Underground Omniverse
Gammatron: Hey guys. I own no one in this story nor the series of Sonic Underground, Ben 10 Series, or the BlazBlue series. I do own Roll Cyber Sakurai though. Jake, J, Jacky, and Haseo are owned by Seanzilla115 while Alpha the Hedgehog is owned by Kamen Keyblade Duelist.
Rebel 13: Rebellion
In all the universe…the only power beyond the mind's comprehension…is the power to comprehend the power of the mind. If any of us could unlock this terrible power, would we use it to explore the mysteries of the infinite? Or would we use it…to destroy?
A lone figure gazed upon the night skies in a field of withered grass. The figure was a Mobian Hedgefox and appeared to be around 12. His fur was primarily a rich shade of soft midnight-black while his muzzle, tips of his two tails, chest fur, and tips of his ears were a stunning white, almost akin to freshly fallen snow. His left tail twitched, the entire tail being an inverse of colors to his other tail. He kept his soft ice-blue eyes on the sky.
'Who am I?' He pondered as he looked at a medallion on his neck, shaped to resemble half of a lyre, 'Where do I come from? Am I…alone?' a glint amongst the semi-polluted night sky caught his attention, 'A shooting star?' He saw the glint grow larger, making him pale, 'It's heading this way…!'
The hedgefox screamed as he barely dashed off at three-fourths Sonic's speed. The shooting star slammed into the ground where he had been, creating a large mushroom cloud. Slowly, the hedgefox peeked out from behind the boulder he had hid behind, gulping as he approached the blast sight. The smoke of the explosion slowly dissipated, revealing a crater with Ragna in it, 'out cold.'
"A...A h-h-h-human…!" the Mobian squeaked before running off, shouting quietly, "Alpha-Aniki! Jacky-Aniki!"
A few kilometers away, a small shack with a semi-exposed wall being covered in an oversized blanket rested. Inside, a green hedgehog with sapphire eyes was giving a dark glare at a laughing raccoon with three white strands of fur sticking out and back on his head. The hedgehog wore a tattered blue vest with various patches on it. The raccoon wore a torn t-shirt with tattered jean shorts.
"Oh come on! It's hilarious and perfect for blending into the place!" the raccoon laughed.
"Shut the hell up, Jacky," the hedgehog scowled before Haseo dashed into the room, blabbering quickly, "Are you okay, Haseo?"
"It's…It's a…" Haseo mumbled the rest.
"Sorry, I didn't hear you," the raccoon noted, "Speak up!"
"It's a …n."
"Louder, Mumbles!" the raccoon barked, earning just a squeaky whimper as a reply.
"Shut up, Jacky," the hedgehog frowned before patting Haseo's shoulder, "Calm down, kiddo. Take a few deep breaths and whisper it into my ear, okay?"
Haseo nodded. He took a few deep breaths before leaning up to the hedgehog's ear and whispered into it. The hedgehog's eyes widened in shock.
"What the hell?" he turned to Haseo, "Is it true?"
"H-Hai, Alpha-Aniki."
"What? What?!" Jacky frowned.
"A human?! What the hell, man?!" Jacky snapped at Haseo as he pointed at the out cold Ragna, Alpha tending to the injuries he sported, "And you! What the hell are you doing?! He's a human! A monster!"
"And not tending to him would make us bigger monsters," Alpha replied, 'Shit…He's lost a ton of blood. But, even if there's a chance, I'll make sure he knows that someone tried to help him.'
"He looks really bad," Haseo gulped.
"Yeah. I can feel almost all of his ribs are broken, he's got multiple cut and stab wounds and…" Alpha didn't want to mention the large sword wound going through almost the entire middle of his gut, "Whoever did this wanted him dead."
"Then do it!" Jacky snapped.
"Jacky, we're Freedom Fighters, not killers. We only eliminate factories and robots," Alpha scowled.
Jacky scowled before noticing something near the white-haired human. He slid down into the crater and ran over to it. He brushed the dirt off it and his eyes turned into dollar signs. It was the blade Ragna had been holding on his back.
