SZ: *mutters while trying to draw some kanji* Almost...dang it! Keep messing up! Ugh…*looks at the screen* oh! Uh...hey. Psst! GT! We're live!
GammaTron: *playing Pokemon Sun Nuzlocke* Yo! *looks at the screen* Dammit. Got an Alolan Meowth and not a Magnemite...I'mma gonna call him 'Garfield' since he's got a Lax Nature and because his face gets fat as a Persian.
SZ: Fitting. Ahem..anyway, welcome one and all to another chapter of Rising Sun!
GT: And as you may recall, last chapter we got a new character here…
SZ: Issun, who was found in a hidden lab by Geo and Sonia. Speaking of whom, looks like they're on another important mission; find the Guardian Saplings, and search for the remaining Fudegami powers.
GT: And their first stop…*sends out a Litten in a red scarf while putting on a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses* Alola! *OC Cyber walks in and whispers in his ear* ...Oh. It's Alohaha? *hands the Litten over to Cyber and pushes her out* Go do the Sun Nuzlocke already...
SZ: Eeyup, but what'll await our small group of heroes? Well...let's find out. We do not own anything in this story aside from any OCs that appear in this. Megaman Starforce and Okami both belong to Capcom while any other series used in this belongs to their respective companies. Now...GT? Care to start us off?
GT: Yep. *hangs up a sign reading 'I encountered a fancy pants Meowth over you first, Scramble. Sorry~'* And now I flee since Scramble is livid. *flees*
Magnezone: *floats in* =Sign noticed with name. Analysis: ...Response: Firing Zap Cannon=
SZ: OH SHI-!
*CRACKLE~! BOOM!*
Sonia yawned as she stretched her arms up in the bedroom, the sun starting to rise outside her window, "I think I can get used to feeling like I've slept a full ten hours even if it was just a few hours."
=It still bothers me a bit. I mean, those medical files I read about the study of sleeping tell of bad side effects of not sleeping enough= Lyra noted =Worst case scenario, you could end up with narcolepsy=
"Honto?" Sonia looked over at the VG Hunter on the bedside table.
=Hai. Imagine having that happen in the middle of a recording or, even worse, a concert?=
"Yeesh…" Sonia cringed.
=Exactly, so better be cautious on how late you stay up or how long you sleep= Lyra nodded =But on another note, I suggest you get ready for the day. We're going to start looking for Guardian Saplings, Fudegami, and that island today, remember?=
"Hai~!" Sonia beamed as she got out of bed, "And our first stop is Alohaha!"
=Not a vacation, Sonia=
"Ah mou…" Sonia slumped.
"YOU LITTLE BRAT!"
=...And that sounds like Omega-Xis is awake=
"You get back here right now!" Omega-Xis snarled as he lunged for Issun, only for the one-inch Denpa being to jump over him with one leap, letting the AM-Ian go through a wall.
"Why are you upset? I made you look better!" Issun demanded.
"DOES THIS LOOK BETTER TO YOU?!" Omega-Xis snapped as he poked his head out of the wall, pointing at the ink on his face.
"It makes you look like a baka-inu like Lyra-sama says you are!" Issun beamed.
"Oh you little…!" Omega-Xis snarled.
"Wizard Off," Geo grumbled before Omega-Xis was sucked into the VG Hunter, "Too early, darn it…"
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Subaru-san!" Issun greeted, jumping up on the railing and then onto Geo's nose to let him see the one-inch Denpa being, "Guess he didn't like the art I made on him. Gomen nassai."
"...What did you do?"
"I painted his face to make him look more like a baka-inu!" Issun beamed.
"..." Geo sighed after a moment while getting up, Issun jumping onto the bedside table, before making his way down to his bedroom's personal bathroom, "Too early for this nonsense…"
"Oh please. That mutt wouldn't know art if it wasn't embedded in his eyes," Issun scoffed before his Denpa turned pink, "But enough about me and the mutt! Go and get ready so we can meet Misora-Tenshi-sama!"
=Little perverted gnat=
"Little gnat that got you locked in the wrist thingy."
=WHAT WAS THAT?!=
*beep*
"Found the mute button!" Issun beamed, "Take that, Baka-Ryu!"
"Ugh…" Geo sighed, 'Why did we release him again? ...Oh yeah...Sonia said the password by complete accident.'
"Ugh….bored…" Vulpecula muttered as she laid on her side, her tails swaying lazily, "Where are those scouts? They should've reported back by now..."
A cold wind blew through the air, putting out the candles in the decorated room she was laying within. Vulpecula rolled her eyes as a wall made of wood with a thick, black material in a grid pattern on it slid apart in the middle to the sides, letting a black blur shoot in. Making a spin before landing was a humanoid figure. It's body was muscular with a dark-blue gi top and black hakama on its legs, bound together by a blood red braided rope going around into a large bow on its back. Talons grew where fingernails should have been while wooden sandals with black straps were secured to its sock-covered feet, the socks the same dark-blue as the gi top. Its head was that of a crow's with a pair of large wings on its back, black feathers twitching as if each one were alive on its own. The crow bowed to her, going down to one knee and keeping his head to the floor.
"...What do you want, Karasu?" Vulpecula frowned a bit, flicking a tail and causing the candles to be relit.
"News from the scouts," the crow-like being informed in a deep voice before pulling out a roll of paper bound by a red string.
"...Let me see," Vulpecula ordered, using one of her tails to grab it.
"Understood, Vulpecula-sama," Karasu bowed as the humanoid fox FM-Ian took the scroll from her tail.
"Let's see what those idiots found…" Vulpecula whispered, undoing the rope as she opened the roll of paper up, "...Hmm...Alohaha, huh...oh~? A Guardian Sapling? Interesting…" holding up the scroll, it erupted in black flames that ate away at it until there was nothing left, "It seems we'll finally be able to send that message to Sakuya and whoever gave her aide then."
"What do you command, Vulpecula-sama?" Karasu asked.
Vulpecula used her tails to grab a brush, a bottle of ink, and a scroll with a fox print on the backside before writing in it, "Take this to where our...new ally...resides. Then head for the docks and order a boat for them to take them to where I want them to go."
"Hai, Vulpecula-sama," Karasu complied as, once he was given the scroll tied with a red string, flew out, extinguishing all the candles once more.
"...You know, I think I should have a front row seat of this," Vulpecula whispered to herself as she stood up, "Besides, I want to see who the Sun Goddess' power went to myself~ Demo...who shall I have look after this place while I'm gone? ...As if I'm letting one of the Imps look after things...hmm..."
As Vulpecula contemplated, a wooden hut with a domed roof housed the sound of metal grinding against stone. A broad red blade was pressed against a spinning wheel of stone, sparks coming off as the stone sharpened the blade. The grinding halted as the worker tilted their shadowed head up, their glowing red eyes with sickly green slits inside moving towards the open entry behind them.
