Chaos in Misora...


The helicopter's camera showed off the photos on the screens. LBXs were everywhere, destroying and ruining, even scaring people.

Everyone in the hospital's lobby had their necks cranEd over to the huge screen when...

Shatter...

They all looked back at the red head who bowed apologetically and then bend to collect the pieces of the vase that fell of her hand, a worried look clear on her eyes.

Ran: " why... Why is it happening again..."...


Kitajima store was surrounded with LBXs. Koujiro, Sakki, Tetsu, Genji and Rinko were trying to defend themselves and push off their enemies. Yet, it didn't take them so long until their LBXs were broken.

The rampaging LBXs broke through the store's windows, all with glowing red eyes and terrifying dark red aura.

Koujiro made a last attempt to protect everyone and, reaching for the broom, swayed it around to keep the small robots away, but he was eventually shot on the arm and let go of the wand.

" Owner!"

"Everyone!"

Suddenly the LBXs stopped as they were attacked from behind and fell down, breaking over. Ami ran through the door while Kazu decided to jump inside through the broken window as they went to check on their friends.

Ami: " are you all alright! Owner! You're bleeding!"

Koujiro gave a small smile.

Koujiro: " don't worry. An LBX's bullet won't hurt that much."

Kazu: " even though, you should get treated!"

Sakki: " I have some first aid kit, I will bring them."

She got to her feet immediately.

Owner: " sorry..."

Rinko: " how did you manage to get through guys?! Those LBXs are very tough and strong!"

Achilles Deed flew in front of her.

Achilles Deed: " well, we got some power up and became more powerful than them."

Tetsu & Genji: " The LBX talked!"

They gapped at the robots.

Pandora: " he isn't the only one."

Rinko: " Pandora as well!"

Riko seemed confused and the owner was in much pain to express his bewilderment.

Kazu: " Jin and Kirito had their LBXs powered up too. But they went somewhere as Kirito said he may know how to stop all of this rampaging."

Ami was carefully peeking outside the shop, checking the coast.

Ami: " anyway, there seems to be no LBXs around for now. Let's get you to a safe area while we can."

Sakki, who was tending to Koujiro, agreed.

Kazu: " very well, let's go."

Ami: " Achilles, Pandora, lead the way for us."...


Jin and Kirito were cutting their way through the rampaging LBXs while the blond one was leading them.

He took out his CCM and called a number.

Kirito: " how are things over there?"

" Nothing at all. Only Misora was attacked."

Jin: " that voice..."

Jin snapped back at Kirito upon hearing the person at the other end.

Zenon: " ... Eva?"

Kirito nodded curtly at them.

Kirito: " I'm going up with the plan. You know what to do?"

Evangeline: " right. I'll secure the place and wait for you."

Kirito: " be careful."

And he ended the call.

Jin: " what do you have in mind, Kirito?"

Jin eyed the older man carefully.

Kirito: " we did our researches while expecting the worst scenario, since we've delt with those LBXs before, though there was no rampaging like this back there. Most likely someone had triggered the L Virus."

Fenrir: " unlike the incident with Detectors where the LBXs were highjacked via a computer. Each and everyone of the infected LBXs right now is acting like a stand alone computer. Means that we have to defeat them each on its own if we want to stop them."

Zenon: " so, do you have a plan on how we can defeat them all together?"

Zenon urged them to speak.

Kirito: " what does a virus need to work?"

Jin narrowed his eyes.

Jin: " a virus had to have its file executed to be able to launch."

Zenon: " if the attached file isn't executed, then the Virus won't work."

Kirito: " there you get it then, we have to forcefully stop the execution of the file."

Jin: " how do you intend to do that?"

Kirito: " we will become Detectors as well."

Jin had his eyes wide at those word. Zenon was about to question the blond's sanity.

Kirito : " I've taken a look at the program Dr. Yamano used to highjack the LBXs once. With some modifications, we may be able to do the same thing as well."

Zenon: " wait! But the M chip was already removed from LBXs! How do you intend to highjack them!"

Kirito: " we will hack through every and each CCM in the whole City. As of now, all CCMs are automatically linked to the Infinity Net. From there, we can hack through them all then to the LBXs themselves."

Zenon: " are you crazy!"

Jin: " theoretically speaking, that should work. But-"

Kirito: " but you need a computer capable of doing such thing and a very determined hacker. Don't worry. The ones Dr. Yamano used before can be used for this as well. We only need to get to them and make the preparations. As for the hackers, Eva and I will be more than enough."

He said in a matter of fact way before proceeding through their path.

Fenrir and Zenon joined together to lend a blow on the robot that blocked their way before finally reaching the empty train station.

When they reached there, they didn't find any LBXs near by.

Kirito pulled an app on his CCM that showed a map of the city along with small moving red dots.

Zenon: " this is..."

Fenrir: " we've created an app that allows us to monitor the abnormality of the infected AI of the LBXs."

