1Damien Shepard here. This is the beginning of my Mega Man Axl fanfiction series. I've been working on the first chapter for a long time, so I hope everyone likes this. In contrast to what one of my reviewers said, the beginning takes place 100 years after Command Mission. But our heroes are thrusted into modern time. This is the Episode 1 Synopsis, Introduction, and Intro Stage, and the intermission after that. Oh, and before ANYONE says anything, I am NOT making up the story behind the anime that is the catalyst for the Episode 1 crossover. Take note that there may or may not be a crossover for each episode. If there is, certain characters might have cameo mentions, and that is as low as I will make them. I am not making the Anime up! This is 100 actual manga. Also, I have made my own mavericks for this Episode. Starting on episode 2, Axl and the gang may or may not face mavericks, they might go through a normal storyline. It just depends on what I think should happen. Also, for anyone who has gone through MegaMan X8 completely on Normal or Hard Mode, you know Lumine as the final bad guy. But I made a little twist for that! NOW you can read the synopsis.
Synopsis:
Crossover- Prètear
Storyline-Himeno Awayuki was your average 14-year-old girl living peacefully…up until the day her birth mother died. Afterwards, her father married a rich business woman. Next thing she knows, she is now living in a mansion with two stepsisters, Mayune and Mawata, going to a new school, and is now the center of gossip! She feels unwanted…that is until the day 7 handsome men, well, actually, 4 men and 3 young boys, come up to her and tell her that she has been chosen to fight an evil queen hell-bent on destroying the world! These men were called "Leafe Knights." There was Hayate, the Knight of Wind, Sasame, the Knight of Sound, Go, the Knight of Fire, Kei, the Knight of Light, Mannen, the Knight of Ice, Hajime, the Knight of Water, and Shin, the Knight of Plants. They explain that this "Leafe" is the source of all life and the "Prètear", or Princess of Light, is the only one who can protect it from the "Saihi" or Disaster Queen. During the final battle, Himeno became the White Prètear and filled the world with Leafe snow. But in doing so, she gave her life to save it. This did not settle well with Hayate, who was secretly in love with her. In this episode of Megaman Axl, he failed to get her back and soon became a demon all his own. Now he's sided with Harl, and now it's up to the Maverick Hunters to stop him.
Enemies-In siding with Hayate, Harl was able to create his own brand of mavericks from the Leafe of the Leafe Knights ANDDark Leafethat Hayate accumulated when he fell into the darkness. He merged the Leafe with his own DNA to create new mavericks. 8 kinds of Leafe, 8 mavericks, and its up to Axl, Sigma and Lumine to take them all down! Here are the mavericks and their special attacks as follows.
Hurricane Elephander.-Created from Harl's DNA and the Wind Leafe from Hayate, this pachyderm packs a powerful punch with his special attacks. Axl, Lumine, and Sigma sure don't want to be in the way when Elephander unleashes his dangerous attacks!
Sonic Hornet-This is one dangerous bee who does NOT play around. His special attacks, can leave a very painful sting! He was born of Sasame's Sound Leafe. Soon, our heroes will learn that this is not one bug who is easily squashed!
Heat Frogoid-This guy didn't grow up in any swamp! He's a real burn freak, created from the Leafe of the Knight of Fire, Go! If the boys want to make this toad "croak," they'd better watch their backs!
Rainbow Butterfly-She was the creation of both Harl's DNA Data, and the Leafe from Kei, the Knight of Light. Using this power, she will destroy anything in her path with her special attacks.
Freeze Flipoid-This seal ain't in the fight for entertainment, he's in it for destruction. He was created through the Leafe of the Knight of Ice, Mannen, and he is MUCH more than ready to put Axl and co. on ice!
Rain Dolphin-This little creature was made by using the Leafe from the Knight of Water, Hajime, as a catalyst. His water based attacks can leave a person a lot worse than just "all wet!"
Jungle Serpentine-This crazy cold-blood was created out of Leafe from the Knight of Plants, Shin. He's got a lot of power at his disposal, and there's no way he's afraid to use it for evil! Our heroes had better keep their guard up!
