Chap. IV - Tell Me the Truth, Do You Like My Baby Don Don?
{{Writer: I don't own anything of The Ultraman and Touhou Project none does I own the image, only my oc}}
~Ultra-Eastern Project~
{{Op. Yuuhai Satellite; Even The Blossoming Flowers Will Eventually Scatter}}
{Lee's dream} {Time Unknown} {Lee ?. 1st pov}
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... I found myself standing in a small room.
The room has some posters of movies and music bands. Shelves are holding some books, games, and some action figures that I recognize are some Ultraman, They make toys here?
"Zzz... Zzz... Zzz..."
Anyway, there's a bed and little me laying on it face down, the sheet it's on the ground, and he's hugging some kinda stuffed toy that looks like a chibi Reimu and Marisa.
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Was zum Teufel???
How it's that physically possible? Is there any reasonable explanation for this?
"Mmmm... Ahh... No good Marisa-chan... Don't suck the mushroom... Reimu-chan... Ahh~ I want to lick that..." Then he unconsciously sticks out his tongue and lifts the Fumo to lick it.
The F*k you're dreaming about you little sicko! We're not that far yet!
*Knock! Knock! Knock!*
"Onii-chan! Wake up! It's seven AM now! You're gonna be late for school!" A young girl's voice. Onii-chan? Does that mean I have a younger sister?
"Ooooo... Nooo... Don't come in... Onii-chan is busy right now... Two more hours... Ahh~ Marisa-chan~ don't bite mister mushrooms~..." Boy, you look like eight...
*Knock! Knock! Knock!*
"Onii-chan! Wake up already! I'm hungry!!"
"Then go eat first and tell anyone I'll be late, it's no big deal..."
"You not gonna come out aren't ya..."
"Nooo... Hasta la vista, kiddo."
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"I'll Be Back."
Should I be worried she might drive a car in?
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are we getting somewhere -
*Bang!!*
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The door was broken down! I look at the one responsible and standing there is a tomboyish little girl around eight, wearing a simple white dress, her short hair is mostly silver, the left of her sidelock is a bit longer and rose-red tie into a small braid, light-violet eyes color.
She then performed a pose that I knew and it's not gonna be pretty for my Kidself... Brace yourself boy.
Here it comes...!
"Moningu...!"
It was good to know you my Kidself.
"BUREKAAAAAAA!!!"
*BANG!!!*
!モーニング • ブレーカー!
*Crack!!!*
"Ugh, Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
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Oh, Gott...! I can feel the phantom pain of that kick to the back. Why does anyone want to break my back!?
"Hahaha! I Got you up Onii-chan! Do you like my new techniques? I learned that from the TV!" She says while sitting on my Kidself back, who's illegally still holding on to the stuffed toy, mumble something with stuffed Reimu and Marisa...
Giving a thumb up, he replies.
"Die-Diese gute Schwester...! I'm glad you learned something new...! Ouch...!" Feel my pain bro, first was Yukari, Reimu, then Golza. I'm so not into any back-breaking club...
"From now on, if you don't wake up for school then I will kick you until you get up! Okaa-san says that ok!" If you keep breaking his back then he won't get up and walk again... Then again, I'm still here and walking...
"Ah, is that so? Then it seems like I have to come up with a countermeasure against such a technique and I got a perfect counter technique for that." Really? I can't remember, let's see what this counter technique was.
"Ō? Hontō? What kind of special cool skill you'd have that can defeat my awesome kick? I want to see!" Well, isn't she full of energy but I can deal with that.
"You really want to know?"
"Hai!"
"Do you really really want to know?"
"Hai! Hai!"
"Do you really really really want to know???"
"Cut that out and just show me already!" Yeah, this is getting annoying.
"Alright, you ask for it, no regret."
"Ehh!?" He flips her off his back and lets her lie on the bed.
"This will make you regret and think twice about kicking me again! Behold!"
He shows her his hands.
"This hand of mine is feeling funny! Its grip's telling me to make you laugh!" Where have I heard something like that before?
"Laughing Fingers!!!"
"Ha-Hahaha! Ah! Hehehe haha! Ya-Yamete hahaha kudasai!"
He tickled her non-stop, making her laugh, rolled, and begging to stop.
"Go-Gomen! Hahaha! I won't hehe! Won't do it a-again! Hahaha! Please stop!"
"I can't stop! My hand is moving on its own! The technique forces my hand to keep tickling for three minutes!" that's a lie, he just wants to torture her...
"Hahaha! Ahh! Yameroooooo!!"
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After a good three minutes of non-stop laughing, they finally calm down and sit on the bed sweating.
"Ahh, that was fun, been wanting to try that for a while, that only leaves Nee-chan, Nii-san, Kaa-san, and Mama-Amagi then." older sibling? Man, now I really feel bad for not remembering them...
"Forcing people to laugh isn't fun at all, and what about Otou-sama and Mama-Bismarck?" She says with a pout...
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Warte eine Minute.
Mama-Bismarck? Mama-Amagi!? It is not supposed to be Okaa-san? Or is Mama a different person? What does this mean!? I have three mothers!? No wait, they could just be my aunt and they are close enough to be cell Mama...
and why do they name after a world war battleship?
"Nah, Tou-sama is the see everything kind of guy, he will see me coming and dodge then counterattack with his fingers. Mama-Bismarck's always too busy with her job that when she gets home late, she looks like she's about to fall asleep on the floor, not to mention, Drunk, so just lets her sleep for a while." again, what are our family relationships?
They then talk about other different things with the sister sitting on her brother's legs and his arms surrounding her and resting his head on her shoulder, completely forgetting about breakfast and school...
