ETHAN RICE
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'INVINCIBLEGIGA-XISBASS IN DECIVIVE BATTLE! APPEAR TRIBEKING!
BY GIGA-XISBASS
DISCLAIMER: MEGAMAN STARFORCE-CAPCOM, FINAL FANTASY-SQUARE ENIX, NIGHTS REFERENCE-SEGA
A STORY REQUEST BY OMEGA ON ZETABOARDS. BOLDCAPS MEAN ME PART OF THE STORY AND NOT FORUMS.
CHAPTER 1 New ALLIES! WATCHING THE LAKE OF MYSTERY!
Elizabeth, the Lady Stark, sat on a bench. She was watching the calm waters of the lake. A fowl landed on the water. "Hmm..." She liked watching it. She didn't have
anything better to do. Maybe I should get out of the country. Lots of other places I could visit. Elizabeth wondered if there really was a lake monster here. There
could be. I've never seenit. Zuhal trudged along the outer edge of the lake, staring at the reflection of himself. To him, it was the most interesting thing around,
aside from a fowl that landed on the lake. The lake beautiflly reflected the sunlight off itself, creating a dazzling scene. Zuhal continued walking, almost ignoring the
beauty of the lake. "Its just water..." As he continued walking, he noticed the reflection of a girl woth red hair sitting on a bench. He stopped and looked at his
surroundings. He had been walking all day long and was ready to sit, but not with people. Too bad for him it was the only bench in sight. Zuhal sat down by the girl,
not even acknowledging her presence. How rude. The fellow could at least say hello. Well if he wouldn't take the initative then she would. "Hello" Elizabeth spoke
shortly. She wouldn't annoy the fellow. "...?" Zuhal turned his head toward the girl. Apparently, she wanted to start a conversation with him, a task he himself never
did at school. Normally, people would initiate the conversation for him, but it looked like he had to do that himself this time. Maybe she can give me a little info about
this place, he thought to himself. He crossed his arms, glanced at the lake, then looked at the sky. It was dull and boring, as usual. Clearing his throught, he
responded to the girl. "Hey...you wouldn't happen to know a place where I could stay for cheap, would you?" "Well a bunch of people say there's a lake monster
here." She put a hand on her chin, "As to a place to stay I don't really know. I live around here so I never looked at the Hotels, you understand." She smiled lightly at
him. LakeMonster? Here? Zuhal scanned the area, seeing just how big the lake was. I guess itspossible...sounds like its worth looking into. He ignored what the girl had
said about the possibility of a hotel, deaming it 'uninteresting.' "Oh it's just one of those silly things like the sasquatch. No one really thinks there's a lake monster
here. That would just be silly, don't you think?" WELL I THINK A LAKE MONSTER DOES EXIST HERE. SAID BASS CYBEAST. LOTS OF CRAZY STUFF HAS
HAPPENED AROUND ME AFTER ALL. SAID BASS CYBEAST. HUH? WHO ARE YOU? ASKED ZUHAL CONFUSED. BASS. BASS CYBEAST. THE LAST OF THE
CYBEAST. AND YOUR ZUHAL I BELIEVE. HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME? ASKED ZUHAL CONFUSED. I OVERHEARD YOU SAY IT. SAID BASS CYBEAST.
"Well... I suppose some people do. It's got a long neck, and it's like a... Plessiadon or something." She found the topic uninteresting. "A lake monster? That sounds
like that would be something in a fairy tale. What do you know about it?" YEAH. SAID BASS CYBEAST. Zuhal closed his eyes and sighed. It looks like he was right:
there's no monster here. Zuhal wasn't the type to go exploring such matters if people didn't think they existed, so he let the topic drop. So much for that... He
brought his head back down to eye level and opened his eyes. He scanned the lake, hoping the girl would say something else. After all, he felt like he had done his
part in the conversation, so there was no point in him jumping into another topic. Silence prevailed their conversation for as long as Zuhal thought a reasonable wait
for a reply would be about a minute. Seeing his 'talk tactics' were getting himself nowhere, he looked to his left (since he had taken a seat on her right side) to see if
the girl cared whether their conversation had gone anywhere or not. As he did, he noticed her purple Transer, a color he had never seen for these devices. Back in
his hometown there were just the standard 3: Red, Blue, and Green. To see any other color seemed out of the ordinary to him. Zuhal had a slight interest for these
devices: not for what they could do, but what they could hold. He had heard stories about aliens that would enter people's Transers and have the ability to merge
with humans. These 'FMians' as he had heard someone call it, could transport people to the 'Wave World.' Maybe a person's Transer color would change if an alien
entered it... He pulled down on his sleeve to make sure his Transer wasn't visible and decided to find something out about this girl. "Why is your Transer purple? You
wouldn't happen to have an alien in there, would you?" "No, no. That would be ridiculous." She lied. She lied well. Someone not trained to notice probably wouldn't.