Demon Lilac-An evil flower maverick that was created out of Dark Leafe, she is not one to be trifled with! She can do a lot of bad things with her special attacks! When the gang faces her, they will look at the face of evil!
Now for the Story.
Damien Shepard Presents
MegaMan Axl
Episode 1: Thrusted through time.
Part 1: The time warp, the walk through crystal, and the Legend of the Two Princesses.
100 years after X and Zero's sacrifice to save Axl and Sigma, Axl was obviously shaken, but he still had his childish act towards his comrades. His boss, Signas understood his grief, however, and often wished there was a way to change everything. Sigma, naturally knew that no one trusted him anymore because of his time under Harl's control, but over the years, he was able to salvage his reputation. Although his status as the best Maverick Hunter had been taken by Axl, he felt it was for the best.
This remained unchanged until one day.
Axl was walking around Hunter Base in his usual mood when Sigma walked up from behind him.
"You're still wandering around, I see." Sigma said.
Axl turned and said, "And you still won't leave me alone.
"Axl, I can see the grief in your eyes. Its been 100 years now. Just let it go."
"Why should I care! X and Zero are gone because of me, I STILL don't know anything about my origins after 100 years of waiting for my next clue, hell, I'm starting to question my purpose in existence!"
"Axl…"
Suddenly, the intercom blared out a message.
"Attention, Attention. Maverick Hunters Axl and Sigma, report to briefing room immediately. Repeat. Maverick Hunters Axl and Sigma, report to briefing room immediately."
Axl and Sigma then rushed to the briefing room to find Signas.
"What's up?" Axl asked.
"Axl, Sigma, we've detected a strange energy reaction at point 2205L2437." Signas said. "I want you to investigate."
"Roger. We're on our way." Axl said as they headed for point 2205L2437. When they got there, he noticed that something was different with it. It was originally a lush forest, but now everything was turning black.
"General Signas." Axl said, calling Hunter Base.
"Go ahead, Axl." Signas said on the communicator.
"Chief, everything is turning black. It's as if the life is being sucked out of it!" Axl reported.
Signas sighed and then said, "I see. I'll send some backup, just w…"
He was cut off by an explosion in the background.
"I didn't get that, sir. What did you say?" Axl asked into his communicator.
"Axl, Sigma! Emergency! Return to Base Immediately! Repeat. Return…" the communicator went blank.
"General! General Signas! What happened!" Axl yelled into the communicator. He tried to re-establish communication with Hunter Base, but he tried in vain.
"What happened to base!" Sigma asked
"Your Hunter Base has been destroyed by monsters." Came a familiar voice
Axl and Sigma turned to find Lumine, the old leader of the "Jakob" project, and also the maverick who tried to destroy Axl, X and Zero 200 years ago.
"LUMINE!" Axl yelled pointing his Axl Bullets Lumine. "I thought you were destroyed!
"That's what X and Zero also thought after destroying my copy."
"COPY! YOU MEAN YOU ARE THE REAL THING!" Axl yelled
Flashback
X fired his charged Buster shot at Lumine, but just before he was destroyed, he attacked Axl with a tentacle containing Sigma's corrupted DNA Data. Zero then sliced the tentacle while X grabbed Axl's unconscious body and charged his buster and fired at Lumine. The attack destroyed Lumine's body on contact.
End Flashback
"Then, what about that tentacle thing that damaged him?" Sigma asked
"My copy was to give you an upgrade to your DNA system once it was on the verge of deletion.
"You mean…that thing was an upgrade!"
Flashback
X, Zero were taking the Jakob elevator back to earth. Axl was unconscious, but there was a tiny, purplish object where his control jewel was.
End Flashback
Axl then rushed at Lumine and aimed his Axl Buster at him. "Do you know how many scans I've gone through because we thought that tiny little thing was going to make me go maverick!"
"You can't go maverick, Axl. Not even Harl would be able to hack into your A.I. System." Lumine replied.
"What!" Axl asked shockingly. "You know who I am!"
"Yes. But all I will tell you is this…We are brothers." Lumine answered bluntly.
