Oh yeah, like with the last Story, if you have questions you wish to ask in Pms or Review, ask away and I shall answer up here from now on.
Pokemon Center [ Pokemon X & Y]
" JEez, this journey is more a pain than I thought it would end up being." Ziden said before looking up at the roof of the Poke Center, seeing the lights flicker on and off before them. Only a few of them were at the table. Merely only Sakuya, Miko, Byakuren and Remilia sat with him while the others were helping Nurse Joy with the injured trainers and Pokemon.
" Yeah, just imagine if it was just you, Sanae and Kaguya, you'd be in danger no doubt, so be glad we invaded." Remilia stated, simply trailing her fingers along that glass before her before softly sipping it down.
" True, plus I get to have a chance to fight with this Kamen Rider power that Sanae gave me, its an odd experience but I can certainly make due with it." Ziden softly looked at the three coins on the table, the male felt odd using them, something Sakuya noticed with the latest one.
Soon Ziden felt the grip of a pair of arms around his eyes, only to notice it was Reimu. " Yo, Ziden, got a question for you, so what's been going on with the others that traveled with us?" Reimu asked while Ziden rubbed his jaw before reaching to his sleeve, softly pressing buttons on it, created by magic.
" Then let us see, shall we?" Ziden asked, a screen soon forming above the sleeve and showing the group, everyone slowly gathering to see a screen.
The first film was showing Mario and Luigi gathering on a floating blimp with Peach and Toads, they seem to be heading off into a vacation of sorts. " Huh, so that's what they are up to, wonder where they are going to." Mokou wondered, throwing an onion ring into her mouth.
The next screen showed Kirby simply taking a nap in his home before being snatched into the air by a giant beanstalk, causing the others to literally arc their heads upwards just to see the odd sight. " That is...Kirby is in the midst of something crazy, isn't he?" Marisa asked, wondering what that puffball could be up to.
The next screen was odd, it showed a grand grassy plain and a male wearing blue on a horse, looking out into the lands, but when he was seen, the group could tell who it was before a blue laser blasted right past them,sending the male on a ride. " That was a different Link right?" Yuyuko asked while Ziden nodded. A new Link was born in those two months.
The screen changed to show that Dante was in the midst of baby sitting a girl, showing he was now getting into the anime timeline. Seems he would have his hands full.
Sora himself seemed to be on the isle, relaxing, not even minding what was going on the wolds right now, relaxing and sleeping on the beach. Reimu seemed rather happy about this.
Sonic and Tails seemed to be riding up a massive Elevator into Space to a giant amusement park, which had everyone surprised, especially Takeru.
" So it seems that everyone is doing well and not in much danger." Eirin said while softly sitting in the booth.
" Seems the Gym Leader is also safe in this town as well. He does seem rather down since he can't climb or whatever." Remilia didn't really seem to care.
" Yeah, said his Gym was taken over by something called a...ray no?" Reimu had no clue what that was.
" Its an animal that's in the outside world! Its big and has a large horn!" Ziden looked down only to have his jaw almost shattered by the headbutt of a hell raven clocking him right in the jaw.
" How do you know of that creature?" Miko asked, curious to how she did indeed know that.
" Oh, Mama Satori has some down at her home!" Utsuho answered, the male was rather surprised about this but honestly shouldn't be.
" But there is one question we have since we've been chatting about it back in the Fake Gensokyo, so how did you end up in some coma and sent your pervy past self with us?" Youmu asked, actually curious.
" Hmm? Oh I wasn't in a coma or any of the sort. I was dealing with incidents on Earth before coming here, namely the revival of the Sleeper, who I beat the hell down and sent him back to his Sunken City." Ziden slammed his fist down into his palms
" So, you weren't sleeping at all, just going off fighting some sleepy thing?" Flandre asked, soon clinging to his arm.
" Can we actually hear about this, this has me curious." KAguya said before softly clapping her hands, causing Ziden to sigh.
" Very well, listen up and listen well." Ziden soon began to explain what was going on and what he was doing before joining them at Olympus.
Flashback...
A trip to New York is normally a peaceful one, but for this hero, it was one that'd lead to annoying circumstances, namely all the knocked out cultists that were around him and the blade that was currently pointing at the neck of a certain Fallen Goddess he was once married to. The Crawling Chaos Nyarlathotep.
