——————————————————————————————
Seimei no Shan
S Evolution
Created by SeiferA
Proofread by Kaiser Sephiroth
Based on "Seimei no Shan" by SeiferA and Rosalyn Angel
Episode 04:
"Vacation at the Cyber City! Akihabara!"
——————————————————————————————
In a room filled with wallscrolls of various anime and video game characters including Ryoko, Trunks, Faye and Sephiroth, light began to shine through this very room's small window. Birds chirped a song, while 2 people in this room were nuzzled in their bed sheets. Both beds look ordinary enough, with one bed having green sheets and another having black sheets. To the right of each of these beds was a small brown coffee table with the GBA NEXTs placed on said tables. Next to one of the GBA NEXTs was a small Pokeball, while next to the other GBA was a Trunks figurine. Across from these beds was a flat screen HDTV which actually hung on the wall. Below this TV was a Gamesphere with several games stacked around it. One of these happened to be SnS S Evolution.
As the sunlight hit the green bed, the person in that bed slowly got up from his sheets and stretched his arms. Despite his hair being somewhat messy, it was clear that this person was Takayo. Takayo scratched his hair and yawned for a good couple of seconds before looking at Chi's black bed, "Chi, are you going to get up?"
A groan of tiredness and annoyance was heard on her side under her sheets as she grabbed the pillow with her and covered her head, "…you know the answer to that already, Onni-chan…"
Takayo chuckled lightly as he raised up his feet (With socks on no doubt) and flipped himself up. He scooted himself to the side of the bed and hopped off the bed. Though he wasn't exactly wearing any pajamas, he did clearly have his hat off and had his vest hung inside his closet with cotton pants.
Today was the day where Takayo decided that he and his sister would be taking a break from their constant training for the tournament. At this rate, if they continued to train without a break, they could likely collapse from the sheer amount of time focused on their GBA NEXTs and Gamesphere. Besides, the systems themselves kinda needed a break too, seeing that they've been used non-stop and the systems were already getting slightly worn out from all the game time the two have focused on.
He proceeded to walk out of the room...
…but was tripped unexpectedly by his sister's sticked out foot. A semi-dark chuckle was heard under her breath before saying "Serves you right for waking me up this early…mm…", then once again fell asleep. Takayo merely gave an agitated look at his sister in response…
**************************
"Thank goodness Takayo is taking a one day vacation from all of this…"
SeiferA, back in the cyber world inside his ship and walking in the hallways with Patamon on his head, stretched his arms much like how Takayo did. He was quite relieved that Takayo was going to be away for today, especially considering that it's been a LONG time since he took a break. Patamon seemed to show some concern and expressed it, "I don't know Seif…what if your skills go down just because of this one day off?"
"Oh come on, Patamon!", Seif said with a bit of surprise, "Don't start thinking in stuff like that. Just because we're taking a break from all the training doesn't mean I'm going to be forgetting everything I learned!" Patamon looked down, but then smiled, "…yeah, I suppose you're right." Seif looked up and smiled as well, "Now come on Patamon…
…I'll take you to one of the local eateries. My treat."
The orange digimon gave a delightful smile, "Oh, I hope it'll be a place that serves good noodles!"
Seif couldn't help but laugh at Patamon's happiness, especially considering how cute it was. So they began to head out of the ship and back into town…
***************************
Back in the real world, Takayo was already well dressed for going out and about in the somewhat spacious living room. He didn't plan to simply relax at home all day, oh no. It would be well too boring for him and it wouldn't be worth wasting such an opportunity to explore around Tokyo (He only heard about the SnS Café because of the official site). So he grabbed the sleeves of his backpack, wrapped it around his shoulders and prepared to walk out…
…but then a knock was heard on the door as he reached for the doorknob.
"Odd…", he said in a puzzle…but he disregarded the oddness of the situation and opened the door to see who it was.
He could've easily guessed who it was.
"Lacus!", Takayo said with a smile on his face, "How did you…?"
"Find your room?", Lacus said, completing his sentence, "I asked where your room was at at the main office and they were more than happy to help me. But that's besides the point!". She then grabbed Takayo's right hand and made him come outside.
"W…what's going on?", he asked. She then explained in a bit of excitement, "A store down in Akihabara is holding a special event for Seimei no Shan S Evolution players! We gotta go check it out, Takayo!"
Takayo sighed as he placed both of his hands behind his head, "Not today. Me and Chi promised that we'd take a break from all the battling today." Lacus continued to insist on the event, however, "But Takayo, the event has several rare boosters that are hard to find! In fact, they were made for this very event!"
Takayo raised an eyebrow, "What kind of items do the booster has?" Lacus chuckled as she held Haro in her left hand, then pulled out the GBA NEXT and flipped the screen to reveal her character…with a Haro exactly like Lacus' as well.
"They're giving away dozens of Haro booster discs, and they come in many colors!", Lacus said, "They even let you NAME your Haro…but I havn't decided if whether or not I should name this one." Takayo smirked as he placed his right hand on his hip, "As much as I like Haros, they're not exactly something that I wanna get as soon as possible." Lacus continued to keep her smile as she put away her GBA NEXT:
"They also have a new type of Gunblade booster there…"
Takayo's eyes were filled with surprise, "EH!? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT IN THE 1ST PLACE!? COME ON, LET'S GET GOING!!" Lacus chuckled as she waved her finger, "Not until you help me decide if whether or not I should name my new Haro…" Takayo sighed, then pondered a name for Lacus' new Haro. Perhaps it should be something girly like…"Pink Fluff" or "Pinky". Or…"Pink...pink….."
…that was it!
"How about Pink-chan?"
Lacus pondered at the name for a good while. Then suddenly, her Haro started moving it's wings, "Pink-chan! Pink-chan!"
The pink haired girl chuckled as she saw her Haro respond with glee, "You know, I've tried for so long to decide on a name not just for this newly aquired Haro, but for my old friend here as well. And it has never responded so happily to a name before!" Lacus then nodded, "Ok then, it's settled.
Both of my Haros will be known as Pink-chan!"
"Haro loves the name Pink-chan! Haro Haro!"
Takayo merely placed his right hand behind his head and forced out a chuckle, "He…isn't going to get use to the new name anytime soon, huh?" Lacus laughed in a nervous way and shook her head, "I…really don't know."
***********************
There he was, with Lacus by his side and Pink-chan in her hands. The cyber town known as Akihabara. The city itself wasn't exactly even a city. It was a district in Tokyo. To think that such a district that only sold cameras after World War II would evolve into THIS, however...it was truly a sight to behold. Ads, game shops, camera shops, video shops...anything electronic, they had it. Hell, there were even a few robots in specific displays dancing with smooth and clear motion. Technology truly evolved in Japan, and this "Cyber City" was proof of that.
"There is it, Takayo!", Lacus exclaimed as she pointed at one particular shop. Ads were plastered everywhere with the SnS S Evolution logo. On the bottom was written in Katakana: "Free Rare Booster Discs!". There were about 40 people in line, waiting to get their hands on a booster disc. Takayo looked at the scene, "Jeez, so many people out here...and on a Monday too. I just hope we'll be able to get a booster disc in time."
Lacus smiled gently, pretty confident about the situation, "Don't worry Takayo, I'm sure we'll be able to get that Gunblade booster disc on time." So they proceeded to walk towards the line and wait. But not more than a few seconds after they got in line did a 10 year old kid weating a red hat and with a black backpack came up to them and asked, "Hey, what are your trainer levels in the game?"
Takayo looked down and gave a slight smile, "Level 431."
