UNITY FORCE MISSIONS: GIRLS' LAST TOUR
CHAPTER 2: Rendezvous
DISCLAIMER: All characters in the story are not owned by me, save for my OCs.
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[Munition Factory Ruins, Earth-8751]
After the Unity Force members fended off surprise attacks from Azrethoc's forces separately with Zoro Roronoa's group and Sayo Hikawa's group, the former group who have been following Chito and Yuuri's trail, but found no signs of both of them, later encounter four people taking refuge inside the factory: Aloy, Erend, Shuka Hanazono, and Garara・S・Leep. Garara later reveals that her twin sister Falala・A・Larm has been kidnapped by an unknown entity, when the group earlier also fended off another attack that forced them to flee due to them being at overwhelming odds.
And now, we see Zoro's group including Ichika Takatsuki, Rinon, Hayate Ayasaki, Nagi Sanzenin, Kanta Mizuno, and Maya Tendou discussing the previous situation earlier with Aloy, Erend, Garara, and Shuka, while they wait for Sayo's group to rendezvous in to go into the heart of the matter.
While Shuka and Garara know about the Unity Force, despite them not joining, thanks to Hibiki Shikyoin, Zoro later begins explaining to Aloy and Erend about the Unity Force and the existence of several worlds, as well as the multiverse. He goes into additionally explaining about the goals of the organisation, including saving the world from any threat it comes into.
"So you're saying there are more worlds than this one?" Aloy asked.
"Exactly." Zoro answered.
"But wait..." Shuka said. "I thought Unity Force is just a large academy, at first, mya." She added.
"Until you told us that you guys are heroes, which is the part we never knew." Garara replied at Zoro's response.
"I can already tell that both of you are not in this world." Kanta pointed out. "I mean who wears a tribal costume like that?" He added.
"Erend and I came from a world where the Old Ones were." Aloy added.
"But suddenly, something pulled us both away and send us into this world we know nothing about." Erend added.
"And it looks nearly like the Old One ruin I explored when I was a kid." Aloy said.
"Old Ones?" Ichika asked.
"I'm on a quest to uncover their own fate in my own world." Aloy added.
"Also, what is that in your ear?" Ben asked.
"It's a Focus." Aloy responded, before she uses it, revealing a holographic, augmented reality interface.
"Whoa!" Hayate exclaimed.
"Wait, wait, wait..." Kanta sceptically uttered. "I'm actually lost here." He continued.
"What is it?" Aloy asked.
"That technology of yours definitely looks advanced, and you somehow use a bow for a weapon and wear a tribal clothing, which something doesn't add up." Kanta remarked.
"That's what I was curious about, mya." Shuka added.
"It's a rather complicated answer to explain." Aloy wistfully said.
"Speaking of which..." Maya said. "What is taking long for Sayo-san's group to arrive?" She added. as she takes out a regular whetstone to sharpen her Odette.
"Sorry about the inconvenience." Sayo said from afar.
Sayo Hikawa, Hina Hikawa, Ako Udagawa, Rinko Shirokane, Brook, Usopp, Renge Miyauchi and Tony Tony Chopper have entered the facility, with Hina closing the facility door. Brook and Rinko, on the other hand, attempt to help Usopp out as they carry him from his shoulders, whose left arm is slightly injured from the recoil due to him using Impact Dial during the fight with the Wrath Hounds earlier.
"Oh no..." Zoro said.
"What just happened to Usopp-san?" Ichika asked.
"He used an Impact Dial during the battle with those hounds." Chopper said.
"Just to show those hounds how not to mess with me!" Usopp exclaimed.
"You're clearly an idiot, do you?" Zoro derided.
"Well, I have no choice." Usopp added.
"Renge-chan also has a new power unlocked, as well. Zappin'!" Hina exclaimed.
"Nyanpasu~!" Renge answered. "Magical Girl Prism Heart!" She added.
"About that, who are those people within you?" Sayo asked.
