I'm back. No ripoff this time, so you don't need to have my head.
Question of the Chapter - What was your favorite TV show as a kid? Mine will be at the end of the chapter. Enjoy!
"Nothing like relaxing after a kidnapping, huh Xemnax?" I asked my gauntlet spirit friend, who was in the hot tub with me. He nodded, eyes still closed. "Though that ending to the last chapter was pretty anticlimactic, wouldn't you say?"
"Yeah. Trick should have gone Super Saiyan or something. You just hit him to the moon."
"Or the nearest red star, its hard to tell once you get in space." He nodded again, and I pondered why I just hit the fourth wall with right hook. "Dried up on comedy huh big guy?" The water turned boiling hot, and Xemnax and I jumped out. "I was kidding! I swear!" 'Lord, better not anger the author. Next thing I know I could end up as a visual novel's dinner!' "Well, I saw its time we get some training in, wouldn't you say Xemnax?"
"Yes. Back to your arm." The spirit became a gauntlet once more, and I clenched my fists. "You have something to tell me? You've been way to compliant as of late." Xemnax warped us to a monster infested field, with three guild quests already set up. "Don't think I'll forget!" I used Darkness Devourer and finished all three monster hunting quests at once, looking back at the Twilight gauntlet on my arm. "You also been providing more power. I've been leveling up faster. What are you hiding from me..." My Nep Tablet rang. "Hello?" It was Uni and Nepgear.
"Hey Izimoto, can you take us shopping?" The asked in unison, giving me the best puppy dogs eyes they could. Did I say no? I had a shady gauntlet that was acting shadier than regular. "Please?"
"Okay. Just let me turn in these quests so I can get some more money."
"Where are you questing at?"
"Planeptune."
"Yes!" Nepgear jumped in the air on the other end, and Uni mumbled, causing me to crack a smile.
"I'll be there in a second." I shut my tablet down and began to walk back to the guild. "So, Xemnax, your our number one contestant on 'Shady Gauntlet' and the fans are begging to know what they heck your are hiding from everybody's favorite host, aka your wielder, so would you care to explain what you are hiding?"
"Sure. Nothing. Here we are at the guild. Also, who you calling Shady, shady warrior?"
"Takes one to know one. By the way, the whole acting like you don't know what you're hiding is so cliche." Xemnax mumbled a couple things as I turned in the quests and told him to warp me to Planeptune's Basilicom. I hadn't given up yet, but I had to devote my attention to Uni and Nepgear, who hugged me the second I appeared. "Hey, what's up? Its only been a week. Why are you two so high strung?"
"Cause you haven't been in any Basilicom for a week! We couldn't track you at all!" True, I had been chilling in mountains areas at night for the past week.
"Well, I am free to go anywhere I want unless one of you eight summon me, right?" They sighed and nodded, and I pet their heads. "Come on. We're going shopping, and I'll pay for anything." They started dancing and I realized my mistake. "You both have a limit of 2,000 credits per store though. I still need to eat tonight." They kept dancing and I was still afraid. We ran, they ran, I dashed, to the first store and I sat down in front of the girls changing room. 'That came out much worse than intended.' I thought to myself as I leaned back. The girls ran in the changing room with clothes so fast that I wasn't able to register what they were.
"Would you like a discount for all the clothes that your lovely waifus will surely buy?" I turned to Elsa and shook my head. "What? Can't a girl have some fun with her friend?"
"You're talking to the gauntlet right? Last I checked, I just learned your name on our last encounter, and you were running away while saying it."
"You're no fun! Just like sis."
"No, I'm sensible. Just like sis."
"Thank you! Maybe you'll be able to get it through her thick skull thats she's crazy." Ariel.
"Somethings up. Why are the both of you here? My trusty gauntlet has been acting flaky. What's up?"
"Well, we can't tell you that, but our master..."
"Hate to cut you off, but when the heck am I going to meet this 'Master'? He's like Dr. Claw, you keep referring to him, but I don't even have a back shot of him."
"Well, we don't now that. He may never show his face for all we know. Though don't worry. The three of us are keeping good eye on the five of you. Especially the... MMH!"
"Nothing. Bye." They warped away in a flash and I sighed. Great. Three shady characters that I had to rely on to keep me alive and not kill me themselves. An average Monday now.
