SZ: *giggles excitedly at the latest Smash bros game* so...many...characters...so...many...stages!
GT: Someone's happy with Nintendo's E3 thing…
SZ: As a fan of Smash bros...yes...yes I am.
GT: Aye. Well, I'm just happy since I just got some new Gunpla model kits including 00 Diver, his Ace Custom kit, and Gundam Fenice.
SZ: Oh yeah...and only a few days away from the X Legacy Collection..and I preordered it~
GT: Good for you. The one preorder I have at the moment is taking it's sweet time. Then again, it is the Spyro ReIgnited Trilogy and it won't come out until September. And they just recently revealed the Tiki Springs level from Spyro 2 in a video. I am liking the redesigns so far.
SZ: Same...but we've delayed this long enough. Disclaimer...we don't own anything in this story aside from some OCs. GT? Care to start us off?
GT: Yep. *puts up a sign reading 'I support Techno Baron and dislike the filthy wimpy Mermaids' on the curtains* And now...We run like mad.
SZ: ….*runs away*
*Giga Mermaid erupts from the lake beside the stage and sees the sign. Frowns before blasting the curtains with a beam of magic from the gem on her head*
"...mmm…"
=Now what, Sonia?= Lyra asked.
"...I can't decide…" Sonia muttered as she stood before a mirror in a sleeping gown while holding a pair of swimsuits on hangers, "This one goes good with my hair and eyes…" she moved a pink bikini with yellow frilly trimming, "...but this one seems to go better with...well...these…" she finished as her ears twitched and her tail waved a little as she held up a red one-piece swimsuit with a white trim, an oval hole with white trim on the bust area, and the back completely exposed.
=Yeah...It's been two days now and I'm still getting used to you having those= Lyra admitted.
"I think I'm getting used to them," Sonia noted, "But still...Which one would be better, Lyra?"
=I think I would have to go with the red one= Lyra replied after thinking for a moment =For one, it goes well with those new...er…'special Solid Wave items' on you. And two...you bought it yesterday while the other doesn't fit anymore with your growth spurt=
"Mou...I'm sure it can still fit," Sonia pouted, puffing her cheeks up.
=Perhaps, but it would be extremely tight and most likely snap after a few moments on you=
"...Fair point…" Sonia muttered, "...At least I'll be able to relax peacefully."
"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" Issun cheered, bouncing around Geo's bedroom as the boy in question was packing a bag with sunscreen, sunglasses, and an extra pair of swimtrunks, "I love the ocean! It's so vast!"
=Yeah right...you only wanna see girls in swimsuits, perverted gnat= Omega-Xis snorted.
"Baka-ryu says what?"
=Gnat says what?=
"Oh goody! Baka-Ryu's learning!" Issun cheered.
=Whatever…= Omega-Xis scoffed =Least I can relax a bit after that whole Baldi situation…=
"And I told ya that I never played that game. Do you know how many games that were stored in that one single secret base? Thousands! And I was in Stasis for the majority of the time there!"
=I still blame you!= Omega-Xis snapped.
"How many times do I have to say I'm sorry!?"
=Until your voice box is destroyed!=
"I'm not a robot, Baka-Ryu!"
"Please stop arguing, you two," Geo sighed, "Remember that this is meant to help Sonia with trying to get her balance back."
=Speaking of, how come she was okay in the games?=
"Because it wasn't her physical body. Just a digital construct with a neural interface in the machine," Issun explained.
=...What?=
"Sonia and I only had our minds in the games, not our bodies," Geo surmised.
=Ahh...I see=
"And here I thought you got smart, baka-ryu," Issun snickered.
"Issun…" Geo spoke.
"Huh? Ye-WHOA!" Issun yelped as he was sucked up into the Star Carrier before Geo muted both devices.
"Should have thought of that several days ago…" Geo muttered.
"Whoo! Finally getting a day off," Ace grinned as he leaned back in his seat, wearing a black muscle shirt and black swim trunks with white and red lines on the sides.
=I'm still unsure of this= Acid spoke.
"Why? We're getting a day off. What's so bad about that?" Ace chuckled.
=Rogue EM virus', those 'demons' Go and Sonia have been facing...you slacking on the job…=
"Hey hey. I've earned this," Ace countered, "Besides, not like anything bad's gonna…"
=Incoming signal...unknown EM Being spotted within the area we're heading to. Frequency suggests it to be FM-Ian=
"Hmm?" Ace raised a brow at that.
=Dr. Goodall installed some recent information for me on a phenomenon known as 'Murphy's Law.' You appear to have invoked it= Acid informed.
"...And that's bad how?" Ace retorted.
=It is unsure if this unknown being is on our side or not=
"Hey. Just chill, man. We can worry about it later. Not like it's gonna attack or anything."
"Achoo!" the snow-fox like EM being sneezed a bit, resting on a chair as it shook its head, "S...sorry."
"It's okay. Someone might be talking about you," a female voice said as they walked into the room.
The person in question was a young woman around her early-mid twenties with soft cream-ish yellow hair done up in a ponytail held by a ice-blue hairband, her soft ruby-red eyes looking at the EM being as she wore an icy-blue bathrobe.
"...y...you think so?"
"I do," she nodded with a small smile as she sat down as she put on an ice-blue VG Hunter, "Still, it must've been cold for you out there."
"I..it's fine. I'm..used to the cold…" the EM being answered shyly, "St...still...th-thank you for keeping me safe miss...u-um…"
"Miyuki. And you are?"
"...I...d-don't have a name."
"Hmm?" Miyuki blinked at that, "You don't?"
"M...my sister said I don't deserve one...b-because i'm such a...wh-what did she call me...oh. W...wall flower."
"...Well that's not right," Miyuki frowned at that, "Let's fix that, shall we?"