"W̧̢͘͟͞h͡͏҉̶̀a̴̧͟͝t͢ ̨̢̨̛̀i̵̶͏͟͡ş́͘ ͏̀i̸͡t̵̢?̵"
"Orders from Vulpecula-sama," Karasu informed, kneeling down in the entry while offering the scroll.
The figure stood up and grasped the offered scroll, the pale moonlight shining from the entrance revealing a pale-grey and black gauntlet with blades emerging along the back of it and three long ones on the back of the hand. The figure opened the scroll and looked at it before sheathing the red blade into a knife-sized sheath despite the vast difference in sizes.
"R̨͠͡͡͠e͘͜ć̷̨e̸̵͠í͢͠͠͝v̢͜é̸͠d҉̸̀͘͠.̶," the figure stated.
"Good. I shall prepare your vessel," Karasu nodded as he vanished.
"Are we there yet?"
"No, Issun."
"Are we there yet?"
"No, Issun."
"...Are we th-"
=IF YOU ASK ONE MORE TIME, I WILL SMACK YOU UPSIDE YOUR TINY HEAD WITH A Q-TIP, GNAT!= Omega-Xis snapped.
"And you're sure Mute doesn't work when you're combined with him?" Issun asked, looking down at Megaman's eyes by bending down from his spot on the top of Megaman's visor.
"If he did, then there'd be a whole lot less headaches," Lyra answered.
=Oh screw you both!=
"I told ya before, I don't swing that way!" Issun replied with a laugh, his radiation yellow.
=WHY YOU LITTLE…!=
"Ano...I think I see Alohaha up ahead," Lyra Note spoke, hoping to change the subject.
"Hm?!" Issun looked over at her and, despite the speed they were moving, jumped over to Lyra Note and looked ahead, "Oh wow~! That is a huge beach!"
=You sure it's the beach you're looking at, or are you looking at the women there?= Omega-Xis muttered.
"Baka says what?"
=What? ...OH DAMN IT!=
"Nice. Very nice," Lyra giggled.
"Arigatou, Lyra-sama~!" Issun beamed, his radiation pink.
"Let's see if we can find a place to land at," Megaman suggested as he looked around.
"Why not there?" Issun asked, pointing at a post with a monitor and holographic keyboard.
"Too many people that'll crowd us upon seeing us," Lyra Note replied.
"...What's wrong with that?" Issun tilted his head, "I mean, you're Amaterasu reborn after all, Misora-Tenshi-sama. A lot of people looking up to ya and giving ya Praise helps ya get stronger."
"Soka...demo...How do I put this…?" Lyra Note muttered.
"Issun...Think of it like this, you become world famous for your paintings…" Megaman spoke.
"Uh-huh…" Issun nodded.
"But when you're out and wanting to do some painting, fans will come at you and interrupt you constantly when you're trying to paint."
"Uh-huh…" Issun nodded.
"And then…"
=Then there's paparazzi= Omega-xis interjected.
"Pop a what now?" Issun blinked.
=Paparazzi: people who'll do anything for pictures and, most likely, a reason to ruin some famous person's life over a small misconception or money= Omega-Xis explained =The moment they see Sonia, not only will they hound her day in and day out, but they'll try and ruin her life just to make a few bucks, even if she's a god=
"WHAT?!" Issun exclaimed, Lyra Note barely catching the tiny EM-Wave being in her free hand from his fall in shock, "Are they evil Yokai?!"
=Nope. Humans...really, really, REALLY greedy humans=
"And we're not supposed to be seen right now. We're trying to look for the other Fudegami, the Guardian Saplings, or even that island here," Lyra added.
"...Ohh…! So you mean we can't be seen and have to be all stealthy?" Issun asked.
"Yes/Hai," the two teens replied.
Issun gasped, his radiation turning white with hints of yellow in it, "We're gonna be shinobi and a kunoichi!"
"...In a way, yes…" Lyra slowly nodded.
"Brilliant! And minus the colors, your outfits are almost exactly like a shinobi and kunoichi's attire!"
"She-know-be? Coo-no-itchy?" Megaman tried to pronounce.
"Ninja," Lyra translated, "Male and female ninja respectively."
=Well why didn't he say that in the first place?!= Omega-Xis demanded.
"Simple; you never asked for the translation," Issun countered.
=YOU LITTLE PERVERTED GNAT!=
"Mou…" Lyra Note sighed before noticing the jungle just outside the city, "...Oh! Why not near that waterfall there? Nobody will be able to see us there."
"Sounds like a good idea," Megaman agreed.
=Best one I've heard all day so far…= Omega-Xis muttered.
Meanwhile, within a dark alleyway in the city, a certain nine tailed-vixen EM wave being emerged from the shadows, her tails swaying behind her.
"...Ugh, not the best spot, but it'll do for now…" Vulpecula muttered, "Just need a good disguise...ugh. The fact I have to look human disgusts me, but I can't draw attention to myself…" she then looked down, seeing a magazine of the latest fashion at her feet, "Hello~" she used one of her tails to pick it up and opened it, "Hmm...should be simple enough, but….why go with simple~?"
The tips of her tails glowed red as they rose up. Each of them began to move and made two images before her. The first resembled two curved slashes to resemble a mountain or volcano. The second resembled an uppercase 'P', a floating lowercase 'g', and a small box between them with a line going through each.
"人間 (Ningen - Human)," Vulpecula stated.
The floating symbols washed over her, covering her in a red liquid akin to spilt blood. The liquid hissed before enshrouding her in black smoke. Stepping out of the smoke after a moment was a shapely young woman with flowing blood-red hair. She wore a tight-fitting black shirt, her impressive bosom tightly stretching the fabric of her chest area, and a pair of black jeans that hugged to her slender legs and supple, taunt behind. Her skin was slightly pale, yet held not a single blemish upon it, while a bang covered her right eye. She opened her left eye, revealing it to be a solid red before fading into a plain eye with a black iris.
"...Hmm~" the woman pondered a bit as she looked at herself, "Not bad… Even as a human, I still look amazing~ Hmmm mmm mm...Oh~" she swooned a bit, a blush gracing her cheeks, "If only my beloved could see me now~"
"Ugh~"
"Something wrong, Omega?" Megaman asked.
"Nothing. Just….felt something I haven't felt in a long time…" Omega-Xis muttered as he looked around, "Listen...if ya smell candles and leather and hear a girlish giggle...flee."
"...I think the Baka-Ryu snapped…" Issun whispered to Lyra Note, being on her shoulder.
"No, no, no. He has a valid reason for that," Lyra informed, shuddering.
