Anime CROSSFIRE! EX-tension
Experiment 1.5: Ah! My Goddess! - Vandread - Gensomaden Saiyuki: TRIPLE CROSSOVER
Notes:
Ah! My Goddess! is owned by Kodansha; Vandread is by Gonzo; and GensoSaiyuki by Kazuya Minekura respectively. In other words: ME NO OWN THEM! This fanfic is a dedication to these works.
Anyways, just enjoy is fanfic side project. MEIA-YAONE-BELLDANDY for life!!!
CROSSFIRE: AMG-Vandread-GS Chapter 1: Terminal Velocity! A Portal to the Future!
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Pexis was starting to glow ominously; and nobody, not even Parfait, knew what was going on. It's as if the Pexis was excited for some strange reason, but there wasn't a battle going on - in fact, everything was at peace in Nirvana, which was now a colonial starship.
"Why is Pexis acting up again?" A female engineer asked Parfait, who was staring blankly at the glowing mass of pure energy, "Didn't we beat the red Pexis already? Why is it so frightened again?"
"I don't know," Parfait pushed up her glasses, "But I'm sure something is up to no good, and Pexis could sense it."
In the main dome, where the artificial garden is, many people gathered around for a very important announcement. And from the look of things, it seems that Nirvana was no longer dominated by the population of women - many men from the planet Taraku have boarded the starship as well.
Magno Vivan was still the acting leader of the enterprise, along with BC and Rebeka as vice-leaders. The three were at the cockpit observatory just above the garden. Magno readied her speech.
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Kougaiji and his company confronted the Sanzo-ikkou inside an ancient crypt, in what seemed to be the main chamber - a towering gate was at the end of the dark, massive dome.
"Genjo Sanzo," Kougaiji started, pointing at the corrupted monk's party, "We've come to take the Evil Sutra from you, so get ready! 'Coz this time, we won't be that easy to beat!!"
"My, my. How persistent you guys are," Sha Gojyo blurted as he took a puff from his cigarette, "Even after that Fighting God Homura, made you eat their dust."
"I told you I'll pay my debts a thousand times over," Kou clenched his fist, "and I intend to do that right now!"
After that, Kou rushed to Sanzo, but he was blocked by Son Goku's enchanted staff.
"Hey-ey-ey!! You're MY opponent remember!?" Goku spun his weapon around, and ended in a fighting stance.
"Hmph! How can I forget, little monkey," Kou's hands suddenly started to glow red - seconds later, his arms are engulfed in mystical flames, "Here's the tip!!!"
As Goku and Kou began the heated battle, Gojyo and Dokugakuji just watched from a safe distance.
"Kou is really into the fighting mood eh, little bro?"
"Well, I guess I should be envious of him and that little runt," Gojyo thumbed the direction where Goku is, then took the cigarette butt from his mouth and flicked it to the ground, "So let's start this, shall we?"
Dokugaku summoned his blade into his palm and clenched its handle, "Yeah, I don't want to just sit back and watch."
"Oh well, there goes Gojyo again," Cho Hakkai had a smile on his face as the Kappa weapon-wielder dashed straight at his older brother - the fight ensued seconds after.
"Hmph! What impudence." Sanzo smirked as he took a cig case from his pocket. He then put a piece on his mouth and lit it.
Before Hakkai could speak up again, he felt two gentle taps on his shoulder. He turned around to see who it was.
"Ko-ni-chi-wa, Hakkai-san," It was Yaone, bearing the same smile on her face as Hakkai's, "it has been a while."
"Oh! I. uhm, well." Hakkai stuttered for a while, "What a place to bump into!"
"Go ahead; you two," Sanzo blew a thick, white smoke from his nose, "enjoy your dance."
Yaone giggled lightly as Hakkai proceeded to scratch his head and laugh as well. Then they walked off to start their duel.
So at long last the corrupted monk was finally alone. but not for long.
"Ya-hou!!! Oldie Saaaaan-zooo!!!"
Sanzo's head jerked a bit as he clenched his teeth. "Oh no."
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"Fellow crew members of Nirvana." Magno started, "it is with great pleasure to have so many people volunteer to help with exchange between Taraku and Megeru. As you all know, this flight will be the first of the inter space exchange, and there will be a lot of getting used to. But we all hope that this will be a success and continue on, so that both our mother planets will grow and prosper. Again, we welcome you all to Nirvana - relax and enjoy the flight."
Applauses roared through the crowd as Magno ended her speech. She walked back to her station and sat down.
"Ya-re ya-re. It's been a while since I made up a speech like that." The old woman sighed.
"I think that was wonderful." Rebeka commented.
"That's our boss for you, always has something to say." BC thought out loud.
"He-he. Well, I guess we'll never be leaving here," Magno had a smug grin, "After all, this. is our home."
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"U-chu-jin-saaaaaaaan! Where are you?" a cheery Dita skipped along the halls of the ship, "You better come out, or you'll be late for the party!"
Dita arrived at the Vanguard hangar; she looked around until she got to Hibiki's Vanguard.
"U-chu-jin-san?" Dita opened the robot's chest entrance and peeked in.
"Hey! What are you doing here!?" Hibiki stopped what he was doing.
"Well, boss has just finished her speech and the party is about to start so." Dita blushed, "I want you to come with me!"
Hibiki froze when he heard Dita's words, "E-e-eeeeh.?"
"O-ne-gai, Hibiki-san?" Dita cutely pleaded with him, with hands clasped together.
"W-w-well, I-I. err. umm." Hibiki looked away for a while, wiping sweat off his face, ". S-s-sure, uh. w-why not.? I can fix my partner here some other time." He tapped the monitor of his cockpit.
"Ya-ta!!!" the alien-crazy girl giggled as she jumped up and down, "I- kou, Hibiki-san!" she stretched out her hand to Hibiki.
The young boy grabbed Dita's hand and got himself of the pilot seat, "By the way."
"Na-ni, Hibiki-san?" Dita blinked.
"Well. umm. I. well."
The young girl waited patiently.
". I kinda like it when you call me by my name." Hibiki blushed and scratched his spiky hair.
