In the Lastation Basilicom, in the facility underneath it. Seiryū was walking down a hallway looking over documents about Project YingLong. A member of The Order walked behind him. "Sir, you wanted to see me?" She asked. The Board entered the facility as well. "Fired?! When you, Ganache and Singe all founded this company we supplied you with all the land and capital. Now you're firing us?!" A board member yelled at Seiryū.
Who turned around and handed the documents to Kei, who left Seiryū. Then Seiryū led them inside an observation deck. "All of you have something in common. You disrespected my brother and I. The board has done well, but I think it's time I take the reigns fully," Seiryū explained with clenched fists.
"Then I hear company secrets have been leaked. To Black Heart no less, and suffice to say. I am not happy," Seiryū growled. Seiryū to turned to them with his hands behind his back. "Ganache and Singe have been erased from the records. You wish to know why? Because they doubted me," Seiryū said, his body shaking with rage. The air began to twist around him.
"So now I see more fucking disrespect and betrayal! Pray to whatever shitty CPU you can think of for mercy! Because I ran out of that shit!" Seiryū yelled and air gathered around his hand. Twisting itself into a drill. He launched at the group as they screamed in terror. Seiryū laughed as the window of the observation deck became blocked with blood.
Seiryū left the observation deck, his suit stained with red. His hair now loose, it goes down to his neck. He looked at his bloody hands and ran them through his hair. Once again slicking back his hair. Using his vitcim's blood like hair gel.
"The fuck are you looking at?! Clean up the trash in the observation deck! Or you'll be one of them!" Seiryū shouted to horrified staff members who were passing by the door to the observation deck. Someone had leaked information on Project YingLong, and whoever did will be strung up for carrion. 'This is for Lastation, and I know what's best for it,' Seiryū encouraged himself.
He reached into his suit pocket. It's a golden crystal that seems to be chipped off a larger one. "Do you like it?" a voice asked from behind Seiryū. White Heart tipped her hat and adjusted a monocle over her right eye. Seiryū turned around and glanced at the crystal in his hand.
"This Key Fragment, you call it. It can power YingLong. It's been nearly complete for so long because we've been looking for a power source. Thank you Lady White Heart," Seiryū said, inspecting the little crystal.
"What about your end of the bargain?" White Heart asked, her eyes glowing in hunger. "The Killachines have been sent over to the bunker in Lowee. I have also installed the disc," Seiryū answered. White Heart smirked and bowed politely. Taking her hat off to do it. "When are you heading back to Lowee?" Seiryū asked and White Heart shrugged. "When the show's over," White Heart answered before walking away.
Seiryū once again looked at the Key Fragment. He glared at the thing. "Big Bro, you're going to see our revenge come to fruition," Seiryū swore. He pocketed the Key Fragment and headed off to have it installed. The preparations for the Tech Expo next week will be completed.
Meanwhile, with Netherrealm and rest of the group. They stood outside The Lastation Batting Center, where Compa is being held hostage. "I'm fighting Kyoken alone," Netherrealm said. IF and Neptune looked at eachother. Before looking back Netherrealm, who was in Battle Mode.
"Nah, Kyoken messed with one of us, so she's messing with all of us," Neptune said, put her hands behind her head lazily. "Nep, if he wants this fight. We'll give it to him. We'll back you up in case things go south," IF said. "Huh? But Iffy, I thought we were all gonna fight Kyoken," Neptune whined, she was looking foward to this encounter. She was ready to deliver some payback for Kyoken and Arfoire's double team in the Planeptune caverns.
"Kyoken clearly isn't alone, and we can search for Compa while Netty is taking care of Kyoken," IF said and Neptune couldn't argue with that logic. "Noire! How about you and I back up Netty? Iffy can look for Compa," Neptune suggested. "I don't care, just leave Kyoken to me," Netherrealm said and the four entered the Batting Center.
It seemed empty, no soul inside. The pitching machines periodically fired off baseballs. IF slunked along the side and headed to a door that lead to a hallway. "So what do we do?" Noire asked. "We go in," Netherrealm replied and Noire sighed. "Of course we go into the area where we could get hit with a baseball," she grumbled.
"Show some more enthusiasm Noire! After all, we're all gonna be friends once this is over, or do you wanna remain friendless?" Neptune asked. Noire froze up and her face turned red. "Friends...?" She muttered. Neptune grabbed Noire's hand and smiled cutely.
