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IMPALE!
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
GUST!
Wind projected from the CPU Candidate as he let out a pained scream, as the rocks ripped prices of billowing flesh from his body. Blood and steam escaped the wounds, but not before the gust blasted the esper, coming from his opponent's body almost immediately after.
GLOW!
BULK!
His eyes flashed and glowed purple with his musculature increasing before contracting as he screamed bloody murder.
CRACK!
FISSURE!
SHATTER!
INDENT!
The rocks that injured him were all smashed into the sides of the cave wall, completely thrown off from their calculated course as they had either been completely stopped, shattered, or fractured within the side of the wall, in it, or as dust on the floor.
FALL!
STAGGER!
CROUCH!
Landing on his feet, Vergo breathed heavily as his fingers supported his body as his legs were still shaky from the staggering amounts of pain his body felt in such a short amount of time.
Accelerator, on the other hand, remained unaffected by the boisterous wind wave and stood with a smile that showcased hints of entertained psychopathy as he heckled the blonde's state.
"Throwing a fit won't save your life. But I can understand if you can't come to terms with your death." Mocked the albino as he continued to berate his enemy.
'This feeling... It's just like when I touched the Sharicite...!' Widening his eyes, he recalled the sensation as he stood up.
'I'm in that incomplete HDD again, aren't I?' Familiarity made itself acquainted with the CPU Candidate's self-awareness as he glared at the ASIC member.
REACH!-
GRAB!
TWIRL!
'If so, then I pray for my opponent.' Vergo reached out for and grabbed his pole as it flew back into his hands, before twirling it.
"You sure know how to talk big, but I'll have you know that you're not dealing with the average bloke anymore." Boasted the blonde as he gained a smirk that oozed with a new aura of confidence, even after his body had been blasted through with some stones not too long ago. Still didn't stop him from projecting an air of stability.
"Are you implying that you're of substandard intelligence, or just sub-human in general?" Replied Accelerator with an equally wide smile and an open-palmed gesture, traces of psychopathy ridden in its presence and the tone of his voice in general as his eyes reflected the fun he was having. His question only served to aggravate his enemy, though.
"Do you think you're fockin' funny, bruv? I'll spin your jaw like a merry-go-round, dickhead. Play with me and see where you end up, anorexic tosser. Probably came out your mum bullocks first with your sub-par sickle cell built mug, surprised you're not arse over tit like a toddler with your bone to muscle ratio, bloody scarecrow. You look damn near mental, the amount of tosh you blether like a demented asylum patient. Daft bellend." A spiel of words flew from the godling's mouth, his accent thickening as his indignation skyrocketed.
"The fuck did you just say? I don't speak retard-" Missing more than half of the exchange, the vector manipulator was left confused and miffed at the words utilized in the tangent.
STEP!-
-APPEAR!
WHOOSH!
A gust of wind followed the divine dude's body as he took a step, the movement closing the gap between the two combatants in a matter of moments. It almost got by even the pale psychopath as he blinked in reaction to the sudden zoom filter that was his enemy until realizing he was right in front of him.
"Say that shite again, you sodding excuse for an edge lord, I double-dog DARE you to say that sentence again to my fockin' face you stchupid cripple. I'll slap the mental health issues out of your bone deficient body, you uppity twat."
ゴゴゴゴ!
A vein mark on his forehead and purple glowing circles that resembled eyes stared down at the shorter male as he looked up at the person he managed to piss off.
"Short-term memory loss is a bitch, ain't it? Can't even remember what I said a few seconds ago? Pathetic."
REACH!
He spat as his hand reached towards his face, the intent to gouge his eyes out present.
ZOOM!
SWIVEL!
GALE!
"WHAT!" Accelerator flew down the corridor as not only did he whiff his attack somehow, but in a burst of dexterity, Vergo moved his body to his side before swinging his arm and sending a spring of wind that pelted the esper instantaneously through the hallway as he winced from the force exerted on his body.
WHOOSH!
EXTEND!
Extending his pole after leaping to approach his flying target, the godling aimed for his enemy's plexus as the weapon he held elongated at a quicker rather than he could close the gap formed.
"You bastard!"
PALM!-
Screamed Accel, not happy with the sudden shift in dominance during the course of the fight. Opening his eyes, he foresaw the pole striking him and prepared to use his hand to actively block the object.
STOP!
'It stopped...?!' Thought the ASIC member.
BLEED!
SPLATTER!
"Argh! FUCK!"
Clutching his hand, the esper relived the sensation of burning pain as the pole halted its extension just before making physical contact, and the air that would've been on the base of the end of the bo-staff transferred its momentum to the hand through the air, bypassing the filter and causing the appendage to bleed from the necessary vector breaching it.
CRASH!...
DUST...!
SKID!...
He slammed into the wall, dust forming as the CPU Candidate retracted its length back to normal size as he skidded to a stop near the area his opponent lay.
"Took a hard fall, 'aven't we?" Asked the Leanboxian. "Broke any bones? Wouldn't be surprised, you look like a lad that might have leukemia-"
SWIPE!
BOOM!
A crescent of blood appeared, inches away from the face of the deity as it moved at shocking speeds with the dust around a kneeling Accelerator cleared, his bleeding hand being swatted to the left with the force of ejection of the red bodily fluid leaving his body, their vectors tweaked.
BEND!-
SPLATTER!-
SMASH!...
Vergo used the wind to push himself down and support his awkward angle as his legs stood vertically straight, yet his body from his thighs was parallel to the ground as the blood ripped apart the walls of the hallway the sound could be heard throughout the cave.
SWIPE!-
ROUNDHOUSE!
SMASH!...
Attempting another swipe as the blonde rose, upon his purple eyes detecting the motion Vert's brother swiftly kicked the hand as he halted, causing Accel's hand to sporadically move to the side as the hallway that was on the adjacent side of the corner suffered the same fate as the current one that they were fighting in.
"Impossible!" Denied the sociopathic esper.
"Breathe out." Warned the time traveler in response.
"What the-"
PISTON KICK!
THOOM!
"Urk!" Spit and blood flying out his mouth from tanking another kick, all the cornered esper could do was reduce the actual force of these blows by redirecting the pain he felt as an uncomfortable wave that ebbed through his body instead of an excruciatingly painful hit unfiltered.
THUD!
CRACK!
VIBRATE...!
His back hit the wall, causing it to crack from the pressure with his figure indented into the surface as he cringed before witnessing him attempting to send another attack his way.
"Damn arsehole!"
SWING!
DODGE!
BOOM!
Using the vector of momentum to move his already tilting head at a much faster rate, enough to completely avoid the fist as the wind decimated the wall.
PUNCH!-
WEAVE!-
SIDE PUNCH!
"Urgh!" Cried out the Leanboxian CPU Candidate as his skull rattled from the surprise blow.
SHOCKWAVE!
VOOM!
Accel used the vector of momentum once again to pull himself to the personal space of Vergo and take a swing, with the intention to miss. His opponent fell for the feint and moved to the side as he did, which made the impact that much harder as he change the direction of his closed fist to deck the side of his head with it.
SMASH!
TUMBLE...!-
SLAM!
TWIRL!
SKID!...
A loud boom echoed as the godling was sent down the hall, and crashed through a wall, making convulse in the air before stumbling on the ground as he slammed his pole on the ground to spin and regain his balance before skidding to a stop on his feet, still reeling from the surprise sucker punch.
"Ptoo!..."
He spat some blood from his mouth. "Fuck me. For some who looks like a twig, that punch could've made me sleep like a log if I wasn't a demigod right now..." Processes the CPU Candidate as he massaged his jaw. Looking around, he realized he was punted into a new room. The futuristic-like corridors were replaced with a volcanic interior. Magma was apparent in cracks, and the temperature of the room was noticeably higher than its technologically superior counterpart.
LAND!...
Moving through the hole indirectly created by him, the white-haired sociopath jumped through it with an enhanced burst of force before landing on the semi-molten ground as he took in his surroundings, eyes temporarily looking around to see what was going on in their new battleground.
'I smacked him into the high-temperature section. There's definitely some things I can use to my advantage here.' Thought the scientifically centered combatant as his eyes refocused on their initial target.
"I should've told you to clench your teeth like you did to me, but I'm not as nice." Snarked Accelerator. He was still sour from the ass-kicking, but as they were in a place he had a general layout of in his head, he regained a secret advantage.
"It's not a bother. I'll just kick your teeth down your throat for compensation." Vergo responded as he eased into his stance, not wanting to make a sudden movement to trigger his enemy's aggro.
"Don't make me laugh!" Screeched the esper.
SPRING!
SPRING!
SPRING!
SPRING!
SPRING!
The walls became his route of traversal as the boy dashed from his position to a wall, before stomping on the surface as he sprung to another side of the room before repeating the process, gradually increasing in speed as he danced around the divine intruder. His body blurred from the velocity as a line of grey started to form behind him from his sheer speed.
ZOOM!-
DODGE!
ZOOM!-
CROUCH!
ZOOM!-
JUMP!
ZOOM!-
AFTERIMAGE!...
Numerous attempts were made to make contact with the CPU Candidate at high speeds, to knock him off his feet and destroy him upon contact as before, but in a much more violent and agile manner by bouncing off the wall with blinding speed to no avail, his opponent dodging and evading the moves to claim his life with relatively moderate difficulty.
ZOOM!
ZOOM!
ZOOM!
'He's gotten faster, but he moves in only a straight line...' Noticed the CPU Candidate. 'Maybe I can...' He trailed off mentally, his brainpower focusing on the battle at hand as the enemy esper was moving in for another attempt.
SIDESTEP!-
PALM!
REFLECT!
"ARGH!" Barked the mentally unstable enemy.
"Tch!" Spat the divine time traveler, his hand stinging.
CRASH!...
Moving out of the way, Vergo used his palm to slap the dogshit out of Accel's side as he passed his person, his hand touching the vector shield but in turn, the invisible wind affinity still bypassing the shield which inadvertently pushed him out of his direction as the godling's arm and the esper's body was launched away from each other in an act of repulsion of unequal forces.