"Wait...really?"
"And...Wait a second...You just called me a stupid dragon again, didn't you?!" Omega-Xis snapped at Issun, pointing at the one-inch EM-Being.
"Oh~! He's finally looking at the translation notes Kevin-san's been making!" Issun noted, his radiation's normal coloration turning darker, "Whatcha gonna do~ with a Baka-Ryu~?"
"I'LL MAUL YA!" Omega-Xis snapped, lunging at Lyra Note's shoulder, only for Issun to jump over the AM-Ian and land on Megaman's head, letting the AM-Ian crash through a tree.
"Aw~No one warned him about the tree like in the cartoons…" Issun mock-pouted.
"AREA EA…" Omega-Xis roared, lunging out of the ground.
"Wizard Off," Megaman deadpanned as Omega-Xis was sucked back into the VG Hunter, "I am getting too much practice with that feature."
=DAMN IT, GEO!=
"Let's just focus on finding the Guardian Sapling," Lyra rolled her eyes a bit, "Question is...where to look exactly?"
"I have no idea," Issun admitted, "The only thing I know is that the stories say that the Guardian Saplings all look like one another when bereft of foliage."
"Huh?" Lyra Note tilted her head.
"Without leaves," Megaman translated.
"Ah…" Lyra Note nodded before she made a holographic screen appear, displaying the first Guardian Sapling when it wasn't in bloom, "Good thing Lyra-chan took a picture of this when we arrived there that day."
"Oh! That's what it looks like!" Issun exclaimed, "We just need to find that one!"
=And how exactly are we gonna do that? Last time we found it, the entire area was greyed out with the people being statues= Omega-Xis stated =And there's no greyed out areas here anywhere!=
"That's because the tree could likely still be healthy as can be!" Issun replied, jumping about, "For all we know, it could be taken care of by someone!"
"...He does have a point," Lyra spoke up, "If someone is looking after it, they most likely have it hidden somewhere so no one could find it."
=How do you hide a tree?= Omega-Xis asked =Those things are huge=
"Oh! I know the answer!" Issun beamed, "You hide a tree in a forest!"
=Like the one we're technically in?= Omega-Xis deadpanned =And don't point out that we're in a jungle either! They're technically the same thing since they have trees in them!=
"Actually…" Megaman began.
=The. Same. Thing=
"Ugh…" Lyra sighed, "Pig headed idiot…"
=Out of tune harp…=
"Out of tune harp that doesn't get put in time out like a brat..."
=WHAT WAS THAT?!=
"Okay, moving on!" Megaman called, "Let's just hurry and find this Guardian Sapling already!"
"Or Fudegami!" Issun added before Megaman gave him a look, "..." he hid behind one of the circular objects on Lyra Note's helmet, "I'll be good."
"You better…"
"...Gone again…" Solo frowned as he stood on the edge of a cliff looking out at the ocean.
=...=
"I am not going to ask him for help," Solo scowled, "I refuse to ask for any of their help."
=...=
"I can handle this on my own…" Solo stated.
=... …?=
"What are you talking about?"
=...=
Solo narrowed his eyes, turning away from the coast, "..." he tensed up, "What is this feeling? It feels...almost like the energy from that island..."
=...=
"...Yeah...it's not human nor an EM being…" Solo frowned before he was suddenly surrounded by a hoard of Green and Red Imps, a few Yellow ones hidden among them, "...Whatever you are...turn back now."
"!" one of the Imps roared as they all leapt at him.
"...Fine…" Solo whispered as the Imps neared him, "...Laplace."
A ghostly blue EM radiation appeared beside Solo, reshaping into a beastial humanoid shape as bits of chipped white and grey armor formed. A pair of solid yellow eyes appeared on the pointed beast-like 'head' of the figure, flashing briefly. The figure twitched before Solo was behind the Green Imps, now weilding a scimitar as big as him resembling the bits of chipped armor Laplace was made of. The Green Imps collapsed...their heads rolling off their shoulders as glowing blue/purple fangs that size of their heads emerged from the bodies that turned into beds of flowers.
"...Hmph…" Solo scoffed as he looked back at the remaining Imps, "Who's next?"
A few of the Imps cautiously backed away from him, some sweating nervously at the intimidating aura surrounding him.
"...I thought so…" Solo frowned, only to tense for a moment as he turned, blocking a strike from what resembled a fin, "Cowards..."
Floating in the air above him were a pair of humanoid fish-like creatures. They wore open happi on their bodies while sporting wings resembling fins on their backs.
"...What are these creatures…" Solo whispered before side stepping a diving swipe from one of the fish, slicing it's fin-like wings off in the pass by, "Whatever you are, y-" the fish shot up before grabbing onto him ,"?!"
*BOOM!*
The Imps stood there, looking at the smoke. As it settled, the Imps were startled by the sight of the human unharmed, a white barrier surrounding him fading away.
"So...they explode once weakened…" Solo noted, eyeing the other flying fish-like creature, "Albeit not strong, but I better keep my guard up."
"! #! !?" one of the Red Imps freaked.
"! ! ~~~!" another cried out of fear, looking at the lead Imp in pure worry.
"..." the lead Imp, a Red Imp, scratched its chin under the piece of paper over its face, "!-!" it snapped its fingers while pointing at the sky...before promptly waving a white flag.
"?~!?" the other Imps and the solo fish-like creature faceplanted.
"...Wise choice…" Solo stated before gaining a firm glare, "Now leave."
*SHINK*
"?!" Solo looked down, "But…" blood trickled out of his mouth, "...how? Who…?"
"A͏͡͡ ̴͘͜͡b͠a̡̛̕͟͝r̴r҉̸̧͟͟i̛̛̕͢e҉͟͟͞ŕ̨ ̴̴͠m̛͜͞ą̸͠d҉̢͘͢e͟͝͡҉ ͏̷͞b̸̷̨͠y̸͜ ̷̀͞ţ̶̶̀͝h͢҉̷͘e͢͟ ̵͞҉̡M̵͜͢ų͞ŗ̷̀̕i̴͢a҉̶̴͟n̵̨s̸̀́͠.̷̴͢.̵̨͟͞.̡̀͞…"
"?!" Solo slowly turned to see a shadowed figure behind him, "...A….god….?"
