The Fighters And The Swordsman
Chapter 2: New Friends
(I'm gonna try and test out a change in perspective here in this chapter… Tell me what you all think! A/N.)
(Also, OCs submitted by kaizero6 and France Shellby! All rights go to their respective owners! I only own my story and my OCs!)
-A Week Later; Basillicom; James's POV- I sat up and stretched my arms out. Akina and Neptune were playing a racing game on the large T.V. in front of the couch. I couldn't help but chuckle at Neptune as she frowned when Akina's car passed her and bumped her off the racetrack.
"Oh, yeah! Back in the lead!" Akina smirked.
"No fair, you big boobied jerk! I'll get you for that!" Neptune growls as she mashed a single button on the left side of her controller. And I thought Seth was a rager… I shook my head and stood up.
"Have fun… But, don't kill each other. I'm gonna take a walk," I smirked as I walked behind them and kissed Akina on the top of her head.
"K, babe… Bring me a case of Just Water when you get back," Akina told him as she looked over at me. I stopped and sighed, shaking my head.
"Ooh! Can you pick up some pudding from the outlet a few blocks from here?! Pretty please?!" Neptune called.
"Sure… Will there be anything else, ladies?" I asked sarcastically as I plastered a smile on my face when I looked back at them.
"Hmm… Nah, that's it. Thanks, James!" Akina giggled.
"At least you're reasonable…" I muttered as I walked to the door again… Just as Nepgear bumps into me.
"Oh! Sorry about that… Ladies first."
"Thank you… You are a gentleman," Nepgear smiled as she opened the door, "Actually, I've been meaning to talk to you… Mind if I tag along?"
"Not a problem with me… Let's go," I said as I followed Nepgear out the door. For a whole week now, Akina and I haven't found Seth or Stephen yet and we've been living with Neptune, Nepgear, and Histoire ever since. But, like Histoire says… We have to make ourselves useful. So, Akina and I became Guild Agents working for the Planeptune Guild. Bradley, IF, and Uni sometimes joins us on our Quests to give us pointers and some sparring before the Quests to get us used to ours new powers. Also… Akina chose to have Final Fantasy abilities as well as some abilities from Hunter X Hunter and several other anime I can't remember. She loves anime more than I do… And, I love anime. Nepgear and I walked to an elevator and went down to the ground floor, which is also the Basillicom. As we walked out, there was a commotion at the front desk. A pale skinned male stood at the desk, arguing with the clerk about something along the lines of…
"Look, lady… I don't care where you grew up. You still look like a loli, anyway!" he told her, his different colored eyes glaring at the clerk.
"I was just making conversation, pal! Can't you lighten up?!" the clerk snarled as she stood up and got in his face.
"Uh oh… Looks like we've got a live one," I smirked as I looked at Nepgear, "Wait here…" I walked over to the arguing stranger and the clerk and stood in between them, pushing them back gently.
"Guys, guys… There's no need for going in like this… If you need a room, there's a bunch of rooms upstairs," I joked as I looked at both of them.
"What?! As if I go with this clown!" the clerk snarled as she slapped my hand away, "He just called me a loli!"
"Well…" I said as I looked at her. She was a blue haired female that looked WAY younger than she lets on.
"Could've fooled me, sweetheart," the stranger smirked as he nods his head.
"He's not wrong…" I agreed.
"Men…" she muttered.
"-Sigh-… Look, she's new. Lighten up, okay?" I told him.
"Why should I?" he asked, "She called me a pig."
"I feel like someone's gonna hate me for this…" I thought as I shook my head.
"Listen… You can't go around acting high and mighty to everyone. Just calm down and think about their feelings," I explained, "Now… Apologize, both of you." The stranger looked away and frowned. The clerk looked down and blushed lightly.
"Sorry…" they both muttered.
"Good… Now, I know what a dad feels like…" I sighed as I looked over at Nepgear, "Come on… We gotta get going."
"Wait a second!" the stranger called as I walked to the front doors of the Basillicom. I stopped as Nepgear came to my left side.
"What's your name? I want to know the guy who taught me a stupid lesson."
"Scott… James Scott," I smirked as I turned to the door and walked out behind Nepgear.
"Unknown Instinct… That's my name! We'll meet again, James Scott!" he called.
-A Few Minutes Later; Downtown Planeptune- Nepgear and I walked through the busy streets of Planeptune, talking with one another about our family members.
"Wait, wait, wait… Neptune has eaten spoiled pudding before and has not puked it out yet?" I asked as I looked at Nepgear in surprise.
