The frigid air of the Frozen Tundra, unsurprisingly, made Penny immediately shiver and hold her arms over her entire body.
"BBBRRRR! S-So cold! W-What is th-th-this, big sis?" she asked me with concern, me smiling at her.
"It's snow," I smiled at her. "I'll warm you up, don't worry," I smiled as I gave her some warmth from my fire abilities, her sighing contentedly afterwards.
"Whew... good thing you got those freaky powers, otherwise I'd be frozen," she said afterwards.
"A little overdramatic, don'tcha think?" asked the voice of Saria as she came out of the guild building, me smiling at her. "Also, who is she? I don't think I've seen her before..."
"This is my little sister, Penny," I smiled, her being immediately surprised and her hair starting to glow a bit, but she calmed herself afterwards.
"How?" she asked.
"Because of this little witch," I frowned as I pointed at Eliza.
"Yeah, I kinda needed to test it out beforehand... so I chose her sister... and I didn't tell her anything afterwards because of something that didn't get resolved until a few minutes ago," Eliza admitted.
"And what was that?" Saria asked, me looking at Videl and her shivering as well. But not from the cold. From worry and fear.
"Let's just say, it involved Videl and something about her heritage," I said, Saria then having her hair glow... and she then sighed and nodded.
"I can see already... and you feel a lot of concern that Sunny doesn't love you anymore after that," Saria said, Videl gulping at that as I simply held Videl's hand.
"I already told you, Videl. I'm not mad at you and I still care about you a lot. I just want you to be honest from here on out, okay?" I smiled, Videl smiling at me as I saw that she was crying a little bit.
"I disagree, but that's just me," Penny frowned.
"Penny, hushies," I smiled at her.
"So... you said you were going to get a promotion, right?" Saria asked, me nodding. "Okay, then here's how it works. You need to be gold rank, you need to have 600 reputation points, and then you have to go through the battle challenge. You've gotten the first 2 done, so you just have to do the battle challenge. And for this one, you can't fight as yourself. Gotta use those Nexomon of yours," Saria said, me smiling at how I'd have to use three of them in the form of Odiborg, Sirnymfa, and Zeusana... but of course, because I'd been going around for quite a while, I let out all of my team from their Nexotraps to give them some food, as the Frozen Tundra was pretty much all abandoned... and Saria looked a bit spooked when she saw I had two giant Tyrants on me.
"Whoa! Wh-what the?" she gawked when she saw that I had Petram and Nivalis on my side. "Um... you're not using those Tyrants, got it?" she said, me nodding at her.
"I wasn't planning on it. I just let them out to give them some food," I said as I then gave a perfect berry to each of the Tyrants as well as the other respective Nexomons' favorite foods, which they loved afterwards.
"Ahh... so delectable... I wish I could be out of my Nexotrap like Odiborg, but I can't swim in the air," Sirnymfa admitted with a smile. And Penny gawked at her.
"Oh my gosh! A mermaid! She looks so pretty!" Penny gawked at her.
"I guess I am, but also not at the same time," Sirnymfa admitted.
"Yeah, Nexomon, I know, but I still love seeing a mermaid!" Penny smirked. Saria smiled at my sister as I then returned all of my giant Tyrant Nexomon back into their Nexotraps and Saria then asked a very important question.
"I'm guessing that you're going to be using the Tyrants against Vados, huh?" she asked.
"Keep that absolutely secret, please? After all, that monster wants to kill me, as I am the new queen," I said, Penny smiling at that.
"Yeah... uh... I'm still confused on that bit... just promise that you don't die, big sis? I don't want to lose you so soon," Penny said.
"I promise, Penny... now, let's do the fight," I smiled. Saria then set up the fight for me to go through in the form of the three Gold Tamers in Finn, Riley, and Nolan.
"Uh... I'm a bit against you using my mum as a Nexomon, okay?" Hannah asked.
"Allow me to do so, Hannah? And you too, miss? I'm not really the most effective Tyrant, after all," Zeusana smiled.
"Very well... let the fight challenge commence. First up, the Master of Water Types, Nolan," Saria smiled.
"It's cool to see that you've gotten a relative back, Sunny. I just hope your Nexomon are just as tough as you've gotten," he smirked as I then let out Odiborg for the fight, as it'd be the best bet to defeat him.
"Nice choice, Sunny," Coco smirked at me. "Let's see what confusing mumbojumbo he says next."
Nolan then sent out his Nexomon one at a time as I had Odiborg attack each of them with some powerful Twin Electrode attacks and he did something different for every single Nexomon defeated. He sung a line of Big Shot by Man on the Internet from Deltarune the Musical!
