Fictions Mentioned:
Episode 8
OP Song:
Adele - Skyfall (Lyric Video)
Insert Song: Start
Sharin no Kuni, Yuukyuu no Shounenshoujo - Watch out and run!
The highway connecting Districts 7 and 2 was now in a state of hellish battle.
"What the hell?"
A young man with white hair and red eyes. He wore a black coat with crimson-colored lining, coupled with a gray blazer and a white shirt underneath it, along with a cravat terminated by a ring tied around his neck. He wears black pants that have gun holsters attached to them, as well as knee-long black boots. His left arm, once that of flesh and blood, was now that of a mechanical nature, made out of magic, not of ACMI Universe-Prime. His right eye had also been lost, covered with an eyepatch and replaced with a powerful artifact created by yours truly. You might say that he may as well look like a character from an anime, and he would no doubt agree and was painfully aware of it.
Hajime Nagamo.
He would look back and forth, seeing what appeared to be a deserted highway, with damaged automobiles and trucks lying around from different directions. Smokes and orange flames were seen from some of the surrounding areas. Wind turbines were seen from a distance to the left and to the right of the highway, propelling their fans that continue to convert the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. He could hear something from distance, a sound of plasma-like discharges.
"Hajime."
He looks towards his back, spotting a young girl with wavy golden blonde hair, crimson red eyes, and a porcelain complexion. She wears a frilly white dress shirt and a black mini skirt with frills. She also wears a white coat with a blue lining as well as a short pair of boots and knee-high socks.
"Yue," Hajime said the name of the girl, concerned and curious, then was looking at the other people at the back, all of them in fact were of the opposite sex. "Shea, Tio, Kaori, Shizuku, are all of you alright?"
The aforementioned girls all nodded. Kaori Shirasaki, a beautiful woman with long silver hair and clear blue eyes, answered. "Yes, we're alright, Hajime-kun. But..." she glances hesitantly at the highway. "Where...are we?"
"I...I don't know," Hajime glances around, worried at the unpredictable situation that they find themselves in. From one world to the next, they were suddenly swooped away from the road that they were traveling to which was one road of mere dirt. Now, it was the modern road; the highway that Hajime thought would never see.
What happened?
It felt like something static seem to have passed through all of them, carrying them away from the world of Tortus to another world that is now deep within the uncharted territory.
"Whatever the case, I think we need to get clear from this-"
Before Hajime could say anything though.
"Kyaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!"
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH!"
Hajime and the girls would see something from the distance. A mother-daughter pair running headfast as a pack of wolf-like creatures were chasing them down relentlessly. The mother in fact was carrying her daughter to safety. And the same mother-daughter pair was one that Hajime would recognize in a heartbeat as his eyes widened, and the same could be said for the rest of his company who were widening their eyes, both in recognition and in alarming concern.
"Remia! Myu!" Hajime exclaimed in shock.
"Ah! Papa!" the young girl—Myu—that has long wavy blue hair and green eyes that were looking right at Hajime.
"Hajime-san!" a beautiful young woman—Remia— with long green hair and green eyes that were looking right at Hajime.
Hajime's expression turn dark and angry based on his narrowed eyes, not only because of the fact that the young girl that he considered to be his daughter, along with the mother of said daughter was in danger as well, and adding to the fact that he never thought that he would see these monsters once more.
Yes, he'd seen these monsters before. Back before a time before he lost his arm, back to a time before he became the young man that he is now, back to a time before he inadvertently got sent to another world.
"Damn you, Emotionless bastards!" he begins to materialize a pair of techno-magical revolvers. "Stay away from my family!" And then, he begins to fire with pinpoint accuracy, the bullets swerving as it hits the wolf-like monsters whose claws begin to be seen; try as they might pounce at the mother and daughter, got shot by the bullets which in turn automatically made the beast turned to dust and ashes. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. A few shots were fired and the mother and daughter managed to reach them, the daughter in fact embracing Hajime out of a sense of relief. But they would notice that there were still many wolves coming toward them in numerous droves.