LAVA SPIKE!
"Time for a difficulty spike!" Roared Accel as he dropped to the floor and stepped on the crack of heat between the ground, causing a large tendril of molten rock to rush at the Leanboxian CPU Candidate.
THRUST!
DISPERSE!
Pushing the wind in front of his hand forward, he converted the path of the molten hazard to splatter in the opposite direction it came from, the collateral falling back to where its caster was located.
VANISH!
MELT!...
OBSIDIAN PILLAR!
ZOOM!
He didn't stay to reflect on the matter, instead of moving before sending a more solid state of earth to do the same, before moving to another position as he jumped from the wall side he found himself.
JUMP!
SMASH!
Ascending to avoid the object, Vergo took a look to see the mass of rock obliterate itself in trying to crush him under its forceful mass as he looked to where he sensed the vector manipulator next.
LAVA PILLAR!
ZOOM!
OBSIDIAN SPIKE!
ZOOM!
Hazards of both properties rushed him from either side as his enemy set up the sandwich tactic for him in the blink of an eye.
EXTEND!
PUSH!
RETRACT!
SMASH!
MELT!...
The bo-staff became a vital tool, using it to push himself away from the danger as he made it collide with the roof before shrinking back down to default size to send him towards the ground, and out of harm's way as both attacks crashed into each other instead.
"I'm starting to catch wind of your difficulty tweak. Seems more like a debug with how shite it is." Taunted the CPU Candidate as he fell to the floor.
"Are you sure about that?" Inquired the sociopath as tens of spikes and pillars were moving towards the blonde from above which were comprised of both lava and obsidian, some even being a combination of the two as they all zoomed towards the green-clad deity.
"Bloody 'ell. This is going to smart a tad bit, isn't it?" He mentally prepared himself for the challenge.
"I don't remember anyone describing death as a stinging sensation, but be my guest."
ZOOM!
Accel mocked before moving out of the way.
TWIST!
GUST!-
TWISTER!
Taking his bo-staff, the brother of Leanbox's CPU spun his stick in a manner that caused it to generate twister-level winds, yanking the kinetic energy of expansion the attacks had before their stagnant presence was blown into next week in the span of a second.
"...!"
TWIRL!-
LAVA SPIKE!
EXTEND!-
KICK!
"Shite!"
DOUBLE STOMP!
EARTHQUAKE!
OBSIDIAN SPIKE!
STAB!
"FOCKIN' 'ELL!" Winced the divine as he screamed an accented cry of pain from having his midsection impaled by an obsidian spike.
He attempted to use his pole to strike his enemy, stopping just before utilizing the same tactic. But Accelerator had other plans using the momentum of bringing his head back to fully move out of the way and use his already moving foot to high-kick the weapon.
This left the CPU Candidate open, to which he quickly stomped twice. Once to further offset the opponent with a tremor to leave him fully vulnerable, and the second to run him through with a rock spike that pierced right through his ribcage, puncturing his lung.
"You've got nowhere to run now, blondie!"
RUN!-
LEAP!
BOOM!
Accel screamed in delight, his opponent stuck in place as he reached out after sprinting into a dash as a hand was outstretched with the intent to rid the Leanboxian from his free trial of life.
THRUST!
REACH!...
Both combatants were on the verge of making contact with each other as each appendage was no further than a few centimeters from their target area. Time seemed to slow down as the point of contact could be felt, much less touched.
GALE BURST!
CRASH!
"Damn it!" Shouted the member of the criminal organization as he was pushed into the wall, his entire body falling under the effect of a wide range invisible blast of air. His body was prevented from moving as he remained stuck to the wall with the constant generation of wind pressure to keep him stuck there as the godling's hand was outstretched without any indication of letting up.
"What's this? Back up against the wall? That's mad."
ELBOW!
Vergo spoke as he freed himself from the spike, elbowing it into pieces as the tip was still lodged in his system.
"How the hell do you keep hitting me! I'm supposed to be untouchable!" Raved the Accelerator, failing to comprehend how he was consistently getting past his shield designed and dedicated for doing everything but letting that occur. It was maddening!
"I just tapped 'em on his shoulder, I suppose he is touchable. Put thirty in my chop, then I turned him into a huxtable." The CPU Candidate recited a certain song under his breath before answering the agitated esper.
"Have you ever considered that you just suck? Truly, has it ever crossed your mind that you have the proficiency of the three stooges wrapped into a single person? Or did having your head so far up your ass that you smell the shit that comes out our mouth from your colon dilute any chance of self-awareness?" A genuine question was asked in a rather disingenuous tone.
"I'LL MURDER YOU!"
EARTHQUAKE!
CRATER!...
His ire was invited as his vectors responded, the ground shaking and his spot quickly becoming spherical and indented in the form of a large crater that malformed the wall in seconds.
"Murder? Me?... Reflect your stchupidity, why don't you? Blimey, I reckon you're reflecting all your brain cell development to end up in this situation, aren't you?" Leanbox's CPU Candidate poked the anorexic bear.
A conglomeration of rabid screams and screeches could be heard, indescribable in a written format as it wouldn't be able to do it justice for the beautiful sounds of futility heard by the edge lord esper.
"As a matter of fact, I am filled with excitement for you to actually do something about it, muppet." He raised his staff to the air as he beckoned the ASIC member to free himself and attack him.
"I implore you. Be blown to the wayside! Wingardium Levi- Oops. Whirlwind Zephyr!"
SPIN!...
...TWIST!...
...GUST!
WHIRLWIND!
Hollered the Leanboxian before spinning his staff above his head, the pole spinning faster and faster as the dust around him collecting and rotating around the godling.
WINDS!
TWISTER!
YANK!
Being ripped from the wall like a piece of tape that lost its adhesive grip, Accel was thrown into the storm-like winds that now occupied the cave's interior as numerous pebbles and drops of lava were carried away with the gust's pressure.
"AAAAAAH!" Accelerator screamed as his vectors were overloaded, his body being swept up in the roaring winds of the twister that developed as his opponent spun his pole faster. This made him fly around the room at an even more rapid pace with the screaming all but remaining.
"I'd mock you by singing Ring Around The Rosey, but I feel we're beyond that level of banter. It seems childish, no?" Conversed Vergo with a small smile, enjoying his opponent's struggle after going through the pain to get to that point.
"SHUT UUUUUUUUP!" Raged the esper as he desperately tried to calculate the vectors to reflect them, but his equations were not constant due to the constant fluctuations of the winds which still let some of the vectors bypass due to not being accounted for.
ZOOM!
Riding on the winds like a surfboard, Vergo used the medium to approach the edge lord esper.
"This feels like a breeze! Wouldn't you agree, lad?" Taunted the CPU Candidate as he soaked in the aggravated expression the ASIC member wore, trying to free himself.
"YOU THINK THIS IS SOME KIND OF JOKE, RETARD?!"
"If I might ask, may that be considered a serious inquiry? Because I'm sure YOU of all people should know that the only retard here is-"
GRAB!-
Boiling with frustrated infuriation, he tried to move his hands towards the blonde in a strained attempt to strangle him as he gritted his teeth.
MISS!
"Whoops!"
SPIN!-
KICK!
"Toodles!" Bid the godling.
"YOU BITCH!" Screamed the vector manipulator as he was punted into the aerial spin cycle at an even faster rate with the spinning kick accelerating his speed.
The irony.
He missed, by Vergo pulling himself back with the wind being his anchor before setting himself up for the maneuver.
RIP!
SCRATCH!
CUT!
"FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!" Accelerator vehemently cursed, his body being torn apart by the multitude of vectors to register. His jacket and skin paid the price as his blood was pulled from the wounds as the stinging sensation of pain lingered on his body.
'Think... Think! There has to be a way out of this!...' The supercomputer that was his brain began to operate through all the external stimuli to find a way to alleviate itself from the dire position that it found itself in.
'There's too many vectors to possibly calculate, and at my speed making any of them effective would be nothing short of nigh-impossible!... So forget the wind.'
REFLECT!
He told himself before a rock smacked him in the forehead, crumbling before his disfigured vector shield.
"The wind is carrying me in a general direction... Counterclockwise, from the direction, I'm going in which appears to be from right to left. Velocity is... So if I apply the inverse value, I should be able to stop myself completely.' Theorized the ASIC member.
'But it'd be worse if I stopped, the wind having a stationary target would hinder me much more than moving with it for now. Reversing the direction completely would make it even worse since I'd set myself up for being shredded to pieces' More internal discussion was had.
'But my momentum... My momentum! Sure, I'll bleed a bit from the sudden wind resistance, but if I can calculate that blonde bastard's location in the next few seconds, inverse my velocity double-fold and shift my direction to him and alter my weight to ludicrous levels, a tackle will get me out of here!' A eureka moment popped into the esper's mind, the gears in his brain turning with its genius prowess, numbers starting to pop into his head as calculations commenced.
'Hell, if I just calculate momentum itself, all the other scaling vectors are calculated for me! Hahaha! You're finished!' His red eyes lit up with sinister motives as he started to laugh.
"Ha... Hahaha...! HAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Not being able to help himself, psychotic laughter left his mouth as he turned his body to face the CPU Candidate after preparing his numbers.
"The 'ell?..." Vergo cringed. "By chance, are you off your meds, lad?" He inquired, the unsettling laughter putting him on edge.
"I DON'T HAVE MEDS! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Cackled the esper, losing any sense of sanity for a brief moment in the glee of having a way to take the deity down a peg.
"Am I a bad person for attacking the insane?" Self-reflection became apparent to the Leanboxian.
"NO, BUT YOU'LL BE DEAD IF YOU DON'T!" Bantered Accelerator, starting dead into the time traveler's soul.
"I find that hard to believe." Snarked the Leanboxian CPU Candidate. Not in the situation he put his opponent in.
"BELIEVE IT!"
REFLECT!
ZOOM!
TACKLE!
