Cybernetic Blue Blur: Battle Redux
Just a little reworked version of the story, set in a different Continuum Shift. Takes place after the One Piece Arc of the original CBB:B! Also, go check out Maxforce's new story, The Zones: New Shift. Also...*grins*...New opening! Also, I own nothing but my OCs! And just in time for Halloween Season/October. This is the new Arc that focuses on Saito!
"After some research, we've discovered just why the Smash Scarf didn't work until after you came back," Master Hand noted as he sat in a chair and drank a cup of tea while facing Lan in his own chair, "With a bit of collaborating with a group known as the Zone Watchers and the advice of a young man named Maxwell Escal and a team of his in the Prime Zone, primarily the boy's advice, we have discovered an energy field around a few Sekai; Seithr. This energy can actually negate the power of the Smash Scarf's energies, shutting down its teleportation ability until something destroys the source of the Seithr."
"You mean like how SaiDaiGekiRinTohja destroyed the Musha Gundam?" Lan asked.
"Indeed," Master Hand nodded before Kusano walked up with a pitcher of tea, "Why thank you."
Kusano giggled as Master Hand used his magic to make some of the tea pour out and into his cup. During the year her big brother was gone, she had seen a lot of things when participants of the Smash Tournament would show up to talk with Megaman. One of her favorites was when Mewtwo would visit with Pichu since he could do things by just thinking them.
"We have also noticed that the Seithr seems to also set up a limit of those that can go onto the world's surface," Master Hand added before placing the cup down and snapping his only hand, causing a 'screen' to appear with various coordinates, "There are currently ten known Sekai that prevent teleportation to them between worlds. Furthermore, each one has somehow keyed into Lan's Soul Signature."
"My what now?" Lan blinked in confusion.
"Each soul has a unique design to them, one that cannot be duplicated unless through reincarnation," Master Hand explained, "However, Reincarnation also causes the soul to 'splinter' and takes years to repair or, at the cost of creating a completely new Soul Signature while keeping the best qualities of the separate souls, fuse two or more souls together."
"…What?" Musubi pondered.
"He means that my soul has some sort of thing to it that makes it so that I need to be there for the Seithr barrier to go away," Lan shortened for her.
"Oh! Now Musubi gets it!" the Fist-Type beamed.
"…I am still trying to grasp how you…"
"Finish that sentence and your welcome is over," Haruka informed as she and Miya projected their Intimidation at the God of Spiral.
"Y-y-y-y-yes, Mrs. Hikari…" Master Hand shivered as he tried to not flee until the intimidation went away, "Well, yes…Right now, we are modifying the WhiteBase you brought here to let you teleport just a few inches away from the barriers. This would be something others would do, but because of the…unique…property of the barriers, only Lan has the power to disperse them."
"I…I see…" Lan nodded slowly.
*Cue opening music*
*As the music began to play, the screen changed from darkness to lightning up to the full moon, a glow covering it to become the symbol of Yin and Yang. It changed to a rolling shot of a darkened landscape, Lan and Saito's backs facing each other as they looked up at the Yin-Yang moon.*
They see you as small and helpless. They see you as just a child.
*The scene changed to Volt, Alice, and Puru, looking up in worry at a group of shadowed figures*
Surprise when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild.
*The camera moved away from them to let Megaman FourBeasts Out and Roll Soul-Style attack the screen*
Prepare for your greatest moments.
*It cut to Master Asia, sparing against GekiYang, an image of Heero overshadowing the helmet*
Prepare for your finest hour.
*It cut to Lan standing before the WhiteBase Dragon with a stern expression, his back facing the WhiteBase Dragon as he looked at the camera*
The dream that you've always dreamed is suddenly about to flower.
*It cut to Lan and Saito, lying on the landscape, before their eyes snapped open, revealing Lan's left eye was a brilliant azure and Saito's right eye was a rich crimson*
We are lightning:
*It cut to Saito and Lan glaring at Narutaki as images moved in the background of various characters readying for fights*
Straying from the thunder,
*It cut to Saito pulling the DecaDriver out with Lan pulling out the Mobirate*
Miracles of ancient wonder.
*The two transformed into Decade and GokaiYang before charging at the screen*
This will be the day we've waited for.
*It cut to Rayne and Turbo assuming fighting stances, surrounded by shadowed figures*
This will be the day we open up the door.
*It cut to a multi-cut between Mana gazing up at a pair of massive gates with a determined expression and Hazama facing a cauldron with a massive sphere of wings floating above it, giving a maniacal glee-filled smile*
I don't wanna hear your absolution.
*It cut to Alexander, slumped against a wall and heavily injured*
Hope you're ready for a revolution.
*The image shattered as Rex charged through towards the screen with his BFS in its buzz-saw mode*
Welcome to a world of new solutions. Welcome to a world of bloody evolution.
*It then cut to a rotating shot of RyuuseiDan and RyuutsukiDan readying for battle with a sphere of light and darkness floating above them, the two groups surrounded by shadowed figures*
In time your heart will open minds.
*It cut to a grave where Alexander stood before a hand was put on his shoulder. He turned to see Jasmine's concerned face before the image zoomed out to reveal Alexander with Puru, Jasmine, Thorn, Key, Medi, Mamoru, and Serenade standing at his sides*
A story will be told, and victory is in a simple soul.