Where were they currently? The last place he expected Cultists to even do such a ritual that was currently on going outside was at the Statue of Liberty's Crown, he might have stopped it, but they were able to finish half of it resulting in the massive storm surging right outside. " Now now Ziden, I doubt there is any time for you to be dealing with little old me, now is there?" The Eldritch Abomination had a severe point since from the corner of Ziden's eye he could see that massive mass of green flesh that was rising out of the sea, the seas themselves spiraling around him akin to a whirlpool. " Because after all...he could very easily endanger the poor people of New York city. So what will you do, Mister Hero? Take your rage out on me, or go and stop the Sleeper from erasing these pitiful human lives off the map?"
A simple click of his tongue was all the answer she needed. " Damned Goddess, after this is over, I'm putting you down." Ziden said before pulling his sword from her neck and began to move towards the opening of the crown.
" Oh...but are you really gonna be able to put me down after this nice Divorce gift from me to you, I know its a bit late, well over a few centuries." Ziden rose a brow at her words before watching her vanish into a black void before looking back to the Sleeper, only to see those sets of red eyes staring at him from not that far, that bastard was as big as the Empire State Building and he could see that fist of his cocking back.
" Oh shit, he's not after the people, he's after me." Ziden cursed Nyalathotep for this before leaping right out of the crown, not even caring about the knocked out cultists before his eardrums could hear the loud boom that came from his fist smashing right through the statue's face while seeing the ground quickly approaching beneath him before flipping himself to land on the ground.
The ground cracked right under his feet before going to stand and crack his neck, gazing around at the people who came to this island as sightseers, all dowwn on the ground, convulsing from the sight of the Octopi headed being of Madness attacking him right now. The black fluids coming from their eyes and mouths pretty much told him that this was the real deal he was facing. He still found it odd that the Sleeper's name was not copywrited and ended up being snatched by a Space Tyrant.
The male gripped onto his blade while looking at the four eyes of the beast which was focused on him currently, those red eyes now flashing purple before his area was being blasted apart by those powerful lasers, the male responding right to the action by leaping high into the air and using a giant hand of fire to spin onto his forearm, making sure to dodge those laser blasts while running along his giant arm. Wrapping fire along that crimson blade and kicking the arm hard to break into a pseudo-flight and making his blade alot longer before cleaving it through several of his tentacles, causing the beast to screech loud enough to shatter several windows in the neighboring area of New york. Hearing that pained roar gave him a cocky smirk right before not noticing the giant green hand was now landing on. Soon feeling that hand close right around him and soon toss him like a fast ball pitch
Literally becoming a red blur across the sky, Ziden found himself slamming right into a large tower, causing alot of damage with that impact, the male groaning loudly from the impact and trying to sit up, seeing that his leg literally tore open to the point of seeing his bone and muscle. " Dammit, this is gonna be a bitch to heal off." ziden said before leaning his head back and soon feeling the horrible pain of his leg forcing itself back together, letting out a pained growl before getting to his feet. Even from this far distance, he could still see the Sleeper from this distance. He had to crotch down for this before leaping from the tower with an explosive leap, soaring through the air like a bullet.
" The longer this battle goes on, the harder it'll be to keep the casualties down to a minimum. Time to wrap this up." Ziden said before inhaling deep and beginning to gather up the energy to cast a spell that should be strong enough to send this big Khalamari back to the depths of the Sunken city. Slamming his fists together, he made sure to cause an explosion flame beneath him to angle himself higher to aim for that right eye, soon slamming that fist right into that red organ before being showered in the gross mess that came from the impact. The Sleeper was quick to screech hard from the force his eye was ruptured as the God stumbled backwards
The explosive recoil of the punch sent the male flying backwards and into the air as he finally had enough energy charged to finish this. " If Yukari didn't have me rushing to meet up with he and her precious lil youkai and, I'd take my time with taking you down but now, I need to get moving. So let this attack be your end!"
Ziden rose his blade high into the air as it began to fill up with a golden light, soon grabbing onto the blade with both hands, soon going to slam the blade downwards, releasing a powerful blast of light that began to rain down blades upon the Sleeper, each blade was hitting into its flesh and causing pieces of its flesh to fall into the void of a whirlpool beneath it. Hundreds upon thousands of blades began to swarm and shine light in the darkness this demon was taking away from humanity.
