Hey guys it's me, DragonEmperror2810. Sorry about not putting an author's note on the previous chapter, I was in a rush and also I would like to say sorry if the chapter is a bit short and stuff.
Anyway, have any of you guys watched or played Cardfight! Vanguard? It's kind of an interesting anime and I used some of their ideas in this chapter (Uh, no they won't be playing trading card games if that's you're wondering) At first, I thought Vanguard was just a plain card game…but then that all changed when one of my friends introduced it to the school.
Being the naïve person I was, I didn't play the game but a few months later, the whole school played it! Seriously, almost all of my friends played the game and some of them even stayed late at school just to play with their friends.
When my best friends played the game, I got curios and watched the anime. Turns out, it wasn't that hard unlike Yugioh. From the first 10 episodes, I like the Royal Paladin and was hoping to buy its trial deck but then when I discussed with my friends about it, they say that Bushiroad (the company that made Vanguard) had stop making the trial decks. So I decided to buy other trial decks (Nova Grappler, Oracle Think Tank etc) but I couldn't find any.
The only trial deck they had is Narukami, Kagero (The deck that belongs to my least favorite character in the anime) but in the end, I gave up and bought Narukami. I didn't understand the game at first since the whole deck was printed in Japanese (My friends said that if I planned on joining a tournament, I had to use a Japanese ones instead of the eng.) but thanks to Vanguard Wiki, I was able to understand most of their abilities.
For my first cardfight, I won the game (Yeah, I was shock too since it was my first) but I guess it's just a beginner's luck.
To be honest, I don't really like the Narukami clan; it doesn't suit me even though their units are all dragons. Don't get me wrong, I love dragons but somehow they're not the ones I'm looking for. So I bought another deck called Gold Paladins, thankfully, the deck consists of dogs, wolves and lions which is another one of my favorite animals other than dragons.
The thing that really pissed me off is when you are buying the booster packs! All packs have 5 cards in them with 1 of them being a rare one. (The shiny kind not the "rarest in the whole planet" kind) Each packs had a mixture of units from different clans so it's like a lottery game: Some packs had the units of your clan while the rest are from the rest which you do not need.
Anyway, enough about Vanguard and let's proceed to the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Mega Man, it belongs to Capcom (And I'm still pissed off that there are no more Mega Man Star Force games, I know that his father is back and stuff but at least try to keep the story going)
The Dark Side of the Hero of Justice
An 8-year old girl was skipping happily along the corridor, occasionally greeting every passerby. She had long blonde hair that reached her waist and a pair of shiny-blue eyes. She wore a pink dress similar to Ciel with golden trimmings at its ends and a black skinsuit underneath it. She also an addition of a pair of white gloves covered her hands while a pair of brown boots covered her legs. Clutched within her arms is a white cat stuffed-doll which is in fact, a living thing.
"Good morning Aloutte, where are you off to?" A servant asked when he noticed her.
"Good morning," The girl called Aloutte greeted back. "Big sis told me to wake up lord Giga King for breakfast!"
"Ah, I wish you the best in doing so; the young lord is a very heavy sleeper." He stated.
"OK!"
With that, the girl named Aloutte picked up her pace until she arrived at the front of the entrance of the King's chamber which is a very large double-door with a crown symbol right at the centre. Politely, she knocked on the door.
"Lord Giga King are you in there?" She asked. "It's time for breakfast!"
Silence
Not receiving any reply, Aloutte knocked again and yet it came out with the same reaction. After a few more times of doing the same thing, she decides to push the door and entered the chamber. The king's chamber is more like a home with the amount of amenities it has: a bedroom, a study which is quarter the size of the royal archive (Royal archive is the place where all kinds of data are kept and if you don't know how big the royal archive is, just imagine a shopping mall that has thousands of identical bookshelves and millions of data), a bathroom, a living room and an exercise room to keep the young lord fit, there's also a room for Omega-xis as well.
Obviously a daily routine, Aloutte went to the bedroom where she, of course, found Geo sleeping soundly.
"Lord Giga King, it's time for breakfast!"
"…5 more minutes…" He mumbled, still asleep.
"Lord Giga King!"
"…I can't eat anymore…"
Aloutte pouted, she was thinking of a way to wake him up when a brilliant idea ran through her mind. Immediately, she whispered something to her plush toy.
"Mew!" The toy exclaimed before jumping off her grasp and landing on Geo's face.
Through his dream, Geo was wondering why he can't breathe and his head felt a little heavy. He opened his eyes and the first thing that he saw was a pair of large sky-blue crystal clear eyes. His immediate reaction was simple and common one: a girlish scream and rolling off the bed which lead to hitting the floor face first.
"Ow!" He groaned while rubbing his nose, which luckily, was not broken.
