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Chapter 10: What's Next?

Takuto's POV

Where the heck did that trio disappear to? With help from the Angel Squadron and the Moon Angel Wing, the Shadow Moon had been destroyed.

Everyone had grouped on the bridge of the Luxiole wondering about what form Jace had assumed earlier. While the hair wasn't surprising (it was waist-length in his base form), what was had to be the high heels that had been part of the look.

"Wow, Jace." a green-haired girl said. "If you hadn't activated the Nova Legend form we probably wouldn't've been able to find you so quickly."

"That explains the sphere of rainbow flames that encased him as he ascended, but where do those heels come into the equation?" Rico asked.

"The Nova Legend form, the peak form of the XZ Series' first tier, requires anyone regardless of gender to have a pair of high heel sandals with a minimum 1 inch platform as part of their look in that form." a blonde who looked similar to Ranpha explained.

"There are other forms," what looked like an older Rico continued, "where only females are required to wear heels in the form. In those cases Jet's dual-gendered status gives him what's considered a 'hybrid' version, as he has the spiky hair of the male version and the female's heels."

"By the way, Jace," Natsume said as she turned to the black-haired male, "i didn't know your Emblem Frame had a weapon identical to my hyper weapon."

"That one was NOT one of the ones i spammed to save Anise before you joined. I actually recognized it immediately by the pink butterfly switch on Omega Falcon's weapon panel."

"Speaking of which," Kahlua piped up, "how the heck was it a quadruple? I only saw three activate." This caused what appeared to be an older Natsume to start giggling.

"The fourth one was my ZJ Chrono Absolaris Attack. It's a Rainbow Angel exclusive technique whose form varies depending on user. In my case, it allows me to deploy Zephyrus Rampage either without my Papillon Chaser or conceal it within its Zephyrus Rampage, hence it looked like there were only three launched."

"You said that attack's form varies based on who deploys it, right?" Nano asked.

"Exactly. While there are some cases of two or more Rainbow Angels having extremely similar forms for their attacks, each version takes a different color."

"For example," a rather large-breasted version of Chitose added, "Rainbow Angels 05C and 136A both have akimbo energy miniguns with an Arm Cannon appearance as their forms for the ZJ Chrono Absolaris Attack, but the big difference is that 05C's are brown while Adrionna's are chrome."

"How is Jace familiar with that trio we fought indirectly?" Lily asked.

"As he was growing up, several XQ agents from both divisions talked about the group's history with various iterations of that trio." Zephyr (as Jace referred to her as) explained. "One variant of the trio in particular, from the QZX system, tried rewriting time itself to erase XQ from existence. Unfortunately for them, Harley's attempt to rape 518A triggered Jet's ascent to the Super Saiyan Angel form, which allowed Delta 4's past life to give us their base's location and the trio was stopped."

"Before they escaped i heard Ursula mention a technique from their variants from another dimension system." i said. "I think it was WLI."

Zephyr and three other members of the Angel Squadron tensed.

"Rochelle Fleury and Daisy Princeton are from WLI." the only one who hadn't tensed at that statement, a teal-haired girl who didn't look like any of the other Angels i knew, stated. "The trio from that system tried pulling a maneuver that would've ended humanity's existence in Remnant of that system - if Daisy hadn't forcibly absorbed the storm they intended to use for it while upgrading to the Nova Legend Angel stage when she witnessed a then-armored Ursula kill Rochelle."

"Sounds like Rochelle was resurrected after the ensuing brawl." Ranpha said.

"She was, in a new form Daisy gave her via Star-Z Resurrection."

Anise gasped. "Star-Z Resurrection?! That's the Star-X Cursebreaker's sister technique!"

"It is." Amethyst said. "The Rochelle i'm teammates with in ZK3 used the Star-X Cursebreaker to give Rainbow Angel Ava Johnson her current form. As for Daisy's transformation, the only part of it that carried over to her normal state once she got done with the WLI version of that trio was her unique signature heels. Though considerably extreme, the part that makes them unique is the thunderbolt-shaped heel."

The Vanilla i knew let out an audible gasp. "I was at that Sky Relic Central store yesterday when i saw those thunderheels! They were on sale, too; there was no way i'd pass on that!"

