Team Omega was in the Omega Station along with Ana, Gregory, and Jeremiah. The legendary pieces have calmed down a little but they were some glowing here and there. However, it was so minimal to draw any attention to the owners of said pieces.
"So, you got a call from the president," Gregory said as he saw Anna doing purring sounds on Richard while snuggling on his arm much to the anger of both Alice and Aeris. While the pink-haired half German, half Italian was trying her best not to make a scene the same could not be said for the dark-skinned Japanese girl. Alice is a fan of cute kittens but this "cute" kitten was getting way attached to someone that turns out to be her childhood friend.
"Get...off...him!" Ana hissed in response.
"Lady Alice that is unladylike of you." Scolded the lilac-haired maid. She still does not see why the red-haired teen is always agitated whenever another female pays attention to him.
"Yeah." Said Richard ignoring the situation. He remembered getting the call during his training with Frederick. Something about getting here for a good challenge he said. He really doesn't remember much detail about his opponent other than being the brother of the president of Velocity. Velocity, does the president even knows that he is being framed? Oh well, He is going to have a good challenge so he will have fun! Its been a while since he had a match with his friends there so...!
"We were called too. Thou, it is to keep an eye in case something happens."
"I see." Adel acknowledges the black-haired boy's words. She is still suspicious of him especially when he eyes her friend Aeris.
"Is something wrong, miss Adel?" Said Jeremiah amused. Before she could answer, the president of Omega Corp and his secretary appeared.
"Ah, You arrived just in time."
"President, Inès." They see someone else.
"Genre!" Aeris goes and hugs the blonde stoic girl. She might not show it but Genre was happy to see everyone again and this time at 100% strength.
"Hello Aeris, Jeremiah can we speak for a moment?" Jeremiah sees the way the president spoke. It must be an important private matter.
"Yes." With that, they left.
"She insisted to come here hence why we were late. They needed to check if her injuries were completely healed off." Informed the bespectacled secretary.
"Oh, yeah president said that I will get a good challenge. Do you know who it is?" The boy was trying his best to contain his excitement. Needless to say, it wasn't very convincing.
"You will have to be patient Kurosagi, but yes President Leos have mentioned that you and three more members of your team will battle one of Team Velocity's most formidable team. I can assure you that just because they fight mostly at Velocity it doesn't mean they don't do it here in Omega." So they are strong and have 4 members, man he can't wait!
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At the entrance of Omega Boulenvard, his brother Leonardo and his teammates are looking at the Omega Station.
"Is been long I have forgotten how this place was." Leonardo states. He was dressed in a brown shirt with 3 blades each with different colors (red on the right, blue in the center and silver on the left), blue jeans, and white sneakers. It was indeed for him a while in fact, it has been about 3 years. He wonders how strong Richard Kurosagi and his members are. Thinking about it gets him excited! Someone puts a hand on his shoulder.
"Are you really that excited to face Kurosagi, my dear brother." The younger brother looks at his older brother and president of Velocity Nivelon Boulenvard.
"Yeah." His brother chuckles.
"Be patient."
"Yeah, the president is right Leos. They're not going away." Said girl this one younger than him by a few months. She had long light blue hair, green eyes, dressed in a black shirt with three golden stars, blue jeans that had a few holes on the low end, and black boots with a skull design on both sides of the boot. She seems very lax. She also had a very cute face.
"Sorry Lisa but, knowing that I am going to face my very own inspiration to do my best, just gets me very excited!"
"Is alright..."
"We understand." Said both twins whose difference was the girl having longer hair and their attires. They were a year older than the other two. The boy was dressed in a white long-sleeves shirt, black short jeans, and white sneakers with a flame design. His twin sister had twin tails and she was dressed in a pink tank top with a big heart design, black jeans, and pink sneakers with sunflowers on both sides.
"Shia, Shou." He was glad he has so many friends and a brother that cares about him and their future.
