Disclaimer: The same as before, I own Greg, Linn, Kari and the story. And I certainly don't own anyone from King of Fighters, which is owned by SNK/Playmore, Full Metal Panic, Spriggan and Noir. With that aside, on to the show!
ShardclawK: Welcome again, dear readers! I was surprised that EVERVYONE who reviewed COE often appreciated the last chapter. That makes me so glad! I couldn't help it, guys...this fic is just too awesome to stop writing. Oh, before I continue, I'll announce that the Weiss boys will be around to help me co-host the next set of chapters. Welcome back, guys.
Ran: It's good to be back, Shardclaw. It seems that DarkFusion couldn't help but enjoy our presence in your story, as well as how Greg managed to beat Schwartz single handedly.
Youji: Yeah...Greg really is an awesome guy. But, I do hope you remember to try to hook me up with a lovely female later in this fic.
Omi: Me too. Most fics about the pairings with us are...well, I hate to say this around you, Shardclaw, are mostly yaoi.
ShardclawK: I figured as much...that's what happens when you leave it up to the female masses to write fics like those. But you don't have to worry about that, you're in good hands around me. Just give me a while till Greg eventually meets up back with you guys later in the fic.
Ken: Okay. And you'd better not be flaunting any hot girls from your growing harem in front of us this time. You'll make a lot of people jealous.
ShardclawK: Now, what would make you think I want to do that again?
Just as I said that, Jam, Millia, Yuya, Miang, Miyabi, Quistis, Terra, Celes, Misao and Helba appeared from the other room, all of them wearing skimpy two piece swimsuits.
Jam: Hey, Kusanagi-sama! We were just wondering if it would be any trouble for you to join us at the pool outside and give our bodies a good rub down with suntan lotion. You up to it?
All of the Weiss guys stare at me with looks of anger in their faces, as I start to grin nervously.
ShardclawK: Hey, it can't be helped! I never asked for so much hot chicks! But then again, I'm insatiable and this is my just reward for updating my famous COE fics!
Youji: At least stick around to read the recap along with us, huh?
Shardclawk: Okay, fine then..."In the last chapter of Soldier X, Greg held his own against the assassin group, Schwartz. Easily defeating the group, he then encountered the arrival of Riku and his partners and Weiss, who had a brief confrontation with before Schwartz escaped. During the confrontation, Greg learned of Nagi being the fourth Schwartz member who had been thought to be KIA. Afterwards, Greg took the time to learn from Riku, Nagi and Tot about their pasts before and after joining FOXHOUND. After Greg manages to find a way to cope with their situation, he then arranges a proper meeting with the leader of Weiss to discuss what Schwartz was plotting for Yuina and Seraph. Then afterwards, Greg had a discussion with Yuina that somehow made some more changes in his perspective."
Ran: I wonder what kind of effects that must have on Greg when that happened?
Omi: Well, we can only read on and find out what it is, as well as finding out the guest characters who will be showing up later really are.
ShardclawK: Now, with that out of the way, on with the story. As always, enjoy! Uh-oh, the girls are getting impatient. See ya at the end of this chapter, guys.
As I get pulled out of the room by Millia and Jam along with the other hot chicks, the Weiss boys start to shake their heads.
Ran: I get the feeling we have to do all the heavy duty work around here...anyway, readers, enjoy the update.
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ShardclawKusanagi presents:
Metal Gear: Soldier X
Chapter 15: Revolutions, Part 1
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Greg's pre Second Impact BMW K1200RS roared as he stopped near in front of the bakery, as Riku's car stopped behind him. The motorcycle was colored an alpine white/orient blue, and it had a powerful motor, customized by Greg himself, with some help from Yuji Naruo and Nanvel Candlestick. As he got off the motorcycle, he got on one knee and inspected the engine closely, as the rap song, 'I'm So Fly', by Lloyd Banks was still playing loudly on his Codec/MP3 player's earphones.
"Man...when was the last time I got this thing checked for maintenance?" Greg asked himself. He then remembered the last time he did that, was some time after he got his ass kicked by Garland Durev, some days before he and Linn were called over to Japan when the 13th Angel came to life in Evangelion Unit 03. He then shook his head after his inspection.
"Riku, the Uruha mansion is supposed to have a garage, right? I've left all my important tools for this thing back with my Harrier in Tokyo-3." Greg asked Riku as he got out of the car with his partners, Nagi and Tot. Yuina and Seraph followed afterwards.
"Sure, Greg. That garage is known to have enough sufficient tools and equipment for your type of motorcycle." Riku replied.
"I hope it's good enough for me. Do you know how hard it is to fix an old treasure like this?" Greg asked, patting the seat. "This thing came out since 2003, and it's almost hard to keep it running like this. Thank God for Nanvel's spare parts and Yuji's help for this thing. Storing it in the Harrier must have misbalanced the shock absorbers too much, and the brake pads are close to wearing it out. Time for a major tune up when I get back."
Before Greg walked in, Nagi called out to him. "Hey, Greg...do you think it's wise to be walking in a public store if the world has seen your face all over?"
"Yeah, Nagi has a point." Tot said.
"What do you two suggest? I should put on a mask and do a hold up?" Greg asked, being sarcastic. "You guys underestimate my genius too much...I can use my 'Double Vision' and appear as someone else to the people inside this place or all around me. And don't worry if I'm using too much of my strength. The emotions around me that are being emitted from all of you will be enough to store enough power and act as a veil over the people around me."
"In other words, you can make your appearance different to other people, while you look the same to the rest of us." Nagi said.
"Yeah, if you want to put it in that way..." Greg rubbed his head. "Anyway, when we start training, I'll let you in on some of those secrets, although, I'd doubt that you can mimic the exact thing. There's still a lot of that new move I have to learn about...but let's worry about when I get that snack for Nanvel."
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Somewhere else from the distance from Maki's house, the injured Schwartz members were still in their car which was heading towards their residence. Crawford grimaced when he was still feeling the mildly deep cuts in his chest area, also the searing burns around the cuts was starting to get serious. He looked over to Schuldich and talked to him, as he saw Farfarello fervently shaking his head, trying to get the images that Greg induced into his mind during the Savage Panther Mauler, then the Divider of Heaven attacks.
"I told you meddling with that psychic is certainly bad news, Crawford!" Farfarello angrily said. "Now, you've created one of the worse of our enemies!"
"Be thankful that he didn't go as far to killing you or anyone of us..." Schuldich said.