She had no good answer for why it was purple; she had just wanted a purple one when she was younger, so she had gotten one. It was that simple. "I just got a
purple one. It's my favorite colour." That was true enough. "I guess I got it that way because I was a whiny little rich girl." She didn't know why she was telling him
she was rich. She didn't want to impress him or anytihng silly like that. Zuhal perked up a bit when he heard "rich." HMM. SAID BASS CYBEAST LOOKING AT THE
TRANSER. I WONDER IF SHE HAS A FMIAN PARTNER. WONDERED BASS CYBEAST. WELL I'LL BE GOING NOW. CHAOS CONTROL! PSH! BASS CYBEAST
WARPS OUT OF THE AREA. WHOA. SAID BOTH ZUHAL AND THE GIRL. He had always lived a simple, regular wage life with his parents, so he was use to not
having alot of money. However, in his current state of affairs, money was a must if he was to have a meal that night. The last thing he wanted to do was be some
teenage girl's slave, and he didn't like to be a beggar. Getting money from her seemed to be a dead end. Zuhal redirected his attention to her purple Transer. "Ah, I
consider you lucky then to have a choice for your transer color. Back in my hometown, you had to pick either red, blue, or green. Not much diversity, huh?" He pulled
back his left sleeve to reveal his red transer. "I don't use this much, but I thought it would be fair to tell you about my transer, since I asked about yours. 'Send back
what you recieve.'" He pulled his sleeve back over his transer and stood, peering at the lake. Had he seen something move? Walking closer to the lake, he thought
he saw a fin come out for a second. Zuhal wasn't use to talking to strangers, so maybe that was causing his mind to play tricks on him. No...he was sure he saw
something. Looking to his left, he found a small boat rental shack about half a mile off. I've got to find out what that is... Zuhal turned back towards the girl. "You seem
like a nice, bored girl. Care to come with me to see if this lake monster actually exists? In exchange for my 'services', of course, you pay for the boat to go out to the
lake to 'investigate.' Deal?" "Hmm... Well... Why not?" said the Lady Stark. She scurried up behind him. This guy is kinda cute. she decided, as she payed for the boat
and went over to it, her jeans pulling on the side, as she took a seat. "hmm hmm hmm..." She waited for him to come along. Zuhal followed the girl to the boat shack
and stood at a distance while she paid. He was slightly embarrased that a 15 year old girl was paying for the two of them to rent a boat together, but he was careful
to not make his embarrasment known. After the girl rolled up her jeans and sat down, Zuhal apPrOached the boat. It was a small, dainty little boat only big enough
for two. There were 2 benches: one for the front and one for the back. He said down in the front, facing the girl who sat on the back bench facing him. There was
maybe a 2 foot distance inbetween them. This is awkward... Cutting right to the chase, Zuhal paddled the boat to the middle of the lake. He was becomming
accustomed to the girl, something that was never easy for him. He tried to ignore the fact that doing something like this seemed 'romantic,' so he decided to scan the
lake. Nothing. Maybe he had just imagined what he saw...or maybe being around this girl was messing with his mind. As they waited for anything suspicious, Zuhal
decided to pick up some more small talk to ease his discomfort. "The name's Zuhal. Zuhal Akybi. What might yours be?" MEANWHILE On the shore of the lake, Uxyl
had had been laying there for a while. Staring at the sky, he just waited. He had heard voices, and layed low, until it was silent. Sitting up, he noticed a boat on the
lake. He layed back down, but Scorpio had other plans. "Hey Kid. Kid! Uxyl!" Uxyl had been quite peaceful, he was just about to fall asleep also. Obviouly annoyed,
he ignored his partner and went to sleep. Clearly Scorpio decided to take matters into his own hands, as he had forced Uxyl up (Like how Omega-Xis controlled Geo's
arm in the game, like when he punched Bud), and began to try to drag him out to the lake. Uxyl didn't notice this at first. He was having a perfectly fine dream until
the water hit his face. He was disoriented, and began to stand on the lake, until another pull yanked him farther in. Uxyl eventually had to tread water, as Scorpio
was pulling and not being that efficient of a swimmer, Uxyl couldn't exactly resist. ]Making sure his Transfer was above water he began to converse with with
Scorpio. "Why are you dragging me out to the lake exactly?" "Easy. You never do anything and I want to see what those two are doing. I heard something about a
lake monster and I'm interested. If you don't try to find out, I'll just leave your Transfer. You'll be stuck on the lake, and unable to get back." Of course Uxyl
wasn't happy about that, but being nearly useless in water had no hope to do anything but comply. Treading slowly he stood a good distance away from the boat,
but was able to try to follow it. "I don't see why Scorpio wants me to follow them. Besides, there can't be a lake monster here right?" Uxyl thought inside his head.
