Now that the Eden's Zero was back in space, it was time for Geno and Omega to introduce themselves properly to the crew. Those who weren't clued in were pretty surprised to see that the Blue Bomber, now known as Megaman, was two beings together instead of one. "Hello…I'm Geno Star." Geno cleared his throat with the introduction. "And this is my partner, Omega."

"Sup." Omega waved to the others.

"So the Blue Bomber was not one person, but two!?" Homura gasped. "I did not fathom such a thing possible…"

"An FMian at that." Sister crossed her arms. "These guys are not only rare, but they're pretty annoying at times too."

"I know, right?" Omega laughed. "Why do you think I left the planet those jokesters are always on?"

"…I like you." Sister said smugly. Despite her rude statement, Omega took it in stride.

"So what do FMians do exactly…?" Kleene felt a little out of the loop.

"We do a lot of things." Omega said while floating around the others. "We exist on the ether spectrum, while also remain composed of radio waves. So to put it simply, we can enter technology and androids and we adapt to our surroundings. So for example, if you ever needed some virus dealt with, Geno and I could head inside the ship's database and deal with it."

"Doesn't that seem a bit dangerous?" Weisz tilted his head.

"Oh, yeah." Omega nodded. "We turn into pure data during the process. So, if there was a sudden system shutdown or something, we'd be in danger. We'd be wiped if something happened."

"Well…that's scary…" Rebecca said with a sweat drop.

"There's more, but I won't bog you down with the details too much. Where's the kitchen? I wanna eat." Omega said while looking around.

"I know!" Couchpo spoke up. "Follow me!"

"Wait, you can eat-?" Kleene watched as Omega and Couchpo just left for the kitchen. She scratched her head.

"Weird how I think those two are going to get along." Hermit said with a shrug of her shoulders.

"I do have one question." Jinn said to Geno. "Did you know about Aiden?"

"No." Geno shook his head. "Not at all. I knew there was a traitor, which is why I was acting independently of everyone else. I had no idea it was him, though. I feel a little bad that he died, since he was friends with my mom and dad…everyone, really. So the fact he died from overtaxing himself…I dunno what to think about it."

"Yeah, I can't imagine how it feels to have a traitor so close to home." Laguna closed his eyes. "He put up a convincing performance, but he lacked heart and soul."

"I wonder if Ziggy has made a lot of people feel like this." Shiki was thinking long and hard about this. Ziggy's actions had a ripple effect he couldn't have ever imagined. Humans working with androids to erase humankind? The cosmos was too big a place…

"That's something we can think about later." Rebecca was quick to change the subject. "I think we should work on properly welcoming Geno and Omega to the Eden's Zero! So, Geno…answer me this. Do you play video games?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm pretty good, I think." Geno rubbed the back of his head. Now that he was aboard the Eden's Zero, he did remember how

"Awesome! I'd love to play with you sometime." Rebecca beamed.

"This is her way of trying to rope you into her channel, probably." Hermit whispered.

"Eh?" Geno blinked.

"Anyway, I'll give you a tour of the ship." Hermit told Geno, motioning for him to follow.

"Bring him to the infirmary when you're done flirting." Sister said with a smirk. She heard what Stella told Hermit before they left. Saving Geno's heart? Oh, she was going to have a field day with this. Hermit furrowed her brows, an annoyed blush appearing on both her and Geno's cheeks.

"Shut up." Was all Hermit had to say as she and Geno walked off.

Weisz just rubbed the back of his head. "Well, he's nicer than Blair. I like 'em."

"Blair is a work in progress." Homura said while sitting down. "She did come through quite a bit while were on Delta Ridge, Especially for someone who said she wasn't going to get involved."

"Yeah…we owe her." Rebecca brushed her hair behind her ear. "Too bad she said she wanted to be alone the instant we got on board. I guess it won't be too easy for her to come around…"

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Hermit was giving Geno a tour of the Eden's Zero. She was sure Omega would learn from Geno when they were done. From the rooms, the lounge, bridge, and everywhere else, she was making sure he was well acquainted with the ship. "And this is the Eden's Kitchen." She said, taking note of how Omega and Couchpo were eating. "…So he really does eat…"

"Yeah, he does. It weirded me out at first, too." Geno rubbed the back of his neck. It really didn't get much stranger than this.

"Speaking of eating." Hermit noticed Blair in the kitchen, but she was intentionally sitting far away from Omega and Couchpo. "I don't know if you remember or not, but I'll introduce her since she won't do it herself. That's Blair, our resident vampire."

Hearing this, Blair turned to Hermit with a comical tick mark of anger. "WHAT'D YOU CALL ME?!"

"She's scary…" Geno said with a sweat drop.

"I think she's harmless." Hermit said while walking past Blair. "Anyway, Sister wants to see you now. You too, Omega."

"Eh?" Omega had a piece of pizza in his mouth, hanging out of it too.

"That feels worrying." Geno admitted.

"It's fine…mostly." Hermit replied.

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Geno and Omega were in the infirmary and Sister was taking their measurements. Geno was easy, he was as basic of a young adult that one could imagine. It was with Omega that she was mildly annoyed with. "None of your measurements matter, do they?"

"Not at all." Omega also flexed. "I'm also as healthy as an FMian can be, which is very. I am the peak of health."

"That's one way of putting it." Geno sighed.

"You're fine." Sister waved her hand at Geno. "A little bland, but not terrible. Do some pushups or something, though. You can't impress Hermit that way."

