Negisaga Episode I: Monogatari no Hajimari
Chapter III: Higeki (Tragedy)
Koumori was not a happy Majin, oh no, he definitely was not. He had just been hanging around his home when he was contacted by a messenger of the Daimaou that he was to lead a strike of on a fuuinshi that had been located. Of course, defying the orders of the Daimaou was a bad idea, Koumori still loved his head attached to his shoulders of course.
So here he was, aboard a Tenryuu, an equivalent of what the puny humans called battleships.
"Send out the Kouryuus and Hiryuus, make sure that you retrieve the Fuuinshi" he ordered to a subordinate who gave a squeak in affirmation.
Koumori then wrapped his wings around his bat-like body and closed his eyes.
An invisible wave seemed to spread from his body causing the bridge crew to shiver from its passing.
Lieutenant Cruz on the other hand, was a very happy man, as he donned hi helmet. Finally some action the masked lieutenant thought. He than grabbed a cable that carried to a small pad that hummed to life when he stepped on it. After which a small bubble enveloped his being. The bubble then spread out and formed a humanoid shape that was of the color red. The liquid substance solidified and formed what looked to be solid plates of armor.
The other soldiers were going through a similar process. Cruz's Kami walked over to a small weapon rack and picked up an axe and standard issue machine gun. While the other soldiers picked up bazookas and beam rifles.
Launch area clear. You're good to go Lieutenant Cruz a voice said through his intercom.
"Roger" he replied as he positioned his Kami onto the launch catapult.
"GS-02, Cruz, Launching!" and he braced himself as he was catapulted out of the Kusanagi and into the incoming enemies.
In one of the hangars, Steve had just finished removing his suit "That was one screwed up retrieval operation wasn't it?" he asked his fellow crewmate who nodded.
He took off his helmet and directed his glance towards the fuuinshi again "What is up with these big pieces of rock anyway?" he asked himself.
He then glanced at his partner as if looking for an answer but instead found his partner with a multiple holes adorning his body.
Ducking right before whatever pierced his partner also pierced him, he faced the source of the projectile that sailed above him and saw a man wearing all black and had a white mask which only had two slits, presumably for seeing out of. Also noticeable was what looked to be a mean looking bow pointed at him. Steve ducked out of the way of another light projectile and ran straight for his attacker who fired another projectile. Steve ducked while at same time closing the distance between him and his attacker. Steve threw a punch that connected with his foe's side, effectively knocking him aside and causing the bow which Steve concluded to be made of some kind of energy to dissipate. After rolling and recovering from the attack the mysterious attacker faced Steve again.
"5 time champion boxer back in my time" Steve said sensing what he thought was disbelief from his attacker. The attacker reformed his bow and took aim once again. Steve rushed towards his opponent once again and ducked in, narrowly avoiding a projectile of light which sailed over his head. The assailant threw a jab which Steve easily parried and responded to with a lightning fast uppercut which only succeeded in knocking off the assailant's mask.
Back-flipping to gain some distance, the attacker stood up, showing his identity to Steve, who was the only witness right now.
"I-Ishida-san?" Steve stammered out, then immediately moved his body to the side, causing an arrow of light to graze his right side. Deciding that questioning could wait later, Steve once again rushed towards Ishida who fired another arrow which Steve narrowly sidestepped. He then threw a 1-2 punch combo which Ishida blocked and then responded to by throwing a thrust kick. Steve swayed back, the kick missing him by millimeters and then threw a hammer punch that Ishida caught and then used to try and throw Steve to the ground. Ishida forgot however, that Steve still had his right, which he then used to punch Ishida in the gut, causing him to stagger backwards.
Quickly reforming his bow, Ishida fired a pair of arrows which Steve easily avoided then he once again closed the distance between them and threw a right which stopped just short millimeters before hitting Ishida's face. Steve shook then looked at the hole on his stomach. Steve spat blood as he collapsed on the floor.
