Chapter 10: New World

**The character 'Titus' is owned and created by Xelku9 on DevianArt**

"Don't worry general," said a voice over Huitzilopochtli's intercom, "we will handle them!"

"Finally!" said Orion, "they are here!"

"Is that the backup you called?" asked Hiro looking at another mothership that was coming towards them with a fleet of Klaxosaurs and starfighter jets.

"Yes," said Elise, "Yes they are!" she said as the air units launched into the air firing towards the enemy units that were retreating. The ground Klaxosaurs came together to form a huge single unit providing defense to the rescue team.

"Well," said a person who came out of the mothership that landed right beside the Franxxs that were sinking in the liquified sand, "at least we are not late enough to see all your Franxx sucked in by the soil, are we?"

"Yeah whatever" said Orion irritated, "just get us out of here!"

"Sure!" said the person as two other humans came from the side with a blower in their hands. They aimed their blowers towards the liquified sand and passed down a white-colored smoke over it making the sand freeze within seconds.

"What is that?" asked Zero Two looking at the smoke.

"Vaporized nitrogen…" said Elise, "as if liquid Nitrogen was not enough."

"Freeing completed!" said one of the workers.

"Alright, bring in the temporary Franxx unloading bay!" shouted the person.

"Who is that?" asked Nana as their Franxx landed near to Strelizia.

"That's Titus!" said Orion as everyone got down using the temporary unloading bay that was attached to all the Franxxs. In front of them was a person with red hair and mid-toned skin wearing a yellow full sleeve shirt with dark blue pants.

"You know you owe me one, general." Said Titus as he looked at the current condition of the damaged mothership. The crash of Meteorix had damaged one of the flight engines, "I obviously can't let you all go in that trash. Moreover, it is decided that both Origins, as well as pilots, are top priorities to protect. Hence, we will be loading your ship's cargo on ours and escort you all the way to the capital safely."

"This is ACE 1, target locked! Requesting permission to eliminate subjects." said the intercom of Titus.

"This is Head, request permitted! Proceed with full power!" replied Titus.

"Wow!" said Hiro as 5 of the starfighters bombarded laser at the fleeing VIRM units wiping them out within seconds.

"The ACE are here?" asked Orion.

"Of course," replied Titus, "if we wouldn't have used them here, then they probably would have been of no use after all, because if you die then it's all over for us, right?"

"Why do you keep pushing yourself?!" asked Seraphime with tears in her eyes as Hatake lied in her arms inside Meteorix.

"Don't you worry…" said Hatake as he wiped her tears with his right hand, "You know things like this can't kill me… I will be fine after sleeping for a few minutes-" he said as he felt pain in his left leg, "I mean I will be fine within a few hours…"

"Sure," said Seraphime with a smile as she hugged him tight, "take a break…"

"Warm…" whispered Hatake as he blacked out.

"Where am I?" asked Hatake as he found himself to be in a completely white room.

"Hatake!" said a voice form behind.

"Dad!" said Hatake with a smile, "I-"

"Fix it!" said Werner.

"What?" asked Hatake.

"I know I can't ask for anything else…" said Werner with a sad expression, "But please, I'm begging you bring it back. Bring back Humanity to as it was, please bring it back!" he said.

"But how? Wait! Dad!" he shouted as everything vanished in front of him.

"Time will tell you..." said Werner as he walked away.

"DAD!" shouted Hatake as he woke up to find himself on a medical bed inside the mothership, "So, a dream…" he thought, "Humanity, huh? I want the same thing, dad… The same thing…" he said as he removed the ends of the saline bottles containing magma energy that was connected to his left arm.

"You okay?" said Hiro as he entered, "I heard you screaming."

"Yeah," said Hatake as he got up, "Just a bad dream."

"Sure," said Hiro, "come on down, dinner's ready!"

"Dinner?" asked Hatake shocked, "How long was I asleep?"

"About 5 hours," replied Hiro, "Seraphime was too worried, so she insisted Orion to add a saline bottle filled with magma energy."

"When will we reach there?" asked Zero Two.

"Just one more day!" said Orion looking outside the glass.

"So, one more war then?" she said with an exhausted expression.

"No," said Orion, "we already have entered the Federation area, if the enemy comes in this area he will be blown away by long-ranged missiles before he can even move. That means from here on there will be no interruptions."

