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OOO MEDALS OF IKKI TOUSEN
By Ten-Faced Paladin, Talismo4ever and Kamen Rider Chrome
Chapter 7: Of a Firefly, Gynophobia, and a Union of the Three Schools
The Core Medals that Hakufu and Ankh currently have are:
Red (Ankh): Taka x2
Yellow (Kazali): Tora, Cheetah
Green (Uva): Kuwagata, Batta
Blue (Mezul): Unagi, Tako x2
The Moth Yummy's attack on Kanto was what really got people's attention. A large insect that could make anything it came into contact with melt would defiantly raise heads. The adult community could only give out possible theories to the incident. Some paranoid officials suggested that it was a terrorist attack of some kind. Some figured that could have been an experiment gone wrong, basing their ideas solely from science fiction. However, nether theories had the evidence to back them up.
Only the teenaged Fighters, namely the schools of Nanyo, Seito and Kyosho, knew exactly what was going on. They only had a gist of the enemy they were facing, but they knew enough. The trouble was that this enemy was much stronger than they could ever hope to be. Fortunately, one of them had the power to "borrow" the abilities of their enemies. That allowed the field to be evened out, for now.
Two days after the Silkworm Yummy's attack, several Nanyo students were gathered in a dimmed classroom and were sitting in front of a projector screen. Next to it was a young woman who was about as tall as Kanu. She wore the standard Nanyo uniform which hugged her curved figure quite nicely, and wore brown metallic boots with silver strips running on the front that went up her thighs. She had fair skin, long blue hair that was tied in a pony tail and predatory blue eyes that could appear intimidating or sexy depending on her mood. On her right ear was a silver bead, indicating that she was a powerful Fighter. Her name was Shuutai Youhei, an animalistic Fighter that Nanyo had under their ranks.
As a commanding officer who worked under Ryomou, she was one of the few who would give out commands to the lesser Fighters. While she prided herself in her skills, she would rather spend her time to search for Mr. Right, and none of the male Fighters of Nanyo held her interest. She was one of the girls who could attest with Saji certainly being a delicious companion, but she could tell that her superior already had a thing for him. Besides, she was more interested in someone younger, and a bit more innocent.
Hey, it's not so bad if he was close to her age. Besides, who says that all girls were innocent anyway?
"Unknown Lifeform #1: the Bear Yummy. It appeared shortly after the bombing in the Kanto Art Museum," Shuutai spoke, as she pointed at the screen with an LED light pen. "It caused severe injuries on several bystanders before the armored fighter called OOO destroyed it. Next slide please."
The pictured switched to a blurred image of a large bee crashing through one of the classrooms. "This is Unknown Lifeform #2: the Bee Yummy: It was created from Saji Genpou's 'desires' and allegedly fed on bras and underwear to become stronger. It grew into a large bee in the shopping district where it was eliminated by OOO. Next."
The picture switched to several shark creatures exiting Seito. "Unknown Lifeform #3, also known as the Shark Yummy. This particular Yummy spawned from the leader of Seito could duplicate itself. The army was capable of shooting high-speed water balloons as a primary attack and could sink into the ground as if it were water. OOO used an interesting ability to deal with them. Next slide please."
The picture showed a cat-like creature. "This is Unknown Lifeform #4: the Panther Yummy. This creature possessed Kyosho's Kakoton and forced him to go on a berserk rampage. Its hard muscles were tougher than stone and it could fire powerful energy beams that could obliterate anything it came into contact with. With the help of Ryomou and Kyosho's top Fighters, OOO was able to defeat it. Next please."
The picture shifted to a white insect breaking into a shop, "Lastly we have the Silkworm Yummy, Unknown Lifeform #5. Its 'parent' was Chouhi Ekitoku. It fed on junk food to gain power. It evolved into a large moth monster and nearly destroyed the city before our Big Four and the Tiger Generals teamed up with OOO to bring it down."
The lights turned back on as the projector program on the computer was turned off. "Now as you probably already know, the monsters that recently appeared are much stronger than we are, already defeating the strongest Fighters in a matter of seconds. So far, the only one who can fight them hand to hand is the mysterious Kamen Rider OOO. Our leaders seem to know her identity, having meeting her several times already, but are being tight lipped about it."
"Why would they not tell us?" one of the boys present asked. "I think we all got the right to know."
"I don't know," Shuutai shrugged. "Perhaps OOO isn't really a Fighter, and they're keeping her safe from some idiot Fighters who may want the power for themselves."
"So… can whoever is causing this really use us to create these monsters?" the voice of a timid girl asked.
"It's true," the taller girl nodded, flicking up a coin. "They can use these silver coins and drop it into our heads to create them. Whichever desire we have which is strongest, the Yummy will feed on it. This is why Ryomou gave me this order: do not engage the Yummy at any cost. Only fight if you have no other choice. If you see the Yummy, immediately alert, her, Hakufu, Kokin, Gakushu or Saji. They know where to find OOO. That's all, you're all dismissed."
The Kougami Biotech Laboratory was where the Medal System was born. This was where the Ride Vendors and Candroids were designed and developed. They had numerous technicians, engineers and researchers working around the clock to develop the Kougami Foundation's Medal System and one man had been put in charge of the laboratory since he was the father of the Medal System. While not a harsh man, the other workers would go out of their way to avoid him, the enigmatic Dr. Maki.
Dr. Kiyoto Maki was a stoic man who dressed in black and wore glasses. What made him eccentric was the fact that he carried a doll on his arm, a creepy looking figure with no hair and dressed in a white suit which contrasts with Dr. Maki's black clothing. He was the kind of man who would search for the end result of things.
At the moment, Dr. Maki was sitting in Kousei Kougami's office with Kougami's secretary Satonaka and they were having a 'birthday party'.
"Today it has been ten years since you've worked for me and developed the Medal System," said Kougami and then in a loud voice he declared, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MEDAL SYSTEM!"
"Yes, indeed," said Dr. Maki as he adjusted his glasses, obviously far from enthusiastic about the unfolding celebrations. He had grown used to his boss' habit of celebrating birthdays and making cakes. In Kougami's mind, the birth of all things good or bad was a miraculous thing. Dr. Maki, however, thought otherwise.
"So, have you learnt anything new about OOO?" questioned Kougami, still tending to his newest cake so to commemorate the achievement. Still, he was a businessman and had to get a few details out of the way now that he managed to get in contact with his head scientist once again.
"Yes, I have," Dr. Maki replied, but rather than talk to his boss, his gaze was instead focused on the doll sitting on his arm.
"SPLENDID!" Kougami loudly declared, apparently not at all offended by Dr. Maki's refusal to look at him. "And how goes the development of the new Candroids?"
Rather than reply with words, Dr. Maki reached into his coat and produced a trio of Candroids. These ones were a different shade of blue than the Takocans and were sporting an eel marking on their sides. Setting the cans to rest on his boss' desk, Dr. Maki looked at his doll again.
"The Unagi Candroid prototypes are ready," answered Dr. Maki.
"AMAZING!" Kougami cheered, "SATONAKA-KUN, PLEASE SUMMON GOTO-KUN TO MY OFFICE!"
"Yes, sir," said Satonaka. She bowed and went on her way.
"It is amazing, don't you agree?" Kougami smiled. "Centuries ago, the power of the Core Medals was used by a king. And now today, that same power is being harnessed by a descendant of another king. Strange isn't it?"
"Indeed," Maki nodded. "It is as if the one who dons the armor is royalty in one way or another."
