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Tales of the Multiverse Bit 134
Clyde! Liam!
Lincoln Loud, Stella Zhau, Rusty Spokes and Zach Gurdle watches as Clyde McBride and Liam Hunnicut getting spun around in a magical mini-tornado, and when the small swirling winds subsided, Clyde and Liam fell down to the ground.
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Three days had past and the Mississippi Four managed to improve by creating sweet moves with Kylie Hollard discovering that she can magically transform her wand which she named the "Star Rod" into two different weapons with the first one being a Longbow called the Shooting Star Bow and the second a Rapier called the Crescent Moon Saber while Oswald "Ozzy" Wizner discovered that he can create weapon constructs out of his fire and he managed to create two of them with the first one a blacksmith hammer called the Solnir Hammer and the second being a double headed Long Axe called the Nova Axe. During those three days, Joey Hollard received a dark blue and black striped computer wrist watch which he called the Nerfwatch from Dr. Michael Pating that could store all his equipment inside and can summon them again whenever he needs it wherever he goes which he was very thankful for.
And during the course of those passing three days, the gang managed to become good friends with some of their favorite cartoon, anime and videogame characters.
It is currently their fourth day and the quartet were currently doing their own thing.
Bzzzttt...
The story opens in a kitchen located somewhere inside a dorm building of the Dormitory Village where we see Kylie Hollard having a fun and friendly conversation with Space Patrol Officer Luluco.
They got along quite well after meeting each other despite Kylie hugging Luluco out of the blue but they became close friends after Kylie apologized for her behavior which the latter told her that it was alright. They were currently enjoying a tasty lunch at a table as both of them were using chopsticks and surprisingly, Kylie wasn't having any problems using it.
"So, you started being a space patrol officer after your dad accidentally froze himself after eating a freeze capsule?" Kylie asked while taking a bite of a piece of meat.
"Yep!" Luluco confirmed, "It was such a shock to me that he didn't notice what he was eating and I started to panic, and so I took him to Space Patrol and after explaining what happened, the only option to get the necessary things needed to thaw him out was that I join them and I couldn't believe it." she explained.
"Then what happened?" Kylie asked eagerly.
Luluco started to reminisced while tapping her chin with her chopsticks, "Well, I had plenty of interesting adventures after joining Space Patrol, some were thrilling, some were scary and some of them were quite embarrassing but all in all, it was great." she explained.
Kylie giggled in response, she may have watched the whole Space Patrol Luluco series but hearing it from Luluco herself was very nice and very refreshing.
Luluco then let's out a sigh, "Still, I'm kinda sad that my mom became a Space Pirate, I still don't understand what's going on in that head of hers." she admitted with a sad expression before she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked to see Kylie giving her a reassuring smile in which she returned.
Kylie never got a clear reason why Luluco's mother Lalaco left aside from constant fighting with Luluco's dad but she understood her situation, even if Kylie didn't experience it herself, she had a few friends from school who have divorced parents and imagining if her parents got divorced would be very sad.
"So Kylie, what about you?" Luluco asked, "Is there anything that your family can do?" she pointed out while deciding to change the subject which Kylie happily obliged.
And so, Kylie told Luluco about her family and what their current occupations were even though Luluco already heard it and Kylie even added that even if it was a tough job, they were doing it for both her and Joey and to say that Luluco was impressed would be an understatement.
"Sugoi! Your parents and siblings sure are dedicated to making sure you have a good life huh?" Luluco commented in awe.
Kylie nodded, "Yeah, back then, when it was just me, Joey and the rest of our siblings, our parents would be very busy with work a lot, our dad would return from his duties during days off and our mom's not always around whenever she's needed at our home town's police station, whenever we'd wake up early in the morning for school, she's already gone for work but left us our breakfast and packed lunch and she'd sometimes come home late at night when we're asleep and I'd miss her a lot and it'd make me sad sometimes but whenever she comes home early, she'd always give us a hug and I'd help her whip up a batch of some of her famous Filipino cuisine to cheer me up and when my dad comes home, he'd always bring home tasty treats he got along the way home or from some of his trips" she said "Despite not being around all the time, our parents always show an effort to be there for us." she shared, "But then, our elder siblings were accepted into the army and police department and it became just me and Joey and our parent's work got even more busy after they got promoted to Lieutenants and so, I had to learn how to cook and I had some help from Joey and as well as a bit of help from Ozzy and Suzie whenever they'd drop by and visit." she furthered with a sigh, "But what was worth the trouble is that whenever our family comes home together, I'd always whip up a tasty hot meal waiting for everyone and of course that includes dessert." she admitted with a giggle, "And as long as we always find ways to spend our time together, I'm happy as I'll ever be." she declared.