"Good morning lord Giga King!" Aloutte greeted again but this time, Geo was listening.
Geo let out another groan before answering, "Good morning Aloutte, I take it that Ciel told you to wake me up for breakfast?" Despite being injured by one of her jokes, Geo found it rather difficult to be mad with her. Who wouldn't? With her cute appearance and innocent nature, it is easy to tell that she meant no harm, no matter how painful it is. Even Fenrir, planet FM's most strongest warrior was unable to resist her infatuation.
"Yup!"
"Alright you go on ahead and have breakfast; I'll come in a short while."
"Okay!"
Geo waited until he heard the door closed before letting out a sigh. Omega-xis materialized in front of him, clad in his usual golden armor. "What's up?"
Geo was startled for a bit from his sudden appearance. "Oh it's nothing important." He said when he regained his composure. "It's just that no matter how many times I look at Aloutte, I still can't believe that she's not a human."
Despite her human-like appearence, Aloutte is actually a reploid like Cerveaus and the generals. The only thing that differentiates her with a regular human girl is the white square-shaped headphones that cover both of her ears.
Mega nodded. "Well, they aren't called robots with human bodies for nothing." He stated. "And don't worry about it; you're not the only human here in this planet."
"Yeah, I guess you're right on that one."
Other than him and Ciel, there are also other humans that are living in planet FM. When King Cepheus was rebuilding planet AM, he had secretly assigned several people (Mostly teenagers) from Earth to aid him in the process. He also made sure that they are the ones that he trusts the most since he didn't want the same incident to happen again like Gemini.
Geo snapped his finger. Another advantage of being a king of the planet of EM-waves is that Geo able to change his outfit whenever he wants to; the process is similar to wave change except that this is only for clothing. His outfit instantly changed into his daily ones when he wasn't on duty which is a black t-shirt with the crown symbol at the back and a pair of baggy tan-colored jeans. His shooting star pendant can be seen dangling around his neck with his Analyzer which was hooked at his front collar.
The Analyzer, which is a ray-ban sunglass with brownish-red lens, is a gift from Cerveaus as a replacement for his lost Visualizer. It works the same as the previous one but with a few more additions.
Geo walked along the corridor with Mega floating behind him in a comfortable silence.
"Good morning lord Giga King."
Geo spun around to where the voice came from and smiled when he did.
"Good morning Laura, good morning Lupa."
Laura is one of the humans that came to planet FM by King Cepheus. She had long wavy blonde hair that reached her waist and a pair of emerald-green eyes. She wore a pure white toga that had golden trimmings at its end, a pair of golden rings on her wrist and also a pair of leather sandals. She is very beautiful, kind and often helped people by giving them advice. When Geo became the king, Laura was the first to give him a warm welcome and thus became his first friend here in planet FM.
Despite all of that, Laura actually had a very sad history when she was back on Earth. She was claimed unworthy by both of her parents who always abused her; even her siblings did the same. Her life had a big turn somehow when she was kidnapped and raped; luckily, Cepheus came in just in time to save her. He also proposed if she want to come to planet FM as a volunteer. Having enough of her past life, Laura reluctantly agreed and came here.
Lupa is her FM-ian partner; she is a wolf that had silver helmet covering her head and a silver armor that covered her front half while the rest are left bare with blue EM-waves. She is the leader of the wolf clan, the same clan where Wolf (FM-ian friend of Damian Wolfe) came from before he descends on Earth. Complete opposite of Wolf, Lupa is a very patient one but be warned as she also had her limits.
Laura gave a gentle smile in return. "Are you heading to the dining hall?" She asked. "Would you mind if I come along?"
"Of course I don't mind at all." Geo said. "What about you Mega?"
Mega, who also learned of her past life, nodded. "Sure the more the merrier right?"
Lupa suddenly snickered, immediately getting everyone's attention. "What's wrong Lupa?" Laura asked her partner.
"It's nothing; I'm just shocked that's all on how Omega-xis had changed throughout the years."
Mega blushed. "W-Well, I'm a king after all so I have to show a good example somehow." He stuttered.
"Whatever you say my lord." She said. "One thing for sure, there's someone who is already influenced by your old habits."
"Oh you mean HIM? That's pretty much normal if you ask me. Considering they're both related to each other." Geo agreed
"Hey, are you saying that my influence towards him is a bad thing?"
Just when Lupa is about to say yes, a shout was heard throughout the corridor.
"BIG BROTHER!"
Suddenly, Mega was tackled by a blur of dark blue figure but since he predicted this would happen, he was able to resist the impact in time.
"Good morning Alpha." Mega greeted.
Alpha (or by his full name, Alpha-xis) is Omega-xis' little brother. He had the same exact appearance as him but smaller and the armor was a darker shade of blue.
