Thanks for the reviews guys. Koichi, a quick thing, I do NOT support threesomes, (except in yaoi) so Raika is only going to get one or the other. You'll just have to wait and see who. I'm glad you like the "Call of the Wild" armor idea, and I know exactly what to turn Knightman into. Second chapter time. Recap: we didn't see very much last chapter, but Raika and Chaula are going to go to the Underground to test out a new feature of Chaula's "Call of the Wild" Program. How is that going to work out? Let's find out!
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Upon going down the tunnel, they could see the Underground was very busy today. The water tubes were bustling with Hydroquins trying to get in. Three of them were stuck in one of the ports reaching down, and Raika and Chaula looked at each other before they went over to the port and opened it. When the door opened, water rushed out, carrying with it a seal, a dolphin, and a great white shark, all of which flopped about while they turned into humans. They stood up and looked at Raika and Chaula while they closed the port.
"Thanks guys, someone needs to fix the handle on the inside of that door." The girl who the seal turned into said.
"Yeah, how do they expect us to be able to enjoy the Underground if we can't get into it?" The shark-boy snapped. The boy the dolphin turned into didn't say a word as Chaula approached them.
"I know guys, I'll get Manny on that." She said.
"Thanks Blazer, have you seen Sasha anywhere by any chance?" The seal girl asked.
"No, I haven't. I'll tell her you're looking for her if I do." Chaula answered. The Hydroquins thanked them and walked into the city. Raika approached her and cocked a brow.
"You are more well known than I thought. I don't even know them." He said. Chaula smiled and walked toward the center of town, where cross-fusion battles took place.
"They are apart of the Meirator herd, they are in the top five in the group category of LA's (pronounced, la, as in la la la, in plural form) top fighters." She explained. Raika smirked as he knew who was at the very top of the best fighters list in groups. They made it to the central square and they saw two crossfusers already in battle.
"Wow, we gave out more syncrochips than I thought." Raika pointed out as he watched the battlers go at it.
"Well, yeah. Lycanthropes have better stamina than humans, so why wouldn't we be recruited to join Sharo's military?" She said as the battle finished. The dimensional area went down and the battlers came out, one of them, a big, burly teen, about 17, rose his hands in the air and sneered.
"Who thinks they can take me on? No one is more powerful than me and Torroman!" He smirked. Chaula's eyes held an evil glint in them that Raika recognized to be her ambitious look. He knew she wanted to challenge him and beat him down. And he almost let her when he got an idea.
"I can Oushi! Show me what you can do." Raika said, stepping in the ring. He was going to show Chaula just how strong a weredeer could be. "And I challenge you to a full-scale cross-battle!" He said, grinning. Everyone gasped at his challenge and Chaula smirked at her friend. This would be interesting. Not very many full-scale battles were called out. Oushi laughed heartily and looked at Raika.
"Are you serious? No one has ever beaten me in a full-scale battle!" He bragged.
"Well then it would only be appropriate if a Blazer did." Raika stated.
"Very well. I accept your challenge." As he said this, multiple generators came from the walls and created a dimensional area, engulfing the entire Underground. It passed harmlessly through the water tubes and everyone was cut off from the outside world. Multiple hovering cameras came out from the walls and everyone grabbed a seat on the sides of the streets. The streets were deserted except for the two netbattlers. They took out their PETs and loaded their battlechips. "Ready to lose?" Oushi taunted.
"One centauri if going to lose today, but it won't be me." Raika retorted.
"Syncrochip in, download! Cross-Fusion!" Both called out. They were engulfed in a bright light as their navis armor covered them. When the process was over, Raika saw Oushi covered in black and gold armor, his navis symbol, a gold bull on a black backgroung, appeared on his chest and a helmet with two horns sticking out the sides sat on his head. He grinned when he took in Raika's form.
"This is going to be too easy Torroman, let's finish this quickly." Oushi said.
"Hai, Oushi." A deep voice sounded.
"Gutstomp!" Oushi called as he smashed his foot down on the ground. Raika jumped out of the way just in time, one of the camera's following him.
"Search-grenade!" He said as he threw a little green grenade at Oushi. When it exploded, Raika took out his gun and pointed in the smoke. "Charge shot!" HE called as he fired. His blast when into the smoke and when it cleared, there was nothing but a hole where he fired. "What?" Raika said.
"Ha! Take this, cyber-sword!" Oushi yelled, coming from behind.
"Raika, look out!" Searchman warned. Raika dodged out of the way just in time as Oushi brought his sword down. Oushi grinned evilly at Raika.
"Ready to give up?" He asked. Raika smirked when he looked at Chaula, who nodded and got out her PET.
"Not quite, WindRush!" He yelled, suddenly, a wind started blowing and when it touched Raika, it picked him up and he glowed, covered in a bright, white, light (oops, it rhymed, :P). Within the light, metallic wings appeared on his back. His cyber-boots grew four long claws, three in front and one in back. His hands became sharper and a black mask covered his mouth. A beak piece covered the black mask, opening in a menacing way. To complete the transformation, Searchman's symbol changed from a sight to the silhouette of a falcon. The light disappeared and Raika fell, unable to control himself.
"Raika, think of flight! Your new powers are controlled the same way battlechips are!" Searchman explained. Raika concentrated on being able to fly, and suddenly his wings worked! They flapped once to steady himself before freezing in an open position. Raika sighed in relief.
"Thank you Searchman, now let's show Chaula what a genius she is, shall we?" He asked. Searchman chuckled as he discovered the real reason why he volunteered to fight. Focusing his attention back on the battle, Raika looked at Oushi, who stared at him, terrified. "What do you think? Ready to for a real fight?" Raika taunted.
"Feathershower!" He said and he flapped his mechanical wings toward Oushi, hundreds of little metal feathers flying right toward him. Chaula stared in amazement as Raika pushed her program to it's limits.
"I have never known Raika to actually jump into a fight. I wonder why he did." She said to Protias as she recorded the fight with her PET. Protias appeared in holographic form on Chaula's shoulder.
"I don't know, maybe he was just itching for some action." She said. Raika dove toward Oushi after his attack hit and slugged him, knocking Oushi back. His speed had increased ten-fold! He struck at Oushi from all sides, preventing him from landing an attack. He flew back up high and looked down at him.
"Time to finish this, windstorm!" Raika shouted as he flew around in a circle. His speed picked up and he had created a tornado, picking Oushi up. Oushi yelled as he spinned and Raika flew to Chaula and landed next to her. When the tornado disappeared, Oushi fell and hit the ground, knocking him out of crossfusion. The dimensional area went down and Raika turned back to normal before his crossfusion faded as well. He caught his PET and looked at Chaula, who beamed at him.
"That was awesome Raika! Great work. I'll analyze this later. How about we get something to eat?" She said, oblivious to the stunned Oushi and the amazed onlookers. Raika smiled and nodded at her.
"Sure, my treat." He said and he helped Chaula up, the both of them walking to CreatChow while everyone cheered. From the crowd, a wolf watched them as they went inside the café, his eyes focused on Chaula.
TBC
Awesome fight scene if I do say so myself. LoL, Raika is a guy alright, what a showoff. What do you guys think? Read and review!