"We're ending the Console Wars. All of us, so we gotta be friends, alright?" Neptune offered. "Why should I stop? I could easily just backstab you all and become the True Goddess," Noire asked and Neptune frowned. "Because we're all tired of it. What's the point of killing eachother for some title?" Neptune asked and Noire chuckled bitterly.
"You're tired of it? I find that statement ironic considering you and White Heart were so fervent about becoming the True Goddess," Noire said and Neptune's eyes widened in shock. The one who wants to end the Console Wars, was it's biggest aggressor. "Do you understand why being friends with you is impossible? Because you've brought so much pain to everyone! Planeptune was the nation that started this whole mess!"
"Planeptune's first CPU attacked Lowee to become the True Goddess! Since then, Planeptune's CPUs have all been the biggest fanatics in gaining that title! You've even bragged about killing your older sister, Uranus!" Noire explained, her finger poking Neptune's chest.
Neptune looked horrified at that revelation. "Look me in the eyes and tell me that you're serious about this. That you want to end the Console Wars," Noire demanded. Neptune looked at Netherrealm, and he nodded. Neptune looked back at Noire with conviction. "I want to end the Console Wars!" Neptune shouted and Noire's glare softened.
"Ugh, fine, I'll accept your offer of friendship, I guess," Noire said and the two CPUs shook hands. Yet Neptune had to know even more. She had to find the Memory Fragment. However, her friend, Compa comes first. The three entered the cages and beyond that onto the pitching ground.
From the left and right, three men on each side came from doors. Then each of the eight batting cages behind them. Men entered to cut off any escape. fourteen men, all of them had baseball bats. "It's been a while..." A familiar voice said and between the six men was their leader. With a baseball bat resting on her shoulder.
"...Nether-chan!" Kyoken said and she pointed her baseball bat at Netherrealm like a sword. "I feel like i'm gonna burst with joy. Now I get to face The Silver Dragon of Planeptune! It'll be a glorious fight, with our very lives on the line," Kyoken monolouged as she slowly stepped foward. The baseballs flying past.
"Right, Nether-chan? Ya get me? Right?!" Kyoken asked. Just then, she was beaned in the head by a baseball. Her goons were silent and afraid. What was this madwoman going to do next? She began to chuckle, and some of her men followed her lead nervously. Kyoken's chuckling turned to insane cackling, and all but one of her men were laughing.
The one guy who didn't laugh was looking back and forth in confusion. Kyoken noticed this and craned her neck to look behind her at him. "This is the part where yer supposed to laugh!" Kyoken exclaimed and she spun around, smacking the guy in the head with her bat. He fell on his back in agony. Kyoken kicked the man and hit him with her bat while he was down. "Laugh you stupid motherfucker!" Kyoken ordered the poor sod while beating on him. No one was laughing anymore.
"Stop it!" Netherrealm exclaimed. That display, was just like how he was before meeting his friends. Beating on people while they were down, a bully. "Huh?!" Kyoken asked, she stopped beating the man to a pulp. She turned to Netherrealm with an inquisitive expression.
"Give Compa back you sick fuck!" Netherrealm demanded. Kyoken turned back to her minion on the floor. She hit him with her bat one last time. A sickening squelch echoed. The poor man was luckily still alive. "Sure, no prob. She's just behind that door," Kyoken said, pointing her bat at a door.
"Didn't I tell ya Nether-chan? I just wanna have a proper fight with ya, that's all," Kyoken explained like she didn't just kidnap an innocent woman. "Are you shitting me?! You fucking kidnapped her for that?! Why?!" Netherrealm yelled, and Neptune grabbed his arm. Stopping him from making a reckless move.
"This ain't Planeptune. I can't just ambush ya here. Besides, those were just warmups. We can fight for real, and my boys can keep yer friends occupied," Kyoken explained. "So stop teasin' and let's get on with it, Nether-chan!" Kyoken exclaimed as she pointed hefted her bat.
Noire's rapier appeared in a flash of dark blue light. Neptune's sword(wood, that Netherrealm gifted) was brought out from her inventory. Netherrealm unsheathed his wakazashi and the battle began.
Matriarch of the Skoll-Hati Family
Kyoken
Netherrealm ducked under a swing from Kyoken's bat. Netherrealm spun around with his foot jutted out to sweep Kyoken. She cartwheeled over it and in mid flip she brought her bat down onto Netherrealm. He blocked it with his wakazashi. He then sunk into the shadows. Then he came up from behind Kyoken who side stepped a thrust from Netherrealm's wakazashi.
