Chapter 38: The Training

"Too Many Pieces...So Little Time..."

It has been almost 12 hours since they got out of Japan and have arrived at their headquarters. Rusher LeGrace leader of LeGrace has been looking at the big red orb that hasn't responded at all to his legendary piece since the red-haired girl attacking him like a wild animal.

"Done." Said the orange-haired small teen to her leader. Rusher just looks at his fist completely fixed and moved it by closing his fist. He didn't felt pain when it was gone...then again it is just a mechanical arm, not his real one...he lost that a long time ago.

"Thanks, Kula." There were a few seconds of silence before The orange-haired spoke.

"You have been looking at her legendary piece for a while."

"Yes...I have been thinking...This thing, when I fought the girl it was neutralizing my M.I.S.T. Even more, her speed and strength were very monstrous." Rusher said to her. He wonders if they can use this to cure the M.I.S.T. By using this piece. The big question is how...

"...Do you want me to search for information about the Sphere of Rage?" Her curious side was getting the best of Kula. Then again, this is a rare opportunity to find out if what her blue-haired leader was telling is true. These legendary pieces might hold a power that could benefit them. Now that he has seen what another legendary piece aside hers is capable of she will not be surprised if...

"Hmm...Yes. Also, I will like you to see if you can find the necklace that Richard Kurosagi and that other boy were holding." There it is...Even so, she is glad that Rusher is getting interested in the legendary pieces. Maybe this will give her more time to see what these legendary pieces of theirs and those others owned by she presumes others are capable of.

"Alright." The door opens to reveal Min, Grew, and Mol.

"Has the girl woken up yet?"

"No...that girl sure is a heavy sleeper." Answered Grew.

"Well it does not matter, soon we will be free from the nightmare."

"Is that the thing that will "cure" us?" Asked Min.

"It looks more like an accessory that those bitch rich women would wear to attract men."

"And what is wrong with that fatso?"

"What you call me Wench!?"

"ENOUGH!" Rusher stood up and went to another door.

"We still have work to do, I will deliver Ragnarok to LeDutch. Afterward, we will decide on our next move. Be assured, this thing has powers that are even stronger than our M.I.S.T." Stronger than the M.I.S.T.?! If that is the case...

"If that is the case why don't we just crush it to a million pieces then?"

"Because you Ball of Fat and No Brains, we need this in order to get rid of the M.I.S.T. Or at least give us the chance to be able to use our powers without the risk of being just meat for it," Kula answered.

"Well, what triggered it the first time?" Grew said adjusting his glasses. Unlike Mol, Grew was more observant and was just as smart as Kula who was the most intelligent of the five.

"The girl," Rusher answered.

"She is called Alice. At least that's all we know for now. I will search for information about her, Grew I will need your help with this since you were a former hacker in your own right."

"Well, Technically it was..." He paused for a moment before nodding. "I suppose there will be no problem so long as it is not an SS class security system even with all my brain I will not be able to crack down anything...not too many people can."

"Do not worry, it will not be very difficult for you from what I see the biggest worry will be the time limit of 15 minutes before they re-enforced the security and the auto tracker comes in contact with one of my computers." Oh, then it will be simple for him and...

"Then I guess there are no problems," answered Grew to the orange-haired genius. With that out of the way, the two went to another room. Mol decided to go to the training facility. He needs to build those men into tip-top shape, after all, he was a former leader plus he has to vent some anger. Min, on the other hand, decided to be the one keeping an eye on the red-haired Asian teen who knows maybe having a female to a female conversation with someone other than the orange-haired small teen genius would help with the boredom of waiting until their leader talks to their "superior". It's just a matter of time, right? She can try and revive the life that she lost...recreate her very own noble family's legacy.

()

There has been a couple of times that the blue-haired adult has met with LeDutch. This time is different thou, they have completed the mission that they were sent to do. Despite all those casualties he is now staring at two things: The legendary pearl Ragnarok and this red sphere in his mechanical hand. This thing, he doesn't know how but it gave that girl strength that can match the M.I.S.T. Equally or even better. If That girl had experience in fighting instead of recklessly swinging her punches he would've surely lost the fight. Luckily for him, his legendary piece and the M.I.S.T. Were enough to neutralize her. But now the question is...what to do next...they could use the red-haired teen as a ransom. From the looks of it, she seems to be part of a noble family meaning her family was for sure millionaires if not billionaires. He'll figure something out when the time comes.

"Hmm?" So...he is here too.

"Rusher." Said, someone.

