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World Divergence: Alpha - Nanohaverse
A's VI
A/N : cross posted on my blog and FFN.
"Hasta la vista, baby" - normal speech
=I got lost in the road of life= - telepathic speech
[Dimensional Transfer] - device speech / spells
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"If my understanding is correct, my reserve is at least a tier below Chrono. So, unless I can find something to compensate my shortcoming or increase my reserve, I won't be able to use those things. Anyone else?"
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0065 - December
Harlaown Apartment
Large floating holographic screen displayed various data and real time video transmission.
=We've captured two targets in the skies above the urban district. We are currently working to suppress them within a strong barrier,= came report from random TSAB officer #4.
"Your opponents are powerful. Avoid hostilities as much as you can and focus on strengthening and maintaining the barrier!" Lindy-san gave the order. "I'll send our head officer there right away."
The screen displayed footage of battle captured by TSAB spy cameras. Vita and Zafira were surrounded by several TSAB mages in mid-air.
Chrono arrived and Gilgamesh-ed two of them.
"My task, Admiral?" I asked Lindy-san. "I need to earn my keep, you know?"
"The only individuals capable of matching Vita and the other knights in combat are Nanoha-chan, Fate-chan, and Will-kun," she spoke to the screen as if ignoring me. "Send Nanoha-chan, Fate-chan, and Arf-san. Let them test out the new and improved Raising Heart and Bardiche. We will keep Will-kun in reserve."
"So... I am a safeguard in case either they get reinforcement or the master of the tome decide to grace us with his presence," I muttered a little loud.
"Ideally, you won't be needed. But both case are possibility," she said as the trio being sent over.
I snorted, "With my luck (plotline) either one will definitely happen. Let me do a coin toss to determine which one is coming true."
She lightly giggled.
"By the way, I watched both of your battle videos. The one which you shout out loud-"
I facepalmed hard.
"-and the friendly match between you and Chrono."
"Eh... That's.." I scratched my non-itching cheek.
"Oh, I am not angry at you. I understand that everyone have their own quirks. Looking at your capabilities, it seems that I am not mistaken offering you that commission."
Seriously? I kicked the ass of your son-slash-subordinate and you're fine with it?
Within the next several minutes, Signum arrived and the battle reached its peak. Chrono spotted Shamal's location.
"All four knights spotted. Will-kun, you are up."
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0065 - December
Uminari City
As soon as I got transported, two things happened.
One, I instantly activated my Silent Step.
Two, one of the sensors triggered and sent warning. Someone, other than us, was inside the perimeter.
I hurried to Shamal's location outside the barrier. If I remembered correctly, this was the point where Chrono became a ping-pong ball for the Hentai Kamen just as he cornered her.
However, with me here, Chrono was free to do something else. He collaborated with Yuuno to maintain the barrier,
Still invisible, I reached her position. She was using her device to support the other knights. Standing beside her, I dropped my Silent Step and hugged her with one arm while whispering in her ear-
"Hello, Shamal~."
-while unleashing my killing intent in omnidirection-
She stood frozen, unable to do anything.
"~long time no see. How is your arm?"
-and rubbing her previously-broken arm with my other hand
Imagine a great predator, one that you could not win against no matter how hard you struggle. Now imagine that you were in the close proximity of said predator. The predator did not make any aggressive move, just standing next to you and sometimes come in close contact. But you know very damn well that the predator might attack or outright kill you anytime.
The personel in headquarter cheered at my achievement. Non coherent sentences of accomplishment were voiced over the global channel.
I kept my ki-sensing active the entire time, and in a few moments I felt a shaking signature (under pressure of my killing intent) came closer. The Hentai Kamen was... about to kick?
I turned, dragging Shammal with me, and it resulted in the Hentai Kamen missed me. However, Shamal received full impact of that kick and thrown away across roof to the next building.
"Um, Admiral?" I spoke in global channel. "Did someone sent invite to a gay club? Because I am seeing one Hentai Kamen in front of me."
Chocking sounds came from both the Hentai Kamen and global channel. The dude was outmaneuvered twice and hesitated to attack me.
=I don't think so, Will-kun,= came a strained voice of the female admiral. =But we saw that he tried to attack you. Therefore, it is safe to assume that he is in the same group as the Knights.=
Switched to Guoken stance, I channeled ki to my limbs. The Reinforcement that I tested in combat against Chrono several days ago came into play once again.
"Understood," I spoke and leaped toward the Hentai Kamen.
