Zero Arc; Chapter 2; Rescue Mission underway, Umio and the talking Monsters
"Piece of crap! That asshole is going for a sneak attack on us!" X says angry "Get up you guys let's take it d-" before he could get out to face it he flinched from his side actually getting struck by it when the surprise attack hit
"Careful, you can't go out with a wound like that!" Adam tells him
"Heh, no need to worry it takes more than that to bring me down." X says to them and realized something "Hey! Did they all make it out!?" He asks Uzume who had just contacted the guy from before and she gave him a thumbs up indicating they got everyone out in the next town
"Alright good, Adam let's do this and get somewhere safe!" Jeff tells him and he nods and the two grab X as the two girls grab Uzume and they run out of there to get away from the large enemy and returning to the base Uzume and X have set up.
-Location; Uzume and X's base (Zero Dimension)-
They returned to the base and once they got back the giant disappeared suddenly which X and Uzume tells them it does that a lot when destroying a city it quickly disappears. They won't know when it will strike again so they were best to get ready for whenever it arrives again. They learn that Uzume and X couldn't remember anything, they one day woke up seeing the whole place in ruins and know they were the CPU and Protector of this land. Although Jeff could see X's expression like he was hiding something but decided not to go further with details. They also learned that there are three more like the last one, to Jeff's thoughts the one they saw had purple theme to it. If there were three more, then those could be Black, White, and Green themed. Uzume and X then learned that the two pairs were siblings, they thought Nepgear was the oldest of her and Neptune, and thought Jeff and Adam were exact age. They explained that they were fixing a console and they pushed the power button it created a vortex and it brought the five of them into this land, Uzume and X thought they might have traveled through it across the ocean. However Jeff thought the vortex travel was different, but he couldn't be 100% sure if he is right or wrong. Before I forget X's gauntlet is a black and Orange, yea it should be white and Orange but black is pretty much "his" style.
The girls went to the roof which did sprinkle water so they would get cleaned up and the guys just stayed at the bottom floor. After they were done they decided to rest for the day. When they woke up the guys took their turn to clean up after the battle yesterday, while Nepgear was gathering information about the area around them connecting with a cable since she couldn't connect wirelessly. Then suddenly Uzume's communication device beeped, signaling that the person is calling.
"Uzume, good to hear from you. I'm relieved that you're still with us." The male on the other side says
"Well don't forget me! That giant is still out there, we aren't gonna bite the dust just yet. Besides, is something up? You don't usually check in this early…" X asks the person
"I'll get right to it. You both do remember how we've evacuated to the next town over?" The person asks and they replied with a yes. "Apparently, the Baby Bugs who live here have found a Share Crystal. I was very surprised."
"Are you serious?!" X asks surprised
"Let's not get too excited yet. I still need to verify that it wasn't a fabricated report." He explains
"O-oh, okay. Got it. Thanks. Sorry for jumping the gun there." Uzume tells him
"No need to apologize. I'll be in touch." He tells them and ends the call
"Hey, Uzume, that was the same guy you were talking to yesterday, right?" Neptune asks her
"Oh, right, we haven't introduced him to you yet, huh? He'll be back soon, we'll introduce him soon enough." She tells them
"Guess we should do some patrolling around here for a bit." X says standing up "even if that giant isn't around, there are still some monsters wandering around, gotta make sure everything is safe for the others."
"Mind if we come along? It's better to do than sit around here." Adam says to him
"Sure we could use some extra help, who knows if something big will happen." Leon says who was conversing with Ruby "I bet we can even find some delicious oranges!" The group of 8 head out to look around the area to make sure everything is safe for the group Uzume and X mentioned, they take out enemies that appear and head to the City Ruins area and take out the current monsters there clearing the area as Nepgear and Adam were looking around and getting some information when they found a journal file
Journal; 11 month 27 Day - the _th _ has been born at _'s Basilicom.
_ Month _ Day - We gave the name _ to the newly born _.
_ Month _ Day - _ has learned a new ability. We decided to call this power _…
01 Month 31 Day - it's over, _'s _ is too powerful… Neither I nor _ can manage it!
"... huh. I guess that's all that was in this record. I wonder if this is directly related to the state of ruin this nation is in…" Nepgear says after reading the entry they found
"Some parts were missing in there, I think I can tell what some of them were. The three letters must represent "CPU" and the first thing must be "4th", however the rest I am unsure…" Adam explains reading it. "The person who wrote this must have been talking about a CPU and their special powers. Wonder what they called this special power they had… let's see if we can dig more into-"
"Hey! Nepgear, Adam! We're heading home!" Jeff shouts to them getting their attention
"Oh, looks like they are finished. I guess we will have to wait to find out more about that entry later, first we should return with the others and get some rest." Adam says and they head back to the others waiting while they didn't notice someone lurking in the shadows with glowing red eyes and light blue streams on their body pulsing out some strange energy.
