Kira was a 14 year old girl who just won a competition. She happily walked into the Game & Go where she entered the competition. Kira decided to wear her lucky outfit when entering the competition. This outfit consisted of a green, pink and orange long sleeve shirt with thumbholes, a pink rainproof jacket, slim blue jeans and pink Sketchers.
She had her hair down, which was swinging side to side as she walked to find someone to help her get her prize. A 27 year old woman wearing a Game & Go shirt with gray pants and white sneakers saw Kira looking around.
"Can I help you?" The woman asked.
"Yes, I was called five minutes ago and informed I won your contest." Kira answered.
"Oh, you must be Kira. Yes, I'll be right back with your prizes." the woman confirmed as she left to go to the back.
Kira waited around, looking at the selection of 3PS games. She found the Pokemin Y game and a new one she'd never seen before. It had a picture of a boy with blue eyes and a ponytail on the left as well as the right. However, on the right side there was another boy, with white hair and red eyes.
It was called "Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack". Looking at the back showed a girl with blue eyes, blond hair and a butterfly design. The girl next to the butterfly themed girl had green hair, purple eyes and red holographic wings. This was enough to interest Kira into getting the game.
The woman came back and handed Kira three gift certificates. Two of them were $10 Game & Go certificates and the last one was a $5 certificate for Subworks. Once she used her certificates, Kira only had to pay $4.35 for the two games. At Subworks, she got an Italian herb and cheese bread with mayo, mustard, spinach, olives, fresh mozzarella and diced chicken as part of a combo with pomegranate limeade and a bag of BBQ Frays chips.
Once home, Kira opened her 3PS case which included a screen wipe, game chip holders, earbud pouch, charger and two stylus pens. Kira took out her limited edition Pokemin X Y blue 3PS and turned it on. Kira eagerly waited for the console to start up while looking at the game chip. The game came with a guide book, explaining which controls did what.
After inserting the chip, the face of the blue eyed girl showed where the game chip icons showed. Tapping the icon with the stylus gave Kira so much excitement. The screen turned black as the speakers emitted a zapping sound. Then there was a man with blue hair, eyes and eyebrows standing in front a chair that the blond haired boy was tied to.
Apparently, the guy called this boy a "terrorist" who wanted to take a girl named Lumen. It was revealed that Lumen was the butterfly themed girl. Kira got so obsessed with the game that she played it for as long as she could, day in and day out. Her Pokemin game was left abandoned in her 3PS case along with all her other games.
At the end of the first ASG game, Kira was in tears. Asimov had to be eliminated.
"I, I don't, under, stand, why!? Why why why couldn't they just let him live!? They don't know all the pain and torment he went through! The real Asimov would never do something like that!
He'd never hurt another Adept! The reason he wanted to take down Lumen was because other Adepts were being hurt! It's not like he tried to kill Joule while Gunvolt brought her back in the OVA!" Kira hollered angrily while sobbing.
Years later, while playing on her PC, Kira saw something strange. There was a trailer for an official ASG3 video game. She was beyond ecstatic seeing that there was another ASG game to be released. While Kira enjoyed the IX game, the storyline wasn't as interesting.
Probably because she saw Copen as a killjoy and source of misery. When she was finished watching the trailer, Kira's jaw nearly hit the floor. Especially once the release date was revealed.
"July twenty eighth!? I won't last until then!" Kira cried.
But last she did, although Kira felt she was being tortured by the universe.
"If this is a test of patience then I'm losing." Kira yawned as she watched the clock on her Swi/tch turn midnight.
"Yes! Finally! It's about time!" Kira cheered before yawning. "But, I'd better get some sleep first.
At 8 in the morning, Kira woke up and was eager to play the game she so anxiously preordered. By the time 8:45 rolled around, Kira was nearly finished with the game and on the Moebius mission. Finding out the truth had the poor girl in tears. She couldn't eat her baked chicken or green beans without choking up and sobbing.
This caused Kira to nearly choke multiple times throughout her meal. Needless to say, Kira went to bed that night absolutely heartbroken, feeling sad for someone who didn't even exist. That night, Kira had a dream that she was in a building with tan floors containing specks of black and gray. The walls were an off white, the interior trim was light gray.
Kira held her ear to a wall and heard someone talking. She didn't know about who, but she knew it was a man. Whoever he was talking about, the man called the person an "abomination", "monster", and "someone who shouldn't exist". This irritated Kira beyond all belief, even more so when she didn't see any way to enter the room and confront him.
After waking up, Kira found herself not on her bed, but sitting on a metal bench that curved back to help with the spine. There was holes in the cloud gray metal, most likely to keep the production price low. While adjusting her vision and waking up, Kira saw black boots with metal soles an inch tall and the same color as the bench, but shinier. Looking up revealed it was the very same person that killed Gunvolt and Joule.