"How about we go inside maybe get something to eat after all is almost lunch," Nivelon suggested.
"YES!" Enthusiastic the group enters the Omega Arcade Station.
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Back at Pizza Palace Picher's boy, Richard was eating like the world was going to end today. They decided to have lunch after the boy's growling stomach become impatient.
"Well, at least the virus didn't mess with your appetite." Alice deadpanned while Richard eats another slice of the Palace Pizza Special rapidly.
"The world is not at an Armageddon state Richard," Adel stated before looking at Genre and sweatdropping. The blonde petite teen has consumed about 60% of what the boy has consumed. Sometimes she wonders if both of them are long distant cousins.
"Wha an I ay I an't top oving o at he est izza hat his orld ave ver reated!"
"SWALLOW THEN SPEAK!" Frederick yelled to his friend. He does before punching his chest and drinking his soda before he could choke. Seriously, one of this day his best buddy will die on choking on his very own food.
"Hey I haven't seen those people before." they look at the group of teens with an older man dressed in an elegant pink business suit and brown working boots. He had a rose in his left pocket. Is he a chaperone?
"Yeah me neither." Answered the red-haired Japanese teen.
"Ditto." Was his best buddy response.
"Well, whoever they are it shouldn't distract us from who our opponents are going to be." Adel wonders who this team that plays Velocity is. Even more, they haven't decided who will they pick for the match. This could help with how to synchronize the team is for the Omega Team World Tournament.
"Wonder who it is?" Yuma was curious too. She is expecting to fight alongside Richard and Frederick. At least they work well as a girls-only unit but is not the same style having a team of only girls than having one with both genders. Especially when the chemistry is very different. She has spared with the boys and Richard is a lot more agile than her. Frederick is a good battle strategist and it shows why he is the son of a military general.
"Ish dosh em, matter caush Richard will beat him, right? Nyah!" Ana stated before rubbing her face against the teen's shoulder much to the anger of both girls.
"Alice and Aeris' Rhythm...Very agitated." Stated the stoic girl while she gobbles down another slice of pepperoni pizza.
"Lady Alice I do not understand why are you very agitated over..."
"I AM NOT!" Quickly said to lilac-haired maid Alice while blushing crimson red.
"Fufu." She hates this person, more than Heidi.
()
Somewhere in Paris, a certain purple-haired beauty sneezed.
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"Well, I'll have a Cheese Pizza with a bit of pepperoni and meat," Leos told his friends.
"Coming right up!" Lisa noticed someone from the distance.
"Leo look!" She signals to the direction and that's where Leos mentally let a fangirl scream. Because, right a few seats away was last year's Omega Singles Champion Richard Kurosagi.
('Oh man! What do I do?! Relax Leonardo, just play it cool and everything will be peachy.') Thought the purple-haired boy but the butterflies in his stomach weren't stopping at all. Nivelon noticed where his brother was looking and smiled.
('Oh? What are the chances? This must be what fortune tellers deemed as fate.') This was indeed getting very intriguing.
"Let us talk to them," Nivelon suggested.
"EH?!" That made his little brother even more nervous. Talk?! What would he say to him?! That he has been a fan of him and that he is a great role model? No that will make him look like a weirdo!
"Come on Leo!" Lisa dragged the boy by his right shoulder.
"Wait!"
"Huh?" Richard looks to see the group of 1 adult and 4 children were coming this way.
"They are coming this way." Adel addressed.
"Purple-haired boy with girl Rhythm...very frantic and high." Mentioned the blonde-haired while listening to some relaxing ambient music.
"Why hello, sorry if we interrupted your lunch."
"Oh, that's okay Mr."
"Nivelon Boulenvard."
"Nivelon Boulenvard." Frederick let those words repeat themselves in his head trying to remember where he heard that name before. Then it hit him like a thousand books. "You're Velocity's president!"
"Wait! REALLY?" Nivelon chuckled at that. He kind of expected this reaction from them.