MEANWHILE BACK WHERE BASS IS… His question was simple and her mind immediately brought it up ]for her to say. Lady Elizabeth of the House Stark "I am the La-
Liz Stark." she stopped herself. She didn't want to sound to pompous. He seemed nervous. It wasn't like this was a date... though he was kind of cute. She looked
out over the lake, the same as him. The water reflected the sun with an odd wave across it. "Do you see anything?" All he could see was its yellow neck and head,
but it was only about a foot out of the water. Zuhal noticed an antena comming out of the water as well. Obviously, this was a toy. He stopped rowing and picked up
the strange device. It weighed about 20 pounds and almost looked like a yellow turtle with a long neck. On its shell was the word "Dossie." Zuhal studied the toy as
he tried to figure out what to do with it. He turned to Liz, hoping she would have an opinion. "Any clue where this toy could of come from? Someone must be
controlling it nearby." Before Liz had a chance to reply, the toy came to life in his hands. The red glow in it's eyes gave it the appearance of one possesed. To his
dismay, the toy managed to overpower him and throw him into the water. Its objective didn't appear to be to push Zuhal, but rather to get close to the transer on
his right arm. As he made contact with the water, the toy made contact with his transer, causing a bright blue flash. Zuhal still held onto the toy, which now acted as
a life saver. He was never any good at swimming, since the idea of it seemed rather pointless. Swimming in circles in a giant pool of water seemed rather futile to
him. Great. Now my clothes are wet. How troublesome... Zuhal climbed back into the boat with disgust. He appeared as if he were miserable and depressed, but in his
eyes gleamed with the fire of anger. Staring at Liz, he said "Let's get ba-" "Hey! Go back into the water. That was fun!" A voice from his transer seemed to scream
out. The voice shocked him so much that he almost fell back into the water. "Who said that?" "Hey, human! Didn't ya hear me? Get back in the water!" The voice
seemed more playful than pushy. "Don'tcha know what I am? I'm an AMian! Duh! I thought you humans knew all about us by now. It looks like some of you are still
fish out of water! Haha!" The alien's voice irritated him. This guy was way too happy and way too forceful, a combination he didn't like. "...So you mean to tell me that
you're an alien?" "No, I'm just a talking trout in a boat. OF COURSE I'M AN ALIEN! You humans are a curious bunch, that you are...I'm goin' to look around you transer
to find out a little about you, human. Okay? Okay!" With that, the alien began digging around his transer, looking up his information. Great. I find an alien just to find
out its incredibly annoying. How lame... Uxyl was surprised, seeing a Wave Being enter anothers Transfer, and of course Scorpious was way to curious. He exited the
Transfer, leaving Uxyl for his own. Overpowered by rage, anger, hate, envy, and regret, he slowly drifted towards the AMian from a planet so alike, but completly
different from his own. Of course this left Uxyl sinking in water unable to swim. It had took him a while to notice that Scorpious had left him, and he could only begin
to cry for help before he began to sink. Water began to flood his lungs, as his only hope was his cry did not go unnoticed. Kaizer's gaze swept ever so slowly across
the lake. He had always wanted to see the creature of Dossie Bay, and decided to try toaday, as he had nothing better to do. He noticed a person or people -he
couldn't really tell- on a boat, who seemed to be rowing for shore, but have stopped, as the ripples were still trailing behind them. Putting his binoculars to use, he
looked out and saw one of them holding something. Again peering across the lake he noticed the surface was splashing and bubbling... This is it! he thought, and
holding up his transer, where Aractus, the FM-ian took up residence. "That's not the creature of Dossie. Just a drowning kid." he said bluntly, which was quite harsh
in itself, but Kaizer was used to it. Yet instead of dwelling on the alien's mood towards others, Kaizer thought about whether he should call for help, or try doing it
himself. He chose the latter. Taking out a pairs of Visualizers, he searched for a wave road near the area. There were a few, but all of them were too far away. Then
he saw it. "Hey, Aractus. That wave road over there, you see it?" "Yes...but why should we try," he said, as if reading his mind. "We don't even know him." "Yeah,
but you're one of those guys that needs friends. Come on." He ran towards the normally invisible pathway, and merged with Aractus, using the ability that he had
learned a while ago, and rather recently learned that others had too. In this form, the EM Wave Conversion, he was called Kai-Zariak, and able to see the wave
roads without help, and may also travel on them. Running at a rather quick pace, he came to the point closest to the person, a boy a bit younger than him. "Wasting
your time sight-seeing..." came Aractus' voice in his head, but he ignored it. More of a climber than a swimmer, he used a rather toxic yet durable strand of thread to
lash himself to the pathway, and jumped down, bungee-style. "Grab my hand!" he shouted, hoping this would work; he could hardly swim himself. After the AM-ian
entered Zuhal's transer, things went crazy. A boy began to drown and a giant spider-like creature was essentially hanging in thin air. Out of the 2 newcomers, the
spider looking creature definately seemed more threatening than the drowning boy. Not wanting to take action unless he absolutely had to, Zuhal waited to see
what the creature would do. However, the AM-ian in his transer had other plans. Once again, a voice screamed from his transer. "Hey! Thats an FM-ian! His kind
destroyed my planet! Let's take him down!" In a state of confusion, Zuhal's left hand was thrown back by a force from his transer, knocking Liz out cold. Zuhal was
then thrusted towards the "floating" creature against his will. Thoughts of how foolish the creature was raced through his mind. It made no sense to him why the
AM-ian was behaving this way, but at this point he had no option but to comply. Now right above the water, Zuhal grabbed onto Kai-Zariak in an attempt to pull him
into the water. Uxyl was down, out cold. The water had gotten to him. He wasn't dead, just unconcious. However that meant he was to far down to even notice the
Wave Being infront of him. Scorpio had a better idea. Witout Uxyl to hold him back, he could defeat the AMian. Yes, this could work. Scorpio turned back, diving right
