Chapter 25: Would You like Ketchup or Mustard?
Ex-Aid Online
A boss monster roared and it slammed down its fist down. However, a lone player dodged the attack and landed a critical strike on the head. And in one strike, the monster roared and shattered into nothingness. The player withdrew his weapon as the rest of the players approached him.
"Wow, man!" said a Caith Sith player. "You just took out a boss all by yourself? That was amazing!"
The player turned around and smiled.
"Yep!" Ex-Aid replied. "Could've used your help though!"
After that, Ex-Aid went out of the dungeon to grab a little snack, leaving the party behind him cheering and applauding him.
"Emu's not here?" Liz asked.
Brave's mansion was currently occupied by the SAO characters and Poppy, who was placed to hold down.
"Yeah." Poppy replied. "He hasn't been feeling well, so I had him take a day off at the least."
"Well, a doctor's greatest asset is his health." Sinon replied. "I hope he feels better later."
"Speaking of which, what is Hiro doing now?" Klein asked.
"He has a surgery today." Poppy replied. "He'll join us later today."
While everyone was talking and joking about other things, Kirito was off on the side, looking out of the window. Asuna noticed this and slowly approached him.
"Hey." She called.
"Hey." Kirito answered.
There was an awkward silence. The couple looked away from each other.
"So…" Asuna started. "How've you been?"
Kirito didn't reply. He just continued on looking out the window. Asuna sighed and stood up.
"Okay, spill it." She said. "Why are you attacking Ex-Aid?"
"You wouldn't understand." Kirito replied.
"Then make me understand!" Asuna shouted loud enough for everyone around the room could hear.
Everyone turned to Asuna and Kirito. They all had their eyes fixed on the couple.
"I can't tell you." Kirito replied, standing up and facing Asuna. "I need to handle that matter on my own."
Asuna didn't respond at first. Then, an audible slap can be heard. Asuna's face was very tense, but her eyes looked very sad. Kirito's right cheek is very red.
"Asuna…" Kirito muttered.
She then stormed off. Kirito held his cheek and just looked on the direction his girlfriend stormed off in.
"What did you do man?" Klein asked.
Kirito didn't reply, he was too absent-minded to answer questions. Just then, Poppy shouted.
"Bugster located!" She called.
Kirito began to head out, but Leafa stopped him.
"Kirito, you're not going anywhere." She demanded. "Liz, Silica, Sinon can you guys handle it?"
"Of course!" Silica smiled.
"Leave it to us!" Sinon said.
"We'll be right on it!" Liz agreed.
The two set off outside as Klein and Leafa stayed with Kirito.
Ex-Aid was sitting in a restaurant of some kind. He was having a hamburger, fries, and strangely enough, a soda as well. He was having a swell time with it.
'Man, what a burger!' He thought to himself.
He reached out for the burger again, but it felt different. It was hard, and not squishy. Ex-Aid looked up and saw what he was feeling. It WAS a hamburger, but much larger. At first he was taken aback, but he tried to deduce the situation first.
"You're… not a monster…" He said slowly.
He poked the 'hamburger' and it jerked upward, revealing a face. It also had a conveyor belt for an arm.
Ex-Aid and the monster both yelled as the monster ran away, as if it was scared. Ex-Aid went after it, but he tripped over a chair. He quickly recovered and sent a message to the others as he continued his chase.
Ex-Aid. I found a Bugster!
The Bugster ran really long. For its size, it is very athletic. It only stopped when it ran into a cave. It desparately tried to look for a way to escape, but it got no dice. A bit later, a middle-aged young man ran over to him. He seemed very worried.
"There you are!" He shouted. "I told you not to move from here!"
"But there was a good smell of hamburgers…" The Bugster whined.
The player scoffed and handed it a bag.
"I told you I'll get some burgers, so stay put!" He scolded.
"Hamburgers?!" The Bugster replied, smiling at the bag.
"If someone saw you, it could've gotten out of hand!" The player reminded.
"Stay away from it!" shouted a voice.
