Chapter six: Father troubles.
It had been a month since the breakdown, and things had gone a bit downhill. Kevin and Pit had been at odds, even arguing some days. Heather had done her best to avoid her father's former target, but some days she felt he wouldn't leave her alone. Lana had moved into another room in the palace, a definite sign that the older game master is in trouble. Of course, this was balanced out with stopping Mother Brain, which had become a form of stress relief for the N-Team, especially Pit.
Today however, was different. Doctor Light had finally come to the Palace of power to give Heather a new arm, giving the upgraded appendage a neural attachment, removing the need for belts, and easier articulation. Once the process was done. The cheerful bearded man spoke to the Young Game Master.
"Now Heather, Her Majesty told me that Kevin and Pit had been at odds over what happened a month ago. I brought Megaman with me to at least try and help out. It's a shame that Simon couldn't be here, otherwise the whole team would be back together."
"I understand. Maybe seeing their old friend would be good for them." Heather said, testing out her new limb. At that moment, the winged angel came in, smiling at Heather as he gave her some flowers.
"I-I got these for you. In case you had to rest while you got used to the arm." Pit said, blushing a little.
"Thanks, Pit, but Dr. Light said that I wouldn't need to sit out for recovery. I just got to relax as the neural relay sets up, that's all."
Before Pit could resond, a robot in Blue Armor came in and patted Pit's back, and smiled.
"Hey Pit! I was just talking with Zero before coming in here, he's a pretty cool bot, ya know?"
"MEGA MAN!" Pit said happily, "Man, it's been rough…did you get a new look?"
"Yep. Went from green to blue, got taller, and lost the Mega thing. Sounds like you lost the –icus thing yourself."
The two former comrades laughed it up as they left the room talking, followed by Heather who was headed for her room when something stopped her. Infront of her bedroom door was a portal, so, preparing for a fight, she grabbed her Zapper and placed the wiimote in it. Fortunately, what came through the portal was a middle aged man in a black leather jacket and jeans. He had graying brown hair, brown eyes, and was looking around the area with a confused look on his face.
"DAD?" Heather said, surprised as she quickly ran over and hugged him. "How did you get here?"
"Hi Heather. After you left, I looked for an old friend of mine. You remember Aunt Stacy, right? Well, she became a quantum physicist, and was working on a way to get here to see Kevin after coming here as a teen with three others. Anyway, I told her what happened, and she let me use the prototype to get here. But it looks like I'm stuck. Are you Okay though?"
"I'm fine Dad. We're in the Palace of Power, and well, I guess I'll take you to Mister Keene. He'll explain what's going on, if he doesn't attack you first and call you a robot." The game master said, thinking back to the previous month. She then led her father to the throne room, only to meet up with Samus and Ivy on the way, which caused her dad to look with surprise.
"Hey Vincent, who's this guy?" the Soul Calibur fighter said, suspicious of the guy.
"Yeah Captain, Kevin better not flip out over another guy here." Samus said, snickering.
"Hey you two, this is my dad, I'm taking him to see that jerk right now."
"Jerk? Did Keene finally grow a pair?" Mike Vincent said, smirking as he went back to his bullying persona. He then noticed his Daughter's new arm and his face hardened with concern. "Heather, what happened to your arm? Did Kevin do something to you and destroy it?"
"No, he just thought I was an android and became paranoid, he doesn't know about the accident."
"Does anyone know about it?"
"She mentioned it to me, but I'm guessing Sephy knows the whole story." Ivy said, crossing her arms.
"I see. Heather, take me to Kevin, now, I got one hell of a bone to pick with him right now."
The group then continued on to the Throne room, and Mike Vincent looked with awe as he saw his former tormentee sitting on the throne next to a beautiful woman and a little kid. Kevin was equally surprised as he saw the stranger entering the room with the three women.
"KEENE! What did you do? You disappear on your family and you start your own here? What a poor excuse for a man." Mike said, pointing dramatically.
"…Do I…know you?" Kevin said, confusion filling his face as he stared at Mike, getting a facepalm from Heather.
"Y-You don't recognize me? You certainly didn't have any problems getting revenge on my little girl! You Wuss! You humiliated her and called her an Android!"
The king of Videoland stared and went white with fear when he figured out who this crazy man was.