Amethyst was blushing profusely.

"You know who founded that store, Amethyst?" i asked her.

"Of course i do, silly. It was me who founded that store."

"REALLY?!" Lily exclaimed. "What else are you capable of?! Besides hunting for treasure and flying an Emblem Frame, that is; those two are obvious if you're who i think you are."

"Well, she has this amazing singing voice." Anise said. Lily's jaw dropped.

"You mean you're one of the Star Hawx too?!" Amethyst nodded.

"She's an impressive strategist." Anise continued.

"Well, as the Angel Squadron's Commander, she has to be." Nano noted.

"I don't just use that for when battling in my Emblem Frame. I've had to come up with strategies in other dimensions i've been in." Amethyst stated.

"She's impossible to predict."

"Well, when you're as fast as i am, combined with the ability to stop time by holding your breath, you can decimate someone without them even moving an inch."

"YOU CAN STOP TIME?!" Kazuya yelled. "Where'd you get THAT ability?!"

"Copied it off Guldo of the Ginyu Force." Jace stated.

The conversation of Amethyst's impressive jack-of-all-trades skill set went on for twenty minutes (Nano fainting along the way from the revelation of Amethyst's ability to ride an Extreme Gear airboard at four hundred miles per hour in 8 inch heels) before one of the other girls tossed something to Jace.

"Is that what i think it is?!" a shocked Lily exclaimed.

"Sure is. The Chrono Eclipse Cannon. The very same weapon Vivi took out the Crust Breakers with, and i finished off the Shadow Moon following the quadruple Zephyrus Rampage. Despite being so small it can be equipped to the wielder's wrist and so light it doesn't have any negative effects on the arm it's equipped to, the power behind it is insanely strong. It's XQ-designed, too, hence the stat combo."

"Yeah, XQ sure knows how to make something have way more power than its appearance would suggest." Rico said.

"Hey, Amethyst, who made your heels?" Coco asked. Several of us jumped, having apparantly forgotten she was on the bridge with us.

"His full name is Xavier Jason Reynolds, but we normally refer to him as XJR. He's got at least three subdivisions under him, one of whom created Kahlua's ballet boots. My heels are from the 877 Series of XJR's main collection. More specifically my personal model of it, it's the only 877 Series design available in amethyst."

"And wine red, that IS your personal color." Jace added.

"OH MY GOSH!" Almo squealed from behind Lester, startling him. "You must be another multiverse's version of Anise!" Amethyst nodded.

"ALMO DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT!" Lester exclaimed, trying to catch his breath.

What sounded suspiciously similar to my voice came out next.

"Almo and Lester, sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-YAIZA! AGAIN with the Psychic wedgies, Amethyst!?"

"You sound almost exactly like your local variant, i don't want Lester rounding on him for your actions."

"Reminds me of the time an ally of Eonia's slipped that drone who looked like him onto the Elsior." Ranpha stated. My mind, meanwhile, was racing. There was a variant of myself on the Angel Squadron, and since some of the group's Emblem Frames were designed by XQ (much like Jace's Omega Falcon) i assumed his was one such fighter. This was when i noticed Zephyr was giggling.

"I see you took my advice Jace." she said.

"Does it have anything to do with what happened between Jace and the female Angels?" Natsume asked.

"Yeah. Anise is with me, and after what happened that day Kazuya doesn't trust the other four. Besides, thanks to your suggestion i was able to keep Melba from making Kazuya crossdress." Jace stated.

"Not like that hasn't stopped Jet." Melba muttered.

"In Jet's case, since he's dual-gendered, it's not considered crossdressing. He just prefers to stick to his birth gender's shirt-and-pants combination when not at the base despite three feminine elements from the neck up and mostly wearing women's shoes. Particular focus of the latter is on high heels, he wore a pair of them when making the acquisition responsible for becoming dual-gendered."

"Oh."

"Hey Jace, i got an idea you can try if you end up facing Parfait. As soon as the Dual Chrono Break Cannon takes the Astral Parfait's shields down, blast it with the Chrono Eclipse Cannon before he can try to disable the Emblem Frames."

"You got it Amethyst."