"Cha-Ching!" the raccoon declared.
"Okay. I think I've managed to do what I could," Alpha wiped his brow before hearing Jacky grunt, "What now?"
"Help me with this thing," Jacky grunted, trying to pick up the sword.
"What the hell are you thinking?!" Alpha snapped.
"Just hurry! This isn't light, you know!" Jacky grunted.
Alpha just sighed when he saw Haseo run over and try to help him, the two barely able to lift it up by a foot. The green hedgehog just sighed before walking over. He knew it would be wrong to do it, but he'd have to convince his friend at home just in case this guy wasn't good. Alpha grabbed a side and lifted, his eyes widening at how heavy it was.
Ragna frowned as he walked along a dilapidated ruinous area. His master said he had to go down here and do it by himself, but just why did he have to do it in the first place? A cold wind blew by and he shuddered. He wished he had a damn jacket, too. He heard a groan and turned to see a girl nearby. She kinda looked to be his age with long blue hair. He noticed she was quite…er…developed…in her figure, the military academy uniform stretched dangerously around her bosom. He recognized the uniform because of all those lessons he had been given by his master on the military uniforms.
"Oww…Where…?" the girl pondered as she looked around.
"Hey, you hurt?" Ragna asked, causing him to cover his mouth, 'Shit! Why did I ask that?!'
"Who…!?" the girl stood and turned to him, tensing up for a fight.
"Whoa there! You…" Ragna walked up to her, "…don't look hurt or anything. You okay? A woman out here all alone is dangerous, you know. What did you come here for?"
"…I…I was in the upper levels, but then the ground collapsed and I ended up here," the girl replied, "Wh…What about you?"
"I have some business I gotta take care of down here. I'm lookin' for something a little important here.
"Looking for something…You…You wouldn't happen to be also looking for the Azure Grimoire, would you?"
Ragna tensed inside of his mind as he narrowed his eyes dangerously at her, "…You're after the Azure?"
"It's possible that there's something that resembles the Azure's presence around here, but it's not the real Azure Grimoire."
"…Probably," Ragna nodded.
"Even so…if there's even a little chance of it, then I want to take the risk!" she turned to him, "Won't you take me to where the Azure could be reacting? Please!"
"…" 'Maybe I can screw her head a bit…' "If it actually is the Azure Grimoire…What are you planning on doing when you find it? That's not something you can handle."
"It's because…I want to save my friends." Ragna's eyes widened at that, "Everyone came to this dangerous place for me. Because of me, they may be up against something really bad. The Me right now doesn't have any power…But if the Azure Grimoire is really here, then I may be able to save them! That's why…!"
"…" Ragna turned from her, "Guess there's no helping it. Come with me." He turned to smirk at her, "In any case, I've also got a place here I'm looking to find. There's no way I could leave a woman alone in a place like this without losing sleep."
"Th…Thank you so much!"
"So who are you?"
"Mai Natsume."
"…The name's Ragna. No last name, though."
"You kinda have an edge to you…and your clothes kinda have bits of a blood color to parts of them…" Mai noted.
"Well then, how about calling me Ragna the BloodEdge?"
"Kinda creepy, but cool."
"Heh. I think I'll enjoy searching this place with you, Mai."
Slowly, Ragna began to open his eyes, hissing in pain as he began to feel his wounds. He cursed inside of his head, recalling that he had been fighting a damn copy of his sister…of Saya…and he had just been stabbed through the gut.
'So just why the hell do I feel less pain than I should?' Ragna thought before noticing the bandages, '…Did someone tend to my wounds? Well then, I should find them and…' it was then he noticed an indent of his sword nearby with feet around it that were going off in the distance, "…rip them to shreds for stealing my goddamn sword!"
"Why did I have to agree to do this, dammit?!" Alpha groaned as he and Jacky were inside the shack, the sword on the ground beside their ruined table.
"Because we'll be filthy rich," Jacky grinned.
"Look, Jacky, you're letting your greed get the better of you; we can't just sell the sword," Alpha groaned.
