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World Divergence: Alpha - Nanohaverse
A's XII
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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I raised one eyebrow, "Why, Chrono? Your mother seems fine with it..."
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0065 - December 23rd
TSAB Ship Arthra
Observer POV
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Admiral Lindy Harlaown had to stop herself from doing more than pinching the bridge of her nose. She, too, started to question her sanity for accepting the boy back then.
The problem did not lie on the plan. Rather on the way its presentation was delivered. The whole crews who heard it were snickering. The way he said it was very roundabout that it cost some brain cells just to translate. She was sure of it.
Aside from the insanity and headache, she had checked the plan itself. To her amazement, that plan was valid. From the numerical calculations alone, the plan gave a high success rate. And just as he said, the group's specialty, in other words: wholesale destruction, was suitable for this plan.
Attack the defense program with multiple devastator-class magical attacks, then teleport the remaining to outer space, and finally destroy it with the ship's main cannon. Next to no collateral damage to residential area.
And he did it in a matter of minutes? He formulated the entire thing, plus a not-quite-insult which well-thought, and delivered it perfectly (in a insane way of perfect), just in a matter of minutes?
That's it! Better just approve it and forget the entire thing! He's insane anyway!
"Begin charging the Arc-en-ciel!"
"Yes*snicker*, Mam!" *snicker*
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0065 - December 23rd
Uminari Offshore Area
MC POV
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=Two minutes until it goes berserk,= Amy's voice transmitted through global channel.
"Umm... Nanoha-chan, Fate-chan, Will-kun... Shamal?" Hayate-chan called us.
Shamal came closer, "You want me to heal them, right? Klarer Wind, time to do what you do best!"
[Yes.]
A soft breeze blew around the her as spell flowed over the three of us, closing up wounds, repairing Barier Jackets, and regenerating stamina-
Or, in my case, Warrior Gear and ki.
-her skirt was swayed by the same breeze.
"This is amazing!" "Thank you very much, Shamal-san!"
"Damn, just a little bit more," I grumbled under my breath. The breeze just made her skirt sway not higher than knee level.
"I knew it..." someone muttered beside me. "I should have designed the skirt a little shorter..."
My mouth filter suddenly went off, "Why didn't you?"
"I was in a hurry and..."
That voice suddenly stopped. I turned toward the origin of that voice and found... Hayate-chan?
Our thought process were halted for a few seconds. Until both of use spoke at the same time with similar grins painted on our faces.
"You understand what I'm saying?" "You want to see it too?"
The others eyed at us in mix of denial, pity, resignation, and grudge. Or something else... Didn't know which...
Achievement unlocked: The True Grey Path.
"Why did I helped her again?" Shamal muttered under her breath, but most of people present caught it.
Vita seemed like want to cry, "Because she's our master. Our master who happens to like dressing us in horribly embarrassing costumes."
No one said anything.
I coughed before speaking, "Alright. This is the final battle. Mages, knights, familiars, EO staffs, gender-confused individuals-"
They staggered in mid-air.
"-perverts, ninja, and honorable guests. We are here, on this day, to prepare a wedding cake for one Chrono Harlaown-"
Chrono wanted to cry.
"-so his bride and his mother could cut it together and wrap up the party. May they life happily ever after."
Snickers came from unknown number of personels over global channel. Quite logical, since I did not made it clear who were going to live happily ever after: Chrono and his wife-to-be, or Chrono's wive-to-be and his mother.
That'd definitely put a whole new twist on the definition of marriage.
And finally... the big, dark orb exploded. A giant grotesque creature of six legs came out. The true final boss had come.
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0065 - December 23rd
Uminari Offshore Area
Observer POV
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"It's starting." Chrono said to no one.
"The Tome of the Night Sky..." Hayate narrated. "And the program that made it known as the 'cursed Book of Darkness...' The darkness of the Book of Darkness."
"By the way... Where's Will?"
True to that sentence, the one called Will had disappeared.
"Eh?!"
"Over there!" someone pointed out.
Said individual was sighted behind the monstrosity, walking on water's surface. His voice rang through the global channel.
=I don't have a proper devastator. And since I'm technically a shinobi, I am using my specialty to score an initial attack. Prepare yourself!=
Hesitant confirmations sent as reply.
"You are not welcomed here, Unagi-inu!" he shouted out loud.
Arf and Zafira looked vaguely insulted.
A wave of bloodlust and malice washed over the vicinity as he unleashed his killing intent at full power. Most of the other combatants were frozen with cold sweat as they had never tasted such thing. Signum was the only one who could keep her composure, even if it was barely. She was the only one who had tasted his killing intent, and even then it was not this potent.