"Yes, this is my brother and his friends. Feel free to introduce yourselves, kids."
"I'm Lisa Olivier."
"Shou."
"Shia."
"We're the Pavilion twins!" Exclaimed the twins which that leaves...
"Um, hi...I...uh...er..." Great, he was making a fool of himself.
"Hey, don't feel nervous is great to meet new friends." Hearing that from his hero gave Leonardo Boulenvard the courage that he needed.
"Right! My apologies, my name is Leonardo Boulenvard and I am the brother of the president of the rival company of Omega: Velocity!" Richard grinned.
"Well is nice meeting you all! I'm Richard Kurosagi!"
"Hi I'm Alice Hishikawa and this is my mother's very personal maid and my bodyguard." The red-haired signaled to the lilac-haired maid. She hates mentioning her mother but she will endure it for now.
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"I am Jessenia Amberland and as Lady Alice said I am Milady's very personal head maid."
"Hishikawa you said. By any chance is her mother Ayane Hishikawa the C.E.O. of Hishikawa Enterprise?" Asked Nivelon as the maid nodded in affirmation. "I see."
"Frederick Santos hope we can be friends."
"Likewise," Shou answered.
"I'm Aeris Russo, I am the leader of Team Alpha and a member of Team Omega for the Omega Team World Tournament. These are my friends that I met during my middle school life." The pink-haired signaled to her friends one by one.
"Adel Möller."
"It is an honor to meet you."
"Yuma Ishitzu."
"Genre..." was the response from the small teen not even taking her headphones off.
"I am Ana Wayne, Nyah!" Said before grabbing Richard's shoulder.
"You'll be Ana Dead if you don't get your hands off Richard's shoulders right now." Alice threatened the in which Ana responded with sticking her tongue at her making the red-haired teen fight the urge to punch that kitty face of her. Deciding to avoid a fight between the dark-skinned and his feline friend Gregory introduced himself.
"Team Alpha, oh I heard of you! Your names were mentioned in the news when a black hat hacker was going to frame a company which if he was successful said company would've been out of business." Said Leonardo, again Yuma felt a bit uncomfortable with the topic.
"Yeah."
"Way to go, Leo," Lisa told making the boy panic and trying to apologize.
"Ah, sorry!"
"Is okay." The awkward silence didn't last that long as the leader of Team Omega spoke.
"So, have you played in Omega?"
"Huh? Oh yeah, we have played in fact we got an invitation to participate in the Omega Representation Tournament."
"Really?!" That got the boy's blood pumping the others sighed. Figures their brown-haired leader will get excited and willing to fight them if they have played Omega before.
"Yeah, thou, we couldn't because my brother and I needed to demonstrate how the new updates for Velocity will benefit our investors." Explained Leonardo with a somewhat downcasted tone. He really wanted to participate but he didn't want to leave his brother alone. Besides, it was actually fun demonstrating the updates. Now he is sure that the company will keep itself alive come next week.
"How about we have a battle?" This surprise Leonardo and his friends. Nivelon looks to Richard with intrigue.
"EH?"
"Are you sure?"
"Sure!" Alice sighed.
"Richard."
"Hmm, maybe this is not bad I mean it can help us see our teamwork." Frederick pointed out.
"We're 7." Genre pointed out.
"Yeah and didn't Inès said that the president was going to introduce us to a team that fought...in...Velocity..." That's when they realize who the president might have been speaking of.
"It's you?!" Nivelon smiled.
"Brother?"
"That is correct. I was trying to contain this as a surprise but it seems the surprise couldn't contain itself." He chuckled as Leonardo looks at his older brother with a mixture of a surprise but at the same time excitement. He will finally have one of his many dreams come true! A fight with last year's Omega Singles World Champion Richard Kurosagi. He was mentally screaming like a high-school girl who was invited to the prom by the most popular boy in school. Richard, on the other hand, was boiling with excitement to battle a new opponent.