The girls walked out, Uni in a studded black leather jacket and long black pants, chains at her wrists and ankles... Wait a second! Nepgear was wearing a white hoodie and long white khakis. "Why are you two cosplaying me?"
"Our nicer female bodies fill out these much better than you right?" Uni asked, winking at me.
"I want to know want you think too!" Nepgear winked at me too, and I face palmed. I was getting seduced by two girls, whose older sisters would kill me if I answered. "Come on Izimoto, we want to know!"
I stood up and Aura Boosted to my dark outfit. "You may fill them out better." I switched to my light outfit. "Though you can't rock them as cool as me."
"Fine..." My tablet began to ring again, and I pulled it out.
"Izimoto, you and the sisters with you must report to my Basilicom, now." Vert, and she looked and sounded angry. Never mess with a gamer when he/she is angry. Especially when that gamer could transform.
"Girls. We're paying now, and grab your regular clothes. We gotta head to Leanbox before Vert has my head." I payed the cashier and Xemnax warped us. "What's the big deal?"
"WHY ARE THOSE TWO COSPLAYING YOU?" Noire questioned with a roar. Oh yeah. I'm dead.
"Hold on sis." Okay, they are dead, then I'm dead. "We were just having fun, please don't kill Izimoto." 'Please don't kill Izimoto...' I thought to myself, looking for any traces of data column.
"Fine... We need him to watch you four while we go deal with these monsters anyway."
"Woah, woah, woah, I know my life was just on the line, but why do I have to play baby sister for a group of girls that if they could transform could probably beat me silly. Then to death."
"You just said it. If they transform, which they cannot yet." Hate logic. It can be used against me! They transformed and flew off, leaving me alone with a gauntlet.
"I smell cliche." I muttered, causing all the girls to look at me. "Four extremely powerful people are flying off to go kill or destroy some easy stuff, leaving the handsome, but not as strong main character to watch the others related in some way to the powerful people." My eyes widened. "They are gonna get jumped!" I stood up, checking my stats. Full power!
"You cannot go yet." I was paralyzed.
"Xemnax? Why..."
"Master must have his fun." It all went dark.
I woke up, and it was dark outside. The girls were still knocked out, and Xemnax was physically manifested on the couch. "You... Why? Their aura levels, they're draining slowly, how long was I out?"
"Five hours. At this rate, the CPUs are going to fade from existence." I bolted upright, and stared at my comrade.
"Your kidding right?" He shook his head. "Why?" A tear ran down my face. Its been a long time since I had cried. According to my parents the last time I cried was when my dog died at age three. "You did because of your master."
"It wasn't him." Ariel said.
"Yeah, it wasn't." Elsa.
"Oh yeah?" I asked, cracks appearing in the floor I was standing on. "Then who would be stupid enough a person, to push me to the brink of chaos? Huh?"
"I would." I turned to find no one. "Hah. You think I show myself? Not a chance. You're to o weak, even if you unleashed your chaos." I wanted to say otherwise, but I could sense his aura. It was omnipotent. I was a baby ant compared to his power. "Use that chaos, you have your goddesses to save. Also, Blanc is closest to the water that will consume her, just so you know." The aura dispersed, and I looked at the sisters, who had woke up.
"Your two, Ariel, Elsa, you aren't going to help me, are you?" They shook their heads and I clenched my fist. "You two are basically useless. Pawns in his game." Ariel opened her mouth, but I shook my head. "I am on the brink of chaos. Say something and I level this land. Let me concentrate it somewhere else, or else. Leave now, you are of no use." The warped away. "Girls, you have set limiters on yourself that keep you from transforming, so break them. I had limits here when I arrived as a human. Know what I did to those limits?" The girls shook their heads. "I shot them in the face, burned them to a crisp, and feed them a Doogoo. That's my approach, can't wait to see yours." I turned to the only two humans in the room. "Compa, IF, take them there. I have to go myself, and I don't want to hurt anyone I care about." I gritted my teeth. Everything I cared about got hurt, from my parents, my dog, my brother... Not anymore. I summoned Xemnax back to my wrist, and burst off. "What have you been hiding?"
