Note: Cybersystem Gaiden is set to occur in the world of Cybersystem Chronicles, but centered on another character that is also in the Cybersystem Gaiden RPG.
Chapter 10: Bad Moon Showdown
Two months after the incident...
Ryuu has rose to become one the best Netbattlers known in Seikuu and is also a member of the country's network defense team known as the Celestials. This elite group of Netbattlers has been brought together to silence Jyagatsu's attempts of taking over the networks once and for all.
Yuekage Network...
Sounds of running have been constantly echoing down this labyrinth of data as a green, armored Navi charges through. Two purple-colored security Navis attempt to block the path, raising their buster cannons to bring down the intruder.
"Sword, Wide Blade, Long Blade!" the operator declared as he inserts the battlechips into his PET, and the Navi bringing forth a brilliant great sword with the response, "Dream Sword!"
Cries of pain are released from the two blocking Navis as they are promptly struck down from where they stood, with the green, armored Navi continuing onwards. Some distance behind him, two more Navis follow, trying to catch up with their companion.
"Sir Earl, Gaius is heading forward too fast, we could barely keep up with him any more," the shadowy Navi spoke as he ran side-by-side with a Navi carrying a pair of swords on his back and another pair on both sides of his hips.
"We can't do anything about it anymore, Shade," Earl responded as he looks over to Gaius' operator, "Ryuu's gone Full Synchro ever since we started engaging in that liberation mission outside the network's firewall."
"Nevertheless, we should try our best to follow," Earl's companion spoke as he monitors their surroundings, "Zan, be sure that you and Shade provide Gaius with all the support he needs."
"Ha, Jian-dono," Zan responded to his operator in his usual courteous, yet distant manner as they try their best to follow the path Gaius opened. It did not take long before they finally unlock the last doorway of the headquarters.
"Finally! Let's go, Gaius!" Ryuu mentioned as he immediately plugs Gaius out of the network, heading through the newly opened door.
"Hey! Wait up, Ryuu!" Earl mentioned as he is plugging his own Navi out, annoyed at how Ryuu is taking things on his own, "Grrr!"
"You can have all the time growling after we finish Jyagatsu, Earl," Jian mentioned after plugging out his Navi back into his PET, "We should hurry up."
Ryuu runs without any hesitation as he rushes into the room. Jyagatsu owes him many things for all the trouble he has caused. Above all, Arisa was blamed because of Ryuu's abilities. Ryuu felt that he is responsible for all that has happened, and decided that he will find a way to finish Jyagatsu and bring the foe to justice.
"Jyagatsu!" Ryuu called out as he finally steps into the end of the room, filled with several monitors on the wall, and a massive chair set in the middle looking towards the huge monitor. Only the light of the screens illuminated the room with an eerie light-blue glow.
"Jyagatsu!" Ryuu called out once again as he comes closer to the large chair, "You have nowhere to go now! You'll pay for all that you have done!"
"Is that so, Shieldbearer?" a voice echoed throughout the room through the speakers as the chair slowly revolved, "But are you sure that you have gotten me?"
The chair revolves all the way to reveal the figure sitting on it. A pale, old man sits to the chair, attached with various devices on him and to the wires that leads to the computers all around the room.
"As you can see, only my body remains on the physical world," a face appears on the largest monitor of the room. The face looks very similar to the old man on the chair, only much younger, looking stronger, and more fearsome, "With my soul now in the network, I no longer age! I am immortal and omnipotent!"
Ryuu's fists tightened as he tries to figure out what he should do. Jyagatsu is on his way to escape once again, and will cause more harm if he manages to leave Yuekage's network. Thinking quickly, he does the only alternative that is available to him right now.
"Gaius.exe, plug in!" Ryuu declares as he sets the PET's cable jack into the available terminal, sending Gaius into the network once again. As soon as Gaius materializes into the network, operator and Navi immediately go into Full Synchro once again to deal with the escaping entity.