"His power is truly something even a normal man shouldn't own! When he attacked me, I swore I felt his flame seeping into my head....damn! My head feels so messed up that before...Kinezono's power has some effect mentally when it's used..."
"No kidding." Crawford said, trying to stay focused while driving his car. "Well, my dear comrades...we may have lost today's confrontation, but that doesn't mean that we'll let it slide. Kinezono now knows about Nagi and Tot, surely he will go easy on them, since I've figured Nagi's good friends with Kinezono by now."
"Crawford...can you imagine what would happen if he starts to trust and train Nagi?" Farfarello growled. Crawford shuddered at the possibility and gripped on the steering wheel tighter.
"Something will be done about this...I can guarantee all of you that." Crawford said. "Anyone humiliates and threatens us at the same time will surely be our most hated enemy for the rest of Schwartz's existence! Let's head back and treat our wounds first, before we get set to exact revenge on Kinezono for this outrage."
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Inside the bakery shop, Greg was almost done making up his mind to buy Nanvel her Moxodamari Cream Puff. He looked on at the tray in front of him and saw the other favorite snacks that Nanvel loved, but were expensive too.
When Greg looked at his wallet, he smiled a bit, seeing he had a lot more dough with him than he remembered. He had enough to buy Matsumoti Special Bento, Kamikuma Cheesecake, and a set of Bodiva chocolates all of which were Nanvel's favorites.
"Heh, these people must be on a discount sale to have all of this on sale so cheap." Greg said to himself. "Boy, aunt Nanvel will go crazy when she finds out I got her ALL her favorite snacks at the same time...I might as well surprise her today as thanks for the new ability that the nanomachines were capable of while I was fighting Schwartz earlier..."
From a distance, a young Japanese woman, with long bouncy, blonde hair was watching Greg. She had on a long, blue dress that ended just above her knees, with a white bonnet around her neck area. She had on a blue beret on her head. She squinted her eyes to look at Greg closer.
"Well, I'll be...!" she exclaimed to herself. She tugged at the next female next to her, who was around her height, but had short brown hair, with a long single ponytail that was tied into a braid. She had a tom-boyish kind of figure and facial expression, but her womanly figure made her look especially cute to look at. She had on a tight fitting jeans and a small vested top of a light blue color. "Hey, Yuri...isn't that Kyo? What is he doing here?"
The woman named Yuri looked at her friend and then at Greg. She simply smiled at her friend.
"That's not Kyo, Hinako." Yuri replied. "That must be Greg Kinezono, one of Kyo's fanatics."
"Never heard of him." Hinako Shijou, the uber cute sumo wrestler replied, shrugging her shoulders. "You know him?"
"Uh-huh." Yuri nodded her head, her ponytail bouncing. "I've ran into him some time ago during the battle royals after the last tourney. He's really an interesting and handsome guy, too bad he's taken already."
"How can you say that, Yuri?" Hinako said. "Is he more cuter than your husband, Robert?"
"Well, once you get to know him, he can be. But, he's really not my type." Yuri replied.
"I want to meet this so-called student of the Kusanagi and Yagami-ryuu style that I've never heard of." Hinako said. "Can you introduce me to him?"
"Of course we will. I'm sure he'll be pleased to see me." Yuri walked closer to and poked behind Greg's back. "Excuse me, Gregory Kinezono? Do you remember me?"
"That voice..." Greg turned to see Yuri and Hinako standing in front of him with smiles on their faces. "Yuri!? I don't believe it! Why are you here?"
"Oh, just shopping around for Ryo, Robert and poppa." Yuri smiled as she embraced Greg. Riku, Nagi and Tot were standing close by and were both watching and listening to this unusual meeting. "We're just around here to get some bread, that's when I decided to hail you."
"I see...and may I ask how the guys at the Kyokugen dojo been doing since I last saw them?" Greg asked.
"Pretty much holding on." Yuri replied with an almost sad tone.
"Let me guess...the place is still in bad place after all this time? That bad, huh?"
"Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. But things are working out, Robert is helping us in many ways as he can." Yuri said, then she stared at Hinako. "Oh, how silly of me...this is one of the female participants for the KOF women's teams. Greg, this is Hinako Shijou. Hinako, this is Gregory Kinezono."
Greg took the young woman's hand gently and started to shake it. "Nice to meet you, Hinako. I take it that you're qualified in handling yourself in a battle?"
"Of course. Yuri and I met just before Second Impact and I've been in KOF since that time, so I'm pretty familiar with everyone." Hinako replied.
"I should also tell you, Hinako, that Greg's part of that anti terrorist group, FOXHOUND." Yuri added. Hinako's eyes widened to this.
"You're kidding, Yuri?! This guy's from that group that's in Japan right now, fighting the terrorists in Tokyo-3?" Hinako exclaimed. "Is that why I've never heard so much about him?"
"For good, security reasons..." Greg said, folding his arms. "And if you guys haven't been reading the papers lately..."
"Is it true about what they said about you?" Yuri asked. "You being responsible for Gendou Ikari's murder?"
"No, I wasn't there at the time, but would any of you or from the KOF would care?" Greg replied. "I guess this means that I can't come to the battle royals this year. And Linn can't come either, since she is with my friends at NERV right now."
"I see." Yuri nodded her head, then she spoke to Hinako. "Linn is Greg's girlfriend in case you're wondering, Hinako."
"Okay." Hinako replied, nodding her head as well. "So you're being framed for this...what for?"
"Let's just say that I've managed to piss of a lot of dangerous people since I've gotten here to Japan that make that happen..." Greg replied, as he finished paid for the snacks and received them in gift wrapped boxes, so they would be properly be handled. He then saw Riku and the others watching Greg talk to the women.
"Greg, aren't you going to introduce us to your friends?" Riku asked.
"Sorry about that, Riku." Greg said, turning to Yuri and Hinako once more. "This is Yuri Sakazaki of the Art of Fighting team from the KOF tourneys, and this is Hinako Shijou, who've I've just met. Yuri, Hinako, these three youngsters are from FOXHOUND as well, Riku Hanabishi, Nagi Naoe and Tot, his girlfriend. And these two are Yuina Hatori and this is Seraph. They happened to be civilians who are just around for the ride."
"Nice to meet you all." Seraph shook Yuri's hand, while Yuina shook Hinako's hand. The finger bases were covered by cotton wraps to protect them while in battle.
"Same here. It's good to know that Greg still has some friends despite all of the mess he's been." Riku said, greeting himself to Yuri.
"Just how popular is Greg in the tournaments, Yuri?" Nagi asked.
