Lucky Number 7 has arrived... oh, and since arguably a lot of people have been asking, i'll include Gilgamesh's origins in the AN at the end... enjoy! ^^
"Huh… where could they have gone? Could they just have really upped and left like that?" Gilgamesh, still in his massive eight-armed form, stood. He appeared both annoyed… but also confused and curious, wondering how his three targets could have escaped him so easily.
"No. They are still in the area." Enkidu replied. A light wind blew and he looked toward the north. "Three humanoid bodies… wait. Only two… where did the third go?" Suddenly a powerful two-foot-kick came from behind, nailing Enkidu in the back of the head and knocking him to the ground.
"I'm sorry; it is rather rude of me to just appear like that…" Kuroko cheerfully said. She was standing on the ground, as if she was always there to begin with. Gilgamesh lifted his naginata and broadsword and slammed them both down on her, only to meet pavement, and felt an odd weight on his head.
"But the situation called for me to be so rude; I hope you can forgive me…" Kuroko stood on top of Gilgamesh's head. The eight-armed man looked up for a moment, then brought his two free arms up, trying to grab her, but got nothing but air. Kuroko suddenly appeared in front of Gilgamesh and smashed both of her feet into his face. Gilgamesh stumbled backward, holding his face, while Kuroko did a graceful flip in the air, landing safely.
"I am Shirai Kuroko, part of the 177th branch of Judgment, both of you are under arrest!" She flashed her green armband, symbolizing her position in Judgment and her resolve.
"Why you…!" Gilgamesh brought down his hand and was about to charge, but Enkidu stopped him. Gilgamesh looked down to his subordinate to see him stepping forward, holding out his arms. Enkidu's hands twitched, and suddenly transformed into furred claws. His feet suddenly grew and burst from the shoes, becoming furred and clawed as well. Two horns came from his temples, aimed forward, but didn't disrupt the cloth around his head. Finally, a set of two large wings burst from his back, slipping through two slots in the green outfit; they appeared large and almost angelic.
"Leave this piece of insolent trash to me, Sir Gilgamesh." Enkidu rushed Kuroko in a speedy dash, but Kuroko's teleport was faster, and she appeared on top of a lamp post this time.
"So there is more than one way you're related… why do men always think that a beastly-transformation suddenly makes them the superior…?" Kuroko cheerfully said. Enkidu flew toward the lamppost and slashed, but Kuroko vanished again. However, the claws were apparently sharp enough to slice right through the solid steel like paper. This continued for a while, until a pattern formed; Kuroko kept teleporting farther away, leading Enkidu farther from his master. Gilgamesh noticed this, but didn't do anything, and even let out a pleasant chuckle.
"Kids these days… they're always so full of energy." His glowing eyes had a cheerfulness look to them. Pain suddenly erupted through Gilgamesh's body; large blue sparks flew all over the place. He was being electrocuted. When the assault stopped Gilgamesh looked to the north, to see Misaka Mikoto staring him down with a smirk. "You… where is Kamijou Touma?"
"Why are you looking for him…? You don't even stand a chance against me, so why bother?" Mikoto replied, sparks coming from her bangs.
"Ha! All talk! If you think that you are so strong, or that I am so weak, and then prove it!" Gilgamesh shouted back.
In response, Mikoto enveloped herself in electricity before discharging it all in a stream toward Gilgamesh. The eight-armed giant used his six weapons to block; the force of the discharge was stopped, but the painful voltage travelled through the steel. Gilgamesh grunted in pain until the electricity subsided.
"Had enough?" Mikoto smirked as smoke was coming form Gilgamesh's form.
"That hurt… but I can do that too!" Gilgamesh's free right arm began to surge with electricity before firing it off toward Mikoto; causing a loud boom. The Railgun took the hit, but didn't move.
"What was that? I didn't feel a thing." Mikoto said. Gilgamesh began to gather more electricity.
"Why you…!?" Gilgamesh's electricity suddenly vanished; Touma had gotten onto Gilgamesh's back and placed the large man in a head-lock, being sure to keep contact with his right hand.
"What…? Why aren't you transforming back?" Touma asked. The cut-off of supernatural power was obvious, but Gilgamesh remained the eight-armed giant he had transformed into.
"Haha! Because this is my true form! You can't force me back because this is how I'm supposed to look!" Gilgamesh triumphantly responded, pounding his chest.
"Damn it… I guess it's time for plan B, such misfortune." Touma lamented.
