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Rise of Crimson
[OC x Yuniko]
Chapter 3
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Haru's Place
It was early in the morning and Yuniko had awoken from her sleep only to find herself sleeping on top of Vex, once she realised what she had done her face flushed red fully and quickly got off. 'Thank god he didn't wake up.' Yuniko thought to herself as she calmed down. After a bit everyone else woke up from their sleep and began to get ready for school, Vex got his clothes from the drying racks and got changed quickly and got ready for school.
After getting everything they needed for the day Vex, Haru and Hime went to the door getting ready to leave as Yuniko was wearing a pink appron to wave goodbye to them as they left. She keeps changing from nice and sister figure to evil and insane quickly depending on the situation.
"Well, let's go." Hime stated
"I don't know why but I felt like something was on my chest while I slept but I must be imagining it." Vex said as Yuniko turned red and worried that he was going to find out it was her
'Huh? What's this? It's like a dream where I have an older and younger sister as well as a kind and brilliant brother.' Haru thought to himself as hearts flew around his head when Yuniko grabbed his face
"Hey, what's with that smirk on your face? you'd better not be fantasizing this early in the morning, perv!" Yuniko yelled as she glared at Haru
"I'm not! I'm not!" Haru complained as Hime grabbed his arm
"Since you're in charge of the details of today's mission, you won't have problems finding out when and where Chrome Disaster will appear, right?" Hime asked
"Yeah. I got this, okay." Yuniko stated
"We're going, then." Hime said opening the door
"See you." Haru said as he left through the door with a smile
"Catch you later." Vex said doing his signature salute before leaving which made Yuniko blush a bit which was completely missed by Vex
"Uhh Okay!, bye... wait, something's not quite right here!" Yuniko yelled as the three left the room and began to walk to school with Hime on Haru's right and Vex on Haru's left side
"I hope it doesn't rain." Hime stated
"Y-Yeah." Haru said before thinking. 'woah, woah! I can't believe it. I'm going to school with senpai!'
"The clouds are pretty dark aren't they." Vex said as they all look outside
They had now gotten into the elevator that was taking them to the bottom floor of the complex, during this Hime had noticed Haru's tie was crooked so she fixed it but unfortunately during that the doors opened and a girl was standing there that had a white cat face at the side of her head and she had light brown hair. She then put on a frown as Haru began to panick as Vex was just standing there confused.
'No!' Haru thought loudly to himself as he panicked
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School - Lunch Time
"You sure like to live dangerously, Haru." Taku stated
"Thar's for sure." Vex agreed
"No, I don't! Not at all! You really helped me out back then, though, you really smoothed things out really well." Haru said
Flashback
"Haru who's that?" Vex asked Haru
"That's our friend Chiyuri or Chiyu." Haru explained as Taku tried to explain why Hime and Vex were over at Haru's place
"So that's why Hime had no choice but to stay at Haru's place." Taku explained to her
"What? That game again? it's hard to believe though, I don't get what you mean by accelerating." Chiyu stated
"Didn't I show you the other day?" Taku asked
"I know! Install a copy of that Brain thingymabob in me! Then I can become a Burst Linker too!" Chiyu stated as everyone sweatdropped thinking if she was seious or not
Flashback End
"You think she was serious?" Taku asked
"I think she was serious dude." Vex said
"Nah, it won't work, Chiyu's pretty slow." Haru stated while holding onto the roof bars
"What do you think Hime?" Taku asked as Hime looked over in confusion
"About Chiyu, about her chances of becoming a Burst Linker." Taku explained
"Well, does she even meet the first condition?" Hime asked
"The one about having a Neuro Linker equipped since birth? If so then yeah." Haru answered
"I see, there aren't strict standards for the second condition concerning cerebral reaction speed though people who aren't good at VR games have been able to install it." Hime said
"Really?" Haru asked
"The circuit that moves your body is almost the same as the one that moves your avatar. you should give your real body a little more exercise." Hime said looking at Haru as he looked down disappointed
"So basically your saying that Chiyu can install it but is very unlikely?" Vex asked
"That's correct even though she may not have good reaction speed." Hime said
"Though, it's a big gamble to make someone a Burst Linker you aren't sure of their suitability." Hime explained. "Currently, the Brain Burst copy license or the right to make someone your Child, can only be used once regardless of its success."
"O-Only once?" Haru said
"That's why a strong bond develops between a Burst Linker Parent and Child." Hime said
"Taku."