I focused my killing intent at my opponent as I threw a right straight, The sudden shift of my KI made him almost stumbled, and in turn failed to properly evade my attack. Not a clean hit, but there were some damage made.
Gouken, Strong Fist, the trademark fighting style of both Maito Gai and Rock Lee of Narutoverse. It was made with two purposes: to cause external damage and break bones. The original style needed both chakra and powerful physique from the user. But I had modified and made it mine. Gouken: nigata, Stong Fist second version, the result of my continuous training in Potterverse. By substituting chakra with ki and altered some stances, I made my own variation of Gouken.
Right punch. Dodge. Left kick. Left punch. Dodge. Right uppercut.
See.. It was not like DBZ-verse combat where everything became blur.
Suddenly my perception detected nearly identical signature coming from behind me. The one I fought suddenly disappeared from sight. The surprise made me a little unprepared and the second Hentai Kamen kicked me on stomach.
Willpower Defense!
The kick caused little damage, thanks to my Warrior Guard and Willpower Defense. But the momentum was enough to send me away from this building-
*CRASH!*
-to the wall of the next one. An imprint of me with spider web design decorated the building. The bad thing: while {Assassin} class was good at sneak attack, it actually was rather weak against sneak attack. Unless the attack missed of course. In games, the developers might use high {Evasion} stats to build the class, but not {HP} stats. In real life, those guys used their high observational skill to compensate this problem.
Luckily my defenses were still up and Hentai Kamen kick was not as hard as Vita's warhammer attack.
About two seconds later, just as those two disappeared from range of my ki-sensing, came a voice from global channel, "The enemies have escaped. All personels return to base."
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0065 - December
Harlaown Apartment
The whole group (minus Random TSAB Officers) watched the recordings of previous engagements. There were Nanoha vs Vita, Fate vs Signum, Arf vs Zafira, and mine.
My combat video didn't look awesome at first. I just arrived and then disappeared (Silent Step: ON). The camera kept moving, but no person shown-
Audiences raised their eyebrows
-until came the scene where I appeared beside Shamal. The video displayed me hugging her-
Audiences' eyes widen. Some had their mouth open.
-and suddenly turned. Someone appeared to kick me and missed, Shamal received the attack instead-
Their jaws dropped.
-and thrown to nearby building. Next came my comment about gay club and Hentai Kamen-
The girls blushed, Yuuno coughed, Chrono mouthed WTF, and Lindy-san who had been immune the entire time put strained smile.
-and the short time I traded blows with him. The video ended with me got kicked to neighboring building and made an impression on its wall.
"I have no excuse for my failure against the Hentai Kamen.-"
Some chocked voices on my choice of words.
"-It seems that despite my... preference to sneak attack, I am rather... weak against one."
*cough* "I... don't think so, Will-kun," Lindy-san put her strained expression on display. "From the recorded scenes, it clearly shown that this *ahem* Hentai Kamen, as you eloquently named him, was quite proficient in both hand-to-hand combat and sneak attack. Mid-Childan mages prefer long range spells and in turn most become vulnerable by either two attacks. And sadly, majority of agents under my command are the same."
I made a hummed sound and nodded.
"For the time being, we will use similar strategy," the Admiral made her decision. "Nanoha-chan will face Vita. Fate-san against Signum. Arf-san against Zafira. Will-kun will stay on standby. Since you matched him blow by blow, you are our best bet against the masked man. Chrono will keep his eyes open in case Shamal appear."
Mutters of "understood" echoed within the room.
The conversation then shifted to different topic.
"The Cartridge System is difficult to handle," Amy started her lecture to Nanoha and Fate. "Normally, it is not something-"
And my mind trailed for the most of this lecture. I tried to recall what was going to happen next according to the anime. It was a hard thing to do, since I had forgotten, or rather did not have the associated memories, due to the trans-dimensional events; reincarnation and transportation (was that even the right term?).
And it just happened that I recalled something very crucial. Why the hell did I not ask the Room of Requirements for a complete copy of any anime series? Transferring all of them to Thoth was not something difficult.
I had to hold the urge to not facepalm.
[Because you did not think that you would end here, Boss.]
[My memory would be insufficient, Sir. Without Memory Expansion System installed, the projected storage requirement alone would at least three times my total capacity.]
Dang! Thanks for the clear up, Eyaruu, Thoth.
[Sure thing, Boss.] [Anytime, Sir.]
Thoth? Any progress on the LimitBreak System? Will it be ready before new year?
[There are some difficulties in the design itself, Sir. Estimated time of completion is within several months in the future.]
