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Seimei no Shan
S Evolution

Created by SeiferA
Proofread by Kaiser Sephiroth
Based on "Seimei no Shan" by SeiferA and Rosalyn Angel

Episode 02:

"International Clash! 2-on-2 Battle Commences!"

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It was a beautiful Sunday morning, in Japan. Even in Shibuya, in Tokyo, the scenery itself was filled with birds flying, high above and singing, despite the city noise and life. Many people were walking down the streets, within this specific district. Most of these people were out enjoying their day off, from either school or from their jobs. It was here that Takayo, Chi and Lacus were all heading down towards the Seimei no Shan Café Shop.

All three of them were wearing the same clothes they wore the day before, and Lacus even still had Haro.

Takayo looked towards Lacus and asked, "Hey, Lacus, why do you always have that Haro with you, anyway?"

Lacus looked at her pink Haro, who was tucked in her open palms. She smiled and looked back at Takayo, "I've had Haro since I was 13 and it's always been with me since then. Besides, it's pretty cute, isn't it?"

Takayo smiled as well, "Yeah, it kinda freaked me out at first, but it's really cute when you get use to it."

Chi didn't seem to share Takayo's opinions, however, as she gave an odd look at the toy, "I still think it's the weirdest thing since that Crocket special edition character in the Cyber World servers."

Now Takayo was the one giving the odd looks, "You seriously think that Haro is weirder than a wrestler with poop on a stick for a weapon?"

"I…guess you have a point when you mention it like THAT…" Chi said, as she continued to look at Haro.

Haro then turned around and flapped its wings once more saying, "Haro, Haro! Let's play! Haro!"

Chi simply gave a nervous smile, while Lacus and Takayo laughed at the cuteness from Haro.

Clearly, there were different tastes between the three as to what defined 'cute'.

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It didn't take them long at all before they found themselves in the front doors of the SnS Café. When they went through the automatic doors, the whole area was filled with people all around, although it wasn't EXTREMELY crowded.

Many posters and even statues of various anime and video game characters, as well as a few well-known leaders, were actually plastered all around the place. Many widescreen TVs were all around, with many people playing S Evolution online, either through the Gamesphere or PS3.

Half of them actually had either a GBA NEXT or a PSP connected to a system through handheld link-up cable (The systems couldn't be seen since the wires to the controllers went through a small open hole. Four holes were under each TV, supposedly to connect the controllers through there and to prevent theft).

Lacus couldn't help but look around in awe, while Takayo and Chi went up to one of the main desks to sign up. The second floor could even be seen from where she was at, since a flight of stairs connected to a balcony to it. There were tables in that floor and various leaders were either battling against each other, or teaming up against a stronger foe.

It was then that she noticed one specific statue smack dab in the middle of the whole area. The statue was made to look like a leader with a large cloak, spiky hair and lean eyes. His pose was raising a slender blade, high into the air in declaration, while three smaller shadows were behind him.

Lacus tapped Chi on the shoulder, since Takayo was busy registering, and asked her, "Chi, who's that?"

Chi looked at where Lacus was now pointing at, "Oh, him? That's Hoten Matenko. He's considered to be one of the greatest Seimei no Shan players of all time, due to him winning almost all of the worldwide tournaments that occurred, during SnS World Tour."

"If he's such a great champion, then why is this upcoming tournament being held?" Lacus began to ask. "I mean, if there's already a great player like that, then why bother trying to find another great player?"

Chi started to explain, "Well, nobody has heard from him since. In fact, hardly anybody even KNOWS what kind of fighters he used in his team. The only thing we know is his actual character model and that he obliterated almost all the players he crossed paths with. Some say he disappeared or died or something. But, other rumours persist that he may be coming to this tournament as well…

…BUT I wouldn't worry about that!" Chi reassured as she gave a smile. "Hoten has become about as much of a legend and myth as the Kitsune itself!"

Lacus nodded and smiled slightly, "I suppose you're right. I should just be concerned about training as much as I can, huh?"

Chi nodded in response, with her smile also kept.

Takayo then turned towards the two, "Well, we got ourselves three separate TVs, up in the third floor. We're gonna need to take the elevator along with these slips."

Takayo then brought out a trio of small pieces of paper, as he gave one to Chi and one to Lacus, "I brought 3 GBA/GS link cables, so we don't have to worry about renting our own cables. Now, let's get going."

Lacus and Chi both nodded as they headed towards the elevator.

However, she quickly realized something, asking Takayo, "Um, Takayo, how much does it cost to play the games here anyway?"

He responded without turning to her, yet a smile was kept intact, "1,000 yen each person, but don't worry about paying me back. Think of this as…another act of kindness from me."

"Are you sure it's okay?" she asked with concern.

Takayo just simply closed his eyes briefly and nodded, "I'm sure. I'd rather use my money for others anyway…especially new friends."

Lacus gave a happy smile in response. She felt bad that Takayo had to pay for her, but, then again, she wasn't the type of person to insist on trying to convince people otherwise, if they were set on it.

