Chosen...


Ban: " I... was chosen?"

He questioned, carefully eyeing the man. Let's be honest, his appearance didn't give the best impression on both of them.

The old man carried on, not giving any attention to their hesitant looks.

Old man: " this world is now facing a new threat. To protect it, someone moved from the shadow, granting a number of LBX players great power to stand against this enemy."

Ban: " great power?"

His eyes momentously flicked back to his LBX.

Lilyan: " which enemy are you talking about?"

Old man: " the one who created the L Virus."

Odin: " L Virus?"

Old man: " it's a virus created so it can grant LBXs more power. Then it takes over them and make them go berserk."

Lilyan's blue eyes slightly widened in realization.

Lilyan: " the program Jessica mentioned earlier."

A nod came as an answer.

Old man: " this program spread among LBX players, which caused this rampaging, and possibly more in the coming future."

That wasn't assuring.

Ban: " does this have any relation with Odin starting to talk and move on his own?"

The old man nodded again in confirmation.

Old man: " in order to face off such program, we need a program that's even better. That's the vaccine program you received and you've activated when you answered that question."

Ban blinked as he remembered the question he was asked.

Old man: " that program upgrades the AI of the LBX, making it able to build its own personality and think for itself as well as boosting its power. Yamano Ban, as the one who has the vaccine program, you have the responsibility of taking down those infected LBXs."

He said as he walked away with the creature.

Old man: " the time will move on again. Be ready to fight."

As soon as he said that, everything around them started moving once. Ban held up his CCM while Odin was flying next to him. Contemplating on the man's words, his eyes glinted with resolution. It wasn't the first time he had been entrusted with the world's fate.

Ban: " Even if you don't tell me, I'll fight for this world again! I'm not letting them do as they want!"

Odin scooted forward and sliced at the LBXs, opening a way for both the girl and the boy. Ban grabbed Lilyan's hand as he sprinted down the newly opened path.

Ban: " let's go Lilyan! We have to find Yuuya and help him!"...


Jun'ichirou: " a program that can make LBXs stronger. I've heard of it but never believed it."

He said while working on both Elie and Jessica's LBXs. Jessica's face contorted at the damage caused to her LBX, to think she was pushed that far.

Jessica: " but it's true."

Elie: " and also, Onii-Chan's LBX..."

The man squinted his eyes upon recalling what he heard from them.

Jun'ichirou: " Odin started talking and moving on its own. That can't be possible, the LBX's AI shouldn't be able to do such thing. But..."

Seeing that first hand is enough proof.

Elie: " I was surprised at first as well."

Jun'ichirou: " yosh! It's done!"

He declared holding both LBXs in his hands. The two girls beamed at their restored partners.

Jessica: " thank you, Professor!"

Elie: " let's catch up with-"

Before she could continue, an alarm cut her off as it sounded all over the base.

" LBXs have been spotted heading to the HQ!"

That startled them. Jessica and Elie exchanged disturbed looks.

Jessica: " to here!"

Her CCM rang and she quickly answered only to face a video call from her father.

Kaios: " Jessica! NICS is already under attack! We need your help!"

She needn't think twice.

Jessica: " very well. Elie and I will try to hold those guys while waiting for my team for back up."

Kaios nodded at her before ending the call. Jessica looked up at the brunette girl.

Jessica: " let's go Elie! We will have to protect this place ourselves!"

Elie nodded as she followed the blond out. The professor watched after their backs as they left and his brow furrowed in worry.

Jun'ichirou: " though I really wanted nothing to do with LBXs again, why do I keep coming back. First the project and now this... Even my children are getting dragged again."

His eyes landed on the screen that was showing the advance of the enemy towards them.

Jun'ichiru: " Ban... Elie... Take care." ...


At the Park...

Behind the hedge, a black haired head could be seen taking cover and staying low as the units advanced and fanned all over the place. CCM in hand, Yuuya was struggling to keep the rampaging LBXs away.

There were few other people ducking down behind shrubs and benches as the small robots were shooting their bullets aimlessly.

Liu Bie was shooting the LBXs down using a heavy gun, but it was in vain. The bullets had no effect against them whatsoever. It merely lured their attention back to it.

Beads of sweat ran down Yuuya's temple as he found no way out of that dilemma.

Yuuya: " tsk... If it continues like this, everyone here...!"

Liu Bei's gun was plucked out of its grip by a Warrior's sword. It backed as it had no weapons to defend itself and it was soon encircled as enemies advanced on it, brandishing their weapons threateningly.

" Go! Odin!"

A small jet struck the LBXs surrounded the small robot, freeing it while the affected units broke over.

Two small white and blue jets flew by Odin's sides as he shifted back to his original form, they shot their beams at the left LBXs, forcing them to take several steps back.

Yuuya tore his eyes from the battlefield and to his side to see both Ban and Lilyan heading his way.

Yuuya: " Ban-kun! Lilyan-kun!"

Ban: " leave this to us! Are you ready, Odin!"

Odin: " Ah!"

Yuuya had to hide his surprise upon hearing Odin talking.

