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"Son of a bitch...!" Winced the blue CPU as he used his gravity to pull himself upright as he felt the throbbing pain of Accelerator's attack ripple through his body. Opening his eyes, he was met with a mass of floating dust that blocked his view from the others.
Narrowing his eyes, Nebula used his energy-sensing capabilities to get a layout of how the situation had escalated after he was hit by the esper's arm.
'This is bad...' An internal comment was made as to the Makers, and AL we're currently surrounded by a horde of ASIC members all armed with different weapons that sported the syndicate's logo on top of boasting a variety from blades and firearms to spells and even a cowboy wielding dual magnums was upon the Lowee twins.
He knew their weapons, due to the magical energy they radiated. While not the exact same as KI per se, it still gave off a form of energy that was readable to that degree if he concentrated his energy sense to detect SP entirely, instead of purely martial art energy.
Most of the human fighters were disoriented, save for the fire users as IF and the CPU's best friend were on their feet, albeit with reduced levels to what they should have, most likely a side effect from the prior attack.
"Let's see you punks survive this...!" WESSON antagonized, pointing both weapons at each twin's head as a content smirk brandished his features as he was finally ready to collect some heads.
"Urgh...!" Rom groaned, as she was still woozy yet she could still make out a detailed silhouette as his eyes glowed within the dust to give off a foreboding visage. This caused the girl to whimper in slight fear, still rather dazed to transform as tears welled in the corner of her eyes.
"Rom...!" Her sister, while in a somewhat better condition, struggled to get on her feet as she used her staff as a prop, looking at the gun's barrel, before her sister's expression and finally the face of her enemy as she wobbled in a crouching position with all her available might with a single teardrop welling up in a shut corner.
"You're not gonna hurt her, you big dummy!" Forced out the youngest sister of Blanc as she felt the barrel press on her forehead as the hammer pulled back, the gunslinger's voice accompanying it.
"Did I ask? Did I FUCKING ask? Shut the hell up, brat! Open that mouth again and a bullet'll be inside it!" He threatened as that exclamation promptly shut the long-haired girl up, who growled at him in retaliation.
"These girls look pretty helpless, don't you think, guys?" A member of ASIC spoke to his fellow coworkers.
"Huh...? No...!" 5bp. muttered, overhearing the conversation as she tried to get to her feet, her legs still weak from the deathly shout.
"Yeah, heheh. We can beat the brakes off of them like no tomorrow!" Another, less mentally stable operative responded as he has a little laugh with his barbed wire metal slugger.
"We have the high ground, whores!" Shouted a goon with a laser sword as he sniggered with malignancy.
"Don't try it...!" MAGES. responded as she grabbed her staff and heaved her body with the necessary force to bring herself up next to her idol cousin.
"I won't let you trample on our justice...!" Staggered Nisa as she got to her feet, albeit with a hand touching the ground as her burnt leg smarted from the scream that affected the already injured appendage.
"That choice isn't yours to make, boy!" Snapped a rifle-wielding grunt as he cocked his pump with an itchin' trigger finger.
"I'm A GIRL, YOU HOOLIGAN!" Fumed Nisa as she was beginning to get tired of the running gag of the misconstrued perception of her gender.
The three blue-haired girls were in a closed line as they heard the voices of the enemy increase in proximity.
"Iffy?... Ge-Ge...? Neb-Neb?! Anyone!" Compa called for support, her eyes comically shut as she flailed around surrounded by dust.
"I'm here, Compa!" IF yelled out to her, the voice echoing slightly due to the distance as she was from the Nurse-In-Training. This gave the cream-haired girl some comfort as she continued the conversation.
"Where are you, Iffy!" She shouted, looking in a good manner to where her best friend was. Or at the very least, where she heard the origin of her voice.
"We're coming, Compa!" AL shouted as both fire users wanted to ensure the safety of the healer of their group, as well as increase her numbers as the bubbly girl wasn't much of an effective fighter in a direct scenario. The conditions she was currently in did all but worsen the fact.
"AL?" Her tone became even more hopeful, her voice wandering into the scraps of jubilation as another pair of footsteps could be heard.
"YOUR MINE!" A zealous ASIC member was dual spiked knuckles yelled as he rushed through the dust, his feet making loud thuds as he closed the gap with murderous intent.
"Eek!" Clutching her syringe, the echoing and intimidating voice put Compa on edge as she frantically looked around for the source of the aggressive individual, who was nowhere to be seen but more than heard.
ZOOM!
Before any of them could get the jump on their targets, however, Nebula took to the skies as his form rushed from the clouds that occupied the floor of the former cave now wasteland as the substance was ripped off of him with the winds that accompanied his ascent.
His eyes swept the perimeter as he felt the signatures of the approaching enemies. After a couple of seconds, he obtained an accurate count and predicted course.
'...Alright. They all seem to be facing in relatively the same direction. That being said...!' A hand outstretched itself in the direction of the ASIC horde before being reeled back onto the behind of his shoulder.
"CHAAAAAAAAAAARGE!"
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
STAMPEDE!
SMITH roared as the rest of the syndicate personnel followed suit as the mass of footsteps mimicked a stampede as they began their attack.
'It's now or never!' The floating CPU told himself.
"Downtilt!"
SWIPE!
CRASH!
Bolstering the power of his Downforce ability after his consecutive bouts, which he hadn't used in quite a while I might add, caused a massive depression in a linear fashion.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
The malicious masses' war cries morphed into screams of terror as they suddenly felt their bodies being sent plummeting into the crevice created by the flying caster as the majority of the enemies that wanted to harm the group of heroes and heroines were dealt with in one fell swoop.
WHOOSH!
"!"
Due to the force exerted on the ground which caused the equivalent of an above-water trench, a gust of wind was created from the after effect of the move which cleared most of the dust as everyone unaffected reacted in the same manner as they shielded their eyes.
"Fuck!" This included Accel, while he could mitigate the dust itself from negatively affecting his external facial orifices, his eyesight was still diminished by the rapid gust blowing it in his direction.
Redirecting his sense after hearing the expletive adventurer's head turned to perceive the touted esper himself pressing his foot on the chest of Vert's brother, Vergo struggling to move and with the increasing amounts of pressure, breathing would become a declining function in mere moments.
His pinner now being distracted by the dust cloud, he raised his hand to pull his junior CPU from his predicament. But before that could occur...
CRATER!-
SLIP!
Using the winds around him, the green-haired godling pressed himself into the ground with enough force to completely cement himself into the center of a crater several meters wide and deep.
"The hell?!"
YANK!-
WHOOSH!...
Simultaneously causing the edgy esper to lose his balance as he realized he was no longer on solid ground nor pressing his heel on his opponent as said deity rode his limp body on the winds after using his own to pull him into the current of the gust.
'Huh. Guess Vergo's got more craftiness than we give him credit for.' Acknowledged Nebula, not knowing that the time traveler spent the last half an hour using 99% of his brainpower to survive against the sociopathic vector user.
"OH COME ON!" Angered by the basic application of physics being used to worm out of his clutches, he seemed at yet another exchange that ended up being foiled.
"Damn dust!" Underling snarled as she rubbed her eyes with one arm, blocking the airborne substance with the other. "That blue bastard really knows how to piss me off!" She bad-mouthed the CPU, swinging away at the earthly gust.
LIGHT!
SHIELD!
"Calm down, sis!" Linette responded as she defensively used her light, creating a cube of hard light, blocking the dust completely as her younger sibling still attempted to rub out the sand from her eyes. "Keep your head on your shoulders!" She encouraged her sister as the experienced woman looked ahead to see what was going on.
"Easy for you to say, your head doesn't have dust in its eyes!" She complained as her arm still furiously rubbed her visual organs in hopes that the remainder of dust would be wiped away sooner rather than later.
"Then cry about it." The older sibling recommended, with a corny smile to boot.
"Screw you!" Screamed the younger sibling in annoyance.
"At least I'd know about that, sis."
"JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!" Screeched the pipe-wielding sibling as a giggle escaped her vindicator's lips.
"I can't see anything, Uni!" Nepgear called out, her eyes shut by the dust that managed to get in them as she held her ground and guarded against the winds that resulted from the crowd-controlling attack. As useful as it was, its after-effects were more trouble than it was worth.
"Me neither, Nepgear!" Responded to the fellow CPU Candidate as both girls were blinded by the waves of dust that were caused by the winds.
"Just stay put! This should be over in just a bit!... I hope...!" She muttered the last part to herself as the Planeptunian CPU Candidate reassured her colleague as they shielded their eyes with the fleeting airborne substance revealing the reason for its retreat.