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Meanwhile, back in America, two people were getting ready to play in one of the few online video game cafes around town. The café itself didn't look as fancy as the café in Tokyo. In fact, the whole area only had about several people walking around or playing the games, while multiple black couches were placed in front of large TVs that were placed on top of large casings, which contained the systems.

One of these people was a pale-skinned girl, with black hair and a long, large, black trenchcoat, with a black shirt underneath. The other was a man wearing a white button shirt, with a black bandana wrapped around his head and sunglasses to hide his eyes, with blue jeans as well.

The girl looked at the man and just simply glanced at him, "Did you honestly have to drag me from my comfortable bed back at home, just to take me to this freakin' café, Alan? You know very well that social interactions and going outside are two things I'm not exactly fond of."

"Jen, if you really want to be prepared for that tournament, then we gotta train," Alan said, trying to reassure his friend. "Besides, you know that neither of us have internet access with our systems, yet we need to practice as much as we can in the Cyber World before the tournaments take place!"

Jen simply rolled her eyes, "If Banpresto didn't charge a monthly fee for the whole Cyber World feature in S Evolution, maybe I would have it and I could be practicing in the comfort of my own bed…"

Alan shook his head as he brought out his PSP, while Jen brought out her GBA NEXT.  Both of them booted their systems on as they approached the black couch and sat down.

It was then that Jen smirked a bit, "Hey…these seats are pretty comfortable. Not bad."

Both then brought out their cable links, as Alan said, "I told you this was going to be a good idea. Now, come on…

…let's go!"

And, in unison, both connected the cables to their portable systems, then connecting them to the console systems, at the same time. Both then booted on the power through a small red button, which was pasted next to the glass protecting the system.

The system then booted up the Gamesphere logo…

The introduction sequence was similar to the GBA NEXT version's introduction. However, the opening text was different:

"It is a time of training and preparation. Many leaders, all across the Cyber World, continue to train in their own worlds, as well as various other anime and video game worlds, to prepare for the greatest tournament of all time. However, even more leaders continue to fight against one another in the Cyber World.

Here, in the Cyber World, is where almost every single leader meets. It is like a central meeting place all across the Cyber Universe, where friends are made and where rivals are found. Universal teleporters are also more frequent across this world and are even purchasable, through special devices called the 'STX'. Many other items, that make leaders' lives much simpler and easier, exist here.

Despite all of these items, however, becoming the greatest leader of all time requires more than just your fighters and items. Training with your anime or video game characters is what counts in the end. This world will determine your bond between your fighters…"

The title screen then appeared in a fashion similar to the GBA NEXT, except a lot more flashier and nicer, due to the obviously superior graphics on the system.

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And, back in Tokyo, the same title screen appeared almost at the same time for the triple team of Takayo, Chi and Lacus, in their respective screens. All three, with their GBA NEXTs installed to the system, gave determined smirks, then pressed start on their systems.

When they did, a window popped up stating "Checking for Game Boy Advance NEXT connection…", and after a few seconds, all the information in the system was uploaded to the game, with the words "Information Download Complete!" stated. As soon as that window disappeared, a window appeared in their GBA NEXTs, stating "Please choose the city which you wish to transport to."

Several cities were marked down on the list, including: Verdana, Arial, Harrington, Batang, Garamond, Magneto, Onyx, Perpetua, and Wingding.

Takayo looked at Lacus and told her, "My ship is at Garamond, so we can meet over there."

Lacus nodded, as she chose Garamond on her screen.

As soon as they chose where they wanted to go, the TV screens displayed it going through a massive portal…

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A few moments later, their alter egos found themselves in the world known as the Cyber World, as circular portals suddenly formed from the sky and dropped them down to the ground. Lacus and SeiferA landed down gently, but Chi's alter ego landed down on the ground harshly.

As she slowly got up, giving an embarrassed grin, it was more obvious that she was a brown catgirl, with black hair, green eyes. She also had a black jacket with a green undershirt, blue jeans and green sneakers, and a fluffy tail.

SeiferA shook his head, with a chuckle as well, "Really, Rose Angel, are you ever going to learn how to land on the ground the right way?"

"Why bother when I look funny doing it, Seif?"

Seif just simply sighed, as Lacus chuckled.

Only a few seconds later, however, did their fighters appear through warps right next to them. The small cat creature, named Minty-Kat, the cute flying bat-pig Digimon, named Patamon, and the wild spiky-haired woman, named Ryoko, all landed next to Seif, while three other men appeared next to Rose Angel.

One of them had lengthy purple hair, almost all around his head, except across his face, as well as a black tank top and blue baggy pants, with a sheath wrapped around his back, with the sword inside.  Another had a hairstyle somewhat similar to the purple haired bishounen, but it looked a tad bit longer and sleeker. His eyes remained closed, with a smirk on his face, carrying a staff in one of his white gloved hands; his entire body was covered in a brown royal priest robe. The final man had long white-silver hair, with black clothing. Also, he had a VERY long, yet thin sabre, in his right hand. His eyes had a cold green color to it as well.

These three were known as Trunks, Xellos and Sephiroth, from Dragon Ball Z, Slayers NEXT and Final Fantasy VII, respectively.