*It cut to RyuuseiDan in the control room of the WhiteBase Dragon before zooming in on Lan, the scene shifting into a sea of flames, ice, and lightning that dispersed, revealing the title*
Shizuka mumbled as she began to wake up. She felt amazing and so warm. She looked down and tilted her head. She began to count things up. One: Saito-kun was asleep on her, sucking her left nipple in his rest; Two: Mira-chan and Aki-chan were hugging her arms along with Saito-kun's arms; Three: Flare-chan was on top of them all, using her wings as an extra blanket under the one they were covered with, her lips sucking on her right nipple in Flare-chan's sleep; and Four: they were all naked and she felt something big in her lower lips. She added and got Ten: she was not a virgin anymore, she got to have sex with someone she ended up smitten with after only a few months in knowing him, and she had a fivesome. Slowly, Saito was the first to awake, Shizuka knowing this from how his sucking stopped. He looked up at Shizuka and his face lit up with a blush, pulling his lips from her nipple.
"Good morning," Shizuka greeted softly.
"S…Shi-ch-chan…" Saito gulped nervously before seeing how happy she looked.
"I don't really recall much last night after that drink I had with the others, but I like the ending, especially how you're still in me," Shizuka noted as the others began to wake up.
"Meep," Saito squeaked before Flare nuzzled into him.
"Best. Night. Ever," Flare purred.
"Mmn," Mirajane agreed before kissing Shizuka's cheek.
"Ah. …Don't remember it all," Akitsu admitted.
"Basically…Shizuka-chan has amazing control with her tongue," Saito stated.
"And you are big," Shizuka giggled, moving her hips a bit and earning a squeak and blush from Saito.
"No way…No fair, Shizuka," Flare pouted, "I wanted that big thing in my pussy all night."
"You got it last time," Mirajane frowned before the two moaned when Saito and Shizuka began to squeeze one of their breasts.
"No early morning fight, you two," Saito sighed as he slid out from the four women-earning a soft cry from Shizuka as his nine inches were removed from her-and fastened a towel around his waist, "I'm going to check the kitchen and if the others are awake yet."
"Aw," the four whined cutely before holding their heads, "Ite…"
"And then I'll come back with cups of iced water," Saito added before gently closing the door as he used Re-Quip to put on a copy of his normal attire and walked downstairs…to end up with Saeko's bokken at his neck, "Eep."
"Did you have sex all night?" Saeko demanded.
"Y-Yes…I think so. Can't recall much after Shizuka-chan and Mira-chan gave me a double paizuri."
"…Break Marikawa-Sensei's heart and I'll rip you apart," Saeko threatened.
Saito narrowed his eyes at her, "No you won't. By the time you know I did that, I'd have already killed myself. The ones upstairs? The four beautiful angels in my life, Shizuka-chan included, are my life. If they get hurt, I get hurt. If they die…I will die."
"…" Saeko put her bokken down.
"…Also, why are you in just an apron and a black thong?" Saito asked.
"You like?"
"True. You think you could give some advice on what colored thong would look good on Mira-chan, Fla-chan, Aki-chan, and Shi-chan?" Saito asked.
"…Perhaps," Saeko replied, earning a nod from Saito.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get four cups of iced water for the girls. They have hangovers," Saito replied, "And I need to talk to Mira-chan about drinking…again." He froze when he sniffed the air, "On second thought, Saeko-sama, please take four cups of iced water up to them. I have some of Them to handle."
"Alone?" Saeko pondered.
"Saeko, how many times did you see me get bitten?" Saito asked.
"Too many to count," Saeko replied.
"And how many times did you see something black come out of the wound and see me 'eat' said black thing?"
"…"
"They can't turn me. I am immune to Them and their bite," Saito replied, "They are beings of darkness, I am a Dragon of Darkness. Only I can truly battle them."
Before she could argue, he ran out. He let his wings emerge and flew over the gate. He landed a few kilometers away. The scent was strong with Them in there. He took in a deep breath and let out a powerful roar. Flare looked up from Shizuka's soaked womanhood as her pointed ears twitched.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me…" Flare sighed, all sense of euphoria of the foursome yuri dying.
"What's wrong?" Shizuka asked, pouting at not finishing.
"Our Mate's out there, taking on Them," Flare replied.
"What!?" Shizuka gasped.
"It's fine, Shizuka-chan," Mirajane assured, "You saw how many times he was bitten the other day. He's completely immune to them and when they bite him, he just instantly heals thanks to the darkness of the magic They are made of."
"I…I know, but still…" Shizuka gulped before Akitsu placed a hand on hers.
"I know how you feel. When he goes and does something reckless, I fear for his life so much," Akitsu informed, "He saved me…fixed what made me 'broken' for so many years…He became my Ashikabi, my Final Hope. If he were to die…I don't know if I would truly be alive anymore."
Outside, Saito snarled as he released his YamiRaiRyu no Hoko upon Them, incinerating them all in its path. He flipped over one that tried to lunge at him from behind and quickly turned into Flame Style Wizard.
=CONNECT – PLEASE=
Wizard pulled out his WizarSwordGun and began to shoot Them in the skulls, destroying the heads. He couldn't help but chuckle, thinking of what would happen if that Kohta kid saw his weapon…or if Saeko did. He swapped it into Sword Mode and began to slice Them down. He swapped into Gun Mode and flicked the thumb.
=C'MON SHOOT – SHAKE HANDS! C'MON SHOOT – SHAKE HANDS!=
Wizard put his Flame Ring over the 'hand.'
