SZ: *plops down*Whoo...finally finished with KH 3…
Z0: Isn't there a DLC coming out?
SZ:...*goes back to play KH 3*
Makoto: Yeah….I think he's gonna be busy, so...neither authors don't either series used in this, and own any original content in here.
Z0: Enjoy! *cuts the rope bringing down the curtain via borrowed Ultima Weapon Keyblade*
-line break-
Sento: Genius physicists Kiryu Sento...ah...sorry I can't really talk much at the moment I'm busy doing all the hard work in this story.
Makoto: That and...some pretty heavy stuff happened last time…
Ryuga: Like how your friend Tsubaki was sent out to get Noel and….Jin….and used a highly dangerous weapon called the Izayoi to try and get them.
Makoto:...
Ryuga: Wh-OW!
Jin: Bum...read the mood…
Ryuga: Shut up Bro-con!
Makoto:..Sento managed to get the Izayoi away from Tsubaki in hopes of finding a cure for the side-effects...but it got stolen...and made a startling realization
Ryuga: Our place has real cheap construction?
Ragna: That Master has a part of the Pandora box and that Faust is part of the NOL!
Ryuga: I blame this creepy perverted Bro-Con!
Jin: Do you want to die, bum?
Ryuga: Bring it, ice freak!
Sento: I'm fighting a monster and even I'm taking the time to focus! Do your jobs before I recast you idiots!
Jin:...on to the next chapter…
Ryuga: This ain't over…
Build grunted upon being tossed onto a car. He quickly flipped off as several tentacles slammed into and through the car via their sharp bone tips. Build jumped higher via his rabbit leg just as a shockwave tore through the ground he landed on. Build swung his tank arm as he grabbed a street light arm and swung around before flipping back up into the air. As he did, he swung around and aimed down. The Smash looked up in time to get a face full of tank boot which slammed it into the ground back first. The treads began spinning causing sparks and grunts of pain to come from the monster. Build lifted and stomped his Rabbit leg as he used it to spring up just before the tentacles closed in and resulted in their overshooting and essentially strapping the monster to the ground via missing and anchoring into the ground around it.
"Z….a….az...ure….pa….dora….b…." the Smash hissed out, struggling to get free.
"Arakune...are you in there?" Build asked landing on the ground, "And whoever is the Smash half?"
The Smash gave off a gurgling screech as more slime bursted from it and lunged at Build, taking the form of a shark head with razor-sharp bone teeth. Build flipped back and kicked the shark head with his tank leg. As he fell back he pushed up with both arms and slammed his rabbit leg into the monstrous appendage and sent it flying back when the spring coil released.
"Okay...may need to go far-range for this," Build said as he took out both the Taka and Gatling Full Bottles.
=TAKA GATLING BEST MATCH!=
"Build up!" Build stated as he jumped over another shockwave attack, as he did the two armor halves formed around him.
=Tenku no abarenbo! HawkGatling!=
The armor slammed into place as steam escaped from the gaps. Build's wings grew out as he flew over another swing from the tentacles. He looped around a building as he held up his DrillCrusher in gun mode and HawkGatlinger. He aimed and fired as shots rained on the hybridized monster. It roared arms and tentacles swinging around to deflect the bullets only for the HawkGatlinger rounds to 'hatch' and fly around its defenses, the Smash crying out in pain as it staggered back.
"Okay. Now t-" Build began before the Smash began to spasm, making him blink behind his helmet before a pair of large slime wings grew from its back, it's pistons now adding spiked protrusions, almost like beaks as it took off into the air, "...it adapts…."
The Smash roared out as it threw its pistons forward, nearly coming off its limbs as the 'beaks' flew at Build at high-speed, slashing and scraping his armor as he nearly lost his footing in the air. Build grunted as he turned around and began shooting back as both flew around firing back and forth at one another. However...the Smash seemed to have the upperhand as its tentacles deflected the bullets fired at it, along with the surprised bullets that got past the previous ones.
"Its adapting to my attacks…" Build whispered, narrowly dodging each 'beak' fired at him, "If this thing is Arakune...given he was once human...he must've been a brilliant human being."
"Mu….have...Azure...Pan...dora's...box…." the Smash gurgled.
"This is going to be a long fight…" Build cringed before flying away from gun fire aimed at them.
More Guardians arrived and aimed upwards as they began shooting at both targets. The Smash took notice of the Guardian Robots before its tentacles shot down and pierced them in their chest, each one slowly shutting down as they fell onto the floor.
"What's it…"
"Zure...Azure...azure! Azure! KkikikikikikikikI!"
"...?!" Build tensed in realization, "The robots are fueled by Siethr…."
Build flew up as the hybrid monster screeched and flew after him. Build looked around quickly as he began putting his powerful mind to work. He had a distinct disadvantage at the moment with this set up, and he doubted he had the power at the moment to blast through the hybrid monsters defenses. He'd need one of his more powerful Best Matches.
"I'm gonna need to set this up...come on big guy...yes you smell the nebula gas in my cells don't you...come tasty treat this way." Build guided the beast as he flew off towards less populated areas.
"AH! He's moving it away from camera range...follow! Follow you stupid mini-drones! GAH! Hunk of junks!" Blood Stalk complained tossing a remote on the table before him, "Karai your turn!" he spat in a childish tone as he turned away.
"Yes!" Karai whooped.
"Good luck its…"
"AHAHAHA! It was set to inverted controls! You dumbass!" she laughed, reverting the settings as she flew after the duo of Kamen Rider and Kaijin.
"Utsumi!" he cried to the ceiling while falling to his knees.
"Seriously, who uses inverted controls?!" Karai laughed, "It's like trying to play a guitar with cheese!"
"Grr!" he growled slamming his masked face into a pillow and screaming. The horn atop his helmet exploding with sparks and fireworks to stress his anger.
"Someone blowing their load off~" Karai teased.
"Damn it! Walked into that!"
"Then don't make it so easy!" Karai laughed.
"Meh-meh-meh…" he taunted as he walked off.
"Meh meh meh meh meh," Karai taunted back, "That's you. That's what you sound like."
"I'll kill Ragna."
"No he's mine!"
"What I thought anime brocon little sister stereotype…"
"Ugh...why'd sis have to leave me with you?!" Karai groaned as she slumped down into her seat.
"Because Rogue needed her more and not your usual self."
"...hell's that supposed to mean?"
"You suck at being a normal person."
"I wasn't made to be normal. I was made to become one with Ragna, and I fail so you all replace me with Gamma!"
"No you failed cause he murdered your ass and you loved it." Blood Stalk deadpanned.
"Damn straight. By the way, should I be telling you how Build's doing?"
"Ah the kid will be fine."
"..okay Then I'm changing the channel...wonder if I can find a certain squirrel I like…"
"Your sister said no perverted stuff…" he reminded appearing behind her seat, "Remember last time...you were left pinned to a wall by a bunch of swords with one of them 'what I did wrong' signs around your neck...as if your a pet."
"Bitch I ain't no one's pet!" Karai snapped, "...except for onii-sama's."
"You need a hobby."
"And you need to hook up some goddamn DSL in here!"
"That is one freaky Smash…" Ryuga muttered as they watched Build lead the hybrid monster away. The CrossDragon roared before it began biting at his pockets, "OI! What do you want now?!" he complained grabbing it, "No...no! Bad dragon...bwah!" he panicked as a burst of fire hit his face.
"That thing does not like you…" Ragna sweatdropped before CrossDragon blew fire into his face, "Gah! Why you little…!"
"What even is...AH!" Jin cried as he got an exceptionally large blast of fire after the CrossDragon slotted the Dragon Full bottle into its back, "..."
"Yeesh I know Sento made it so it's hard to earn its trust but come on." Makoto sighed as it landed on her head.
"It hates all men...except Sento…" Ryuga argued, "And that might just be cause it sees him as its dad."
"Maybe it would like you guys if you did something to earn his respect...and not act like idiots," Makoto deadpanned before tensing when Jin drew his katana at her, "Ahh! Sorry, Kisaragi-sempai!"
"That's...AH!" he cried, getting another face full of fire, "Why you little…"
"Maybe it just hates violent people?" Noel offered, earning a glare from Jin, "Sorry…" she awkwardly laughed, looking at the three who regularly got blasted.
"Silence trash," Jin ordered before Ryuga and Ragna smacked him upside the head, "Ah!"
"Stop calling her that." they both said. CrossDragon seemed to cheer at their action, making them blink.
"Wait...does...does it like this?" Ryuga asked as he punched Jin in the stomach, making him stumble over.
"I think it's more for protecting people it likes, like Noel," Makoto guessed.
"Why do you keep doing that?" Jin asked from the ground.
"Shut up I'm trying to get the dragon to like me." Ryuga waved off, "I may need to hit you a few more times though…"
"Nii-san…"
"Shut it, Jin," Ragna frowned, "You may have been a higher-up in the NOL, but your still my little brother..."
"That means your low ranking in this house." Ryuga translated.
"What?!"
"Noel's ranked top here." everyone but mentioned girl explained simply. CrossDragon nodding in agreement.