Jin inwardly wondered just for how long did Kirito have his talking LBX.

All the red dots seems to be far away from them much to their relief.

Kirito : " good. We can get away now. Let's head to Tokio Sia."

Jin: " how do we get there?"

Kirito glanced at his LBX and the wolf robot moved to one of the cars parked nearby. He hit the glass of the front door's window and broke it to pieces. Kirito hopped in and activated the car before looking at the other man.

Kirito: " get in."

Jin: " I didn't know you have a license?"

Kirito: " nope, I don't, it's a pain to get. But I'm good with racing games."

Jin and Zenon swapped looks.

Zenon: " are we sure of this?"

The black and white haired man sighed but eventually got on...


Takuya: " I see. Be carful on your way."

He said and ended the call before turning back to the ones left in Tiny Orbit.

Takuya: " Jin and Kirito are now making their way to stop the rampaging."

Gouda: " what about our LBXs?"

Yuuki appeared on the main screen.

Yuuki: " we're still working on them. They had received a pretty bad damage so it's taking us this long."

Gouda slammed his fist against his hand exasperatedly.

Gouda: " damnit! While everyone is fighting out there...!"

Sendou took out a card.

Sendou: "Death, upright. I wonder if it will be a loss on our side or the enemies?"

His card seemed to have plunged the room into a more gloomier air.

Arata: " hope they can take care of them."...


Kazu and Ami didn't anticipate to find firemen and ambulances waiting outside Misora.

" There are more people there!"

One of them yelled as he ran off to the group of people.

" You're alright? Are you injured?"

Sakki: " don't worry, just small bruises."

" Very well, then go towards the van there. We will take you somewhere safe."

They nodded and made for the van.

" Now all is left are the ones locked in Misora's school."

Kazu: " wait! What!?"

" There are a few people held hostages within the school. We couldn't make it to there to save them."

Ami and Kazu exchanged looks and nods before running back to Misora.

" Wait! You two!"

Ami: " we have to get there and save them!"

Achilles Deed and Pandora nodded their heads as they flew behind their battlers...


The car ran down the underground parking and pulled off in front of a certain panel.

Jin took out his CCM and tapped on a few buttons before the platform sank down into the ground.

While waiting till they reach the bottom floor, Kirito leaned his head on his hand.

Kirito: " it gave you a question, right?"

Jin snapped and looked at him.

Kirito: " when you first got your LBX to evolve, that owl symbol asked you a question right?"

The black and white haired man had his mind drifting back to the arena's fight with Lucifer.

Jin: " right. I assume you had been through the same."

Kirito nodded.

Kirito: " I'm not sure exactly what's happening around us right now. Whether this should mean something good or bad for us. But it seems we will have to go through another long fight."

He clenched his hand on his CCM.

Kirito: " but, I believe there is a meaning for us being given this power. There is something only we can achieve."

Jin: " maybe you're right about that."

The elevator stopped and the car parked finally.

Jin and Kirito along with their LBXs got out and walked through the empty corridors.

Kirito: " I know you've all been bothered since what had happened with Hiro."

Jin looked up at him.

Kirito: " but you should all know that he was a true hero who decided to sacrifice everything for someone else's life. He didn't hesitate to make his choice, so why should we hesitate and back?"

Jin: " even though, they have the right to choose for themselves. Whether they should continue down the path of fighting, or go backwards."

Kirito: " what was your choice?"

He stopped and his eyes flickered back at the other man. Jin merely averted his gaze. Though he was determined when he answered his question, but right then, he wasn't anymore sure.

Kirito: " I see. You better make one quickly. Because if you go deep down this path right now, you won't be able to go back."

Zenon: " what about you?"

Kirito: " I've decided to fight."

Jin: " why?"

Frankly it was a wonder why Kirito had decided to take part in this mess, last time he joined them he didn't miss a chance to remind them it was a personal matter.

Kirito: " to be honest, I don't know why. Or why I even answered with 'yes' back then."

" Is there a place you belong to?"

The question flashed clearly through his mind for a moment.

Kirito: " just... It's been a while since I felt I belonged somewhere. And I just wanted to keep that feeling for a little bit longer."

They continued walking through all kinds of security until they finally reached the main base.

There, they found a certain blonde waiting, she had turned on the power and sat to a panel, already working.

She looked up when the doors opened.

Evangeline: " I was waiting for you, Kirit- Jin is here too?"

She was slightly surprised.

Kirito sat down next to her and started typing away, pulling out all kinds of files and programs he will be needing.

Kirito: " he as well got a talking LBX."

Evangeline: " Eh! Jin too!"

Zenon: " too? Then Twilight...?"

The LBX on her side bowed slightly.

Jin: " Eva... You..."

Twilight : " it's a long story. We need to focus on the important matter right now."

Jin narrowed his eyes as he walked over to the both of them.

Zenon: " so, are you going to install the program?"

Evangeline: " nope, we will be creating it right now."

Zenon: " eh!"