"Why not? We'd be set for life if we could sell this thing to someone," Jacky argued as he pointed at the sword.
"Does this have anything to do with it belonging to a human?" Alpha frowned as Jacky glared at him, "Even if he was, stealing is wrong regardless. 'Sides, he knows more about this blade than us; if this were in the wrong hands, we're dead! Do you want ol' Ro-butt-nik to get this thing?!"
Jacky held up a pointer finger and opened his mouth. He closed it and frowned, his pointing finger curling down. He had tried to snap back, but only came up with nothing as he realized Alpha was right. But…since he didn't want to admit it…
"So? With the money we'll get with that sword, we can buy one of those holo-thingies so Robotnik or any of his stinkers can't find us."
"There you go again. While that does sound good, you can't tell when those things'll malfunction," Alpha groaned as he leaned back in his seat.
"So? We could just buy a few spare ones in case the first one breaks."
"Is it always money with you, you greedy no-neck jerk?" Alpha frowned.
"…You want to start something, you booger rat?" Jacky scowled.
Haseo sighed as he looked up at the sky outside of the base, the stars still brightly shining down despite the smog in the air. Say what you will about the night, but he felt calm during them. Haseo sighed before he gazed up at the semi-revealed full moon.
"Huh? What's that?" Haseo pondered as he narrowed his eyes at the sky before squeaking in fear.
There, in the distance and getting closer, were three SWATBots. The middle one, also the tallest, was painted red and black with a scarlet horn on the center of the head and two red optics. The one of the left had goggles with orange-tinted lenses for eyes and was painted white, yellow, and orange. The one of the right was blue, white, and yellow with a blue-tinted visor. All three sported wings on their backs, lower arms, and lower legs.
"R-r-r-r-r-r-r-Robotnik!" Haseo squeaked before running into to see Jacky end up tackling Alpha into a fight cloud.
"Reckless Raccoon!"
"Stupid Booger-Green Rat!"
"Urusei! You dyed my quills, dammit!"
"Minna, we've got bigger problems right now," Haseo softly shouted before a laser destroyed the roof.
"Oh shit," both paled as Haseo trembled.
Three robots landed. Each one appeared to be a SWATBot, but they were all sleeker with jet wings on their backs, lower arms, and lower legs (the smaller wings acting as stabilizers). The middle SWATBot was painted black and silver. It was the tallest of the three with two red optics, red designs on the armor, null ray blasters mounted on the sides of its lower arms' stabilizers, claws on the ends of its servos, and a single red horn on its forehead that curved upward to be more devil-like.
The two at its sides seemed to be more akin to fraternal twins. Both were painted white and yellow, but the left SWATBot was painted a vivid orange and brown while the other was painted a stunning lightning blue. The orange and brown robot had an old-time pilots hat on its head with orange-tinted goggles over its optics. The blue robot had a more streamlined helmet-shaped head with a blue-tinted visor for optics.
"Well, well, well. What have we here? Freedom Fighters," the tallest smirked as Jacky fainted, soiling himself.
"Commander Starscream, we have been founding the strange energy source," the orange SWATBot informed as he pointed at the sword.
"Excellent, Jetfire," Starscream nodded before grabbing Haseo by the throat and shoved him into a large sack held by the blue robot along with a struggling Alpha and the fainted Jacky.
"No, no, no, no, no! Not with the pisser!" Alpha struggled before Starscream shoved them in, "Oh gross!"
Starscream just ignored his complaints. He proceeded to grasp the handle and attempted to lift it up.
"Great Frags that's heavy! Jetfire, Jetstorm, carry it."
"As you are to be commanding!" the two saluted as Jetstorm gave Starscream the sack.
"We'll have to walk back to base due to the weight of the blade," Starscream noted to himself as the 'twins' grunted as they lifted up the sword.
"It is to being very heavy," Jetfire noted.
"Brother, I am to be agreeing with you on this."
"Shut up and follow me to the base!" Starscream snapped as they left.
