Synchro Process...


Dot Blastrizer: " Arata!"

The red head barely managed to rise his head from the ground. He had never thought Itan would actually command his LBX to attack him. Though he once told him he won't hesitate to do anything to gain victory and had even hurt Hikaru, he couldn't believe he would turn his own LBX against a real human.

Itan: " I've always hated you! I despise you! And now that I know who you really are..."

Though Arata's body had many small injuries and scratches that were bleeding, he was still able to pull himself up a bit so he could look at the other boy who walked to him.

Itan: " in the end, you're a brat who had it easy from the start! A warm house, a roof on top of your head, caring parents, hot meals and precious friends! You've went even beyond that, young master Sena Arata!"

The red head narrowed his eyes in anger.

Itan: " how does it feel, huh? You having everything that was robbed from me! While I grew up afraid of the loud sound of explosions, you've enjoyed playing the piano didn't ya!"

He roared in furry before pulling a mischievous smirk as his overload activated

Itan: " I can not let myself lose to a spoiled brat! Gruxeon! Dice him apart!"

Dot Blastrizer was struggling against the black LBX with the only arm he got left. It was hard and he eventually got slashed at multiple times.

Itan was laughing loudly as he saw both the LBX and human struggling.

Itan: " that's right! I'm the strongest! What I had been through is what makes me like that! Give up already, there is no way a brat can defeat me!"

Arata sat up as he looked with wide eyes while Gruxeon was slashing non stop at his LBX.

" We have to exceed in everything we do."

Arata: ' it's not like I asked to be born like that.'

Hiroto: " you have to finish all these books."

He said pointing at the large shelves in his room. Though most of them weren't even suitable for his age and had so many complicated words, he obliged.

Hiroto: " you have to be the top of your class."

Hiroto: " you have to be better than anyone."

Hiroto: " don't put yourself on the same level as those kids, you should be much greater than them."

Hiroto: " you have to exceed everyone."

The red head kid placed his hands on his ears as he had enough of that. Nothing that he made got him interested. He had less and less time for his friends until he lost them. He no more was spending time with his father. He was on the edge of breaking down when suddenly...

Ran: " Do you want to try LBXs?"

Since it appeared in his life, he felt that was what he was meant to do. Suddenly gaining the courage to speak up his mind and confront his father. Even though it ended up with an argument and he would never listen, but he wasn't giving up on the only thing that he felt attached to.

He would follow down that path he had chosen no matter what and never go back, for he never know when to give up, for he will never give up, he will struggle to always be the one whom he chose to be and not what he was told to be.

Arata grabbed his CCM tightly as he finally managed to make it to his feet.

Arata: " it's not over yet..."

Itan turned with wide eyes as he stopped laughing.

Arata: " we're not giving up here... until I become a pro, I'm not going down..."

The key chain attached to his CCM sparkled for a moment and his eyes got a glimpse of it. His lips then quivered into a small smile as he remembered Yuno's bright and warm grin when she gave him the keychain.

Arata: " Yuno, everyone! Right! I'm Sena Arata from Jenock! I'm not giving up just yet because I know everyone is fighting with me!"

A circle of purple light appeared around his pupils, Dot Blastrizer finally managed to dodge Gruxeon's attacks, activating the Ragnarok Phase.

Arata's speed on his CCM increased as his LBX flew around and attacked back. With their speed, it was hard for the eye to follow them as they clashed, only seeing flashes of lights when metal hits metal.

Arata: " faster! Faster!"

His eyes widening even more when Dot Blastrizer picked up an extreme speed that Gruxeon couldn't keep up with. He couldn't follow Dot Blastrizer around anymore and he was now receiving attacks from the other LBX.

Itan: " don't joke with me!"

He screamed as he pressed on a few buttons and the LBX was wrapped with a red aura as he blocked off Dot Blastrizer's attack.

Itan: " L Mode!"

Gruxeon: " it's your end!"

He pushed the other LBX and swung his scythe down at it.

Itan: " Go! Hissatsu Function!"

" Attack Function: Genocide Cross!"

Gruxeon slashed twice at Dot Blastrizer before lunging at him to land the finishing blow. Dust rose up following the last attack and Itan looked with a wide smirk as he waited to glimpse the sight of the broken unit.

Dot Blastrizer: " no matter how strong you get..."

His eyes widened upon hearing that voice.

Arata: " we'll just get stronger!"

Arata grasped his CCM tightly as his LBX phased through the dust, scathed yet determined to fight.

Dot Blastrizer & Arata: " 'cause we never give up!"

Just then, Arata's CCM bursted in a bright light.

" Synchro at maximum level! Activate Full Synchro!"

Arata: "whaaa-"

Before he could process it, Arata was absorbed by the bright light. Dot Blastrizer flew back to his partner and got swallowed as well before the light cleared, revealing Arata with Dot Blastrizer's armor strapped around him.