Kirito: " to be able to create the program, we have to be on the same computer Dr. Yamano used for his hacking. We need the same virus program he installed to creat the new vaccine for the L Virus."

Fenrir watched his battler focusing on the program in front of him, working calmly and steadily.

It was when suddenly they heard gun shots outside the shut door. The three LBXs were immediately on guard, gripping onto their weapons.

Zenon: " did they come after us!"

Kirito: " we need more time!"

Evangeline : " we don't have time!"

Eva then stood up, her eyes glowing and sparks flying around her hands.

Evangeline: " I will take the main program from here!You get the sub one!"

She flattening her palms on the panel and speeding up the programing process.

Kirito: " it's up to you then! The rest of you buy us some more time!"

Fenrir: " don't worry, we will take care of them."

Jin, Zenon, Twilight and Fenrir ran out the main base, just stopping in the hallway and taking refuge behind the wall as they almost got shot.

Jin whipped out his CCM.

Jin: " let's go!"

Zenon: " Roger!"...


Pandora and Achilles Deed took down the LBXs in the yard before dashing to the main building.

Kazu placed his hand on the handle and opened the door by a crack so Pandora and Achilles Deed could enter first and confirm the vicinity. They moved forward, and as they carefully inspected the hallway, they were met by more LBXs.

Ami: " Pandora! Go!"

Kazu: " Finish them Achilles!"

Kazu&Ami: " Hissatsu Function!"

" Attack Function: Black Storm!"

" Attack Function: Homura Kuzushi!"

Both LBXs took down their opponents and made way for both players to get inside.

They kept moving ahead of them, taking down the LBXs on their way.

They finally made it to the gym, where they predicted everyone would be locked up. And true for that, the gym was full of people, with LBXs holding their weapons up at them.

Kazu and Ami kneeled down and kept low so they can't be noticed.

Kazu: " we have to finish those LBXs in one attack or else they will kill the hostages."

Ami nodded as she reached for her bag.

Ami: " thankfully I came ready."

She took out a bunch of small bombs.

Kazu: " those are..."

Ami smirked.

Kazu: " you're always ready for the worst scenario."

Inside the gym, everything was calm, no one dared to speak, merely shivering in fear while wondering about what will happen to them. It was suddenly when smoke bombs exploded above their heads, blinding the enemy LBXs.

The doors were opened, and Kazu and Ami helped the citizens out.

Pandora and Achilles Deed used the cover of smoke to move forward and attack the infected LBXs, destroying them.

As the smoke cleared, Pandora and Achilles had finished off their enemies. But it was then when they identified the odd thing presented in the room. It was a black box with wires coming out of it and it had some kind of an hour screen that showed a count down which had already started.

Achilles: " is this..."

Pandora: " yep! Let's warn them!"

They hurriedly darted back to their players.

Pandora: " Ami! We have problems!"

Kazu: " what's the matter?"

Achilles Deed: " a bomb! There is a bomb there!"

" bomb!"

The people around them started panicking as they heard that and rushed to the exit, pushing each other while at that. Kazu and Ami hardly stood their ground against the flow of people.

Ami: " calm down everyone!"

She yelled out at them.

Ami: " with that, no one will be able to get out!"

Kazu: " calm down! We will make it out safe and sound! Just don't panic! One after another! You will get out!"...


The two blonds were almost about finishing the script for the program while the other man and the three LBXs were still holding off the rampaging LBXs.

Evangeline: " Kirito!"

Kirito: " it's all or nothing!
This thing should work!"

He pressed the enter key and it launched, the program started to skim through the infinity net, hacking through every CCM with fishy parameters.

Jin: " Hissatsu Function!"

" Attack Function: Break Gazer!"

His energy impact knocked off the first raw of LBXs.

Fenrir and Twilight joined together, they sprinted forward and cut the rest down with incredible speed and reflexes.

When finally the program showed off the list of the active infected LBXs around the city, Eva gave the shut down command and it took a few seconds before the LBXs out stopped functioning...


Back with Kazu and Ami, they miraculously managed to get everyone out.

Ami: " we should go now!"

Pandora: " seven seconds left!"

Kazu grabbed the woman by the wrist and ran out as fast as he could, making it out of the school just when the bomb exploded.

They were pushed away by the air burst and rolled on the ground for a second or two, overwhelmed by a searing heat, yet they weren't seriously injured.

They sat up, watching as the school was set on fire.

Ami: " this is..."

A shiver ran down her spine. A second later, she could have been crisped to ash. That was the first time she felt so close to death...


An employee sighed as he looked up at Takuya with a smile.

Employee: " all LBXs have ceased moving. They are all stopped."

Arata: " they made it!"

Gouda: " yosh!"

He pumped his fist up in the air.

Sendou took out a card.

Sendou: " Sun, upright, success."

Back at the other Seekers' base, Kirito leaned back on the chair with a sigh of relief.

Kirito: " I need Coke after this whole excitement for one day."...