Act I: The Stalkers and the Chasers
Chapter 1: The Crazy Faced Blimp
Time before Prologue: One Week
(AU: Jake=Number 39: Utopia= Number c39: Utopia Ray)
In a forest, a teenage boy, wearing a hoodie and regular clothing, and a warrior covered in dark red armor look through the forest. They are not the only ones, nearby a mechanical lizardman, a samurai, a cowboy, a armored giant, another armored warrior, a furball with wings, a baby dragon, and a furry dragon rest. The boy and the armored warrior look for resources for their long travels ahead.
"Find anything yet, Excalibur?" the boy said as he look through some bushes.
"No not a bloomin thing!" the knight replied, "There's no walking meat and theres no plant here that produce fruit or vegetables around here, Jake!"
"Ah...keep looking." Jake said. It was strange for his friend, Heroic Champion: Excalibur, to take orders from him because both of them are not in the same class. Jake was just an Ordinary, a being or human with no powers, until he kidnapped and implanted with Extraordinary powers that used to belong to the late Number 39: Utopia. Ever since then, he had taken up that mantle. He had made many friends that are Extraordinary, beings with power, who accept him as a friend despite of his former state. One of those friends,Mana, had been kidnapped by an unknown force. At this moment, he consider her one of his dearest friends. On the other hand, he was given a task by a man named Kazuma Tsukumo, father of Yuma Tsukumo(a younger teen that summons him to another world while he was asleep). The task at hand was to find out the danger yet to come to his and other worlds. Kazuma think Mana's kidnapping is connected to that same danger.
The map that Kazuma had given to him was proven to be good. It finally showed the path to that "D.D." gate after a grueling battle with a Earthbound Immortal two weeks ago. Now he and his pals are on their way.
"Found some!" Excalibur said as he pulls out some grapes. Jake turn and smile.
"Good, that will last us through the night." Jake said.
The pair return to the camp to share their findings with the group. Excalibur, the samurai, the armored giant, and the armored warrior had to take off their helmets to eat their food.
"You know we can't live on grapes forever." The samurai, One-eyed Skill Gainer, said as he eat some grapes. Skill Gainer has a eye patch covering his right eye as well has black hair and a small beard. The samurai is in his late twenties.
"Well look at the bright side." the armored warrior, Zubaba General, said, "We might as well make grape juice too." Zubaba General's features is a young adult male with with pointy dark brown with a yellow stripe
"Or wine!" the armored giant known as Gauntlet Launcher said as he crush the grapes in his hand and drank the sweet liquid. Gauntlet Launcher's features is a male at his early thirties with a thin beard, mustache and brown hair. He and Zubaba laughs and fist bumps each other.
The mechanical lizard, Gagagigo the Risen, scoffs while the cowboy, Gagaga Cowboy, just says in a western accent, "It just grapes fellas, Can't we just eat them?"
"Agreed." Excalibur agreed as he ate a grape. Excalibur has the features of a young man as well with orange and brown hair. He turns to Jake, "So how long is our destination?"
Jake pulls out the map from pocket as well as a bird feather. Jake has been using the feather to mark off their journey. Jake marks off another point and sees the picture of the D.D. gate.
"We're getting close." Jake said as he puts up the map. The baby dragon which is a Blue-Eyes Chick, Kisara, looks at Jake and moves her head on his leg. Jake notices her and says, "Oh I'm sorry Kisara. You want some too?" Jake grab a couple of grapes and gives them to Kisara who eats them.
Jake smiles as he watches Kisara. About nearly three weeks ago, a young Blue Eyes Chick hatched from her egg. The last offspring of the original Blue Eyes White Dragon and namesake of the current one, Kisara, this one was almost killed by Excalibur, Zubaba General, and Gauntlet Launcher if it weren't for Jake's interference. Now, Jake treats Kisara as if his own child.
As with the group's other two furry companions, Winged Kuriboh, the furball with two small wings, came looking for Mana all by himself. The other one, A Baby Tiragon named Flip, is a pet and acquaintance that Excalibur saved.
The group finishes off the grapes and put their equipment back on.
"Come on folks, we'll be there for the next two days." Gigo said as he and Jake look at the map.
"Two days and low on supplies, sounds fun." Gauntlet Launcher said as he put on his gauntleted hands.
The group walk for a while through the woodland areas. Jake carries Kisara but in some parts of the travel, he lets her walk around due her need stretch out. As they walk, Skill Gainer notice a small dot running through the skies.
"Um….guys?" Skill Gainer said.
"Oh is the Earthbound Incident all over again." Zubaba General said as the group stops as they turn to Skill Gainer, " What is it?"
"I think there is something in the skies." Skill Gainer said as he points to the skies, "But it ain't Dark Flattop."
Zubaba General breathes out easily and Excalibur said, "What is it then?"
The group looks at the dot and looks closely at it. The dot turns direction and lowers altitude.
