Player's p.o.v.
I went to play a Zero stage. The Maverick's name popped up: `Konchuu Katana.' My Japanese is still a little shakey. `Insect Sword'?
My man Zero appeared on screne and I moved him forward. I want to opologize to you Zero fans for not having him do too much in X9. I promise he'll be doing a LOT in this one. Zero's not my favorite character, if I'm honest, he's probably my least favorite. I do NOT dislike him, far from it. I've just never cared for the broody badass personality. But gameplay wise, boy is he awesome! I decided to try the siri affect on him.
"Yo, blondie!"
"Huh!? Who's there!? You sound familiar..."
"My name's Mari- uh, Shiny. I'll be helping you out with this stage."
"How can I trust you?"
"You can't. You can't trust anybody here. Which is why I'm helping you."
"Wh- ... I'm going to disassemble this Maverick and find my comrades. Follow me if you want, Ms. Shiny, wherever you are, but don't bother me."
I moved him forward. I found his last comment a bit rude. So I either: A) forgive him and play the game like I played the previous games (X9 excluded) Or B) torture him with any spikes that come up. All of you who selected A, you don't know me.
I found a trail of spikes that I had to jump over to get to another platform. I made him jump into the halfway point.
"OH SHIT, I JUMPED TOO SHORT!" I made him double jump onto the platform. His textbox popped up. "That was weird... I'm a great jumper." I made him jump onto the next trail of spikes. "WHAT THE F-" I made him double jump in the nick of time. "What the hell's wrong with me today...?"
I chuckled. We were at the final platform, so I made him move forward. Since I couldn't dash or roll with him (making me miss X) I mainly just double jumped most of the time. I slashed any enemies that came my way, and luckily they only took a few hits to kill and only took off a bit of my health. I found a sub tank a few steps in front of me. I looked all over for a heart tank, but I couldn't find one anywhere!
I found a trail of spikes along the ceiling. Enemies spawned from the ceiling, meaning you couldn't jump and hit them, you had to wait for them. I mainly just went forward and then came back to slash them afterwards. If you could see it happening, you'd agree it was amazing!
When it seemed the enemies had stopped spawning, I smirked and decided to continue my torture. I made him slightly jump towards the spikes.
"OH FUCK! ... Why'd I do that?" I made him jump again. "I'M GONNA DIE! ... What the hell's wrong with me...?"
Zero's p.o.v.
I thought I might've been malfunctioning. I'd hoped not. I decided it probably would've been a good idea to contact base and see if they could send a rescue party or something.
"Base, this is Zero, do you read me? ... Base! This is Zero! Come in! ... Damn it!"
I knew connection must've been off. Man, the girls would kill us. ... Well, maybe not Layer. She'd been forgiving lately, and she's probably the nicest girl I've come across since Iris. ... I kind of wanted to spend some time with her after this bullshit was over.
Right as I was thinking that, a weird reploid charged at me and threw a punch that I quickly blocked with my saber. I threw it into the spikes, but it seemed immune to them. The creature was black with yellow legs and arms with a cresent shaped head and dark blue eyes. It charged back at me, but I dodged its fist by just an inch. It punched a giant hole in the ground that I fell into.
I lost my footing and fell on my back. The reploid charged at me to throw another punch.
"FUCK OFF FUCKER!" I roared as I used my saber to swat it into the wall. I ran.
"You alright!?" the female asked.
"Uh, yeah."
"That's the same creature that attacked X and Axl. Is it just in all the stages!?"
"Wait, are you watching my comrades, too!? Are they alright!?"
"Um, X's shoulder's been damaged but he's ok. And Axl's just sleepy..."
"How are you watching us anyway?"
"Um... w-we have a screen in my room. I've also got a microphone so I can speak with you. I uh, don't know anything about Ava or that weird turret you saw earlier. I can't help you with that."
"Are you stalking us?"
"N-no..."
I knew there was something up with this girl. She reminded me so much of somebody, but I couldn't think of it! Damn it...! Who am I thinking of!?
A reploid designed after a cicada with a sword jumped out at me.
"What's with all the yelling down here!?"
"You're Konchuu Katana, right? I'm here to disassemble you for a good cause."
"Disassemble me? Ha! I doubt that puny saber of yours could so much as scratch me!"
"Well then, let's have a duel to see whose arm is stronger."
Player's p.o.v.
IT'S TIME TO D-D-D-D-D-D-D-DUEL!
If you've ever played One Piece Unlimited World, Konchuu Katana played very similar to Dracule Mihawk. If you haven't played OPU, Konchuu Katana would send giant slashes at you and you had to dodge them. Sometimes he shot them straight down, others he'll shoot a line across the ground. You had to run backwards to dodge the straight ones. The lower ones you had to jump over and use the oportunity to strike him with the Z Saber.
Only once you've landed several hits on him, he spins and knocks you off, taking off a chunk of your health. And he took so much damage, and I had to land as many hits as possible, so Zero received a ton of damage.
During the end of the fight, I didn't get cocky and used the sub tank. After that, he went down in a few hits. After the fight, Zero's textbox popped up.
"No one can beat me at armed combat."
And I was put back at the stage select. Another textbox popped up. Again, no voice acting, so I have no idea who said it.
"That power... I need it back..."