Once they were able to rub the dust out of their eyelids, they were privy to a concerning sight.
The two goddesses were the first to witness the actual dimensions of the crevice, being several tens of meters wide, and the fact that they couldn't see how deep it actually
was, the light failing to reach its bottom before an abyss of black was created indicated how terrifyingly deep it was.
Which also meant not many ASIC personnel survived that fall.
"That's a deep fall...!" The gun goddess commented, peering over the edge.
"I don't think anyone survived that." A melancholy look fell on the purple CPU Candidate's face as she peered down the drop.
"OR DID THEY?!"
SOAR!
"What?!" Both CPU Candidates looked up in shock as a sole survivor rushed from the depths before a white-haired swordsman looked down on them from the skies.
"Turns out, being able to walk on air is really useful for not falling to your death." Shrugged the swordsman. "Strange, isn't it?" He continued, to Nepgear's surprise and Uni's chargin.
"How the heck are you still able to move! IF beat you, didn't she?" Demanded the younger sister of Noire as she aimed her rifle.
"Don't waste my time." He sighed. "It's not like I could deflect your bullets or anything."
BANG!
MISS!
BANG!
MISS!
BANG!
DEFLECT!
He snorted, agitating the gun girl to fire, for him to do just that. He even dodged the first two before blocking the third to rub salt in the wound that to the rifle-wielding goddess, he was basically untouchable.
"No way! You said IF defeated him, right?" The Planeptunian CPU Candidate asked the twin-tail deity.
"Y-Yeah! But he's moving as he won! It doesn't make any sense!" Uni reaffirmed her statement as the floating sword wielder clarified.
"ASIC making a mage branch does wonder. It's like free healing items whenever you ask them in the form of spells." He rubbed underneath his nose, looking up in memory.
"After we got tied up, and the cave went nuclear, some of our guys found us and patched us up, as well as finding some magically inclined to do the rest, which leads us here after we found your position." SMITH finished as he put his blade on his shoulder.
The duo of goddesses knew he wasn't lying due to the severe lack of injuries on his body, light scratches being the fading memory of his defeat. And that was what they could see under his exposed skin with several parts of his body in bandages under his torn clothes.
"So does that go for your friend, too?" Inquired the black-clad CPU Candidate as she narrowed her eyes.
"Of course. Did you think we'd come back for a rematch without preparation? You're not that lucky, trust me." He stressed as a small smile brandished his lips
"Uh oh." Nepgear stayed her blade, getting ready for a confrontation.
"Just because you licked your wounds doesn't mean your gonna give us some!" Uni became adamant about their victory as she aimed once more.
"And you'd be right."
"Huh?"
"What now!?"
Although their expressions differed, the general emotion of confusion remained constant.
"I have better things to do. Now that I'm not watching the gate, because there IS NONE, I'm not obligated to fight you two. Besides that, one of you is a CPU and I'm positive there's more of you around here." He started.
"I'd be more likely to win against someone ignorant to my abilities." He flashed a small grin.
"Grr...! So you're just blowing us off!" Snarled the tsundere CPU Candidate, lowering her weapon in annoyance as her eyes became comical saucers with angry eyebrows.
"Pretty much."
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
"Uni! Calm down!" Nepgear shouted at her with a very concerned look as the darker clothed CPU Candidate let off shots like never before in rapid succession, her trigger finger mimicking a piston as she gritted her teeth in anger.
"Listen to your partner, Uni."
TWIRL!-
DEFLECT!
SMITH said her name in a somewhat mocking tone as he advised before twirling his sword. Every bullet was sent in a random direction as a result before a growl escapes the throat of his aggressor.
"Just get lost already!" She shouted at him, her face returning to a more serious expression as he laughed.
"I bid you two, adieu." He bowed before stepping ahead as the sound of the air being bounced off could be heard.
"A parting gift."
SWING!
CRASH!-
"Aah!" Guarded the younger sister of Neptune.
"AGAIN?!" Screeched the younger sister of Noire.
DUST!...
Their position was covered by dust once more in an act of fleeting pettiness from the operative as it only furthered the fury of the armed girl.
SWING!
CLEAR!
"Not again! We're ok, Uni..." Planeptune's CPU Candidate swung her sword with her strength behind it. The earthly substance was almost immediately dissipated by the force as their vision returned almost instantly as the sword-bearing opponent was no longer in sight.
"Thanks, Nepgear." Her gratitude was all but sincere as she really didn't want to deal with rubbing dust out of her eyes a second time, accompanied by a small smile.
"No problem, Uni. That's what friends are for." She beamed, lowering her blade at her godly comrade.
"Bleh. All that friendship crap makes my stomach turn." Both heads turned to the origin of the voice as they spotted a glowing box near them, with two individuals inside of it.
"Underling?" Her past experiences of encountering the mook let the purple-haired CPU Candidate be mindful of the voice she heard, being identical to the goon girl she became familiar with.
"They call you Underling? Wow, that's very tragic." Another voice, unfamiliar to both COU Candidates was heard as it showed pity for the underachieving person associated with the aforementioned voice.
"Shut it!" She spat at the more mature voice.
"Who is that?" Uni asked the elder Candidate, who shrugged in response to the question.
"Allow me to introduce myself then."
DISSIPATE!...
The voice told the two as the light cube dissipated into glowing particles. One person was Underling with her hair tied in a ponytail and a sports bra alongside her usual clothes and the other person.
"My name is Linette. I'm a member of the prestigious Arfoire Syndicate of International Crime, under the branch of CFW Magic. This is my younger sister, Linda." She gestured to herself, before motioning her hand to the hoodie-wearing underling.
"Wait, really?" Nepgear was taken aback by the name. "Underling has a name? I thought your parents actually called you that." Honestly shines through the innocent girl's voice, which got the hooded sister to bust a gut in laughter.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"
SEVERAL tick marks formed on Linda's head as she was approaching her breaking point, having been ridiculed by enemy and family alike.
"Wow. Looks like even her own family has no qualms making fun of her. It's almost sad, actually." A snicker was suppressed as the tsundere team member observed the interaction with a smile.
"I wouldn't be laughing, twin tails!" Pointed Underling as she raised her pipe in her direction. "Unless you'd like losing some teeth with that giggle, broad!" She threatened.
"That's not very nice, Underling!" Warned Nepgear as she pointed her sword in her direction in tandem.
"It's Linda, bitch!" Cursed the mook. "I told you that already!" She continued.
"Tell 'em what's up."
GLOW!
Referenced the elder sister before her hands glowed with light, her SP being channeled to her palms in an elementalist fashion.
"Sorry, not sorry. Why remember the name of somebody that always loses?" A cocky smirk came across her lips as an aggravated huff escaped the punk girl's body.
"You'll pay for that!" Shouted the younger sister as the two groups of two got ready for combat.
Meanwhile, Vergo used his flight processors to conserve his stamina as he flew ahead. As he did so, he saw someone running on the air in the corner of his eyes, managing to keep up with him.
"What?!" Turning his back to face the floor, his eyes widened at the individual that managed to maintain a steady pace with him.
RUSH!
"Rankyaku!"
KICK!
CLASH!-
CRASH!
A kick of compressed air was sent the CPU Candidate's way as he used his lance to block, as everything around his vicinity was hit with a force that sent rocks flying as a line was formed accompanied by a large boom.
"He's not a pushover...!"
BLAST!
BLAST!
BLAST!
Returning fire with several godly KI blasts, the green godling stretched his hand and counter attacked the airborne warrior as he saw the projectiles approach him with a velocity that he wasn't expecting.
ZIP!-
TWIRL!
ZOOM!
SWING!
EXPLOSION!
Maneuvering around the energy blasts by turning his body at just the last second, he used his blade to slice through the last one as it exploded behind him, the smoke fleeting as they continued to move ahead.
SLICE!-
CLANG!
STAB!
DODGE!
THRUST!
GRIND!-
A lance was in the way between SMITH's sword and Vergo's neck as he retaliated with a jab that was evaded before being followed up by a powerful thrust that was offset by the sword pushing it away from the operative's midsection as sparks flew.
PARRY!
"You're open!"
Yelled the white-haired swordsman as he winded up a front kick as he bent his knee.
KICK!
"Khh!"
SLAM!A piston kick send the guarding god slamming into the ground as he grunted from the impact of both his landing and the impact of the foot before tumbling to the ground.
SKID!...
SLIDE...!
STAB!...
Reorienting himself on all fours before pushing his upper body to a standing position as he slid to half, he used his lance to completely kill any kinetic force that was pushing him back.
STEP!
STEP!
STEP!
LAND!...