Ex-Aid ran up behind the player and the Bugster.
"I'm Hojo Emu, AKA Ex-Aid, from Cyber Rescue Center." Ex-Aid introduced. "I will excise that Bugster!"
"Excise…?" The player repeated.
Then, the player felt a sharp pain in his chest. He then began crackling and pixelating. He struggled over to him.
"Please! Don't! He's not evil!" He pleaded.
Ex-Aid got confused by that request, but just then, Silica, Poppy, Lisbeth, and Sinon ran up behind him.
"Ex-Aid!" Sinon called. "Is that the patient?"
Poppy flew over to him and did a quick scan.
"Yes." She replied. "It's him."
Steps were heard shortly after. Snipe and Nico entered the scene.
"Snipe! Nico!" Ex-Aid called.
"Don't act all friendly with me!" Nico shot back.
She then turned to Snipe and went all googly eyes to him.
"Pweeze, beat M, okay?" She asked.
"And you don't act all friendly with me!" Snipe scolded, shaking her off of him. "I'm your doctor. Nothing more, nothing less!"
Liz stepped forward.
"If you two aren't here to help, move!" She ordered.
"Same goes for you and the game, egghead." Nico taunted.
Liz then went all anime-devil and would've strangled Nico if Silica and Sinon didn't hold her back.
"How about another match, Ex-Aid?" Snipe asked. "Whoever beats the Bugster first takes all Gashats."
"Well, that ain't fair now, is it?" asked a delighted voice.
Pallad slowly walked towards them with the Gashat Gear Duel in his hand.
"2-on-1 against a Bugster?" He said. "That's no fun now, is it?"
Ex-Aid and Snipe put on their Gamer Drivers and pulled out their Gashats in response.
"Let's make it fair, shall we?" Pallad smiled, turning the knob on the Gashat.
PERFECT PUZZLE!
WHAT'S THE NEXT STAGE?
"Henshin." He said, pressing the Gashat.
DUAL UP!
GET THE GLORY IN THE CHAIN! PERFECT PUZZLE!
Pallad quickly turned into Para-DX Perfect Puzzle form. In response to this, Ex-Aid and Snipe also pressed their Gashats.
MIGHTY ACTION X!
BANG BANG SHOOTING!
"Phase 2." Snipe said.
"Dai Henshin!" Ex-Aid called.
They inserted their Gashats, and then they opened their Drivers up, going straight into Level 2.
GASHATTO!
GACHANN! LEVEL UP!
MIGHTY JUMP! MIGHTY KICK! MIGHTY MIGHTY ACTION X!
BABABANG! BANGBABANG! YOW! BANG BANG SHOOTING!
Ex-Aid and Snipe turned into their Level 2 forms. Ex-Aid got his fisticuffs ready, as Snipe got his Gashacon Magnum.
"Alright, let's play!" Para-DX grinned.
"Mission start!" Snipe announced.
Para-DX engaged Ex-Aid, locking him in a fist fight.
Snipe ignored this and just turned his attention over to the Bugster. He fired several shots, but the Bugster miraculously dodged them all. Then, a lucky bullet landed on the Bugster, stumbling him. Snipe then unloaded another magazine's load of bullets, damaging the Bugster further.
"Yea-ha! Get rekt, son!" Nico cheered.
"Please! Stop!" The player pleaded.
He then began to pixelate again. Sinon noticed this and then connected the dots. Ex-Aid did the same.
"Wait! The patient's stressed out!" He noted. "Could it…?"
He threw Para-DX off of him and deflected the next round of bullets Snipe fired at the Bugster.
"Hey!" Snipe called. "Why are you protecting a Bugster?"
"It's related to the patient!" Ex-Aid explained.
This was responded with a kick to his back.
"Hey, pay attention to who you're fighting here!" Para-DX reminded. "C'mon! Where's your A game? Mighty Brothers?"
"If I knew it'd turn to this, I would've brought the rest of my Gashats…" Ex-Aid muttered.