"And it is thanks to her that we have gained so many Cell Medals!" Kougami boomed. With a snap of his fingers, the floor space between them opened up, showing a pile of silver Cell Medals below. "Cell Medals are the source of infinite energy! With them, you can power anything from the smallest house appliance to a large power plant! To imagine that such power lies within these medals is an enigma! Which reminds me; how goes the other project of yours?"
"Preparations are almost complete," Dr. Maki said stoically, "I will soon find a suitable candidate for the system."
"Subarashi!"
Ankh was annoyed, really annoyed. The reason for his annoyance was not Hakufu this time but the new girl who'd just arrived. Chuubou Sonken had arrived to Kanto after she seemingly sensed something happening to the pretty boy that he was currently possessing. How was it that she was Hakufu's sister? He had looked through his host's memories and none of them showed a girl with blonde hair and green eyes. That and it was very hard to believe that this girl was related to the bratty Little Conqueror at all. Both girls were like black and white. But to hear her declare that she was his future wife was something he really choked on. An arranged marriage? Not in a hundred years. Now he really needed his Core Medals back to try and find a way to fix the boy, and fast.
"Kokin-niisama, are you ill? You are starting to look pale."
The duo of Fighters and single Greeed were walking to Nanyo for another day of school. Well, Hakufu and Ankh were. Chuubou was just walking beside Ankh so to "keep him company". Hakufu had also met Chuubou after she was done with her bath on the day the Moth Yummy left its mark on the city. She greeted her warmly, but Ankh could tell that she had never met her before. That only gave him more reason to wonder if the girls really were sisters. Goei of course was absolutely no help, being completely silent on the subject. She kept muttering about "dalliances" and "summer flings" which may have explained how Chuubou was Hakufu's sister, but the old woman was shrewd and knew more than she let on which only made Ankh suspicious.
"Kokin-niisama?" Chuubou tried again, seeing "Kokin's" face stuck in a frown.
"I'm fine," Ankh retorted promptly, mimicking Kokin's voice. "You really didn't have to come with us."
"But I wanted to see your school," Chuubou replied, a calming smile on her face. "That way I can meet all of your friends and see what it's like."
"Oh it's great!" Hakufu grinned. "I can introduce you to Mou-chan, and Gaku-chan, and Saji-chi, and all of my friends! They'll just love you!"
"Especially the womanizer," Ankh muttered under his breath.
What made the situation all the more aggravating was that Chuubou was sticking to Ankh like glue. She would follow him practically everywhere and tried to help him in different ways. She'd make meals, pick up his laundry, try to peek over his shoulder while he looked up messages about the other Greeed. Were it not because of the cover he had to maintain as Hakufu's cousin, he would have told her off long ago. It was especially irritating to deal with that bright and sunny smile of hers as she tried different means to get closer to his host. Couldn't the girl take a hint?-!
Speaking of the other Greeed, they were planning on blending in more with human society…
Seito
"Stay close Gama-chan and don't get lost."
"Hai Mezul…"
"Gama-chan, remember it's Mizu when I look like this."
"Hai, Mizu…"
"Fufufu, good boy."
The Seito schoolgrounds were being treated to an unusual sight that morning as several students were heading in for school. Rather than a monster, an invasion of Fighters, or just a regular attack on their turf, the various students were being treated to the sight of a pair of new students.
The first was a girl who stood tall and confident. She was dressed in a Seito uniform and needless to say it looked very good on her. She had long dark hair tied in twin ponytails and many of the Fighters took pleasure in the sight that a magatama was hanging from her ear. What was odd though was the colour of the mystical bead. Rather than being jade, white, red, magenta, gold, silver, or bronze the bead that the girl was wearing was a shade of blue that would easily match the color of the ocean. She was attractive though and had a nice slim figure even if her chest didn't compare to the likes of Ryuubi.
Being guided by the new girl hand in hand was a boy who looked rather shy as his eyes darted over everything around him. He seemed to be of more muscular stock, but the way he was hunched over and nibbling on his knuckle made him seem as nervous as a child. Many of the more matronly female students were cooing over him. His hair was spiked and on his ear was a gray magatama, some of the Fighters believing the bead to be made of stone rather than a precious metal like theirs.
The two new students were in fact Mezul and Gameru, two of the Greeed in human form. They, along with Uva and Kazali, were going to infiltrate the schools to find more information on the present OOO. They decided that their previous human forms were not good enough to infiltrate a high school, with their forms looking too young or too old to do so. To that end, they had to make a few adjustments. Modern day OOO was a lot different from the original so they needed to know more about her background. Also, this would let them scope out new prey to spawn Yummy from. Since Gameru wouldn't go anywhere without Mezul, that meant the two would enroll in the same school together, in the same class, taking on pseudonyms to blend in.
Mezul wasn't ignorant and saw how the guys were checking her out. Humans were driven by desire and these boys desired her. She had only just stepped onto the grounds and already she had such fertile little toys to play with. She was going to like it here.
Youshu Territory
The area which Youshu had managed to scrape up for itself was never particularly inviting. Often enough the Fighters there were prone to attack people they didn't like, rob the unsuspecting pedestrian, or cause more than their share of vandalism. When Taishigi Shigi showed up, it got a little better since none of the Youshu Fighters wanted to cross one of the best Fighters in Kanto even if he was on their side. After Hanno and Ryuyou tried to kill him though, the Fighters quickly went back to their old habits. When they were crushed by Hakufu Sonsaku in one night, and then by a reluctant Kakoton Genjou several days ago, it became a scramble to try and reclaim their former power in this current situation.
Today would be another example of pain, but now from the Youshu Fighters.
POW!
"ARRG!" A Youshu Fighter yelled as he went down with a punch. The thrower of said punch grinned as he flicked his wrist. He was a teenage boy of average height with strange white hair that was tied in a ponytail, wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt and brown jeans with white sneakers. Around his neck was a sacred bead with an odd color of yellow, making his rank ambiguous. Many of his recent opponents thought it meant that they would have an easy fight ahead of them. They quickly learned otherwise.
"Aww, that was no fun at all," the boy, Kazali, or Kaz as he called himself in this form, mocked. "You guys are too weak. You sure you're all Fighters?"
"Gaa... bastard..." the drowned Fighter moaned, slowly getting on his knees, "We're not-"
BAM!
Kazali silenced him with a swift kick to the head, sending him sliding backwards to a wall, where he made a deep imprint on impact. Chuckling, he stuck his hands in his pockets and took a moment to admire his handiwork "I'm sorry, I did here you over that loud gust."
"Hey smartass!"
Kazali swiftly moved around and grabbed a metal rod that was meant for his head. The attacker was a teenager with deep frown. He was wearing a yellow sweater and black jeans with a bucket hat and a goatee. His magatama was magenta, marking him as one of the lower ranker Fighters in the area. His name was Hannou, a dishonorable Fighter, and one of the first Fighters Hakufu faced. Well, one of the first Fighters she faced outside of her challenges at Nanyo where she first came into the war.
"Oh! And you are?" Kazali smirked, pushing the rod back.
"You got some nerve showing your face here," Hannou frowned, getting some distance. "Now I'm going to mess it up!"
"Well by all means, bring it on," Kazali snickered. He was going to have fun with this one.
As Kazali and Hannou were staring each other down, loud crashes and sounds of punching, cries of pain, and even the odd bone snapping were heard down one of the connecting alleyways. Suffles were heard before several Figthers were hurled out of the alley and into the area where Kazali and Hanno were about to begin fighting. All of the thrown fighters were black, blue, and bloody with some of their limbs twisted in odd directions. The ones that were still conscious were in absolute agony, indicating that they must have had internal damage as well.