SMITH was closely following the grounded deity's lead as he bounced in the air, jumping around before landing in a concise area as he crouched slightly as he stood tall with his sword by his side.
"What's your problem?!..." Future Heart interrogated as he dusted himself off, not taking his eyes off of his new opponent.
"The better question to ask would be what's yours." Emphasized the operative as he looked towards his sword.
"Huh? The bloody 'ell are you on about?" Some suspicion laced with underlying confusion became present.
"You don't know what I'm talking about? Figures. That's your problem." Snorted the swordsman in amusement. "If you did, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now." Explained the ASIC member.
"You're not any sense, 'ere." An annoyed expression was plastered onto the CPU Candidate's features as he carried on the conversation.
"Do I have to spell it out for you? You're green." He spoke his reasoning.
"Duh." He gestures to his person, clad in somewhat tattered, yet still visible green accents amongst his spandex bodysuit. This earned a facepalm from the opponent as his half-bemused, half-unimpressed facial expression faded away.
"Not THAT green, you dullard." He sighed.
"Then what the fuckin'-"
"EXPERIENCE!" He shouted, garnering the attention of many ASIC personnel as they watched the exchange between the two.
"Is it a golden one?"
"Double EXP event!?"
"The lifeblood of the grind."
"I'm actually under-leveled for this, so uh-"
"You lack more than you know. In fact, you're devoid of anything beyond basic on-field, hands-on experience to be able to apply any sort of meaningful confrontation to an opponent that has that and more." He pointed out. "You seem to be a CPU, yet you can be pushed back by a human of all things. Doesn't that seem a bit embarrassing?"
THROW!
SPIN!-
LEAN...!-
SHEATHE!...
Smirked the swordsman as he flexed with his sword, letting it fly into the air as it rapidly spun before leaning slightly to let it sheathe itself into its scabbard.
"Why are you telling me that, though? Wouldn't it benefit you more to keep me in the dark? And why did you just put away your sword?!" An incredulous look came across the CPU Candidate's features.
"Be it pity or amusement, you should really just count your blessings. As for my sword...!" He reached down to his leg, before pulling out a smaller dagger that was double-edged, and bog enough to be rival a combat knife.
"I'm no beast that goes all out while hunting a rabbit." He stretched out his hand to stay his now smaller blade, his face radiating a constant level of confidence, bordering on cockiness.
"You're mocking me, aren't you."
GUST!
Eyes narrowed as Future Heart did not take kindly to the gesture, nor the fact that he was being given as the ground around him started to expand away from him in the form of rippling dust.
"If you interpret this as mocking, I feel sorry for you. On the flip side, it just makes things more interesting for me. I gave up so many Credits for this crap." He flicked the blade towards him slightly in a come hither motion, muttering the last part to himself.
RUSH!...
ZOOM!...
A quick burst of movement was made as both parties sped by each other, before stopping still...!-
CUT!..."What?!" Surprise evident on his facial features, the young holding was shocked by the damage dealt to him with such a small weapon. His ribcage suffered a decent gash as he felt the burning sensation of pain coursing through his body with the wound being the epicenter.
"Oh wow. You're about as green as the grass on the other side." A nick on the dagger was the only evidence of Vergo connecting as SMITH commented on the gap between their experience.
"Aero!"
WIND BLAST!
SLICE!
"Nope."
DENT!-
"?!" The CPU Candidate was pushed back from the force of the counter after he sent a wind spell that was swiftly cut in half by the sheer speed his opponent sliced the air. For the first time, his lance dented from the pressure the compressed wind had, invisible to his eyes but able to be felt by his affinity for the aerial element.
LEAP!
CLASH!-
"Better get to fighting! Or else your head will be on a silver platter!" Pressing the godling, the ASIC operative pushed his blade's edge into the side of the lance as he pressed near the base to keep Future Heart in an uncomfortable position, decreasing his resistance.
"Grr...!" A grunt of effort escaped the clenched teeth of the time traveler as the two warriors did battle.
On the other side of the former cave site, WESSON still had his gun aimed at both Loweean CPU Candidates as he looked at the origin of the loud explosion that caused so many screams of terror.
"What the hell was that...? Gotta be some kind of friggin' EXE Drive from one of you punks." He looked back down at the twins, his eyes methodically shifting between each one to make sure they weren't going to try any funny business.
"Could you stop pointing that thing in our faces? It's really scary...!" Rom pleaded, still intimidated by the proximity of the magnum's barrel.
"How about no. Speaking of which...!"
BANG!
"Eek!-"
"ROM!" Ram screeched in horror as she assumed the worst had been inflicted on her sister. The sound of a round was unmistakable, and its volume made her jump in shock, which soon turned into fright. A cry of surprise was the last thing she heard from her sister before the gun went off.
"One down, one to go." He spun the chamber with the edge of his smoking revolver, aiming for a now standing pink CPU Candidate. Her face was filled with disbelief and anger as the tear that welled up trailed down her cheek as the other eye had some of its own tears welling.
"YOU STUPID DUMMY!"
FIRE SPELLS!
WIND SPELLS!
ICE SPELLS!
Blanc's youngest sister gaining animosity mixed in with fury towards her alleged sister's killer, she sent a torrent of spells in his direction as fire, wind, and even ice variants all rushed towards him.
"Bombardeo!"
FLAMES!-
BARRAGE!
Upon seeing the incoming projectiles, the gunslinger promptly returned fire as a mass of flaming bullets immediately met and canceled out the collection of spells as a large cloud of smoke was created from the two attacks colliding.
"Ugh!"
WAVE!
The long-haired sister coughed as she accidentally took in the harmful gas, her guard temporarily lowered as she shut an eye with her hand fanning away the mass of gaseous toxins near her face.
THWACK!"Ouch!"
This in turn caused her to be pistol-whipped to the ground as she didn't see the incoming firearm zoom to her face as she tumbled to the ground before rolling for a bit with a painted expression and a bruise on her cheek with scratches on the layers above it.
"Stop, drop and roll, kid! You're gonna need it!"
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Laughed WESSON before aiming in the general direction where he assumed Ram's path would take her as the shots rang out.
"Dang it!"
ROLL!-
EXPLOSION!
ROLL!-
BOOM!
SPRINT...!
BLAST!
Rolling through the smoke, the magical CPU Candidate avoided the shots as she got up and sprinted to evade the last bullet, which managed to cause a skidding explosion that was felt even as she missed, making her stagger as she ran away from the attack's blast radius.
WIND SPELLS!
"Get out of my way, stupid smoke!" Shouted the emotional goddess as she sent wind spells that cleared the visual obstacle that was the huge puff of smoke.
"Behind you."
This came at the cost of revealing herself to her enemy as he had a gun inches away from the back of her head as her ears picked up the sound of his voice before she swiveled around.
SLAP!
"Eugh!"
SWING!
SLAM!
"You're gonna pay, DUMMY!" Ram screamed as her hair managed to slap the man in his face from the velocity she turned her head, an unlikely advantage being formed as she swung her staff with all her might.
This caused an echoing blow to the side of the gunslinger's head, his hat being thrown to the side of his head as he flinched from the impact of the weapon before the child continued the bludgeon her enemy.
"I won't forgive you!"
FREEZE!
She spat before freezing her weapon's blunt edge as she added elemental damage on top of her already surprisingly potent strength due to her goddess physiology.
SHATTER!
"Fucking bitch!" Cursed the cowboy hat ASIC member as he felt a cold sensation before it was replaced with burning pain as he waltzed from the staff turned ice mace as he was struck in the chest by the little girl.
SWING!-
THUD!-
BOOM!
"Kyaa!"
Ram screamed as she was blasted in the face point-blank by the magical magnum, the gunslinger letting himself get injured by the attack with the wide end of the staff in his ribs to close the distance between them for an undodgeable shot.
"Dos Incendios!"
DOUBLE BLAST!
Two large blasts of fire, bullets within the center of the flaming mass that directed their movement rushed towards the girl as she was still reeling from the first gunshot that sent her flying.
FREEZE!-
SWING!
THWACK!
The CPU Candidate opened her eyes just in time to freeze her staff and smack one of the bullets back at the gunslinger as the movement of her upper body to heave her staff inadvertently made her avoid the next bullet as the only thing she sustained from its passing was a wave of heat.
EXPLOSION!
"Ahh!"
Well, before it exploded behind her as the shockwave pushed her forward, tumbling to the ground before she scrambled to pick herself up mid-tumble.
REEL!-
ZIP!
LEAP!
EXPLOSION!-
ZOOM!
But all WESSON did as move his head to steer clear of the returning round before he jumped as it exploded behind him, giving him a boost of speed with the beforehand information of the time it took for his bullets to explode.