DISPELL!...
RUMBLE...!
"...!" Eyes becoming white with pain, the brother of Vert blanked out from the pain registering from his nerves, never being hit this hard in his timeline. Even his SP Skill was canceled from the force that rebounded through the room, both bodies becoming unrecognizable lines of color from the unprecedented velocity Accel utilized to strike the godling in his plexus. The ground shook from the magnitude that Vergo was struck with, extending throughout the cave as he silently writhed in pain.
"Any sign of them moving ahead?" Linda asked as she looked at the Mascot from its position.
Floating in silence, the green orb of light was unresponsive as it remained in solitude near them. As their captive, they could afford to let it wander for it could possibly summon reinforcements.
The light screen now projected a different image, which showed the party outside resting and licking their wounds. Comprised of an IF with some bandages wrapped around her body, mostly her arms, legs, and chest as coverage for her exposed modesty as she gained a band around her somewhat noticeable bust.
Compa could be seen relatively fine, tending to Nisa who was sitting on a rock as her foot was being tended to, using a mix of some aloe vera and a cold compress with having the patient use some Healing Grass in tandem, her other injures wrapped up in rubbing alcohol and bandages.
Uni, her green godly eyes still present, discussed something that couldn't be heard due to the video-only format of the screen with Cave as both were bandaged by the Nurse-In-Training before their current conversation. The CPU Candidate held her rifle, inspecting it as the redhead member of SMD pointed to her weapon, seemingly giving her some pointers.
Even SMITH and WESSON had been tied up with rope that one of them had just had in their inventory for some reason, as they were sat down ridden with injuries big and small, waiting to be taken in. The expressions on their faces ranged from solemn to disgruntled.
"Nope. They seem to be recovering before heading in." She assumed, starting at the projection she had cast.
"Really? Man, they're slow. You'd think they rush in here once they beat those guys but we thought wrong." Underling sighed, getting tired of waiting for her enemies to reach them. The process was boring to the point of deteriorating her patience irreversibly, as Linda was not one to wait for long periods of time.
"Is that so? Well, if you want to become something in the eyes of ASIC, this is one of the things you have to look forward to. All the Big Bads wait menacingly for their heroes. It's Villainy 101." Spoke the sister as she looked back to her younger kin with a snide tone, formatted by a suggestive face. "Unless you're fine with your current position?" She poked, causing a tick mark to form on the younger girl's forehead.
"Shut up, bitch! I'm gonna be more than an underling, and I'll prove it! Those broads better get here quick so I can whack them into next week!" Falling hook, line, and sinker for the jab, Linda raved about for her older sister's entertainment.
"Well it's gonna be a while before that happens, so I suggest you calm down." Advised Linette as she leaned back, before putting her hands behind her to support her sitting self. "How about you try to talk to that Mascot?" Offered the sister.
"It won't say anything! It just floats there, mute and dim. You said we have to wait until we can use it, but beyond that it does nothing!" Grumbled the green-haired grunt as she stooped to look directly at it, after walking towards it during the course of the sentence.
"Oh. Hmm..." Not much to add to the plight of her younger sister, she stayed quiet.
...
...
...RUMBLE!
"Woah!" Linda staggered as she stumbled about. Using her pole to support herself, she braced.
"Ack!" Linette fell on her back from the seismic event as her light construct temporarily became unstable before restabilizing as the earthquake ceased.
"What the heck was that!?" Underling asked her sister, surprised as she gripped her pole, ready for action as her eyes darted around.
"I don't know."
SNAP!
Snapping her fingers, Linette dispersed the projection as she stood to the backside of her sister, the two now pressing their flanks against one another to watch each other's sixes.
"But we're gonna have to stick together for what's to come." She manifested light in both hands, preparing herself for a confrontation.
"Is it them?!" Becoming hyped by the thought that she'd finally be able to settle her score with the broads that bothered and hindered her so, her eyes lit with excitement.
CRASH!
"AUGH!"
"...?!"
The wall to the side of both sisters suddenly blasted open as the scream of Vergo echoed around the room as the Mascot suddenly reacted to his presence.
TUMBLE!
TUMBLE!
SKID...!
SLAM!...
Accelerator tumbled before rolling into a kneeling skid, placing a hand on the ground for extra traction as he made a complete stop with some heavy breathing as he was still giggling under his breath as his eyes were shrunk with an ecstatic gaze.
SHUDDER...!
Vergo meanwhile, felt his body smash into the ground several times before stopping completely as he hit a wall it became covered in obsidian dust as the room reverberated a little from the impact.
"Huh?!" Both siblings exclaimed as they quickly shifted their heads between the two individuals that entered the room.
"Heheheh... What? The fuck are you two doing here?" His smile shattered as it was replaced with a sneer as he got to his feet before his eyes shifted between the relatives.
"Guarding this place." Responded the busty member as she gained some sweat on her forehead as she answered. "W-Why are you here?" She stammered, trying to keep his aggression off her and her sister by changing the topic.
"Why do you think? To swim in lava? No, you retard. It's because-"
GUST!
"He's fighting me." The CPU Candidate of Leanbox announced as he had a large hole in his red-stained vest, revealing his mangled abdomen as blood trailed with the skin being turned and malformed. Some blood trailed from the corners of his mouth as well, wiping it away with his hand before looking down to see the damage.
"Who are you?!" Linette looked to the blonde before pointing a finger in surprise/demand.
"Didn't anyone tell you pointing fingers at people is rude, lass?" Coughed the CPU Candidate as his eyes looked at her. They soon focused on the shorter sibling as he narrowed his eyes at her as well.
She in response was quick to speak once his gaze was detected.
"What are you starin' at? Freakino weirdo." Underling spat, some red on her face from the discomfort she felt under the performing gaze.
"Pardon?... Aren't you a man?" Misunderstanding the context, a head-tilt accompanied saucer-like eyes as confusion was directed to the younger sibling.
"Flight laugh meme!-"
Linette held back the urge to cackle hysterically, but just a second too late.
"Don't laugh, you asshole!" She turned to her elder sibling, embarrassed by her actions as she turned to her. "And I'm a girl, you bastard!" Her head tourney to face the blonde brother himself, a tick mark present on her forehead.
"Bruh. Anyway, where was I? Ah yes, fighting you." He directed his attention back to the silent esper. "Feel accomplished, don't you? I know that hit to the chest was probably the most constructive thing you did today, I'm bloody adamant." Provoked Vergo.
"Keep talking, as if I don't know you're still buckling from that last attack. You speak like you still have something, but deep down you know you running on fumes. That attack did more than just make you bleed." Accelerator revealed.
"Wot-"
VOMIT!
Regurgitating some blood mixed with vomit, the Leanboxian shuddered to a knee as he was shaking with shock from what just occurred.
"G-Gastrointestinal bleeding...!" Guttered the blonde as his body was still shaking from the sudden expulsion of internal fluids.
"Explaining the finer details would drag the fight out, so I'll paraphrase. I made your stomach acid pull and inverse gas station toilet from your gut to ground after causing the cells in your stomach lining to rupture." Spoke the esper.
"...How is he still alive?" Inquired the older sister after hearing an explanation that should be very painful, fatally so if it was to the extent that her colleague went to.
"Must have an iron gut. Either way, I'm glad. It means that he's not gonna roll over and die like the rest!" Accel was hyped by his opponent's durability up to that point.
"Someone's hungry for a knuckle sandwich..." Hacked Vergo as he got to his feet, using his pole for support.
"Wait a minute... You're a CPU?!" Underling pointed in shock upon getting a clear view of the CPU Candidate's face.
"Uh... No?" Lied the godling.
"Oh come on, we can see your eyes."
Deadpanned Linette, her eyes as snide as her tone was flat.
"..." He looked towards the exit. Then to them.
DING!...
A figurative lightbulb lit itself above his head.
"Who cares. You're not gonna fight, nor do I need your help. So if you have nothing better to do here, then get to the door!" Barked the violent scientific accelerator.
"Don't have to tell us twice!" Reciprocated the green-haired light user.
"What?! No way, I'm not passing up on this! I'll beat the bricks off those CPU broads and bastards!" Linda complained as she glared at the wounded deity.
That's some villainous equality, guys.
"Listen to your sister, little boy." Misgendered the blonde. "This is not a fight you want." He warned the green-haired girl.
"I AM A GIRL YOU ASSHOLE-"
VANISH!-
-APPEAR!
PALM!
WHOOSH!
"Kyaaaaaaaaa!"
"Daaaaaamn it!"
Moving to their position, the Leanboxian stuck out a hand before forcing them through the exit as their screams could be heard down the hallway. Faces of surprise and frustration shrunk and echoed before the sound of a faint crash were heard further down the path they were thrown into.
"That settles that." Sighed the time traveler, a potential numerical disadvantage was averted. His glare was then directed to the unstable enemy.
DUST...
DUST...
DUST...!
Rings of the substance, comprised of mostly granulated obsidian but needless scraps of the material were emitted from the boy as he slightly crouched.
"Don't tell me that a tummy ache is gonna be the death of you, blondie!" Cackled the esper as he got ready to continue.
"Oh, heavens no. I could never. Pepto Bismol can do wonders, you just wonder if you'll stop hearing the voices." Retorted the divine smoke collector.
"Do you ever shut up?" Inquired the white-haired individual.
"That's a stchupid question. I'll be quiet when I have no one to talk to. Corpses don't speak, jackass." Snarked the blonde.
BOOM!
RUSH!
Zooming towards the time traveler, Accelerator bum-rushed Vergo with the intent to kill as his hand reached out for his wounded side to capitalize on the compromised area.
AFTERIMAGE!...
Vert's brother wouldn't be one to get hit by such an obvious attack, as he still managed to dodge within the short time frame that the burst of speed gave his adversary.
REFLECT!
"Behind you!"
His body suddenly bounced back off of seemingly nothing, his momentum inverting as he screamed out in triumph of duping the dupe.
"You wot, m9?!"
SIDESTEP!-
MISS!