Ishida fired another arrow in Steve's head just to make sure he was dead. You just never know these days he thought while dissipating the Kagami he used earlier to reflect one of the arrows he fired and proceeded to operate the console beside the fuuinshi.
Outside, in the vacuum a space, things were not going so well, in fact, everything was going to hell is one Cruz might say which was an accurate description for the situation.
Everything had been going well, they had taken out the first batch of attackers, it was the second wave that gave trouble. What kind of trouble, one usually thinks that no being able to see your enemy was very troubling.
Cruz, retreat! The ships has been breached! We need you to help in clearing out the boarders! Was shouted through his intercom.
"Damn it!" Cruz cursed before maneuvering his Kami into the direction of the Woglinde.
"Kanchou! Hull has been breached! We have boarders in sectors 2-J, 3-C and 4-I!" a techie shouted.
"Kanchou! Section 4-J reports invisible assailants! Casualties are increasing!" another techie reported.
"Bring it up on screen!" Captain Itou ordered.
A large screen materialized in front of the bridge crew which indeed show soldiers and civilians alike fall to unseen forms. After looking at the screen, Itou only uttered one word "Majin" he said with disgust.
Itou reached under his command desk and pressed a button, he was shocked though when nothing happened "Give me visual on section 1-A" he commanded.
"Yes sir" the techie replied.
The screen that appeared displayed the remains of what looked to have been a spherical object that was surrounded by five rings.
"The canceller has been destroyed" Itou stammered, his voice filled with fear.
"Sir? Your orders" a techie said.
"Evacuate all personnel, abandon ship" he said defeated
.Meanwhile, the twins were busy in the lab.
"Fuuka what should we do? Chachamaru suddenly started up on her own!"
a frantic Fumika shouted to her twin, who was typing away at a console madly.
"That's what we're trying to find out!" an equally panicked Fuuka shouted from her station as data and codes flew before her eyes on the screen. What the heck is going on here? She thought as she read the info on her screen It's as if she's rewriting the program all on her own
Fuuka was once again surprised as her monitor went black. She nearly jumped out of her seat when she heard a hiss as the pod that was in the middle of the room opened. The pod cover lifted and a hand was raised. Chachamaru stood and made a quick sweep of the room, identifying the two Narutakis as allies she then proceeded to walk out of the lab.
"Wh-wh-where are your going?" Fumika meekly asked.
Chachamaru slowly turned around and faced the two Narutakis "Hakase-san…calls for me" she replied
Hakase woke to the sound of alarm klaxons "What's going on?" she said groggily seeing the alarm and evacuation holographic signs posted all over the place. She then stepped outside of her room almost losing what she ate when she saw the scene in front of her.
Bodies, some dismembered while others somehow whole were scattered all over the place the bloodstains and the corpses indicated that the enemy did not discriminate between civilian and combatant. How horrible….Hakase thought.
Chachamaru! Hakase thought I have to check on Chachamaru and with that, she whipped out her pocket computer.
"What's wrong with this thing?" she asked herself as the device failed to start. Giving up on trying to activate it, Hakase pocketed the device and proceeded to run down the hallway. After rounding the corner she was treated to incoming gunfire.
Cruz and his men had decided to hole up in that particular spot. Spotting something round the corner, he and his men immediately opened fire.
Cruz was very surprised when he saw that the supposed "enemy" was non other than Mahora Industries' own Hakase Satomi. Who apparently survived the assault by raising some sort of shield.
"You idiot! What the hell are you doing over there?" was shouted in her direction.
Hakase commanded the small pod-like objects into her pack, therefore removing her shield. "That's my line! Shouldn't you confirm if the incoming target is a hostile or friendly?" she shouted back.
"No, we don't" Cruz replied from inside his Kami. He then deactivated it and proceeded to hop off his kami. "Where were you headed?"
"I was headed back to the lab, I need to check on Chachamaru" Hakase hastily replied.