The child's expression was somewhat shocked, but he quickly rubbed the back of his head in embarassment, "Oh...heh heh heh...n...nice...". He then looked at Lacus, "How about you?"
Lacus gave a more gentle smile than Takayo apparantly, "Level 20 right now. I only have one fighter with me though."
The child seemed to be more at ease when he heard this from Lacus, "Thank goodness. Somebody I can actually fight against. You don't mind if we could battle? I'll just use one fighter in my team as well." Lacus nodded gently, "Of course! At this rate, I need to train a lot if I want to be in the tournament."
"Heh heh, I'm trying to level up as well.", the child said as he brought out his red GBA NEXT and booted up his game, "Takes a good while before you can hit the limit of level 50 though to compete in the rookie championship."
"Rookie...championship?"
Takayo nodded as he looked to Lacus, "The tournament itself isn't one gigantic ranked tournament. If it was, then it would be unfair to the low ranks. The way it works is that there's 4 different divisions of the tournament: Rookie, Normal, Advance and Master Tournaments. The rookie tournament is for leaders lv50-149, Normal is for 150-249, Advance is for 250-349, and Master is for 350-449. Anybody below level 50 cannot participate in the tournaments, and anybody above 450 have to choose if they wish to lower their level for this tournament."
Lacus looked at Takayo with a bit of dissapointment, "You never told me I had to get to level 50 if I wanted to get into the tournament..."
Takayo chuckled with embarassment, "Heh heh...well...the thought to tell you never came to me...sorry."
Lacus sighed, but gave a slight smirk towards him, "It's ok...but while we're battling here, you think you can tell me about how the tournament works exactly?" Takayo nodded, "Of course. I owe that much to you..."
He then began to explain, "Ok, so the tournament is divided into 4 divisions. Banpresto went into talks about making a 5th division for people level 450-500, but they decided against it since only so many people have reached that level. One week before the tournament, a massive judging tourney is held where anybody can compete in the specific divisions that their trainer level is based on. The top 16 finalists in that tournament for each rank will go on to the actual event one week later. If the leaders live in other parts of the world, Banpresto provides airfair to come here to Tokyo, as well as several other accomidations.
The Rookie, Normal and Advance tournaments are held in different areas around Tokyo Dome. However, the Master Tournament is held smack dab in the main area, where a crowd of people will watch the top 16 finalists battle it out in a massive stage. The final 2 in all 4 tournaments will then gain the privilage to battle in an all new VR Headset, which isn't even due to be released until Summer of 2006. The winners will receive a sum of money, a very unique booster disc and a trophy. Though the rookie, normal and advance tournaments are special in their own rights, the Master Tournament may likely be the main focus in this entire tournament because it may signal a new master leader since Hoten Matenko appeared in the scene years ago."
Lacus sighed as she began her battle with the kid, "Shame that the rookies aren't focused on that much..." The pink haro then flapped it's wings once more as it was tucked between Lacus' right arm, "Never fear! One always grows stronger in the end! Haro haro!" Lacus looked at her Haro and nodded with a smile, then looked back at her screen as she continued to battle. Takayo kept his eyes on Lacus, smiling and nodded...
'I owe it to you, Lacus. Don't worry, I know of a plan that can get you leveled up just in time for the big tournament...'
*******************************************
Back in the Cyber World, Seif and Patamon decided to look around town to find anything to do. Seif knew in advance that Takayo would be taking a break from the game, so he used this opportunity of seclusion to explore around the Cyber World (His data was still uploaded there since the last time Takayo played the game rather than being uploaded back to his unique world). Patamon, on top of Seif's head, looked up as they entered a particular town, which looked pretty advance and kinda like your typical small city in the real world with several buildings towering above and small streets. He smiled with glee as they approached this town, "Ah, Onyx...it's been a while since we've been here, huh Seif?"
Seif nodded with a similar smirk on his face, "Yep. It sure doesn't seem to have changed at all."
The town was filled with several alter egos. Some being controlled by their creators back in the real world. Others, like Seif at the moment, walking about at free will. Most of them seemed to have some agenda in this town, ranging from finding a player to getting items. But Seif wasn't in the mood to either buy items or look for a player. Rather, he just wanted to get out of his ship and walk around in this buzzling town.
However, he would immediatly spot somebody that he recognized.
This particular alter ego had long white hair with blue eyes and a cloak which extended all the way down to his body. He looked a LOT like a heartless from Kingdom Hearts, except he had no hood and you could actually see his face.
He was known as Suzaku. By his side were 3 fighters, all from a Square Enix game. One was the long white haired bishounen himself with the long Masamune: Sephiroth from Kingdom Hearts. Another was the spikey yellow haired fighter and rival to this dark bishounen: Cloud, also from Kingdom Hearts. The final one was a spiky silver haired kid with a black attire and a heartless symbol on his chest. He was known as Riku from, you guessed it, Kingdom Hearts. All 3 were following their leader, running down the allies, past SeiferA and Patamon and into the grasslands which they just past through.
Patamon was filled with curiousity, as was Seif. Knowing what the other was likely thinking, Seif 1st asked, "Shall we?"
Patamon nodded, "Lets."
Both then followed Suzaku and his team as they continued to run down the grasslands.
**********************************************
A few moments later, back in the real world, Takayo and Chi finally arrived at the end of the line. At the table set up outside was several booster discs, encased in special packages. All the discs were in specially made boxes from Banpresto. One marked for weapons, another marked for items and another for characters. One of the 2 clerks looked at Takayo and nodded, "You are here for the booster discs, correct?"
Takayo nodded in cofirmation. The clerk then continued, "Ok then, we have 5 special items, 5 weapons and 5 characters. Each package is marked with what's inside. However, you can only choose one of the 15 discs in each of these baskets."
Takayo nodded once more, "I understand." He then started looking through the packages. He noticed that a few of the character boosters had some rather interesting characters: Kotsetsu Jeeg, Mewtwo, Gash from Gash Bell, Aura from .hack//SIGN and The Black Magician from Yugioh. He looked through the weapon boosters and tried to find the Gunblade. He found cross blades, shining nunchucks, ultima weapon, aqua blade and...
...there! The special Gunblade:
Gundania, or in it's longer name, the Gunblade Version 3. The package defiently made it look nice and unique, with it's long thin tip, double barrals on both sides, a dangling orb on it's chain and the special small english letters marked on the blade saying "GUNDANIA"
Takayo quickly grabbed the booster and declared, "I'll take this one!" The clerk nodded, "A fine choice indeed. Now then, here is your complimentary gift bag and a Limited Edition SnS S Evolution poster." He then handed both items. Though the poster was folded with the white side shown, the gift bag looked particularly nice, with 4 random leaders posing on the package. Takayo placed the booster in his bag and nodded at the clerk, "Thanks."
He then walked away as Lacus followed him. Takayo then asked, "Did you beat that kid?" Lacus smiled and nodded, "If it wern't for my new Pink-chan, I doubt I would have won that fight." Takayo smirked, "What did Pink-chan do? Bounced on his head several times to make him submit? Heh heh heh heh..."
"Actually, yeah, that's what Pink-chan did for the most part."
Takayo gave an odd glance towards Lacus, "Well...that...was a smart battle strategy...cheap, but effective...I guess."
Lacus laughed, "Heh heh heh, I know! It was funny how Pink-chan bounced on his head more and more, slowly draining his HP. It was defiently amusing." Takayo shook his head, "Heh...well...um...anyway, I better install this disc back at home. Wanna come with me?" Lacus nodded, "Yeah. I kinda need to practice in the Cyber World anyway...by the way...