Stumbling to the side in a hasty sidestep, he dodged another attempt on his life as he saw the white blur that housed Accel's figure.
REFLECT!
ZOOM!
EVADE!
REFLECT!
ZOOM!
DODGE!
REFLECT!
MANEUVER!
Accelerator's attempts became more and more frequent as he swished around the room as the Leanboxian CPU Candidate found himself constantly jumping out of the way as he tried his slightest to remain in one piece.
"I can't stay here, he'll flank me eventually at this rate!"
WOOSH!
"You're not going anywhere!"
REFLECT!
ZOOM!
Vergo concluded before diving into the exit to the room with the vector manipulator hot on his heels.
DASH!
REFLECT!
REFLECT!
REFLECT!
REFLECT!
REFLECT!
Sporadically moving towards him as he reset the momentum value if it lagged to keep a constant pace behind the blonde, the esper encroached on the time traveler with demented amounts of calculations behind his trajectories.
LEAP!
CRASH!
TWIRL!-
REFLECT!
LAND-
SWIPE!-
BACKSTEP!
FLY!...
By the skin of his teeth, a perfectly timed jump saved him from vector obliteration as he twisted in the air to face the sociopathic opponent, another vector charged propulsion of mathematical momentum punted the edge lord forward to attack. But hopping on his back foot once again spared him from being fodderized as he took to the air, floating at a constant pace.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Psychopathy reared its ugly head as the member of ASIC relentlessly chased the blonde deity as he managed to create an equation within his mind that allowed for the constant maintenance of momentum as he floated as well.
Two guards down the corridors the very same as before were still walking in the same direction they were going.
"What's with all these earthquakes?" One asked.
"Probably from the fight outside. Still going on, most likely." Answered the fellow grunt.
"Really? All the explosions seem to be coming from inside, though." The left goon pointed out. This caused her acolyte to gain some befuddlement on her features.
"Wait, what?-"
WOOSH!
ELBOW!
ELBOW!
"Gak!?"
"Urk?!"
A set of elbows knocked into the faces of an unaware couple of ASIC books as their bodies were sent to the floor before rolling away haphazardly as the flying CPU Candidate felt something nick his shoulders.
"Sorry." He apologized under his breath, a sweat drop on his face as he looked back with a deadpanned gaze.
THUD!
His back hit the wall of the corridor as his eyes widened in realization. Looking back, he was seemingly unaware of what was about to happen to him.
ZOOM!
"HAHAHA!"
IMPALE!
His eyes shrunk to dots as his already damaged abdomen was seemingly run through completely by Accelerator's hand as he maniacally laughed at the blonde's state of being, that being mortally wounded by his arm.
"You're through!" He triumphantly announced, his eyes filled with jubilant emotion as he finally completed his goal.
"Am I?" Asked the green-clad individual.
"No, I'm punching an illusion. Of course, I'm right, you retard!" Growled the esper, angered by his winning moment.
"Well, you are right." Agreed the divine island dweller.
"...Huh?"
"Cheerio, bitch boy."
FADE!...
"FUCK!" Cursed the enraged esper as he was bamboozled by an illusion of speed for the umpteenth time, realizing that his hand wasn't even bloodied by his target.
"FUCK!"
SMASH!
RUMBLE...!
Punching the wall in frustration, the cave rumbled from the force exerted as the rocks were blasted off of the surface and dust scattered due to the impact of the action.
BLOW!
He turned to his side to view a figure that was barely covered by the clouds before their figure was revealed.
"I reckon this is sort of plagiarism, but my life is on the line, 'ere. Oh wait, copyright's covered for!" He remembered the disclaimer.
"What the hell are you talking about?!-"
"BUSTER WOLF!"
BURST!
FLAMES!!
An explosion occurred, beelining for the esper as his eyes narrowed with a grimace to boot.
REFLECT!-
INFERNO!
His shield did not falter, and soon a fierce firestorm engulfed the corridors of the layout of the cave system itself, the screams of many scorched grunts being heard
through the complex as a side-effect of not only reflecting, but magnifying the vector of an initially powerful attack.
"AHHHH!"
"IT BURNS!"
"MY ASS IS ON FIRE!"
"WHO FARTED NEXT TO THE REACTOR?!"
"What is going on in there?" Discombobulation radiated from the brunette as the screams of weirdly humorous proportions echoed from the inside of the cave.
"SOMEBODY PULL OUT THE AUX CORD!"
"I think we should just go in already. This is getting crazy." Uni became ready to venture inside the cave, hearing the cries of the personnel within the premise, yelling zany sentences.
"MY ASSHOLE BURNS!"
"Her what?!" Compa's face turned red with surprise on the subject matter at hand, the effect emulated to lesser degrees as Nisa and Uni also gawked at the words being shouted from within, as IF and Cave settled for a raise of the eyebrows, the former's eyes becoming comical saucers. "Uh-oh, that doesn't sound very pleasant." She feared for the worst with a wary look within the entrance.
"WHY HASN'T THE FIRE ALARM GONE OFF!"
"IT GOT SCORCHED, FUCK!"
"We should investigate, there is definitely something sinister afoot!" Decided the superheroine as she pointed to her bandaged leg.
"TACO NEP HAVE MERCY ON MY BUTTHOLE!"
"M-MY INTERNAL ORGANS!"
"This is getting concerning. We cannot afford to wait for Nepgear and the others for much longer." The redhead came to a conclusion. "Let us depart."
"Okay." IF was also on board with the decision. "I just need to tell them ahead of time-" She paused to pull out her phone from her pocket.
HEAT...!
A surge of rising temperatures lambasted the party as they began to sweat.
"Is it just me, or is it getting hot out here? Asked the Lastation CPU Candidate, her eyes becoming suspicious.
"Wait a sec..." The Guild Agent's eyes looked to the entrance seeing the air rippling from the heat. They almost fell out if their sockets upon realization of what such a vast amount of heat implied.
LEAP!
"MOVE, NOW!" Screamed IF at the top of her lungs. She quickly took to the sky as her legs kicked off the ground and propelled her body into the air.
"Eh?"
"Huh?!"
"What!?"
"!"
JUMP!
Reactions abound, only the soldier was able to understand from the shout what the Planeptunian was so frantic about as she got out of dodge by sprining thirty feet into the air. "Do not question it! Just do it!" Reciprocated Cave.
DIVE!
SPRING!
RUN!
...INFERNAL FLAMES!
Each party member moved to suit, seconds before a stream of fire rushed from the entrance as it proceeded to reduce everything in its path into a smoldering pile of ash. Smoke billowed from the remains as the group was shell-shocked by the event.
"WOAH!" All five girls yelled in surprise as they witnessed flaming destruction.
LAND!
"What was that?!" Shouted the blue-haired heroine, unsure of what exactly they almost suffered being overcooked to oblivion as they landed unanimously.
"I dunno, but we're not gonna find out standing here. We gotta get inside!" IF prompted as the others nodded.
"Right!"
STEPS!
The girls shared her spirit before entering as the brown-haired girl dialed the CPU Candidate of Planeptune.
Back in the cave, Accelerator was currently talking the hot shit that he just reflected with the utmost confidence, smiling as he berated the skill.
"Buster Wolf? Try Broken Bitch. Then again, it's poetic in a way. That'll be you soon." Turning and tilting his head, a sadistic glance followed the words the esper spoke with an unhinged smile as the flames were all but some distance around him, doing nothing the instance it tried to make contact with him.
"Alright, shut up. All you've done is flail around and scream like a fockin' twat, ignorant wasteman." Vergo retorted, his body unscathed by the flames as he spoke, an area of airless space created by his vacuum technique. Within three feet, no signs of flames were present.
Around the two, flames and smoke spread through the halls as they stood in a more spacious area as it had been melted into a more breathable battlefield.
Ironic, due to the smoke making the environment anything but.
"Let's finish this!" Shouted the dangerous antagonist.
"You're finished!" Simultaneously yelled the CPU Candidate of Leanbox, his fist, and grip on his staff tightening.
No more words were spoken as they did battle.
SWIPE!
WEAVE!
SWIPE!
WEAVE!
SWIPE!
WEAVE!
Starting with a couple of grabs, their choreography was easily telegraphed by the lack of any formal training that even a wounded Vergo was able to misdirect into shifting in combination with his wind's ability to use objects' movements to predict their direction made him virtually untouchable to the edgy cripple.
RIB PUNCH!
BIFF!
ELBOW!
CRACK!
HIGH KICK!
REFLECT!
A fist to the ribs with his body weight made the same sound slamming a boxing bag falling to the ground as the responsive flinch was met with an elbow to the side of the head that was also the cause of an echoing crack. Yet the high kick was only slightly slower in wind-up, only to be reflected as the ASIC member made his hand touch the appendage before it flattened his chin.
SLIP!
FRONT KICK!-
REFLECT!
AIR CUSHION!
Magnifying the magnitude of the slap, inversing the force caused the foot to swing back with such momentum that it tripped the blonde into an augmented front kick that sent him flying. He luckily used the air around him as a cushion to kill most of the kinetic energy that pelted him as he visibly sank into seemingly nothing.
EXTEND!-
DUCK!
PUNCH!-
CLANG!-
REFLECT!...
SWEEP!
JUMP!
His pole extended to strike the esper, who evaded by crouching as the pole passed over his head before kicking off the ground with a vector punch ready for delivery as he neared. The same pole that he seemingly dodged returned to guard the strike as it was contracting right behind him and stretched just enough when Vergo angled it to block.
A reverberating clang echoed as the esper used the vector change to reflect himself off of the object by using the force that would've struck the blonde to eject himself back to a reasonable distance. Meanwhile, the Leanboxian tried to knock the ASIC member off balance with a sweep that was dodged by a jump.
GRAB!
DRAG!
SMOKESCREEN!
Unequipping his staff temporarily, the CPU Candidate curled his fingers and pulled the literal air which caused the smoke above them to be pulled in his direction and coated his body
"A smokescreen?-"
SMOKE!