"It looks like an outline of a giant boat with a giant bag on top of it." Gagaga Cowboy described.
"It's an airship." Jake said.
"A what?" Excalibur said.
"An airship." Jake said, "Its a type of flying machine that flies in the air."
"Does anyone have some binoculars?" Gigo asked. Gauntlet Launcher opens a compartment in his armor and pull out a binocular. He gives it to Gigo and Gigo replies, "Thanks." Gigo look at the airship with binoculars. Gigo scolds, "Crap."
"What is it?" Jake asked.
Gigo hands the binoculars to Jake and says, "A blast from the past!"
Jake puts down Kisara and grab the binoculars from Gigo. He looks through them at the ship and curses under his breath. On the giant airship blimp, a picture of a fiend's head is shown. A fiend's face that Jake, have no doubt, can recognize. The organic mane, the disfigured mouth, and the craze expression can add up to one fiend. "Brron." Jake said in disgust.
39/Dark World
Brron looks around the hull of his airship with his green, fur coat flapping in the air. Nothing but a beat up giant rowboat and a knitted giant air blimp, the run down airship can fly. Well sort of. There was one little problem: the ship isn't engine powered.
"Lord Brron!" A Dark World fiend soldier runs up to him. A Dark World Fiend, like Brron, is mostly have gooey, less boney appearance than their other fiend species. "Sir, we're slowing down as well as lowering."
"I can see that, you nitwit." Brron replied in a witch-like voice, "I must see to the problem." He walks across the rowboat, greeting other Dark World fiends on the way, to a wooden portapotty that connects to the balloon by four pipes. He opens the door to reveal a fiend in a lab coat and wearing glasses pedaling on a workout bicycle connected to the airship by chains. The fiend is purple colored and have horns on its head. By judging by the fiend's condition, he was tired and exhausted.
"I'm tired!" the fiend exhaustly said.
"You're not done exercising just yet, Kozaky!" Brron said in a wicked grin, "Just four more hours."
"I"ve been doing this for two weeks!" Kozaky yelled as he stops pedaling, "I'm exhausted! And top of that, we didn't spot the goody two-shoe troupe for two weeks! Face it! We're not gonna find him or any of his pals! We're doom! And once the Council of the Six Attributes finds out that you are up in your old tricks, they will…"
"Don't stop working, you fool!" Brron screamed as the airship started to fall, "Pedal! Pedal!" Kozaky tread once more and the airship flies. Brron breathes slowly as well as some of his fiends.
"Well I said is the truth." Kozaky said as he pedal slowly.
"Kozaky, you have low faith in me like any other person I met," Brron said as he quickly change moods, "Well don't worry about that. The sick plan I made will be in place in due time! But we need to find Jake, Ordinary in Extraordinary. And yes, then he will have it coming!" Brron cackles crazily.
The boat airship then is hit knocking Brron off balance. Brron gets up and yells, "What the Hell was that?"
Another Dark World fiend, by the name Beiige, runs up too Brron and says, "Sir I think they found us."
"Who? The Elemental Heroes? No wait, I know! Dark Magician and his group of rejects!" Brron answered wrongly.
"No, neither of them. It's Jake and his buddies!" Beiige said.
Brron pushes Beiige aside and look at the damage done to his boat. The hull is all gone and the Dark World fiends try not to get close to it. Brron looks around the ship to see the shot came from. But nothing, just the forest concealing the attacker's location.
How do that idiot, Beiige, knows its Jake and his gang of misfits? Brron thought as he looks arounds.
A energy sword slash comes from a part of the forest and hits the boat. Brron is almost knock backwards but kept his footing. Brron recognizes the energy slash as Jake's. It was him! But before Brron can thought of a counter strategy, a gauntleted hand appears out of the forest and heads toward him. Brron screamed as he ducks the attack. The Dark World fiends scramble on the boat as Brron slowly rises. I'm in deep trouble now. Brron thought
Dark World/39
Jake prepares his two swords as he about to do another energy sword shoots energy slash at the ship. He started attacking the ship as it was lowering and falling down to get a cleaner shot. Gauntlet Launcher fired one of his gauntleted hands not too long ago at the flying airship and the group watches as it misses its intended target, Brron. Gauntlet Launcher grab the fired Gauntleted hand as it came back.
"Damn it!" ,curse Gauntlet Launcher as he reattaches his gauntleted hand, "I miss!"
"Lets try a different approach. We're not getting anywhere with the effort we're doing." Jake said as he turns to Gagaga Cowboy, "Can you see if you can get a shot at that?"
"With pleasure, Utopia pal." Gagaga Cowboy said as he point one of his gauntlet guns at the airship. He pinpoints his target and pulls the trigger. The projectile hits Brron's printed head on the blimp, right between the eyes. The shot come out of the other side of the blimp.
"Ooooh." the group said in response to the shot except Gagaga Cowboy.
"Thats terrible." Gigo said as he begun to grin, "If thats the real Brron that is."