...why didn't you just invite me to your house when we could've played S Evolution online THERE?"
Takayo smiled, "Simple. Because when we leave Tokyo, you need to know where it's at."
Her smile soon went away with a bit of concern now, "You're...going to leave soon?". Takayo smiled gently and shook his head, "No no, not soon. Just as soon as this tournament is over. Me and my sis need to get back to our jobs back in Nagayo. We're gonna have a shitload of work to make up for when we get back, but it'll be well worth it."
She looked down with dissapointed eyes, "Oh...that's truly a shame then...when we're becoming such good friends and all, right?". Takayo smile grew a bit more as he patted Lacus on the back, "Don't worry. I'll always be in the Cyber World so we can still chat and be friends. Even after me and my sis leave, we'll still be a great team together, neh?"
He was right. They would get to still be friends even after they would leave. But...still, Lacus couldn't help but still feel dissapointed. Even she didn't know why she felt like this. Was it because he has become such a good help to him over these past few days? Or maybe it's because without him, she fears she can't make it on her own.
...it was foolish for her to be sad because of this. He would still be there to support her online! Why be so sad?
So she brought a smile and nodded, "Yeah! Defiently...
...forever."
**********************************
"Shit..."
Patamon looked down at Seif as he said the 4 letter curse, "What's wrong, Seif?"
"Takayo is returning home.", he explained, "If we don't find out what Suzaku is up to soon, I swear, I'm gonna be so angry at Takayo..." Patamon chuckled lightly as he assured his leader, "Don't worry Seif! I'm sure we'll find out in due time!"
"I hope you guys can realize your a hell of a lot louder than you think you are..."
Both Seif and Patamon slapped their mouths when they heard Suzaku say this as he stopped running. However, he gave a side glance and smirked, "...but I'm glad you guys are here. I could use some support with this find." Seif wanted to make sure about something 1st, "Takeda...he...isn't controlling you right now?"
Suzaku shook his head, "Nah, he's been too busy with studies as of late to train me right now. Anyway, come on, let me show you what I found." He then ran off to the distance, while Seif and Patamon both shrugged and followed Suzaku, despite being confused on the matter.
************************************
"BREAK TIME!!!"
Psy, Scorch, Jen, Bob, Big Nasty and all the others in Fireball20XL were now in Psy's special fortress after a long set of battles to prepare for the tournament, with goth stones and castle furniture all around...except for one piece of furniture:
A vending machine.
Everybody quickly scrambled to the vending machine, trying to get their grubby hands on some of the potato chips or nacho cheese doritos inside. Shoving, poking, you name it, they did it all.
"I'M THE LEADER OF THIS GUILD, SO I DESERVE TO GET MY SNACK 1ST DAMN IT!", the psychotic hedgehog said. Scorch tried to squeeze her way through the group, "NUUUU!! KITTIES 1ST, EVERYBODY ELSE LATER!". "WHAT KIND OF LOGIC IS THAT!?", Jen shouted, "ALL I WANT IS MY KLONDIKE BAR!"
"BUT I WANT A KLONDIKE BAR!!", Ivo cried out in a whine. More shoving and more pushing commensed. The shoving eventually esculated to grasping on the vending machine. They all grabbed onto it. The 2 Ganondorfs, the Rouge girls, everybody. This was more than enough to topple over the machine and crash it down. Ivo quickly picked it up, but then noticed everybody Jen and several others were grabbing Klondike Bars, "HEY! LEAVE ONE FOR ME DAMN IT!!!"
But by the time he tried to grab a Klondike Bar, they were all gone...
"Curses...", he uttered as he dropped the Vending Machine in a huge "SLAM!!"
Psy crossed his legs as he sat down on one of the five couches that everybody was now sitting on. He ate some Cheetos and looked towards the grey fox, "So Jen, how has your training progressed?" Jen smirked as she ate her Klondike Bar, "It's going along great, Psy! I can already taste that huge trophy! It'll only be a matter of time before I'm completly ready for this." Psy nodded in confirmation as he grabbed a DP, "Great then! I know you'll be able to make it Jen!"
"There...is one thing that I wonder about, Jen...", Big Nasty interrupted as he too was sitting next to Jen with his legs on the table, "...you were ranting not too long ago that you felt confident about winning this tournament. If that's the case, then why train so much?" Jen looked up at the ceiling with determination in her eyes, "That SeiferA character was strong. Perhaps a bit TOO strong. And then there was that Naraku guy we met up with just a few days ago. Both were very strong, no matter how we look at it...especially Seifer. I don't want to just simply train a little. I wanna give it my all and train like there's no tommorow."
Big Nasty nodded and patted Jen's shoulder, "I know you'll do well, Jen. Don't worry." She looked towards Alan and Psy and nodded with a smile, "...thanks guys."
Then, she felt a bit of dripping on her face. She looked up to see that her Ganondorf was chatting with the other Ganondorf while his chocolate was dripping on her face. She then glanced at Ivo and gave a very devilish smirk, "Oh Ivo~~~..."
Ivo gave a puzzled look when he looked at Jen. But then, she would wave her Klondike Bar and cure his confusion:
"What would you do for a Klondike Bar?"
"Umm...a lot of stuff."
"Then why don't you lick this chocolate off of me?"
Ivo glanced around, seeing everybody suddenly looking at him and Jen. He shook his head, "N...NO. We need to give you a bath! Come on Jen!" He then pushed her quickly into the nearest bathroom and slammed the door shut. Psy snickered as he slowly crept to the door, inching to it very slowly...then...
"OPEN SESAME STREET!!"
The door fell down to reveal Ivo licking Jen.
Everybody was in shock...then they held in their laughter...
"It...ITS NOT WHAT YOU THINK! THE WATER RAN DRY!"
Everybody laughed out loud, some falling to the grounds and others just crying out tears (Except for Sapphire. She just gave an amused smirk). Ivo pointed at everybody, "DAMN YOU ALL!!!"
The laughter continued for a good while...a LONG good while.
**********************************
Meanwhile, high above the skies in the Cyber World was a particular popular ship. It's entire body was shaped kinda like a brown bullet, with an engine on each side of the ship and a shuttle bay at the front. People who saw this ship would stare for a few moments at it, instantly recognizing what it is. This was indeed the ship known as "The Bebop".
Though the ship looked the same on the outside, on the inside, the residents were not...save for Naraku of course.
Inside one of the hallways in the bebop, Cream chased down Cream as they played a game of tag. Both laughed with amusement as Cheese tried to escape, flying away in a cute manner. Usagi side stepped as they past by her. She gave a smile towards the scene itself, amused by the sheer cuteness they could create just by playing. As Usagi continued to walk down the hallway, however, she noticed Impmon in the distance, with his arms crossed.
His arms seemed to have been crossed a lot as of late. He also seemed to have been in the dark corners from time to time. When it was lunch or dinner time, Impmon always seemed to just walk to the table, grab the plate and just walk back to his corner. Usagi grew some concern over Impmon, so she figured it was about time she said something. So she walked up to him with her hands behind her as she gave a smile, "Hey Impmon."
Impmon kept his head down and his eyes closed, "...what do you want?"
"Do you want to talk?", she asked. Impmon scoffed, "What is there to talk about?"
"What about the situation between you and Nak, neh?"
Impmon turned around and attempted to walk away, "I have nothing to say about that low life..."
"Wait! Impmon!"
He stopped walking, yet his eyes gave a side glance glare of annoyance while Usagi continued, "Impmon, if there's anything bothering you, you know I can help you. Now what's going on?"