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This is... Quite heartwarming to look at, maybe it's just because of my memory loss, but this already shows me just how much these two love each other...
Mmmm, now that I think about it, their facial features look quite a lot like a mix of German and Japanese descent, they speak English with a mix of Japanese and sometimes German in my case, a strange combination. If only they can speak Italian then we can start our little Axis powers.
"Kinder! Es ist Zeit für Frühstück! Come down and eat or everyone will eat It all and you will be starving during school."
A woman voice out?
"Kitaru, okāsan! Ikuzo Onii-chan!"
"A-Ah hey, don't pull, I'm coming."
"Und jemand, please fix that door!"
They went out of the room for breakfast and ignored the broken doors.
I was about to follow them but then I suddenly felt dizzy, I walked out of the door while holding my head and then...
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{Awakening}{??:?? ??, day?}{Lee ?. 1st Pov}
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Shiny sunlight found its way to my eyes through the countless green leaves on the tree I currently lie under, wake me up from my dream of the past.
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Sigh... I'm a little upset for not getting to know my sister's name, but oh well, one thing at the time and that's good enough for now.
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Mm? I feel the soft breath of someone laying beside me, I turn my head to them and see who it was...
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...I can feel my face heating up a bit, looking at her peaceful sleeping expression, makes me think back on how I've met her at the shrine and we properly introduce ourselves, including the childish pinky locks.
Then I feel grim when thought back of our/my first encounter with those two kaiju, we survive and were victorious but for them to come directly at us so soon after I first came here and already goes to a death battle, I'm lucky to have Kirisame protested me while I was down and drown in self-pity.
Speaking of Kirisame, where is she-
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Does something poke me on my left cheek? I look back to see what it is and...
:-D
"Mushroom Rape Ze!"
8 CENSORED=D
"Ahhhhhhhh!!! Heilige Scheiße!!! Hol das Ding immer von mir!!" I quickly sat up and back, always from the blonde witch as she pointed that weird mushroom at me!
*thud!*
"Itai!" Ouch! I'm backing always and hitting my head on a tree behind me...
"Oops, Zehehe, sorry didn't mean to scare you like that... Or am I~? Zehehe~..." I'm pretty sure it was the latter...
"Zehe, But dude! You should have seen your face! It's like it just turns all grey, and what was that you just say!? It's so funny! Zehehehehe!"
Man, this girl...!
"Ugh...! Maybe it's fun for you because- ... ..." I stop my sentences because...
"Hehe~! Hehehe~!"
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Heh, well, at least one of us has fun. And... I don't think I could get mad at her...
She has a nice smile.
"Hehehe...! Man, if only Aya was here to take a shot at ya I'll definitely pay for a photo! Hehe...!" I don't know who Aya was, but I like her smile...
"Sigh... Yeah yeah, whatever... ... ...? Hey, your arms it-" I'm about to ask about her arm but...
"Ughhh...! Mmmm... geez, you two don't know how to keep it down when someone is sleeping? yawning..." All the commotion and laughing have woke Reimu up from her nap. She stretches a bit, massages her eyes, and glares at us.
"Hehe, yeah sorry 'bout that, but the dude's really fun when he's not all Mr. Serious and wars, especially his face! You should have seen it! Hehehe!" She's not gonna get over that, is she...?
"Yeah, maybe I should yawn...! What time is it?" I also want to know.
Reimu goes to clean her sleep always with the spring beside us and Marisa checks the time with a small hand watch on her left waist under the gloves.
"Mmmm, two-thirty pm. Wow, it's been that long? I remember goes out for some mushroom hunting around eight, then goes to Patchy and borrowing some books. When I was done, then I was on my way to Hakurei shrine, I heard explosions and sounds of fighting so I went to check it out and found you guys fighting those weirdos. I would've helped but the fight's already over before I'd jump in to help and you know the rest. You were really cool by the way, you just stand there and shoot that weapon of yours, ignore the bird-man missed beam that can blow your head up if It goes a bit closer, and 'Hasta la vista, Birdy'! that was pretty cool, two-hair guy." Marisa explains why she there and spoke some praise to my supposed cool and fearless moment.
I have to wonder about that.
'When you pull the trigger, be sure to keep a clear and cool head, forget the danger ahead, and shoot.' Those are the words that get in my head when I get my hands on the big gun, but like always I can't remember who says that.
*rumbling...!*
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"Oops, all that just happened made me forget lunch, well, time to eat then Ze!" She then took out three cupcakes from under her witch hat and handed me and Reimu one...
...You what? I'm not even gonna question how she does it, Magical Girls does Magical things with her hat.
The three of us sit down and form a triangle, eat the cake, and some small talk, mostly just Kirisame talking.
When we finished the cupcake, she did her Magical Hat trick again and gave us a glass of milk, again, I'm not gonna question it,
"Ahh, that should be enough for the time- Ouch!" Marisa places her hand on the ground and leans back a bit but this makes her right arm aching up.
Reimu's about to check on her but I beat her to it and goes beside Marisa.
"Let me see it."
"Huh? Nah, it's nothing serious, just a little sore."
"Let me see it, Please..."
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We stare at each other for a bit, our eyes link with one another, I want to tell her she can trust me.
She finally nodded and I helped her take off her glove and jacket, showing me her arms.
It was bruised and had some small cuts that she patched with an aid band.
Doesn't look so serious but it'd still make her arm aching.
"See? It's not that bad, just a few days and I'll be back in perfect condition."
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Now if I remember correctly, just like that time when I saved that boy, a light came out from my hands and it immediately healed him.
If I can do that again...
"Lee...?"