Waltzing out of the alley was a young man in a bright green jacket with black pants and dark sneakers. His shirt was black with a splatter-like design on it and tied to a string which was wrapped around his wrist was a bright green magatama which could have been mistaken for a jade one to those who didn't pay attention to it. He didn't have a mark on his face and was actually smirking at what he had done to the group of Fighters he had destroyed.
Uva, or rather Uma in his human form, leaned over the down Fighters and began picking up their magatamas. Collecting one from each of the downed enemies, he stood up before glancing at his yellow-clad comrade, Oi, Kaz! Finish up with the small fry already! I want to end this sometime today!"
"Right, right," Kazali snickered. "This won't take a moment."
"Smug bastard!" Hannou growled. Raising his weapon he made a charge to cave in Kazali's head. "I'll kill you!"
POW!
Hannou's vision went up in stars as Kazali planted a fierce uppercut into his chin. The Fighter actually did a backflip from the force before landing on his stomach with a loud groan. He didn't move after that, indicating that he was either knocked out or just in too much pain to do anything about it.
"And I thought Youshu Fighters were supposed to be tricky," Kazali snickered as he leaned down and took Hannou's magatama.
Across from where the two Greeed in disguise were busy collecting the magatama of their opponents, the forms of Kakuka and Kaku were watching the pair with calculating eyes.
Both Kaz and Uma had just shown up on Kyosho's doorstep declaring that they were going to join up with Kyosho Academy. Naturally, several of the Fighters didn't take such a blatant announcement well and wanted to put the two down a peg. However, Sousou had gotten involved and reminded them that with the monsters running around, they were going to need all the help they could get. Still, Kyosho only accepted strong Fighters and that was one rule Sousou wasn't going to bend. So he offered the two a test. They were to go into the territory of Nanyo, Seito, Youshu, Yoshuu, or Ryoshu and take on their Fighters. Both were to return with twenty magatama as well as have Kaku and Kakuka witness every fight. If they succeeded, Sousou would admit them into their ranks.
Kaku had considered the two more talk than action when they announced they would go into Youshu territory for their magatama beads. However, they quickly proved her wrong when they went straight up to the heart of Youshu and started beating up every Fighter they could get their hands on. Kaku had heard the term curb-stomp to describe unbelievably one-sided battles but she had never actually been privy to seeing it happen.
Kakuka had reserved judgment on the two before he saw what was happening before him. He knew from experience that Youshu Fighters relied more on trickery and numbers to win their fights. Not a bad strategy in theory, but when the only Fighters they had on hand were little more than street thugs rather than trained martial artists the odds didn't look so good for Youshu in the first place. He guessed that rather than outright power struggles as fighting most of the other schools would have, Kaz and Uma wanted to challenge their skills against Fighters who would play dirty rather than simply overpower them. It certainly showed off their skill in his mind. Up until the Youshu Fighters tried their usual numbers trick.
Now the battles were over now and the victors were collecting their spoils.
"They certainly seem powerful enough," Kaku commented as she adjusted her glasses.
"Mn," Kakuka nodded. "During these times that'll be a good thing. Something's bothering you though."
Kaku nodded. Somehow the blonde general always seemed to know when she was thinking about something. It was rather sweet… "Seeing them in action has me wondering. Why haven't we heard of them before now? If we heard of Fighters like them who were unaffiliated, we would have tried to recruit them or kill them long ago. It's almost like they came out of nowhere."
"Yeah, but you know how many smaller schools are out there," Kakuka nodded. "We can't keep our eyes and ears on all of them. They probably were at one of the other schools outside of our territory or at one of the places we hold in reserve and just decided we're the best bet for winning, or at least surviving."
"Maybe," Kaku admitted. "But something's still bothering me."
Conversation was cut off as the two Kyosho hopefuls returned with handfuls of magatamas. Kaz held his out first to Kakuka, "Well here you go 'general'."
"Right," the blonde nodded as he took the beads. Eyeing them for a count, he poured them into a bag he had brought along. "This easily puts you past thirty. So Kaz passes." He looked to Kaku. "What about Uma?"
"Thirty-nine by my count," the strategist replied as she took the beads from the green-clad young man. "Both of them pass."
"And you called this a test?" Uma snickered.
"It keeps the riff-raff out," Kaku shot back.
"Enough," Kakuka sighed. "You guys both make the cut. Welcome to Kyosho Academy. Now let's talk to Sousou and see if we're needed for anything else."
Seito
Mezul and Gameru had both managed to blend into the Seito ranks just as quickly as Kazali and Uva had, if not faster. They were calling themselves, in human form, Mizu Shauta and Gama Sagozo. Needless to say, the pair became popular quite fast. Mezul gained quite a number of female fans, almost enough to rival the number of admirers that Kanu had. A few boys had even tried to ask her on a date, but Gameru wouldn't have any of that. A lot of the girls thought it was sweet of him to defend her and and often spoke about how loyal he was to her. A lot of people assumed that they were dating.
As for Shamoku, he himself got accustomed to Seito rather fast. Kanu told the other Fighters in their school that due to the outbreak of monsters, Shamoku would be staying with them for the time being so to protect their leader. Everyone knew all about Shamoku the Barbarian King and were all intimidated by him at first when Kanu spread the word to the other officers within the Seito Fighters. Ryuubi got worried that everyone wouldn't accept him, but Shamoku reassured her that they'd all get used to him soon, just as everyone in his Teikoku Academy did when he became leader. He was at least accepting of the Seito generals, if not a little too much as he admired their "deadly weapons".
At the moment, Shamoku was walking with Ryuubi and Kuma-chan to Seito. The rest of Ryuubi's bodyguards had already gone ahead, leaving it to Shamoku to escort her safely. In his hand, he held a grey soda can with an image of a gorilla on it, and he was eying it with uncertainty. Ryuubi, once again riding on the back of the bear, wondered what was so important about the can.
"What kind of drink is that, Sha-chan?" Ryuubi asked.
"It's not soda," Shamoku answered. "It just looks like one." He snapped the tab open, and it flipped into the form of a robotic gorilla, which grunted cutely.
"Whaa! So cute!" Ryuubi squealed.
"You like it?" Shamoku smiled at his childhood friend. He handed the tiny machine to her, "Here, you can have it. Don't think I really need it for anything anyway."
"Thank you Sha-chan!" Ryuubi beamed. She took the small ape and cuddled it to her cheek. "Oh... it's so cute! Where did you get it?"
"Some guy on a motorcycle gave a whole case of them to me, and said it was a birthday present from an important man," Shamoku said, "Funny thing is that my birthday isn't for the next few months."
"Birthday present?" Ryuubi blinked. She was going to ask him why a random person would give him a birthday present, and at the wrong date, when she was interrupted.
"Excuse me? Excuse me?"
Shamoku turned to the sound of the voice to see who was approaching him. It was a boy who was rather short for his age, around an inch or two shorter than Ryuubi herself. He was wearing a red and black letter jacket, with a white shirt with the symbols for Alpha and Omega stitched together if one could look closely. He also had on black jeans, black fingerless gloves with metal knuckles, and black and green sneakers. His golden blond hair was shoulder-length and his electric blue eyes looked rather lazy, despite the shy look on his face. Lastly, a red bead hung from his left ear.
"Yeah? What's up little man?" Shamoku asked, looking for any signs that he wasn't a threat. As shy as the boy looked, he could tell that magatama did not accurately rank his abilities.
"Ano... do you know where I can find Nanyo Academy?" the boy asked shyly, twitching his thumbs together. "My gramps told me that I was transferring there... but I got lost..."
"Nanyo?" Shamoku blinked, scratching his head. "Sorry, I don't know the way."