Luluco smiled at that, "You sure are lucky to have such a nice family, aren't you?" she complimented.
Kylie nodded, "Yeah, even if they aren't around all the time, Joey and I are happy to know that they love us." she said before using her chopsticks to grab a piece of meat but without her noticing, she grabbed what looked like a capsule instead and by the time she noticed, it was too late because when she took a bite, her eyes widened in realization at a strange feeling in her mouth and for some reason, she was about to experience a familiar scenario, "Uh oh." she thought with gritted teeth as she started to get encased on ice which Luluco didn't even notice.
"Glad to know that you have a family that loves you despite not being around a lot." Luluco commented while putting a couple pieces of meat in her mouth, "Anyway, let's finish up so we can maybe hang out in Neo-City okay?" she suggested but when she turns to Kylie, she saw that the girl from Mississippi is now frozen solid encased in ice and while trapped in ice, she still had her chopsticks in her gritted teeth and holding her bowl of rice while Luluco stared for a few moments with a casual smile somehow getting a strange sense of déjà vu before her eyes widened in shock and horror when she looked down at the table, "Crap!" the Space Patrol Officer cursed, "I must've forgotten to get the freezing pills I confiscated from one of my missions off the table!" she shouted before noticing the open bag of pills with some of the pills rolled out of the bag, "THEN KYLIE MUST'VE EATEN ONE BY MISTAKE!" she exclaimed in realization, "This is Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad! BAAD!" she yelled in panic, "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" she called out while shaking the frozen younger Hollard twin but got no response, "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! HEYEYEYEYEYEYEYEYEY!" she called out again while shaking Kylie at a rapid pace until Kylie started making a muffled sound, "Oh my Gosh! Kylie! Speak to me!" she pleaded in concern, "What do I tell Joey!?" she squawked, "What'll her brother say!?" she furthered, "WHAT'LL HER BROTHER DO TO ME IF HE FINDS KYLIE LIKE THIS!?" she thought out loud rather hysterically while holding her head.
"Hom hown..." Kylie uttered through the ice.
"Huh?"
"Hom hown..."
"What?"
"Hoom hoown..." Kylie repeated while surprisingly moving her eyes towards Luluco.
"How can I calm down when your FROZEN SOLID!?" Luluco exclaimed in response while Kylie in return gave her a deadpan look and strangely, she managed to move her eyelids while frozen.
"Hey guys!" a voice called out which made Luluco yelp in surprise, "What's going on here?" the owner of the voice asked.
Luluco then turns around to see Yang Xiao Long entering the kitchen with the blonde taking notice of Kylie inside the ice, "Whoa..." she uttered in surprise, "... what happened to icy over there?" she asked with a grin.
"Oh! Yang! You gotta help!" Luluco pleaded, "Kylie accidentally ate a freezing pill and now she's frozen solid!" she explained in panic.
The blonde brawler smirked in response, "Don't you worry." she reassured, "Nothing that a little hard punch can't fix." she claimed while cracking her knuckles or in this case knuckle if it weren't for her robot arm, "Don't you worry, Huggy Buggy, I'll get you out of there in a jiffy." she reassured while approaching Kylie and the younger Hollard's eyes widened even further in shock, "Stand back!" she beckoned before preparing to punch the ice statue with her robot arm.
Kylie then started to make muffled protests while attempting to move in her frozen state by shaking and she managed to hop away from Yang's right hook, "Hey!" the blonde shouted while the frozen girls starts to tip over, "Uh oh." she uttered as the frozen girl is falling sidewards.
Fortunately for the frozen girl, Luluco managed to catch her in time, "Gotcha!" she exclaimed while getting Kylie back to a standing position, "Are you alright?" she asked and Kylie responded by giving her a 'Does it look like I'm okay?' expression.
"Hey! What's the big idea?" Yang questioned, "I was trying to get you out!" she reasoned.
Kylie made a muffled sigh which sounded like a groan while rolling her eyes, she then closed her eyes in focused concentration as she started to glow white, surprising Luluco and Yang.
And then, she disappeared from the ice statue and reappeared out of it and she started shivering while rubbing her arms.