It was an hour later before Ragna got to the shack. He sniffed the air, smelling the scent of something being burned. He entered the place, seeing a table that had been demolished by something heavy. His nose wrinkled at the scent of urine still in the air mixed with fumes from a plane. He closed his eyes. He could feel his sword had been there. He opened his eyes and looked at an ident of his blade on the ground with a set of strange feet around it. The feet seemed to be heading another way, down a road. Ragna began to run down the path, following the faint energy of his sword and the footprints.
A pair of raccoon Mobians were within a hanging metal cage. All around them were empty cages, some with bits of blood still staining them. The raccoon that was sitting down, a tongue hung out as he was making invisible drawings on the floor, was tall and possibly reached Ben's shoulders in height. He had a pair of orange eyes with one pointing up and the other pointing down. He wore a baggy green jacket with various pockets and a red polo shirt. The other raccoon, who was muttering to himself as he paced, wore a simple black sock hat and had maroon eyes.
"D'oh…I cannot believe this is our unfortunate fate, Jake," the pacing one bemoaned, "Any minute now, our cruel and heartless captors shall return and we will be turned into mindless drones manufactured to serve that monstrous dictator of a doctor, Robotnik. And to make matters worse…" he swung his arms out to the filth in their cage, "…our captors have carelessly thrown us into this detestably filth-ridden cage! I mean, it's simply filthy!" he sighed as he shook his head, "If only I had my cleaning supplies or even my label maker. I haven't been able to sleep completely in a fortnight!"
"Don't worry, J," Jake began as he pulled out a piece of moldy piece of cheese from a pocket on his dirtied jacket, "My lucky cheese, Barry, will keep our hopes up!"
"…Jake…please put that away…" J begged, covering his nose.
"…Okay. If you give me your hat," Jake replied.
"…Jake, how many times have we gone over this? I'm not going to lend you my hat. Plus, as I also explained, my hat does not stink," J sighed.
"Oh yes it does," Jake argued with his arms crossed.
"..." J's eye twitched, both unaware that Starscream and the other SWATBots had returned.
"Ugh! My servos are going to be needing repairs soon," Jetstorm noted as he and Jetfire managed to put BloodEdge against a wall…before the bit of the wall the blade rested on began to crumple.
"…Is it being to me, or did metal sword get heavier?" Jetfire asked.
"I am to believing it is not just you, Brother," Jetstorm replied.
"Quiet, you two!" Starscream snapped as he tossed Haseo and Jacky into a nearby cage, "And let me finish taking care of the new subject."
With that, he pulled out Alpha. The hedgehog struggled to get out of his grip, but Starscream just casually tossed him into a pod-shaped device with a clear top. The top closed down, locking into place. Alpha began to scream bloody murder inside the container for Starscream to release him, only for everyone else to hear nothing.
"Hey! Let us out of here, you giant walking tin can!" Jacky growled from the cage as Haseo shuddered behind him in fear.
"Now, now, we wouldn't want you to spend all your oxygen and pass out before the operation began, now would we?" Starscream smirked, his optics glowing with menace, as J looked out from the hanging cage he and Jake were in to see what was going on.
"Excuse me! I wish to file a formal complaint about the quality standards for available cages!" J called.
"Huh?" Jacky blinked as he looked up, "J?"
"Jacky?" J pondered, "Jake, look!"
"Jacky!" Jake called as he poked his head out, "Hello! Where were you, you little dickens?"
"Hey, I had a SWATBot chasing me after I lost you guys!" Jacky snapped, "By the way…What the heck are you guys doing up there?!"
"I was getting a headache from them," Starscream replied, "The foul-smelling one thought he was a woodpecker except with metal and the one with a sock on his head wouldn't stop labeling things so I had to confiscate that slaggin label maker!"
"We were trying to find you, however Jake fell for a trap and I got caught trying to pull Jake away from the plate of waffles used for said trap," J explained with a sigh.
"The Waffle Fairy left them there, Jacky!"
"…Idiot," Jacky facepalmed before glaring at Starscream, "Now you better let me and the others out of here right now! Don't make me sic Jake on you, ya walkin' trash heap!"