"Plan B…?" Gilgamesh asked slowly. Mikoto fired off her signature railgun directly into Gilgamesh's stomach. His feet grinded against the ground as he flew backward, eventually he came crashing through a display window of some store. Touma had jumped off just before the blast hit Gilgamesh, rolling to the side. The impact caused much of the front of the building to collapse on the eight-armed man.
"I didn't like plan B." Touma sighed.
"You didn't wind up getting hurt or worse, so it's fine." Mikoto summed up, helping Touma to his feet.
"…It could have gone worse. I didn't think that such a transformation would turn out to be the guy's true form… It's a good thing that you came along… thank you." Just that simple act caused a red blush to spread across Mikoto's face. Before she could say anything more, the rubble from the impact suddenly went flying everywhere, leaving a rather dirty looking Gilgamesh standing straight up.
"Oww… took the full-on that time…I think I'll skip dinner tonight." Gilgamesh coughed before stepping out of the rubble and dusting himself off.
"My god, how many hits can you take!?" Touma shouted in disbelief.
"Plenty! My endurance is second to none!" Gilgamesh replied. "But if receive another blast in the same spot… I'm afraid I might get ripped in half." Then, he started to laugh. "Yes… yes! Of course! It would be a beautiful moment to test out my most recent prize!"
He reached over his shoulder, and slowly drew a large, golden blade. The sword practically shined, despite not being in light, and the hilt had a sun-like design. "Behold the king of blades, the most powerful of all weapons, Excalibur!"
"Excalibur…? You mean like in those old King Arthur stories…?" Mikoto asked curiously.
"The very same! Now…" Gilgamesh suddenly dashed forward, much faster than before. "Feel its legendary sting!" Gilgamesh swung down, the sword making a mighty explosive impact. But it didn't meet flesh; it met solid steel. Before the duo, a woman with long black hair tied in a pony-tail, but was still long enough to reach down to her hips. She was fending off the assault with a long nodachi sword. With a hard shove she forced Gilgamesh back a few feet, creating some breathing room.
"K-Kanzaki? What are you doing here!?" Touma shouted in surprise while Mikoto looked on in confusion. How many different girls does this guy know anyway!?
"…You don't know?" Kanzaki replied. "I was sent here to subdue this man and retrieve the stolen holy weapon Excalibur, along with any other magical artifacts he possesses. The only clue was that he was seeking out your Imagine Breaker next. Stiyl hasn't met with you yet?" Touma shook his head no, and Gilgamesh started to laugh.
"Seven Heavens Seven Swords… it's a powerful blade wielded by only one; Kanzaki Kaori! The air… it is filled with possibilities today!" Gilgamesh said in excitement. "So many weapons, so many powers… I can barely contain myself!"
"I'll end those possibilities here." Kanzaki aimed her nodachi at Gilgamesh, who in turn gripped his Excalibur with both of his hands and tensed his six extra ones, preparing for the ensuing conflict.
-Kuroko's Location-
"What's wrong~? Having trouble keeping up with me?" Kuroko teleported again, dodging yet another clawed assault.
"Do you ever shut up!?" Enkidu replied in anger, slashing at the teleporter again. Kuroko vanished, but re-appeared shortly after, kicking Enkidu in the chest and forcing him back against a wall. She then lifted up her skirt to just a little, revealing two brown straps containing steel needles. She ran her hands along the needles and one by one they vanished, re-appearing in random parts of Enkdiu's clothes and into the wall he was pressed against, binding him to it. Enkidu looked and struggled confused while Kuroko started to laugh.
"My my… how disappointing. I figured you'd put up more of a fight than that. The only task remaining is to subdue that giant imbecile you call master."
"You don't stand a chance against Sir Gilgamesh." Enkidu replied. Due to the outfit, his arms were free, but the rest of his body was a very different story.
"I don't need to. Onee-sama and that ape have more than likely defeated him by now; it will just be a matter of arresting him." Kuroko replied.
"Ha! Gilgamesh's endurance is second to none! His strength only surpassed by the ancient titans of old! There is no way two little kids stand a chance against him!" Enkidu fired back.
"We will see… I'll be back to properly cuff your beast-like hands later~" Kuroko cheerfully replied.
"No chance. I'll defeat you here and go take care of the other pests, and then we will return home with our new prize." Enkidu replied.
"I highly doubt that…I can easily replace the needles you pull out you know; you can't free yourself till I'm gone… and even if you do that by the time you'd get there your precious leader will be wallowing in a pool of his own failure." Kuroko confidentially said. Enkidu let out an annoyed huff, but then closed his eyes.