"Whoa..." Yang uttered in awe, "... that's a neat trick" she complimented.
Luluco went to check on the younger Hollard, "Oh my gosh! Kylie you're freezing!" she pointed out, "Are you alright?" she asked in concern.
Kylie turned to Luluco with an annoyed expression "D-d-d-do you have any..." she stuttered, "... hot ch-ch-ch-ch-chocolate?" she asked which made Luluco sigh in relief, knowing that she's okay.
Eric Cartman then entered the room and noticed the shivering Kylie, "Feeling cold?" he uttered, "Pathetic." he commented before leaving the room.
Bzzzttt...
Meanwhile inside the Training Camp, we head towards the training area where we see Joey at the shooting range area doing target practice with his Nerf blasters.
Currently, Joey is holding a Blue Nerf N-Strike Elite Firestrike Blaster in his hands while practicing his accuracy with it before shooting an endless supply of blue lasers. Sitting on a table to Joey's right are a bunch of other Nerf weapons from his arsenal collection which is about at least 15 of them.
Joey took a deep breath as he felt exhausted from all the shooting as he put his blaster on the table while wiping the sweat off of his forehead and prepared a set of new targets.
Joey then thought of which weapon to use as he was browsing around his assorted Nerf blasters. He was so distracted in choosing his weapon that he didn't notice someone walk up to him.
"Hi Joey!" a voice greeted him from behind which startled the elder Hollard twin.
"AAAAHHHH!" Joey screamed in shock before grabbing one of his blasters on the table which is a Nerf N-Strike Elite RayvenFire Blaster and opened fire at the culprit.
And the culprit was none other than Ruby Rose with her hood up, the former Beacon Student's eyes turns red in response before evading the shots by simply moving her head from left to right.
"Hey! Watch where you're pointing that!" Ruby chastised while keeping her hood in place as her eyes turns back to it's original color, "You could've killed me!" she yelled in annoyance.
Still filled with adrenaline and breathing heavily, "Diyos ko day!" Joey cursed, "Ruby Rose of Remnant!" he yelled, "What's the big idea huh!" he demanded.
"I could ask you the same question!" Ruby argued with her eyes glowing gold in anger, "You were the one shooting me!" she retorted.
Taking deep breaths, Joey lowered his blaster before calming himself down while the adrenaline in his body slowly dissipated, "Sorry about that, it wasn't my intention." he apologized, "I tend to go all jumpy and trigger-happy whenever I get startled like that." he reasoned.
"Then work on that habit of yours." Ruby advised, "The next time you all get trigger-happy when you get jumpy, some unlucky soul might get their brains blown out, and you'll be held accountable of their death whether if it's an accident or not." she explained with a strict expression.
Joey gulped in response, "I-I'll try." he replied, "Anyway, is there anything I can do for you Ruby?" he asked.
Ruby's eyes went back to normal before smiling giddily, "Can I take a look at some of your weapons?" she requested.
Joey sighed, "Sure, knock yourself out." he replied while gesturing towards the table filled with his Nerf weapons, much to the young Huntress' delight despite his weapons being toys.
During the course of the passing three days, Joey, Kylie and their friends got well acquainted with team RWBY and as well as those from Remnant, despite her stoic emotionless look, Suzuka "Suzie" Takahashi got along fine with Blake Belladonna, Ilia Amitola and Lie Ren, Ozzy managed to hit it off with Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie and even Yang despite her puns, Kylie managed to befriend Ruby just like she's always wanted ever since joining the Heroes Coalitions and the latter kinda liked some of Kylies baking, specifically some of the cookies she baked and she even got to befriend Weiss Schnee, luckily, Joey managed to restrain Kylie from going hug crazy over the former Schnee heiress and practically the rest of team RWBY and as for Joey, he managed to befriend practically most of them which were teams RWBY and JN(P)R and as well as Ilia and Ruby got interested in Joey's Gift since he could turn toy weapons into actual weapons.
While Ruby was browsing around Joey's weapons, the older Hollard twin was loading one of his blasters, which was a Zombie Strike Hammershot Blaster with foam darts.
Ruby would ask Joey the names of the weapons on the table and he'd manage to name them with just a short glance of the weapon she'd hold out.
"And this one?" Ruby asked.
"N-Strike Elite Retaliator Blaster: Blue variant." Joey answered.
"This one?"
"N-Strike Elite Demolisher 2-in-1 Blaster."
"And this?"