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[3rd Pov]
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The girl watched as he took off his right glove and closed his eyes, went silent, concentrating on something.
Then his right hands start glowing with light, a warm light like a campfire in the night.
He took her hand in his left and was about to touch it with the light.
but stopped and looked up at Marisa without saying anything as though he was silently asking for permission to do it.
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She felt a bit nervous and hesitant, but when looking at him, she could tell that he wouldn't do anything and everything to harm her, there is much caring in his eyes, the kind eye that makes her heart feel like it beat faster than normal.
Feeling her face heating up a bit, she nods and allows him to continue.
Gently Holding her hands in both of his own, then transferred the light and it ran throughout her entire being, covering her in a faded glow white light.
Reimu and Marisa have to cover their eyes as the light shines up.
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"It's done."
Opens their eyes at his word and the light fading away.
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Marisa took off all the band-aid and saw that all the bruises and cuts were all healed, not even a sign that she'd ever been injured.
She tests her arms by doing different arm and hand movements.
"My arms completely heal! Including the ache in my Butt! Feel like my body is full of energy again and I can do everything! This is awesome ZE!!" Standing up, She happily and excitedly said that, showing her back to perfect health and working conditions, even going so far as to patting her rear a few times to prove it.
Reimu also seems surprised by this but she hasn't said anything yet.
"That was awesome dude! You save me the problem and wait for the pain to settle down. Thanks a lot, Ze! You're amazing!" She thanked him and gave him a big smile, sitting down a bit closer to his side.
"Haha... You're welcome, I'm just glad that you're alright, that's a pretty nasty hit you got earlier, sorry that you have to protect my butt while I'm having some beauty sleep." He scratches his face, feeling a bit embarrassed to receive praise when he's just doing what he can to help.
"Zehe, it's nothing, though I have to wonder, how do you do it? First, you're some kinda Ironman rip-off, fight those monsters and even blow one to oblivion, then heal my injuries." She bombards him with questions and with each one, seems to lean closer to him.
Until their faces are dangerously close to each other, eyes on one another, Yellow looking at Purple.
"How do you do it~? Would you teach me, Baby~? I want to learn how to use, Your. Love-Colored. Beam~~~" oh no...
God Bless the poor Boy.
{Lee ?. Pov}
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Show Me~ Your Love-Color Magic, Boys~~~
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Baby... you're Take Me Higher than the cloud.
It's what I want to say anyway, but stop myself from saying it...
"Huh? What's that Ze?" I didn't thoughts out loud, did I...?
"Nah, just clean something in my throat." That's a lie.
I should keep my thoughts to myself, don't to be like a certain shameless oppai fetish prev… wait, who???
"Righttt... Clean something in your throat, you might want to clean your head too or certain thoughts might Take you too High." Reimu says that while glared at us with our current position.
I better say something before World War 3 starts...
"Aham, right, sorry about that, but to answer your question, I actually have no idea how all that works, I just do what I thought was natural for me and just go with the flow as things come." I say to Kirisame and that's not a lie either, I really didn't know how to do all that, it just comes to my mind without any real explanation.
"Huh? What do you mean by that? How did you do things without knowing HOW to do things? even I at least, have to do some research and learning to be able to use my magic right, so if you don't know how your power works, your power might not work at all or end up doing the opposite of what you want it to do. Nevertheless, thanks again for healing me." Marisa finally backs up a bit and gives me my personal space.
She's right though, what if I want to heal her but my lack of knowledge regarding my power ends up causing her more harm?
I should do my research with my healing power and the Gear.
"Well, you see, I actually have amnesia, I don't remember my full name and many other things, but I keep getting random flashbacks and part of my memory, when I want to help healing you, a portion of my mind just showing me that I have done it before, so I just try and copy what I saw in my broken memory with hope that I can help you back to health, and it works 'cause I want it to be?" I guess that's about it? Must be more to it than that but with my current state of mind, I can't figure out anything yet.
"Huh? Amnesia? For real?" I nod.
"That's what he told me as well, though now I question whether that's really the whole story, not now but since the beginning when he first came to the shrine." I connect my eyes with Reimu.
Her suspicion of me was justified when I just appeared in front of her shrine and asked her to come with me because Yukari says so, then we got in a fight with the enemy.
We fought together, supported one another, and were victorious as a Team, but without being truthful to each other, trust between allies will eventually break down and form distrust around the ring, which is unacceptable for a team.
I remember that from... from... Tsh, this is getting frustrating.
"Lee or whatever your name was, I think it's time we need to talk. A serious talk" She crosses her arms, narrowing her eyes as we look at each other.
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"Who or what are you, Lee? What did you really come to Gensokyo for? What is your connection with Yukari Yakumo? Your ability to summon that armor." She listings the question with a dead serious tongue, this is an interrogation... Even Marisa seems a bit nervous about the atmosphere.
"What is your connection with those Kaiju? The Luciferai empire? Ring any bell?" Luciferai? Empire? That's the first I heard of that term, could they be the Kachooji ally?
"Care to enlighten us, Lee?... Or are we gonna do this the old-fashioned way..." ...
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"Sigh... Lee-san, just... Tell us already, tell me the truth... Like you promise..." She seems a bit saddened now and whispers with a gentler tone, I almost didn't hear her...
"D-do͞o nät… māk ā fāk... pra-ˈpräməs..."
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What!? What was that just now...!? A memory...? That was a girl's voice, it was broken, disorganized, and in a strange accent but I can understand it, from who did I hear that voice from...?
What is my promise...?
