Tales of The Symphonic Abyss: Dawn of The Second Descendent
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Chapter 2: Shunato Interferes! Everyone Gets A First Glimpse Of Super Fonian!
Jade – "So what was the plan that you had for the God-Generals?"
Michael – "Five years ago, when everyone thought that I was dead, I got together with the God-Generals, minus Asch, and I asked them a question."
Tear – "What was the question?"
Michael – "'What is a better world to live in: One ruled by the Score, or one where people have their own free will?'"
Jade – "I see. You're asking them if they would rather keep living with the way things are currently going, or be a part of the reason to change said reality."
Luke – "You practically hit the nail on the head Jade."
Jade – "The idea of Michael's plan is pretty logical once you get an idea of it anyway."
Niko – "Hard to argue there."
Guy – "And judging from what happened on the ship ride over here, Arietta didn't kidnap you under your "Miguel" disguise, but instead deflected from Van, under your orders by the way, and is the first member of a new group of God-Generals with you as its leader, correct?"
Michael – "That's pretty much the gist of it."
Michael's explaining of his plan for the God-Generals had taken up most of the time needed for the data on the fondisk to be extracted. A servant soon came out with 3-4 notebooks of data.
Luke – "Wow. Didn't think that the fondisk had that much data on it."
Tear – "I'll say."
Astor – "There you are Fon Master, Lady Bradshaw, and Lord Masi. If there is anything else you three ever need, don't be afraid to ask."
Niko – "We'll make sure to remember that. Take care Astor."
Astor – "You all do the same then."
Once out of Astor's manor, they headed back to the Kimlascan Embassy to see if the ship was ready. Along the way, Michael saw Sync. He figured that Sync was gonna try to knock the notebooks out of Guy's hands and put a Fonic curse slot seal on him as well, mostly likely an order from Mohs or even Van, as far as Michael saw it. Before Sync even had a chance to enact the order, Michael jumped between him and Guy. Michael had also put his hand on Guy's left shoulder, telling Guy what he was gonna do.
Michael – "That's far enough Sync."
Sync – "Michael! I-I…"
Arietta – "Please Sync. We don't want any problems."
Michael then decided that it was better to deal with the matter at hand right now instead of waiting.
Michael – "You guys go on ahead to Baticul. I'll catch up."
Niko – "Just be careful."
Michael – "I will."
Niko and the others saw that the ship was ready. They boarded it and set off for Baticul.
Anise – "What do you two think? Will Sync join us?"
Niko – "I say he will."
Arietta – "I do as well. The main determining factor is if Michael can convince him or not."
Guy – "Don't worry you two. Michael's always found a way to get others on his side and support his reasons without forcing them."
Luke – "Guy's right. Just have faith in Michael."
Niko/Arietta – "Right."
Suddenly, the ship came to a complete stop.
Tear – "What happened?"
Jade – "Let's go ask the captain. Maybe he knows something."
Luke – "Good idea."
They quickly made their way to the bridge, where the captain, whose name was Jerry, was trying ti figure out what caused the ship to stop.
Jade – "What seems to be the problem captain?"
Jerry – "It seems that the fonstone used to power the ship has been stolen."
Luke – "That's not good."
Niko – "I'll say. Without the fonstone, the ship's gonna be nothing but a sitting duck out in the open."
Guy – "That's something we really don't need right now."
Arietta – "Agreed."
Luke – "Lets split up then. That should make finding the fonstone much easier."
Jade – "Good idea Luke. Anise, Arietta, Ion, and I will search the front end of the ship."
Niko – "That leaves the back end for us then."
Luke – "Let's get moving then. The sooner we find that fonstone, the better."
Tear – "Agreed."
Both groups went and searched their respective end of the ship. While Jade's group didn't find anything, Luke's group had a bit of a more "eventful" time looking for the fonstone.
Luke – "Find it yet?"
Guy – "No. how about you girls?"
Tear – "Nothing for me as well."
Niko – "Same here."
They all decided to double-check, just to make sure that they didn't miss anything. While Tear was looking, Luke saw something large flying at her out of the corner of his eye. He quickly ran over to get Tear out of harm's way.
Luke – "Tear! Look out!"
Luke knocked Tear away before the large unknown object could hit her. They both landed on the deck of the ship to the left of where the unknown object landed. Guy and Niko checked on them.
Guy – "You two okay?"
Tear – "We're fine. Thank you Luke."
Luke – "Don't mention it."
Luke stood up, then helped Tear to her feet.
Guy – "What was that?"
Niko – "Your guess is as good as mine."
The smoke cleared, showing a man with white hair and glasses sitting in a mechanical chair.
Niko – "It's Dist!"