Alpha beamed. "I heard that you captured another criminal last night! Was it true?" He asked
Related by blood (Or by their frequency since they're FM-ians), Alpha had the same attitude like his brother: energetic, wild and a little bit reckless, almost making him a miniature copy of Mega.
Mega laughed. "Yeah, it was a piece of cake actually since the leader wasn't that good at fighting."
Inside the FM Maximum Security Prison
"Achoo!" A certain captive sneezed within his prison.
"Quiet!" The prison guard demanded.
"Sorry." He squeaked back.
Back to where the three was…
"Awesome!" Alpha exclaimed and Mega smiled.
"I think we have enough time wasted talking here, let's head for breakfast shall we?" Lupa stated.
The 4 nodded and they continued walking to the dining hall.
Compared to the throne room, the dining hall was rather small but it can fit almost a hundred peoples in it. They had marble floorings and pillars that supported the ceiling which was designed with star constellations. At the centre of the hall is a very large and long metal bench that was vertical to the entrance. At the end of the room lies another metal bench but this time it was golden in color and was arranged horizontally to the entrance; it was specially prepared for no other than the king itself along with Ciel and other generals.
When the 5 arrived at the dining hall, they found out that they're still early since the whole hall was empty except for Ciel, Aloutte and the generals.
"Good morning Geo." Ciel greeted. "You're up early today."
"Yeah, why'd you ask?" Geo said as he took his seat which is beside her.
"Because it's one of the last things that we expected to happen." Fenrir stated for Ciel before munching on his E-Crystals. Truth to be told, he also woke up late but thanks to Leviathan he was forced to wake up early. As for Harpuia, waking up early is an understatement since many people always see him practicing his sword arts at the fields during dawn as if he never slept at all.
"Are you saying I never woke up early?"
"Yes." Everyone said in unison.
Geo laughed. "Well, it's all thanks to Aloutte's wake up call."
Aloutte simply giggle, leaving the rest curios on what he meant except for Ciel who had a smirk on her face. It was then Geo noticed that Cerveaus' seat was empty.
"Where's Cerveaus?'
"Something happened and he had to leave." Leviathan said. "He said that he won't be able to return until tomorrow."
Geo pouted. "That's quite unfortunate; I was hoping to test the elemental chips today."
"What?" Fenrir asked dumbfoundedly.
"You know the chip that enables me to use your powers and stuff." He stated. "You didn't know?"
"Not that I remembered anything."
LeoKingdom suddenly materialized behind Fenrir. "Do not fret Geo Stelar, Fenrir did agree on lending you his powers he just forgot that he did that's all."
"What do you mean?" Leo sighed
Flashback of the incident
Inside the training room, Fenrir was furiously punching the punching bag. Standing behind him at a safe distance is Cerveaus who is currently blabbering about something.
"…therefore we request from you for a fraction of a data of yours. With a sufficient amount of it, I'm sure we would be able to create an elemental chip for lord Giga King to use your powers at will…"
Unfortunately, Fenrir wasn't listening to any of his statement and continued punching the bag with a tremendous force. One of Fenrir's weaknesses is of having no brain at all; complicated words meant nothing to him. Just give him simple instructions and he'll do so but make sure to be more specific in doing so to avoid misunderstanding.
"Fenrir, Fenrir, FENRIR!"
Knocked out of his trance, he stopped and spun back to Cerveaus. 'W-What, what is it? Is something wrong?"
Cerveaus sighed. "I was just asking whether or not you agreed on this."
Not knowing what he meant, Fenrir just nodded. "Ok, um sure whatever…"
Cerveaus smiled. "Thank you Fenrir." He said before leaving.
Fenrir was confused at first but he shrugged it off and continued his assault on the punching bag. Inside Fenrir's data base, Leo Kingdom sighed to himself and muttering about why he had such partner in the first place before going back to sleep.
End of flashback
Moments later the door opened and humans entered the hall for breakfast
The first to enter was a teenage girl named Cecilia. Cecilia is another human that came from Earth with a happy-go-lucky attitude, in planet FM Cecilia was considered the most cute and popular among others. She had pink-colored short hair that curled outwards and a pair of violet eyes. As for her outfit, she had a yellow tank top, a pink skirt with yellow trimmings and a pair of black and gold boots.
Her partner is Aries. She is an goat shaped FM-ian with pink fluffy EM-waves as a body, a pink helmet covering her head that had a pair of golden coiled horns stick out of the sides and also a gold and pink armor covering her front body part. She is one of king Cepheus' underlings before he passed away but she was not sent to search for the Andromeda key when Omega-xis' stole it.
