Arc 1 Age of the Dark Omen, Chapter 9; Travel to the Zero Dimension, Battle the Demon Wave!
Back inside the portal room Noire told Histoire Jeff had been in a battle with Xander and during their fight they destroyed buildings. Histoire did scold him a bit but she focused on finishing up the portal to the Zero dimension. While she was doing that Neptune and Nepgear explained their adventures and battles from within the Zero Dimension tagging with their Senior CPU Uzume Tennoboshi.
"Currently her and big Neptune are visiting some of our other dimension friends from Ultra Dimension, it's the place where Big Neptune is from." Nepgear finishes up from their story.
"So in the midst of it, there was a Dark version of her that tried to merge both Dimensions?" Alex asked them.
"Yep, Kurome Ankokuboshi is the name we gave her so there was no confusion between the Good and Bad versions!" Neptune explained to them. "I'm just worried cause we learned that the portal there has vanished and Histy can't get a connection there either!"
"Let's leave that discussion for later, alright boys time to get ready to travel to the Zero Dimension. I can't help you once you get there, however here." Histoire gives a device to James. "I made this so you can easily return back here, it will register any dimensions you've traveled to. The feature is in your bands, but you still haven't decided."
"We are still debating on our answers currently, maybe we will after Rozen has been vanquished. We promise to answer the four of you, I know few of you seem impatient on getting our answers." Isaac assumed.
"We aren't getting impatient waiting for your answers baka!" Noire replied, being a tsundere again.
"Sure, whatever you say Tsundere." James says quietly with a slight smirk.
"Alright, go through the portal and search for the Sage there!" Histoire shouted at them not wanting to waste any more shares. The four guys walk up to the portal device and Jeff is going to be the last, but Selena grabs his hand.
"Something on your mind Selena?" He asks her with curiosity.
"I've wanted to say something really important, I know we mostly kind of met. But I really wanted to say this, I like you a lot Jeff!" Selena confessed to him and he looked surprised, while the guys turned to her curiously wondering why she told him that now all of a sudden. "Do you feel the same about me?" Selena wondered how Jeff would feel about her, Histoire did know what she was trying but promised not tell anyone unless necessary.
"Uh well… could I hold that thought for now? I kinda would like to focus on our objective…" He replied, not sure how to answer her truthfully.
"I understand, take your time." She says as the four guys go through the portal. "Although I fear your time won't be quite long…"
-Start Opening; Neo Angelique Abyss; Joy to the World (SMBHotS)-
(Scene starts off with Jeff in a fiery magma land, next is James pulling out his Fusion Sword in a large city, next is Alex summoning his Dark Magician inside an Egyptian tomb, then to Isaac pulling out the Master Sword from the stone pedestal. Next is a large view of Planeptune's Basilicom as the sky changed from a sunny day to a blood red sky with fire burning the land.)
While bewildered in a panicked world
(Rozen's Battleship reveals itself from invisibility from above the Nation of Planeptune, as a young silver haired girl on the balcony accompanied by Histoire opening her eyes up to the sky. Then the 4 Main Protectors head out towards their adventure.)
I saw your profile while believing in awakening (Oh, Daybreak)
(Scene starts with Jeff unleashing a roar attack against Xander who is covered in Iron Scale skin, to James clashing blades and using his powers against Collin and Vexen.)
I decided I wanted to be reticent, so
(Then to Alex having his Dark Magician attack Arfoire, and then Isaac in a sword fight against the masked dual swordsman.)
I'm growing to love this huge future
(Then it goes to Selena and Tempest fighting against Dark Army soldiers until they get surrounded by a large group of them.)
The sublime genuinity is just…
(Inside Rozen's ship are the many enemies that the CPUs fought years ago, while all Four CPUs are in HDD form inside capsules which seem to be draining their power, then to a large cannon starting up with Rozen turning with an evil grin on his face and laughing.)
Truth (Where is it?) in some cases (Blindly looking for it) Laugh at us with harsh eyes, but… (We can go out)
(From inside the battleship Metal Jeff attracts many machine parts to form into Neometal Jeff facing against the Protectors.)