"I see." Said Zero Two.

"You sure you are okay?" asked Seraphime as she, Hatake and Hiro entered.

"I'm telling you this for the fourth time…" said Hatake, "I'm fine!"

"But still," said Seraphime, "why don't rest a bit more?" she asked.

"Hatake?!" asked Orion shocked, "H-How are you walking? Your left leg's bones were in pieces!"

"My cell regeneration rate is at least 5000 times higher than a human!" said Hatake as he sat on a chair near the dining table, "And thanks to the magma energy it did not take much time. So, what's for dinner?"

"Yeah everything thing is usual…" Replied Orion, "But Hiro, why in the world did you ask for this huge jar of honey?"

"Well," said Hiro "that was for Zero Two-"

"Honey?!" said Zero Two shocked.

"Yeah, so-" said Orion as Zero Two snatched the jar from his hands and opened it in excitement.

"Zero Two!" said Hiro.

"No, it's okay." Said Orion, "I know how much Klaxo sapiens are obsessed with sugar…"

"What do you mean?" asked Hiro as Zero Two gulped over the honey.

"Hey slowly!" said Hiro as he offered Zero Two a towel to wipe the honey that was dripping from her hands.

"You always care about me so much darling!" she said as she poured the honey into his mouth.

"Well," said Orion as the kids played catch with Zero Two as she ran here and there, "you see Klaxo sapiens love sugar. If it was for them, they would have even worshiped it. Though let me tell you one thing that the honey is highly concentrated in terms of sugar, which probably has led her brain to become this active!"

"So, as a the conclusion she's got too energized?" asked Hiro.

"Yeah," said Hatake as he fed Kodo, "that happens because of higher metabolism rates, there is nothing to worry about though!"

"Interesting!" said Titus standing beside Hatake as he scribbled something on his notebook looking at Zero Two's behavior.

"And who is he?" asked Hatake looking at him.

"Oh," said Titus, "we haven't met, I'm Titus, Code: 345!"

"I see…" said Hatake shocked as they shook hands together.

"So," said Orion, "the two scientists finally met!"

"Scientists?" asked Hatake looking at Titus.

"Yeah," said Orion, "Titus is one of the top leading scientists in the Federation."

"Hatake!" said Kokoro, she held Zero Two tightly as Zero Two struggled to get to the jar of honey that Hiro was running away with.

"What type of madness is this?" said Hatake as he ran towards Kokoro to control the situation.

"So," said Titus looking at everyone, "these are the pilots that will help us. I'm in kind of a doubt…"

"Nah," said Orion, "we are all, actually at least most of us are humans after all… And trust me, I have seen them piloting. Oh, yeah I forgot to tell you something!" he said as he remembered something looking at Ikuno, "I have a task for you!"

"What is it this time?" asked Titus annoyed.

"I want you to configure HYB to cure Ikuno's legs…" said Orion.

"Consider it done!" said Titus.

"Will it be of any use?" asked Ikuno with a sad expression, "Why are you wasting your time behind me?" she asked.

"Listen!" said Titus grabbing her shoulders, "people have faith in you for some reason, alright?"

"Y-Yeah…" she said shocked.

"Trust me," said Titus as he let go of her shoulders and stood back up, "when people have faith in you, you get the courage to make anything possible… And moreover, it's just not an order from the general, it is also a challenge against the knowledge I have, and NO ONE underestimates my knowledge! Anyways," he said as he walked away, "I already had dinner, I will be going to sleep now!"

"I want to sleep with my darling!" said Zero Two as she hugged Hiro form behind.

"We don't have time for that!" said Hiro as he struggled to get out of her grasp.

"Why darling?" asked Zero Two, "Don't worry we will be all fine!" she said licking Hiro's neck with a smile.

"No!" said Hatake as he took her off Hiro's back and passed her to Kokoro, "Women and only young children sleep together! Men and teens separately!"

"You are no fun!" shouted Zero Two with a sad expression as she walked away with everyone to her room.

"Seesh!" said Hatake as he cleaned his glasses, "We seriously have to keep her away from sugar! Come on, let's go sleep!" he said as everyone went to sleep.

"What is this warm feeling?" thought Hiro as he woke up, "it's so soft and spongy. Rubbing against my back." He said as he turned around, "Z-Z-ZERO TWO!" he shouted as he tried to get up on his feet but fell down on Zorome's chest who was sleeping beside him.