It should be noted that the following Gashats, Mighty Brothers XX, Shakariki Sports, Gekitotsu Robots, Bakusou Bike, were all left behind in his quarters in Brave's mansion.
"Aw, man!" Poppy whined. "Of all the times to not have your equipment!"
"Wow." Para-DX groaned. "That's lame as hell."
Snipe just went back to attacking the Bugster. He took his attack more further. He walked closer towards the Bugster as he continued firing. He then knee-kicked it in the stomach, making drop on his knees. He then picked him up and butt-stroked him.
The player then had an idea. He crawled over to Ex-Aid. He opened up his Item scroll and pressed some things.
"Please!" He begged. "Help him with this!"
Ex-Aid noticed a notice on his board with his Item scroll. He pressed it, and something appeared on his hands. And the item seemed to resemble… a Gashat?
"Is that…?" Silica muttered. "A Gashat?"
"What the hell…?" Para-DX asked.
"The game is JuJu Burger." The player explained. "It's an action game where you have to cook hamburgers to feed a gluttonous monster."
Once Para-DX observed the Gashat a bit closer, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh my god!" He exclaimed. "To think I'd see a Level 4 Gashat around here!"
"Level 4…?" Ex-Aid muttered.
Snipe fired at the Bugster a few more times. The Bugster finally tumbled down on its back. The player pixelated even more because of this. Ex-Aid had to make a decision.
"Ah, what the hell!" He called. "I'll use it!"
He got back up, and pressed the Gashat proudly.
JUJU BURGER!
A small robot resembling a hamburger roller-bladed around Ex-Aid. Nico turned around just in time to see this.
"What the-, JuJu Burger?" She said, baffled.
Ex-Aid closed up his Driver and inserted the Gashat.
GACHANN! GASHATTO!
"Dai Dai Dai Dai Henshin!" He called, opening the Driver.
GACHANN! LEVEL UP!
MIGHTY JUMP! MIGHTY KICK! MIGHTY, MIGHTY ACTION! X!
A GACCHA!
BUR~GER! JUJU! BUR~GER! JUJU! JUJU BURGER!
The small hamburger robots split apart and attached its limbs onto Ex-Aid. Its feet became roller-skates for him. Two lasers, in the shape of ketchup and mustard bottles were on his arms, and Ex-Aid's chest was now the colors of a hamburger. And he is also wearing a helmet, by the looks of it.
"I'll make hamburgers with no continues!" He cheered, after a little spin move.
He then pointed the two sauce bottles of sauce towards Snipe, and fired two lasers, which hit him on the chest. Snipe, in response, began shooting at Ex-Aid. But, oddly enough, Ex-Aid was dodging all of the shots. This was because of the roller blades he got with the Gashat. He swerved this way and rolled that way, with explosions coming up all behind him. And with final kick, he launched Snipe away from him. He quickly grabbed the Bugster and ran away with the rest of the gang.
Para-DX was just watching the whole thing, rather amused.
"Well… this changes everything." He chuckled.
He then disappeared. Snipe got up slowly, and cancelled out of his transformation.
GACHANN! GASHUNN!
He slowly stood up and was greeted by a very annoyed Nico.
"How?!" She started. "Just how did you lose to someone on roller skates?!"
Snipe just ignored her, and tried to determine what just happened.
"So…" He whispered. "That Gashat is more agility-based…"
"Hey, news flash." Nico interrupted. "That game was about burgers."
Snipe was just apalled by it, but he didn't say anything as he just held his frustration in.
The player was moved to Brave's mansion. He was just finished getting checked out by Poppy. Everyone else was present as well. Once she had finished, he slowly stood up.
"I'm Archer." The player replied. "But my real name is Nagata Koutarou."
"Nagata?" Leafa asked. "Are you related to Recon?"
"Well, yes." Archer replied. "I'm his uncle."
They all nodded, but then they all turned their attention over to the Bugster, who was just silently patting Archer's leg.
"And the Bugster is…?" Ex-Aid asked.
"He's Burgermon." Archer replied confidently.
Burgermon waved hello to the SAO gang and the Rider.