"D͏̕͟͡è͢͢ş̶ṕ̴̴̢͠ì͟t̨͜e̡͡҉ ́͜͏y̸̛҉͞ǫ̶̨̢ú̶̢͜r̸̡̛͞ ̶̷̛́a̴͝d́͢͡͡v̨̨́̀͞a͘͠҉̵n̴͜͜c̷͘͞͏͠è̷̴̛͞ ̷t̢e̕̕͞c̢̧̀ḩ́͠n͠ǫ̛l͘o̶̴̡͘g̸̕͞y̶͟ ͡҉͟į̶̵̵n̶̸ ̨͢͞͏͡t̶̀͟h͠é̡ ̸̢͏t͘͘i̡̡̕m͢͞ȩ͘ ̕b̧̛͘͢͞è̛̀͢f̀͏ǫ̴̀͡͏r̨̨̛͢e҉.͟͠.̷̵.̶̛͜҉y͘͜͝o҉͝u҉̶̢r̵̨̀̀͘ ̷̛͟ŕ̕͠à͝c̶̴̀͘e͡҉̵̢ ̴̧͘h̕҉͟͞a҉̕͠͝͞s̨̀͘͝ ̨͠͏̕͞ò̵̶̴͝ǹ̸̨l̛͟͟y̴͘ ͡͏͟b̢e̕͜͜͜çò҉͞͝m̀͜҉̸e̸̕҉ ̵̷̀p̶̧͘͡a͏̢҉͘t̷͘h̴̀͜͠ȩ̛t̀́̕͘i͏̷̡͡c҉̡̀͘.̵́́͝͠.̵͘͠.̧" an armored foot resembling a samurai's wooden sandal, socks, pants, and light armor was pressed onto the side of Solo's chest before he was kicked off the blood-stained broad sword and off the cliff.
"! !$&!$!~!" the imps cheered on relief as the fish-like creature floated down.
The figure glared at them, making them freeze in fear, "F̸̶̵͟͟ì̡͏ņ҉̨̛ḑ͘͝͡ ͠͡҉͢t҉́̕h̷̢͘͜è̶ ҉̶͝G̸̢͘͟͜u̵͡a̸͏̧̢͡r̕͜͏̀͝d̷̡í̧a͘ņ̨̛͢ ̴̸̶̨̕S͠͝҉̴a͏͠p̴̷̀͠l̷̶̀͞í͝n̢͢g̸͘͢ ͠a̶̛͡t̶̶͝҉͡ ̢͟͢͢o̸̷̢̕͞n҉̡c̷̡e̡͏́.̶̷̷͟͟"
"!" the creatures saluted as they scattered.
"So...Issun?"
"Hai, Subaru-san?" Issun asked, looking down at Megaman's face from his spot on the blue bomber's visor.
"How do you know about these Guardian Saplings?"
"Well...from scrolls, actually," Issun replied.
"Scrolls?" Lyra Note repeated.
"Hai," Issun nodded as he pulled out a scroll and bopped it with his hammer, causing it to enlarge and it fell into Megaman's hand, "See?"
Megaman caught the scroll and opened it, "...I can't read it."
"Eh?" Lyra Note looked over his shoulder, "...'In Kamiki Village, there grows a magnificent tree called Konohana. Konohana has split its roots to form many trees throughout Nippon in order to better protect and preserve the glory of nature. Differing accounts shed little light on the tree's true origin. Some say that the tree was born when it sprouted from a dead god. Others speculate that it was transplanted from a faraway land. No story yet concocted can be considered the true version. However, the sensation I get as I draw Konohana is unmistakable.
This is a plant that cannot be tamed by a mere brush. The miracle of its existence is more than can be sketched. One wonders what secrets lie behind its broad leaves.'"
=How'd you know what it said?=
"It's written in Japanese," Issun explained, "Skye said he found several of them in perfect condition despite carbon dating techniques say they're millenia old, which is why I know so much.
"Ahh...soka," Lyra noted, "Any hints on where they might be hiding?"
"I think they're often either in caves with light to shine on them or in places overlooking everything," Issun replied.
"...Hmm…" Megaman began to ponder for a moment, "If they're in caves with a hole for light to get in or in high places…"
"...Maybe something like a waterfall cave?" Lyra Note suggested.
"A waterfall cave?"
"Hai. It could get some sunlight, and take in the water from the waterfall."
"Oh! Great idea, Misora-tenshisama!" Issun beamed, 'Let's look for a waterfall!"
=And where do we exactly look? It's not like there's gonna be a some huge waterfall in a…= Omega Xis began as the group went through some bushes in the jungle...coming upon a large lake with a majestic waterfall flowing into it =...=
"Yay! Baka-Ryuu invoked Murphy for a good cause!" Issun cheered.
=...=
"...Uh…" Lyra began.
=Shut up. Just….shut up=
"Come on!" Issun cheered, jumping excitedly, "Let's look for a cave behind the waterfall!"
"Okay, okay," Megaman chuckled, feeling a bit excited as well from Issun's current gleeful state.
"Ikuze!" Lyra Note cheered.
"Ikuze!" Issun beamed.
=...uh...Iku…= Omega-Xis began before the area began to grey a little =?=
"The Guardian Sapling's strength is fading," Issun realized as black and red smoke started to appear.
"Oh no…" Lyra Note whispered as the water began to darken, "...We need to find the cave."
"I'll say! Considering you most likely are missing all your techniques, you'll start to grow weak in the fully tainted areas forming, Misora-tenshisama!" Issun warned.
=Let's get going!= Omega-Xis roared before Megaman yelped as Omega-Xis forced his left arm ahead...and pulled him off down towards the water.
"Gah!" Megaman yelped as he fell into the water before jumping out, grabbing his lit behind and landing on a tiny island with a tree on it, "Eeyow! It's acid?!"
"That's what happens to water when corrupted! It turns into poison!" Issun snapped.
"Poison?!" Lyra Note and Lyra gasped.
"Yup. It's like condensed evil in a sense," Issun added, "So...not getting in unless ya wanna melt."
=You should've told us that before, you gnat!=
"I was gonna when you pulled Subaru-san in, Baka-Ryu!"
"Can we please get moving?!" Lyra demanded.
"Hai, hai/Yeah, yeah…= the two EM-made beings muttered.
"Not good…" Ace muttered a bit, noticing the area Geo and Sonia were at greying out from a monitor.
"It's like the video of the gardens," Goodall noted, "Oh!" the feed showed that as the black and red mist covered the trunk of a tree, the tree shook before it was sucked up into the mist, "It's absorbing the greenery."
"Hmm?" Ace wondered as he watched more and more greenery absorbed in the mists, "Just like the flowers and trees at the gardens…"
=Please let it not be another toad= Acid pleaded before tensing up =I am detecting something in their vicinity and it is approaching them at an accelerated rate=
"What is it, Acid?" Ace asked.
=The readings...it's nearly identical to the altered readings of Sonia and Lyra...but almost like it was mixed with Crimson=
"...Geo, Sonia? Do you read me? Over," Ace called over the communicator, "...Geo! Sonia! Do you read me!? ...Not good. I can't contact them."
"Could the mist be acting as interference?" Goodall pondered.
"Most likely...they better be careful."
