SHONEN ALLIANCE
RE:BIRTH
OPENING THEME: RANBU NO MELODY (Bleach)
While the State Alchemists and Amestrian soldiers had thus far kept the fighting in Central from getting to out of hand, the area surrounding the city was another story. Exploding mortar shells, stomping colossi, and continuous machine gun fire had turned the city's outskirts into hell on Earth.
Upon this hell, Obelisk Force found themselves faced with the Wrath of Füher King Bradley. For an elderly soldier, the country's leader showed no signs of his age as he carved a path of death through foes that seemed to have no answer for him.
The lumbering Ancient Gear Golems were to slow to land a blow, and trying only left them vulnerable to being either blown away by mortar fire or the absurd strength of Major Alex Louise Armstrong. Meanwhile, the Ancient Gear Soldiers and Engineers who swarmed the battlefield quickly met their end to the Füher's twin blades.
Still, the numbers game was in Duel Academy's favor, and that was without even considering the danger of Fusion Planeptune's destroyer joining the fray at any moment. The situation was far from secure.
It seemed to become even more shaky when two colossal Ancient Gear Golem's appeared, towering above the modest homes of the city.
"Damn it," Hughes cursed, "we need soldiers there, now!" He ordered, indicating the new foes.
"Calm down, Lt. Colonel," Bradley ordered, spooking Hughes who hadn't noticed his approach, "that happens to be the exact area where Raging Blast and the Elric brothers were going."
"Then…" Hughes began as alchemic energy flowed around one of the giants. As Hughes watched, that Golem's metal right arm formed a blade while a stone pillar rose up alongside the second, forming a building sized sword the Golem hefted and wielded as effortlessly as one would a wooden toy sword. Taking care not to damage any homes, the Golem's quickly joined the battlefield and began an attack of their own.
Massive blades hissed through the air, giving the two ally Golems a distinct edge over the enemy counterparts. Combined with the apparent confusion being attacked by their own was sowing among Obelisk Force, the tide finally seemed to shift.
Vine and the Elrics arrived as their Golems, joined by Amestris' forces, began to push their new advantage. Vine and Ed both had an Obelisk Duel Disc attached to their wrists.
"Third disc wasn't working," Edward admitted, "but we've got two."
"If we play our cards right, literally at this point, it should be all we need," Vine declared.
"Well, don't keep us waiting!" Hughes called, a smile showing for the first time since the attack began.
Vine nodded and drew a card from his new deck.
"Let's see how these guys like their own medicine! POLYMERIZATION! Two Ancient Gear Soldiers combine with two Ancient Gear Engineers to create CHAOS ANCIENT GEAR GIANT!" Vine roared as a colossal, mechanical monster that towered above even the Golems joined the fight. "I think I'm getting the hang of this thing."
"Doesn't hurt that ours have a few advantages over the originals!" Ed declared, clapping his hands together. A pillar shot from the ground and formed into a building sized sword the Ancient Gear Giant hefted easily.
"Well done," Bradley admitted as Amestris' new mechanical soldiers joined the attack, "now, I believe it's time we finish off this Obelisk Force."
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Yuri grimaced with annoyance.
The three Ancient Gears appearing and aiding the enemy had been a surprise, and what was worse was that now they were multiplying. The Amestrian soldiers had begun taking the Duel Discs from defeated Obelisk Force members, and now his forces weren't the only one with an army of mechanical giants. This was getting out of hand.
"Damn those resourceful little bastards," he cursed, "no matter. I guess I'll just have to teach them a lesson myself!" he shouted as his Duel Disc came alive.
"Teach them ultimate despair, STARVING VENOM FUSION DRAGON!"
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Optimism was finally beginning to regain a hold on the soldiers of Amestris. With many of them acquiring Duel Discs of their own, Vine and Edward hadn't been the only ones with mechanical helpers for long, and with the added firepower, it was finally Obelisk Force who were on the back foot.
"Push our advantage!" Vine ordered the troops, "drive them back to wherever they…"
His Chaos Ancient Gear Giant exploded, cutting off his order. None of the Amestrian could believe what they saw.
A formidable looking purple dragon now circled above the battlefield, indiscriminately raining down destruction on those below it. Edward watched in shock and horror as one of the dragon's attacks incinerated two Obelisk Force soldiers.
"It's Yuri!" one of the Obelisk soldiers cried in despair. The dragon was causing as much confusion among Duel Academy as it was among Amestris' forces as everyone tried to avoid its wrath!
"Focus Fire! We need to knock that thing out of the sky!" Hughes ordered.
Right on cue, a high explosive shell struck the dragon and detonated, hiding it in the smoke!
"Ha, so much for that oversized lizard!" Edward shouted triumphantly.
"Fullmetal, please stop talking," Vine sighed as the smoke cleared, revealing the undamaged dragon.
"It didn't do anything!? But that was a direct hit!" Alphonse lamented.
"Take cover!" Füher Bradley ordered as Starving Venom Fusion Dragon began another indiscriminate assault. The battle that had been raging minutes before seemed almost forgotten as Amestrian and Obelisk soldiers alike sought whatever shelter they could find.
For his part, Yuri was laughing maniacally at the destruction his dragon was unleashing on the battlefield.
"I should have done this from the very beginning!" he snarked as his dragon let another rain of death fall on the battlefield, consuming worthless allies and enemies alike.
When a violet portal suddenly appeared in the sky above the fighting, Yuri's sadistic smirk changed to a surprised scowl.
"We aren't expecting reinforcements, so who's this?"
"Is that Histoire!?" Edward shouted to Vine.
"Took her damn time didn't she," Vine cursed.