=FLAME – SHOOTING STRIKE=
=HII-HII-HII! HII-HII-HII! HII-HII-HII!=
Wizard spun around, pulling the trigger multiple times. Fire-coated silver bullets raced out of the barrel, incinerating the upper halves of Them with each shot made. Wizard chuckled as he continued along the now-barren paths. The sound of sobbing reached his ears. He ran towards the sobbing and gasped. A man in a uniform, tattered and stained in his blood, was on the ground; dead. Sobbing loudly over his body was a little girl. She didn't look to be older than a few days after seven.
She had shoulder-length magenta/pink hair with bangs that reached down from the sides of her temples and stretched outwards, purple-colored eyes, a mole under her left eye, and a white headband on her head. The little girl wore a white jacket, a pink dress top, a light-blue skirt, black socks, and shoes. Near her was a growling little purple-furred dog with a black spot on its back…standing on its hind legs?
"Get away!" the dog whimpered, shaking a branch at Them as they got closer.
Wizard blinked under his mask before shaking his head. He quickly switched his Flame Ring with another Flame Ring that had a more decorated design with a gold bit in the center. He engaged his Henshin Tune on his belt.
=FLAME=
The dog blinked before a red magic seal struck Them, knocking them away.
=DRAGON=
The dog followed the ring to Wizard. It washed over him and released a fire-made dragon.
=BOU…BOU…BOU-BOU-BOU!=
The dragon roared as it spun around. It collided with him and transformed his armor. The black of his jacket turned a brilliant scarlet with silver trimming. The cape extended down to a few inches above his feet. On his torso was a silver dragon head emblem while his ruby helmet gained more silver and a gold symbol. He used the Connect Ring and pulled out a strange silver device with a stopwatch item on the back, held by a Hand Author with the thumb held out. On a part attached to it was a ring that had a sculpture of a dragon.
=DRAGO TIME=
Wizard spun the timer's face around to face the red spot on the top once.
=SET UP=
He pushed the thumb.
=START=
With that, the Mahotsukai charged with the WizarSwordGun. He cut the head off of one of Them. The timer moved to the blue and he pushed the thumb.
=WATER DRAGON=
A swirl of water swirled to the left of the crying girl and dog. It dispersed, revealing a sapphire and blue version of Wizard Flame Dragon Style. He shot the heads off five of Them. The two fought off the two as the others at the building were trying to watch it through goggles that were in the house.
"He…He just made two of himself," Takashi gawked.
"This is new for us as well," Mirajane admitted as Flame Dragon pushed the thumb.
=HURRICANE DRAGON=
A swirl of green wind blew behind the little girl and formed a green and emerald version of Wizard Flame Dragon. He cut off the head of four of Them before shooting the heads of three more. The skills of the three were decimating all of Them, keeping them away from the dog and girl.
"Oh! Look at that! Now we have three!" Flare exclaimed as Wizard pushed the thumb one last time when it got to yellow.
=LAND DRAGON=
A pillar of rocks rumbled to her right, dispersing into a gold and topaz version of Wizard Flame Dragon. All four began to completely dominate on them.
"B-But how? Duplication Magic is considered impossible unless it's inanimate objects," Mirajane awed.
"Who cares? One for each of us!" Flare beamed.
"You do realize that when he dispels the armor, he ends up cancelling any magic in effect, right?" Akitsu reminded.
"…Damn," Flare slumped, her thoughts of four of him giving her pleasure going right out the window.
=FINAL TIME!=
"Are you okay?" Flame Dragon asked as he moved to the little girl and dog.
"D-Daddy…!" the little girl sobbed.
"…Was he bitten?" Flame Dragon asked.
"Uh-uh," the little girl shook her head, "Th…this man in that house there stabbed him."
"…" Flame Dragon looked at that house and sighed, "This happened once before with Them about. People once friendly with others turn their back on everyone. If you wish it, little one, I will be your Final Hope."
"Y…You would?" the little girl asked, sniffling as she looked at him with the dog.
"Of course," Flame Dragon replied, "But there's something I would ask of you to start calling me, okay?"
"Wh-What?"
"Papa."
Cue: Alteration by Kamen Rider Girls
"…Eh?"
"If I am to be your Final Hope, I wish to adopt you. Your father died wanting you to live, so that means that though he may be gone…" Flame Dragon gently placed a hand over her heart, shooting the head off five more of Them without even looking away from her, "His heart isn't. His heart continues to speak. It says to me 'Be her father. Do not let her get taken away. Become a better father than I was.' I will fail on that last one, for a father to die just wanting to protect their daughter…That is something that only the greatest parent could ever be."
"…"
"Oi, oi, oi, oi! Tatsukete!" Land Dragon screamed as he started to be swarmed by more of Them.
"Will you please stop talking and do something?!" Water Dragon complained as he bonked the skull of one of Them before scanning a ring.
=VERY NICE! BLIZZARD! THE BEST~!=
"Ha!" Water Dragon roared as he sent a wave of icy winds that froze the members of Them in his path.
"G…Go, Papa-chan."
"Maa, maa," Flame Dragon sighed before resetting the watch, "I was just kidding on calling me that, but…it feels right."
=SET UP – START=
Flame Dragon scanned the ring on his Drago Timer on his Hand Author.
=FINAL TIME – ALL DRAGON – PLEASE=
The other three Wizards glowed before turning into their elemental dragons. The three dragons collided with Flame Dragon, giving him the wings, tail, head, and claws of his Phantom.
