A/N: A sequel to Xenosaga: Der Wille Zur Macht, and I know there is one already. :C all the same, please take the time to enjoy this fic, and feel free to give me all comments. I thank thou.
I do not own Xenosaga.
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XENOSAGA:
Verboten die Erinnerungen (Forbidden Memories)
U-TIC Main Command Centre,
Asteroid Pleroma
Commander Margulis swung his sharp blade with precise accuracy, cleaving through the air with a speed that befit one of his calibre, graduate of the Lyceum, where he was second only to that cursed Jin Uzuki. How he remembered that fateful night, several years ago, where he was given that disfiguring scar.
It had been a duel to the finish, taking place on the drizzling rooftops of planet Second Miltia. There they had fought, alternating powerful slashes with the magic of ether elements consisting of nanorobots. How they had fought! It was a sight to behold, the slim katana against the raw power of his sword, sparks glancing from every blow, and the rain pulled along with the sheer force behind their blades.
The fight was intense, with him being driven back against the rooftop and the other being forced to his knees by Margulis' superior strength. Jin's speed however, had been enough to assure his victory. He had been as fast as a coiled viper, striking and fading before launching an all-out assault.
He slashed through a training robot, noting how easy it was compared to that foe he now nursed a fierce hatred of. Beaten by an unknown kid with some primitive ancient fighting style. That his own Jehovah style of fighting should be defeated by that poor excuse of a warrior was not acceptable. The boy hid his face behind the shield of a book the entire day, but who would have thought him to be such a skilled warrior?
Margulis grit his teeth and slammed the blade into the ground, charging his ether circuits and preparing for the final blow.
The boy had unmatched skill with his blade. He was a worth adversary, and Margulis had relished the fight at first. Soon, it had turned into a desperate pitch for survival by both sides. He was using blue ether magic while Margulis countered the frost with his all-consuming flames. A simple duel of pride soon gave way to deadly battle, where each fought with unrivalled skill and ferocity, unleashing a lifetime of training.
"Fotia ek Theos."
Watching the Greek script appear in flowing lines before him, Margulis raised one fiery hand and slammed it down upon the hilt of his blade, setting the immediate area ablaze with nanorobotically generated flames. The 'fire of God' spread rapidly, consuming all the sentinel robots in its hellish fury as the wrath of the heavens were unleashed upon the earth.
At last, their energies spent, the fire ceased to exist, and Margulis sheathed his searing sword.
Jin Uzuki.
He would meet the same fate as these sentinel robots, but after more pressing matters had been dealt with.
Shrugging back into his coat, he strode off towards the bridge, signalling two nearby soldiers to accompany him. "You, inform the bridge that I want five platoons of Janissaries ready for departure within five hours. Plan 504 is to commence. You, get my A.G.W.S. ready. I will oversee this attack personally."
Soon, Jin Uzuki. I shall track you down and make you meet your fate.
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Author's…er…Historian's Note: Janissaries were the elite fighting forces of the Ottoman Turks, and were formed by children taken from religions not similar to that of the ruling family. Now, they are the elite fighting forces of the U-TIC Organization.
*ducks banana peels and rotten watermelons*
Okay, okay, back to the fic.
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KOS-MOS Simulator,
EVS Dive.
Ziggurat Eight crouched behind a burning oil tank, hoping that it would mask his heat signature from the android who hunted him. His magnetic resonance and EMP scanners had detected naught, and radar was showing sporadic bursts of static due to the ECM grenade tossed by the android earlier. He however, was grateful for the cyborg body that enhanced his senses and speed.
Fine-tuning the levels of his scanner, Ziggy prepared to do a particle scan which required immense amounts of time and him standing still. Yet, this would cut through the ECM cloud and pinpoint the android's location. Engaging the sensors that would give him leverage over the enemy, he waited for the data to come streaming in.
As he garnered ever more information, Ziggy suddenly realized that the android was indeed, in the walls behind him.
Before he could react, KOS-MOS exploded out of two feet thick barricades, and proceeded to attack him, landing a powerful flying kick onto his chest which sent him ten feet away into a parked car, utterly destroying it. He looked back emotionlessly and shot several laser beams at KOS-MOS, who evaded all but one which took her in the leg, causing her to fall.