"Yes, she has… I was shocked to see it myself. I thought she would be laid out on the ground," Nepgear told me as she held a rather large bag in her hands.
"Are you sure you don't need help with that? It looks really heavy," I told her as I looked at Nepgear with a concerned look on my face.
"I'm okay… It's not that heavy," Nepgear smiled at me sweetly.
"I would feel bad if I made you carry that the entire time… Here, allow me," I told her as I took the bag from Nepgear and slung it over my left shoulder, "Okay, I'm even surprised… Wow. Maybe it's the blood of a Soul Reaper inside me!"
(Don't get your hopes up, pal… A/N.)
"Shut up!" I snarled at nothing. Nepgear had a confused look on her face as she looked at me.
"It's uh… Nothing," I told her with a smirk on my face.
"Okay…" Nepgear said with uncertainty.
"Ge-Ge, hi!" a female voice called to Nepgear. A woman about 20 rushed up to us. She had peach blonde hair and wore a pink sweater with a red checkered skirt with a small hip pouch on her left hip as well as pink boots.
"Hi, Compa… How have you been these days?" Nepgear asked her.
"Oh, it's been crazy! I ran into a rather weird looking guy earlier! He was ogling me from a distance and tried to hit on me!" Compa pouted.
"Uhh… That sounds like Seth," I sighed as I shook my head, "Did he have dark skin and a brown afro?"
"Yes! How'd you know?" Compa asked me as she looked at me curiously.
"That's my brother… He means well; but, he can't help himself," I told Compa.
"Your brother? Who are you?" Compa asked me.
"My name is James… Compa, right? Nice to meet you," I smiled as I shook her hand.
"Ooh… Nice to meet you, too… Jam… Uh… Jammi…" Compa said as she shook my hand and blushed as she tries to pronounce my name.
"Wait, really?" I thought as I looked at Nepgear.
"All right… Call me Jamie," I told Compa.
"Okay, Jamie!" Compa giggled. I sighed as I tried to get used to the childhood nickname that I got rid of for the longest.
(This is a fact. A/N.)
"Anyway… Which way did you see my brother?" I asked Compa.
"Baby, come back to me!" a familiar voice called as a familiar face raced towards us.
"Kyaah! He's back!" Compa screamed as she hid behind me. I pulled out my katana (Which I named Raioman) and held it in front of me as Seth skids to a stop.
"Yo! Little brother, I was looking all over for you!" Seth smirked as I lowered Raioman.
"Dude… I know you love Compa. But, chill the frick out!" I told him as I shook my head.
"Sorry… I can't help myself. I must mate with her!" Seth smirked as he points to Compa.
"You are making a scene, Seth… Stop," I told him.
"Making a scene? Is this making a scene?!" Seth called as he walked over to a window and hits his bare knuckle against the window loudly several times, "Is this making a scene?!"
"-Sigh-… You are worse than Neptune," I told him as I rolled my eyes.
"You know me by now… I'm effing crazy, little brother," Seth told me as he circled around us.
"Give me a minute…" I told Nepgear and Compa as I stepped forward, "Seth, seriously… You're scaring Compa."
"I'm what? Ohh… Whoops," Seth said as he stopped circling around us and lowered his hands, "I just wanted to make her laugh…"
"You grabbed my butt…" Compa muttered as she looked away from him. I slapped my forehead and groaned loudly.
"This is why you never had a girlfriend! Stop acting crazy around girls! You're worse than Issei from Highschool DXD!" I told him.
"That hurts!" Seth pouted.
"Look… Did you bother to at least eat something? You're always like this when you're hungry," I told him.
"I'm flat broke… I can't afford anything," Seth told me.
"Understandable… Okay, follow me. I'll get you some food," I told him as I placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Thank God! A brother is hungry!" Seth smirked as he and I walked to a small diner with Nepgear and Compa following us closely behind.
-Cupid's Diner- We sat a large red booth with 4 red stools around it and a waitress with red hair walked up to them.
"Howdy, everyone… My name's Candy! What can I get y'all?" the waitress asked as she hands each of us a menu.
"I don't want what's on the menu… If you know what I'm saying," Seth smirked as he looked at the petite figure of the waitress. I punched him in the back of the head and l glared at him as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Knock it off… I will beat you like you stole something. Behave," I warned as I placed a hand on Raioman's hilt. Seth grumbled and looked at the menu. Candy giggled and shook her head.
"Sorry about my brother… He's a lot less perverted when he's not hungry," I told Candy.
"I get it… A lot of guys try to get in these hot pants for a while now… Still denying them left and right, anyway," Candy smirked as she winked at me.