As Hajime and his company prepared to do battle at the horde of abominations that were coming straight at them, something happened...
"...!"
They would see green orbital lasers fired at a straight line which were decimating the horde of abominations that were heading toward them. They look to where they were fired and saw...
...Most of them didn't know what they were seeing; the only thing that they were feeling right now was just shock and awe. But for Hajime Nagamo, he'd recognize them from anywhere, and they were something that he never thought that he would see again.
It seems like they were advanced gunships that were hovering in lower altitudes, white in color with red markings from the front to the back, along with blue markings aligned to the sides. There was a symbol etched on the sides, white and blue, a world tree type of motif that symbolizes peace and wisdom. The side doors would automatically open, and many white-armored individuals, with T-shaped visors, some of whom were seen with blue markings while others were seen with orange markings, with armed rifles and carbines on the ready, would jump to the ground, landing gracefully at Hajime and his company's position.
The Clone Troopers, both the 501st Legion and the 7th Sky Corps, of the Spatio-Temporal Armed Forces (STARS) have arrived just ahead of schedule.
"Move it! Move it! Let's go! Let's go!" exclaimed one of the soldiers, kneeling down as he opened fire.
"Cover the friendlies!" exclaimed one of the soldiers, kneeling down as he opened fire.
"Watch your left!" exclaimed one of the soldiers, kneeling down as he opened fire.
"Enemy contact! Take them down! Take them down!" exclaimed one of the soldiers, kneeling down as he opened fire.
Bluish colors of fire bolts were heard to echo throughout the highway. Multiple numbers of the Emotionless horde have been thoroughly decimated and pushed back; then the soldiers would slowly move forward as they stood their ground.
A young man would jump out of one of the gunships, wearing traditional earth-tone robes. White undertunic and overtunic, with a brown wool-like cloak with wide sleeves and a deep hood from the back that would provide the wearer with anonymity, loose-fitting trousers, a tabard, a broad sash tied around the waist with a belt, and tall brown boots. Overall, he looks far too similar to a monk. His face could be seen as Japanese in terms of ethnicity. Brown hair and brown eyes.
Hajime would recognize him on site, eyes widening. The same could be said for the young man who was looking at him, eyes widening, then narrowing as if looking closely. Then he was blinking, uttering in disbelief and in concern.
"H-Hajime-san?"
"K-Kakeru-san?"
Kamisato Kakeru. A very old friend that Hajime had never thought that he would see again.
"Master," Tio Klarus—a young beautiful, voluptuous woman in her 20's and is over 170 cm tall. She possesses long black hair and golden eyes—is now showing a concerned and inquiring expression. "Do you know this man?"
"Y-Yeah, I know him," Hajime said with a genuine smile, which brought the attention of everyone who knew of him due to the fact that such genuineness was very rare for someone like him. He turned towards Kamisato. "I just...I just didn't think that I would see you again, man..."
"What are you talking about? I just saw you a few days ago in TARDIS Class. And..." Kamisato narrowed his eyes in concern. "What the heck happened to you?"
"(Sigh). Long story. Short version: Isekaied," Hajime spoke with a tired expression.
"...Oh," Kamisato understood immediately, twitching his left eye, and immediate sympathy was shown towards his old friend and fellow student of TARDIS School. "Was it good, bad, or everything in-between?"
"The third option," Hajime answered swiftly.
"Yeah, thought so, considering that your right eye and left arm seem to be missing," Kamisato noticed the missing body parts with concern, pointing towards his own right eye and left arm in gestures.
"Kakeru-san, just what the hell is going on? Where are we?" Hajime asked.
"You're in Academy City, somewhere on the highway connecting both District 7 and District 2," Kamisato answered.
"Wait what?!" Hajime made a double-take, before uttering. "But that...If that's the case, then how did I..."