"An alternate form. Though in your chaotic, volatile state you cannot reach it. I summoned a blade and sliced through the first wave of monsters at the island. "You are a Twilight gauntlet wielder, got it?" I put my blade over my shoulder. At this point, I couldn't tell. I just wanted everything to die. In that instance of having a great day then having it all plummet away so fast, it broke me. Getting broken was for the weak though... I wasn't weak. I roared out, and my energy output multiplied 2 stages each second. My aura wasn't gray, but it was black. I kept freeing chaos until my aura was back to its gray color. "Leave the rest. You can fly over them." I nodded, and burst off the ground, flying toward the pyramid. "Also there may be..."
"NOW I HAVE YOU IZIMOTO!" What... I got punched so hard that it knocked my jaw out of line and I had to let myself hit the rocks in order to put my jaw back into place. "DIE!" I dodged the next strike, and the ground split where the figure punched.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Pierce Armega, bastard, and I'm here for your gauntlet!" He was about an inch shorter than me, with dirty blonde hair, a green HDG, in a green and black outfit made for fighting.
"You are not getting Xemnax!" I raised Lights Bane.
"You're gonna need more than that!" I summoned Dark Repulser. "Still more!" I lit Repulser on fire, and Bane in electricity. "Dammit." I wasn't that good at dual wielding, so he may have a chance. No, I couldn't think like that, I was his superior, and I had to prove it. I sliced him, and he stabbed at me with a spear, causing me to parry and knock him off balance, pulling another slice to the stomach. "Damn, I'll actually have to go all out!" Wait, wha... He moved three times as fast and stabbed my sword hand, causing me to drop Lights Bane. He then gave me a swift left hook with his gauntlet hand, and I sensed the gauntlet spirit. Then he kneed me in the nuts.
"WHY!?" I cried out, clenching my legs together in pain.
"Time to finish it! HI... Huh?" I caught the spear, the dirt being blow back as I flexed my Aura Boost.
"If there is one thing you never do, it is knee a guy in the crotch. That's a low even for you." I raised the spear and threw it away. "Now then." A basketball size sphere of swirling black and white energy formed when I raised my hand to his face. "Kiss my Aura Sphere." I blasted him point blank to the face and sent him flying. "Now, then time for destruction!" I flew after him, pulling back my hands for a new move. Black aura energy in one hand, white aura energy in another. "AURA CANNON!" Directly to the stomach.
"TANZERIN TROMBE!" Wait, that didn't sound like Blanc... Oh crap! I was sent into another group of rocks, and I have to say these thing were convenient. Arfoire? She had turned into a goddess? From the looks of it, more so a hell spawn. "Ahahaha! Where's your backup now?" Four large aura levels coming this way. I knew my back up. "All those skills mean nothing if you don't know how to use them!" She was right. I didn't know how to use half my skills properly, but that's what's traing was for. I shut down all my extra abilities except for flight. If all went to plan, I would have a new training parter by the time I KO'ed this stripper.
"You don't focus on me. You just focus on your coffin!" I dismissed Dark Repulser and pulled back with Lights Bane. "Your Ice Coffin!" I launched her into the twins attack and turned my attention back to Pierce, who was actually using Aura Boost.
"Its unnatural. The master of this world is allowing him to do that." I nodded. "Time for that new form. Izimoto, look through my eyes and I'll look through yours." I did as I was told and imagined myself in Xemnax's body. The gauntlet began to grow on me, literally. It snaked up my arm and then across my chest to my other arm. Then down my body until my feet were wrapped up. Then it grew up my face, my eyes now being shielded by a visor and I looked at myself. I didn't have anymore chains, I wasn't the wielder.
"I'M TWILIGHT FOOLS!" I pumped by fist into the air as I felt the power surging through me.
"Welcome back, Twilight Soul." Welcome back? I've been here before? Wait, I wasn't Twilight So... Screw it. I'm a Soul. If so, I could body Pierce right now.
Pierce charged me, but he hit the armor and I didn't feel a thing. "Why aren't you fighting back!?" I pulled back and slapped him into the pyramid. I raised Lights Bane and sliced him in the stomach. I placed a hand over his yelling mouth and filled it with an Aura Sphere. While he was flying off I checked my skills list. The god had taken away my side abilities. I was back to Aura Boost, this new untitled form, my weapons, and I could choose a set of four special moves. I could also choose one EXE. I set up Shadow Force, Aura Cannon, Earthquake, and Thunder Punch. I chose Shadow's Embrace as my EXE and I burst over to Pierce. "Damn it, why can I not win?