Dita smiled brightly and replied, "I like it when you call me by my name, too."
The two stopped for a moment - they have finally realized how much they like each other. Hibiki, having grown in maturity and knowledge, didn't try to deny it with rationalizing; Dita has always liked Hibiki because of fascination, but now she wanted to know him more, in terms of his beliefs, hobbies, likes and dislikes, and so on.
Then they remembered why they held each other's hand for.
"We better be going. We're gonna be late." Hibiki motioned to walk.
Dita nodded, "Hai! Let's go!"
Then they walked off the platform and out into the main hall, still hand-in-hand.
Little did they know that Meia and Jura were watching them from a far.
Jura had her arms crossed over her busty chest, "Hibiki has really changed. I mean. wow, that's kinda odd."
Meia, on the other hand, had a simple smile on her face as she spoke, "Hibiki became the man he promised us all he'll be. It's his way of showing appreciation - his sign of friendship."
"Friendship? What do you mean by that?"
"Come on. We'll also be late for the party." Meia changed the topic.
"Party? What. Oh! Barnette! I'm coming!!!" Jura rushed out of the hangar.
Meia watched as Jura ran to the hangar's main gate, which was closed already, and deliberately pried it open with her hands.
Meia was standing all alone inside the huge hangar, thinking, *But. Nothing has really changed.
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It was a breezy spring afternoon at the temple - Keiichi was out fixing his motorbike while Belldandy stayed indoors, preparing a meal. Urd and Skuld, however, were fighting over the control of the TV remote in the main room, somewhat breaking the peaceful silence around the temple.
"Keiichi-san, lunch is ready!" Belldandy called.
"Alright, I'll be there in a second!" Keiichi answered beck.
Then a loud BANG rocked the temple - it came from the living room.
"Now you made me mad! I'm gonna teach you some manners, kid!" Urd pushed up her sleeve and glared at her younger sister.
"Oh yeah? Let's see who'll be left standing after this!" Skuld drew out a bomb from her pocket.
Keiichi came rushing into the room, "Whoa, cho-tto ma-tte!!! Don't fight in here!"
"But she started it! Look at me!" Urd wiped off some dirt on her face and clothes, "She used one of her weird gizmos and almost fried me!"
"If you have just handed me the remote, it could have been avoided, y'know!" Skuld put her hands on her waist.
"Oh really now." Urd said in a sarcastic tone.
"Hey, c'mon you two! Can't we just settle this over lunch?" Keiichi suggested.
The two sisters fell silent for a moment.
"Sure, I'm kinda feeling hungry anyways." Urd stood up and went into the dining room.
Skuld had a weird look on her face as she followed Urd.
Keiichi sighed after he narrowly avoided the crisis, "Man, I've been living like this for six years already?"
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"O-ne-sama! I've been looking all over for you!" Misty ran to where Meia was amongst the crowds in the garden, "C'mon! We've got work to do."
"Hmm.? What do you mean by 'work'?" Meia asked.
"Oh! I forgot to tell you, I volunteered us to be in the stage presentation!"
"Stage presentation!?" Meia started to back off.
"Hai!!!" Misty nodded vigorously, "When the crew was looking for people to entertain the crowd, I told them we could do a song number!"
"A song number!? Me!?" Meia was starting to sweat a little, "But I."
"Oh don't give me that!" Misty pouted, "I heard you singing in the most wonderful voice while you were taking a bath!"
"Oh my.!" Meia's face flushed rosy-pink.
"C'mon then!" Misty took hold of Meia's hand and motioned to walk, "We gotta get ready for the big event!"
Meia, resigned to her fate, could do nothing but sigh and say, "Alright. you caught me."
"YAHOO!!! Let's go, o-ne-sama!"
Meanwhile, at another part of the garden, Jura and Barnette were sitting at a table and were ready to eat.
"I made this one especially for you," Barnette took a plate of her specialty, scooped a spoonful, and moved it closer to Jura.
"Wow, is this my favorite?" Jura's eyes widened with anticipation.
"Yep, and it's all yours. Bon appetite!" Barnette gave Jura a wink.
"Oh, thank you, thank you Barnette!!" Jura then ate the spoonful Barnette held, "You're the best!"
And at another part, Dita was leading Hibiki to a less-crowded spot, where a small table for two was waiting.
"Wait here, Hibiki-san. I'll go get something for you." Dita smiled and ran off.
A minute later, the alien-crazy girl came back with a reasonably- sized tray of food. She then settled down opposite of Hibiki and they started their meal.
"You know what," Dita fidgeted a bit, "you haven't gone with me to my room yet."
"Oh, about that. well." Hibiki fought for words to say, "I've been really busy these past few days. Y'know, picking male crew members and stuff like that."
"But I was wondering when you'll go and."
For a while, the two went silent, and.
Hibiki stopped his eating, stood up and put a hand on Dita's shoulder.
"Let's go." Hibiki said in a gentle tone.
"Huh?" Dita blinked.
". To your room, remember?" the young boy smiled.
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Kou and Goku's fight was a heated one, indeed. Kou kept pelting flames at Goku, who casually swiped them away. The young warrior then rushed the demon-prince to strike, but he just jumped away for Goku.
After Kou landed, he swiped some sweat off his face, "You just keep getting stronger and stronger."
"He-he! So do you." Goku grinned.
After that, they both ran towards each other and continued their battle.
On the side, the duel was smooth and easy-flowing with Hakkai and Yaone. They traded - and avoided - blows one after the other. Yaone, however, didn't use her trademark explosives against Hakkai this time; she remembered that time when Hakkai would just defuse them before they could go off. So she just had her huge spear to stab him with.
Hakkai would just avoid Yaone's attacks, however. Then he would retaliate with his Chi Blast, which would always send Yaone flying but unharmed. With her fragile frame, Hakkai was careful not to injure her; his aim was to knock her unconscious in the least-damaging way possible.
"A-no-ne. Hakkai-san, why do you keep pushing me away.? Please fight the way you normally do." Yaone asked after she received another low- powered Chi Blast.
"Go-men-na-sai, Yaone," Hakkai smiled, "But I promised myself never to hurt you anymore. so."