Accelerator deduced in milliseconds before the rest of the smoke caused by the fires was pulled down to his level in turn causing visibility to drastically decrease to the point that seeing a few feet in front of him was an arduous challenge.
SMACK!
"Urk!"
A metallic object struck the edge lord esper in the jaw as he reeled, staggering from the sudden hit.
HOOK KICK!
SWEEP KICK!
THUD!...
Two separate kicks soon followed thereafter, the first one once acting serving the purpose to stun the opponent and the second kick to floor him with both succeeding in their task as the gutters of the member.
BIFF!
POW!
PUNCH!
THWACK!
CRASH!
A three-hit combo to the face was the next course of action before equipping his co-stars and overhead slamming the pole into his body which caused a loud bang to resound as the skull of the sociopath rattled from the air pressure forcing itself into his head.
GALE!
GALE!
GALE!
GALE!
Forcing the wind out of his hand, the body of Accel was pushed into the ground as he blocked, only mitigating some of the damage as he felt his entire body be pushed onto the ground as pebbles flew as his person was indented deeper and deeper into the ground.
KICK!
KICK!
KICK!
BICYCLE KICK!
VANISH!-
-APPEAR!
SPIKE!
SMASH!...
Stomping out the sociopathic adversary, he was promptly kicked into the air before teleporting from sheer speed above him before backflipping into an upside-down high kick which bulleted him straight into the ground as a loud crash could be heard as he smashed into the concrete.
AXE KICK!-
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
REFLECT!
SHOCKWAVE!
CRASH!-
Screeching, Accelerator interrupted the finisher to the combo as Vergo's body was thrown into the ceiling, his body pressed against the roof as an unearthly screech emitted from the augmented sound waves that his vocal cords produced from the pure vexation he felt at the age he was being inflicted with.
CLEAR!
SNUFF!
His voice instantly dispersed the smoke and quelled the flames as it spread like the wildfire that Vergo's fiery attack tried to emulate in a matter of seconds what used to be a raging inferno was nothing more than a charcoal-stained room.
BARRIER!...
Switching from his wind barrier to his vacuum barrier, the sound was blocked out completely, what was once pain transforming into the shock of the sudden outburst.
Struggling to a hunch, Accel soon got to his feet with moderate difficulty before looking up at the blonde, venom in his eyes.
Sweat rolled down the side of the time traveler's face, wary of such an expression. But caution became alarmed as he sensed something extremely minute move towards him incredibly quickly.
It couldn't be any thicker than a few atoms wide at most, yet it moved faster than any other attack that he used his hands for up to that point by far. Not wanting to feel its effects, automatically assuming it to be deadly, he instantaneously moved.
VANISH!-
-SLICE!
RUMBLE!
An extremely powerful cut was etched into the earth with the power to shake the ground the moment Vergo found himself out of the way as the damage was immense, the rays of sunshine shining down from the depth of the incision the otherwise invisible attack caused.
APPEAR!
"The 'ell was that?!" Demanded the Leanboxian CPU Candidate.
"A death flag." Hagged the esper. "Never seen something that could kill you before? Well, this one's special. You'll never know what happened, even when it hits you." Eluded the ASIC member before using the same attack again.
BLEED!-
AFTERIMAGE!
The bridge of Vergo's nose suffered a cut that bled from its depth as his face stung from having to evade within such proximity.
REAPPEAR!
PUNCH!-
DODGE!
Dodging another punch upon becoming tangible, the blonde brother's eyes momentarily glanced to the first he dodged before seeing that it became a middle finger and thumb pressed against each other.
SNAP!-
BOOM!
SHOCKWAVE!
Accelerator snapped his fingers, creating a massive blast of sound that sent the godling flying as his body dangled from the pressure of the shockwave that carried him back as he flinched in pain before being dragged away.
TUMBLE!...
-BLOCK!
SPIRAL!
VACUUM SHIELD!
Ragdolling in the air ceased after the CPU Candidate gained some semblance of self-control of his body as he called upon his winds, blocking as his person spun through the roaring shockwave. Absorbing the winds around him, it created a pocket around his person that allowed him to stop moving and remain still as the gusts flew past him.
"You're not gonna withstand this one!"
STEP!-
REFLECT!
Accel rushed forward, augmenting the vectors to the point that his body visually dematerialized from the velocity that was manipulated to increase his body to near lightspeed.
Moving at 299,672 kilometers per second after calculating for trajectory, air resistance from the speed of c being in a medium of air, and distance between him and his target, his body was visibly reeling from the speed he went as the distance between him and Vergo seemed non-existent, his perception showing him as if he instantly teleported, likewise for the CPU Candidate of Leanbox who didn't see him before him one instant, and a terrifying amount of speed compiled with murderous intent was in front of him the very next.
PLACE!-
RUSH!
PUSH!-
REFLECT!
EXPLOSION!
In a matter of nanoseconds, the blonde was sent into the ground, a hole that easily reached the ends of both sides of the hall as an explosion of scorched earth commenced in an insanely short amount of time. Reflecting the speed and force to the green-clad boy was the condition that was met to throw him into the depths.
RUMBLE!
BOOM!
SMASH!...
SLICE!
Accelerator glanced down in the hole, his ears hearing the crash after a moment's notice, and fired off another invisible attack to make sure his opponent was a goner.
"Tch..." He clutched his wrist. The pressure his hand has to wield for that short time would have surely ripped his appendage off his arm if he hadn't transferred most of the pressure as a conclusive vector to his enemy at the last second.
REFLECT!
LAND!...
Touching down on the ground, the esper stared into the hole. It was deep, deeper tha anything he had seen before it. A very faint dot was seen below, signifying the molten metals of the mantle being present.
"That was fun while it lasted. But that guy's toast. He's the first one to get past my vector shield, too. This Gamindustri might be more interesting than I thought." Pondered the esper as he walked away, his hands in his pockets as he looked ahead.
His steps echoed as the room became still and smoldering.
Meanwhile, in the ground, thousands of meters below the surface of the Gamindustri...
Metals well over a thousand degrees Celsius scorched the small pocket in the lithosphere that Vergo was buried within as his eyes winced from the pain he was feeling. Not to mention the extreme heat that he endured, his skin burning under the surface that was it was in contact with.
"Mans body feels like a used tissue... Bloody 'ell. That last bit was especially dodgy, bugger fockin' teleported, didn't he?" Still unsure of how it was physically possible for a human to move that fast, the deity withstood the scorching heat as he slowly collected himself in the binding light of the superheated minerals and ores.
"I won't take this lying down!... That arsehole is not going to get away with this!"
GLOW...!
His body illuminated as share energy coursed through his veins as the concentration of the divine energy empowered him fully as he called out the phrase of activation.
"ACCESS!"
Leanbox's CPU Candidate was engulfed in a shine of light before his form was absorbed by the light generated from his body. The light from the pillar rushed up the hole dug by his body's plummet through the ground, reaching the area its user was once fought moments later.
PILLAR!!
"Fucking damnit!"
REFLECT!
Cursed the edge lord member as he turned around, a pillar of light wide enough to light up the entire hole and make contact with the ceiling as the room itself lit up from the source of brightness as Accelerator used his shield to filter the amount of light to a visible portion as unfiltered would have most likely blinded him.
EMERGE...!
LAND!...
"Wagwan, battyboy. Rassclaat, that right there was proper pussyhole behavior, bumboclaat. You'll be lucky if you get to steppin' after I shank you with my lance, fuckin' pussybwoi. ASIC opps don't fly around here, yeah? The boys are gassed for making sure you and your mandem end up clapped, big man ting." Words of an unknown slang rattled from the lips of the transformed CPU Candidate as he gripped his lance with intent to gore. "Mad bait that I took so long, innit? You've been pared, silly wasteman. This fight here is my endz, bruv." He narrowed his eyes, any emotion that wasn't blatantly unreadable faded as he glared.
"... I don't know what demon you summoned, but I'm going to kill you now."
VECTOR DASH!
Completely giving up attempting to translate what Future Heart stated, he immediately resumed his aggressive approach with another lunge, moving considerably faster to try and end what he thought was already finished.
GLARE!
BOOM!
"?!"
"MAD!"
An obnoxious boom echoed through the cave as an extreme amount of pressure forced the esper onto his back as he was caught off-guard by such a spontaneous burst of force on his entire body.
"You keep doing this! HOW! HOW DAMNIT, HOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!" Infuriation born from ignorance fueled Accel to writhe in ire at the constant befuddlement of how the godling bypassed his defense.
VANISH!
REAPPEAR!
"Suck your mum!"
GLARE!
CRASH!
Moving in front of the downed member, he used his glare technique to force him into the ground once more with stringency in his eyes. Another invisible force of wind pushed down on the white-haired opponent as he cringed from the pressure.
POINT!
YANK!
STAB!...
...TENSION!...
...LAUNCH!
Pointing his finger upwards, Future Heart caused the wind to raise the esper up forcibly before using his lance and stabbing the air in front of him, visibly causing it to fold in on itself as tension built up in the tip of the weapon before the pressure released, the point's wind pressure sending the sociopathic combatant flying as a large burst of air resounded.
"Kuh!"
REFLECT!
STOP!
LAND!...
Using his vector manipulation, he quickly reflected the momentum that carried him as he flinched. Landing on the ground, he finally saw something that gave him an idea of what was going on in his opponent's power set.
'The air... It folded in on itself... Wait a minute... The air! He's been using wind this entire time! That bastard's been pulling a fast one on me from the start of this fight, making it invisible so that I would be able to detect and reflect it!' Accelerator snarled as he internally pieced together what was happening after seeing a direct demonstration of the wind-based attack's properties and how it affected the environment before striking him.
"I've got you figured out, fucker! You can't use your wind against me anymore!" Unstable jubilation escaped the esper's lips as he modified his vector shield to completely block any wind interference once detected.
REFLECT!
RUSH!