"H...huh?" the EM vixen blinked a little as Miyuki took a good look at it.
"Hmm….you sound like a girl, and have an icy and snowy coloring to you…." Miyuki muttered, "Hmm...how about…Frost?"
"F...Frost?"
"Yes. It seems fitting, wouldn't you say?"
"...F...frost….I...like it."
"I'm glad you do," Miyuki giggled.
=Miss Miyuki, we need you for another photoshoot. This time it is at the beach= a voice called from the VG Hunter.
"...Mmm. I just got out of the shower, too…" Miyuki pouted before looking at the icy-blue VG Hunter, "Hmm…"
"Wh...what?" Frost asked.
"Would you like you like to come to the beach with me?" Miyuki asked.
"...I...is that okay?"
"It is," Miyuki nodded, "You can use my VG Hunter to stay in so you can stay close."
"...O...okay," Frost nodded before going into the VG Hunter.
"There we go," Miyuki smiled before walking to a nearby drawer, "Now...what to wear to go out…?"
"...I love the beach…" Issun whispered, his radiation pink with hearts made of it popping out of the top of his head.
=Oh brother…= Omega-Xis muttered as Geo, wearing a pair of red swim trunks with blue space detailing on the sides, finished setting the beach towel up.
"Looks like part of it's been blocked off," Geo noted as he looked towards the other half of the beach.
"It appears that way," a voice noted, causing Geo to spin around to see a young woman around Ace's age with her long blue hair pulled into two bangs framing her face and two long braids that had gold disks near the ends while she wore a purple and dark-green bikini, "Hello."
"Ms. Tia?" Geo pondered before smiling, "It's nice to see you again."
"Whoa~ Sugoi~" Issun awed, "She's like if Konohanasakuya-hime ever became a mortal~"
"Ace told me about your partner's son…"
=NOT MY SON!=
"Ignore him. Like I'd be related to a baka-ryu like him."
"'Idiot dragon?' Seems he's actually gone up from mutt," Tia noted.
"You understood him?" Geo asked in surprise.
"Ace gave me an updated Translator for my VG Hunter before inviting me to the beach for his day off today," Tia explained, "Amazing that you were able to find a dead Language, though I shouldn't be surprised by such given who you are."
"Oi, Subaru-san, who is this lovely Onee-sama?" Issun asked.
"My name is Tia, Queen Tia. You already know my boyfriend, Ace."
"Ah well," Issun sighed with a shrug, "Still doesn't take away that you're a beautiful Onee-sama, Tia-san. As such…" he whipped out his brush, a scroll, and quickly painted a portrait of her before enlarging it with his hammer, "A gift!"
"Oh my...very interesting. But...why is..."
=He's a perv= Omega-Xis bluntly stated.
"Baka-ryu."
"Do I have to mute you two again?" Geo questioned.
"No sir= both replied.
"Good," Geo nodded.
"...Where is Sonia by the way?" Tia asked, "I've been meaning to see her...ahem, changes."
"Well…" Geo began before something splashed down in the water.
"Ugh! Even in Wave Change!" Lyra Note snapped as she crawled out of the water, revealing her armor had changed to accommodate the wolf ears and tail she now sported while it had turned pure white with red markings going up the arms, outsides of the legs, on the heart-shaped armor over her breasts, and one on the center of her helmet.
"We really need today for relaxing," Lyra sighed, her guitar form a pure white with red markings in the same places they had formed on her normal body.
"...Huh. Interesting," Tia noted, "I was not expecting this to be honest."
"Tia-san?" Lyra Note pondered before dropping Wave Change once she was next to Geo, who immediately blushed once her saw her swimsuit when she stood up, "What brings you here?"
"Ace invited me," Tia answered.
"Oh...soka," Sonia noted before looking at the blocked off part of the beach, "...Any reason why that part's been blocked off?"
"I'm unsure," Tia replied before pondering a bit, "Perhaps it has to do with that photoshoot I've heard about recently."
"Photoshoot?" the two repeated.
"Something involving a famous female idol, miss...Nanaya I think."
"?!" Sonia tensed at that, "Nanaya...as in...Miyuki...Nanaya?"
"I believe so y-"
"KYA~!" Sonia beamed excitedly, her tail wagging like crazy, "SHE'S HERE?!"
=Oh my goodness! She's really here?= Lyra asked in excitement.
=Uh...info please!= Omega-Xis demanded.
"Miyuki Nanaya is one of the world's most popular models and female wrestlers!" Sonia exclaimed, "She's held the title for five years straight, and has been voted the world's most beautiful woman for five years!"
=Wrestler?=
=She goes by the ring name Snow Kyuubi, because much like the fox, she's a tricky opponent to deal with!= Lyra added.
"Huh?! Kyuubi?! She goes by a Japanese title?!" Issun exclaimed.
"Hai~!=
"...We may need to talk to her. See where she learned it from," Issun noted.
"Good idea."
"That's good, miss Kyuubi! Give me more of those sexy poses!" the cameraman exclaimed as he took some pics of Miyuki, who was wearing a from fitting light-icy-blue one-piece bikini as she did some poses, "Okay...we're good! Just need one more pic from ya: giving your famous phrase."
"Okay…" Miyuki nodded as she bent down towards the camera while making a heart shaped over her ample bust with her hands before giving a small wink, "Hope you're ready for the frozen heat, kyu~"
"PERFECT!" the cameraman beamed as he took some rapid photos, "Okay. We're good for today, Miss Nanaya. You can relax now."
"Okay good," Miyuki nodded as she stood up, grabbing a nearby bottle of water, 'Phew...I didn't realize it was gonna be this hot out today...maybe a relaxing day at the beach will do some good.'