"Grr…" Jin growled in frustration as he stood up, moving onto a seat, "Don't you idiots have anything better to do?"
"Well we could try and go out...oh no wait...most of us are wanted…" Makoto muttered.
"We could try and relax...oh wait...Jin's here." Ryuga added.
"And I can never be alone again...cause Jin is here." Ragna stressed Jin's name.
"Well...M-makoto can technically leave s-" Noel began before Makoto covered her mouth.
"Eh heh heh...ignore her," Makoto chuckled sheepishly before whispering to her, "Jin doesn't know I'm working for Sector Seven as a double agent, so it would make things even more awkward."
"Oh…"
"Ugh...what can we do…?" Ryuga groaned as he slumped into his seat, "...oh! Ragna, we could do THAT."
"That?"
"Yeah 'that'."
"...what are you talking about?" Jin demanded.
"Simple: we break into one of Faust's labs!"
"Baka…" the girls muttered to themselves.
"...it was mostly Ragna's idea," Ryuga pointed at the white-haired man.
"GENIUS!" Jin beamed as he shot up.
"Don't give such a creepy look!" Ragna snapped before tensing a bit, "...correction; Don't give me that creepy look!"
"Pretty sure he's the only one Jin looks at like that…" Makoto muttered.
"Anyway we could try, but then Sento will show up and rescue your asses." Ragna sighed.
"What will you be doing?" Noel asked.
"Trying to keep you idiots alive long enough to be saved."
"So you all admit Sento is the one who saves you from your own stupidity." Makoto spoke up.
"Until he gives me a fucking belt or something." Ragna and Ryuga said in unison.
"Why not just take it?" Jin asked.
"Because Sento locked it to his DNA." Noel explained.
"Trust us...they tried." Makoto added.
"He still has the recording…." Ryuga muttered.
"Also, you tried too squirrel girl," Ragna added.
"Back to that name already?!"
"I never stopped." Ragna said, "Okay. Say we break into this lab, what would be even the point?"
"Eh?"
"Take into the bases I smashed before indirectly cause I bet you all everywhere I found a Murakumo that was in a Faust lab, obviously it might not do that much damage to their schemes." Ragna explained, "Also since we now know Faust is with the NOL, we have to think about whose a victim and whose isn't. Like for example, that Tsubaki girl."
"When did you get smart?" Ryuga asked.
"Solving math and kicking ass is two different things." Ragna explained.
"Sento can just do both." Makoto added.
"Nobody's perfect and we don't need two Sentos!" Ragna snapped at her. "So shut it underboobs!"
"Okay okay! Yeesh...don't take it out on me…" Makoto muttered as she turned her head away from him.
"I don't care. I'm the angry big brother who has a huge bounty on his head, Ryuga's the lovable idiot and Sento the lovable egotistical maniac who keeps this ragtag family together."
"Hahaha...I'm more loveable then you." Ryuga pointed at Jin.
"Why aren't I and Noel included?"
"Because one of you is likely to end up Banjou's new woman by the end of this."
"Huh?!" the three accused.
"What? You two's first choice is to hang with him."
"Sneaky sneaky…" Ryuga whispered crawling to the door so as to not set off any potential bombs in this situation.
"But listen; if the plan is to break into Faust lab, I'll go with you, but don't expect me to babysit, we need to follow two simple rules, 1. No hitting jin unless your me and 2. Bail when shit go bad and leave Ragna behind." Ragna told them. "Now grab your lunch, put on your exercise clothes and let's follow Jin."
"Why do we have to follow Jin?" Makoto pouted.
"You were acting all double agent in the NOL and Sector Seven, but never figured out Faust was in the NOL and unless your boss is secretly a Faust member as well, I suggest we follow the guy who is."
"...fine," Makoto muttered.
Build crashed the monster through several buildings he knew to be abandoned and to dangerous to enter. He landed and waited for the beast to get free. As soon as several tentacles began bursting out of the rubble Build grabbed two new bottles.
"This distance is good enough…" he sighed slotting them in.
=LION SOUJIKI! Best Match!=
"Build up!" he declared as a new golden armor formed before him in the armor set, the differences focused to solely the arms, where the shoulder had a large spike extending from it and resembling the tail of a lion. A gauntlet in the shape of a lions head formed around his the forearm with a black glove that contrasted past forms. The optic was shaped like a lion's head with its mane spiking outward.
=Tategami Cyclone! LionCleaner! Yeaahh!=
The two armors locked in place over Build as he raised his left arm and used the Long range cleaner to begin sucking up the dirt and debris covering the hybrid monster. It gurgled in confusion before looking at Build as his right arm was glowing ominously.
"Full tank." Build said, lifting his right arm as an energy projection of a lion's head formed, he reared his arm back before punching it and launching the projection.
The Monster looked in shock as the lion struck and caused a massive explosion which sounded like a lion's roar. The blast cleared a large ditch in the ground as the monster was pinned to a wall. Its armor burned and the tentacles damaged. It gurgled and looked down as another blast was being charged.
"Lets hope I can keep this cycle of absorbing and blasting up long enough to beat you." Build spoke hopefully.
"...that's the 50th candy you crush with your bare teeth…" Kajun told Kokonoe after she tore up her own lab after hearing the truth about Faust.
"Those...I...ohohohohoho! Oh those mother fuckers!" Kokonoe cursed, "I'm half tempted to magic their asses into oblivion!"
"...why did you get set off when Katsuragi Takumi was mention?" she asked as Kokonoe stopped.
"...what did you just say?"
"...oh dear," Kajun whispered, realizing the error she just made.
"If I hear you mention his name ever again, I swear to god I am gonna cut you into so many pieces and mail you back to Mai, then I'll clone the pieces just to lather, rinse repeat!" Kokonoe snapped.
"M-Message received." she awkwardly chuckled.
"And to answer your question, he was in Sector Seven before he betrayed me."
"A traitor?" Kajun blinked.
"Something about pursuing some big plan, I don't know I was too pissed to listen to his bullshit." she said, pulling out an incomplete Fullbottle. "He held conversations with me, reminded me when it was candy time, only guy I trusted, then he screwed me over, betrays me and goes work for the enemy, now I learn he's more fucked up then I first thought!" she sighed as she plopped into her swivel chair, "He's why I stopped dating….Ragna is pretty sexy though. So is Sento."
"I beg out pardon?" Kajun blinked at that.
"Don't think I hear you talking about Sento when I passed your room while you were sleeping."
"..."
"What…" she blinked at the stare. "I spy on everyone. I don't trust a damn person...by the way, Sento does have a nice ass." she said giving Kajun a pic.
"Back to Faust."
"Yeah this is gonna be nothing. It changes nothing, now we can stop focusing on them separately. Now…" Kokonoe paused as she gained a serious expression, "Is Lambda almost ready?"
"...test have proven all functions are set and prepared," Kajun answered, looking at a nearby computer, "All she needs is a command."
"Have her ready to deploy in an hour." Kokonoe ordered, getting up as she walked off, "This time, I'm gonna drag you down from your high horse Katsuragi."
"...why are we passing through Orient Town?" Ryuga asked, the group-minus ragna- covered in cloaks.
"One of Faust's labs should be near here, so stay on alert," Jin quietly replied, "So don't screw this up."
"I'll screw up your face…." Ryuga grumbled.
"Don't…" Ragna hissed to him...before quietly adding, "...wait until after we're back at the cafe."
"..." Ryuga gave a thumbs up at that.
"Ugh...i-" Jin began.
"Hungry~"
"Eh?...squirrel girl, Ryuga? Was that you?" Ragna asked.
"No...I ate all your food before we left." Makoto countered.
"You what?!" Ryuga gawked at that.
"...then who…?"
"Hungry~" Ragna looked down to see a small cloaked child walking past them, "Need...food…"
"...I have the oddest scene of deja vu right now…" Ragna muttered.
"...feed me~" the child begged as they tugged at Ragna's pants.
"...yeah look kid. Sorry b-"
"If you don't...we'll curse you and haunt your…"
"...Jin give me money!" Ragna shouted, shaking his brother.
"Dude!" Ryuga gawked.
"Like hell I'm getting haunted!" Ragna hissed at him.
"Oh right...he's scared of the occult." Ryuga and Makoto muttered to themselves.
"Bitches say what?"
"What?" they both blinked before realizing, "Ahh damn I fell for that!"
"...ano, I can help feed them," Noel offered, "I...think I saw a restaurant nearby."
"No stay away from this kid." Ragna argued.
"Why?"
"Since Sento brought up something to me and Jin...I've had the weirdest case of deja vu lately."
"...Luna, I don't think th-" the child began whispering to himself before exclaiming in a female voice, "Shut up Sena! Luna's hungry!"
"..." Ragna slowly blinked as he grabbed Jin and began to walk off with him, "Nope. Nope. So much nope."
"Oi! Wh-" Ryuga began.
"Not dealing with this shit! I know who that brat is now and not dealing with them!" Ragna argued.
"Them?" Makoto blinked, "Don't you m-"
"I know what I meant, underboob! They're your problem now!"