Neptune weaved around bat swings from multiple directions. "Strike five!" Neptune counted with a giggle. She then spun as a goon charged at her for an overhead swing. He went right past her and Neptune was behind him. She jumped onto his shoulders, bashing his head with the pommel of her wooden sword.
Noire parried a strike and quickly cut his leg. Sending him to the floor. Noire tilted her body to effortlessly avoid an overhead swing coming from behind her. She kicked his ankle upwards, sending him to the floor. Noire stepped on him, taking him out. It was precise and graceful, as a goddess should be.
Neptune whooped as she kicked a poor dude in the groin. Then when he doubled over, she gave him an overhead swing with her sword(wood, that Netherrealm gifted). "Touchdown!" Neptune exclaimed. She put her sword(wood, that Netherrealm gifted) in a reverse grip. Poking a goon who was coming up from behind her in the solar plexus. "Wooo-tchaaahh!!" Neptune tried to mimic the sounds of a martial artist.
Kyoken flipped her bat over her shoulder and caught it in the other hand. Wielding it like nunchucks as she dispatched two shadow clones. Then she kicked foward, but the real Netherrealm blocked it with his knee. Netherrealm switched to Demonic Inferno Style and jumped into the air. He bicycle kicked Kyoken and sent her to the floor.
Kyoken got up and spat out a small glob of blood. Netherrealm threw a roped kunai at Kyoken. It wrapped around her neck. "Get over here!" Netherrealm bellowed and pulled Kyoken towards him. Netherrealm gave her a flaming uppercut and sent her into the air. He threw another roped kunai and it wrapped around her ankle. "Come here!" he exclaimed.
When he pulled Kyoken towards him again. She threw her bat at him. Hitting him on the head. Disorienting Netherrealm, and Kyoken followed it up with a dropkick. Netherrealm rolled across the green court. Kyoken landed and caught her airborne bat. Netherrealm dissapeared in a plume of fire. Then came out from another plume behind Kyoken with a flip axe kick. Kyoken backstepped out of the way. Netherrealm's wakazashi heated up as a yellow aura leaked off Kyoken.
The battle raged on as the metal door that held Compa banged. Noire became a flash of bright, blue light. She appeared behind two men. She swept their feet and sent them into the air. Her rapier sparked and slashed a couple of waves of fire at the airborne men. Noire then kicked one man's body at another guy. Who dove out of the way.
The door holding Compa banged again, and again, creating large dents. Neptune made the 'come and get me gesture'. Causing one guy to get pissed off so much he dropped his bat. He attempted to punch Neptune. Who held up her arm and blocked it with her wrist. Then he tried to punch downward with the same arm. Neptune blocked it again with her wrist. Then punched him in the face.
Neptune pretended to sheath her sword(wood, that Netherrealm gifted), and a violet aura erupted from her. "Cross Combination!" She exclaimed. She ran foward and slashed a man a few times. Then sent him in the air with an uppercut slash. She jumped up in the air slashed downwards. Sending the goon to the floor, unconscious.
The metal door holding Compa flew off the hinges. The last four goons turned to see a peach colored blur impact one of them. The man who was impacted looked up to see Compa standing in between the four goons. Blood dripped down her bruised head and she had chains wrapped around her torso. Her normally happy expression is gone. Replaced with an empty, broken look. She cruelly stomped on the man's head. Blood splattered on her shoe. His nose is permanently fractured.
She turned to the last three goons. "A bunch of meanie criminals," Compa said. Then she took a swing to the face from a metal bat. Then kicked the guy who attacked her in the abdomen. She sidestepped an overhead swing. Then shoulder checked the man to the floor.
Two gunshots rang out and sparked off the chains. They fell off Compa who caught an overhead swing with one hand. Then she pulled the terrified grunt in by the collar. She spun around and threw him away. He was roundhouse kicked in the head by IF.
IF dashed foward in a blur. "The demon within me will drag you to hell!" IF proclaimed dramatically. She sliced the metal bat and another goon's clothes until he was down to his underwear. IF gave him a flaming punch to his back. Sending him to the ground.
IF redirected a punch coming from the last grunt. Sending him stumbling behind her. IF swiftly elbowed him in the back of the head. IF then grabbed the grunt by the back of the collar and shoulder. She fell onto her back and put her foot on his back. Throwing him over her. He landed on the near nude grunt.