A foolproof attempt, knowing that his opponent's arsenal was proven useless, and he would end up showing the despair so many others experienced when they were powerless against him was nigh with the distance between the two closing as he clenched his fist with going a step further from his usual contact.
"I'll use your own power to KILL YOU!"
VECTOR CHANGE!
SONIC BOOM!-
-TORRENT!
He manipulated the momentum of his fist, and compounded the relative wind around his body, specifically his arm to cause a violent cone of wind that quickly made a sonic boom as it traveled around his appendage with a much more powerful impact on that basis of increased thrust alone, the wind just being a spit in the face to his enemy's moveset.
This was the attack that would surely end the upstart.
"...!"
EXPAND!
FADE!...
VACUUM...!
The very color of the room faded as energy expanded as the two were encapsulated within its range as the range encompassed the entire area.
DISPERSE!...
Accel's attack immediately faltered, the wind dissipating instantly as his face changed from insanity and anticipation to shock and horror.
His breath became hitched as he wheezed with all the gusto draining from his face.
STUMBLE!...
"Problem?" Inquired the Leanboxian with a raised brow with observant eyes as he stepped back, letting the red-eyed antagonist wobble in front of him before he felt the strength from his body slowly leave him.
'What the hell did you do?!' A raspy voice, even more so than how Accelerator usually sounded demanded from his standing position as he shook with his declining form.
"Your pussyhole lungs are suffering from hypoxia. I've created a vacuum space in this very room, for the sole purpose of finishing this scrap." Explained the deity as he took a seat.
'Gimme a break, asphyxiation...!? You gotta be kidding me...!' Realizing the grim situation he found himself in, his already thin form was put even under more pressure as he tried to attack the open CPU Candidate.
STOMP!
EARTH SPIKE!
Using the ground, an earth spike formed from the changed pressure as the esper tried to escape the situation by killing the user...'What? I know I aimed for him... How did I fucking miss!?' He became perplexed from his attack missing its mark.
"Oi, you good, bruv? Don't tell me you already got brain damage, blud. It's been twenty seconds. Then again, I'm pretty sure the damage was done before I fought you." Goaded the Leanboxian as he picked his nose.
Since there was no sound to travel, woth the lack of air, his voice was mentally projected into Accelerator's mind as his lips moved.
Unbeknownst to the ASIC member, Future HAD moved, yet his sensed lagged behind his travel speed. Giving the illusion of instantaneous movement, a smug godling criss-cross apple sauce on the floor, seemingly content with watching his adversary succumb to his barrier's effects.
VECTOR CHANGE!
REACH!
Lightheadedness began to grab ahold of the esper's state of being as he staggered forward to try and strike the CPU Candidate with the stamina that remained.
ROLL!
CRASH!
RUMBLE!
Future Heart tucked his head down before rolling as if he were a child in kindergarten on a mat, deliberate and just slow enough to evade the unstable teenager as he crashed into the ground, the floor rumbling from the impact.
TOUCH-
REFLECT!
KICK!
CHOP!
FISSURE!
TRIP!-
Getting up from the ground as his skin became pale, hardly visible from his already light complexion, he tried to use his vector change to kick the CPU Candidate in the side, yet only managed to move the non-existent air as the grenette godling laid on the floor to avoid the foot. Chopping the ground near the other foot, it caused a tremor powerful enough to offset the esper's balance as he fell, landing on his face.
"Had a fall, I see. The pain is only temporary. The release of unconsciousness will soon follow. Done kno." Forebode the Leanboxian CPU Candidate.
Accelerator was furious with the outcome of the fight as he felt his vision getting blurry from oxygen deficiency. On the cusp of unconsciousness, there was not much the esper was capable of at the present moment.
"Not... Yet...!"
RAISE!...
Accel craned his head to send a seething glare, Future Heart returning the glance with a half-lidded stare that gave off much vibes of patronization and righteous condescendence.
'You think you've won, retard? THINK AGAIN!'
SLAM!-
VECTOR CHANGE!
REDIRECT!
SMASH!
-PROPELL!
"BUMBOLCLAAT! FUCKIN' 'ELL!" The CPU Candidate of Leanbox cursed horrendously as he watched his opponent use his vectors to shoot himself into the ceiling at an accelerated rate.
CRASH!
FLY!
INHALE!
Boring a hole through the ceiling, the vector manipulator finally broke through the cave ceiling and embraced the blue sky above. A large gulp, as if he was preparing to scream so loud it would sound like he'd scream a shout worthy of sitting on the toilet for, as his eyes widened as he coughed with his lungs having withdrawal symptoms from the lack of breathable air.
"Finally... Some fresh fucking air...!" Coughed Accelerator as he twisted in the sky before stopping himself as he stayed still. His vector manipulation allowed him to retain his altitude as he stared at the hole he created.
"That was the first time... I've felt the fear of death..." Heavy breaths heaved in and out of the touted esper's chest as he attempted to regain his composure, his heart still beating immensely quickly from both the fear and the re-establishment of conventional circulation as sweat formed on his body from recalling the experience. The sensation of demise was not one that left his psyche quickly, etching its memory deep into his being. Never in a million years did Accelerator of all people expected to realize this feeling he gave so many other poor souls finally coming back to bite him in the ass.
His self-awareness of that fact angered him.
It did so severely.
"Grr...!" His eyes shrunk as the uncomfortable sensation, only sufficing to earn his ire. The resemblance of his mental state to those unfortunate enough to face him caused him to become irate and emotionally unstable.
"YOU GREEN PIECE OF SHIT! YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME?! HUH? THAT YOU CAN MAKE ME KEEL LIKE A DYING DOG! I'LL FUCKING RIP YOU TO SHREDS! I'M THE GODDAMN ACCELERATOR! I WIELD THE POWER OF GOD HIMSELF! I'M NOT JUST GONNA STAND HERE AND TAKE IT ANYMOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
RAISE!
GUSTS!
WOOSH!
Putting his hands in the air like if he didn't care (He did) with the winds suddenly picking up as his emotions were gripping him. Intending to destroy the entire cave system he continued to accumulate energy through the surplus of air exposed to him.
CHARGE!
LIGHT!...
...PLASMA!
Superheating the wind through the sheer vectors via compressing them into a single point. The atoms in the concentrated area broke down into cations and electrons before a chain reaction in the conditions of the skyrocketing temperatures converted them into plasma.
SPHERE...!
CONCENTRATE!...
A bright blue sphere was amassed with the energy being created increasing rapidly with the sphere's radius getting larger, already spanning over a meter from the culmination process of his vector manipulation. The light from the plasma ball shined down on the cave top as he prepared himself to throw it.
"I'll reduce him to atoms!" His rational thinking slipped away, dead set on destroying the person that thought that he could make a fool of him. He strived to be the strongest, beyond anyone and anything else. So strong, that even the very thought of challenging him would be nothing short of a cardinal sin!
Yet this blonde bastard was standing up to him. Even worse than that black-haired punk!
"Yo, blud! If you think that mans finna let you finish doing whatever you're doing up there, I'll fly up and sock you so hard you'll think you're bloody plastered, you get me! Don't be a fockin' pussyhole!" Warned the CPU Candidate as he telepathically intimidated the esper.
"Tch!... He knows I'm doing something big. I can't use this, it'll be too obvious." He began to rethink his course of action as he lowered an arm, only one in the air as he looked down in the hole, seeing the sitting godling, who had a smug yet challenging look in his eyes.
CONDENSE!...
"I'll have to use something more discreet." Decided the floating antagonist as his glowing blue ball of plasma energy became small enough to fit in his hand with size that rivaled a bowling ball.
SWIRL!...
"...I sacrificed quite some power for stealth with changing my calculations for this to work with even more effort than originally intended, but if it can let me win, I could care less." Accelerator admitted as he finalized his plasma sphere.
"That wasteman's definitely doing something." Spoke the Leanboxian. "The Deoxy Diameter's done well, but I have to make sure he doesn't catch me lackin', big man ting, yeah." Future Heart focused as he put his hand to his side.
ABSORB...!
VACUUM!...
SUCTION!
Using his hand, the brother of Vert absorbed the vacuum back into himself before it crested a suction-like event with the wind rushing into his body part, rather than the area where lacked it instead first.
SHAKE!
STATIC!-
LIGHTNING!
"He's accustomed to my wind, so let's give him a shock, yeah? Madlad tings." Grinned the CPU Candidate of Leanbox as he used the conductivity of the wind to
generate electricity.
Generating a Static Slap was the aim of the process, but the vacuum's nature warped the usual effect.
SPARKS!
SWIRLS!
The electronic sparks of lightning that came from his hand spun in the same fashion as the wind moving into his appendage, the current spreading from the hand to the streaks of air.
GLOW!...
STATIC!
His hand glowed from the energy being absorbed into it as his palm and fingers became white from the concentration of electric influence from the vacuum
concentrating the static into it. If not for his insulation, he'd be feeling much pain.
Lightning illuminated the entire room as the CPU Candidate patiently waited for when the esper returned.
...
...
...
-CRASH THROUGH!
"Here's a present!" Accelerator burst through the roof, a fist outstretched before pushing the sphere of plasma towards the CPU Candidate of Leanbox with the ceiling shooting dust and rocks everywhere.
"Shove it up your arse! Static Striker!"
THRUST!
STATIC!
ZOOM!-
Improvising a name on the more powerful version of the technique, Future Heart thrust his hand forward in a chop-like manner as the lightning bent to his will, compressing into an electric swirling cone as his hand moved towards the ball of energy with the front of the tip of his fingers creating a shocking epicenter which was no doubt the most dangerous point of the attack, being the pinnacle of the concentrated destructive capability.
CLASH!
FLASH!...
A blinding light expanded as the two forces began their clash for dominance.
FWOOSH!
"Wesker said this should be the place, chu." Muttered the indiviudal.
Warechu talked to himself, his wings spread as he soared through the air with his lengthened wingspan which was wide enough to not only float like he used to before, but also fly like a bird at incredible speeds with the greenery below him zooming by as he flew at just below the speed of sound to maintain some level of stealth. He'd go faster, and he DEFINETELY could, but the subsequent sonic boom and the effort it'd take to slow himself down, let alone land, the safest and most effective method of flight was what he was doing right now.