"WHAT! Brothers! You're lying!" Axl yelled, aiming his Axl Bullets at Lumine.
"Go ahead. Destroy the one chance to find out who you are." Lumine said.
Axl then let go of Lumine and asked, "Why did your copy do that whole "evolution" thing?"
"It was merely a test to see how powerful you had gotten. 200 years ago, Axl, We learned that you had finally awakened. As for the whole evolution thing, we needed SOME way to convince you people about it going maverick in the first place."
"We?" Axl asked curiously.
"Me and our Creator." Lumine answered.
"Creator? You mean he is still alive?"
"Yes. In our original time and dimension."
"Original time and dimension? What does that mean!" Sigma asked
"We are both from another dimension, in the year 2005"
"2005!" Sigma yelled.
"Listen, there is not much time. Soon the world in this dimension will fall victim to annihilation. Axl, we have to get to our own time space now or else, we'll be destroyed along with the world in this dimension. We must hurry." Lumine pleaded.
"Listen, Lumine. I don't trust you, but if what you said about Hunter Base is true, then I'll go along with this." Axl said.
"Like I have a choice." Sigma said.
"Well then, shall we go?" Lumine asked. Suddenly, a large void swallowed up Axl, Sigma and Lumine. After the surroundings got completely dark, a bright light consumed them and they were now inside a swirling vortex of colors.
"What is this!" Axl asked out loud.
"This, Axl, is the time-space continuum. We are heading back in time from the year 23XX to the year 2005.
"So this is the time-space continuum." Sigma said, obviously fascinated by the look of his surroundings.
"I would like to point out that our creator has witnessed some "problems" with certain dimensions. We are, for now, going to our own dimension, but we will go to other dimensions when we stop certain threats to our world. Are you ready to face these threats head-on?" Lumine explained.
"Might as well be." Axl answered.
"Ditto." Sigma said agreeing with Axl.
"Very well." Lumine said. "We're almost there. Keep your guard up."
Suddenly, a bright flash consumed all of them and they were in another world, at another time.
"Wh-Where are we?" Axl asked himself as he looked at his surroundings.
"Well, we'll just have to find out on our own." Sigma said.
"See that bridge over there?" Lumine asked, pointing to the concrete bridge leading into a town. "Perhaps we should start there."
"Lumine, do you have a weapon?"
"Funny you should ask." Lumine answered as he pulled out a beam whip. "This is my offical weapon. I call it the L-Whip.
With that, Axl, Lumine, and Sigma started scouting his current position in the year 2005.
Ready?
The Maverick Hunters started walking across the bridge. But as they started on their way, some strange creatures started heading this way.
"WHAT THE HECK!" was the only thing going through Axl's mind.
"L-Lumine! What's going on! What the hell IS that thing!" Sigma asked in desperation.
"I've read about those. They're called "Demon Larvae." They are said to suck the life out of this planet." Lumine described.
"Well, demon or not, I'm gonna destroy them!" Axl yelled, aiming his Axl Bullets and firing at the monsters, obliterating them.
"Let's push on." Lumine said.
They had to go through some different demon larva and so on. Eventually, they came to a city. But everything was being destroyed.
"What's this?" Sigma asked.
"Everything's in ruin! What the heck happened here!" Axl yelled.
"It seems something happened here. Something BAD." Lumine said.
"Yeah, and what's up with those red splotches on the ground. It looks kinda like snow." Sigma pointed out.
Lumine walked over to the snow and took a handful of it. He scanned it, and learned of its properties.
"Strange. This is like nothing I've ever seen before. I can't make out what this snow is, let alone what the deal is with its coloring.
"Well, no time to find out, let's push on." Axl said. Sigma and Lumine nodded their heads in agreement and continued on. Soon, they came across their ally, Professor Gaudile.
"Professor!" Axl and Sigma yelled.
"Axl! Sigma!" Gaudile called out. The Maverick Hunters ran to him.
"Are you alright" Sigma asked.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." The Professor said. He then saw Lumine.
"Y-You're…!" Axl cut him off.
"I'll explain later." Axl said.
