I apologize for taking too long with this chapter but here it is. Things started to get extremely busy for me so I'll try my best to continue to produce chapters when I can.
ShadowRock21: I didn't realize that Halkegenia potentially had a different view of stars from Earth until you pointed that out. It's good to know that now. Also Geo's love for food was a character trait given to him in the third game which made him more Lan like (according to the wiki that is)
The two blue and pink moons shined brightly but even they were unable to illuminate the forest. The soft breeze shook the trees like maracas but the music would disappear with the wind itself. The only other sounds were the footsteps of a certain white haired Murian walking down the path. He showed no fear, anxiety, or nervousness; his face remained focused on the path ahead of him. He reached into his pocket and took out his Hunter-VG to make a call to his boss. There was some brief static as screen extended in front of him and Mr. King appeared before him. The gentleman's eyes were starting to drop as he was tired.
"What is it Solo?" Mr. King yawned.
"The ring was retrieve King." Solo reported.
"Good. Continue with your mission in the morning since it's late." Just before Mr. King was about to hang up, Solo grabbed his attention.
"Actually," He spoke. "I'm finishing up what I started without someone's help."
Hearing this made Mr. King grin wickedly. "I'll leave you be then. Don't screw up but I'm confident that you won't. And make some Noise while you're at it. Good night."
With that, Mr. King hung up and the screen contracted. Solo continued to hold his Hunter, focusing on a certain castle like structure ahead of him. A ring shined briefly on his left fist.
"Time to get started."
Louise and Geo stumbled into the room, exhausted from the banquet. It was nearing midnight, and they had no energy after the long day.
"I'm glad to be back in here." Geo yawned softly. "I just want to close my eyes and sleep."
"Not before you take my dress off." Louise commanded weakly. She rubbed her eyes before noticing that her Familiar was passed out on the floor already. That was pretty fast.
She grumbled softly and began taking off her dress. Her eyes were beginning to grow heavier with each passing second and her legs were starting to feel weak. The dress fell to the ground and she was in nothing but her pink underwear. Louise grabbed a nightgown and put it on before plopping herself on the bed. The pinkette crawled under her bed sheet, smiling as she snapped her fingers to turn the lights off. This is what she needed after a long day, a soft cloud like surface to rest on. Before she knew it, her body relaxed and she started to snore softly.
Solo made his way through the dark and quiet halls of Tristain Academy of Magic. There was no way for him to go through the hole made by Fouquet earlier since the wall was already repaired in that short time. His only option was to pass through one of the walls around the vault since it's still protected by magic. So he didn't run into any issues since the halls were pretty much empty. The Murian knew he was getting close since he saw a light down a flight of stairs. He started to walk down the steps but stopped for a moment.
Two figures are by the door. The appear to be guards and it seems like he grabbed their attention.
"Hey, who are you!" One shouted, placing his hand on the hilt of his sword. Solo eyes narrowed at them. Time to deal with the annoying pest.
"None of your concern. Laplace, go!" Laplace appeared before the guards and charged towards them. They screamed in fear before dropping to the floor, groaning in pain. Solo made his way to the vault and looked up at the wooden door.
"There's no way an EM Human can pass through or break this door." He mumbled to himself. Solo turned his attention to one of the guards and walked over to him. He grabbed him by the cloaked and glared into the his eyes. Solo's red eyes frightened him so he started to sweat.
"How do I open this vault?" He asked the frightened man.
"I-I won't tell you anything." This won't get anywhere him anywhere if this guard continues to be this stubborn. He raised his left fist and pointed a ring with a purple jewel at him. A rune on Solo's forehead begun to shine as brightly as the jewel on the ring.
"Again, how do you open this vault?" He demanded again. The guard shivered before his body relaxed. His eyes became blank as he went into a trance.
"I don't know how to." He replied in a monotone voice.
"Who appointed you to guard this vault?"
"Jean Colbert."
So I have to find this Jean Colbert person. Solo thought.
Solo noticed a fireball coming his way and leaped out of the way a second before impact. The other guard was now standing but he could tell Laplace did a great deal of damage on him. There were footsteps from up the stairs which only meant one thing.