"N-Strike Mega RotoFury Blaster."
"What about this one?
"N-Strike Modulus Mediator Blaster,"
"Wow! You're really good at remembering the name of these weapons." Ruby complimented.
Joey smiled, "Heh! Heh!" he chuckled, "Well, how about you try collecting a brand of toy weapons for nine years." he said in a joking manner.
Ruby just shrugged it off and continued to browse until another weapon caught her eyes, "Ooh~!" she cooed in awe while taking a hold of the weapon, "Hey Joey! What's this one!?" she asked.
This time, Joey took a look and after taking a look, he smirked at what the young Rose is currently holding, "That my dear weapon loving friend is one of my personal favorites: the Zombie Strike Brainsaw Blaster, part pump-action blaster and part chainsaw." he answered.
"Whoa~!" Ruby uttered in awe with stars in her eyes while inspecting the blaster, "How do you work the chainsaw?" she asked.
"Pull the ripcord to the right." Joey beckoned as Ruby did what she was instructed as she pulled the cord as the saw portion started to spin fast much to Ruby's awe.
Then it stopped spinning after a few seconds much to Ruby's confusion, "Yeah..." Joey uttered, "... since it's technically still a toy, that's how long it'll spin and it won't spin like a normal chainsaw unless I use my Gift on it." he explained.
The young huntress shrugged in response before putting the Brainsaw down and decided to change her attention to Joey doing target practice as he aimed his Hammershot Blaster towards six targets.
His blaster's barrel chambers then glowed six different colors which were red, aquamarine, yellow, sky blue, icy blue and electric blue. And like a cowboy shooting rapid-fire with his pistol, Joey fired one shot at each target and they made different effects when the targets were hit.
The first target was set ablaze, the second target was dented yet was drenched in water, the third target was encased in earth, the fourth target was blown away, the fifth target was encased on ice and the last target was left smoking while it was conducting electricity.
"Whoa! That was awesome!" Ruby cheered, "But how did you do that?" she asked.
"Well..." Joey uttered while spinning his weapon in his hand, "Remember how I can make my weapons shoot blue lasers and not foam darts?" he reminded with Ruby nodding in response, "Well, it turns out, I can also turn my ammo into elemental bullets, similar to your Dust Rounds but different as you can see the results right there." he explained while pointing at the targets.
"Oh, okay, that's kinda cool." Ruby commented.
"Eeyep!" Joey chirped in response as he went and prepared new targets which were moving targets this time, he then activated the moving targets and took hold of an N-Strike Longstrike CS-6 Blaster as it briefly glowed blue and took aim at the moving targets while Ruby observes him, he then took a deep breath while concentrating at the same time before shooting laser shots at the moving targets and surprisingly they all had an accurate bullseye.
"That was really awesome, Joey!" Ruby cheered.
"Nah~! That's nothing." Joey brushed off while rubbing the back of his head, "You should see my elder sister, she's the one who taught me how to snipe and she's a way better sniper than me." he shared before putting down his sniper blaster and prepared one more target before pulling out a blaster(Zombie Strike Doublestrike Blaster) holstered within the left side of his hoodie, "Anyway, I discovered that I have a very destructive type of ammo." he said while aiming his small blaster at the target while Ruby observes as the barrels on Joey's blaster glowed orange this time and when he pulled the trigger, a big orange laser bolt shot forward and when it hit the target, it caused a big explosion, creating a shockwave in the room.
When the explosion died down, it left the target vaporized and left a pile of soot.
There was a long moment of silence before Ruby spoke, "What was that?" she asked.
"That was one of my special ammo rounds called 'Explosive Rounds'." Joey replied casually without facing her while spinning his blaster, "It makes the target explode upon contact and I can decide the scale of the explosion however I want." he explained.
"That was AWESOME!" Ruby cheered.
"I know! Right?!" Joey replied with grin and when he turns around to face Ruby only to widen his eyes and drop his jaw in shock.
Ruby raised their eyebrow, "Uh, Joey, what's wrong?" Ruby asked, "You're kinda starting to freak me out." she admitted, "Is there something on my face?" she asked.
Joey's shocked face then turned into one of mischief before bringing out his new tablet and began taking pictures, much to Ruby's surprise and confusion.
"Nice wolf ears, Rubes." Joey complimented still wearing his mischievous smile.
Ruby's eyes widen in shock, she then touched her head and realized that her hood is down which exposes her wolf ears, her face then morphs into horror.