"They're Aloy-san, Erend-san, Shuka Hanazono-san and Garara・S・Leep." Ichika introduced. "Right now, we also have another problem, besides Chito-san and Yuuri-san's disappearance." She added.
"What is it?" Sayo asked.
"It's about Falala・A・Larm, Garara-san's twin sister." Zoro said.
"Some evil entity when we battled those creatures earlier kidnapped her, and I'm deeply worried about what those things would do to her." Garara said.
"That 'entity' must have distracted all of you." Sayo said.
"Whatever the case may be, we should be finding Chito, Yuuri, and now Falala." Zoro said. "The latter is a lot more problematic, and we would never know what Azrethoc or his 'Burning Legion' would do to her." He added.
"While that might be a perfect idea, we should put our focus on Chito-san, Falala-san, and Yuuri-san, as well as the threat that we have just fought off." Kanta said.
"They're still here in their own world, and we don't know where they have ended up." Nagi said.
"Hold on." Aloy uses her Focus. "Maybe I can use my own Focus to follow their trail." She turns on the device.
"This 'Focus' of yours can follow their trail?" Hayate asked.
"Exactly." Aloy said.
"But what are we following?" Sayo asked.
"Their tire tracks from their Kettenkrad." Zoro said. "We encountered a part of their trail where we entered an abandoned C-130 plane earlier, which was virtually empty, as well as a fresh ration wrapper on top of the fuselage." He added, as he shows the said snack wrapper to Aloy.
"Only Chito-san and Yuuri-san would have eaten this." Maya said. "Maybe this might give us a breadcrumb trail on where they ended up next." She added.
"But we're only reaching more dead ends, so we should make it count." Kanta declared.
As Aloy scans the wrapper through her focus, a holographic breadcrumb trail is shown underneath them, which is incidentally Chito and Yuuri's Kettenkrad's trail. The Unity Force group, Shuka, Garara, Aloy, and Erend later leave the munitions factory, as they head at the exit, where it leads to a vast emptiness with nothing but the snowy ground around them, as well as the tracks.
However, they maintain extreme vigilance, as they know that Aztheroc's army or possibly the Burning Legion army are waiting for an opportunity to attack the group out in the open.
"Are we sure we're heading to the right track?" Sayo asked.
"One thing for certain, but the ration wrapper has given us an ID as to where they might have stopped by next, so we are definitely on the right track." Ichika added.
"It's snowing violently." Rinon said, as they feel snow pelting down.
"It's not snow. It's blizzard!" Kanta exclaimed, as frigid winds, snow, and zero visibility slowly permeate the rest of the group, rendering things harder and more troubling for them.
"Don't stray away." Zoro ordered, as he prepares himself.
"Hina! Rinko!" Brook called out. "Since you people use fire, can you manage to nullify the effects of the blizzard?" He continued.
"But Onee-chan is here!" Hina called out. "She's an ice user, so she might melt!" She added in concern.
"Don't worry about me." Sayo responded. "Shirokane-san. Hina. You should do it."
Obligingly, Rinko and Hina use their fire powers to stop the frigid weather from pervading the rest of the group, while they keep going on as they continuously follow Chito and Yuuri's trail. But both of the girls are warned by Kanta not to overuse their powers for something unimportant. Ben, on the other hand, does not transform into one of his Alien forms, Heatblast, as he later conserves the energy of his Omnitrix when push only comes to shove. While that happens, Ako suddenly embraces her best friend, much to the surprise of Rinko. As for Kanta, he attempts to embrace Nagi and Hayate, at the same time, but the latter prompted to stomp his leg, causing him to groan in pain.
As minutes have gone by, however, and with Chito and Yuuri's trail have been nearly forgotten, with Aloy and the rest continuously following it, Rinko and Hina are suddenly weakened from using their powers excessively, as the snowstorms later become severe to the point it is impossible to know where they are.