Kira went to raise her arms and scream. However, a pain feeling like someone hit directly above her right elbow with a rubber mallet was felt. Kira winced and grabbed that part of her other arm, hoping the pain would stop if an opposing pressure was placed.
"I'm sorry you had to suffer that. I was aiming for them after all." Asimov apologized.
"Why are you apologizing? So I'll fall for the same spiel you gave Gunvolt? Well I'm not falling for it." Kira sneered as she stood up.
Upon waving her left arm to the side, Kira noticed something odd about her clothing. She was wearing a purple bodysuit with silver planets which had rings containing no gaps on the outfit. The sleeves were purple and ended at her wrists where fingerless gloves the same color started. Kira also had a cape exactly like Gunvolt's, along with knee high purple boots with silver laces. Kira suddenly felt woozy and overheated.
"It looks like your Golden Trillions is causing you to overheat. You may need to sit back down." Asimov advised.
Kira looked around, worried the vermillion vulture may be around. But luckily, Zed was nowhere to be seen. Kira turned to look at Asimov and pointed at herself.
"Who else did you think I was referring too?" Asimov remarked.
"Literally anybody else but me." Kira answered seriously.
"He hurt you, didn't he?" Asimov noticed.
Kira blinked confusedly at the adult Azure Striker.
"He hurt my feelings by trying to abuse the Astral Order Octima's power and force Moebius to work for him." Kira admitted.
"I, don't know what you just said." Asimov notified.
"Then, who are you talking about exactly?" Kira wondered.
"Dr. Kamizono, you do know he's still alive right? Anyways, I read over your posted theories. You're Kirin zero three on the Fan Stories website right? Can you meet me later at the glass building over there?" Asimov stated as he pointed to a towering glass building with at least 12 floors or so directly opposite the facility.
Kira nodded.
"Sure, what time?" Kira confirmed.
Meet me there at eight sharp, I'll bring Gunvolt over." Asimov informed before walking off.
'If he's right, and he's still alive, then I'd better get out of here ASAP.' Kira realized before walking off.
When she was 5 yards away from the building, Kira thought she was going crazy again. Sitting on her folded arms and leaning against her left shoulder was Moebius. Kira didn't know if she should unfold her arms or not.
"Why, y-you, somebody help me I'm having a rough day today." Kira muttered as she shook her head.
Taking one more look at Moebius confirmed she wasn't dreaming.
"Okay, so, now that I've got time to kill, let's get to it. Was all of this your idea? With your Astral Order Octima and whatnot?" Kira interrogated.
Moebius shook his head.
"Either you're lying or joking, but I'll believe you, for now." Kira seethed.
"Go." A voice in Kira's head informed.
Kira looked up, realizing that voice sounded familiar.
"Was that you? Blink twice if so." Kira questioned while looking at Moebius.
He blinked twice.
"This is too much for my teenage brain. I don't know how Gunvolt handled it. I'm not able to comprehend a single bit of what's going on." Kira groaned as she walked forward, hoping to reach the building in time.
Trudging forward, it took 10 minutes for Kira to reach the building. The other 5 she spent talking to Moebius. She tested the front door and found it was open. There was a nice couch with two people sitting there. One of which was Asimov, the other was Gunvolt. Asimov nodded to Kira and Gunvolt turned around to look at her.
"That's who I saw at the Subaquatic Base. She was on a video call with Elise before I entered the room." Gunvolt assured.
"I just wanted someone to tell me what's going on. But now I'm getting more questions than answers." Kira growled.
"I-I'm sorry, you don't remember me, do you? Wait, is that Moebius? You didn't tell me about any of this Asimov." Gunvolt commented.
"Because no one within Sumeragi knows about their fusion. It needs to stay that way. If anyone within the company finds out that Kira is the only person that can influence the decisions Moebius makes, the world will be in serious trouble. There's already somebody that knows about the fusion." Asimov declared.
Kira hung her head depressingly.
"What do you know? I need to know all of what you know because apparently I need to prevent some kind of disaster happening." Kira begged.
"You're going to want to sit down for this." Asimov recommended.
Asimov seated himself in the middle of the sofa while Gunvolt remained on the right. Kira sat on the left as she saw Joule. Kira's eyes went wide.
"Hold on, was my theory right then, about Joule and the Muse Septima?" Kira hoped.
"I'm surprised you knew about that. There was a lot of inconsistencies within the story Sumeragi weaved that most people didn't realize. But then again, you aren't most people either. You exist by and because of these events, isn't that right Kirin?" Asimov remembered.
"I'm sorry, but did you, just call me, Kirin? Seriously?" Kira huffed.
"That's your name though isn't it? Your real one?" Asimov asked.
"Still don't understand anything right now." Kira retorted.