"I'm actually an employee at GENM Corp." Archer explained. "Ever since the President went missing, I've been developing a new game to help our company recover…"
"But once I had finished JuJu Burger, I got infected with the Bugster virus." Archer continued.
(Flashback)
Koutarou had just finishing typing on his computer in the office. It had the coding and program of JuJu Burger.
He smiled, and then he left to ALO to get some rest.
Once he had logged in as Archer, he took one step, and then he collapsed. Orange blobs formed on him. The blobs then flew off of him and then formed into Burgermon. At first, Archer was shocked by it, but once he got a better look at the Bugster, he realized that it was just Burgermon. He hugged him as a response, but the pain was still there.
"Meeting Burgermon still feels like yesterday…" Archer sighed.
"Then, what's with the Gashat?" Sinon asked.
"I was part of the Gashat development team for five years." Archer replied. "I created it, just in case if my condition got worse, and if I had to talk to CR about my condition."
"I designed him myself from paper to screen." Archer went on. "And to actually be next to him…"
Burgermon laughed as Archer began to pat his head.
"It's like having a son I thought I never needed…" Archer sighed.
"But… isn't he still a Bugster infecting your body?" Silica asked.
"So?" Archer retorted. "He's still candy to my eyes."
"Candy?" Burgermon spoke up. "Why not hamburgers?"
"Ah, don't be silly!" Archer chuckled.
Ex-Aid had had enough, and decided to speak up.
"If we don't cure you soon, he's going to take over your body!" He shouted. "You'll vanish!"
At this moment, Burgermon jumped away from everyone and stayed a distance away.
"That's right…" Burgermon admitted solemnly. "Burgermon has to go away… so Archer can be healghy…"
"Don't say that!" Archer scolded. "The thought of losing you… it would be too much!"
Burgermon then got really close to him.
"Burgermon feels the ghame!" He cried.
Then, Archer gave Burgermon a hug. It was very gentle, and Burgermon returned it kindly.
"You and I are two sides of the same coin…" Archer declared. "Don't forget that."
Then the two began to pat their backs for a little bit longer.
As those two went on, Liz whispered to Ex-Aid's ear.
"This might be a bit harder than we thought…" She commented.
"Don't remind me…" Ex-Aid sighed.
A little while later, Burgermon and Poppy, in her human size, were in the kitchen. They were both wearing orange fast food restaurant-like had and uniform, and were about to make some delicious hamburgers.
"This conveyor belt pumps out tophings!" Burgermon called, pointing to his left arm.
"Wow! Cool!" Poppy cheered. "Can you show me, Burgermon?"
"Of course!" Burgermon said, activating the belt.
First, came in the buns. Then the lettuce. Then the patty. And then finally, the tomato. They began carefully stacking them together.
"Stack them together… and you make…" The two announced. "JuJu Burger!"
The burger then appeared onto Poppy's hands, looking very delicious.
"Would you like a bite?" Burgermon asked.
"Yes, please!" Poppy smiled, biting into the sandwich.
Once she had swallowed it, her eyes opened widely.
"It's so good!" She cried. "Burgermon, you're so awesome!"
"Burgermon, aweghome?" Burgermon repeated.
"Let's eat it together!" Poppy suggested.
"Yeah, glets!" Burgermon agreed.
As the two began to eat their burgers very happily, on the doors to the kitchen, everyone was looking with the top of their heads popping out. They slowly slid away and closed the door. They went back to the living room, and pondered what to do with Burgermon.
"Well, now what?" Asuna asked.
"If we defeat Burgermon, Archer will be stressed and vanish…" Silica stated.
"The question is… how should we treat him then?" Liz said.
"Just how we treat all other patients." Suggested a voice.
That voice belonged to Kirito. He had just come back online and had entered the living room with Brave.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Klein asked.
"So, I hear there's another a game disease patient?" Brave asked.
As if on cue, Poppy and Burgermon both entered the living room together all talking together like good friends.
"Burgermon, will you play rhythm games with me?" Poppy asked.