"Call me by my name!"
"I will the moment you beat me in a fair fight and you earn my respect."
"Seriously get b-and he's gone…" Makoto groaned once Ragna left.
"Hungry~"
"...well...might as well feed him..er...her," Ryuga shrugged, "Can't be that bad, right?"
"...I was wrong...I was totally wrong," Ryuga whispered, seeing the kid literally eating everything on the plates before them, their cloaks hood pulled down to show it was a girl with long blond hair done into two long pony-tails.
"My money…" Noel whispered with a whine, looking at the massive amounts of plates on the side, "..I was going to buy something…"
"Wow...and I thought I ate a lot," Makoto blinked.
"Why does it keep growling at Makoto?" Ryuga asked as every time Makoto breasts were visible, the cloaked kid growled like a dog literally.
"Wait. The kid is growling at m-" Makoto began.
"Shut up, boobie monster," the girl hissed before whispering in a boy's voice, "Luna, that was r-shut up Sena! Luna has the right to be jealous! Your staring at them! Luna knows you are!"
"...does this kid have...uh...what did Sento call it? Multiple personality diso-" Ryuga began in thought.
"Shut up, pedo!"
"Eh?! P-pedo?!" Ryuga freaked, nearly falling over in his seat, "Oi what I ever do to you?!"
"Luna doesn't have to tell pedo and titzilla anything!" the kid snapped.
"What's this kids problem?! We feed her...him...it, and they insult us!?" Makoto snapped.
"Well...th-they haven't said anything about me," Noel pointed out.
"Shut up Washboard!" Luna told Noel, who froze at that as she compared her and Makoto's chest and whimpered ,getting into a fetal position.
"No fair~"
"Luna, that was too far," Sena whispered, "I thought you'd treat her differently si-Sena you finish that Luna while smack you...er..me! You know what Luna means! You Luna's bitch just remember that! But...No buts! Luna just wants to find Master Jubei!" she whispered to herself, "...I'm telling him you called me the b-wor- Shut up! You know Luna loves you, and hates you when you start looking at boobie monsters."
"I'm starting to understand why Ragna ditched us…" Ryuga whispered in realization, "Wait. Did she mention the neko?"
"...YOU KNOW MASTER JUBEI?!" Luna exclaimed, climbing onto the table and grabbing him by the scruff of his shirt, "Tell Luna now, and she won't have to castrate you, pedo!" she threatened before switching to Sena, "Please tell her mister. She'll use a really really big beam to do it too."
"Wait wait!" he panicked, "Calm down kid...A: I am not a creepy Pedo… to be honest me and Kasumi never talked about kids...regardless. B: You mean the talking Neko who talks in a deep voice...yeah he's Ragna's teacher and pops in whenever is convenient. Honestly we think he's spying on us for some weird reason." he rambled, "Last time Ragna said his name he just poofed into our house and jump scared us."
"Boo." Jubei's voice said from behind him.
"AHH!" Ryuga screamed
"Now I know why Sento gave me this…" Makoto muttered, holding a recorder.
"...you…!" Ryuga growled out, making a shaking motion at her.
"...grr...you got Luna's hopes up…" Luna growled before ripping her cloak off, revealing that she was wearing something akin to magical girl attire before pulling out a large staff with a heart on it, "Luna will punish you!"
"..." Ryuga raised his hand and brought it down in a chopping motion atop her head, making her fall down, "Kids shouldn't talk to adults that way."
"Ow~! How dare you hit L-OW!""
"What I say...now be a good kid and apologize! Also say thank you for us paying for your food, don't you have manners! This is why I don't like kids…"
"Luna, apologize…" Sena whispered before switching back to her, "...Luna...sorry...and thank you…."
"Alright see...that's a proper response." Ryuga nodded.
"You claim you don't like kids...but you might be a pretty decent father." Noel noted.
"Bah." he waved off the idea, "Only Sento has the patience to deal with 'em…"
"...you…" Luna began before she began to daze off, "...ooh...sleepy…"
"...uh, are you okay?" Makoto asked in concern before Luna's head slumped down, "...uh, Ryuga…"
"Oi...oi. You okay?" Ryuga asked, waving a hand in front of Lunas face...earning no response, "...uh...what do I do? What do I do?! Sh-"
"I am fine…" Luna spoke...in a more mature, almost adult sounding tone.
"Ah?!" Ryuga jumped back, "She's possessed...call a priest!"
"No no. It is fine. I mean no harm," 'Luna' assured, "Also..I want to apologize in half of the child's actions just now."
"O-okay…" Ryuga muttered as the girls nodded in understanding, hiding right behind him, "Are...you another side of this kid?"
"It's...complicated," she replied, "As for who I am…" she paused as she gave a small bow, "I am Trinity Glassfille."
"..Trinity...Glassf-" Makoto whispered before tensing, "...that's the name of one of the Six Heroes."
"Noel pillow." Ryuga said as he began falling back.
"Ahh!" Noel gasped as she quickly caught him, the Cross Dragon shaking its head in disappointment as it jumped over and landed on Makoto's shoulder.
"...oh dear," Trinity whispered in worry, "Perhaps...this was a mistake."
"Ahh...where did it go?" Build pondered as he looked for the Smash. Just before he could even deliver the finishing blow, it managed to escape through a nearby sewer pipe, despite its large size...which was mostly thanks to the slime part of it, "Ugh...and into the sewers again...and still no ninja turtles…" he sighed jumping in.
"...Jin, where is the Faust lab?" Ragna calmly asked, the two in an empty warehouse.
"They must've moved…" Jin whispered with a frown.
"..." Ragna lifted his foot and axe kicked the floor, finding a secret passage.
"Or secret passage…"
"Ten bucks it was the creeper in the cobra gimp suit." Ragna muttered.
"ACHOO!" Blood Stalk sneezed, causing an explosion of sparks and smoke from his horn which shrouded the room as a result.
"Stop blowing your load! I don't care how blue your balls are!" Karai complained.
"Jokes on you...cause it's everywhere...yeah...how's it feel to have your own bit used against you?"
"Makes me fiber." she scoffed, "The Smash's running like a bitch by the way, if build keeps followin' it, we'll have company soon."
"Jokes on us…" he said, seeing a silent alarm, "We already do."
"Oh...what happened?" Ryuga groaned as he sat up, his eyes still closed, "I dreamed we met a really annoying brat who suddenly gained a mature woman's voice..said woman being Trinity gl-" he slowly opened his eyes, seeing that they were back at the cafe...and seeing Trinity sitting at one of the tables, "..."
"Hello," Trinity greeted with a soft smile. "I am not fond of you calling Sena and Luna 'brat', but I understand that they are...uneducated in manners."
"My life has become a madhouse of adventures…" Ryuga muttered, "Okay..what are you here for? To kill Ragna? To insult him? What?"
"...none of the above I am afraid. I am normally a pacifist," Trinity answered before looking down sadly, giving a sad sigh, "I am here...to try and stop Terumi…"
"Hmm?"
"It...it is my fault for letting him roam free…"
"...what are you talking about?" Ryuga asked as he moved closer.
"Years ago, after our battle with the Black Beast and hiding Pandora's Box away, my friend Nine...we had to keep a close eye on him. But...every time I looked at him.." trinity paused as she began to tear up a bit, "I saw Kazuma...I...I thought I could trust him and...he...he used me...he used me to free him of the Mind Eater spell Nine had on him...and he killed her right before my eyes."
"Oi...you don't have to keep going…" Ryuga spoke up, "I don't like kids but I really hate seeing them cry."
"...I am not a child," Trinity said as she looked up, "It should be obvious what I am."
"...Wait...are...are you…?" Ryuga began in realization.
"A spirit yes…" Trinity nodded as she looked over at her staff, "It is thanks to my Nox Nyctorys, the Arma reboare, Muchorin."
"So...this staff...lets you…" Noel said slowly.
"Jump into bodies?" Ryuga bluntly asked.
"..in a sense," Trinity replied, "It is..what allows me and the two souls within this child's body to stay sable."
"...but wait….the only way you could be a spirit is if…" Ryuga began before it dawned on him, "...you died."
"Yes...it was Terumi's doing as well before he tossed my and Nine's bodies into the Boundary," Trinity answered before her tears grew, "If...if I hadn't hesitated that day...if I had just stopped him...none of the atrocities that are happening today….none of this would be happening…"
"..." Ryuga said nothing as his hands began to ball up into fist, taking all that information in. Now Ryuga understood why he hated Terumi so, if not just a little. He manipulated someone as nice and caring as Trinity here..and used her to break free, and kill both her and her friend. "Man...why do we keep getting sucked into…" he let out as he plopped down on the ground and leaned back.
"R-Ryuga?" Noel asked, looking at him in concern.
"...oi, Trinity-san," Ryuga spoke, earning her attention, "It wasn't your fault."
"...but..it was. If I…" Trinity began.
"Stop…" he sighed, "What good does it do to keep moping about it?" he asked, looking at his Dragon bottle, "You can still do something can't ya? Even if your circumstance is weird...can't you try and do something to move on forward, even if just a little bit at a time?"