"I don't know what happened to you, old friend, and we should definitely discuss this with Kamijou-san and the others later," Kamisato walks straight toward Hajime, the former showing concern on his face that was directed towards the latter. "But right now, we're in a bit of trouble."
"?! Trouble? What kind of trouble?" Hajime asked.
"Well," Kamisato glances towards the Emotionless horde from afar that were being engaged by the clone troopers. "You already met the Emotionless, right? Apparently, there's been something strange happening lately throughout Academy City that involves people from other worlds getting randomly sent here against their will, to which I can assume that you and the rest of your party would probably be included on the list. Board Chairman Aleister Crowley had recently approved of STARS intervention and we are now about to clean house as it were."
"Well then," Hajime's face turned serious, with his guns—Donner & Schlag—on the ready, raising it for it to be seen. "Mind if I and my party would help you out for a bit?"
"Of course," Kamisato smiled, drawing his own weapon which seems like a metal silver cylinder. He ignites it, revealing a blue light sword which made the girls at Hajime's party show expressions of awe and interest. He would raise his left hand, and it seem that some damaged automobiles would move from their positions and would smash through multiple Emotionless wolves. Hovering jellyfish Emotionless were seen, electrical tentacles on the ready, shooting rays of lightning which were parried by the shield barriers from the arms of the clone troopers, blocking them but also reflecting them back, striking the jellyfish precisely, turning them to mere dust and ashes.
Hajime would call out for some of the clone troopers. "Troopers!" The troopers were looking at him immediately. Hajime would gesture for Remia and Myu. "Take my woman and my daughter away from the fighting and take them somewhere safe, now!"
"Yes sir," one of the clone troopers nodded, recognizing Hajime.
Hajime would kneel down towards Myu who was worried and concerned. "Myu, go with these men, they're with me, they would take care of you and your mother."
"Y-Yes, papa. Stay safe," Myu said, nodding.
And then, Hajime would stand up, looking at Remia who was also showing concern.
"Hajime-san," Remia muttered softly.
Hajime would gently gesture for both her and Remia to go with the clone soldiers, with the soldiers gently reassuring the mother and daughter.
"Stay by our side, ma'am," one of the clones said gently. "We'll get you and your daughter somewhere safe."
"HQ, this is Sergeant Bloksky, we need immediate transport extraction for myself, five troopers, and two civilians, request authorized by General Nagamo," one of the clone troopers who was raising his arms said.
"("General!")" All of the girls with the exception of Myu who knew Hajime thought in shock.
"Copy that, Sergeant," someone from the comm-chatter, a fellow clone based on the voice. "Standing by for transport in 3, 2, 1."
And then, white-colored energy lines would encircle the clones and the mother and daughter as they were whisked away to safety, leaving many of Hajime's party mesmerized.
Hajime made a satisfied nod, turning towards the rest of the girls of his party. "Everyone, it appears that we're about to enter the fight. Are you all ready for this?"
The girls wouldn't need to think twice, nodding in common, with Yue answering for them. "Of course, Hajime."
"Well then," Hajime would aim one of his guns towards one of the jellyfish Emotionless nearby and shoot it down, turning it to dust and ashes. He smirked. "Let's go."
Insert Song: End
ED Song:
Terminator Salvation - Break The Silence (Soundtrack)
New Characters:
Kamisato Kakeru - VA: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Hajime Nagamo - VA: Toshinari Fukamachi
501st Clone Troopers (STARS) - A: Temuera Morrison
7th Sky Corps Clone Troopers (STARS) - A: Temuera Morrison
Yue - VA: Yūki Kuwahara
Shea Haulia - VA: Minami Takahashi
Tio Klarus - VA: Yōko Hikasa
Kaori Shirasaki - VA: Saori Ōnishi
Shizuku Yaegashi - VA: Yumiri Hanamori
Remia - VA: Sayaka Ohara
Myu - VA: Yui Ogura