into Uxyl's body like a peregine falcon. He began to WaveChange, turning into Dual Solitary Scorpion. Malice rose from him as he stayed underwater, while his tail
began to eject some poison, killing some fish in the area and turning the water near him a light shade of purple. He was ready to attack, making sure for the best
use of Uxyl's time of no response. He was a hunter, now he just had to wait. Kai-Zariak gasped as he was pulled into the water. He paddled furiously, working twice
as hard as a taught swimmer to keep his soaked head up and above the water. The strand of webbing he had used had quickly dissolved, loosely spreading as
poisonous fumes underwater. Enraged, he spun around, freeing himself to face his attacker, yet he felt a new presence...one much like him... It was the presence of
another FM-ian. He was surprised to see a human. Not so much for the AM-ian. More of an intense hatred , projected by Aractus. Having lashed another line of
thread above his head, he began to dash forward in an attack, when he suddenly realized what he was doing. He stopped himself, and attempted to calm down, all
the while Aractus wished to press on with the attack. Destroy him! Attack! Kill the AM-ian! Nows our cha-! Mentally, Kaizer cut him off, trying to shake off the anger
that mostly did not belong to him. On the outside, Kai-Zariak began to pull himself up the new rope thread he had created. The drowning boy had disappeared,
though he was sure that he was still here somewhere, with his FM-ian, for there was almost no chance of it being otherwise. The other was still down below, but he
couldn't tell what he was doing. Standing on the EM Wave Road, he called down to the stranger that had caused such an anger in Aractus, but not before the latter
began to argue. Why did you not attack? I have told you time and again, my mission is to destroy all AM-ian lifeforms who have tainted this planet with their fil-! Not
wanting to seem deranged, in case of another struggle, he retorted back mentally to the cruel FM-ian whom he shared a body with, silencing him for the second time
in less than an hour. Aractus was definitely pissed off. Don't you think that it'd be strange if I started to kill random people? Don't you think that it wouldn't be normal for
a me to murder someone because an alien told me to? This is the planet where humansoriginated, so here, you listen to me, not vice versa!For once in a life time, and
fortunately for Kaizer, Aractus was at a loss for words. He sputtered and mumbled, and then discontinued speaking altogether. In the physical, Kai-Zariak called
down again. "You there! What'd you do that for? Come up here for a sec!" Alright, alright. We went into the water AND I "attacked" that thing. My name's Zuhal
Akybi and I've never seen these creatures before. Now, tell me your name and whats going on." The smart-elic voice replied "What? Were you not listening? I said
that his kind destroyed my planet! Thats enough reason in itself to attack! As for the name, its Delphinus. Now lets go after him before he gets away!" "Lets take on
thing at a time, alright?" Zuhal was still frustrated at what Del had caused. "We need to find that bo-" "Yea yea. The 'boy in the water.' I sense an FMian from him
too! They want to destroy me! Quick..." Del made Zuhal raise his left arm. "Say 'EM Wave Change. Zuhal Akybi ON-THE-AIR!'" Del was strong, but this time Zuhal was
ready. He fought Del's strength, managing to lower his left arm. "Not...yet..." Zuhal managed. This alien was stronger than he thought. "Lets see...what he's... doing
first." Del gave up the fight, giving Zuhal a break. The creature from above yelled down at him. "Yea, and when we come up there, we'll beat you to a pulp!" Was
there anything Zuhal could do to get this guy to shut up? He yelled back up to the guy in the sky. "Just ignore the ignorant alien. It was his idea to attack, not mine.
At any rate, how are you floating, and how do you expect me to do the same?" "What, you don't see it? He's standing on a wave road. If you want to get up there,
do what I told you to do earlier. C'mon!" Del's attitude switched from aggrssive and defensive to playful and excited. As troublesome and ridiculous as it was, Zuhal
decided to give it a shot, leaving out the parts he didn't like. He raised his left hand, prepared for whatever might happen. "Alright. EM Wave Change. Go!" As soon
as he said those words, his body was engulfed in a blue light. It felt... was an empowering feeling, but he felt like he was merging with something. Before he knew it,
his whole appearance had changef. He was wearing a light blue armor and...a helment. Zuhal never liked to wear anything on his head since it always messed up his
hair. Nevertheless, he felt much stronger, which downplayed what he considered "troublesome hair". Most importantly, the spider creature in the sky was no longer
standing on air, but on a road. This form gave him the ability to see the wave roads, something he never knew existed. Zuhal still stood on the boat, checking out his
new armor. Not wasting any time, however, Del ruined his moment. His voice no loner came from his transer, which he had no clue where that was at now, but came
from his helment. "Hey, are you just going to stand in awe, or are you gonna climb up that web and kick some butt? LETS GO!" Jumping from the boat, Zuhal grabbed
the "rope." To his surprise he went further up than he anticipated. He climbed up the boat, feeling great in his new form. As he approached the top, he began to go
on the defensive just in case he was attacked. He climbed onto the road and looked at the guy. "Alright, I'm here. What do you want?" Scorpio noted the fact that
there was also an FMian here to. Strength in numbers could help, but now was not the right time. He spent knew he had to spend more time watching the fight. See
both of their abilities. Meanwhile, he knew from Uxyl that dolphins were aquatic animals, and there for that dolphin like EM being would be best at home in water. He
knew what his first act for battle would be. He smam/floated a little under the surface, watching the two furiously. Zuhal climbed steadily but quickly up the rope as
Kai-Zariak watched (Imma just call him KZ now...). "Alright, I'm here. What do you want?" said the stranger, and he was suddenly peeved. Contain your emotions! IT's
affecting me too!, and on the outside, "Oh, nothing... I just wanted to ask WHAT IN THE HECK WERE YOU DOING?" He stopped himself, and breathing deeply, he
asked again. "Why did you pull me in? What the heck happened? You obviously didn't know that I wasn't very good at swimming, but still! Oh yeah, the AM-ian you
merged with, what's its name? Lastly, you should have an alias as well, for Denpa-Henkan form. What is it?" Zuhal sighed and put his right hand behind his head.