"Salamander." He said to the tall brown-haired male while putting the Sphere Of Rage in his pocket. He met Salamander two weeks after joining LeDutch on a mission to retrieve information to help them locate the Armageddon. If it wasn't for the fact that he has the M.I.S.T. And his legendary piece he would say that they are equals in strength and experience. Salamander was a bodyguard to a royal prince before joining LeDutch and seemingly betraying his country. The scars on his left eye from battling wild tigers and even high-class assassins proves that he is as tough as it gets. Steel demeanor and a rough attitude the man can make any general that it wasn't his former one cower in fear.

"Are you here to talk to LeDutch?"

"...Yes...I have come to deliver the final piece." Salamander stares for a few seconds before nodding his head.

"I see..."

"What are you doing here?"

"I have come because LeDutch wanted to see me for something of the most important." Something important? What could be more important to the mysterious french leader than recovering the legendary twin pearls to revive the ultimate weapon of mass destruction?!

"I see...in that case, shall we meet him together?"

"Yes...We shall." With that, the two walk toward the door before it slid open and they entered. Salamander entering first before Rusher follows him.

This room is as dark as ever. The only light is from the big red screen in the middle of the room that shows the condition of the ultimate weapon. Rusher and Salamander walked toward the big red screen before two silver moon chairs appeared from below the floor close to the screen. As both of the men sat there a small lamp turned on. The sound of a cat growling was heard before it climbed on the table where the lamp was illuminating.

"I heard you did a good job in retrieving Ragnarok, Rusher." Said a voice from the shadows. One of his eyes glowing red. The cat meowed before going toward the direction of the voice disappearing from the scene before its glowing green eyes joined the red-eye.

"Yes, it wasn't easy but we managed to retrieve it in Japan."

"...I see...Japan...very fitting that you found it there..." Contemplated the voice.

"Well, no matter if you please,"

"...Yes..." Rusher showed the legendary pearl before a small table appeared beside him. He put the pearl there before the table moved toward the dark part of the room. He still could see the glow of the pearl resonating through the darkness.

"Magnificent. You have done well Rusher...Salamander, I also called you here for the information about them." Them?

"Yes, Sir...It seems that Majestic 12 has a new superior in charge." He then took a chip and slid it into a slot. The red screen changed and a lot of people appeared.

"Oh...Interesting, and who are these three?"

"That's a bonus...their names are Troy, Deana, and Sherri. They are what you called private eyes, there's an interesting connection between Troy and the leader of Majesty 12 Red, It seems they are father and son but due to an incident involving Troy's wife and Red's mother the two of them don't seem to be on the same page. Whoever, one should not underestimate a private eye especially someone as experienced as Troy."

"You seem to know him well Salamander." Rusher pointed out.

"Yes...You can say too well."

"I see, Good job Salamander, this is indeed information that should be acknowledged. Hmm...it seems that their whereabouts are said to be unknown, is there any reason for it?"

"Majesty 12 is a crafty group being able to have multiple headquarters and whenever one organization discovers one of them they just vanish with no evidence left behind. As for the three private detectives they have kept a low profile for days." Hmm, Rusher has seen two of those faces before.

"I have seen those two before."

"Oh...?" Said the curious voice. Salamander was also curious to see what Rusher have to say...

"During one of our searches in Paris, Kula and I encounter them. They helped out one of the lieutenants from P.E.P.A."

"Ah P.E.P.A. Yes, I do remember them from the stories about the project you were involved in, but please continue." Rusher nodded to the voice before continuing his explanation.

"It seems that they also knew we were on a search for Ragnarok. We managed to escape without alerting the Majesty 12 of our location. After that, we located Ragnarok moving..."

"And that led you to Japan, correct?" Salamander said.

"Yes..."

"Japan...That place brings back very thoughtful memories." It seems LeDutch has a disdain with that island country. Rusher was right, his "boss" remembers how that was the country that helped France on stopping one of his attempts. Perhaps, he should show that country an example of what happens when you try to interfere with his world domination. Yes, he should bring The Armageddon there first.

"There were some obstacles but nothing that we couldn't overcome. Do not worry we weren't followed nor anyone knows where we were once we left the location where we retrieved Ragnarok." Assured the blue-haired leader of LeGrace.

"I see...excellent, Salamander I will like you to check Paris Streets, see if you can find those two girls, I want to know if they have any plans to stand in our way once The Armageddon is up and running."

"Yes, sir."

"Rusher, I must thank you for this, you have helped in accelerating our plans to conquer not only France but perhaps the rest of the world. For that, you have my gratitude and I would like to name a city in your name once my conquest is complete." Rusher doesn't care much about that, he only cares about being free from the M.I.S.T. So having a city as in his name means nothing if he doesn't complete his main objective.

"It was no problem...boss." Besides, you never should let your guard down...for anyone.

