One day before the journey to A08-63 begins.

"[Y/N]?" Emma walked into the reference room.

"Yes, Sunshine?" [Y/N] hummed in response as her eyes averted from the book in her hand and landed their gaze on the ginger head.

"Would you accompany me?" Emma asked

"Sure, it's a date then!" [Y/N] grinned and Emma blushed at the girl's proposal "Just drag me wherever you want! I'll walk to h*ll if you asked me to!"

"Would you stop flirting with Emma, [Y/N]?" A monotonous voice interrupted the conversation between the two girls, popping out his head from behind the ginger head.

"Wha-?! Emma! I thought it's a date for the two of us!" [Y/N] whined

"Well-" Emma started but Ray intervened yet again.

"The old geezer is on about something." He informed.

"Ugh! Fine! Let's see what he has to say this time." [Y/N] grumbled and walked over to where they led her to, the piano room.

She tapped her feet on the floor board, annoyed at how the old man was taking his sweet time to arrive at the room. "Why isn't he here yet?" She whined

"He told me to call Ray over and walked away." Emma explained "But I thought that I should get you too."

"Aw~ you're so cute, Em! Always thinking about me!" [Y/N] cooed while the said girl giggled.

'Why do I have to listen to her flirting with Emma?' Ray thought to himself.

.

The guy finally showed up and [Y/N] began the conversation by snarling at the old man "Thanks for ruining my date with Sunshine, you jerk."

"Don't worry, [Y/N], we can have a date after we come back from A08-63!" Emma cheered

"Really?!" She squealed "Em, you're the best!"

"Can you tell us why you called us over here?" Ray suddenly said, stopping the conversation between the two girls from getting any further.

"Why is Crazy weirdo here?" The man scrunched up his nose in disgust.

"Why does this old man exists-" [Y/N] was cut off by Ray.

"She's with us and she'll be joining in on the journey to find Minerva." Ray informed the old geezer.

The man rolled his eyes and huffed before walking over to the piano

"I'll roll his head-" [Y/N] threatened but got nudged in the stomach rather harshly by Ray's elbow "Ray, I've warned you about this."

"Would you cut that out, he'll actually kill you if you don't pipe it down." Ray hissed.

The girl only pouted in response but still obeyed him and kept quiet.

The man climbed up the piano, making it hit some shaky notes while the kids were shocked as they gasped

"What are you doing, sir?!" Emma asked before turning to Ray "What is he doing, Ray?!"

"How should I know?!" Ray sneered at the poor girl.

"That's it, Ray! You shall NOT talk to my Sunshine that way!" [Y/N] scolded as she side-hugged Emma.

"Stop flir-" Ray was cut off by the man.

"Shut up, brats." The man grunted as he twerked with the piano with an umbrella before the piano as whole slid to the side. "Follow me." he instructed while the kids stared at the scene in front of them. "This is final preparation before leave."

"Secret passages!!!" [Y/N] squealed "This place just getting better and better! Now what? We find weapons or something?!?" unable to keep in the excitement bubbling inside her as she and the other two walked to the secret room, following the man down the ladder.

"[Y/N], I have to ask you how you always predict almost everything?" Emma asked as she was the first one to get off the ladder before Ray.

"Huh? Why-" [Y/N] cut herself off as she set her foot on the ground and turned and her eyes took in the details of this room they were inside at the moment. "Holy fudge!!!"

"It's an armory." Ray mumbled

"Come on." The man interrupted their conversation "Let's go on our journey to find Minerva to hell." he then explained how he and his friends found out this room. "I wouldn't have found this room at all."

'Of course, after all you're a dumba**.' [Y/N] kept her thoughts to herself as instructed by Ray earlier.

"So basically this room wasn't meant to be found easily." he continued on.

"Why would William Minerva prepare all of this?" Emma asked

"Who knows?" the man shrugged "Anyways, choose your weapon." he instructed "I don't care about what intentions Minerva had, or what this armory means, or who these weapons are for. We're going in the enemy territory. Even though we're already in one... where we're headed will be different from here or the forest around farms."

"Now we're going where they live."

"Even if you have weapon, you'll die when you die."

'That's just common sense, old man.'

"But we can put up a fight if we're armed. I won't save you guys. So choose whatever weapon you think will help you survive."

"Sir, what are you taking?" Emma asked

"I won't say anything either so just watch and learn." he scoffed as he picked up some weapons "But that's if you can..." and with that said he started to walk towards the, about to leave. "Press any of the piano and it'll back to it's position."

"You-" [Y/N] started but was stopped by the hand that Ray slapped over her mouth.