In that split second, Ziggy was beside her and unleashing his arsenal of Cyber Kicks. The flaming kicks pummelled the android, but Ziggy noted that KOS-MOS blocked each of those rapid kicks with her forearms, the metallic armour a blur of blue and silver. They were evenly matched, it seemed.
During his slight lapse in concentration, KOS-MOS leapt forth with R-HAMMER, causing his to stop his flaming assault and raise his right arm to deflect the blows which would have smashed a normal human to pulp. While he was thus preoccupied, KOS-MOS executed a swift chop to his other side with her titanium hand.
The normal blow had enough raw power to knock any civilian vehicle over onto its back, but Ziggy merely wavered slightly before slamming his gauntleted fist into KOS-MOS's torso. The force of the blow sent the android stumbling into a burning car, where she caved a hole into the metal exterior. Seizing this brief chance, Ziggy leapt up and suspended himself on rocket boosters while he prepared to launch a blistering counterattack.
Literally.
KOS-MOS would not be outdone. She leapt up as well, drawing her lethal F-SCYTHE weapon, which she used to slash at Ziggy in mid air. The fireballs glanced off its synthetic diamond blade, but Ziggy aimed a final blow right at KOS-MOS' head, just as she slammed the hilt of the scythe into him. Both fell from the air, creating identical craters in the ground below.
They were up rapidly, and KOS-MOS charged forward with her R-Blade slashing at speeds so fast they created a burning film on the androids' weapon. Ziggy countered by flipping out his own blade and parrying her attacks. The two fought at a blinding speed, and while each parried and slashed, their other hand pummelled repeatedly, finding no purchase on the other's armoured body.
With shockwaves and sonic booms arcing out from their blazing weapons, Ziggy and KOS-MOS duelled fiercely, wreaking widespread damage everywhere near them. Walls collapsed as the armoured body of Ziggy lunged backwards to evade a deadly blow, and cars turned into unrecognizable heaps of metal as KOS-MOS missed with her punches and sent them tumbling down the street.
Suddenly, Ziggy grabbed KOS-MOS' waist and sprayed jet fuel all over her body. In the blink of an eye, he had ignited it and KOS-MOS was knocked off her feet. The cyborg would have leapt down on the android, if not for the fact that she was up faster and opened her abdominal weaponry. The X-Buster charged and spread out its devastating cerulean energies.
The street immediately turned into a holocaust, with flames exploding from walls everywhere. Cars combusted under extreme duress and the pillars holding buildings aloft crumbled, sending their massive loads down on the android and her opponent. The X-Buster carved through most of the debris before it hit the earth, however, and Ziggy felt metal armour melt and char on his body. Seizing onto his last hope, he targeted the android in a split second with his laser sight and engaged Executioner, sending the giant blade arcing down on her.
When the smoke had cleared, Ziggy fought his way out of the rubble and found himself alone in the area. The android had taken cover, but this was no time to set off on a search and destroy mission. Not yet, at any rate.
Opening a Med Kit, he applied several nanorobotic repair salves to his armour and watched with some human satisfaction as they repaired his broken form. Full recharged, he resumed scanning with one unbroken EMP scanner. The android was apparently camouflaging her Electro-Magnetic Pulses and he would never find her this way.
Leaping up against one unbroken wall, he kicked footholds into the concrete and scaled it easily, reaching the rooftops where a slim blue figure could be seen smashing through the roof of a warehouse not too far away.
Target located.
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Ziggy entered the warehouse, and peered cautiously around the gloomy interior. He hid behind large crates, and occasionally ran several scans, which were still useless amidst the metal crating and roofs. Pushing a crate the size of a car aside, he peered into the darkness.
Light soon blinded him as five remote tank units came around the corner, their guns pointed right at his cranium. Ziggy was up in the rafters within five seconds, and listened to the robots blasting away at the crates below. Aiming cautiously below, he unloaded his laser onto the hapless vehicles, and destroyed them with several well-aimed blasts.
KOS-MOS was crafty, he could give her that. Using resources to her advantage. Yet, as many tricks as she had up her steel sleeves, he had even more. He was silent for a while, and during that while, all that could be seen of him was a shadow that locked the doors and crept along the corridors of the shadowy warehouse.
Not too long after, as he waited in the rafters where he had began, one of his motion alarms went off, signalling that the android was trying to escape through the northeast wall. Exactly as expected.