()

Min entered a white room that was decorated with a garden. This was her very personal room, she suggested it herself to make it feel like her home back in Bordeaux. Bedroom filled with vines around the bed, a Venus flytrap on each corner of it. A wall picture of her family. For being a white room it sure had some colorful background. She looks to her bedroom. There she is...still seemingly out cold. She approached her slowly before stopping a few steps from her bed.

"Just how long are you going to sleep...or rather how long are you going to pretend to do so?" asked the purple-haired mature woman. No response making Min sigh. She then proceeds to pinch the red-haired girl's nose. After a few seconds of doing so, Alice squirmed before quickly shooting out of bed and then taking deep breaths.

"You know you are making it impossible for us to keep you here. Be grateful that Rusher told us not to let you get hurt or seen by the other soldiers." Alice didn't even respond at all she just shifted to the other side.

"Still not talking...whatever is not like having a girl talk will help with anything that we have planned." She then went to one of her many wardrobes before taking a silver watering pot out of it.

"Sooner or later you will have to ask for food, you have been out for almost 12 hours since you arrived here." Min started watering her plants...it was like she was having a conversation with a scarecrow...then again having a conversation with a scarecrow will be 10x better than hearing that vulgar fat ass. Knowing him he is right now barking at the soldiers that reside here.

On the other hand, Alice doesn't even know what to think of this situation...first of all, where is she? She can't even remember anything that happened after she heard that annoying sound. All she knew is that she was in this bed, thankfully still clothes, usually she will have a different set of clothes on...or at least that's what she read on those stories about girls that are kidnapped. Kidnapped...when was the last time that happened?

"Hmm...as I thought this will not live on these conditions." She heard Min said. If she wasn't kidnapped she will say that this room seems rather beautiful in the way is designed...albeit is a little bit too white for her liking. It feels like one of those asylum rooms, to be honest. Looking around she sees the door, she was planning on how to escape this room but, it doesn't seem to be any good ways to escape except thru that door.

"I should go to the training room soon...Hey, do you want to come too?" Asked Min...What is she doing? Why would you allow your captive to escape by asking to join you in the training room?! That seems...kind of stupid.

"Well I try, whatever stay here for all I care, once Rusher comes back he can put you in his room, one less headache out of the way for me." Maybe...

"I'll...go." Told the red-haired teen. If she can see where in the world she is, maybe she can find the exit. For now, she will have to listen to the woman and whoever this Rusher is.

"So you finally talk...Well, whatever let's go I am sure your leg muscles need the exercise anyway." Alice stood up from the bed and then stumbles a bit...she was correct her legs might need some workout.

()

Usually, Leos would have already been ready to come back to France and talk with either his son or daughter...mostly his son he has been more interest by the legendary pieces as of late to a point that he is developing a way to fight Kurosagi at equal grounds if his Diamond Dragonite ever gets fully awakened. But now...this...

"To think that something like this could happen." Said, Leos.

"We do not want to be involved in your side ourselves but...Lady Alice whereabouts can only be found by your technology."

"Well you do have a point, However, it will be a lot harder to know since she doesn't have her D.O.B.I." explained the president of Omega. That was the first option because they could use the D.O.B.I. Player tracking chip in order to track her down. Now they have to rely on one thing and one thing only. When was the last time they used this...2 years? No, he is pretty sure it was higher and that was to track down a missing player. But who is going to go in there? This is not as easy as to "Okay we're in. Oh look there it is, great now let's track her down." yeah that is not how it works.

"So long as you find out where they took her." Leos frowned. He hasn't seen Jessenia like this at all. This is a first for him, even more...

"How is she taking this?" he asked the lilac-haired maid.

"Milady is...not at her best condition right now." Understandable...

"I understand. Is not every day, your very own child is kidnapped or gone missing." If they're like this he cannot imagine how her friends will feel like.

"Does he knows?"

"Master Hishikawa knows, thou out of all of us he is taking it very well and was able to calm her down." If there's anyone who can calm her down is him alright. He probably is confident with them finding Alice whereabouts. Hmm...LeGrace, he has heard of that group before, never in his life, he will think that they will get involved with these group. Funny how fate works for these situations.

"I see...well not to worry I promise you we will find her. One way or the other." Jessenia nodded.

"...Thank You, Master Kishima..."

"Please no formalities, just Leos will be fine."

"Why call us to his office?" Wonders Richard Kurosagi. Oh! He bets it is because they will be facing a special opponent, maybe the current world champions or even a previous one if that matters. Could it be...?! IS HE...IS HE FACING HIS FATHER'S TEAM NOW!? He is so excited that...

"He is in deep thought," Adel said.

"Probably thinking that we are called because of a match."