"You think your toy could turn this battle around?" Cruz replied with a hint of malice in his voice.
Hakase looked him in the eye or where his eyes would have been since he was wearing a mask and gave a firm "Yes"
Cruz looked back at her and then smirked. He then walked over to a weapon rack and picked up an assault rifle. "Lead the way"
The unusual pair traveled for a while, thankfully not encountering any enemies, not that they would have seen said enemies anyway. They soon reached the hangar where they made it just in time to see Ishida and the fuuinshi be launched out of the hangar and disappear in a flash of light.
"Was that Ishida-san just now?" Hakase asked
"Who cares, we have to get to your toy" Cruz replied.
The two continued on until an invisible force slammed Cruz to the side. Alarmed Hakase launched a grenade from on of the robotic arms of her weapon. It seems that Hakase was lucky, as the grenade somehow made contact and detonated, causing gory bits of what she presumed was the enemy to splatter all over the hangar.
Hakase was then thrown to the side by the same invisible force that got Cruz a little earlier. She was lying down, using a wall to support herself and prepared for her end. She just barely missed the whirring sound of a chain gun revving up and then firing a lot of rounds, hitting something that was in front of her.
Something shimmered in front of her and then revealed itself to be a small creature which possessed bat-like features and had it's mouth open as if ready to spit something.
Hakase whipped her gaze to look at her savior and found Chachamaru, holding two chain guns that were smoking after being recently fired.
"Ch-Chachamaru!" Hakase exclaimed with relief
"Hakase-san" a pair of voices shouted and revealed themselves to be the Narutakis who were each holding small machine guns.
"Fuuka-chan, Fumika-chan!" Hakase said "Your okay" she said, relief clear in her voice as she righted herself.
"Majin's aura is present, activating canceller" Chachamaru said. Her eyes glowed blue for a second than a wave of some kind of energy burst from her mechanical body and spread throughout the entire battlefield causing multiple forms to shimmer into existence and revealed them to be dragons, some of the color red and some the color silver. This also revealed a lot of the bat-like demons who seem to be converging on their position.
Chachamaru revved up her chain gun again and fired into the oncoming groups of enemies "Hakase-san, please enter the escape pod" Chachamaru said.
"Hurry up!" Cruz, who had also recovered and proceeded to fire into the oncoming swarm shouted.
"Hurry! Hakase-san!" the Narutakis, who had already entered the escape pod, shouted.
Hakase was about to enter the pod when group of Koumos (which is the tem I will now use to refer to the bat-like demons, swarmed around her. Hakase screamed.
Chechamaru opened fire on the group and obliterated them all. However it seems that the demons were no the only one's hit.
Cruz fell on the floor and a pool of his own blood formed.
Hakase looked at what had just happened in shock "Chachamaru what did you just do?" she shouted
"My mission is only to protect Mahora personnel, military personnel are not within the spectrum of those orders" she coldly replied as she closed the hatch.
"Wa…Chachamar-" Hakase managed to get out before the hatch closed in her face and launched into space. Chachamaru followed on her boosters.
Koumori recovered after begin knocked down by the wave earlier. What the hell was that? He thought It cancelled my aura. He stood up and shook his head. "Status?" he asked on of the crew.
The little bat looked up at him and replied "Other than canceling out your aura sir, the earlier wave seems to have no effect on all our other systems"
Another one stood up and reported "Koumori-sama, It seems the fuuinshi has been transported to another location"
"Can you trace it?" Koumori asked
"Negative, a second energy source near the fuuinshi disrupted our sensors and made getting a lock on it impossible"
"Damn it" Koumori cursed "The Daimaou is NOT going to like this"
he growled then turned to the other Koumo "Tell all forces that we will be retreating, but make sure to destroy the human battleship before coming back"
"Hai" the two Koumos replied
Outside the group of Shon and the two Narutakis watched in horror as the Hiryuus gathered around the Kusanagi and then unleashed a barrage of red hot dragon flame on the ship. The streams of magical flame tore into the ship and tore it apart and ultimately caused it to explode.