Suddenly, two tentacles came out of some bushes.
"Is that a Demon Larva?" Axl asked.
"Must be. Something THAT ugly can't be natural." Sigma retorted.
"Well, what are we waiting for, let's toast it!" Lumine yelled.
"You're reading my mind, Bro!" Axl said. Lumine smiled at the fact that Axl acknowledged him as his brother.
"Professor, get to safety. We'll take care of this." Sigma said. Gaudile acknowledged this and ran for cover.
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
The monster made the first attack by thrusting its tentacles at the group. Sigma countered by slashing the tentacles apart. Lumine saw this as an opportunity to attack and started attacking the monster constantly, but to no avail.
"My L-Whip didn't even faze him!" Sigma noticed.
"Lumine, try to scan for a weak point!" Axl commanded.
"Right!" Lumine said. He scanned for a weak spot and found one. It was a small, round, black orb within the Demon Larva.
"Sigma, stab your sword right where you see a black orb inside of that thing." Lumine yelled to Sigma. He did as said and stabbed that thing. It took some damage.
"Alright. Axl fire a few shots into that thing."
"Right!" Axl said as he fired into the orb inside the monster. It was halfway gone.
"My turn!" Lumine yelled, cracking his whip through the substance of the monster and into the orb. The monster was almost dead now.
"Okay, guys. Let's finish him off." Axl yelled. He stayed in place, while Sigma and Lumine got into positions like a triangle. They unleashed a final team attack on the orb. Axl fired his Bullets like Uzis, while Sigma extended the Z-Saber to slash the orb. Lumine cracked his whip at the orb rapidly. The monster flashed a bright white before completely dissipating.
Mission Complete!
Axl and the others walked up to Gaudile.
"Are you alright?" Lumine asked.
"Yes. Listen, since you're here, you need to come with me. I have some introductions to make." Gaudile said.
Gaudile took them to a giant mansion in the middle of town.
"So…what's this place." Sigma asked.
"This city, or rather what's left of it, is called Awayuki Town." Gaudile explained. "What happened to it will be explained as soon we get inside."
Gaudile pressed a button on an intercom. A voice came out.
"Who is it?" A young woman's voice asked over the intercom.
"It's me, Professor Gaudile. I've also brought some friends, Takako."
"Takako?" Axl silently asked his comrades.
A camera looked at them, and then the intercom spoke up again.
"Alright, come in." the voice said. Then the gate opened.
As they were walking through the mansion grounds, Axl spoke up.
"Uh…exactly HOW big is this place!"
"Don't worry, Axl. We're almost there. When we DO get there, I have to make some introductions." Gaudile said.
They eventually got INTO the mansion. When they got inside, a maid greeted them.
"Hello professor. Are these the friends you mentioned?" the maid asked.
"Yes. Everyone, I'd like you to meet Takako. She's one of the maids here at Awayuki Mansion.
'Awayuki Mansion, huh? Doesn't look too extravagant.' Sigma thought.
"Takako, could you take us to our allies?"
"ALLIES!" Axl and Sigma exclaimed.
"Sure. Please follow me." Takako said.
They followed her to the basement level. There they found General Signas, Alia, Layer, Pallet, and Douglas.
"Axl, Sigma. It's good to see you again." General Signas said.
"General, you're alive!" Sigma asked surprisingly.
"You have Professor Gaudile to thank for that." Pallet said.
"The incident was a perfect test for me and Douglas' Dominion Generator."
"You mean, that gate thing that you were building in your spare time?" Axl asked.
"Yes, that's it." Douglas said.
"But where's everyone else?" Sigma asked.
"We got separated from the time stream, I'm afraid." Signas answered, his head hung down.
"I-Is that…!" Layer stammered, looking at Lumine.
"I understand your concern, but I'm on your side now."
"Why should we believe you?" Layer retorted.
"Because he helped Axl and Sigma save me from a Demon Larvae on the way here." Gaudile said.
"If you three were able to beat a single Demon Larvae, you could help us with our problems." Signas said.
"Why? What's wrong?" Axl asked.
"Someone is trying to suck up the Leafe from the Earth."