I want to protect your innocence as it is
(The Four sages then start disappearing and then start forming into four new figures.)
In the dawning sky…
(Jeff and Co gather together as they attach the Goddess bands on their wrists now connecting to their selected goddess.)
Now, accept the light shining on you from above with both hands
(Jeff leaps high towards Rozen as both clash their fists causing a powerful explosion.)
with a pure smile and as much sunrise as you please
(Young Jeff runs forward then takes a leap becoming his adult self and unleashes a Roar at Rozen's men. Then Young James runs quickly grabbing the Fusion Sword becoming his adult self and throwing a Fire blast at the soldiers. Then it shows the four new protectors staring up at the dark blood red sky staring straight at Rozen's flying Battleship.)
There's no longer anything to fear. Beyond the horizon we just walked towards. Now, come on! It's a new beginning (The power to aim for the distant future)
(Right on the top of the battleship, the four fighters get blasted away fighting Rozen who is unleashing his full strength.)
Let's go! To the endless Joy to the World!
(Rozen then transforms into his Final Form as the four warriors stand ready to face their greatest challenge.)
End Song
-Location; the Zero Dimension city Ruins-
The four guys exit the portal arriving in the Zero Dimension, they get a look at their surroundings and notice how the area looks to be in terrible condition.
"This is the Zero Dimension? Everything really is in ruins as they told us…" Alex says surprised how everything looks broken.
"How can anyone be able to survive in a place like this?" James asks, seeing the whole land having major large cracks in the ground and sky like the dimension is barely stable. "I'm kind of impressed that someone was able to stay in this realm for so long. Plus she lived so long she was able to meet her Successor of the Current Planeptune CPU."
"Well she's mostly lazy, first we should explore and find where the sage is held. I just hope they aren't too far away from us." Jeff wondered, and the group of five started looking around a bit. Of course they encountered large monsters getting in their way. "Wow, they weren't kidding when they told us the monsters here looked freakish."
"They look like Giant demonic bugs or something! Plus they look tough so we better be careful on what we do." Alex tells them. They continue forward searching through the ruins of the city while Jeff notices many of the buildings look familiar to him. However back in Hyperdimension something big was going to happen.
"I hope the guys can find the last sage soon." Tempest says hoping for them to succeed.
"The Zero dimension is difficult to explore, because everything is in ruins." Nepgear explained remembering the times she had within the Zero Dimension with her sister. "It was difficult because we had no shares to start with. It was like fighting for our survival there."
"Speaking of shares… is it just me or did the shares seem to be decreasing?" Blanc asks strangely feeling barely any shares on her.
"Now that you mention it, I'm feeling my shares going down as well…" Noire replied. "Why is this happening suddenly?" At this point IF came into the room.
"Guys, something has come up on the TV." She tells them, they all went upstairs to see what was going on. On the Television it shows the fight between Jeff and Xander happening showing their destructive power and fighting capabilities.
"It's not just here, but everywhere else can see this." Compa tells them as IF pulls out her phone showing that a video was posted on the internet. Many people have commented about the video seeing how destructive they are and think they might be dangerous.
"Who was recording their fight? And why post to the public for no reason?" Noire asks, unsure of the person's motives. "If this is just to entertain people it isn't, because look how destructive they are!" Noire was starting to get pissed off seeing this.
"Everyone incoming!" Selena calls out from the balcony pointing to something in the sky.
Back with the boys in the Zero Dimension they had explored most of the area, since the ends had no bottom to them. They had looked through some of the dungeon areas they could find until they reached the Delusion Planeptune Dungeon. It was the last one for them to check out, also Jeff kept getting the feeling like some of the buildings looked very familiar to him.
"Hey Jeff, could you stop spacing out? You've been like that ever since we got here." Alex tells him.
"Sorry, it's just that some of these buildings we've been passing by. They look a lot like Planeptune buildings, don't you think?" He asked them, and they looked carefully and could see a few of the buildings do look strangely like ones from Planeptune.
"He's not kidding, some of the buildings really do look like ones we have seen in the nation." Alex pointed out as the other two were confused.