HALT...!
BLOCK!
Ram came to a stop as she looked up just in time to see the under sole of a cowboy boot fill her vision before she brought up her staff to block.
STEP!-
JUMP!
"Huh?!" Confusion was apparent as the pink CPU Candidate looked up after the ASIC gunslinger didn't try to force his leg through her defenses but instead jumped into the air using the pole as a platform as he simultaneously staggered his opponent.
"Adios, pink shit!" He roared before aiming. "You'll see your hermana very soon!" Cackled the syndicate member before the long-haired goddess responded.
"Anillo-"
"SORA!"
UPPERCUT!
"Ghk!"
Before he could get out his SP Skill, his head suddenly reeled back 180 degrees as his body ached back in the direction his skull went with his jaw being slammed shut before opening, his train of thought, dialogue and motor functions being completely detailed.
"What?!" Ram was completely lost as her brows reached the top of her forehead from the shock she felt at her opponent's sudden interruption.
"Knock knock." She heard a voice. It sounded strangely familiar as she became aware of its presence.
"Who's there?!" She looked around. Her eyes bounced across her corneas as she frantically searched for who was talking to her.
"Boo."
"Boo who- AHH!" She screamed once her eyes laid on the sight of the person standing next to her.
"Sup, kid." Folding his arms, with a smile that radiated shitpost energy, stood AL as he was now next to the little girl goddess.
"It's you!" Her eyes lit up in surprise. Some apprehension was apparent, but deep down the child was slightly relieved that it wasn't the callous cowboy that had appeared behind her. "What's your deal, PAL?" She had a slight bit of animosity towards him, even though they were on the same team.
"It's AL, and I'm your pal indeed. No need to treat me like a stranger." He raised his arms in defense.
"Why shouldn't I? You're friends with that Nebula dummy, aren't you?"
STAND BARRAGE!
"SORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORASORA!"
"Aie!"
She interrogated as the body of WESSON could be heard being battered by the aggressive phantom.
"Yeah, and?" He shrugged.
"Well, you're probably a bully just like him!" She carried across her point, as well as her perception of him.
"What? No. Neither of us are bullies nor dummies. In fact, I got something to show you." He eluded as he mentioned his surprise with a bright smile.
"It better not be weird, or I'll whack you, mister...!" She didn't lower her guard for a second, still burning from what the cowboy did to her sister, the audible tightening of her hands around the shaft of her weapon made AL aware of her mental state.
"Rom's not weird. I personally wasn't taking that disrespect, Snowflake." A nickname stemmed from the fire user's mouth as he smirked in the direction of the surviving sister as she talked to him.
"I know Ram didn't mean it, Mister AL. Thank you for saving me." She bowed in respect to her elder's actions.
"ROM!"
SQUEEZE!
The younger sister glomped onto her older sibling as she embraced her sibling. "B-But I saw you get hit by that mean guy!" She tried to explain.
"When the bad man shot me, the bullet stopped before it hit me," Rom told her sister as she used her hands to show a demonstration as her imagination came into play.
"H-How?!"
"SORAAAAA!"
SUPER PUNCH!
SHOCKWAVE!
"Ai yai yai!"
Ram's flabbergasted expression was accompanied by the sound of a fist meeting flesh at an intensity of the power that caused the wins to expand from the contact area as the ASIC member's body was shot towards the ground.
"The older sister and the stand user simply pointed, both fingers aiming for the taller male himself as he shot a confident smile which caused the pink Loweean CPU Candidate to look the man in the eyes.
"..." She stayed quiet.
"Well?" A brow raised. "A thank you would be nice-"
"Thanks. You're a real PAL." She smiled.
A hint of playfulness was behind her tone but the sincerity remained, even if it was motivated by begrudging means.
"It's AL! You did that on purpose!" An annoyed look accompanied by an amused smile was reciprocated as the blue-clad goddess was equally entertained at their antics.
CRASH!...
ROLL!-
SMASH!
The trio of heads turned to the sound of shattered earth that was near them as the body of WESSON was sprawled on the ground as he rolled instinctively, right before the ground exploded.
"Ahh!" Both siblings shouted in surprise as AL's eyes narrowed.
BARRIER!-
DEFLECT!
FADE...!
Erecting a shield of KI, the debris from the attack seamlessly bounced off of it as the twins calmed down.
"Wow! You can do that?!" She marveled at the fading glowing barrier of white.
"It's bright..." Commented Rom, observing the visibility decreasing to non-existence.
Speaking of brillante, what's the bright idea with NOTHING ATTACKING ME!"
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Roared the furious cowboy as he sent shots in the direction of the trio of heroes.
HALT!-
HALT!-
HALT!...
But unfortunately for him, the projectiles stayed still once they came within a few feet of the twins and the martial artist as he unfolded his arms.
SNATCH!
"Nothing also stopped your bullets. But I'm betting that you're willing to disagree with me." He inspected the bullets, looking at their craft.
Upon closer inspection, the sight of glowing neutral SP could be seen radiating from the shells as he made a face similar to an actor called The
Boulder as he raised his brow in a very obnoxious manner towards the expulsion products of the magnum.
"Don't fuck with me, pendejo!" Growled the beaten hotshot as he readjusted his hat, eyes glowing with rage. "I know you're up to something, and I'll turn you into a human sponge if it's the last thing I do!" He threatened.
"Better write your will, then." Pretending to scribble something in his hand, a charming smile graced the dark-skinned martial artist as this roused some giggles from the CPU Candidates of Lowee.
"I WILL SHOOT THE FUCK OUT OF ALL YOUR GOODY TWO SHOE ASSES! AND SHUT YOUR PIEHOLES, IDIOTAS!"
"Oh no you don't!" Ram yelled, hositility in her tone as her eyes narrowed before she looked to her sister, who looked back to her.
"Let's do it, Ram!" Rom with some fore in her voice, was adamant as they then looked to the gunslinger who quickly raised his pistols as he aimed.
Meanwhile, in the air remained Nebula as he observed all of this drama that was happening below him.
'Everyone's fighting, and I really should jump in and help. But the question is who do I help?...' Pondered the CPU as he looked at the fighting party
members.
SPRINT!
DASH!
RUSH!
"GET BACK HERE, YOU BASTAAARD!" A shrill screech was picked up by the blue adventurer's hearing as his eyes shifted to the source of the unpleasant arrangement of vocal chords.
Accelerator was running as he used his vector control to increase the magnitude of each step he took as he ran, his brain able to keep up with the calculative speed needed to effectively prevent him from falling over as he made ground at ludicrous speeds.
"Well, looks like I'll have to prevent a fight interruption with the way that nutjob is moving." A snide look, with a sweat drop on the side of his face was present in a near instant as he became aware of the regokinesis user.
PLUMMET!
TWIRL!
POINT!-
VOOM!
STYLISH!
Descending from his height, he quickly repulsed himself from the ground as he stuck out his index and thumb while holding the remainder of his curled fingers with his other hand as he used his barokinesis to mimic a gravitational pull as well as rejecting his own gravitational tie to the ground as he raced forward in a suave manner, having been turning in a corkscrew manner until his body was perpendicular to the ground as a text of STYLISH appeared above him.
TETHER!-
ZOOM!
STRETCH!
Once he tethered his gravitational pull to the white-haired esper's position, he increased his speed of attraction until he was upon him before sticking out his arms as he shouted in a boisterous manner, catching the vector user's attention.
"Who the fuck are you, identify yourself weirdo!" A dramatic shading coming over his features as a single eye was left visible as the finger gleamed menacingly, Accelerator simply ignored him.
"HEY, I'M TALKING TO YOU! DO YOU HEAR ME!" He screamed, to no avail.
Accel had long tuned out the sound that traveled towards him, his vector shield blocking out the unnecessary (to him) medium.
"Fine then! You asked for this!"
SHUDDER!-
"Baro Bullet!"
GRAVITY SHOT!
"?!"
Ejecting from the tip of his index, a concentrated shot of repulsive gravity extended from his finger and slammed into the side of the esper, not expecting the attack at all as he was even more shocked upon being blindsided by the unexpected vector used to attack him, ultimately bypassing his shield completely as he felt his rib being struck with tremendous force.
TUMBLE!
SKID!...
"Who the hell-"
PUNCH!
Quickly gaining his balance as he felt the pain of being hit with coming to a stop, he looked around to see who attacked him before turning his head right into a fist.
REFLECT!
A crazed smile immediately grew onto his face, seeing his supposed attack be given his own medicine by his (mostly) infallible vector shield.
GRAVITY!