"…Grand tempest of old, hear my cry. Let your powerful force you unleashed on the world come once more to ravage all. Force your life-ending air to my will once more!" Enkidu held out his hand, aimed at Kuroko. The wind seemed to pick up very rapidly, all converging on Enkidu's arm, a physical form of wind suddenly appearing around his hand. "Void Tearing Vortex!" The wind suddenly erupted into a massive stream of razor wind as it raced toward Kuroko. She teleported into the air, dodging, but the attack curved and chased her. Kuroko teleported several times but each time the wind would change direction, following her. She teleported to the ground and the massive storm smashed into the ground after her; the force slicing up the area and the force shattering the pavement. Shards of broken glass from the surrounding buildings were everywhere. Enkidu promptly freed himself after his successful attack, and wandered to the affected area. Dust was everywhere; kicked up from the attack. Enkidu waited for it to subside, expecting to see a sliced up bloody corpse but found nothing… and then suddenly felt something on his back.
"Sorry to disappoint, but I'm very far from dead." Kuroko wrapped her legs around Enkidu's torso and locked her arms around his, restraining him, while Enkidu struggled to free himself from the attack. He almost succeeded, breaking Kuroko's grip momentarily, but she quickly grabbed onto Enkidu's chest… and felt something . . . soft. Curious, Kuroko squeezed it and heard a rather feminism cry escape Enkidu's lips, at a completely different pitch than before, and Enkdiu's body suddenly locked in place, mostly out of embarrassment. It took a moment, but Kuroko quickly figured it out.
Enkidu, the being that even Gilgamesh referred to as a man, was actually a woman, and the soft thing she was squeezing were one of Enkidu's breasts. And the apparent jolt of such an action forced Enkidu to end the voice-disguising act and let her actual original voice come forth.
"Let go let go let go let go!" Enkidu chanted it like a mantra, in a much more woman-like tone, as well as thrashing around trying to break Kuroko's grip. Kuroko eventually teleported away, afraid of what would happen if her grip was broken, re-appearing a few meters away. Enkidu breathed heavily out of embarrassment for a few moments, trying to calm down.
"…So you're a girl then. Partially explains why you're following him around… but why let him talk to you as if you were a man?" Kuroko asked in curiosity.
"S-Sir Gilgamesh… Is an amazing person… b-but he's not the most perceptive one out there… and…" Enkidu trailed off.
"And rather than insult his intelligence about your true gender, you preferred to let him think you're a male." Kuroko finished. Enkidu nodded, but then furiously started to shake her head.
"W-why the hell am I telling you all this!? It doesn't matter! I'll take you down and return to him like I always do!" Enkidu shouted.
"If it were other circumstances, I wouldn't mind letting that happen… but I'm fighting on the behalf of someone I care deeply about as well… even if she has fallen for someone completely beneath her." Kuroko replied while Enkidu gave a curious look. "This isn't a time I can show any weakness, so I will perform my best for Onee-sama!"
-Gilgamesh's Location-
He was swinging wildly. She was blocking wildly. Over and over Gilgamesh slashed with all seven of his weapons, each one with varying degrees of power, and over and over Kanzaki blocked each strike. The important ones to not let slip by were the strikes using Excalibur; the others could be dodged without much negative outcome.
"You're not too bad at this!" Gilgamesh said in-between strikes. Kanzaki however didn't reply. She was focused on blocking each strike, biding her time to land a decisive blow. Gilgamesh shoved the saint hard however and opened her up, which Gilgamesh promptly took advantage of with a downward swing with Excalibur, one that certainly would have been fatal if it landed.
However, Touma slipped in-between them both and blocked the legendary blade with his right arm. The lights shining dwarfed even the shining sun, sparks and lights flew everywhere; it was as if reality itself was tearing at the seams. A sword of god and the ability that could defeat god were battling it out right then and there. The lights die down after a moment, and the legendary blade shattered.
"N-no way… even Excalibur can't-"
"Nanasen." A large array of nearly-invisible wires lashed outward from Kanzaki's sword, slashing the eight-armed man all over his body; the wires also cutting and destroying the other six weapons he wielded. Gilgamesh was forced backward several feet, and Mikoto blasted him with a full force of her electricity shortly after, launching him into a wall next to an alleyway. Despite the considerable damage done, Gilgamesh was still able to climb to his feet, and once again used his weapon regeneration to reform his broken weapons. Even Excalibur was affected, being returned to its previously impressive form.