"W-Wha…?!" Geno's cheeks went red. Why was she bringing Hermit up?

"You heard me." Sister's grin widened. She was enjoying this too much.

"You can't expect too much from the kid. He's still new to this." Omega added.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Geno adamantly shook his head. He didn't have to stand here and listen to this. So he started to walk out, just like that.

Sister pouted. "Aw, that's no fun. He didn't even last three seconds…"

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The next stop for Geno and Omega? The Eden's Spa. Usually the girls were the one occupying the bath, but the guys got in there first this time. A rarity, so Geno and Omega joined them. To add to the list of things it was strange to see Omega doing: him relaxing in water. "Ooh, this is that good shit…" Omega said.

"…Man, this is weird." Weisz wasn't sure if he'd ever get used to that.

"Yeah…it definitely is." Shiki said. "So, Geno, how do you like the Eden's Zero so far? I know it's probably a lot to get used to…"

"It's alright. Everyone's nice and all. Well…most everyone." Geno knew he couldn't call Blair nice, because that just wasn't true at all.

"Don't let Blair scare you." Laugna crossed his arms. "Even if she screams and shouts."

"That's the scary part…" Geno sighed. Being in a bath with a bunch of other dudes was kinda weird for him, because he wasn't used to being around this many people. But he also heard there was hardly a chance where something like this could happen… "But I wanted to ask you guys something about the Goldstones…what did you think about them?"

"Honestly? I can't say I don't empathize with them." Jinn admitted. "Back when things were dire for Kleene, I literally did anything and everything I could to help her. I did some pretty bad things as a result, but if it meant helping her, I would do it no questions asked. She was the only family I had for a long time."

"Most of us here are only children…so I guess that sort of bond from childhood isn't something we can entirely understand." Weisz said.

"Going to those lengths?" Omega scoffed. "I don't think they realized that kinda path was leading to their own self destruction. At least, that's how I see it."

"When your siblings are in danger, you do whatever you can to protect them. That's all there is to it." Jinn crossed his arms.

"But on this ship, we're all a family." Shiki told Geno and Omega. "The moment you stepped foot on here, you joined that family. I don't want either of you to forget that."

"Family…" Geno repeated. He thought about his mom, his dad, and Sarisse.

"Blair's family too. She's just the grumpy older sister." Weisz joked. He could joke in here, because he knew that Blair would probably punch him if he said that within her earshot. "…Nothing we say leaves this place, right?" Silence. "Right….?"

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It wasn't very long until Hermit got back to work. They lost the Black Moon Star shard that was on Delta Ridge. She had to make up for this by tracking the other shards. "No word from Elsie yet…"

"Meh. She hasn't found it yet?" Sister rolled her eyes. "Tracking this thing down got a whole lot more annoying."

"I agree, but it isn't something I can't handle." Hermit said confidently. "The piece that's not too far away from us is the Eclipse Ark. But based on their coordinates, it's likely they're about to make a jump to a different cosmos. I don't think we'll catch them, but strangely enough, the remaining three shards we don't know about are in the Sakura Cosmos.."

"That shortens the search." Rebecca said with a grin. "At least we know where to look! That's probably where the Eclipse Ark is going as well."

"That's right." Hermit said. "We possess one, as the Eclipse Ark….so where are the other three?"

"I think we can find that out when we get to the Sakura Cosmos." Homura said. While Hermit was getting things ready, Homura turned her gaze to Blair, who was just sitting silently. "…Blair, are you alright?"

"Yeah, you ate a black hole." Rebecca was also curious about this.

"Sister checked me out. I'm fine." Blair replied casually.

"My exact words were, 'girl, you're crazy'," Sister chimed in.

"Initiating the jump." Hermit was already a few steps ahead. The Eden's Zero temporarily left the Kaede Cosmos and made the jump to the Sakura Cosmos. Once they arrived, they immediately got a call from someone. "Ah! Now that we're off of Delta Ridge, we can communicate now. We should probably inform someone about what happened at Delta Ridge."

The transmission they received was from none other than Guildmaster Noah from Blue Garden. "Ah, it's seems I've finally been able to reach you."

"Guildmaster?" Rebecca was shocked to hear from him. "Did something happen?"

"Yes, actually." Noah replied with a nod. "It happened a few days ago. A piece of the Black Moon Star fell onto Blue Garden."

"Wait, really!?" Rebecca's eyes went wide. "So that's our next destination!"

"No, it's too dangerous for you to come close to Blue Garden as it is now. The OSI is closely patrolling the entire cosmos." Noah shook his head.

"But why?" Blair asked, annoyed.

"Because the Black Moon Star piece that was here is no longer on the planet." Noah explained. "A few days ago…numerous factions appeared on Blue Garden, all of them wanting to claim this shard for themselves, likely all for the same reason. These factions met on the planet, and Blue Garden is currently in a state of recovery."

"…W-What happened?" Rebecca had as sinking feeling in her stomach….

"I looked up Blue Garden on my phone." Kleene held it out for all to see. "Everyone's calling what happened there…the Battle of Blue Garden…it looks like there's some footage of it…"

"Did Labilla record this…!?" It was on Labilla's channel, and that was surprising to Rebecca.

"It seems footage of it go out after all. I expected as much." Noah closed his eyes. "I have no doubt what happened a few days ago is strongly connected to what you're doing now. So, allow me to explain it from the beginning. The event known as the Battle of Blue Garden…"