The Criminals Meet The Heroic
It's been about a few weeks or so since the Doomsday Legion teamed up with the Hero Alliance to take down the titans. After the battle in the Avatar's world, they've been back on the run, hiding from the forces of the Universal Police, who are hunting for the escaped criminals from the breakout caused by Amadeus Flux. Desperate to seek a hiding spot, AJ decided to choose to hide on a world he set his eyes on first.
"Tell me again why the hell this place was a good idea to hide out?" Hitomi asked.
"Look, it's not my first choice, but I've done some deals here. Hopefully we can hide out until the authorities stop looking for us." AJ said.
"You'd think after saving the world from the titans, they'd let up. But we are still criminals…" Moth said as Dark Water nodded.
"If you think about it, those guys were pretty cool to hang around while it lasted." AJ said.
"Sure, if you like hanging with those types of people. I think some of them were idiots." Hitomi said.
"Nice to see you haven't changed a bit after saving the world…" AJ said before getting a radar blop. "Whoa, hold up…. There's another ship in the area. Looks like its combing the area for something… or someone."
"What ship? Are they friend or foe?" Moth asked.
"We're about to find out…" AJ said as the ship caught up with the other as it landed in an area.
Field Data.
Hanging Gardens
"Helloooo?! Nu?! Where are you?!" A blonde haired girl called out before turning to a grey haired man. "Did you find her Ragna?"
"No, me and Jin looked all over and nothing. Shit, where the hell is she?" Ragna said annoyed.
"Don't be so worried. Isn't she still trying to kill you for some reason?" Jin asked.
"Well from what that letter that Kido got from that Hope kid, it seems like she's trying get a better hold on her emotions." Makoto said.
"Kido said Nu is safe, but…" Noel said.
"Nu?" AJ said as the others appeared. "That name… how come you know it?"
"Who are you?" Tsubaki asked.
"That's uh… not important. My question first, how did you come by that name?" AJ asked.
"You mean my sister, Nu?" Noel asked. "Do you know where she is, where this Hope took her? What does he look like?"
"Answer Noel's question, bastard. Where is she?!" Ragna asked pointing to AJs chest.
AJ, DARK WATER AND MOTH vs RAGNA, NOEL, AND JIN
GET READY!
(Cue- Abel Theme- Super Street Fighter 4)
AJ then got serious as he slapped Ragna's hand away as Dark Water and Moth came up as backup.. "I don't even know you, yet you expect us to spill the beans?!"
"Fine then, we'll do it the hard way!" Ragna said as he, Noel, and Jin readied their weapons.
CAN'T ESCAPE FROM CROSSING FATE
FIGHT!
"Kung Fu Point!" AJ said as he and Ragna clashed sword on fist. AJ used guard point to harden his arms as Ragna attacked. "Guard Impact!" He said pushing Ragna away with force and dealing damage.
"Shit! Hell's Fang!" Ragna called out as he charged forward with a darkness coated punch as stole some life energy as well.
"Damn…" AJ said. "Wait… this power…! You're…! Ragna the Bloodedge!" AJ said. "If I can beat you, it'll do a hell of a lotta good for clearing my name! Put up your dukes!"
"Heh. You got spunk kid, bring it on!" Ragna said as he did a come on motion with his hand.
As the two battled, Dark Water and Noel were exchanging shots as they also combated hand to hand.
"I really wish we didn't have to fight like this, we just want to know where my sister went!" Noel said.
Dark Water shook his head no, as if to say he won't tell where she is.
"Alright, I'm sorry about this." Noel said before she summoned a gatling gun. "Hyaaaahh! Nemesis Stabilizer!" She called out as she fired a mini torpedo as the finisher.
Dark Water phased through the bullets due to his ink like makeup, and then covered the ground in black ink and dove into it in squid form to avoid the blast from the torpedo. He then popped up behind Noel and splattered her with ink from his Splattershot.
"Aah!" Noel cried out.
"Noel!" Ragna called before AJ kicked him.
"You're better off paying attention to me if you don't wanna get caught off guard." AJ smirked.
"Silk shot!" Moth called as she fired her silk from her mouth at Jin.
"Hmph!" Jin said as he multi slashed the silk in a single strike. "Crystal Strike!" He called out as he fired a sword made of ice at Moth.
"Yikes!" Moth said evading the sword with her speed. "Hey, I'm not a fly on a windshield!"
"All we want to know is where Nu is, fighting like this is pointless." Jin said.
"Even if we did know, we wouldn't tell you. It wouldn't be right to just lead you right to her so you'd all be slaughtered by her bloodlust and love for Ragna." AJ said blocking Ragna's sword.