"What the?!" exclaimed Zorome as he got up and tried to grab Hiro with his eyes still closed, "What is this, so soft? I think I know this feeling…" he said as he opened his eyes to see what he was holding on to, "AHHHHH! MIKU!" he shouted as he jumped back in shock.

"Miku! Zero Two!" said Zorome, "What the hell are you two doing here?!"

"Sorry!" said Miku as she bit her tongue with a smile.

"Alright!" said a voice as the entrance door opened, "Rise and shine-"

"Hatake!" said all of them together.

"What are you planning of doing on this ship!" shouted Hatake. He found Zero Two and Miku wearing their nightdresses sitting next to Hiro and Zorome on their Futon laid on the floor, as Goro slept aside with no sense, the room had no children inside.

"Sorry!" said Zero Two with a smile, "We just wanted to see them so we sneaked in while everyone was asleep and woke up the children and told them to go to our room!"

"Leave that aside!" said Hatake, "I at least didn't expect Miku to do such a thing together with you!"

"Well," said Miku, "it's not just the two of us…"

"What do you mean?" asked Hatake confused as both of them pointed towards Hatake's Futon.

"What is this?" said Hatake as he looked at his Futon, something was covered inside it, "S-SERA?!" he shouted looking at what was inside his Futon, "Even you!" he said looking at Seraphime who was asleep.

"So, as we are all here," said Zero Two, "What should we do?" she asked.

"Get out already!" said Hatake as he pushed Zero Two and Miku out.

"Oh, come on!" said Miku.

"Really you guys!" said Hatake as he washed his face, "Anyways we will be landing in a few hours, get ready!"

"What about Seraphime?" asked Hiro looking at her still asleep.

"Let her sleep," said Hatake, "There won't be anyone here after all."

"Yeah sure!" said Goro as he got up.

"Wait, you heard everything?!" asked Zorome.

"Yeah," replied Goro putting his glasses on, "I was listening since the start, I just didn't want to disturb you all!"

"But where were you?" asked Hiro looking at Hatake, "And where is Futoshi?"

"I couldn't sleep last night," said Hatake, "so I just went looking at the Franxxs thinking of ideas, but finally ended up sleeping inside Meteorix till the morning. I met Futoshi on the way, he said that he did not have much to work to do so he would just help to prepare the breakfast table."

"I see…" replied Hiro.

"Alright we are all ready!" said Goro as he got up, "Let's go!"

"Sure!" said Hiro.

"You guys go on!" said Hatake, "I need to take a shower."

"Alright!" said Hiro as he went away.

"Code: 345, huh?" said Hatake as he opened his father's journal, "sequenced numbers, there has to be something special about him…"

"Where were you?!" said Seraphime as she woke up taking a yawn while rubbing her right eye.

"KAWAII!" screamed Hatake in his mind looking at her.

** 'Kawaii' in Japanese translates to 'Cute' in English.

"Can I ask you something else first?" asked Hatake.

"Sure!" said Seraphime absent-minded.

"How could you be involved in their plans?!" said Hatake.

"Plans?" replied Seraphime, "What do you-" she said as she quickly remembered everything and got up.

"Hey!" said Hatake as he got up, "where are you going?!" he said as Seraphime walked out of the room without saying a word with a shocked expression.

"Everyone!" said the intercom, "Breakfast is ready and we will be landing in the next two hours, so please hurry up!"

"Morning!" said Orion as he sat on one of the chairs of the dining table which had bread, soup and honey ready on the table.

"Zero Two," said Elise, "where were you all last night?" she asked.

"Well…" said Zero Two, "N-Nowhere important!"

"Seriously," said Kokoro as she fed Kodo, "you all really got us tensed!"

"Sorry…" said Miku.

"You know it just came to my mind," said Elise looking at Seraphime who was eating with her head down, "What should we address you with?"

"What do you mean?" asked Ichigo.

"Well," replied Elise, "you know since she is the Kalxosaur queen, it sounds kind of disrespectful to call her by her name…"

"What?" said Seraphime, "No, I'm just fine with whatever you may call me!"

"Hm…" said Kofuku, "Well in that case… How about, Hime-sama?" she asked.