"Hmm, I wonder what'll happen if I send a picture of you with your wolf ears to Kylie?" Joey wondered out loud.
Before Joey could do anything, Ruby responded by bringing out her Crescent Rose in scythe form and in one quick swing, she trips Joey down to the floor and Ruby took this chance to swipe the tablet off his hands where she quickly deleted every pictures of her taken by Joey, the huntress then tossed the tablet back to Joey, hitting his face on the process.
"Jerk..." Ruby pouted before walking off with a flustered face.
Joey then sat back up while checking his tablet, he noticed that Ruby didn't delete every pictures which he assumes it's because she was in the state of panic, Joey wanted to send the pictures to Kylie but realized that Ruby's wolf ears probably a sensitive matter to the little red riding hood, so he decided to delete it out of consideration.
That... and he doesn't want a certain blonde bombshell and a drunk crow castrating him on his sleep.
As this is going on, Eric witnessed everything from the top of the bleachers, "Getting tripped by a scythe?" he uttered, "Pathetic." he commented before standing up and then leaving the training area.
Bzzzttt...
Meanwhile outside the Training Camp, we see Suzie sitting under the Sacred Sakura Tree. Upon laying eyes upon the tree, Suzie decided that this would be her usual spot for meditating due to its calm atmosphere.
And right now, Suzie's doing exactly that as she was sitting cross legged with her eyes closed, she felt the calm breeze blow through her and heard the sound of the branches of the trees swinging and the sound of the leaves rustling.
Everything was calm and peaceful until she heard the sound of grumbling and it came from her stomach depicting that she's hungry.
Sighing in response, Suzie stopped her meditation session for a little snack before pulling out a white bag pouch that says Suzu's Snacks in Japanese katakana and she opened it to reveal that it was filled with oatmeal raisin cookies.
Slightly drooling, Suzie started to munch down on her cookies like there was no tomorrow and she was so busy enjoying her cookies that she didn't notice someone walk towards her from behind.
"Kurome?" a voice asked which jolted Suzie in surprise as she recognized that voice from one of her favorite anime.
Slightly turning her head with a cookie in her mouth, Suzie turned to see none other than the red eyed assassin herself Akame from the anime Akame ga Kill or Akame ga Kiru as what her home country pronounces it.
They stared at each other for what felt like forever when in fact it was only a couple of seconds before they both blinked at each other in surprise but for Akame, it was not only surprise but also confusion because she swore that she saw her younger sister Kurome sitting under the Sakura Tree eating cookies but instead, it was a girl just about the same age as her and almost the same height as her sister Kurome and what was even more surprising was that for some reason, the girl's appearance reminded her of herself but with different eye color, shorter hair with a red hairpin on the side and she was dressed in clothing with a similar color scheme as her and her sister and she carried a weapon that looks a bit similar to Kurome's Teigu. Although for some reason, the girl also reminded her of Miyu Edelfelt but older looking and different eye color.
They continued to stare at one another until Suzie held out her cookie pouch towards Akame as a gesture if she would like some cookies.
A minute later, Akame and Suzie were sitting together under the Sakura Tree, although they weren't talking much, Suzie shared her cookies with the red eyed assassin.
"You said your name's Suzie right?" Akame assumed.
Suzie nodded, "Mhmm..." she mumbled in confirmation, "My actual name's Suzuka but my friends call me Suzie." she shared, "I like to meditate here, it's very peaceful and relaxing." she commented while pulling out a small box carton of milk and stuck a straw on it.
There was silence between the two when Akame spoke, "Suzie, I hope you don't mind but may I take a look at your sword?" she asked.
Suzie glanced at Akame and then to her ninjato for a few moments before unstrapping it from her belt and handing it to Akame.
The red eyed assassin then examines the sword's craftsmanship as she unsheathed it from its black scabbard and she was surprised to see that it was a ninjato and not a katana considering that it was sheathed in a katana scabbard, although she shouldn't be since looks could be deceiving; the Ninjato or Shikorogatana had a silver serrated edged blade, dark red and black diamond patterned tsuka with a dark red kurikomi mokko gata tsuba, a black kashira pommel and a white cloth with the kanji symbols of "Yoru" and "Kaze" on the side of the handle of the tsuka, a gold habaki blade collar with the Maruni Chigai Takanoha mon on it and the black scabbard it was sheathed in has a red metal bottom and a gold symbol of the Takahashi family crest which is the Maruni Chigai Takanoha mon at the top of the scabbard.