The three Maverick Hunters turned to find Takako with four more people.
"Everyone, I'd like you to meet my employer, Natsue Awayuki, her husband, Kaoru, and her daughters, Mayune, and Mawata."
"Nice to meet you, but what is Leafe?" Axl asked.
"Professor, would you like to explain?" Kaoru asked.
"Yes, well. All over the Earth, there is a substance that is said to be the life force running this planet. According to some of their friends," Gaudile pointed to the Awayuki family. "this substance is Leafe."
"What else?" Sigma asked.
"There are multiple forces that are trying to steal this Leafe from the world. But there is one thing in their way."
"What's that" Lumine asked.
"The one thing in the way is called the Prètear." Takako answered for Gaudile.
"Yes. The Prètear is also known as the Princess of Light. She is the one who can stop the forces of Darkness." Gaudile continued.
"So who is behind this evil?" Axl asked.
"Hold on." Signas said. "We're getting to that."
"Continuing from where I left off, the Prètear isn't alone in her battles. She's accompanied by a group of seven called the Leafe Knights." Gaudile said. "Takako, would you like to finish for me?"
"Thank you. The Leafe Knights are a group of people who have control over 7elements, Wind, Sound, Fire, Light, Ice, Water and Plants. I may sound like I'm getting a little monotonous…"
"Oh, wait. Let me guess, these Leafe Knights come from another world called Leafenia?" Sigma asked sarcastically. He was trying to hold a laugh.
"Yes." was all that Takako said. Sigma facefaulted. He wasn't expecting a response like that.
"Anyway…" Axl started, a sweat drop clearly showing on his forehead. "…If the Prètear is so powerful, why do the Maverick Hunters have to get involved?"
"Because the Prètear is…is…" Mawata could not finish her sentence.
"I see." Axl said sadly.
"But since you're here, you can help them." Pallet said.
"But who is behind all this!" Axl asked.
"Your old "friend", Harl" Douglas answered.
Axl was shocked. The utter mention of Harl's name practically drove a stake through his mechanical heart.
"And he himself is just a pawn." Alia said.
"What! Someone more powerful than him!" Sigma asked shockingly.
"Yes." Layer said.
"All we know is that his name is Hayate. And it gets much worse." Pallet said.
"Why?" Lumine asked.
"Using Harl's DNA Data, he was able to create what you call Mavericks with OUR Leafe." A voice came. The Maverick Hunters turned to face a group of six people. One had white hair and lavender eyes. Another had hair that was a mix of red and brown, meaning some parts were brown and some parts were literally red. Another was blonde. There were also 3 kids, one with white hair, one with orange, and one blonde.
"Let me guess, they're the Leafe Knights, right?" Axl asked.
"Yes." Mayune said angrily.
Sigma made a counting gesture with his hand.
"1…2…3…4…5…There's only 6 of you, where's the 7th?" Sigma asked.
"The 7th is gone." The blonde said.
"I see." Sigma said.
"What are your names?" Axl asked.
"Sasame." The white-haired man said.
"I'm Go." The brown-red haired man said.
"Kei." the blonde said.
"I'm Mannen" the oldest boy said.
"And you can call me Hajime." The orange haired boy said.
"My name's Shin." The youngest boy said.
"I'm Axl, this is my partner, Sigma, and my brother, Lumine." Axl said, introducing himself and the others. "You've already met our friends."
"Now that the introductions are done, I suggest we brief you on these 8 mavericks." Signas said.
"But there are only 6 knights." Sigma said. "How are there 8?"
"Harl took the Wind Leafe from our leader, and also found some Dark Leafe." Sasame said.
"Dark Leafe?" Lumine asked.
"No Leafe Knight can use Dark Leafe. It is that very type of Leafe that we swore to protect Leafenia from."
"I'll buy that. So tell us, General, who are these Mavericks."
"They call themselves the "Maverick Knights". This is probably due to the fact that they have the Leafe of the Knights you see before you."
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's get this party started!" Axl said.
Stage 1 and 2 coming soon.
I FINALLY GOT THIS DONE! Please R+R!