"When all the Mahou becomes one, that is the Final Hope," Wizard stated.
His Phantom roared before unleashing a concentrated beam of flames from its jaws, incinerating all of Them in its path. Wizard slammed his new claws into the ground and multiple members of Them were impaled through the bodies and heads by spikes of the land.
"He's a monster when it comes to fighting Them," Saya trembled as she watched Wizard easily tearing apart more of Them with a slash of his tail or a flap of his wings that released green-tinted razor winds.
"More like a dragon," Flare smirked, her bikini top getting tighter as her bikini bottoms were starting to get wet.
"He's like a Kamen Rider on TV!" Shizuka giggled as Wizard finished the last of Them.
"Kamen Rider?" Mirajane, Akitsu, and Flare repeated.
"Hop on, you two," Wizard All Dragon Style spoke, motioning to his back, as he picked up the deceased man.
The little girl nodded, hugging the dog as they got on her back. Wizard flapped his wings once and they flew off towards where the others were, landing near them. The magic seal appeared and lowered over Wizard, changing him back. He gently placed the deceased man on the roof, closing his eyes.
"You two can get off now," Saito gently spoke.
Slowly, the little girl slid off with the dog. Once she was off, Saito gently held her as she began to cry once more. The dog whined as it stood beside them, keeping an eye on the little girl. Saito gently placed a hand on his head.
"Good boy. You were really brave trying to protect her," Saito gently spoke to the dog, earning a small smile from him.
"Oh, the poor girl," Shizuka gasped as Saito handed the little girl to her.
"Shizuka-chan is a good lady to be near along with Mirajane-chan, Akitsu-chan, and Flare-chan," Saito informed the girl, "I know that together, they'll be able to protect you better than anyone else."
"O-Okay, Papa-chan…" the little girl nodded as Saito pointed at each girl he mentioned.
"Is he…?" Rei asked.
"He wasn't bitten," Saito replied as he slid a ring onto the dead man's right hand, "Kohta, Takashi, help me get some shovels."
=CRYSTAL – PLEASE=
The group watched as the man's body was covered in a coffin made of gems, the ring sitting on the top of it. He used Re-Quip to seal the ring away before he walked off downstairs, dragging Kohta and Takashi with him.
"So who are you little one?" Shizuka asked as she looked down at the girl.
"A…Alice. Alice Maresato," the little girl replied.
"And the doggy with you?" Shizuka asked.
"Um…I…I'm not sure," Alice replied.
"Well, he said that the dog was very brave," Mirajane noted as she was holding the dog and petting him, "So why don't we name him 'Courage?'"
The dog barked twice in agreement, licking her cheek once.
"Courage…I like it!" Alice giggled.
"Wh-What's with the purple fur?" Saya pondered.
"It could be that instead of making animals one of Them, their fur color just alters," Kohta noted.
"Which means he's infected," Saeko noted as she pulled her weapon out, making the dog whimper.
"I don't detect any of the magic involving Them in him," Mirajane replied.
"You don't?" Rei asked.
"They have a unique energy around them. Even animals that have been bitten give off this energy," Mirajane explained, "It may be that he was just born with this fur."
"Ru-huh," the dog nodded.
"Oh, and he's so smart, too," Shizuka giggled, "Alice-chan, you have such a kawaii little doggy."
Saeko, Saya, and Rei facepalmed.
Saito clapped twice as the group bowed to a freshly-made grave and marker for Alice's father. The dragon-raised teen gently held the crying child close with his four mates. The girl began to tremble after a few minutes.
"Um…Papa-chan…I…I have to potty," Alice mumbled, causing Saito to sweatdrop before he was instantly dashing for the bathroom, carrying Alice, and earning giggles from the four mates he now had.
"I must say, he's quite on top of taking care of children," Shizuka noted.
"Of course he is. When he was a low-rank Mage, and even now with his high-rank, he focuses on babysitting jobs at the guild," Mirajane giggled, "He loves taking care of children. In fact, he actually told me that he'd like to be the Fairy Tail Guildmaster one day, since the guild is a large family."
"It's a family guild?" Flare asked.
"Yes. Though not everyone is related there. I only have a brother and sister in it while some have wives at home," Mirajane noted before looking out to the gates, "Once they're back, we need to keep moving to see if Saya's parents are still alive since they're closest."
"Right," Takashi nodded.
"But what will we do with little Alice-chan?" Mirajane pondered.
"…I'm keeping her," Shizuka replied, earning looks from the others, "She has no one in this world now except for us, complete strangers to her. From what Saito's been able to get out of her by being himself, we know that her mother had…well…turned, so she's alone now. I'm not letting her be alone, so I'm going to adopt her unofficially like Saito-kun did."
"Agreed," Akitsu nodded.
"She'll have four mothers then," Mirajane giggled.
"Oh boy…" Flare rolled her eyes.
"But still…What are we going to do? Once we find my parents, Saya's parents, and Rei's parents?" Takashi asked.
"…It's simple; you're all coming with us to Magnolia," everyone turned to see Saito sitting on the second-floor balcony nearby, smirking, "Since I've taken care of all the…you-know-whats…in the area, we're gonna focus on you all summoning your Mahou."
"M-Mahou?!" Saya gawked.
"How is she?" Rei called.