"...Move...forward?" Trinity repeated.
"I get what you're trying to do...you're trying to make up for your past sins and fix the problem…" Ryuga added as he stood up and walked up to her, "But what good will it do if you lament in the past? I know an egotistical jerk who would probably teach you a thing or two about that. He does all this crazy fight monsters, evil organizations...the government...all just to make people happy...and man does he earn that stupid hero title. I mean he's still a jerk….but he's a good guy..."
"...I see…" Trinity whispered, taking the info in to let it process. She then wiped the tears away, her soft smile returning, "Thank you...if only we had someone like you in our time."
"I may not be some legendary hero like you or the neko, but I'm pretty useful." he muttered.
"Now if only you could be this smart all the time." Makoto giggled.
"What that mean?" he asked with a confused stupid look to his face.
"Oh nothing~" Makoto teased.
"...wait. Are you calling me an idiot?!"
"Well maybe if you stopped and thought once in awhile before speaking out loud…"
"Oh like you're one to talk, ms. fan service!"
"Oh for...that again?!"
"Can't you two just get along...you know this is why Sento gets under your skin so much...you give him so much fuel to tase you with." Noel complained, "And then your both left red faced and sputtering nonsense for an hour."
"...damn it she has a point," Makoto muttered with a blush on her face, '...wait. Noellie, have you been secretly writing romance poems again?"
"...ano...no?" Noel cautiously answered.
"Oh my god you are...and you're using Sento's bits about us for ideas!" Makoto realized, "Oh come on, Noellie~!"
"...uh…" Ryuga blinked.
"She likes to write romance poems and/or novels when inspired," Makoto whispered to him.
"WHAT!?" he panicked.
"I can't help it! They're so good for ideas~!" Noel whined.
"Noellie~!"
Trinity just giggled at the scene.
"It's not funny!" Ryuga shouted at her.
"It rather is. It reminds me o-" Trinity began before she began to sway, "Oh...oh dear...it seems one of them is about to wake up…"
"I'm out...you girls deal with the kid." Ryuga said, "Consider it practicing maternal instincts!" he shouted jumping for the mini-fridge door.
"...okay seriously! That right there is what I was talking about!" Makoto argued as she followed after him.
"Eh...wait...are you leaving me to care for her other personas?" Noel asked shocked, "Minna...minna!"
"I'd love to stay, but..tired...night…" trinity yawned as she fell asleep...before shooting up as Luna was back in control, "Ahh...what happened?...Where is Luna?!"
"Its okay...your okay." Noel explained slowly, "Your in our...I guess you could call it secret base."
"...you kidnapped Luna?!"
"N-no. We…"
"Sena you let us get captured?! N-no no...i hope not. I-I'm sure th-SHUT UP SENA! THAT PEDO PROBABLY THOUGHT OF IT!
"Oh dear...this is gonna be a long day…" Noel sighed, "And you seem awfully skeptical of all adults...that can't be good...What would Sento do?" she pondered as the little multiple personality child continued to argue with herself. "Oh…" she blinked.
"This is all-!"
*BANG!*
With that, Luna shut up as she stared in shock at the hole in the ceiling Noel shot. She then twirled her firearm before putting it away.
"Ehem...now I am going to speak and you are going to politely listen like a good girl." Noel began, she then pulled her gun out again, "Understand?" she asked with a sweet smile making all protest die before it could be voiced.
"...yes ma'am," both Luna and Sena squeaked.
"Hmm...maybe Sento is onto something with he way he treats people…" Noel whispered to herself, "Okay here's what happened, Luna and Sena went to sleep so the third personality talked to us and we came here to talk in secret. You were not kidnapped, also no one here is a pervert...unless its Makoto and Ryuga towards one another…"
"WE CAN HEAR YOU!" Makoto snapped.
"Oh...I think we were meant to…" Ryuga realized.
"You are fine and perfectly safe here. But you won't be if you keep shouting inappropriate things like that all the time. So while you are here you will not snap at my friends who try to help...unless they do something that makes them deserve it...and No...no being dumb faces doesn't count...Luna...you know I'm talking to you." Noel went on, "Believe me that you are safe from anything bad...provided you not step on the last nerve of the person who really does have a short temper in this place...and most likely will use a machine to swap your brain with a hamster for a day."
"...I think you better do what she says, Luna…" Sena whispered before quickly switching back to Luna, "Y...yes ma'am...Luna understands…"
"Okay good." Noel nodded "Now just be polite, stop shouting...and for some reason Sento says beware Master's coffee...but I doubt someone your age would want any...er...so this is foot in mouth...poor Ryuga…"
"OI!" Ryuga snapped.
*BONK!*
"Ow!"
"You practically asked for that, baka!" Makoto snapped.
"Do we have an understanding?" Noel changed subjects, "We'll keep you safe here...and all you have to do...is be nice." she smiled finishing her negotiations.
"...be nice…" Luna repeated with a slow nod, "...Sena, you deal with this. She scares Luna! Wait wh-hey! Luna d...I...wow. She actually backed off...that never happened."
"Hmm...like I said...you haven't dealt with the one who actually gets scary." Noel stated, "But you will be safe here I promise. So please...don't do anything silly? We actually have a lot of dangerous tools downstairs and honestly...I'm worried when my normal friends are around them."
"AHH! The hell Ryuga?! You almost cut my tail off!" Makoto snapped.
"He has a mini-chainsaw...I didn't know it worked! AH! Its alive and its tasted the blood of the living!"
"Never go downstairs…." Noel added a new rule.
"AHH! WHY IS IT GOING AFTER MY TAIL NOW?!" Makoto freaked.
"I AM SO SORRY!" Ryuga freaked.
"IF THIS CUTS MY TAIL OFF, I AM SO GONNA KILL YOU!"
"...ever," Noel quickly added.
Ragna grunted as he hacked down another security door. This had been the tenth in this short stretch of underground hallway. And each one annoyingly denser than the last. But given each one was getting stronger and harder to knock down. He was willing to bet they were getting close to this Faust hideout.
"Ugh..how many doors are there?!" Ryuga complained. He had more than enough time to race over here...given they were still in the middle of hacking down the 3rd security door by the time he did.
"Dunno, but I have a gut feeling we're close," Ragna said as the approached another door...with no security console there, "..."
"...you were saying?" Jin deadpanned a bit.
"...grr…" Ragna's eye began to twitch.
"I hate you." Ryuga said to Jin with a frown, "I hate you and your stupid face, and the stupid NOL, and I will continue to hate you for all time and if you have kids...I'll hate them to."
"Shut up, bum."
"THAT'S IT! RAGNA I…!" Ryuga began.
"DEAD SPIKE!"Ragna roared as he did a quick rising motion with his sword, summoning a demonic dragon-wolf head as it tore the steel door apart, "There. It's open."
"Good." Ryuga muttered as they walked in, "...And this is creepy!" he snapped as they walked into a massive open room with a catwalk going over a giant laboratory with rows of beds with what they assumed use to have people and the large curtain leading to the main lab area.
"...I agree with him. This...is unsettling," Jin admitted, pulling Yukianesa out of its sheath as he stood ready for whatever.
"It's like the creepiest place in the world got raided by murderers and psychopaths, and then a bunch of Goth kids had a rave…" Ragna muttered while walking ahead, his hand at the ready to draw his sword.
"Oh my god I thought the same thing." Ryuga gawked.
"No you didn't," Jin muttered.
"Jin…"
"...fine same here…" Jin grumbled a bit.
"You know I hear that at midnight, the ghost of a lonely girl walks this catwalk to haunt handsome men…" Blood Stalk whispered with a scared shutter as he walked behind them.
"...STALK!" the trio exclaimed before they got into a fighting stance...with Ryuga looking between Ragna and Jin's weapons.
"...damn it. I want a sword…" Ryuga slumped a bit.
"Hello boys! Where's Shaggy and Scooby? Cause I see three of the mystery solvers…" he chuckled before he blocked swings from both Jin and Ragna before jumping back from a punch from Ryuga, "Not Hanna barbara fans huh...can't blame you…" he muttered, taking out his steam blade and blocking swings from Jin and Ragna before sending them stumbling back as he release a surge of ice, which covered most of the cat walk between them. He then stabbed at the platform beneath causing it to crumble and send the three men falling and landing on the prisoner beds below.
"Grr...Stalk…" Jin frowned, getting up as he leapt at Blood Stalk.
"...yeah no," Stalk said before a blade blocked Jin's weapon.
"?!...Tsubaki…" Jin whispered in surprise, seeing Tsubaki standing between him and Stalk, her eyes red and her outfit a pure black and silver.
"Oh crap…" Ryuga grunted.
"Good work Tsu-chan." Blood Stalk saluted, his wrist mounted whip extending and snaking around the ground and behind Jin, "Now...just give me a second to administer discipline from a high ranked commander."
"What have you done to Katsuragi!?" Jin snapped.
"Ara...oh your old friend...he's fine. He's just hiding his face from the public for the sake of our operation. His research continues though."