"I know the directions," Ryuubi offered, making the boy's eyes snap to her. The blonde-haired boy's pupils starting to shrink as he slowly started to tremble and whimper.
"Hey... you alright?" Shamoku asked him.
"I... I GOT TO GO!" the boy yelped, in near fear, and ran off into the distance before either Shamoku, Kuma-chan, or Ryuubi could blink.
"He didn't even wait for the directions," Ryuubi blinked.
"Weird," Shamoku sighed.
Kyosho
Inside one of the storage rooms where Kyosho students would store signs and such for school festivals in order to show an image of a regular school to the adult population, Sousou and Kakoton were seated in folding chairs at opposite sides of a table with a black box open before them. Inside were four silver cans, each marked with a gorilla marking. Kakoton looked a little nervous while Sousou's eyes were narrowed on the box.
Kakoton was back to normal after his berserk rampage had ended. He was left with a number of injuries from all the "training" he did, which was the kind of condition that he had not been in a long time. Thankfully, after a long rest and a lot of food, he was back on his two feet. When Sousou asked what happened to him, he said that he was attacked by a talking cat of some kind that just took his hits with barely a blink. That alone spoke just what they were up against, with only a few Fighters able to have a chance against Kakoton, but none able to bring him down in just one or two hits. At least, not without some kind of dirty tactic.
"So some guy in a motorcycle outfit just drove up to you and handed over these things?" asked Sousou.
"Yeah," Kakoton nodded, picking up a can. "I wasn't sure what to make of them but I was kind of thirsty and decided to crack one open. Check this out," he pulled the tab on the silver can and rather than hearing the noise of a soda being ready to drink, a mechanical noise was heard before the 'soda' can leaped up and transformed into a small gorilla. The tiny robot made a few hooting noises before it began to wander around the surface of the table.
"What the-?" Sousou blinked in shock.
"I know! Freaked me out too!" Kakoton nodded. "The biker guy said that these would serve as a warning system. What it's supposed to warn us about though I have no clue."
"Hmm," Sousou frowned, leaning back in his chair. "There's more to this than we know."
Sousou's introspection was suddenly interrupted by his cell phone going off. Digging it out of his pocket, he flipped it open to see a text message addressed to him. Tapping the 'accept' button, he read the lines which appeared. After a moment, a small grin came to his face. "Well I'll be. Looks like those two jokers that showed up this morning got what it takes after all. They went straight to the heart of Youshu and took out almost forty Fighters each. They even got Hannou in the process."
"Wow! No kidding?-!" Kakoton gaped. "That's pretty good! I might be strong, but with how those guys fight I wouldn't get away with fighting forty of them without getting a mark or two to show for it."
"Yeah, which makes it more impressive that these guys got out unscathed," Sousou nodded. "They sure picked the right time to show up. With guys like them on our side, we'll be ready for any monster that comes our way."
"All that leaves now is to tell the other guys of all the craziness that's been going on," Kakoton said.
That Night in Nanyo Territory
Shuutai was a woman on the prowl and she always got what she wanted. Her territory at the moment was a nightclub filled with dancing people and loud music, mixed with a healthy dose of flashing lights. Her quarry was a handsome man with some innocence in his features. Her weapons were a black tube dress, her usual boots, and a red jacket which contrasted pleasantly with her hair. Her face was dolled up to its best and she made sure the dress was tight enough to emphasize her physical assets. Naturally she got a fair amount of attention from boys, but she was looking for a specific kind of reaction.
It had been a long day at Nanyo, what with many Fighters wanting to know just where their leaders were getting information about the Yummies and OOO from. Shuutai figured that OOO herself had told them, but she wasn't even sure about that. Ryomou wasn't the type to give information freely. When she wanted you to know something, she told you the parts you needed to know and that was it. Gakushu and Saji were as tight-lipped while Kokin was in a bad mood recently. Possibly it was because of that Chuubou girl who was trying to stay attached to his arm like a limpet. Shuutai would have asked Hakufu herself, but access to her was strictly limited so she could only hear requests and definitely not meet anybody.
There were a lot of questions, but right now Shuutai didn't care. She wasn't on duty and thus it was time for her to play hard!
Squeezing through several enthusiastic dancers, she eyed a couple of guys who were taking notice of her thanks to how she dressed. The ones who leered at her she ignored. The ones who glanced at her but then looked away before glancing again she considered a bit more seriously. Could mean they were shy, or maybe they were with someone and didn't want to get caught staring. She would have to investigate.
Coming out of a particularly tight group where she had to break some fingers of one punk who tried to cop a feel, Shuutai noticed someone standing against the wall with his hands stuffed in his pockets. His green jacket stood out even in the darkness of the club while the rest of his clothes made him almost invisible. His hands were stuck in his pockets, but she could see the gleam of a magatama on his wrist. He didn't seem wholly interested in dancing and in fact looked like he was a little out of place. Dare she think it, he looked a tad uncomfortable too.
'Probably dragged here by some friends,' Shuutai thought as she considered the boy. He wasn't as innocent looking as she hoped, but looks weren't everything. 'Target spotted.'
Heading over to the boy in green, she put a deliberate shake to her hips and a sweet smile on her face. He quickly took notice of her, spotting her approach. She didn't even break her stride as she kept her eyes on the prize. When she was close enough, she began her trap, "Hey there handsome. You don't look like you're having any fun."
"Mn," the boy in green shrugged. "It all sounds the same to me. Never considered dance to be worth anything either."
"Then why come?" asked Shuutai, already guessing an answer.
"A friend said it would be fun," the boy in green snorted. "I don't see the fun."
'Hmm. A little gruff, but Fighters tend to be so. Still a chance," Shuutai pondered. "Well you're just looking in the wrong places. Why don't I give you the personal tour then?"
The boy considered her for a moment and Shuutai was sure he was just acting gruff and tough to hide his shy indecision. After a moment, he shrugged and relented, "Sure. Why not?"
"Lovely," Shuutai purred. "Just let me freshen up for a moment and I'll show you a great time!"
Nodding, Shuutai made a beeline straight for the ladies' room. She may have just struck paydirt! At last!
Watching the Nanyo officer go, Uva began to grin. It seemed that going to where groups of Fighters liked to hang out was a good idea after all. He couldn't search for hosts just yet in Kyosho's territory since that would put his and Kazali's identities at risk. However, it meant that his disguise was good enough to fool humans so he was able to go where the other schools liked to be and try his luck there. No one knew he ran with Kyosho just yet. Now it seemed his patience had paid off and he just found a ripe target. Standing up straight, he headed after his newest target, Cell Medals jingling in his pocket.
Inside of the ladies' room, Shuutai was adjusting her makeup and checking for imperfections. She didn't want anything to spoil her trial run of the guy she met. She would have to be careful since he was admittedly good looking and she didn't want some skank to snatch him away while she was trying to be nice and lay down some foundations to her claim. After a final check to see how her chest looked, she smiled at her reflection, "Weapons locked and loaded."
"I don't think your desire could have been any more obvious even if you shouted it to the world."
Shuutai blinked at the obvious MALE voice sounding off before the scenery behind her reflection was filled with the image of a black and green insect man. Crying out, Shuutai's mind went into Fighter mode once again and she lashed out at the monster. In a speed that made her appear invisible to the untrained eye, fist met flesh, but only the kind located in the monster's palm with a resounding smack.
"Not bad," the monster nodded. "A Fighter like you must have strong desires."
Raising his left arm, he thrust it forward before grabbing Shuutai by her neck and smashing her against the glass, making it crack violently. Shuutai choked as she struggled for breath while feeling the pain of glass shards digging into her shoulders while the sink tap was very close to giving her an enema. She struggled to get free, but was finding it all useless.