The automatic defense program also sensed it, but he quickly attacked with one of his most powerful move. His right hand was raised high-
[LimitBreak]
-and he leaped forward.
"SHINRA TENSEI!"
[Heavenly Bitchslap.]
A smacking sound echoed as one of the barrier was destroyed. The abomination was thrown further into the ocean with that single hit. He then disappeared in burst of speed and reappeared near the abomination's feet. A follow up attack-
"Feel. My. Love."
[Down. Down-right. Right. Hit.]
"HADOUKEN!"
-hit it dead on. A yellowish-white projectile in shape of a heart launched from his hands passed through the several layers of barrier. It hit the abomination directly and flung it high into mid-air.
The grotesque beast screeched in pain as it fell down into water's surface. It tried to score a counter attack, but failed. The dent he made on its side hampered its movement a great deal.
And then the malicious atmosphere suddenly disappeared as he stopped the killing intent. The audiences both breathed in relief and gaped at the absurdity of the scene.
"W- what the heck was that?" "S- such power..." "Street Fighter...?" "B- bitchslap?" "H- heart-shaped...?" "And he even... got the combo right..."
=What are you waiting for? Attack NOW!=
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0065 - December 23rd
Uminari Offshore Area
MC POV
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I stood on the water's surface like modern day Je-.
*Ahem* I mean, like a Narutoverse shinobi.
Actually I just stood on Flying Platform I made barely beneath the water's surface.
I panted, my breaths were rugged, and my muscles were sore. Checking on Eyaruu, I had nearly exhausted my reserves. Only about 13% left on both mana and ki.
The last two attacks took a lot of my reserves. Sure, I had recovered somewhat from Shamal's treatment, but I put a lot more power in those two attacks compared to before. It was way stronger, since it did knock NatchWal away.
Currently, I was drained. Not completely, but not enough to do more attack. And so, I stood here watching the battle, while pondering what Luna had said.
You shout your feelings of love whenever you use that attack. Since you already used it three times, the magic finally made it official. Now, you can fight as magical boy for love and justice.
Of course she just had to slap a cosmic joke on me.
Damn you, Luna!
I did complain when the shape of my Hadouken, which often called Fireball by gamers, that manifested itself in form of flying fist instead of energy ball (hence the name fireball). Not that I was serious when I did that... But come on! Between flying fist projectile and flying heart projectile, I would choose the former any day!
Hadouken, literally meant Wave Motion Fist or Surge Fist. It was a special attack used by Street Fighter characters. The sprites in the game used palm thrust to perform this attack, while I used loosely-clenched fist instead. In the game, player would need to perform a combination of quarter circle, either with D-pad or joystick, toward the enemy and punch button to unleash the move. That's why I programmed Eyaruu to list the combo each time I used it.
Because it seemed cool back then...
Why, Luna? Why?
A shout from Vita forced me back from my self-pity. Her device, Graf Eisen, had changed it shape to an over-sized hammer-
"Giant Crusher!"
-and she smashed it on the poor NatchWal. The impact made caused it to down to two barriers. Size does (not) matter indeed.
Then, Signum stood some distance away. Her sword had turned into bow. Heh.. Luna said my counterparts were marksmen. They would love to have Laevatein in their arsenal.
She drew the string and a spear-like arrow formed.
Two cartridges loaded-
"Soar forth, my falcon!"
[Sturmfalken.]
-and the arrow was released. The projectile disappeared into a line of purple light that hit NatchWal. It exploded and brought one barrier down. Just one more barrier remained.
On other side in same distance, Nanoha and Fate stood shoulder to shoulder. Nanoha held her spear-staff and Fate held her zanbatou. Pink Mid-Childan circle overlapped with the yellow one. Both combined into one giant circle that shining brightly as the mana level increased. Countless orbs of pink and yellow formed around them.
"N&F, mid-range exterminating combination!" "Blast Calamity!"
""Fire!""
One great beam of pink and yellow, bigger than Starlight Breaker, fired. It was followed by smaller beams fired by the orbs around them. The whole attack plowed through NatchWal's last barrier and exploded in blinding light. When the light died down, NatchWal had lost some parts of its body.
I did not remember such sequences in anime... So, it was another things that changed, huh?
Hayate was high in the air, she raised her staff and began chanting. But NatchWal, despite the damage it had taken, began to move for either counter attack or tactical retreat. Zafira hurriedly used his spell.
"Steel yoke!"
White spikes sprouted up and skewered NatchWal, keeping it in place.
Meanwhile, Hayate chan had finished chanting. White Belkan triangle formed with seven white orbs at its front side. One at the center, and six other surrounded it.
"Stone spears, Mistilteinn!"