"Well, when last I saw him, he pretty much showed Shingo Yabuki the ropes." Yuri laughed. "That fight was hilarious. But it was Greg who ended up winning."
"I hope the kid didn't take it too hard when I beat him down..." Greg simply said, rubbing his head.
"Gregory!? I knew I can recognize that face and name somewhere." Another woman's voice called out from his side, as he turned and saw another Japanese woman, with long, brunette hair that was styled like Rio's. She had on a common office uniform which showed her impressive chest size and her sexy figure. Riku and Nagi swore she was a Rio clone.
"Mai Shiranui...it's been a while." Greg said, while looking at her, shaking her hand. Mai returned the smile to him.
"Hiya, Greg. I take it that life in FOXHOUND is doing well?" Mai asked him. After seeing the dead serious look on his face, she only nodded her head. "I've heard from the others back at the tournaments, I don't believe what they say about you and that thing with Gendou Ikari."
"They are looking for a good reason to keep me out of their affairs, but I'll get to them eventually." Greg spoke.
"You mean the Patriots?" Mai asked.
"Yep, them and a particular windbag named Reese." Tot said.
"Lt. Matthew Reese...Michael's told me much about him." Mai said.
"You know Michael?" Riku asked.
"Yes, he and I are old friends. At a time, we were probably much more than that." Mai told Riku, looking in his direction. "One person, who I thought was dear to me, was killed some years ago and it was Michael who helped me coped with it. And the worst part, I've broken up with that man before he was killed."
"Killed?" Nagi asked. "How did that happen?""Who was this guy you're talking about, Mai?" Greg asked.
"I'm sure you remember Andy Bogard." She simply said, with a slight hint of hurt in her voice. Greg's eyes widened to this. He have heard of some mentioning from his sensei, Geese Howard, that Andy was brutally beaten to death by an unknown challenger about two years back just after one of the KOF tournaments. Greg never knew if Andy recovered or not, but at the time, he remembered that Terry was bitter enemies with Geese Howard and one of his henchmen, Ryuji Yamazaki. He remembered that he was even suppose to fight Terry and his Fatal Fury team in one of the battle royals, but the fight got cancelled at the last moment, when Andy got injured. However...
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"The fight's between us and the Fatal Fury team's not going to happen?!" Greg exclaimed, pounding his fists together. "Why is that, Kyo?"
"Like I said before...something happened to Andy just awhile ago..." Kyo spoke, trying to ease Greg. It was during the KOF 2013 battle royal and he was there with Linn, who was wearing a sexy, tight body suit in a light gray color. Next to her were Iori Yagami, Chizuru Kagura, Athena Asamiya, Kim Kaphwan and Yuri Sakazaki. Robert Garcia and Ryo Sakazaki, Yuri's older brother was also there.
"From what the medical examiners told us about Andy's condition, he have received a severe brain injury from the fight...the force of the blows was the same as several sledge hammers slamming into his skull..." Chizuru shook her head.
"Damn, someone must have inhumane strength to do something like that..." Ryo shook his head.
"I agree." Robert said.
"Yes that is true. Before we got a clue to who was responsible for it, the culprit escaped." Chizuru spoke, brushing aside her long, black hair. She was wearing a red and white red blouse, with extended shoulder pads and a slim black jeans. She was one of the famous organizers for the KOF tourneys since the '96 tournament, while her role was to seal away the Orochi is it ever was to resurface.
"Evil will not be forgiven for such a heinous act!" Kim, the ever so loving justice warrior, quoted, clenching his fists. Greg only shook his head, while agreeing with him. Athena Asamiya, the psychic warrior for her Psycho Soldier team began to talk.
"Sounds like that Andy won't make it..." Athena said, as Greg patted the young girl.
"We just have to pray and hope that at least he recovers..." Yuri said. "So, Kyo...what's going to happen now?"
"Well, the royale is on hold for now, until we get word on what happens." Kyo said. "That means Greg and Linn will have to wait until something happens."
"We won't have time to participate by the time Andy recovers." Linn said, then getting up. "That's IF he does."
"Seems like that we have to head back to FOXHOUND and wait what happens..." Greg said getting up, as Linn followed him. As the two stepped out of the room where most of the fighters had gathered to talk to Chizuru, Greg nearly ran into a well developed American male with golden blonde hair. He was wearing a brown jacket with a large star on his back and blue jeans. It was Terry Bogard, and next to him was another man with brown, spiky hair and a skinny built. There was another man that seemed to overpower the two by his height, with a large red hawk mask over his head, he had a bare chest of a wrestler of incredible strength. Terry locked his eyes instantly on Greg the moment he stepped in the hallway, when he faced the Fatal Fury team. (A.N: This is the KOF 2003 team that I'm using for now.)
"Geese Howard's student...so, you are him." Terry glared at Greg. "I've heard much about you."
"Terry..." Greg muttered in a low tone. He did want to challenge Terry as a rival, but not as an enemy and he certainly didn't want to take him on at a critical chance like this. "I would like to say this would be fun, but I got other pressing issues at the moment."
"You're not leaving until you do something for me." Terry spoke in a serious tone. "When you see Geese next time, let him know that I'll be coming after him. So you'd better stop protecting him if you know what is right for you."
"Do it yourself." Greg replied. "The last thing I want is to be your enemy, Bogard. What happens between me and Geese is personal and I surely am not responsible for your vendetta."
"Why you...!" Terry rushed forward at Greg with a simple attack that Greg was able to see coming. Terry charged at Greg with an outstretched fist, energy building at the knuckle area.
"Power Knuckle!" Terry shouted, charging at Greg. Greg simply opened his arms and countered the attack using one of Geese's old counter attacks.
"Too easy!" Greg simply tackled the famous LoneWolf and threw him down. After Terry was knocked down, he charged at Greg once more, but Greg simply dodged his punch and landed a psychic blast near his chest, stunning him.
"Terry! Get a hold of yourself." Joe Higashi shouted, aiding his friend up. Tizoc, the Mexican wrestler dressed as a hawk, helped Terry up too. Greg simply stood unfazed by this turn of event, as Iori came closer to stand next to Greg.
"Yeah, Terry. Now's not the time to be fighting, even if Greg's a student of Geese." Iori spoke. "Besides, you should know better than to challenge one from FOXHOUND with psychic talents."
"No need to cover for me, Iori...I know when I'm not wanted." Greg said coldly, simply dusting off his white jacket. He then turned to Linn. "Come on, Linn. Let's get back to headquarters before Reese gets bomby. We can always come back next year."