From within the escape pod Hakase asked the twins "Was everybody else able to get out?"
"Yup, while we were on our way to you, we were able to help all the other lab personnel escape in some of the other escape pods" Fumika happily replied.
"Thank goodness" Hakase said
Asakura Kazumi was very happy "So…Chisame how does it look?" she asked a girl who was on a console below her.
"Looks like a pretty big one, Asakura" the green haired girl replied "It lools like the remains of a Yamato class battleship, those parts will probably sell for a bundle"
Kazumi only grinned at this newfound info. "Yosha! Keep on scanning for any salvageable parts, Misora-chan, keep her steady, we don't want to damage any possibly salvageable parts"
"Okay Kazumi-chan" the girl who was at the helm replied "But do you think we should keep on doing this? I mean, the boss got pretty angry last time we got busted" she asked
"Don't worry Misora-chan I'v taken precautions so that we won't be so easily caught again" she replied with a wink, causing Misora to wonder just what those "precautions" were.
The three girls looked up to the sudden sound of someone or something knocking on their window. They all looked up at the same time and found Chachamaru, who was staring at them with a blank expression
"I request transportation to Tokyo 3 "she said
"First of all, I don't know who you are little missy but suddenly asking us to bring you to Tokyo 3 is kind of sudden, I refuse!" Kazumi replied hotly
"Forgive me, I am Anti-youkai android CC0 otherwise known as Chachamaru, I request transportation for myself and 3 other Mahora personnel to Tokyo 3, please do not worry about the cost as Mahora industries will cover all of it"
"Sorry, not interested" Kazumi said whil turning her back and walking away "Misora-chan, bump her off would you"
"But..Kazumi-chan" Misora replied
Chachamaru stood up "I see you leave me no other choice" and raised her fist.
Go ahead and try you little doll Chisame thought This ship's windows can withstand direct hit from any projectile or beam weapon recently developed
Chachamaru brought down her fist, causing the glass to crack and everyone inside to scream.
"All right! All right! We'll do it!" Kazumi frantically replied as Chachamaru raised her fist once again.
A little while later……
After boarding their ship and introducing themselves as well as narrating the events that led to their current predicament. Hakase, the Narutaki, and Chachamaru were able to secure a ride.
"I see…" Kazumi said after hearing the story "Well, I guess it can't be helped then" and sighed. "Asakura Kazumi, captain of this fine ship The Sayo yoroshiku" and shook hands with Hakase "The one with glasses is Hasegawa Chisame, she's in charge of computers and maintenance of this ship" she gestured at Chisame who nodded in response "At the helm, we have Kasuga Misora, one of the top drivers in this side of the galaxy" she gestured and Misora gave a "Yo" in response.
Hakase and the others reintroduced themselves "Thank you for giving us a ride" she said.
"No problem" Kazumi replied then she spotted a barely visible shape that later materialized, it had a round head that had two eyes that glowed a bright red, its body was snake like and had two arms that have sickles at each end.
It raised a sickle and slashed down, intent on cleaving Hakase in half. It never got to as cables burst out from areas on the bridge and then bound the demon. The cables then proceeded to pull the demon's limbs until said limbs were torn from the body, causing black blood to splatter everywhere.
After everyone had gathered their wits Hakase asked "What just happened?"
Kazumi looked to have remembered something "Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce our other crewmember" she said as a from materialized beside her "This is Aizaka Sayo and well, she's this ship's spirit"
Sayo bowed "Aizaka Sayo, nice to meet you" she said with a smile.
"H-h-how" was all the Narutakis could say.
"I'll explain on the way to Tokyo 3" she said then turned to Misora "Let's get out of here"
"Roger" Misora replied and then everyone felt the ship rock as it entered the ether network.
Tsuzuku
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