"Yoru... Kaze..." Akame read out loud.
"Yes..." Suzie confirmed, "... that's the sword's name." she said, "There's nothing special about it, it's just a family heirloom that's been kept in my father's family for generations." she explained, "My father gave it to me before me and my friends joined as trainees here." she concluded as Akame nodded in response before sheathing the blade and returning it to Suzie, and there was silence once again between the two before Suzie decided to speak again, "Earlier, you called me Kurome..." she reminded, "... is it someone you know?" she asked, even though she already knows the answer.
"Yes." Akame replied, "Kurome's my younger sister." she revealed.
"Oh, I see." Suzie uttered while starting to sip some milk from her milk box.
"Do you have any siblings?" Akame asked.
"I have an elder brother" Suzie answered, "He can be overprotective of me sometimes but he means well." she shared, "And he's always there to support me even if he's not around." she added.
"Where's your brother right now?" Akame asked.
"He's back home with my parents." Suzie replied while looking up, "Just like my Onii-chan, my Okaa-san and Otou-san can be overprotective sometimes but they care about me a lot and they taught me everything I know before and after I became a Blessed and even if they aren't here right now, I'm sure they're supporting me all the way in my path to becoming a hero." she shared.
"You're very lucky to have such a kind and caring family Suzie, I'm glad to hear that." Akame commented with a smile.
Suzie smiled back, "What about you, do you care for your sister as well?" she asked.
Akame paused for a moment before looking up, "Yes, I do care for her deeply." she answered "I love her with all my heart and I still do." she admitted.
Suzie nodded before continuing to drink her milk as she felt sad for Akame, she watched the whole episodes of Akame ga Kill and it pained her to see Akame kill her own sister and it pained her even more when she broke down in tears at the loss of her sister.
Even though the manga ended differently, Suzie still felt bad for Akame.
Suzie then took notice of something different about the red eyed assassin sitting with her and if she remembered correctly, Akame supposedly had a red scar markings on her body due to using Murasame's trump card near the end of both the manga and the anime but there weren't any red scar markings on her and she noticed that she still had Murasame with her.
Could it be that-
"Hey Onee-chan!" a soft voice called out, "Who's this with you?" she asked.
Suzie's thoughts were interrupted and her eyes widened upon hearing another familiar voice.
Both Suzie and Akame then turned to see none other than the latter's sister Kurome alive and well, much to the young Takahashi's shock.
"Oh, hello Kurome." Akame greeted.
Confirming that she wasn't dreaming, Suzie's eyes widened even further before doing a big spit-take of her milk which startled both Akame and Kurome as Suzie started coughing.
"Whoa! Are you okay?" Kurome asked in concern before crouching down on her look-a-like while Akame patted Suzie on the back to stop her coughing fit.
After her coughing stopped and after wiping her mouth, Suzie opened her eyes to see to her shock that Kurome was actually crouching right in front of her, she even blinked a bit and rubbed her eyes to double check if she wasn't hallucinating.
She continued to stare for what felt like forever when it was just a few moments, "Hey, are you alright?" Kurome asked once more.
Suzie blinked twice, "Hai..." she replied, "Sorry, I just got startled, that's all." she apologized in her usual soft composed voice but her eyes were still slightly wide open.
Kurome blinked before smiling, "I'm glad you're alright, my name's Kurome by the way." she introduced herself.
"S-Suzie..." Suzie replied while a bit overwhelmed.
"Suzie..." Kurome uttered, "... that's a very nice name." she complimented, "It's a pleasure to meet you." she greeted
"Mhmm..." was Suzie's reply.
Kurome then took notice of Suzie's cookies, "Oh! Cookies!" she cheered, "Can I have one?" she asked.
"Mhmm..." the still overwhelmed Suzie responded.
Kurome took an oatmeal raisin cookie and took a bite, "Hmm, these are good." she complimented.
"Glad you like them." Suzie replied.
And just like that, Suzie couldn't take it anymore and the young Takahashi's eyes rolled backwards before fainting backwards and fortunately for her, Akame caught her and both sisters were shocked upon Suzie fainting all of a sudden.
"Oi!" Akame called out, "Oi! Daijobu?! Oi!" she asked in concern while shaking Suzie.
"Was it something I said?" Kurome uttered in confusion while also concerned for the young Takahashi.