"Don't." he instructed firmly.

She removed his hand from over her mouth "I can't stand that guy."

"We'll have to though." Emma put her hand on the girl's shoulder, sympathizing with her.

"But that guy's practically like Ray if Ray was older!" [Y/N] complained.

"Huh?" Ray was taken off guard

"And I won't be able to handle another Ray." [Y/N] complained further on

"Why are you comparing me to that geezer?!" the boy retorted

"Funny you're asking that, but weren't you the one who compared me to that guy because he gives out nicknames to everyone?!"

"Now, now, let's not fight, okay?" Emma calmed them down 'It's so much harder for me to calm these two down without anyone to help me out.'

"Fine..." [Y/N] mumbled as she turned her gaze to look at the many weapons and some of them caught her eye "Is that a Russian Roulette?!" she skittled her way over to the gun examining it before another one caught her eye "A rifle! There's guns for snipers as well! I always wanted to kill someone without them even getting a chance to find me out!" she squealed

"[Y/N]?!!?!" the two were shocked and scared after hearing her wish.

"What? You haven't ever wanted to become an assassin?" she asked

"No normal person would want that!" Emma scolded

"Not even Ray?" [Y/N] asked

"He's a different case all together." the ginger head pointed out

"Yeah, I agree." the girl nodded in agreement "He'll set himself as the target and then kill himself."

"Would you two stop already?!" Ray scowled "And didn't I promise I won't die?!"

"Yeah, like all the other times you made promises to me and then broke them without a second thought about my feelings." [Y/N] scoffed

Ray frowned "I-" but he was again cut off

"Em, these are really heavy though." [Y/N] informed

"Huh, let me see! let me see!"

"Anyways, the guy said that we have to watch and learn, right?" the h/c haired girl grinned "He may not know this but we're the best at that!"

"Yeah! We'll find Mr. Minevra!" Emma announced happily

"So, what you intend to take?" Ray asked the two

"Hm... something light should do, after all Sonju did tell us to not fight a Demon if we were to ever encounter one..." Emma said "... We should run and if the weapon's heavy, we'll only be slowed down by it."

"I agree." Ray said while [Y/N] nodded her head

"Hey, you guys, I'll be taking a knife." Emma said before innocently pointing at a large gun "I wanted take something like this but it's too heavy and I won't be able to use it properly."

"Yeah, totally." the boy sweat dropped

"Pft- Emma, that's a Bazooka, there's no way any of us could handle it!" [Y/N] laughed

Emma's cheeks flushed in embarrassment before retorting "So what would you take?!"

"Me, huh~? There's no way I can handle snipping with my skills right now so..." the girl hummed as her figure started to wander around the new-found armory "There's quite a variety of stuff out here, Sword and Shield, Katana, Spear, Knives, Grenade and- oh do they have Cannons here? Sweet~!" she grinned in delight "But the way things are, I would choose anything that has a long range. Sufficient amounts of bullet is essential as well... And of course a knife or two can be used for making arrows but we can't totally depend on arrows..." she trailed off "Here's what I was looking for! M4A1! Not too heavy, long ranged and causes considerable damage!"

"You know-"

"Yeah, a person who dreams to be an assassin one day has to have a nice knowledge of guns. Knives don't always work after all~!"

"You're not going to-"

"Anyways what about you guys, any picks?" [Y/N] smiled avoiding any further discussions on her crazy dream.

The two sighed, knowing that there's no way [Y/N] would ever let that topic come to light again.

"Like you said, I think the bow and arrow are must and with them some knives, since we're used to them and they can be used for hunting as well. And with the knives we can make more arrows." Emma explained

"But they might not always work against the demons and so we'll need one of these." he pointed to the variety of rifles set on the table. "And something like this." he gesture towards a gun.

"A pistol?" Emma questioned

"A very weird one." [Y/N] commented "Why does it have four muzzles?"

"I found it in the shelf back there. I thought it'd be useful."

"But Ray, the man didn't take any guns of this size with him." Emma informed "So maybe these don't have the required accuracy, range or power."

"Look carefully." Ray pointed out the gun's trigger "At that."

"Oh!!" the two girls mumbled in amusement.

.

"We'll come back alive for sure, okay?" Ray said before adding firmly "For sure."

"Yeah!" Emma agreed

the two turned to [Y/N] who was still gawking at the many weapons.

"[Y/N]!" they shouted at her

"Hm? Uh... yeah, whatever you guys say." the girl answered uninterestingly while the two sighed in disappointment.

.