"I found it!" Megaman called as Lyra Note got to the tiny island he was on.
"Where? Where did you see it?"
"Behind the waterfall," Megaman replied, "I can see a cave."
"Hmm?" Sonia blinekd as she looked ahead, faintly seeing a cave behind the slowly darkening waterfall, "...You're right...but how are we gonna get in?"
"We could try changing frequencies," Lyra suggested.
"Hmm...wouldn't hurt to try."
"Wait, what?" Issun pondered, tilting his head as his radiation changed colors to orange.
"You don't know how to change your frequency?" Megaman asked.
"No," Issun replied, shaking his head.
"...Then hang on tight."
"Huh?" Issun blinked before the two EM-Wave change humans changed frequency, "Wh-Whoa! What just happened?! I felt all tingly!" the two started walking towards the falls, causing Issun's radiation to turn blue as he began to panic, "Ah! Wh-What are you doing?! The water's poison!" the two began to walk above the water, "NANI?!"
"This is a Frequency Change, Issun," Lyra explained, "We can't physically interact with the world in this state, but we can access the Wave Roads that float above the surface of the planet."
"S-So that means we're okay to go through the falls?" Issun asked.
"Hai," Lyra Note replied as the two proved it, entering the cave without worry, "See?"
"...You sure you're not shinobi, Misora-sama?"
"I'm sure," Lyra Note giggled before the three flinched after taking several steps in, "Geo-kun…"
"Yeah...I can't feel any Wave Roads in here," Megaman confirmed, "...We need to be extra cautious here."
"Hai," Lyra Note agreed with a nod as they continued on.
"That Frequency Change thing was pretty neat," Issun noted, "I didn't even feel the poison when we went through it."
=Meh. You get used to it= Omega-Xis shrugged as Megaman and Lyra Note continued down the cave's tunnel =?! ...Geo, you felt that right?=
"That massive killing intent? How can I not?"
"Urp!" Lyra Note covered her mouth, managing to swallow the bile that came up.
"Sonia/Misora-tenshisama?" Megaman and Issun asked.
"It...I feel something...wrong…" Lyra Note explained.
"Hmm?"
"I...I don't know why, but I feel as if...something was...tainted...corrupted."
"It feels wrong...so very very horrendously wrong…" Lyra noted, shivering in Lyra Note's arms.
"It's another sign of Misora-tenshisama being Amaterasu," Issun noted.
=Oh, not this again…=
"Quiet, Baka-Ryu. The Kami are said to be one with everything, able to sense even the slightest shifts," Issun noted, "But for one to nearly throw up…" he paled as his radiation turned grey, "...is for a Kami that was corrupted to be nearby."
"...corrupted...Kami?" Lyra Note whispered with wide eyes.
"Kami?" Megaman repeated.
"Translated...it means 'god,'" Lyra informed.
=...=
"..Oh that can't be good..." Megaman whispered.
=Yeah...Sounds like a challenge!= Omega-Xis beamed.
"Noooo! Not a challenge!" Issun exclaimed, "A corrupted Kami is the worst thing to fight! They have lost all sense of balance in their four parts and hold no restraints in anything!" he started to sweat heavily as he jumped ahead of them, "Come on! Come on! We need to find the Guardian Sapling! If we can restore it, maybe it'll fix the corrupted Kami in the area!"
"Ah! Issun-san, matte!" Lyra Note called as she began to run after the bouncing one-inch-tall EM Being.
=For a little gnat, he sure if fast= Omega-Xis noted as Megaman ran after Lyra Note.
"Tell me about it," Megaman muttered.
The two humans and three EM Beings entered a massive chamber seemingly carved by nature itself. Above them showed a hole in the ceiling, letting them see the clear grey skies above. Dead patches of plantlife decorated the area while the very center of the area sported a green sapling the side of a wolf, twitching in the center of what looked to have been a dried out pond's tiny island.
"Ah! There it is!" Issun exclaimed, jumping over to the sapling.
"This doesn't look like an old tree," Megaman admitted as the two walked over.
"The Guardian Saplings are special. When they get too weak, they'll sometimes revert to a smaller stage in life to preserve their energy," Issun explained, "But what could've been done to make it regress?"
"Ano...It could be that boulder there," Lyra noted as Lyra Note pointed to a large boulder where a faint leak of water was seen underneath.
"...Shouldn't be too simple for you, Misora-Tenshisama," Issun noted, "But considering you're a goddess...oi, mutt. Break that boulder."
=WHAT?! You don't order me around, half-pint!=
"Let's just get it over wi…" Megaman began before crying out as sparks raced off his armor in a diagonal.
"Geo-kun?!" Lyra Note gasped before stumbling, feeling she was going to throw up again, while another slash appeared on Megaman, sending him even further back.
"...Uh oh...this speed…those slashes..." Issun gulped, "That could only mean one thing...Tachigami!"
"T̡͏̷́͢h̡͝͠e̛͘͘ ̶̢̨͝b̸̛ó̀͢͜͞u̢͟͟ĺ̵̵͢͟d̷̶̛͞͞è͟҉̀͢r͟͡ ̨͟r̶̶̛̀͠ę̷̢͡m͝͞҉͞a̧̨í͏ņ̸̢͘͡s͢҉͟ ͢u̢͏̴n̸̨҉t̷͡҉͏̢í̷̶͏́l̀͏ ̶͢͟͟t̵̴h̶̨͜͝e̛̕ ̵̴̕͡G̵̵͞u̷͞a͟r̕͏͠d̷҉í̡̢̛á̧n̢͘͘͠ ͜͜͞S̢̧̢͢͝á̧̛͟p̴l̶͞ì͏̛n̵̶͟͠҉g̴̸ ̨̕͡͡͞i̴͘s̷͘͝ ͏̡͝ą̀͢͟͝t͢ ̕͢͞͡i̵̧͜t̢̨҉̶̢s҉̧ ̴͡w̷̷̢͘͠é̸͞a̸̛k̸͢e͏̸̵̛s̷̨̛͢͠t̴͠."
"?!"
They looked to see a figure appear in a swirl of darkness. The figure appeared to be that of a man in his prime in terms of shape. They were completely pitch black with a myriad of purple swirling patterns covering their body and pitch black armor. The torso was covered in a layered set of armor with a purple trimming to hold it together while more layered armor covered the shoulders and sides of the legs and lower legs. Black socks with armored sandals resembling geta (wooden sandals) were on his feet while a helmet resembling a demonic rat covered their head's upper half. Resting on their hip was a blade still in its scabbard with the end of the hilt sporting an oversized paint brush that was pitch black with red ink.
"...Oh no...this..this darkness…" Issun whispered, faintly seeing a dark aura come off the man as a faint image of an eight headed serpent faintly appeared behind him, "It...it can't be…!"