"Come on… why you won't stay down!" Touma shouted.
"It's because I have no interest in losing! Why would I fight just to lose? If I haven't properly lost yet then I don't have a reason to stay down!" Gilgamesh replied.
"Vampire Killing Cross" An x-shaped flame erupted from the alleyway and hit Gilgamesh's side, the fire burning him and the force knocking him toward the middle of the street.
"W-why do these guys keep coming out of nowhere…!?" Gilgamesh lamented, touching his flame wounds.
"Touma!" Index ran full speed out of the alleyway toward the Imagine Breaker, with Stiyl following behind.
"You've gotten yourself into trouble again…" Stiyl remarked when approaching. Before they could converse further, a large explosion of wind was seen on top of one of the buildings. Enkidu flew down, landing next to her superior, still trying to disguise herself as a man. Kuroko suddenly appeared next to Mikoto.
"K-Kuroko! Are you alright?" Mikoto turned toward her roommate with concern.
"I am perfectly fine Onee-sama. But it does seem like I had failed to properly subdue the second hand." Kuroko replied. Gilgamesh glanced over to his partner, and receiving a nod, turned back toward the group.
"So… a party of six eh? Seems like I'm at a disadvantage… but that doesn't matter! I'll keep fighting till the bitter end!" Gilgamesh readied both himself and his weapons. Touma looked concerned, then annoyed.
"Your partner doesn't share that sentiment." Touma simply replied. Gilgamesh looked confused then looked to his side; Enkidu was gone, a small dust trail leading down the street.
"…Hey! If you're going to run away, tell me first!" Gilgamesh suddenly turned around and started down the street.
"You're not escaping." Stiyl gave chase, but the large eight-armed man pulled out an array of smoke bombs and tossed them, covering the area with a thick black cloud, allowing him to escape un-perused.
"Damn it… he got away." Stiyl cursed. Touma sighed, not in disappointment, but in relief.
"He's gone… and no one got hurt! That's good…" Touma looked genuinely relieved.
"It would have been better if we caught him." Kanzaki replied.
"I'm just glad no one got hurt… and that Dynamo won't suddenly appear out of nowhere and try to kill me." Touma replied.
"Dynamo?" Kanzaki asked. "Someone is trying to kill you?" Touma sighed.
"It's a long story…"
-Undisclosed Location-
"My my… your little distraction is proving to be a good one~" Dynamo, in much more casual attire, replied from behind a multi-monitored computer. On a desk beside him laid out the mechanical pieces of his armor, along with electrical repair equipment.
"How can you tell them from here?" Shurui asked.
"Apparently this little computer here is synced up to the entire network, including the security cameras! They must have thought very highly of it before the project that happened here went under…" Dynamo shrugged.
"…You know what you have to do from now on, right?" Shurui asked in a serious tone. Dynamo sighed.
"Right, right… no more Mr. nice Dynamo… it's going to be a pain to forcefully kill my innocent side though~"
"…You have an innocent side?"
"Maybe~"
"Whatever…" Shurui dismissed Dynamo's antics as the esper in question went typing away on the computer. "…Dynamo? You mentioned a project that was going on here. Do you know what it was?" Dynamo paused for a moment, and then turned around in his computer chair.
"...Do you know about digi-struct-tech, or more accurately, the DST project?" Dynamo asked.
"Not at all. What is it?" Shurui asked in a bored tone.
"Simply, it's an abbreviation for Digital Construction Technology; the act of creating physical mass from electronic data. They were trying to not only make physical objects, but also living creatures using mathematical equations and the like…"
"…Did it ever succeed?" Shurui asked curiously.
"Well… yes… and no… here; I have some downtime; I'll show you exactly what I mean." Dynamo hit a button on the keyboard of his computer, and behind the glass of the formally pitch-black room lit up into a mysterious and foreboding flicker of blue and yellow
And there you go friends! Chapter 7 in is completeness... its probably my most action-heavy chapter so far.
So; like i said, here is the origins of Gilgamesh. Unlike Dynamo, who is heavily based on another existing character from a different series; Gilgamesh literally IS another existing character form a different series, Final Fantasy 5. In said game, Gilgamesh gets sucked into a cleft dimension known as the Rift, and in his attempts to escape, he winds up appearing in different dimensions. So, he just wound up in the toaru-verse, got stuck, and made himself at home... by stealing every single magical weapon he could get his hands on!
I hope you enjoyed Chapter 7... and I'm sure you all will love chapter 8. See you next time!