"Let's see what we get out of you, hm?" asked the monster as it retrieved a silver coin from…somewhere.
Shuutai's head suddenly felt hollow as a coin slot appeared on her forehead. The monster then brought the silver coin close before dropping it into the slot, letting the hole close again. Suddenly, a hole appeared inside the officer's body before a mummy crawled out of the green-rimmed void that the coin had created. The creature landed on the ground in a heap before struggling to its feet while the hole vanished from Shuutai's body.
"Good," the insect monster nodded, dropping Shuutai aside. "Now go make some Cell Medals!"
"Nn!" the mummy nodded before it shambled away.
"Wha..." Shuutai coughed as she slowly pulled herself up, "What did you do to me?"
"Nothing to you," the insect shrugged, "All I've done was create a Yummy from your desires. I do wonder what kind of Yummy will appear from it," chuckling ominously, monster suddenly morphed into a mass of silver coins mixed with some green ones and escaped into the AC vent. And then the screams of abject terror cut through the air.
Shuutai grimaced as she forced herself to her feet and rushed out the door. Exiting into the main room of the club, she saw the same mummy already creating havoc. What it was doing was something that you would see out of a horror movie; hugging the men in the club so tightly that they were rendered unconscious. It even pushed some of their dates out of the way so to reach its targets. Its bear hug was so harsh that she could have sworn she heard some bones snap. Dropping another victim, it glanced at one other couple that it had not yet touched.
Shuutai had seen enough.
"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM THEM, YOU FREAK!" the predatory-eyed girl screamed as she moved in bullet speed once more. This time though, her speed was effective, resulting in the mummy being blasted clear across the room, knocking many of the fleeing partygoers out of the way. It was her blinding speed that gave her the nickname "Blue Lighting" after all. Almost no one could see her coming until it was to late. The mummy pulled itself up as Shuutai appeared in front of it with one of her wolfish glares. While the mummy seemed to glare back, it didn't try to fight back and instead literally bulldozed many people out of its way, vanishing through the exit. Shuutai chased after it through the doorway, but saw that it was long gone. Thinking quickly, she took out her cell phone and dialed for help.
"Come on, come on..." Shuutai growled as she waited for the phone to pick up. Finally, there was a click.
"Shuutai? You know how late it is?" a groggy voice on the other line said.
"Never mind that, Ryomou!" Shuutai said in a hurry. "We have another problem! A bug monster attacked me and used me to create a mummy!"
"What?-!" Ryomou gaped. "Alright, I'm fully awake now. I'll find OOO and meet you there. Keep tabs on the monster and don't let it cause more damage!"
"Gotcha!" Shuutai nodded and closed her phone. Setting it back into her pocket, she sighed, "And I lost that cute guy too."
Shu Residence
Hakufu's room was silent as the Sho Hao slept soundly, her covers kicked off in her fitful sleep, revealing her simple sleeping dress and panties. She was snoring audiably and mumbling in her sleep. She was also smiling, indicating that she was having a pleasant dream if nothing else.
*RING! RING!*
"Mnnnn…" Hakufu moaned as she rolled to slap her alarm clock. "Stupid clock."
*RING! RING!*
"Rrrr..." Hakufu growled lowly as she slapped her clock again.
*RING! RING!*
"You little-!" Hakufu snarled as she shot up and grabbed her clock to crush it. Realization soon struck her as she blinked. "Hey, that's not..."
*RING! RING!*
Dropping her clock, she looked to the source of the noise and found it was coming from her backpack. Wondering why someone would call her so late at night, she got up and walked over to the sound. Looking through her bag, she found that the noise was coming from her Batta Candroid. Realizing that it was some kind of emergency since someone was using the Candroid, she quickly snapped it opened. "Hello?"
"About time you answered!" Ryomou's agitated voice said. "Listen Hakufu, another Yummy has appeared. Since this victim was one of my subordinates and that she told me herself, I think it may be one of Uva's!"
"Alright, Mou-chan," Hakufu nodded. "I'll go wake up Ankh-chan and meet you there!" She deactivated the Candroid before scrambling to get some decent clothes on. Once fully dressed, she slipped out of her room as silently as she could. Everyone else was asleep and she needed to do this without waking her mom and/or Chuubou. Mimicking some stunts that she saw in a spy movie, she swiftly dodged from support beam to support beam, and did a few sideway glances to make sure that she hadn't woken anyone up. Finally, she reached "Ankh's" room. Taking a deep breath to get rid of the adrenaline, she opened the door and tip-toed her way to the sleeping Greeed, whom was making loud snoring noises as he slept.
"Hey, Ankh-chan," Hakufu whispered, poking him on the forehead, "Ankh-chan wake up."
"Zzz... huh?" Ankh muttered as his eyes fluttered opened. He eyed Hakufu and rubbed his face. "What is it?"
"Mou-chan called me," she answered. "She said that another Yummy's on the loose."
"Really now?" Ankh frowned in thought, "Since I had not sensed it yet, then that means it hasn't yet matured. Ah, whatever. That's never stopped you before. By the time we get there it could be maturing anyway."
"Alright!" Hakufu smiled. "Now let's go get that Yummy!"
Meanwhile, in the Seito Shrine, Ryuubi was sleeping soundly as the moonlight shined her features. Next to her sat the grey Gorilla Candroid. It only sat dormant for a while before it slowly started to rattle and flip into its gorilla form. It started to grunt loudly with its arms twisting and its eyes flashing, causing Ryuubi to awake and glance at the machine, wondering what could be the problem.
In Sousou's apartment, the Kyosho leader grunted as he tossed and turn in his sleep, apparently having another nightmare. The timing to interrupt him couldn't be any better as the Gorilla Candroid suddenly started up and hooted loudly. Shooting up with a loud shout, Sousou took heavy breaths as he glanced at the strange alarm system. Whipping the cold sweat from his face, he looked to where the small machine was waving its arms and hooting loudly. The Kyosho leader remembered the machines being called a warning system and it was obvious to him that the alarm had been tripped. He could also guess what had triggered it. Reaching to his discarded pants, he retrieved his cell phone from one of the pockets. Flipping it open, he hit the speed dial before bringing it to his ear. The opposite end quickly picked up.
"Hey Ton-chan, it's me," Sousou announced.
"So the gorilla woke you too?"
"Yeah, and I'm actually glad for it. I have a feeling that another monster appeared. These things should be able to lead us to the source. Meet me there and bring Kakouen and Chukou with you."
"Got it."
Outer Kanto
"Haa... I'm so tired! It's already after midnight and never found Nanyo!"
The blond-haired youth that Ryuubi had accidently scared off with her presence moaned as he sight on a park benched as he chowed down on his cheeseburger. He had been walking throughout Kanto all day, unable to reach his destination. It had encountered a few thuggish Fighters who recognized him as one of them due to the red bead on his ear. They all thought that he was easy prey considering that he was often so reserved, but he quickly proved them otherwise. He may not look it, but wasn't so easy to beat. He decided that he needed a break for the day and took refuge in one of the parks.
"The only good thing about today was that I got to hit some people. I could never do that in my old school, even if I tried," he smiled to himself. Then he shuddered, "At least I didn't have to fight some g-g-g-g-girl..."
It wasn't that he hated girls or anything, it was just the fact that he had very bad experiences with the other gender. Back in his hometown, a lot if not all the girls thought he was some kind of shameless pervert. That wasn't true. He was no pervert at all. It just seemed that he was always at the wrong place at the wrong time. While girls gave him the cold shoulder, and some would just take advantage of him in one way or another, others were downright violent. They would mainly box him in and beat him up till he was bruised and bloody. He wouldn't even try and fight back. This was due to two reasons.
