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Chapter 8: Hokkori Excitement

Jace's POV

"So, Anise, anything you have planned for this trip?" i asked as Anise and i headed to the resort planet Hokkori on a shuttle. A second shuttle flew just slightly behind us and to the left about ten feet, with Kazuya and Natsume on board.

"There's supposed to be a treasure hunting competition going on. I so wanna participate in that!" Anise squealed excitedly, stars in her eyes.

"Don't worry, with our skills i'm sure we'll win easily." i assured her. That was when the shuttles landed.

"So, why'd Kazuya choose Natsume?" Anise asked me as we headed to the signup booth for the treasure hunting competition.

"Well, i gave her an offer to join us much earlier than the games have her and she accepted. Besides, this is to keep Melba from making Kazuya crossdress. She's the only girl Kazuya trusts after the others created that scheme that would've killed you if i hadn't gotten Omega Falcon working. Also, you're with me."

"Got that right!" a blushing Anise said. Anise was in a light red almost bra-like top and a short skirt, together acting as her swimsuit. I noticed she was also in a pair of cyan flip-flops, while her hairpins, necklace, and choker had been removed (i had put them in a safe in my room for safekeeping, and the room had an XQ-created security system to keep unwanted personnel out). Me, i was in dark blue trunks and black flip-flops, with a pair of shades over my eyes.

We found the registration booth rather quickly, signed up, and then the competition was on. Anise was a natural at hunting for treasure; heck, she was often the first one to any of it. Along the way i came across a bright blue stone that i decided to keep as a souvenir. Needless to say, Anise and i won easily.

Once we got back to the Luxiole Anise and i were in front of my door.

"Identity verified." a female voice that originated from the retina scanner XQ designed as the first level of security for my room said in a monotone voice. With that, the door opened and the two of us walked in. One corner of my room was occupied by a safe, with a fingerprint scanner operating as the lock. I placed my right index finger on the scanner.

"Welcome, Jace." a second, similarly monotone female voice said as the safe opened. Revealing her hairpins, necklace, and choker were right where i had originally placed them. First i handed her the hairpins, before giving her the necklace, which i let her put on before i helped her don her choker. We then walked out into the Piroti where the other Angels were. While both of us were in uniform, i had tied my jacket around my waist, revealing a black muscle shirt underneath.

"HOT DANG, JACE! I didn't know you were THAT ripped!" Lily exclaimed as she saw my physique.

"Like i said earlier, i trained under numerous XQ agents before i was assigned here by the leader of XQ's Main Division."

"Hollie assigned you here?!" a shocked Rico asked.

"Yeah. I also know how to utilize mutiple different pieces of XQ tech, such as this." with that, i swiped my right hand over my left, spawning a sleeve-like device.

Natsume squealed excitedly when she saw it.

"NO WAY! XQ Tech Unit 4216: The Portable Storage System!"

"Hey, Anise, remember that holograph of us that was taken on Hokkori? I'm storing it in my Portable Storage System so the others don't try using it in a prank similar to what happened with that fleet of automated ships that had you surrounded."

"Smart thinking, Jace."

"Especially as only the person it's equipped to can bring up a Portable Storage System. I only have the generic one right now since i'm not officially an XQ agent; the actual agents have one on each arm, the one on their throwing arm specifically modded for Pokemon storage. Jet, Hollie's dual-gendered brother and leader of the Rainbow Angel division, plus his brother Storm's wife Rochelle are two of the group's rare lefties."

"Well, when you consider the actual agents tend to go to all sorts of dimensions on missions they have to have pretty much whatever they need in that dimension on hand in some way." Tequila stated.

"Unless it's either Call of Duty or Halo related. Then, the XaiaSummon ability allows them to create their specific version of whatever weapon they need, created by one of two XQ Projects. Call of Duty missions have their custom weapons created by XQ Project Xaia90, while Project Z-2552 created the weapons and armor used when on a Halo mission." i explained to the others.

"Of course you would know a lot about XQ, being from Zelixena." a male voice said. Turning around i noticed a guy with white hair and an eyepatch over his left eye.

"Colonel Coolduras, didn't expect you here. How's it goin' with Almo?" Tact asked as he entered the Piroti.

"WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT BRINGING THAT UP, MEYERS?!" Lester yelled at Tact. "But then again, you STILL haven't popped the question to Vanilla."

"Well, i've been waiting for the right moment, but with another war going on i'll wait to finish that before i go for it. Besides, the way Jace and Anise are goin' they might be right behind."

"Good point, but the reason i'm here is that there's a major issue in EDEN."

"What happened?" Tact asked, confused.

"That mystery trio from another multiverse have kidnapped Shiva."