This beast wanted a piece of him and he was gonna get the 20 pc meal of a quality beat down. " From the oldest Era, from the most secret of Magicks, this art will rend your body and tear your soul asunder. Witness the spell that is Monikered by the Age of when the Gods end! Ragnarok!" As soon as Ziden finished his incantation. a massive golden magic circle formed in the clouds, allowing a massive golden blade to pass through it and began to let it rain down from the heavens above. Once the God recovered, he was quick to see the blinding light and the massive holes in his body before throwing that hand up to try and stop that blade, instantly watching his arm be cleaved down the middle ass that blade soon made its home right through the neck of the god. Prompting the hero to fist pump from the sight before that green mess it called blood to spray all over the male and right into his mouth as well.
The golden blade made sure to impale the Sleeper clean through his body before exploding into a pillar of golden and holy light, the explosive force sent Ziden landing right back on Liberty Island and right on the ground, forced to watch as the spell was destroying the body of the God, that hellish roar while watching its chunks slowly come apart and fall into the whirlpool, the sound was sickening and no doubt the cleaning effort would be hell on the people. Seeing that the spell was ending and the body of the Sleeping remained upright, he was worried he'd have to use an even strong spell. " Damn...missing my powers like this is a real damn pain if that didn't put em down." Ziden said before spitting down on the ground, seeing alot of blood in his spit. His fears were calmed once her saw the massive body beginning to sink down into the waters below.
A long sigh of relief came from the male before reaching out to his jacket sleeve and going to hit something on before seeing the clouds clear up. "...Better keep this encounter to myself, don't want Yukari to worry about Nyalathotep being around again." Ziden said before feeling along of wind hitting his face, seeing a large Helicarrier coming down near his location. This confused Ziden for a moment before looking out into the distance where he crashed. Seeing that glowing A at the top of the tower, this caused the male to blankly stare before the entire tower began to slowly tip over before collapsing hard onto the streets below.
"...Whew...been a long day, time to go!" ziden was quick to hit a button on his jacket before being shrouded in light, finding himself upon his ship and right down on the floor. That was going to be trouble the next time he heads back to Earth. but for now, he's kept Yukari waiting for a bit too long, might as well go ahead and meet this wielder of the key and see what the world they are on is like.
Flashback Ends...
Everyone seemed silent on watching that battle, what a horrifying being that was he faced but Mokou and Yuyuko seemed to focus more on the odd woman at the beginning, only for the silence to be ended by Flandre.
" So...did you really lose all your powers when fighting against Lucifer?" MArisa raised a brow at this, wondering how much he was lying about things.
" I did, the Past self didn't have certain powers I had so he did gain new powers. But i had indeed lost my powers." Ziden said while looking at the chuckling Remilia.
" I surely hope you'll be honest with us in the future, you have an interesting fate and that fate has changed ours to one of a fun coalition. But don't lie to us about things like that, no matter how simple. Trust is the strongest part of us being Illusionary Heroes." Remilia said as everyone seemed to agree. Takeru himself had joined in and nods at her words. The group gathered could feel a strong bond truly being forged together!
The fabled glass cracking noise came and everyone could hear it now. " You have established a new bond amongst your Fellow Heroes. In normal Cases, this type of bond would be called the Fool Arcana, but for this, it shall be given a new Arcana. You and your allies have crreated the Hero Social Link, grow this Link with your allies to continually protect this reality from evil."
And now another glass cracking was heard between Ziden and Remilia. " You have established a new bond between each other. You have reached the First Rank of the Devil Arcana. With this, you have gained the Scarlet Night Keyblade Style. Continue your growth with the Seer of Fate to grow more powerful."
Ziden smiled at this, gently kicking back. " So we have that unknown Fiend to deal with. This is gonna be trouble. " Yuyuko said while gently nomming on Ziden's hair, causing him to bop her nose hard.
" And that Rhino too. Takeru, you'll help the girls take down that Rhino and I'll take on the Fiend." Ziden said while looking at the group as they nodded.
" Why can't we take on that fiend with you!?" Meiling asked while Ziden shook his head.
