freed chuckled at his joke, not noticing the menacing aura behind him.
"Oh dear..." Medusa moved back, breaking out into a sweat.
"Actually SHE is here.." Pyrrha looked at him in pity as Freed felt a small hand clamp down on his shoulder.
"Oh f-Ahh I was joking! Hahaha...haaa..?" He looked back mid laugh, seeing the most threatening and sinister smile ever to be worn on Neo's face.
His face paled as he looked down, not wanting to look into her heterochromatic eyes.
"Sorry, what was that about 'NTR', Freed..?" Her sweet sounding voice contrasting her wicked and evil grin.
"I.. you must have misheard me.. I-I said I LOVE being NTR'd.." He backtracked hard, trying to avoid her wrath.
"Hoh.. what a strange fetish.. Okay! I'll let you off.." Neo released him, making him sigh in relief.
~Until we get back to Death City..~ Then Neo pulled chat back up.
[>Neo²: OG, baaaby.. I need you to do something for me! You know Puri-Puri Prisoner? Hapsiel? Mil-tan? BROLY? Armstrong? It's time. I have a target<]
The chat became strangely ominous. Raven, who was beside Neopolitan heard her start to giggle in such a sinister manner, it unnerved her.
[>Icecreambae: What level..?<]
[>Neo²: Maximum punishment. Rip and tear<]
[>Icecreambae: I love you so much.. <3<]
Neo then looked at her future victim with a pleasant smile and started chuckling like a certain 'Onee-chan' member of the ORC. Freed felt strangely nervous when she did and opted to stay as quiet as he could.
"What a strange first encounter this was.." Medusa muttered.