"But why? I don't understand. I'm your enemy."
"Yes, I know that. But." Hakkai couldn't let it out; the results could be devastating for Yaone and him.
"Hakkai-san." Yaone turned away.
At that moment, Kou was chanting his 'Summoned Evil' attack. Goku noticed this and tried to rush in, but it was too late as Kou finished and was ready to unleash his power.
"OPEN!!!" Kou yelled and let loose a fire blast with the shape of a demon.
"Not good!" Goku dodged the raging flame just as it was about to consume him.
The summoned evil continued its destructive path until it hit the gigantic gate. It melted a lock that held the door shut.
"He-he! You should learn where to aim.! EH!?" Goku turned around as the ancient gate swung open; a huge swirling vortex was behind it.
"What the heck is that!?" Gojyo stared wide-eyed.
"Something that is not good. What do you think?" Sanzo threw away a burnt-out cig.
Before everyone could move away from the area, the vortex's speed grew faster and faster, until it was starting to suck things in. And to Yaone's misfortune, she was the closest to the gate; the whirling mass of dust and energy started to pull her.
"Yaone!!!" Hakkai turned around and reached for the woman's hand.
Yaone tried to steady herself, but the ground was slipping from under her feet, "Hakkai-san! Please leave me! You're endangering yourself!"
"No! I can't do that!" Hakkai kneeled to the ground along with Yaone, "I won't ever leave you here!"
"YAONE!!!!!!" Kougaiji yelled from behind a huge rock.
"Don't worry too much," Gojyo blurted, "Hakkai would kill himself if anything life-threatening were to happen to pharmacist-girl over there."
The demon-prince fell silent for a while, then, "Yaone. Please hold on."
A few seconds later, a huge section of the dome was pulled out by the growing force of the portal, and was headed straight to the stranded Hakkai and Yaone.
"Oh no! Please stay close to me!" Hakkai embraced Yaone tightly with one hand as the other formed a Chi barrier in front of them and the incoming object.
"HAKKAI!!! I'm coming!" Goku made his mystical staff stretch out to the boulder, but it only made the object smaller; it was still big enough to crush the two.
"Hakkai-san!" Yaone closed her eyes and dug her face deeper into Hakkai's shoulder. Her only hope of surviving lay on the hands of this young man bent on protecting her until the last breath of his life. But she wondered why in the world this guy - who was her enemy - would see to it that she wouldn't get hurt in ANY way. The thought has spun around her head for a very long time, and the ONLY logical answer bothered her even more.
"Hakkai-san, are you.? Huh!?" Yaone found herself floating in some sort of space, with Hakkai's arm still around her neck.
"Hakkai-san! Hakkai-san! Are you okay?" She saw that the young man had been badly bruised.
Hakkai slowly opened his eyes, "Y-y-ao-nee. Yo-ka-tta ne. you're okay." then he slowly let go of her.
"Please don't talk too much. Here, I'm going to treat your wounds." Yaone got a tiny medi-pack from under her clothes, "What happened?"
"Well." Hakkai had this low tone in his voice, he softly grunted every time Yaone touched his wounds, ". my barrier did manage to save us from that huge rock. but the impact sent us flying straight into the portal. Now, as you can see."
"Oh." Yaone put some ointment on Hakkai, "So we're stuck here, until we find a way out.?"
"Maybe."
"Shhh." Yaone put a finger on Hakkai's lips, "You don't have to talk back; just rest for now, okay?"
Hakkai slowly nodded his head, and then closed his eyes.
Yaone went to the young man's side; put her head on his arm, and her arm across his chest. She let out a soft yawn, and in moments, sleep came over her.
The two were gently floating on the vast, endless void of time and space.
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Hibiki and Dita were walking down a long hallway until they came to stop in front a door.
"Well, here we are." Hibiki made a deep breath.
"Yeah. uh." Dita was ready to push the button.
". Hee hee! Why are we so tense all of a sudden?" Hibiki chuckled as he scratched his head.
"Yeah. hee hee. well." Dita was also surprised to feel this way. There they were, Dita and Hibiki, ready to keep their promise. Yet here they are, stuck in front of Dita's room, unable to move.
"Okay!" Dita put her hand on her chest, "Shall we.?" her other hand was about to push the button.
. Then an alarm rang through the entire ship.
"What the.?" Hibiki was startled, "Is this an attack!?"
Both of them caught sight of Meia running past them, "Hey, you two! Get to your units! We're under attack!"
"R-roger!" Dita was about to follow Meia, but she stopped for a while and said to Hibiki, "After this, we'll go straight inside, okay?" then she gave him a wink.
"You can count on it!" Hibiki gave her a thumb up and a smile.
Out in space, Nirvana was surrounded by dozens of Cube-carriers, Space Urchins, Cubes, and an Earth Mother ship; this time however, they all had a black color scheme.
"Did that boy with the red Pexis survive!?" BC wondered as 'she' took 'her' place on the navigating panels.
"Vanguards and Dreads are ready!" a voice went on BC's headset.
"Alright. Dread and Vanguard team, make a sortie!!!" BC commanded.
"Roger!!"
With that, the Dreads and Vanguards blast off into space and confronted the enemy.
"Yeah!!! This fight is in the bag!!!" Hibiki outrun the others as he sliced the Cubes that were in his way.
"Hibiki-san! Wait for me!" Dita also went ahead of the others, blasting a few enemy units along the way.
Then a fake Vandread-Dita appeared in front of the two. Hibiki could only put a few dents on its hull as Dita made an effort to shoot it down, but failed.
"Damn it! It's way better than the other ones before!" Hibiki boosted out of the fake Vandread-Dita's laser path, "Dita, it's time to unite!"
"Here we go!!!" Dita zoomed to where Hibiki was. There was a flash of light; moment later, Vandread-Dita has already formed.
The two Vandreads exchanged shots, but the real Vandread was dishing out more than the fake one. The fake Vandread was starting to weaken, and the other took advantage of this by blowing the fake Vandread up with its huge cannons.
"Whew! That was a close call!" Hibiki leaned back to ease his tensed body.