"Excuse me, Miss Nanaya?" Miyuki looked over to see a security guard approach, "There's some kids lookin' to talk to ya."
"Hmm?"
"They're waiting near your trailer."
"...Okay. I'll see what they want," Miyuki nodded as she began to leave the set, grabbing her VG Hunter as she did, 'Weird...wonder who they could be...most likely some fans.'
=Sheesh...calm down…= Omega-Xis muttered as Sonia excitedly hopped in place, stars in her eyes as her tail wagged like crazy.
"Right, right, right," Sonia replied, taking in a deep breath before exhaling a bit...while her tail was still wagging almost as mad as before, "Gotta remember that no one really likes over excited fans…"
"I'm sure she'll understand once she hears us out," Geo assured, "At least...I hope."
=And knowing the gnat, he's gonna make a p-= Omega-Xis began before he was muted.
"I see you figured out how to mute a Wizard while they're in the VG Hunter," Tia noted, looking down at Issun.
"Yep!" Issun beamed, "Useful when I want to shut the baka-ryu up!"
=Which saves me heada...= Lyra began.
"Hello? Did you need me?" a voice asked.
"?!" Sonia tensed up, slowly turning to see Miyuki standing there.
"Ah…" Issun squeaked as his radiation seemed to fizzle out into a deep pink color before he fell off Geo's VG Hunter with several radiation-made hearts floating away from him.
"...Um...hello?" Miyuki spoke up, "I said d….wait…" she quickly noticed Sonia, "...Sonia Strumm?"
"H-Hai! I mean, yes!" Sonia replied quickly.
"Oh my. A pleasure to meet you," Miyuki greeted before glancing at Geo, "And you must be Geo Stellar, hm?"
"Um, y-yes, ma'am," Geo replied, "And this is Queen Tia, a friend of ours."
"A pleasure," Tia greeted before picking up the dazed Issun, "And I do apologize for Geo's companion, Issun. It seems the heat got to him."
'More like the woman got to him…' Omega-Xis thought with a snort in the VG Hunter.
"It's fine," Miyuki giggled, "Been keeping an EM being I recently found in my VG Hunter to keep her safe from the heat."
"EM Being?" the trio repeated.
"Yes," Miyuki nodded before looking at her VG Hunter, "You can come out, Frost."
=...o...okay= a shy voice replied before the snow-vixen EM being formed, "H...hello."
=...AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!" Omega-Xis screamed, forcing himself out of the VG Hunter and speeding away as fast as he could away from the vixen, "KEEP HER AWAY FROM ME!"
"Huh/Eh?"
"Keep that masochist fox away from me!" Omega-Xis barked, hiding behind a fort made of random beach chairs and several umbrellas.
"Masochist….eh?" Miyuki repeated, blinking in confusion.
"I DO NOT WANT HOT WAX!"
"...Okay...I think Omega-Xis knows your friend," Geo noted.
"...You do?" Miyuki asked, looking over at Frost.
"N...no...not..personally...just...through my sister."
"YE SHALL NOT GET ME THIS DAY!" Omega-xis barked before blinking, "...wait...SHE HAD A SISTER?!"
"Wizard Off," Geo deadpanned as Omega-Xis was sucked back into the VG Hunter.
=GEO~! LEMME OUTTA HERE! I GOTTA FLEE!= Omega-Xis pleaded.
"...Lyra…" Sonia began.
=Don't look at me. This is the first time I've ever seen him like this= Lyra replied before coming out of Sonia's VG Hunter and bowed to Frost, "It's nice to meet you. My name is Lyra."
"...f….Frost," Frost replied shyly, hiding her face a bit behind her tail, "A...a pleasure…"
=DO NOT LET THAT ACT FOOL YOU! SHE MIGHT BE AS CRAZY AS MY EX!=
"Your what?" Geo repeated.
=YOU HEARD NOTHING ASIDE FROM HER BEING POSSIBLY CRAZY BANANAS LIKE VULPECULA-Oop!=
"...Vulpecula? You dated Vulpecula?" Lyra asked, "...Oof...I think I should take back all those times I called you an idiot and just feel pity for you."
=DO THAT AND I'LL RIP YOU IN TWO!=
"Who's Vulpecula?" Tia asked.
"Well...she was the head of T&I back when Planet FM was still war-crazed," Lyra explained, "She uh….how do I put this lightly…?"
"SHE WAS INSANE! ESPECIALLY IN BED! S...so much...hot wax…= Omega-Xis shuddered.
"..." the four humans slowly looked at Frost, who was trying very hard not to look at anyone.
"M...my sister always did act like a...d...dom…" Frost whispered as she blushed a bit.
=...Though to be honest, I never heard about her having a sister...unless you're just as coo coo crazy=
"...she...referred to me as a mistake when I was made...nothing but a copy of her…" Frost whispered, "She even prevented me from having a name…just a number...0."
=She WHAT?!" Omega-Xis and Lyra gasped.
"M...mm hmm…" Frost nodded, "She...said a wallflower doesn't deserve a name."
"Lyra?" Sonia pondered.
"To be prevented from receiving a name is considered a horrible shame back on Planet FM. It means one is unworthy of anything and are confined to their homes or exiled from the planet," Lyra explained.
"...How cruel," Miyuki frowned at that, "No one deserves such a treatment, especially receiving it from your own family."
"...That actually brings something up," Lyra spoke up as she looked at Frost, "What are you doing here?"
"...H...his majesty ordered me to find my sister…"
=NOPE! NOPE-NOPE-NOPE-NOPE-NOPE-NOPE-NOPE! SO MUCH NOPE!=
*click*
"...Did...Did you just lock my VG Hunter, Mega?" Geo asked.