"Yes?" Taku said
"If you become Chiyu's Parent and successfully install Brain Burst in her, a strong relationship should form between you and her." Hime stated. "However, bear in mind that not everthing about it will be positive."
"I'll make sure to keep that in mind." responded Taku
"Well try your best Taku, no preasure but you only have one chance and if you screw it up you're screwed." Vex said as Taku began to sweat
'Senpai used her one valuable chance on me, that reminds me.' Haru thought to himself 'Who's Hime's Parent?'
"Looks like the break's over, we'll talk about Chrome Disaster later." Hime said before walking off as they all agreed
School - End of School
It was finally over as the school bell rang for everyone to leave for home as they all packed up and left through the gates, the sky was getting darker and darker by the minute and looked like it was going to rain any second.
"Well see ya guys later at Haru's place!" Vex said running home
"See ya Vex!" they all said as they all said their goodbyes, Haru was now walking home back to the complex
'Both Taku and I will go to our home to drop off our stuff before heading to your place, we'll start our mission after that.' those were the words Haru remembered as he walked back home
Vex's Home
Vex got home and quickly put his stuff away as he began to run to the door, he was going back to Haru's since they were going to start their mission when they all gathered.
"Where are you going Vex?" his mother asked
"I'm going to my friends place see ya!" Vex said running out the door
"Be careful!" Vex's parents said at the same time
Vex was now running down the streets and finally made it to Haru's building where the mission was about to go underway.
Haru's Place
"I'm home!" Haru yelled as Yuniko was twitching her screen
"Oh, welcome back. Chrome Disaster hasn't moved yet." Yuniko said as she looked back at Haru. "What's wrong?"
"W-Well... D-Do you hate Princess Snow Black?" Haru asked worried of the answer
"Huh? Why?" Yuniko asked a bit surprised
"Well, she's the one who killed the previous Red King and is the most wanted person in the Accelerated World." Haru explained
"Oh that, I don't actually hate her, in fact i'm grateful to her." Yuniko stated
"Huh?" Haru sounded
"It's thanks to her killing my predecessor and breaking up my Legion that I was able to become the Red King." Yuniko explained. "And anyway, i've never even talked to the previous Red King."
"I-I see." Haru said looking at her
"Plus... N-Not a word about this to her, got it!? Not a word!" Yuniko yelled making Haru flinch. "I think she's amazing, she's so motivated and all."
"How come?" Haru asked regaining his composure
"While I and the other kings pretend to fight each other under the tepid Territory Non-Aggression Pact, she's the only one who's declared her arm to reach level 10." Yuniko explained. "Though, i'm sure there are others who are secretly plotting the same thing."
"A-Are you? Are you arming for level 10?" Haru asked
"I don't know, some of the king believe taht Brain Burst will end the moment a Burst Linker reaches level 10, when that happens Brain Burst would forcefully uninstalled from all Burst Linkers." Yuniko explained
"N-No way..." Haru murmured
"I think there's a chance that it's true, honestly though I don't even want to think about it." Yuniko stated. "That's how addicted I am to the Accelerated World but it's this kind of addiction that has twisted the Accelerated World and Chrome Disaster is a good example of that situation, Cherry Rook reached for the Calamity Armor because he wanted to reach a higher level in a world that has stagnated due to the Non-Aggression Pact and the one who made him do it, in a sense... was none other than me."
"Yuniko..." Haru said as she began to kick him but he caught her foot and he kept saying until she then kicked him away
"How long are you gonna keep grabbing my foot for, you giant perv!?" Yuniko yelled as she kicked Haru next to the door as it began to ring and Hime just ended up opening to door as they then saw Haru on the floor
"Uhhh what happened here?" Vex asked looking at Haru as they then all took a seat at the table thinking of their next move and then Yuniko found where Cherry was
"There he is! Cherry got on a train on the Seibu Ikebukoro line, if he follows his usual pattern, he'll be hunting in Ikebukuro today." Yuniko explained
"Ikebukuro... then shall we go in real life or..." Vex asked as Yuniko spoke up
"Let's go from the inside, with a team like this, no enemy will be able to stop us." Yuniko explained
"Indeed." Hime agreed
"Wait... enemy?" Haru asked
"Haru, do you remember the command I taught you when you became level 4?" Hime asked as Haru nodded in responde. "Well then, i'll take you to the true battleground for us Burst Linkers."