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"Lee-san...? You alright? I'm sorry if I sound a bit harsh but I just want you to tell me-us the truth, what is your problem? Just tell us so we can help you. Especially if those Kaiju are coming after you. Are you don't trust us-"
"No."
"What?"
"No, you're right, I am trying to hide things from you. But not because I don't trust you or Kirisame-san, just that I don't want you or your friend to get involved with this, it's dangerous Reimu, you could die, I only did because Miss Yakumo told me to." I say to her with a grave tongue.
"How dangerous are we talking about?"
"Girl, you can't seriously forget how that Kaiju has blown your barrier to bits with little to no effort." I grimly remind her of that.
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"This is a war, Reimu, a war between light and darkness, good and evil, life and death. It happened right now, not to the outside world but the Whole Galaxy and multiverse, across different worlds and dimensions. And I just so happen to be the chosen hero that will save the world and get a girl." I can't believe I still have the mind to make jokes and yeah, this starts to sound like a terrible fanfiction plot.
The girl only looks at me dumbfounded, no surprise there.
"Sigh... It starts like this..."
And so I told them the story of how an evil spirit almost took over my body and soul, which resulted in my memories lost, how the Giant of light has come and saved me, and with their amazing god-like power they use it to fight evil and protect the humanity of the many different worlds.
I explain to them how I've unexpectedly been chosen to become one of the select individuals who will be wielding half of the Giant awesome power and helping them in protecting the world and multiverse.
And Of course, since Gensokyo is still low in technology and scientific logic, I have to explain to them about what is dimensional and multiverse the best I could without confusing them or myself and give a mental image of what it's like.
Anyway, then came Yukari, she gave me a quick explanation of the current situation in Gensokyo and the human village, then just illegally dropped me in front of the Hakurei stone stair and told me I will need Reimu to come with me for whatever reason.
I tell them about my mission as well as a trial to see if I am worthy to use the power of the giant, which is the Armour.
My mission is to protect this world, Gensokyo, from the threat of the Kriegsherren and their demon army the Revenant. I'll fight and protect the humanity of this world, and if need be I will protect the Yokai as well. It's my duty as the Ultra.
"And that about it, pretty crazy I know but that's the whole story." I decided to leave out a few details such as how I might really did die somewhere, the Xenoah and the Kachooji because it's unimportant right now, and my subquest in finding my supposed Brother in Arm.
"Wooow... That's so cool... Do those giants have some kinda cool superhero names? How big are they?" Kirisame asks and I'm pretty sure that's an innocent question?
"I think they stood at least fifty meters tall or more, perhaps they can also change size at will?, but sadly the Gear most likely doesn't have that ability." Otherwise, I wouldn't have so much trouble handling one or two Minister versions of the kaiju.
"Too bad then, that would be overkill. Though I wonder, how did your armor work? What special abilities does it have? What's powering it? How does it shoot that Zeze Beam?" Now she's bombing me with questions.
"That is a lot of questions I've been wanting to know myself, that was the first time I ever transformed and there are still many things I don't know about the Gear and its functions, I'll look into it later. Any more questions, you want to bomb me?"
"I have some." This time it's Reimu.
"Shoot." Talking to her will be serious, depending on how this conversation ends, we either stick together through this or get into a disagreement and part our way.
"What are those monsters? How do they get in here? The Great Barrier, my ancestor's place over Gensokyo, should have keen invaders from the outside coming in, only a few individuals here can freely travel between the outside and to the inside, Yakumo's common ability is that. But anyone who tries to force their way in or out by some means, I will immediately sense it and go to investigate."
I listen and nod for her to continue.
"But that isn't the case with those Monsters, they just appear without me sensing them, meaning they did not force their way in or do anything to make contact with the Barrier. Then that could mean..."
"Someone brought them in from the inside, summoned them. And I got a good idea just who or what they are." I feel my eyes dangerously narrow.
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"Who are them?" Her narrow eyes match mine.
"They are called the Kriegsherren, I only heard of them from the Ultraman, they seem to be a high ranking officer in military speaking, they have an ability called Kettloch, I don't know how it works but it seems to allow them to travel between space and dimensional, bypassing any technology wall or magical barrier, I haven't come to face one yet so I can't tell for sure."
"Kiwi... Caboose...? What does that mean? Sounds funny Ze." How does she spell it into that...?
"It's a language called Germany, Kriegsherren means Warlord and Kettloch Warp-Hole, I think that it? Don't know why they use German though." That is weird, what's the story behind that?
"Mmm... Sōdesu ka, so you're saying this Warlord can freely appear anywhere with their Warp-Hole and bypass any security without alerting anyone? That is quite similar to Yakumo's Gaps, but there has to be some drawback and flaw." and I can only hope you're right.
"We wouldn't know that yet, but I had some questions for you, Reimu."
"Of course, ask always."
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"The event two years ago in the human settlement, you say it was an accident or caused by some people... But that's not all it is...?" I already know about the incident, but she most likely didn't have her memory rewritten and was there. I need her to give me all the details regarding the first contact.
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We look at each other and have a moment of silence.
Until she nods and begins telling me the whole story from her point of view.
Just like I've heard before, the incidents happened during the middle of the new year celebration, at that time she was doing something to earn some cash, then came the sound of horror screaming.
Three Kaiju appear and start randomly killing anyone they see, Reimu and Marisa, including some other people, both human and yokai, work together and manage to kill two out of three, the last one badly wounded.
Then there comes the one who calls himself the Messenger and starts giving some kinda religious speech and a fake promise that is far too good to be true.
But of course, with all he has done, bringing those Kaiju in for a massacre and still having the nerve to make a speech, anyone gets angry and attacks.