"TRUNKSSSS!!!!"

And, almost immediately as soon as they landed down, the purple-haired teenager, known as Trunks, was glomped by the quick and happy cat girl.

Completely taken off guard by this, Trunks was forced to the ground, as Rose Angel smiled at him, "It's good to see you again! ^_^ "

Trunks smiled a bit nervously, "Uh…heh…yeah…nice to see you too, Rosalyn."

"Trunks, how dare you have a relationship with that woman!?" Xellos said, in an effeminate manner, "You know that we were meant for each other!"

Trunks looked at Xellos oddly, "What the hell are you talking about!? I'M IN NO RELATIONSHIPS WITH ANYBODY!"

"Oh, goodie then! That means that I can still hug you as well! Now, come over here!"

Now Trunks' eyes were filled with fear.

He stumbled and tried to run away, while Xellos ran to him, shouting, "Where are you going!? WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OUR ADVENTURES! OUR LOVE! HOW WE HAVE THE SAME HAIR STYLIST!!!"

Trunks just continued to try to run away from the demon-based Mazoku, as he shouted back, "GET AWAY FROM ME!"

Rose just continued to laugh at the situation, in a humorous, evil-like tone (but not completely evil; more like…Dr. Evil-evil).

Sephiroth and Seif just continued to look at the situation, with somewhat embarrassed faces, while Patamon, Minty-Kat, and Lacus all giggled a tiny bit.

As for Ryoko?

Well, she was busy with other things to worry about that (AKA, sake preparation).

The town they were in was unlike anything that the PSP and GBA NEXT versions of S Evolution could portray. The scenery itself was set in a morning timeframe (it was the exact same time in this part of the cyber world as in the real world).

Dozens upon dozens of stone buildings lied everywhere with a lush green landscape and twin rivers crossing through various parts of the city. Hundreds of leaders were also in this city, and about several airships were even up in the air. Some of them looked like famous anime ships like the Bebop, but others looked completely original. There were even a few vehicles being used around and about the city for travel. Stone walkways identified where the actual main part of town was at, with a large fountain in the center of it all.

Of course, Seif and the others were at the outskirts of the city, since they did just enter the town.

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"This is unbelievable," Lacus said as she gazed at her screen.

The viewpoint in the TV screen was vastly different, with the camera in a typical 3D camera position, and the details looked EXACTLY like how the alter egos saw it.

The only thing they couldn't see, unfortunately, is the actual mischief that Rose Angel was getting into (the abilities of the game never allowed for that to be seen).

Takayo looked towards Chi and Lacus and told them, "We better head to my ship. It's at an area not too far from this town. Just follow my character and you'll see it eventually."

Both of them nodded, as they directed their characters to follow Seif.


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Meanwhile, Jen and Alan's alter egos also entered into the Cyber World, though in a town far from Garamond, which apparently had as many buildings as it, though. The only difference was there weren't as many green pastures or mountains. Rather, there were more pine trees all around. The sun was also near set in this area.

While her alter ego was still known as Jen, she hardly looked like the real world Jen (sans the black trenchcoat that she wore). Plain and simply, she was a dark grey fox, wielding a thin sword with a sharp spiky base called a Claymore in one hand. H

er main fighters appeared next to her, as she landed on the ground. One of them was the red-mustached villain from the Sonic games himself, Dr Ivo Robotnik. The other was the main villain in "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time", Ganondorf. Finally, the last of her fighters was the dark and mysterious Magus from Chrono Trigger.

As for Alan's alter ego, he looked vastly different from his real world self. He wore a red bandanna, with black hair tucked out from under it, as well as a small goatee under his chin. He wore a red vest, with a white shirt underneath, and blue jeans.

He went by the name of Big Nasty.

The three main fighters were, ironically enough, from the same anime series which he made. The first fighter was a yellow haired girl, with a hairstyle very similar to Lina Inverse's from Slayers. She was known as Navillos. The next wore a black suit, with various tattoos around her body. Her hair was also as black as the night sky itself, with glaring eyes that had a dark void within it. This dark fighter was known as Sapphire. The final fighter was a cute cat girl-like creature with a long sweater, which its sleeves extended far beyond her hands (or paws). She also wore red sneakers and gave quite the cute smile. She was known as Kitty, or Kit-chan.

When all the fighters appeared in the Cyber World, Jen showed that she was rather impatient and wanted to get things over with.

"Alright, Big Nasty, let's team up, kick some asses and get this crap out of our way!"

Ivo simply gave a dull look and brought out a can of Dr Pepper, opened it up by squeezing it, then gulped it down. Ganondorf and Magus were both showing signs of impatience, as they twirled around their blades and swished them through the air, in various areas.

"Hold it, Jen," Big Nasty said, while his three fighters stood still, in waiting poses, "We need to find opponents worthy enough to fight us. Otherwise, we won't get any better."

He then placed his thumb and index finger on his chin, as he pondered, "Hmmm…if I recall correctly, many people mentioned that Garamond has a bunch of powerful leaders. But, since the Cyber World reflects the same size as the real world, it could take some time until we get there."