"I told you, there's nothing going on! Now leave me alone..."
"Something serious MUST be going on if you call Nak a low life. Why do you call him that?"
Impmon's eyes seemed to have filled with rage a bit more, "Because he IS a low life. All he cares about is that god damn Cream and Cheese. When it was just me, him, you and Artimus, he use to always respect me as his number one favorite. Then that stupid hare came into the scene and now he's babying her! He doesn't care about me anymore..."
Usagi walked up to Impmon, "Impmon...you know Nak cares for you. He just has to focus more on Cream because she's just a child."
Impmon turned around. His rage was completly filled now as he clenched his fist, "He acts like as if they're HIS children. HE NEVER CALLED ME HIS SON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT!" Usagi argued, "But he never calls Cream his daughter."
The purple imp scoffed, "Yeah, of course not. But they care so much for each other that it's plainly obvious...I bet if I were to leave or get hurt, he wouldn't care. He would have that stupid Cream to love for the rest of his life. He's just lucky I can't leave too far away from him anyway, because this world's data would transport me back here anyway..." He then turned his back away from Usagi and looked up at the ceiling.
"To him...I'm just a stupid soilder...nothing more..."
He then walked away into the shadows. Usagi showed even more concern now. Sure, Impmon had some points. But she also knew that Nak still cared greatly for him. But with Cream, he can't never get the opportunity to spend time with him. Usagi sighed, but was surprised when she saw Nak step up to her, "Hey Usagi, have you seen Impmon around?"
Usagi felt like telling Nak about what was wrong...yet...well, maybe she could handle this problem herself. If she could do that, then she could save Nak some time. So she merely shook her head, "No...I think he said he was going to be in his room." Nak nodded, "Ok then." Then he looked down towards Cream and Cheese, "Lets go Cream."
"Ok Papa!"
All 3 then walked down the hallways. Usagi sighed and lowered her head...
"I hope I can do this..."
*****************************************
"Here we are."
Seif, Suzaku, Patamon, Cloud, Sephiroth and Riku were all now in a specific area of the grasslands where the grass appeared to be dead. The area of this dead grass appeared to have covered about 10 yards or so. Suzaku kneeled down and grabbed the dead grass while Seif and Patamon stood confused. The entire Cyber World was suppose to be filled with beauty with only a few dark and desolate places to give some areas more of a goth look. But...dead grass? Why did dead grass suddenly start to appear?
"The radius of this dead grass was originially around 5 yards when I 1st discovered it 5 days ago...", Suzaku began, "...and now it's twice as big." Sephiroth closed his eyes as he felt a cold wind breeze through, as well as the others, "There's a hint of darkness slowly enveloping here. I can feel it." Riku nodded, supporting Sephiroth's claims, "I can as well. It's quite an unusual feeling..." But Cloud shook his head, "I hardly feel anything from this. Hell, I can feel the wind more than this darkness that you all claim."
Seif looked up towards Patamon and asked, "...how about you?"
Patamon gave a very concerned look at the dead grass. Something about this patch struck something in his heart. Something...that was not meant to be here. Something that gave a danger...
"Seif...I don't like how this patch is at all.", Patamon began, "This is something that I never thought could exist in this world. Even now, it's unbelievable that this is here..."
"Patamon...it's just dead grass...yet..."
"...yet it symbolises something more..."
Suzaku got up as he opened up his palm to let the dead grass flutter away in the wind, "I really wish I could know what this is about. Apparantly, Takeda hasn't seen this in the game at all for the past few times we've crossed through here. I don't know why he hasn't seen it himself, but it's so clear to see...maybe the real world has some sort of filler to prevent normal humans from seeing this patch."
Seif looked towards Suzaku with a bit of surprise, "You mean like...DNATA?"
Suzaku nodded slowly, "Though everybody else in the cyber world considers it as an old myth, this proof that Takeda hasn't seen this patch may indeed proof that the barrier between the real world and the cyber world may in fact be DNATA. I still doubt that certain real world humans could actually cross between that line and gain the DNATA abilities..."
Seif shook his head, recalling a particular incident with Takayo and the 100% mind linking with him. That may have been the DNATA abilities after all. That particular event, with him and his fighters accessing true S Evolution...it may have proven that theory of DNATA and DNATA Abilities.
"No...it is a possibility..."
Suddenly, Seif opened his eyes wide. Suzaku looked towards him, "What's wrong?"
"DAMN IT, TAKAYO'S ALMOST HOME!" He then looked up towards Patamon and nodded, "Let's get going!" Patamon nodded in response, then they both left, with Seif waving his hand towards Suzaku, "It was nice talking to you again! We'll talk more later!!"
Suzaku waved goodbye to his friends. Yet he continued to look down in the dead grass once more with complete concern...
...what WAS this strange phenominon?
****************************************************
"WHY DIDN'T YOU INVITE ME TO THE EVENT!?!?!?"
Chi was completly dissapointed at her brother for not telling her about the special event down in Akihabara. She felt she had every right to go with him and Lacus. But Takayo chuckled evily as he raised his index finger, "That's what you get for being so lazy and for tripping your onni-chan~~.." Chi pouted as she looked down, "But I was just kidding...come on, you know me well, onni-chan!"
Takayo smirked and nodded, "I know, I know, but still, even if I wanted to wake you up for it, you would've clawed me before I could've even gotten the chance to tell you it was for a special SnS S Evolution promo event." Chi sighed and shook her head, "...you got a point. Besides, why waste a perfectly good dream about Trunks fighting against Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon? The blood shed, the action, the hair...the voices...ahahahaha..."
Takayo and Lacus both chuckled a bit, somewhat nervously. Takayo then looked towards Lacus, "Well then, why don't I download this booster disc to Seif back in the Cyber World, then you can continue your training ok?" Lacus nodded, "Alright."
Takayo then inserted the booster disc to his GBA NEXT while Chi continued to pout and Lacus walked towards their rooms, sitting down on the floor and putting Haro on her lap. The GBA NEXT then proceeded to show a screen marked "Press the A button to upload the data to SnS S Evolution for the Gamesphere, or press start to upload to SnS S Evolution through another GBA NEXT". Takayo proceeded to turn on his system, then get to the title screen where he would then connect the GBA NEXT to his Gamesphere. Then, he pressed the A button. When he did, the new Gunblade instantly appeared on the GBA screen, then scrolled up into the cable and out to the TV screen. A chibi form of SeiferA then grasped the weapon and posed with text displaying: "You have aquired the Gundania!"
******************************************************
And barely on time inside his ship, Seif noticed something shining in his pocket. He grabbed inside his pocket, then brought out the Gundania. Patamon gave an amazed smile, "What an amazing Gunblade...". Seif smirked as he swished the air several times with it, "...this is absolutly perfect...
...no way we'll be able to lose with this new weapon upgrade now. No way at all..."
TO BE CONTINUED
*******************************************************
Lacus: It's just 3 days until the primeriaries for the rookie tournament begin, and I'm not ready yet...what am I gonna do?
Takayo: Don't worry Lacus! You helped me by aquiring a blade for my character. Now I'll pay you back by showing you best leveling up spot I know in the game!
Lacus: Perfect!
Seif: Lacus, you're going to have to watch your step here. This specific anime world is rough and almost impossible to beat at your current level. But as long as I'm here, we'll conquer it!
Patamon: TOGETHER AS A TEAM!
Lacus: YEAH!
NEXT TIME, ON SEIMEI NO SHAN S EVOLUTION…
"A Quick Road To Leveling Up!? Tackle The Naruto World!"
BELIEVE IN THE DNATA EVOLUTION!