But Messenger turns out to be powerful with strength and speed, Reimu nearly got killed in a direct battle but was saved by Kirisame, but that also ended up damaging her magic tools, the Mini-Hakkero.
The battle rages on until Miss Yakumo decides to join the fray and faces him herself.
Messenger then orders the wounded Kaiju to activate its 'Flammenopfer' mode, which is the red orb on the Kaiju chest.
Messengers retreated and left the Kaiju to do its last mission.
Kirisame adds in the detail, to kill it, she takes the risk and uses her damage hakkero to blow the orb to bit at blank points, destroying the Kaiju and leaving the broken magic tool.
"And that's the whole truth of it, as for the people's memory, you have to ask Kamishirasawa and her little group of memory management." Reimu finished her retelling and gave me the name of the person responsible for the memory issue.
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"Eh, Guy...? I know this is a serious talk and all, but it seems like we have discussed all that we know, soo... can we talk normally now...? Zehe..." Marisa nervously breaks the cold silence, a much-needed one at that.
"Sigh... Yeah, you're right, Kami-sama... All this talking gave me a headache, really wish I've brought my sake now." Reimu while massaging her head, I really feel sorry for putting her through all this...
"Well, I have this, it's not sake but tastes pretty good. I started trying and making some in my free time after the mini-hakkero was broken and fixed, try some." Magic Hat trick and took out a bottle of wine, most likely mushroom wine.
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"Mhmm... not too bad, it actually is quite good, you should consider making more and selling it."
"Zehe... I think about it."
While Girl talking about alcohol and business, I have time to think about something, which is the Gear and all that going on at my side during the Battle.
Let's see... Huh? What the?
I felt something vibrate under my jacket and took it out to see what it was.
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It looks like a smartphone, the black screen made out of glass, white top and bottom gripping, with two cameras in front and back located on the top grips, a blue button with a letter G on the bottom grips.
That weird, it wasn't on me last I checked, Yukari? Somehow I doubt that.
Right now the glass screen displays a 'You have mail' thing, yup, it's technically a smartphone.
I look back on the girl, they still talk about random things and drunks that they didn't pay attention to me, that's a bit sad...
Anyway, I touch the screen to see what the message was, but a note message top-up.
[{Before start using, do you like to go through some tutorials?}]
[{Yes/No}]
Mmm... Sure why not, I have some time, Yes.
[{Simple, just use it like a smartphone, End of Tutorials, Congratulations!}]
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...That Tutorial was so Simple I feel so glad I got through it...
Oh well, with that out of the way, I can now see what my mail was.
{{Play, Yume no Hero. 8 Bit}}
It read [Aisatsu Enzanshi Lee-sama! it's good to finally be able to communicate with you. I am a built-in sentient AI of Unit Original Ultra-Gear type 3C, if you did not wish to speak out loud, simply talking in your head and I should reply through the text.] ...?
What the...? a built-in AI? My suit has an AI? And it's can read my mind?
The text reply [Tadashī Enzanshi-sama I can, though I a bit sad that you did not consider me as a living being even though I was created through programming and machine.]
Oh... Eh, sorry about that Mr...? Miss...? AI? Do you have a name I can call you? Or am I just gonna call you AI? If you're sentient you should at least have a name, what is it? And do you have a preferred gender?
[I'm Cortana.]
No, you not, Cortana with Master Chief now... Wait, who's Master Chief...?
[Fine, Simply refer to me as 'Grid-T', a pleasure to serve you, Enzanshi! And as an AI we don't necessarily have genders, though I do prefer to be a girl because 'Reason']
Okay Grid-T, though what is going on here? Why do I have this phone? Why do you communicate with me now? And do we have to keep talking like this?
[Just open the speaker mode on your phone, or I can also speak directly to your head through our connection with the Gear, but for the save of your comfort ness I decide not to unless in Combat situations, and do not worry, I know when to leave when you need your private, simply speak to me through your head or use the phone when you need anything.]
Mmmm... Thanks for being thoughtful, Grid-T. my other questions?
[Sō sō, as the time, before you transform into Tigar, I was currently in 'Sleep Mode' if you may, I only awake from my sleep when you first activate the Gears but you was in combat situations and under stress, so I decide to just silently help you operate the Gear and its function, you might already realize this, how you was able to use your attack power even though you don't know-how, the Head-Up Display and Auto-Targeting System was me sending you a status report and adjusting your gear to make sure you wouldn't miss your intended target.]
Mhmm, it's so? I own you a lot then.
[Nansensu, Enzanshi-san, I was officially and specialty designed to support you in your mission of Justice and Peace, For the Glory of Mankind!]
Sweatdrop now where did I hear that one before...?
[Don't be bothered by that Enzanshi-sama, anyway, the 'smartphone' in your hand is actually called a 'Gridphone'... Well, I suppose that's not much different, but a Gridphone was made specialize for Ultra-Gear users, create by the Xeno technology, it has anything that a normal phone has, can do something that a normal phone can't but I will leave all that for you to discover yourself, but the point is that it allows you to communicate with other Gear users from all the different world, dimensional, and Multiverse! Without Sim cards and free internet explorer! Gridphone Baby Don Don!]
Free Wifi…?
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"GRIDPHONE! BABY DON DON! BABY DON DON! Cough cough cough...!" Crap...!
"Wh-What was that!? Why did you shout!? Are we under attack, Ze!?"
I accidentally shout out in pure amazement but that almost makes Marisa drop her bottle and Reimu gets choked in the middle of her drink.
They glare at me, can feel a massive sweat forming behind my head.
"uh, hehe... Sorry 'bout that..." that's all I can say, this is awkward...
"Huh? What's that in your hand? It looks weird, Ze."