The second is Samuel; he is the oldest among the humans that lived in planet FM with an age of 35 years old. Samuel is like a father to everyone with his curly long hair, bushy beard and moustache (A/N: If you know Chiron from the movie Percy Jackson and the lightning thief, that's him except that he's a human) but despite his age, Samuel is a very cool guy to hang around with. His famous quote is "I may be old but that doesn't mean I can't have fun!" He wore a dark red tank top that showed his well built muscles and a pair of black jeans.
His partner is Sagittarius, a horse-like FM-ian with a brass-colored helmet and armor covering his front body part while the rest are left bare with golden EM-waves. Strapped on his armored body is a saddle, a pair of sheathed knife and a quiver full of arrows.
The third to enter the hall is the twins' sisters, Liz and Makie whose ages are 10. You can easily tell that they're both related simply looking at their exact blonde hair color and height (Don't say that in front of them, it's quite a very touchy subject)
Liz is a very energetic girl who likes to challenge herself to a whole new level. Once she set her eyes on something, she won't let go unless she gets what she wants. She had a blonde hair that was tied to spiky pigtails and a pair of blue mischievous eyes.
Complete opposite of Liz, Makie is a very shy and timid girl who tends to stay out of conversation. She dislikes fights and preferred a much more peaceful method. Just like her sister, she had a blonde hair that was tied to a short pony tail and a pair of blue gentle eyes.
Their partners are Pisces, two FM-ian fish with dull-blue scales as armor and blue EM-waves as fins. The two are almost similar to Gemini except that they have their own bodies. Unfortunately, being twins also had their disadvantages as well.
Next are Drew and Venim who were commonly recognized as a couple. Drew is a girl who has the same age as Geo which is 20 years old. She had a pair of cerulean blue eyes that was covered by a pair of glasses and auburn hair that reached her back. She wore a blue long-sleeved sweater and a pair of denim shorts, showing off her long legs but careful not to be caught staring at it or else her boyfriend will kill you.
Venim is Drew's boyfriend who had grape-purple spiky hair and violet eyes. He is a year older than her and thus making him 21. He wore a black long-sleeved t-shirt and a pair of skinny jeans. When you first look at him, Venim looks like one of the bad boys who always pick a fight but the truth is the opposite actually, he is a good and caring guy especially towards Drew. If it weren't for Drew already being his girlfriend, Venim would've made all the girls fallen in love with him because of his good looks.
Drew's partner is Aquarius, a FM-ian that has a human-female shaped blue EM-wave body, and she carried a metal pot filled with water while Venim's partner is Scorpio, a scorpion-like FM-ian with grape-purple exoskeleton armor covering over its pink EM-waves body. The thing that sticks out the most about Scorpio is his tail which is quite big. According to Venim, Scorpio's tail contains a very lethal poison but whenever people ask whether its true or not, he simply laughed and thus making it a mystery that is yet to be solved.
A few more entered the hall but Geo was forced to stop as a servant materialized in front of him but this obviously had become a daily routine for everyone as none gave a second glance at him.
"Good morning lord Giga King, what would you like for breakfast today?"
"Good morning Alfred." Geo greeted back. 'An as for my breakfast, I'll have the usual if you don't mind."
Alfred smiled. "Of course, right away my lord." He said before dematerializing.
"So Ciel…" Geo started while waiting for his breakfast to arrive. "…are there any new updates on the mission board?"
The pink scientist shook her head. "Nope, all continents showed green." She stated before sipping her milk tea.
Geo nodded at this. Like Earth, Plant FM also had several cities: ImperialCity, Arctic Archive, WildnetForest, Junkyard Dessert, SolariceMountains and Vocaloid Paradise.
ImperialCity is the most famous place where Geo and the rest are. It is the main headquarters of the Royal Army. The city is always patrolled 24/7 by the knights and thus making it the safest city in planet FM but you can never be too careful. The buildings in the city are sky-high and they're made of gold and silver, if it weren't for the constant patrol the whole city would've been swarmed already by thieves. Other than that, the ImperialCity is famous for their amount of wave roads which constantly increases from time to time.
Arctic Archive is the coldest location in planet FM with the temperature reaching almost -100 degree Celsius, cold enough to freeze a whole sea. The population in the city is the lowest as well since only a few are capable of withstanding such low temperature. Like its name stated, Arctic Archive is the place where all sorts of data are kept and preserved.
WildnetForest is the most dangerous place on plant FM with its tall trees and poisonous plants. Those who entered the forest unprepared will immediately go lost in their first 5 minutes of travel; even those who are experienced will go lost due to the forest's complexity. Almost a thousand explored the forest but in the end none came out alive. The only one who is familiar with the forest is the Silver Fang clan since it is their home turf but even they won't spill out the secrets on how to go in and out of the forest.