He crept swiftly over, and found her by the walls trying to force her way out. Without any further ado, he sprang down with his blade outstretched, and aimed for her Kevlar reinforced neck. A small smile uplifting that solemn face, he prepared to vanquish his foe.
Only to find that she was a holoprojection.
The real KOS-MOS came out from behind silently and grabbed his neck, her R-Blade inches away from his death. Ziggy tried to struggle, but found himself locked within her embrace.
"I concede. You have won this match."
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Elsa, EVS Room
The EVS units opened, releasing Ziggy and KOS-MOs from their holo tanks. Shion was waiting, Allen beside her.
"Congratulations, Ziggy and KOS-MOS. That was one of the most interesting battles yet! The damage accumulated was far greater than any yet recorded so far, and you two have displayed an extreme amount of agility and power. Erm…Ziggy, we'll look into getting you guys a better sensor net. Two more banks of anti-ECM systems ought to do it."
Ziggy nodded, secretly pleased with the outcome of the battle. His performance levels had increased by 2.456345 percent since the last one, which he had won. However, KOS-MOS had improved her skills by almost ten percent. He would definitely have to work harder.
Shion bustled around as usual, having taken over the task of maintaining both Ziggy and KOS-MOS. Ziggy had to admit it was far more efficient to have a fully qualified professional scientist handling his repairs rather than his trial and error, which had cost him one of his weapons earlier. The new YZ-Ultra Autocannon was due to be completed within several days, and it incorporated the same matter transportation systems that KOS-MOS used to transport the massive guns that she used.
Ziggy cast a glance at a nearby screen, waiting patiently as Allen tightened several bolts on the cyborg's titanium exoskeleton, and noticed the autocannon displayed on the holoscreen. It was a monster, approximately 20 feet long, and weighed perhaps a tonne. He would need both hands to use it, but the damage ratio was well worth it. A total of 700 uranium depleted shells would be fired every time he used the autocannon, providing enough raw power to perhaps cave a hole in the Durandal's outer armour.
Upon finishing her task, Shion stood back and allowed the two to stand up.
"Okay, you should be performing at peak capability now."
Ziggy stood up. He himself had found this battle to be an interesting exchange of combat tactics.
"Perhaps we could arrange training sessions similar to this in future. It is an excellent way to enhance both of our combat capabilities."
chaos walked in just in time to hear that last comment and smiled teasingly. "Ah, are you not enjoying the female's company more than the training, dear friend?"
"I hardly think that she is considered a female, but her company is indeed illuminating. Who would have thought that her databanks could have been of such depth and knowledge?"
Shion smiled. "I'll take that as a compliment, Ziggy."
"It was meant to be one. The programming of her knowledge was indeed very thorough."
Suddenly remembering his purpose of visiting them, chaos promptly reminded them that Jr. was waiting at a diner in the Foundation for them to head down for dinner. He had already met up with MOMO and both of them were in the newer city sectors.
Shion gasped and hurried off to get changed. Allen followed her with a UMN mobile phone, saying something frantically about upgrading a certain module. Shion as usual, was not listening.
Another twinkle of mirth within his eyes, chaos stood up and walked away, presumably to tell them something he forgot again. It was happening more and more frequently, these memory lapses of his.
At last, only Ziggy and KOS-MOS stood within the room. The female android merely stood beside her maintenance bed and gazed around with her large emotionless eyes. Ziggy gestured towards the door, "KOS-MOS, do you wish to exit first? It is human custom to allow females to enter or leave first."
The android looked at him for several seconds before shaking her head. "It is alright. I merely-wish to inquire about certain things."
Ziggy gestured for the android to exit again. "KOS-MOS, perhaps we should head down first? I will be glad to answer any questions that you have along the way, and perhaps that would be easier for us to speak as well."
"Affirmative."
With that, the two nonhumans headed to the door, and strode towards the shuttle to take them down to Kukai.
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A/N: Okay, this is a rather complicated situation. I didn't like the ending of the 1st paragraph so I just rewrote it. I don't know much of the pairings yet, so don't open fire and scream for chaos and KOS-MOS. It might be, might not be. I really don't know. We'll have to see how the fic leads me around.
Alright, hope you enjoy the new chapter. I know Episode 2 I supposed to be about Jr. but I find it hard to characterize him. So long for now!