"You aren't trying to win. You trying to kill. Don't you realize what will happen if the goddesses are destroyed? She'll rule. I bet we don't want that."
"What do you mean?"
"We are making the same mistakes that the goddesses did by fighting. What the hell is the point?" I showed my face and grinned. "Want to know how I reached this form?"
"Yes, I would, please."
"You and your gauntlet spirit must see eye to eye." I looked at the fake Aura Boost. "We need to work on your Aura Boost."
"I agree." The gauntlet spoke, and formed into a regular height blonde in a coat like Xemnax. "I'm Zemyx. Its been a minute, hasn't it Xemnax?"
Xemnax manifested and nodded. "Yes. Pierce, if we are to fight together you must swear that you must not hurt us. Is that fair?"
Pierce nodded and swore, in the good way, slowing being enveloped by his gauntlet. "Leanbox warrior, welcome to the battle. Come, we have goddesses to rescue." Pierce nodded, his eyes narrowed at Arfoire behind his visor. We both charged, I pulling back an Aura Sphere, him pulling back an Energy Ball.
"ARFOIRE! RELASE GREEN HEART!" Pierce bellowed as he slammed his attack in Arfoire, causing me to have to pull a curve ball Aura Sphere. The sisters flew to us, and asked what they could do.
"Easy. Use range attacks, since you all can and let us handle the up close!" I summoned a boost panel and launched at Arfoire, who hit me with a Lace Ribbon Dance. It actually hurt! I steadied myself, and used Shadow Force, sliding between realms for a moment as Pierce went in for Close Combat. A minute later I went in for my punch, yet I took a Cross Combination. I had only half my SP bar, and I was breathing heavy. "I don't get it, if anything like this we are stronger than the CPUs! Why is she..." I took a Shadow Claw to the face, shocked. I ripped through my armor, leaving blood streaming down my cheek.
"Izimoto!" IF, I turned, and found them waving me down. I couldn't just leave Pierce here. "Histoire has something urgent to tell you!" I growled in anger and burst down to IF.
"Izimoto, she copied all the goddesses and your attacks. She is stealing the power of each of the goddesses and she overwhelms both you and Pierce's power. Xemnax and Zemyx know how to win though." I burst back up to help Pierce, whose vizor was ripped off.
"Damn the bitch... We can't beat her like this..."
"I know... Xemnax, what is this final attempt."
"It depends if you think one of your bodies could handle our final potential?"
"What do you mean?" I asked, blocking the first part of Tanzerin Trombe and got my chest sliced by the rest.
"Pierce! Give Izimoto Zemyx!" Pierce complied instantly and the gauntlet enveloped my right hand. My body began to shatter and I focused. My armor shattered and formed around Pierce for protection. My two gauntlets glowed with raw aura and the armor began to form again, but now as silver and green armor, an X on my chest, my vizor a solid black, yet still see through, and my power was unbelievable. I felt like I could do anything! If going Gauntlet Armor mode was going Super Saiyan, going this mode was going Super Saiyan three. "Now then, shall we destroy this ripoff?" Xemnax asked.
"With pleasure!" I used a Boost Panel and used my upgraded attack now called Alpha Thunder Punch and slammed my fist into Arfoire's cheek, electrocuting her and then sending her flying. "Girls, Pierce! I got Arfo-d2, you go get the goddesses out of there! I got an idea!" I blocked a Razing Raptunura and drop kicked her, beating her to the ground so I could use Omega Earthquake. I had to let them free the goddesses before I put my plan into action.
I ran towards the large dark pyramid. I can't believe I switched over to Izimoto's side so fast, but I suppose that if I hadn't he would have killed me. I hoped that he could win, but I figured that once I sensed his aura he could win with ease, but he needed me to free the goddesses. I wouldn't fail him! "CLOSE COMBAT!" I charged the dark mass and put some cracks in it, my solid armor providing more damage.
"Ice Coffin!" I rolled out of the way and a chunk of ice increased the damage. "You're the one who tried to hurt Izimoto!" Oh no. I turned to find the twins with their axes ready.