Junkyard Dessert is the least popular and definitely the last and least spot a tourist would go to. A long time ago, it was just a plain dessert but then few started to throw their junk there, soon many started to throw their junk there as well and voila! Junkyard dessert was born. The dessert was the home of almost 90% rubbish coming from throughout the whole planet so conducting a cleaning campaign to clean it quite impossible. Despite the worse condition, the dessert is actually inhabited by the Junkers which is EM-beings that feeds on EM-waves; luckily they only ate those that are coming from junks instead of living beings so they aren't classified as a threat.
SolariceMountain areas are the place where solar energy are gathered and converted into electrical energy. The planet also used other kinds of energy but solar energy is the most frequently used. Its strategically-perfect location enables it to gather a decent amount of energy to light up the whole planet though most of them are mostly transferred to the large cities like the ImperialCity.
Vocaloid paradise is a place where music is recognized as a sacred gift; it is where Lyra, Sonia's FM-ian partner came from (A/N: I'm not sure if Lyra is an FM-ian or AM-ian so I'll just make her an FM-ian). At times of wars, Vocaloid paradise is the only one who didn't join it but that doesn't make them weak or anything. Other than for entertainment, their music can also be used as a weapon and when they are threatened, they will not hesitate on attacking the attacker full-force. A few decades ago, a few thieves tried to steal their music to keep as their own but it ends with the entire city where the thieves live to be wiped out, leaving not a single trace.
Alfred materialized again but this time, holding a metal tray filled with a sunny-side egg, a pair of toast and a glass of warm milk.
"Here's your breakfast my lord."
Geo nodded. "Thank you Alfred."
Alfred bowed before disappearing, probably to fulfill his other duties. Geo then begin eating his breakfast, the rest also followed suit and they all ate in a comfortable silence.
Back on Earth
"…and that concludes today's mission report.' Sonia finished, the boys could only yawn their agreement since they're still tired. They are now inside the office of the chief of WAZA, reporting about their mission though Sonia did most of the telling while the boys simply stand behind her, waiting for her to finish so that they can return home and rest.
The chief was sitting on the office chair with his back facing the three. "Seems to me that the mission went well for you three?"
"Yes sir." She replied. "We successfully retrieved back the stolen data back to Strong."
Correction: 'You' successfully retrieved back the stolen data back to Strong. Rey stated in his mind and Pat mentally hushed him to be quiet.
"I see…" The chair then spun around, revealing the chief of WAZA. He was a young and handsome adult with dark blue hair that reached his shoulder blades and a pair of completely black eyes.
"Great job you three; I'm proud to have you guys as the SP Commandos." Ace said with a smile. 5 years ago, the last chief had retired, and the only one who can replace him other than Dr. Goodall is Ace himself, since his rank is the second highest in the whole WAZA. "Now it's time to celebrate you three's success."
Ace then pulled out a drawer from the table and produced something that the three expected to from the very beginning when they arrived.
A mega snack
Ripping off one of the end, he began chomping the mega snack so fast that it even surpassed Bud's speed when he ate ginger beef.
Acid materialized beside him. "Ace, don't you think that you eating too much of that?" He asked in a mechanical voice.
Bud sighed. "Keep on asking Acid cause I doubt he's gonna stop." He said.
"And because of that bad habit of his, someone else had also been infected." Someone said from behind him. Tia stepped into the office; she had the same dark purple hair that was tied to her usual pigtails and a pair of hazel eyes. Instead of her purple dress outfit, she now wears a lavender colored sundress.
"Good morning sweetheart." Ace said before pecking her lips, Tia smiled. "Where's Mira?"
A giggle can be heard from behind Tia and a girl whose is age is around 8 years old stepped out. She had a dark blue hair that was tied to high but short ponytail and a pair of hazel eyes. She wore what seemed to be a miniature version of the Satella police jacket, a black skirt and a pair of white knee-high boots.
"Daddy!" The girl greeted while hugging his dad who also returned the favor.
"Hey kiddo." Ace chuckled, pulling away from her.
"Good morning Acid." She greeted to the wizard.
Acid let out a faint smile. "Good morning Mira."
Mira quickly turned back to her father, Ace, with a glint in her eyes. "Daddy, did you buy me a mega snack?" She asked excitedly.
Ace chuckled. "Of course I do." Rummaging through the drawer once again, Ace produced another mega snack but this time it was pink in color with an image of a strawberry before handing it to his daughter.
"Yaaay!" She exclaimed before ripping it off and munching it as fast as his father does.
Ace chuckled chuckled again, that is when he noticed the stares that he was receiving from everyone within the room. "What?"
Sonia simply shook her head at that. Like father, like daughter.
"Ah that reminds me." Ace said; momentarily stop eating his mega snack. Keyword: momentarily. "Sonia, I heard that tomorrow you had a concert going on."