"Oh! There you are!" Everyone looks to see none other than the president of Omega Corp. himself Leos Kishima."
"Ah, Leos. How you been doing?"
"Very well, very glad you accepted my invitation."
"How can I resist an invitation such as this?"
"So, how about we see who is the better team."
"Is already been decided." Said confidently the purple-haired president of Velocity.
"Oh, you think so?" replied Leos as both president's competitive auras collide with each other.
"This is going to be excited!"
"5 Floors Special!"
"Sweet!" the brown-haired teen starts chowing down the desert. He wasn't alone thou...
"Ice cream...very good." Genre said eating the ice cream more carefully than her leader. Nevertheless, the others joined before both teens devoured their share.
()
Somewhere near Paris, Linnet was looking at the scenery. She was thinking of her best friend and how long until Emuna woke up from her injuries.
"Hey, how much longer?" The driver doesn't answer her. That got the drill-haired girl angry. How dare her drive ignore her! "Hey! you incompetent driver I am talking to you!" The driver continues to ignore her. She was going to command him to stop when gas starts to appear above her. The girl cough before she feels woozy.
"H...Hey..." She coughs some more. The last thing she heard was...
"I'm very sorry Princess Kishima but I must obey the orders of my master."
"Who...a...re...you..." With that, the girl loses consciousness.
()
Back in Omega, Richard, Frederick, Alice, and Aeris are in the teleporters that are already turned blue. along with Leo, Lisa, Shou, and Shia whose teleporters were colored red Team Omega decided to go with Aeris because they might need the buffs that only a supporter will be capable of.
"Are you all ready?!" The announcer asked earning a nod from the competitors.
"Wonder how strong they are? Man, just thinking about it gets me excited!"
"The stage is set to be S.K.Y.H.I.G.H. City! Team Omega vs. Team Neo Velocity Is time to ENTER OMEGA!"
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Inside now of S.K.Y.H.I.G.H. City, Leonardo and his group upon entering felt a similar sensation as to when they entered Omega.
"Somehow I feel like I'm in Velocity." Said Leonardo. His battle attire consisted of a black sleeveless shirt, black pants with blue neon lines, and sneakers with white on the sidelines. His weapon was a sword that has 2 more swords inside the first one. Being the core he decided to be a powerhouse.
"I know what you mean, I feel it too," Lisa told her leader. Lisa is a kunoichi dress completely in a one-piece red dress and mask. Her weapon is two small daggers. Her job is to scout for nearby enemies and warn her teammates through the earpiece.
"Somehow I feel like I can go anywhere." Said the twin boy.
"Me too." Shou and Shia being twins their Omega forms had similar attire except in their color of shirt and pants Shia's are yellow while Shou are green and their boots are white, with their weapons Shou holding a huge defensive shield and Shia a Laser pole. Shou is the wall of the team while Shia was the Sniper.
"Well, let's stick to the plan I go for Richard and keep him at bay. Lisa uses your stealth fog to try and make sure they don't follow us while Shou defends you so they can't find your real position. Shia, try to sneak a few shots from a distance with your laser pole." Leonardo told his teammates already devising a strategy for Team Omega.
"Right!" Leonardo cannot wait to fight his hero.
Speaking of his hero, he was getting excited himself.
"We can't let our guard down," Frederick told everyone.
"Frederick is right, we don't know what strategies they will use in order to fight us on even ground," Aeris stated.
"What should we do?"
"Hmm..."
"Richard?"
"Have something in mind, Rick?" Asked the elf archer to his friend and leader who was in a thinking position. After a few seconds, he answered.
"I...got...nothing." They all face-fault.
"You're hopeless," Alice told the boy.
"But isn't it exciting? I mean the thought of fighting a new opponent and looking at their strategies this might be the opportunity to showcase our teamwork." Richard didn't have a strategy to use since Team Neo Velocity was a wild card to them. However, He won't lie that he actually wants it that way. That makes it more exciting!