"She's fine. We're using the master bedroom bathroom so I can sit out here," Saito replied, "And I heard you talking and I know we'll do our best for little Alice-chan." He tapped his chin, "You know, since we're mates…that would mean that when you take in little Alice-chan, she'll be having four mommies and an old dragon fart for foster parents. I can relate to her on that. I've got a cat for a father-figure, a powerful mage as a mother-figure, and a dragon who taught me my Dragon Slayer Magic for an uncle."
"…A cat?" Saya's eye twitched.
"A two-tailed, talking cat that stands on his hind legs and speaks with a Brooklyn accent," Saito replied.
"…Are we doomed?" Saya asked.
"Not if we follow his lead," Takashi replied.
"Listen to the guy, he's smart," Saito replied before Alice tugged his jacket, "Ready to go down?"
"Uh-huh," Alice nodded before Saito picked her up.
"Okay," Saito grinned before he let his tail and wings emerge.
"Oh, wow!" Alice gasped before the two flew down, "How did you do that?"
"I ate a magic fruit. But now I can't swim," Saito replied before tapping his chin, "You know, if we're able to hold this place, I can fly Rei and Takashi to his house real quick and then we head for Rei's place after. That'll save us time, ne?"
"What?!" both gasped.
"B-B-But…" Saya began.
"It'll be fine. The girls will be here and, in my opinion, are undefeatable," Saito informed before giving Akitsu a deep kiss for her Norito, "And that will make things much easier for a shield around her."
"May the eternal frost freeze all the perils that come towards my Ashikabi," Akitsu recited before slamming her hands on the wall behind them, "Eternal Winter!"
It was then 2 kilometers around the building was covered by a circular wall of ice. Saito nodded at her work.
"But how are we gonna get there when she's frozen…us…" Rei began before black energy began to come off Saito.
In a swirl of black 'flames', Saito stood before them in his full dragon form. Almost all of them yelped at his transformation. Courage proceeded to scream so hard, everything but his bones shot off him and regrouped once he ended screaming. Saito gently nuzzled Alice, giving her a soft purr. Alice hugged his snout and nuzzled him.
"Sugoi…" Alice awed as she moved away from him so his head could turn to the gawking Rei and Takashi.
"Shall we get going you two?" Saito asked.
"Right!" both nodded with a nervous gulp before the dragon gently picked them up and placed them on his back.
"Then hold on tight!" Saito roared before he took flight, "We'll be back in half a day! A full one if we stop for groceries!"
"No pickles!" Shizuka called before pouting childishly, "He better not come back with those icky things."
"Icky," Alice repeated with her own pouting.
"Now we have two kids here," Kohta sweatdropped.
"Aw, they're the perfect mother-daughter pair," Mirajane giggled, causing everyone but the two childish members to facefault.
Musubi hummed as she waited at the check-out. She was not sure what to make for that day. She loved the sparring she had that morning with the Furious Five, Po, and Tai Lung. But then when Master Hand appeared and told them of a situation only Lan was able to help with. She hoped she and the others could go with him on the task. When it came to the chicken she just got, she stopped the lady.
"Oh, I have a coupon for one free chicken," Musubi informed as she showed it to her before pointing at a human-sized rooster, "That nice rooster outside gave it to me."
"I'm sorry, but this coupon is expired," the lady informed.
"…" Musubi's eye twitched.
There were a few buttons one should not push when it came to Musubi. The first, and top priority, is almost killing Lan. The second was hurting her fellow Sekirei and those that loved Lan. The final…The final was to not mess with Musubi when it comes to food.
"Please add one window to my check-out, please," Musubi informed calmly.
"What?" the lady pondered.
Musubi proceeded to lunge through the window and tackle the rooster into the street. The two tumbled down the hill the shopping store was on and across a street, causing a few crashes on both sides of the four-lane street, before reaching the bottom. The two started to punch and kick each other. Musubi grabbed the rooster's head and kneed him in the face a few times before the rooster was able to start pecking at her, tearing a few holes in her outfit. She was thankful she was wearing her Food Immersion outfit she got from the Shokurin Temple.
The two got onto a bus in the middle of their fighting. Those on it screamed as they tried to not get pulled into it. The rooster pulled down a metal bar on the bus to strike Musubi on the head with it a few times, drawing a bit of blood. Musubi caught it and proceeded to use it to send him out a window and onto a bridge they were going past, Musubi quickly following out the window. The two began to grapple each other and, in their fighting, fell off the bridge all the way down into the river twenty meters below. They emerged from below and continued to punch at each other. The rooster screamed and pointed behind Musubi. She turned and screamed at the approaching waterfall. The two fell into it and all went silent.
For five minutes, no noise except for the waterfall was heard before a loud underwater 'bang' erupted and the rooster was sent flying into the air, landing on a tree and getting impaled on it. Slowly, Musubi got out of lake that falls entered, panting and covering her bare chest with an arm, cuts and bruises all over her.
Musubi panted slowly as she began to walk away. Unaware to her, the dead rooster's eyes shot open and narrowed. It was still alive… Later, Musubi was scolded by Miya for showing up without the groceries and for being without her top.
"Slow down!" Rei screamed as she held onto Takashi tightly, her firm E-Cups mashing against his back.
"No can do, Rei-san," Saito replied, "The faster we do this, the faster we get back to the others. And the sooner we do this, the more time your scent is still strong at your home. Hold on, we're heading on down!"
With that, the dragon landed on the roof of a two-storied home. He shifted back and dropped the two. Takashi gasped as he looked around the roof.
"This…This is my house," Takashi gasped.