BIFF!
"AUK!"
Content became a botched school photo shoot as Accelerator's face was forcibly warped into a damaged version of itself as he was sent to the ground once more with some blood escaping his mouth, the sociopathic antagonist's jaw smarting.
"I asked you a question, e-boy." Repeated the CPU as he stood with a serious look, despite his comedic nickname.
"What the fuck's your problem!" Demanded the ASIC protégé. "Does it look like I care about your question, retard!" He shut down the asking deity as he snarled at his persistence.
REACH...!
CLENCH!
...ATTRACT!
"No!" Protested the vector manipulator as he felt his body being tugged towards him at an alarming rate.
REEL!-
"Watch your tone mf."
GRAVITY FIST!
"Urgh!"
REFLECT!
"Tch!"
Slamming his gravitationally enhanced fist into the aggressive teenager's face, the same effect was repeated with the adventurer's fist being forcibly pushed back, although his gravity passing through to punt the pragmatic prick as he was able to brace the kinetic vectors.
SLIDE!...
"How... Are you doing this!" Scowled the scientific accelerator as he gritted his teeth, the blood having leaked through the facial bones as his pupils shrunk in infuriation. It was already bad enough that blonde bastard was able to temporarily put him on the ropes, but now that this bothersome blue asshole showed up with the same affinity to get past his vector defense, this day was gradually getting worse and worse.
"I'll answer yours if you answer mine." A condition was made as the divine shitposter gestured.
"I don't need to say anything to trash like you!"
STOMP!
WAVE OF SPIKES!
TREMOR...!
Bringing his foot down, a wave of spikes accompanied by a powerful earthquake rushed towards the immediate vicinity of Nebula as he saw the incoming attack.
"Have it your way." His smile faded, gaining some more seriousness as he took the fight seriously once more upon the display of the wall of spikes that approached him that accompanied the violent shaking of the ground.
"Divine Devastation!"
EXPAND!
REPULSE!
"?!" Accel's eyes widened as his mass of spikes were blasted back in his direction as an invisible force that expanded in all directions appeared in direct response to his own attack as the earth that he had manipulated to attack the adventurer had turned to aim for him instead.
REFLECT!
REFLECT!-
REPULSE!
The debris were all reflected from his body as even the wind being pushed back was mitigated, yet upon the gravitational force making contact with his body, it shoved him once more as the blue deity's attack lambasted his defenses, ignoring them without fail.
"FUCKING SHIT!" Screamed the esper as he decreased the magnitude of his body's knockback to a standstill as he calculated the kinetic energy that hit his body and used its inverse value to keep himself steady as his skin was pulled by the fundamental force.
'What's this guy's gimmick?! That last one was wind, but his own is invisible, like mine...!'
ZOOM!
Theorization began within the intellectual mind of Accelerator before he saw the incoming deity as he rushed towards him with shocking speed attributed to his gravitational tether, only focusing on approaching his opponent with his ability rather than spending brainpower concentrating on his trajectory at all.
STEP!-
WHOOSH!...
...VOOM!
LEAP!
STEP!
JUMP!
Accel immediately registered the approaching opponent before kicking off the ground and gaining distance quickly to put a barrier of space between the two with his enhanced vector jumps, magnifying the magnitude of the force of his legs pushing off the ground. This method being applied in succession, on top of being repeated a numerously as he attempted to disorient the blue annoyance that was following him with stepping in circles.
AFTERIMAGE!...
AFTERIMAGE!...
AFTERIMAGE!...
To the extent that several afterimages formed, blurry in design yet his when his form mimicked the same visibility which in turn made a very convincing hand at confusing his opponent.
"Trying to confuse me, eh?" Questioned the CPU. "I have multiple ways of dealing with you." He smiled. "But I'll pick the funniest one, for shits and giggles." He decided before fusing his KI with his gravity to form another attack. His Baro Bullet, although it was now laced with martial art energy.
FUSION SHOT!
REFLECT!-
"Hnrg!"
The blast ejected from his pointed finger, before making contact with the real esper. It's KI value was immediately reflected, being scattered on contact with the shield, yet the gravitational one hit him square in the chest as his speed clones immediately dissipated without pause.
"Bullseye."
ZOOM!
"Hadōken!"
BEAM!
Speeding after the esper, Nebula fires a blast of energy in the form of a KI beam towards his location in the form of a stronger variation of the normal Hadōken. By constantly expanding his energy into the attack at a controlled rate, instead of its traditional blast of swirling energy, a manageable yet powerful beam of blue martial art energy rushed towards his fleeting form.
"...! That won't work, dumbass!"
SLAP!-
DEFLECT!...
...EXPLOSION!
GUST!
"What?!" Reacted the deity as he witnessed his attack being smacked to the wayside as it was sent to the ground before promptly exploding in a bright explosion with the wind from the blast being nothing more than a visual effect for the floating vector user as a mental note was taken by the adventurer.
'He can deflect my attacks?... This is going to be harder than I thought... That's what she said.'
VECTOR STEP!
Internalized the CPU as he smirked on the outside after the joke he made before observing the vector manipulator move towards him.
"OUT OF MY WAY!"
BLOCK!-
PUSH!
Upon making contact, the value of the esper's strength was increased to levels that launched the fighter through the air as his aggressor held on to his face as this was happening.
SMASH!
CHOKE!
"You think you're tough shit!" He reeled his fist, as his other hand held down the divine warrior's neck to restrain his movement and cut off his breath.
SWING!-
GRAB!-
REFLECT!-
HALT!
Using his hands, he grabbed both with his own as he felt the vector shield initially reflect the contact of his skin, but before they could completely reject the presence of his mitts, he used his gravity to stop the fist from bopping him into oblivion by tethering it to the position of his clutches.
Ultimately creating a constant space between his hand and the ASIC member's wrist, akin to pushing the same poles of two magnets together as said associate struggled to move his hand.
"Not everyone is into choking, bro." Commented the adventurer as he noticed the shocked expression, which was a usual occurrence with the antagonist.
"HOW THE FUCK!-"
"-In your mom." A mischievous, troll-like grin rivaling the legendary face that any person that was on the internet would know by name was plastered onto the CPU's visage as Accelerator lost it.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"
"Here comes the airplane!"
MOVE!-
ROLL!-
DOUBLE HEEL KICK!
"UUUUUOH!..."
"Oh wait. It's you!" Mock surprise graced his face after he ripped the hand of of his neck before curling his legs and bringing his knees to his chest following up with a double kick to the abdomen with repulsive properties within his soles to ensure that he'd be struck.
Accel's body ascended as he felt like a five-year-old goddess punched him in his gut as he flew higher with a pained gutter.
"Kids."
STAND!...
Muttered Nebula before he got to his feet by performing a kip-up.
"Only thing that isn't child's play about him is his ability. I can't touch him, nor blast him. The only thing that even harms him is gravity..." He surmised after accumulating his past experiences in his mind.
"Much ado about the zoomer." He accepted the reality of the situation before him, knowing the fight wouldn't be easy. Not by the visible bruising on his neck, that still stung as he held it.
"I haven't really used this technique much outside of practice except for DIO. But that went pretty well, all things considered. Which means it works. Without further ado...!"
POSE...!
He widened his legs to a position that was just above crouching before sticking his forearms out with his upper arms slightly extended from his torso as his fists were clenched as teeth were gritted.
...STEAM!
The familiar white gas those from his pores as his hair rose from where it rested and slowly waved in the air with his eyes becoming smaller from the strained look of concentration apparent on his face.
BURST!
BULK!...
...CONDENSE!
"Uooooooooooooh...!" His musculature, alongside his bone density and blood pressure increasing exponentially, he applied the technique differently, initially inflating his muscles before compacting them to decrease his power gain in exchange for a spike in speed.
'Strength is important for this fight, but if my attacks are reflected, then I'll need to flank him with as many blitzes as possible.' He laid out his game plan as he thought of the move to make.
STEAM!
CLOUDS!...
The pale gas shot out of all his pores before it covered the space that he stood in, hiding his presence.
"HAH!"
GUST!
RUMBLE...!
With a boisterous holler, the clouds cleared with a mighty outburst as the ground he stepped on shuddered from the force of the activation of his technique.
"Under Pressure: Model Gasket." He uttered with his veins being slightly more pronounced than usual as the same level of steam rose from his skin with his body being streamlined for high-speed combat.
"YOU WON'T TOY WITH THE ACCELERATOR AND LIVE TO TELL THE STORY, FUCKER!"
ZOOM!
A scream from the heavens directed the empowered CPU's gaze upward as he had a flat expression on his features.