"Figures that you will say something like that. But, I guess you do have a point." Frederick smiles at him. If there's anything that has got them where they are currently is the brown-haired teen's unorthodox strategies when they come. Despite being clueless in some scenarios, when it comes to Omega and technology few of them can match him.
"Right now let's focus on sticking together. Something tells me that this team is really tough."
Leos was being observant of the match he has been thinking of a lot of problems. The first one was the threat of the black hat hacker that has been invading this game lately, the other was the news about an explosion on a building that was due to be demolished in 3 days. Luckily, no one was killed nor injured when the building collapsed. He wonders if it had something to do with the call he received from Troy. Then there's the issue of the world tournament. He has a feeling that every owner of the legendary pieces will be participating in it. His son has won his tournament and he said that he discovered a new power. Something that not even Richard Kurosagi can obtain. What could it be?
"Hmm?" I guess he didn't have to wait because the legendary piece glowed revealing something interesting. Oh, so that was what his son meant by attaining a new power. Seriously that boy, he will do whatever it takes to try and surpass his rivals. It reminds him of...
"You know you can just admit who of us is the best," Nivelon said to him. President Leos couldn't help but chuckles at this statement.
"I would but that would be unfair to the fans. They are the ones with the power to decide." For now, he will pretend to play along. Hexagon of Fate can be so unfair sometimes with the spoilers.
()
Back in Omega, the group was walking through the city, when a white fog covered the area.
"They must be near," Frederick said having trouble seeing through the mist.
"Richard." The brown-haired teen listening to Aeris concentrates.
"Hmm, 3 Moving through the east. One is coming straight at us?" Strange why would. His answer was him blocking a sword and getting separated from the group.
"Richard!" They didn't have time as Alice got hit by a laser before Aeris deflected another one coming her way and Frederick dodged to the right.
"That sting." Alice instinctively blocked the next laser with her pole before blocking a pair of small daggers.
"Impressive for a powerhouse," Alice screamed and backs her opponent away before this one conceals in the mist again. She then gets a slash on her back and arms by the quick movements from the opponent. Surprisingly, this doesn't defeat her meaning her opponent must be a rank lower than her. Still, she can't take too many more of this otherwise she is history. Alice closes her eyes her Jessenia has taught her that she can concentrate on the movement of her opponent.
TAP* TAP* TAP*
These were the sounds of footsteps walking rapidly inside the fog. As someone appeared the red-haired beauty swung her pole to the left as hard as she could hitting the person who was sent flying toward a store glass breaking it before the enemy's body crashes on some clothes tables breaking them in the process.
"Lisa!" One of the concealed opponents said before the fog dissipated to reveal the twins, Shou and Shia.
"Way to go Alice!" Frederick said now with their visions back they can fight with the enemy easier. Hmm, a wall and a sniper, if he can guess the one that Alice gave heavy damage must have been a scouter.
Without any hesitation, Frederick attacked with his bow unleashing a dozen arrows rapidly toward Shia but they have all bounced harmlessly to the ground thanks to the giant shield.
"Aeris!"
"On it." Aeris enhanced both Alice's strength and Frederick's speed so he can have a faster time loading his arrows. Alice would've loved the buff earlier but she is appreciated nonetheless.
"Extend!" She tries to snare Shou but this one is saved by Lisa.
"You're still active!" Lisa staggers but keeps her position.
"Sorry, I can't use the Fog again since it depleted most of my Capacity Power," Lisa informed them before the group once again got ready to fight against Alice, Aeris, and Frederick.
Meanwhile, Richard and Leonardo were fighting with Richard getting the slight upper hand.
"Well this is awesome I never fought against a person with a Tri-sword before," Richard said his blood boiling with excitement fighting a new opponent. He might not be an experienced powerhouse like Harry but that didn't mean that his opponent is very strong.
('He's praising me! Come on Leo think of a cool reply.') "You'll be more impressed. I haven't unleashed the true power of my Tri-blade!"