"Oh, enough of this…" Ivo said, as he finished gulping down his DP. "Let's just find some leaders, take them down, and rob their riches to give to the poor. AKA US."

Sapphire scoffed, as she looked away from Ivo, "We can't steal in this world, even if we wanted to, you big lunk head."

Ganondorf wrapped around his arms, as he gave a dark smile, "That's what you think! If we plan everything well enough, we could plunder like there was no tomorrow!"

Kitty looked up at Ganondorf and smirked, "Silly bad ugly man! Sapphire meant that even if we wanted to steal, we can't since stealing isn't even possible in the program of the Cyber World, thanks to the real world of course!"

"DID YOU JUST CALL ME UGLY!? TELL ME I JUST DID NOT HEAR THAT!"

"GUYS! GUYS!!" Big Nasty shouted as he got a mild headache.

"…LOOK. Do you guys want to win that SnS Worldwide Tournament?"

Everybody nodded.

"And do you want to become better, faster and stronger?"

Everybody, once again, nodded.

"Okay, then! There's only one place where we can do that, and that's in Garamond. Now, come on, we'll take my airship over there."

Big Nasty then proceeded to walk away from the city.

Jen rolled her eyes as she swung her Claymore, "There's nobody out there as powerful as my team…

…it's worthless to simply train. I'm well beyond ready."

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"Here we are, guys."

Lacus was taken by surprise when she saw this gigantic aircraft, known as an Airship.

The ship had a long grey fuselage, with four straight wings, two on each side. Each wing had a set of quintuple jet engines attached underneath. At the front of the ship was a large docking bay, with the door open to greet the alter egos.

Ryoko sighed positively, as she stretched her arms, "Man, it's good to be home!"

Minty-Kat giggled as she ran up the docking door, "Time to surprise Loppy!"

The scenery behind the ship was beautiful, as well with a clear blue sky and just a lush green pasture, as far as the eye could see. This was a perfect place to land such an amazing ship.

As Lacus looked at the ship, however, she was curious about something. She already knew that these ships were used to act as homes for a leader's recruited members, either for later use in his or her team, or to just have hanging around. She read the manual over night after all (well…Real World Lacus did, but, of course, what RW Lacus knew, her alter ego would know as well).

But rather, she wondered…

"Hey, Seif…how many bishoujos do you have anyway?"

Seif chuckled a tad bit nervously as he rubbed the back of his head, "Well…truth be told, I only have like…twenty bishoujos and about forty-or-fifty-so creatures. I've been meaning to get more bishoujos, for a while now. Heh, heh…"

Lacus smiled with joy, "Oh, that's even better than I thought! But…are most of these creatures cute, or just power hitters?"

Before Seif could even answer that, a brown cat-rabbit creature jumped out of the bay, meowing happily, as it dashed towards Ryoko and glomped her. Both chuckled, glad to see each other.

Patamon, who was down on the ground and after looking at Ryoko and the cabbit, known as Ryo-Ohki, looked at Lacus and answered for Seif:

"I think they're a bit of both."

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A little while later, the ship was already off the ground and heading towards an area towards the east. Takayo explained to the group back in the real world that there was a powerful enemy there, which could give them a lot of experience points. In the Cyber World, Lacus started to know the people and creatures who lived in this ship.

In the bridge of the ship, however, was where Seif and Rose were at.

The bridge was pretty typical looking, with several consoles and a Servbot on each of them (from Mega Man Legends). Tron herself was taking a rest, hence why Seif and Rose were there.

As they continued to look at the window in front of them, with mainly a blue sky and a wide open ocean below, Rose couldn't help but ask Seif, "Seif, why did Takayo decided to bring Lacus here? She looks like a newbie to this world and I don't know if she'll be able to last a minute where we're heading…"

Seif glanced at Rose and smirked, "He's apparently trying to be very friendly with her, right now, and is trying to show her everything about this world. And, I can see why…"

"He really likes her, doesn't he?"

Seif simply nodded with a smile.

Rose then gave a devilish smirk, "…so, that means you really like her too, huh?"

His expression was surprised, "Huh? I…er…I have no idea what you mean by that! She's nice, but she isn't my type!"

"Come on, Seif…" she remarked, as she placed her paws on her hips, "All alter egos know that they gain their personality directly from their creators back in the real world. So, you like her just as much as Takayo does."

That comment alone got Seif's attention.

He quickly turned towards the catgirl and argued, "That's a common myth! It's been said that we also have unique tastes as well!"

"Perhaps we do, but there's nothing that can't deny how much attention you've given to Lacus…you rarely give that much attention to anybody."

Her devilish smirk was kept.

Seif simply rolled his eyes in return, "Whateve—"

Suddenly, without notification, red lights started flashing around the room and around in the ship, as well with a warning siren. The ship began to slow down as Seif looked at one of the Servbots, "What's wrong?"

"Two Leaders are challenging us to a duel, Seifer-sama!"

"Leaders? Out here? In the middle of the ocean?" Seif asked himself, "But…where are they?"