"Told you I'm fast," Saito smirked before turning into Wizard Flame Dragon Style, "Now come on."
"R-Right," Takashi nodded, "Wait…Isn't that the form you used to make four of yourself and then that combined form?"
"You mean the other Dragon Styles and All Dragon Style? Yeah," Wizard nodded, "Did Kohta ever see what I was using against them all protecting Alice and Courage?"
"Not really, but he wants to see it," Takashi replied.
=CONNECT – PLEASE=
"This is it," Wizard replied as he showed his WizarSwordGun, "Now follow."
The two nodded. Slowly, the trio went down the stairs from the roof. Wizard stopped them near the first door and swung it open, Gun Mode engaged. Wizard sniffed the air and relaxed.
"They are not here. So we're safe for Takashi-san to look around for evidence of his parents," Wizard informed, "But do it quietly."
Takashi and Rei nodded. Slowly, the trio went off. Rei looked on the second floor with Takashi while Wizard stayed on ground level, summoning his duplicates with the Drago Timer. Water Dragon stopped when he found a message player with nearly the entire thing filled. Minutes later, all but Flame Dragon were patrolling outside while Flame Dragon, Rei, and Takashi were before the message player, hearing the final message.
=Takashi, Honey, I…I'm sorry, but I'm not gonna be able to make it home. One got me in the shoulder=
"Takashi…" Rei whispered as she looked at Takashi.
=Their bite…spreads the virus. I…I don't want you to see me as one of Them, which I've started calling the undead here. So, just know that…I love you both. You were the best thing in my life, so…until we meet again, my beloved family. *BANG! THUD!* – BEEP – END OF MESSAGES=
Takashi almost collapsed if Rei hadn't caught him. Takashi sobbed into her school-shirt, happy at knowing his mother was alive and that his father loved them both but pained to know he would never see his father ever again in life. Wizard made a few silent prayers to the dragon gods to give the man's soul safe passage before he mentally called his three parts to collect everything they could from the other houses. In an hour, Saito flew off with multiple tied-up blankets filled with food, clothes, weapons, and toys for Alice. He sniffed the air before tapping his chin and flew over to a nearby parking lot filled with tents, landing in the middle of it. Multiple shots bounced off his scales as he used his wings to guard the two on his back.
"Grr…STOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!-!-!" Saito roared, startling the people there, before he changed back into his original form, "I am looking for the mother of Rei here. A scent that's akin to Rei's is strong here. So fess up."
"Y-You smelled me?" Rei asked.
"Not you, Rei-san, someone who smells like you. The only way that is possible is being known to be in contact with them multiple times like Takashi-san's scent has or if you're related. Related scents are stronger than the former scents," Saito explained before his scales covered his body as another bullet tried to hit him, "Son of a Salamander! Will you people stop that?! Because I swear if you don't, I am gonna toss you over the barricades you may have set up for Them!"
"Is Kiriko Miyamoto here?" Rei called out.
"Rei?"
The three turned to see a woman walking up to them. She wore a body-hugging red and black racing suit, accentuating her firm DD-Cup breasts with shoulder-length silver hair yet she had Rei's eye color. In her hands was a scarlet pole with a tri-tipped spear blade on the end.
"Mom…" Rei trembled before she ran over and hugged her, "Mom…!"
"Rei!" the woman beamed as she hugged her before noticing the other two, "Oh! Takashi-chan too?"
It was then Saito was shot in the forehead, the bullet bouncing off from the impact, "Okay! Who shot my forehead? I'm tossing him or her to Them right now!"
"Okay, that's enough! It's obvious this guy's not one of Them," Kiriko scowled at the hiding people, "I'm sorry about them. We're all a little afraid because of…well…you know."
"Yeah. Them," Saito sighed, keeping his scales up, before he bowed to her, "It is a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Miyamoto. I am Saito Twilight, Dragon Slayer of Darkness and Storms."
"Oh my, so polite," Kiriko giggled as she bowed as well.
"What's going on here? What happened to our emotional reunion?" Rei pondered.
"My apologies for ruining that, Rei-san," Saito apologized as more bullets hit him, "…Please let me toss one of the shooters to Them…please?"
"No, bad dragon," Kiriko replied as she chopped his forehead.
"Ite!" Saito yelped as he nursed the bump.
'Bullets have no effect…but a single chop does?' everyone thought with sweatdrops.
"Anyways, we're here to pick you up, Mrs. Miyamoto," Saito informed.
"Huh? Pick me up?" Kiriko repeated.
"He has an escape plan for us," Rei explained.
"Unfortunately, I can't have more than twenty adults at a time and, even then, it can only be used once," Saito explained.
"I'm not getting it," Kiriko replied with a small sweatdrop.
"Ai-yai-yai…" Saito muttered before turning back into a full dragon form, "Are there any children here?"
"Yes, only five, though," Kiriko replied.
"…" the dragon placed one of the bags nearby, "This bag has supplies in it for children. Snacks, some clothes, and a few toys. Give it to them. They deserve some happy moments during these dark times,"He turned to the three near him, "Come. We still need to find Takashi-san's mother and your husband, Mrs. Miyamoto."
"We'll need to check his office," Kiriko noted as she climbed onto his neck, "You know, you're kinda warm and soft."
"I'm already taken," Saito chuckled as he helped Rei and Takashi onto his neck, "May the Ancestors look out for you all in this time of need!" With that, the dragon flew off as fast as he could, "Honestly! Why were they shooting me? I'm not ugly am I?"