"So food can be obtained the way I explained." Emma concluded her explanation "Make sure to be extra careful when you go hunting or gathering. I told Don how to do everything."

"Okay." Gilda nodded

"We have the garden that Anna prepared too. It'll be okay." Emma assured

"Leave it to me!" Don declared

[Y/N] chirped from the corner "Buttercup, please take care of everyone."

"Yeah, I will."

"Don't worry, [Y/N], I'll take good care of everyone here!" Don declared

"So, yeah, Gilda, I'm counting on you." [Y/N] still insisted on ignoring the brunette

"[Y/N]!" Don whined "Why are you ignoring me?"

"I'm not ignoring you, bean pole."

"Hah?! You too, [Y/N]?" he kept on whining "Don't call me that!"

"Well, you are tall- but the reason why I wasn't asking you to take of everyone, is something you just displayed yourself." the girl explained "You can't act all whiney when you're in charge."

"Ah-" Don realized his mistake "Sorry! I won't do that again!"

"Good. Now, I can ask you to take care of everyone." the girl smiled

.

"[Y/N]?"

"Yeah?" the said girl turned to Emma.

"You've always been good at being sneaky, right? Even back at the house, you were able to beat Krone and found out Mama's intentions."

"I guess...?" [Y/N] mumbled "But what about that?"

"Well, Sonju told us that we should prioritize running over fighting but the best thing to do is not get found out at all!"

"Oh..." she mumbled as she took in the information.

"She wants you to teach us how to be sneaky, [Y/N]." Ray clarified

"That's what I wanted to hear!" the girl laughed "Ray saying that he wants me to teach him something, I don't know what's more delightful than that!" she cackled

"I regret ever talking to you." Ray sneered

"Well... I don't how to." [Y/N] decided to go straight to the topic "I guess I just became used being stealthy."

"Used to? How? And why?" Emma questioned

"Um... that's a topic for another time!" [Y/N] changed the direction in which the conversation was heading "But maybe I can give an advice or two...?" she trailed off "Regulating your breathing to match the wind's flow, hiding yourself in an efficient spot and moving the least so that no sounds are made. I guess those can help?"

"We already knew-" Ray was nudged in the stomach by Emma's elbow

"I think it's a great advice!" the ginger head cheered

"Glad to help!" [Y/N] greeted before leaving the two alone and walking out of the reference room

"What was that for!?" Ray hissed

"[Y/N]'s doing whatever she can, don't discourage her." the girl scolded

But what they didn't know was that [Y/N] was still outside the door, listening to their conversation as she smiled 'Em is the best! Can I marry her already?!'

.

"Thanks, Anna, my Angel." [Y/N] thanked the blonde for treating her ear

"No problem." she smiled sweetly

'Ah- my heart! Why is she so damn cute?!'

"[Y/N]!" the two troublemakers called for her attention

"Huh?"

"These are the cookies you asked for, we stole them from the old man's stash of cookies." they handed her a box as they smirked

"Great!" she smirked in return as if they were smugglers sealing deals.

"So... where's our reward?"

"Right under my mattress, take as many as you want." and the two grinned before rushing off to the room where they all sleep in.

"What was the reward?" Nat asked

"Oh, just some candies that I stalked up back at Grace Field House." the girl stated nonchalantly

"And you didn't give some of them to us?" Yvette held [Y/N]'s hand as she made sad puppy eyes.

"I didn't tell them where all of the candies were." [Y/N] grinned as the other younger siblings smiled "I'll give them to you guys later tonight, okay?"

"Okay!" the kids shouted before scattering away

"Please stop." Nat told the h/c haired girl as he rested his palm on his forehead showing dismay.

"Hm? Why? And what wrong did I do this time?" the girl asked innocently.

"You've practically made Thoma and Lani into smugglers and the rest of the kids-" Nat got cut off by the maniac

"Now you're just exaggerating, dear. They're fine and you guys are here to make sure of that." she smiled

"Stop that." he hung his head low

"Hm? What now?"

"Stop convincing me to let things slide each time." he pouted

"Oh, Nat! You're the cutest little brother I could ever ask for!" [Y/N] hugged Nat dearly.

"And you're the best annoying big sister I could ever wish for." Nat mumbled into the hug. "Take care and come back safe, okay?"

"There's no way I'll die that easily." she smiled

.

"Extra weapons are unnecessary. Travelling light is the best. But what if we're discovered and have nowhere to run?" Ray asked, worried about their journey that was about to start next day.

"Isn't it obvious? We kill them." [Y/N] scoffed

"I didn't mean-"

"Please start saying what you actually mean, Ray. I've said this once before but I'm going to say this again and I won't repeat myself after this ever again either." the girl ranted on "I ain't some genius like you who can read minds. So simplify your statements."