" If it really is a Fiend, then its gonna be too much for you guys to handle, Fiends are demons of unholy power and that Alice girl is one of them." Ziden said before Kaguya could visibly seen grimacing at that name, even Eirin.
" But you're weakened, should you-" Ziden's hand came up to interrupt Takeru before crossing his arms and making that smug look he used to making when Demons are involved.
" I am a skilled demon hunter, just because my powers are gone, doesn't mean my skill is weakened." Ziden boasted while Byakuren looked over at the male.
" Too much arrogance will make Icarus lose his wings, you know?" Byakuren simply gave a simple warning as Miko nodded in agreement for once. The woman agreeing with her rival for once.
" Indeed, it would be best if someone went in with you." Miko answered before Sakuya volunteered.
" Then I shall aid him in combat, I have been training with Ziden's mother and Dante during the times I was not aiding with incidents." Sakuya explained while showing off her knives, causing Ziden to sigh.
" You guys will bully me until I take one of you so fin-" Everyone in the group felt an overwealming force bearing down on them. The air was already uncomfortable from the sheer force of the fiend outside, but this? This completely eclipsed that as Ziden felt a force yanking right on him, taking him right out of the booth, right to the shock of the Trainers and heroes in it.
A gap was quick to open up right behind him and the familiar sight of a white glove grabbed right onto Ziden's back, trying to hold him from the tug, only for everyone to watch the duo to be sucked right into the void of nothingness and vanished right before their eyes.
Now in the void they were sucked into, nothing remained but the pitch blackness that was soon erased by the lights coming from the candlelight around the new person before them, pitch black suit and golden hair, this man, he radiated power. That grin was just as unsettling to the duo. " Ah, so you two have finally arrived here, that is truly wonderful. I have been dying to meet the one who bested the Lucifer of this reality."
" Judging by that tone...that would mean that you are a Lucifer from another world, are you not?" Yukari slowly got to her feet, wearing that fabled purple and white dress she wore during the incident with Tenshi.
The blonde male's grin grew wider. " OF course, I am here to do the Icrim boy a favor by taking care of his Lucifer problem, after all, now that I am here but you will need to do something for me."
Ziden softly stepped forward, Yukari quick to grab his arm and look at him, the Great Youkai soon looking back at Lucifer. " What Will I need to do? Pledge my soul to you?" Ziden joked, causing the Fallen Angel to chuckle.
" No, I merely wish to warn you of a threat and I want you to become stronger so you can face it. The threat known as YHVH." As soon as that name was said, the sound of a record scratch was heard from the mere utterance of that name.
" YHVH? What even is that?" Ziden asked as the angel threw him an odd Candelabra, the male holding onto it.
" He is the Tyrant God that has embraced a hold upon your newly formed reality, he will no doubt try to do to it what he did to ours. You will learn of him as long as you hold the Candelabra and fight against the powerful Demons that come from my destroyed Multiverse, in return, I shall aid you the best I can and destroy the Lucifer that seeks to corrupt and destroy you. The more demons you defeat, the stronger you and your allies shall become to face the terrors of this new reality. Do we have a deal?" Lucifer explained as Ziden looked down and looked at his Aunt. The woman didn't know what to expect but they did know this, the power they felt, it eclipsed theirs. It was like being in Shinryu's presence once more.
"...We have a deal, if this deal will make me stronger and my friends as well, then we might as well." Ziden said, holding up the Candelabra, soon watching it vanish into his hand.
" Very well, have fun and beware the demons who come for your Candelabra." Those words rang through his head before the duo found themselves back in the Pokemon Center, the dazed by the events that just occurred.
" Whoa! What happened to you guys?" Reimu asked as Yorihime had finally returned from the kitchen, bringing a meal over to Eirin.
Soon, An explanation is happening...
Everyone seemed to be lost for words. " So basically, you have to fight powerful demons that come from another reality and do it as payment for Lucifer?" Takeru asked as Yukari seemed to frown.
" Yes, from what we felt, if we opposed it, we would no doubt have come back in pieces. So essentially, we will be hunted down by powerful demons. Not just fiends but others." Yukari explained while looking at the group.
" Hmm, another reality of demons. And I thought your Earthling ones were annoying." Yorihime said while looking at Ziden whom was holding that Monster Bestiary of his and noticed alot of the entries were changed and upgraded, namely demons. Lucifer was not lying, seems new demons were coming and taking over their kind and replacing them.