"You lie...he would never leave his work half finished!" Jin grunted pushing Tsubaki back, "I didn't want to entertain the thought...but now I'm sure...what have you done to him!?"
"Oh don't worry...I'm keeping a close eye on him at all time." Blood Stalk laughed as his whip inched closer to Jin's leg, "Why...I've helped him so much...you could hardly recognize him anymore. I bet even if you were face to face with him...you'd hardly tell its him at all!"
"Shut up!" Jin snapped, "And Tsubaki..why are you working with this madman?!"
"...It is the Imperator's will," Tsubaki answered, pushing him back, "Blood Stalk-sama made me see the light...the Izayoi...it is my tool for justice, and no one will ever take it from me again...and I will use it to execute you, Ragna the Bloodedge, and Banjou Ryuga."
"...what did you do?" Ragna demanded Blood Stalk, shooting him a death-filled glare.
"Moi? Oh it was not I. That was someone else...heh. Man the Mind Eater Curse can be useful yet n-oops. Spoilers~" Blood Stalk laughed.
"Teme…" Jin growled before he was kicked in the side by Ryuga making him fly away just as Stalk's stinger was about to strike, "Omae!"
"I just save your ass, ice boy!" Ryuga snapped.
"You…!" Jin began before Ragna blocked Tsubaki's incoming slash, "?!"
"...you owe me," Ragna hissed at him before pushing Tsubaki back and glared at Blood Stalk, "DEAD SPIKE!"
"BLOOD SPIKE!" Blood Stalk countered, copying Ragna's attack and canceling them both out, "Bravo Ragna! Your hazard level is still so high for a regular bum!"
"Teme! Hell's Fang!" Ragna roared as he shot at Blood Stalk, his fist covered in dark energy.
Blood Stalk held his hand out and simply caught the punch as a shockwave blasted out as a result. Ragna gawked as Blood Stalk stood his ground so casually.
"3.5. Not bad at all kid…" he laughed, as he tightened his hand around Ragna's fist, "But it's still not enough!" he shouted, slashing with his steam blade as he let loose a surge of electricity, sending him flying back.
"...idiot," Ragna smirked, confusing Stalk before…
"Fenrir!" Jin shouted, quickly stabbing his sword in the ground as a giant ice-wolf head roared and lunged at Blood Stalk from behind.
"Tsu-chan!" he called out as Tsubaki got in the attacks path, she then swung her sword as it turned into a whip and sliced the ice-wolf to chunks of ice, "Detain him…" he ordered as he marched towards Ragna before slashing at him forcing him to block with his sword, "Your not the only one who can use people to your advantage Ragna…" he grunted pushing down on his steam blade, "I have to give your credit...you know how to use people as tools decently...I never thought you had that kind skill in you...Shinigami-kun!" he laughed, his visor glowing as he pushed harder with his blade pinning Ragna down.
"Shut up!" Ragna snapped as he pushed back, "We only have a common goal right now!"
"And what's that goal stopping me? Banjou innocent? The destruction of Faust, saving Tsu-chan or maybe you want Karai?" he taunted as he jumped back.
"Where is she...Stalk?!" Ragna growled.
"So you show your true colors Bloodedge...all you want to do is go back to killing them?" he taunted blocking a swing from Ragna's sword before ducking under his sword and wiping his arm mounted cable and snaring it around his neck, "Do you derive some sense of completion from finishing them? Or is it maybe you can't stand their faces because it reminds you of how badly you failed?" he asked, swinging Ragna around and slamming him into a wall, "Tell me Ragna, what is your reason for being here truly?"
"I know she's here. I wouldn't be wasting my time otherwise!" Ragna snapped.
"Really?" he asked, blocking a swing of Ragna's sword, "But why does it matter so much...you killed her once, and as a result proved her defective and useless to us in regards to her original reason for creation. You should know that by this point all your doing is beating a dead horse...but why...what is making you so fanatical about this silly stupid vendetta?"
"Stop with the mind games Blood Stalk. Nothing changes Faust, the NOL, I don't care which! That's Sento job as the hero of justice, I'm the reaper of assholes like you and right now, I have a date with dealing with a mistake from my past." he growled as he swung around and slashed Blood Stalk across his chest making him stagger back.
"You can't keep escaping guilt forever!" he laughed as he stabbed his Steam blade into the ground.
=ICE STEAM!=
At that two spikes of ice shaped like snake fangs erupted from the ground and slammed Ragna into the roof above them. Ragna coughed in pain as the ice kept him stuck in this position as Stalk connected his blade and gun into rifle mode.
"Bye bye Bloodedge…" he started before blinking, "I feel like I'm forgetting…" Blood Stalk began before he was punched by Ryuga. He staggered back as Ryuga roared and jumped while swinging and punching Stalk across his helmet a burst of blue flames making him stumble back.
"Ha!" Ryuga roared as he slammed another punch to Stalk's chest, sending him skidding back and cutting off Tsubaki and Jin catching their attention.
"2.8….no...2.9…." Blood Stalk laughed.
"Ha!" Ryuga roared shaking his dragon bottle as he charged again.
"Yabei…." he chuckled as he dodged and let him punch the wall causing it to crack and cave in forming a giant hole.
"Nani…." Jin gasped, seeing this rise in power as Ryuga kept punching at Stalk.
"I knew you were special Banjou Ryuga! I knew investing in you was the best thing ever!" Blood Stalk laughed as he blocked punch after punch each time red and magenta shockwaves coming off the clashes "Ragna and you are the keys to everything." he then snapped his finger as Ryuga dodged a strike from Karai.
"Sup, bitches?" Karai grinned wildly, grinding her claws along the floor, "Missed me~?"
"Karai!" Ragna grunted trying to free himself.
"Karai, deal with Banjou!" Stalk ordered picking up his rifle again before groaning as Jin swing at him, "Don't you ever take a hint?" he complained blocking with the bladed barrel, "Your Nii-chan doesn't like you that way!" he taunted spinning around and kicking Jin out of his path and towards Tsubaki. "Besides this is family business. You got adopted."
"Stalk Kisama! I will murder you for betraying Katsuragi!" Jin swore.
"I'd like to see you try!" he challenged, blocking another swing before stopping back as Tsubaki blocked the next one for him. He then laughed as he rested his rifle over her shoulder and aimed right at Jin, "If you want to play with the big boys so badly…" he chuckled pulling the trigger and firing a barrage of bullets which forced him to deflect each and every one. By the time the bullets stopped he was struck by Tsubaki making him stumble back.
"Gh.." Jin groaned before crying in pain as Stalk jammed the bladed tip of his weapon into his shoulder.
"I'm betting Katsuragi shared something...like where he hid his research data...so I can't kill you today...not till I extract every memory from your head and leave you a memoryless bum on the streets." he growled in annoyance.
"Never…." he said as he started to freeze himself.
"Can't have that now can I…" he sighed, spinning the valve on his weapon.
=DEVIL STEAM!=
"GH!" Jin cried as red steam came from the barrel and began melting the ice.
"Even if you have a high hazard level, you will still suffer from this direct injection...but it'll keep you from freezing over. Now be a good boy and wait here." he sighed, "Tsu-chan...if he tries to freeze himself again...stop him." he ordered, walking off and aiming at Ragna again.
"Aren't you here yet, rider…?" Jin groaned in pain.
"Hmm…" Tsubaki frowned, aiming her sword to keep him from moving.
"Sento…" Ryuga groaned as he traded blows with Karai.
"And...wait...what's that shaking?" Blood Stalk asked as the ground around them shook, "Karai...you made sure to lead the Smash away from here...right?"
"Of course I did! I aint an i-" Karai began before the wall exploded, "..."
"Yappa baka…" Ryuga deadpanned.
The hybridized monster roared rushing through as its tentacles swung around wildly threatening to attack anyone. It roared spinning around and striking Tsubaki separating her from Jin. It then slammed the ground causing a shockwave which cracked the ice pillars holding Ragna up to the ceiling.
"It comes back to the base if its not programed or led to a different destination!" Blood Stalk snapped before it struck him with one of its tentacles.
"What is that thing!?" Ryuga screamed in terror as the tentacles thrashed around.
"None of your b-" Karai began before jumping back from a thrashing tentacle, "Woah! Hey now! I'm not in the mood for that!"
"Wait...if that's here then…" Jin paused before they heard the sound of boots running across the ground.
=VORTEX FINISH!=
"HA!" Build Rabbit Tank shouted as he jumped in the air and came down with his rabbit leg, his kick struck the Monster as the spring released and a shockwave sent him flying back up into the air, as he flipped through the air he aimed his Tank leg and aimed himself so the tank cannon decoration on his shoulder aimed back, the decoration exploded with a loud boom as he shot forward and slammed a second kick as the tank treads spun and grinded against the Smash's armor before an explosion sent it flying back and into another wall.
"Sento!" Ryuga called out.
"Yare yare...you idiots really can't survive without me huh?" he sighed as he swung his tank leg and blocked a swing from Tsubaki before he jumped over a lunge from Karai. When he landed he swung his tank arm and struck Karai and an explosion of force sent her flying into Tsubaki, "Ladies please...there is plenty of this genius to go around, but only after I save the day."