Ban: " Hissatsu Function!"

" Attack Function: Gungnir!"

Odin gathered his energy and flew upwards, all the energy then surrounded the lance, creating a large energy drill. Odin hurled it towards the LBXs, destroying most of them in a blink.

Unicorn was having a hard time, its attacks we're almost fruitless. So it focused on protecting Odin's back and pushing the enemies away.

Yuuya quickly shifted Liu Bei's weapons to the sword and shield as it headed next to Unicorn.

Lilyan: " Yuuya-san!"

Yuuya: " I'm helping as well! Ban-kun, I will support you!"

Ban nodded with a thankful smile before focusing on his CCM again. Odin bolted forward, and in a flash of swift slashes, all the LBXs he outstripped broke over.

Yuuya and Lilyan were keeping the LBXs away form the citizens so they won't harm them. Still, that was proven to be a hard task seeing the difference in strength and number.

Lilyan: " there is no end to them!"

She grunted. Yuuya urged her to keep on.

Yuuya: " keep fighting, Lilyan-kun!"

He was most earnestly giving it all he had in fending the enemies off.

Lilyan: " we're only able to push them back! We can't defeat them like this!"

She stated as Unicorn and Liu Bei fell back, overpowered by their opponents. They pressed on and forced both of them to get further from Odin, leaving him to fight and protect the citizens on his own.

Yuuya grinded his teeth in exasperation upon seeing his friend struggle all on his own.

Yuuya: " even if!"

His finger moved faster on the CCM's buttons, Liu Bei's moves quickened in response to his player.

Yuuya: " even if, we have to support Ban-kun! We can't let him fight on his own!"

The LBX skidded past a Mad Dog then rounded, taking it by surprise as it cleaved at its back.

Yuuya: " I'm supporting my friends to the very end!"

Suddenly Yuuya's CCM bursted in light, attracting the blonde's attention.

Lilyan: " it's the same light..."

An owl mark manifested on his screen as a gentle female artificial voice spoke.

" Haibara Yuuya, do you want to be someone's strength?"

A 'yes' and 'no' buttons appeared. Yuuya narrowed his eyes at that as he thought back to when he first joined NICS. At first, he only wanted to be Jin's strength, that's why he joined in the first place. But as days and years passed by, he gained more confidence in himself, he learned new things, and most of all, he earned more friends whom he wanted to support.

Yuuya: " I can't stand watching my friends fighting on their own! I want to help them!"

He hit the 'yes' button and the voice added.

" Chosen one who chose to fight, you shall receive a great power. Please, use it wisely."

Liu Bei's visors glimmered as he zoomed between the LBXs, stubbing them and piercing through their torsos, making them explode easily with no more a single sweep of his sword.

Lilyan: " it's the same as what happened to Ban-kun!"

Yuuya hardly could keep up with the increased power and speed. At one point he stood still watching his LBXs thrashing the rampaging robots on his own.

Liu Bei the rounded back towards Yuuya and the black haired boy nodded as he got what he wanted.

Yuuya: " Hissatsu !"

" Attack Function: Byakko Shouhazan!"

Liu Bei held up his sword as blue energy gather within it. The projection of a roaring tiger forged behind the LBX as he hopped forward, slicing at his adversaries and destroying them.

Odin had finished off the last of them before he turned back to Liu Bei.

Odin: " you as well..."

Liu Bei nodded.

Ban: " Yuuya..."

The other man blinked at his CCM before he rubbed the back of his head, slightly stunned at the outturn of events.

Yuuya: " I don't get what's happening..."

But he beamed at the brunette.

Yuuya: " yet, I'm glad I was able to help you out."

Lilyan scowled slightly as she looked at the black head.

Lilyan: " Yuuya-san also was chosen? Then..."

Odin: " ... it may mean that more people all around the country were chosen as well."

Lilyan: "... Maybe even the world."

Ban: " and they were all given this same power."

Liu Bei: " it's not impossible."

He said jumping back on Yuuya's shoulder, startling him for a second.

Ban: " anyway, I will have to report this to the Secretary."

He tried to call NICS HQ but he couldn't reach them. After a few tries, he was worried.

Ban: " that's strange."

Odin: " Ban, lets head back."

Yuuya: " they may be in danger."

They all nodded as they made their way back to NICS...


NICS HQ...

Jessica: " tsk! They're so much!"

She said while Jeanne D shot them down, but it did so much as slowing them down. Beargguy was backing the other LBX up as it was using the luminous shooter that needed to be charged after each blast. Her teammates' LBXs were thrown on the ground as they were destroyed and torn appart.

Elie: " I will push them away, you shoot when it's charged!"

Jessica: " even if! We won't hold back for so long like this!"

Elie bit her lip as a sword fell at Beargguy's back.

Elie: " Get away!"

The boosters quickly worked as to push the LBX backwards. Hovering above the ground, the pink LBX was moving backwards with a high speed to dodge the attacks coming at it. It was shooting pink energy blasts out of its hand hole before a beam blade shot out and beargguy zoomed forward, knocking back one of the persistent LBXs.