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"Takayo, should we accept the challenge?" Lacus asked.

Takayo looked at the screen with determination, as he looked at the window stating "Guild Leaders Jen and Big Nasty have challenged you to a 2-on-2 guild duel, with 3 fighters on each team. Do you accept?"

Takayo didn't want to take any chances, so he looked down on his GBA NEXT screen and brought out an option to get information on the leaders…

A smirk was placed on his face.

"Interesting…they're both American players. Figures that they come from the same area we're about to go to. Their levels are also quite high."

"Takayo-oniichan…" Chi said as she looked at her brother with concern. "Keep in mind that Lacus has just barely started in this game. I don't know if it's wise to challenge them like this."

Takayo nodded, "You do have a po—huh?"

All of a sudden, a new window popped up, "Jen and Big Nasty bypass the request and force you into a duel!"

Takayo gave an annoyed glare, "Dammit, they must be…"

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"SEIFER-SAMA! THEY'RE COMING FROM ABOVE!" one of the Servbots shouted in surprise.

Seif gave a glare very similar to his user back in the real world, "I had a feeling they were above us! Let's go, Rose!"

Rose gave a nod, as both of them ran out to a door next to the bridge, but not before Seif instructed, "CALL OUT PATAMON AND RYOKO FOR ME!"

Rose Angel also then shouted, "AND CALL OUT TRUNKS AND SEPHIROTH FOR ME!"

One of the Servbots nodded, "Yes, Seifer-sama, Rose Angel-sama!" and began to call them out through an intercom.

As soon as they went through the door, they were instantly right on top of the ship, with the winds gusting, despite the ship now at full stop. And, almost at the moment they went outside, six fighters landed on the ship fiercely, making bits and pieces of wood fly all around from their landing.

All six slowly got up as they gave determined looks. The only thing that was changed with this group was that Magus and Kitty seemed to be missing from Jen and Big Nasty's teams and that Ivo was now in his Egg Walker, as seen in Sonic Adventure 2.

Seif stepped forward and asked, "Why have you forced us to a duel?"

Jen drew out her sleek claymore and pointed it at Seif, "We grew impatient of your decision time. I want to get this crap over with now, and you seem to be a somewhat worthy opponent."

Ganondorf and Ivo also smirked evilly at the alter ego, while Big Nasty sighed, "Do you HAVE to make yourself look evil, Jen? Come on, you know you can be nicer than this."

"What if I DON'T want to be nice, huh?" the grey fox suddenly said, as she wrapped her arms around herself, with her blade pointed down, "I WANNA MAKE AN IMPRESSION, YOU KNOW! I want these people to think, 'Hey, she truly is evil, but, at the same time she's badass!' Just like Ivo here, right, my man?"

Ivo, more commonly known as Dr. Eggman, gave a depressed sigh, "You flatter me too much. Normally, I would think that's a good thing, but THAT'S ALL YOU DO."

Jen smiled, as she elbowed Ivo, "Oh come on! Admit it: You love the attention. Am I right? Huh? HUH?"

"No, I do not."

"Yes, you do."

"NO, I don't."

"YOU DO SO!"

"NO I DON'T!!"

"ADMIT YOU LOVE THE ATTENTION OR I'LL HAVE GANONDORF RIP YOU A NEW ONE!!"

"ENOUGH WITH THE PETTY ARGUMENTS AND LET'S JUST GET THE DAMN DUEL OVER WITH!!" Big Nasty shouted, which both silenced Ivo and Jen for a while.

Jen showed a slightly ticked-off face, as she brought out her blade once more, "Fine, fine…"

"Ummm…are you guys not done with your American political debate, or are we going to fight?" Seif said, as he, Patamon, Ryoko, Rose, Trunks and Sephiroth were already sitting down and playing a game of cards.

Jen showed her fangs as she shouted, "DON'T MAKE US LOOK LIKE THE STUPID ONES HERE!"

But, she quickly suppressed her emotions and gave a determined smirk, as she brought out her blade in a fighting position, "You'll regret trying to make a mockery out of us…"

*Play 'This Machine' by Julien-K (Dark Team's theme in Sonic Heroes)*

"IVO! GANONDORF! We're going to attack the kid with the weird guinea pig thing over there!"

Both nodded as they prepared themselves to fight.

"SAPPHIRE! NALA! Let's get the cat girl!"

They too also nodded and prepared for battle. Seif, Patamon, and Ryoko, & Rose, Trunks, and Sephiroth also got up and got into their fighting stances.

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Takayo continued to look at the screen with determination, which only got Lacus concerned, "Takayo, are you sure there's nothing I can do for you guys? I want to help…"

Takayo nodded, without looking at Lacus, "I'm sure. If you went out there, they'd take you down almost instantly. These guys aren't pushovers…their stats are phenomenal. And Nala…I've never seen a fighter have so many added abilities, in all my life…"

Chi looked at her brother, as she gave a look of determination as well, "If you need your team to be healed, let me know, Onii-chan. I'll do my best to help out."

Takayo nodded, "Right."