"Sento get me down from here!" Ragna snapped.
"I'm working on it." Build replied, using his legs to block the two dangerous women's attacks. "Lets see...here and there...and that...and this...hey Tsu-chan, how much do you weigh?" he asked blocking her sword with his DrillCrusher, "Hm...your uniform seems puffy...so I can't be sure…"
"Shit Tsu-chan he calling you fat." Karai blinked.
"Sento!" Ragna complained.
"Hai hai…" he sighed swinging his weapon, "Well I hope you girls like science...cause your gonna be my experiment." he laughed as he inserted his Gorilla bottle into the Drill Crusher. He swung it around before hitting the trigger as a giant fist projection struck both girls sending them flying back and rolling across the ground and coming to a stop at the ice pillars.
Build continued on as he inserted new full bottles and cranked the Driver.
=Shinobi no entertainer~ NinninComic! Yeaahh~=
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu," Build laughed clicking his Ninpoutou.
=BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!=
At that a smoke cloud left Four Builds in the place of one. The quartet split into pairs as one of each pair clicked their sword two times and the other of the pair three times.
=KATON NO JUTSU! FUTON NO JUTSU!=
With that two Builds jumped forward as their swords were covered in fire, while the other two jumped back as powerful winds whirled around their blades. The Build's slowly groaned before they all swung.
=KAEN TATSUMAKI GIRI!=
Two Build's swung their swords sending a stream of fire along the ground while the other pair swung and unleashed a powerful tornado aimed forward like a blast. The two elemental attacks combined and merged into a powerful spiralling blast of fire. The two girls panicked, seeing the attack coming, but it was sadly too late to get out of the way...and even if they did the vacuum force of the wind would just drag them back in.
"AH!" Stalk cried as the blast swallowed him and the Hybrid Smash up as well.
"Sugoi…" Ryuga gawked lifting Jin over his shoulder. The attack left a scorched path of ground as all the beds were incinerated. After a few seconds the Build's used their scarfs to make a net to catch Ragna as he fell from the ceiling.
"One more time!" The Build's laughed as they used the net to launch Ragna back up into the air and then catch him again.
"Don't you dare!" Ragna barked.
"Oh learn to have fun you cranky layabout." Build chided in stereo via his clones.
"I would if I wasn't on a mission of my own." he argued, making a dash for Karai. But he stopped when the Hybrid Smash burst from the rubble and snared him with its tentacles.
"Oh right. The Arakune must still want Ragna…" the Builds muttered.
"Azure! Azure! Azure!" the Smash cackled as its tentacles dragged Ragna towards it.
"You couldn't have warned me!?" Ragna grunted.
"I could have but then I couldn't have done things my way." One Build said, cutting the tentacles and freeing him.
"Well fuck you then!" Ragna snapped before blockign a slash from Karai, "Damn it!"
"Onii-sama~!" Karai exclaimed as she forced him back with multiple claw slashes.
"What was your plan here Sento!?" Ragna grunted.
"Simple, as long as she's awake and focused on you...you can't effectively kill her right away. You can beat her...but well it'll take more effort."
"Wait...you mean…"
"I said it before. No one dies." he simply stated.
"Sento your wrong I'm not…" he then blocked Karai attacks, "Damn it girl let me speak!"
"Ugh...I hate misunderstandings." A Build clone groaned blocking a swing from Karai as the rest moved about doing their own things. "I better not regret this Ragna."
"Do you still regret Banjou and me?"
"...ugh. Murphy my nemesis." he groaned blocking her claws several times before swinging his sword and bonking her on the head as he nullified its cutting edge.
"Did...did you just smack me upside the head?!" she snapped only for him to do it again but with more force making her stumble back in pain.
"Bad children get the ruler." Build joked.
"CHILDREN?!" Karai snapped, spewing black flames at him in anger.
"Karai!" Ragna snapped as she looked at him.
"Ara?" she blinked as Ragna lifted his sword. She prepared to fight with a grin….and then he toss it away, "Eh?!"
"Your gonna listen and listen good, i'm done killing you."he told her. "I've done alot of thinking and I mostly blame Sento for this train of thought."
"Your welcome!" a clone cried as it poofed away due to running out of energy from fighting the Smash.
"So I'm only gonna say this once. I'm sorry for killing you." Ragna sighed, "We this fight I have, its not about you. It was never with any of you, so I'm going to stop this now. You don't need to be an Faust or NOL tool, you can be who you want to be."
"Shut up!" Karai snapped, "Killing me, fighting me hurting me that's the only way us Murakumo knows! You love us Nii-sama!"
"Murakumo…" Build whispered as he held the Hybrid Smash back before it whipped him away.
"Beta, l-"
"No! I...we Murakumo need Onii-sama...so we can die…" Karai shivered, ""But you...you're sparing me because you're sorry for killing me?!" she snapped, "I won't forgive you! Aoiro...Alpha won't forgive you! Nu won't! You need to love me!"
"Your family is complicated…" Ryuga hissed to Jin.
"Ah...I knew he'd do that…" Blood Stalk sighed, "Gonna have to make her forget today." he sighed walking out of the rubble. "Can't say I'm not disappointed."
"SHUT UP!" Karai snapped, he eyes slit as she got into a stance, "Fuck using my Bottle..I'm using that!"
"?!" Ragna tensed at that.
"Limiters unlocked...Murakumo...r-" Karai began.
"Denied." Blood Stalk declared stopping her, "Administrator Authority...denial of limiter removal." he spoke simply as his visor flashed, "There...that'll keep you nice and simple."
"Fucker! I…!" Karai began with a snarl.
"Emergency sleep mode initiate."
"You...f…" Karai slurred as she fell over.
"What…"
"You didn't think we programmed them with commands to control them if they ever got out of hand?" he taunted at Ragna's confused expression, "We have to put safety on weapons these days after all."
"...so you can control them like puppets…"
"Nah. That's more Relius' business. I'd like t-" Stalk began before blocking a strike from Build, "...do you mind? I'm in the middle of a conversation here."
"Grrr!" Build growled as he pushed Stalk back and up against the wall, "Do you have no compassion at all! Do all of you just ruin lives at every turn for your own gains!?"
"Meh. Terumi just does it for trolling, Relius for his research, a-" Stalk began before blocking a strike from Ragna, "Okay wow! I am hitting all the wrong nerves today!"
"Teme!"
"Do you know any other words aside from that? It's getting a bit dry," Stalk dryly countered before pushing both back
"Ha!" they both shouted, slashing him with their swords making him stumble back.
"Stalk-sa…" Tsubaki began before blocking a strike from Jin and Ryuga, "Criminal scum!"
"I'm not a criminal!" Ryuga countered as he punched her sending her skidding back and slamming into a wall, "That one's for working with the bastards who killed Kasumi!"
"Y-" Tsubaki began before all but her head was covered in ice, "Gh?!"
"Tsubaki...I didn't want to do this, but your sick...you need help," Jin stated as he approached her.
"No...your the sick one, Jin Kisaragi! You betrayed the NOL with...with that witch N-" Tsubaki began before jin whacked her with the btt of his sword, knocking her out as her head slumped.
"Well...carry her." he turned to Ryuga.
"Oh you are just made of bitch…" Ryuga groaned before Jin aimed his katana at his neck, "?!"
"I am in a very livid mood, Banjou. Do not test me," Jin scowled.
"Yeah well I'm in the base of the guys who killed the only woman I ever loved." he countered, "So why don't you try and grasp how I'm feeling you scared of the moon, bro-con weirdo…" he countered holding his glowing fist up to Jin's face.
"Just go already!" Build shouted jumping over Stalk and slashing him across the back.
"Well...this is getting both boring, and annoying…" Stalk muttered, recovering his footing as he dusted himself off, "Oi Smash! Take care of these pest, will you?"
The Smash roared as it bursted back up, its tendrils ralashing out as they lunged for Build and Ragna. It then roared as a large mass of the Arakune's tendrils shot out and pierced almost every wall, and almost everything in the vicinity. Everyone groaned as Stalk ducked around and picked up Karai.
"Love to play but gotta bounce, need to self destruct this place, Ciao!" he laughed running off.
"WAIT! Get b-!" Ragna began before some debris fell before him, "...shit! The place is starting to collapse."
"The exit is….kinda blocked!" Ryuga pointed as the Smash stood in their path.
"We're gonna die…" Jin spoke up.
"Think positive." Build countered.
"We'll die quickly...at least I'll die with…"
"Finish that and you die alone in the corner now." Ragna cut Jin off, "Sento tell me you have a plan…"
"I've used most of my strongest Best Matches to little effect…" he sighed, "Although...I have one option left."
"DO IT!" Jin and Ragna snapped.
"Banjou…" he held his hand out towards him. Ryuga in confusion just slapped his palm in a high five, "Baka...your bottle."
"Eh?"
"I think it's best match could have the power to win."
"...you better get us out of this," Ryuga muttered, taking his Dragon Bottle out before handing it to Build.