"Mike? Mike Vincent? Y-You're here too? How? And How-When did you have a kid?"
"Yeah, it's me. And you can thank your old girlfriend Stacy for me being here, she went into Quantum Physics. As for Heather, it was senior prom, I had a beautiful date with the new girl who showed up, one thing led to another, and I became a father to twins…until my wife and son were taken. Thanks for forcing my daughter to relive that."
"Mike, I'm kinda in trouble with my wife, can you not bring that up?"
"Kevin," Lana said, whapping him on the back of his head, "We have a guest. Be. Nice." She said, fear filling Kevin on that last part. Since he knew that if he didn't, he'd be with Bayou Billy for a month.
"Yes dear. Mike, we were just discussing somewhere we could go on vacation, know anywhere we could go? Please? I'm kind a desperate here."
"You're a king, and you're in the dog house and asking me for help? Wow, is that un understatement. Now then, care to explain just what the heck is going on here?"
The king explained what happened to him since his disappearance, from his adventures, to his marriage, to meeting his daughter. He wanted to leave out the event from last month, but Lana whapped him again, forcing him to tell. After all that, Mike stood there, looking to his daughter, to Kevin, and back again. He then glared at Kevin, and charged.
"YOU BASTARD! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" He yelled, pulling Kevin out of the throne and proceeding to beat the crap out of him, just as Pit, Megaman, Zero, Sephiroth, and NiGHTS came in. The members of the New N-team just stood there and watched as Pit and Megaman peeled the berserk Mike from their friend. Mike yelling as he was held back.
" You called my little girl an robot! She saved your ass and you repay her by opening up mental scars? You're not a man, you're a ******* Bastard of a coward!" He continued to swear until Megaman knocked him out.
"Man, what a Mega-Jerk. I guess everyone really does need a vacation. Hey! We could go to a world called Aselia!" Megaman said, hefting the grown man over his shoulders.
"Aselia?" everyone but Heather asked, confused as to how Megaman would know of such a place.
"It's like Hyrule, but bigger, and there's a hot spring, a resort, several cities, and archaeological sites!" Heather said, "It is the home to the heroes of Tales of Symphonia, and its sequel, Tales of Symphonia, Dawn of the New World. It is an RPG World similar to Final Fantasy, except the encounters aren't random, you can move around in battle, and there's monsters, lots and lots of monsters."
"Sounds like fun." Sephiroth said, placing a hand on his Masamune.
"We're up for it." Samus and Ivy said, smirking as if they were plotting something.
"A hot spring….. that sounds relaxing." Pit said, looking distant as he secretly thought of Heather in a swimsuit.
"WOOHOO! Let's Go!" NiGHTS yelled, flying quickly to her room and coming back with beach towels, umbrellas, and a beachball.
"Then it's settled." Zero said, crossing his arms. It's off to Aselia. But someone has to stay behind to keep an eye on him, in case he wakes up and decides to try and kill Kevin again." His comment was met with the gaze of everyone as he realized what he said. "NOW WAITAMINUTE! I'm not sacrificing my vacation for guard duty!"
"Your idea, your job Zero. Here, Otto will keep stay and help out to!" Heather said, placing the sugar jumper on Zero's head as she left to pack with everyone else.
Hours later, the group had entered the resort of Altamira, Kevin and Lana getting rooms at the hotel as everyone looked around. Pit was about to go talk to Heather, but he stopped when he saw Sephiroth get to her first. Dejected, he turned around, only to see the smiling faces of Samus and Ivy.
"Uh, what do you two want?" he asked, their smiles making him nervous.
"Nothing, we are just going to head to the beach, maybe play some volleyball while we're at it." Ivy said, grabbing Samus' hand as the two went to the beach area, leaving their bags with Pit. Kevin and Lana walked out with Charles, who was wearing a pair of blue trunks. Looking at the angel, Kevin realized something.
"Pit, do you have a crush on Heather?" he asked, hoping to get forgiveness from his friend.
"Wh-wh-what m-makes you think that?" Pit said, turning bright red.
"Oh come on, you were protective of her, and Charles said you turned red when you brought her to the Palace of Power." The king said, chuckling a bit.