But there was a new feeling of dread, the ringing of bells could be heard as ziden and crew stepped outside. A powerful presence was nearby and he could feel the Candelabra flickering within him. He was ready to take the threat head on, soon walking forward with Sakuya before being sucked down into a portal, but the group didn't have a time to rest, Shocker Combatmen and soon that same Rhino they were told about came forth.
Tunnel Rhino it was, the being with a drill on it. " Humph, I dunno what happened to your friends but for Lord Sigma's sake, I'm gonna bury you punks alive with my newly granted powers!"
Meanwhile in another place...
Nothing was here but a barren wasteland, the skies were red and stained in chaos but that was not the oddest thing about this place. The oddest thing about this place was the being that was before them. Cloaked in the vibrant attire of a Bullfighter and even the red capote of one of them. The most off thing about the being was the skull head he had. Skeletal in nature and it was hard to tell if he was frowning or impressed that two humans made it to this place.
" So, you are the wielder of the Candelabra this time? You are alot less impressive than its last wielder." The skeleton stated, causing Ziden to grimace. " Do not believe that because you are a top ranked hunter here, means you are a match for a demon of my caliber. I am Matador, he who marches the dance of Death to appease the crowds of battle hungry fans."
" So we're facing some jackass with a cape? That's fine, the first demon from this new reality that was destroyed, don't worry, I'll make sure me and my student don't break your bones too hard." Ziden slapped the Elemental Driver onto his waist and soon slides Salamander into the coin slot, the Matador staring at the sight before the male was seen transforming into Avenger, leaping right at the Skeleton while Sakuya drew her knives.
Fiend Battle [ Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne]
Ziden had already summoned his blade and had flames arcing along it before feeling it clash against the blade of the Matador, the sparks arcing off from the impact was causing minor shockwaves on the ground, prompting Sakuya to leap high and rain down knives onto the duo, making Ziden leap away.
" Hmm, so you aren't just an overconfident child." Matador holds up his blade and literally spins it, a blast of wind coming from his blade that blasts the knives away into the sky, soon turning his attention to Ziden. " And a strange form you have taken, one I have never seen before."
" Heh, because you're facing a Kamen Rider! And this one is gonna take you right down!" Ziden said, taking a stance and holding his blade out in front of him.
" Then, I shall treat you like a proper opponent. Come forth to me! Your horns will not pierce my soul! Red Capote!" A single swing of his cape and an explosion of wind came from the Fiend and coated him, causing the male to wonder what it even did.
But he didn't want to wait, soon leaping at the Skeleton and swinging his blade at his body, only to be shocked to see his blade be pushed right away from his body and sent spinning caused the male a shocking expression to form on his face, before that face was changed within his helmet to one of pain as a blade was seen cleaving across his chest, blood and sparks spraying out from the impact and sent the Rider crashing along the ground, kicking up dirt.
Sakuya did not like that one bit and soon held onto a knife with a tight grip. " Lets see what this Exsphere has taught me from wearing it for so long. Shining Arrow!" Her arrow was coated in light before slamming right down into the Fiend with it, the wind not protecting him this time as it stabbed right into his shoulder.
" Tch, so they got lucky and landed a hit, facing two people at once is nothing compared to 4 demons." The demon was quick to spin and thrust his blade upwards, prompting Sakuya to use two knives coated in Temporal energy to block the attack, lightning blasting out from the attack and raining out from the battle.
The male was seen getting to his feet while going in and charging right at the demon, aiming at his chest once more, only for the wind to blast his attack away, causing him to miss before Matador grabbed Sakuya with that pole he carried, soon using it to hook behind her neck and slammed her right down onto the ground, cracking it from the force before she rolled away from the stab and got to her feet.
" Hmph, time for you both to fall here. Andalucia!" A single swing of his rod hidden within the cape, an explosion of force came from the wind, feeling power concussive impacts hitting their bodies and sending them flying across the ground, both hurting after that powerful attack. A swing of his cape once more was now causing a golden glow to rise up around him, his next physical attack was gonna hurt badly.