"Good for you! Now… I'll take a root beer," I told Candy as I smiled at her.
"Just Water for me…" Seth grumbled.
"Same," Compa smiled.
"Jasmine Tea for me," Nepgear smiled.
"Coming right up!" Candy smiled as she rushed off.
"Why'd you punch me, bro? I was about to…" Seth told me.
"I'm not about to have you embarrass yourself… Act civilized for once," I interrupted him as I leaned on the table and glanced at him, "What if Mom heard you macking with a complete stranger and I didn't do anything to stop you?"
"…"
"Exactly… You have to get control of that," I told him as I nod my head.
"What wouldn't I do without you, little brother?" Seth asked as he ruffled my curly hair.
"I'm basically your voice of reason today…" I told him.
"Yeah, yeah…" Seth smirked. Compa looked at Seth with a concerned look on her face. Seth turned to her and she blushed lightly as she looked down quickly at the menu.
"I saw you looking at me… Do I look sexy enough?"
"Maybe…" Compa muttered under her breath. Nepgear covered her mouth and I tried not to laugh.
"Okay… Introduce yourself properly, Seth," I told him with a straight face.
"Seth Naoko… I come from Earth to see many beautiful ladies that catch my eye," Seth smirked. I groaned and slapped my forehead again.
"Also… I am here to solve the mystery of how my friends and I came here." I looked at Seth and nod my head.
"So, how did you meet James?"
"To be honest… The first person to meet James was Noire… And, he fell on her pretty hard. Bradley, Uni, Rom, Ram, and I only saw him with his head in a punch bowl. It was a little scary… But, Akina came to his rescue and stopped Noire from hurting him. He explained what happened to her and she kinda forgave him," Nepgear told Seth.
"Punch Bowl?" Seth chuckled. I rolled my eyes and sighed.
"I landed on her and my hand was grabbing her breast on accident when I landed. I think I sprained it a little, too. The author me forgot to mention that part," I sighed.
(Hey, in my defense… It was late at night when I wrote that! A/N.)
"It's fine now… But, Noire still won't talk to me," I sighed as I shook my head.
"Here's your drinks!" Candy smiled as she walked up to the table and placed the respective drinks on front of each of us.
"Thanks…" Seth told her.
"So, what'll you guys have?" Candy asked.
"Everything on this page," Seth said as he points to the left side of the menu. Candy and I looked at him in shock.
"You're serious…" I said.
"I never joke about food… I am a bottomless pit," Seth smirked. I sighed and nod my head to Candy.
"Just get it for him… I'll take a Chicken Supreme Strip Basket," I told her as I handed her my and Seth's menus.
"Umm… I'll take a small salad," Nepgear said as she looked at Seth as he licked his lips and rubbed his hands together.
"Same for me," Compa said, "Add a Mincina Burger to that as well."
"Min what?" Seth and I asked at the same time.
"It's like an Angus Burger drowned in Habanero sauce," Candy explained.
"I didn't know Compa likes it hot…" Seth said as he looked at Compa. Nepgear and I groaned at the same time and rolled our eyes.
"All right… Your orders will be ready in a little while. Sit tight!" Candy smiled as she rushed off again.
"Did you really have to order everything on the left side of the menu?!" I asked as I looked at Seth.
"Yes… Brother hungry for this food!" Seth smirked.
"You are something else…" I sighed.
"Hey, there you are!" a voice called to us. We looked around and saw a male with a brown hat and a coat flying out behind him.
"Oh, shit… Him," Seth groaned as he rubbed his temples on his head.
"Who's that?" Compa asked.
"An annoyance," Seth snarled as he stood up and walked over to him, "What you want, bruh?"
"You still owe me money, man… Pay up," he told him.
"I don't have any money…" Seth argued.
"Guys, seriously? We're not here for a fight," I called from the table.
"Stay out of this, half pint… This isn't any of your business," the male told me as he points to me.
"Hey, back off… That's my little brother. You don't talk to him like that…" Seth warned the male.
"Look, all I want is my money… Where is it?" the male asked Seth seriously.
"I don't have it…" Seth told him. The male grabbed Seth by his shirt collar. I quickly stood up and grabbed my katana's hilt.
"Drop him… Unless you wanna go," I told the male. The male glared at me and scoffed. I walked away from the table and went up to the male and Seth.
"Your choice…" The male lets go of Seth and turned away from him to me.
"You really want to go at it? Fine… Hope you aren't a bitch," he told me with a smirk.