"Uh, right. Greg. Anything you say." Linn said, starting to walk out. As he got near the doorway, he stopped suddenly as he turned to talk to Terry. "Bogard...no hard feelings, alright? All I want is a friendly fight from you, not something that you can vent your vendetta against. Besides, I'm one of the good guys, haven't the other folks around here told you that?"
"I know that..." Terry said, getting up. "I just find it weird to know that you're training under him in the first place. Why is that?"
"For personal reasons. Let's leave it at that." Greg replied.
Terry only looked at Greg in silence, before Greg spoke. "You'll do yourself a favor and help out Mai. If things ever get better, I'll challenge you."
"Fine then. Okay." Terry raised a thumbs up at Greg. "We won't fight as enemies, but as rivals when we meet again."
"Good, remember that from now on, because I'd hate it if I have to fight you because of Geese." Greg said, as he walked out the door with Linn.
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"What the...Terry's older brother is..." Greg stuttered. "Who did it, Mai? Who killed Andy?"
"Have any of you ever heard of a mercenary named...Shade?" Mai simply said, shocking Greg, Riku, Nagi and Tot.
"Heard of him? I've done battle with that bastard just recently!" Greg simply shouted.
"You did?!" Mai exclaimed, surprised to hear this.
"Yeah, but I didn't kill him...damn!" Greg exclaimed, slamming his fists together. "So...how are you coping with it?"
"Michael helped me with that before and after Andy died." Mai explained. "I was infatuated with Andy for as long as I can remember, but he always ignored my feelings. Then one day, I got fed up of him and broke up with him. Sometime later, he fought with Shade and in his second fight, he got seriously hurt and was put in the hospital."
"I see...I bet Andy was real special to you, huh?" Tot asked.
"While he was still likable..." Mai said, shaking her head. She started to smile once more. "But enough about that...I'm okay now, I'm moving on."
"Good to hear that, but I bet Terry must be having a hard time dealing with this." Greg said. "If I ever get out of this mess soon, tell him for me that I still looking forward to our fight. And tell Kyo and Iori too not to worry about me, I'm pretty much okay."
"Will do. And please tell Michael for me that I miss him a lot." Mai bowed to Greg.
"I know you want to look for him, but I'd recommend to you to wait awhile until things cool down in Tokyo-3." Greg said. "Things are still hot from all those Angel attacks, and the terrorists around, the city's practically on high alert."
"Okay, I'll wait a while. Just tell him for me I said hi, alright?" Mai asked. "Well, Yuri, Hinako, let's get back to Osaka."
"Okay." Yuri hugged Greg one more time. "See you around, Greg. And it was fun meeting your friends."
"Good luck on your mission. Hope to see you in a royale soon." Hinako bowed to Greg.
"Same here, Yuri." Greg waved at Yuri, as she, Hinako and Mai left the bakery waving back to them. With a simple sigh, Greg and the others went outside to their respective vehicles. Greg only rested his right nano hand on one of the motorcycle's pedals.
"Sempai?" Yuina Hatori approached Greg, her long, pale pink hair tied into a single, long braid. She looked at her teacher and guardian with admirable, innocent eyes as she wondered if something was troubling him...again. "Is something wrong?"
"Not really, Yuina...I was just thinking how someone as good as Andy could have lost to Shade like that." Greg spoke, shaking his head. "But I should know...I fought the wankster weeks before and got a firsthand experience how certain people who are evil in this world can be so tough and dangerous at the same time. I knew I shouldn't have gone easy on him...I should have given it everything I got if I wanted to kill him for all the hurt he's done."
"You shouldn't let that affect you, sempai..." Yuina said. "I'm sure that even with your strength, you wouldn't have done much to harm him..."
"Yeah...you're right. I really wasn't planning to waste all my powers on him anyway. I was more concerned on helping you and Lilica, then Mantis." Greg said. Then he looked at Riku's direction. "Hey, Riku...you said you know about Shade, huh?"
"Yeah, my grandmother, Kagero, knows pretty much about him, since he's been around for quite awhile, she even met him more than once during her 'early ages.'" Riku replied.
"How can that be? And what do you mean by 'been around for quite awhile'?"
"She told me once years ago that Shade's been around since the 15th or 16th century, medieval Japan. During the reign of Nobunaga Oda, he was one of his personal and elite shinobi." Riku explained. This caused Greg to simply place a hand on his hip.
"You're kidding? I nearly died fighting an antique?" Greg asked, barely surprised at all. "So, he's like over 400 hundred years old, huh? I'd bet he must have some secrets about the Patriots that he's probably hiding from us."
"Even if he has lived longer than that, I highly doubt it that he may know anything." Nagi replied. Greg simply shook his head and got on the motorcycle.
"Jeez....hearing all this bad news about Shade is making me really fired up. Let's get back to the mansion so I can blow off some steam in the VR rooms." Greg said. "And don't forget, Nagi. You're going to tell Rio and the others as much as you can about what happened before we start training, okay?"
"I got you, Greg. That's okay with me." He said, getting into Riku's car.
"Yuina, it's best that you hold onto these while we get back." Greg handed the package of Nanvel's favorite snacks to her. She gently took it and bowed to Greg with a smile as she got into the car with Riku and company. Greg only shook his head while he started the motorcycle.
(Damn you, Shade...just how many other people's lives have you ruined because of your existence? And who else on Earth can by like you?) Greg thought to himself as he sped off.
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"Honey, I'm home!" Greg stepped through the kitchen door, with the package of sweets in his hand. Riku and his partners stepped in, while Yuina and Seraph followed afterwards.
"Big brother!" Lilica Ebett ran to Greg and gave him a big hug in front of everyone. Greg simply smiled as he passed his hand on her head. "Looks like you're back, finally. What took you guys so long?"
"Sorry about that. There were some...setbacks while I was at Maki's house." Greg rubbed his head. He then looked to see Rio Kinezono in the same room with him, and there was Umi, Inuko and Tatsuko as well.
"Setbacks?" Rio asked. "What do you mean, Greg?"
Greg only looked at Nagi and Tot, and they smiled as they nodded to him. Looking back at his surrogate mother, Greg stepped up to her.
"I'll tell you and everyone else soon enough, mom. But tell me, where's aunt Maki and aunt Nanvel?" Greg asked.
"Oh, they are in the living room with Neon and her kids. Miki and Aki are there too, chatting to Nastasha." Rio said.