"Eh... This is..." What should I do, Grid-T? Should we just let them know?
["Well, since this world currently lack in technology, I don't see what the harm in letting the Girl know, especially when you want to be 'truthful' with them."] Grid-T spoke out loud and revealed her presence.
"What!? Who says that!?" This puts Marisa and Reimu on alert as they're looked around for everyone's suspicions.
["Konnichiwa, friend of Enzanshi Lee-sama! Watashi wa Grid-T."] I show the girl my Gridphone.
"It can talk!? What is that...!?"
["Nē, don't be so rude, I will explain everything."]
And thus, me and Grid-T explain to the girl the basis of what she was. tries to make it sound as easy to understand as possible.
"Oh, okay. Nice to meet you, Griti! though are you ok in there? Isn't that box a bit too small?" Marisa talks while looking at the screen, nickname? Or if she just shells it wrong, whatever. Reimu just loses interest halfway through the explanation.
["Despite what it's may see from your point of view, this is quite comfortable for me in here, I can create a hologram avatar so we can talk easier, but that can wait until later."]
"Homocrag Ze...???" Woman... What were you thinking...?
["Another time, Kirisame-san, Enzanshi, and I still have something to discuss about, please wait for us."]
She nods and goes to sit beside Reimu, looking at us.
["Now with the introduction out of the way. Enzanshi, other than the phone communication capability, it also functions as an 'apartment' for us Grid-AI when the UG disengaged, we were created by our 'Grid-Dad' from the Hyper World with the purpose of helping our human ally in operating the Gear system, offering tactical advice, databases, and hammer-space management. There is more but I will leave that for another time."] Grid-T explains to me her role, no longer needing to text on the screen and just use the speaker.
"Hyper World...?"
["Another time, Enzanshi. Now I know you have a few questions regarding the gear ability and its power, right?"]
"Eh, yeah, I'm doing what I can and using what available things I saw on the 'Move' list, can you show me a full list of what abilities I can use?"
["Rikai shita, Enzanshi! please wait a moment... ... ...there, please open the Gridphone menu and press the 'UG-3C.'"]
I did as she told and saw what's in store for me.
["this is the full list of what Move and Techniques are currently available for you, I also have the list of all equipment store in the hammer-space, please take a look when you have the time."]
"Thank Grid.T, now let's see..."
[{Tigaro Multi Type ((Stats))}]
[{Swing left/right to view other types and tap ((Stats)) to view... Well, Stats.}]
How helpful... I get the feeling whoever wrote those instruction notes has a lot of free time.
[{Tap the item's text for more details}]
[{Long-Range
T. Slicer Cutter.
Bright Shot.
U. Light Power.
Slash Shuriken.
T. Pitfall.}]
[{Direct-Combat
U. Charge Headbutt.
T.M. Speed Punch.
-U.L. Break Knuckle.
T.M. Rapid Kick.
T.M. Blade Chop.
-Slap Strike.
-U. Brain Shock.
T. Tornado.
U. High Axe Kick.
U. Whipper.
U. Power.
Flashing Tackles.
Body Spark.}]
[{Status-Defend
Unveil Flash.
Stop Right There!}]
What...?
[{Can't Hit Me With Your Sword, Baka!}]
"What...? It's that really its name...?"
["Maybe the gear name designers has a strange naming sense or just thought that it sounds cool...?"]
Anyway...
[{Catch And Throw!
U. Cross Barrier.
U. Anti-beam Shield.}]
A couple of weird names, but I can deal with it.
[{New!
DC: Shining Breaker. New!
= Remember to SHOUT OUT!!!}]
"Hey, there's a new Move list! And that actually sounds pretty good."
["Ah, ha-hai tashikani, Enzanshi. I move that to DC list."]
Finally, the technique that saves me and my friend.
[{SD: Guardian Winged. New!
= Released a field of Specium Barrier that spreads out from the gear back, the user those who stay behind the field will be Shields from all malicious power, including the Abyss. Deactivate upon users movement or user low of P.A. Equipment required, Zeperion Gauntlet Shield Mode.}]
So I have to stand still and need the gauntlet. and P.A? What's that?
[(Personal Aura, your Aura. It allows you to generate Specium field that resists the blaze of Abgrund, the higher your aura level, the longer you can produce and prolonged S.F., some techniques also required P.A. to perform.)] She replies in my head, and somehow I didn't freak out.
Mhmm... So I can use some aura manipulation tricks huh... Must be related to my healing power. I want to know more, but let's wait for other times.
[{Special-Finisher
Zeperion Ray. New!
= Japanizing Bīmu!!!}]
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"My armor is Made in Japan..."
["Anime is Life, And yes that is the list of all currently available moves the Gear have, for now anyway."]
"Mmm... Now that I think about it, how does the Move work? When I using Speed Punch, Rapid Kick, and Blade Chop, I just look at the list in the HUD, found a move that I want to use, mentally select that move then suddenly, feel like a rush of knowledge just running into my head, gave me a light and quick headaches, then one moment I don't know how to do it and the next I did, it the same with Guardian Winged and Zeperion Rey, why it that Grid-T?" I really need to know this.
["Ah, well... the best and easy explanation I can give you is that when transform, the gear have a Special program that allowing me to connect with your brain and allow me to 'Uploaded' your brain with what was in the database, this process is completely harmless, the worse It will do is gave you a small headache."]
...!? That's amazing, even the girl seems surprised by this as they listen to our conversation.
"Mmm... How useful... Hey, wait! If you can link into my head, that means you can see my memory right!? Then maybe you can-"
["Yamete Enzanshi!"]