"Yes, I did, but he proved himself that he was stronger than me. I have conceded and I have joined his side. I swear!" They stared at me for what felt like an eternity until the blasted the pyramid. I turned back to my target and used Giga Impact. I was able to see Lady Blanc and I grabbed her arms. I gently pulled her out and her eyes lulled opened.
"Who are..."
"No time, milady, just rest." 'She's obviously not your favorite.' Izimoto? 'Yep, thanks to Zemyx I can access your mind. No offense but could you hurry up? While this form is powerful it is really taxing on the ol bod.' 'It'd be a lot quicker if I had a weapon!' 'Give me a sec.' Arfoire screamed and I watched her fly into the pyramid with an ax lodged in her stomach. I drew the ax and Izimoto appeared and punched her in the face so hard the one whole side of the pyramid shattered.
"I"m not done with you!" Izimoto threw her and flew after, and I kept slicing at the dark gooey mass. "HOLD MY BALLING MIXTAPE!" I didn't turn, in fear of what I could see. His laugh were becoming scarier with each attack, and he was becoming sadistic. I grabbed onto Lady Neptune next, who stayed passed out in my arms until I placed her down and she groaned. I reached in for Lady Noire and pulled her out as well, her eyes wide open and shell shocked. I gave her to Uni, and gave the pyramid a swift uppercut. Finally! I could see Lady Vert. I pulled her out with a good bit of my power, and rolled out if the way when Izimoto yelled to do so.
Correction! Based on the multipliers of my base powers this form was like Super Saiyan 4, but the body overworking effects were that of Super Saiyan three. "Finally. Time to do this..." My gauntlets said that I could 'delete' others abilities when I was like this. Though I had to kill two birds with one body. I grabbed Arfoire face first and slammed her into the mass of the pyramid's insides. I had to destroy the Anticrystals too, or this could happen again. I used my delete ability, but to enlarge it I dove in the pyramid myself and used a large Twilight Reflector. "Good night..." I was expelled from the pyramid, only my armor keeping me alive. Zemyx disengaged and I took some deep breaths.
"Izimoto... Are you okay?" Blanc's gentle voice asked. My armor retracted and I smiled at the of Lowee.
"Let me check my... Oh crap, I'm almost dead. A little help?" Blanc pulled out a healing potion and I drank up.
"Izimoto!" Ram and Rom hugged me, and I patted their heads. "You're okay!"
"Yeah, but what about Pierce?" I asked, looking at the Leanbox wielder giving his goddess a health potion. I stood with some difficulty. "Hey, Vegeta, nice job."
He looked up at me, a grin on his face. "Shut it, Kakarot. Next time, I get to go godly!"
"Its a deal."
Shady beginning, at least for Izimoto, fun section, dark section that will be expanded on, weak section, then overpowered section. Yeah! For you anime lovers, I compounded three episodes. That cosplay section was foreshadowing to the next chapter, just for your information. Time for review responses!
Nazo-XXX - My man! Once again you reviewed! Aura may or may not have been inspired by Lucario and DBZ... Maybe... Yeah, I love Noire as well, you can tell by the rushed romance in The New Hyperdimension Warrior. I have tsunderes IRL, so I know how to mess with them. Giritina? Heck yes! I actually forgot about him when I wrote the chapter. I love Greninja too, and since I play competitive I have a troll set for him. Hehehe... If you can, tell me what you thought about this chapter. It was very DBZ esque, by the obvious references in traditional Hyperdimension style.
Jeitron - I was wondering if you were going to review. Thanks, I tried to make the chapter enjoyable, and I tried to grow some brotherhood between Xemnax and Izimoto. Also, the limiters set by this GG (Gamindustri God) don't stop with the special attack limit. Just wait for the next chapter. Also, thanks, I tried to dodge the whole plagiarism thing from TOTG, as proved with the gauntlet transformation.
Guest - Really? You couldn't tell? *checks chapter* I kinda see it, so I'll try harder. Those joke chapters aren't really pro MLG status writing, it's literally all for humor, but thanks for responding!
My favorite TV show as a kid was the ORIGINAL Ben 10. Funny thing I was five when I watched that show, and I still have a picture of Heatblast when I first drew him, and it's terrible. Still love the show though, and until the next chapter, bye!