Then, in their screens, the words "DUEL START!" appeared.

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"CHARGE!!!" the grey fox shouted in a battle cry.

She, Ivo and Ganondorf all dashed towards the boy and his fighters.

Big Nasty then shouted to his girls, "LET'S GO GIRLS!"

They too followed their leader as they dashed towards the cat girl and her fighters.

Jen didn't show any signs of holding back. She immediately jumped high into the air and brought out her claymore, dashing straight down towards him.

However, Seif prepared himself and brought out a Gunblade, deflecting the strike from the Claymore, as sparks flew from the clash of metal.

Jen gave a chuckle as she commented, "A Gunblade? Those types of weapons are weak, compared to Claymores. How do you expect to win with a shabby weapon like that?"

Seif counted the comment with a comment of his own, "You'd be surprised what a few card upgrades can do…"

Suddenly, he forced the Claymore off of his blade and tried to counter with his own strike. Jen was surprised by this, but didn't allow this surprise to take her off track from her rhythm.

She, too, deflected the Gunblade, with her Claymore. The grey fox seemed to give a smirk of satisfaction.

A satisfaction that perhaps this was the first real good player she had encountered since she met her friend and boss…

The counters and attacks continued with the two leaders, while Ivo stepped up towards the small, winged Digimon with his massive Egg Walker.

He chuckled as he charged his main weapon, "This will end quickly…"

Patamon kept his determined look, as he looked at Ivo continuing to charge up his weapon…then…

"SAY GOODNIGHT, PUNY CREATURE!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"

A massive blast was then sent, hurling towards Patamon. However, Patamon crouched down and lowered his wings. Then, unexpectedly, he slapped the blast with his left wing, right back towards the Eggman.

Ivo's shock, unlike Jen's, delayed him from countering this and the blast engulfed him, leaving a dark pillar of smoke.

Patamon smiled, thinking that he won the fight against Ivo….

…however, a large claw emerged from the claw and grabbed Patamon, without any warning.

Patamon struggled to break free, but he slowly felt the grip getting tighter and tighter and his body slowly crushing from the grip.

Ivo simply laughed at the poor creature's suffering, but complimented, "I compliment your counter attack, fellow enemy, but unfortunately, that alone won't be able to stop the wrath of a genius such as myself! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH—!!"

Then, unexpectedly, Ryoko sliced off the metal arm from Ivo's Egg Walker, with her orange beam sabre.

Ivo was shocked by this, "MY WALKER'S L33T ARM!!! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT, WRETCHED GIRL!!"

Ryoko gave a devilish smirk towards Ivo, as she kneeled next to Patamon, who slowly got up, "You talk big, and you think big, but you can't ACT big!"

Suddenly, she quickly noticed that Ganondorf was racing down towards her, with a powered up fist. She quickly grabbed Patamon and rolled out of the way, as the dark being unleashed a hard power smash to the floor, causing more debris and wood to fly away from the impact.

Ganondorf then flipped backwards, almost gracefully, and landed right next to Ivo, as he pressed several buttons.

Ivo looked towards his partner and suggested a battle plan, "Ganondorf, you prepare your energy attack. I'll lend support to it!"

Ganondorf gave a dark smirk and nodded, as he flew high into the air. Raising his right hand, he slowly gained more and more dark energy. Ryoko brought out her beam sabre and prepared to knock the blast away…

Then, Ganondorf unleashed his trademark attack towards Ryoko. She prepared to deflect it…however, Ivo shot out a long piece of rope towards her, which tied up her legs and forced her down. She couldn't counter the blast now, as he got closer and closer.

But, without any warning, Patamon suddenly flew out of Ryoko's hands and puffed up his body.

Then, he unleashed a massive blast of air, which he called out as, "AIR SHOT!!"

The blast itself looked far weaker than Ganondorf's blast…however, when the attacks connected, the dark energy exploded in a mass of darkness and electricity.

Ivo and Ganondorf were completely surprised.

Surprised at how a small attack like that could make a big attack like that explode like NOTHING.

They were completely speechless…which gave Patamon and Ryoko the opportunity to lash out at the two, respectively…

Meanwhile, Big Nasty gave a cool smile as he removed his headband. Rose Angel quickly prepared herself as she got into a feline stance. Big Nasty then twisted the headband around and flicked it towards the girl.

However, the headband's length then quickly extended as it got closer and closer to Rose Angel. She quickly dodged the lash from the headband, as it made a loud "WHACK!" in the air.

Still in its now long length, Big Nasty attempted once more to whip the cat girl.

She dodged once more and shouted, "COME ON, THIS IS JUST STUPID!!!"

Big Nasty chuckled, as he continued his whipping once again, "Oh, now, I wouldn't say that…"

"But, I would."

Right behind him was Trunks, as he sliced the back of Big Nasty, forcing him down. However, in retaliation, Nala quickly came down from the sky and gave a hard elbow right in Trunks' back, out of complete anger.