Arata: " what happened?"

He asked as he looked at himself in astonishment.

Arata: " I became you!"

Dot Blastrizer: " not really."

His voice came now through the small transition device on Arata's ear.

Dot Blastrizer: " most likely we've fused. If I have to guess then the cause is your overload. When it wears off we will get separated again. So let's hurry to finish him off!"

Arata: " Roger!"

Itan: " go! Gruxeon!"

The LBX roared as it slashed down, Arata winced as it fell down on the armor. Though it didn't hurt, he was still able to feel the weight of the attack. To think an LBX would have such power that can be on pair with human's or more.

Arata: " this is nothing!"

He widened his eyes as he pulled his arm, ready for the other LBX to come. Gruxeon swayed down his scythe while Arata punched him with everything he had just like how he would do in the karate's lessons.

The impact between the scythe and fist send waves of air all around them before the black LBX was pushed back, his scythe smashing and his red aura disappearing when he was knocked on the ground and let out electric sparks.

Itan gritted his teeth as he glared at Arata who had a fighting position in case Itan didn't have enough.

The boy merely ran away while picking the remains of the black LBX.

Arata sighed and before he knew it, he got separated from Dot Blastrizer, making him fall to the ground.

Dot Blastrizer: " are you alright?"

The boy nodded as he rubbed the back of his head.

Arata: " just a little bit dizzy because of the overload's after effect. What about you? I think you will need to be fixed soon."

The white LBX nodded looking at his missing arm.

Arata: " but, what was that just now?"

Dot Blastrizer: " a fusion."

Arata: " I never knew LBXs could do that?!"

He shot back in utter shock.

Dot Blastrizer: " they don't. Only me. I think because Sakuya had placed something special in me."

The robot shrugged.

Arata: " that's the feature he was talking about!"

He struggled to stand up, his head was pounding and hurting so much, but he had to go back or Ran and his grandfather will be worried. As he looked at himself, at his tattered clothes and bruises, he sweat dropped.

Arata: " right. Ran-nee will now kill me for this..."...


Next day...

" You what!"

Everyone had excited eyes upon hearing Arata's story. The boy merely held up his hands and took a step backwards as they closed on to him. He was covered with bondages as his cousin tended to his bruises after his fight. Not that he escaped the scolding though.

Evangeline: " fusing with your LBX!"

Her eyes were sparkling in amusement. If anything she wished she was there to see it with her own eyes.

Jin: " is that even possible?"

Arata: " but I did it! I swear!"

He tried hardly to convince them he was saying the truth.

Ran: " we believe you, Arata."

Takuya: " but there is no logical way to fuse with an LBX?"

Dot Blastrizer: " when we've fused, my armor enlarge and strapped itself to Arata's body."

Mirai: " enlarged?"

Suddenly, Takuya got a call. As he answered, he was surprised to find it was none other than Josephine, Kamui Daimon's headmaster.

Takuya listened carefully to what the other man said before he nodded in understanding and ended the call.

Hikaru: " what's wrong?"

Takuya sighed as he looked at Arata.

Takuya: " your platoon's mechanic, Hosono Sakuya, just wanted to tell us that the special feature's data that he included in your LBX were stolen from his computer last night."

Mizel's eyes went wide at that news.

Ban: " the special feature, the fusion?"

Ban tried to connect things.

Mizel: " it can't be... She told him to delete the data!"

He turned to Takuya as to find an answer.

Takuya: " Sakuya said that he couldn't bring himself to delete the data so he kept it."

Mizel: " and now the technology we worked so hard to keep away from their reach is almost in their hands."

The boy sighed in defeat. That was such drastic turn that neither he nor the man had predicted. And with no way to contact the other male, there was no way to amend the current plan.

Ban: " what was in those data? What's the technology you're talking about?"

Mizel wandered his look around their faces before sighing. Now he has to explain to them.

Mizel: " the D particules manipulator."

Jeanne D: " D particules?"

Mizel: " the particules forming the fortified cardboard. Just like a D cube or D egg. It's possible to compress those particules into a small device."

Jin: " such as the orb from yesterday."

Jin stated as things started accumulating in his mind.

Mizel: " the Driver you've seen is a sample of what the compressed particules can do. Using such high manipulation device, we can shape shift their forms to whatever we want, all based on simple calculations. You can think of them as solidified holograms that you manipulate the way you like."

Takuya: " why is it that important?"

Takuya's eyebrow was risen up as he looked at the android questionably.

Mizel: " because it can create real weapons."

He shifted his look to Arata.

Mizel: " what you pulled last night is called the Synchro Process. A special technology only included in your LBX that activates when you and your LBX's synchronization is at maximum."

Dot Blastrizer: " when he activates his overload..."

He voiced out his thoughts.

Mizel: " your LBXs as well had a small version of the manipulator within their core boxes, but hidden so you won't take notice of it."