Seimei no Shan
S Evolution
Created by SeiferA
Proofread by Kaiser Sephiroth
Based on "Seimei no Shan" by SeiferA and Rosalyn Angel
Episode 04:
"Vacation at the Cyber City! Akihabara!"
——————————————————————————————
In a room filled with wallscrolls of various anime and video game characters including Ryoko, Trunks, Faye and Sephiroth, light began to shine through this very room's small window. Birds chirped a song, while 2 people in this room were nuzzled in their bed sheets. Both beds look ordinary enough, with one bed having green sheets and another having black sheets. To the right of each of these beds was a small brown coffee table with the GBA NEXTs placed on said tables. Next to one of the GBA NEXTs was a small Pokeball, while next to the other GBA was a Trunks figurine. Across from these beds was a flat screen HDTV which actually hung on the wall. Below this TV was a Gamesphere with several games stacked around it. One of these happened to be SnS S Evolution.
As the sunlight hit the green bed, the person in that bed slowly got up from his sheets and stretched his arms. Despite his hair being somewhat messy, it was clear that this person was Takayo. Takayo scratched his hair and yawned for a good couple of seconds before looking at Chi's black bed, "Chi, are you going to get up?"
A groan of tiredness and annoyance was heard on her side under her sheets as she grabbed the pillow with her and covered her head, "…you know the answer to that already, Onni-chan…"
Takayo chuckled lightly as he raised up his feet (With socks on no doubt) and flipped himself up. He scooted himself to the side of the bed and hopped off the bed. Though he wasn't exactly wearing any pajamas, he did clearly have his hat off and had his vest hung inside his closet with cotton pants.
Today was the day where Takayo decided that he and his sister would be taking a break from their constant training for the tournament. At this rate, if they continued to train without a break, they could likely collapse from the sheer amount of time focused on their GBA NEXTs and Gamesphere. Besides, the systems themselves kinda needed a break too, seeing that they've been used non-stop and the systems were already getting slightly worn out from all the game time the two have focused on.
He proceeded to walk out of the room...
…but was tripped unexpectedly by his sister's sticked out foot. A semi-dark chuckle was heard under her breath before saying "Serves you right for waking me up this early…mm…", then once again fell asleep. Takayo merely gave an agitated look at his sister in response…
**************************
"Thank goodness Takayo is taking a one day vacation from all of this…"
SeiferA, back in the cyber world inside his ship and walking in the hallways with Patamon on his head, stretched his arms much like how Takayo did. He was quite relieved that Takayo was going to be away for today, especially considering that it's been a LONG time since he took a break. Patamon seemed to show some concern and expressed it, "I don't know Seif…what if your skills go down just because of this one day off?"
"Oh come on, Patamon!", Seif said with a bit of surprise, "Don't start thinking in stuff like that. Just because we're taking a break from all the training doesn't mean I'm going to be forgetting everything I learned!" Patamon looked down, but then smiled, "…yeah, I suppose you're right." Seif looked up and smiled as well, "Now come on Patamon…
…I'll take you to one of the local eateries. My treat."
The orange digimon gave a delightful smile, "Oh, I hope it'll be a place that serves good noodles!"
Seif couldn't help but laugh at Patamon's happiness, especially considering how cute it was. So they began to head out of the ship and back into town…
***************************
Back in the real world, Takayo was already well dressed for going out and about in the somewhat spacious living room. He didn't plan to simply relax at home all day, oh no. It would be well too boring for him and it wouldn't be worth wasting such an opportunity to explore around Tokyo (He only heard about the SnS Café because of the official site). So he grabbed the sleeves of his backpack, wrapped it around his shoulders and prepared to walk out…
…but then a knock was heard on the door as he reached for the doorknob.
"Odd…", he said in a puzzle…but he disregarded the oddness of the situation and opened the door to see who it was.
He could've easily guessed who it was.
"Lacus!", Takayo said with a smile on his face, "How did you…?"
"Find your room?", Lacus said, completing his sentence, "I asked where your room was at at the main office and they were more than happy to help me. But that's besides the point!". She then grabbed Takayo's right hand and made him come outside.
"W…what's going on?", he asked. She then explained in a bit of excitement, "A store down in Akihabara is holding a special event for Seimei no Shan S Evolution players! We gotta go check it out, Takayo!"
Takayo sighed as he placed both of his hands behind his head, "Not today. Me and Chi promised that we'd take a break from all the battling today." Lacus continued to insist on the event, however, "But Takayo, the event has several rare boosters that are hard to find! In fact, they were made for this very event!"
Takayo raised an eyebrow, "What kind of items do the booster has?" Lacus chuckled as she held Haro in her left hand, then pulled out the GBA NEXT and flipped the screen to reveal her character…with a Haro exactly like Lacus' as well.
"They're giving away dozens of Haro booster discs, and they come in many colors!", Lacus said, "They even let you NAME your Haro…but I havn't decided if whether or not I should name this one." Takayo smirked as he placed his right hand on his hip, "As much as I like Haros, they're not exactly something that I wanna get as soon as possible." Lacus continued to keep her smile as she put away her GBA NEXT:
"They also have a new type of Gunblade booster there…"
Takayo's eyes were filled with surprise, "EH!? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT IN THE 1ST PLACE!? COME ON, LET'S GET GOING!!" Lacus chuckled as she waved her finger, "Not until you help me decide if whether or not I should name my new Haro…" Takayo sighed, then pondered a name for Lacus' new Haro. Perhaps it should be something girly like…"Pink Fluff" or "Pinky". Or…"Pink...pink….."
…that was it!
"How about Pink-chan?"
Lacus pondered at the name for a good while. Then suddenly, her Haro started moving it's wings, "Pink-chan! Pink-chan!"
The pink haired girl chuckled as she saw her Haro respond with glee, "You know, I've tried for so long to decide on a name not just for this newly aquired Haro, but for my old friend here as well. And it has never responded so happily to a name before!" Lacus then nodded, "Ok then, it's settled.
Both of my Haros will be known as Pink-chan!"
"Haro loves the name Pink-chan! Haro Haro!"
Takayo merely placed his right hand behind his head and forced out a chuckle, "He…isn't going to get use to the new name anytime soon, huh?" Lacus laughed in a nervous way and shook her head, "I…really don't know."
***********************
There he was, with Lacus by his side and Pink-chan in her hands. The cyber town known as Akihabara. The city itself wasn't exactly even a city. It was a district in Tokyo. To think that such a district that only sold cameras after World War II would evolve into THIS, however...it was truly a sight to behold. Ads, game shops, camera shops, video shops...anything electronic, they had it. Hell, there were even a few robots in specific displays dancing with smooth and clear motion. Technology truly evolved in Japan, and this "Cyber City" was proof of that.
"There is it, Takayo!", Lacus exclaimed as she pointed at one particular shop. Ads were plastered everywhere with the SnS S Evolution logo. On the bottom was written in Katakana: "Free Rare Booster Discs!". There were about 40 people in line, waiting to get their hands on a booster disc. Takayo looked at the scene, "Jeez, so many people out here...and on a Monday too. I just hope we'll be able to get a booster disc in time."
Lacus smiled gently, pretty confident about the situation, "Don't worry Takayo, I'm sure we'll be able to get that Gunblade booster disc on time." So they proceeded to walk towards the line and wait. But not more than a few seconds after they got in line did a 10 year old kid weating a red hat and with a black backpack came up to them and asked, "Hey, what are your trainer levels in the game?"
Takayo looked down and gave a slight smile, "Level 431."