=I ain't going near that crazy lady again!=
"Wow. Someone that Omega-Xis is terrified of…" Lyra noted, blinking a few times, "That...That has never happened before."
"So much for a peaceful day at the beach," Tia noted, "Ace is going to be in for quite a shock when he arrives, I suppose."
"For quite a shock about what?"
"Eep!" Miyuki and Frost yelped as they jumped back a bit, seeing Ace leaning against the gate, "Ladies."
'...How...long were you standing there?" Geo asked.
"Long enough...and to deal with Acid telling me he told me so."
"About what?" Sonia asked.
=Murphy's Law=
"...You invoked Murphy?" Miyuki blinked before shaking her head, "Never...invoke Murphy…"
"I know I know, but hey. Nothing bad happened, r-" Ace began before some screams were heard, "..."
=...Murphy," Acid and Miyuki deadpanned.
"...Wait. That sounded like it came from the set," Miyuki realized with wide eyes, "Oh no…"
"What are these things!?" one of the crewmen freaked as the Imps were breaking and destroying everything in sight.
"I don't know, but they're ruining my set!" the cameraman snapped, "Oi! Stop that now!"
"...#Q%?" one of the Imps asked as it turned to another one.
"^#*&#!HG #!-!" the other Imp replied before whacking the cameraman with his flute while chasing him around.
"Ow! Ow! HELP!"
"Battlecard, Predation! Mega Cannon!"
A plasma shot covered in a white aura slammed into the pursuing Imp, causing it to blow up an collapsed, becoming a bed of flowers. The other Imps paused in their attacking and slowly turned to see Megaman, Lyra Note, and Acid Ace.
"Huh...So that's what those three did," Megaman noted, looking at his Mega Cannon that was sporting a white aura around the weapon.
"Psst! This way," the camera crew looked over to see Miyuki waving over at them, "Hurry."
"...You heard her! MOVE!" the cameraman screamed as he bolted out of there.
The Imps congregated together, loud voices arguing with one another in their huddle. After a few moments, they separated and the single Red Imp there inhaled deeply before whistling sharply at the water.
"...What are they doing?" Lyra Note asked.
"Most likely, calling a Sharknado," Acid Ace punned before getting shocked, "Ow!"
=That was bad and you know it= Acid deadpanned.
Several things erupted from water. Most of them resembled oversized koi wearing robes and geta with large wing-like fins on their backs they were using to fly above the sands. The only two that weren't like them were a pair of oversized hermit crabs. One was green with a shell resembling the upper half of a shark while the other was red with a shell resembling the lower half of a shark.
"Mukuro Kingyo!" Issun gasped.
"Goldfish Corpse?" Lyra translated.
"Don't let them grab you when you cut their wing fins off! They explode!" Issun informed.
"Explode?!" Megaman repeated.
"In that case…" Acid Ace began as he held his weapon up, "Let's fry these fish before they blow up."
*BBZT!*
=No…=
"This way please," Miyuki whispered as the camera crew ran past her, "Okay...that should be every b-"
"M #R!"
"Ahh!" Miyuki yelped as she jumped over a charging Imp, who ran into a dune of sand.
The Imp poked its head out, spitting some sand out before calling the other Imps over, pointing right at Miyuki.
=...E...eep= Frost squeaked.
"Ah! Miyuki-san, Frost-san!" Lyra Note gasped, "Hold on, I'll he-GUH!" she started to run towards them only to fall flat on her face, "...Stupid change in sense of gravity…"
Miyuki tensed up as the Imps charged right towards her, ignoring Megaman and the others as they attempted to grab her, only to miss each time as she jumped over each one, ducking under a few while doing a leg sweep or rising headbutt to the chin.
"Why are these things coming towards me!?" Miyuki shouted before grabbing the head of an Imp, getting it in a sleeper hold while giving another a drop kick.
=...That scent….uh oh…= Omega-Xis realized =I think Vulpecula sent these guys…and her sister is the target=
=Eh?! M-me?!= Frost exclaimed as Miyuki rammed her elbow into an Imp's face, causing it to stagger back a bit =Why m…..wait...nevermind. I...think I know…=
A Red Imp approached from behind Miyuki and prepared to bash her with its stringed instrument only for said instrument to be sliced in two just as it raised it above its head, letting the cut off larger half clonked it on the head. Lyra Note made another slash with her brush and the Red Imp screeched as it was bisected in two. The halves landed on the ground, turning into separate beds of flowers, while a large blue and purple tone resembling some sort of demonic fang landed between them.
"Oh! A Demon Fang! Nice~!" Issun beamed.
"Demon F-" Lyra Note began before yelping when one of the koi-like demons tried attacking her with ones of its fins, "M-Miyuki-san, please run!"
"Trying!" Miyuki called out as she jumped over an Imp, running through an opening before the hermit crab-like demons blocked her escape, "?!"
"What are those things anyway?!" Acid Ace asked, firing a few shots at the Koi-like demons.
"...AHH! Don't let those two combine!" Issun yelped, "They're Jiro and Saburo! It's said they were once lovers, but they commited suicide by jumping into the sea when their parents didn't approve. Now their restless spirits have taken form of a pair of hermit crabs that can become a ferocious shark if combined!"
"SH-SHARK?!" Megaman, Lyra Note, and Miyuki exclaimed.
*SLASH*
"Ahh!" Miyuki yelped as she barely jumped back from a slash from Jiro, cutting up her swimsuit a bit, "...mm...This was one of my favorites…"
"...Geo, Sonia, you deal with the mooks," Acid Ace ordered, "I'll deal with the crabs."
=Hermit Crabs...and no crab puns=
"You're no fun…" Acid Ace muttered before charging at Jiro and Saburo.
"Ahh!" Miyuki yelped when she dodged another slash, her swimsuit getting another cut in it, "Did I do something to get this kind of treatment today?!"