"Well, I know that is surprising. But guys we should focus more on the objective at hand." James reminded them and started moving forward again through the streets hoping they could find the final sage. They moved through the streets until in the distance was a large area with a familiar glow in the center. "Hey look there! The last sage!" James uses his speed to get over to it quickly but he gets blasted by something and knocked away.
"James! You alright?!" Isaac asks him.
"Yeah, but I think someone attacked me." He assumed standing back up, as Jeff could get a whiff of a scent.
"I suggest you all back off from releasing this one!" A deep dark voice spoke when suddenly a person appeared in front of the trapped sage. "You won't be releasing the last Sage here!" The four guys could only assume who the man standing in front of them was.
"You must be Rozen!" Jeff assumed as the man laughed. The other guys were about ready to fight him.
"You are correct there, my name is Rozen. I am the Leader of the Dark Army, and the one who has been sending waves of monsters to weaken the CPUs from the very beginning!" He explains to them with an evil grin. "However, there was something quite interesting I could do. I have created a device that will soon put the world into destruction, all I need left is the power source. And the CPUs were the perfect candidates for this plan to work."
"Well too bad, cause once we rescue this last Sage we will be stopping your plans Rozen!" Isaac warned the Dark Sage, however he laughed thinking they would succeed. "What's so funny?!"
"You have no idea, it's already too late for you to stop me!" He told them and they looked confused about what he meant.
"What do you mean by that?!" James demanded an answer. "What do you mean we are too late?!"
"It's either you survive this, or die in the process of confusion. I shall let my guardian take care of your four. But I am certain we will meet again!" Rozen says and then disappears.
"What does he mean by that?" Alex asked and they instantly got their answer as a shadow appeared from the ground shaped like a human female with yellow glowing eyes (Uzume). And then suddenly the guys heard a rumbling from the path they came and looked at what it was.
-Kingdom Hearts 3 OST Wave of Darkness phase 1-
From behind was a wave shadowy like being gathered like a storm charging at them like a huge wave of water through the streets, the creates smack all four of them into the buildings and then form into a ball and move around in a path as the shadow figure leaped onto the dark ball cluster and leading the path moving around the area.
"That shadow is riding that cluster of black creatures! Is it controlling them?!" Alex asks, amazed and surprised at the same time as the shadow aims towards Jeff.
"Fire Dragon's Talon!" He kicks the cluster which makes a quick turn around and rams into James and dives into the floor. "What in the?! Where did it go?!" All of them watched carefully where the enemy could appear from. They heard the sound of rumbling and then appeared below Isaac's spot and ramming him to crash into a building.
"So it can move around underground and through buildings! Everyone, keep a close eye on where it moves!" James informed them as the enemy swerved around at James which he launched a fire blast, then jumped onto the building dodging the charge.
"I can't get a good aim on it! It's moving slowly or fast randomly!" Isaac shouted to them. Then he used his wind abilities to give him a raise into the air, he noticed the enemy aiming towards him and he quickly launched some bomb arrows hitting the cluster of shadow creatures, but also a stray one hit the shadow controlling the movement and turned away. He pulled out the glider and noticed the sudden movement change. "Did it change direction when one of my arrows hit the shadow person?" The enemy swerves towards Alex who had summoned his magnet warriors and combines them into Valkyrion and strikes the cluster. "Hey guys, aim for the shadow figure! That's how they are controlled!"
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Jeff leaps punching the shadow person." Fire Dragon's Talon, Fire Dragon's Crushing Fang!" He then does a kick and strikes with the tip of his fingers doing damage as the shadow fights back with Jeff throwing punches and kicks at one another. "You are going down, you shadow!" He continues countering attacks thrown from the shadow being while the other three focus on the cluster of shadow creatures. Jeff leaps over another punch and takes a deep breath. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" Blows a powerful stream of fire burning the enemy. However it wasn't out yet as it swerves faster and strikes them harder.
"This thing is quite a tough opponent, let's try hitting with everything you got!" Alex told them. "I seperate my warrior back into three and sacrifice two to summon my Dark Magician! Now let's combine together!" Alex merges with his spellcaster and fires off multiple dark magic spells damaging mostly the cluster of creatures. Though the enemy is quite a force as it strikes Alex damaging him and destroying his other magnet warrior causing Alex pain to him.