Compa and IF hugged eachother, Neptune jumped onto Compa's back with a large grin. They giggled as they were reunited. Noire watched that with a smile. 'If Neptune can make friends, then maybe we all can make friends,' Noire contemplated. However, the fight isn't over.
The battle between Kyoken and Netherrealm raged on. His heated wakazashi banged against Kyoken's metal bat. They then clashed weapons in a struggle. The metal bat began to heat up slightly. Netherrealm threw Kyoken off him. He hunched over, breathing heavily. Kyoken was slightly winded with a smile on her face. 'She's still holding back!' Netherrealm growled in his head.
A black and violet inferno surrounded Netherrealm as Kyoken's smile grew. The aura engulfed Netherrealm to where he's unseen. The inferno formed into a blackened, serpentine dragon like the tattoo on his back. The burning dragon roared and it's jaws enclosed on Kyoken.
Noire transformed into Black Heart and slashed the inferno, creating a pocket of safety for everyone, including the goons. The place was scorched. The cages were melted, the court blackened. The pitching machines now just sparking slag. The baseballs became ashes. While metal bats melted.
Kyoken was on her back, steaming and giggling. She was hardly damaged, yet that all out attack exhausted her. Netherrealm was standing his legs shaking. He left Battle Mode, and his violet eyes stared into Kyoken's one eye. He turned around and saw Compa. Compa rushed foward and hugged him.
"I'm so glad you're okay!" Compa cried out, hugging him tightly. "Ow! Damn Compa, where'd you get this strength? You couldn't hit my cuirass, and now you can break down metal doors," Netherrealm asked.
"Ummm, I heard everyone fighting when I woke up. I didn't want you guys hurt, and I remembered something my Mommy said. Then I felt this strength and used it!" Compa explained and pressed her face against Netherrealm's cuirass. "What did your 'mommy' say?" IF asked and Compa tensed up.
"I knew you would survive!" 'Mommy' laughed triumphantly. "M-Mommy? It hurts..." Compa hiccuped. "Shut it! This is Mommy's big moment! Remember Compa, never forget who you are," Mommy said, hitting Compa.
"Never forget who you are," Compa echoed robotically. Netherrealm and Compa separated from the hug. "You really torched the place. You should do that more often," Neptune commented. "That probably took too much SP and it caused too much collateral damage for regular use," IF said. Netherrealm sucked in his teeth in annoyance at how right IF was. Despite how powerful that attack is, as of now, the costs outweigh the benefits.
One of the goons was getting up. "Damn you!" He yelled, unsheathing a dagger and running at The Party. His blade dug deep into flesh. Blood dripped onto the burned floor and the goon stepped back in shock. Kyoken stood in front of Netherrealm with a dagger in her stomach. "Nether-chan's my friend, o-only I get to kill... him..." Kyoken said, before falling over.
Her men rushed to Kyoken and carried her out of the building. She's bleeding out fast. Netherrealm was in shock, that Kyoken considered him a friend. That she took a stab wound for him. Right after kidnapping the woman he fell in love with to fight him. Everyone was silent as the stepped out of the Batting Center. They just followed Noire to her supposed shelter.
"Hey Compa, are you sure you're okay?" IF asked and Compa nodded. "Yessy! You all came to save me," Compa replied. She looked at Netherrealm, her cheeks reddening. Netherrealm has cared about her, despite Compa thinking she's a burden. He lead the charge to save her. He broke his back for her. Compa reminisced about that.
She loves Netherrealm, but it's clear to everyone that Netherrealm has a lot to work through. Until then, Compa is content with being friends. When Netherrealm is ready, she'll be there waiting for him.
The party reached a rundown, small factory in Lastation. Noire went up to get everything ready. IF was spinning an (thankfully unloaded) pistol to show off for everyone. Compa and Neptune watched mesmerized. "Come on!" Noire called to everyone.
This chapter was packed.
I definitely wanted to establish Seiryū as the villain for this arc, along with confirming his powers. This was also to show that he and Netty both have similarly destructive tempers. However, Seiryū's is a lot more, bloody.
Also using his victim's blood as hair gel is definitely some Mortal Kombat shit.
Neptune's 'come at me' thing is a reference to Judgement and one of the EX Actions.
Compa is a tank AND the healer, she's Medic and Heavy rolled into one.
I'm kinda sad IF's been in the background for a while now. However, I did want to give each character a chance to shine for this Kyoken fight. I do have plans for IF that i've been reserving.
Also yes, the pairing is Compa x Netty. I do hope that I properly set it up.