"Oh no! Hibiki-san! Look!" Dita pointed to a fake Nirvana that was heading their way.
They barely escaped the stampeding starship. But it quickly turned around and transformed into a giant mech.
"Not again." Hibiki grumbled between clenched teeth.
"Hey, you two," a red and gray Dread sped past Hibiki and Dita's Vandread, "we're star-players too, y'know!"
"It's about time you two showed up!" Hibiki returned.
"You guys can't form Super Vandread without me, too! - pyoro." Pyoro added.
"Shall we begin?" Meia signaled.
"Why delay the party?" Jura mussed.
With that, the two Dreads joined the Vandread. And in a flash of light, the Super Vandread is finally formed.
The enemy, however, became precautious and did not attack immediately. It was patiently waiting for Hibiki and the others to make their first move.
The Super Vandread, on the other hand, was also motionless.
"Damn it! It's waiting for us to attack!" Hibiki grit his teeth even harder.
"Be careful," Meia warned the group, "one false move and we're history. Our enemy seems to be a lot smarter than before."
"We've got no choice! We better make the first move!" Hibiki ordered, "Nothing will happen if we just sit here."
"Just make everything count, alright?"
"I hear ya!" Then the S-Vandread moved forward, "Let's go!!!"
Jura activated the shield before the fake Nirvana could open fire. The S-Vandread strafed to the side and let loose a huge Pexis laser beam, which the fake Nirvana simply dodged. It then charged up for its main weapon, a red laser.
"Oh no you don't!" Dita exclaimed.
The S-Vandread then summoned a Pexis-blade and dashed straight for the huge red orb on the fake Nirvana's chest. In one swift stroke, the S- Vandread sliced the orb, along with the entire Mech-Nirvana, in two.
"Hah! How about that!" Hibiki rubbed his nose, "The Mother ship is next!"
"Hibiki! Behind us!!!" Meia warned.
The Earth-fleet Mother ship appeared directly behind the Super Vandread. It seems as though it is finished charging up something.
"What the.!?"
The Mother ship blasted the Vandread with a gigantic red explosion, which sent the robot flying. To their luck, Hibiki and the rest didn't get separated like those times before, but they were injured badly.
"N. n-not good." Hibiki put a hand on his bloody head.
The Mother ship began charging another blast.
"We. must. fight." Meia felt her limp arm.
It was almost ready to fire again.
"We'll protect. our future." Jura was slumped over her control panel.
It Mother ship flashed white for a second.
"So. we must live on!!!" Dita closed her hands along with Hibiki's. Then the hand-panel emitted a bright grow.
. Then the Mother ship fired off a second round at the damaged S- Vandread. The red explosion rampaged towards where the Mech is.
. That's when Nirvana's Pexis flashed white.
. The explosion hit the S-Vandread.
. A huge globe of white surrounded the explosion.
. Then it disappeared.
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"What in the world is THAT thing!?" Hakkai exclaimed as he saw a huge rift of reality tear open and let in a mangled mess of an S-Vandread.
"Hakkai-san, watch out!" Yaone floated to his side and embraced him with trembling arms.
"What is happening here!?" Hibiki asked loudly.
"Hold on! We're losing contact with Nirvana!" Meia reported.
"It's like we're being pulled down by something!" Jura looked at the readings on her panel.
"Everybody!!!" Dita cried out.
Then the S-Vandread was passing through another tear in the fabric of time and space. The impact caused a vortex to be created, pulling Hakkai and Yaone along with the Mech.
"Well, here's our exit. Shall we?" Hakkai asked a frightened Yaone.
". I-I guess." Yaone nodded her head.
"Hold on tight, 'coz here we go!" Hakkai then followed the S-Vandread into the rift.
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The Temple became peaceful and quiet again by evening, and everybody was about to go to sleep.
Keiichi however, was still sitting on the patio, by the garden. Beside him was Belldandy, who was already in her night clothes.
"It has been six years filled with wonderful memories that only come in a lifetime. Yet, I feel that there are much more to come." Belldandy quietly said.
"Yeah. Only six years, yet I feel that I've known you since my childhood." Keiichi chuckled.
Belldandy was surprised of a while, "Well." then she giggled lightly.
"What is it?"
"Oh, nothing. I just remember the first time we met." Belldandy wisely replied.
"Yeah. I couldn't believe that a Goddess like you could ever exist. You asked nothing from me except a wish. That kinda felt strange."
"But look where it ends up. You and me. together, forever."
Then Keiichi smiled, "Do you like it?"
"Yes! Very much." Belldandy also smiled.
Then Keiichi put his arm around Belldandy's shoulders; they sat there for a while, silent.
. Until a loud crash rocked the entire Temple area.
"W-what was that!?" Belldandy asked.
"I think it came from the trees. Let's go!" Keiichi stood up.
Belldandy held on to the young man's hand as she stood, "Alright."
The two ran into the forested area behind the Temple. After a few meters, they stopped abruptly and their stared wide-eyed; there it was, a giant, white Mech that was wrecked from some horrible battle. Smoke was coming from everywhere, and some trees have snapped from under the robot's weight.
"W-w-w-what in the world.!?" Keiichi's jaw dropped.
"Oh my.!" Belldandy put a hand on her mouth.
They jumped back when the chest of the huge Mech opened up and let out its pilot - or pilots rather. They were all dizzy from the crash.
"Now where are we!?" Hibiki's head made little circles before he put a hand on it.
"Are we in heaven.?" Dita had spirals for eyes.
"Hey! Wait a minute! Who are you people!?" Keiichi became hysterical for a moment.
Then there was a faint, rustling noise in the nearby bushes.
"My, my. What a mess we made here." Hakkai emerged from the bushes, along with Yaone who was half-conscious.
"Oh, you people look hurt!" Belldandy looked at the six new faces, "Come inside the Temple with us, and we'll treat your wounds."
". Alright, miss.?" Hakkai said.
"Belldandy." The Goddess replied.
And with that, the six joined with Keiichi and Belldandy and they all went into the Temple.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
NEXT CHAPTER: Stranded. Yet Happy!?