(BTW, kaizero6… This is not your OC. He looks like him… But, it's not him. He's coming! A/N.)
"Let's take this outside," I told him as I walked past him. The male walked out behind me and we faced each other on the street.
"You shouldn't be the one doing this, James…" Seth told me as he stood to the side.
"I don't care… Nobody screws with my family," I said as I pulled out Raioman, "Let's do this… Bankai!" I began to change into a black samurai kimono and my bright red blade darkened into a crimson red color. The blade sharpened to the point where it grew a second smaller blade next to it.
(Think of Iron Edge from Dead Rising 3… Except larger and longer blades. A/N.)
The dark aura around me disappeared and I took a fighting stance.
"Before we do this… Who are you? Why do you want money from my brother?" I asked him.
"My name is Andrew Prince… And, Seth and I agreed to go on a quest and I collect all of the reward," he told me.
"You didn't deserve it… I did all the work!" Seth told Andrew.
"So? All's fair in love and war," Andrew smirked as he pulled a large brown and green railgun out of nowhere.
"What the hell?! Where did you get that?!" Seth snarled as he glanced at the railgun.
"Been had it for a while now," Andrew smirked, "Tell me… Can your brother parry or dodge bullets?" This is dangerous… I can't exactly maneuver out of the way of the railgun… He might hit some innocent bystander with a stray bullet. Only choice I have is… I prepared myself as my sword was surrounded in a black flame.
"Wait! There are too many people out here!" Nepgear called to me. I looked around at the many bystanders that were looking in on this fight.
"Can't back down… Crap… What should I do? Should I just try to… Wait, I got it!" I thought as I relaxed my guard a little.
"You're wide open! Bullet Mania!" Andrew called as he shot hundreds of bullets at me.
"No, stop!" Compa screamed.
"If I can't dodge or parry them… I just have to burn them to ashes! Falling Shower!" I called as I swung my sword in a horizontal slash. Several black flames raced at the bullets and burned them into ashes. The ashes fell to the ground as I charged at Andrew.
"Now, who's wide open?! Shooting Star Slash!" I slashed Andrew with a star shaped slash to his torso and knocked him to the ground. He dropped his railgun and held his hand over his chest.
"How did you burn every single one of my Bullet Mania bullets to ashes? It's impossible to burn all 12000 bullets at once," Andrew groaned.
"Easy… With inextinguishable black flames, of course. I held back a lot of that attack… I'm not that stupid," I smirked as I returned to my normal attire… Which I forgot to explain. I wore a black striped zip up hoodie over a dark red shirt with a Deadpool logo on the front, long black jeans, a pair of red, blue, yellow, and green sneaker like boots, and a pair of brown fingerless leather gloves.
"I'll take that back, thank you," another male voice called as a brown haired male walked up to Andrew and snatched the coat and hat away from him, "If you wanna try and impose somebody… Do it while they're not trying to get ready for the day. Stupid." He slipped the coat on and placed his hat on his head.
"Who are you?" I asked him.
"Nona… Or Anon, if you're formal," he smirked.
"James…" I smiled as I shook his hand.
"Hopefully we'll meet again in the future… I'll take this guy out of your hair, in the meantime," Nona told me. He dragged Andrew away and disappeared into the crowd.
"Man… That was close," Seth sighed as he shook his head.
"I only got to use a fraction of my power against him… Upset, I am," I frowned as I put Raioman away.
"That was too close… My heart stopped for a second," Compa panted as she held a hand over her heart.
"Andrew Prince… We will meet again soon," Seth said as he looked off in the distance.
"Umm… Y'all, food is ready!" Candy called as she stepped outside and looked at them.
"Ooh… Food!" Seth called as he charged back into the diner. I facepalmed and followed him inside. Compa and Nepgear followed me inside.
-Later That Same Day; Planetower- The 4 of us walked out of the elevator doors and went into the living quarters of the Basillicom… Only to find Akina and Neptune locked in sword battle. We stopped as we looked back and forth at the combatants. Neptune was in her HDD form and Akina had activated her Limit Break mode, surrounding her entire body in a calming white aura.
"You will not eat the last pudding in the fridge, understand?! That one has my name on it!" Purple Heart snarled as she clashed her futuristic purple katana with Akina's large silver buster sword.
"I'm effing hungry, lady! I eat what I want!" Akina told Purple Heart.
"Uhh… Should we be doing something about this?" Nepgear asked.
"Nah… I got me some popcorn. I wanna watch the fireworks," I smirked as I held up a bucket of butter popcorn, "Go, baby! Kick her ass!"
