DISCLAIMER: I don't own DBZ or Nier
Sorry for the delay, I have no excuses.
I decided to put Act's name and chapter's name in.
For your convenience, here are the previous chapter names.
. Chap 01: Death & new hope.
. Chap 02: Awaken & meeting.
. Chap 03: Arrival & negotiation.
. Chap 04: New home & trouble.
Anyway, here is the chapter.
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Chapter 05: Rebirth
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### 3rd person POV ###
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The day after the demons attack.
Everything was rolling into motion, be it bad or be it good no one could tell.
The North, the place the demons made their base, was dark, full of angry shouts, various bones of different species and trembling earth.
News of the annihilation of the army that was marching toward the kingdom to the east had spread to here.
The demons are angry, scared, excited and more aggressive.
Only the more intelligent and the higher echelons of the demon army could comprehend the threat this time.
If the army was defeated after fighting with the hero even when being overwhelmed by the hero then they could accept it, but this time they were annihilated in a matter of seconds along with the landscape.
The low rank demons don't understand the defeat so they sneered at the commander who ran back to report to the demon king.
The demons outside the castle that hold the gate were fighting among themselves. The reason?
There was no reason. After being agitated by the news, they became aggressive and sought to fight each other. They were the reason for the shouting and trembling here.
Their higher ups didn't prevent the fighting because that is how demons are. And for the commanders and up they considered the low rank demons as fodder because of the low intelligent and strength.
Every commander can single-handedly annihilate their brigade, if given enough time.
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(Clarify:
-A company typically has 100 to 200 soldiers.
-A battalion is a combat unit of 500 to 800 soldiers.
-A brigade comprises 3 to 5 battalions, approximately 1,500 to 4,000 soldiers.
In this story I use a higher number (bull commander led 10.000) because this is another universe.
To make it simple I won't use it much. I will just say "An army of [number] soldiers.")
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Back at the castle, the bull demon that led the attack on the kingdom of Orariens was sitting on a big stone chair in the audience room that was located in the lowest underground level of the castle, the 3rd floor underground.
Floating a few meters before him was a black crystalized ball of darkness that emitting black smoke continuously. The smoke filled the room, lingering on the ground to knee-height level of the bull demon commander.
The day before, after the defeat, he ran all the way back to the North to report the urgent news of the hero's power.
He still remembered the power the hero had unleashed on the battlefield.
That amount of energy from a cripple form still makes him shiver whenever he remembered.
When he first saw the hero through the far-vision magic tool, a cylinder tube with magic formation etched on, he even sneered at her cripple form, which was being held by another girl who was flying above the army. He had to admit the girl was impressive for being able to fly for a beast-kin but nothing too special.
The demons were many times stronger than any human or beast-kin, more resistant to magic than the elves or any other race. He was so sure that the battle would be a win for him, without the hero the human was nothing.
But against all odd, the hero made an attack.
While still in the arms of the beast-kin girl, the hero's eyes glow brightly and a small ball of energy gather before her.
At that time he still underestimated her and so was her attack.
But then when she released the blast and sweep it across the army, he felt his world collapsed.
Never before in his life had he witnessed such powerful attack and she was still in critical condition.
If he was not at the back to observe the battlefield but instead led the attack head on, he would surely perish already.
With trembling hands and gritted teeth, he felt hopeless, powerless for the first time in his life.
There were still some demons left over in the attack, he decided to join them and attack, the hero surely must have used all of her energy in that attack.
But again he stopped when a beam of bright red light pierced a demon in the chest. Looking up he saw the hero's eyes still glowed a dim light and shot thin but concentrated beam of light out of her eyes killing demons left and right.
He had had enough. Even if he was a battle maniac and always sought out strong opponent, he knew his limit.
So he signaled for the remaining demons to retreat, he must report this to the demon realm.
And here he was, waiting for the demon king to speak to him. One cannot simply meet the demon king any time they want.
Finally, the dark crystal flashed and the dark figure of the demon king sitting on the throne appeared.
His figure was obscured by black smoke, only his red glowing eyes were visible. This was of course just a projected image, the demon king still resided in his castle in the demon realm.
