Academy Chronicles: Rise of the Skylanders

Chapter 7: Enoshima

In no time at all, the six bears were surrounded by Future Foundation guards. It's a good thing they came out in the time they did, who knows if they could've released a trump card.

"What's going on, Sonic?" Kyosuke asked me, his tone being that of annoyance. However, I can't tell if this is because of the enemies in front of him, or if he's still angry about the conference.

I'll just chalk it up to being both.

"These guys broke in and stole AE's source code." I replied, my sword still pointed at the bears.

Kurokuma then objected, albeit poorly.

"Oi! We didn't break in! We just… walked in casually donnin' disguises! Get your facts fuckin' checked ya talking M&M!"

"You. Shut up." Homura ordered bluntly.

"Doesn't matter. We're ending this matter here and now," Kyosuke said. "Men!"

At his cue, all the Future Foundation members cock their guns, ready to fire away at Kurokuma and the Monokubs.

Monophanie, being the most emotionally frail of the bears began to tear up at her incoming destruction.

"WAAAAH! I want daaaaddy!" She cried.

Kyosuke chuckled at this chance to eradicate symbols of despair. Old habits never die, I suppose.

"No dad's going to save you now! Men, open fi-"

Before Kyosuke could deliver the final command, a spotlight covered the area.

"I'm the one opening fire today!" A familiar voice taunted from above.

Suddenly, a barrage of bullets rained down from the sky. Me and the others did our best to guard ourselves and the more helpless men… however some soldiers were gunned down, falling to the floor. Their bodies twitched slightly before losing all life.

I gritted my teeth and pointed my sword at whatever's creating that spotlight. Shooting a fireball at it, the attack unfortunately hit with no damage. Whatever it was, it's fireproof.

With many men down, the guns deactivate as the spotlight disappeared. What was above us is now crystal clear, the bright red paintjob standing out against the night sky.

It was a battle helicopter of sorts, a very familiar battle helicopter at that for the citizens of Ninjago City. It belongs to the world's infamous mercenary: Ronin. The vehicle's name?

The R.E.X.

The thing is… that voice from above sounded nothing like Ronin's! It's supposed to be more gruff. This one is squeaky and deceivingly upbeat.

Makoto, however instantly recalled that voice before any of us could put the piece together. Fist balled up as he looked at his fallen comrades, he yelled at the top of his lungs…

"JUNKO ENOSHIMA!"

Popping out from a door on the R.E.X, answering Makoto's call was a teddy bear. His right side white, and his left black. The black side sported a devilish grin and a red eye compared to the standard stuffed animal look of the white side.

Junko Enoshima. The name of the Ultimate Despair. Both an enemy of Makoto's and an enemy of mine. She brought upon the end of her world, corrupted thousands, killed millions and even after her death… she came back. Revived, more powerful and on the brink of total domination until the Disciples with the help of Makoto killed her once more.

Now there she is, spearheading lose with her soul trapped in this stuffed toy, going by the male alias of Monokuma.

"Oh? You called, Makoto?" Monokuma asked, as if he was innocent in this mess. His voice was loud, able to be heard despite the noises of the R.E.X.

Kyosuke stabbed his sword into the ground. "Enoshima!"

"Wow! Looks like everybody wants a piece of me! I'm only a young, pure, innocent bear! I'm not ready for a harem yet!"

Monokid however jumped for joy. "Papa Kuma! Papa Kuma!"

"Hang on there, Sonny Boy! I'm gonna get'cha!" Monokuma said to him.

I then shoot another fireball at the exposed area where Monokuma is. "Not if I have anything to say about it!"

The bear quickly hid behind the door, narrowly dodging my attack. "What a welcome! Ronin!"

Another voice could be heard over an intercom.

"You got it, pal."

The rough yet sarcastic voice instantly tipped me off that this is Ronin. Monokuma didn't just steal the R.E.X. Instead, it appears he hired Ronin himself.

I was so shocked, I didn't realized that me, the Disciples, Makoto, Kyoko, Kyosuke and all the remaining soldiers were caught in a strong metal net.

"Guys! We gotta get outta here!" Sayaka yelled, slashing at the net with her sword. However, it was so powerful, the sword couldn't cut through it.

"We need something else to cut it. Perhaps something like a saw." Kyoko suggested.

Homura looked at her shield. "Stand back."

"We can't exactly stand back given uh… our current range of movement." Pop Fizz corrected Homura, tangled in the net more tightly than the rest of us.

Stretching out her arm, Homura's shield which was mounted near her elbow erected metal spikes along the rims. These spikes were an adjustment made by Tails and they've been rather useful to her.

Not as useful as her old ability to stop and travel through time but you take what you can get.

With the spikes sawing through the net, sparks flew our direction. It was uncomfortable, hot and overall unpleasant.

Impatient, I joined in. I curled up into a ball and began spinning into the net, my spines providing enough friction to saw through the net as well.

With our combined efforts, the net flew open, freeing us from its cold embrace.

We got our weapons out to take down the Monokuma family only to discover one crucial thing…

…They're gone.