GVS2: Battle Revolution
Conceived By: Lone Wolf SIX
Written By: Lone Wolf SIX
Lone Wolf SIX does not own any of the games/animé/manga/magazine/whatsoever inside this story. He does, however, own all the original characters conceived in this story. So, don't 'play-play' with him and own them without his permission, ne?
Yes, GVS2 has almost reached the ultimate showdown. Trust Lone Wolf, it is.
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Chapter 32: Awaken
Part 2: The Return
Mister T was all alone now, confronted and cornered by the Guilty Gear's and King of Fighter's fighters plus the Fruits Basket insert character, his back literally against a wall (there was such a structure that had somehow survived their battle, now conveniently positioned behind him to guard his back).
Asamiya Athena and Justine Harrier, the Goddess singer and archetype Gear formerly sworn rivals, now the closest of teammates.
Mito Anji, Seishino Baiken and Chipp Zanuff, the latter claimed himself to be a Japanese despite the fact that he was an American.
A certain Persocon named Chii, the most innocent being the world has ever seen (trust Lone Wolf, she is), accompanied by her Goth alter ego who simply named Dark Chii.
Ky Kiske, the ex-Holy Knight; Rock Howard, the wolf cub; K-Dash, the Beast of Prey; all three officially named themselves 'The Shounen Trio'.
Millia Rage, the silent assassin, whose hair can kill, not mentioning her adoration of cat. (Beside her, Sammy cutely nudged against her long, luscious leg-
"SAMMY! I SHALL KILL YOU!" shouted Leon Winchester from afar.)
Malin Shijou, the weapon expert of King Of Fighters 2003, and Futaba Hotaru, the innocent and pure woman from Garou: Mark Of The Wolves.
Yagami Iori, the badass character of King Of Fighters, possibly the best character SNK ever designed. Mess with him, and you're gonna be burned by his purple flames. Oh, he's also paired up with his adopted sister May. Sheesh, what is he? A Lolicon?
"Shut up," Iori demanded.
But it was Sol Badguy who was the most fearsome of the bunch.
This was not just any Sol. This was the Sol Badguy from the first Guilty Gear. This was the Sol who was so cheap and unfairly unbalanced (the original GG was quite slipshod in character balance). This was the one who could launched rapid unlimited series of Gun Flames as fast as the player could pump them out. He was the most fearsome opponent Mister T had ever met.
(phew, that was one copy-and-paste)
"Bother me if you all want to die," declared Mister T, "for I am the unbeatable and the invincible Mr. T! Hah! Fear the capital T!"
"Shut up," Sol demanded, igniting fire from his Fireseal. "You're just a plain bastard who takes opportunity from the chaos."
"Your quiz show or whatsoever is nothing to compare with our deadly combination, Mr. T," Yuuki continued.
"Damn it! Nobody messes with the T!" Mr. T roared.
"You one sick bastard…" Sol grumbled, ready to unleash the compressed flame.
Mister T immediately released his red aura a.k.a. the Instant Kill duration and opened his arms wide open. "Fear the absolute terror of T! The Extravaganza! The Unthinkable! THE T!" With that said, a gigantic letter T appeared from nowhere and crashed behind Mr. T.
"I think that's his Instant Kill," Malin commented, "though it looks pretty strange to me."
"Haii, I agree," Hotaru answered.
The T statue glow in a faint blue, then red, then green, than a mixture of rainbow colors before it suddenly flashed black. Mister T broke into a maniac laughter, as he brought his arms into an erect horizontal position, pointing his fists at the people.
"All of you are going to be sorry for defying the T!" the quiz handler shouted. "FEAR THE ABSOLUTE T!" Subsequent to that, black orb appeared from his fists and began to charge up. Surprised by the instant kill's form, the people realized that the T statue broke into pieces and appeared behind them, strangling and locking each and every of them. "YOU ALL ARE GOING TO DIE FOR MESSING WITH THE T!" he roared and fired the charged up black orb at them. Were they going to die this time?
"No."
As fast as a storm approaching, a figure appeared from nowhere and stood gallantly before the black beam and blocked it with the hilt of his dagger. The black beam was broken into particles and dissipated in the open air. Mister T was shocked to see his Instant Kill cancelled, and was even shocked to see the newcomer.
"YOU!?"
Grinning slyly, he ran a hand through his untidy-as-usual hair and stared at the Abyss escapee. "I hath returneth."