"WHAT IS YOUR REPORT COMMANDER?"
The demon king's voice sounded very dark and rumbling.
The bull demon quickly kneed down.
"MY KING, WE HAD OUR FIRST DEFEAT BY THE HAND OF THE SUMMON HERO."
He began his report from when he received the information to the point he retreated back here without a detail left out. He knew full well what happened when someone hide something from the demon king.
"HMMM, SO THIS TIME THE GODDESS BRING HERE A UNIQUE GOLEM AND A BEAST-KIN.
COMMANDER, HERE IS YOUR ORDER."
"DEACTIVATE THE GATEWAY, DIVIDE THE KEY IN PARTS AND GIVE THEM TO ALL THE COMMANDERS ON THAT SIDE.
YOUR JOB IS TO DELAY THE HERO AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, I ADVIDE YOU ALL TO SCATTER AND MAKE BASE ACROSS THE LAND.
NOW GO!"
"I HEAR AND OBEY."
The bull commander bowed and retreated outside the room.
The silhouette of the demon king stayed there for a while and with a grim look he disappeared.
The room fell in silence once again leaving the black smoke strewed across the place.
With the order of the demon king, the castle became active with the excited roar of the low-ranking demons and grimace of the commanders.
The time of peril is about to come.
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### Hikari POV ###
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I wake up early today.
This will be the day my first base in this world comes into existence.
Yesterday work was just a base for me to estimate the materials and scale of thing.
My mind tell me not to build the thing I will use in here and I trust my new instinct. Why not? The instinct of a powerful saiyan warrior is not something to ignore.
So what should I do? Of course, just like any good scientist, I will make my secret lab in the underground until I find somewhere more to my taste.
"Hey A2, we should go down to the work place." I nudge her a bit, I still find it fascinating that she can sleep like living creature. Well, computer do have sleep mode so who know.
"Yeah, let's do that."
She is a bit more energetic than normal. Must be eager to fix her body.
We descend to the work place on the ground floor.
On the way we see many exhausted figure moving slowly around. They properly had a rough night after the battle.
Dealing with the aftermath must be hellish. Glad that it wasn't me.
The princess has stayed the night after the attack and now she was together with the knight commander talking about something.
Well I will not butt in their talk, politic and military matters are too bothersome right now, and A2 comes first before them.
I head straight to the stand I make yesterday and attach A2 there. I don't want her out of my reach yet.
"Now, let's resume to work!"
The craftsmen see me head here and begin to gather themselves around. I really can't give them any work, they don't know the things I make after all.
Back to my plan, I don't think I will build the high-end stuffs here. The very old model of computer, machine and power source should suffice for now.
Well it's still at the level of the lab of Dr. Gero that get destroy in the Android saga so it will be fine.
The power source will be me, I will inject power directly to the receiver hub. Call me paranoid if you want, I don't want anyone to use my lab, copy it or steal it. When I get my secret lab, I will build a proper power source there.
Now to make the lab, the basic thing is still computer, analyzer machine and some mischievous appliances.
I can make them into one big multipurpose machine but no, it will be easy to steal so I will make them into different machines.
The workshop area will be filled with the machines that synthesize chemicals, energy fluid and assembling robot arms.
I am quite surprised when I find out that the knowledge Shenron gave me include the blueprints of a lot of machines. And ultimate of them all is the Nano machine.
There are a lot of material that the locals don't have a clues what it is but I can solve the problem with the Nano machines.
I begin to lift some silver bars and some elastic non-conductive materials in the air above.
Melting the silver and some plastic-like material I make all sort of circuit boards.
With telekinesis and ki manipulation I can easily make wires, melt thing up or cool it down.
Today I just need to follow the plan I made yesterday so I go all out to build the lab.
Around 10 a.m. I have almost finished everything except the programing and making of the Operation System.
The craftsmen have stop moving for about 2 hours ago and resign to just watching.
The princess, the knight commander and everyone else in the tower who are nearby are also watching the spectacle.
Well, it's not every day to see things being built with telekinesis and power alone.
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Shit! Am I showing too much?