"It could be for mission thou, Frederick," Aeris said.

"AH! I never thought of that! Now I am more excited!" The brown-haired teen beamed even more.

('Maybe him being called a battle maniac is not too far from the truth.') sweat-dropped Aeris.

"Leader's rhythm...very high and beating happily." pointed Genre, thou they already knew this.

"You are all here," The secretary was at the front door of the company. She seemed to be in a more serious mood. Seems like the situation is very serious.

"Good...Come inside there are a lot of people waiting for you." It is that serious that kind of changed the mood of everyone, even the charismatic brown-haired boy.

Entering inside the office of the president there were familiar faces...

"Mom, Dad!"

"Mother."

"Dad? What are you doing here?" The parents were here. This is the first time that the Santos Father and son have met inside the office of Omega Corp. Xino, Angela, and Gina were there too. This is kind of a family reunion of the sort but why? Maybe all the answers will be revealed since the door opens from behind them to show...

"Huh?!" Why is Jessenia here?! Wait doesn't that mean Alice has returned!? If so...!!

"You are all here, that's great..."

"What's going on?" Okay, this atmosphere seems way too gloom and dark you will think that someone just got seriously hurt or something.

"Son, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but...it seems that someone wanted our attention. Albeit unintentional." Unintentional? Is it a black hat hacker?!

"Is it a black hat hacker?"

"No...but we wish it was...is far much worse." Far Worse? What could be much worse than a black hat hacker?

"May I?" Jessenia intervene. If there was someone that will tell the kids about the situations it should be the one who fought the enemy. Leos signals for her to go ahead.

"There are two factors in it. One is the group's name and the other is their leader. The name of the group is LeGrace."

"LeGrace?" Why is that name familiar to the brown-haired teen?

"They are a group of terrorist/mercenaries led by Rusher LeGrace a former soldier of P.E.P.A. He was part of an experiment to create the ultimate super-soldiers called PROJECT M.I.S.T."

"M.I.S.T.?" Wasn't that the name that the news anchors said before showing an audio-video about some soldiers screaming?

"Is Mutant Intellectual Storming Tear for short. The project had some success but with it very costly failures. One day, videos were leaked by an unknown hacker a few months after the project's first test that became a failure before the project was deemed too dangerous to be tried on humans and was, therefore shut down indefinitely and all evidence to be burned." All evidence but...

"How did the news media got a hold of the video then?"

"Those are audio leaks, people might think that they are just trying to instigate fear. It is not the first time that has happened in our world. The world is a big place, my son." Xino explained. Even thou the leaked audio is true, with so many exaggerated and manipulated news throughout the years it was hard to believe what is real evidence and what is just fake news. Thou, the good news is that things are slowly coming back to normal in the real world.

"I see, also that name Rusher...was his hair colored blue and had a mechanical left arm?" They look at each other.

"Yes...your description of their leader fits well...maybe too well." Jessenia corresponded.

"Is there something you will like to tell us...son?" The way his father said that...

"Ah! Well, it was kind of the time we went to look for something to give Alice..." Ah, that time...

"I see...hmm..." Jessenia has been staring at the boy's necklace for a while. It looks just the very same as the one that...which reminds her. "Leos, when will he arrive?" He? Are there more people coming?!

"He shouldn't take long, Emuna and Irogan too." Emuna and Irogan are coming too?! Is this very serious?!

"I see...then I guess I should wrap it up before he arrives. Now, where was I...ah yes, Rusher LeGrace is not the typical opponent that you face in Omega Richard Kurosagi."

"Don't have to remind me of that, I experience the pain of getting the wind taken out of you by a powerful bionic punch." He rubs his stomach having a mental reminder of the adult's painful punch.

"People who face Rusher are lucky to tell the story. You must've been very lucky to live to tell the tale."

"Well, it was because of this that I managed to escape him." Richard signals to his D.O.B.I. If only Lady Alice...no is not the time to feel like a failure.

"His group might be as dangerous as he is...but considering that he easily managed to overpower me with his legendary piece it was of no surprise, it felt like the gap between us was way far off." Legendary Piece?

"Legendary Piece?" So Rusher was a legendary piece owner?!

"His legendary piece from what Jessenia described to me seems to be La Estrella Del Leopardo. To translate that is The Leopard's Star has the ability while on its sleep state it can slow down time and its awakening form the legendary piece can even for a short period stop it. The effects of the slowdown or stoppage are minimal to the other legendary piece owners but they still are in effect nonetheless, in other words, no one except the owner of this legendary piece is safe from the time manipulation." That's kind of OP! And that guy has that power?!

"That's..."