They were almost returning to the base when Uzume's device starts beeping again.
"Oh, it's Umio! Hey! Were you able to find out about that crystal?" Uzume asks the person called Umio
"Uzume, yes. The legitimacy of the share crystal has been verified." He explains to her "it's quite remarkable. I would have never imagined a share crystal would be here." His voice sounds amazed at what he has discovered "Now that it's in my possession, I'll be heading back to you within the day- w-who are you!? Aaaaaagh!?" From the scream it sounded like he was getting attacked by something and the connection was lost
"Umio? What happened!?" X asks hoping to get an answer but nothing
"Your friend must be in trouble! We have to go to the place they are at quickly!" Jeff tells them and they agree and head north to where they remember where the group evacuated to
"Umio should be around here somewhere." Uzume says looking around
"X can you get his scent? Is he nearby?" Leon asks and X starts sniffing trying to get something
"No good, I can't get a good whiff of him. He must have run off somewhere to get away from the danger of whatever found him…" he tells his cat friend
"I wish our communication didn't cut short… it'd be cool if we found someone who could point us in the right direction…" Uzume says hoping nothing bad has happened to Umio
"I'm not sure rescue missions are ever that convenient…" Nepgear tells her
"You never know. A mysterious bystander might have been accompanying Umio when he was attacked. Maybe they both escaped!" Uzume explains "Then, while they're wondering around looking for us, we'll just happen to run into them." She continues when suddenly "we'll be totally surprised at this coincidence, and, like, both Uzume and her new pal totally won't be able to believe it, ya know? Then just like that they'll lead us to where Umio is, and we'll, like, beat up the meanie monsters that were bullying Umio! Umio's saved, and we'll find the share crystal, and we'll be totally super lucky like that!" Her voice strangely sounded like when she is Orange Heart while Jeff, Adam, Neptune, Nepgear, and Ruby were staring at her at the sudden voice changing and talking about herself into third person. X elbowed her getting her attention while Leon turned away with his eyes closed.
"Get your act together, you are doing it again." He whispers to her which she realized it and fake coughs
"So, yeah, there's a small chance someone will appear to show us the way, right?" Uzume asks back to her regular voice while the others were in disbelief at what just happened
"What was that you just did just now?" Ruby asks her
"It's nothing, you were probably just imagining it all." X tells them trying to change the subject
"No way, that was seriously something! Her personality totally did a 180 and started talking in third person view!" Jeff explains slightly with a 4th wall broken
"Y-you're hearin' things. Or maybe there are monsters that can create illusions around here… ha ha ha… those crazy beasts…" Uzume tells them with a sweat dropping expression when suddenly
"Miss Uzume, Miss Uzume!" A little Baby Bug monster hurried over to the group which grabs their attention
"Wait, someone actually got here…?" Adam asks in disbelief
"Sweet! Nice timing, Baby Bug!" Uzume says to it
"Huh? Nice… timing?" It asks confused
"It's nothing, most important you seem in distress. Is it about Umio?" X asks it
"Yes, you're correct. Umio got attacked by a monster, and it's awful. I'll show you the way, so let's hurry over." The Baby Bug tells them and hurries towards the direction where Umio is at
"See, you guys? Just like I said, right?" Uzume tells them and follows the Baby Bug with X and Leon following behind her
"I-I can't believe things turned out the way she imagined…" Nepgear says completely shocked at the display that happened
"Is there a secret that she is hiding? Could this be related to what was on the journal entry that Nepgear and I found?" Adam asks himself in his thoughts, and they hurried up before getting left behind. After a while they go inside a subway station area.
"Umio's in here?" Uzume asks the Baby Bug
"Yes! My friends and I were originally using this place as a house." The Baby Bug explains "we happened to find something that looked like a Share Crystal in the far back, so we asked Umio to check if it was real. But while that was happening, a monster we've never seen before suddenly appeared… I really hope Umio is okay."
"Okay, I understand the situation. So, was that share crystal the real deal?" Uzume asks
"Yes, of course. Umio is holding onto it right now so the monster won't destroy it." Baby Bug tells her
"Then let us hurry and save him!" X says and they head deeper in the subway to search for Umio and the two girls Neptune and Uzume were talking about fried shrimp which scared the Baby Bug and Nepgear stopped the two from their conversation. They continue onward hoping to find Umio, when Nepgear found a spot to connect her N-gear to the net, and Adam followed hoping there might be another entry of what happened to the world, and luckily there was one
_ Month _ Day; _ has been released from _. Even though we were first, it's not looking good.
_ Month _ Day; In order to compete against _, we'll be releasing _. But the release is too late. We can't change this course of events. Someone, please save _.