"Allow me to explain. You were created in S-FIT by Dr. Kamizono at S-FIT and given to a human family. Their child was somehow removed and you were put in the child's place. Sumeragi made the family believe you were deceased and vice versa so they could isolate you in that apartment. Which is why all of your utilities are paid and you have to put that grocery list every month on the front door. You've had every single Septima implanted into you except for Muse and Spiral. How you got the Muse is unknown and the Spiral was natural. When you were seven, he tried to kill you when you had that case of the flu." Asimov explained.
"How did you know that I had the flu at age seven!?" Kira shouted.
"I was there, I overheard someone talking with him over the phone as he gave the order for them to kill you. Instead of giving you morphine as was originally planned, they sent you home to die. That's how they tested to see how the Rebirth Septima would take. The Septimas Zeno and Xiao have are Shockwave and Rewind Time.
Zeno's Septima can send an audible sonic boom wave through any medium such as air, ground or even liquid. Xiao's Septima can allow him to rewind time by a minimum of three seconds and a maximum of one minute." Asimov elucidated.
"Did he ever shoot you while you were being used as a test subject?" Kira worried.
"He has a gun? I never knew that." Asimov stated.
Kira's jaw dropped.
"Excuse my while I pick my jaw up off the floor. Did you just say, that you didn't know, that he had a gun!?" Kira yelled.
"I'd never seen him near or use one." Asimov guaranteed.
"Oh my gosh, seriously? Didn't Copen use it when you fought him? The gun Copen used had a red handle when you fought him at Firmament right?" Kira pondered.
"The handle was blue, not red. Where is this coming from?" Asimov queried.
"Photographic evidence. Uh, does anybody have a phone I can borrow?" Kira hoped.
"I have one, here." Gunvolt confirmed as he handed his phone to Kira.
Kira pulled up the Azure Striker Wiki and showed them Copen's page. She switched between the two pictures, indicating the different colored barrels.
"She's right, the second gun is a little bulkier. And I can see the difference in the handle colors." Gunvolt agreed.
"I can't believe you never knew he had one. I thought he would've used it on you at least once." Kira assumed.
"Didn't you end up with bullets from that gun though? They're called Septima Sealer, SS bullets for short right?" Gunvolt wondered.
"You know more about what they're called than I do." Kira muttered as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Are you aware that you're now the second highest ranking official of the Sumeragi and leader of the Diva Project?" Asimov informed.
"What!? You have to be joking! Or pranking me! Y-you're just mocking me." Kira complained.
"They must put you under a lot of anesthesia for you not to know any of this." Asimov guessed.
"I'm confused, is he trying to sneakily call me stupid or something?" Kira hinted.
"You've been confirmed to be smarter than Merak so calling you stupid or any other synonyms would be meaningless." Asimov denied.
Kira was ready to hit her head against the wall.
"Could I possibly get an elaboration on what happened to me exactly that I don't know about? Like, a full run through please?" Kira pled.
"Well, other than your creation, Dr. Kamizono also has your custody-" But Asimov couldn't finish because Kira started crying.
Suddenly, Lumen popped up.
"Asimov! How could you!? You hurt her feelings! Hasn't she been through enough already after being fused with Nova!?" Lumen scorned.
Kira sobbed harder, barely able to breathe. She hugged Moebius tighter to her chest.
"I'm so sorry Kirin!" Lumen apologized.
Gunvolt sighed and shook his head.
"You two are both terrible at this." Gunvolt retorted.
"Fine then, if you're so great at it then you try it." Lumen huffed.
When Kira's sobbing stopped, the shock of knowing Lumen was present kicked in. She looked up, and saw the least expected thing she ever saw. Lumen was in human form. She wasn't a hologram. But her face looked exactly like she did in ASG1, with her physique from ASG3 and outfit from ASG2. Kira couldn't form words, as much as she tried.
"Y-y-y, m-my heart, I-I'm just seeing things that aren't there, right? I-is it just my im-magination or is Lumen actually s-standing th-th-there?" Kira stuttered excitedly.
"She doesn't remember me." Lumen pouted.
Kira looked down at Moebius.
"It is not April, so if you're toying with me, please cut it out. My heart can't take much more of this." Kira squeaked.
"Why don't we take this back to my house? So we can talk privately away from, you know where." Gunvolt recommended.
"Agreed, we can't take her back to the QUILL HQ building because of that tracking chip she has." Asimov added.
Kira was happy beyond words. Lumen noticed this and went to check on Kira.
"Yup, I'm dreaming. All this happening to me can't be real. If I didn't have bad luck I'd never have luck at all. Lumen's even prettier in real life! And Gunvolt's soo much cooler. Aaand Asimov didn't go back to working for Sumeragi or end up as a villain in some alternate universe so I'd call that pretty good." Kira cheered to herself.
"I know how that feels. To be free of Sumeragi and finally enjoy life." Lumen reminisced.