The people looked at the author and couldn't believe their eyes. "Lone… Lone Wolf SIX?" asked Yuuki.
"Drop that SIX, Yuuki, for now I'm now called," Lone Wolf said and grinned, "Lone Wolf NEO. Just figured out that name while rushing to this place."
"Yeah, so much for all these events. Where the hell have you been? You had brought us into trouble!" That Girl demanded.
Lone Wolf breathed out. "Gomen, I was occupied." He noticed Yuuki's eyes gone suspicious, as if she was asking 'occupied?'. He merely coughed. "Long story. I can tell that later."
"I can't stand it anymore!" Mister T roared and charged another black orb. Lone Wolf NEO looked at the T person and charged toward him, landing a Shadow Rise uppercut kick directly on his shin. "Curse! You're standing on my way!"
"Shut up," Lone Wolf spoke and knocked him down to the ground. He looked at the T statue and charged down at it leg first. "Witness. Appreciate. Admire. Flight Of The Bumblebee." The statue was knocked off to the air, and the author immediately proceeded with a crisscross movement and ended the overdrive with a knockdown kick. The statue was promptly destroyed on the spot (and the mini-Ts which scrambled upon the people disappeared at the same time), and Mister T got furious with it.
"That looks awfully like my DM," commented Malin.
"FOOL! I shall kill you as well!" Mister T exclaimed and began to summon his quiz show setting. Lone Wolf, unaffected by the overdrive, simply slashed the empty air with his dagger, canceling everything in his sight.
"I said shut up," calmly he demanded. "Okay, this time, you're going to die." He grappled Mr. T and tossed him to the open air. "People, hit it."
Sol: "NAPALM DEATH!" (Behind him, Kagura cooed at his awesome power)
Ky: "RISING FORCE!" (Behind him, Dizzy was cheering him)
Rock: "SHINE KNUCKLE!" (Behind him, Hotaru leapt in excitement, cheering for her dearest)
K': "Sou, da yo…" (The intro for his Chain Drive)
Malin: "MIZUCHI!"
Athena: "DEUS EX MASTER!"
Justine: "ANGEL LASER!"
Yuuki: "M.D.K.: Murder, Death, Kill."
Iori: "Asobi wa owarida! Nake, sakebe! Soshite, SHINE!"
May: "YAAY! Go for it, oniisan!"
Chii/Dark Chii: "Chii? CHII!!!"
Anji: "Zetsu!"
Baiken: "Die."
Chipp: "HOLY ZEN! KAGEBUNSHIN NO JUTSU! DELTA END!"
Millia: "Iron Maiden!" (Beside her, Sammy still nudged her feet, unaware of Leon who was cursing and roaring madly at him in distance)
Finally, Lone Wolf NEO stood before the crippled Mr. T, unable to stand up after being beaten and PWNED by the combination of overdrives/DM/instant kills. The escapee glared at the author in a threatening sight, trying to reach his feet. Lone Wolf glowered at him and took out a rope. "No… not that again…" helplessly Mr. T spoke.
"Sorry, T, but I must sent you." The moment Lone Wolf pulled the rope down, a fire portal appeared below Mister T and engulfed him into the endless space of oblivion.
"Lone Wolf… why…?"
Lone Wolf stood at the edge of the portal and looked into the blackness. "To the abyss you go, T. Damn stupid opportunist who tries to take advantage of Hotaru and Dizzy…" He turned around and saw Setsuna punishing the phoenix guardian Kagami with his Anonymity Severance. Laughing as he defeated the Suzaku, he approached Hibiki, by now defended by her student Elde.
"Didn't I tell everyone messing with Hibiki is a no-no?" he growled and dashed toward Setsuna. The spirit of underworld was shocked by the oncoming charge and tried to counterattack with Anonymity Three overhead attack, yet the author effortlessly parried the blade. "That's it! I'm gonna punish you!" he roared and landed a series of combo attacks, each landed on his limb and joint.
"See? I've told you not to mess with Hibiki," Justine said.
"Justine, you aren't fighting that evil spirit," Athena reminded.
The archetype Gear looked at the singer/goddess in bafflement before she laughed silly. "Sorry, sorry. Hey, we've gotta cheer Lone Wolf." Immediately both the women changed costumes into a certain cheerleading uniform and jumped forward. "Lone Wolfie-chan! Lone Wolfie-chan! Beat that underworld spirit and show him who's the boss! YAAY!"
Out of the people's expectation, Anji's cheerleading squad back in action, and he was grinning widely at them. "Okay, girls. Hit it."