"~ I've got these [strings] to hold me down!
Superior to that [whassamatta] clown!
The [smooth] taste of souls, now that would be [funny!]
[For three easy payments!] I'm getting there, [Kromer]! ~" he sung for the first Nexomon defeated, Penny smirking widely, as she also loved the insanity of the song. As for Saria? She looked absolutely confused.
"~ Roll up, soul up, listen up, kids!
Got [bargain prices] that you can't miss!
[Attention, clean up on aisle three]
Why have you forsaken me?!
Turn [shmoes and daves] into [rosen graves]
and those [cathode screens] into [cathode screams!]
I've got that [deal!] It's such a [Steal!] just need you to be [BIG] with me! ~" he sung after the second defeated opponent, Nolan smirking at the song.
"~ Now's your chance to be a [Big Shot]
With your [soul] I got, I'm Neo, you're not!
Cuz Spamton G Spamton's castin' his lot!
I'm takin' you down with [Hyperlink Blocked] ~" he sung... and then Nolan did something different before the third one could be defeated.
"~ Now you are the guests, this [three for one special!]
[Begin the test], we'll put ya to [rest]!
Cuz Spamton G Spamton's bein' [the best]
But [I'm getting desperate]! Give me that [Kromer!] ~" he sung the next verse, me being surprised at how he knew the song! But regardless, Odiborg defeated his final Nexomon and I then decided to ask a question.
"You know the song?" I asked.
"Well, yeah. The only songs that still exist were the ones on YouTube, as they got uploaded to the electronic archives in Lateria. And Man on the Internet's songs are some of my favorites," he admitted.
"Wow... and this world is, like, thousands of years after our time, right, Sunny?" Penny asked, me nodding at her.
"This is a bit confusing, but I'm not complaining. A song like that is very unique, I guess. And the perfect one for Odiborg to sing," Atlas smirked.
"Agreed on that much," Eliza smiled while rolling her eyes.
"Now for the next fight. The Formidable, Fiery Foe, Finn," Saria smiled.
"Oh yeah! I owe you for everything you've done for me, including a fair fight! Let's do it!" Finn smirked at me as I then had Sirnymfa go into the fray against his team of Fire Types. But color me surprised at how his final Nexomon was a plant type, but Sirnymfa managed to defeat it with only getting down to half health, me smiling at her.
"I normally would sing something, but I feel that I couldn't compare to the 'amazing' performance by Odiborg," Sirnymfa admitted.
"I detect a hint of jealousy," Videl smiled.
"I... tsk, yeah..." she admitted as I simply smiled at her.
"Don't worry, I think I can give you something to sing when we go against Vados," I smiled at her.
"Yeah, that sounds fine," she smirked at me.
"Your next opponent, the Electrical Engineer, Riley," Saria smiled as I then returned Sirnymfa and had Zeusana emerge.
"I never fought against a Tyrant before, let alone one that looks so beautiful, so I'm gonna give it my all!" Riley smirked at me as she then sent out her Nexomon team. And I immediately realized what Zeusana meant when she said she wasn't a good fighting Tyrant, because most of her attacks were more akin to status conditions and healing abilities. Despite this, I managed to have her attack on her own with her status attacks, mainly the Poison-inducing attacks, her dealing out the chip damage as well while casting Recover. Though the fight took a bit longer than the others, Zeusana still managed to win all the fights by stalling, which I could tell made Riley annoyed.
"Ugh! Defeated by status conditions... that's the worst thing to ever feel," Riley groaned.
"Hey, no sweat. I defeated foes like that in the past myself," Saria said as she then smirked at me.
"Great, so we got the promotion?" Coco asked.
"No, not quite. One more battle awaits," Saria said.
"Wait... you're gonna fight Sunny? Cool!" Penny smirked widely.
"Indeed. I am the reason we have so few Guildmasters. Are you ready to battle the fourth Guildmaster, Sunny? I hope you are, because I want to see your true powers," she said, me being surprised at that.
"A-Are you sure that's a good idea?... We're in the middle of a town that still has people in it..." I said, her smirking at me.
"I specialize in normal and psychic types. And I know from your powers that you are a Psychic type Tyrant. I want to see how good you are," Saria said, me sighing and simply nodding. I then underwent the transformation, with Penny gawking at me in awe.