"Oh yeah!" Sonia agreed. "And if you don't mind, I was hoping if I could have a day off today and tomorrow for rehearsal and preparations."
Ace laughed. "Of course you can! You deserve it for all your hard work to WAZA." He said.
"Thank you sir."
Ace nodded. "Good you're all dismissed." He said. "Ah, before that, Bud and Pat you guys stay here for a while."
The boys groaned but they knew better than to neglect his orders so they did.
Once Sonia stepped out of the office, she was immediately thanked by the WAZA officers.
"Good job Commander Sonia."
"Thanks for your help Queen Lyra. Keep up the good work."
"We hope you can continue to cooperate with us in the near future."
Sonia replied with a choruses of 'thank you' and 'you're welcome'. Never in her life had she felt proud of her accomplishment.
I wonder if this is what Geo felt like. She thought to herself.
Thinking about Geo made her face go sour. Luckily, no one was around to notice it.
"Ah, Sonia there you are."
Putting on a fake smile, Sonia turns towards the familiar voice.
"Good morning Dr. Goodall."
Dr. Goodall smiled. From the last 8 years, she is the only one who hadn't changed at all with her fluffy white hair and gentle brown eyes. Like every day, she wore her signature lab coat. Despite showing signs of overage, retirement is one of the sentences that you'll never heard coming out of her mouth.
Standing behind Dr. Goodall is a teenage boy who had a pair of black eyes with his hair hidden underneath his white with red stripes beanie. His outfit consists of a black and red sweatshirt with the hood over his head, a pair of skinny jeans and a pair of black combat boots.
"Ah, this is Toby." She stated when she noticed her glancing at him. "He's my grandson who came back from Netfrica yesterday and he's going to be a new member of the Satella Police."
Sonia's jaw was wide open before she covered it with her hand. "I didn't know you had grandchildren!" She exclaimed.
"Me neither." She stated in serious tone before laughing. "Just kidding, I have lots of grandchildren but almost every one of them is overseas right now."
"I see." Sonia said before turning to Toby. "Hello, my name is Sonia Strumm it's nice to meet you and welcome to WAZA."
Toby stayed silent, making things awkward, very awkward indeed.
"Don't just stay quiet like a dead man, say something." Dr. Goodall ushered at him.
"Hello." Was all that he said and Sonia sweatdropped.
Dr. Goodall sighed at this "Goodness, I was expecting for your behaviors to change when you're overseas but I guess I was wrong." She said to herself. "Forgive me but Toby is one of my grandsons who are very shy."
Sonia shook her head. "It's alright Dr. Goodall, I understand." She said before looking at her Hunter VG. "Well, it's time for me to go home; goodbye Dr. Goodall and you too, Toby."
"Goodbye Sonia."
Toby was silent though he was staring intently at Sonia as she left.
Once Sonia was out of hearing range, Dr. Goodall spoke to him. "Lesson no. 1: Talk with other people more often, especially with your new comrades." She instructed. "Understand?"
"Yes grandmother."
"Alright then," Dr. Goodall was cut off by a cough before she continued. "Let's go find your uniform first."
She then proceeded on walking, not even bothering to turn around to look at her grandson to make sure that he's following or not. Toby glanced back to where Sonia was before following suit.
"Using the Wave Train's gonna take a long time, might as well use the Astro Wave since it's faster." Sonia said to herself once she was outside.
She then sprinted to the Wave Station. Wasting no more time, Sonia put on her headphones.
"Transcode 004: Queen Lyra." She said with her Hunter raised high.
"Transcode Verified." A mechanical voice said from her Hunter. With her eyes closed, Sonia was engulfed in purple flame but they showed no sign of harm. Her outfit was immediately transformed into a black skinsuit. Starting from the head, a light-blue visor materialized from the side of her headphones and a pair of disc-like object materialized on the band which soon transformed into a tiara. After that, the pink dress materialized accompanied by the sleeves and then the thigh-high heels. Her wave change ends when she opened her eyes, like mercury rising inside a thermometer, light-blue circuit lines appeared going along her pink dress, sleeves and heels, and thus ending the transformation of Queen Lyra.
Since she was standing on the Wave Station, Queen Lyra was immediately sent into the Wave road before proceeding on going to the green portal that leads to the Astro Wave.
On the Astro Wave
The Astro Wave is filled with numerous Hertz going to their designated destination. Unlike those on Earth, these Hertz are clad in what seems to be like astronaut's suits and almost every one of them are working for WAZA, one of their works are such as delivering important messages between their HQs in different countries. The Astro Wave is only for authorized personnel only and is strictly forbidden to be used by other party. Unfortunately, one was able to sneak into the Astro wave and decided to make it as his own.