Jeff leapt up towards the enemy however it swerved before he could attack and rams into him. Then the enemy dodges the other attacks as they get struck with a heavy blow. He was getting frustrated from how it moves and stood back up.
"Don't lose your focus guys! We can't give up on defeating this thing!" He tells them as he unleashes another Roar. "Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Jeff creates streams of fire from his arms and smacks the shadow figure right off. "Now!" The Cluster of shadow creatures swerved to catch the main controller. But Jeff predicted it would. "Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" At the same time James launches a fire blast, Alex unleashes a dark magic attack, and Isaac shoots multiple bomb arrows, the combined attacks explode doing major damage to the shadow figure and the cluster.
-End Music-
The smoke starts clearing up and reveals the shadow figure dissolving into nothing. However Jeff noticed that the cluster of shadow creatures had not been defeated and left the scene.
"Well crap, we didn't take out that ball of shadowy creatures!" He told the others and they looked up to see he was right. "It's already leaving, so I guess it's safe for us to release the sage now.
"We better do that quickly now! We got to stop Rozen fast!" James tells them as they go down to where the Sage is and starts to release them, Isaac gains a green fairy mark on the back of his left hand. Once the sage has been freed they are revealed as a young adult female knight.
"Congratulations young warriors, I commend you all on facing such a strong foe. I am the Knight Sage, Kylie. Now that I am free, me and the other sages can give you the power to face Rozen!" She tells them.
"Alright, let's transport back!" James says as they use the device and return to where the portal was made. "Where is everyone?"
"They must be up in the living room. We can meet up with them later." Isaac assumed. After he said that the other three sages appeared as well.
"Well done all of you, now that all of the Sages have gathered together." Frost starts
"We will now grant you the power that can repel Rozen's Dark Powers." Grey tells them and all four use their powers creating an orb of light.
"Now you four must touch the light at the same time. This will be the power that can oppose Rozen and stop him for good." Sarina explained. The four warriors reached a hand to it and the energy surges into their bodies, it felt intense from the incredible pulses they are feeling through their bodies. After a few seconds from feeling the intense pressure they felt it calm down and didn't feel different.
"I don't feel anything really different though." Isaac mentioned looking at his hands as did the other guys wondering if they really did get it.
"You might not feel it right now, but there will come a time when it does. For now we must say goodbye to you all." Frost explained.
"Now that all of us have gathered together, we only remain as spirits. After we granted your power we would then disappear." Sarina reminded them as the four sages started to vanish.
"We won't be gone for long, we won't be sages anymore but we are going to reincarnate into new beings in the future. We may not remember you anymore, but I am certain we will meet again." Kylie says and the four sages fully vanished.
"I guess we go and find where Rozen is and take the fight straight to him!" Jeff says clashing his fists together ready to finally end all of this once and for all.
"Let's head back upstairs to tell everyone the good news!" Alex said and went up the stairs first as the others followed behind him. "Hey everyone, we rescued the last sa-" before Alex could finish he saw something that he wasn't expecting. The others wondered why he stopped talking, and when they got to the living room they found out why. Everyone looked badly hurt or wounded all of a sudden. They have bandages wrapped around parts of their bodies or placed on their faces. Nepgear, Uni, Rom, and Ram were very badly hurt, while Selena and Tempest are using their magic to heal them. However there were four certain ones missing in the group.
"Whoa, what happened?! And where are the CPUs?! What happened while we were gone?!" Isaac asked as he was surprised as were the others. Everyone looked at the boys with grim looks as Histoire floated over to them with a look of despair.
"The Dark Army has captured them…" She tells them and the boys turned from surprised into grim realizing what Rozen had meant to them when he said it was too late for them.
Tension has risen, the CPUs have been captured! What does Rozen plan to do with the CPUs? What kind of destruction does he plan on doing? Can our heroes be able to stop the destruction of Gamindustri? And will this turn of events be a new age of the world? That and more on the next Chapter of Goddess Protectors!