"Don't I always?" Build quipped as he pulled out another Bottle, this one having a lock pad motiff, "I don't like going for just power vs power...but at this point I don't have the right tools." he explained twisting the tops and slotting them.
Upon being inserted, the Dragon bottled released a surge of electricity through Build, making him groan in pain as it sparked off him and every which way. The others backed away as a result of the energy coming off his armor.
=LOCK! DRAGON! BEST MATCH!=
"What the hell is up with that bottle?!" Ragna gawked.
"Gh...B-...Build up!" Build shouted, powering through and cranking his belt.
The armor sets formed as an azure blue half of armor formed before him. It was all very simple with an arm gauntlet shaped like the head of a dragon with three white spikes along his arm and a spike extending from his shoulder. Its optic sensor was shaped like the profile of a dragons head with its jaw pointing down and its spikes acting as antenna. The Gold armor formed behind him had the appearance of a lock pad on his chest and shoulder with a chain linking to the gauntlet which had a large key shaped weapon attached to the end. The two armors slammed together as a the steam that always released when he transformed was replaced by jets of blue fire.
=Fūin no Fantasy Star! KeyDragon! Yeahhh!=
Build grunted as the armor sparked more. His eyes flashed as he lifted his dragon hand and formed a massive orb of blue fire before he pushed it forward and blasted it at the Smash as it took the shape of an eastern dragon. The Arakune within the Smash seemed to panic and pulled its symbiotic partner out of the way as the dragon curved up and tore a hole straight to the surface.
"NANI?!" Ragna and Jin gawked at the power of this form.
"Wow...my bottle rocks!" Ryuga cheered.
"Little...sensitive on the trigger finger, eh?" Build chuckled.
He then rushed as he swung the key based gauntlet and smashed it into the monster's face before deflecting each and every tentacle. He then grunted, swinging it as chains shot out of the key and bound all the tentacles to the monster. Build roared as he swung a punch with his dragon fist and released a burst of fire which sent the beast skidding back across the ground.
"Zu...A...azure...az…" the Smash gurgled out, trying to free itself
"No you don't!" Build snapped as he aimed his Lock arm forward and twisted it as if opening or closing a lock.
The Monster blinked and turned around as a keyhole shaped portal opened behind it. It seemed to panic at this new ability, but was too late as it was blasted in by another fireball. The Portal then closed after the monster fully fell in. After a few moments, another portal opened behind them as the monster flew out and right at them. Ryuga, Ragna, and Jin screamed and jumped out of the way before Build swung his lock arm and batted the monster back into the portal. Build spun around and punched the key as the portal opened in front of him again and bashed his target back inside the portal for a third time. Build then blinked before he aimed up and down and opened two portals above one another...and watched at the Monster kept falling into the portal from above on repeat, picking up speed with each pass.
"Sugei...it's some kind of key to dimensions…" Build awed at the Lock arm before twitching a bit at the feedback of the form, "Right...on a timer here."
"Nanda...that's insane!" Ryuga gawked, "It's like that game with the crazy robot that makes fun of you and the portal gun…"
Build quickly began cranking the lever of his belt as his armor began glowing as fire enveloped him.
=VORTEX FINISH!=
Build growled as the flames focused around his foot. He then roared as he swung his dragon leg and left a streak of blue fire as his kick connected with the Hybrid Smash and sent it flying, the power causing it to explode multiple times, each explosion sending it flying further and further away until it finally burst through the ceiling and back to the surface.
"Holy…." Ragna began before the walls behind him began exploding, "Holy…" at that the ceiling began collapsing, "Holy…"
"WE GET THE POINT!" Ryuga screamed in panic.
"Let's go, Three Stooges," Build said, snagging all three in chains and jumping into another keyhole portal dragging them in with him. Which spit them out in the sky and free falling towards the ground.
"...You did not just refer to me as an idiot," Jin frowned
"AH! High up! Sento save...AH!" Ryuga panicked as Build passed out midfall and was unresponsive, "We're gonna die!"
"Sento!" Ragna shouted, "SENTO!"
"Mm...yes, I accept the Nobel Prize for smartest man in history…" Build snorted.
"...There's not even a prize for that!" Jin .
"Oi, oi, oi! Your sword can make more than ice, right?" Ryuga asked.
"Oh for…!" Ragna facepalmed.
"Wake up...turn into a flying form...turn into a bouncing form...turn into something to save us!" Ryuga panicked, shaking Build and slapping his helmet, "AH MY HAND!"
"...Sento, if you save right now, I will let you vivisect my arm..." Ragna stated.
"I WANT THAT IN WRITING!" Build roared, fully awake and all three swore they saw a maniacal gleam in the dragon head eyepiece that roared 'SCIENCE!'.
"...when I die," Ragna finished with a smug smirk.
"...You're getting turned into a poodle for getting my hopes up," Build stated.
"We're falling, dammit!" Ryuga snapped, "Turn him into a poodle when we're not!"
"Huh...oh right." he realized before swinging his key arm as they fell into another portal, the exit portal aiming forward over a pond as all four of them flew out and harmlessly landed in the water...Which began boiling, forcing the others to scramble out as the steaming Build slowly limped out, "Safe…"
"Ahh! Damn it! You trying to save us or boil us alive?!" Ragna snapped.
"Gah!" Build screamed making them jump back as electrical feedback surged from his armor. After a few moments the armor itself...disintegrated leaving Sento standing their as the dragon bottle forcibly ejected from the Build Driver.
"?! Oi oi, Sento!" Ryuga shouted as he ran over, catching Sento before he could fall over.
"Dragon...has a lot of power...but it seems that it only works right for a select few…" Sento grunted, gasping from the pain as he sat himself up, "I need to try not to use that Best Match again…"
"..unless it's a last resort," Jin spoke, ringing out the tassels of his outfit as he looked over, "Unless you make a limiter for that form, it is best you use it only as a last resort."
"Thank you captain...obvious…" Sento groaned as he tried to stand up, using Ryuga as support, "Ah...too tired to retort…"
"...Blood Stalk…" Ragna growled a bit, looking out into the distance as he held his arm, "Damn it...we were so close…"
"He's one step ahead of us…" Jin sighed.
"He's too smart for idiots like us." Ryuga spoke up.
"Ah you admit your an idiot." Sento muttered.
"Shut it," Ryuga hissed, "But yeah...that guy's more steps ahead of us...we fell into a trap…"
"He's using Tsubaki for who knows what…" Jin continued.
"And to add to all of it, he somehow managed to combine Smash with that damn Arakune creature," Ragna finished.
"Speaking of…." Sento muttered making them blink. The three all then panicked when something landed right behind them making them look to see the Smash Arakune hybrid, which was cartoonishly singed, its eyes spiraling around the Arakune leaving its modified host to fall and liquify off to the side, "Right on time, just like I expected...though I planned for it to land in the lake...hmm...must have been too stressed by the form." he sighed ,limping over before producing a second Arakune capture device and sucking up the monster, he then use a regular Clear Full Bottle to steal the Smash's essence and revert it to human form, "There...capture...done. Eh? Tatsuya…?" he blinked, seeing who the host was.
"Ah its the guy who mistook you for someone else!" Ryuga remembered, "Why is he the Super Smash!?"
"Blood Stalk must have captured him to use against me…" Sento sighed.
"Tch...sounds like something Terumi would do…" Ragna frowned
"Think they are brothers or one and the same?" Sento asked.
"Leaning on both to be honest," Ragna answered, "And if it's the latter….he's mine."
"All that matters is we take him down. Not who does it." Sento countered, "If you can, then go ahead."
"That's a pretty chill response from you." Ryuga pointed out.
"We need to take him down and make him pay for what he's done. I don't support the option of taking a life, enemy or not. But right now all that matters is stopping him." he explained simply, "The option of taking a life is always off the table when I'm around...and if I have to as you three would say: Kick your ass to keep you from doing this. Then I will literally own all of your asses and give them back when I'm done." he explained fixing his jacket, "I'm looking at you Jin."
"Grr…" Jin growled a bit at that.
"I'm not joking I will literally beat you so bad if you try to kill anybody." Sento pointed out.
"And we'll let him." Ryuga and Ragna added.
"Why do you choose to focus so intently on me?"
"Cause your an asshole and the newbie to our team so you get all the nonsense." Sento pointed out, "Now grab Tatsuya and drag him to the hospital along with me."
"I beg your pardon!?"
"Shut up and do it Newbie." Ragna sighed walking off with Sento and Ryuga.
"...Tch...fine…" Jin frowned, getting down and picking Tatsuya up and began to follow the trio, 'Stalk...whatever you did to Tsubaki...I will make you pay….'
"Ah...she totally fell apart Doc...what else was I supposed to do?" Blood Stalk complained laying on his side in a creepy lab, "Ragna totally shattered her mind...I had to erase 24 hours of her memory just to restabilize her...but even then her body's still reacting to the shock...your the smart one here fix it before she falls apart."
"...Hmm…" Relius murmured as he looked at Karai's unconscious form, "...nothing too simple. Her mind was simply regressing to a time before she was destroyed. Her soul still resonates with Ragna the Bloodedge's, driving her more every time she sees him...hmm...would this happen if Alpha encountered him?"
