Chapter 2: The Second Despaired Boy

3rd Person POV (Focusing on the Second Despaired Boy)

This Boy...

A person who had been living with such good intentions for his future... Until something horrid had struck his home.

He has... Lost his hope when he saw, having everyone who held dear to him... Die right in front of his face.
Things got only worse as he was forced to be slave to be traded. He was treated badly and decided to escape.
During the night of his escape... He got shot and disappeared after a few seconds.

He then found himself in a strange place it was a place that was provided with the things. There was an exit in this place but he refused to go out as he found interesting research on an ancient device...
He went to it like a moth attracted to light... He decided to work on the project and decided to live here for a few years.
Spending a few years meant he would have a change in appearances.

His hair had gotten longer and thicker due to lack of a haircut. If you were to look at the front of his hair, you can tell that it's unkempt. The color of his hair is a blackish blue... Or a bluish black. (Whatever one is right.) And donned a white and blue eyepatch over one of his dull blue eyes.

He wears a white hoodie with a stripe running down on each sleeve at the sides which leads to his black fingerless gloves, while underneath he has black shirt with a blue cross from the middle. Lastly he wears straight black jeans and a pair of black and blue sneakers.

Then finally... He wanted to get out now.
He wanted to get out to take his revenge...
On the ones who had wronged him. He had went to the slave trading place.

And only to find that, that place was abandoned. He scanned the area and found out it was quite older than what it was. It was clearly 30 years since he disappeared. Knowing this, he felt despair and torn apart. He wandered and had decided to work within in the Basilicom, only when he found out he could as one of the things he could do for a job. He decided to hold in this despair and not show it.

Closing his eyes he could remember...


The Second Despaired Boy's POV

My hometown, the place where I had spent almost all of my years growing up... It was burning. All of it burning.
Buildings were crumbling, all of it were falling apart.

I had waken up to this living nightmare. I could smell ashes and... Burnt flesh.

...

I had no motivation nor the energy to move from where I lay. Until, I had been dragged off unwillingly.
It was then I figured out what kind of person it was that had moved me away from the fire.

They were not kind, nor the type to just move without thinking.

No. They were rather a part of people who would use anyone they find as a slave. And then would trade them for money.
These were of course, a slave trader.

It was then I thought cruel.

How disgusting the world can truly be.

I had escaped that confinement really. But had got shot and ended up in a bizarre place.

Now I am here in the present.

Thinking back to all these years... I don't know why I haven't killed myself yet. Is there something preventing me to commit suicide? A sign that making me cling on to my life means that there is something else to do that I have forgotten? Or is it my hobby that's keeping me alive? So I could be able to see my goal that I had reached? Tch... No one knows. Not even me. It's quite annoying for me.

...

I'm just continuing to be a Lastation scientist. Again I don't know how I got myself to be alive. I help with the research here, et cetera.
I am lucky to be having resources. I can do my private researches and projects as well. And... I'm researching about time and trying to manipulate it. I was really lured into this topic.

...

One day I was busy in my research about time of course. Then I heard a knock on my door. I stopped what I was doing and opened it, hoping that it wouldn't be such a waste of time. It was one of the Basilicom guards. I felt my left eyebrow twitch.

"I hold mail for you from the Oracle." Kei again? Now I wonder what that trap has to offer. I took the envelope and read its contents.

...

Now I would decline but... Accepting this would mean that the restrictions that I needed to be lifted are lifted, as well some items that I couldn't take are now available to me. Even though it will take my time I'd rather come out clean after my research. Because I hate problems.

"Fine then. Tell her that I accept." I said to the guard as he went off to send the message.

[Next day]

I was just about outside of the Basilicom like asked, to be waiting for the Candidate. They say she'll be back after the quest around this time. If so... Why is she not here yet? I sat down on the chair my Operators made. Said "Operators" was the project I did when I was trapped, I too was confused how some black diamond shaped machines could generate electricity and make me almost resistant to all forms of said electric element, but it works... Now I am tapping my foot impatiently, I mean with she is doing a quest, I see no problem for "her" to finish it quick.

Well this is going to take long, isn't it...? I decided to fly to the Lastation's Guild with my Operators and thought that if she's done with the current quest that she would be needing to go back to the Guild and complete the request.

...

I had now arrived at the Guild and entered. All I need to do is to wait for her now. Oh wait. She's... What? But how does she... Look like my...
I rubbed my eyes to see if I was hallucinating. Except... I can clearly see that her appearance is not a fake... What kind of sick joke is this? Or is this reality? Tch... Well why not go ahead and see if she really deserves to be what she really is then.


Uni's POV

...