January: "Give me an L!"
February: "Give me an O!"
March: "Give me an N!"
April: "Give me an E!"
June: "Give me a W!"
July: "Give me an O!"
August: "Give me an L!"
September: "Give me an F!"
October: "Give me an N!"
November: "Give me an E!"
Baiken, who didn't wanted to be there at first, but decided to take a little bit of fun from the cheerleading: "Give me an O!"
"Who is it, girls?" both Dizzy and Hotaru asked after they leapt forward.
"LONE WOLF NEO!" all the cheerleaders shouted and jumped.
"This is plain crazy," Millia spoke, slapping her forehead. "All these cheerleading and such…"
"At least, the lone wolf is back," Iori answered.
"Eh? I was always here," Terry answered, before both Millia and Iori PWNED him.
"Silly Terry, they were talking about Lone Wolf NEO," Geese sarcastically said. Terry glared at the Most Powerful Man In The World and could only grumble silently.
"I knew I should've finished him for good…"
"The bliss…" Ky spoke, blushing in admiration at Dizzy's beauty in the cheerleader outfit.
"I second that," Rock added, admiring Hotaru's cuteness in the cheerleader outfit.
"Ahou." K' commented and spat aside.
Bridget was staring the cheerleaders in interest before May bonked his head. "Hey, what was that for?"
May glowered at him before said, "pervert," and proceeded with a "PIIDAH!"
Lone Wolf NEO had finished his A Thousand League… overdrive (his not-so-ripped-off version of Chipp's Banki Messai) on Setsuna. He stared down at the defeated Last Blade 2 character and snarled. "I don't care what grudge you're having against her, but mess with Hibiki again and you're dead. Do I make myself clear?"
"I shall kill you someday, Lone Wolf…" Setsuna threatened.
"Save that for the other day." He resheathed his NEO dagger and approached the iaijitsu warriors. He smiled at Hibiki. "Tadaima, Hibiki."
The swordswoman was speechless. Before her, the man who was believed to be dead was smiling at her. The usual warm smile she used to see was carved upon his face. Unable to contain her emotion, Hibiki ran toward him and fell onto his body. "Okaerinasai, Lone Wolf-san…" she whispered, embracing him tightly. "What took you so long? I've been worried ever since…"
"Gomen, but it was a long story to tell," the author said and embraced her in return. "Whatever it is, I'm back. Is that enough for you?"
Hibiki smiled. "Haii."
Lone Wolf looked around and noticed someone missing. "Where is Hikki?"
"Hikki-san…" the iaijitsu woman said, "Hikki-san is fighting with…" She felt Lone Wolf releasing her from the embrace and looked at him. "Lone Wolf-san?"
"Just as I thought," he uttered and walked toward the battlefield, but not before Hibiki seized his arm. He looked at her, and saw the sorrow coming from her eyes.
"Onegai, don't go…" she begged.
"I must go. I must stop the battle before-" Lone Wolf was silent. Tears streaming down her supple cheeks, as he noticed. "Don't cry. I can't go if I see you cry…" Hibiki broke into tears and buried her face on the trench coat. "Damn it… not at this time…"
Hibiki clung onto him very tightly, as if she refused to let him go. "Lone Wolf-san, onegai…"
He was silent. His mind was trying very hard to decide, whether to listen to his girlfriend, or to ignore and proceeded to interfere with the battle. Then at that time he remembered a promised he made with her. A certain promise he held firmly in his hand.
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"Promise me, Chosen One. You must stop the outcoming battle, no matter how harsh the obstacles and decisions you may have to face."
"You mean… even if the people around me oppose my decision?"
"Even you must know, Chosen One, that you are the Keeper, and you have the responsibility to keep everything in order. Now go, the world is crying to be saved by your hand."
"But Aurora… what if… what if…"
"Hush. Have no worry; I'm sure she will understand. I'm very sure."
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Lone Wolf sighed and lifted her face, staring at her eyes. "Honto ni, gomen. But I have made a promise, and if I don't keep it… everything will be brought to nothing. You have to understand, Hibiki. You have to."
Hibiki was staring deep into his eyes before she broke the eyesight. "Baaka. Lone Wolf-san baaka…"
"I know I'm a baaka," he spoke, gleaming, "that's why I'm an Author with this given responsibility: to prevent things in this universe from going stupid and crazy, not mentioning out of control. And I'm also responsible for all people under my observation, including you." He bent forward and softly pressed his lips against her. It was a light kiss, yet for a woman who had never been kissed before, Hibiki was taken by the author's surprised action and could do nothing to resist it. Later she submitted, returning the kiss and pressing her body against his, wanting the kiss to last a little longer.