"Save some for me!" Seth smirked as he and I took a seat on the couch. Purple Heart and Akina were too locked in the heat of battle to notice us come in. Seth and I began to eat the popcorn as Purple Heart sailed across the room. Akina dove after her in a rage.
"Bring that ass here! I will tear it to shreds!" Akina roared.
"Let's see you try!" Purple Heart called as she countered Akina's attack and kicked her in the gut.
"Ooh, shit! It's getting real!" Seth smirked as he nods his head, "Wait… Where's the damn soda when you need it?!"
"Here… Drink this," I said as I handed him a Mountain Dew bottle. He took it and quickly unscrewed it and took a swig.
"You guys are horrible!" Compa pouted.
"Would you wanna get in the middle of that?" I asked Compa and Nepgear. They looked over at Purple Heart and Akina battling and sat next to me and Seth.
"Pot, meet kettle," Seth smirked.
"Gimme," Compa told Seth as she took the bottle from Seth. She drank quite a bit from the bottle and gave it back to him.
"Dang, girl… I like you even more," Seth smirked as he nods his head.
"What is going on here?!" Histoire called as she quickly hovered into the living room.
"The battle of the Sexy Ladies! Place your bets!" Seth told Histoire as he looked at her.
"Histoire! Umm… Uhh… Welcome back?" Nepgear said sheepishly as she hid behind me.
"Heyllo, Histy… This was going on while we were away. I'm just here for the show," I smirked.
"Enough, both of you!" Histoire scolded Akina and Purple Heart. They immediately stopped and glanced over at us.
"Uhh… How long have you been there?" Purple Heart asked.
"Uhh… I think about 2 minutes tops," I said as I put the bucket of popcorn away in my hidden inventory, "By the way… It's a draw."
"Damn… I was going for Neptune," Seth groaned.
"Me too," Compa said as she nods her head.
"Actually, I was going for Akina," Nepgear said.
"I was as well," I said.
"Nep Jr.! You were AGAINST me?!" Purple Heart gasped.
"I-I'm sorry, Neptune… But, the odds were against you to begin with," Nepgear told Purple Heart.
"Ooh! Lay the smackdown!" Seth chuckled.
"Wha… Aww," Purple Heart said as she returned to her human form, "At least I get the… Wait. Where's the pudding?" I held the pudding cup in my hands as I took a spoonful and fed it to Akina. She giggled and kissed me on the lips lovingly.
"Thanks, my chocolate Soul Reaper," Akina giggled as she hugged me.
"I love it when she calls me Big Papa," I smirked as I nod my head.
"TRAITOR!" Neptune called as she threw a pillow at us. Both of us ducked and the pillow slammed into Histoire, knocking her off her book and sailing into the wall.
"Ohh, that's gotta hurt!" Seth called as he looked over at the crack in the wall that outlined Histoire's body into it.
"Uhh… S-sorry, Histy," Neptune stammered as Histoire pulled herself out of the wall with a visual tick mark on her forehead. She also had a rage induced look on her face.
"THAT DOES IT! IF YOU ALL INTEND TO GOOF OFF LIKE THIS, THEN I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SEND YOU ALL OUT TO WORK UNTIL YOU FAINT FROM EXHAUSTION! MOVE IT, NOW!" Histoire roared angrily as her tiny face became beet red from rage. All of us had shocked looks on our faces as Histoire flew over to us and grabs us by our shirt collars. She threw us out into the elevator and pushed the down button. The doors closed behind her as she quickly floats away from the door.
"Wow… We pissed her off to that extent? Uhh… Maybe we should take on a couple of quests in the meantime?" I said nervously. I have never seen Histoire that mad… Well, she was that mad once during the beginning of Victory when she scolded the goddesses for lazing around and playing games.
"Oh, man… Look what you did! If you only gave me the pudding…" Neptune argued with Akina.
"My fault?! I was hungry! You didn't have to…" Akina argued back.
"SHUT UP! Jeez!" Seth grouched as he glanced back at them.
"Maybe we should've stopped you 2 when we had the chance…" I sighed, "Oh, well… It's better to let her cool off for now. Mom sometimes gets that way with us."
"Yeah… But, it's a lot scarier when she get angry," Seth shuddered. I shuddered as well as I nodded my head.
"So… Who's ready to do some questing?" I asked with a smirk.
(That's the end of this chapter! I enjoyed making it! Also, a lot of things that are said by me or Seth is what some of my friends said over the years of middle and high school as well as some sitcoms as well. So, I'll see you in the next chapter! Peace! A/N.)
-End Chapter 2-