"̷̛̕͢͠T̶̛͠͝h̴̀̀͞e͏ ̢̢͟G̷u̷̧a̧̢̕͟ŗ̸̧̨d̷̸̢̛i͏à͜͟͡ǹ͡҉͡͝ ̶̛͠S̢͝a͏p̨͜҉͡l̵̢͘͟i̸̷n̨̛̕͡ǵ҉̵͜ ̧̢̢̀d̶̀͜͢i͢͝e̶͞͏ş͡͠ ̸̨̕͞t̵̀o̷̶͜d͘͘͜a̢̧͞y̸̵̨̢͟.́͏̶͟͞ ̸̧̢͡D̡̕͝ǫ͞ ̸̧͝͝n̴̛͞o͏̧̛t̶̢͟͡͞ ͘g̸̴e̷͢t͟͝ ̨͠ì̛ń͟͜͢͢t̨e͜͢͠r̵̨̀͢͜f̶̵͘҉͞è̵̷̴͜r͏͝e͘͜ ̶̢̀͟w͡i̴̕͢ţ͏͞h͜͟ ͏̵̕͠m҉̷̧́͡y̷̷ ̡̀̀̕t̨̧́͝a̴͢͝͏̷s̶͘k͠҉̧̀,̸̀͟͜͜"̴́͢ the figure warned, resting a hand on his blade's handle.
=Ghhh...Lucky shot…= Omega-Xis growled as Megaman got up =Geo, let's go buck wild on this guy!=
"R...right…" Megaman grunted out, "M...Mega Cannon, Battle c-" before he could use it, the Battle Card was sliced in two, "?!"
=Oi! What was that for?!= Omega-Xis snapped.
"That's the power of Tachigami's Brush Technique: Power Slash!" Issun explained, "It's said he created the art of the blade and that he can move so fast, he can cut through anything."
=What?!=
"Shock Note!" Lyra Note cried out as her speakers appeared only to cry out as sparks came off the horizontal cut on her while her speakers were cut horizontally.
Tachigami only scoffed as he held his blade half-way out of its scabbard, waiting for another chance to strike.
=Ugh...It's time like this I wish we still had the Zerker power= Omega-Xis muttered.
"Same…" Megaman grunted.
"Misora-tenshisama! Try dotting the ground with your brush!" Issun called, a scroll in his hands.
"Huh?"
"Just trust me!"
"H-Hai!" Lyra Note replied as her brush came out.
The area turned sepia around her. Just as she was about to start moving, Tachigami began to move as well. Keeping his blade in its scabbard, he used the brush end to start drawing a red line across him, his view having the line going in a horizontal path on both Megaman and Lyra Note. Lyra Note quickly started dotting her view of the ground around Tachigami, a lone dot overlapping Tachigami's red line. The two put their brushes on their sides and the sepia changed back to normal. The red line faded while the ink dots made by Lyra Note erupted into tall trees. Tachigami grunted, holding his head with a hand as a shadowy energy began to be soaked into the trees.
"What the...W-Where did those trees come from?" Megaman pondered.
"Hurry and use whatever you were gonna use!" Issun barked, jumping on Megaman's head.
"Oh! R-right!" Megaman nodded as he began to look through his Battle Cards, "Come on..what to use for a high speed swordsman…?"
"Hurry! Those trees don't last long!" Issun warned.
"Machine Gun String!" Lyra Note called as her strings shot out and stabbed into Tachigami.
"̷͢͟͝G̡̧͝H҉̛͏?̴̵҉!̵̧̀͟͡"̸̧͝ Tachigami grunted before Lyra Note played on Lyra, sending out energy notes that began to electrocute the stunned corrupted Fudegami.
=Grr...use one of those cards we made based on the simulation! Something perfect for this!= Omega-Xis barked.
"But which...one…." Megaman whispered before his eyes widened, "...Got it. Yukianesa, Battle Card Predation!"
A pillar of ice appeared before him. Megaman reached out and grabbed the top of the ice. Upon contact, the ice shattered, revealing the freezing blade had been within.
"A katana?" Issun pondered before Tachigami roared as he broke the bindings on him apart as the trees vanished.
Megaman breathed out as he got into a drawing stance, closing his eyes as he gripped the hilt of the weapon. Tachigami noticed him moving before entering a drawing stance, his eyes focusing on Megaman. A moment of silence fell before the two's eyes shot open, unsheathing their blades as they both released a cutting wave, Megaman's leaving a trail of ice along the ground as it clashed with Tachigami's blood-red cutting wave. The two attacks collided, creating an explosion.
"Woah!" Issun yelped as he was nearly blown away from the resulting shockwave, "Easy with the cold! It might damage the Guardian Sapling!"
"...Crud he's right," Megaman muttered as he sheathed his sword, "Need something else to use without damaging the sapling."
=Told ya we needed to make a Battle Card for that Mad Dog guy=
"That would be even worse!" Megaman argued.
"Mad Dog?" Lyra Note repeated.
"Azrael from BlazBlue."
"Oh…Ohh…...Ooh…" Lyra Note cringed before both cried out in pain as a horizontal slash appeared on their bodies, knocking them over.
"Sonia, if you have anything up your sleeve..now would be a good time to use it…" Megaman grunted out.
"I have no idea," Lyra Note replied.
"̢̛͘͘I̛͟ ̸̸̴̡t̸̛͘į̷̀͝r̛͞e͘͝҉͡ ҉̸͢͡ó̡͘͢͝f͡҉̢͡ ̶̡̕y̷͠o̴͞u̸̶͢͞͡ ͞͞a̵̶̢l̨̡̧̛͝l̛̀͜.͘͟ ̶́҉̀T̵͢͏̛h͡i̕͝͝҉ś͠ ̴̵́͢e̷҉̵͜͞n͞͞͡͞͝d҉̶̶͠͡s̡͏ ̕͠͝n̛͜͝ǫ̛w̶̴̡͘,̕͜͠"͝҉̶ Tachigami informed as he began to approach the two.
'Gh...This is bad…' Megaman thought before something clattered on the ground, making him look down to see the box he had gotten with Sonia at the mall, 'I forgot I was carrying this…' he grabbed it while glancing at Lyra Note and then at the box, 'Please let there be something good…'
Megaman opened the box before a white smoke erupted from it. Tachigami paused in his approach as the area shifted into a cloud-filled mountainous range. Above it all was a red sun, its light shining upon all.
"...Nande?"
Soft squeaks echoed from the box before a wooden scabbard popped out of it. Three pairs of eyes shined inside the scabbard before Tachigami grunted, barely parrying an ornate bright red broad sword with a red stone guard and handle...wielded by three pure white mice the size of Issun...all decorated with red swirls on their sides, a red circle on their foreheads, and tiny 'wings' growing out of their shoulders.