ZOOM...!
-HALT!
The mutant stopped in his tracks mid-air as he sensed something off.
SNIFF!
SNIFF!
SNIFF!
"Something smells fishy. Actually, more like battery acid, chu." Sniffing, his nose picked up the concentration of ozone that came from a specific place. This was another one of the mutative side-effects of the process he discovered. The ability to detect the presence of electronic phenomena with his already excellent sense of smell being pushed to the realm of abnormality in of itself as the range he could detect such distinguished smells also increased, as he was currently flying.
BA-KOOM!
SHOCKWAVE!
FLASH!
TREMORS!
"HORY SHITTO!"
A white light that spread from the epicenter of the clash reached the floating rat's position, his wings being pushed back by the tremendous winds created from the shockwave pushed him back with much resistance as he struggled to keep his balance as the sound of the explosion was obnoxiously loud as his eyes were shut from the light as he focused on not being blown back in the direction he came from.
SCATTER!
"?!"
SLICES!
His ears picked up the destruction of the cave as he grabbed his hilt and cut the pieces of rock that came at him with precision despite the lack of sound, relying on his hearing which was another already drastic sense boosted because of his experimentation.
SLICE!
EXTEND!-
SHATTER!
-SHRINK!
One lateral swing cleared the area in front of him as his eyes remained closed. His blade extended with the current to decimate the fragments before reverting to its base length as he unequipped it.
WHOOSH...!
The winds died down as the mutant opened his eyes.
"Freakin' turbulence... What the hell, chu?!" Warechu became agape at the scene below him.
A crater that dwarfed even a stadium was formed as it smoldered from the middle, the smoke gradually becoming lighter in color as it rose. The entirety of the cave was reduced to shambles, with only bare foundations rooms remaining, crumbling at that. Standing at the center of said crater was someone that was covered in the smoke, their visage opaque.
GUST!
Until it wasn't.
Future Heart cleared the winds, revealing his glove and the side of his spandex that he used the SP Skill being completely shredded as the other side still had smoke billowing from the rips and the separation rip that divided his skin from his clothes. His hand was visibly burnt, to the second degree yet he seemed relatively fine with it, concerned with bigger fish.
"Where did that nobhead run off to...?" Looking around, the CPU Candidate wasn't done beating the disability into Accelerator.
'Who's that guy... He wasn't in the simulations. And he's a CPU too?! Just great, chu. First mission and I'm already starting at a steel wall.' Grimaced the evolved rat as he became apprehensive about landing and starting anything, even if he was somewhat wounded.
-APPEAR!
"Behind you."
GRAB!
PALM!-
REFLECT!
SKID!
Accel used his instead vector speed to flank the deity before attempting to kill him, only for his adversary to try and push him away, but the reflections only pushed the wind which was reflected and ended up moving the CPU Candidate instead, still achieving his goal as the ASIC member missed the tec.
"That's not gonna work anymore." Smirked the dangerous opponent. "You're a dead man walking, you should at least act like one." He continued.
"Such a shame. Was fun when you didn't know your arse from your elbow for so long. It's probably why you're special." A few insults were laced in those otherwise neutral words as the red-eyed enemy snarled.
'Whoa... Is that one of CFW Brave's guys? Accelerator, right? Uh oh.' Recollected Warechu as he observed the interaction.
"I'll shove your elbow up your ass if you think you can keep talking shit!" Threatened the esper as he got ready to attack.
POINT!
GLOW!
"By all means. Do try." Pointing his lance, the dim swirls lighting up in a purple hue beckoned the organization member to attack its master, for a bloody fate awaited.
'He's distracted!'
FLAP!
DROPKICK!
Took in the mutant as he used his wings with a mighty flap to propel him as he stuck out his leg in a descending flying kick, knowing his blade created too much noise.
"?!" Accelerator's eyes peered above the godling as they shrunk from taking in the rat's ambush.
"What's wrong?-"
CRACKLE!
VEER!-
CRASH!
Upon asking the question, Future Heart's ears picked up the last-second change of bio-electricity before moving his head and dodging the foot as Warechu ended up crashing into the ground between the two of them, the same electric charge running up the dust.
EXTEND!
DODGE!
RETRACT!
EXTEND!
EVADE!
RETRACT!
EXTEND!
Trying to stab the CPU Candidate through the dust cloud, his attempts were met with failure as the green god moved his head just like the last time, moving away from every strike. An unimpressed look on his face soon became tired of the lackluster experience.
"Piss off."
WOOSH!
"Ack!"
STAB!...
His burnt hand swiped at the cloud, dispersing and sending the mutated rat into a tumble before using his knife to stop himself, which happened to be next to Accelerator.
"Where the hell did you come from? I didn't ask for any help." Initially disgruntled by the battle's interruption, his eyes narrowed once he saw the identical insignia on the back of his trench coat as he stood.
"I'm not here to help you, chu." Replied the bowl-cut furry as he stood up. "We just happen to have the same objective." He explained himself. Being close to someone with his reputation was scary, but he had to keep up a strong face, especially in the face of a CPU as a bead of sweat formed from his internalized nervousness.
"Then go find someone else. I'll be the one to kill him, not some rat abomination." Disregarded the intent as he was dead set on digging a grave for the time traveler.
"You probably killed them all, chu." Deadpanned the evolved rodent as he gestured to the crater they stood in. "I'll be lucky to find a chump that isn't a bunch of ashes." He stated.
"That sounds like a you problem, rat." Ignored the esper. "Now get lost before I make you." Warned the fellow member as he gave a look that promised pain if he persisted in his efforts to butt in.
'Yikes, chu!' Sweat came in droves as he registered the foreboding gaze. 'I'm sure there's another chump somewhere, right? Better than whatever that guy has in mind!' Decided the anthropomorphic rodent as he looked to scour the area for other hostiles.
STEPS!
"What the hell happened?!" Underling's voice pierced the air as a tick mark formed on the back of the white-haired protogé's head as the familiar voice piqued the rat's interest as he turned to see who it was.
"Somebody probably set off ligma." Linette responded, an expecting look on her face. "Lucky I used a light shield to protect us." She beamed.
"I am NOT falling for that." Glared the sister. "But thanks, or whatever." She acknowledged her sister's efforts.
"Because ligma balls detonated already." Warechu finished the setup, deconstructed the joke, and circled the spotlight all in one fell swoop of wordplay.
"Huh?" Both sisters were taken aback by the third voice as they, alongside Accel and Future Heart stared at the rat.
"Who might you be? My shota senses are tingling." A raised brow and a curious tone that rose escaped the busty sibling's lips as she looked the mutant up and down.
"A pest." Future Heart opted.
"An annoyance." Agreed Accelerator.
"Can it, chumps!" Emotions got the better of Warechu for a bit.
ゴゴゴゴ!
GLARE!
"Ack!"
Stares that ensured pain radiated from the duo, comical purple and red dots of danger glowed from their eyes as the evolved rat realized his folly.
"...WARECHU?!" Both Linda and Linette were agape at the sudden, drastic change that their once animal companion now reasonably attractive furry stood before them with a much more serious appearance and probably personality.
"You were gone for a day!" Disbelief embodied the tomboy's voice as she was exasperated at the change.
"Well, being a lab rat has its perks." An attempt at an ingratiating grin as he shrugged his shoulders at the two, basking in their awe. "You look different yourself. You actually stopped wearing your hoodie. Now that's surprising." He pointed out, a gloved hand directing their gaze.
"Uh, yeah... Thanks, I guess." The underling ran her fingers through her hair upon focus, looking away with the attention on her. "But that's beside the point! How the hell did you go from rat to that?!" She pointed back, her face still filled with comical saucers for eyes.
"Illegal experimentation and many violations of certain animal rights groups guidelines." Listed the rat boy.
...
...
...
He sighed.
Silence meant confusion.
"I took drugs ALL day yesterday." He bastardized.
"Oh, you're just high right now." Linette snapped her fingers, a cheeky expression on her face. "Smokin' that rat pack-"
"That doesn't even make sense!" Complained the rat, her antics annoying him. "Sniffing that rodent gradient at least would be closer to what I went through, even if still wrong." He compared.
"Wow, you can compare stuff? Those drugs must've made you smarter too since your brain's probably human-sized now." Sniggered the unhooded grunt as she made fun of him trying to sound intelligent.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, chu. You guys seen any other chumps around here? you didn't come alone right?" Inquired Warechu to Future Heart.
"I did, actually." The time traveler technically told the truth. "Enjoy failing that mission." Gloated the CPU Candidate, satisfied with the failings within the evil organization.
"DAMNIT, CHU!" Cursed the winged male. He was about to leave until he sensed the bio-electric signals of other people.
APPROACH!
"Future Heart?!" IF, Compa, Nisa, Uni, Cave all exclaimed with surprise as they saw his damaged form, the divine individual turning his head to the party.
"What a surprise. Hello again, lassies. A pleasure to see you ladies, here." Greeted the green CPU Candidate as he waved with his burned hand.
"Your hand!" Pointed the Nurse-In-Training. "Are you okay?" She asked, worry in her eyes, brows raising in shock.
"Fine, fine. It's just a flesh wound." The blackened appendage fanned at her. "A tad bit burned and beaten, but I'll live." He dismissed.
"Those broads!" Linda and Warechu yelled in surprise, not expecting them to appear, the latter not knowing that they'd be the ones that were approaching.
"Underling!" IF glared, her Qatars showing themselves.
"You won't get away this time!" Announced Nisa. "Justice will prevail! I swear it!" A yell of honorable justice was roared.
"It won't be that easy this time!" The green-haired tomboy responded. "I'll beat you all into bloody pulps!" She shouted back.
"Who are you, mister?" Asked Compa as she looked at the mutant rat, moving her attention from the CPU to the furry.