The child's expression was somewhat shocked, but he quickly rubbed the back of his head in embarassment, "Oh...heh heh heh...n...nice...". He then looked at Lacus, "How about you?"
Lacus gave a more gentle smile than Takayo apparantly, "Level 20 right now. I only have one fighter with me though."
The child seemed to be more at ease when he heard this from Lacus, "Thank goodness. Somebody I can actually fight against. You don't mind if we could battle? I'll just use one fighter in my team as well." Lacus nodded gently, "Of course! At this rate, I need to train a lot if I want to be in the tournament."
"Heh heh, I'm trying to level up as well.", the child said as he brought out his red GBA NEXT and booted up his game, "Takes a good while before you can hit the limit of level 50 though to compete in the rookie championship."
"Rookie...championship?"
Takayo nodded as he looked to Lacus, "The tournament itself isn't one gigantic ranked tournament. If it was, then it would be unfair to the low ranks. The way it works is that there's 4 different divisions of the tournament: Rookie, Normal, Advance and Master Tournaments. The rookie tournament is for leaders lv50-149, Normal is for 150-249, Advance is for 250-349, and Master is for 350-449. Anybody below level 50 cannot participate in the tournaments, and anybody above 450 have to choose if they wish to lower their level for this tournament."
Lacus looked at Takayo with a bit of dissapointment, "You never told me I had to get to level 50 if I wanted to get into the tournament..."
Takayo chuckled with embarassment, "Heh heh...well...the thought to tell you never came to me...sorry."
Lacus sighed, but gave a slight smirk towards him, "It's ok...but while we're battling here, you think you can tell me about how the tournament works exactly?" Takayo nodded, "Of course. I owe that much to you..."
He then began to explain, "Ok, so the tournament is divided into 4 divisions. Banpresto went into talks about making a 5th division for people level 450-500, but they decided against it since only so many people have reached that level. One week before the tournament, a massive judging tourney is held where anybody can compete in the specific divisions that their trainer level is based on. The top 16 finalists in that tournament for each rank will go on to the actual event one week later. If the leaders live in other parts of the world, Banpresto provides airfair to come here to Tokyo, as well as several other accomidations.
The Rookie, Normal and Advance tournaments are held in different areas around Tokyo Dome. However, the Master Tournament is held smack dab in the main area, where a crowd of people will watch the top 16 finalists battle it out in a massive stage. The final 2 in all 4 tournaments will then gain the privilage to battle in an all new VR Headset, which isn't even due to be released until Summer of 2006. The winners will receive a sum of money, a very unique booster disc and a trophy. Though the rookie, normal and advance tournaments are special in their own rights, the Master Tournament may likely be the main focus in this entire tournament because it may signal a new master leader since Hoten Matenko appeared in the scene years ago."
Lacus sighed as she began her battle with the kid, "Shame that the rookies aren't focused on that much..." The pink haro then flapped it's wings once more as it was tucked between Lacus' right arm, "Never fear! One always grows stronger in the end! Haro haro!" Lacus looked at her Haro and nodded with a smile, then looked back at her screen as she continued to battle. Takayo kept his eyes on Lacus, smiling and nodded...
'I owe it to you, Lacus. Don't worry, I know of a plan that can get you leveled up just in time for the big tournament...'
*******************************************
Back in the Cyber World, Seif and Patamon decided to look around town to find anything to do. Seif knew in advance that Takayo would be taking a break from the game, so he used this opportunity of seclusion to explore around the Cyber World (His data was still uploaded there since the last time Takayo played the game rather than being uploaded back to his unique world). Patamon, on top of Seif's head, looked up as they entered a particular town, which looked pretty advance and kinda like your typical small city in the real world with several buildings towering above and small streets. He smiled with glee as they approached this town, "Ah, Onyx...it's been a while since we've been here, huh Seif?"
Seif nodded with a similar smirk on his face, "Yep. It sure doesn't seem to have changed at all."
The town was filled with several alter egos. Some being controlled by their creators back in the real world. Others, like Seif at the moment, walking about at free will. Most of them seemed to have some agenda in this town, ranging from finding a player to getting items. But Seif wasn't in the mood to either buy items or look for a player. Rather, he just wanted to get out of his ship and walk around in this buzzling town.
However, he would immediatly spot somebody that he recognized.
This particular alter ego had long white hair with blue eyes and a cloak which extended all the way down to his body. He looked a LOT like a heartless from Kingdom Hearts, except he had no hood and you could actually see his face.
He was known as Suzaku. By his side were 3 fighters, all from a Square Enix game. One was the long white haired bishounen himself with the long Masamune: Sephiroth from Kingdom Hearts. Another was the spikey yellow haired fighter and rival to this dark bishounen: Cloud, also from Kingdom Hearts. The final one was a spiky silver haired kid with a black attire and a heartless symbol on his chest. He was known as Riku from, you guessed it, Kingdom Hearts. All 3 were following their leader, running down the allies, past SeiferA and Patamon and into the grasslands which they just past through.
Patamon was filled with curiousity, as was Seif. Knowing what the other was likely thinking, Seif 1st asked, "Shall we?"
Patamon nodded, "Lets."
Both then followed Suzaku and his team as they continued to run down the grasslands.
**********************************************
A few moments later, back in the real world, Takayo and Chi finally arrived at the end of the line. At the table set up outside was several booster discs, encased in special packages. All the discs were in specially made boxes from Banpresto. One marked for weapons, another marked for items and another for characters. One of the 2 clerks looked at Takayo and nodded, "You are here for the booster discs, correct?"
Takayo nodded in cofirmation. The clerk then continued, "Ok then, we have 5 special items, 5 weapons and 5 characters. Each package is marked with what's inside. However, you can only choose one of the 15 discs in each of these baskets."
Takayo nodded once more, "I understand." He then started looking through the packages. He noticed that a few of the character boosters had some rather interesting characters: Kotsetsu Jeeg, Mewtwo, Gash from Gash Bell, Aura from .hack//SIGN and The Black Magician from Yugioh. He looked through the weapon boosters and tried to find the Gunblade. He found cross blades, shining nunchucks, ultima weapon, aqua blade and...
...there! The special Gunblade:
Gundania, or in it's longer name, the Gunblade Version 3. The package defiently made it look nice and unique, with it's long thin tip, double barrals on both sides, a dangling orb on it's chain and the special small english letters marked on the blade saying "GUNDANIA"
Takayo quickly grabbed the booster and declared, "I'll take this one!" The clerk nodded, "A fine choice indeed. Now then, here is your complimentary gift bag and a Limited Edition SnS S Evolution poster." He then handed both items. Though the poster was folded with the white side shown, the gift bag looked particularly nice, with 4 random leaders posing on the package. Takayo placed the booster in his bag and nodded at the clerk, "Thanks."
He then walked away as Lacus followed him. Takayo then asked, "Did you beat that kid?" Lacus smiled and nodded, "If it wern't for my new Pink-chan, I doubt I would have won that fight." Takayo smirked, "What did Pink-chan do? Bounced on his head several times to make him submit? Heh heh heh heh..."
"Actually, yeah, that's what Pink-chan did for the most part."
Takayo gave an odd glance towards Lacus, "Well...that...was a smart battle strategy...cheap, but effective...I guess."
Lacus laughed, "Heh heh heh, I know! It was funny how Pink-chan bounced on his head more and more, slowly draining his HP. It was defiently amusing." Takayo shook his head, "Heh...well...um...anyway, I better install this disc back at home. Wanna come with me?" Lacus nodded, "Yeah. I kinda need to practice in the Cyber World anyway...by the way...