=...uh….what?= Omega-Xis slowly blinked.
"Tachigami's children!" Issun gasped before Tachigami jumped back as the sword with the three mice floated over to Megaman.
"Thank you for letting us out," the three mice spoke in unison, "Before our father was captured, he hid we three inside of that box. His new form has us at a disadvantage, so we ask for your aid in rescuing him from his corruption, blue warrior."
=We're fighting...with mice? ...Mice?= Omega-Xis questioned.
"...I know what it's like to lose a dad," Megaman replied, "If beating him will help save him, then I'll help."
"Arigatou," the three thanked before the one on the handle jumped onto Megaman's head while the two holding onto the guard latched onto the back of his hands as the blade forced itself into his hands.
"̴̢Y͏̶̵̨͘o̷͏̵̛ứ̷͝ ̷̛͢d̶̴͞͏a̛͘͜͝͏ŗ͜͝e͜͞ ̴͠ş̀҉t̵͠ŗ̵̷į̕͢͞k̸̴͘͜҉è̷̶ ͟ḿ̸͟͟͞e̵̵̕?̵͡ ̡̕͞A͜͝l̵̨͠l̸͢͝ ̶̕͘͜͡ó̀̀̕f̛̕͜ ͡͡ỳ̴̴̕o̶̸u͟͠͏ ̷͟ş̸̢̨͞ḩ̢͟͡ą̷̷̴ļ̢͢͠l͘͜͟ ͟͟f̡͜è̸̢̕e̴͡͏̶́l̡͝͝͞ ͢t͏͜͟ḩ͜e̡͞ ̶͝͞ç̶̷ò̵͢͠l̶͘d̷̷̢̢̕ ̡̀͢͡ś̢͘t̕͠҉ę̶e̢͜ļ̛̛͘͟ ̢̡̡̀͝ǫ̷̵͞f̶́́͡ ̴̕͢m̀͜͝͠͠y̕͏̢ ̷͘͝͡b͝l͟͢a͢͠ḑ̨̕͟͞é̴̵̴͟,̵̵̨́͘"҉̵̸̶̡ Tachigami scowled as he drew his blade.
The three mice glowed along with Megaman's eyes. Tachigami vanished before Megaman spun around, parrying the blade. The two then vanished and Lyra Note yelped as an impact of blades went off a bit away from her before another followed on the other side of the area. What soon followed was a myriad of sword impacts all over the area as the two blades kept colliding in their battle. After several seconds, the two appeared on other sides of the cloudy area. Tachigami sheathed his blade as Lyra Note pulled out her brush. The world turned back to sepia as Tachigami made a quick slash with the brush of his blade while Lyra Note made random dots around the corrupted Fudegami, a few directly on the red line. The world resume and Tachigami grunted as the trees appeared once more.
"Now!" the three children of Tachigami called.
"Right!" Megaman agreed, "Battle Card Predation! Break Saber!"
A plasma outline appeared on the blade in his hands while a white energy spiraled around it in a drill formation. The Tachigami no Ko glowed once more as Megaman charged at Tachigami. He vanished before appearing a few meters behind Tachigami and the trees. For a moment, nothing appeared to happen. Then the trees collapsed, sliced diagonally through, as Tachigami cried out as he was split in two diagonally. The area faded back into the cavern as Tachigami collapsed, transforming into a bed of flowers.
"Is it over?" Lyra asked.
"Please tell me it's over…" Lyra Note begged.
"I'm...not sure," Megaman replied as the mice hopped off him and onto their once more floating blade.
=I hope for another round!= Omega-Xis beamed before a light began to shine above them =Round 2?=
They looked up to see the night sky above them. In it, a constellation was revealed resembling a mouse with a long tail in a circle. There were five blue stars and one red one in it. The Tachigami no Ko on the top of the handle waved its tail and the red star was sliced in two. To Lyra Note, she had briefly seen the world turn sepia with a line made over the star.
"Sonia," Lyra spoke, "The brush."
"Hai," Lyra Note replied as she pulled the brush out.
The world turned sepia for her once more. She raised it up and 'tapped' the sky where the red star had been. Putting it back away, the ink dot turned into a blue star. The constellation shined brightly before the rea transformed once more back into the mountainous cloud-filled area. A white mouse with feathery 'wings' growing out of its shoulders and a long feathery tail landed, a tiny scabbard with a blade in it going diagonally across its back, and red swirls on its upper sides and a red ring on its forehead. Omega-Xis appeared beside Megaman.
"Aw come on. He's so tiny. What can he…" Omega-Xis snorted before Tachigami grabbed the handle with his teeth and pulled out a massive blue sword with two holes near the bottom of the blade and a red tassel on the end of the hilt, "..." Omega-Xis' head slid off his shoulders before he caught it, "...Okay...Tiny is mighty with this guy."
"Well, well, well... If it isn't mother Amaterasu. It's been a long time," Tachigami greeted, looking at Lyra Note.
"Grandmother?!" the trio of mice yelped, "Gomen nassai! We did not notice you at all, Grandmother Amaterasu!"
"...Eto...well…" Lyra Note began.
"Hmm...soka...it seems you've lost your powers since we've last met…" Tachigami noted, "That explains how difficult it was for you to take me on and having to resort to receiving aid from my children to heal me from my corruption."
"How did you end up corrupted?" Megaman asked.
"When we defeated Orochi and part of Nipon split from the backlash of his slaying, its tainted soul was able to infect several Fudegami that you, Mother Amaterasu, had already met, myself included," Tachigami explained, "We were able to keep the corruption at bay...until the native language and its history began to fade away in the minds of all. As that happened, people forgot about the Kami and our powers weakened until we could no longer hold back the corruption."
"Weakened?" Megaman repeated.
"Kami gain their power through belief," Issun explained, "The more that people believe in them, the stronger they become. Even if Amaterasu-sama has reincarnated, the belief people have in her as she is now is thankfully why she has not lost strength but the loss of belief in the Fudegami has made the connection to those powers fade and forgotten to her most likely."
"That is true," Tachigami confirmed before smirking at Lyra Note, "If there is anything I can do to assist you in your endeavors, I'm at your service once more. Make good use of this sword, as it was designed to conquer evil."
"Onii-sama," Megaman looked to the three children, "Thank you so much for helping save our father. Your weapons are powerful and we could feel it when you infused one into our sword...however, the creatures of darkness that you are combating will only grow stronger. We wish to bless you with what we can."
"Thank you," Megaman nodded.
The mice glowed before collapsing into two spheres of multicolored light. Within both, a kanji appeared.