On the wave road that connects Astro Wave 1 and Astro Wave 2 together a barrier stood up; blocking the way and making traffic. Standing in front of the barred road lies a crowd of unhappy looking hertz.
"Hey what gives!?" One of the Hertz exclaimed.
"Let us through, I need to send this important message to WAZA!"
"Who the hell created this nuisance anyway!?"
Coming from the portal that leads to WAZA HQ, Queen Lyra appeared and quickly groaned once she saw the ruckus that was going on.
For once, using the wave train doesn't sound like a bad idea. Sonia thought to herself.
Queen Lyra was about to step back into the portal but luck wasn't on her side as a hertz noticed her presence.
"It's Queen Lyra!" All of the hertz then switched their gaze towards her.
Well, it's too late to turn back now. She sighed before putting up her game face.
Casually, she walks to the crowd. "Is there any problem here?" She said while resting a hand on her hips. Throughout the crowd, Sonia swears she heard some of the hertz saying 'sexy' but she shook it off.
Immediately, the Hertz bombarded her with their complaints.
"It's him, it's him again!"
"Queen Lyra, please do something!"
"It's Moon Destroy; he's the one who set up the barrier!"
"Can I have your autograph, Miss Queen Lyra!"
Ignoring the last statement, Queen Lyra gazes at the barrier. Sure enough, a certain figure clad in golden armor was standing in front while looking back at her.
"YO!" Moon Destroy exclaimed while waving his arm which Sonia did not return.
"Alright, I'll handle this." She said and the Hertz cheered. "Move aside please."
Like a flock of sheep, the Hertz parted away to let her through.
"YO QUEEN LYRA! IT'S BEEN A WHILE!" Moon Destroy shouted when Queen Lyra was in front of him. "HAVE YOU COME TO LISTEN TO MY 10-HOUR CONCERT!?"
A ten-hour concert? No thanks. Sonia thought.
"No Moon Destroy, I just wanna go home so would you be so kind to put the barrier down and let us through?" She asked kindly though she pretty much knew what his answer would be.
Moon Destroy rubbed his chin and pretended to think about it. "Let me think about it…NOPE!" He said with a grin. "The only way I can put the barrier down is when I finished my concert…
The world will end when that happens. Sonia muttered under her breath.
Or when you beat me in a wave battle."
Queen Lyra groaned but she didn't have any choice. Removing the harp from her waist, she went into a battle stance. "I'll take the second choice then."
"YO!" Moon Destroy said before engaging himself. "FACE THE WRATH OF MY BEAUTIFUL MOVES!"
Soon, a circle of Hertz quickly formed around the two as they observed each other's movements. The Hertz were cheering on her wildly as if it was a concert. Moon Destroy, who thought they were cheering for him, waved at them back.
"Lights…" Queen Lyra muttered as she gripped her harp.
"Camera…" She then moves her legs apart to lower her body a bit with purpose of lowering the centre of gravity of her body.
"ACTION!"
Queen Lyra started off the battle by firing a few notes at him but Moon Destroy was able to dodge them all by jumping from panel to panel.
Ugh, I need to stop him from jumping around or else I won't get a clear shot at him.
"WITNESS MY BEAUTIFUL MOVES YO!" Moon Destroy then began spinning at an incredible speed before firing 3 crescent-shaped blades at Queen Lyra.
Queen Lyra avoided the first one by doing a front somersault, and then proceeded on rolling underneath the second one. As for the third, she raised her harp and a barrier materialized and blocked the blade for her.
"NOT BAD YO!" Sonia smirked. "HOW ABOUT YOU TRY AVOIDING THIS!"
Sonia's smirk fade when Moon Destroy raised his left palm high and a miniature moon appeared on it. Using the moon as a weapon, he threw it to Queen Lyra. As if it was a meteor, the moon headed for her at an incredible speed but fortunately, she was able to roll aside in time to evade it.
"My turn!" She exclaimed once she regained her bearings. She then strummed her harp and fired a shock note towards him. Moon Destroy screamed in pain when the note hit him directly at the chest.
"YO, I-I CAN'T MOVE YO!" Moon Destroy exclaimed as he tried to move his limbs but the least he was able to do was only twitch.
Sonia grinned. "Can't move now can you?" She then inserts a battle card. "Now it's my turn!"
"Standard Battle Card Activated: Heavy Cannon."
"Lock-on!"
A green cross-hair appeared on Queen Lyra's visor, locking at the immobilized Moon Destroy. As fast as lightning, she appeared right in front of him. Her cute smile was the last thing that Moon Destroy saw before he was fired by the cannon at point blank.
Moon Destroy was sent flying to the back due to the impact while Queen Lyra was sent to the opposite direction, despite years of using such heavy-duty battle cards she still had not get used to their recoil effects.