"Okay, I want everyone to meet up in there in awhile. There's something important I want to discuss about Nagi and Tot that you should hear." Greg said, stepping out to the living room. When he did, he saw Maki Kawasaki and Nastasha Romanenko sitting near a coffee table, chatting to two women of Japanese decent. One of them had long pink hair, with strands that stood out at the sides behind her head that ended in a single curl, and had a fierce look in her blue eyes. She had two moles just under her left eye. The other woman had short, blue hair with a slanted look in her eyes. Nanvel was in front of the television, playing Metal Slug X on Greg's old PS1 with Neon's kids, Aoi and Sora.
"Hey, Greg. About time you made it back." Maki saw Greg as he saw him approaching her. Greg leaned forward to give Maki a kiss on her cheek.
"Maki, can you do me a favor and get the other Warrior members gathered around here? There's something I need to discuss with all of you and some of the people at the Uruha residence." Greg said.
"Okay, then...I'll get Maya and Yuji over here. It must be very important." Maki said. She then looked over to the two women who were talking to her and Nastasha. "Greg, do you remember Miki and Aki?"
"Sure, I do." Greg looked at the two women, who seemed pleased to meet Greg once more. They were quite worried since his comatose state about him. "Ms. Aki Ishijima, I hope you and your husband, Domon, are doing well these days."
"It couldn't be any better, Greg." Aki smiled at Greg. "Thanks for asking."
"And Miki...good to see you're still looking as fit as ever." Greg turned to Miki. The woman simply returned the compliment to Greg.
"And the same to you, Greg. You're the most energetic person alive to come out from a two week coma and challenge Kurei to a fight." Miki said. "You must have incredible stamina."
"Heh, my girlfriend says the same thing whenever we're in bed." Greg smirked, walking over to Nanvel, Aoi and Sora. He saw Nanvel was playing Eri, while Sora was playing Fio. They were on Mission 3, on board a train. It happened to be one of Greg's personal favorite stages from the game.
"Hey, Nanvel...present for you." Greg stopped midway behind Nanvel, after seeing her get through one of the most difficult parts of the stages, and that was trying to stay alive, while evading falling tanks, fired missiles, and exhaust heat underneath a large plane. Greg usually still has trouble with that part, especially while trying to got for bonus points.
Nanvel paused her game and looked at Greg, happily getting up. "Oh, really? Hmmm...I wonder what it could be...gimme, gimme!"
"Take it easy, aunt Nanvel..." Greg handed her the package of snacks. "This is thanks for the times you helped me during the trials weeks ago. I hope you enjoy them."
As Nanvel unwrapped the package, her eyes widened as she saw to her delight not only her Moxodamari Cream Puff, but also all her other favorite and expensive snacks being held in her same too hands. She was in total shock.
"Greg! You remembered!" she happily took Greg into her arms and squeezed his head into her chest, while jumping up and down in uncontrolled joy, as her bosom jumped up and down with her. From the doorway of the other room, Riku and Nagi were getting a bit jealous to this sight, but in a way, felt glad to see Nanvel like this.
"Yeesh, Riku...how is it that Greg gets to women like that so easily?" Nagi asked.
"You got me, Nagi." Riku simply replied, trying not to let the burning in his nose get too much as it will cause a nosebleed.
"You two are such hentais!" Tot said just behind them, tapping a harisen in the palm of her other hand. The two young males began to chuckle nervously, as they got serious once more, and looked on as Greg was being smothered by Nanvel's love.
"Oh, and you brought me ALL of my favorites too!" Nanvel exclaimed, still in happy, hyper mode. "But I thought you were just bringing the Cream puff alone."
"Well, I learned about what the nanomachines did about melding other metal unto the nanomachines that are now being used for my new nano arm in order to strengthen it. And guess what, you were right." Greg said. "Just thought I surprised you and thank you extra on that."
"Oh, Greg...has anyone told you that you're the most sweetest, kindest and generous person alive?" Nanvel leaned over and gave Greg another kiss on his cheek. He simply smiled at Nanvel.
"Ah, it was nothing." Greg said, simply waving it off. "Just don't eat all of them in one day, you have to be watchful of that figure of yours."
"Greg, when you said that the nano arm melded another metal unto it, what did you mean by that?" Nastasha said, getting up. Greg simply let out a sigh.
"You guys wouldn't believe what happened before we got here." Greg plopped back on the couch to relax. "While I was Maki's place awhile ago, guess who dropped by to pay me a visit."
"Who was it, Greg?" Maya Jingu asked.
"Schwartz." Greg simply replied, causing everyone in the room to look at him startled. Rio rushed to look at Greg in panic.
"Are you sure, Greg? Are you okay? What really happened?" Rio asked.
"Relax, will you, mom?" Greg patted her shoulder. "I'm just fine. As a matter of fact, I was a bit too disappointed in how capable they were against me. A little more time with them and I would have ended up killing one of them."
"What's that suppose to mean?" Nanvel asked, as Greg simply smirked at her.
"Heh...Schwartz, what a bunch of wussies. I had more fun back in the day in handicap fights in the dark whenever I had VR training with Garland and Michael." Greg simply said, almost laughing. "You should have seen me, mom. I was kicking their asses left, right and all over the training ground so much, I didn't even resort to using my full power...well, maybe on Farfie alone that is."
Rio's eyes glittered with happiness, as she suddenly took Greg into her arms and like how Nanvel thanked him before, Rio did the same.
"Oh, Greggie! My son! You know how to truly make a mother proud!" Rio exclaimed, squeezing the life out of her surrogate son. Greg fumbled in time to escape Rio's hold.
"Jesus Christ, mom! You got to stop doing that." Greg said, while he was starting to blush, and certain people in the room started to laugh.
"I can't help it, Greg. You're talents are no longer limited to FOXHOUND anymore, you know that?" she replied.
"Yeah, I do." Greg said.
"So, how many of them were there?" Maki asked Greg.
"Only three of them, Brad Crawford, Schuldich and Farfie himself." Greg said. "They came over wanting me to join their group. Che, like hell I would be an assassin, I'm not the type. And when they got word that wasn't joining, they wanted to take Yuina and Seraph with them. Can you believe it?"
"But sempai defended me when Farfarello tried to hurt me the moment I stepped to see who it was that came to him." Yuina cut in.
"Geez. Those guys must be persistent." Rio said and then remembered something and turned to Nastasha. "Hey, Nastasha, didn't you say there used to be four of these guys? Do you know anything about the fourth guy at all?"
"Well, at the timing I got this information concerning the fourth Schwartz member, he was reported to be dead." Nastasha replied with a shrug of her shoulders. "So, there was really no way of knowing anything about him. By the time FOXHOUND was fully active once more some years after the Big Shell incident, I learned there were only three existing Schwartz members."