"Oh? And what can you do?" Starscream sneered before shooting near Jacky's feet, making him yelp and fall on his bum, "I am part of an elite group of SWATBots that were allowed personalities in order to better the reign of our glorious leader Robotnik. Jetfire, Jetstorm, come. Shockwave has requested that we search for more captives in the small chance that these five fail to meet the needed...expectations."
With that the three robots left. Five minutes after they had left, Ragna began to approach the factory. An alarm went off for three seconds before one of the speakers turned on.
=You there, Human! Halt! The area up ahead is restricted by order of Lord Robotnik. Come any closer and you'll be considered an intruder, and dealt with immediately=
Ragna ignored them and continued on. Inside, a black SWATBot with blue detailing was holding a radio transmitter.
"Did you not hear me! I said stop!-! Is this thing broken already?!" the SWATBot growled before looking at the screen where Ragna was walking towards the base, "Oh well…Can't be helped, I guess. He did ignore the warning given. Turning on defense barrier."
Outside, the factory was engulfed in an orange and white sparking barrier. Ragna merely raised his right arm into the air, the palm shown to the sky.
A nearby wall slid up on one spot, revealing a hidden hallway. Soft metal steps echoed from it, getting the attention of the prisoners. With a matter of moments, Shockwave emerged with his hands held behind his back. Inside the capsule, Alpha gulped.
"I'm screwed," the green hedgehog noted.
"That will depend on which experiment I have for you, Test Subject 12432134," Shockwave replied as he saw Jake hitting his cage's floor with his face, "Do not bother in your attempts to escape. I have reinforced the cells for all Roboticization Factories to withstand the force of even the mighty Grimlock."
"Grimlock?" J pondered.
"It is an irrelevant subject for now," Shockwave replied as he looked over them all with his red optic, "This is a good day for you all."
"Why? Is it Free Gravy Day?" Jake asked hopefully, drooling a bit.
"…Subject 12432133 is deemed as 'lacking in mental capabilities' and will be slated for experimental intelligence modification," Shockwave noted to himself.
"What?" Jake pondered.
"Now it is time to initiate the experiments," Shockwave noted as he held his left arm out in front of his torso, a holographic screen appearing on it, "Ah. It seems that you have been selected as part of Project: GR, Subject 12432134."
"Project: GR?" Alpha pondered.
"Project: Generator Rex is something I have been working on since my creation by Creator Robotnik," Shockwave explained, "So far, none of the test subjects have succeeded, resulting in either their premature demise, a horrific mutation into a mindless beast, or complete Roboticization."
"What?!" Alpha and J gasped as Shockwave began to type something on a control panel beside the capsule.
"What you are standing in is the Roboticizer Generator, a Roboticizer I have been developing for this project alone," Shockwave explained before he grasped a lever and pulled it down, causing the inside of the capsule to start glowing, "Now let us begin."
Alpha grunted. He proceeded to start screaming in pain inside the capsule.
"What are you doing to him?!" Jacky demanded as Haseo was starting to shiver.
"Wh-wh-wh-what are you going to do to him?" Haseo gulped before nearly wetting himself as Shockwave walked over, his optic gazing down at him.
"I am injecting him with miniaturized Roboticizers, rebuilt for the purpose of rebuilding his body from the inside alone, leaving the outer form intact," Shockwave explained.
"What?" Jake pondered.
"I have been examining your words, Subject 12432133, and made correlations with various materials you have read."
"What?"
"He's been looking at your comics, Jake," J replied.
"And I became fascinated by the one that involved a mere child capable of manipulating a near-infinite amount of microscopic robotics in order form various weaponry," Shockwave noted, "That is why I am attempting to recreate that ability, but for Robians minions."
"But that's insane!" J argued, "To bring forth something from make-believe on that scale would be absurd!"
"More akin to a logical process," Shockwave replied, "As of now, I am connected to the Roboticizer Generator. The current progress is at 1 percent, meaning the injection has finished loading into him. I have been able to recreate the Alpha Nanite from that series."
"The Nanite that has the power to evolve on its own and create more little Nanites?" Jake gasped.