This was all getting very confusing for him, but he figured the best way to figure all of this out was to answer this guy's questions. "Alright, first, before I give you
any information, you've got to agree to give me some info in return. 'Law of equivalent exchange.'" Zuhal pointed to his helment. "Like I said earlier, this AM-ian told
me to attack you. He drug me along, so I didn't have any choice. As for what happened, I'm just as confused as you. I don't have a clue where that guy in the water
went to, but I was under the impression you were after him for one reason or another. The Am-ian's name? The guy claims that his name's Delphinus, bu the last
time I checked that was the name of a constellation." Zuhal crossed his arms. "A name? For this form? Sounds kind of foolish..." In his head, Del screamed "Oh! I
know! How about Dezal! Or maybe Zoo Dolphin! Yea, I like that!" Zuhal closed his eyes and shook his head. "No, those are horrible name's. Lets just take the
beginning of mine and the ending of yours, ok? That leaves us with...Zephus. Hm, not a bad name..." Zuhal uncrossed his arms and looked the the guy in his 'Denpa
Henkan' form from what he called it. "I've answered your questions, now answer mine. Whats you're name? Who's that alien you're with? What exactly does 'Denpa
Henkan' form do? Tell me anything you know about these aliens." It was weird. In this form, Del was a little more calm, but Zuhal was a little more outgoing. This is
strange indeed... KZ scratched his head. A few minutes ago, he was almost drowned. Now, the person who attacked him wanted to have a civilized discussion. "My
name is Kaizer, the spider dude is Aractus, and together, we form Kai-Zariak. I've gotten use to this...'transformation', but it's a bit difficult to explain." "Denpa-
Henkan, sometimes called EM Wave Conversion, fuses you and an alien. AM-ians are wave beings who are less aggressive than FM-ians, whom have declared war
against all AM lifeforms, destroying their planet. Now, both are scattered around the universe, many of them coming here, to Earth." He waved his arm above his
head, indicating the sky, and open lake around them, before suddenly tossing a pair of Visualizers to Zuhal. "You asked what I was 'floating' on, so I'll assume you've
never actually seen a Wave Road. Put those on, and you'll be able to see the electromagnetic side of the world. "That's what I know about the aliens and EM Waves,
but you also asked what this ability to merge is. That's the question still to be answered. What is this power? It has almost no chance of being a coincidence that
these aliens are able to merge with us, the humans of Earth. Yet, what is known about it, I can tell you. "Denpa-Henkan form allows you to use special abilities that
you and the alien cannot perform alone." Saying so, he displayed his fanged fist, the poison dripping slowly, glistening in the sun, and then with the other, released
poisonous gases that drifted slowly away in the wind. "In this form, I gain these abilities. If I wanted to, I would be able to-" To kill both of you. It was the first time
Aractus had spoken for the past hour. I went a bit out of control... My apologies to Ze-Zeph... Kaizer. My apologies to Kaizer. Obviously unable to bring himself to
apologize to an AM-ian and its human friend, he had redirected the sentence. What happened to the drowning kid? Did he die or something?he asked bluntly. "Actually,
where is he?" I still sense another FM-ian... he thought. And for the first time, KZ looked down, and saw the faint glow of violet in the lake. "Hmm...Could it possibly
be?" He glanced as his hand, and briskly jumped down, towards the ever spreading iridesence. Scorpio knew he was seen, he had to act fast. He couldn't go to
much farther under the lake. He swam farther down, and past his poison. He hoped that it would help block the vision, as he canceled out of his Denpa-Henkan form,
going back inside Uxyl's Transfer. Del finally decided to make his presence know to Zuhal once again, still being as annoying and loud as ever. "Y'know, I could of told
you all about that. Maybe if you would just ASK next time before trusting some FM-ian stranger you would get some answers. Now, lets try out some of our attacks!"