"So it talks about something dangerous being released in someplace… but I wonder who this person is that whoever wrote this wanted saved." Adam wonders curiously
"Adam, Nepgear! Come on! We really need to hurry!" Jeff shouts to them and they quickly hurry back to the others and they encounter a group of Baby Bugs and Dogoos. They explain that Umio distracted the monster to a different spot in the subway, they go to where Umio might be at though a new monster called a Uniceldos got in the way. Jeff did a kick attack but he didn't do as much damage as he thought
"Hmm, those wings floating around the neck of this one seems to be giving it resistance to our attacks, I bet if we can break it then it'll be defenseless." X suggests and Jeff got the idea he jumps on the enemy grabbing the wings and using his grip attack making the wings crack slightly though he was knocked off as it moved wildly "Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!" X's arm forms into a large spearhead and fires multiple iron spears at the wings destroying them and the beast "that takes care of that." X goes over to a spot and looks down "Umio, are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm alright. I apologize. I've caused you such unnecessary trouble." Umio tells X
"Oh there's no need to be sorry. We are just glad you are safe. We have some friends that want to meet you." X tells Umio and crushes picking up who seems to be Umio
"Friends that wish to meet… me…?" Umio asks him
"Hey you guys, come over here, I have someone I wanna introduce you to! Well, come on, already!" Uzume tells them and the five of them walk closer and X turns to them holding a fish… seriously a light blue fish with bright yellow fins and has a pale face "this is Umio."
"W-whaaaaaaaat!?" The 5 of them shouted in disbelief at his form
"A fish man?! With a seriously stoic face?!" Neptune asks completely shocked
"T-the gap between his smooth voice and… wild… appearance… is astounding…" Nepgear says completely jaw dropped
"Fish!" Ruby was about to jump on him but Jeff grabbed him quickly
"Ruby that is not a fish to eat! That is their friend!" Jeff tells his buddy but he was drooling "I'm very sorry about my little buddy, I'll make sure that he doesn't try to… well you know…"
"That is quite alright, I thought the same thing with Xander's little friend Leon." Umio tells Jeff
"Hey don't tell them my full name!" Xander says angry at the fish
"But that aside, you all are the people Uzume and Xander wished to introduce to me." Umio says seeing five new ones "first, allow me to thank you for coming here to rescue me. I am eternally grateful."
"It was no problem, we would do anything to help anyone out." Adam tells him
"Isn't he adorable?" Uzume asks
"... A-adorable?" Neptune asks her
"Yeah, don't you think he could be like, a super adorable leisurely mascot character?" Uzume asks with her girly voice and Xander facepalms himself "if he was made into a cellphone strap, Uzume totally thinks it would get popular!"
"Adam, what do you think about this…?" Jeff asks his brother
"I am not sure what to think about this, and about her talking in third person view…" he replies
"Uzume, you're doing it again." Umio tells her and she fake coughs like before
"So, yeah. That's what's up." Uzume says with her normal voice again
"... that being said, it is a first for me to see humans other than Uzume and Xander. I had come to believe they were all wiped out." Umio tells them
"A first…? Wiped out…?" Nepgear asks
"... hmm. It looks as if these five lads have yet to comprehend the gravity of our situation." Umio says understanding their confusion "before it returns, let us move to a safer area. We can converse there."
"I think that will have to wait, seems like that beast is back again." Jeff tells them and they see the beast they last saw that wasn't taken out but had retreated from it's heavy damage "alright time to roast this thing completely! Fire Dragon's… Roar!" Jeff blows a stream of fire completely burning the monster and everyone can feel the powerful heat from Jeff's flames and he completely melts the monster which now bursts in cubes finally gone. Although his flames slightly melted the area he breathed at "whew looks like I did a number on that beast and kinda ruined part of this area also."
"Nice, now we can fully face that giant without that damn mutt getting in our way!" Xander says with a huge grin "And the best thing is we collected a Share Crystal thanks to the Baby Bugs."
"Uzume, here. This is what the Baby Bugs discovered." Umio says giving her the crystal "let us return for now. I'm sure you're all tired." The whole group leaves the subway however failed to notice a presence watching them from a distance
-End of Z Chapter 2-
Umio: the only explanation could be you are from another dimension.
Xander: we found another Crystal! With this much, now our plan can go into full action!
Arfoire: Dark CPU destroy these fools!
Jeff: when anyone hurts my friends, they become an enemy of us! I'll destroy every Dark CPU that wants to hurt my friends!
Next time; Battle the Dark CPU Purple! The power of the Sharing Field!
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Guest; I can put those in a separate story than the main ones, if you want the same with in the third story just go ahead and say it. (Meaning the chapter that was after Selena defeated Crystal in Ultradimension.)