Experiment 1.5: Ah! My Goddess! - Vandread - Gensomaden Saiyuki: TRIPLE CROSSOVER
Notes:
Ah! My Goddess! is owned by Kodansha; Vandread is by Gonzo; and GensoSaiyuki by Kazuya Minekura respectively. In other words: ME NO OWN THEM! This fanfic is a dedication to these works.
Anyways, just enjoy is fanfic side project. MEIA-YAONE-BELLDANDY for life!!!
CROSSFIRE: AMG-Vandread-GS Chapter 1: Terminal Velocity! A Portal to the Future!
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Pexis was starting to glow ominously; and nobody, not even Parfait, knew what was going on. It's as if the Pexis was excited for some strange reason, but there wasn't a battle going on - in fact, everything was at peace in Nirvana, which was now a colonial starship.
"Why is Pexis acting up again?" A female engineer asked Parfait, who was staring blankly at the glowing mass of pure energy, "Didn't we beat the red Pexis already? Why is it so frightened again?"
"I don't know," Parfait pushed up her glasses, "But I'm sure something is up to no good, and Pexis could sense it."
In the main dome, where the artificial garden is, many people gathered around for a very important announcement. And from the look of things, it seems that Nirvana was no longer dominated by the population of women - many men from the planet Taraku have boarded the starship as well.
Magno Vivan was still the acting leader of the enterprise, along with BC and Rebeka as vice-leaders. The three were at the cockpit observatory just above the garden. Magno readied her speech.
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Kougaiji and his company confronted the Sanzo-ikkou inside an ancient crypt, in what seemed to be the main chamber - a towering gate was at the end of the dark, massive dome.
"Genjo Sanzo," Kougaiji started, pointing at the corrupted monk's party, "We've come to take the Evil Sutra from you, so get ready! 'Coz this time, we won't be that easy to beat!!"
"My, my. How persistent you guys are," Sha Gojyo blurted as he took a puff from his cigarette, "Even after that Fighting God Homura, made you eat their dust."
"I told you I'll pay my debts a thousand times over," Kou clenched his fist, "and I intend to do that right now!"
After that, Kou rushed to Sanzo, but he was blocked by Son Goku's enchanted staff.
"Hey-ey-ey!! You're MY opponent remember!?" Goku spun his weapon around, and ended in a fighting stance.
"Hmph! How can I forget, little monkey," Kou's hands suddenly started to glow red - seconds later, his arms are engulfed in mystical flames, "Here's the tip!!!"
As Goku and Kou began the heated battle, Gojyo and Dokugakuji just watched from a safe distance.
"Kou is really into the fighting mood eh, little bro?"
"Well, I guess I should be envious of him and that little runt," Gojyo thumbed the direction where Goku is, then took the cigarette butt from his mouth and flicked it to the ground, "So let's start this, shall we?"
Dokugaku summoned his blade into his palm and clenched its handle, "Yeah, I don't want to just sit back and watch."
"Oh well, there goes Gojyo again," Cho Hakkai had a smile on his face as the Kappa weapon-wielder dashed straight at his older brother - the fight ensued seconds after.
"Hmph! What impudence." Sanzo smirked as he took a cig case from his pocket. He then put a piece on his mouth and lit it.
Before Hakkai could speak up again, he felt two gentle taps on his shoulder. He turned around to see who it was.
"Ko-ni-chi-wa, Hakkai-san," It was Yaone, bearing the same smile on her face as Hakkai's, "it has been a while."
"Oh! I. uhm, well." Hakkai stuttered for a while, "What a place to bump into!"
"Go ahead; you two," Sanzo blew a thick, white smoke from his nose, "enjoy your dance."
Yaone giggled lightly as Hakkai proceeded to scratch his head and laugh as well. Then they walked off to start their duel.
So at long last the corrupted monk was finally alone. but not for long.
"Ya-hou!!! Oldie Saaaaan-zooo!!!"
Sanzo's head jerked a bit as he clenched his teeth. "Oh no."
- - - - -
"Fellow crew members of Nirvana." Magno started, "it is with great pleasure to have so many people volunteer to help with exchange between Taraku and Megeru. As you all know, this flight will be the first of the inter space exchange, and there will be a lot of getting used to. But we all hope that this will be a success and continue on, so that both our mother planets will grow and prosper. Again, we welcome you all to Nirvana - relax and enjoy the flight."
Applauses roared through the crowd as Magno ended her speech. She walked back to her station and sat down.
"Ya-re ya-re. It's been a while since I made up a speech like that." The old woman sighed.
"I think that was wonderful." Rebeka commented.
"That's our boss for you, always has something to say." BC thought out loud.
"He-he. Well, I guess we'll never be leaving here," Magno had a smug grin, "After all, this. is our home."
- - - - -
"U-chu-jin-saaaaaaaan! Where are you?" a cheery Dita skipped along the halls of the ship, "You better come out, or you'll be late for the party!"
Dita arrived at the Vanguard hangar; she looked around until she got to Hibiki's Vanguard.
"U-chu-jin-san?" Dita opened the robot's chest entrance and peeked in.
"Hey! What are you doing here!?" Hibiki stopped what he was doing.
"Well, boss has just finished her speech and the party is about to start so." Dita blushed, "I want you to come with me!"
Hibiki froze when he heard Dita's words, "E-e-eeeeh.?"
"O-ne-gai, Hibiki-san?" Dita cutely pleaded with him, with hands clasped together.
"W-w-well, I-I. err. umm." Hibiki looked away for a while, wiping sweat off his face, ". S-s-sure, uh. w-why not.? I can fix my partner here some other time." He tapped the monitor of his cockpit.
"Ya-ta!!!" the alien-crazy girl giggled as she jumped up and down, "I- kou, Hibiki-san!" she stretched out her hand to Hibiki.
The young boy grabbed Dita's hand and got himself of the pilot seat, "By the way."
"Na-ni, Hibiki-san?" Dita blinked.
"Well. umm. I. well."
The young girl waited patiently.
". I kinda like it when you call me by my name." Hibiki blushed and scratched his spiky hair.
Dita smiled brightly and replied, "I like it when you call me by my name, too."