Agreeing with Del, Zuhal jumped off the Wave Road towards the water. "Try kicking the water. Lets see what happens!" Zuhal obeyed and kicked the middle of the
poisoned part of the water. The kick caused the water to shoot up as if something exploded, dispersing the poisoned water. The recoil from the kick caused him to
land back in the boat with Liz. Zephus was astonished. "Amazing..." KZ was already underwater, this time remembering the helmet had a full wraparound visor, so
he was able to breather underwater. The FM-ian presence was weaker now, yet he went deeper still, to try and locate the source. The cloud of violet toxins had no
effect on him, but he knew it would be able to hurt someone else had the been exposed to it, for even he felt a slight tingle, his body barely resisting the tainted
water. He quickly spun around in the lake when he felt, rather than heard, the vibrations. He then returned to descending, as he felt the aura that showed it as only
Zephus hitting the water, and at he same time, spreadig the toxic liquid loosely enough for it to become uneffective. At that moment, he saw something. A flash of
light, very much like the one created when Aractus returned to Kaizer's Transer. "Gotcha," he said to himself, before quickly dashing forward, colliding with something
solid, and knocking himself unconscious. The effect his kick had on the water got Zephus excited. He quickly dove into the water to chase after Kai-Zariak, knowing
that Kai-Zariak wasn't exactly the best swimmer in the world. Upon impact, Zephus noticed how lightweight his body felt. Apparently his armor was lightweight and
designed to easily cut through the water. What also amazed him was that he could breathe underwater using the vents on both sides of his face (see the picture on
my profile). Everything about his Denpa-Henkan form made it apparent that he had the advantage in the water. Zephus swam through the now dispersing poison,
holding his breathe to ensure that the poison had no effect on him. Even thought the poison was dispersing, it was still difficult to see where he was going. Because
of this and his swimming through poison, he habitually closed his eyes and unconsiously focused on his hearing. As he did so, the visor on his helment closed down
over his eyes, startling him. All of a sudden, his hearing was enhanced to the point where he could actually see images around him in his mind. This'll come in handy...
He could now see Kai-Zariak's image and the image of another person in the water. Kai-Zariak and the other person weren't moving, making it apparent to Zephus
that KZ was unconsious and that the other person was the boy he thought had died. Either way, Zephus swam towards them and grabbed the both of them.
However, their combined weight was too much for Zephus to carry to the surface. Nevertheless, Zephus swam as hard as he could towards the surface and away
from the poison to no avail. Del decided to give his imput for the situation. "Hey, try focusing on going up with your legs. Don't swim with them, 'jet up' with them."
Del's advice seemed absurd, but it was worth a shot. Zephus focused on his legs just like his 'partner' had said and immediatly the diamonds on both sides of his
legs opened up, revealing jets on his legs. The jets activated and sent Zephus and his luggage up in a rather quick pace. Before he knew it, Zephus struck the
surface of the lake. He felt like he was in a dream...none of this could be real. He swam back to the boat and put Kai-Zariak and the boy in. Wanting to stay in his
Denpa-Henkan form, Zephus pushed the boat back to the dock with a boat full of unconcious people. He would have a hard time explaining what happened to the
boatman... Before reaching the dock, Zephus got back into the boat and returned to his human form. It had only been about half an hour while he was in his Denpa-
Henkan form, but he already felt like he knew everything about it. He rowed the boat into the dock and tied it down. Lucky for him, the boat man was out to lunch, so
nobody was around. Knowing he couldn't drag all the of them around, Zuhal decided to try to help the ex-drowning kid out. He didn't act like the boy's condition was
an emergency, but at least he got the boy out of the boat. He began doing what little CPR he had learned in school, hoping the boy would wake up soon. Scorpio by
now knew he was outnumbered, and remained hidden in the Transfer. However he did manage to cause Uxyl's arm to hit him in the stomach to wake him up, rather
than the CPR. "What happened? I...I was in the lake, then... I fell in." He was obviously confused, but his face also showed fear. for some reason. Zuhal watched the
boy's arm flop up and hit himself in the stomach. His 'CPR' obviosuly did no good. Huh, well thats not suspicious at all. Now feeling bored once again, Zuhal bent down
to look the boy in the face. "Well, you're safe now. Next time, don't fall into the lake. You might not have someone like me around, especially if you can't swim."
Although he was pretty far out in the lake... He looked over at KZ, who was...well...no longer KZ. The guy had returned back into his human form after Zuhal had
docked the boat. Zuhal stood again and held out his hand to help the ex-drowning boy up. "The name's Zuhal Akybi. Yours?" Del yelled out furiously "DON'T HELP
HIM! He's got an FM-ian in his transer!" Zuhal put his arm back down, no longer willing to help the boy and sighed. As cool as the Denpa-Henkan form had been, he
wasn't sure if it was worth having to stay around such an annoying pest all the time. "...Thanks, I guess. Uxyl Sparks." Then he heard the yell of an EM being, and
they knew who Scorpio is. "It's okay, play it cool. Act like you don't know anything." Uxyl thought to himself. Of course instead of keeping it a secret, Scorpio flew out of
the transfer, knowing that he couldn't hide anymore. He clearly wanted a battle, and he'd been looking for an AM-ian for a while. "Yeah! And who are you? I know
your an AM-ian, but what business do you have with me?"Uxyl just rolled his eyes at his partner, and stood up. "I...I have to go. Scorpio, it doesn't matter.
Just...come along." However, He had to stop as the purple FM-ian refused, staring angrily at Delphius. Kaizer awoke, his head aching, stomach hurting, and dignity
broken. "What happened?" he asked calmly, at odds with his racing mind. He noticed the boy was awake, and Zuhal, who had left his Denpa-Henkan, along with a
girl he didn't know. "Errm, hello. You okay, now?" And then he saw the giant scorpion. "Oh, LoRd, not another one..." he thought. Aractus had appeared, and now the
boat was completely crowded, with 3 people, and two alien arachnids. Are you friend or foe? Ally of traitor? Tell me now or you will be treated as the latter! He was
tense. If an AM-ian could be his 'friend', there was the same chance for the FM-ian to be an enemy. Kaizer sighed, shook his head to clear his thoughts, and sat up
the best he could in the boat. "Calm down. I told you already, it's not like there's a giant crisis having to do with 4 elemental talismans or something... "I hope you're
kidding."About what?" Oh, Lord... To join his alien 'friends,' Del left Zuhal's transer, and being as 'friendly' as possible, Del yelled at both of the FM-ian threats. "Hey!
