Smiles and Tears: Let's Begin!
It is an unbearably hot summer day. With air conditioning broken, the pool out back was the brunette's only hope of cooling off. Curiously, the pool now had the same look as Minecraft's water and the frame looked like glowstone. Knowing what this likely means, the girl runs back into her house. She grabs some things and hastily writes a note.
Dear Skarloey,
I'm sorry but I have to leave now. The future is in danger. Don't worry; I'll be in the care of my ultimate hero.
-Rheneas
"The servers are the seven Chaos. Chaos is power, enriched by the heart. The controller serves to unify the chaos."
She then cannon-balls into the pool.
-()-
The trio of S-rank hunters sat in a meeting room. With them were Alia and Signas.
"So how did you get back from Minecraft?" Axl had an adoring undertone to his voice.
"Well, the kind girl made the opposite of the portal that brought me there and it worked. It still seems weird to me though."
The story had to be cut short, as a visitor suddenly materialized. A stunningly beautiful teenage girl sat on the middle of the table, dressed in a traditional martial arts uniform, a large claw hanging from her neck and carrying some miniature scythes and a wooden box carved with a cat's paw print. Even Axl drooled a bit at their sudden visitor. One slap from Alia awoke the hunters from their daydream.
"Don't just sit there, ask who this is!"
"It's so nice to see you in person, Arceus."
"You know this girl, Zero?"
"Yes. She's the one I met in Minecraft. Why are you here?"
"My pool became an Aether portal. The only thing that can mean is that there's a darkness coming that you three alone cannot defeat."
"I've heard crazier explanations from Axl…"
"HEY!"
"If you don't mind me asking, what can a human do that we can't?"
"Let me show you the basics first. Stand up X."
X stood up, and Arceus knocked him over with one powerful side kick.
"Oof!"
"I'm a sixth-degree black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. I know how to handle close combat easily. For the more interesting stuff, I'll need a Maverick simulator."
"No problem. I'll lead you there."
Zero took Arceus' hand and showed her the way to the training room. Layer, creeping from the shadows was not pleased with this. The violet-haired navigator had a crush on Zero and looked on with malevolence at this new girl.
"I'd like to start with an ice-based Maverick first."
The brunette opened up her wooden box, revealing eight gemstones. A green, red, blue, light blue, white, yellow, purple and a larger green gemstone were all neatly tucked inside. She pulled out the red one and placed it in the large hole in one of the small scythes. The bluish steel blade turned into flames as Chill Penguin entered the simulation room.
"Chaos… Phoenix!"
A large burst of flames, shaped like a bird erupted from the girl's hands, and hit Chill head-on. The data indicated that this one blast took off three-quarters of the holographic Maverick's energy. She then charged straight in, dealing the finishing blow with her flaming scythes.
"Impressed?"
"How… How did you do that…?" Even Alia was shocked.
"My father gave me this pair of kamas and eight emeralds to use them with… Before he… Well… He showed me how to manipulate their power… Anyway, bring on some more!"
Seven Mavericks fell just as easily to the almost-magical seeming kamas. The crimson warrior secretly smiled. That's definitely the girl I met.
"Haven't even broken a sweat. Now do you see my ability?"
"I guess so. It still feels weird to send in a teenage girl."
"I'll prove my worth X, you'll see… Send in the big guns!"
In the simulation chamber stood Wolf Sigma from the First War. The martial artist smirked, putting the smaller green emerald in a kama.
"Chaos… Earthquake!"
Large, spear shaped chunks of earth hurtled at Sigma, hitting crucial points. Data indicated only a sliver of energy left. One stony slice quickly finished Wolf Sigma.
"Any questions?"
"Wow… All this and you're still human…?"
"Mostly." She gestured to an insulin pump on her side. "Technically I'm a cyborg thanks to this index card sized piece of machinery but obviously this doesn't amp up my strength."
"I still find that hard to believe."
"Go ahead and scan me."
Despite all scans, the results remained the same. One-hundred percent organic besides the insulin pump.
"How…?"
"Training. Now that you know I'm human, can I ask where I will be sleeping?"
"Well, you could…"
"If you don't mind, I'd like to have her in my quarters."
"Really…? Lodging with THE Zero…?"
"Yes."
"Brace yourselves… I'm about to go very hyper very quickly…"
Not even nanoseconds later, the powerful, mostly calm Arceus changed into a blur, literally bouncing off the walls.
"May I ask, how is a human able to exert this much energy?"
"She called it fandom, Signas. A force that should never be underestimated."
Axl groaned, "You can say that again…"
After thirty-two minutes of insane energy, Arceus collapsed and fell asleep. By then everyone besides Zero crawled out of the room, fearing the power of this "fandom." The crimson warrior gently picked up the exhausted girl and carried her off to his room. Layer witnessed this and began to scowl.
"Just what are you pulling here, you dense, stupid robot…?"