"Indeed. However, I have slid a program into the Alpha Nanite to Roboticize just the inside of the Mobian. However, it tends to overload at around 20 percent, resulting in death, mutation, or Total Roboticization," Shockwave informed, "A Robian would never be logical in being accepted so easily by the rebellion, but a Mobian with only the internal organs Roboticized would be the perfect spy for our operations."
"You sick bastard!" Alpha screamed.
"Please try not to strain yourself before we begin your first field test," Shockwave informed as the bar rose up to 18 percent.
A wall exploded nearby. Everyone turned to the opposite wall, seeing a semi-destroyed SWATBot embedded into it. They turned to the hole as Ragna stepped out with a dangerous glare.
"I'll only ask this once; who the fuck took my sword?" Ragna demanded, his glare promising only one thing; death.
"Meep," Haseo squeaked in fear behind Jacky.
"…" Jacky pointed at Shockwave, "He did it."
"Buddy, you just made my list!" Ragna snapped.
"Hm? And what list, pray tell, is that?" Shockwave asked.
"The 'I'm Killing This Asshole' List!" Ragna replied as he walked over to his sword.
With that, he grasped it in a reverse grip and easily lifted it up. He spun it around his head before assuming a fighting stance with it. Shockwave's optic glowed as he pulled out a blaster.
RAGNA=THE=BLOODEDGE VS SHOCKWAVE=1.0
Stage: Shockwave's Lab V1 – Nothing is worth not sacrificing for advancement
Theme: Rebellion II
"I will enjoy examining your abilities," Shockwave noted as he held up his free hand and flexed its servos.
"Cut the crap, bastard!" Ragna snapped as he spun his sword at least once.
THE WHEEL OF FATE IS TURNING – REBEL 5 – ACTION!
With that, Shockwave began to open fire on Ragna. Dark and scarlet energy seemed to form on Ragna's body before it went up onto his blade.
"Dead Spike!" Ragna roared.
He swung his blade in a rising vertical swing. The energy flared and turned into a massive demonic wolf's head, easily taking the shots for Ragna. The 'beast' roared before dispersing, letting Ragna rush at Shockwave, his right fist engulfed in the energy.
"Hell's Fang!"
The energy took on a claw shape. Shockwave barely dodged the punch. Ragna's attack collided with the Roboticizer Generator panel, just as it reached 21 percent, and caused a small explosion. Shockwave open fired at the smoke while Ragna shot out of the other side, carrying an unconscious Alpha, his shoes and jacket a brilliant gold.
"Let us out! Let us out!" Jacky shouted as Ragna skidded to a halt beside their cage before yelping as he ducked the swing of Ragna's blade that tore through the bars.
"Those guys up there are on their own until I finish fighting this guy," Ragna replied as he pointed at the cage before blocking more laser shots with his sword, "You son of a bitch!" For a brief instant, a strange white seal appeared behind Ragna, "Carnage…" He blurred before Shockwave was sent into the air, a jagged curve 'blade' of the energy on the ground, as Ragna held his blade up, "…Scissors!"
With that, Ragna swung down, creating another 'blade' of the energy in the air. The 'scissors' then collided as Jacky pulled out a stick of lit dynamite and threw it into the air to destroy part of the cage J and Jake were in.
DISTORTION FINISH!
Shockwave fell to the ground, his left arm completely destroyed. Ragna snorted as he put BloodEdge on his back. He picked up Alpha as Jake jumped down, holding J on his back. Shockwave began to go into stasis, but was able to take a few digital photos and send them to be printed with his optic.
"Wh…Why did you help us?" J pondered as he stayed on Jake's back.
"For one, that ass took my sword. And the other reason, I bet when he wakes up, he'll be pissed off," Ragna smirked before frowning, "Now mind telling me just what the hell that was before I showed up? And what the hell happened to all of you Beastkin? Too much Seithr?"
"Seithr?" Haseo pondered, staying behind Jacky.