"I can tell you whatever you want to know about the fourth member if you want." Nagi offered, surprising both Nastasha and Rio.
"Nagi...are you sure?" Tot asked.
"I can't keep running away from my past forever, Tot." Nagi answered. "I might as well tell them now then wait till they find out later."
"Do you know the fourth member?" Rio asked.
"Of course I know him." Nagi answered. "He's me."
"Nani?!" Lilica, Rio, Maya, Nanvel, Yuji and Maki said in unison at this. Rio began to glare at Nagi.
"You're kidding, right, Nagi?" Rio asked him, bending forward, and letting the loose vest she had on hang, exposing her somewhat, impressive chest. Nagi only gulped and put up a straight face.
"I wish I was, but it is true." Nagi said in a serious tone. "I was the second psychic and the fourth Schwartz member."
"And does Greg know about this?" Nanvel asked.
"Just about awhile ago, I did." Greg said. "You guys better listen up good to what this is about, because I may not have the energy to fully explain it again. Riku, can you help me out here?"
"Sure thing, Greg." Riku nodded, getting ready to explain what really happened earlier to Warrior.
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About two and a half hours later, Greg was in the VR room with Nagi, Tot, Yuina and Seraph. Greg had his HF Lance, the Ascension in his right hand, as he sat on one of the VR boxes. He felt a big weight was lifted off his back, since Rio and the other Warrior members accepted Nagi and Tot as their comrades. Rio also accepted along with Maki to meet this group named Weiss in a couple of days to discuss about Schwartz and what they are really after.
"Okay, now that we gotten that business regarding Nagi and Tot out of the way, and everyone in Warrior is cool with that, it's time we get started with some training." Greg said, leaning the Lance on his neck and stretching his arms on it behind his head.
"I'm glad that everyone accepted what we told them as the truth." Tot said to Greg.
"Yeah, though it's a bit tough to get used to." Greg replied. "But that means we have to be more aware the next time Schwartz shows up if you're with me. Tot, I was told by Riku before that the Shinsengumi left a complimentary training session before they left after that mess with Mantis, right? That means that you're a bit better with your sword than you're used too."
"That's right. One of my sensei's, Tokiya Mikagami and the Shinsengumi women both aided me in enhancing my swordsmanship a little while you were recovering." Tot replied. Greg only tapped his head.
"Damn...just how much of Riku's family I must have not met yet?" Greg said to himself. This caused Tot to giggle a bit, as he walked to Nagi.
"I guess Tot's covered for awhile, but let's see if Nagi can get any better." Greg said, then he looked at Yuina. "Yuina, if you're sure that you want to join along, just say so."
"Sure, sempai. But would it be okay if I changed first?" she simply said.
"Why, Yuina? You look good just as you are." Greg replied.
"Yes, but Seraph wants to help out too." She said, as Seraph nodded at Greg.
"Okay, you win." Greg shrugged his shoulders. "Show us what you got, kid."
Yuina gave a simple nod, as Seraph stepped behind her, raising her hands over Yuina's temple. With closed eyes, Yuina did the same thing, muttering a 'password' that seemed unrecognizable to the people around her. What happened next was unbelievable and beautiful to look at the same time, as Yuina's single braided hair was loosened to let it become free as it morphed colors into a faint, purple, with only the front of her hairline a mix of pale blond and silver, her eye color changed from purple to near faint purple with thin pupils. Her somewhat almost revealing outfit and her large angel wings that protruded out of her back seemed to stunned Greg and the other people a bit. After the integration, Yuina appeared in front of her guardian and friends with a smile on her face.
"Alright, sempai. Are you ready to teach me?" she asked innocently. Greg could only slap his forehead in frustration.
(THIS...will get a lot to get totally used to...) he thought to himself, shaking his head. (Mantis...what kind of responsibility did you leave me with?)
"Okay, then...I'm set. Nagi, Yuina...let's start with basics. Since Nan-bot is busy guarding Maki's house, we might as well use the VR training poles as practice marks." Greg said. "Let's begin."
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Several minutes later into training...
"And...again!" Greg shouted, waving his arm to Nagi. The other psychic focused his strength and projected his energy at the row of targets in front of him.
"Psyche Shot Plus!" Nagi fires an incredible looking energy ball that knocked down all of the targets at once, causing them to dissipate at the same time.
"That's it, son. Hitting them in a row in one shot...I'm impressed." Greg said, folding his arms. "But don't push yourself too hard when you try to advance that attack like just now, or you'll tire yourself fast. You'll need a great deal of stamina to keep at that move often. My advice is to practice it often and let it get into your system, so you can get used to it."
"I get you, Greg." Nagi nodded. "How about I try another attack?"
"Sure, man. Do whatever that suits you." Greg said.
"Okay, how about this?" Nagi said, as he shut his eyes and raised his head, his arms outstretched. A small energy ball formed around his temple and it rise above him. The ball increased in size as it started to leave Nagi's body and headed towards the moving targets that were stacked around each other. He managed to hit at least four of them out of seven.
"Energy projection straight from mental thoughts...who would have thunk that was possible?" Greg said, almost impressed. "But it definitely needs work in being controlled. I can help you meditate on focusing your thoughts to see using your mind, just as how you use your eyes to see as well. What was the name of that move anyway, Nagi?"
"Oh, I call it 'Crow Rising.' Pretty neat huh?" he asked.
"Yeah, it does." Greg replied. "I can help you on that one as well, if you let me."
"That will be great, Greg." Nagi replied. "Anything else?"
"Just repeat the same moves from before, and eventually you'll discover something." Greg replied. "If you want, you can have a break now, there's something I need to check up on in my room."
"Okay, Greg. I'll wait till you get back." Nagi said.
"I won't take too long." Greg said, as he left the VR room. His mind drifted to his thoughts as he left. (I hope Tessa got that message I sent her two days ago, and I'm hoping Jean is still around for me to contact him soon regarding Kari's safety.)
Nagi went over to sit with Tot and Yuina, who herself was still getting familiar with her new powers and abilities.
"That was quite a display before the training started." Nagi said to Yuina. She simply looked at him.
"Why, thanks, Nagi. I really needed that. But..." she stopped for a moment to think. "It's still a bit hard to get used to..."
"Are you kidding? Talents like yours are probably just wonderful to have." Nagi said, then he looked at Yuina seriously. "I bet you're confused about yourself from all this, aren't you?"