"Ugh... I said some really nasty things to Nepgear, didn't I...? She's been through so much, too... I get it. I was told to stay behind because I wasn't strong enough to be of help to the others... If I had gone, I would've made their jobs even harder, rather than easier..." I said as I muttered to myself.

"But... But that's why I'm trying so hard to become way stronger! What'll I do if I run into Nepgear again...?"

Before I could take another step, from out of the bushes a dark blue sphere shot out. I barely dodged it because it was like it had been shot from a cannon.

I quickly shot towards to bushes and thought to have terminated the attacker. But I saw a shadow came out from the bushes and I started shooting at him. He's still dodging and getting on my nerves. Who is this guy? I shot a bullet at him once more. He disappeared in thin air before the bullet touched him. This guy... I can tell he's very powerful.


[Initiating Combat Mode | BGM: Right Behind You Remix]


"I'm right behind you." He said just behind my ear.

I leapt away from the guy and didn't hesitate to shoot. But again, he seemed to phase through them or... He has a top notch reaction time meaning he could either redirect the bullets. But before I could think of anything else. "He" shot another dark blue sphere.

"Don't overthink too much or your opponent will take advantage of it."

"Yes, but giving advice would also give your opponent advantage." I decided to shoot a purpose blank. That's when he blinked, so I shot again and he was hit.

"That's... actually a decent way to attack." He paused in his stupor but snapped out of it not a second longer.

This time he rushed at me. A jumped back to shoot at him.

The guy had stopped and shot an energy wave at me.

He then blinked right in front of me reaching for my face it seems. I retaliated in advance as a kicked him in the gut. Which made him stagger backwards.

Seeing how he's taking it seriously, I decided to go HDD.

I sniped at him almost instantly after my transformation.

"Haha... Not bad." He said.

"Shut up. I'm going to finish this... Whoever you are."


"But of course... We can't finish this without the final act!"

[Power Surge]

*Sparks of electricity fly in the air.


I prepared myself for whatever he's going to try next.


[EXE Drive: "It's Time..."]

Special Effect: It can be launched in different ways,
Example: 1) Shot as a classic charged shot. 2) Shot from all directions and the user as middle. 3) Projectile shot to the skies and splits.
(If Option 3 has been used it can be controlled manually with the user's hand(s), but duration lasts only a total of 10 seconds.)


My opponent lifted his hand up with his sphere of energy and shot to the sky.

All he did next was put his hand down and smirked. I was confused till I heard some sort of whistling noise as if something was going fast from...

"Above!" When I realized it, my eyes widened and looked up. Instead of the one sphere he shot, there were several.

I decided that I should shoot all of it before it lands to the ground, and I did.

What I didn't expect is for him to blink in front of me while putting something right at my face.
It looked like a black and blue energy sphere with rings that seem to flip and rotate. That's when it exploded, the pain felt... wrong.

Because of that it made me revert out of HDD. It's bad news especially there's still the threat. I'm sorry Noire, I failed yet again...


[Conflict Resolved | End BGM]


"Well... It seems you did well. Not bad." He said from behind me once again.

"Wh-What are you talking about...?" I asked confused.

"Say... Aren't you going to meet someone today?" He answered and gave me a hint. That reminds me... I was supposed to get a bodyguard today. Wait... Is he saying that he's my bodyguard?

"Hey, lower your gun I'm just testing you earlier." ... Uh, what?

"Testing me?" I asked him for confirmation.

"Testing you, to see how well you could defuse a situation like a fight, it seems you did well." He simply closes his eyes and shrug.

"Anyways introduction. My name is Forte. Starting here I will be your bodyguard." He held is hand out for a handshake. He looked... annoyed saying that last part.

I shook his hand, putting all hostility against him away.

"My name is Uni." He smirked yet again. I was confused why but, before I could even think about it. We were back at the Basilicom.

"Wha- How can you teleport us here? I didn't see you use anything!" I asked him.

"Now there's a reason how I dodged your bullets. It was because I was manipulating time. How I dodged your bullets was because I was delaying the bullets for a bit." So that's how he could dodge my bullets.

"Well, get some rest tomorrow, we'll start your next quest when you can." With that he disappeared, leaving small pixels of blue light.


Welcome back to... XenStation!

XenoVise: Hello readers! Thanks for reading Chapter 2! Now to those who aren't new to my story here's what has been changed!

Forte: Operators. List of edits please.

[ -Changes on lines and edited grammar.]
[ -Fight scene still short but had been extended.]
[ -Changed the description on Forte's hair.]
[ -Very small change to Forte's attitude.]
[ -Completely fused the supposed Chapter 2.5 to this chapter. Making it one of the longest chapters in the story.]

XenoVise: That seems to be it. Well I'll be seeing you next chapter!

[Hm. Hello. Your. Connection. Is. Gone.]