"You're too late!" Jyagatsu calls out as he looks to Gaius, with a strange machine behind the human-turned-Navi, "Once the program is fully functional, I will have access to travel across the network!"
"We'll just have to make sure that won't happen then..." Shadowblade, who is the unison of Shade and Zan, mentioned as he appears from atop the machine. Bringing over his head a large shadow sword, Shadowblade thrusts it into the machine before jumping off to destroy it in the process.
"No!" Jyagatsu cried out as he fired a beam at the escaping Shadowblade, badly hurting the unison Navi while the latter was getting down.
"Gnnnhhh..." Shadowblade seemingly grimaced as the damage was dealt to his side, he looks to Gaius with a weak smile before continuing, "I was hoping we could even up the odds by teaming up on him, but the damage I sustained from his attack was somehow critical, so I will just have to leave it to you."
With that, Shadowblade plugs out before Jyagatsu could fire another blast at the unison Navi, leaving Gaius to deal with the human Navi.
"This is the end of the line, Jyagatsu..." Ryuu's voice echoed with Gaius' as they set up their battle operations, "Looks like the only way to stop you now is to delete you."
"You are welcome to try, Shieldbearer," Jyagatsu mentioned as he turned away from the remains of the program to look at Gaius, "Once I'm through with you, I can still rebuild the program and escape."
With that, Jyagatsu fired the first attack, unleashing several bolts of energy storming forth from the palm of his hand. Ryuu responded by bring up the Aura battlechip, bringing about a protective barrier around Gaius to protect him from harm as the armored Navi charged forward to close in the gap at Jyagatsu. Once an arm's length of his foe, Gaius lunges forward, going in to deliver a powered tackle at Jyagatsu.
Forced to double back, Jyagatsu responds by delivering a slash at Gaius with a Fighter Sword. Gaius brought his arms up, with shields forming on his armor to take the brunt of the attack as the Aura was popped like a bubble. At the same moment, Ryuu slots in a Heat Body for Gaius, allowing the Navi to unleash a powerful burst of flame around him.
"Enough!" Jyagatsu exclaimed as he brushes the flames off himself, releasing a blast of energy at Gaius that sends even the stalwart Navi sailing backwards and sliding across the floor. Ryuu gritted his teeth in pain, with blood coming out of his mouth as he knelt on the floor.
"Unlike your Full Synchro, Shieldbearer, I have no living body to speak of that can be affected whenever my data body is harmed," Jyagatsu spoke as he started to float up into the air with a sphere of energy gathering in his hand, "Your Full Synchro indeed allows your Navi to act as one with you, unfortunately, that means you also receive the harm that your Navi receives."
"Ryuu, your body can't take the strain of his attacks..." Gaius mentions as he manages to get up on one knee. Sparks course about his body as he finally manages to stand.
"But without Full Synchro, he'll finish you without any trouble..." Ryuu mentioned as he draws some battlechips from the pack strapped to his left arm, "We'll just have to use this..."
"It is time to say farewell, Shieldbearer," Jyagatsu mentions as he raises the glowing sphere over his head. With the sphere already five times larger than its bearer, Jyagatsu then throws the energy sphere down at Gaius.
Moving quickly, Ryuu slotted in the following battlechips, a Met Guard, Curse Shield, and a Holy Panel, in the proper order. A bright glow surrounded Gaius' body as a special program advance is set up.
"Defense Program Advance: Paladin Shield!" Gaius declares as an alabaster shield formed before him to receive the incoming attack, and send back the energy in a powerful beam of light.
"Gyaaaahhh?" Jyagatsu cried out as he slams into a wall, sliding down onto the floor with a thud as his body is badly damaged from the counterattack. Gaius got closer, aiming a Cannon at Jyagatsu's crippled form.
"Now, it is definitely over," Ryuu spoke between breaths, as he makes sure that Gaius' condition is all right. Everything seems to be fine and soon Jyagatsu will be imprisoned in a modified data storage device to keep him from causing any more harm.
Everything is all right, until the network begins to shudder.