I must improvise thing as I go from here on. Let's just ignore them!
I turn back to the main screen of the computer I has just made. It's a big screen on the wall in the back opposite of the door with 5 meters width and 2 meters height.
The normal size computer I am standing at is in the middle of the room on a long table horizontal with the main screen and facing it. On the table are chemistry tools and the machines for analyzing substances.
The stairs going up and down are on the right so the remaining machines are placed near the wall on the left.
Between the machines on the left is the healing chamber, a shock absorption glass cylinder big enough to contain a person.
Everything is in its place, now come the tiresome part, the programing.
It took me till 1 p.m. to write all the software and connect all the machines to the network.
The maids inform me of the meal they made a while ago. Well, I will take this change to refresh a bit.
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I pick up A2 and follow the maids to the floor above to have the meal. Everyone who was watching me has already gotten back to their own work when I started to programing the computers.
"How was you doing?" A2 asks me concernedly "You was very… vigorous?"
"Eh, me? No, I was just too into it, and the lab is done so now I will begin to make your body."
"The lab looks kind of plain." Now she states it with a stoic face.
"HEY! Don't say that!" Then I whisper in a small voice to her. "I think we have a spy here. For now this will be "the lab" in everybody's eyes. I only built the old tech here and rigged it to use only my energy so no one can use or steel it and I will use mainly my power to make things in this lab."
Seeing that her face become serious I add.
"Don't worry, they will not understand what I am doing at all." I smirk.
"And your body will be a unique, one heck of a thing. Look forward to it!"
I am happily thinking about it, I should add a virtual training ground, hmm, I should recreate all the fighter in xenoverse 2 too for her to fight. Oh right! I will create a skills bank from my memory too, she is an android so I can upload data to her core, and that core will need a rework on…
"Greeting A2, greeting Hikari. Let's have lunch together."
My thought was interrupted when the princess appears out of nowhere. Huh? We already arrived? Well damn, need to avoid thinking too much when walking, this could be dangerous!
The room we are in is not too big or too small, there is a big window nearly 2 meters height open on the wall to the outside. The window is facing the south east so there will be no sunshine in the room in the afternoon and evening.
A small breeze blowing into the room swaying the princess's long golden hair and her simple elegant blue dress (just search "elegant blue dress" and pick one, it's not that important), her small beautiful lips smile together with her blue eyes toward us in a warm feeling. I have an illusion of light and flowers at her background.
Is she making a picturesque scene everywhere she goes? Wow, first time seeing them princesses and their princess's aura at work.
"Ah, your highness! Why are you having lunch so late?" I ask while giving her a light bow, gotta respect them princesses! A2 also bows and gives her greeting.
"Oh, Hikari, I just want to bond and get to know you better, is that alright?" Now she asks a bit nervously, just like a schoolgirl together with her crush, without the blushing and stuttering though.
"Of course, your highness and sorry for having lunch so late."
Well, sharing information with her is alright I hope, she seems to be a good person.
"Great! But first let's have our meal, the food is getting cold and please call me Alicia, I want us to be friend."
She has a determine look in her eyes when she told me to call her by name.
"Eh, you are making it difficult. Alright, I shall call you Princess Alicia, that's the best we can do."
After hearing me say that she is making a pout. Dammit, princess! Even your pout look cute!
Well, lunch time is dull, no one say a word, and it's the eating-manner so it can't be help. After that is tea time, this is the first time I participate in this kind of activity.
The way the princess handle herself is so beautiful, so refine. Is this how all princesses are?
"I shall start first, I am the first princess of the kingdom so relationships around me are complicated, I want to befriend with you two because the sons and daughters of the nobles are… you know, let's not talk about them. What about you Hikari and A2, can you tell me a bit about your life?"
"So A2, are you fine with telling her? I will let you go first."
"Hm, I am fine with telling but I don't have much to say, my life consists of continuously fighting machine life-form one after another." A2 finishes rather quickly. Well, she is A2 after all.
"Hey A2, how about you talk about the interesting people you met instead?" I help her with the topic, can't let her be unsocial here.