"How goes teaching that fake kyuubi a lesson?" Vulpecula asked, still resting in the same spot.
"The troops have run into interference," the Karasu Tengu informed, looking at a red scroll that floated before him, displaying moving paper cutouts of the Imps, fish, and two hermit crabs along with paper cutouts of Megaman, Lyra Note, and Acid Ace moving around and cutting through most of the other cutouts.
"...Hold it…" Vulpecula frowned as she looked at the image of Lyra Note, seeing the red markings, wolf ears, and tail, "...So that's who has the Sun Goddess' power…Karasu."
"Hmm?"
"Have Jiro and Saburo gattai...We might as well kill three birds with one stone while we're at it."
"Yes, Vulpecula-sama," Karasu replied before waving his hand over the scroll, causing the paper cutouts of Saburo and Jiro to start glowing with a black aura.
Jiro gave out a cry before stabbing into the ground, creating a red and black barrier around the area seemingly made of kanji. Saburo screeched before digging into the sand and released a blast of water from the ground, flooding the entire sealed off area. Megaman grabbed Lyra Note as Acid Ace picked up Miyuki and the two jumped onto higher ground in the barrier. Jiro and Saburo took each other's claws before they went into their shells, forcing the two shells together before they solidified into a demonic shark covered in intricate detailed armor.
"Eek! Ichirōmaru!" Issun exclaimed.
Acid Ace roared as he flew at the shark. He swung his blades only for them to shatter on impact with the armor. He barely dodged the attempted bite from Ichirōmaru and landed back with the others.
=The armor is surprisingly resilient= Acid observed.
"What do we do, Issun?" Lyra asked.
"Pray?" Issun gulped.
"Pray?!"
"Ichirōmaru's scales are as hard as the hardest metal in history...barely anyone has gotten past his armor alone…" Issun gulped.
"...I think I have an idea," Lyra Note suggested, "Does anyone have an Elec Battle Card?"
"...Oh clever…" Acid Ace grinned at that.
"Battlecard Predation! Elecshot/Elecsword/PlasmaGun!"
Ichirōmaru growled out as he swam in the water, eying the trio as they prepared their electrified weapons.
"Ready….fire!" Acid Ace ordered as they fired their shots into the water...only for the shark-like demon to jump out, "...Oh that clever SoB."
"Got it!" Meaman shouted as he fired a few shots at Ichiro, only for them to bounce off, "...Okay that's just not fair."
Lyra Note pulled her brush out and made a slash with it. Ichirōmaru actually grunted from the Power Slash hitting its armor before it dived back into the water.
"...It worked?" Lyra Note blinked.
"I think so..if not just barely," Lyra noted.
"Maybe if we get Ichirōmaru back in the air, we could get him with stronger attacks," Acid Ace suggested.
"Good idea," Megaman nodded, "In fact...might as well try a new Battlecard I made last night."
=...Is it time?= Omega-Xis asked, a giddy tone in his voice.
"...What did you make?" Acid Ace asked slowly.
=Most likely? Very destructive given Omega-Xis's vocal patterns increasing in pitch=
"Battlecard, Predation! RYNO!"
"RYNO?" Acid Ace repeated before said weapon formed in Megaman's hands, a white aura appearing on it, "Oh...That...What is that?"
"They'll show you once we get that shark in the air," Lyra replied.
"...That doesn't assure me…" Acid Ace admitted as Ichirōmaru jumped out of the water.
"DUCK!" Lyra Note screamed once Megaman pulled the trigger.
Miyuki yelped as she ducked behind some floating debris as the entire area was filled with explosions and...oddly enough music.
=O-oh my!= Frost yelped.
"Um...Vulpecula-sama?"
"What?"
"Ichirōmaru was...er...obliterated."
"He was defeated?"
"No. Obliterated," Karasu corrected, showing the scroll as it showed bits of the cutout of Ichirōmaru while the cutouts of Megaman, Lyra Note, and Acid Ace cheered.
"...Armor and all?"
"..." Karasu replied with a nod.
"...ugh...when you want something done right…" Vulpecula muttered as she stood up, transforming into her normal state, "You do it yourself….Karasu, you're on standby should something happen."
"Yes, Vulpecula-sama."
"...Oh my…" Miyuki whispered with wide eyes, looking at the destruction of what used to be the photoset once the water drained when the barrier vanished with Ichirōmaru's defeat.
"Okay...that's a Giga Chip, right?" Ace asked.
"Yep," Geo replied.
"Good."
"...Last resort," Sonai suggested.
=Like hell it is! Look at this destruction! It...e-excuse me. I...I think I got something in my eye= Omega-Xis sniffled.
"Pansy," Issun scoffed.
=I WILL END YOU, LITTLE GNAT!=
"You alright, Miyuki-san?" sonia asked as she walked over.
"I...I am...just...shocked," Miyuki admitted, "Mostly at the fact that you and Geo are both the famous Megaman and Lyra Note I've heard so much about in this news."
"Well, with Geo-kun, it was...kinda obvious. What with Meteor G and everything…" Sonia admitted.
"Dang paparazzi…" Omega-Xis growled before pausing and slowly looked at Geo.
"We are not using the RYNO on paparazzi," Geo deadpanned.
"It would be so much easier!" Omega-Xis complained.
"And illegal," Ace pointed out.
"Aw man…" Omega-Xis grumbled.
"...Why were those...things after me?" Miyuki pondered, "I mean, I didn't do anything wrong...did I?"
"I...I think it's because of me…" Frost whimpered.
"Hmm?"
"O...Omega-Xis said my s-sister's scent was on them...they were after me…" Frost whimpered.
"...But...why were they after me as well?" Miyuki asked.