"More annoyances." Solo grumbled. "Laplace!"
Geo was thrown from his slumber as an explosion caused the school to quake. There was a loud commotion from outside the halls from students and teachers.
"What was that?" Louise stirred and rose from her bed. Just then Sietsa burst into their room in a panic.
"Mr. Geo, Ms. Vallière, you have to get to the dining hall for safety." She told them frantically.
Louise snapped her fingers to turn on the lights to see students running behind Siesta in their pajamas or uniforms. "What's going on."
"Someone's trying to break into the royal vault again." She explained. "The guards are trying to fight the thief off but nothing seems to be working."
Someone must be trying to steal the OOPart. Could it be that associate Fouquet was working with? Geo wondered. Louise got out of bed and put her slippers on. She made her way to the door but looked back at Geo.
"You guys go." He said. "I'm going to go see who's trying to get inside the vault." The boy dashed out the door and made his way through the crowd of students.
"Geo wait!" Louise tried calling out to him but he was already gone. She chased after him, trying her best to get through the crowd with Siesta following after her.
Geo ran down the corridor and a flight of stairs, avoiding students as he went. Although everyone was trying to go to one place, the panic and hysteria made things extremely chaotic.
"Excuse me. Sorry." The young Stelar tried slipping through people but with everyone running and being so packed together, it was hard to get anywhere. He was in such a hurry that he didn't notice that he accidentally ran into Guiche, knocking him down.
"Hey!" The blond boy cried out in anger. He was still in his white sleeping pajamas.
"Sorry!" As Guiche was getting up, Louise impacted with him. The two tumbled to the ground in pain
"Ow! Why don't you watch where you're going Louise the Zero!"
"You shouldn't have been idling Guiche!" Louise retorted in anger.
"You should keep track of your Familiar!" That reminds her, she needs to catch up with him.
"I don't have time to argue with you Guiche." With that, the pinkette ran off. The maid following her stopped to help Guiche up, then continued forward. He started to wonder why was she chasing her Familiar in the first place. It wouldn't hurt to eavesdrop a bit so he started to jog after them.
"It's so hard getting anywhere with this many people." Geo said to himself. Students continued to clog up the hall but there were starting to become less as he went on. There was also some space since there was a field to the side.
"Watch where you're going or else you'll bump into someone again." Omega-Xis warned him but despite this warning, Geo collided with someone and ended up falling on top of them. "Like now…"
The fall hurt a bit but something cushion his fall. He picked himself up and realized who he landed on in a rather embarrassing position.
"Geo?" Kirche identified the person who's face landed in her cleavage and smiled.
"Oh h-hi Kirche." The Familiar stuttered from embarrassment and felt red in the face. Her attire didn't help at all. It was a see through purple nightgown and under it was sexy purple lingerie, which attracted the eyes of many male students. Geo knew he couldn't stop though so he picked himself up. "Sorry about that but I'm in a hurry." He ran past Tabitha, who had her staff with her while wearing a blue onesie and sleeping cap, and continued to make his way towards the vault, following the sounds of explosions and screams.
"Where is he off to?" Kirche crossed her arms. Tabitha shrugged as she rubbed her eyes. That's when Louise sped down the hall and passed the two, followed by Siesta.
"Geo wait up!" She yelled as she disappeared. That's when Guiche appeared next to them, panting.
"Why are they in such a rush?" The redhead asked him.
"Louise is trying to fetch her Familiar but I don't know why he ran off." He huffed. There was another explosion that shook the floor.
"Vault." Tabitha spoke softly. It started to make sense once they started to piece it together.
"That's where my darling is heading." Kirche gasped.
"But it's foolish of him to try to take on the intruder. Even the guards are having with them." The Earth mage shook his head doubtfully.
"Let's follow them Tabitha." She told her friend and she dashed off after them. Flabbergasted, Guiche tried stopping them.
"Hey wait! It's too dangerous to after them!" He protested but both her and Tabitha were disappeared in the frantic herd of students. He sighed and continued to make his way in their direction.