The two stopped for a moment - they have finally realized how much they like each other. Hibiki, having grown in maturity and knowledge, didn't try to deny it with rationalizing; Dita has always liked Hibiki because of fascination, but now she wanted to know him more, in terms of his beliefs, hobbies, likes and dislikes, and so on.
Then they remembered why they held each other's hand for.
"We better be going. We're gonna be late." Hibiki motioned to walk.
Dita nodded, "Hai! Let's go!"
Then they walked off the platform and out into the main hall, still hand-in-hand.
Little did they know that Meia and Jura were watching them from a far.
Jura had her arms crossed over her busty chest, "Hibiki has really changed. I mean. wow, that's kinda odd."
Meia, on the other hand, had a simple smile on her face as she spoke, "Hibiki became the man he promised us all he'll be. It's his way of showing appreciation - his sign of friendship."
"Friendship? What do you mean by that?"
"Come on. We'll also be late for the party." Meia changed the topic.
"Party? What. Oh! Barnette! I'm coming!!!" Jura rushed out of the hangar.
Meia watched as Jura ran to the hangar's main gate, which was closed already, and deliberately pried it open with her hands.
Meia was standing all alone inside the huge hangar, thinking, *But. Nothing has really changed.
- - - - -
It was a breezy spring afternoon at the temple - Keiichi was out fixing his motorbike while Belldandy stayed indoors, preparing a meal. Urd and Skuld, however, were fighting over the control of the TV remote in the main room, somewhat breaking the peaceful silence around the temple.
"Keiichi-san, lunch is ready!" Belldandy called.
"Alright, I'll be there in a second!" Keiichi answered beck.
Then a loud BANG rocked the temple - it came from the living room.
"Now you made me mad! I'm gonna teach you some manners, kid!" Urd pushed up her sleeve and glared at her younger sister.
"Oh yeah? Let's see who'll be left standing after this!" Skuld drew out a bomb from her pocket.
Keiichi came rushing into the room, "Whoa, cho-tto ma-tte!!! Don't fight in here!"
"But she started it! Look at me!" Urd wiped off some dirt on her face and clothes, "She used one of her weird gizmos and almost fried me!"
"If you have just handed me the remote, it could have been avoided, y'know!" Skuld put her hands on her waist.
"Oh really now." Urd said in a sarcastic tone.
"Hey, c'mon you two! Can't we just settle this over lunch?" Keiichi suggested.
The two sisters fell silent for a moment.
"Sure, I'm kinda feeling hungry anyways." Urd stood up and went into the dining room.
Skuld had a weird look on her face as she followed Urd.
Keiichi sighed after he narrowly avoided the crisis, "Man, I've been living like this for six years already?"
- - - - -
"O-ne-sama! I've been looking all over for you!" Misty ran to where Meia was amongst the crowds in the garden, "C'mon! We've got work to do."
"Hmm.? What do you mean by 'work'?" Meia asked.
"Oh! I forgot to tell you, I volunteered us to be in the stage presentation!"
"Stage presentation!?" Meia started to back off.
"Hai!!!" Misty nodded vigorously, "When the crew was looking for people to entertain the crowd, I told them we could do a song number!"
"A song number!? Me!?" Meia was starting to sweat a little, "But I."
"Oh don't give me that!" Misty pouted, "I heard you singing in the most wonderful voice while you were taking a bath!"
"Oh my.!" Meia's face flushed rosy-pink.
"C'mon then!" Misty took hold of Meia's hand and motioned to walk, "We gotta get ready for the big event!"
Meia, resigned to her fate, could do nothing but sigh and say, "Alright. you caught me."
"YAHOO!!! Let's go, o-ne-sama!"
Meanwhile, at another part of the garden, Jura and Barnette were sitting at a table and were ready to eat.
"I made this one especially for you," Barnette took a plate of her specialty, scooped a spoonful, and moved it closer to Jura.
"Wow, is this my favorite?" Jura's eyes widened with anticipation.
"Yep, and it's all yours. Bon appetite!" Barnette gave Jura a wink.
"Oh, thank you, thank you Barnette!!" Jura then ate the spoonful Barnette held, "You're the best!"
And at another part, Dita was leading Hibiki to a less-crowded spot, where a small table for two was waiting.
"Wait here, Hibiki-san. I'll go get something for you." Dita smiled and ran off.
A minute later, the alien-crazy girl came back with a reasonably- sized tray of food. She then settled down opposite of Hibiki and they started their meal.
"You know what," Dita fidgeted a bit, "you haven't gone with me to my room yet."
"Oh, about that. well." Hibiki fought for words to say, "I've been really busy these past few days. Y'know, picking male crew members and stuff like that."
"But I was wondering when you'll go and."
For a while, the two went silent, and.
Hibiki stopped his eating, stood up and put a hand on Dita's shoulder.
"Let's go." Hibiki said in a gentle tone.
"Huh?" Dita blinked.
". To your room, remember?" the young boy smiled.
- - - - -
Kou and Goku's fight was a heated one, indeed. Kou kept pelting flames at Goku, who casually swiped them away. The young warrior then rushed the demon-prince to strike, but he just jumped away for Goku.
After Kou landed, he swiped some sweat off his face, "You just keep getting stronger and stronger."
"He-he! So do you." Goku grinned.
After that, they both ran towards each other and continued their battle.
On the side, the duel was smooth and easy-flowing with Hakkai and Yaone. They traded - and avoided - blows one after the other. Yaone, however, didn't use her trademark explosives against Hakkai this time; she remembered that time when Hakkai would just defuse them before they could go off. So she just had her huge spear to stab him with.
Hakkai would just avoid Yaone's attacks, however. Then he would retaliate with his Chi Blast, which would always send Yaone flying but unharmed. With her fragile frame, Hakkai was careful not to injure her; his aim was to knock her unconscious in the least-damaging way possible.
"A-no-ne. Hakkai-san, why do you keep pushing me away.? Please fight the way you normally do." Yaone asked after she received another low- powered Chi Blast.
"Go-men-na-sai, Yaone," Hakkai smiled, "But I promised myself never to hurt you anymore. so."