"Because I wanted to see if you deserve to call yourself a kyuubi or not, you fake vixen."
"...no…." Omega-xis paled, a sense of dread in his voice.
"And what a surprise, another traitor is found with my reject of a sibling."
"...mm…." Frost whimpered as she slinked behind Miyuki.
"And oh? Is that..oh it is~"
The group slowly turned to see Vulpecula standing there, a grin on her face as her nine fox tails swayed.
"Long time no see...my beloved Omega-Xis~"
"...GAH! SHE EVOLVED?!" Omega-Xis yelped as he dove into the VG Hunter.
"For the better~" Vulpecula purred out as she brushed one of her tails, a faint dark aura on her, "Because I didn't need one of those pathetic ningen's to fuse with to obtain this form...no...I have my new master to thank for this~"
"Ningen?!" Issun gasped.
"Master?" Sonia repeated.
"Nothing for you to know for now, 'Goddess' of the sun."
"?!" Sonia tensed at that.
"...I don't like the look of that aura on her, Misora-tenshisama," Issun gulped.
"...Goodall, you're reading this, right?" Ace asked through the com.
=Yes. It roughly matches the scans of that sphere back when you all defeated that toad= Goodall replied.
"...Tia, if you're reading this, get to safety...now," Ace ordered over the communicator.
"I do hope you're ready, Om. Me. Ga. Xis-kun~" Vulpecula noted, "Because when I'm done here, I'll have you once more."
=...Geo...transform. NOW!= Omega-Xis screamed.
The world turned sepia just as the trio were about to change. Vulpecula smirked, making a single slash with one of her tails. The color returned and the trio cried out as a horizontal cut appeared on their stomachs as they were knocked back.
"?!" Miyuki tensed at that.
"Wh...what..just happened..?" Ace coughed out.
"...she…..used the same move as Sonia…" Geo whispered with wide eyes.
"Power Slash!?" Issun gasped.
"Ite…" Sonia grunted, holding an arm over the cut in her stomach area and her one-piece swimsuit.
"What's wrong, little wolf? That wasn't even my strongest attack," Vulpecula mocked, "You're a 'god' after all, so you should've brushed that off easily."
'God?' Miyuki pondered.
"...unless….oh...oh hohohohoho~! Oh this is perfect!" Vulpecula laughed, "You've barely even tapped into the power you stole, haven't you~?"
"St...stole…?" Sonia panted out before Vulpecula appeared before her and stomped on her, "Gah!"
"Yes...stole...from my master, mutt," Vulpecula stated, grinding her heel into Sonia, "Something you don't deserve, ningen trash…"
"Agh!" Sonia cried out as she tried to get up despite the heel grinding into her.
"Oi! Stop that!" Miyuki snapped.
"And why should I, you fake vixen?" Vulpecula asked, not once looking at her, "You ningen...you should've learned your place ages ago..back when Cepeus was a true king…"
=He is a better king now than he used to be!= Lyra argued.
"He's a shell of what he used to be!" Vulpecula argued, grinding her heel further into Sonia, "He was poisoned...poisoned by you filthy traitors and ningen! And even worse...you make those...those...freaks you dare call EM beings! They...they're a disgrace to real ones...much like..." she glared over at Frost, "Much like you, reject!"
"Mmm…" Frost whimpered, curling up a bit as she hid behind Miyuki fruther.
"She is not a reject," Miyuki responded with a scowl.
"Oh? And what would you know, ningen? She's nothing more than a reject...right, 0?"
"...f...frost…"
"Hmm?"
"M...my name….is Frost…" Frost whispered.
"...Who gave you a name? I didn't give you permission to have one, 0," Vulpecula frowned.
"She doesn't need your permission to have a name," Miyuki replied, "And as for who gave it to her, I did. It's a lovely name for a such a kind girl like Frost."
"...Oh how cute. You got adopted by a ningen…" Vulpecula chuckled at that, "Fitting for you...considering you're nothing more than a pet...0."
"...And what does that supposed to mean?" Miyuki scowled.
"Simple...Ningen...mortals only own things as pets if they pity them..or want something to lord over."
"...Grr…" Miyuki's hands began to ball up at that.
"But why do I have to explain things to a fake vixen such as yourself?" Vulpecula chuckled, "Why call yourself a fox when you don't have the tools for it? Look, you don't even have the tails or anything."
"...I call myself by my title because foxes are amazing creatures…They may hold a bad reputation for being notorious tricksters and thieves...but they also hold a mystery. My family…" Miyuki paused as she held a hand over her heart, "We're part of an ancient race...one that was in tune with their animal spirit…"
"? Ancient race?"
"...the Oina Tribe."
"?! Oina Tribe?!" Issun gasped.
"Oina?" Sonia weakly repeated.
"There are so very few of us left...but we believe in the spirits...in protecting the Earth..in trusting our animal spirits…" Miyuki whispered.
=Synchronization detected= Acid spoke.
"Eh?"
"When a fox steals...it is mostly so it can feed its family...When their family is in danger, they will do all they can to protect it…" Miyuki continued, a faint ice blue aura surrounding her as Frost slowly began to float up, "Foxes trust one another...but...hearing you say such cold things to your own sibling...I cannot stand such cruelty towards family...kyu…"
"Kyu?" Vulpecula raised a brow.
=Synchronization increasing rapidly…=
"...G...Goodall…?" Ace grunted out.
=It seems we're going to be registering a new Wave Change user today= Goodall laughed.
"Oh..wait, what?"
"I don't know how...but you...I…" Miyuki began as her eyes narrowed, the icy-blue aura around her increasing, "I will not forgive you!"
"...Wave...Change…" Frost whispered out.