" Ziden!" Sakuya was quick to rise to her feet, a bottle dropping from her hands, seems she popped a high Potion and drank it down, healing herself before holding up a Green coin in her hand and throwing it to him, catching it and looking at it.
The symbol of a twister was on it before going to stand up. " The final Elemental Spirit eh? Lets see what you can do!" Ziden holds out the coin while his belt connected with it.
" Sylph!" Ziden was seen placing the coin right in the Right Slot, feeling it glow before a pose entered his mind, his arm shooting out to strike a famous pose, slowly moving across from himself as the coin was sucking in wind from around them. Even from the Matador's body that was protecting him, causing the glow to appear in the coin. The male's arm finally finished the pose before switching arms.
" Henshin!"
As soon as those words were uttered, three fairies, green of hair and clothing came from the coin and spun around him, shooting three arrows into the air and causing them to slam into the ground around him, creating three tornados to spin around and cover him, causing Sakuya to step away from him before the transformation was complete.
" Purifying Winds! Blow away Despair in its tracks!" Once the tornadoes vanished from him, the male was now wearing armor that was akin to a ninja but a pure green body suit, a simple armored vest on his chest with green gems showing its element. On his right arm was that familiar Card Gauntlet, styled to be akin to an Eastern armguard. This form had no greaves but the body suit also formed nice shoes for him. His helm was akin to a ninja, his eyes were pure green diamonds that were glowing on his helm was a windmill with a kanji for wind on it.
Most notable was the gun he was holding in his hand, it was akin to a revolver but on its underbelly was a long knife-like weapon to it. The pure green weaponwas spinning in his hand. " So, shall we dance upon this chaotic battlefield?" His tone of voice was also different, more calm and relaxed.
Matador noticed this before drawing his blade once more. " You seem different from before but I shall warn you, your wind will do nothing here!" The Demon seemed confident before three shots came from the gun and blasted him right in the chest with 3 green shots, sending him skidding backwards.
" Oh? Is that so? Then I'll just have to take you down with this wind." Ziden said, spinning the gun before running in at the MAtador, sliding under the blade he swung, the male soon unloading shots into his chest, sparks flying out from the impacts as he flicks the gun, turning it into a bright green knife, swinging it right against his chest.
Unknown to Ziden, inside the driver mysterious boxes were glowing and granting new powers to the coins in his person, the blade was leaving sparks all over the demon's body before knives found themselves in his back. " I-impossible! I should be immune to such wind attacks! How!? How is this possible!?" The demon was seen falling onto his knee, his red cape was now on the ground before Ziden and Sakuya lands next to each other while Ziden held a card and she did the same.
" Card Set! Finishing Move! Ready?" Ziden was seen slowly moving his gun from his hip and points it right at the downed demon while Sakuya held up her own spell card.
" Illusion Sign: Killing Doll!" Soon a storm of knives appeared all around her while green lights began to form around Ziden's gun.
" Sylph Bomber!" Ziden soon fired three shots from his gun that ended up turning into those famous fairies, soon unleashing arrow shot upon arrow shot upon the poor demon as Sakuya's knives flew like lightning and tore through the demon like butter, seeing the Demon soon sparking all over.
"...So this is the power...of the hunter and his student...heh, many more of us will come for you, now that i have been bested...you...shall not escape this unharmed, Demon hunter. This battle...was one of the best I faced." The demon softly bowed before landing down onto the ground face down, soon exploding into a hellish nightmare of flames, the duo soon covering their eyes and finding themselves back in town, now completely exhausted from the battle.
Ziden could feel a hand catching him before he fell, only to lose consciousness as he swore he heard someone calling his name.
Trivia:
1. Those looks into what their past allies were doing currently are references to their current adventures, don't forget, the adventures in this reality happen before the games do, sometimes a few years prior. Have a fun time guessing them all.
2. This is the first time that SMT will officially be confirmed as mixing with the Zidenverse/Storyverse, as Persona already existed here.
3. Byakuren and Miko do make a good point, knowing my track record with screwing up Ziden, no doubt you'll see him crash and burn heavily.
Author's Notes: I am finally feeling much better and no longer sick! I feel grand and better and I must apologize for making you guys wait. IF a story chapter comes out late, remember its because i might be sick but don't worry, these chapters will be coming atleast weekly and I will try and keep em a decent size for you guys to enjoy!