Jessica: " here it comes!"

The concentrated beam of the luminous shooter cut through the first row of the enemies before it stopped.

Jessica: " it needs to charge again!"

At that time, Beargguy was surrounded with even little space to defend itself.

Jessica: " Elie! Hold on!"

Elie: " I'm trying!"

Beargguy swayed its blade in an attempt to keep the other LBXs away, but it didn't last for too long as it was shot, damaging its joint heavily.

Jessica: " Elie!"

Jeanne D was about to jump and help her but the brunette stopped her.

Elie: " don't! Just focus on charging the luminous shooter!"

Jessica: " but!"

Elie typed on her CCM and Beargguy stood up.

Elie: " Beargguy is still able to move! The fight isn't over yet!"

It was in vain, thought Jessica. Beargguy could hardly hold itself together with all the damage it had sustained.

Jessica: "but it's heavily damaged!"

Another LBX rushed forward, trying to thrust Beargguy. The boosters reeved quickly and pushed the pink LBX aside, dodging the attack.

Elie: " as long as it can stand, it will keep fighting!"

The LBX's eyes glimmered as if to prove its player's resolve.

Elie: " we're not giving up, Beargguy!"

The pink units moves improved as if it was spurred by the brunette spirit.

Elie: " we're dashing with every last bit we have!"

Elie's CCM emitted a strong light that Elie had to cover her eyes at first. An owl mark was shown on the screen.

" Yamano Elie, will you fight till the end?"

Elie blinked twice at that question before her eyes squinted.

Elie: " if I had given up before, I wouldn't have been able to continue living till this moment."

She squeezed the CCM within her hand.

Elie: "as long as I can breath and this heart is beating in my chest, I will continue fighting till the end!"

She hit the 'yes' button and the same voice pipped again.

" Chosen one who chose to fight, you shall receive a great power. Please, use it wisely."

Beargguy's eyes emitted a pink glow as the thrusters roared again and the LBX dashed forward, pushing the enemies back as he clashed onto them using his heavy thick armor.

As the units lost balance, the pink bear robot held up its hand, raining his blasts at them and breaking them over.

Jessica: " the luminous shooter is charged! Here I launch it!"

Beargguy backed as Jessica shot the energy beam again. It distracted the enemies. Now was their chance.

Beargguy : " Elie!"

Elie: " right on it! Hissatsu Function!"

" Attack Function: Hyper Energy Pomp!"

Bear guy stretched up his hand, a huge pink energy ball forming right infront of it before he shot it at the LBXs, destroying them with that.

Checking the map of the area, they were relieved to see no more LBXs were spotted around NICS.

Jessica: " it's over..."

She sighed as she dropped to her knees. How her legs managed to keep her balanced the whole fight was beyond her.

Elie merely inhaled out tiredly before she focused her look on her pink LBX and then she smiled softly at him as if thanking him.

Kaios: " it's not over yet."

Kaios called them out of their brief break.

Kaios: " LBXs are still rampaging in N City! We still have to deal with them! Jack Jelato had just contacted us! The Fire Sweet needs our help!"

Pulling herself together, Jessica frowned.

Jessica: " the Fire Sweet won't be able to hold in front of them."

She said looking at the broken LBXs of her team through littered around.

Elie: " let's go, Jessica. Together, maybe we can help."

She said walking to her friend and offering her a hand.

Beargguy : " right, we shouldn't lose faith. Jeanne D is still able to fight right."

Elie: " we will do just like how we did here. Even if we don't finish off all of them, we can at least reduce their number."

Jessica nodded at that as she took her hand and was pulled back on her feet.

Jessica: " alright! Let's head out!"

The other woman nodded and they dashed towards the next group of rampaging LBXs...


In the main office, Dr. Yamano and Secretary Kaios were watching as the two girls left NICS.

Kaios: " the LBX... Spoke..."

Despite keeping his face composed, he was as astonished as anyone back then. Maybe a little worried as well of what may be the cause behind that.

Jun'ichirou : " more than just talk. It became stronger."

He was still unable to take it, even if he just saw it with his own eyes. A sudden improvement like that can't happen so abruptly.

Kaios had to look at the situation from another direction. Seeing the chaos in the city, he had to embrace the mysterious talking LBXs situation.

Kaios: " I don't know what's happening here but, this may be our only chance to protect N city as of now."

Jun'ichirou looked down as thought about it.

Jun'ichirou: ' Ban... Elie...'...


Ban: " eh! Beargguy is..."

He stopped on his track and so did both Lilyan and Yuuya.

Elie: " as I told you. Don't bother about NICS, we took care of the situation there. You try and help in the city."

Jessica: " I will have to ask you to support the Fire Sweet as well."

Jessica's voice added.

Ban: " very well then. Elie, don't tire yourself."

Beargguy : " don't worry, I will make sure she doesn't overwork herself."

Ban ended the call and looked at the other two in front of him.

Ban: " let's go, we have to support the Fire Sweet in their plan to push the LBXs away."

Lilyan and Yuuya nodded as they changed their direction...