"..." Warechu spared no words as his expression darkened. This in turn made the Nurse-In-Training cower a bit from the reaction.
"Eek! I'm sorry, mister!" She cried out.
"He's not too fond of you, is he? And he was so infatuated just a while ago. What could've possibly happened?" Eluded the light-wielding sister.
"And who might you be?" Cave spoke, interested in the identity of another ASIC member, noticeably different from the average grunt.
"You'll have to beat that out of me if you want that information, sister." She proposed, a challenging flavor to her tone. "And I'm a masochist, so good luck." She had a curt smile to boot, the redhead emotionless at the statement.
"Are you actually...?" Warechu raised a brow.
"Wait and see." A response.
"... Anyways." Moved on the green brother of Vert. "You lot should probably avoid him." Indicated Future Heart as he pointed towards Accelerator, who had been collecting tick marks from the time wasted on idle conversation.
"Him?" The Lastation CPU Candidate's eyes stared him down. "He looks like just some guy." Underestimated the somewhat inexperienced goddess.
"There's a reason why my arm looks like I had a righteous wank." Revealed the godling to the twin tail sister. "You're better off fighting the others. Any attack will instantly bounce off of him and back to you. ANY attack."
"Is that so?" Nebula was open to the info and replied with interest as he stood beside Nepgear, AL, MAGES., 5bp., Domio, Taleia, Rom, and Ram.
"I'm more than happy to teach those who doubt my power how wrong they are. But I'm a bit busy at the moment. So would you all kindly SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
VECTOR CHANGE!
SHOCKWAVE!-
"AHH!"
Fumed the esper as he was tired of the chatter around him, not wanting more to begin from the arrival of more idiots. His scream was enhanced and it spread everyone away from him with only the transformed CPU able to withstand, only Uni being slowly pushed back from her heightened state of being and Nebula staying stationary from his gravity shield's silent activation.
"Argh...!" Winced the dark-clad furry. He quickly got up and searched. Looking around, he quickly evaluated the options between each potential target as he observed.
His eyes darted to the twins. Appearing the youngest, they seemed like an easy target. But knowing that they were the CPU Candidates of Lowee, battling them would be nothing short of a blunder, especially if the older and reasonably more difficult members tried to aid them. If he wanted to go for them, he needed another distraction on top of what Accelerator did to ensure their separation.
Next was the kid. He didn't seem like all that, and was still on the floor as he looked. Seemed like an easy target from his sheer inexperience, similar to him. The difference was, that he was going to change that. Sure, he'd be protected but he had a feeling it wasn't going to be on the level of two national representatives of a nation. He would not be easy to take away from the cluster, but an easy battle and free experimentation with his moves were guaranteed if he managed.
After him was Compa herself. His blood boiled whenever he laid his eyes on her, features hardening into a marred grimace any time he thought about her, let alone being near her. The only thing keeping him from rushing and stabbing a thousand holes into her downed form was the success rate of such a gutsy move in front of much stronger individuals.
5bp. was next on the list, still reeling from the scream, her eyes shut and clasped on her ears despite the headphones present. She seemed like a REALLY easy target, yet that put off the mutant. If she was so easy to take on, there must surely be something up with her. May it be another team-based situation, or something that he didn't know she possessed. It was safer to leave her to the others.
MAGES. was another odd case. Even bearing somewhat of a resemblance, magicians were often a crafty bunch. Engaging in combat with her surely seemed like a gambit, one that may not pay off. If he chose her, he could not afford such errors that he'd surely make during this time of practical experience gathering. She was definitely a foe for later on.
Cave was a wildcard. The rat knew nothing and had nothing to go off of, having seen the soldier for the first time. Fighting her would be unwise from his lack of information and general inexperience, especially with her stoic and trained demeanor. Another encounter that'd have to be for another it, if it ever came across his way.
The broads he was familiar with had their simulations run with him as he eyed them. He currently could handle those like IF and to an extent Nisa, but against those like AL and Nebula much more, even losing flat out to the lattermost. Avoiding them for now unless absolutely necessary seemed like the smartest decision, and that intelligence became common sense if he was going to fight them alone which was the plan. He wasn't even sure if he could MOVE the latter half like he could possibly with the former section.
The CPUs like the twin-tailed girl with her eyes and the green-haired bastard with the lance were death sentences. He saw what one like Nebula could do, and with ones that looked as if they weren't normal anymore or outright transformed made his senses scream at him in abject danger. DEFINITIVELY a battle that he'd need much, much, MUCH more training, experience, and intel before even thinking of attempting if his scuffle with Future Heart was anything to go by. HE didn't have a chance in hell against these holy harbingers.
His eyes closed as he took a deep breath, and calmed down to prep himself for the move
So he decided.
DASH!
FLAP!
GRAB!
SOAR!
"Urk?!" Domio's eyes widened as he felt his collar being grabbed before the ground suddenly went the way of the gas station.
ZOOM!
"DOMIO!" Future Heart yelled in horror as Warechu turned back and yelled, gloating at the lot after taking off with the child mage. Others who had already begun to considerably recover such as Cave, AL, and IF also looked in frightful shock.
"Smell ya later, chumps! This loser's gonna get a hell of a beating!" Grinned the rat experiment as he gained some distance.
"I won't let you!"
ZOOM!
GRAVITATE!
Both the Leanboxian CPU Candidate and Planeptunian GPU shouted as they started to give chase.
APPEAR!-
"WHERE DO YOU TWO THINK YOU'RE GOING?!"A maddening grin appeared on the esper's face as he caught up to them in the blink of an eye with both arms outstretched and ready to decimate.
GRAB!
"When did he-" The adventurer CPU was cut off, stunned, and caught off-guard when contact was made.
PUSH!
CRASH!
"Nebula!" Cried out the time traveler as his guard was let down for a moment, after witnessing the blue GPU punted into the ground like a rubber band being slung from being stretched to the brink.
"Look alive!"
"?!-"
CLUTCH!-
PLUMMET!
SLAM!
R-R-RUMBLE!
Accelerator took advantage of the pandemonium and grabbed the face of the CPU Candidate, his vector shield disregarding his opponent's own wind barrier as he sent the greenette to the ground, the earth shaking from the pressure.
"Urgh... Huh?" Nepgear held her head as she got to her feet. The scream still rang her ears, not to mention the concussive force behind such power. She really had to get used to this fighting if she wanted to save her sister.
Her eyes soon widened as she saw the scene before her, gaining enough awareness of the situation.
"FUTURE HEART!" She screamed in horror as she and Uni stared in absolute shock at how quickly the ASIC member had turned the tables from what seemed to be a minute of pause to a total landslide with the once victorious deity under his heel as his foot was pressed against the godling's face.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" The cackling of Warechu could be heard, far gone as only the echoes persisted with the cries of help from Domio to faint to register from such a distance. This was emulated by Accel himself as he was filled with almost painful amounts of joy with finally gaining an absolute one-up on the Leanboxian.
"Hey... Things are looking up for once!" Underling commented as she nursed her head before standing to her feet.
"INTRUDERS!"
MANY STEPS!
Another voice was heard, but the footsteps were numerous. Droves of remaining ASIC personnel flooded the area until they surrounded the group as the surviving grunts, alongside SMITH and WESSON, who were untied albeit burnt stood amongst them spearheading the rest of the grunts. Armed with their slightly burnt weapons, with the grunts armed with theirs. A once hairy situation became unbearably furry.
"You guys are here?!" Linette raised her brows, not expecting such a random return. "I thought you got captured, and probably burnt to a crisp." She assumed.
"I could say the same for you with that second part, but that's beside the point. Sorry we're late, ladies." Apologized SMITH. "We were tied up with some things, like finding the rest of our guys and..." The swordsman paused.
"LITERALLY untying ourselves. Well, the explosion did that for us, but progress is progress. If we knew we were fighting the CPUs, we'd go all out from the start!" WESSON was proud of their aforementioned progress. "These bitches ain't gettin' out of this one alive!" Fueled by the humiliation of his last loss, he was raring for round two.
"See, sis?" Called Linette, a knowing gaze and a confident smile. "Every dog has their day. Even mangy mutts like us." She continued, as the distraught and concerned looks of the party members became apparent as a wincing Nebula was being checked on and a grounded Future Heart was being surrounded by ASIC members with the other girls.
"You can bet your ass they do. I've been waiting for a day like this!" A smile of Linda's own spread across her cheeks as she approached the downed twins as her sister to the left and the codenamed members to the right approached the rest of the party members with the intent of one purpose.
Defeat the CPUs.
A/N:
Heya there, reader!
If you're seeing this, this is a rewrite of the chapter, just to correct some repetition, fix some spelling errors, and improve the spelling quality, especially in the earlier chapters.
So remember, italics and bold is going for gold.
Another chapter complete!
And a grim one at that.
Seldom do I ever end a chapter on such a bleak note, but it's necessary from time to time during the story's progression. A happy-go-lucky theme isn't too bad, and usually expected and appreciated but without these concerning and souring moments, would they have any value?
Probably not.
But speaking of which, this chapter featured a really interesting fight I want to talk about. Of course, it's the titular fight because it's the ONLY fight in the wall of text that is this release.
Also the reason for the title, something I've been having in the background for a while, the fact that it's one of the haxiest characters versus a traumatized time traveler... You get the picture.
I made sure and did my research for this encounter with Accelerator, to keep true to both his characteristics, power set and mannerisms in the fight, although having to tweak some so that he'd fit a bit better in a place like Gamindustri. On top of the fact that this also proved to be Vergo's toughest fight yet, there was no way I was going to let this be a one-sided wash.
I was calling it a fight, and a fight it would be.
And I hope you feel the same way after reading the chapter. Feedback here would especially mean a lot since I want to improve each time I crossover a character like this. Even bring some suggestions, and maybe I'll see what I can do.
Other than that, I just want to thank you all for spending the time to read these chapters. It's already been a year and I'm still as grateful as when I got my first favorite.
With that, see ya.
Arrivederci.
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