"Of ghourse!" Burgermon cheered.
Brave and Kirito noticed Burgermon, and while the latter immediately raised his sword, Brave just approached him at a frightening speed.
"Why is there a Bugsters here?!" Brave asked.
"It's... actually a really long story." Sinon explained.
"Let's make it concise then." Kirito said.
He then darted forward towards Burgermon, but Asuna was able to block his strike.
"Not this time!" She called.
She then threw Kirito's swords out of his hands.
Brave, on the other hand, was stopped by Leafa and Liz.
"Intern, lend me your Gashats!" He shouted. "I will excise that Bugster!"
"Will you just calm down, please?" Leafa asked.
"You can't harm him!" Liz shouted.
"Bugsters are humankind's enemies!" Brave shouted.
Just then, Poppy chimed in.
"Brave!" She scolded. "Don't discriminate all Bugsters as evil! Burgermon is a good boy!"
While Brave and Kirito just took it at face value, Burgermon got all mopey.
"Just like I thought…" He admitted. "Burgermon is a ghenemy… and an enemy is destined to be defeaged…"
Then, Burgermon disappeared. Brave quickly left the room, followed by Ex-Aid. Now, the living room was only occupied by the SAO survivors.
"Y'know, he's not wrong." Kirito remarked.
"What?" Klein asked.
"I mean; you guys honestly believe Burgermon is a good guy?" Kirito said. "For all we know, this act could be a ploy to infect all of us!"
Asuna had heard enough. She walked up to Kirito and soon they were only mere inches apart from each other.
"I don't care what you think." She stated. "We're staying behind Burgermon and that's that."
The two couple had a staring contest and then Asuna broke off when she stormed off. Sinon noticed a lone tear escaped her eye.
'Kirito…' She thought. 'Just what are you hiding…?'
IR, Dan was sitting in a warehouse. He was still typing some things onto his computer. He had the Taddle Quest Gashat on screen, and another Gashat was connected to it via computer and virtual lines. The Gashat seemed to resemble Pallad's own Gashat Gear Dual. But, something has him concerned.
"JuJu Burger?" He asked.
"Yep." Pallad replied. "That's one of the Level 4 games you planned, remember? Kind of like Bang Bang Tank?"
"Oh… yes." Dan said. "We were on a time constraint, so we had to remove them from the lineup."
"To think someone else other than you made a Gashat…" Pallad remarked. "Ain't that out of nowhere?"
"Indeed." Dan replied. "As such, I must reclaim it."
"Burgermon's gone?!" Archer asked the next day.
"Yes…" Leafa tried to explain. "We lost sight of him this morning…"
Just then Poppy burst into the room.
"HELP!" She shouted. "We have a message left behind in pickles!"
"Pickles?" Ex-Aid asked.
Pina and Silica then brought in a plate. It had small slices of pickles with letters on them. Liz read them out loud.
"Archer, eggpleht…?" She read.
"What do eggplants have to do with this?" Leafa asked.
"I… don't know…" Archer admitted.
"Wait!" Ex-Aid suddenly called. "If we rearrage some letters here…"
He then moved some pickes around. Once he had done, now the riddle made more sense.
"Archer, get ghelp!" Liz read aloud again.
Sinon then took a pickle. She took a bite from it, and while she did react a bit as it was sour, it gave her a clue.
"These are still fresh. He has to be close by!" She said.
And close by he was, as several players are seen running away from him. He had approached two players were backed up to a wall as Burgermon approached them.
"I will make you all into topghings!" He called.
He tried making a threat, but it came up short.
"Now… ketchup gwill spill…" He started. "Oh wait; Blood gwill spill!"
But then, he was pelted with bullets, causing some minor damage. He turned around to see who shot him in the back. Snipe, with the Magnum out, in his Rider form, and Nico were just chill-like standing there.
"Taiga, get this over with before M comes." Nico ordered.
"Don't order me around." Snipe said. "Besides, I was going to do just that anyway."
He then began to fire some more bullets at Burgermon. He then collapsed onto his knees.