Kirito : " wait! This is the modification you mentioned?"

Mizel nodded.

Mizel: " the smaller version you have is limited, it only can generate enough particules to make the Armor change and cloning possible. As for Arata's fusion, the reason why such thing was possible is that Dot Blastrizer is actually somehow like a Driver. But instead of manipulating the particules to take any form, Dot Blastrizer is only able to generate particules to make his parts grow bigger enough for the human's body. His parts are more like amplifiers, a system similar to the one used to expand a D cube and D egg. Minerva had sent these data to Hosono Sakuya, the mechanic whom she deemed the most fit to create an LBX with such technology."

Elie: " so the data they stole was actually about this?"

Mizel groaned worriedly.

Mizel: " you can imagine how very troublesome it will get if they're able to create such thing as well. Though the stolen data has no clues about how to manipulate the particules to make them shape shift as they want, I can't say they won't be able to figure this out on their own."

Eva blinked at the situation.

Evangeline: " such a small thing can actually pull out a tank, right?"

He nodded back at her.

Mizel: " though there is a limit to how much particules you can compress and place into the device based on its size and the manipulation system within it."

Ami: " how much you can actually compress in the drivers?"

Mizel turned to her, thought for a moment and then spoke up.

Mizel: " enough particules to create another Eclipse. Though it's hard to pull that now. It still needs some work."

Everyone had their eyes wide open at that.

Hakai-O: " in other words, with such thing with them. They only have to creat a few hundreds of that small thing and they can have an army of Eclipses as long as they only have its data. I can understand why you wouldn't want to let them fall into the wrong hand."

Cobra tapped his chin as a thought crossed his mind.

Cobra: " not to mention that those particules being the same as the ones in the fortified cardboard means that they can absorb almost any attack."

Jun'ichirou: " an undefeatable army, especially since creating the fortified particules and compressing them isn't really that hard when you have the needed technology."

Mizel was hardly keeping himself calm by that moment.

Mizel: " we have to hurry and find Minerva. For now, they only have the data of the Amplifier that has very little limit to the compressed particules in it. All they can do for now is to create something like Arata's fusion."

Everyone looked back in mild surprise at how agitated he became and Eva could sense his worries through their bond.

Hiro was the first to react to that, looking at everyone.

Hiro: " while it's the situation, we have to make sure they don't reach the Driver before us."

Takuya: " very well, then you have to head to Akihabara right away."

" Roger!"...


Jinn: " so you came back all beat up."

He said as he walked to the boy who was working on fixing his LBX.

Itan: " shut up!"

His eyes never wandered up from the small robot, though Jinn could tell he was very angry and furious.

Itan: " I can't believe I've lost to him again. Sena Arata!"

Unintentionally his lollypop was crushed under the pressure of his jaws.

Jinn merely smirked as he placed down a hand on his shoulder.

Jinn: " don't worry. Soon, you will acquire the needed strength to wipe the ground with them."

Itan looked back at him while rising an eyebrow to which Jinn's mischievous smirk grew larger.

Jinn: " you will like what Leviathan is about to do with them."...


Goliath...

The young boy sat on the end of the bed while swaying his legs, a smile on his face as if he expected someone soon.

True for that, the sounds of clicking were heard as the multiple locks of the door turned the other way. A certain blond man pushed the door open and stepped in while facing the boy, his eccentric eyes piercing through the younger's.

Kousuke: " they're here to hear you out. You better not try anything funny. And remember that I'm the one responsible for your deeds from now on, don't give me any troubles."

The blunette hopped of the bed and tilted his head with a wide smile, acting all innocent.

" Don't worry, I won't. I'll keep my promise. Plus, I still owe you."

Kousuke: " don't give me that trash. I don't want to be found with a bullet in the chest just like your friend. Hurry up."

He urged the boy to walk ahead of him. They both marched through the wide corridors of Goliath till they finally reached a certain room. There, none other than Yagami and his followers were waiting there.

Kousuke: " I've brought him as you wanted. Now do whatever you want with him."

He said as he walked to the other end of the room and leaned against the wall.

Yagami looked up at the boy who took the seat in front of him.

" If it's not Yagami Eiji. Isn't the prime minister joining us today?"

Yagami: " there is no need for him to do so. I will report everything back to him. You're keeping your word, right?"

" But of course. In exchange of my life..."

He had a very terrifying smirk on the face.

" ... I'm willing to tell you everything I know about them."

Yagami and Kousuke narrowed their eyes. Now it was the time. Now was their golden chance that they couldn't lose. They lost it once when Gardyne was murdered and Mami kept her mouth shut.

The group that Lex found years ago and tried to blow up, it was finally coming to light. Who they really were, their motives, their identities... Everything about them will be brought to light right there right then, by none other than that former terrorist.

Seredy: " I will tell you about the real war planned behind closed doors."...