Nick shoved the joystick to the side and the lurch of the Arma sent him careening down in between the floating mansions. A ship with quad cannons at it's side also acting as it's wings nimbly followed him and avoiding various debris in the sky. Nick scowled as his much bulkier ship, as it was hitting random floating boxes much easier than the ship half it's size.

"Think you're funny huh?" Nick pulled up and turned on his side thrusters. Spinning rapidly upward until he reached several columns reaching from one mansion to the main station. Nick pressed another button and the vertical thrusters turned on. Nick weaved in and out of the columns easily as he merely moved up and down between them. The enemy was going around the columns, which was what he was hoping for. Nick pulled a lever and smart missles fell out of the bottom of the Arma, they targeted the ship a few meters away and flew straight at it. The ship rolled off to the side and the missiles spun around trying to lock onto it. Nick saw an opening in the pipes and he used his left side-thruster to shoot off an incredible amount of energy.

"Hey Nick, what does this remind you of?" Robert's voice echoed in his cockpit, he had an arrogant voice about him. Nick's eye twitched and he spun to meet the front of the enemy ship, he pressed down on the button on the top of the joystick and lasers fired out of the cannons, the lasers froze into crystals and shot right through the ship, blowing it to pieces.

"It reminds me of when I used to get my ass kicked at Starfox that's what!" Nick fumed as he rammed his fist into a button on the side of the cockpit and the back thrusters exploded in a red fire, Nick flew forwards and read the instructions in front of him, he pressed another button on the side and pulled up, the ship's engines turned off for a split second and Nick's face took a breath as the ship flipped upwards slowly and the engines turned back on. The ship flipped itself and Nick pressed the button again. "Now what does this remind you of?" Nick pulled upwards to see Robert chasing another one of the ships across the main plaza, Robert was weaving in and out of buildings easily while the AI controlled ship was simply going down the main path. Nick flew over the buildings and got a good look at the enemy ship. Nick then tilted the ship vertically and closely closed in on the ship.

"You idiot! Going in sideways is a determent to your aim!" Robert yelled very matter-of-factly. Nick shoved his hand into the hologram of his friend on the side of his windows. Catherine's face popped up on the other side and Nick started to level the ship out, being mindful that the ship was barely small enough to fit in the street without smashing into the buildings.

"Dad, Samantha's making a trip to the other side of the station to block off the exit. Also there are two more ships coming in from above Robert's position." The girl seemed fixed on the screen in front of her.

"Make sure Winny and Kira are focused on their jobs rather than me." Nick mentioned. Catherine smiled before nodding and the hologram flickering off.

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Kira saw motion coming from the right and she jammed on the pedal angrily. She sped down the ship, keeping up with the enemy and moving the handlebars to look straight at the ship, she jammed on the buttons on the handle bars and lasers shot out at the ship, Kira moved slightly to the left and the lasers froze into crystals and shot through the ship.

"Hey Winny, I got one." Kira smiled arrogantly.

"Shut up before I get out of the simulator and beat your flat ass back to the world you came from." Kira growled and popped up a screen with Nick's face on it.

"K-Kira? What the hell are you doing looking at me at this exact moment?" Before Kira could answer, she heard several shots and an explosion. "Okay, now we can talk."

"Nicky? Do I have a flat ass?" Nick was taken aback by the question.

"Does it matter?" Nick asked. "Honestly you have a nice ass regardless of whether or not it's flat."

"Hey!" Winny's voice came through. "What about mine?" Nick put his finger to his chin.

"I don't think I've looked at your ass." Winny gave a deadpanned look.

"You've looked at my breasts but not my butt?" Winny recalled the one night they were at the hot springs in the Gate of Training. Kira's eyes shot open.

"You saw her breasts?" She screeched. Nick turned the communicator off and pulled up to see Robert pull in front of him.

"Sounds like you have a lot to answer for." Robert chuckled. Nick looked over and punched the hologram, Robert's face flew back due to a reflex reaction and he slammed his head into his seat, he lost control and careened into a building, his Arma's rammed through it and smashed into the concrete floor below.

"Answer for that biotch!" Nick taunted him. The city slowly dematerialized and Nick saw himself back in the simulator. Samantha sighed and stretched a little saying how fun the experience was. Robert glared at Nick and the redhead flipped him off with his signature 'I don't give a shit' grin. He then felt an odd amount of evil magical power coming from behind him. He slowly turned around to see Winny and Kira glaring at him. Nick shot up from the pod and bolted for the elevator, the girls looked at each other and shook hands as a sign of a truce. They then ran after Nick and caught him before he reached the doors, they dragged him back and threw him to the ground. Samantha sighed and covered Catherine's ears.

"Poor girl, being exposed to all this violence." Samantha shook her head.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THIS GIRL?" Winny and Kira both yelled at the same time.

"I've only kissed both of you! I swear!" Nick started waving his hands back and forth.