"Oh you wanna go there." Vex said as Hime nodded
"Yes that's where we're going, you need to use 10 points to enter, no problems with that right?" Hime asked
"Y-Yes, if it's only 10 points but waht do you mean by the true battleground though?." Haru responded
"It's exactly that, it's where you can find the essence of what we call the Accelerated World." Hime explained." Lets go! the mission to slay the fifth Chrome Disaster starts now!" she said as she clicked yes to enter the globalnet
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Accelerated World
"Unlimited Burst!" all five of them said in unison as they all became their avatars and entered a futuristic looking world and after arriving Yuniko looked at Vex's avatar since this was the first time seeing it and was surprised of what she saw
"Woah that's an awesome avatar and he's red and that name is awesome!" Yuniko said looking at Vex as she blushed a bit but it couldn't be seen from her armor
"Thanks." Vex responded as Yuniko continuously stared, Haru had a slim body that was silver and had green jewels around him, Taku was blue and resembled a knight, Hime had black armor with a purple visor and jewels around the body and finally Yuniko had a small red body that resembles her real life self with pony tails on her head with pink jewels and green eyes
"Where's this?" Haru asked as they all walked over to the edge. "So this is the Unlimited Neutral Field
"Correct, we used it beofre to hunt the Calamity Armor." Hime explained. "Have you noticed anything else by the way?"
"What do you mean..." as Haru looked at the timer he noticed. "There's no time limit!"
"That's right, that's what makes it an unlimited field." explained Yuniko
"Once you're here, you can stay forever, you have to be level 4 or above to enter." Taku explained
"We've accelerated right?" Haru asked as Hime nodded. " So if we were to stay here for a whole fay in real world time..." Haru said as he counted his fingers trying to do the math
"Three years bud, three whole years here." Vex said gaining shock from Haru as he looked at Vex
"Why didn't you tell me earlier Taku!?" Haru shouted. "There's so much I could've done!"
"It's better if you don't." Taku said gaining confusion from Haru
"He's right, if it's for a few days, you might just end up missing appointments but if you spenda month or half a year here you'll be a different person when you return." Hime explained. "it's only natural since while your body won't have aged, your will have."
"My soul..." Haru murmured
"Anyway we should get moving, we have two minuted of real world time from when we accelerated to when Cherry's train will arrive at Ikebukuro, that's plenty of time." Yuniko stated as Hime said. "Indeed."
"But how are we getting to Ikebukuro?" Haru asked. "Are we going to run?"
"Obviously not, why do you think we brought you?" Yuniko said while Haru was confused as she ran and grabbed him. "You'll carry me, won't you? Onii-chan?" as Haru yelled in disbelief and Hime's eyes glowed and Vex laughed while Taku sweatdropped and just stood there
"What are you talking about? i'm the one he's going to hold, I mean just look at my limbs, you see?." Hime said as she held up he sharp arm that shined which displayed it's sharpness that freaked out Haru. "Rain, you can hang on to Silver Crow's legs."
"Your kidding! it's your fault that you're designed like that." Yuniko complained as Taku and Vex just watch but Vex was quite ammused. "Go ride the train by yourself."
"What did you say?" Hime said angrilly as Taku tried to suggest something
"Well, how about this? i'll..." Taku tried to say as he was rejected
"Nobody asked you, four-eyes!" Yuniko yelled as Hime added. "That's right. Prof!" they yelled as Taku felt shocked and began to right Chiyuri's name on the ground with his weapon while crouching down as Haru suffered
"You take it from here." Taku said as Haru yelled. "Taku!"
"Well what will you do?" Yuniko asked as Hime said. "What are you go to do, Silver Crow?"
"Uh...i'll start by charging up my special move gauge." Haru responded as Vex decided to interfere. 'Well I guess I should reveal then.'
"Okay I have an idea how to solve this." Vex said as they all looked at him
"Haru will carry the girls and i'll carry Taku." Vex suggested as they looked at him in confusion
"What do you mean Vex?" Haru asked
"How are you going to get to Ikebukuro?" Hime asked
"Do you have a form of transportation?" Yuniko asked confused of what he was going to try and do
"Yes I do in fact, and this is how!" Vex said as his back released huge dragon mechanical wings on his back that each had a wing span of 5 metres, everyone was shocked since they didn't know there were other Burst Linkers with wings
"What you have wings!" Haru asked
"Yep! well let's get going, I'll take Taku and you get those two is that okay?" Vex asked as Yuniko let go of Haru and ran over to Vex and grabbed him
"Nevermind you can have Haru Hime i'll take Vex and you go to Haru too Taku!" Yuniko yelled
"Uhh okay I guess Haru is carrying Hime and Taku and i'll take Yuniko." Vex said as everyone nodded but they were still looking at his massive wings as Vex then picked up Yuniko bridal style and she blushed red and thankfully for her they couldn't see her face turn red
"Well let's get going!" Vex said as he flew upwards waiting for Haru to get the other two, Haru then held onto Hime and Taku hung onto Haru's legs
Haru and Vex were now carrying the other three towards Ikebukuro using their wings as transport, Vex carrying Yuniko and Haru carrying both Taku and Hime. Vex looked back and saw that Haru was having difficulty keeping up.