"There ship is falling down." Excalibur said, "Should we…."
"Nah. Let them fall. Theres a river nearby." Jake said as he dismisses his swords and grabs Kisara.
"Well, I hope you're right." Skill Gainer said as the group walks away.
39/Dark World
"Look they have done to my face!" Brron says as he looks over the boat's edge and sees the side of the blimp that has his face, "Those sick weirdos!"
Kozaky ran from his portapotty room and runs to Brron. "So what now?" Kozaky screamed to Brron's ear.
Brron looks down and says, "Enjoy the ride!" then he laughs like a craze maniac. The Dark World fiends scream like it was their last. The funny part was that Jake was right. They landed on the river which is a couple feet deep. Due to the fiend's species of endurance, they all are okay just minor injuries.
"Jake! I hope you can hear me!" roared the Mad King of Dark World, "If you do, I just want to let you know…."
Dark World/39
"...you'll get what's coming!"
The threat echoed throughout the forest. When the group heard it, Jake smiled.
"They always say that." Jake said.
"Well guys, You'll guess that means." Excalibur says, "Someone's has to look out for the entire night. Who's turn is it to look out tonight."
During each night, a person is suppose to look out during the night for a couple hours or so. Consider the Mad King of Dark World and his party are out there, someone have unfortunately look out for the entire night. That unfortunate person's turn for the night is….
"Mine. Damn it!" Zubaba General yelled, "Of all the people, why me?"
"For one thing, you snore too loud." Skill Gainer said, "Bothered me in my meditation when I was in my look out."
"But that was for only couple of hours!" Zubaba General complained, "The whole night! Geez."
"Well look at the bright side." Gauntlet Launcher said, "At least you'll bring out your frustrations on something."
"Thats right." Zubaba General said as he shakes his hands together, "Brron and his goons."
"Come on guys! Lets continue on and find somewhere to camp." Jake said as the group continues to move on.
Later during the night, the group manage to find a suitable place for a camp. The group are asleep except Zubaba General, who is ready and longing for a brawl with Brron and his band. As Jake sleeps, he dreams but not he is summon by Yuma and his other worldly ally Astral. He dream that he was on a flower field. He was walking on the field. The never ending field of roses and daisies. He walks across of it trying to figure out why he is here. Then he sees a figure. A girl wearing light blue, pink clothing with blonde hair. Jake know who she is.
"Mana!" Jake shouted in happiness as he runs to her. Mana turns to see him. She just waves and turn into a flock of butterflies.
"Mana!" Jake said as he watches the flock of butterflies fly. He cries to himself, remembering the events the Invader of Darkness, a so-proclaim 'defender of order', almost killed Mana if it weren't a portal opening before her fatal landing. He felt guilt over this because he was busy with battling someone else rather than protecting her.
The field of flowers disappear around him and a mirror appears a front of him. Jake looks at it and sees something unbelievable. A giant futuristic ship, not like Brron's run down airship, floats around is some dimension. Jake sees Astral, Yuma's ghostly, blue companion that appears when Yuma duels, facing against some dark version of himself. Behind the Dark Astral, a group of cards with numbers behind him glows.
"The Dark Astral," Jake said, "Its the same one as Dark Mist's master. He must be trying to kill Astral! I can't let that happen!" Jake runs up to the mirror and crashes through it. As he did, he changes to his Number 39: Utopia form, which is yellow, white armor with wings.
Unknown to Utopia, the Dark Astral's name is Number 96 and he is about to absorb Astral to make him visualize his true mission.
"The time has come at last." Number 96 said, "Come and join us, Astral!" Dark tentacles sprout from Number 96 to try to catch their target, Astral. Astral try to shield himself but knew it wouldn't provide much help.
Utopia appears before Astral and slashes all the tentacles.
"What?!",said a surprised Number 96.
Astral uncovers himself to see Utopia protecting him. "Utopia." Astral said.
I'm here to protect you, Astral. Utopia thought as he prepares for battle.
"Number 39, You refuse to join us in our mission of destruction?" asked Number 96, "Well then, I'll have to make you join us by force!"
Dark ooze appears before Number 96. The ooze forms and sprout out legs and arms before the main body is formed. The creature's mouth and eyes is on the main body rather on the head, which has the number tattoo 96. Utopia knows what creature that Astral's dark counterpart has summon.
Number 96: Dark Mist, Utopia thought, Well good thing you're dead.
Oh am I?
Utopia's eyes went wide open as he heard those words coming from Dark Mist.
Dark Mist? You're survived? Utopia thought
Oh yes I did, you bastard. Dark Mist thought back Utopia's reply, Or the proper term for you is Ordinary bastard!
Utopia went into shock when Dark Mist called him a Ordinary and thought, He knows?!
"Subdue Utopia, Dark Mist!" Number 96 commanded.
Dark Mist outstretch his claw towards Utopia but Utopia counterattacks by using one of his swords.
This will be a long battle. Utopia thought.