Frost spun around and engulfed Miyuki in her radiation. After a moment, the radiation dispersed revealing a snow white version of Vulpecula's form with the radiation replaced with cream-white fur with ice-blue swirling designs. The fox opened her eyes, revealing them to be the same color as Miyuki's yet the white was now a glowing silver.
=Registration Complete. Wave Change 999 - Blizzard Kyuubi= Goodall informed.
"...Cute...You think you're me now…" Vulpecula frowned before snapping her fingers, causing some Imps to appear, "Destroy her."
The Imps roared out as they all pounced at Blizzard Kyuubi all at once...only within a matter of seconds, they were instantly frozen.
"?!"
Blizzard Kyuubi swung her arms out, shattering the Imps and releasing a cold wind around her. She snarled before rushing at Vulpecula, delivering a powerful right hook across her face and knocking her away from Sonia.
"...k..kakui…" Sonia whispered.
"Daijoubu, kyu?" Blizzard Kyuubi asked, holding a hand out to her.
"H...Hai," Sonia replied as she took the offered hand.
"Good. Here…" Blizzard Kyuubi said, offering a Recovery 300 Battlecard as she turned back towards Vulpecula, "Hurry and transform… We have a 'rabid' fox to put down, kyu."
=Sonia, remember when we fought Tachigami? When you used Bloom's dots and put some on his made stroke, it seemed to negate his technique= Lyra noted as they Wave Changed, "If Vulpecula tries it again, let's try out own technique on hers."
"Hai," Lyra Note replied.
"...Cute...two fakes…" Vulpecula whispered, growling as her tails stuck out, "Fine...I'll play with you…"
"I should warn you…" Blizzard Kyuubi began as she cracked her knuckles a bit, "I'm pretty deadly in close combat, kyu."
"So I'll go in from afar," Vulpecula replied as the world turned sepia to her before she made a slash going diagonal across Blizzard Kyuubi.
"Not this time!" Lyra Note called as she quickly slashed with her brush, going over Vulpecula's slash before sepia gave way to normality and the fox FM-Ian cried out as she was knocked back with sparks racing out of the cut going diagonally across her body.
"Gah...you…!" Vulpecula growled out before Blizzard Kyuubi ran past her, delivering a clothesline that knocked right right into the sand, "Ack!"
"First rule of wrestling; never take your eye off your opponent, kyu," Blizzard Kyuubi stated, picking her legs up before she began to spin her around.
"Ahh! U...unhand me, you fake!"
"Oh...okay, kyu."
"...Wait. That's wasn't what I…!" Vulpecula began before Blizzard Kyuubi let go, causing her to fly towards Lyra Note.
"Battlecard, Predation! Crescent Rose!" Lyra Note called as Lyra transformed into the gun/scythe hybrid blade.
"?!" Vulpecula tensed up, trying to recover and block the incoming attack, only for Lyra Note to blur past her, leaving a quick slash on her before stabbing the blade part into the sand, pulling on the trigger and firing a few shots at her, "Gah!"
"Ready?" Blizzard Kyuubi asked.
"Hai," Lyra Note nodded.
"Gah...you little…" Vulpecula growled out as she stood up, "I will end you!"
"255…"
"I will shatter those limbs and have my way with you!"
"125..."
"...I…what are…"
"No, no. Continue, kyu," Blizzard Kyuubi offered.
"...I am going to burn you into ashes."
"Ohh~ 99, kyu."
"I-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Vulpecula snapped.
"Oh nothing, kyu. It's just I've heard those lines so many times with my opponents in the ring, I've started making a mental list of certain lines, kyu," Blizzard Kyuubi nonchalantly answered.
"...you...you insane bitch."
"190, kyu."
=...Oh I like her= Goodall admitted.
"Yeah..well...I...I will dominate you!" Vulpecula snapped.
"Oh dear…" Blizzard Kyuubi gasped...before grinning a little, "Twelve, kyu~"
Vulpecula's eye twitched madly before she let out an enraged roar. She lunged at them, claws extended and her eyes glowing with pure rage.
"...Now, kyu!" Blizzard Kyuubi declared.
Lyra Note swung Crescent Rose to face behind her before she pulled the trigger. Vulpecula gagged as the blade caught her in the neck. Lyra Note proceeded to fire multiple shots, the recoil sending her and her caught fox further and further backwards. Lyra Note went over a large rock coming out of the sand while Vulpecula crashed into it, gagging as the blade cut deeper into her neck. Lyra Note was about to pull the trigger once more time before a barrage of feathers forced her to release the blade and dodge. Karasu kicked the blade away before picking up the FM-Ian as gently as possible. The muscular tengu turned around to give a narrowed glare at them before taking off and away from the area, dispersing into a cloud of black and red smoke that dispersed to reveal nothing there.
"...Uh….who was that?" Geo asked, blinking in confusion.
"A Karasu Tengu," Issun explained.
"A what?" Ace questioned.
"Demon crow men, kyu," Blizzard Kyuubi explained, "They usually serve high ranking demons."
"And considering that Vulpecula looks like a humanoid busty nine-tailed fox, they must think she's a pretty high ranking demon at that," Issun noted.
"Which means…" Ace began as he stood up, holding his stomach a bit, "She must be behind all those attacks."
=...WHY?!= Omega-Xis wailed =I...I thought I was finally done with her! What did I do to anger you, Star Gods?!=
"Probably invoked Murphy," Ace replied.
"Well, at least she's gone n-WHOA!" Lyra Note yelped as she fell flat on her face, "...Mmmmmm!-!-!"
"Sense of balance issues?" Blizzard Kyuubi asked, watching as Lyra Note began to hit the ground repeatedly and chilishly with her fists and feet.
"Ever since she grew the tail," Ace confirmed.
"...In what way does she have her tail raised, kyu?"
"Hmm?"