There's no WAY I'm that Spider freak's friend. If anything, I should beat the snot out of the 2 of ya right here, right now. You monsters destroyed my home planet! I'll
NEVER forgive you for that!" To find out what was going on, Zuhal put on the Visualizers that Kaizer gave him, and right before his eyes were a spider, a scropion,
and a dolphin. The dolphin, Del, was yelling at the FM-ians, almost ready to attack. Zuhal decided to interrupt the skirmish and stood between all 3 aliens. "Alright,
enough of this nonsense, This it getting on my nerves. Just get back in your partner's transers and we'll talk it out." These alien's additudes were quickly getting
annoying for Zuhal. "Or fight we'll it out!" Del was apparently ready to fight both Uxyl and Kaizer, despite that the latter helped them out. Del returned to Zuhal's
transer, made him raise his left arm once again, and barked out orders. "C'mon! Transform so we can take down that FM-ian scum!" Zuhal sighed and left his left arm
in the air, now supported by Del. Ignoring the AM-ian's instructions, Zuhal proceded to try to make peace. "Well theres one alien in his transer. Anyone care to join
him?" Uxyl had asked his question as Kaizer left, leaving Zuhal to answer. Seeing that Zuhal wasn't doing to transform, Del gave control of his left arm back to Zuhal.
He placed both of hishands in his pockets and tried to answer the question. "I'm not exactly sure, but apparently the FM-ians destroyed the planet that my AM-ian,
Del, was from. It most be some intergalactic battle, as cheesy and ridiculous as that sounds." "Its not ridiculous, its true!" Del shouted, acting a little more calm than
he did before. "The FM-ians destroyed my planet. Their all equally as evil to me to allow their own kind to do such a thing!" Zuhal sighed. He was beginning to get
annoyed by Del's persistant hatred for FM-ans. Deciding to silence Del, he replied, "Alright, Del, we get the picture. You're starting to get on my nerves." Kaizer then
walked up and handed the two of them a bottle of water. Zuhal never liked to be given anything, always feeling like he owed the giver something in return.
Nevertheless, he was thirsty, so he took the water, murmed a "Thanks" to Kaizer, and drank up. After chugging down half of the bottle, Zuhal answered Uxyl's
second question. "I don't know exactly when you fell in, but Del hopped into my transer at one point, Kaizer swung down from an EM Wave road to I assume help
you. Long story short, I saved your life and KZ's after he fell in." Zuhal pointed at Kaizer, now addressing him. "And I owe you something for this water." He chugged
the rest of the water and sighed, turning back to Uxyl. "Speaking of 'owing,' you owe me some information for that little spiel about what happened. I want to know
how you got your FM-an." They way Uxyl was stumbling over his words was starting to aggitate Zuhal. Apparently, Uxyl didn't want to talk about it, but he didn't
care. He had lived by the law of equivalant exchange his whole life, and there was no way he was going to give someone info without a price, despite how minuscule
it seemed. "I just want to know. Do I really need a reason? Saying that 'it's along story' won't fly by me, by the way. If you're not willing to say, maybe you FM-ian
partner is." "Go on Uxyl. Or are you going to chicken out?" "Uhh...I was lonely one day. And was being picked on when he showed up...uhh promising me that...it will
stop if I...became his partner for Denpa-Henkan? Yeah. This was an obvious lie, which Scorpio laughed at, ruining any chance Uxyl had. "Okay. For real, I've never had the
best life. I was known as the 'wierd kid' in school, and for about three years I was bullied. Then stuff happened. Kids who bullied me, weren't able to come to school anymore.