Niko then suddenly got a call from Jade on her communicator. She gave everyone one when they split up to look for the fonstone.
Jade – "What was that sound Niko?"
Niko – "Apparently, someone or something sent Dist and his chair into the deck of the ship."
Jade – "Any injures to report?"
Niko – "Tear almost got hit. Thankfully Luke got her out of harm's way. She and I are gonna tend to Dist's injuries. After that we'll figure out a way to get his chair out of the wall."
Jade – "Okay. The four of us will head over your way right now."
Niko – "Roger."
A few moments later, Jade and his group rejoined Luke's. Dist had also given his version of events up to this point as well.
Jade – "So you're saying that someone else took the ship's fonstone, yet you took it back with plans to return it."
Dist – "Yes."
Guy – "Then the theft decides to attack you cause their plan is ruined, thus they send you flying into the deck of the ship, along with almost hitting Tear, who is saved at the last second thanks to Luke's quick thinking, in the process."
Dist – "That's correct. I apologize by the way Tear."
Tear – "It's not your fault Dist. The attack happened so quickly that you just couldn't counteract in time."
Dist – "But still…"
Luke – "Like Tear said, it's not your fault. It's the fault of whoever attacked you in the first place."
Guy – "But still. Who's the one who attacked Dist?"
? – "That would be my doing."
An older man with a mix of black and white hair was floating above the stalled ship. He also had what looked like a robot beside him.
Niko – "What do you want Shunato?"
Shunato – "Simple. Hand over the fonstone that Dist has and no one gets hurt."
Luke – "As if. We need it to get the ship moving."
Shunato – "All the more reason to take it. Besides, your dear friend Michael couldn't stand up to me anyway."
Luke was getting angrier by the second. Not only was Shunato starting to annoy him, but he was badmouthing Michael as well. That was the last straw. Luke went his energy flare as he went Super Fonian and charged at Shunato.
Luke – "Take This You Bastard!"
Before Luke's punch could even connect, the robot beside Shunato, named Android 19, intercepted the punch at the last second.
Luke – "What?!"
Shunato – "Thank you 19. Now what say we dispose of this brat?"
Luke – "Like hell you will!"
Luke kicked at 19, creating some space to recover. He then decided to fire a blast attack at 19.
Luke – "Take This! Kamehameha!"
The attack hit 19, but it didn't do anything at all due to the android absorbing the blast.
Luke – "Impossible…"
19 then suddenly clutched Luke by his neck. Luke felt the energy being drained out of him. The loss of energy had also dropped him back to his base form.
Tear/Guy – Luke!"
Niko – "Hurry up Michael!"
Suddenly, Michael appeared out of nowhere and kicked 19 off and away from Luke. He also had Sync with him.
Michael – "Sync!"
Sync – "Right!"
Sync quickly grabbed Luke and got him out of harm's way.
Michael – "You okay there Luke?"
Luke – "Never better. Thanks Sync."
Sync – "No problem."
Michael then turned his attention back to Shunato.
Michael – "I'll make you a deal Shunato. Me versus you. You win, you get the fonstone. However, if I win, you leave. Deal?"
Shunato – "Fine then."
19 – "Master Shunato. Requesting permission to destroy Michael?"
Shunato – "Greedy pig. Gourd yourself like a king, and with your energy being twice at what it was, you still want seconds?"
A moment of silence passed between the two androids.
Shunato – "So be it. But it exchange, I get everyone else."
19 – "Yes!"
19 turned around and got into a fighting stance against Michael. 19 brought up and opened a hand to show the node in its palm.
Michael – "What a shame you're not as tough as you like to believe. It's easy enough to tell from the few moves I've seen that all anyone needs to do is avoid the node on your palm."
19 – "Insufficient data to draw conclusion. Your analysis is premature. You see, my knowledge of your combat skills is exhausted."
Michael – "Funny. I seem to recall Luke being fed that exact same line right before he transformed. The distinct looks on your faces when he went Super Fonian didn't exactly inspire confidence. One doesn't "Predict" or "Calculate" power like ours.
19 chuckles at Michael's statement.
Michael – "Let me ask you, has a machine like yourself ever experienced fear?!"
Michael started building up his energy as his hair kept going back and forth between its normal black and golden yellow.
Shunato – "Not him too!"
Michael's energy exploded out in a blinding flash.
Sync – "Guys! I think Michael just went full on Super Fonian!"
After the light died down, Michael was standing in the same spot as before, the only difference were that his hair changed from black to gold and his eyes from brown to teal. His eyes, teeth, and hands had also taken on a more dragon-like appearance.
Arietta – "Incredible…"
Michael stared down Shunato and 19.
Michael – "If you two are gonna talk so tough, then at least have the strength to back it up!"