"Wow. This is beyond pathetic." Snipe admitted.
Burgermon had other ideas. He was feeling satisfied by this though.
"This is for the ghest…" He whispered to himself. "Koutarou… thank you for everything…"
Snipe then pulled out his Gashat and then inserted it into his Magnum.
GASHUNN! GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!
"Bye-bye." Snipe said.
BANG BANG CRITICAL FINISH!
Just then, an arrow soared through the air and hit the side of the Magnum, causing Snipe to fire towards a tree, utterly destroying it. Him and Nico turned to see Ex-Aid, and the SAO girls with Poppy and Archer.
"Burgermon!" Archer called out.
"Archer!" Burgermon answered.
But then, he turned around and began to attack the players he had cornered.
"I gwill spill your ketch… err, blood!" He cried.
"Okay…" Liz admitted. "Burgermon never attacked people before…"
Snipe then began to fire more shots at Burgermon, giving the players an opening to retreat. However, Archer collapsed onto his knees and then began to pixelate.
"You guys have to stop Snipe!" Poppy cried.
Sinon didn't have to be told twice. As Snipe raised his Magnum for one final shot, Sinon grabbed it and then flipped Snipe around. But Snipe threw her off of him.
"You're siding with a Bugster that's attacking people?" He asked.
"Burgermon isn't evil!" Sinon retorted.
Liz and Silica helped Archer up, so that he would be able to talk to Burgermon.
"Burgermon, why are you doing this?!" Archer cried. "I never raised you to be like this!"
Burgermon then began to laugh.
"That was just gan act, Archer…" He said. "Burgermon has always been a very evil ghenemy!"
"Enemy?" Ex-Aid asked.
"Just as I thought." A voice echoed.
Kirito entered the fray, with his swords out. He then slowly walked towards Burgermon.
"What did I tell you?" He remarked.
He then began to pick up his speed, but Asuna had other ideas. She quickly stopped Kirito by jabbing her rapier right in front of him.
"That's not true!" She called out to Burgermon. "You're just acting like the enemy, so that we would defeat you!"
"Getting defeated isn't the only role an enemy has!" Ex-Aid added.
"He's right!" Poppy chimed in. "In JuJu Burger, if the player can fulfill Burgermon's orders, he will be satisfied and smile like the sun! He's a kind monster!"
Burgermon wondered about this, but he decided not to hear any of it.
"Shut up!" He screamed. "I will turn you all into topghings!"
Ex-Aid then stepped forward.
"If that's your game, then it's on!" He called, putting on his Gamer Driver.
He pulled out his Mighty Action X Gashat first, and pressed it.
MIGHTY ACTION X!
He then inserted it into the Driver, and not soon after, he opened the Driver up.
"Henshin!" He called.
GASHATTO! GACHANN! LEVEL UP!
MIGHTY JUMP! MIGHTY KICK! MIGHTY MIGHTY ACTION X!
Ex-Aid soon turned into his Level 2 Rider form. He then pulled out his next Gashat, and pressed it as well.
JUJU BURGER!
The small hamburger robot appeared and rolled around Ex-Aid. He closed the Driver and inserted the Gashat.
GACHANN! GASHATTO!
He then opened his Driver back up.
"Dai Dai Dai Dai Henshin!" He called.
GACHANN! LEVEL UP!
MIGHTY JUMP! MIGHTY KICK! MIGHTY, MIGHTY ACTION! X!
A GACCHA!
BUR~GER! JUJU! BUR~GER! JUJU! JUJU BURGER!
The small robots broke apart once more and attached its parts onto respective parts onto Ex-Aid.
"Eat this!" Burgermon cried.
He stretched out his conveyor belt arm and launched projectiles that took the shape of several hamburger toppings.
"You really think slow moving projectiles are going to stop me?" Snipe sneered.
He pressed the B button on the Magnum and began firing rapidly. While he did most of them, the others came out as a miss. Snipe was about to fire again, Sinon stopped him.