Before he was taken in by his gramps, he stayed at an orphanage that was being run by a feminist woman of sorts. As such, it was filled with mainly girls. He was the shortest kid there, so a lot of the girls took pleasure in bullying him. He tried to tell the headmistress about it, but she didn't believe a word. During another one of the torments, he managed to punch one to force them away. Too bad they immediately told the headmistress with some exaggerated story that he didn't really remember. The headmistress immediately responded by sending him into the "Alone Chamber" for a week, along with a lecture of why boys should never hit girls.
The other reason was more vocal. The second time he struck one of his female tormentors, they reacted three times more violently than before! He was pretty sure he could have died that day.
All of his encounters and misunderstandings with women had caused him to believe that all women were violent. Despite that, he desperately wanted a girlfriend. A really cute girlfriend. A girlfriend that he could feel comfortable around. A girlfriend that he could trust not to beat him to an inch of life. A girlfriend that he could smile at.
Too bad it was just all a dream.
"Hrrrrn..."
"What?" the gynophobic blinked as he heard the low grunt. And from what he could tell, it was very close. Like RIGHT BEHIND HIM close. He slowly turned around and gasped in shock. Right behind him was a mummy of some kind, staring at him dumbly. Without another sound, it reached out and tried to grab him into its grip.
"Toh!" the first-year yelled as he leapt up into the air and landed at a safe distance. Glaring at the mummy he entered a battle stance that was something similar to that of a certain Jeet Kune Do master, although there was a lighter spring in his feet.
"Huh, so wanna steal my face or something?" the boy challenged. "Then come and get me if you can!"
"Hhrrrr!" the mummy yelled as it leapt over the bench and charged at him. The monster came at him with left and right arm strikes, which the boy easy avoided. Dropping down, he used a flare kick to knock the mummy off its feet. He then did a handstand before hopping off his hands and aimed his feet at the mummy. It quickly rolled away from the impact and leapt to its feet. The boy knew he couldn't let this monster recover, so he rushed up and continued his rapid assault with fluid kicks and punches.
"So what woke you?" the boy asked as he continued his attacks, "Some mystical item or what? Whatever it is though, I'm sending you back to sleep!"
Shy as he may be, he was surprisingly hot-blooded when he was in battle.
Without even waiting for a valid response, he flipped over the mummy and chained in some kicks and punches before sending the mummy flying back with a powerful crescent kick. Slow inhaling, he waved his arms in front of him as afterimages followed. Slowly, a ball of green fire that was the size of a basketball formed in front of him. Once the ball was complete, he took a kata form. With a loud yell, he shot the ball forward.
The mummy got up as it saw the cold fireball rushed for it. Knowing that it was a very bad idea to be hit by it, it rolled to the side, allowing the ball to pass by. The ball went through woods before striking an unfortunate tree, which exploded as a result. The resulting impact echoed through the arena before for the damaged tree fell down with a loud crash.
Shuutai was running through the streets when she heard a loud bang. She turned to a gateway to one of the parks that Kanto hosted, which was where she heard the noise. Hoping that she wasn't too late, she made her way into the area.
The short boy panted as the mummy got back to its feet. He was surprised that it managed to avoid that chi blast of his. It looks like now he needed to try harder. Suddenly, it roared out to the heavens as its skin started to crack in green fire, much to the boy's shock. It soon exploded as its dead skin littered the ground. As the fire cleared, the boy's eyes widened as he saw a new monster in the mummy's place.
The Firefly Yummy was female looking with humanish female face that had large yellow insectoid eyes connected to a helmet which looked somewhat like a firefly's own head. Its face was lavender with full red lips. The Yummy's body was black with red accents similar to a flame's pattern and its feet looked like heeled boots. On its back was a beetle's carapace. Its assets were in D-Cup size, which juggled freely as it moved. The Firefly Yummy stretched her limbs and then looked at the boy who was now trembling at the monster before him.
His next reaction was quite understandable.
"WAAAAAAUGH!"
Screaming to the point of near hysteria, the boy simply ran for his life. No longer were his thoughts focused on defeating the monster in front of him. Once the Yummy had taken on a female form, his gynophobia kicked in and told him to run. The Yummy watched him go in what appeared to be amusement. As it watched though, it's shell opened up as a bright light shone from within. Suddenly, the Yummy charged forward at an incredible speed with only a trail of light signaling its movement. The trail of light could be seen following the young Fighter before moving ahead of him and coming to a stop where the Firefly Yummy was standing…and right when the Fighter ran into its boobs.
"Oh no…" the boy stuttered as he backed away and dropped to his butt, awaiting another possible beatdown. Suddenly, he heard the sound of a motorcycle engine roaring.
"I found you!"
The Firefly Yummy looked up from her target only to receive a motorcycle wheel to the face. The impact sent it flying before crashing into the asphalt of the road with a loud thud. The young boy blinked only to pale further as he saw that the motorcyclist that had saved him turned out to be another girl. Slowly, ever so slowly he scrambled to his feet and began backing away in hopes that she wouldn't turn out to be as bad as the monster, or at least not want to hurt him.
"You're sure lucky I saved you!" The bubbly blonde beamed at the rather terrified young man. "You'd better get out of here before it gets dangerous!"
"Oi! Get a move on!" a voice shouted from a nearby approaching motorcycle. To the Fighter's relief, it was a male one. "There are Cell Medals to claim." As the motorcyclist came to a stop, his strange gloved arm revealed three coloured coins which he threw to the girl in question.
"Gotcha Ankh-chan!" the blonde nodded, catching the coins. Dismounting the motorcycle, she closed the distance between herself and the Yummy. The near-traumatized Fighter managed to notice that the new girl was wearing a weird belt which she slotted the coins into. Pushing the buckle into a diagonal position, she grabbed a circular device and swiped it across the coins with a cry of "Henshin!"
"TAKA!"
"TORA!"
"BATTA!"
"TA-TO-BA TATOBA TA-TA-BA!"
The TaToBa Combo armor formed on the girl's body, causing the short boy to gasp at the sudden transformation. The Yummy, seeing OOO, let out a hiss and then all of a sudden spat a fireball right at her. "Ow!" OOO shouted as she was hit by the explosive blast and sent flying backward. "Ow…" Her chestplate was smoking from the hit and it really hurt too.
"Oi, Hakufu! Quit screwing around!" shouted Ankh as he watched OOO dodging the fireballs, which came out rapidly at the armored Fighter. "Che!" He then produced another Core Medal, the Cheetah Core Medal. "Hakufu, take this!" He tossed the Medal to her as she was ducking from another fireball. OOO caught it and replaced the Batta Medal with it before scanning the Core Medals in her belt.
"TAKA! TORA! CHEETAH!"
The green Batta Legs were switched with the yellow Cheetah legs and now OOO was darting around in invisible speeds and dodging the fireballs. She then got close enough to the Yummy to slash it across the chest with the Tora Claws. This caused Cell Medals to spill out, much to Ankh's happiness.
"Sugoi!" OOO beamed as she came to a halt. "I'm much faster than before!"
"Don't just stand there and gawk! Keep fighting!" Ankh barked.
"Alright, alright! Sheesh!" OOO huffed. She arched her feet and gunned her speed once more... headlong into a fist that collided with her head.
"Ooof!" OOO grunted, rolling across the ground. Shaking the stars out her head, she slowly looked up to see Uva approaching her, cracking his knuckles.
"Not now..." Ankh cursed under his breath.
"So predictable," Uva sneered as he got closer. "You always show up when one our Yummies appear."