He broke off the kiss and stared at her eyes. "Call me a baaka as much as you want, but I've got to go. Gomen, but I'll be careful. Trust me." Hibiki was reluctant. She still didn't want Lone Wolf to go. After all, both of them were already attached to each other and never wanted to be separated. Lone Wolf sighed and took her index finger and hooked it with his. "I promise you not to get hurt or letting things to hurt me, and I promise you to come back in one piece." He covered the hooked fingers with his free hand and stared at her. "There. Satisfied?" Hibiki could say nothing anymore but to nod to answer 'yes'. "Arigatou. Ja, ittekimasu." He kissed her forehead and left her, running toward the battlefield. She watched at him -his boyfriend, and his beloved person- and went into tears again.
"Itterashai…"
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Mriya groaned in pain. She was outwitted by the guardian of Chrono magic residing in Hikki's body, and she was badly injured and damaged. The command Gear battlesuit was almost broken into pieces, and sparks could be seen flying everywhere around her. She had tried everything to defeat the dragon, yet Nagalintar was a being far too strong for her to suppress.
"Enough with your futile effort, human," Hikki (it was Nagalintar who said that, not him) spoke. "Give it up, and I shall spare your life."
"Never!" Mriya roared. "Even if I were to die, I shall never surrender to the likes of you! NEVER!"
"Foolish of you mortals to defy my will," Hikki spoke and fired a Kami Reppuken at the woman. She cried in pain and had another part of her battle gear broken into pieces. "Human, just admit defeat and surrender your power to me. Only if you do so then I will spare your life."
"I will never surrender to a certain beast who takes over somebody's body…!" Mriya hissed. "I will never surrender to you! Never!"
"How dare you to stand up against me," Hikki snarled. "Then I shall have no mercy toward you." He fired another Kami Reppuken at Mriya, chased her as she was launched to the air and grappled her with High Voltage. "Die." The two battlers dived toward the ground and crashed; Hikki/Nagalintar quickly recovered, leaving Mriya in her stunned position. He proceeded with another Kami Reppuken, sending her to the air again. He lifted his arms and summoned an electrified orb from his palms and waited as Mriya plunged toward the ground.
"Chrono Storm."
The original Chrono Storm blasted its way as he slammed both palms on the ground, trapping the already weak Chrono command Gear in a series of violent Chrono-generated lightning storm. Hikki/Nagalintar False Roman Cancelled the storm and left it active, whilst he looked up at his opponent. He jumped toward her, snatched her with another High Voltage, dived toward the ground and crashed with her, and executed yet another Chrono Storm and False Roman Cancelled it. The loop lasted as if for eternity, for Nagalintar had total control of Hikki's body, aided with his unlimited power and stamina. It ended only when Nagalintar noticed that Mriya was unable to fight back.
"Already deciding to surrender, human?" he spoke. The woman murderously glowered at him, saying nothing but curses and swears. He grumbled in disgust and pointed his empty palm at her. "Fine. You have no regret of all these sins you had committed. I shall send you to the afterlife."
"Before you do anything to me," Mriya groaned, "can you do me a favor?"
Nagalintar's eyebrow arched. "Which is?" It was not long before he found that he had fallen into trap! Struggling to escape from the Chaos Drones, he saw Mriya standing up on her feet and regenerated, chuckling evilly all the way.
"Foolish of you! How easy of I to conceive you into my trap," she hissed and summoned torrents of Chaos Spikes, commanding them to charge at Nagalintar. The guardian tried to escape when a light blade passed just a few millimeters away from his body, cutting a huge scar down his body. He cried in pain, coughing several pints of bloods, which dripped on the ground. Panting breathlessly, he looked forward, noticing that Mriya was already summoning her light blade.
"I shall survive, and all beings shall bow before me," arrogantly she declared, pointing the light blade at Nagalintar, by now got hit by the charging Chaos Spikes. "Look at you. You're strong, you're powerful, but how can you fall into my mere deceive? Heh, I doubt that you can hold on much longer in his body." She summoned yet another torrent of Chaos Spikes and commanded them to attack Nagalintar, while she herself landed an endless spree of Falken Schneider onto him.