"Y-You look... so awesome..." Penny gawked as I then took the fray, Saria then sending out her team at me one by one. And I defeated each one of them by attacking with my different elemental attacks. I defeated the Normals with my Psychic attacks, and I handled the Psychic types with my Grass and Electric attacks. However, it wasn't all good, as I did get hit by a few of the Psychic type attacks, including getting the confusion status, which made me hit myself a few times, but I still pulled through with over half of my health!
"You've gotten stronger, Sunny. Stronger than even I could be in my Tyrant form," Deena said with a smile.
"Indeed, you're tough enough to take on Vados. And I really hope you do, because I don't want to lose someone as cool as you... and others I care for," Saria said as she looked at Deena, her simply smiling at her.
"I already told you, Saria. I'm into males, not females," Deena smirked.
"Still, I do like you and care for you... okay... you've earned this promotion," Saria smirked as she handed me the Guildmaster badge... and I FINALLY stopped the spinning thing! "And I'm sure you already know that you get special perks, such as going to the upper portions of the Guild as well as your own personal airship. So... where do you want the airship stored at?" Saria asked.
"Have them dock it at the orphanage. I want to use it very soon," I said, Saria smiling at me.
"Do not worry, I'm sure it'll go smoothly," she said with a wink, Penny looking a bit confused.
"So... you get to fly a plane? Or not?" she asked.
"It's kind of like a blimp that can go just as fast as a plane," Videl explained.
"That sounds awesome. I love it," I smirked as I then looked at my group and they all nodded.
"Okay, time to go to the orphanage and greet our friends," I smiled... and just before I could go to the warpstone...
"Wait... I uh... want to come along..." Saria said, me looking at her in confusion. "I overheard something from Amelie with my brain... she said that, if she succeeds in killing you... she's going to kill every halfbreed out there to prove a point... I'm now in just as much danger as you are," she said, that making me feel absolutely sick to my stomach.
"Yet she herself is a halfbreed, too!" Videl growled.
"Yeah, a halfbreed alright. A halfbreed of a Tyrant," Saria said, me then gawking at that.
"What'd ya say just now? Amelie, the one who wants to eradicate all Tyrants... has a Tyrant for a parent?!" I asked in anger.
"But she herself does not know... Vados won't attack her... for now... because Amelie created him. But if Vados loses control, Amelie can very easily be a target as well... I don't know who her parent Tyrant was, though... hard to tell if she doesn't actually know," Saria frowned as her hair fluctuated with the glowing, but she managed to keep her cool.
"Maybe you could use the powers you got from me, Sunny. Then you can find out who her blood relative Tyrant is... if they're still alive," Deena said, me nodding as I focused... and I eventually managed to sense that there was a Nexomon out there that managed to have a similar DNA type to Amelie's... and it was in the form of one particular Nexomon that was currently in hiding in the secluded Khan Woods.
"I found him... I never thought that it'd be Tikala..." I frowned.
"Um... Tikala? Who's this Tikala?" Saria asked.
"Dammit... I knew he was hiding something from me..." Deena said, me looking at her in surprise. "Tikala was the last fail-safe in case the Tyrants got killed before Sunny could assemble them... he would preserve their souls in special trees for Sunny to revive them in case that happened... but she decided to play by her own rules... he had a forlorn look in his eyes whenever I spoke ill of Amelie, and now I see why," Deena said with a sigh.
"Are you gonna scold her for swearing, too?" Videl asked.
"It's okay. I know not to say those bad words... yet," Penny said with a sly smirk. "Otherwise, I might get spanked by big sis, huh?" Penny asked, me smiling at her.
"Yep," I smirked back.
"What about parents?" Atlas asked.
"We lost our parents before I was even able to talk. Big sis and big bro had to raise me from 7 months to now," Penny smirked.
"You had a big brother, too?" Saria asked.
"Yeah... but I don't want to go through the effort of bringing him to this timeline. I need at least one family member from back then to make sure the future doesn't screw up, right?" I frowned.
"Quite right. We only brought you and your sister here from way back when because we saw that, about two weeks after the time we sent you here, you'd get burned alive in a house fire while your brother was out getting groceries. We only brought you here because you would've died if we didn't," Eliza said with a smug smirk.
"I'm grateful, but also not grateful, if you catch my drift," I said to her, her simply sticking her tongue out at me. "Whatever let's just regroup at the orphanage," I said as we then used Eliza's warping to do so and, upon arrival, we saw that there were a bunch of guards by the front door of the orphanage.
"Excuse me," I said to them, the guards looking at me in surprise.
"Huh? Renegade Sunny? What are you doing... here?..." asked one of the guards before I showed off my Guildmaster badge, which shined with brilliant rainbow colors. "A Guildmaster badge?!" he asked.