"Stop!" She ordered. "JuJu Burger is not that kind of game!"
"She's right!" Ex-Aid replied, stepping forward.
He then rubbed his hands together, and pumped his fists.
"I'm going to make him a burger!" He cried.
(Cue Excite!)
Ex-Aid began to roll towards Burgermon. He continued firing all sorts of projectiles. Ex-Aid dodge most of them, only picking off the ones he could see. He fired two lasers, one red and the other yellow, and each would hit a projectile, turning it into the following toppings: Lettuce, a patty, a tomato slice, a slice chees, and some buns. After doing this a couple of times, he pulled out the JuJu Burger Gashat and inserted it into the slot on the side of the belt.
GASHUNN! GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!
Ex-Aid then jumped up into the air with one of his hands open, palm facing the sky. He pressed the button on the side.
JUJU CRITICAL STRIKE!
Then, all of the hamburger toppings all converged together onto his hands and formed into the most massive hamburger anyone has ever seen. He rolled over to Burgermon very carefully and gave him the burger.
"Thank you for waiting, sir!" He said. "Here's your order: One deluxe premium JuJu Burger!"
He took the plate.
"Enjoy." He smiled.
Burgermon eyed the burger carefully, and then he shoved the huge sandwich right into his mouth. After wiping his lips, he then began to cry all anime-like. And then, out of nowhere, he bursted into a huge yell with a huge smile on his face.
"DELICIOUS SMILE!" He cried.
GAME CLEAR!
Poppy checked Archer. He was clear.
"He's cured!" She said in an amazed voice.
Snipe saw this, but was cut short by Nico being a grouch.
"I can't believe you!" She cried. "Why are you trying to shoot down burgers in a game about making burgers?!"
Snipe tried to put up with it, but she was a handful, even for him.
"Wait." Kirito spoke up. "If he's cured, why is Burgermon still here?"
"I thought I gwas supposed to be gone?" Burgermon complied.
"I'm sure he's still here because the goal of JuJu Burger was to make Burgermon smile!" Silica said.
Burgermon then thought of something. He ran up to Archer, who Liz and Leafa didn't have to support anymore.
"So…" He said slowly. "I can still be with Archer?"
Then, the two began to hug it out very well. The SAO gang smiled at this site.
"Well, looks like they're a whole family again." Leafa sighed.
Kirito smiled at this too. He reached over to Asuna, but she stepped away from him. Everyone else smiled meanwhile. They were happy for the unusual duo.
STAGE SELECT!
The area turned into the inside of a shed. Not only were the SAO players and Ex-Aid were transported, Snipe, Nico, Burgermon, and Archer was sent here as well. They were initially confused by how they got here, but then they saw who was approaching them. Genmu and Pallad were casually walking towards them.
"President, sir!" Archer called out. "You're okay! What happened to you?"
"Genmu!" Ex-Aid called. "What are you doing here?"
Genmu and Pallad didn't respond, as the former only put on the BugVisor, while the latter pulled out his Gashat Gear Dual.
"I shall reclaim that bootleg game." Genmu declared.
"M, let's play!" Pallad smiled.
Then, the two pressed their Gashats.
DANGEROUS ZOMBIE!
PERFECT PUZZLE!
"Henshin!" The both said, inserting their Gashats.
GASHATTO! BUCKLE UP!
DANGER! DANGER! GENOCIDE! DEATH THE CRISIS! DANGEROUS ZOMBIE!
DUAL UP!
GET THE GLORY IN THE CHAIN! PERFECT PUZZLE!
Both players turned into their Rider forms.
"Poppy! Get back!" Ex-Aid called.
Poppy, Lisbeth, Silica all hid back with Nico, while everyone else, with Snipe, they all charged towards Genmu and Para-DX. Asuna, Leafa, and Ex-Aid fought Para-DX, while Sinon, Snipe, and Kirito fought Genmu.
Para-DX had no interest in fighting the others, but he had to enjoy himself. So he just had to play along. He grabbed Leafa's blade, and then toss it aside. He would the grabbed her arm and swing her around like bat, slamming Asuna and Ex-Aid.