They later reach into a steep hill, where by this point in time, they are blanketed in snow. Kanta's Zero Suit in heat mode barely does any favours, as its battery runs out, causing him to now feel the frigid weather around him.
"Are we getting close?" Kanta asked. "My Zero Suit has already run out of batteries, and I'm feeling really cold now." He added.
"At this point in time, we're close to suffering hypothermia." Maya said.
"Sayo-san seems to be largely unaffected by the cold around us." Ichika added, as they see Sayo continuously walking without feeling the cold around her, or so it seems.
"But even my body starts to feel the cold around me." Sayo remarked, as she is seen carrying Hina.
"You idiot!" Usopp weakly exclaimed. "You said that your body is capable of withstanding cold!" He added.
"Shirokane-san and Hina's powers have somewhat..." Sayo interrupted weakly. "Somewhat weakened me." She added, before passing out.
"Sayo-san!" Ako exclaimed, before Maya takes Sayo by the shoulders.
"Things are not getting better by this moment in time." Maya said.
"Hold on, the trail ends here." Aloy remarked.
"Seriously?" Chopper said.
"Damn it." Erend cursed. "It seems we are lost and stranded."
"I don't think so." Rinon said, as the creature scans something, before seeing a shadow of a building in front of them. "While the trail must have stopped here, I can see something from afar." The creature ended.
In front of them is a shadow of a giant building, as well as minute shadows, where one of them wave their hands as a mean to call them out.
"Someone's calling us!" Hayate observed.
"GUUUUUUUUUUUYS! OVER HEEEEEERE!" The rest of the Unity Force hear a female echoing voice from afar, prompting the rest to immediately follow the source of the voice, where they later find out it is within the said building: an abandoned power plant.
"Who are those people?" Garara asked.
"That must be the other guys from Unity Force!" Brook exclaimed.
"Look, it's Laala-san!" Ichika called out, whom she realises that she is the source of the calling.
"Laala-nee-chan?!" Shuka exclaimed. "What is she doing here?" She asked, slightly agitated, because of her past with a certain idol known as Yui Yumekawa, but Garara pats Shuka's shoulder, telling her to not think about the past.
"She must have joined in on this mission." Zoro said.
From there, we see Laala Manaka, three people and a creature standing by in front of the abandoned building's entrance. There, we see two females and one male.
The first female beside Laala is a short 20-year-old university student with chin-length black hair and brown eyes. She wears glasses and she is often wearing comfortable clothes, over fashionable clothing her main outfit includes a red hoodie with two white strings hanging from each side, with a white t-shirt underneath. This is Sorao Kamikoshi.
The second female is a very beautiful girl with waist-length gold-colored hair with her bangs hanging on different sides in different mediums, where it hangs on the right side. She also has sparkling indigo eyes. She is also seen wearing a jacket, jeans, and laced-up boots, as well as a pair of brown gloves. This is Toriko Nishina.
The young boy is seen wearing a white and blue striped short sleeved loose shirt, brown capris with red outlines with baggy pockets and red folded sleeves at the edge of his capris and shades of blue sneakers. His hat is red, dark blue and gray and the Poké Ball design is white. He also wears a mysterious black bracelet in one of his arms. This is Ash Ketchum, an aspiring Pokémon Trainer from the region of Kanto.
The creature is a short, chubby rodent creature. It is covered in yellow fur with two horizontal brown stripes on its back. It has a small mouth, long, pointed ears with black tips, brown eyes, and the two red circles on its cheeks contain pouches for electricity storage. It has short forearms with five fingers on each paw, and its feet each have three toes. At the base of its lightning bolt-shaped tail is a patch of brown fur. This is Pikachu, Ash's travelling partner.
"Sorao-san! Ash! Toriko-san! Laala-chan!" Ichika called in. "What are you guys doing here?" She asked.
"I know you guys are in need of a helping hand for Chito and Yuuri, so we talked to Tennyson-sama about joining with you!" Toriko said in high spirits.