...!?
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"Eh... Sorry Grid-T, I was a bit rushed..." I got my hopes high again, dammit...! The mission has to come first.
["Ī nda yo, Enzanshi. while I am aware of your condition, I have indeed checked into your mind to try and help you remember, but all I can find is 'empty untitled folder' and all that we already know, and in case you wondering, No, I do not know or have any information regarding who will be my Enzanshi, when Grid-Dad creates me, he only says I will be working with an enzanshi who personality will suit me the best, but other than that, nothing regarding the matter and when he finally found one that'll suit me, he'd 'upload' me to the gear computer and pulls me in 'sleep mode' and won't 'reactive' until the gear first transformation, doesn't feel like that long though, probably a few days..."] I nod as Grid-T explains to me her side of the story, she sounds a bit annoying with her Dad.
["But at least Otou-san's right though, I like you, Enzanshi! but no robo Hentai."] Grid-T makes a joke and I found myself laughing at it.
"Hahaha, I'm glad to have you here too Grid-T, and don't worry, I'm not into that stuff... Or am I~? I can't remember."
["Ōno... Enzanshi... Teishi shite kudasai~~~!"]
And the both of us just laugh out loud. This was the start of a wonderful partnership. I can tell, we fought together in this, United Men and Machine, but to me, Grid-T is not a machine, she's my friend and partner now.
The girl looks at us strangely but they smirking at the new forming friendship.
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After a bit, we settled down and I cleaned my face in the spring.
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Now that I think about it, Grid-T, I know we already got the Move and data transfer to my head thing covered, but regarding the fighting technique and reaction, I was able to get into a fighting style and hand to hand combat skill that just feels natural for me, punching and kicking, Shoot a gun, dodge and evade attacks.
all of that just feels right to me, and it can't be you or the computer since I didn't transform at the time. By the way, you don't have keep called me Enzenshi
[(Ok, Lee-sama!)] Well, at least it's better than Enzenshi Lee.
[(And yes, I've also looked into that, and well, the best theory I can think of is that while your mind may forget about it, your body Didn't, perhaps your body remember and follow the instinct in combat and survival situation, meaning you may have been through some harsh training by someone to the point where your brain forgot but your body Remember, you was most likely also part of some kinda Military activity if the uniform was anything to go by.)]
Uniform? Mmm... You're right, my clothes did look like a military uniform, but what A.S.H.E.S. means? Ashes? Can't be just that.
[(That we wouldn't know yet, but it'll come back to you, eventually.)]
Man, Must be one hell of a military training then if my body can remember all that, kinda makes me scared if I have to face whoever was my Demon drill sergeant.
[(Let us pray it wouldn't come to that, Enzanshi there are still a few things I wish to talk with you about but we are keeping the other waiting long enough, let discuss it on the route to our destination.)]
I gave Grid-T a mental nod and made my way back to the girl. This is valuable information in case I ever encounter this A.S.H.E.S. group.
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"So, are we ready to go? I still gotta get to the human village, I suppose to meet someone there, hopefully, Miss Yakumo has arranged the meeting and she will let us know." I ask when I go back to the girl, I'm willing to sit back a bit longer if they're still tired.
"Ee, let's get going, nothing will be done if we sit here all day, the sooner this meeting gets over with the less pain in my head." Reimu says while rubbing her head and Marisa just nods.
"Are you sure you're going to be okay? Maybe you shouldn't be drinking in the middle of noon, want to sit back a bit longer till the headache settles?" This girl got invoked because of me, it's only right that I look after them.
"No, I can handle this, now let's get going." She gave me a confirming nod and stood up on her own.
Thus we make our way out of the little safe area and back to the route, where our previous battle takes place.
But something obviously isn't right.
"Was zum...? It's all back to normal? It's illegally a war zone last I remember." that's right, every damage we make during the battle has all gone, the hole, the explosion, the broken tree and boulder, the burn mark.
It all has gone back to normal like it used to before, like there was never a fight, to begin with.
"Mhmm, it's most likely Yakuma again, with her ability she can easily take things from random locations and replace the damage here." Reimu replied.
"Are you saying she uses her ability to take the broken tree off its roof then steal a different tree out there somewhere and place it here?" I say as I run my hand on the tree that we rest on before being attacked.
She nods at my wonder, this is just insane, Yukari is simply too overpower, which kinda makes me wonder why she even needs us here, to begin with when she could have handled all of this by herself, laziness...?
"Well, there's nothing else to do here and the damaged area is repaired or replaced, so let's be on our way."
"Alright, let-" ...?
Took out my Gridphone and 'You have Mail!', tapped the screen and...
"Yes, Grid-T? What up?"
["Lee-sama~!!!"]
"Ah!? What!? Don't yell, what's going on? Did you find another monster somewhere?"
["Haha, sorry 'bout that and no, while I can indeed do that, I don't detect any right now, but that's not why I call, I have awesome news for you! Especially if you get tired of walking on foot, the designer has complete and added a brand new piece of equipment to your inventory! Please check it out now!"]
"New equipment? The designer can send me things from across the dimensional?" already? That's surprising, did they not sent me the Zeperion Gauntlet earlier?
"Oh, cool! Someone sends you a present? Come on, let's see what it is, Ze!" Marisa says as she looks into the screen, eager to see what this was.
["Yoshi sorenara, Lee-sama, please open the Gridphone's menu and press 'Inventory', take this chance to also check out your Armory too."]
I did as She told and we have two options, Armory and Items, With the first option has three New notifications.
Already knowing what to do, I press Armory and see what it has for me.
[{Tap the item's text for more details}]
[{Weapon}]
Metal Solid Knife. 2x
= Call me Solid Knife.