"Insane, we know and on the hands of Rusher it makes it a very scary and dangerous legendary piece, you think Lahaska with the Pentagon Of Manipulation was bad this makes that situation just an A-class Virus."

"So, where is he?"

"We do not know, all we know is that he has gotten his hands on Ragnarok and I presume the other members of his group must have gotten Dionne." Dionne...he remembers that the pearl Ragnarok said that name.

"Richard."

"Oh, I am just thinking of something that's all Aeris."

"Sir...He's here. Should we let him in?" said someone on the intercom.

"Yes...I think he should be here to clarify another thing that is needed to be discussed." Who could this person be that the president wants to clarify...whatever he needs to clarify?

The doors slide open again. All of a sudden, the legendary pieces started to glow.

"Huh?"

"The pieces..."

"Why are they?" Could it be another legendary piece user?! Maybe is Jeremiahs! He must be the important person the president was talking about or even Emuna. To the team's surprise, it wasn't either of them. It was someone...

"Is that..." Adel wasn't seeing doubles right?!

"He looks just like..." Frederick said.

"..."

"Richard." Aeris looks at her childhood brown-haired friend and then at the person in front of them...There is no doubt...!

"Er, Dad...is there's something you and mom didn't tell me about." The brown-haired boy said feeling a bit awkward because in front of him there was someone similar to him...well almost. Even more important on his necklace...isn't that his legendary piece?!

"No...son, I think this is that important person."

"Master Arifer." Said the maid. Sexan Arifer finally is face to face with Richard Kurosagi. So this is the former Omega World Singles Champions. No wonder Alice was more comfortable speaking with him. She probably knew about what he had on his necklace too...All these years....he was holding something that...

"You're Richard Kurosagi, correct?"

"Yeah, and you are?"

"My name is Sexan Arifer, I am the son of Reo Arifer, and it seems we both have something that attracted some people to us."

Richard and his friends wonder what does he mean by something that attracted someone to him and the brown-haired leader?

"He is talking about the legendary pieces. You see while he is the owner of one it is not the real deal."

"What do you mean?!" Asked the pink-haired teen.

"He means that the legendary piece he is holding...is fake."

()

These maggots have been slacking off a lot since they left on their mission to retrieve the pearls. Well, he will make sure they are in the toughest shape of their lives.

"COME ON MAGGOTS, MOVE!"

"Mol has been very aggressive today."

"Shh, not so loud you don't want him to use us as meat bags."

"HEY, YOU TWO! IF YA HAVE TIME FOR MOVING YOUR JAW MUSCLES YOU HAVE TIME FOR MOVING YOUR ARMS AND LEGS MUSCLES! MOVE IT! MOVE IT!" Barked the big buffed heavy man to the soldiers who got startled and hurry with the pile of unfortunate souls that have been put together to get trained by the rudest man out of the three members of LeGrace.

"Hmm?!" So the red-haired teen finally woke up...

"So she finally woke up." Compare to Mr. Santos this man was much wide than him despite being bulky on the arms. He also is towering her and the woman that she was following in this room. This looks like a giant gym with a tracking field. There were many men dressed in a gray soldier outfit with an insignia badge on their left arm. She can tell...He and the purple-haired woman were seen as a higher ranking than these soldiers.

"She finally spoke up and wanted to come here. I am just here because I needed to get my hands and legs warm." Min told the buffed and wide man.

"Is that so...I was getting bored with shaping these maggots, maybe you can...give me some challenge."

"Some? I guess we shall see." She looks to the red-haired teen.

"You sit over there. Maybe you can learn how to truly throw a punch or two." Alice said nothing. Opposing her will be a really bad idea, especially when this big man in front of her was her partner. Their attires were the same too, even more, her legendary piece was missing from her. She does remember wearing it, they most likely took it from her neck. For being kidnappers they seemed to be very knowledgeable about her necklace.

"It will not be like last time, Min!"

"Yeah, Yeah, let's get this over with." Sitting on the steel bleacher, the red-haired observed the two adults getting into position.

'Preparing Sparing Arena...Security levels...High 5!' The two adults were encased in a giant blue bubble dome before getting in fighting pose. A stare-down happens before both Min and Mol vanish. The clash was very heavy with booming sounds and dust rising from the floor. This was the sequence for a few seconds before both adults appeared with Mol blocking Min's left foot with his broad shoulders. A normal human being would have a dislocated shoulder for sure but not Mol he has built his body to withstand kicks that will break boulders or even cement. Grabbing her leg Mol threw Min toward the wall before the purple-haired woman bounced on it. Mol follows it up by appearing in front of her in a blink of an eye.

('They are so fast!') Them moving like this feels as if she is watching two Scouters fighting each other inside Omega! These people are not human! Well, they are but...JUST LOOK AT THEM GOING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHTING!