Yuina nodded. "Yes, that's right. All of these things happening to me...it's not easy to cope with something like this."
"Yuina..." Nagi stopped before he continued. "It's never meant to be. And I'm sure that's what any other psychic like myself or Greg went through just to be accepted in this world."
"I don't think I understand, Nagi..." Yuina was a bit puzzled.
"What I'm trying to say, Yuina," Nagi continued seriously. "Is that you can't go through life being afraid of what you are. If you do that, sooner or later somebody will come along who'll misunderstand, and you'll have to do something to show him that it's not him that you're afraid of. When it goes that far, it's usually much worse for you--and for him too."
"I see..." Yuina nodded her head. "I think I'm starting to understand what you mean. Like in sempai's case."
"It's always best in the long run to be what you are." Nagi said. "Spending time with Riku's family helped me learn this. While it's not proper to behave as if you were more, it isn't good to behave as if you were less either. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"
"The whole problem seems to be finding out just exactly what you really are." Yuina observed.
Nagi smiled. "That's the part that gets most of us in trouble at times." He agreed.
"Hey! What is it that you two are talking about behind my back?" Greg asked, stepping in back the VR room.
"Nothing big, Greg. Just giving Yuina some pep talk, that's all." Nagi said, as Yuina giggled.
"Yeah, sempai. He was just being helpful." Yuina said. Greg only smiled at the youngsters.
"Heh, fine then. But don't forget who's your provider of Zen. If you need any expert advice, just come to me." Greg said proudly.
"We won't forget that, Greg." Nagi said, almost jokingly.
"Okay, now we continue training. Yuina, it's your turn to show me what you and Seraph can do with that energy sword. Maybe if my Lance attacks can help you a bit, you should watch my movements." Greg said.
"Okay, sempai. Let's do it." Yuina replied.
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About an hour later, Greg was bushed out from training Nagi and Yuina in the VR room, when he decided to crash while leaning on one of the VR boxes. Greg's new disciples were watching him from just outside the door, as they were a bit puzzled to see Greg still looking dangerous, even in his sleep. He was even clutching unto his Ascension during his nap.
"I wonder what is it that sempai is dreaming about?" Yuina asked, still in her emulate form.
"I'm hoping it's something good." Nagi said. "Come on, we shouldn't disturb him, he needs his rest after all he's been through today."
"Okay, Nagi." Yuina said. As she left, she took a glance at Greg, deep in his sleep. He was mumbling 'Reese' in his sleep.
"Sempai..." she muttered in silence as she left.
Even in his sleep, Greg had his Codec/MP3 player on. It was playing one of his most favorite Guilty Gear X2 tracks, 'Still In The Dark' the theme for the Millia versus Eddie EX battle. (A.N: You can hear it in the options of the game, or in an Eddie or Millia Story Mode. Why not in a normal Arcade or Versus mode? I can never forgive some game developers...) It happened to be his personal lullaby, as well as a 'special' kind of song whenever he is with Linn.
"Reese...I'll make your blood boil when I get my hands on you!" Greg said, as his mind entered a certain mindscape into his dream.
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"Now, my sweet precious, Linn Aramaki...the time for the sacrifice has come. Rejoice, young lady...when your blood is spilt over this floor, I'll enjoy drinking it from your skull as the ritual to become overlord of this world!" Lt. Matthew Reese said, as he was dressed in a dark overlord's outfit, while Linn was dressed in a long silky, white, dress, torn around her leg areas and the fact that she was drenched in water didn't quite help the obvious that she was naked underneath. She was chained to a pillar, her arms over her head. The location they were at was in Terminal Dogma, just near the LCL pool. Reese had a large dagger in his hand.
"Never! Greg will come and punish you for your evil deeds, you monster!" Linn squirmed about trying to get free, but Reese smiled, holding her face.
"Ha...if he can get past Ryoji Kaji, who I've hired to personally protect me, nothing can stop me now!" Reese raised the dagger over his head. "Such a sweet, young maiden like you should be happy for this one chance..."
"Ahhhh!" Linn screamed loudly, hoping this was not the end for her, until...
'BOOM!" a thunderous sound came from behind one of the large walls in the large room. Reese stopped and turned his back.
"What the...?" he was puzzled to hear the sounds were getting louder and more frequent.
'BOOM!'
'BOOM!'
'BOOOOOOM!' The final explosion rocked the wall so hard, that it came falling down. It landed unto the LCL and from the darkness, came Linn's Prince Charming...it was Greg, riding on his steed, which was his BMW, and holding unto his Ascension. A dead Ryoji Kaji can be seen still strung out in the front of Greg's bike. Greg simply tipped off the bike and as he did, Kaji's corpse fell off. Greg simply smirked at Reese.
"Knock, knock." Greg simply said, as he raised his Lance.
"Greg! My love! You've come to rescue me!" Linn exclaimed.
"Damn right I am." Greg smirked. "Reese...I've come to make sure you give penance for what you've done to me to make my life hell."
Reese stepped in front of Linn with a smile on his face. "Oh, really? Let's see how you fare against my most powerful minion...a hybrid of magic and Angels...this is my very own Cyclops!"
From the LCL, a figure began to rise, as a white, armored figure with a single, large eye appeared. It was about ten feet tall and it had a particularly nasty smell and a grotesque appearance. Probably from the LCL.
"Heh. You won't last a minute against me." Greg said, gripping unto the Lance.
The monster roared at Greg, but before it got close to Greg, he leaped up several feet into the air and spun his body. During the spinning animation, he let go of the Ascension and used his left fist to punch the hilt area, then as it began to spin, he spun his leg to kick it towards at the Cyclops.
"Twisted Fang!" Greg shouted, as the Lance seemed to stun the beast when it descended at him and impacted his chest area. Then afterwards, Greg seemed to use his powers to send it back flying towards him. And he hasn't landed back on the ground as yet. Instead, he landed right back on his motorcycle.
"Ryde or Die, motherfucker!" Greg sped the bike across the makeshift bridge they were on, letting the Lance ignite flame on it's tip. Increasing the speed, he then made a forward dash at the Cyclops, slicing it's mid-section.
"I'm not done yet!" Greg stopped his motorcycle and instantly turned it around to charge back at the monster, this time passing the Lance below his feet, tripping it. Greg then leaped off the motorcycle in a backward flip, kicking with the monster with both of his feet as he fell back.
"How about this...Trigger Slash!" Greg performed a haymaker attack with his Lance that would have sliced the Cyclops into half, but Greg was just having so much fun right now, he will let it live a little while longer.