"Ah, crap," OOO gulped. From this point, it seemed like she was about to be fighting for more than just a small pile of Cell Medals. A fight with a Greeed was the highest stakes one could get!
"Well, might as well wrap this up once and for all." With a yell, Uva charged with lethal intent, to which OOO put up her guard to.
And then a powerful heel kick bashed into his head. While not enough to make him lose Cell Medals or at least injure him in some way, it did manage to get Uva to back off a bit. "Wha... what?"
The attacker somersaulted in midair before landing next to OOO in a crouch before slowly standing up. Her appearance alone caused the boy to gulp.
"You weren't about to have a two-on-one, right?" Shuutai chirped, "Turnabout is fair play, no?"
"Huh?" OOO blinked as she looked to her savor, "Who are you?"
"My name is Shuutai Youhei, also known as Blue Lightning," the officer answered, turning to her. "I heard about you from my boss, Ryomou Shinmei. Glad to finally meet you in person."
"Grrr!" Uva growled. "Don't interfere!" His element launched off of his horns before striking the ground around the girls, causing them to jump back at a safer distance.
"Sorry, bug boy," Shuutai frowned, "But interfering is what I do best. Besides," she curled her fingers into claws with her nails glowing in blue chi, "I need some payback for using me to make that flaming skank over there."
"Then you can die with the twit!" Uva shouted. He made his move to the two opposing Fighters, only for another motorcycle to appear out of nowhere and graze him, causing sparks and Cell Medals to fly out. It was in fact Ryomou, now donned in her battle outfit, which was a blue maid uniform. She skid near OOO and Shuutai and quickly hopped off.
"Mou-chan!" cried out OOO.
Ryomou looked to Uva and prepared for battle while the Greeed let out a grunt of annoyance, "Damn humans, interfering with everything." He then scooped up the Cell Medals Ryomou's attack drew out and crushed them in his hands before tossing them back to the ground. The Cell Medal pieces then glowed with energy before spawning Yummy, except they seemed duller in color with less bandages and black holes in the middle of their 'faces'.
"Nani!-?" cried out OOO in shock.
"Che, Pseudo-Yummies," grumbled Ankh.
"If you all are so keen in getting in my way, then it looks like I can't take any more chances now," Uva announced.
"Wonderful," Ryomou frowned.
The short boy looked at the all the monsters that the three femme fatales had stacked against them. A number of mummies, a firefly monster, and another green monster that seemed to be the source of all of this. The mummies he knew they could handle, but the two bug monsters where no slouches at all, especially the green one, who looked like it knew what it was doing.
"What we need is extra help," he muttered to himself.
Some force possibly heard the boy and answered his prayers when a large blade of green chi surged through the air towards the small group of monsters. Uva immediately saw it coming and jumped out of the way. The Firefly Yummy was wise enough to use her speed to likewise remove itself. The Pseudo-Yummies, however, were not as lucky. The chi attack instantly slammed into them, sending flying several feet. They crashed, but slowly got up, indicating that they were not destroyed.
"Hey, you weren't about to start the party without us, were you?" the voice of Shamoku said. There stood the Fighters of Seito, Shamoku, Kanu, Chou-un, and Chouhi. All three of them were ready to take on the group of Yummies as well as Uva himself.
"So, these are the once causing the disturbance?" Chou-un frowned, using her senses to pin the enemy numbers and what they would be facing.
"Yes," Kanu nodded. "Be careful though. The Pseudo-Yummies may not be so much of a problem, but Uva and that other Yummy would be able to overpower at least one of us."
"Then how about we lend you a hand?"
Everyone turned to the other side of the field where they found Sousou and Kakoton, looking ready for another fight. With them were two more unfamiliar girls.
The first girl stood tall and confident. Her skin looked pale, her eyes were in a sharp blue color, and her long black hair flowed freely. She wore a white Chinese battle dress with knee high boots and red combat gloves. On her left ear was a gold bead. She was Kakouen Myosai, an A-rank Fighter for Kyosho.
The other girl was outrageously tall; nearly reaching Gakushu's height. She wore a blue shirt with the number 12 on it with blue shorts. She also had on elbow pads and knee pads and had a few bandages curled on her fingers. Her short hair was green and her eyes were emerald. In spite of her size, she had gentle face, though it was now filled with grim determination. She was one of Sousou's most loyal Fighters, Chukou Kyocho.
"We'll now, looks like we have our back up," Shuutai smiled.
"Wow…" OOO blinked.
"So…all three schools have decided to stick their noses in eh?" Uva commented, sounding neither angered or even annoyed by it all. "Heh. And her I thought OOO would be my only entertainment tonight. Trashing the best from your little clubs will be a blast!"
"You talk like you've got a chance," Sousou frowned.
"And you think you do?" Uva laughed, making a 'come here' motion with his hand. "Come on then 'Fighters', show me what those ghosts you hold give you!"
It was the only signal the group needed. As one, some of the best Fighters that Nanyo, Seito, and Kyosho had charged for the group of monsters. The Psuedo-Yummies took on the majority of the Fighters while the Firefly Yummy continued its rapid assault on OOO. Uva merely stood back and watched the show, finding the entire brawl to be immensely entertaining.
OOO and the Firefly Yummy were speeding across the area, attacking one another at a rapid pace. They were literally blurs to the eyes of regular folks that no immense detail could be discerned from. The Kyosho, Nanyo, and Seito Fighters were fighting for all they were worth against the Psuedo-Yummies, but the monsters' all but boneless bodies and high endurance levels were maiking the battle a slow one. The only people who were no fighting were Ankh and Uva, merely content to watch the proceedings.
However, the schools of Nanyo, Seito, and Kyosho didn't carry themselves like street thugs, but warriors. They as such used warrior tactics.
Nestled in a tree behind Uva was another female Fighter. The girl had dark skin, though not as dark as Kanu. She wore a red top with red shorts and held chains on her gloved hands. Her eyes were brown and hair was also blue and was tied in small ponytails with pink ribbons. Her name was Bashoku Yojo, an assassin for Seito. Clenched between her fingers were very sharp needles which were laced with poisons, her specialty. Koumei had called her and told her what may have been occurring. So under the strategist's orders, she hid herself and planned for the perfect shot of enemy forces.
Oddly enough, in a tree the same distance from Uva and not far from where Bashoku was hiding, Kyosho was fielding their own assassin. She was a girl who was barely into her teens and had long dark hair. She had a black dress on with a white apron and looked very loli for lack of a better term. However, her eyes were as hard as rock while as cold and jagged as ice. In her hands was an elaborate bow with an arrow already drawn back. Her name was Ten'i and she was one of Kyosho's best at assassinations. She was obviously emotionally disturbed, but there was no denying her skill. Like Bakoshu, she was called by one of Kyosho's strategists to the field to take out the enemy…as well as any rival Fighters once the enemy was dealt with.
Both were surprised to see actual monsters being the enemy along with the three largest powers in Kanto working together against them. Still, they remained professional and targeted the apparent leader with their weapons. Ten'i put just a little bit more tension into her arrow for that extra bit of penetration power while Bashoku drew her arm back for the throw…and both released at the same time. Their weapons cut through the air, aiming directly at Uva's unprotected back. It looked like a sure hit…
CLANG! CLANG!
Both assassin tools bounced off of his back.
"Hn?" Uva frowned, glancing at the trees. "Assassins eh? Too bad your weapons just don't cut it!" Green electricity fired from his horns and collided with the trees, engulfing them in flames. Screams echoed from both before Ten'i and Bashoku fell from the branches with their clothes smoldering and burns already appearing on their exposed skin. They struggled to push the pain away, but their blurry vision saw Uva approaching while raising his bladed arm.