Accelerator was falling, shooting down to be more accurate as a fist was reeled back with the intent to smash the bones of his opponent into atoms.
"...Your parents named you Gas Pedal?" A weirded-out look, accompanied with a raised brow and slight disdain conquered the mood that was expressed on his person as screeches of the unholy were his response.
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
CROUCH...!
LEAP!-
CRATER!
BOOM!
Ascending to meet the triggered esper halfway, his feet's increased strength caused the ground below him to crater as a loud sound of his magnified step was heard with several chunks of earth following after him as he flew.
STEAM!-
KICK!
KICK!-
KICK!-
GAS!
SPIN!
Snorting steam through his nose akin to a raging ox, Nebula repeatedly kicked the air as he twisted his body in one direction, as the adventurer's pace increased with each kick until he was rotating at a rapid rate. Steam ejected from the pores located in the back of his heel as the CPU's RPM dramatically increased.
TILT!
RIPPLE!
VACUUM!
Leaning to his side as he ascended, at a now lateral position his body warped the air around him from the gravitational interference on top of the fact that his spinning caused a vacuum to form which pulled the deity towards the Accelerator as he closed the gap.
"Mushi Tatsumaki Senpūkyaku!"
"GRAH!"
SHOCKWAVE!
"Woah!" IF reacted, standing next to Compa, who still had her eyes closed mind you, as they witnessed the thunderous clash in the air that made their heads spin to see what had just occurred.
"What was that?!" Peeped the Nurse-In-Training. "It sounded like my grandpa swatting a fly!" She commented.
"Just open your eyes, Compa!" Yelled IF in an unamused, comical tone as the cream-haired girl blinked several times before taking in her surroundings.
"It's really bright!" She kept blinking in intervals to let her eyesight adjust to the abundance of light as the Guild Agent continued to speak.
"Stop fooling around, we gotta make sure everyone else is doing okay after that natural disaster that just happened!" Having no other way to describe what occurred, IF defaulted to a phenomenon of nature to rationalize the stunt that Nebula pulled.
"Yessy!" Affirmed the nurse before the pair made their way to the rest.
"Iffy?" Asked the bubbly girl.
"Yeah?" Answered the brunette.
"Where did AL go? I thought he was gonna get me with you?" A confused tone reached the medic's mouth as she spoke to her best friend.
"We split when he felt that someone was in trouble. He's probably dealing with it as we speak. The same way we're dealing with finding the others." She covered before hearing a voice call out to her.
"IF! Compa!" Nisa's voice echoed as they looked towards its origin.
"Nisa?! Where are you!" Shouted back the Guild Agent.
"Over here!" She screamed, as the brown-haired girl for a better read on their position before approaching the voices. Their silhouettes became more discernible as the two approached before she was within eyeshot of her.
She stood atop a pile of ASIC members that had been knocked out by hers truly. Swirls were around their eyes, as needless execution was something the heroine of justice saw herself above.
"We found you!" Breathed out IF. "That's a relief." She sighed. "That saves us way more time than wandering around." She noted before Compa spoke.
"Welcome back, Nisa!" A cheery smile beamed from the Nurse-In-Training's face as her gesture was reciprocated.
"Same here, you two. Do you know where any of the others went. We were together when that boy screamed but they went about by the time the dust cleared." She clarified as the heroine was unsure of their current positions.
"That's what we're hoping you'd know, Nisa." Groaned IF as she held her forehead.
"Uh-oh. They could be in trouble!" Compa didn't want to think about what could happen to the other girls if they were caught in a rough spot by any of the baddies that they fought before, now somewhat recuperated.
"I believe MAGES. can hold her own, as opposed to 5bp. Once we find her, we can look for the Mad Magician. Maybe the young idol even knows where the mage might be?" Inquired the superheroine as she put her fists to her hips in speculation.
"It's not like we have anything else to go off of." Shrugged IF, telling the bluette the honest situation.
"I'd say it's worth a try." Compa nodded jubilantly.
RUMBLE!...
"Waah!" Screamed the trio as the floor rumbled from another powerful exchange between the predisposed battles.
"We gotta find her quick! Who knows what danger she might be in, with all this chaos around us!" IF told the others as they nodded before running in a random direction, keeping their eyes out for the blue-haired idol.
Trekking through the battleground, the trio of Makers were soon to encounter difficulties.
BOOM!
"Ahh!" Compa shouted in fright as an explosion went off near her coordinates, causing her to stumble out of shock before getting back on track.
CRASH!
"Yikes!" IF sidestepped out of the way of a random occurrence of the ground exploding, although a strong gust of wind follows the crash site's creation.
SLASH!
"Sweet justice!" Exclaimed Nisa as she dove out of the way of a slash that cut the ground asunder before it continued to race ahead for several tens of meters before dissipation occurred.
"We've got to get to 5bp. before she gets hit with one of these attacks!" The Guild Agent hurried along as her fellow party members picked up the pace
Their running was starting to pay off when a silhouette was spotted running with a musical instrument as she ran across the wasteland in hopes of avoiding her demise via stray SP Skill.
"Oh geez!" She told herself as several more explosions lit up her surroundings as she wobbled and stumbled intending to evade said events with agility that she strained to maintain due to her not being oriented for the situation's current combat requirements.
"5bp.!" Exclaimed the three party members as they beelined to her position.
"Not so fast!" A voice was heard, as it approached the idol, her head turning to see who was following her.
It turned out to be the same ASIC goon with the spiked knuckles, somehow having been hidden until now.
"You're that idol from Leanbox, right? If I capture you, then I'll get that promotion in no time!" He flashed a conspicuous smile as he jumped into the air.
"Eek!" Twisting around, the guitarist idol was privy to seeing her attacker prepare a clasped fist to slam her on the skull as he plummeted.
"ORYAA!-"
SLICE!-
SHATTER!
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
LAND!...
Screamed the grunt as his knuckles shattered after a swing of a weapon from a person, not even the three a short distance away saw came to bail the singer out of her predicament.
"Who was that?!" Nisa was agape.
"Do not fret, 5bp." A serious and mature voice droned before it continued. "The threat will be soon neutralized." It continued, before standing up, as their face was easily recognizable.
"CAVE!" They all shouted in unison, with the mook shouting immediately after them.
"SMD Operative Cave. Tch, to hell with that title, you can Suck My Dick instead!"
RUSH!
He lunged at the woman before reeling his fist with a frenzied expression as the soldier turned to face the ASIC member.
"No."
SLICE!
"Urk!" A large gash was dealt on his person as she crumpled to the ground after he felt the burning sensation with a gutter of pain before collapsing. Her scissor blade
"T-Thanks, Cave." A slightly shaken up 5bp. gave her gratitude to the elite shoulder as she turned around, a small smile on her features.
"There is no need to thank me when an act of friendship is involved." She articulated, as they exchanged pleasant smiles.
"Cave! 5bp.!" Called out the brunette as the trio was bow in talking distance from the two apparent friends.
"You two... Know each other?" Asked the superheroine.
"F-For quite some time actually." Her shyness returning, the idol clarified their pretenses of knowing each other.
"That's nice." A jolly giggle made it from the Nurse-In-Training's lips as she appreciated their friendship as the redhead spoke next.
"Enough with the pleasantries. Do any of you know where MAGES., Taleia or the Lowee Twins might be?" Questioned the SMD member as she looked among the group.
"We were hoping you'd have that information." IF responded as the redhead woman began to ponder upon the unsatisfactory reply.
"Aww..." Moped the bubbly nurse. Her downtrodden bemoaning got the heroine's attention.
"Don't worry, Compa. We'll find them. Have some hope. We already found so many, including me!" Encouraged the blue-clad Hero of Justice.
"S-She's right. We'll find MAGES.!" An effort of being confident was heard from the popular idol as she chimed in.
"Just where is she, anyway?..." Wondered the concerned cousin as she looked into the sky.
Speaking of the heavens, two people flew as one individual was sitting on a broomstick in a suave manner as her legs were crossed and arms extended to grip each side of the stick to keep he balance.
"So, you decided to show up." The Mad Magician faced upon her conversation partner as the two of them flew towards the battlefield.
"My appearance is none of your concern, woman." A neutral expression and somewhat harsh tone were spat as the Ultimate Life Form gave her a side glance.
"You say that yet you humor my statement." She pointed out, getting the alien to look ahead, a dull glare as he used his wings to fly ahead.
"Entertaining your existence and acknowledgment of your intentions are two different matters, a magician." Clarified the warrior.
"Oh? Then I presume you wouldn't be so kind as to indulge your reason for being here? From what I've been informed, you should be in another nation besides the ones you already visited, including Leanbox." She stated, her words being technically true as he was on a mission to gain information about the world.