"Yeah, let's talk about the people you met!" The princess try to encourage A2 to talk too. "And what is the machine life-form?"
A2 looks absentminded for a while then begin to talk.
"The machine lifeforms are a race of sentient robot created by an extraterrestrial race that conquered Earth thousands of years ago. Their purpose was to destroy humanity and the androids that the humans created. I was created in the 14th machine war."
The princess was excited to finally hear some stories but was stunted and sad instead.
"Oh no, how could they endure the war that long?"
A2 with a faraway look answers Princess Alicia.
"They didn't. The humans were already extinct long before the aliens came. Anyway, I don't want to touch this topic."
"What? B-But… Yeah, l-let's change the topic." The princess becomes spluttered.
Wow, really. Just a few sentences in and the mood is gloomy already, good job A2.
"Come on A2, don't make that face, let's me take over from here." I hug her lightly, she is still sulking but she will get over it soon.
"Please don't feel bad, princess. That was like nearly ten thousand of year in the past, the world is a pretty complicated place so no use thinking too much about it."
I try to sooth her a bit and it seem to work. She is regaining her princess air back.
"I am so sorry for touching a sensitive subject. Then Hikari, please tell us a bit about yourself."
She has a kicked puppy look on how could I refuse?
"I used to work as a patroller so I am kind of a brawler too. Heh, most of the guys I meet was like "I am the strongest, you shall not stop me" and then I beat them up, put them in their prison. But now I prefer making things to breaking bones, I am my partner number 1 mechanic after all, right A2?"
"Hmm."
"So Hikari can fight and a brawler at that. Seeing your amazing ability I thought you would use it to fight rather than your fist, what a surprise."
"My ability is developed over the years so I can't say anything but beat them up with your own hands feel quite satisfying.
Sorry for the rudeness Princess but I think I must get back to work soon."
"It's quite regretful that we can't talk longer. You don't need to mind me, I will also go watch your work in a moment, it is a rather fascinating spectacle."
The princess looks sad but still smiles at us. She properly still think about what A2 said a while ago.
We bow lightly and go back down to the work space.
Just a moment ago I sense a dark present creep near the tower. It is weak though, as weak as a normal soldier outside (sorry Mr. Soldier!).
That present must be the spy of the demon, I will leave it be and remember its ki signature.
"What will my body look like?" A2 suddenly asks.
"Impatient, aren't we? Don't worry, your body will have the same shape but better and stronger."
I answer her with a reassure smile.
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Arrive back at the lab, after placing A2 at her usual stand I immediately begin working on the Nano machines.
The job become easier when the first batch of Nano machines completed. I put it in the healing chamber and program for it to self-multiply until it come to 30% of the cylinder of the chamber, the chamber was fill with the medical gel and gold dust for the Nano machines to work on.
Now to make the new power source for her.
I use my saiyan cells to make her a self-generating and self-evolving power core just like Cell.
The power core is a bright cyan blue globe, I thought it would turn out to be golden due to my saiyan ki. Don't tell me the god ki also affect it?
This power core combines with the Nano machines body will make her near Majin Buu level in raw power and regeneration.
Damn, I can proudly say that I am better than Dr. Gero at this point.
Right now I am inputting the data of her new body to the Nano machines, the body will be woven out of Nano fiber and power tube inlaid inside of it.
The structure of the body will be the same as the human in anatomy except the innards and brain.
The head will contain the process and logistic core. The chest will be the automatic maintenance facility of the body. The power core will be in the abdomen,
The respiratory system, and the digestive system also work. There are no lungs and entrails though.
She don't have to breath, I just want her to her the ability to breath and smell. The digestive system only has a stomach to store and disintegrated the food inside, the purpose of the digestive system is only to give her the ability to taste food.
It may seem trivial but all the joy in life lie in the normal small thing like that.
Oh and the lower body also work you know, she is still a girl, I have to give her all the thing if she ever wants it.
"A2, the preparations are completed."
I turn to her with the power core hovering beside me.
"Huh? But I don't see any body parts anywhere accept the core."