"We just arrived here, an hour and a half ago." Sorao answered.
"Don't worry about us!" Ash said. "Right, Pikachu?" He asked.
"Pika!" Pikachu cried out.
"Honestly..." Zoro said. "But we have even bigger problems here." Zoro said, as Brook, Usopp, and Erend carry Sayo, Rinko, and Hina, respectively, inside.
"What's happening, Roronoa-san?" Sorao asked.
"Things." Zoro calmly responded. "Nisihina-san, Kamikoshi-san. Laala-san Is there any campfire inside?" He asked.
"Oh!" Sorao said. "Laala-chan just made one there, while we were preparing ourselves, when a sudden snowstorm just came out of nowhere." She pointed at an area with a roasting campfire.
"Laala-san, can you intensify the campfire a little?" Zoro asked.
"You got it, Zoro-nii-sama!" Laala called out.
"Honestly, we need to wait until this snowstorm peters out by the next day." Hayate said.
"We're so damn tired already, thanks to that snowstorm." Kanta complained.
"Have you seen Chito and Yuuri, Sorao-san?" Ichika asked.
"No, but I have seen a tiny shadow going from afar within that megacity." Sorao pointed.
"Unfortunately..." Ash said. "We weren't able to see a clear picture of it." He said, as he ruffles his head.
"Whatever that case, we will wait until tomorrow." Aloy said.
"Also, who are these people beside you?" Sorao asked, referring to Aloy, Erend, Shuka, and Garara.
The four of them, albeit tiredly, introduce themselves to Sorao, Toriko, Ash, and Pikachu, as they later head inside into the campfire, while they spend their night until the snowstorm peters out, and wait until the next day to continue their search. But given the snowstorm that has battered them to oblivion, it is safely say that their mission has gotten a lot harder, but that doesn't mean they will give up any of their efforts.
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The characters that appear in this chapter (in order):
Sorao Kamikoshi and Toriko Nishina from Otherside Picnic
Ash Ketchum and Pikachu from Pokémon
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Back at the Unity Force Academy, as the mission happens, we see Asta, Tsunayoshi Sawada, Reborn, Son Gohan and Tetsuya Kuroko sitting at one of the tables at a food court inside Peace Tower, pondering about the craziness surrounding Chito and Yuuri that has happened ever since they join.
"Seriously, dude..." Tetsuya commented. "I'm not going to lie, but Chito and Yuuri's appearance only make things a lot livelier around the Unity Force Academy." He added.
"With the shenanigans they caused?" Son Gohan added.
"And that crazy-ass 'revolution'?!" Asta exclaimed. "I missed that time!" He continued.
"That was like a week ago." Tetsuya annoyingly responded.
"I wonder why would they disappear from out of nowhere." Tetsuya asked.
"Beats me." Reborn remarked.
"But Tennyson-sama didn't even choose me!" Asta complained.
"Talk about losing your self-confidence." Reborn snidely mocked.
"No, I'm not!" Asta exclaimed.
"Yes, you're right." Tsunayoshi mocked.
"Admittedly..." Son Gohan added. "Chito-san can be a real handful, but she understands what she is doing." He ended.
"And what about you, Gohan?" Tetsuya asked.
"Of course, I know what I'm doing." Gohan replied. "It's just that everything surrounding those two are an air of mystery." He ended.
"What are you talking about?" The rest of the group sans Gohan asked altogether.
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A/N: This story is inspired by the ideas of someoneStupED, XP4Universe, and Tamama900.
On the next chapter of UF Missions: Girls' Last Tour: After the Unity Force group, Aloy, Erend, Shuka, Garara, Sorao, Toriko, Ash, and Pikachu have settled in on an abandoned power plant after a powerful snowstorm forces them to seek refuge, the rest later continue their mission into locating Chito and Yuuri in the snowy megacity ruins. The Unity Force group later delve deeper into the ruins, one of which will completely change their outlook of Chito and Yuuri forever.