"Die, you pathetic beast from other world! DIE!" Helplessly, Nagalintar/Hikki became a target dummy for Mriya's rage, and he was viciously attacked and jabbed and stabbed all over his body. The dragon was immortal, indeed, but the host he was staying in was not. He realized that, but it was too late. Sooner or later, both of them were going to face the certain God of Death.
"Well, to hell with that."
Three shuriken appeared from the sky and plunged to the ground between the two warring ones. Mriya and Nagalintar looked up to the open sky and saw a figure in trench coat diving to the middle of the battlefield. Baffled as they were, it was Mriya who was the most surprised.
"You!?"
"Oh, bother. I already heard that once," Lone Wolf NEO spoke and reached his NEO Dagger. In a faster-than-lightning speed, he cut everything that stood before and around him, from the strangling Chaos Drones to the battle gear Mriya was wearing. He quickly jumped to Nagalintar and fetched his –or rather, Hikki's- weakened body. "Hey, dragon, you okay?" blatantly he asked.
"Lone Wolf NEO, I thought I would never see you again," the guardian spoke in harsh tone. He coughed of blood again and covered his mouth. "Hrr… this body's been injured because of me…"
"Relax, dragon," Lone Wolf spoke. "After all, Hikki can use his Chrono Install as many times as he want to."
Nagalintar looked at the Author in amazement. "For the one who once took him as his apprentice, you're one amazing mortal," he commented.
"Save your compliments later, dragon," Lone Wolf said and helped Nagalintar to sit at a safe distance. "Have a rest. Leave this situation to me."
The guardian dragon stared at the author, as if he had no faith to the human. Then he let out a dragon-ic groan and grinned. "I leave this command Gear to you, Lone Wolf NEO."
Lone Wolf gave out a thumb up and stepped forward, facing Mriya who was trying to recover the battlesuit. He sighed. "Mriya Falken. I didn't expect to see you again… in such condition. Heh, maybe I was fool enough to ignore the fact that you voluntarily offered yourself to the research team," he spoke, half-covering his face.
"None of your concern, fool!" Mriya demanded. "And I don't know who you are, but I shall kill you as well. The will of the Falken clan shall last!"
"Then why were you very surprised to see me a while ago, Mriya?" Mriya was startled. Yes, she was surprised when she saw him coming. Yet she didn't know why. She didn't even have any idea of why was she giving such reaction to the man.
"Oh, Mriya," Lone Wolf called her, "you're blushing."
Mriya cupped her cheeks. She felt the unusual hotness warming upon her face. A feeling she never felt along her life as a Chrono-enhanced command Gear. For a while, she stared at the Author before she hissed in annoyance. "That's it! I shall kill you right now!"
"Unfortunately, Mriya, you'll never kill me," he spoke, "and I will never kill you as well. It's a promise we had made."
"A promise to hell with that! Have at thee!" she roared and summoned an endless salvoes of Chaos Drones and Spikes, all commanded to attack Lone Wolf NEO. The lone wolf of author's world reached his NEO Dagger and slashed at the oncoming horde, reducing its number by three-quarters. He destroyed the remaining Chaos minions with a forward thrust of his palm, easily causing the command Gear to gasp in disbelief.
"Impossible! My Chaos minions are supposed to be-"
"Super effective?" Lone Wolf spoke, cutting off the speech. "You stupid Chrono command Gear who believes that she's unbeatable. THIS IS MY WORLD, FOR GOD'S SAKE! NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO DISRUPT ITS HARMONY OUTSIDE MY KNOWLEDGE!" He positioned NEO Dagger in his grip and opened a battle position similar to Tsukihime's Shiki Tohno. His eyes cautiously crawled on Mriya's feminine figure, unaffected by its fully developed shape. "I can see it now… the death that lurks over your body…"
"Enough with that! You must DIE!" Mriya cried and charged toward Lone Wolf, her light blade withdrawn. Lone Wolf watched at the command Gear and breathed out.
"Forgive me…"
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The sound of metal clanging against each other echoed loudly in the open sky. The final battle of truth and denial had begun. Two people of a different ideals and determination confronted in the duel which would mark the turning point of human's destiny. The winner of the duel would decide the destiny; to corrupt under the hand of evil Gears, or to last in the way it should be.
Aurora looked up to the sky. She closed her eyes, and put a hand on her ear. "It has started…" The Handmaiden of Fate clasped both hands and prayed, whispering for the Chosen One's victory. "Chosen One, you must win this battle…