"Let me show you what I think of assassins."
"NO WAY YOU BASTARD!"
Uva turned to witness one of his Psuedo-Yummies being blasted aside by a rather explosive punch, revealing Sousou with an angry glare on his face as he charged towards Uva. For a brief second, Uva could have sworn that he saw a red Chinese dragon circling around the boy as he approached. Sousou didn't let up the speed for one minute as he aimed to smash Uva's face in with all of the power he could safely muster without provoking his Haoryuu. Covering the distance between himself and Uva in a heartbeat, he unleashed a battle cry before plowing his empowered fist into the centre of the Greeed's chest.
There was quite a shockwave from the blow, enough to capture everyone's attention for a moment as they saw the Kyosho leader standing against the insect Greeed, his fist planted in the monster's chest. However, the moment ended as Sousou backed off, his arm trembling from the sheer force he had punched with. On Uva, the section which the leader had struck flashed green for a moment before a single Cell Medal fell out, revealing the only would which had been inflicted.
"Better, but not good enough!" Uva snickered. He then lunged forward and used his legs powered by his remaining Batta Medals and plowing his knee into Sousou's stomach. The Kyosho leader gagged from the impact as he was sent sailing a few feet back before landing in a heap on the ground. Coughing, he glared as Uva began to taunt him. "Oh come on! Is this the best that one of the three warlords can do? This is the reincarnation of the man who conquered a third of the mainland? Give me a break!"
"Lord Sousou!"
Uva looked up and noticed that the two Kyosho Fighters, Kakouen and Chukou slipped past their Pseudo-Yummy opponents and made to rescue their leader. Uva's pixilated visor suddenly got a gleam in his eyes before he snagged the Cell Medal which Sousou extracted, snapped it, and threw the pieces at the two females. Both shards erupted into bandages and formed into even more Psuedo-Yummies which tackled the pair to the ground.
"Such loyalty, such concern," Uva chuckled as he left Sousou and approached the two struggling piles of females and trash Yummies. "Concerned enough to turn their backs on foes that pose a threat top them for the sake of another. Concerned enough to do such when their leader has only taken one blow." The two Psuedo-Yummies stood up with their captives, neither able to escape or even wound their captors. Uva just leaned forward to examine them both. "Sounds to me like someone's lusting for their leader."
"You bastard!" Chukou growled at Uva with a snarl. It didn't hide the flush she got when Uva made such a blatant accusation though.
Chukou was the sole survivor of the judo class which Sousou had slaughtered when his Haoryuu awoke. When she had joined, the only other members were male and since Chukou was so tall for her age and wasn't as developed yet, they liked to tease her about how they couldn't tell if she was a boy or a girl. The only one who endeavored to be her friend was Sousou. One day the other boys of the class decided to tell once and for all if Chukou was a girl or not and jumped her before trying to open her clothes to see which parts she had. Sousou had walked into the middle of it and his rage awakened his Haoryuu. He killed everyone there save for Chukou, whose embrace managed to calm him down.
She wouldn't admit under anything that she sometimes fantasized about being with Sousou, but somehow this monster managed to figure out just that.
Kakuen frowned and made an extra struggle against the Psuedo-Yummy which held her, but its grip was too strong even for her.
Kakuen was fiercely loyal to Sousou and for good reason. During her days living in South East Asia during the turbulent times she fought as a rebel/revolutionary, she had been caught by a soldier who decided that a hot teenager would make for a good lay and decided to try it. He had been halfway to succeeding when he suddenly took a gunshot to the back. Kakuen then noticed Sousou standing behind the man, holding her gun which she had dropped during the struggle. Sousou was dressed like a tourist, obviously visiting some of the more peaceful sights when he stumbled onto her. He helped her recover and even managed to bring her back to Japan, away from the senseless war and to her true purpose.
Kakuen would die on Sousou's orders, but if he so desired it she would give her body to him. Her loyalty was absolute.
Uva snickered as he drew two more Cell Medals, "Let's just see how strong those desires are, eh?"
Chukou and Kakuen stiffened as coin slots appeared on their foreheads. Uva dropped a Cell Medal in both slots before they closed, causing the Fighters to spasm slightly. To their horror and the shock of those who were not completely informed on the Greeed, green tinted holes appeared in their chests before White Yummies crawled out and onto the grassy ground.
"Tsk!" Ankh hissed from his vantage point. "Just what we need."
The remaining fighters of Kyosho, Seito, and Nanyo were all in silent agreement over the odds they were about to face. Three Yummies, a handful of Psuedo-Yummies, and Uva himself did not make for the kinds of odds the Fighters would have preferred to have. They may have had OOO on their side, but she was only one person. The entire situation may have been nicely summed up by Shamoku as he witnessed the event.
"Aw Fuck!"
To Be Continued…
OMAKE: Count the Medals
"ALLLLLL RIGHT!" Hakufu cheered as she leaped onto the colourful stage with bright lights shining down on her. "Welcome to another awesome episode of Count the Medals! Your go-to source for information about the Core Medals. I'm your super cute host Hakufu Sonsaku! With me today is my special guest-OOF!"
"ME!" Goei cheered as she unceremoniously shoved her daughter off of the podium and took centre stage herself. "The super hot and sensual Goei! Of course you naughty boys out there can call me Onee-chan!"
"MOM! That hurt!" Hakufu snapped, crawling back on stage.
"Oh get over it. I've hit you worse," Goei huffed, waving off Hakufu's temper. "Now today's a super special episode! Since we're not going to look at one of the Core Medals, but instead…"
"TA-TO-BA TATOBA TA-TO-BA!"
"The TaToBa Combo!" Hakufu cheered, pushing her mother out of the spotlight. "This is the special form my armour takes when I use the Taka, Tora, and Batta Medals together. It's also known as the Multi Combo which balances out all of my statistics and-OOF!"
Goei took centre stage after pushing her daughter away again, "It's baseline performance helps Hakufu feel out her opponents and their strengths so she can decide if she's strong enough or needs to use a different Medal instead. Of course, that's usually Ankh's job since my girl just doesn't have any common sense at all."
"QUIET!" Hakufu snapped, charging back onto the stage and pushing Goei away once again. Heaving a sigh, she continued. "While I'm in my TaToBa Combo, I can use my O-Scanner to unleash my TaToBa Kick! Using the Batta Legs, I leap into the air and fly through a set of rings which infuse me with the power of my Medals. Nothing survives this kick once I use it! Hiyah-OOF!"
Once again taking the limelight, Goei continued, "The downside with the TaToBa Combo though is that it's not particularly strong, fast, or defensive. Oh it can handle battles and such just fine, but if the opponent is high enough in a certain aspect, TaToBa just won't be able to keep up. Like that Firefly from this chapter."
"MOM! STOP DOING THAT!" Hakufu raged, once again stumbling back onto stage.
"Fine, we're ready to wrap up anyway," Goei shrugged.
"Okay," Hakufu huffed before she turned to the camera. "Come join us next time for more information on all things related to the Core Medals. This is Hakufu and her sly old mom signing off!"
WHAP!
"Ow!"
"Make sure to give your love to others!" Goei winked. "And if that hot guy from the coffee shop is seeing this, call me!"
Ten-Faced Paladin: Things are really going all out. The three schools are united, but even with OOO and Sousou among some of the top Fighters, Uva still seems to have the advantage!
Kamen Rider Chrome: We finally managed to do another update.
Tailsmo4ever: And now instead of one Yummy to deal with, we have a total of three! And it seems that even Sousou can do zilch against Uva. What will the Fighters do now?