Geo was finally able to break away from the crowd of students and picked up speed. His boots clapped up the stairs of the main building and into another hallway. The corridor was spacious and dimly lit with the only source of light were the. It reminded him of walking down a dungeon. He started to see debris and slowed down.
His heart sank as he looked at the horrific mess around him. Blood splatter covered the floor and some parts of the walls were either burnt or cracked. The bodies of guards were scattered around. Most of them had either cuts or stab wounds with few of them having something cut off. Geo put his hand to his mouth when he started to feel sick to his stomach.
"T-this is just...awful…" He mumbled. Omega-Xis appeared next to him and shook his head in disgust.
"Now this is just revolting." He spat. Tap. Tap. Tap. They started to hear footsteps of someone coming towards them. "Here they come. Get ready kid."
Geo nodded and took out his Hunter-VG, standing ready for who they're facing. A figure appeared in from the darkness but from all the dust, it was hard to make out the silhouette.
"Show yourself already." Geo demanded.
"Geo Stelar." A familiar voice came from the person. Geo's eyes widened as he started to recognize who it was. The white hair became more visable and the symbol on his chest was hard not to miss.
"Look who decided to pay us a visit." Omega-Xis growled.
"I didn't expect to see you here Solo." Geo didn't think anyone else he knew would be in this world but Solo proved him wrong. The Murian appeared before with Laplace behind him. He had some scratches and a cut on his arm but it didn't seem to bother him."What are you doing here?"
"This school is keeping something that doesn't belong to them." He responded, clenching his fist.
"The Sword of Zerker."
"That's right."
"Is it really worth that much taking other people's lives? You just stooping a new low!"
"They were useless to me." Solo spat coldly. "It's important that I retrieve the OOPart. Fouquet was too incompetent to do that."
"So you were the one that was in cahoots with that thief." Mega figured out. Solo nodded.
"This time you're not getting in my way."
"I won't let you take it Solo, even if it means fighting you." Geo raised his Hunter-VG, getting ready to fight. Solo narrowed his eyes and took out his own Hunter-VG. He pointed it in front of him and drew out the Murian symbol on his chest. He then placed his Hunter on his right arm and spread his arms out. Three more Murian symbols appeared around him and they spun around him rapidly.
Omega-Xis disappeared into Geo's Hunter as he placed it on his left arm and pointed up to the ceiling.
"Transcode 003! Mega Man!"
"Transcode 002! Rogue!"
The two were engulfed with a cyan and purple light respectively just as the maid and mages arrived. They were appalled by the amount of bloodshed that surrounded them but they turned their attention to the two other people in the room. Mega Man appeared before them, aiming his Mega Buster at the opposing person.
The purple light subsided and Solo was now in a black jumpsuit with black armored boots and gauntlets similar to Mega Man's except they each have a slotted red coil with a spine protruding from it. His right hand and forearm was covered with a purple flame and metal bracelet. His silver neck guard connected to his knotted shoulder pads while his X-shaped visor laid partially over his black helmet with two crimson lines. His white hair stood more upward. The Murian symbol on his chest was now red.
"Laplace!" He called for his Wizard as he raised his hand above him. Laplace morphed into a black crescent blade and landed in his hand. Solo got into a stance, hold the Laplace Blade in front of him.
"Is this the intruder?" Guiche wondered.
"Who is that?" Kirche questioned. Something about him seemed familiar to Tabitha but she couldn't place her finger on it. Siesta became intimidated by the intruder, hiding behind Louise in fear.
"What's so important about taking the Sword of Zerker Rogue?" Mega Man asked, focusing on his target.
"Tsk, naive as ever Mega Man." Rogue growled in annoyance. "It's none of your concern as to why I need it. You're just getting in my way like always!" Louise grew uneasy about Rogue. His dark attire and the sword added to his threatening vibe he gave off. Mega Man should be fine though since it seems like the two fought on multiple occasions.
"Get ready kid." Omega-Xis told him with his partner nodding in response.
"Let's do this. Wave Battle! Ride on!"
Geo and Solo finally meet again but this time as enemies. I was planning on having them meet for the first time sometime later but I decided against that so certain things in the future can happen. How will things play out in their battle? You'll have to find out soon.