"I think it's because you landed like you did," Kiriko replied, "I was about to stab you when you transformed."
"Oh…Well, I'm embarrassed," the three riders blinked in confusion as they saw the dragon blushing, "Now…uh…Where are we going?"
"We'll find Rei's dad now," Takashi replied, "Most likely, he'd be in the East Police Precinct."
"Have you heard from dad?" Rei asked.
"I know my Tadashi better than to think he'd get himself killed already! But if he is…"
"He would have done it to save someone else…That's what dad would want," Rei replied with a tear in her left eye.
"…Wise words," Saito noted, "So mind telling me why you seem so easy-going with a spear? I can smell that you have a strong bond to those types of weapons."
"My mom was the leader of an all-girls' gang before she joined the police, so that'd explain it," Rei noted with a slightly dead look on her face.
"…You and Erza-Oneechan are gonna be good friends, Mrs. Miyamoto," Saito sweatdropped.
"Your sister? Is she a dragon as well?"
"No…" Saito whimpered, "She's worse than a mad dragon when you make her upset."
'What kind of older sister does he have?' Takashi thought as he went pale.
"Ah! Did you get bit?" Saito asked.
"N-No!" Takashi snapped.
"Good, because I would've had to drop ya on your noggin," Saito chuckled, earning sweatdrops from the passengers, "Okay! We're nearing the police station! …I think. The only reason I know this is because of how it smells like the police stations I normally go to back in Fiore when I turn in criminals…and the one that I had to go to when Fla-chan bit that guy's fingers off."
"Yeah. That's the East Police Station," Rei explained.
"Ah, I remember this place," Kiriko sighed softly before frowning at seeing more of Them walking around it.
"Want me to handle it?" Saito asked as he shifted back to normal.
"Actually, yeah. I want to see how you'd handle all of these things," Kiriko smirked.
"Uh…M-Mom…" Rei gulped as she and Takashi paled, "A-Are you sure you wanna see?"
"No, no, no," Saito replied to them, "She wants to see how destructive my Dragon Slayer Mahou is, so she'll see it."
With that, Saito jumped off the roof. He took in a deep breath as his jaws sparked with black flame-like lightning.
"YamiRaiRyuu no…Hoko!"
With that, Saito unleashed a wave of his flames. They never knew what hit them as they were incinerated upon contact. Saito's flames erupted from his fists as he charged through Them.
"YamiRaiRyuu no…Tekken!"
"Wow…" Kiriko awed as she saw various members of Them being sent into the air, torn to pieces.
"S…Such power…" Rei gulped.
"This…This is the power he used to get us out of the school," Takashi shuddered, "And he's going to be teaching Alice this power…"
Takashi and Rei began to think of an older Alice in Saito's clothes with a white strap of cloth covering her breasts. They began to hug and whimper as they thought of her doing this to someone who ticked her off. Saito laughed loudly as he stood at the top of killed 'Them.'
"Oh now that is badass!" Kiriko pumped a fist, "Whoo! Now that's warming me up to do this! Alright, first things first, let's go check the communications office. Hey, you gonna be okay down there?"
"I'll meet you upstairs!" Saito replied, "I'll be fine!"
"Okay! See you inside! Don't get bit!" Kiriko called.
"Uh, Mom? He's been bitten a ton of times since we met him, even had half his face ripped off," Rei noted.
"What?! B-But…" Kiriko gawked as they ran down the stairs from the roof.
"He's a Dragon Slayer of Darkness and Storms. He's immune to the bite of Them and can even heal by eating things related to darkness or storms, like shadows," Takashi explained, recalling how Saito, once he had finished tearing Them apart, had 'devoured' all the shadows near him to heal his half-mauled face.
"Holy…Is he an alien?" Kiriko awed.
"Something like that. He's from a different Earth," Rei replied.
Saito ran into the building after tearing through all of Them outside. He sniffed the air.
'No one's been in here since late last night, possibly between midnight and 3:30 in the morning,' Saito thought, 'There are three Them currently in here, two joined together.'
The sound of groaning caught his ears. A pair of Them, one male and one female, came around a corner. Saito's claws ripped their heads off their bodies. As the two fell, a cellphone fell out of a pocket. It showed the two together with smiles. Saito gave the two corpses a sad smile, seeing that they died together. He couldn't smell anything involving one biting the other on them except for traces of each other's scent on their lips. He heard footsteps before seeing Takashi, Rei, and her mother run over, blood fresh on Kiriko's staff.
"It was one of Them that you ran into," Saito noted.
"Yeah. It was Officer Kato," Rei replied.
"He looked like he was trying to commit suicide after he got bit," Kiriko added before walking up to a door, "And this is where we can get into some more weaponry."
"Any signs of your dad, Rei?" Saito asked.
"No. But we learned that there's a plan to evacuate the survivors at Takashi's Mom's workplace," Rei replied.
Saito nodded. He turned to the door Kiriko was at. He noticed it had an electronic pad on it. Seconds later, the door was ripped out of the wall and Saito put it to the side. His arms changed back and smiled at the others. When the group entered, everything was barren with a few chairs fallen over with papers all over the floor.
"Seems they took everything," Saito noted.
"Wait! Let's head back up to the third floor!" Rei exclaimed, "I remember coming her on a Middle School field trip! I saw guns in the evidence room up there!"
"Good thinking," Takashi nodded, earning a small blush from Rei.