"斬 (Zan/Slash)," Lyra Note read before the spheres entered her chest and into Megaman's VG Hunter, the area flashing once before turning back into the cavern.
"Whoo-hoo! Misora-tenshisama, you've got Power Slash now!" Issun cheered, his radiation once more a bright green, "Oh! We need something to try it on!" he looked around before seeing the boulder blocking the water, "Got it! Misora-tenshisama! Try making a line through the boulder with your brush!"
"Hai," Lyra Note replied with a nod.
She pulled out her brush and the world turned sepia once more. She turned towards the boulder and held up her brush to it. She made a horizontal line across the boulder before putting her brush away. The sepia changed back to normal and the sound of a blade slashing something echoed. The boulder creaked before the top half slid off its lower half, exposing a hole that erupted with a blast of water. The two EM Wave humans moved to the sides as the water shot out and into the indent in the ground, filling it up into a pond with the Guardian Sapling on a tiny island in the middle. It twitched a few times before quickly growing into a large tree without anything on the branches.
"Yatta! That's it!" Issun cheered.
=...Please tell me we can do that, too= Omega-Xis begged.
"No idea," Issun shrugged, "May need to get a brush and see."
Lyra Note pulled the brush out once more as she looked at the Guardian Sapling. She made a circle in the sepia world overlapping the top of the Guardian Sapling before putting her brush away once more. The Guardian Sapling blossomed almost instantly. It glowed before releasing a pulse. The pulse gave way into an expanding field of greenery and flowers that restored everything within the cavern before shooting down the tunnel. The instant it touched the poisoned water, it was purified instantly. As it moved on, the black and red mists were forced to disperse, allowing everything absorbed to regrow instantly until everything was restored.
"...Wow."
"Haha! I knew you could do it, Misora-Tenshisama!" Issun beamed.
"Arigatou," Lyra Note giggled.
*ba-BUMP!*
"?!" Lyra Note stumbled as a sharp pain raced through her and Lyra.
"Not again…" Lyra groaned before Lyra Note collapsed.
"Sonia!" Megaman gasped.
"Ahh! What happened?!" Issun panicked.
"What does it look like!?" Omega-Xis snapped as he formed, tape around his neck, "She fainted, much like the first time!"
"...First time…" Megaman repeated before it hit him, "...She's changing again."
"Changing?" Issun repeated.
=Hey~! Anyone hear me~?=
"Ace!" Megaman gasped.
=Ah, finally! The interference is gone. Situation report?=
"We found a Guardian Sapling and another Fudegami and his kids," Omega-Xis snorted, "Now Sonia and the Out-of-tune Harp collapsed again after the mouse gave her a new brush technique."
=Bring her here= Ace ordered.
"Gotcha. You may want to prepare some ice and wet rags."
=Why?=
"Because things are about to get burning hot…literally."
=Oh come on. It can't be that bad=
"Okay, it's that bad," Ace cringed as they had multiple fans and ice-based Wizards spraying cold winds on a burning hot Lyra Note who was having to be laid outside of the base since her body's radiating heat had melted the observation table she had been put on.
"Atsui…" Lyra Note moaned.
"She's saying it's hot," Issun translated when Geo and Ace looked at him.
"Her genetics are altering along with Lyra's radiation at an accelerated rate," Goodall noted, looking at a floating digital screen that was displaying an outline of Lyra Note and Lyra in her guitar form, "This change is most likely the reason why her body's releasing so much heat." a loud rip and shattering noise made them look at Lyra Note, "...Huh. That's interesting."
Lyra Note panted as her body started to cool down. Groaning, she rolled over...letting her large white wolf tail ending with a black tip wave a little as the two white wolf ears poking out of her broken helmet twitched.
"...Di….Did she just...grow a tail and ears?" Ace asked while he slowly blinked.
"...Does...not...compute…" Acid sputtered.
"Urufumimi~" Issun groaned as he fell over, his radiation a bright pink aside from a trail of bright red radiation coming out of his nose.
Lyra Note groaned again as she lost Wave Change, revealing the ears and tail still on her with the back of the upper half of her pants torn to let it be free. Closer inspection revealed that her human ears were completely gone, showing no trace of even existing. Lyra, meanwhile, had turned a pure white in coloration as her radiation had become a brilliant red. Slowly, Lyra was the first to get up.
"Ow...I thought that first time was the only time…" Lyra admitted as she started floating up a bit, "Is that gonna happen everytime we recover some of...of...what's everyone staring at?"
"...Shutting down…" Acid sputtered as he plopped over, his head smoking.
"Seems I need to tinker more with Acidna," Goodall admitted.
"Heh-heh-heh. Guess you're easy to scare, ya out-of-tune harp," Omega-Xis joked.
"Nani?" Lyra pondered as Ace held up his VG Hunter to her, letting her see herself in the reflective surface, "What happened to my colors?!"
"Most likely thr same reason Sonai over there now as wolf ears and a tail," Ace answered.
"...N..nandekore?" Lyra blinked as she looked over at Sonia, "...EH?!"
"Mmm...t-too loud…" Sonia mumbled as she began to sit up, opening her eyes, "Ite...I felt like my bones were melting…"
"Sonia…" Sonia slowly looked over at Lyra, "Whatever you do...don't...look...in...anything reflective."
"Nani?" Sonia pondered, her tail twitching a little in confusion.
"Ya know she's gonna see it," Omega-Xis snorted.
"Omega-Xis, don't you…" Lyra began.
"GRAAAAAAWR!" Omega-Xis roared as loud as he could.
"ITE~!" Sonia yelped, falling over and grabbing her wolf ears, "Too l….n...nani?" she blinked as she slowly rubbed her wolf ears, "?!" she lowered her hands to where her humans ears should've been and felt nothing there, "..." she slowly turned to the others, "...minna..."
"3...2….1…" Omega-xis began before Sonia finally felt her new tail.
"...Geo-kun, please tell me that isn't what I think it is…" Sonia begged.
"Um...uh...it, uh…"
"Ya got ears and a tail," Omega-Xis snorted, earning a slap to the back of the head from Ace...knocking his head off, "Aw come on! Stupid mouse!"
"...NANI?!" Sonia freaked, her tail shooting straight up.
"BAKAINU!" Lyra snapped.
GT: Well...Was not expecting that to happen...and we wrote it.
SZ: YUp...so now Sonia has Tachigami's power….and ended up getting a pair of wolf ears and a tail.
GT: And…*pokes Issun with a stick* ...Yeah. He's out of it. Cute girl with ears and tail equals knockout.
SZ: Eeyup...anyway...that's all for now, and sorry for teh late upload again. Been busy..and prepping for another 5k run tomorrow.
GT: *nods* Hope everyone liked the chapter. Make sure to read and review please! And cheer on SZ for his 5K Run!