Guts Combined Combat Equipment set.
= You've Ever Played Metal Slug?}]
[{Special Weapons
Zeperion Gauntlet.
Specium Saber. 2x
= Don't tell Disney!!!}]
Special equipment?
[(Mostly things that'll require you to transform to use.)]
[{Armor
Ride helmet. 2x New!
= Never crack your skull when riding!}]
XSITG Set. New!
= For the Last Time, It's Not ODST armor! It stands for 'eXoskeleton Standard Infantry Tactical Gear'. Get it right!}]
[{Special Armor
Zeperion Gauntlet}]
Why…?
[('Cause it's both a weapon and armor?)]
Ugh... Finally, we come to the main object of intention.
[{Vehicle
T.I.G.E.R. New!
= You can't be a rider without riding a TIGER!}]
"Ride a tiger...?" What did that mean...?
"Ride a tiger...? I think I remember there's some kinda tiger girl somewhere in the youkai mountain." Kirisame... Can we not go there...?
["Ahem, lady and gentlemen, I'm happy to introduce you! The new generation of high-speed mobile vehicles creates specialties for Ultra-Gear users, behold! The T. I. G. E. R.!"] Is counting the letters really necessary...?
Then the back camera lights up and shoots some kinda high-tech nano-technology beam on the ground in front of us.
The light then starts generating the outline of something that looks like a motorcycle, then generating solid material and filling in the outline, from the bike's wheel, the handle, the site, and the engine and...
Voila...!
{Do You Like}
{My Bike~?}
{My Bike~~?}
{My Bike~~~?}
"oh verdammt ja, das bin ich..." was the only response I could muster.
""Woooosh..."" The girls simulated let out a long wosh at the object that they most likely haven't seen before in this world.
["Ta-da! I am happy to present you the Territorial, Interdimensional, General, Evolutionary, Ride! Or TIGER for short, at say before, it is a special vehicle that makes only for the enzanshi of the Ultra-Gear, the first of its kind, the prototype, while its appearance may seem like a normal Mv Agusta Rivale 800 in modern times, it was created using the technology and materials from another world entirely, the metal used to build it was nearly indestructible, it can ride in two different modes, ground and hover, its maximum riding speed on the straight road is 1235 km/h, waterproof, and heck! You wouldn't even have to worry about the paint job, it can auto-repaint itself or change color to your preference, there is also more it when you transform but I don't what to spoil the surprise. Well, what do you think Enzanshi? Pretty cool right? You can't be a Rider without a Ride."]
What do I think...?
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Wanna ride you, baby, ride you faster.
["That's the spirit! Now, since it is the prototype of all Ultra-Vehicle that will be made for all UG users, the designer hasn't finished testing it since it was sent to you immediately upon completion, so they were like for you to test out Its capability when you can in any time and circumstance and I will reposting back to any found error or suggestion and upgrade request to help improve the production line of U-Moto ride. But enough of that! Now take it a try!"]
"Well, aren't you eager but I'm not one to say, alright let's take this bad girl and see what she can do."
""Bad Girl???""
Good Girl wouldn't understand...
And with that, I get on the site and grip the handle, Oh ja...! I can already feel the wind blowing as I will soon be riding on the wind to my destination.
"Where's the key, Grid-T?" There's also no key plot.
Then suddenly, the engine comes to life and roars, Oh ja...!
["You and I are the keys, like said before, it was made especially for UG users so it will automatedly active when the rider is you, and of course, since I'm your personal AI, the bike computer allow me to 'Log in' and control it, so you wouldn't need to worry too much when you're not focused on the road, in other words, I'll drive and you're my passenger."]
"Well, that's great and all but this time, let me ride, give me the helmet." Like before, she made the phone generated the two new riding helms, it's like a normal rider helmet but made with better quality material.
I put on one and offered Reimu the other, she seemed surprised but mime me and put it on, somehow her large ribbon didn't get in the way and fit her head perfectly.
I made a head gesture to signal her to take a seat behind me.
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"Alright, hold on tight and don't let go okay? It's going fast." She gave me a nod and placed her arm around my midriff.
Kirisame is looking at us right now, Something on her mind. well, we can't have that now.
"Oi, Kirisame-san."
"E-Eh, Zeah? What's up dude?"
"Let's Ride."
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Grinning, she hops on her broom and stands on gripping wood with perfect balance.
"Alrighty, I take ya on Ze! May the best Girl win!" She then goes to sit on her as it magically floats in mid-air, ready to speed on her command.
"Hah, shouldn't that be the Best Man? Alright, let's do this, on your mark, Grid-T."
["Sigh, the first time riding an advanced futuristic motorcycle and the first thing you want to do is going for an unofficial street race? Fine, have it your way. Wait... Lee-san, you have a driver's license, do you...?"]
"Mhmm, that's a good question, do I? Nah, who needs that when you have Eurobeat, blast it Grid-T."
{{End. Manual; Gas Gas Gas!}}
["Yare Yare Daze, alright, lady and gentlemen, start your engine! And... broom."]
I press the grip and hear the roaring and feel the engine heating up nicely.
Kirisame on the other hand starts producing some kinda magic energy and channels it to the brush of her broom.
"Hang on tight, Reimu-san, we are going fast." She gave me a confirmed nod and hung on a bit tighter.
{Ahh…!}
["Ready~!"]
{Gas!}
{Gas!}
{Gas!}
["1
2
3"]
{Ahh…!}
["Go~!"]
{Do You Like}
{My Bike~?}
{My Bike~~?}
{My Bike~~~?}
{=To Be Continued\]