My super-awesome-power-up-bullshit... wouldn't be ready when the final fight happened. Hephaestus-damned forge!
While the battle in anime did not appear hard, my live experience said otherwise. If my first engagement against Hentai Kamen ended with me knocked by surprise attack, what would happen for the second? What would happen in the battle against Rein? Against NatchWal?
I needed something to increase my survival chance. And I needed it fast.
Without super-awesome-power-up-bullshit... all I had to refine my basics. Yeah, sagely words in nearly all fantasy stories "basics are important" and similar others were my only clue.
And from there I drew my answer.
"Umm..." Fate's words cut my thoughts. "When you say they're false beings that are neither human nor familiar... wouldn't that mean they're like me-"
"No!" Lindy-san denied her.
Everyone, but me, gasped.
Aah... she was created as a clone of Alicia, if I remembered correctly. She was experiencing breakdown when leaned about this fact. And a 9 years old could not be mature enough to think thoroughly about it.
"Fate-san you are a human being with real life who was only born in a slightly different way from everyone else."
"This was confirmed when you were examined before," Chrono chimed in. "Don't say things like that."
"Yes..." she said in soft tone. "I am sorry."
Everyone had genuine smiles... before turned at my direction.
Aah... I was the newcomer. It is quite logical that, since they hadn't know me well, they thought I was against Fate's humanity.
I slowly made my way to stand before her-
"Will..." "Will-kun..."
-and pinched her nose.
"Ouch! It hurts!" she cringed in pain.
"You breathe, you think, you eat, you sleep, you feel pain. A comatose patient does not think nor feel pain, yet he is a human. Which part that makes you not qualified as one?"
Smiles of approval filled the room-
I ruffled her hair with my right hand. "You are human enough for me, even if a little dumb..."
"HEY!"
-and instantly shattered.
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The next engagement came in an unexpected time. Lindy-san currently was not at Uminari. She was raking Arthra to one of TSAB dock for armament upgrade. Chrono and Yuuno were also away, meeting a pair of catgirls, whom (if I remembered correctly) were the ones masquerading as Hentai Kamen. Our personel down to three girls (Amy, Nanoha, Fate), one familiar (Arf), and me.
The alarm rang and we hurriedly come to the control room. Several big monitors stacked together in a cruder way than tetris puzzle, uneven sizes and such. Amy took the chair and we stood a little behind her on either sides. One of the monitors displayed Signum and Zafira in Random Planet number unknown.
"Culture Level: Zero. This is a desert world uninhabited by Humans," Amy recited the information. Her hands were typing intensely as she spoke, "At best, it'll take at least 45 minutes to gather Bureau members and put the barrier there."
Fate, who was watching the live feed, looked down at the puppy in her arms. The same puppy looked up. Both nodded at each other.
"Amy..." She called. "I will go"
The puppy, Arf, also spoke, "Me too."
In no more than five minutes, Fate and Arf arrived at the said planet. However, before the battle could properly began, a second alarm went off.
"Another one. Different world. Vita. She's alone."
Nanoha headed for the transporter.
One thing suddenly clicked in my mind right after she departed.
"Fuck!" I cursed.
Amy looked at me weirdly.
"Amy, prepare transporter to Fate's location," I ordered her.
"Huh?"
I sighed, "Remember our discussion, my theory about the Book of Darkness? Books and all that shit?" At her rather hesitant nod I continued, "If you have a book, you wont write the same thing twice. They had drained Nanoha's core, but not Fate's. If my whole theories are correct, then Fate is in greater danger than Nanoha."
Five full seconds spent before her brain registered my words and her eyes bulged.
"Wha?"
"I don't want to test the accuracy of my theory. Just do it!"
"Y- yes."
Arf and Zafira displayed their affection, Fate and Signum continued their grudge match. The screen jumped around fom one camera to another, trying to keep them in focus. No sound were transmitted, though.
The other screen displayed Nanoha unleashed her bigger-than-normal Divine Buster as long-range attack, right after defended herself from Vita's powerful attack. The beautiful loooong thick line of pink was failed to be properly captured by TSAB camera.
Amy was ready to cheer in triumph.
And then the very same screen displayed that her attack had failed. The masked-man, the Hentai Kamen, blocked her attack. Nanoha tried to unleash a second shoot, but he captured her on a bind.
At the same time, one of the screen captured the sight of another Hentai Kamen somewhere in the same planet as Fate. He appeared to be running toward her location.
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A/N: To clarify, I have no issue against homosexuality. Other than becoming their target, of course. If two men like each other, that's fine. Just please do not include me in your relationship.
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