"Sure," said Hatake, "That sounds nice, what do you say Sera?" he asked looking at Seraphime.

"I told you already," said Seraphime with food in her mouth, "you address me by anything!"

"What was wrong 'My Princess' then?" asked Hatake.

"That's-" she said choking on her food.

"Anyways," said Hiro as he got up, "I'm done!"

"Exactly on time!" said Orion looking outside the glass, "Have a look outside!"

"WOW!" exclaimed Hiro, "That's the capital?!" he said shocked.

"Looks more like Prismertine!" exclaimed Zero Two.

"I want to see mom come fast!" said Ai as she pulled her mother's hand as all the other kids looked outside the glass with amazement. The view was of a giant transparent dome. Huge buildings could be seen inside of it with a silver-colored belt around the dome with gates for the passage of ships.

"So, this is the capital, huh?" asked Hatake.

"Yep." Said Orion, "Built upon the most fertile land we could recover from the barren Earth, spread over an area of more than 200 square kilometers. A masterpiece made with the excellence of Klaxo and Human engineering combined together!"

"Anyways," said Orion, "Hime-sama, Hatake get your crowns ready!"

"What for?" asked Seraphime.

"Well," said Titus, "when we informed that the Klaxo king and queen are coming with us, the Klaxo sapiens requested to see you two as soon as you land. So, expect a huge crowd!"

"Do we have to?" asked Hatake.

"Yeah, you don't want to hurt their feelings, do you?" asked Elise.

"Of course, not…" replied Hatake with a sad expression, "I will get my crown then!" he said as he walked towards the Franxx containment section.

"Sure!" said Orion.

"So, what are your plans on reaching there, general?" asked Titus.

"A bath, of course!" replied Orion looking outside with happiness, "And looks like Ecchino will be there too…"

"Oh, not her again!" said Titus with an annoyed face.

"I know," said Elise, "But she is the one of the best pistils we have up till now!"

"Yeah," said Titus, "can't neglect that fact, can we?" he asked.

"Do I really deserve it?" asked Hatake sitting inside Meteorix looking at his crown.

"The question should be 'why don't you deserve it?' I suppose" said Seraphime standing at the entrance of the Franxx, "the crown chose you, that's enough to make you more than qualified enough!"

"What do you mean?" asked Hatake confused, "I just took the crown, put it on my head. That's all that it was!"

"Do you know why there wasn't a king since my father died, Hatake?" asked Seraphime in a deep tone.

"No…" replied Hatake.

"I was because no one was worthy enough," said SeraphimSeraphime looking at his crown, "if a person is not worth enough and tried to wear the crown… The person… dies… Thousands of Klaxo sapiens died in the selection of the king due to which I stopped the selection thereafter until you arrived."

"What?!" said Hatake, "Oniria told me that if the crown won't except me than it will automatically fall off and in that case, I would have been executed!"

"Well," said Seraphime "that was totally a lie. If you were not worthy, the crown would have immediately killed you by blocking all your nerves."

"Why…" said Hatake with tears in his eyes.

"Well," said Seraphime, "she did not know you at that time so she tried to get you out of the way-"

"Who said I'm talking about your sister?!" said Hatake, "I was so close to death and yet I couldn't get it!"

"Yeah," said Seraphime with a sight, "you never change, do you?" she asked.

"Yeah," replied Hatake with a wry expression, "but will the Klaxo sapiens here accept me? I mean they existed and I didn't even know that. I somewhat abandoned them!"

"Even if they don't" said Seraphime, "you must prove them that you care!" she said as she went away.

"Landing sequence will be starting in the next 15 minutes, please get on the passenger seats before that." Said the intercom.

"Well, I have got a responsibility…" he said looking at his crown, "Whether I like it or not…"

"Entering the gate now." Said the intercom as the ship went through a big hatch gate in the silver-colored belt that surrounded the glass protecting the Federation. As the ship reached the end of the gate, water came falling down like a waterfall washing of all the dirt over the ship.

"Wow…." Whispered Hatake looking at the view in front of him. It was beautiful weather, with the sun shining so bring, there was a beautiful sight of tall buildings shining in the light with small parks in between every four of the buildings. Human and Klaxo children running and playing with each other. With shops open just like the old Human world, humans and Klaxo sapiens laughing while talking to each other, there were sprinklers working over small plots of farms, the flyovers that were just hanging in the sky. Nothing more beautiful can be imagined than the peace there.