"But why? I don't understand. I'm your enemy."
"Yes, I know that. But." Hakkai couldn't let it out; the results could be devastating for Yaone and him.
"Hakkai-san." Yaone turned away.
At that moment, Kou was chanting his 'Summoned Evil' attack. Goku noticed this and tried to rush in, but it was too late as Kou finished and was ready to unleash his power.
"OPEN!!!" Kou yelled and let loose a fire blast with the shape of a demon.
"Not good!" Goku dodged the raging flame just as it was about to consume him.
The summoned evil continued its destructive path until it hit the gigantic gate. It melted a lock that held the door shut.
"He-he! You should learn where to aim.! EH!?" Goku turned around as the ancient gate swung open; a huge swirling vortex was behind it.
"What the heck is that!?" Gojyo stared wide-eyed.
"Something that is not good. What do you think?" Sanzo threw away a burnt-out cig.
Before everyone could move away from the area, the vortex's speed grew faster and faster, until it was starting to suck things in. And to Yaone's misfortune, she was the closest to the gate; the whirling mass of dust and energy started to pull her.
"Yaone!!!" Hakkai turned around and reached for the woman's hand.
Yaone tried to steady herself, but the ground was slipping from under her feet, "Hakkai-san! Please leave me! You're endangering yourself!"
"No! I can't do that!" Hakkai kneeled to the ground along with Yaone, "I won't ever leave you here!"
"YAONE!!!!!!" Kougaiji yelled from behind a huge rock.
"Don't worry too much," Gojyo blurted, "Hakkai would kill himself if anything life-threatening were to happen to pharmacist-girl over there."
The demon-prince fell silent for a while, then, "Yaone. Please hold on."
A few seconds later, a huge section of the dome was pulled out by the growing force of the portal, and was headed straight to the stranded Hakkai and Yaone.
"Oh no! Please stay close to me!" Hakkai embraced Yaone tightly with one hand as the other formed a Chi barrier in front of them and the incoming object.
"HAKKAI!!! I'm coming!" Goku made his mystical staff stretch out to the boulder, but it only made the object smaller; it was still big enough to crush the two.
"Hakkai-san!" Yaone closed her eyes and dug her face deeper into Hakkai's shoulder. Her only hope of surviving lay on the hands of this young man bent on protecting her until the last breath of his life. But she wondered why in the world this guy - who was her enemy - would see to it that she wouldn't get hurt in ANY way. The thought has spun around her head for a very long time, and the ONLY logical answer bothered her even more.
"Hakkai-san, are you.? Huh!?" Yaone found herself floating in some sort of space, with Hakkai's arm still around her neck.
"Hakkai-san! Hakkai-san! Are you okay?" She saw that the young man had been badly bruised.
Hakkai slowly opened his eyes, "Y-y-ao-nee. Yo-ka-tta ne. you're okay." then he slowly let go of her.
"Please don't talk too much. Here, I'm going to treat your wounds." Yaone got a tiny medi-pack from under her clothes, "What happened?"
"Well." Hakkai had this low tone in his voice, he softly grunted every time Yaone touched his wounds, ". my barrier did manage to save us from that huge rock. but the impact sent us flying straight into the portal. Now, as you can see."
"Oh." Yaone put some ointment on Hakkai, "So we're stuck here, until we find a way out.?"
"Maybe."
"Shhh." Yaone put a finger on Hakkai's lips, "You don't have to talk back; just rest for now, okay?"
Hakkai slowly nodded his head, and then closed his eyes.
Yaone went to the young man's side; put her head on his arm, and her arm across his chest. She let out a soft yawn, and in moments, sleep came over her.
The two were gently floating on the vast, endless void of time and space.
- - - - -
Hibiki and Dita were walking down a long hallway until they came to stop in front a door.
"Well, here we are." Hibiki made a deep breath.
"Yeah. uh." Dita was ready to push the button.
". Hee hee! Why are we so tense all of a sudden?" Hibiki chuckled as he scratched his head.
"Yeah. hee hee. well." Dita was also surprised to feel this way. There they were, Dita and Hibiki, ready to keep their promise. Yet here they are, stuck in front of Dita's room, unable to move.
"Okay!" Dita put her hand on her chest, "Shall we.?" her other hand was about to push the button.
. Then an alarm rang through the entire ship.
"What the.?" Hibiki was startled, "Is this an attack!?"
Both of them caught sight of Meia running past them, "Hey, you two! Get to your units! We're under attack!"
"R-roger!" Dita was about to follow Meia, but she stopped for a while and said to Hibiki, "After this, we'll go straight inside, okay?" then she gave him a wink.
"You can count on it!" Hibiki gave her a thumb up and a smile.
Out in space, Nirvana was surrounded by dozens of Cube-carriers, Space Urchins, Cubes, and an Earth Mother ship; this time however, they all had a black color scheme.
"Did that boy with the red Pexis survive!?" BC wondered as 'she' took 'her' place on the navigating panels.
"Vanguards and Dreads are ready!" a voice went on BC's headset.
"Alright. Dread and Vanguard team, make a sortie!!!" BC commanded.
"Roger!!"
With that, the Dreads and Vanguards blast off into space and confronted the enemy.
"Yeah!!! This fight is in the bag!!!" Hibiki outrun the others as he sliced the Cubes that were in his way.
"Hibiki-san! Wait for me!" Dita also went ahead of the others, blasting a few enemy units along the way.
Then a fake Vandread-Dita appeared in front of the two. Hibiki could only put a few dents on its hull as Dita made an effort to shoot it down, but failed.
"Damn it! It's way better than the other ones before!" Hibiki boosted out of the fake Vandread-Dita's laser path, "Dita, it's time to unite!"
"Here we go!!!" Dita zoomed to where Hibiki was. There was a flash of light; moment later, Vandread-Dita has already formed.
The two Vandreads exchanged shots, but the real Vandread was dishing out more than the fake one. The fake Vandread was starting to weaken, and the other took advantage of this by blowing the fake Vandread up with its huge cannons.
"Whew! That was a close call!" Hibiki leaned back to ease his tensed body.