"All of you, enough!" A voice called out as Kido and Haruto approached.
(end song)
"Huh?" AJ asked.
"Kido! Haruto! We were just… um…" Noel said. "These people know where my sister is, but they aren't exactly telling us!"
"Hmm… I recognize you. You are AJ of the Doomsday Legion, correct?" Kido asked.
"Uh… yeah, thats me. Wait, how do you know me? Oh, wait don't tell me, is it because of the breakout all over the news?" AJ said sighing.
"Don't worry, we're not here to arrest you, a boy named Hope told me about you. Ragna, Jin, Noel, stand down." Kido said as they retracted their weapons.
"I thought that name sounded familiar… so you're AJ Drake." Makoto said.
"Yup. That's me. Sorry about the fight, we just didn't want anything going wrong with you guys seeing Nu so early." AJ said. "Thing is, if Ragna did show up, I'd think Nu would just be herself and try to kill him or something."
"Well damn, I didn't think you'd know that much about my history with her." Ragna said.
"Ah yes, Hope explained the situation to me in a letter. She has regained her emotions correct?" Kido said.
"Yeah, and she's not exactly used to em either. It's why we didn't wanna tell you where they are." Moth said.
"Understandable, please follow us to Ikaruga HQ, we'll talk more there." Kido said.
Ikaruga HQ…
"...and that's pretty much it. So you know Nu's already with our buds, right?" AJ asked.
"Well at least we know she's safe. Sorry about the whole mix up back there. My name is Noel Vermillion, it's nice to meet you." Noel said.
"I'm AJ, AJ Drake. The one who kinda tagged you on the Back is Dark Water, he's an Inkling experiment. Don't worry though, he's a good guy." AJ said as Dark Water waved. " That's Moth over there, and that's Natalie and Hitomi. As you've already known, were the Doomsday Legion. That said I know you guys a little too. The Harbingers of the Powers of Order and Chaos, Ragna the Bloodedge and Jin Kisaragi."
"Hmm. It seems our reputations precede us brother." Jin said.
"I'm Makoto Nanaya, nice to meet you all. Of course, I already know you, AJ." Makoto said.
"And I am Tsubaki Izayoi. One of the Wings of Justice." Tsubaki said.
"I'm Hyde, Hyde Kido." Hyde said.
"My name is Linne." Linne said.
"So, is this all of you? What do you guys call yourselves?" AJ asked.
"We call ourselves the Heroic Vanguard!" An upbeat voice said as Haruto popped up behind him.
"Gah! Hey, warn me next time you wanna almost scare me to death!" AJ said.
"Sorry, didn't mean to "knock your socks off!" Haruto punned.
"He's an enhanced with Yang Xiao Long's abilities. So he's pretty much like this most of the time." Kido said.
"Oh, an enhanced huh? That explains it, I'm 2nd gen, got Choppers powers. What about you, Kido?" AJ asked.
"I have Kaguya Nanbu and Natsu's abilities. Which you can see with the red tipped black hair and snake tattoo on my cheek." Kido said.
"Huh. So… what are you guys up to now?" Moth asked.
"Well, we were going to travel around to look for Nu, but since you guys told us she's okay, I think we can rest easy." Noel said.
"Then maybe it's best if you stayed here, you know, to clean up some problems?" AJ asked.
"Right. The Imperator is still out there, we're currently trying to find out what her's and Terumi's plans are. You all are welcome to stay. We could use the help." Kido said.
"Well, I do kinda need to pay you guys back. We almost got into a war over Nu so… were in." AJ said.
"What are you doing, you idiot? We don't even know these guys well." Hitomi asked.
"Look, we almost took em out off a misunderstanding. Least we can do is help em finish off whoever this Imperator and Terumi is. Plus, it could help us get a few people to our ranks who aren't criminals like us." AJ said. "Though I am being optimistic here."
"Not to mention you got those shitheads in the Universal Police tailing after you." A voice said as Kokonoe walked up to them.
"Oh, Kokonoe!" Kido said.
"I heard about your battle against the titans, but it seems the damned Universal Police didn't clear your charges. And you all were framed for trying to help others. Don't worry, I can help vouch for you all." Kokonoe said. "Lambda." She said as a girl that looked like Nu walked up to them.
"Yes Professor?" Lambda asked.
"Show our guests to their quarters, I'll have Tager dock their ship in the hanger while I contact Rachel." Kokonoe said.
"Of course. Please follow me." Lambda said.
"Uh, sure." AJ said. "Well, this could probably turn out well."