"You doing ok Haru?" Taku asked
"Y-Yeah... I can't fly very fast though." Haru stated
"I can take Taku and you can take Yuniko if you want? since she's lighter." Vex stated as Yuniko then held onto Vex tighter
"No! I'll stay here!" Yuniko disagreed
"Okay if you say so Yuniko, but are you alright Haru?" Vex asked worringly
"Yeah i'm fine, i'll be alright." Haru replied
"You can just let Hime take the train, it's not too late." Yuniko suggested
"What'd you say?" Hime said annoyed
"Umm please stop arguing, i'm scared we might end up falling." Taku said looking down at how high up they were flying
"Wow... this place looks endless." Haru stated
"Well welcome to the Accelerated World my friend." Vex responded
"So it exists next to the real world, a permanent world and not a temporary stage?" Haru asked
"That's right, it's also the true battlefield for Burst Linkers." Hime explained. "If you're going to become level 9, you too will have to fight here and win someday." as then they heard a roar from nowhere
"What's that sound?" Haru asked
"Over there Haru look." Hime said pointing at a strange creature with light brown body and green shell
"W-What's that?" Haru asked a bit worried
"An enemy." Hime said
"They're inhabitants of this world which are created and operated by the system." Vex explained
"Why would something like that...?" Haru was about to say when Taku interrupted. " Well... the hunts about to begin."
Now as Haru looked down he could see 5 other people down there, a green character, a purple, a red, a white and blue and also an alien like player down next to the creature about to start a fight.
"So that's the hunt?" Haru asked
"Yes, enemies are the only way to earn points other than the usual duels, though even if you defeat a big monster like that, you'll only get about 10 points at most." Yuniko said
"Th-That's all!?" Haru yelled
"The hunt is a support component of the fighting game Brain Burst." Hime explained. "However, it's currently just about the only way to reach higher levels."
"Oh, because of the Joint Non-Aggression Pact." Haru said in understanding
"But aren't there other method aswell Hime?" Taku asked and Hime nodded and Haru asked. "What others?"
"Basically there are other things to hunt here other than just enemies, what's more is they're worth alot more points." Taku said and Haru finally knew whta it was. "Is see, not the enemy but the other Burst Linkers!" and Taku nodded
"Because of the Join Non-Aggression Pact, high level Burst Linkers rarely venture out of their Legion territories." Hime explained. "But when they do come out to hunt here, they can fight eachother as much as they want." Hime continued. "That's exactly what Cherry Rook... or should I say, Chrome Disaster is doing right now."
"We're almost there, though Ikebukuro is a huge place." Hime stated. "Do you know where he'll appear?"
"If he follows his usual pattern, he'll show up somewhere around Sunshine City." Yuniko said
"Pick any building to..." Hime was about to say when Vex sensed something coming their way and he warned them
"Haru look out!" Vex said as he appeared in front of Haru and kicked a blast away from them but more just kept coming
"Is that Chrome Disaster!?" Hime asked but Yuniko disagreed. "It's too soon! Plus, he doesn't have a move like that!"
"Haru let's land!" Vex said as Haru nodded. "Alrgiht!" as they then flew down to the ground while dodging and destroying missiles
"Is everyone alright?" Vex asked
"I think so...""Somehow." They responded as they all then look up to see a bunch of people lined up along the out edges of the crater they landed in
"Who are these guys?" Taku asked as he formed his weapon into his hand
"They don't look friendly, that's for sure." Hime said as she then looks up as some of them open a path revealing a yellow clown like avatar walking to the front which surprised Yuniko and Lotus
"A clown?" Haru said and Yuniko added. "Yellow Radio? What's the Yellow King doing here!?" as Haru asked. "King? so that's... the leader of the Yellow Legion, a level 9 Burst Linker!?"
"But the Yellow Legion's territory spans from Ueno to Akihabara." Yaku said. "Why are they in Ikebukuro?"
"I see, so it's was you!" Yuniko yelled. "You planned all of this out, Yellow Radio!"
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