"Don't tell me you've become lost of all things-"
"Do not be ignorant!" Scowled the alien hybrid. "I do not get lost, woman. How dare you accuse me of misdirection...!" He grimaced, visibly disturbed by the assumption.
"Them what else could it be?" A slender brow raised. "I don't believe someone with the title of Ultimate Life Form could still leave the deduction of their cognitive functions to the whims of instinct. Unless your name is taken to that extent as well." MAGES. went on, the underlying tone of goading being faint but discernable to Kars.
"Your attempt at humor is laughable, ironically." Taking her words to the least charitable interpretation, being comedy to preserve his pride, he spoke in a flat tone before continuing to fly.
"Says the man who would rather act funnily than speak the truth."
"Says the woman who can't take a hint." Eluded the former Pillarman through grit teeth as he just wanted to be left alone.
"I'll be on my way, once I find the destination of yours." She looked ahead, as a glance was spared to her before back in front of the hybrid alien.
"... Your persistence is annoying. So be it." Deciding to inform the Mad Magician to save him some time of being pestered, he began to speak.
"I returned to Leanbox after sensing that some interference was occurring with the natural environment. Everything from its magical concentration, to the odd phenomenon of its very air being altered in a precise and peculiar manner, I was drawn to it like a moth to a flame." He iterated as the image of his words was playing in the mage's head.
"So like the last time you showed your face?" MAGES. compared.
"The comparison is not unjustified. But the difference is, Leanbox was leisure. This is suspicion." Kars enlightened the woman.
"..." She had no response for him, the alien taking notice as her expression became serious in turn.
"Your nosey attitude has faltered. What seems to be the matter, Mad Magician?" A mocking tone escaped the Ultimate Life Form's lips as he smirked.
"My student is in danger." Her former smile wrenched into a frown. "I could have sensed his magical energy, but his signal has vanished." The blue-haired magician stated as she twisted around, to ride her stick properly.
"If it has anything to do with the reason I'm heading there, your pupil may have already met his demise." The flying alien told the mage as she gripped her broomstick tighter.
FLY!
Accelerating using her magic, she quickly flee to the place she last sensed her student's magic being used.
"Good riddance." Spat the Ultimate Life Form. "It's now only a matter of time before I will see to it what conspires before me!"
FWOOSH!
Flapping his wings, he increased his velocity as he turned slightly before approaching the battlefield, the two magic users separating with the knowledge of each other's intentions and destinations.
Back in the City of Green Pastures, however...
"...I feel like I'm missing something important right now..." Muttered Gris as he was in the hotel that the group rented as be changed into something more apt for combative confrontation.
Some gradient brown aviator shades were on his eyes as he exchanged it for taking off his fedora, having suffered many damages from DIO. He also wore a chain that had a miniature scissor blade, that hung over a light grey V-neck that hugged his chiseled body was underneath a leather harness with sliver buckles that had been strapped around his chest with a black cargo vest partially hiding it. Two brown leather belts, one that held up his ripped black jeans and the other that was below it to exist as nothing more but a fashion statement were completed with some brown custom Vimbs.
He sat on the side of the bed as he tied his shoes as his right arm sported a singular sporty grey arm sleelve that went to his wrist from the beginning of his nicep under his shirt sleeve, thinking aloud.
"But I'm right here~" The cosplayer girl from before was lying on the bed behind him, the covers wrapped around her body as her hair was frazzled, and a seemingly permanent blush was apparent on her features. Drenched in sweat and the smell of certain fluids that originated from both herself and the CPU that sat on the edge, she sent a coy smile to his back.
"... You are not important." A flat tone came from the assassin's mouth.
"See, I'm the favorite. Not you. That's why the headband stays on during sex. Hnn~...!" The kunoichi cosplayer, identifiable by her accessory stretched, puffing her bare chest out as the bountiful mounds jiggled in tandem.
"None of you are any more of value to me than the other. I felt like having sex, so I called you three." He explained, without a care as his hands moved to tie the lace of his other shoe.
Alas, he soon felt the flesh that was located on the succubus cosplayer's uncovered chest as her body pressed up against his back as she licked the side of his neck before breathing down it after a chaste smooch in a very enticing manner.
"That's not true... You sure changed your mind when we were getting busy back there." She brought up with a blissful expression with the accompanying memories.
"Please. I did most of the work anyway, all you girls did was combine heads. Literally." He smirked at his pun as the offended gasps could be heard from behind him. "The surprise triple tit-job was interesting without a doubt, but you all moved so sporadically I had to will myself to orgasm." He critiqued their performance as the woman that hung over his shoulders inquired, with a challenging gaze to his words being clearly intrigued by his mid critique.
"Don't act so high and mighty, mister!" The sailor scout cosplayer spoke. "It's not like you're a sex god or anything. I didn't even feel anything when you were inside me." She haughtily turned her head to the side, her pride damaged.
'Well, ackshually...' A condescending opener to the first question was mentioned within his mind, but kept it in due to knowing better. Instead, he vocalized her second point. "Tough talk for a lady who's moans were so loud that she had to put three pillows vertically stacked on top of each other in her face to muffle the sound of her screams. You couldn't fake that volume if you tried. I can still see the sweat on the pillow case for crying out loud." Rolled the eyes of the hitman as the giggles from the other women caused her embarrassment that made her hide below the sheets in shame.
TOSS!-
"SHUT UP!"
DUCK!-
SNATCH!
She screamed with a red face as Gris simply hunched over to avoid the bed item before grabbing the object.
"It even has her makeup AND slobber. What a bad liar. Smells like something from Vanessa's Secret, if I'm not mistaken." Snorted the manslayer as he felt the kunoichi rub her hand down his arm.
"I love a perceptive man." Cooed the traditional cosplayer. "You could probably tell from the ninja get-up." She mentioned, adjusting the tightness of her headband as jiggle physics made its mark.
'Her cosplay and my occupation have more in common than she thinks.' A serious thought made its presence on the assassin's mindscape, his arms removing himself from the girls as he got up and walked towards the bathroom.
"Where are you going?" The lead cosplayer asked.
"To the bathroom. At least let me do my duty without the fawning." Answered the silver-eyed deity.
With that, he opened and closed the door before closing it, leaving the girls to converse amongst themselves as his keen ears picked up their muffled conversation. Due to his CPU physiology on top of his already honed body, some effort would be the difference between surround sound words and floor carpet audio. But being none of his concern, he ignored the gossip.
Instead, he dug into his bag he conveniently placed in the bathroom, and dug into the contents of the duffle as he shifted through the mags and grenades before gripping a handgun of his choice.
"Glock 40. Fodderizes, even without mods. Sure, I have a modern hand cannon that sells me out every time I use it, but no need to fret about confidentially where I might be going."
RELOAD!
He spoke about its prowess as he reloaded his weapon. Sticking it under his shirt and held by his belt behind his pants, he shuffled some more in the bag.
"Frags. With the caliber of individuals I fight, they're more for a diversion than an actual utilitarian purpose, but I'll take a few." Grabbing the explosives, he tucked them into the inner pockets of his vest.
"A combat knife. It's been a while since I used any kind of weapon that wasn't flashy martial arts or G U N." He spoke as the serrated straight edge blade that was easily 9 inches in blade length, as its ergonomic handle was made from a very rippable material.
Slipping the weapon in a very discreet area, he moved on to his final utility.
It had been a while, as well.
One of his watches.
"I think I can take a chance. I made SURE to reinforce this shit with durable alloys on the black market. My dealer told me this thing could take a nuke and only suffer a chip, so if this fucking watch croaks I'm blaming her." He grimaced before slapping the time-telling gizmo on his wrist.
Pressing a few buttons on its state-of-the-art watch, it glowed as an artificial female voice booted up.
"Welcome back, _KVM1_$XR1." The voice pronounced his name in its non-warped variant as he spoke back to it.
"It's been a while, Atty. Do you still have all of your functions?" He asked.
"I do. Is there anything you wish for me to carry out?" It asked him, the watch's tone questioning his intention.
"Not at the moment. Remain in standby mode until further notice." He ordered as the voice quieted down as its interface displayed the time.
It read 11:47 AM. Quite late if he said so himself.
"I gotta get out of here." He zipped back up the bag before opening the window.
It was a few stories high as a jump from that distance would definitely stir suspicion if one were to remain unscathed after falling. There was, however, a flat surface that was easily accessible to the hired killer.
That being the wall.
OPEN!-
GRAB!
SWING!
STEPS!...
STATIC!