"The position the tail is raised is important, kyu," Blizzard Kyuubi explained, pausing Lyra Note's tantrum, "Trust me..I've...had that problem before with my outfit before I go into the ring, or for some cosplay shots, kyu."
"...You mean to tell me the way I have my tail is why I keep falling over?" Lyra Note gawked.
"Hai, kyu," Blizzard Kyuubi nodded, "Now, how do you keep your tail, Sonia? Raised up? Down? Curved?"
"Um…Not sure," Lyra Note replied as she dropped her Wave Change and managed to get up.
"Oh, she has it normally curved to the right," Issun informed.
=Of course you'd know which way she keeps her tail…= Omega-Xis grumbled.
"Hmm...it's a wolf tail…" Blizzard Kyuubi pondered as she looked at Sonia, "Hmm...try keeping it down straight with the tip curved up a bit."
"Okay…" Sonia replied as she got her tail to go down and curved it up just a little, "..." she took several steps before sighing in relief, "Oh thank goodness…"
"Better?"
"So much so…" Sonia smiled, "Thank you so much, Miyuki-san."
"It's fine. And please...you can call my Miyuki-chan if you want," Blizzard Kyuubi winked as she dropped her transformation.
"Arigatou, Miyuki-chan!" Sonia thanked, smiling at the older woman.
"...Quick question…" Geo spoke up, earning miyuki's attention, "What exactly is the Oina Tribe you mentioned?"
"...Actually, you were also talking like Sonia during that battle," Ace brought up, "Care to explain, Miss. Nanaya?"
"...Like I mentioned to….her…" Miyuki frowned a bit, referring to Vulpecula for a moment before calming down, "The Oina Tribe is an ancient race...one dating back to old Nippon...There's so very little of us left, but we still live on, trusting the spirits and in our animal spirit, kyu. There was even an ancient technique they used to fully understand their fellow animal."
"...And that is?"
"Watch…" Miyuki said before doing a flip into the air, turning into a vixen with creamish-yellow fur with her muzzle and tail tip a pure snow-white.
"AH!" everyone yelped, jumping back in surprise.
"Surprised, kyu?" Miyuki giggled before flipping in the air once more, turning back into a human, the ears and tail still there, "I can even keep the tail and ears if I wish."
"...Kitsunemimi…." Issun swooned, "...must...paint…!"
=Perverted gnat…=
"Um...So what happened to the other Oina?" Lyra asked.
"Many of us have died out," Miyuki explained, "From the stories I was told, the Oina used to live in a single tribe on this land. But when a blizzard started to happen, a terrible one at that, some Oina left to find the tribe new land away from the seemingly endless storm. But when they came back to tell the others of their tribe of the new land...the entire area was gone. In fact, half the entire continent including the capital city just...vanished."
"Eh? Vanished?"
"That's right...but before then..many terrible demons had invaded to lands...including the twin owl demons of Mt. Ezofuji, Letchku and Netchku."
"Mt. Ezofuji?" Ace repeated, "You mean Mt. Fuji?"
"Iie," Miyuki replied, shaking her head, "It used to be a shrine that held the twin demons back. Often, the Oina would choose one member of the tribe to in act a special ritual dance to prevent the Oina's homeland from freezing over."
=It seems that while we have gained answers, more questions have appeared= Goodall noted with a small sigh.
"Indeed. In fact...how many stores do you know of, Miss Nanaya?" Ace asked.
"All of my homeland and a few from beyond, kyu. Why?"
"...We would like your and Frost's assistance, please."
"Grr...I can't believe this…" Vulpecula growled out as she stood within her cave, "First I have to deal with a fake goddess, but now my reject of a sister is going against me! Ugh...why is my beloved with them?! Those...those contemptible shrews!"
"Perhaps he's been conditioned by them, Vulpecula-sama?" Karasu guessed, bowing before her.
"...Yes...yes that has to be it!" Vulpecula exclaimed, "No way would my beloved be swayed so easily!"
"What action shall we take then, Vulpecula-sama?"
"We show them their poor choice in taking my beloved away...by taking theirs away," Vulpecula replied, "Bring me the flames and the ocean for their assignments."
"...Of course, Vulpecula-sama."
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Soft humming escaped from a beautiful, fair-skinned woman with long black hair with three bales of rice resting on top of her head. She stepped out of her wooden home in a red and yellow kimono, rice grains decorating her sleeves. As she made her way down the small village at the bottom of a large hill, she noticed something along the river shore.
"Oh kami…" the woman gasped, quickly running over to the side of the river and reached down, "Mmmmm!" she grunted as she started pulling before, after several pulls, she managed to pull up a young man with white hair, tanned skin, and strange clothing, "Oh! Susano'o-kun! Susano'o-kun! Tatsukete!"
"Nani, Kushinada-chan?" a gruff voice asked before a burly man in blue robes and a scraggy black beard walked up and saw the young man, "Nan de?!"
"Susano'o-kun, onegai!"
"Hai, hai, hai!" Susano'o replied as he scooped up the young man and the two headed for a wooden hut with a large orange on the top of it...neither aware of Sakuya looking at them from the large tree near the top of the large hill.
"Someone was able to make it here...unconscious, yes, but still…" Sakuya spoke to herself before looking at the large tree, "...One more Guardian Sapling...Just one more needs to be bloomed…"
SZ: Well this is interesting.
GT: Very true.
SZ: Hai. We got a new ally, but...hoo boy is Vulpecula PISSED.
GT: Yeah. Plus...seems that Solo is near Sakuya. Guess he survived being stabbed by Tachigami.
SZ: Eeyup...but question is..what does Vulpecula have planned? And what's gonna happen to Solo now?
GT: No clue. So wait until next chapter. But for now, Read and Review please!