"Oh no! Hibiki-san! Look!" Dita pointed to a fake Nirvana that was heading their way.
They barely escaped the stampeding starship. But it quickly turned around and transformed into a giant mech.
"Not again." Hibiki grumbled between clenched teeth.
"Hey, you two," a red and gray Dread sped past Hibiki and Dita's Vandread, "we're star-players too, y'know!"
"It's about time you two showed up!" Hibiki returned.
"You guys can't form Super Vandread without me, too! - pyoro." Pyoro added.
"Shall we begin?" Meia signaled.
"Why delay the party?" Jura mussed.
With that, the two Dreads joined the Vandread. And in a flash of light, the Super Vandread is finally formed.
The enemy, however, became precautious and did not attack immediately. It was patiently waiting for Hibiki and the others to make their first move.
The Super Vandread, on the other hand, was also motionless.
"Damn it! It's waiting for us to attack!" Hibiki grit his teeth even harder.
"Be careful," Meia warned the group, "one false move and we're history. Our enemy seems to be a lot smarter than before."
"We've got no choice! We better make the first move!" Hibiki ordered, "Nothing will happen if we just sit here."
"Just make everything count, alright?"
"I hear ya!" Then the S-Vandread moved forward, "Let's go!!!"
Jura activated the shield before the fake Nirvana could open fire. The S-Vandread strafed to the side and let loose a huge Pexis laser beam, which the fake Nirvana simply dodged. It then charged up for its main weapon, a red laser.
"Oh no you don't!" Dita exclaimed.
The S-Vandread then summoned a Pexis-blade and dashed straight for the huge red orb on the fake Nirvana's chest. In one swift stroke, the S- Vandread sliced the orb, along with the entire Mech-Nirvana, in two.
"Hah! How about that!" Hibiki rubbed his nose, "The Mother ship is next!"
"Hibiki! Behind us!!!" Meia warned.
The Earth-fleet Mother ship appeared directly behind the Super Vandread. It seems as though it is finished charging up something.
"What the.!?"
The Mother ship blasted the Vandread with a gigantic red explosion, which sent the robot flying. To their luck, Hibiki and the rest didn't get separated like those times before, but they were injured badly.
"N. n-not good." Hibiki put a hand on his bloody head.
The Mother ship began charging another blast.
"We. must. fight." Meia felt her limp arm.
It was almost ready to fire again.
"We'll protect. our future." Jura was slumped over her control panel.
It Mother ship flashed white for a second.
"So. we must live on!!!" Dita closed her hands along with Hibiki's. Then the hand-panel emitted a bright grow.
. Then the Mother ship fired off a second round at the damaged S- Vandread. The red explosion rampaged towards where the Mech is.
. That's when Nirvana's Pexis flashed white.
. The explosion hit the S-Vandread.
. A huge globe of white surrounded the explosion.
. Then it disappeared.
- - - - -
"What in the world is THAT thing!?" Hakkai exclaimed as he saw a huge rift of reality tear open and let in a mangled mess of an S-Vandread.
"Hakkai-san, watch out!" Yaone floated to his side and embraced him with trembling arms.
"What is happening here!?" Hibiki asked loudly.
"Hold on! We're losing contact with Nirvana!" Meia reported.
"It's like we're being pulled down by something!" Jura looked at the readings on her panel.
"Everybody!!!" Dita cried out.
Then the S-Vandread was passing through another tear in the fabric of time and space. The impact caused a vortex to be created, pulling Hakkai and Yaone along with the Mech.
"Well, here's our exit. Shall we?" Hakkai asked a frightened Yaone.
". I-I guess." Yaone nodded her head.
"Hold on tight, 'coz here we go!" Hakkai then followed the S-Vandread into the rift.
- - - - -
The Temple became peaceful and quiet again by evening, and everybody was about to go to sleep.
Keiichi however, was still sitting on the patio, by the garden. Beside him was Belldandy, who was already in her night clothes.
"It has been six years filled with wonderful memories that only come in a lifetime. Yet, I feel that there are much more to come." Belldandy quietly said.
"Yeah. Only six years, yet I feel that I've known you since my childhood." Keiichi chuckled.
Belldandy was surprised of a while, "Well." then she giggled lightly.
"What is it?"
"Oh, nothing. I just remember the first time we met." Belldandy wisely replied.
"Yeah. I couldn't believe that a Goddess like you could ever exist. You asked nothing from me except a wish. That kinda felt strange."
"But look where it ends up. You and me. together, forever."
Then Keiichi smiled, "Do you like it?"
"Yes! Very much." Belldandy also smiled.
Then Keiichi put his arm around Belldandy's shoulders; they sat there for a while, silent.
. Until a loud crash rocked the entire Temple area.
"W-what was that!?" Belldandy asked.
"I think it came from the trees. Let's go!" Keiichi stood up.
Belldandy held on to the young man's hand as she stood, "Alright."
The two ran into the forested area behind the Temple. After a few meters, they stopped abruptly and their stared wide-eyed; there it was, a giant, white Mech that was wrecked from some horrible battle. Smoke was coming from everywhere, and some trees have snapped from under the robot's weight.
"W-w-w-what in the world.!?" Keiichi's jaw dropped.
"Oh my.!" Belldandy put a hand on her mouth.
They jumped back when the chest of the huge Mech opened up and let out its pilot - or pilots rather. They were all dizzy from the crash.
"Now where are we!?" Hibiki's head made little circles before he put a hand on it.
"Are we in heaven.?" Dita had spirals for eyes.
"Hey! Wait a minute! Who are you people!?" Keiichi became hysterical for a moment.
Then there was a faint, rustling noise in the nearby bushes.
"My, my. What a mess we made here." Hakkai emerged from the bushes, along with Yaone who was half-conscious.
"Oh, you people look hurt!" Belldandy looked at the six new faces, "Come inside the Temple with us, and we'll treat your wounds."
". Alright, miss.?" Hakkai said.
"Belldandy." The Goddess replied.
And with that, the six joined with Keiichi and Belldandy and they all went into the Temple.
- - - - -
TO BE CONTINUED.
NEXT CHAPTER: Stranded. Yet Happy!?