Ch. 10: Zero's New Power

IS Academy.

Ichika and the others keep fighting off the Gospel units but to no avail. "Come on guys we need to hold out!" Houki yelled, fighting in her Akatsubaki.

"What do you think we've been doing!" Cecilia said as she fires in her Blue Tears. "Damn it, we need more firepower!" Laura said attacking the Gospel units in her Schwarzer Regen.

"We're trying are best but there's too many of them!" Charlotte said guarding from attacks in her Raphael-Revive Custom 2. "We just need to hold out until Zero gets back!" Ichika said slashing in his Byakushiki Setsura using his Yukihira Niigata and his Energy Claw.

"Yeah, once he gets here, the tide will turn in our favor!" Rin says while blasting away in her Shenlong. "Agreed!" They all said together. They continued fighting until their units ran out of energy.

"Damn, no way we're finished." Houki said holding her arm. The Gospel units surrounded them. "Zeroooo!" Rin yells to the sky.

Suddenly they see a figure falls from the sky and slashes the Gospel unit in front of Rin. "Who's that?" Charlotte asks. "Sorry I'm late but I'm here now." The figure says as it turns around and they see that the figure is Zero.

"Zero!" They said in unison. "You're late!" Rin yells at him. "Yell at me later." Zero said. "Right." Rin said. "Get to safety, I'll handle them." Zero said as he turns around. "Alone? But there are easily 20 Gospels here." Houki said.

"That's all? No problem." Zero said as he deployed Zedept. "Go, now." Zero said to them. Everyone leaves. "Zedept, Wind Mode!" Zedept turned green and Zero pulled out two purple twin swords. "Electric Storm!" Zero yells

Suddenly a storm of lightning bolts rained down and struck the Gospel units and destroyed 6 of the units. 5 Gospel units came down to attack Zero. "Shadow Mode!" Zero said as Zedept vanished and then reappears in a dark purple color along with his hair and eyes. "Kunai Barrage!" Zero swung his arms and a barrage of kunais come flying out of nowhere, tearing apart the 5 Gospels. 4 Gospel units appeared in front of him.

"Flame Mode!" Zedept turn a red-orange color. Zero's fist went ablaze. The 4 Gospel's attack and Zero fights them hand to hand, using fire in his attacks. "Pyro Eruption!" Zero says and slams his right fist on the ground and fire pillars appeared out of the ground, destroying the 4 Gospels there. 7 more Gospels appeared.

"Ice Mode." Zedept's color turned light blue and Zero pulls out a double ended halberd. "Twin Ice Dragon!" Zero spins the halberd and two ice dragons came out and froze the Gospel unit and Zero flew up and spun around destroying the Gospels.

During the battles, Ichika and the others watch Zero's new powers. "Whoa!" "Amazing!" "Awesome!" "What power!" They said. "He's already destroyed 22 Gospels with ease." Laura said. "And there's still more to go." Ichika said.

15 Gospels appeared in front of Zero, surrounding him. "Blaster Mode!" Zero spun around while Zedept's color changed to a dark blue color and his hair turned black. A barrage of energy shots shot out from where Zero was spinning around at. Zero stopped spinning and his right hand turned into a short arm gun.

The attack destroyed only 9 of the 15 Gospels. Zero dashed around them to where they're all in front of him. Zero's gun is charging. "Element Blaster!" Zero fires at the 6 Gospels as a multi-colored energy blast came out of the gun, destroying the 6 Gospel.

"Alright! Way to go Zero!" Everyone cheered. "37 Gospels, that's incredible!" Laura said. Suddenly 63 Gospels appeared out of nowhere. "Zero, that's way too many Gospels, even for you." Laura said through the communication channel. "63 Gospel, no problem." Zero said before cutting the link.

"Did he just say 63 Gospels?" Cecilia asked. "Combine with the 37 he already taken out that would make…. 100 Gospels!" Charlotte said. They looked at Zero to see what he's going to do.

"Zedept, Blade Mode." Zedept's color went back to its normal color but Zero's hair went long and yellow. Zero draws his sword. His eyes turned into his Dragon Eyes. All the Gospels attacked Zero.

Using all of his sword skills, Zero strikes down the Gospel units one by one. After taking out 29 Gospels, they stopped. "34 left, lets test this new skill shall we?" Zero asks Zedept. His sword glowed as a reaction to his question. Zedept glowed with a red aura.

"Let's Go!" Zero yells, he disappears and reappears after a few seconds. The remaining 34 Gospels suddenly got slash marks on them before they all exploded at one. The explosion was big enough that Zero had to deploy his shield in a reverse shield to contain the explosion.

"Speed Skill: 1000 Slash. Test successful." Zero said as the explosion ended. No more Gospels showed up after that. "Looks like it's over." Zero flew down to the ground and sent Zedept to standby mode.

Everyone came out. Rin ran and jump hugged him. "Great job Zero!" Rin said. "That was incredible!" Ichika said. "You've just took out 100 Gospels like they were nothing." Laura said.

"Who cares how many they were, he just saved us." Houki said. "You're right." Cecilia said. "Thanks for saving us but what was that power you used to defeat them all?" Charlotte asks. Everyone looks at Zero. "Don't worry about that right now, what's the injury count?" Zero asks.

"Pretty much everyone that fought back." Chifuyu said. "Which were?" Zero asked. "The teachers and the students with personal units." Chifuyu said. "So most of the students are safe and unharmed?" Zero asks. "Yeah." Chifuyu replies.

Suddenly a bunch of helicopters came over the academy and landed in flat areas. "Zero, we came with supplies!" Shana yelled as she jumps off the helicopter. "Good, send the medic teams to take care of the injured and send the supplies to the students that are hiding underground." Zero ordered.

"Yes sir." Shana said as she gives his orders to the other soldiers. "Zero, what's that outfit you're wearing?" Rin asked. "This is my Zeta outfit, I haven't worn it since their deaths." Zero answered. "And the sword?" Houki asked. "They gave me this sword after we all graduated and became soldiers. It's very special to me." Zero answered. "Enough questions for now, let's tend to your wounds." Zero said as he summoned a medic team over.

For the next month and a half, the U.S. soldier helped rebuild what was damaged from the Gospels assault. Everyone's wounds healed completely and they helped rebuild the academy as well.

One day, they finally finished. "Man that took longer than I thought." Ichika said. "Quit complaining!" Houki yelled at him. "Sorry Houki." Ichika apologizes. "Sir, all repairs are complete." A female soldiers reported to Zero.

"Thanks for the update, tell everyone to get something to eat and to relax for the rest of the day." Zero said. "Yes sir." She says as she salutes and then leaves. "Looks like you can use some rest." Rin said handing Zero a drink. "Yeah I do, but I can't until they leave." Zero says as he takes a sip. Rin just smiles.

Later that day.

"Okay everyone, I would like to that all of you for helping to rebuild the IS Academy, it's been a long month in a half, but there's no way we've could of done it without you, give yourselves a round of applause." Zero said and everyone applauded for their hard work. "Thank you all for everything and I'll see you all again soon, dismiss." Zero finished and the soldiers boarded the helicopters and left the academy. "I guess classes start back up again tomorrow?" Ichika asked. "Yeah, but I can use the relaxation from being a soldier." Zero said. "Well it's late, let's go to bed and get some sleep." Cecilia said. The gang nods and went to their rooms and went to bed.