"Sure, she's cute, but she's with Sephiroth. They talk a lot and meet in her room every week."
Meanwhile, Heather and Sephiroth were standing on the Altamira Bridge looking over the ocean.
"It's beautiful, isn't it Sephiroth?"
"Eh, I guess. I grew up in the city, so I don't really care for nature."
Heather was about to say something, but a girl's voice broke her concentration.
"Oh Emil! Isn't that couple over there cute?"
Heather turned and saw a girl with light brown hair and blue eyes. She had flower barretes in her hair and was wearing a white dress with brown leggings. The boy next to her however, caused the game master to freeze. He was was a blond boy with green eyes. Hearing a blue dress-like coat with dark pants and a black scarf. He had a large sword on his hip and was blushing as his date pointed out Heather and Sephiroth. The One winged angel looked at Heather and to the boy, noting that they looked somewhat similar.
"Heather, what's wrong?" he asked, though he kinda guessed the answer.
The game master was silent as the couple passed them, once they were out of sight she spoke.
"Sephiroth, that guy, he…looked like my brother." She said, confused as to what was going on. Unfortunately, another voice broke her concentration as she tried to think. Looking up, she saw a very familiar red head wearing Pink and White.
"Well hello there my golden haired cutie." Zelos Wilder said, grabbing Heather's hand. "Why don't you ditch the old man and come with someone one better, and angelic?"
Heather was about to pull out her zapper when Pit came up with a sword to Zelos' back, causing the chosen to turn.
"Who the hell are you shorty? And what's with the fake wings?"
"I'm Pit, and you are hitting on Captain Wii, my friend. And my wings aren't fake you ass!" Pit said, glaring. "Now get lost, before I hurt you."
"Oh come on, I was only joking. Geeze, now if you excuse, me, I got to talk to a buddy of mine about a new employee of his. Some guy named Hojo." Zelos said, walking off while Sephiroth raised an eyebrow.
"I'm sorry, but did that womanizer say Hojo?"
"You don't think…" Heather said, surprised.
"Only one way to find out. Let's go follow him." The one winged angel replied, following Zelos and getting on the railway just as the chosen did. The red head looked surprised as the trio boarded the tram and looked suspiciously at them.
"Something I should know?"
"We are just concerned about Hojo. He…maybe someone I know from my world." The one winged angel said, not even looking at Zelos. The trio went on and eventually made it to the office building where they were met by a muscular man in a suit with long blue hair. He was talking with a man in a labcoat, who had brown hair and glasses. Seeing Sephiroth, he went over to the group and greeted them.
"So. It is you. How did you get here of all places Professor Hojo?" The one winged angel asked, placing a hand on his sword.
"Oh come now, I'm just trying to get tech relations between our worlds started. And maybe work the old Hojo Mojo on some ladies. Looks like you got one yourself using it."
"What the hell are you talking about?" The four asked, while the blue haired man looked on in silence.
"Oh? I guess you didn't know, Sephiroth, Jenova isn't your real mother. Your real mother was a woman named Lucretia, she was my wife, and in short, I'm your father. Your full name is Sephiroth Hojo. I just injected my wife with Jenova cells because I was short on funding, and you were the result."
This news shocked the one winged angel, since everything he thought was a lie, sitting down in a nearby chair, the one winged angel held his head as the news sank in.
"I'm….related to HOJO? This…this cannot be! I don't even like you, no one does. Sure you somehow attract women, but still, it's you..."
"Wow. Is Sephiroth, mister I'm the genius and former bad guy so I know everything having a breakdown? I really can't tell." Pit said, just staring at the babbling son of Hojo. Heather however, went over to Sephiroth and comforted him, just as Emil and Marta came into the building. Hojo, seeing the boy and looking between him and the game master smirked.
"By any chance, are you two related? You certainly do look similar. Twins perhaps?" Hojo said, chuckling at the chaos he was about to cause. Emil and Heather looked at each other, with Marta looking confused.
"Hey, he's right. They do look alike." Zelos said, " Didn't think you would make such a cute girl Emil."
"WHAT?" everyone said, and then the chosen got his ass kicked in a glorious beatdown as Hojo laughed like a madman, as he left the building.
"Well, I did my duty, time to get some women and work the old Hojo Mojo!"