Eventually he came up, and announced he was the reason. I kinda had to join him after that." "What made you think you had to join with him as a partner?" he asked,
confused. "I mean, he got rid of the guys bothering you, but how do you know he's not a completely homicidal maniac for doing, so. No offense, Scorpio." I'd consider
that a compliment, actually. "...Yeah...whatever..." Somehow, Kaizer easily imagined that. Back on the subject, he reworded his question. "He just 'got rid of' those
guys, and you joined him? Why is that, really? Deciding to answer Kaizer's question, Del yelled out "Its because he's an FM-ian! All of your kind are the same! You
destr-" "Enough!" Zuhal had had enough. "We know your angry Del. GET OVER IT! Just be QUIET for a few minutes at let them explain their stories." Finally deciding
to submit to Zuhal, Del remained silent. Zuhal was fed up with trying to make peace, so he decided to remain quite until he calmed himself down. Besides, these
stories were interesting, since they involved aliens. "...It's not like I could have...done anything else. It's not everyday an...alien comes up to you, promises...that you can
have power...and protection.""And besides, he listens to me, and I help him. He hasn't had any school kids bully him lately." "That's mainly because you make me
skip school."Uxyl shakes his head, as if trying to rid thoughts that he had. "It doesn't matter now...does it? I have him as a partner...and that's it. Since we're all sharing
stories...How did you find your partner?" It was Kaizer's turn to look away. "Errm...well...errr- It's kinda hard to explain... I've had him for a long time, almost 5 years-" I
had just escaped from the Planet FM, after being exiled, for cow-cowa-for insubordination. They sent others after me, and I was injured... He- Aractus pointed at Kaizer. -
helped me out. We got along ever since... Kaizer was definitely surprised. "You said you never wanted anyone to know..." Times change... We all do... "Aractus..." The
spider-like entity looked away. His red eyes glistened with the light of the dawn, and he looked calmer, almost relaxed. Uxyl...th-than- thank you. You have helped me
lift a great burden from my shoulders... "...Okay.S-" "Insubordination? What did you do? Insult Cepheus to much? Attacked a commanding officer?""I'm sure it
doesn't mat-" "Of course it does! What happened?" He doesn't want to respond, so just drop it okay..." "...Fine..." Uxyl walks around a bit, not helping the awkward
silence between all of them. I MET MY FM-IAN PARTNER THE SAME WAY GEO STELAR AKA MEGAMAN STARFORCE MET HIS AM-IAN PARTNER. SAID BASS
CYBEAST FLYING. WHAT THE? HOW ARE YOU FLYING! YEAH! THERE'S NO WAVEROAD WHERE YOUR FLYING! AND YOUR NOT EVEN WAVECHANGED! SAID
SCOPIO. NATUAL ABILITY OF MINE. COMES WITH BEING A CYBEAST HYBRID. ISN'T THAT SO GIGA-XIS? RIGHT MASTER BASS. SAID GIGA-XIS. I'M FM
KING GIGA-XIS. THE GOD OF ELEMENTS OF THE PLANET FM. SAID GIGA-XIS. AND DEL THE IDIOT FM-IAN YOU WANT THAT DESTROYED AM IS GEMINI. HE
TRICKED THE KING SO IF ANYONE HE SHOULD BE HATED NOT THE REST OF FM. SAID GIGA-XIS. "So...what happens now?" Zuhal wanted to hear Kaizer's story,
but apparently he didn't want to talk and Zuhal wasn't going to ask since he was 'in dept' to him. However, he was going to answer Uxyl's question, remembering
Liz. He walked back into the boat and carried her out. "We're going to take this girl to the nearest hospital or her home, whichever one is closer." Zuhal said. "I don't
know where she lives and I don't know where any hospitals are, so it looks like we've got to search for one." He began walking in a random direction, hoping that he
would come across a hospital. He was beginning to feel reserved, so he didn't invite Uxyl or Kaizer to come along, expecting them to follow him. Del surprisingly
remainded quiet. Kaizer, also at a lost of what to do next, simply followed Zuhal. He figured it might be better to point out the road was on the other side of the lake,
and that they were heading in the direction of a forest, but was rather tired, and didn't want to waste his energy. Aractus' had yet to speak, but he remained silent,
at odds with the call of birds and rustling of leaves that seemed to like background music to him. He saw a pile of pebbles nearby, and bent down to pick them up,
thinking they looked familiar from somewhere, and thought they might be useful."Wait, I got an idea! Denpa-Henkan! Uxyl Sparks! On Air." A flash happened and DSS
appeared before them. However he left quickly, then reappeared after some time. "I checked her Transfer. Don't worry I only looked for the address. It says she lives
somewhere in Amerope. I doubt she'd live to far from here, though. It's your call. If you know of a hospital to drop her off at tell me." Zuhal looked over at Uxyl. He
was impressed that he came up with the idea to check her transer for her address. Dropping her off at her house would be much easier than to go by a hospital.
"Lets swing by her hosue. That'll save us some troube. Lead the way." DSS grabbed the girl, holding her carefully, and switched frequencies to be able to go onto
the EM road. He spent a while, and got back, then pulsed out. "...I didn't know which house was hers, but I dropped her off at the right one after I found it." Uxyl was
silent, but couldn't help but laugh at what happened. Of course, he was laughing, which he had not done for a long time. This caused him to go into a laughing fit, in
which he promptly crashed into a different wall as well. After the pain subsided, he looked embarrassed and looked down. "I got it!" Scorpio burst out yelling. "That
stupid AM has been sitting there all smug! How about you and me take him down!", He yelled to Aractus. Del immediatly responded to Scorpio's challenge.
"Alright, ya piece of trash we'll take you on! C'mon Zuhal!" For once, Zuhal decided to listen to Del. Crossing his arms and smirking, Zuhal replied. "That's beginning
to not sound like such a bad idea after all. I'm still interested in this whole Denpa-Henkan thing, and I want to see how you 2 fight." He looked around, looking for
the best place for their 3 way show down. After awhile, Zuhal pointed in the opposite direction of the lake. "It looks like over there is an abandoned warehouse. We
don't have to fight there, but it would be a good idea if no one saw us transform." Without delay, Zuhal began walking towards the warehouse all the while as Del
cheered for the competition. YES I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE YOU BATTLE. SAID BASS CYBEAST. Uxyl was dragged across by Scorpio controllling him arm over to the
warehouse. Regardless to say, he wasn't happy. Aractus said nothing as Kaizer walked casually along to the warehouse. "You know, it seems a bit unfair, two
against one. I'm pretty neutral at the moment. How about I ref the fight?" I do not mind... As long as there's blood..."No comment..." BASS CYBEAST GOES TO THE
WAREHOUSE.
END OF CHAPTER
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