Genmu was just having a fun time as well. Whenever he got his foes on his knees, he would just kick them on the ground to pin them. Just then, Ex-Aid's group fell over to him. He grabbed Ex-Aid by his head, and just threw him into Sinon.
Para-DX stepped back and then gathered his Energy Items again. He slid them horizontally and vertically, wondering what to choose.
"Now… what should I have today…?" He wondered. "We'll go with these!"
He flipped two Energy Item coins as they were absorbed into his body.
SPEED UP! MUSCLE UP!
He then turned into a blur. He kicked the SAO players out of the way first, and then he nailed Snipe in the stomach. He picked up Ex-Aid too.
"You're still up for more, right?" He teased.
He then threw him up in the air, and then proceeded to pull out his Gashat, twist the knob, and insert it back.
KIMEWAZA!
DUAL GASHAT!
PERFECT CRITICAL COMBO!
Para-DX then faded to each player, kicking them in the chest, neck, or somewhere long those areas.
ALL CLEAR!
The players were all thrown back, while the Riders were sent out of their transformations.
GASHUNN!
The JuJu Burger Gashat was on the ground, near Para-DX, so he just picked it up.
"We'll be taking this back." He chuckled.
"Give it back!" Leafa demanded. "That's Archer's!"
Para-DX was about to make a comment, but something stopped him. It was a standby sound. He turned to see where it was coming from. Or rather who. Genmu was looking at Burgermon, and the standby sound was coming the BugVisor. He pressed the B button on the BugVisor and let hell ensue.
CRITICAL DEAD!
A horde of shadow zombies roared up from the ground and rapidly approached Burgermon and Archer.
"Archer, get gack!" Burgermon cried, shoving Archer behind him.
Burgermon yelled, and he began to slash away the zombie shadows, but there were too many for him to handle. Soon, the shadow zombies became to pile up on him and then explode after blinking red. Everyone else couldn't help but watch. After taking the explosion, summoning his last amount of strength, Burgermon turned to Archer.
"Archer!" He said. "Please… keep on making… games… full ogh… dreams…!"
Then, with a one grunt, Burgermon fell over and then exploded into a thousand glass shards. When the smoke had cleared, Burgermon was nowhere to be seen.
"BURGERMON!" Archer cried.
Behind the explosion, was Genmu, with a very condescending armfold. Everyone was shocked by it. Leafa, Liz, and Silica became speechless. Snipe and Sinon wached on with appalled eyes. Ex-Aid and Kirito were also lost. Asuna was covering her mouth.
"Cruel…!" Poppy spluttered, covering her mouth.
"That was a bit much…" Nico admitted.
Para-DX didn't say anything. He only clenched a fist with his free hand.
"What the hell was that…?!" Ex-Aid exclaimed quietly.
Genmu turned his attention to Ex-Aid, who was just struggling on his feet. Ex-Aid then screamed very loudly.
"Burgermon… was a good boy…!" Ex-Aid shouted, breating heavily.
Then, his eyes glowed red, and he fell onto the ground.
"Sympathizing with a Bugster now, are we?" Genmu chuckled. "Now, is that you, or your body talking?"
And on that note, Genmu dissipated into thin air. Para-DX looked on at Genmu, and then followed after him. Ex-Aid and the others began to slowly help each other up.
Dan was delightfully looking at a screen. It displayed everything the JuJu Burger Gashat had to offer.
"I thought you only wanted the Gashat." Pallad said, sitting on a table behind him. "Was defeating the Bugster really necessary?"
"I will never allow the creation of a game without my permission as the game master." Dan replied, beginning to type.
"Then destroy that Gashat too then." Pallad suggested.
"The game was my proposal to begin with, mind you." Dan said.
And then, in a more serious tone, he added "Don't lump Gashats and Bugsters together."
Pallad looked away, as Dan turned back to his computer.
"All Gashats serve an important role…" He said. "To create the world that Akihiko Kayaba was never able to!"