Seven white spears of light penetrated the body of NatchWal, petrifying everywhere they touched, turning them into real stone. The petrification then began spreading to until it affected the entire body of said defense program.
Then, from the petrified region, something burst forth. Limbs, tentacles, new mass.
E gawd, this series did have some hentai doujins, but that's it. They're just doujins, not canon. But this creepy tentacle...
Not only Arf and Shamal who felt disgusted.
Steeling myself, I quickly spoke trough global channel, "It's working so far, we'll only need to either keep it from regenerating or slow the regeneration down a little... Until our three natural-disaster-class mahou-shoujo finish it-"
Three mahou-shoujo looked insulted.
"-Your turn, Mr. Groom. Freeze it, fry it, do your worst."
Chrono grumbled, but he took his turn and raised his new staff.
"Let's go, Durandal."
[Okay, Boss.]
"Permafrost, construct a frozen coffin and deliver eternal sleep unto this beast," he chanted as the sea around the program froze, ice began to form and covered it.
"Freeze!"
[Eternal coffin.]
The freezing accelerated and ice completely covered the program and sea around it. That attack seemed to slowed down its regeneration.
I leaped upward, reaching higher elevation as the three mahou-shoujo took their position. Each began charging their own attack.
[Staright Breaker] "Everything, right now!"
"Lightning Flash! Plasma Zanber!"
"Resound, Horn of Judgement! Ragnarok!"
Three simultaneous cries of "Breaker!" echoed in the night sky.
Pure burst of mana in pink, yellow, and white struck the frozen defense program together. Waves of excess energy exploded upward as nearly all of the defense program disintegrated.
I did not envy them. They could throw those bigger-than-shit beams of destruction.
Not. Even. Once.
Okay, might be a little.
Let's put things into perspective. That unagi-inu, even if it's completely different from the strange creature from Tensai Bakabon series, was ranked as a planet killer. One that could destroy planet in matter of hours. Not days, but hours. Then that shit got destroyed (non-permanently) by three pre-teen girls, mahou-shoujo, whom I aptly ranked as natural-disaster-class. Three shoots at their full power were enough to destroy a planet killer.
And Nanoha used five of the same attack on Vivio (StrikerS timeline).
So. Much. Love.
Anyway, Shamal had readied her device to capture the core. She was using a technique equivalent to Doraemon's Dokodemo Door. Wire from her device formed a ring that tore the fabric of space.
"Main core, show yourself," she focused. "I've... got it!"
The cake had been wrapped up, time for Ferret and Dog Express to ship it-
"Long Distance Transfer!"
-right in front of Arthra's cannon hole.
=Arc-en-ciel, barrel expansion!=
=Firing Lock System, open. Confirm firing lock, and reposition the ship to a safe position! Start the preparations!=
=Arc-en-ciel... Fire!=
And the fireworks lit up on the sky.
=All objects in the firing zone have been completely atomised. Reincarnation reactions... Non-existent!=
=Good work everyone, the situation has been taken care of!=
Yeah, the sad thing was... We could not see how it get obliterated. Arthra was somewhere in orbit, which was several thousand kilometers above sea level. Anything happened there was nothing more than a very insignificant light show. Moon was so damn big (about a quarter of earth's size), and it appeared small because of the distance.
Ergo, the explosion was pitifully small from this distance.
Remember the times when Team Rocket got blasted and disappear into a twinkle in the sky? Yeah, it was more or less that size.
And there was no sound either. Space was mostly vacuum, therefore it transmitted no sound. Any explosion sound, either in movies or animes, was made to add the flavor, so to speak. Yeah, space combat in eternal silence was not an appealing feature in movies.
Nevertheless, cheers of joy erupted and echoed both in ground zero and in Arthra..Understandable, since we succeeded against overwhelming odds.
We did it. We won.
We survived.
My presence here had altered some things. I do not know how much had changed, and how much more would be changed.
The chance that Nanoha failed to keep the Avatar busy was not zero. The chance that Fate failed to get out was not zero. The chance that Hayate-chan did not wake up was not zero. The chance that NatchWal could have killed us all because it used different strategy was not zero.
Anything could happen differently from canon.
All because I was here.
And because I was here, I had to do my part.
To survive. And to enjoy life.
=...return to Arthra and take a well deserved rest.= I missed half of the announcement.
We were ready to depart-
"Hayate!" "Hayate-san!"
-and Hayate-chan fainted.
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A/N: Aah... Sorry, something came up, and I kinda forgot to upload the next chapter. Anyway, this chapter is the 'final battle' one, basically my own abridged retelling of episode 12. The conclusion of this battle will be on the next chapter.