"It's the shit that's making everyone stay up in mountainous regions," Ragna replied before stopping, "Hold on, I haven't felt a lot of Seithr, just only the bit that's on my stuff…" he frowned as he put his right hand to his chin, "I remember falling into the Cauldron with that crazy bitch and then nothing…Son of a bitch! Did I time travel?! Ugh! You!" he pointed at Jake, "What year is it and where are we?"
"…What?" Jake innocently asked.
"My apologies about him. He's quite simple-minded, but he is my brother along with Jacky's," J replied, "I am J, right now we're near Oak River or, rather, what is left of it since Robotnik's assault on the small town."
"Robotnik?"
"You seriously haven't heard about the ass?" Jacky demanded.
"No. The only asses I know are my brother, Haku-Man, the damn rabbit," Ragna growled in annoyance at the last name.
"So you seriously haven't heard about Robotnik?" Jacky pondered.
"He is pure evil!" Jake shouted.
"Oh, really now? Did he ever take away your sister while she was ill, try to kill you always, cut off your right arm, kill the nun you saw as your mother, and burn down your home with you still inside of it?" Ragna asked.
"Um, well, no. But he's been polluting the lands, the seas, and the skies," J informed, "For almost two decades, he has been capturing everyone and turning them from flesh and blood to metal and oil."
"…What?" Ragna blinked.
"I'll explain as we head for Sanctuary," J sighed.
Makoto yawned as she walked out of the girls' room of the bus. She stretched a little, her small black tee with an acorn on the front being stretched by the combined stretching of her body and her rather large bosom. Due to its size, it exposed her navel while her lower half was covered by a pair of black pajama pants with a hole in it to let her tail be out. She finished and walked outside to see a pigeon on the broken fence they had parked near/Manic crashed into when he had been given the wheel for exactly one point two-two-two-nine seconds. The pigeon cooed before coughing.
"Sorry 'bout that. Ate a bug while I was flying here," the pigeon informed before pulling out some small scrolls, "Our informant inside Robotnik's base has managed to obtain information on a new bounty."
"Uh, thanks?" Makoto blinked slowly, still not used to knowing that some animals were capable of intelligent thought and speech, "What's so important on this bounty?"
"It's worth is that of a small island nation," the pigeon replied as he opened the scroll and unfolded it until it was twice his size.
Makoto gasped in shock…and fear. The white hair…the duel-colored eyes…the red jacket and zanbatou. The bounty was large, roughly 90,000,000,000 Platinum Rings (In terms of Rings, a normal Ring is worth 1 Ring, Gold Rings are worth 10 Rings, and Platinum Rings are worth 20 Rings). But she knew that it was something that was needed for this one. She stumbled back in (after giving the pigeon a bag of bird seeds), earning the attention of the others as they were waking up.
"What's wrong?" Roll asked, seeing the Squirrel Beastkin was pale and trembling.
"Ragna the BloodEdge…is h-here…" Makoto whispered, a cold chill going up her spine.
Tutor Me! Azmuth! Done in BlazBlue Chibi Style
Starring: Azmuth, Taokaka, Carl Clover, Aya Clover (Nirvana), Bang Shishigami, and Ms. Litchi.
The curtain rises up, revealing not Kokonoe's special lab, but a futuristic black and green laboratory that is kept nice and tidy and organized. Standing on a table was a small alien. It has grey skin and seems a bit...frog-like in appearance. His large eyes are green with horizontal rectangle irises while he has six 'whiskers' on his face that go down like a beard and mustache. He wears a green robe with silver bands on the shoulders, waist, and neck.
"Greetings, I am Azmuth, the creator of the Omitrix along with its predecessor, the Unitrix, and this is 'Tutor me! Azmuth,'" the alien introduces himself, "If you humans don't understand, I am a Galvan from the planet Galvan Prime MKII and the planet Primus, where the Omnitrix's alien DNA is stored within the Codon Stream along with saving a copy of it inside of the Omnitrix as well as a safety precaution. Right now, we are in a room I had built specifically to let me speak with you all and not worry about canon things and it's where I go to hide from Myaxx when she has her species' version of a human female's menstrual cycle that involves the tentacles on her face expelling a highly corrosive acid."