"Lucky for us, we handled the ones up there already," Kiriko smirked.
"Good," Saito nodded, "Takashi, Rei, reverse triangle up the stairs. I'll handle the top of the reverse triangle, you two take the sides."
The two nodded while Kiriko raised a brow. She stood in the middle while Takashi was on her left front, Rei on her right front, and Saito in the back. Eventually, they made it to the evidence room. Just before they entered, Saito raised a hand after sniffing the air. He pointed at Kiriko and moved to the side of the door. The opened it and one of Them in riot uniform, a part of their sleeve torn off with their skin, emerged. Kiriko was swift and impaled it through the bottom of the head up, sending the mask off. Rei and Kiriko gasped.
"D…Dear?!" Kiriko gasped.
"…" Saito pulled Takashi away from the two women, discreetly taking their weapons from them, as he went into the evidence room.
"…" Takashi glanced over at Rei and Kiriko, crying over the dead body.
"He protected someone and closed himself into this room," Saito softly spoke as he picked up a rapid-fire MP55FK equipped with suppressors and the works with thre extra magazines along with an M92 Vertec Handgun with two extra magazines.
Takashi nodded before pulling out a long case and opened it. Inside was an M1014 J.S.C.S. AKA a Benelli M4 Super 90. Saito used his Re-Quip magic to quickly store everything he could before the two came back to Rei and Kiriko.
=CRYSTAL – PLEASE=
"Let's get going," Saito spoke as he hefted the crystal-made coffin.
"We're approaching out headquarters for now," Saito informed before he gasped, "By the Ancestors…!"
"What's wrong?" Kiriko asked.
"Aki-chan's ice should've lasted three days before it started to melt," Saito noted, "But it's already halfway melted. …Something's wrong with this planet right now." He landed outside the building and changed back as the others came out.
"Who's the lady?" Flare asked as she flew down from the balcony.
"Another dragon?" Kiriko gawked, "I…I gotta leave."
"You can talk with Mira-chan," Saito informed, "She…She knows the pain of killing a loved one that turned into one of Them. Kohta, get out here with the shovels! We're having another funeral!"
"Papa!" a blur dashed over and hugged his leg, revealing itself to be Alice.
"Hey there, kiddo," Saito chuckled before using Re-Quip to summon a flashlight, "Here you go, a flashlight."
"Huh?" Alice blinked in confusion.
"Trust me, you'll need it to get some laughs," Saito patted her head, "Alice, where's Mira-chan?"
"Mira-Kaachan is in the kitchen right now. Why?"
"Can you take Kiriko-sama to her?" Saito asked as he motioned to the woman.
"She's pretty, Papa," Alice awed.
"I know. Personally, I think Rei gets her looks from her," Saito replied.
"…Eh?! You're Onee-chan's Kaa-san?!" Alice exclaimed.
"Yep!" Kiriko replied.
"Yeah, it surprised me, too," Saito chuckled, "Kiriko-san, this is my kid I have unofficially adopted just this morning, Alice."
"Oh, she's adorable," Kiriko giggled, "But you do know that the legal adult age is 21, right? No one will accept it even if times are, well, tough."
"I know," Saito replied, "That's why she's got a lucky star. Now, Alice-chan, you take her to see your Mirajane-Kaa-chan, okay?"
"Hai!" Alice nodded before taking Kiriko's hand and walked off into the house.
Saito clapped his hands twice and bowed once more, Alice copying him. Courage was currently playing Taps on a horn he got from inside. While they knew it would attract Them, Saito was glad that Courage was doing something to make the funeral a bit more meaningful.
"Will you be able to fly us out of here?" Kiriko asked.
"Nope," Saito replied, "I can carry seven humans and a dog at most."
"Good thing we've got this 'tank,'" Mirajane noted as she patted it.
"So where are we heading?" Kiriko asked.
"Saya's house," Takashi replied, "It's the closest one here."
"It's also the reason why I didn't fly there since I knew we were going there next," Saito added.
"Ah…I'll drive," Akitsu offered.
"Why you?" Shizuka asked before noticing which side the driver's seat was on, "Oh…Good idea, Aki-chan, you drive."
"We're gonna need a path. Fla-chan, you form the path to the river," Saito ordered.
"You got it, hot stuff!" Flare smirked as she began to use her fire breath to make a path.
"Why the river?" Rei asked.
"I rode with Rika-Neechan in this once," Saito replied before shuddering, "And hopefully, I will never let her drive ever again. Anyways, this 'tank' of hers can easily go across the river."
"I see…" Saeko noted, "An impressive vehicle."
"Yeah. Shame I won't be on it," Saito noted.
"Why not?" Saya asked.
"Because I'm gonna go get Rika-Neechan. I'm worried about her and need to make sure she's alive," Saito replied, "I'll try to get back here as fast as I can. Promise. In the meantime, Takashi's in charge."
Takashi nodded. Saito shifted into his dragon form once more and flew off. He quickly flew back and changed into his normal form with a blush.
"You forgot something?" Shizuka asked.
"Uh-huh," Saito nodded before pulling out all of the weapons he got at the police station from his Re-Quip Space.
Let it be known that when Kohta's really excited, his cheers could reach space.
Me: With various things gone over, the group was able to find Rei's mother, Kiriko, and have gained two additional members in Alice and her pet Courage. Now Saito is heading out to find this 'Rika' character. Will he be able to find her? Or is she already one of Them? Find out, next time.
