Those that knew her in an unaltered timeline would have been surprised at the fact that she could do a very passable Irish Jig.
With a smile on her face and a song in her heart (‘Kiss my Irish Ass’ for those that are curious.) Setsuna began to make plans…
‘A little alternate reading material in the right place…’
****
13 year old Nodoka Satome leaned back against a tree in the park, long red hair sparkling in the sun, as she read. It was a quiet Sunday afternoon so she had plenty of time to read and relax.
Normally she could be found at a friend’s house or working on her sword forms, but unfortunately her uncle was visiting, taking one of his rare breaks from his shrine duties, and her mother had broken out the photo album, so rather then suffer from multiple embarrassing ‘mom’ moments, she had decided to borrow a book from her uncle and make tracks.
Normally she just grabbed one of his books on making wards, she was sure that if she could make one strong enough she’d be able to banish her math teacher, but while searching his trunk she had stumbled upon ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’. This was much better reading material then a dusty old tome on the proper way to align your spirit.
Happily in her own little world she didn’t notice a small portal opening above her, depositing a copy of Detective Comics #27 right into her lap.
****
Setsuna quickly checked the gates, eager to see what a change in the timeline her actions had wrought.
‘What? No change? Nada, zip, zilch, zero, goose egg? That can’t be right.’
Willing the gates back to the scene with Nodoka she quickly identified the problem.
‘Damn, she found the woodcuts.’
Grumbling to herself about perverted teens Setsuna quickly set to work…
‘I can’t believe I’m doing this. Who would have thought that centuries of skill would be used for this purpose. Leonardo is probably spinning in his grave.’
****
‘I didn’t even know that was possible.’ Nodoka thought to herself, as she turned the book sideways trying to figure out how the couple had gotten into that exact position without someone loosing an eye.
The comic book Setsuna had dropped into her lap lay discarded by her side. There were some cute costumes in her opinion, but no real… action.
The second comic that fluttered down into her lap startled her for a second. Glancing around she just couldn’t figure where they were coming from. ‘Did someone hide their manga up a tree?’
Paging through it she quickly found it was a lot better then the first one. The main characters were similar, but the differences were memorable. Better built and with a tighter uniform was definitely an improvement, the plotline was the main draw though.
‘Woman in skin tight leather with a whip? Rooftop rendezvous’?‘
‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ fell to the side, as she quickly became absorbed in the manga about a young man fighting for justice in a skin tight outfit, while seducing a cat burglar with long green hair and crimson eyes.
****
Setsuna sighed happily as she watched the future change course. Just one simple manga and the future had changed for the better.
Of course it couldn’t just be any manga, it had to be one written, inked, and illustrated by Setsuna herself. One little comic book, even if it was brilliant, had made a rather large change to the future.
Channeling Nodoka’s hormonal output into something useful had been rather easy, a little too easy. Would she revert back to her former interest unless continually encouraged along this path?
‘Best to be on the safe side…’
With a guilty grin Setsuna quickly set to work on her next issue, where the hero ran into the cat burglar yet again, but in her civilian ID this time.
‘What’s a good name for our intrepid thief? Susan sounds about right…’
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