...why didn't you just invite me to your house when we could've played S Evolution online THERE?"
Takayo smiled, "Simple. Because when we leave Tokyo, you need to know where it's at."
Her smile soon went away with a bit of concern now, "You're...going to leave soon?". Takayo smiled gently and shook his head, "No no, not soon. Just as soon as this tournament is over. Me and my sis need to get back to our jobs back in Nagayo. We're gonna have a shitload of work to make up for when we get back, but it'll be well worth it."
She looked down with dissapointed eyes, "Oh...that's truly a shame then...when we're becoming such good friends and all, right?". Takayo smile grew a bit more as he patted Lacus on the back, "Don't worry. I'll always be in the Cyber World so we can still chat and be friends. Even after me and my sis leave, we'll still be a great team together, neh?"
He was right. They would get to still be friends even after they would leave. But...still, Lacus couldn't help but still feel dissapointed. Even she didn't know why she felt like this. Was it because he has become such a good help to him over these past few days? Or maybe it's because without him, she fears she can't make it on her own.
...it was foolish for her to be sad because of this. He would still be there to support her online! Why be so sad?
So she brought a smile and nodded, "Yeah! Defiently...
...forever."
**********************************
"Shit..."
Patamon looked down at Seif as he said the 4 letter curse, "What's wrong, Seif?"
"Takayo is returning home.", he explained, "If we don't find out what Suzaku is up to soon, I swear, I'm gonna be so angry at Takayo..." Patamon chuckled lightly as he assured his leader, "Don't worry Seif! I'm sure we'll find out in due time!"
"I hope you guys can realize your a hell of a lot louder than you think you are..."
Both Seif and Patamon slapped their mouths when they heard Suzaku say this as he stopped running. However, he gave a side glance and smirked, "...but I'm glad you guys are here. I could use some support with this find." Seif wanted to make sure about something 1st, "Takeda...he...isn't controlling you right now?"
Suzaku shook his head, "Nah, he's been too busy with studies as of late to train me right now. Anyway, come on, let me show you what I found." He then ran off to the distance, while Seif and Patamon both shrugged and followed Suzaku, despite being confused on the matter.
************************************
"BREAK TIME!!!"
Psy, Scorch, Jen, Bob, Big Nasty and all the others in Fireball20XL were now in Psy's special fortress after a long set of battles to prepare for the tournament, with goth stones and castle furniture all around...except for one piece of furniture:
A vending machine.
Everybody quickly scrambled to the vending machine, trying to get their grubby hands on some of the potato chips or nacho cheese doritos inside. Shoving, poking, you name it, they did it all.
"I'M THE LEADER OF THIS GUILD, SO I DESERVE TO GET MY SNACK 1ST DAMN IT!", the psychotic hedgehog said. Scorch tried to squeeze her way through the group, "NUUUU!! KITTIES 1ST, EVERYBODY ELSE LATER!". "WHAT KIND OF LOGIC IS THAT!?", Jen shouted, "ALL I WANT IS MY KLONDIKE BAR!"
"BUT I WANT A KLONDIKE BAR!!", Ivo cried out in a whine. More shoving and more pushing commensed. The shoving eventually esculated to grasping on the vending machine. They all grabbed onto it. The 2 Ganondorfs, the Rouge girls, everybody. This was more than enough to topple over the machine and crash it down. Ivo quickly picked it up, but then noticed everybody Jen and several others were grabbing Klondike Bars, "HEY! LEAVE ONE FOR ME DAMN IT!!!"
But by the time he tried to grab a Klondike Bar, they were all gone...
"Curses...", he uttered as he dropped the Vending Machine in a huge "SLAM!!"
Psy crossed his legs as he sat down on one of the five couches that everybody was now sitting on. He ate some Cheetos and looked towards the grey fox, "So Jen, how has your training progressed?" Jen smirked as she ate her Klondike Bar, "It's going along great, Psy! I can already taste that huge trophy! It'll only be a matter of time before I'm completly ready for this." Psy nodded in confirmation as he grabbed a DP, "Great then! I know you'll be able to make it Jen!"
"There...is one thing that I wonder about, Jen...", Big Nasty interrupted as he too was sitting next to Jen with his legs on the table, "...you were ranting not too long ago that you felt confident about winning this tournament. If that's the case, then why train so much?" Jen looked up at the ceiling with determination in her eyes, "That SeiferA character was strong. Perhaps a bit TOO strong. And then there was that Naraku guy we met up with just a few days ago. Both were very strong, no matter how we look at it...especially Seifer. I don't want to just simply train a little. I wanna give it my all and train like there's no tommorow."
Big Nasty nodded and patted Jen's shoulder, "I know you'll do well, Jen. Don't worry." She looked towards Alan and Psy and nodded with a smile, "...thanks guys."
Then, she felt a bit of dripping on her face. She looked up to see that her Ganondorf was chatting with the other Ganondorf while his chocolate was dripping on her face. She then glanced at Ivo and gave a very devilish smirk, "Oh Ivo~~~..."
Ivo gave a puzzled look when he looked at Jen. But then, she would wave her Klondike Bar and cure his confusion:
"What would you do for a Klondike Bar?"
"Umm...a lot of stuff."
"Then why don't you lick this chocolate off of me?"
Ivo glanced around, seeing everybody suddenly looking at him and Jen. He shook his head, "N...NO. We need to give you a bath! Come on Jen!" He then pushed her quickly into the nearest bathroom and slammed the door shut. Psy snickered as he slowly crept to the door, inching to it very slowly...then...
"OPEN SESAME STREET!!"
The door fell down to reveal Ivo licking Jen.
Everybody was in shock...then they held in their laughter...
"It...ITS NOT WHAT YOU THINK! THE WATER RAN DRY!"
Everybody laughed out loud, some falling to the grounds and others just crying out tears (Except for Sapphire. She just gave an amused smirk). Ivo pointed at everybody, "DAMN YOU ALL!!!"
The laughter continued for a good while...a LONG good while.
**********************************
Meanwhile, high above the skies in the Cyber World was a particular popular ship. It's entire body was shaped kinda like a brown bullet, with an engine on each side of the ship and a shuttle bay at the front. People who saw this ship would stare for a few moments at it, instantly recognizing what it is. This was indeed the ship known as "The Bebop".
Though the ship looked the same on the outside, on the inside, the residents were not...save for Naraku of course.
Inside one of the hallways in the bebop, Cream chased down Cream as they played a game of tag. Both laughed with amusement as Cheese tried to escape, flying away in a cute manner. Usagi side stepped as they past by her. She gave a smile towards the scene itself, amused by the sheer cuteness they could create just by playing. As Usagi continued to walk down the hallway, however, she noticed Impmon in the distance, with his arms crossed.
His arms seemed to have been crossed a lot as of late. He also seemed to have been in the dark corners from time to time. When it was lunch or dinner time, Impmon always seemed to just walk to the table, grab the plate and just walk back to his corner. Usagi grew some concern over Impmon, so she figured it was about time she said something. So she walked up to him with her hands behind her as she gave a smile, "Hey Impmon."
Impmon kept his head down and his eyes closed, "...what do you want?"
"Do you want to talk?", she asked. Impmon scoffed, "What is there to talk about?"
"What about the situation between you and Nak, neh?"
Impmon turned around and attempted to walk away, "I have nothing to say about that low life..."
"Wait! Impmon!"
He stopped walking, yet his eyes gave a side glance glare of annoyance while Usagi continued, "Impmon, if there's anything bothering you, you know I can help you. Now what's going on?"
"I told you, there's nothing going on! Now leave me alone..."