Min recovered quickly and use her arms to block the one huge fist from the big bulky man. Mol grunted as he tries to push his fist to overpower her smaller arms. Using that momentum against him Min judo flipped him to the wall before swinging him around for a while. After a few seconds, she threw him to the ground creating a big hole upon impact. Mol's body hit so hard that the place started to shake a bit making the soldiers that were training fall off balance. Alice held on to the bleacher.

Mol shook himself before he angrily looked up and see Min launching herself to him so he blocked her fist with his forearm making the ground shake again.

"It seems you have improved a bit fatso."

"Heh, You too, you Tabouillot Bitch!" Said the heavy man to the noble or should we say, former noblewoman. Backing down Min had a blue aura surrounding her.

"Shall we stop with the warm-ups and begin to fight seriously then?"

"Heh, I thought you never asked You Wench!" Mol also had the same aura before both of them clash once again.

()

"Fake Piece?"

"Yes, while it may look exactly like the legendary piece Kurosagi is holding the one Arifer is holding does not respond as automatically as the original. As you saw it only responded because there are way too many legendary pieces in the room." Explained the president of Omega Corp.

"Three years ago a fake piece was found on Evo Labs one of the many labs of Repulsion Inc. a rival company of ours. The fake piece they found was similar to La Estrella del Leopardo."

"Are you suggesting that Rusher is the one holding that replica?" Asked Frederick teen now being more attentive to the situation.

"No, the one that Rusher has is as authentic as it gets, my legendary piece reacted as soon as we were close to each other," Richard answered.

"Besides, those replicas were disposed of as soon as they saw the danger they withheld. You see, unlike your legendary pieces, these needed something extra from the host...Their lifeforce." Lifeforce. That got the teens even Sexan tense.

"The real legendary pieces have a bond with each of their family branch, the fake pieces whoever, since they are not the real deal they will need to keep itself from turning into stone, therefore the lifeforce absorption. However..." Leos said before approaching Sexan.

"It seems there are exceptions to this rule." Well, that sort of relief.

"It will be good too..." Door slides open to reveal the last member that needed to be here.

"Oh Emuna, you are here."

"Yes, I wouldn't miss this first mission with my team. Regalia too." Emuna waves the hand of the doll. Sexan doesn't know what to take of this small teen.

"Shirt introduction, Emuna meet Sexan owner of the fake Diamond Dragonite, Sexan meet the owner of the legendary piece Coffin Of the Soulless Emuna Chariot."

"It is nice meeting you. Leos...Has the news been told."

"Not yet...We were waiting for you."

"News?"

"Richard Kurosagi...Milady requested one thing...no pleaded for one thing and one thing only..." That feeling...He doesn't know why but...

"What is it?" The next words sank on everyone like an anchor tied on their knees and thrown to the deep sea.

"Son...Alice...She was kidnapped by LeGrace."

()

There she was standing tall...although her clothes are a little bit tattered. Even more, she needs to take a bath not because of the sweat...well that is one thing but the main thing is the blood on her clothes and lips. That fat man hit hard like a goddamn truck but...in the end she won by in a way outsmarting the powerful but short-tempered tall buffed man. Who knew using his anger against him will be a huge advantage in this training section.

"Is my win today."

"Tch!" The man hates to admit it but Min has proven once again why she is a level higher than him in the rankings among them. Still, his pride will not let that show!

"You got lucky Wench." Min shrugged the insult.

"Whatever floats your boat." The bubble dissipates. Alice just witnessed an all-out war. There was no way in freaking hell she will be able to escape from whatever this place is. These two would make sure she will be cripple if she ever attempts to escape. Even worse, their leader might have her legendary piece. She remembers a blue-haired man that had a one-sided battle against Jessenia...Jessenia, she hopes that the maid is alright.

"HEY, YOU WHAT THE FUCK ARE YA ALL LOOKING AT! COME ON 40 LAPS AND NO SLACKING!" Well, someone is in a foul mood and who can blame him he just got outsmarted and defeated by someone that if you look at it in perspective would be crushed by him. The battle itself was as she said like watching two Omega Warriors fighting each other...except this is a reality and not a fantasy online game.

"Hey! Would you like to join me, there's a bathroom that has a huge bathtub that we can use in the next section of the room!" Min yelled to the teenage girl.

"Eh?" A bath? Well, she doesn't know how long she has been here. I guess it wouldn't hurt taking one...but what clothes should she wear? These are the only...

"So...!?" Whoa! She got here quick!

"Wah!" That startled her! Well, she was a bit afraid of these people but that just got a cute scream from her.

"Fufu, that was a very adorable scream you let out there." That was embarrassing.