Among the two, Moon Destroy was proved faster to regain conscious when he appeared on top of Queen Lyra and slammed the heel part of his foot to the ground where she was. Not having enough time to dodge, she had no choice but to face the impact head-on.
"Standard Card Activated: Recovery 200." Queen Lyra sighed in relief when she felt the pain go away but she couldn't let her guard down just yet. Looking around, she realized that Moon Destroy had disappeared from the battle field.
He's here somewhere. Queen Lyra thought. I just need to find him.
She rolled forward just in time to avoid another one of Moon Destroy's meteor; leaving a crater at the wave road.
Ugh, I can't see him! She screamed in her mind. Wait a minute, I can't see him but I can hear him.
Dematerialized the harp momentarily, Queen Lyra put covered both of her headphones with her palms. Suddenly, the two disc-like shapes above the headphones snapped open; revealing the light-blue colored circuit designs within them. EM-waves started to emanate from the discs at constant intervals.
Inside Queen Lyra mind, a sonar-like image of her surroundings appeared. She smirked. With Lyra as her partner, she had the abilities that are sound-based. One of her abilities is ultra-sonic hearings which is what she currently is doing right now. With such ability, Queen Lyra was able to hear and translate waves that are too high or too low for the normal human or even EM Being to hear and then formed an image from them in her mindscape. This proved extremely useful when she was navigating through the Bermuda Maze.
So far, the sonar image showed only her, standing in the middle and also the Hertz crowd around her.
He's not here. Sonia thought to herself.
"Don't let your guard just down yet." Lyra said telepathically in her mind. "He's here somewhere."
Queen Lyra focused. Sure enough, a spinning blur appeared in the picture and is currently heading at her from behind at the speed of a bullet.
There he is!
Materializing the harp again, Queen Lyra spun to the direction of where Moon Destroy is coming from while inserting a battle card.
"Standard Battle Card Activated: Double Boulder." A pair of boulders appeared right in front of Queen Lyra.
Not realizing the obstacle, Moon Destroy accidentally hit the first boulder full force with a large clang and Queen Lyra winced at the sound it made. The force was so strong that it deleted the boulder in an instant.
"That's gotta hurt."
"Totally, it sounded like he just got hit by a truck hertz."
Sneaking a peek from beside the boulder, Queen Lyra observed Moon Destroy who was struggling to stand up.
"OW, WHO PUT THAT THERE?" Moon Destroy cried as sparks flared from his body.
He seems to be in his last stand. She thought to herself. I better end this quick.
Taking out another card, Queen Lyra spoke, "Final card." before inserting it into the harp.
"Standard Battle Card Activated: Great Axe."
An axe materialized on her palm and she gripped on it tightly. After locking on Moon Destroy again, Queen Lyra charged at him.
"Take this!" She said before swinging the axe at him.
Moon Destroy screamed upon the attack. The battle ends when his body began to spark before bursting into a golden light. Even with the visor covering her eyes, Queen Lyra was forced to shield her eyes from the bright light. Once the light dissipated, Moon Destroy was standing, free of any damage, as if the battle just now didn't happen at all.
Moon Destroy gave out a laugh. "NOT BAD YO! I'LL LET YOU SLIDE OF FOR TODAY!" With a wave of his hand, the barrier dissipated and the crowds cheered before leaving. Almost everyone left…
…except for Queen Lyra and Moon Destroy
"Moon Destroy…"
'WHAT'S UP, ARE YOU HEAR TO LISTEN TO MY CONCERT!" His eyes glittered at the word 'concert'.
Queen Lyra shook her head in disagreement. "Not that, I was just wondering…" She said. "…why are you doing this?"
"BECAUSE I LOVE SINGING!"
"I understand that you love singing but why bother putting the barrier up?" She asked. "It's as if you were guarding the road or something."
For a millisecond, a panic look ran across his face before replacing it with his usual grin but Queen Lyra shrugged it off, thinking it was just a normal reaction.
"Never mind that, I need to go home now." She said before leaving.
"I HOPE YOU WILL COME HERE AGAIN TOMORROW QUEEN LYRA!" Moon Destroy shouted at her. "BECAUSE I'LL BE DOING A 24-HOUR CONCERT NEXT AND WE'LL BOTH BE SINGING A DUET!"
Thinking about her singing a duet with him made Queen Lyra shiver in goose bumps.
Remind me not to use the Astro Wave tomorrow. Queen Lyra thought to herself.
"Don't worry; I've put a pop-up reminder in your Hunter just in case you forgot."
And that's the end for the 4h chapter, review please!
Since I'm going to be the leader of my school's Animation & Comic club next year, I need to plan on what activities that the whole club's gonna do. Wish me luck!