"Did you like that?" Greg simply said to the injured Cyclops. The only reply was a roar from it's ugly mouth.
"I take that as a yes. Seems that I have to fully satisfy you with this...Flame Stinger!" Greg taunted the Cyclops into attacking him, and when it did, Greg ended up stabbing the monster with a critical slash on its side, then spinning the Lance to vertical slice it's side, then Greg pulled his body, so his back can face the monster, charging up energy. With a single war cry, he gut punched the monster, before the mark turned into a bull's-eye mark. Greg then started to stab the monster repeatedly with quick, mini strikes around it's chest area. About seven strikes later, Greg then pulled out the Ascension from the target, then he simply smirked, as it combusted into flames. The monster became no more than ashes by the time Greg had stepped past him.
"Awww...that ended too soon, and I wasn't even trying too hard." Greg simply said, starting to walk up the stairs. Reese started to tremble in fear. "Now, Reese...time to pay the dues, wankster."
"You'll never beat me, Kinezono." Reese took the dagger into his hands and charged at Greg. But before he can get closer to Greg, the Ascension had already ended up through his neck.
"Out of my way, windbag..." Greg simply said, kicking Reese away from him, so the Lance can get free. Reese crumpled over on the stairs, while Greg stepped up closer to free Linn from her bounds. Linn looked on at Greg with a happy expression on her face.
"Greg! You're just amazing!" she happily embraced him. Greg simply complied and held her in his arms. "I knew that you wouldn't let me down..."
"Now, now...there's no need for these wet works." Greg said, stroking her hair.
"How can I ever repay you for what you've done for me?" she looked at Greg with puppy eye look on her face. She then noticed that she was scantily dressed, (well, just barely) and gave him a sly grin as she got up closer to speak into his ears. "Will my virginity do for now, my love?"
"Woman, you drive a hard bargain..." Greg smiled, as his hand started to reach for her shoulder, slowly moving down the loose dress she had, almost exposing her....
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"Greggie! Dinner's ready! Come and get it!" Rio's shouts were so loud that it woke Greg out of his sleep, and back to reality. He started to shake his head, trying to get his senses in order, while he stopped the 'Still In The Dark' from playing for awhile.
"Damn...another REALLY fucked up dream..." Greg said to himself. "At least it was a good one though...damn, I got to stop watching those old Bastard anime tapes and playing so much Onimusha and Devil May Cry..."
He got up and started to dust himself, then he picked up the Lance. He had a very tough day, he might as well spend tomorrow in bed as well to let his energy gather fully. Doing four Divider of Heavens in several Roman Cancels while sparring against Kurei, then fighting Schwartz, and then learning the truth about Nagi and Tot really worn him out. He deserved a very long night to himself.
(I do hope tomorrow won't be as eventful as today, or else I'll just leave Riku and his buddies behind and start my hunt.) Greg thought to himself. (The sooner I get through with this, the better it is so I won't have to be delved into so many dilemmas.)
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Somewhere else in Japan, near the crime scene at Rio's ramen restaurant, a American male stepped out of his taxi and started to observe the area. He began to grin as he thought of meeting Greg soon.
"I've arrived, Greg." The man spoke to himself. "I do hope you're wise enough to listen to what I have to say. Once I find you, we'll inaugurate our discussion for your revenge against the Patriots. "
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Somewhere else in the world, in the large, underwater submarine, which acted as the military base known as MITHRIL an independent army. Inside a high commander's office, a young woman who was barely 18, stepped inside, holding unto her cup of coffee. She had a brown uniform, with long, white hair that was braided into a single ponytail that lied on her left shoulder.
"Ahh...another hard day with the papers." The young girl simply yawned, sorting the papers. "There's never any rest for the weary..."
After she moved several sheets, her hand stopped on what it seemed to be a single sheet of paper. The message on it didn't bother much, until she saw the addressee.
"Huh...? This is..." the woman started to read the sheet.
"Hey, Tessa. Sorry if I caught you at a bad timing, but as you may have heard, I'm in a jam right now. I need your help, well sort of. I can't say more than that, but if you got the chance, please contact me using my Codec frequency. You should remember it. I'm willing to listen to you, even after all that's happened. I do look forward to seeing you again, Tes."
Teletha 'Tessa' Testarossa stood up with a shocked expression on her face. The captain of he MITHRIL assault submarine, the Tuatha De Danaan, had encountered wild things before, but this tops her list.
But, still...
With a simple sigh, she smiled as she sat back down and picked up her phone. "Seems like I have to repay Greg that favor now."
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ShardclawK: And that's the end of this chapter. Seems like things for Greg are starting to heat up a lot. With all these characters as Greg's oldest associates and new enemies along the way, this story is no where close to being finished any time soon. Hoped everyone liked the guest appearances too, because the next couple of chapters will have even more of them along the way.
Ran: Yeah, this was a truly awesome chapter, but what I don't get is that very weird dream sequence....what's up with that?
ShardclawK: Hey, I couldn't help it! I have Bastard!, Devil May Cry and the Onimusha games to thank for, as well as Greg's ever so 'creative' perspective of imagination.
Omi: So, those attacks that Greg did with the Lance are actually real moves?
ShardclawK: Damn skippy! Once I get the rest of the appropriate ones in, I'll be sure to send a movelist to my fan's ways, like DarkFusion, Tempest Dynasty, GreyWolf4 and Rune. Oh, and thanks to DarkFusion for even more dialogue inserts and goodies. Please correct me on the Full Metal Panic references if you see any mistakes, okay?
Youji: I wonder, what kind of business Greg has with Tessa?
ShardclawK: You guys ask too much questions...anyway, you'll just have to see in the next couple of chapters, where more guests, both normal and surprise ones and even more plot twists than you can shake a Pocky stick at! This will be one of the most craziest story arcs yet!
Ken: Not only that, but someone unexpected gets a moveslist...no, make it two!
Ran: Kusanagi, you'd better not flaunt any more hot chicks in our faces like the last time to end this chapter...Shardclaw?
Youji: Too late, Ran...Jam and Millia and those other women came and took him seconds ago while weren't looking.
Ran: Oh, geez...well, that's all the time for this chapter. We'll see you all soon in the next one. As always, review and send Kusanagi more goodies and...girls?!
Omi: Looks like this fic is bringing him the chicks too every time he updates, just like in COE.
Ken: Hey, Ran...you think our chances of landing hot girls like that will happen if we start writing cool crossover fics like Shardclaw does?
Ran: Don't even think it...
Collis aka ShardclawKusanagi.