As for the young Takahashi herself, although she's fainted, she was mentally crying in joy and relief, "She's alive, Kurome's alive, yokatta!" she cheered in her thoughts.
As this is going on, Eric is seen walking around when he noticed Akame and Kurome trying to shake Suzie awake, "Fainting over nothing?" he uttered, "Pathetic." he commented with a shake of his head before walking off.
Bzzzttt...
Later that afternoon in the streets of Neo-City, we see Ozzy leaving a videogame store with bags of games in hand, the Mississippi Four member just recently bought some games and is very excited to play them.
"Man! I've bought tons of new games and I can't wait to play with the gang." Ozzy expressed in glee when he noticed a shining light catching his eyes which halted his tracks and turned to an alleyway where a strange light of neon green, yellow, blue and red illuminated the area, "Huh? What in tarnation?" Ozzy muttered in question when he saw the assorted colored light shine which pulsated for a few seconds before it dimmed until it revealed the source of where it came from and it was a slightly open metal case sitting on top of a wooden barrel.
Checking if it was safe to approach, Ozzy hid his videogame purchases in his coat before he slowly walked towards the case in the alleyway while getting one of his Colt Revolvers ready and as he reached the case, Ozzy couldn't help but be mesmerized by its glow.
Putting away his revolver, the young Wizner slowly extended his hand towards the case's lid and as he opened it, what he saw was something that boggled his mind.
Inside the case was what looked like four human hearts, but they looked mechanical yet sleek.
They had metallic gray color and had a few lines that glow a different individual color: one was neon green, another a neon yellow, another a neon red and the last one a neon blue and each had a power symbol that also glowed its respective neon color at the center of each heart and the light pulsated like real beating hearts. All in all, they looked like they came from some kind of highly advanced civilization.
"Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!" Ozzy exclaimed in amazement before noticing that there was a folded note in the middle of the case just in between the hearts.
Ozzy then unfolded it and read its contents, "To whoever comes upon this case, by the time you read this note, I'm already long gone." he read out loud with a surprise expression, "A catastrophic event has occurred, causing a meltdown on my home world's core and as of now, my home is on the verge of collapsing and there's no chance for me or my people to escape its destruction but we managed to send multiple pods to other dimensions." he furthered, "My pod contains this case that is now in your possession." he continued on, "Inside it is my Magnum Opus." he mentioned while referring to the strange mechanical looking hearts in the case, "These are the Aura Hearts, four cores of unlimited energy that has the ability to give sentient life and free will to a machine and even allow it to become almost one hundred percent human despite being a machine and even grant its host extraordinary power." he carried on, "My final wish is that the last batch of my greatest invention can be used to bring life to one that can live to protect and not to destroy like those previously who were given life by my invention and chose the path to destroy." he stated, "There are instructions on how to use them but be warned, they can only be used once and only once." he pointed out, "Once you install one into a machine, it'll forever remain bonded to its host acting like a soul, use them well, use them wisely and I shall now join my people in our fate, I hope and pray that an event doesn't ensure the destruction of your world or others as well." he concluded.
(Play Kamen Rider Build – Be the One (TV Version))
As Ozzy finished reading the note, he noticed the name of whoever wrote it.
The writer of this note was merely referred to as "The Alchemist" as the young Wizner then gathered up his thoughts while staring at the Aura Hearts. He found a case that contained four extraordinary energy cores that belonged to someone who along with his world was just destroyed and wished that the last of his inventions would be used for good.
Ozzy then closed his eyes and took a deep breath before carefully putting the note back in the case and securely closing it.
"You can count on me, Alchemist." Ozzy uttered, "I'll find the perfect hosts for your inventions eventually." he declared.
And with that, Ozzy exited the alleyway, taking the Aura Hearts with him and went on his way back to the Coalition but there was one thing that got Ozzy wondering, "Why does the color of the hearts remind me of some certain people?" he thought while thinking of certain characters from certain animes with the same colors as the four Aura Hearts, "Nah~" he dismissed.
Little did Ozzy know while he was on his way back to the training camp, the top of the metal case that he's carrying revealed to have the same power symbol the Aura Heart had briefly glowed a spectrum color before fading to color black.
And also unbeknownst to Ozzy, Eric saw him walking away with a metal case in hand, the fat bastard then proceeds to bring his phone out to call the police.
Note: This chapter is edited by moi but is originally written by AuraBolter, so all the props goes to him.
A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Jamesdean5842, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.