"Reminds so much of home…" said Seraphime with tears in her eyes.

"Beautiful isn't it?" asked Titus looking at the view.

"Yeah..." said Hiro.

"Commencing landing within 5 minutes, please be seated!" said the intercom.

"Okay then," said Orion, "Everyone buckle up!" he said as everyone attached their seatbelts as they sat on their seats.

"Don't worry," said Seraphime looking at Hatake sitting in silence, "everything will be alright!" she said with a smile.

"Sure!" said Hatake as both wore their crowns.

"Hatake," said Orion, "have a look outside!"

"These many?!" said Hatake looking out of the windows shocked. On the grounds stood thousands of Klaxo sapiens looking at their ship descend towards the ground with a smile.

"You ready?" asked Orion as the ship landed and everyone got off their seats.

"I just can't wait to get down!" said Zero Two in excitement.

"Yeah sure!" said Hiro looking at Zero Two's excitement with a smile as all of them stood in front of the dispatch gate of the ship.

"Okay then," said Orion, "open the doors!" he said on the intercom as the door lifted. The sunlight fell upon their face making it hard to see what was lying beyond those doors. As their eyes adjusted to the light, they could see it, a world that humanity had once imagined, a perfect city with a perfectly balanced blend of everything. And in front of them stood they, the Klaxo Sapiens and humans mixed in together to see the Klaxo king and queen.

"Hail the king! Hail the queen!" said all the Klaxo sapiens together as they cheered looking at them come out of this ship.

"This is…" said Hatake as he got stunned on the look in front of him.

"Hey," said Orion, "come on! You can meet everyone later!" he said as they all went inside another small-sized ship.

"So, where are we headed?" asked Hiro, "and where is Titus?"

"We," said Elise, "are going to the headquarters, the core of everything we have and Titus will help in unloading the cargo. He said he will catch up later."

"What is that?" asked Hatake looking at a tall tower emitting bright white light.

"The Space Elevator!" said Orion.

"The what?" asked Goro.

"You can call that like the infinite power source of electricity…" replied Orion.

"But," said Hatake, "that doesn't look like Klaxo or Human type architecture!"

"It's not," said Orion, "because… That's VIRM architecture…"

"WHAT?!" said Zero Two shocked.

"Well you see," said Orion, "after about 5 years from the day of the 'Gate Passage', VIRM led an attack on us, they knew that messing with you all would not be a good idea after the tremendous damage you all did to them. Since we were advancing technologically, they again thought that we might make connections with squad13, so they came to attack us in large numbers. However, the war ended up with they being defeated and that was our trophy! So, we modified it to our own requirements and put it inside that building!"

"I see…" said Hiro.

"Oh, and that's where we are going!" said Orion pointing towards a huge building with a narrow base but about a football stadium-sized terrace, "the headquarters!"

"Hey," said Ikuno sitting beside Ichigo, "I'm sorry for behaving that way when we were leaving…"

"It's alright," said Ichigo, "I understand, how it feels not be able to go out and walk… But just remember, we are all here for you! So, tells us whenever you need any help, okay?"

"Sure!" said Ikuno with a smile.

"We are finally here!" said Orion as they landed on top of the Headquarters, despite being constructed artificially, the floor was of soil with green grass spread all over the area and stone pathways.

"General!" said a voice from the front, a girl wearing a skirt and a white-colored shirt, with her brown hair reaching down till her waist came walking towards them.

"W-Why are you here?" asked Orion shocked.

"I was really worried when we heard that you all were ambushed on the way!" she said holding Orion's arm as Orion tried to set free, "So, I requested to be here as soon as you all land."

"Now, who is she?" asked Hatake looking at her.

"I'm sorry!" she said as she let go of Orion's arm and bowed in front of them, "I'm Ecchino, Code: 69. Nice to meet you all!"

"S-Sixty Nine?!" said Hatake shocked as Orion closed his mouth.

"We got something to talk about, see you all later!" said Orion as he dragged Hatake to a corner, "you know her?" he asked whispering.

"No, I read about her in dad's journal." Replied Hatake, "Is Everything about her true?!"

"Every little word…" said Orion with a serious expression.

"Then we better not show her our faces!" said Hatake.