"So shall we get going?"

"Um, Wait! Er, I really, don't know...What am I supposed to wear?!"

"Hmm, you can walk around in the nude." With that many males?!

"NO WAY!"

"Fufufu, I am kidding, we just have to get you to the fabric room next door. I am sure once they measure you they will have fitting clothes for you once we get out of the bath." Told the purple-haired beauty to the cute red-haired one.

"O-Okay...I guess..."

"Good, hopefully, our conversation in there will be better. Talking to Kula is like talking to an advanced supercomputer, too many numbers not enough fashion nor sightseeing." Min is somewhat glad that she could talk to someone other than the orange-haired small teen and other female employees inside LeDutch Headquarters. Alice might be a hostage to them but at least she can talk to her about her past life or about how much of the world she has missed ever since she lost it all...to this forsaken M.I.S.T.

()

Did they heard Richard's father, right?! Alice...has been kidnapped?!

"Alice...Kidnapped?!"

"How?!" How did that happen?! This is hard news to take, why would a group of terrorist want with the red-haired teen?! Is it about money?! No, they could just steal anything and sell it to the highest bidder? Wanting a ransom for her is silly to them! Not with the fact that their leader holds a legendary piece.

"It is true. She...I couldn't do anything to stop him, he said something about if we meet again it was to witness something "beautiful"." Something beautiful? What does he mean about that?!

"Son?" The brown-haired boy has been silent since he heard the news. One of his childhood friends the one that has been there for him until the current time. She was kidnapped by someone he has already met. He knows why he did it. Is obvious, the thing that has linked everyone here.

"Richard..."

"Dad, President...Is it because of our legendary pieces?" Smart boy, that might be one of the many reasons why Rusher must have kidnapped Alice Hishikawa.

"That might be the main reason."

"I...see..." He felt so many emotions inside him. The fact that is unknown what the fate of their childhood friend is...makes the entire group anxious, worried and in his case...angry. Even thou things like this can happen to had happened to one of his friends...Is very frustrating.

"Even if Rusher is the leader of a terrorist group, he is still a legendary piece owner, I will not lie if he will use Alice as a lure to get you, and everyone else in here to him."

"If that happens chances are we can say goodbye to everything we love," Richard said holding the legendary piece. Subsequently, the other piece owners held the piece the same way, bound by artifacts like this. It seems that danger will come no matter what so long as there are other legendary piece owners with dark intentions in their minds.

"I think that Rusher's motives are more than that Master Kurosagi."

"What do you mean by that Jessenia?"

"The M.I.S.T. Was said to consume the flesh of the victims that were injected with it. If he were to gather all the legendary pieces like the legends were told."

"He will be able to get anything that he wants." Of course, the end goal of gathering all the legendary pieces to one owner is for the said owner to gain the power of God itself. If that is the case then...

"But what could someone like him want?! Money? Power? Fame?!" There were so many things that Frederick could mention...However, it was none of the above and Richard thinks he knows what was the main goal of gathering all of them to him.

"Freedom..."

"Freedom?" Adel asked confused...What freedom?

"The girl who he was partnered with...I think her name was Kula, she said that all they wanted was to have Freedom. If by gathering and owning all legendary pieces means the ultimate power, that means he can get rid of the M.I.S.T. And not only to him but others that will have the same thing."

"Hence the "Freedom". It is not to be able to freely do whatever they want it is the freedom of not being able to be scared of one day the M.I.S.T. Eating them alive!" It all connects now! The reason why they met, him getting Ragnarok! Kidnapping Alice! Whatever it is he is planning the result will be one thing: His and his member's freedom to a project that has been hunting them for years.

"President you gather us to not only tell us the news of Alice's being kidnapped by Rusher and his group but to be able to stop Rusher from getting everyone's legendary pieces."

"That's a bit of it. Well, there's a more important task in hand besides saving Alice and the world...again." More?

"What is it?" This time Sexan asked, he will help Alice in any way he can! He will not fail to protect her again!

"Is to get you ready for perhaps the biggest fight of your lives."

()

This room was huge! Also, she thought that Min was the only female but no! Here she is in a changing room with 10 if not 20 other women! Still, she wishes it was only the two of them. Even on Lycee High whenever they need to go and take a shower after gym class she is not very used to having many girls around her talking about how much their body changed over the year. There were Bra Size from B to F cups. She somewhat feels inferior as she barely has a B cup size. She always thinks that this shouldn't bother her but...Being a girl it cannot be helped whenever you see someone who has a bigger size than you!

"Hey, how long are you going to stare at those? Are you a pervert or something?"

"Epp!" She forgot that she was with Min! ...Why?