"He he, it is all in the healing chamber, after I put you in there the Nano machines will integrate with you and under your control, they will rebuild your body into the new one that I ingrain the data in them."
"… I don't understand how it work but I will trust you."
"Just leave it to me, now I will plug you in with this power core and put you in the healing chamber, you should go to sleep mode while waiting for the body to rebuild and I will upload some memory data about ki manipulation and the technical I used last night plus a few ki sword attack. When you wake up I will fill you in more detail about the body."
I plug a cable in her back and directly to the core.
The liquid in the healing chamber has been drained into the container in the back so I open up the lid and place A2 there. After connecting all the cables to her I close the lid.
The liquid with Nano machines refill the cylinder, it has a green hue now.
A2 is floating in there and looking around. After looking at me for a moment she closes her eyes and enters sleep mode.
I activate the chamber and load more material to the cylinder just to be sure.
I just stand there and watch her.
The current of Nano machines are gather around her and integrate with her gradually.
After a while her body began breaking down into particles and flow into the current of Nano machines. Only the power core remains, it is the part that provide energy after all.
I hear a few panic gasp from the galleries that has been watching from the time I make the power core.
Well, I ignore them and pour more of my energy into the chamber to speed up the process. By now she has already been completed and just need to regenerate her body which was completely gone so it took very long to recreate the body back.
With my energy the regeneration pick up speed real quick.
The skeleton has fully formed with all the cores pull inside to their proper place. The processing and logistic core was already formed in the skull.
The bones are not actual bones but an alloy of a lot of metals and very good at conducting energy so strengthening them more will naturally occur. The skeleton is glittering like polished platinum under the light.
Gradually, white and grey muscles and other parts begin to form.
Finally her skin and hair have return.
She has unblemished bright light peach color skin that cover all her body like a normal human girl. Her hair is long and silver color, the same as before she cut it.
Now her body is completed, I need to upload the data to her, I will give her the "Sword of Hope" skill, which is the most hero-ish skill I got. With her new power core she will be able to swing it all day if she control her ki good enough.
After an hour of uploading data, A2 opens her eyes.
She look surprised and react to every little small things around. But she quickly calms down and begins to meditate while floating in the cylinder.
She opens her eyes again and looks at me. I smile back and begin to deactivate the chamber.
After the liquid was drained and the lid opened, I quickly cover her body with a big white cloth that the maid tactfully gives me.
She steps out slowly, looks up in the ceiling and takes a deep breath then says.
"I feel different, everything is richer, more colorful, even standing alone feel so satisfying." She turn to me "Thank you Hikari, for giving me this life."
"Wow, you really are different, even your speech sound like someone else."
I see her eyebrow twitch a little, heh, got her.
"Hmm, when someone appreciate you, just shut up and accept it."
"Oh, our blunt girl is back!" I tease her some more but she stop reacting so I get back on the topic.
"Now, now, you should know a few basic things about your body, I will upload the rest to you later."
After I get her attention I continue.
"I make your body to be the same as human but different at the same time. You are not organic, only the power core in your body has cells of me. You have all the functions of a living being except excretion, that mean you can eat, drink… and more.
You have the raw power enough to crush planet by your fist so be careful. And you can regenerate from a small part of yourself, you can control with part and the remaining part can be absorbed back into you.
Your energy will be refill slowly overtime or quickly when you charge it, the method already upload to you so review it all ok."
Phew~, that was a lot to talk about.
A2 when wide eyes looking at me.
"T-This is… You went overboard!"
What? Just you wait, that is not the strongest I can make you into.
While we are bickering the spectators just stand stock-till watching the whole time but suddenly they cheer loudly and run outside screaming.
"THE HERO HAS RECOVERED!"
Everyone is so excited, can't blame them though.
"So A2, are you ready to receive your fan club?"
Haha, she is just twitching and makes an unamused face. Teasing her is fun.
Looking outside, the sun is near the horizon already.
I hope the days to come are not too troublesome.
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END OF CHAPTER 05
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This is also the end of Act 1: Arrival and Rebirth.
Next Act will be more about A2 and the war.
Act 2: Light and Darkness.
Thank you for reading.
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