"Yep. I just got promoted. So what's the issue here?" I asked.
"Ahem... a lot of renegades have been sighted at this orphanage, and-" one of the guards said before Coco spoke.
"You fools! Let Sunny handle it! They're way too tough for you to take on!" Coco said, the guards then all agreeing in their own way before dispersing back to Parum, Penny smirking at the cat's skills.
"So who's the kitty cat again?" she asked.
"Name's Coco. And I'm kind of in a relationship with Sunny," he smirked.
"And how did you learn how to talk?"
"I had a very good teacher... that, and cats and dogs are sentient in this world since the big disaster that happened 2 thousand or so years ago. We got the same aging process as humans and all that," Coco smirked.
"Heehee, sounds fun!" Penny giggled. We then went inside of the orphanage and to the meeting room, where we saw that all the group was huddled around the table with Grunda being at the head of it.
"I see you got promoted to Guildmaster, Sunny... good job," he said with a small smile.
"Thanks... so, before we initiate the attack, we'll need to enact a plan here," I said as I then pointed to a specific location, that being a desolate wasteland to the far east of the Frozen Tundra. "I want to get Vados as far away from any populated areas as possible, so when we ram the airship into him, we need to keep that thing aloft the whole way out to this area, which is in the middle of a volcanic wasteland. Also, I'll need to cheat for a change and take the Nexotraps that have the Tyrants inside of them. I'll need their help when we lure Vados to that area," I said, the Renegades looking at each other before then reluctantly handing me their Nexotraps, me smirking at how I kept them on my person.
"Since Vados is going to be on high alert at the top of that guild tower, I will go with Eliza, Coco, and Atlas into the upper levels of the guild while everyone else gets the airship prepared. Once I've distracted Vados, you rush in and ram him towards the east. Once accomplished, I'll use my psychic powers to warp my own group to the airship to confront Vados, as he'll definitely try to fight back. I'm not going to let a single death happen, not on my watch," I said, my sister looking at me with a frown.
"What about me?" she asked, me sighing at her.
"I don't want to lose you again, Penny... Mentor, you're in charge of looking after my sister while I'm gone. I'm putting my trust in you that nothing bad will happen to her," I said, him nodding at me.
"I promise," he said as Penny smiled at me.
"Can you at least let me see everything that happens with your mind powers?" Penny asked, me nodding at that.
"I could do that in my sleep, now that I'm technically a queen... I feel I don't need to explain that by now, right?" I smirked.
"Right, I heard all the conversations you had with Videl when trapped in her brain," Penny smiled.
"So I'm going to risk my life on the airship, then?" Videl asked.
"Same?" Hannah also complained.
"Your jobs are going to be different. For those who have had Tyrants as parents before, they're going to be joining us as a secondary team. Your jobs are to stay in the guild's upper levels after we clear a path through and prevent any reinforcements from interrupting my distraction session with Vados. We need to keep you within a 100-meter radius of Eliza at all times, or else you'll be sitting ducks to Vados. And I do not want him to blow you to kingdom come by making a portal-based laser... and yes, he can do that, as he would've done that to Bolzen in Cadium had I not interfered," I said.
"Wait... Bolzen was going to die?... Did you see a bad outcome in the future and change it to save Bolzen?" Logan asked, me smirking at that.
"It's something like that, yeah," I nodded... didn't want to spread the truth to EVERYONE after all. I then gave a quick message to the others in my group not to say a word to the Renegades about my origins and they all nodded in agreement.
"I'm going to assist in the attack as well. I'll give Amelie some false reports of sighting Sunny in the Frozen Tundra, at Omnicron's old castle. She might take the bait, but I'm not placing bets on it," Saria frowned.
"She is a crafty customer, so take all the precautions you can," Nora said with a frown.
"I shall also have my subordinates assist in the attack on the Guild! They can deter the lesser tamers at a lower level for you, my queen!" Nexus said happily.
"On one condition. I want that mask. It's awesome," I smirked, him nodding as he gave me the mask... and I saw his face underneath looked pretty handsome, but also very reminiscent of Amelie's face.
"We all have our assignments, then. It's time to take down the monster in Vados and the dethrone the equally monstrous Amelie! I will not live in a world where people are afraid! I want a world of peace, and the first step in that is to get it through Amelie's thick head that her methods are the exact opposite of such peace. We'll win this battle and end this war once and for all," I said, everyone nodding as I then went to the Warpstone. It was time to initiate the attack on Amelie!