Communication Back...


" Beautiful!"

The boy whispered in awe as he stared at the stars through his telescope. He reached to the cup of hot milk on his desk before his eyes landed on the monitor of his computer. He had been always fearful of computers, he had always believed there were ghosts living behind the screens as he was a kid. That idea made him afraid of them. It all started with a nightmare he saw once, and it still haunts him till today.

He shook his head, wanting to forget about those bad memories and immerge back into the beautiful sea of stars spreading ahead of him.

Suddenly his phone vibrated. He picked it up only to see an owl mark glowing on the screen.

" Akikawa Yuuta, do you want to reach further knowledge?"

The boy screamed in fear as the phone spoke on its own and he fell backwards, throwing the device while at that.

Yuuta: " what was that?"

Finally calming himself, he crawled closer to the CCM thrown on the ground but its screen didn't change, always with the owl set aglow.

Suddenly the door bell rang, startling him. His father was out taking photos for his work and his mother was at the company, he had no relatives or friends since he just moved in that day. So who could it be?

He walked to the door and opened it by a crack, checking who was outside. But there was no one. He opened the door fully to find a box in front of him. Confused, he brought it inside and opened it only to find a certain blue robot.

Yuuta: " is this... LBX..."

He held it up, inspecting its every piece. It wasn't a type he had seen before.

" Akikawa Yuuta."

The voice spoke again, making him jolt and begrudgingly whirl his head back to yellow and white CCM still sprawled on the ground.

" Do you want to reach further knowledge?"

Yuuta narrowed his eyes as he looked up at his window. He knew better than anyone that the world was much, much bigger than anyone had ever known. He wanted to learn more, to know more about this big universe they were living in. It has been always his dream. So without hesitation, he picked the fallen CCM and pressed on the 'yes' icon...


Takuya: " and that's how you got your talking LBX."

Yuuta nodded nervously, still not comfortable with being around Takuya and the others, especially not when their eyes were devouring him.

Kirito: " not different from us."

He stated curtly.

Arata: " by the way, about the infiltration mission?"

Takuya snapped as he was reminded of that.

Takuya: " right, I will be calling Otacross right now."

They waited for a while before the person on the other end picked up, and to their surprise, it wasn't Otacross, but...

" Hello there, Everyone~!"

It was a maid like LBX with green hair that was waving at them from the other side of the screen.

Ran: " isn't that..."

Ami sweat dropped.

Ami: " yes it's..."

Kirito: " I see, that's what he needed the scan for."

Eva laughed awkwardly at that. Of all things someone calling himself a super hacker could do with such program.

Otacross: " you answered the call for me deyo~. Thanks, Sakura-tan."

Sakura: " anything for you, Otacross-san!"

" Otacross!"

Everyone yelled at him.

Otacross: " what?"

Takuya: " if you were able to copy such developed program to Sakura, couldn't you copy it to other LBXs to help us with the battle!?"

Otacross: " impossible deyo~."

Hiro: " but, Sakura is..."

Otacross: " it's not the same deyo~. Sakura-tan is now following things I wrote down in her programs, she didn't build up her own personality on her own like your LBXs deyo~. I couldn't copy the program totally from the LBXs I scanned and this is how far I went with the test. An LBX that acts like a human. It doesn't have the power to stand against the infected LBXs and surely does need the personality code to be written down for it deyo~. Unlike the program everyone of you received, it allowed the LBXs to write down their own personality code and allowed them further power. The program was locked with a special firewall that I couldn't unlock deyo~. There should have been something that you had done that unlocked the program when you first received it deyo~."

Kazu: " something we did."

The brunette murmured in though.

Yuuta: " the question!"

Genesis: " right, the program didn't start unless you answer that question you've been asked."

Jin: " so the question was the very thing that unlocked the rest of the program."

Otacross nodded. Eva held up her CCM.

Evangeline: " it's strange though."

Jin looked back at her as she spoke out.

Evangeline : " the questions we were asked, are quite peculiar..."

The man breathed in as her point got across.

Jin: " true. The questions seems to be quite specific for each of us."

Evangeline : " I wonder how? It creeps me out."

Takuya: " anyway, about the infiltration."

Takuya tried to bring their attention back to the main subject.

Otacross: " right. It wasn't us who sent off the alarm deyo~. Just as we managed to get through, someone else attacked. Because of them tightening the security we had to retreat, but you won't believe what we found deyo~."

Kirito: " what?"

Otacross: " as the one who is taking control of the whole Tokio City's network, Dream Future is the only responsable for us being unable to get in touch with others outside of the city deyo~."

Sendou: " why would they do that?"

Otacross: " the reason is unknown deyo~. We tried to go back for more details but we couldn't get past the tight security. The flash memory is still there though, it seems they didn't notice it yet deyo~."

Of course. Arata though, after he saw that Hirama guy, he doubted he would notice the flash drive for the next century.

Otacross: " But while searching for any proof against them, we didn't find any. There was nothing suspicious about the company deyo~"

Jin: " what about the computer commanding the LBXs? That much would require one."

Sakura: " we couldn't find any traces of it. The way they are controlling those LBXs, it should be the same as the L Virus. Giving and each one of them its own AI so they don't have to control them."

Evangeline : " hm, she doesn't seem bad for an AI written by Otacross, gotta give her that."

Takuya: " how can we get back the communication?"

Otacross: " go in again and forcefully release the communication deyo~."

Sakura: " but for that, you need a computer which well allow you to crack through the tight security around the communication centre. Otacross-san's computer can't do it this time."

Jin: " Seekers'?"

Otacross: " nope, though, to be honest, I think they're placing tight supervision on your server deyo~. If you will try to attack them through Seekers' computer, they will fire back at you deyo~."

Kirito: " we only need a fast computer, right?"

He whipped out his CCM and dealt a number.

Kirito: " we need to borrow your computer... Ok, I'm coming right now then."

He ended the call and looked up at everyone.

Kirito: " we're going to Kamiya Craft industry."

Kazu, Ami, Jin, Sendou, Gouda and Takuya blinked twice at that, not that Kirito cared of course.

" What!"

Kirito: " you asked for a computer, I found one."

He said with a shrug.

Pandora: " they accepted, that easily?! Why!?"

Kazu: " now speak Kirito! You're not some FBI agent, right!"

He questioned eyeing the blond like an eagle.

Kirito: " maybe."

He smirked.

Kirito : " but I knew Kousuke won't refuse to help me."

Zenon: " and the reason being..."

Kirito: " we've been taking down infected LBXs together."

Asuka spat out her juice.

Asuka: " wait! Then Kousuke..."

Evangeline: " yep, Shadow Lucifer can talk."...


The ones who went were Kirito, Jin, Evangeline, Hiro, Ran, Arata, Otacross and Yuuta. The latter because he insisted on seeing Goliath with his own eyes.

Genesis: " so huge!"

Yuuta: " this is really that Famous Goliath!"

His head whirled non stop as he marveled over the building, but his attention was soon, much like everyone else, when someone spoke out.

" I've cancelled a bunch of meetings this evening because of you, you better have a good reason."

A blond male walked up to them with his LBX on his shoulder. He looked through their faces one after the other as if scanning them.

Kousuke: " so, why did you come here? So you can drag me down even more into danger?"

He faced Kirito as he said that and the man smirked.

Kirito: " you don't seem to mind it for me."

Kousuke smirked in return.

Kousuke: " cold as usual."

He then turned to Eva.

Kousuke: " desk empty for a month, I seriously started thinking you've abandoned your work. "

Evangeline : " yeah, glad to see you again Kousuke."

She said with a roll of her eyes. Not that he will ever say it out loud.

Zenon: " well, can we cut to the chase?"

Zenon insisted.

Kousuke: " oh right. Kirito said you need the main computer for something."

Otacross: " right. We will retrieve our communication with the outside world deyo~. We-"

Otacross began to explain but Kousuke wasn't keen on listening.

Kousuke: " whatever, follow me."

He said leading them to the building and through the vast hallways of Goliath.

Evangeline: " sometimes I wander how you do remember your way here. I still need to check the map."

Kousuke: " nothing is difficult for the one chosen by God."

He uttered with a proud smirk as he pushed back his hair.

Kirito: " here we go again."

He opened the doors to a vast room that had a huge computer on the center.

Kousuke: " it's there, do whatever you like. I have things to take care of."

Evangeline: " you're leaving?"

Kousuke: " unlike some, I'm a very busy man."

Kirito: " it will be fun."

Kousuke: " I don't think it will be."

Fenrir: " we're hacking Dream Future Company."

Kousuke immediately turned on his heels with a wide smirk.

Kousuke: " now this is beautiful! Show me what you got there!"

Otacross plugged his scanner to the computer and set it with Sakura's help before accessing the flash memory from there.

Otacross: " so, who is going deyo~?"

Jin, Kirito, Eva and Yuuta stepped forward.

" Is there room for a fifth LBX?"

Shadow Lucifer jumped off his Partner's shoulder.

Fenrir: " the more the merrier as they say."

Otacross: " set your LBXs."

They placed their partners on the scanner.

Sakura: " have a good trip, take care out there~."

She waved at them as they soon were transformed to the infinity net. They found themselves in a kinda small bubble compared to the one it was linked to.

Twilight: " this is Dream Future's server."

Fenrire: " huge."

Otacross typed away on the keyboard.

Otacross: " go through that small tunnel . I will open the gates deyo~."

The LBXs flowed with the data crossing the transparent link until they reached the huge tall gates. Soon, they were opened as Otacross got through the system.

Otacross: " I've just send you a map to where you will find the communication center. You will find a guardian there. Defeat it and then I can easily return the communication to normal deyo~."

Yuuta: " understood."

The LBXs proceeded carefully through the server.

Shadow Lucifer: " it's like a huge building."

Fenrir: " someone seems interested, though he was saying he didn't care at first."

Kousuke: " I didn't know you're going to Dream Future."

Jin: " would that make any difference for you?"

Kousuke: " yeah, their people broke into Goliath."

Arata: " wait! They did?!"

Kirito and Eva's eyes shot wide at the head of Kamiya Craft.

Evangeline : " we didn't hear about that!?"

Kousuke: " of course, you were busy running from one place to another, stopping those infected LBXs."

His frown deepened as he began to explain more.

Kousuke: " We're not sure what they were after, but I'm sure they were them. They were kind enough to leave some traces behind to find them."

Jin: " they managed to break through Goliath!"

He was slightly stunned. One thing he knew was that Goliath security wasn't something to be reckoned with. They once managed to get through just because they had his butler, and Kousuke to add.

Kousuke: " I hate to admit it but yeah, they were smarter than out security."

His tone was laced with frustration at the reminder.

Genesis: " I see something."

Everyone returned their eyes to the screen only to see a whole army of purple shark like metric robots heading towards them.

Hiro: " those are...!"

Otacross: " this is the security of Dream Future. It's minor security so it should be fine for you deyo~."

Zenon: " speak for yourself!"

Shadow Lucifer: " they're a lot!"

They were both fending against a dozens of them.

Kousuke: " they're not beautiful!"

Ignoring Kousuke's comment, Jin turned to the rest of them.

Jin: " let's get through them!"

The five LBXs cut their way throw the guards. Each time they would hit them, they would disappear into dissolve into small particles of data.

Kirito: " press through and get to the communication center!"

Genesis: " I see it!"

He pointed at another huge gate up ahead.

Otacross: " I will get it open for you deyo~!"

He typed on the keyboard even faster, opening the gates for them.

Shadow Lucifer: " go first!"

The other LBXs nodded as they eneter the communication center first. Shadow Lucifer looked back at the guards still chasing after them.

Shadow Lucifer: " not that easily!"

He brought up his bow and it shined in green before shooting the row of guards down, dissolving them into small digits.

The LBX ran back quickly and headed inside the communication center, the gates closing after that...


" A menace detected in the communication center's server!"

" It managed to get through our guards!"

Hirama: " how did they! This is the second attack this week!"

The green head screamed in furious.

Hirama: " do something! Stop them!"

" Right!"...


They wandered around the vast area, scanning it for the guardian. The room had rock texture to it and its middle, they could see a dome of light embedding itself in the ground with data and statics surrounding it, albeit frozen.

Zenon: " this is the communication center?"

Fenrier: " there is no one-"

The ground under them shook before a purple creature with many orange tentacles surfaced from beneath it.

Fenrir: " never mind."

The creature shot some kind of gross green sticky liquid at the LBXs, pining them to the wall.

Yuuta: " Genesis !"

Arata: " it trapped them!"

Tube like organs came out of it as they stretched towards them.

Otacross: " watch out! That thing can decompose your data and absorb it in deyo~! If it touches you you're done for deyo~!"

Eva's eyes widened in fear.

Evangeline : " if they're absorbed, they won't be able to come back!"

Kousuke: " damn it we can't move!"

Kirito bit his lip as Fenrir couldn't break free of the sticky substance.

Yuuta hastly typed down on his CCM. The small dots on Genesis shield shone as they emitted a strong heat. The sticky strings around it melted, freeing Genesis with that.

Yuuta: " Hissatsu Function!"

" Attack Function! Dimension Zero!"

A circle of light appeared as the LBX cut through it, causing it to explode.

The explosion pushed back the guardian and Genesis ran back to the others, freeing them.

Kousuke: " you're paying back for that! Hissatsu Function!"

Everyone followed after him.

" Hissatsu Function!"

" Attack Function: Seraphic Wing!"

" Attack Function: Dragon Infrino!"

" Attack Function: Omega Explosion!"

" Attack Funtion: Dimension Zero!"

" Attack Function: Midnight Katana!"

All of the five LBXs focused their attacks on the guardian that was deleted on the spot as it was hit.

Otacross: " well done! Now one of you access that dome of light deyo~!"

Kirito: " let's get over with it. Fenrir !"

The LBX nodded as he made his way to the center. His hand faced through the light of the dome as his eyes beeped with light.

Otacross: " right! I will now release their block deyo~!"

His hands flew faster across the keyboard as he started breaking the code of the blocking program.

Sakura: " I will be helping!"

She hopped to one of the panels and placed her hand on it, her eyes beeping.

Sakura: " I will be covering your traces."

Otacross: " oh! Thank you, Sakura-tan~!"

Arata: " no matter how you look at it, those guys are behind the L virus for sure."

Kousuke clocked his tongue.

Kousuke: " though it's right. We can do nothing about them. There was nothing suspicious within their system or in the building itself."

Evangeline: " can't we use the fact that they cut the city of the outside world against them?"

Otacross: " we can't. This code they wrote will disappear if anyone breaks it, leaving it to seem like it was caused by some server problems deyo~!"

Sakura: " guards are coming!"

At that, the other five LBXs were alarmed. As they turned around, they saw the same guards from before breaking through the gates.

Zenon: " we have to protect Fenrir!"

" Roger!"

The four players were focusing on the guards while the others were hurrying Otacross to finish.

Otacross: " I'm doing my best deto~!"

Sakura: " you can do it, Otacross-san!"

Otacross: " for Sakura-tan, I will double my speed deyo~!"

Kirito: " just hurry!"

Zenon swayed it hammer, knocking one of the shark at another one and deleting them. Shadow Lucifer backed them up using his Demon Bow Finis. Genesis and Twilight speeded up ahead slicing at the guards.

Twilight : " Eva!"

Evangeline: " Hissatsu Function!"

"Attack Function: Midnight Katana!"

Her slashes cut through rows of guards and they expected it to be over. However, the flooring data reformed back to create the purple sharks.

Kousuke: " what!"

Suddenly the screen in front of them froze. It showed multiple Error messages before a red dot of light beeped above them all.

Otacross: " what..."

" I knew you will fall for this trap."

An artificial voice spoke up.

Jin: " that..."

" I will crash the ones she placed her faith into. I'll destroy her hope. This time, you're gone."

The LBXs had been surrounded but the guards which number kept increasing.

Genesis : " there is no end to them!"

Lucifer: " they keep on multiplying!"

As they backed, the guards suddenly stopped on their tracks before they disappeared into little particules again.

Yuuta: " what's..."

As the screen went back to normal, Hiro spotted a familiar LBX on it.

Hiro: " this is..."

Everyone focused their eyes on the monitor.

Kirito: " Joker!"

Jin: " no..."

As he took a second look at his CCM, he was able to see the other LBX clearly through Zenon's camera. It was more like a mixture of Jeanne D and Joker.

Zenon: " it's another LBX, based of Joker."

The LBX had its sword planted in the ground, codes can be seen coming out from the gem on its handle and crawling all over the place. Otacross assumed those codes to be the reason the guards were deleted.

The LBX casted one look at the five units before leaving the area.

Kirito: " who was that?"

Jin: " no idea..."

He focused on the sword left behind, still planted on the ground with codes coming out of it and spreading everywhere around the area.

Jin: " but it just helped us..."

Otacross: " done deyo~!"

He said as he finally hit the enter button. As soon as he did it, the room the LBXs were in was filled with light as more codes started running across the walls and on the ground, linking to each other. The ones which were frozen also started scrolling.

The LBXs pulled back to the real world and they were each taken by their partners.

Kirito: " ok... What was that?"

Arata: " the LBX?"

Kirito: " no, the thing that suddenly appeared on the screen."

Otacross: " I couldn't track it or from where it accessed deyo~."

Kousuke: " ' the ones she put her faith in '? What does this mean?"

Kirito: " I want to know as well."

His CCM rang, he picked up and activated the speakers when he saw it was Takuya.

Takuya: " everyone! Well done! The communication is totally back with the outside world! Now head back immediately to Tiny Orbit!"

His tone however was bothered, making everyone frown. Had something gone wrong?

Jin: " is something wrong, Takuya-san?"

Takuya: " I think you have to see this yourselves..."...