He slouched down, which gave Nala the opportunity to give Trunks a giant kick in the gut, which sent him high above. He held his stomach in pain, as she flew straight at him, yelling in anger and preparing to give him a knee smash…

…but, then, Sephiroth quickly got in her way and slashed the air right in front of her. Even though there was a bit of distance between her and the area which the Masamune cut, she still felt her body receive a slight gash. She winced in pain and held her chest.

Sephiroth then gave a quick kick towards Nala's chest, sending her to the hard ground below. His eyes then suddenly glanced towards the side, as he brought his Masamune in a guarding position.

"HELLFIRE FLASH!!!!!"

Sapphire, above Sephiroth, unleashed her most devastating attack towards the white-haired fighter. The way he held his blade, however, protected him from the attack, as the blast merely went around him.

However, when the blast was completed, Sapphire quickly emerged right in front of Sephiroth and prepared to grab his skull. However, he countered this by grabbing her hand as well.

Their hands were locked, both struggling to crush the other's hand…

*Fade out 'This Machine'*

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Jen, back in the real world, continued to struggle under Seifer's onslaught and counter with her own, as the screen displayed a 2D sprite view of a chibi-Jen fighting against a chibi-SeiferA.

"Damn it, this guy is good…" she said, "He uses weak fighters and weapons, but their stats are upgraded beyond anything I've ever seen before…"

Alan gave a possible explanation, as he too tried to fight off the attacks on him, "Perhaps these guys hacked into their game and upgraded their stats…"

Jen shook her head, "No…can't be it. The games were designed specifically to counter hacking, no matter what. I know that much with this version of S Evolution."

Suddenly, Alan got an idea, "Jen, why don't we try to access S Evolution?"

Jen showed confusion, despite keeping her eyes on the screen, "What do you mean?"

Alan began to explain, "Well, the title S Evolution, in SnS S Evolution, isn't there just for fancy gimmicks, you know. There's a secret ability in this game called S Evolution, which allows one to multiply their stats by twice as much, for one battle. The only way we can access S Evolution is, if we bring our fighters together and use an attack which we can all use at once. If we can combine that force into a massive blast…we could likely take them down."

Jen simply nodded, "Good idea, but what kind of attack can all of our fighters do?"

"Heh…what else, but an energy blast?"

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It was then that Jen, Ivo, Ganondorf, Big Nasty, Nala and Sapphire all unleashed a powerful attack which sent their opponents back.

Jen then shouted the command which would turn the tables on this duel:

"S EVOLUTION! ENERGY ONSLAUGHT!!!"

Suddenly, they all prepared their own energy attacks, one by one.

Jen brought her hands back, as if gripping an invisible beach ball. Ganondorf and Ivo prepared their energy attacks from earlier, though they seemed to be more powerful.

Big Nasty and Nala respectively prepared a KameHameHa energy attack, while Sapphire channelled all of her dark energy, by placing her hands together in a praying manner.

Seif and the others were surprised by this sudden formation, not expecting that they would try to unleash an S Evolution assault, here and now.


"Stupid fools…leaving themselves open…" Sephiroth said, as he brought back his Masamune, "I'll show them not to taunt us!!"

Rose Angel tried to stop him, "WAIT, SEPH!!!"

But, it was too late. He was already dashing towards the group.

But his assault was cut short, when his body was filled with electricity all around, though an invisible force field. He cried out in pain, as the force field shot him back towards the group.

"SEPH!"

She ran towards him and kneeled next to him when she reached him, "Are you okay?"

He gave a menacing glare towards the attack, as he tried to force himself up.

Seif continued to look as the group prepared their attack.

Patamon looked at him and asked, "Seif, what should we do?"

In reality, he didn't know what to do. Not even Takayo knew what to do.

S Evolution required not only a set attack type, but also the right stats. Jen and Big Nasty's guild team happened to have the required stats, but unfortunately, Seif and Rose Angel's team's HP and stats were slightly lowered now thanks to the assault.

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"Dammit…" Takayo said as he saw the screen in front of him with all six of the fighters from the opponent guild prepare the ultimate attack. He tried to look at his GBA NEXT screen for ways around this assault, but he found nothing.

He closed his eyes and ground his teeth, "DAMMIT!!"

And then, something happened.

Something that seemed to have happened, from out of nowhere.

Something…snapped inside Takayo's mind.

He felt SOMETHING, but he couldn't tell what.

It wasn't pain, nor a literal snap.

It was like…an invisible link of sorts.

But…why did this suddenly happen…

But, before he could ask himself this again, he suddenly got an idea from no particular source in his mind:

"Access The True S Evolution…"

"Onii-chan? Are you okay?" Chi asked her brother.

Lacus asked, "What's wrong? Are we losing or something?"

Takayo looked up towards the screen with determination, as a small smile was placed on his face.

He only said one sentence:

"We're far from losing now…"

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Seif also felt this unusual event within his mind, almost at the precise time as Takayo.

He then quickly looked at his allies, "Guys! Stand together and close your eyes with concentration! I think I have a plan…"

Ryoko raised an eyebrow, as she questioned, "What good will closing our eyes and concentrating do?"

"Trust me on this, Ryoko. Let's just do this."

They all nodded, not knowing what Seif had in plan.