"BUT YOU SAW HER NAKED?" Kira screamed.

"Umm… I wasn't sure if you were alive or not, it was before I found you guys in ÄRM form."

"OH SO YOU REPLACED ME?"

"I didn't mean it like that!" Winny pushed the taller girl out of the way and leaned in on Nick.

"How long have you known her?"

"Since I was ten!" Nick responded. Winny nodded and thought about it for a second, she then leaned on Nick and brought her face embarrassingly close to his.

"I'll forgive you on one condition." Nick groaned because he had an idea of what it already was.

"I'll take my chances being in your bad graces." Nick said. Winny shook her head and tackled the redhead, pinning him to the ground. Nick rolled his eyes and sighed.

"I could kill you in this position, you know that ri-" Nick started; Winny brought her head down and kissed Nick lightly on the neck. His legs shot up and a shiver went up his spine.

"Nick what the hell are you doing?" Kira yelled. Nick opened his mouth the speak but no words came out. Winny grinned deviously and she kissed him softly again on the same spot on his neck. His arms shot up and his legs wobbled in the air.

Robert squinted and then snapped his fingers. "That's right! Nick always said he had a really ticklish spot on his neck."

Kira's eyes glowed. "Oh that's why, wait a minute, how does she know about that?" She looked over to see Winny flipping her off as she continued to make Nick cringe by kissing him on the neck.

"I'll stop ya' know." Winny smiled. Nick's eyes started to water as he kept in the urge to laugh from the ticklish sensation in his neck. "All you have to do is…" She whispered something in his ear and he looked over to Winny in disbelief.

"Right here?" Nick asked. Winny nodded and winked at him seductively. "And Kira has to be here." She nodded again. "Catherine gets to leave?" She shrugged.

"Why not?" Winny said. Catherine looked to Samantha, unable to hear the conversation because of her sister's hands over her ears. Samantha shook her head and Catherine nodded.

"Tickle away!" Nick said stubbornly. Winny pouted and Kira walked over and grabbed Winny by the shoulder. The blackhaired girl turned around to the younger girl. Kira scowled and Winny stuck her tongue out.

"Nicky, why does she know your ticklish there?" She asked him carefully. Nick remembered to the time he showed Winny his face after using Primal Urge:

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Nick was picking at his ear carefully, there was an itch right behind his ear and on his neck. Winny had come in to talk to him about trust because he didn't show her his face afterwards. Winny quizzically started scratching behind his neck and he fell down and his leg started twitching.

(This was not in A New Life or Defection, it was a scene I actually scrapped before I decided to do a sequal, oops…)

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"She came into my room once and then." Kira's jaw dropped. "NO NOT LIKE THAT!"

Kira scowled. "You can have him." Winny's eyes lit up and she got up and started dragging Nick by the arm. The sixteen-year-old was struggling and begging for help, which no one dared to give him.

"Kira! I'm serious! This isn't funny!" He yelled before Winny pulled him with both arms through a doorway at the side of the simulation chamber and down the hallway. One was watching bemusedly from the corner and came out and checked past the hall.

"Skyler was always a ladies man…" Everyone looked behind them to figure out where One was actually standing.

"When did you-?" Samantha asked.

"I heard everything, it appears you guys have a lot of history together. Although I heard a lot of things I find interesting, I won't interfer or pry." One said gentlemanly. "Although Ms. Kira, I would say if you want Skyler so bad, you would at least have the decency to listen to his explanation." Kira stared at the man blankly before touching her Demon Bow ÄRM. Samantha took her hands off Catherine's ears and started motioning to One to bolt out of the door, the android arched his eyebrows and saw Kira pull the bow out of nowhere and pull it back. One ran out of the room and Kira chased after him with a hellish fury. Kira shot off several arrows, all which exploded and threw One off balance.

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Nick looked up at Winny as she dragged him, he had his arms crossed and was pouting before he finally opened his mouth.

"I don't like either of you…" He said very matter-of-factly.

"Not yet you don't." Winny said.

"I definitely won't like you like that." Nick stuck his tongue in his cheek.

"Yet you were awfully quick to make out with me in that restaurant."

"I'm a pervert not an idiot. If I date you Kira won't look at me again." Nick tugged on Winny's arm and she fell to the floor. "And her friendship is more important to me than yours believe it or not." Winny pouted before she crossed her arms and waved him off.

"Fine," She said quietly. Nick heard explosions from a while back and saw One running from Kira firing off explosive arrows at him. Nick saw an opening in her attacks and rushed down the right side of the hall. He kicked off the glass wall and tackled the brunette. They smashed to the ground and Nick had one arm on her neck and the other on the arm carrying the bow. He was laying on top of her and holding her legs down with his.

"You and I need to talk about this jealously thing."

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Meh, a little rushed. Anyways I'm going to lay off the Kira/Winny jealously situations and make them a little more docile. Can't have scenes like this going on all the time.