"Um...Mr. Azmuth, I think you forgot about us again," Carl noted.
"I was getting to you five," Azmuth frowned, "Now then, these are my two students; Carl Clover and Taokaka. With me are my two assistants: Bang Shishigami on the blackboard and Ms. Litchi, who runs the video files on the subjects we're covering. And there is also Carl's...er...sister, Aya. Though to others, she has been given the nickname 'Nirvana.'"
"Now, Master Carl, my dear Disciple, are you both ready for today's lesson?" Bang asked.
"Tao is ready, meow!" Tao cheered, her ears going up and down with her tail as she punched ahead rapidly.
"Then stop that and we'll begin! However, we're not doing an Alien today." Azmuth informed.
"We're not?" Carl asked.
"Not at all. Today, we're studying..." Azmuth pressed a button on his table and the board behind him showed Ragna fighting, "Ragna the BloodEdge."
"Ragna the BloodEdge!" Carl gasped.
"It's Good Guy!"
"Huh? Good Guy?" Carl repeated.
"I see you all recognize this young man," Azmuth noted.
"He is a wanted criminal with a bounty of 90,000,000,000 Platinum Dollars in Kagutsuchi," Litchi informed.
"He has destroyed multiple NOL bases all over our world," Bang added.
"Tao thought that was the evil 'Rawrgna,'" Tao pointed out.
"..." Carl opened his mouth before Nirvana put a hand on his shoulder, "Sis?"
"..."
"...But, Sis, w..."
"..."
"...Okay. I won't tell her."
"Smart move, Nirvana. Ragna the BloodEdge is a friend to the Kaka Clan because he'll come down and feed the members down there and even helped fight off Arakune once when it targeted Taokaka."
"Suiggly!" Tao hissed as Azmuth showed Ragna's fight against Arakune that time.
"..." Litchi looked at the floor with a depressed look.
"His right arm is the legendary Azure Grimoire, an Ars Armagus with untold power."
"What?!" Tao exclaimed as Azmuth played a clip of Ragna using the Azure Grimoire's power.
"By releasing its restriction code, Ragna unleashes the full power of the Azure. However, it's actually a fake."
"A...A fake?!" Litchi and Carl gasped.
"Yes. It is a pseudo Cauldron, meant to smelt souls in order to create the true Azure Grimoire's power. Even the Black Beast was a pseudo-Azure Grimoire that had gained sentience," Azmuth explained, causing a shudder to escape from all but Tao.
"Tao doesn't understand."
"That's okay, Taokaka," Azmuth chuckled, "Now then, Ragna has the ability to use the opponent's own 'soul' to heal his wounds, hence why his power is known as 'Soul Eater.' He normally channels this power through the Azure Grimoire, his feet, or his sword known as 'BloodEdge.'"
"His sword is named 'BloodEdge?'" Carl pondered.
"Indeed. And his strongest attack, the Astral Heat, is the 'Black Onslaught,' which is where Ragna strikes the opponent, transforms his sword into a massive scythe, unleashes 15 slashes on the opponent before turning his arm holding the blade into a 'demon' wing to absorb almost all of the opponent's 'soul,' before finally stabbing the opponent with his blade," Azmuth explained.
"Tao's been on the end of that a few times!" Tao noted, "But then again, Tao and Good Guy are tied in spars right neow!"
"Ah, to be so innocent," Azmuth chuckled, almost jealous about how Tao could see so much good in Ragna, "Well then, I'd like to see your notes."
Carl and Tao turned their notebooks in. Tao's notebook was filled with drawings of her and Ragna, enjoying a meal together, fighting, and playing with the Kaka Kittens. Carl's notes seemed different than usual. They were more on how to eliminate Ragna and theories on how the Azure Grimoire he had was fake and if it could be used to give 'Ada' her true body back.
"You both have good notes today," Azmuth noted, "Though, I am concerned on your notes, Carl. They're not as well as they normally are."
"Oh! Um..." Carl gulped.
"It's fine. It's fine. This was probably a sensitive subject for you, so just make sure you do your best next time," Azmuth waved him off.