Using his tremendous upper body strength, the hitman pulled himself outside before leaving his bodyweight to the surface of the building as his feet were attracted to its surface. With that being said, once he no longer had to mind the possibility of missing the quick-time event that was sticking onto a hotel wall, his footsteps gave off small sparks with each step he took.
LEAP!
SOMERSAULT!-
LAND!...
Lunging from the edge of the roof, the assassin flipped before sticking the superhero landing as he got up.
"Now that I don't have to worry about some fatherless females selling me out..." He thought to himself. "How am I going to get to the others..." Gris pondered. For once, he felt as if he needed to be near those colorful idiots.
You sure stuck that landing, mister." Another voice complimented his skills.
"?!" His eyes zoomed in the direction he heard the voice. It sounded petite and feminine, which wasn't commonplace in the country.
It turned out to be Gust, who was still in the city apparently.
"Shouldn't you be with the others?" He inquired, wary of the seeming child's presence.
"Oh, I stayed behind to make sure I didn't drop any more of those dangerous arrows. I still didn't find the one I was looking for." She told him as he responded to her statement.
"Somebody probably picked it up and didn't say anything. Just be on the lookout for any berserk shitters and you should be fine." Theorized the silver-haired CPU. "What are you even doing up here, anyway?" He inquired to the alchemist.
"I heard some screams here, so I thought somebody got stabbed by the arrow, but it was just you." She explained, as a sweat drop formed on the assassin's head.
"Well, there was a different kind of stabbing going on in there, but no matter." He muttered. "Do you have any idea where those girls went?" He asked of the small girl, his tone not as abrasive as usual.
"Uh... Gust has an idea, but she can't go on her own now. It's dangerous, even for an alchemist like me." She admitted her underleveled stats to the much taller male.
"I'll go instead. Just tell me the directions and I'll follow. Don't make me turn back because you misinformed me or else you're gone to have to alchemize an arm and a leg." He threatened with a shadow over his eyes.
"G-Gust would do no such thing! I just wanna tag along if I tell you where they went." She started her condition for the information.
"I don't fancy myself as a babysitter, brat." The manslayer was pensive about the circumstances. "I might just be better off scouring the wilderness." He weighed his other options. "Even a biological life from a scan from my watch might fair better than directions from someone who looks like they can't spell map without a word chart." He spoke his honest opinion as a tick mark formed on the small girl's head.
"Hey! Gust's info is legit, punk." She snapped back. "I was gonna give you the info for free, but now it's gonna cost ya, wise guy." A point was formed on her face as her cheeks puffed, an expression that would wear down the resolve of most as her furrowed brows and folded arms faces the intimidating, well-dressed hitman.
"You can't raise the price of something somebody already doesn't want and expect them to buy it. And here I thought you were a businesswoman." Snorted the edge lord before talking to his watch and putting it near his face.
"Atley, run a scan on Leanbox and pinpoint the positions of-"
"I'll alchemize your watch!" She stopped his progression to leaving her behind. "If you take me with you, I'll alchemize your watch and make it better than ever before!" She shouted, which made him raise a brow in suspicion, coming off as a scoffing laugh.
"I can't even trust your info yet you expect me to trust your skill? Don't make me laugh." He held back his laugh talking down to the girl. "What could you possibly enhance my watch to do-"
"It'll never break again."
ZOOM!
"Gah!"
His face jolted from joking to serious as he teleported in front of the girl, causing her to reel in shock as his eyes shrunk before he spoke again.
"And I'll add a discount ON TOP of it!" She cleared from the scary reaction she received, not sure if her life was still in danger or not.
"Shut up and take my money." He threatened/told the girl. "Or in this case, hop on my back." He knelt and twisted around.
"A piggyback ride? Really?" She asked, a deadpan on her face.
"Look, I'm not using a hand to beer barrel your ass to the spot, so just be thankful I'm even letting you ride atop my shoulders." Responded the CPU in an equally barren tone.
"Alternatively, I could just desert you." A smug smirk was shot in the loli alchemist's direction before looking to the side to gain a rise out of the girl.
"Okay, okay! I'll ride you. Gosh, that sounded weird." She realized the words that came out of her mouth with a slightly flushed expression as a blanched one spread on the gritty god's.
"I know. Please rephrase next time, you're implying things that I do not want to be implied." He pleaded to the bunny hat alchemist as Gust walked to him.
"Don't get any weird thoughts, mister." A suspicious look glared at the assassin as his grossed-out expression morphed into hidden infuriation at the mere accusation.
"I am offended you'd even think that I'd be into such debauchery. Don't mix in your fetishes with mine." Scoffed the GPU. Feeling that the alchemist had secured herself onto his back without the risk of falling, he stood up.
"You're asking a little girl to ride you." She repeated.
"YOU said that, you fucking twerp. I find it hard to believe you're a child with all of that depravity in your mind. Whatever goddess you praise isn't going to be privy to her follower entertaining the thoughts if a degenerate." Sighed the hitman as his vitriol took up the conversation before he closed his eyes.
GLOW!...
Power signal pupils replaced his normal ones as he spoke.
"Access."
PILLAR!
TRANSFORM!
Within moments, a white pillar shot into the sky and dissipated, Edge Heart replacing the once standing assassin as his wing-like processors made some room for the loli that he carried on his back.
"Your muscles are really nice to touch." Complimented Gust, taking the chance to feel up his broad shoulders whilst maintaining her grip.
"I do not want to hear that from you, Gust." A slightly wary face made its way to the CPU's features.
"Sure you don't." It was her turn to gain a smug expression as she looked into the distance, towards where her party members headed.
"From this moment on, I will refer to you as Whiff in response to your cantankerous mannerisms." A small smile graced the divine dude's features.
"-!" Comical eyes made their way to the loli's face as a tick mark formed, furrowed brows replacing the otherwise lax ones upon the realization of her new nickname.
"Hey! Gust didn't agree to this!" She complained.
"Not my problem, I'm afraid."
FLOAT...!
Sniggered the edgy deity as he slowly began to ascend.
"I'll make it your problem if you don't change it!" She threatened the edge lord.
SHINE...!
...VRRR...!
The holographic wings on the CPU's back started to glow as he accumulated share energy within it.
"As if. I will simply drop you if it comes to it." He stated his course of action in earnest as a pale expression dominated the girl's face as she denied the fate.
"You're so mean!" Pouted the loli as she puffed her cheeks in anger, coming off more as cute than threatening to the point if view that was Edge Heart's.
"Tell me something I don't know." Droned the deity.
"You're mean... And a lolicon for Gust." A cheeky, nefarious smirk graced the alchemist's features.
"I am going to ignore that. Maybe if I don't acknowledge her existence, her lips will grow tired." Pondered the assassin god.
SHINE!...
His wings went from fluorescent and translucent to glowing blue as they were fully charged.
"Yeah, my lips will grow tired alright. Around your-"
ZOOM!!!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"
'Ah. Catharsis. What a wonderful feeling.' A brilliant grin spread across the spiky-haired GPU's lips as his talkative companion had been shut up but the sudden increase in speed as his wings left a blue path as they propelled him forward.
In the process, the alchemist's. lips were ironically blown open.
"To infinity, and beyond!" A hyped shout was emitted from the CPU's voice as he flew through the clouds and towards the wilderness.
A/N:
Chapter FINALLY completed!
Focusing on so many characters in one chapter is harder than I originally thought. Well, I'll try to avoid doing that if I can help it.
Having SMITH and WESSON return for round two was always in the plan, but there's reasons for why they're able to press CPU Candidates at their current state, especially after their beating from the Makers and Uni.
Not to mention, Underling and her sister have to face off against Nepgear, who's been long overdue for some action screentime alongside her gun goddess friend. Because beating your enemies into submission together is a part of friendship, is it not?
And Rom and Ram fighting against someone that uses their element's natural enemy will be a great learning (torture) experience (session). If shit hits the fan, AL's there to at the very least bail them out. In retrospect, he's been watching out for a lot of the little ones.
Vergo and Nebula both have their hands tied up with woeful adversaries including the deceptively powerful SMITH and a formidable foe in the form of Accelerator respectively. Their CPU status alone may not be enough to win them the battle, and this is only affirmed with the vector user's terrifying usage of his skills.
Kars and MAGES. approach their respective destinations, Gris and Gust (Whiff) sharing their own with the Ultimate Life Form, as the Mad Magician javelins towards her new pupil for fear of his condition. Does he or does he not need some milk? That question will be answered very soon. Is the lancer and the apparently suggestive alchemist going to make it in time, how about the alien male stripper? Also answered soon enough.
That being said, I believe it's time to wrap up this segment.
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