The boy rolled his eyes at her good for nothing grumbles "I meant, how are we supposed to defeat a demon if we were to come across one?"

"Well, we aim for the eye, the middle one." [Y/N] nonchalantly answered

"How did you figure that out?!" Emma asked in awe

"How are you sure about that?" Ray scoffed.

"Well, our Pursuers, Sugar and Sonju, all of them had masks on, didn't they?"

"Oh yeah, you did talk about that! The night when we met Sonju and Mujika!" Emma recalled

"I did?" [Y/N] tilted her head

"Yes, don't you remember?" Ray asked

"Uh... " she stretched the syllables but no memories of talking about her conclusions out loud came back to her so she decided to keep the conversation going instead "Anyways, they use that mask and so I was betting my money on the middle eye."

"Makes sense but we're still making a gamble here, right?" Ray concluded

"Yeah, but we'll have our genie pig with us on this journey."

"Genie pig?" Emma tilted her head in confusion

"Yeah, our Experiment: Getting the old man to be attacked by a demon.

Aim: To verify the demon's weak spot.

In addition to that we watch him defeat the demon and steal his moves for our own good!" [Y/N] smirked

Emma gasped "We can't just inflict danger on him!"

"We are not inflicting danger on him, we're just gonna watch from the sidelines as he kills a demon."

"[Y/N]..." Emma sweat dropped at the girl's sadistic mindset

"She's right, Emma. He won't teach us and that means we'll have to observe and learn." Ray agreed with the maniac.

But Emma being the nice person she is didn't like the way they quoted this and so [Y/N] quickly hugged the ginger head "There, there... no one would die, not even that old man so don't worry, okay?"

"Okay." Emma mumbled as she nuzzled deeper into [Y/N]'s embrace.

'I could die happily at this very moment without any regrets.'

.

"Holy-! These new attires are sick!" [Y/N] grinned as she looked at her two partners, one of which smiled back at her before turning to the rest of the crowed.

"Okay, we're off!" Emma declared

The kids embrace Emma while the trouble makers walked over to [Y/N] "We haven't eaten those candies yet so make sure to come back so that all the three of us can eat them together, okay?"

"Of course, my dear little minions!!" She gave the two a quick hug before letting them go

"And, Ray, we know that you like [Y/N] so you won't let her get hurt but make sure you take care of Emma as well." the two teased and ran off to say their goodbyes to Emma.

"[Y/N], I hate you." Ray snarled at her, embarrassed over the teases bestowed upon him by Thoma and Lani.

"The pleasure is all mine~" the girl smirked in return.

"[Y/N]?" Yvette tugged on the girl's sleeve.

"Huh? Oh- Yvette!" The taller girl quickly turned around and kneeled down to her level.

"I was hoping you could teach me some more about drawing... And maybe when you come back, we can work on a drawing together!"

The girl ruffled the younger one's messy lock "Yeah, we'll make a masterpiece together!"

"So, come back real quick, okay?"

"I'll be back before you know it!" [Y/N] was embraced by the little girl one last time

'Goddammit! Now I don't want to go!' she internally whined but let go of the girl.

"You seem to have a busy schedule once we come back, huh?" Ray hummed

"I don't mind." [Y/N] smiled "But if these siblings of ours provide me with anymore sweetness, I would end up becoming a diabetes patient." She sweat dropped

"Good for you." The boy laughed

"But you know what? I can never end up having that disease because I have you to even out that sweetness! The bitterest person of all!!!" She mocked him.

"Oh really?" Ray raised an eyebrow

"Yes, really."

Their conversation was interrupted by Gilda's voice echoing through the hallway "Sir, let me say something. Make sure you bring all three of them back safely."

"Gilda?"

"I know that this is a dangerous journey. Even for you." She said "and there might be accidents that cannot be avoided. I know that. That's why..." She pleaded "Even if something happens and you decide to come back halfway through... I need at least two of them to definitely come back here alive.

"Are you asking for a favor?" The man asked "if so, I have no reason to comply."

'This guy, again.' she growled but only inside her head. Don't want to start a journey with an argument, right?

"No, I'm stating my intention." Gilda informed "If my conditions aren't met, I will blow up this shelter myself!"

"Gilda!?"

"Promise me you'll come back safely." Gilda caught the three in a group hug. "I won't forgive you if even one of you dies!"

"Okay, I promise!" Emma assured.

--------------------------------------------------------

[Y/N]: Yeah, no kidding.