"Someone you two know, I take it?" King Bradley inquired as a burst of flame suddenly burst through the portal!
"FIRE DRAGON TALON!" a voice roared over the battlefield as a young, pink haired man wearing a white scarf burst out of the flame,! His foot engulfed in flame, he landed a kick that seemed to hurt the dragon far more damage then the explosive shell had done.
"What was that?" Edward asked as the man landed in front of them. Two more figures emerged from the portal and dropped to the ground behind him.
"Hey dumbass!" one, an angry, very scantily clad young woman whose dark hair had a single red strand, roared at the first man, "what did Histoire just say about rushing ahead!?"
"Let it go, Ryuko," the final member, a dark haired man wearing a green cape over armor who had a shield attached to his arm, sighed, "you'd have a better chance of getting a brick wall to listen then Natsu."
Seemingly angered by the new arrivals, one of whom had actually damaged it, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon swooped towards the still open portal, firing off a breath attack as it did.
"Hey, Naofumi…!" Ryuko called upon her companion.
"AIR STRIKE SHIELD!"
A green energy shield appeared in the air, intercepting the attack.
"This guy's getting on my nerves!" Ryuko growled, brandishing a red weapon that looked like half of a pair of scissors, "let's go Senketsu!" As the still confused Amestrian's watched, Ryuko's revealing outfit morphed in front of their eyes, the leggings turning into jet thrusters and her bizarre, eye-like shoulder pads morphed into wings.
"SENKETSU SHIPPŪ!" she roared as the thrusters launched her into the air after Starving Venom Fusion Dragon.
"Not sure why she yells at Natsu," Naofumi sighed as he looked over the Amestrian soldiers, "she's as impatient as he is. I'm looking for a Colonel Vine. Histoire sent us to help."
"Friends of yours, Colonel?" Bradley asked. Vine winced. Histoire was something Bradley did not need to know about, but now was hardly the time to worry about secrets.
"Sorry we're late."
"Better late then never," Edward admitted.
"Still, I hope it's not just the three of you," Vine admitted.
"We've got a few other tricks up our sleeve," Naofumi admitted, turning to watch as three more portals, one green, one white, and one black, opened beside the purple one.
Four women were the first to emerge from the portals. From the purple portal flew a beautiful, curvaceous woman clad in a black body suit. Her dark, purple hair was tied into two long braids that hung all the way down to her thighs.
From the black portal emerged another equally curvaceous woman in an equally revealing black body suit, this one with long, white hair that hung down to her waist.
From the white portal emerged a third woman, far more petit then her companions with no real curves to speak of, shorter, blueish grey hair, and a white body suit that was far less revealing then the others.
Finally, from the green portal emerged a beautiful woman, more curvaceous and voluptuous then any of her fellows. She had green hair tied in a pony tail and wore a white outfit that left little to the imagination, putting her stomach and an ample amount of the underside of her large breasts on full display.
They weren't the only ones either, as more followed closely behind them. A young, black haired girl wearing a black dress under a red, hooded cape who carried a scythe and a red haired samurai with an x-shaped scar on his cheek led a group of several heroes through the portal.
Finally, Histoire emerged, turning her attention to Edward and Vine.
"I'm sorry we're late," she apologized, bowing to the Amestrian's, "after hearing Edward Elric's story about Fusion Dimension, I thought it might be advantageous for us if Hyperdimension had its own alliance."
"If you can do something about that dragon, then I say better late then never," Hughes admitted.
"Heheh," Natsu chuckled, "you can leave that to me."
"Back off, that dragon's mine," growled an aggressive looking man with long black hair and several metal piercings on his nose and eyebrows.
"WHAT!" Natsu roared angrily, "NO WAY I SAW IT FIRST!"
"I don't give a damn who saw it first. I'm the one whose gonna kill it," Gajeel hissed back.
"You wanna fight me for it then that's fine with me, pal!"
"Less then 120 seconds and I already hate 'em," Vine hissed.
"With those two, that's not really impressive," Naofumi admitted, "I'm surprised it took that long. What the hell?" he said as he looked up at the dragon. Vine and Edward followed his gaze and saw the source of his confusion.
Two arms had grabbed Starving Venom Fusion Dragon. Arms that stretched down into the horde of Obelisk Soldiers.
"GUM GUM ROCKET!"
With no warning, Monkey D Luffy burst out of the Obelisk ranks, throwing the soldiers all over as he rocketed up onto the back of Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!
"Brother, it's Luffy!" Alphonse exclaimed.
"When did he get here!?" Ed wondered.
"NOW GUM GUM…" Luffy roared as his leg stretched high into the sky.
"What's he doing?" Ryuko wondered, hovering and watching the show in front of her.
"BATTLE AXE!"
Luffy's foot rocketed down, landing with enough force to break a battleship in two right in the center of the Fusion Dragon's back, driving it hard into the ground!
"Holy…! Ryuko stuttered, "he's strong!"
"Impossible!" Yuri cursed as he watched his dragon explode.
"Hmm, impressive," Bradley admitted.
"Füher! Colonel!" a soldiers shout gained Vine and Bradley's attention.
"What's wrong!?" Vine demanded. "What else could go wrong today?"
"We're receiving S.O.S. calls from all over the country! They're reporting full-scale Obelisk Force attacks on every major command center!"
"I had to ask!"
"Relax," Luffy said, a goofy smile plastered over his rubber features, "my friends'll handle them."
"Your friends?" Ed repeated in wonder.
"HEY YOU JERK! YOU STOLE MY DRAGON!" Natsu roared angrily.
"Didn't see your name on it. If you wanted to kick that thing's ass, you should've done it quicker."
CLOSING THEME: SHUNKAN SENTIMENTAL (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood)