Energy Base...
Muraku: " Arata! Oi Arata!"
He snapped his fingers in front of the widened blue eyes. The boy had been like that since he heard the news, not responding to anything.
Arata: " I..."
Haruki: " the one ranked as the top player is you!"
Arata: " I'm the 1st ranked in the Second World!"
Arata finally shouted exotically.
Muraku : " not for so long."
Muraku said folding his arms across with a sigh.
Arata: " eh!"
Muraku: " regarding all the things that you had achieved, we the council decided to give you the 1st rank while you weren't there. But as soon as you will get back. You will have to battle the 2nd ranked to conserve your rank, else your rank will be dropped. And you will have to battle the next ranked one till you win to settle your rank."
Arata: " I won't lose to anyone!"
He had confidence in his look. Muraku merely smirked defiantly.
Muraku: " even if you managed to conserve your own rank. I will climb up and pull you down."
Arata: " you're welcome to try!"
He said taking in the challenge, but they were all cut off as the door opened with a whoosh, revealing a fuming Yagami.
Yagami: " I found someone hiding at the back of the ship."
He said holding up a certain pinkette by the collar. Momona on the other hand had a sheepish laugh when everyone looked back at her.
" M-Momona !"
Mano: " she managed to get on the jet without us noticing!"
Mano sighed and face palmed while the other two nudged further from their leader.
Sendou: " why would you?"
Momona: " I want to help too!"
She struggled until she managed to get off Mano's grip.
Momona: " please don't take me back! I want to fight alongside you!"
Kirito: " this is not a game! It's a dangerous fight!"
Momona: " I know! And I'm not afraid to take place in it!"
Yagami sighed as he looked at the girl and then check his CCM for time.
Yagami: " we can't go back for now. Let's return to Tokio City then decide what we should do."...
Kamui island...
Takeru: " she did what now!"
Suzune sweat dropped at the letter the pinkette left behind and Kagetora sighed in defeat.
Kagetora: " she will have to write a long apology letter when she gets back."...
On the other hand, the girl was happily whatching her Senpai doing some final touches on his Dot Blastriser.
Momona: " you're good, Senpai!"
Agata: " not at all. This is nothing. I can't be compared to Sakuya."
Dot Blastriser's voice came from the CCM placed on the table.
Dot Blastriser: " but why are you doing this now?"
Arata: " our battles with Hikaru and Haruki were tough, so I have to do some repairing."
Momona: " then I should do some for my Dot Phasor as well."
She said taking her LBX of her bag.
Momona: " will you help me! Senpai!"
She asked with sparkling eyes, the way she got closer to him made Arata sweat drop, but couldn't refuse...
Mano : " we're almost at Tokio City."
Touko: " finally."
Yagami: " as soon as we approach the landing spot inform Takuya."
Mano: " Roge-"
what they didn't expect was for the said man's face to suddenly appear on the screen.
Takuya: " Yagami! You will have to change your destination!"
Yagami narrowed his eyes at that.
Takuya: " the energy base is currently under attack!"
" Eh?"
Ami: " the one with the Eternal Cycler!"
Evangeline: " but, isn't the energy base under a strong protection since the Mizel Incident?"
Takuya: " they're no match against them!"
Yagami narrowed his eyes as he gave his order.
Yagami: " head to the energy base!"
Heita: " roger!"...
"Attack Function: Cho Gao-Canon!"
" Attack Function: Devil Soul!"
Asuka and Gouda were struggling with the rampaging LBXs that were sweeping at them down from the sky.
Yuuta: " Hold on! Genesis!"
The blue LBX was under the water, dealing with those trying to sneak from below.
Asuka: " if they take the base down, the whole city will be left without energy!"
Yuuta: " we can't let them do that! Hissatsu Function!"
" Attack Function: Sword Cyclone!"
On the other side of the base, there was a blunette boy and a purple haired girl.
" It's hard to keep up with their number, Nii-san."
" Just hold on there, Ruri!"
Ruri: " Valkyrie, are you alright?"
A blue LBX with a lance for weapon slashed at the units advancing on it before retorting.
Valkyrie: " I'm holding off just fine. What about you Ranger?"
The archer green LBX shot down a few of the ones trying to get past them through the sky using his green and purple bow.
Ranger: " I'm just fine. Ken, we won't hold back on them."
Ken: " alright! We're going all out!"
Arata: " Yagami-san !"
He ran to the bridge where everyone else were gathered. On the screen, they pulled footages of the energy base as it was surrounded by LBXs.
Kirito: " so many of them!"
Yagami: " Gouda, Asuka and Yuuta are trying to hold them back, yet!"
Jin: " there are control pods on Eclipse, right?"
Yagami nodded.
Hiro: " then let's go!"
Ran: " right!"
They hurried out of the bridge and headed to the control pods room. Each hopping inside one of them and placing his CCM down.
Arata : " Momona!"
Arata snapped when he saw the girl running past him.
Momona: " I'm helping as well!"
All the LBXs flew out of Eclipse, either on their own or on top of a Riding Saucer.
Down there, Ken and Ruri both snapped, thinking they were enemy's back up, until they saw them clashing with the enemy units. Their eyes widened when they saw a certain pink LBX embarking in a fist fight with three others.
Ruri: " wait, isn't that..."
Ken: " Ran-san's Minerva."
Arata : " Ran-nee..."
Ran: " I know, I see them."
She said looking at the video tab, her look focusing on the blunette and purple head.
Ran: " it seems Ruri and Ken got dragged in this mess as well."
Sendou : " tsk! Can't you take care of a bunch of LBXs?"
Nightmare landed behind Vampire Cat, fending against the sneak attack attempted at him.
Asuka: " they're so much alright!"
Gouda: " try fighting them off on your own!"
Jin: " try to gather them in one spot! We will finish them with our Hissatsu Function!"
" Roger!"
Ami: " Kirito! Momona! Sendou! Muraku! Hiro! We will head underwater!"
Evangeline: " we're taking care of those in the sky!"
The LBXs divided to two groups, one headed underwater, while the other flew above the base as they fought off the flying LBXs.
Touko : " let's finish them off! Queen!"
Queen: " alright!"
She started shooting the LBXs down with her lazer canon.
Touko: " changing weapons is sometimes beneficial!"
Ran: " not for me!"
She said as Minerva dashed forward, striking the enemies head on.
Ran: " the close up battle is our specialty after all!"
Minerva: " um... Ran. My hands are actually lazer guns."
She shot down the robots that surrounded her.
Kazu: " I have to agree with Touko thought!"
He brought Achilles' lance and zoomed past the LBXs, destroying most of them.
He was about to take down one more unit but Twilight beat him, slicing it down.
Kazu: " not fair, Eva!"
Evangeline : " the faster gets the reward!"
Pandora: " I'm not losing!"
Under the water, she dived between LBXs and slashed at them, making them break over.
Momona : " let's go!"
"Set up: Z sword!"
Dot Phasor dashed forward as it cut at the enemies.
Yuuta: " we're not letting them get all the fun to themselves!"
Genesis dashed forward as well. Soon, the LBXs were gathered in one spot both in the sky and underwater.
Jin: " let's go! Hissatsus function!"
" Hissatsu Function!"
All of their finishing functions collided as they broke through the LBXs. Many explosions could be seen both in the sky and under the water as all LBXs were destroyed.
Ruri: " amazing! Such power!"
Valkyrie : " we did it all together. Remember."
Yagami: " hold on! We're still getting a signal from under the water!"
Genesis: " signal..."
He looked down only to see two red eyes glaring at them.
Genesis : " get back!"
He screamed at all the LBXs there and they backed in time before a dragon like robot dashed out from the depth of the ocean. It flew up to the sky and all the LBXs up there held their weapons at it.
Gouda: " Killer Droid!"
Jin: " its form is a little bit different."
Zenon: " even if, it doesn't change the fact that it's our enemy."
He brought up his hammer.
Gouda: " attack it!"
Zenon and Achilles D9 were the first to dash forward. Zenon brought its hammer in an attempt to knock it away, but the Killer Droid blocked the attack with one arm. It brought up its hand in front of Zenon's face and shot energy bullets from it. Zenon ducked in time to avoid it and backed.
Achilles D9 flew forward and tried to slash at the large robot but it was tough. The Killer Droid let a loud roar as it started raining its bullets on the other LBXs.
Yuuta: " what should we do!"
The Killer Droid brought its tail up and shot down a lazer beam, forcing all the LBXs to take cover.
Fenrir: " it's stronger than ever. And I can't see wires that we can attack!"
Evangeline: " they upgraded the killer droid..."
Arata: " the data they stole! They should have used them!"
Genesis waited until the lazer beam stopped and the robot started shooting again to come out and ran forward, ready to slash at it.
All the Killer Droid did was widely open its wings and purple energy beams fell down like rain from them on top of the blue LBX.
Genesis held up his shield in defense, escaping the damage with that.
Ken: " tsk! I will have to take care of it! Ranger!"
Ranger: " yes! Master!"
The LBX held up his bow and shot three energy arrows at the robot. It only caused it to look back at them. The crystal on its chest glowed as it launched another larger lazer beam.
Ranger: " crap!"
He was knocked back by the lazer, but not really damaged. As Fenrir jumped up to attack, suddenly the robot disappeared.
Kazu: " what!"
Fenrir turned around multiple times, but found nothing.
Gouda: " it can become invisible!"
Everyone's eyes narrowed in worry at his comment as they awaited the droid's onslaught. A few seconds passed before Hakai-O Ouga was tossed backwards and the Killer Droid appeared, roaring again.
Jin: " shoot!"
They all focused their fires on the metallic body of the dragon. It let out another roar as it shot its rapid fire again. Those with shields took the duty of protecting their friends.
Achilles Deed: " isn't there a way to stop it!"
Dot Blastriser: " it's disappearing again!"
He shouted as the dragon changed colors and became invisible. Everyone gathered in one spot, guarding each other as they were trying to see from where the dragon would come.
Suddenly it appeared next to Minerva Kai and shot her, she barely managed to dodge while the robot disappeared once more.
Ami widened her eyes as she spotted something after the robot disappeared. Apparently Pandora saw the same thing as she kept looking around while waiting for the dragon to appear once more.
Suddenly, there was a black shadow casted on the ground.
Ami: " Pandora!"
Pandora: " I know!"
She attack the air above the shadow and the dragon appeared, reacting by shooting at the white LBX that quickly backed in time.
Zenon: " that was..."
Jin: " the same with fairy!"
Ami: " right! Everyone! Focus on the shadow!"
The shadow appeared again near Vampire Cat.
Asuka: " found ya!"
She typed quickly on the CCM and Vampire Cat thrusted his spear at it.
Momona: " my turn!"
" Set up: Z rifle!"
Momona: " Hissatsu Function!"
" Attack Function: Hawk Eye Drive!"
The shots Dot Phasor launched hit the dragon's face, causing some pieces to fly off it. It seems that made the Killer Droid angrier seeing that it launched all of its lazers at once.
Minerva: " Moo~!"
She flew up and came back shooting down at the monster. It shifted its attention to the flying pinkette and followed her, trying to shoot her down.
Touko: " while Minerva is destructing it, we should think of a way to defeat it."
Ruri looked at the pictures of the monster on her CCM.
Ruri: " even if it's different from an LBX, it still function the same way. The strong metallic armor is tough and can't be broken through easily. It's also light so it does not affect the speed..."
Ken looked at his sister as she started analyzing the robot within her mind.
Ruri: " the motor can allow the machine to pick up further speed, but it doesn't work when it tries to round. The dragon should slow down so that it can do so. There is a time gap between its lazer shots, means it has to charge them. The joints are pretty visible, making them possible to break."
She took a deep breath.
Ruri: " yes. I know how we can defeat it. Everyone! Can you hear me!"
Yuuta: " we hear you! Ruri-san!"
Gouda: " do you have a plan to take this thing down!"
Ruri: " yes! Follow my instructions! First we have to slow it down as much as possible to attack it! Make it round!"
Ran: " leave it to us!"
Kazu: " I'm helping as well!"
Evangeline : " don't forget about me!"
Ruri: " as soon as it slows down, hit it hardly and slam it on ground!"
The Killer Droid was chasing after Minerva when Achilles Deed shot at it, gaining its attention. The machine shifted its direction to the other LBX and started chasing after him when Twilight sliced at its back, making it focus on her.
Slowing down to turn around and go after her, both Fenrir and Zenon hopped down of their ridding saucers and hit the robot violently, making it fall down to the ground with dust rising up from it.
Ruri: " try to keep it down! Get rid of its hands to stop it from firing!"
Valkyrie : " I will take care of it!"
She said dashing forward while avoiding the bullets. Finally hitting the wrist join with her spear, the right hand flew off.
As she tried to do the same to the left one, the robot pointed its chest crystal at her, it was charging its lazer.
Ruri: " back off! Valkyrie!"
She quickly typed on the screen of the purple CCM and the blue LBX backed.
Vampire Cat suddenly appeared behind the robot.
Ruri: " Asuka-san! Hit the left wrist!"
Asuka: " you heard her! Vampire Cat!"
Vampire Cat : " ah!"
The machine stabbed the left wrist joint and the left arm came loose.
Ruri: " Gouda-san ! The tail joint!"
Hakai-O : " got it!"
He used the large sword to snape the tail joint to two.
The dragon let a roar as it charged another blast of lazer in its chest, but the crystal was soon destroyed by Ranger's arrow.
Ranger: " Bull's eye as they say."
The dragon snapped open its wings and shot its rain of lazer. Genesis, Fenrir and Achilles Deed held their shield to protect themselves and other LBXs on the ground.
Arata: " Muraku! Let's take down the wings' joints!"
Muraku: " ah!"
Both Dot Blastriser and Magna Orthus hit the wings' joints with their swords, destroying them.
The dragon now was unable to do nothing but roaring.
Achilles D9: " back off! I will take care of it!"
Hiro: " Hissatsu Function!"
" Attack Function: Big Bang Slash!"
He brought the high energy that formed on the end of his swords on the droid, shattering it to pieces.
Momona: " we did it!"
She shot up in her control pod but ended up hitting her head.
Momona: " ouch!"
Ami: " calm down, Momona."
Minerva: " great teamwork."
Asuka: " I thought we were done for."
Valkyrie : " Ruri, well done."
She told the purple head who sighed as soon as the robot was destroyed.
Ken: " thanks for the hard work. You saved the day."
She smiled as her brother patted her head.
Yagami : " very well! Everyone heads back to Eclipse! Gouda and the others too!"
He told them as Eclipse's door slid down for them to get on...
Ruri: " Reizetsu Ruri. Glad to meet you. And this is my partner, Valkyrie."
Valkyrie: " glad to meet you."
Ken: " Reizetsu Ken, and this is my LBX, Ranger."
Ranger: " nice to meet you."
Kirito: " more kids with talking LBXs."
Asuka: " we bumped into them while fighting off some infected LBXs in Tokio Sia. And they're really strong."
It was then that Takuya's face appeared on the screen.
Taluya: " everyone. Thanks for your hard work. You've saved Tokio City from a chaotic situation."
Hiro: " if Tokio City gets cut off of energy, I won't be able to watch Senshiman."
Everyone sweat dropped and fell down at that.
Ken: " he... He has a quite valid reason to fight..."
He said smiling awkwardly.
Asuka: " so you guys finished off with Kamui Daimon. How things are going on there?"
Sendou: " everything seems to be well for now."
Takuya: " you can head back to Tiny Orbit and we will speak of details there."...
He closed the video tab and stared at his reflection on the screen.
" They stopped us again. To think they got Gafran."
" I told you not to underestimate those guys."
The boy walked inside the office while putting the lollipop into his mouth.
Itan: " I know them better than anyone. They're not an easy enemy."
The L mark appeared on the glass of the huge window. Above it, white words appeared as an artificial voice read them.
" Even though, they're still far from being able to defeat me. The world will soon become mine."...
