Chapter 3
Legacy
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Clara opened her eyes. Ace laid beside her, the two trapped in some blackness that possibly stretched on infinitely. In the back, was a double set of wooden doors similar to those found at the train station.
"Ace, wake up." The witchmon rip-off whispered, stirring her partner awake.
"Where the heck are we?" Ace remarked as a slow clap fills the room.
"Look what dragged themselves into this wretched realm." A voice remarks as an almost exact copy of Ace and Varia walked up to them. Well, other than the fact they looked to be made of translucent purple slime.
"Okay then." The two thought as a creepy smile forms on their clone's faces.
"Did you really expect you could run from the originals?" Clara v1 taunted as the two heroes looked at each other. "Three years of hell, all leading up to this."
"So you're the v1 of us?" Ace remarked as his clone nods.
"Yep." Ace v1 answered, making a funny face towards his updated counterpart.
"Just out of curiosity, what was different?" Clara added as she gazed around the locale. While the outward space appeared to be black and nothing more, she was able to make out an area with cream colored walls.
"Whole bunch of things." The magical girl thing returned her gaze to the speaker.
"Like what?"
"There were robots! A tournament! Evil angel things! 14 chapters!" Ace and Clara shook their heads.
"That's no fair!" Ace announced as their v1 versions watched on. "This is only the third chapter!"
"That's also the same amount of chapters the v1 version reached." Clara added as Ace v1 cleared his throat.
"Now! Show them the power of what was left untold!" Ace v1 announced as a large group of people walked up behind them. While some of them just looked like some of the characters from this fic in slightly different outfits, a whole bunch of them neither of them could really recognise.
"Ready to do this?" Ace questioned and Clara gave a slight nod.
Storm Wyvern Uprising!
Phoenix Gale Strike!
The two attacks slammed into their respective clones as a slime walrus plush landed on the ground.
"Are we still sure the author isn't on drugs?" Clara remarked as an idea came to her. "Hey, Ace!"
"Yeah?" Ace answered as Clara whispered some stuff into his ear. "That might just work."
As he said that, the plush turned into some giant dude armed with two oversized swords of some sort.
"What are you guys afraid of?" A different accused as a smile formed on their two opponents.
"I wish for our fellow friends to join us in this battle!" Ace and Clara shouted, causing a bunch of beams to slam down into the void. The beams immediately disappeared, revealing Nina, Celestia, Kai, Aurora and Kalin.
"What the heck is going on?" Nina responded as she noticed her clone. "Oh."
She pulled her butterfly swords out, her fellow teammates doing the same with their weapons.
"Ready to do this, kitty?" Aurora inquired and Celestia slapped her.
"Don't." Celestia answered as she looked towards her clone. "Come and get me!"
Card Magic: Sword!
The cards reformed into the cavalry saber and the cat gambler thing charged in. Nina and Aurora followed right behind, some plan already forming in their minds.
Chance Stab!
Nina grabbed onto her clone, a smile forming on her face.
"Pick a card." The bandit whispered as a deck of cards appeared right in front of "Nina". Nina v1 flipped the top card off as the former walrus plush took on Kalin in the background.
"The king of hearts." Her opponent announced, only to get grabbed and stabbed repeatedly more than a dozen times. This was then finished off with Nina kicking her in the chest. As she did that, Aurora tackled her counterpart, shooting the slime in the head once and just walked away.
"What? No special moves?" Nina remarked as she watched Aurora walk away. "I thought you were all for going out with a bang?"
"Fine." Aurora answered, turning around and walked back over to her counterpart. She then pointed both revolvers back at the slime.
Gunslinger's Hell!
A cascade of bullets erupted from both guns, tearing the slime into about a gazillion pieces. After the guns stopped firing, Aurora walked back over to her friend.
"See? I told you so!" Nina added as an evil grin formed on Aurora's face.
"Sit, kitty." Aurora ordered, Nina immediately taking a seat right in front of her. "Good, kitty."
Not that far away, Celestia slammed her saber into her slime catgirl counterpart. Even though her v1 had theoretically more experience, the two seemed evenly matched. However, it seemed her v1 version forgot to bring a weapon, judging from its reliance on scratching and biting. Celestia then shot her blade forward, stabbing it all the way through her opponent.
"Oopsie!" The catgirl joked, pulling the weapon out. Her opponent looked down at its stomach, noticing the hole in the stomach area. Afterwards, she walked back over to Nina and Aurora...
Kai muttered something under her breath. Of all the opponents currently with a grudge to settle with them, she had to choose this one. The one in question, a teen girl wielding a massive cleaver-style sword was already a pain in the butt. Add in the fact she had some robot angel thing, that was on another level of true annoyance.
Fae Flight Bang!
She soared up into the air, attempting to put some distance between her and her opponents. Once she was sure she was high enough, she pulled a small bag of something out and dropped it. The bag fell through the air, eventually landing on the ground. Her two opponents then stopped, focusing their gazes on the bag. As the bag opened, Kai dived through the air, slamming her knife into the robot angel. As that happened, the bag exploded, knocking the two intended targets over. After, Kai made a quick glance to the right. Kalin had managed to finish the plush, moving onto his v1 counterpart. She ran towards her fellow teammate but, made sure not stab herself mid-stride.
"Need any help?" Kai asked and Kalin shook his head.
"I'll be alright." Kalin answered and slashed at his clone. Unlike the others, this one fought back and slashed at Kalin.
Night Slash!
Kalin draped a black weighted blanket over his foe. As his opponent struggled, he slammed his longswords into them.
"No more! No more!" Kalin v1 announced, only to fall over. Kalin then walked back over to Ace and Clara, who were still fighting their copies.
"In all seriousness, where's Katherine and her goons?" Ace accused as v1 version laughed.
"Another time, possibly." Ace v1 answered.
Hidden Art: Dragon Katana Inferno!
A large cyclone of fire then formed in front of Ace v1. He gave a slight nod, causing the cone of flame to head towards them.
"Speak of the devil…" A voice taunted as a large metal shell slammed into the attack. "And she shall come."
"You were never the kind of kid to listen to others, Katherine." Ace whispered as Katherine walked up to him. "Were you?"
"I could say the same about you." Katherine remarked as she looked over at Ace. "But, let's just end this."
"Fine, empress." Ace taunted as Katherine sighed.
Cannonball Slash!
Phoenix Gale Strike!
The cannonball flew through the air, followed by the bird. Eventually, the bird slammed into the ball of iron, knocking it into their opponents.
"You win this time." Ace v1 announced. "But the jester will eventually find you. She always does."
The hunters looked among each other, attempting to discern the meaning behind this message. Before any of them could really ask for clarification, they were blinded by a bright white light...
Notes:
3 years, 13 days and counting since I started the original Hunters. Crazy, isn't it?
Next time: Battle in a train, anyone?