"Hell if I know...I was never on the mental conditioning team, I just erase memories not needed and left them there." Blood Stalk sighed, "Chances are maybe...these things all have some sister like affection for the moody bastard...be it normal or creepy and stalkery…"
"A side effect most likely," Relius stated, "..it matters not. Just give me a day or so to fix her…"
"Thanks Doc, last thing we need is this one being useless." Stalk sighed rolling to his feet, "Ah...Well I feel like I should tell someone higher up that we lost a base. But with all do respect Build leveled it with a Rare Best Match."
"Rare you say?" Relius asked interested.
"Normally he can synch up with any best match...but this one was to strong...if I didn't get out of dodge with the girls...we'd be ash." he joked rubbing his fingers for emphasis of his statement, "That is if he aimed for a kill shot...he held the forms power inside himself and fried his own body...he could have released it outward and smelted the place down...but I guess he didn't want to kill anybody."
"...soka...interesting," Relius noted with a slight smile, "His potential keeps growing and growing...heh...if he truly is who I think he is...I am almost proud…"
"...by the way, whatever happened to that brat of yours and your second experiment?" Stalk asked as he looked around the lab, "Genius with no morals like you...I figured you'd keep working on something till it bored you."
"..I had heard he is in town, most likely seeking the Azure Grimoire...and myself," Relius answered
"Soka? Hehehe...oh that should be fun. I wonder what profound effect he'll have on Build...given his reaction to you from before." he chuckled.
"We shall wait and see I suppose…"
"Itai…" Sento cringed as his wounds were treated again, "Ah...burns sting for a while...what a pain…"
"Honestly…" Litchi frowned as she wrapped some bandages around him, "You need to stop pushing yourself too far with this."
"Gomen, Litchi-san. Just...how do I explain this…" Sento whispered to himself, "A hero always goes above and beyond for others!" he smiled.
"You almost burned us!" Ryuga shouted.
"Sidekicks don't count as civilians." Sento quickly countered, "...also why is there a kid here?!" he motioned to Luna, currently sitting down and eating some pudding.
"Nerd," Luna deadpanned.
"That's Platinum. She...technically has MPD more or less," Makoto answered with a sheepish chuckle.
"Alright then...why?"
"You always said do things to help people." Makoto argued.
"I never said I wanted to live with them!" Sento snapped, "Taku...well what's done is done. At least this day had its benefits…" he sighed, taking the Arakune capture tank from his jacket, "I was able to recapture the Arakune...now I can work to cure him."
"?!" Litchi's eyes widened at that, "...you...have him?"
"I do, and I promise I will find a way to cure him," Sento assured, "But for now,I need to keep him close at all times."
"...he's not gonna get out is he?" Makoto cautiously asked, because just looking at him is giving me very...chilling feelings."
"It's double sealed, and to be safe this time I installed a DNA scanner lock on the capture device...only I can set him free." Sento explained, "So even if someone steals this...they can't release him, and it has several different types of trackers built in so I'll find it." he went on, "It's also made of reinforced Carbon material more or less a case made of diamond. This jug like thing...is the ultimate prison for this being."
"...wow."
"...meh. Luna could think of something better," Luna scoffed before Sena took over, "Ano...y-you don't know any spells that c-SHUT UP SENA!"
"She really does have multiple personalities…" Sento muttered looking at her, "One confident and prideful the other meek and timid." he noted, "Kids...always something with them…"
"SHUT IT, PEDO-NERD!"
"..."
"Oh no…" Everyone paled.
"AH! Hit the deck stupid brat! You angered the demon!" Ryuga panicked, jumping and breaking the window.
"Wha-GAH!" she grunted when Sento grabbed her by her head.
"Who are you making wild assumptions of? Certainly not a respectable working adult and genus like myself right? Right?" Sento asked with a dangerous red and blue aura around him, "I'll have to teach you manners, luckily you found a perfect sensei! I will teach you respect in manners through the wonders of Science! The magic of calculus, physics, chemistry and earth science...Surely you'd rather learn then be punished...Right?"
"..uh…" Luna began before Sena took over again, "Learn learn learn! Please no punish! Luna apologizes like with the scary lady! Right Luna?!" she switched back to a nervous Luna, "...Y...yes…"
"Very good!" Sento smiled the dangerous aura vanishing, he left for a second before dropping a giant textbook-almost as big as a table- in front of her, "Well get to studying, children's young minds are sponges for knowledge. Best soak up important information so as to not anger adults who could punish you. Like say make a machine to transform you into a dog, right?"
"...meep," Luna squeaked, her eyes dots at the size of the book...and how heavy it was as she fell over, "Ahh!"
"Get to studying Kid." Sento smirked.
"I'm almost happy I don't get the kindness he gives kids…" Makoto muttered.
"I can still make you study." Sento smirked, "You could do to know how to handle the dangerous items around my lab...you would not believe the toxic things you've been touching in my lab."
"...ahh acorns. Walked right into that one," Makoto muttered.
"We'll talk about that later." Sento sighed, "For now I need to restore my energy before the next Smash, and then I need to work on curing this fellow." he pointed at the Arakune prison, "You and I are gonna spend a lot of sleepless nights together my friend...until I find a way to make you human again." From the tiny window where one could see Arakune...they swore they saw it sigh in annoyance at how long this would take.
"...We if anyone can do it, its you Sento. Right L-" Makoto began as she turned, blinking to see the busty doctor was no longer within the cafe, "...Litchi-san?"
"She left?" Sento blinked, "Weird...you think she'd be more interested in this given this is a friend of hers…" he muttered.
"...maybe something came up," Ryuga guessed with a shrug.
"Something more important than her friend possibly being cured of this?"
"Ah! It's not important, I need to get to work." Sento spoke up, "I'm gonna work, you young lady are not allowed dessert till you finish the first ten chapters of this or so help me next time It'll be even more homework."
"What?!"
"Do it or else you will get dessert...but Noel will make it."
"?!" Ryuga and Makoto tensed at that.
"...so? I…" Luna began before the two fist-fighters covered her mouth, "mmm?!".
"Trust us on this, kid. You DON'T want anything she makes!" Makoto hissed.
"It's like eating Dark matter...or radioactive poison…" Ryuga added with a shudder.
"Remember when she tried to make a milkshake..using every single flavor of ice cream and milk?"
"She somehow melted the blender with cold ingredients…"
With every recount of events and clearly becoming more them reliving horrible events over trying to scare her. It became more and more clear how bad this punishment truly was.
"...Sena, what did you get us into now?!" Luna hissed to herself, "D-don't pull this on me, Luna. You were hungry. SO WERE YOU! But you had to anger the scary lady and the mad science guy! Shut it S….mou...why'd you tear Luna's argument apart?!"
"What have we walked in on?" Noel asked as she and Isurugi came back from shopping.
"Noel-chan...I've asked that question many times in my life, in highschool, in college." he listed, "This...is still not the top 10…" he sighed walking past everyone, "Oh look Ryuga and Makoto adopted." he snickered making them all pause. He then began counting with his fingers for their inevitable melt down.
"...ADOPTED?!" the two exclaimed with heavy blush
"Oi oi, jiji! You got it wrong!" Ryuga denied.
"Yeah! Sh-"
"AS IF!" Luna snapped as she shot up, "Luna doesn't wanna be adopted by a pedo and Titzilla!"
"SHUT UP!" both barked at Luna, sending her tumbling back towards Noel, "Adults are talking now!"
"Ah I love messing with these kids." Isurugi laughed.
"Okay...coast is clear a-" Ragna began as he walked out...before he noticed Luna, "..." he turned around and began to walk out.
"JUDAS!" Ryuga snapped, pointing an accusing finger at Ragna, "You knew she was like this, didn't you?!"
"Yup, hence why I want nothing to do with her," Ragna nonchalantly replied, not once turning to face him.
"As if sh-"
"Ragna the Loliconedge…" Ragna deadpanned.
"I don't hear studying!" Sento snapped from downstairs.
"Mmm~!" Luna whined as she stomped back to her table.
"...studying?" Noel blinked.
"He's here...I know he is…" a small figure spoke as they and a tall robotic figure looked out into the distance, looking at the city, "Ada...it won't be long now…"
"..."
"...I'm fine, sis. I just need to rest once we get to the city...then we can try finding Ragna the Bloodedge again, along with...them...father and…" the figure paused before scowling, their glasses glaring off from the sun, "Katsuragi…"
"..."
"Sis, don't try and defend him. You're like this because of him and father…" he scowled.
"..."
"...nevermind...let's just follow our clue…" he pulled out a poster showing Build, "...the masked rider...Build."
To be continued…
SZ: Well...things took a drastic turn this chapter.
Z0: Dun-Dun-DUN!
SZ: Eeyup. I'd say roll the preview, but..know what? This is a two parter, so you'll have to wait for the next chapter to see what happens next. Z0? Anything you'd like to say or tease before we end things off?
Z0: Nope, just want to say thanks for reading, review and have a nice day.
SZ: Ahh...well ja ne, minna.