"Something serious MUST be going on if you call Nak a low life. Why do you call him that?"
Impmon's eyes seemed to have filled with rage a bit more, "Because he IS a low life. All he cares about is that god damn Cream and Cheese. When it was just me, him, you and Artimus, he use to always respect me as his number one favorite. Then that stupid hare came into the scene and now he's babying her! He doesn't care about me anymore..."
Usagi walked up to Impmon, "Impmon...you know Nak cares for you. He just has to focus more on Cream because she's just a child."
Impmon turned around. His rage was completly filled now as he clenched his fist, "He acts like as if they're HIS children. HE NEVER CALLED ME HIS SON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT!" Usagi argued, "But he never calls Cream his daughter."
The purple imp scoffed, "Yeah, of course not. But they care so much for each other that it's plainly obvious...I bet if I were to leave or get hurt, he wouldn't care. He would have that stupid Cream to love for the rest of his life. He's just lucky I can't leave too far away from him anyway, because this world's data would transport me back here anyway..." He then turned his back away from Usagi and looked up at the ceiling.
"To him...I'm just a stupid soilder...nothing more..."
He then walked away into the shadows. Usagi showed even more concern now. Sure, Impmon had some points. But she also knew that Nak still cared greatly for him. But with Cream, he can't never get the opportunity to spend time with him. Usagi sighed, but was surprised when she saw Nak step up to her, "Hey Usagi, have you seen Impmon around?"
Usagi felt like telling Nak about what was wrong...yet...well, maybe she could handle this problem herself. If she could do that, then she could save Nak some time. So she merely shook her head, "No...I think he said he was going to be in his room." Nak nodded, "Ok then." Then he looked down towards Cream and Cheese, "Lets go Cream."
"Ok Papa!"
All 3 then walked down the hallways. Usagi sighed and lowered her head...
"I hope I can do this..."
*****************************************
"Here we are."
Seif, Suzaku, Patamon, Cloud, Sephiroth and Riku were all now in a specific area of the grasslands where the grass appeared to be dead. The area of this dead grass appeared to have covered about 10 yards or so. Suzaku kneeled down and grabbed the dead grass while Seif and Patamon stood confused. The entire Cyber World was suppose to be filled with beauty with only a few dark and desolate places to give some areas more of a goth look. But...dead grass? Why did dead grass suddenly start to appear?
"The radius of this dead grass was originially around 5 yards when I 1st discovered it 5 days ago...", Suzaku began, "...and now it's twice as big." Sephiroth closed his eyes as he felt a cold wind breeze through, as well as the others, "There's a hint of darkness slowly enveloping here. I can feel it." Riku nodded, supporting Sephiroth's claims, "I can as well. It's quite an unusual feeling..." But Cloud shook his head, "I hardly feel anything from this. Hell, I can feel the wind more than this darkness that you all claim."
Seif looked up towards Patamon and asked, "...how about you?"
Patamon gave a very concerned look at the dead grass. Something about this patch struck something in his heart. Something...that was not meant to be here. Something that gave a danger...
"Seif...I don't like how this patch is at all.", Patamon began, "This is something that I never thought could exist in this world. Even now, it's unbelievable that this is here..."
"Patamon...it's just dead grass...yet..."
"...yet it symbolises something more..."
Suzaku got up as he opened up his palm to let the dead grass flutter away in the wind, "I really wish I could know what this is about. Apparantly, Takeda hasn't seen this in the game at all for the past few times we've crossed through here. I don't know why he hasn't seen it himself, but it's so clear to see...maybe the real world has some sort of filler to prevent normal humans from seeing this patch."
Seif looked towards Suzaku with a bit of surprise, "You mean like...DNATA?"
Suzaku nodded slowly, "Though everybody else in the cyber world considers it as an old myth, this proof that Takeda hasn't seen this patch may indeed proof that the barrier between the real world and the cyber world may in fact be DNATA. I still doubt that certain real world humans could actually cross between that line and gain the DNATA abilities..."
Seif shook his head, recalling a particular incident with Takayo and the 100% mind linking with him. That may have been the DNATA abilities after all. That particular event, with him and his fighters accessing true S Evolution...it may have proven that theory of DNATA and DNATA Abilities.
"No...it is a possibility..."
Suddenly, Seif opened his eyes wide. Suzaku looked towards him, "What's wrong?"
"DAMN IT, TAKAYO'S ALMOST HOME!" He then looked up towards Patamon and nodded, "Let's get going!" Patamon nodded in response, then they both left, with Seif waving his hand towards Suzaku, "It was nice talking to you again! We'll talk more later!!"
Suzaku waved goodbye to his friends. Yet he continued to look down in the dead grass once more with complete concern...
...what WAS this strange phenominon?
****************************************************
"WHY DIDN'T YOU INVITE ME TO THE EVENT!?!?!?"
Chi was completly dissapointed at her brother for not telling her about the special event down in Akihabara. She felt she had every right to go with him and Lacus. But Takayo chuckled evily as he raised his index finger, "That's what you get for being so lazy and for tripping your onni-chan~~.." Chi pouted as she looked down, "But I was just kidding...come on, you know me well, onni-chan!"
Takayo smirked and nodded, "I know, I know, but still, even if I wanted to wake you up for it, you would've clawed me before I could've even gotten the chance to tell you it was for a special SnS S Evolution promo event." Chi sighed and shook her head, "...you got a point. Besides, why waste a perfectly good dream about Trunks fighting against Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon? The blood shed, the action, the hair...the voices...ahahahaha..."
Takayo and Lacus both chuckled a bit, somewhat nervously. Takayo then looked towards Lacus, "Well then, why don't I download this booster disc to Seif back in the Cyber World, then you can continue your training ok?" Lacus nodded, "Alright."
Takayo then inserted the booster disc to his GBA NEXT while Chi continued to pout and Lacus walked towards their rooms, sitting down on the floor and putting Haro on her lap. The GBA NEXT then proceeded to show a screen marked "Press the A button to upload the data to SnS S Evolution for the Gamesphere, or press start to upload to SnS S Evolution through another GBA NEXT". Takayo proceeded to turn on his system, then get to the title screen where he would then connect the GBA NEXT to his Gamesphere. Then, he pressed the A button. When he did, the new Gunblade instantly appeared on the GBA screen, then scrolled up into the cable and out to the TV screen. A chibi form of SeiferA then grasped the weapon and posed with text displaying: "You have aquired the Gundania!"
******************************************************
And barely on time inside his ship, Seif noticed something shining in his pocket. He grabbed inside his pocket, then brought out the Gundania. Patamon gave an amazed smile, "What an amazing Gunblade...". Seif smirked as he swished the air several times with it, "...this is absolutly perfect...
...no way we'll be able to lose with this new weapon upgrade now. No way at all..."
TO BE CONTINUED
*******************************************************
Lacus: It's just 3 days until the primeriaries for the rookie tournament begin, and I'm not ready yet...what am I gonna do?
Takayo: Don't worry Lacus! You helped me by aquiring a blade for my character. Now I'll pay you back by showing you best leveling up spot I know in the game!
Lacus: Perfect!
Seif: Lacus, you're going to have to watch your step here. This specific anime world is rough and almost impossible to beat at your current level. But as long as I'm here, we'll conquer it!
Patamon: TOGETHER AS A TEAM!
Lacus: YEAH!
NEXT TIME, ON SEIMEI NO SHAN S EVOLUTION…
"A Quick Road To Leveling Up!? Tackle The Naruto World!"
BELIEVE IN THE DNATA EVOLUTION!