But, at this rate, anything would be better than to simply stand around and wait to be obliterated. They all stood their ground, as they lowered their heads in concentration.

Nala chuckled, as the energy within her hands was expanding into a very large energy sphere, "HA! Look at them! They're ready to give up and take our attacks like real warriors rather than cowards!"

Big Nasty smirked, as his energy attack also grew to immense proportions, "It's always nice to find fighters who will take death like true winners…oh, well, shame to do this to them, but it has to be done!"

But, Jen was perhaps the most concerned of the whole group, as she noticed something was a bit off from all of this.

It was like…something in her mind was also telling her something…warning her of something…

But, she quickly put this aside, when she saw the attack was at its max.

When she saw this, she shouted in a battle cry, "FIREBALL MAXIMUM ONSLAUGHT, FIRE!!!!!!"

All of the blasts were then shot and merged together to create a gigantic black and purple energy blast. It hurled towards Seif's and Rose's team, at a speed of a jet fighter.

However, at this instant was where Seif would shout out a command…

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It was then that Takayo, Chi, Lacus, Jen and Alan would see something they never saw this game ever do before.

Their screens suddenly darkened with the BGM music stopping completely.

Then, mere moments later, the black screen was overwhelmed by light, as Seif's character was heard saying on the monitors, "S EVOLUTION COUNTER ATTACK!!!!"

It was then, that for a mere few seconds, something unexpected happened.

Seif, Patamon, Ryoko, Rose, Sephiroth and Trunks all shone a white light, as their bodies transformed slightly.

When the light exploded into particles, they revealed slightly different forms of most of the fighters (sans Patamon, who looked completely different).

Seif's hair was a bit longer now, specifically at the mullet area, and his vest was now a white trenchcoat. Patamon was now an Angemon, who was an angel warrior, of sorts. Ryoko now had an unusual red and blue battle suit with various Kanji of "Death" and "Life" marked on the front and back, respectively. Her hair was also noticeably longer and her eyes were pupil-less.

Rose Angel now had four golden wings behind her back and was now a human girl, with long and beautiful black hair, carrying an orb in her hands. Sephiroth's hair was also a tad bit longer, but the most noticeable change was his battle clothes, which were now white as well. Finally, Trunks, in particular, was now SSJ2, with his hair spiky and sharp.

All of them brought out their hands in unison. The energy blast was instantly stopped, while the trail of energy following the initial blast merged with it, into a sphere.

The entire group looked at the guild, which was now in complete disbelief at what happened. Then, once again in unison, they all jumped at the same time and punched the energy blast right back at the group.

Jen's mind then snapped to this, and she quickly tackled her group down to avoid the blast. The blast was sent far away into the sky. And, a few moments later, the sky lit up with a yellow pillar of light.

Before they could even think as to what to do next, Seif and the others already surrounded Jen and Big Nasty's team.

Big Nasty then shouted the smartest course of action at this point:


"RETREAT!!"

Suddenly, they all disappeared through white beams of light.

As soon as they retreated, the entire team transformed back to normal…and they were completely dumbfounded, as to what happened.

"Seif…what was that?" Patamon asked.

Seif looked at his hands in confusion, "I…don't know…"

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"WE BEAT THEM!!!" Chi shouted in happiness as she jumped up and down, "YEAH, USE ME AS A LION FOR YOUR CIRCUS, HUH, BIG NASTY!? WELL, THIS KITTY HAS CLAWS!!!!"

Lacus chuckled, as she saw Chi celebrate. However, she noticed that Takayo was in complete disbelief.

She got off of her chair and kneeled next to him, "Surprised that you won, huh?"

"It's not that I'm surprised that I won…" Takayo said.

"Really? Then why are you surprised?"

"I…for one brief moment, I…

…I felt a channel of energy within my body…

…I felt my alter ego's soul…"

He then looked at Lacus, who was giving him a puzzled face.

He then laughed, "Ha, but, of course, that's how one feels when they beat somebody THIS powerful, right? HA, HA, HA!!"

Lacus still showed a bit of concern, but a small smile was then placed on her face.

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"You know, those guys were pretty good…" Alan said, as he composed an e-mail in the game, "I'm gonna let them know that we meant well and stuff so…you know, they won't despise us or anything. You know, sportsmanship and shit."

Jen didn't say a word.

"Jen? Are you okay?"

Jen looked at Alan, and nodded, "Y…yeah. I'm okay. Just…surprised at what happened."

Alan chuckled, "Yeah, you're telling me! I never knew such an attack existed in the game!"

Jen nodded, but as she looked back at the screen, which showed her team's status, she continued to ask herself one thing:

'What was that odd feeling I felt for that one brief moment?'

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"Sir! Somebody has finally accessed the True S Evolution!"

"Are you sure?"

"Positive! And, in the process, two people almost gained the abilities of DNATA!"

"Heh…how appropriate. Just a few weeks before the tournament happens, and two people nearly gained the ability…

…this could prove to be quite interesting, when our plans AFTER the tournament begins…heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh…"

TO BE CONTINUED