"Really then I can't wait!" For Leonardo, this was a dream come true. He might not have been able to get in the tournament to represent his city of England but he will take fighting his hero over it.
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Linnet wakes up. She doesn't know what happened. The last thing she remembers is that she was going to The Omega Arcade Station before she got...she looks around and she sees nothing but 0's and 1's. She looks at herself she had clothes she was sure she didn't wear when she was heading to the O.A.S. a white dress with crystal slippers. She touches her forehead as she felt something cold and steely to reveal that it was a tiara made of diamond.
"W-where am I?" The drill-haired girl was getting scared she has been most likely kidnapped and who knows what they will do to her. She looks to a window to see she was some sort of city with even more advanced technology than the one they had.
"Dad, Brother, Emuna. Help, I'm scared."
()
The fighting between Richard and Leo continues. Both cores have been even so far blocking each other's slashes. The brown-haired leader of Team Omega was having so much fun. He was not the only one tho, Leonardo was having a thrill he might just have to use one of his abilities to take the momentum and swing it his way.
('Wow, he's good.') "Hey Leo, mind if I ask you a question?" Richard asked while he dodged one of Leo's slashes before blocking and having a power struggle.
"Sure, what is it?"
"Do you enjoy your life as the brother of the president of Velocity?" Both back away.
"Huh? Yeah although..." Leonardo has some thoughts before shaking his head. "I guess you can say is sometimes complicated."
('He looks upset about something') Richard thought. If there's something his father taught him during their trip was to read the emotion of his opponent they will help him read their next move a lot easier. He blocked the next move easier before kicking the purple-haired boy in the chest backing him away. Richard uses his speed to run around Leonardo his speed becomes almost as fast as lightning. Leonardo closing his eyes uses his second blade. This one vibrates before he blocks the dagger of Richard which surprises him.
"Your speed might be outstanding but it won't work against my second blade Speed Hound! So try again!" He backs the brown-haired teen away.
('He is good.') The brown-haired boy thought and grinned. This will be more fun than fighting black hat hackers. "Guess is plan B." The boy continues his attacks to try and find an opening to use his White Dragon Strike Fang.
Back on the other side of the city Aeris, Frederick and Alice, have been even with the people they were fighting.
On Frederick's side, he has been in a shooting fight with Shia. They have had close encounters here and there but most of the time like currently now they have deflected each attack. Unlike Frederick however, Shia had no limitation on her shooting. Deciding that he would lose if this kept up Frederick hid behind a car before the car was shot by a barrage of bullets. Frederick has improved his arsenal of arrows as of late. Hmm, maybe its time to use one of them. Maybe...he takes an orange arrow before putting himself in a commando crawling position. Seeing someone's feet walking this way he shot the arrow. Shia reacted quickly and jumped and the arrow misses or so she thought as to her surprise a net shot up and captured the twin pinning her to the street. She tries to struggle but fails to escape.
"That should hold her up." He sees Alice hitting Shou hard with her pole sending him flying 20 feet before crashing into the streets.
Aeris uses her veils to deflect Lisa's attacks before using one of her veils to steal one of her daggers and proceeding to use it against the light blue-haired girl who dodges them all with her scouter speed. They were outclassed by these people every step of the way. She can just hope that Leonardo can defeat their leader in time, otherwise...
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Meanwhile outside, Leos and Nivelon are observing the match.
"It looks like your brother's team is getting overwhelmed by Team Omega."
"Oh, do not underestimate my brother and his friends, I am sure that they will find a way to defeat them." Nivelon looks at the monitor before having an unnoticeable smirk on his face.
('And even if he fails I already have what I need to destroy everything that you "work" so hard to keep. Once my virus kicks in Omega will know that no one and I mean no one surpasses Velocity without any consequences.') He mentally laughs knowing that in a few minutes...Omega will no longer be considered a safe place to play virtual online games.