"Well...Are you..."

"NO, I AM NOT!"

"Fufu."

*Boing* Time for Alice to sulk in a corner and tell herself that she will never have a size like that in her life.

"Do not feel down, You are still a young girl, I am sure that this size is still possible for you to reach, who knows...maybe a lot of boys will grovel over you in a few years, Ufufufu." Boys? There's only one boy that...Wah! What is she thinking right now?!

"Come now, I am tired of tasty my very own blood on my lips." Following suit, the red-haired girl sees the big bathtub with a fountain in the center. This reminds her of one of their bathtub in Spain. Sighing with delight the red-haired teen relaxed as her body submerged in the warm water.

"Much better," Min said as her body takes in the warmth of the water before she took a handful of the transparent liquid and washed her lips. Mol hit her mouth hard but she wouldn't have it any better. She rather him not holding back than him looking down on her and having pity as any other person will. Fuck them! A real warrior male or female alike will give her everything they got in a fight, that's why she would've loved to fight against Majestic 12 back then but Grew was right if anything Grew and...

"Can...Can I ask you something?"

"So long as the question is: "why is your room like a jungle?" then sure." Alice sweat-dropped at that...then again it does looks like it...sort of...

"Er, no is more about the people here. I guess what I am asking is, your leader...is he just like you two?" Ah, so is that kind of question...well, she can't blame her since she just saw two humans going at lighting speed so...

"Ah, you mean Rusher...Hmm, no he is not like us," Oh good then...

"He is far much worse." That is not very reassuring! Noticing the distress on her face Min just pat one of her shoulders.

"I am sure you'll be fine!!" It earned a sweat-dropped from the red-haired teen nevertheless, she felt kind of relieved.

"But I am serious about him being different than us. If you are here with us that means he saw something in you that can help us."

"Something...that I can help you with?" That didn't seem to give her that much confidence.

"Yes. Maybe you are the answer to our problems. If that is the case then I hope you can help us reach our goal."

"What will that be?" Min's demeanor changed from semi-upbeat to serious.

"Our Freedom."

()

Richard is now inside S.K.Y.H.I.G.H. City. Leos has told them that to find Alice's whereabouts they will need a couple of hours in the meantime the teens will have to get ready for whatever the adults are planning to do to get them there. While the others in the group were going to have special training with the guardians he, however, he was going to be having a very "special" training. His father said it was to get him ready for Rusher because he will need to use more than his skill as an Omega Warrior...he has to master how to use his legendary piece and his Omega Eyes.

"Man, I wanted to train with the guardian!" That didn't mean he was not a bit upset about it. Sexan, on the other hand, was more focused on the task at hand. He wanted to train because he owed it to Alice. He couldn't protect her when Rusher was there so he feels like he owes her and her mother big time. He needs to get stronger and...he needs to know how to use this fake piece he had dangling in his neck.

"Kurosagi."

"Eh?"

"How did you manage to awaken your legendary piece?" Awaken it?

"Awaken...Oh you mean talk to a girl and see that big dragon?" A girl? Dragon?

"Excuse me?" What the hell is he talking about?

"Well, when I fought a black hat hacker...Hmm, how was it? Ah yeah, Leos explained better! I think it was me concentrating well and trying to go into another place. I am not good at how it happens all I know was that I just got there and then next thing I know I had wings...sort off...I think they were dragon wings."

"You are not making any sense right now." He...clearly wasn't, but that's how he could describe it.

"Alright, you two you ready for lesson 1?"

"Ready as I ever will be!" The charismatic one told the president.

"Ready."

"Good now I want you two to fight as if you are playing this game."

"Huh?"

"What?" Okay, this is confusing.

"Trust me this is part of the training, we need to see what is different about you two. We couldn't match you up with anyone of the guardians so we decided to match you up with each other that way we can tell who is the perfect match for you."

"What happens if we get transported back because of our health being depleted to 0."

"Oh! That's no problem we made sure that doesn't happen! We implemented "Immortality Mode" for this occasion that way you will not be brought back here until the training is done." Oh I guess that makes sense but...

"How long do we have to do this?" Asked Sexan.

"Hmm, about 60 minutes. Think you two can handle it?" sixty minutes...they haven't gone that long inside this game most of the time the games last 30-45 minutes the longest Richard has been in was 43 minutes and it was back then when he fought as a singles competitor. Sexan, on the other hand, the longest was less: 34 minutes.

"That's a long time but I think I can make it." Said Sexan.

"How about you Richard?"

"Er, I guess...I mean there haven't been matches that have lasted that long." That is true...

"So why do we need to last an hour, President Kishima?"

"Oh! That Sexan is because...we need to make sure that you have that much stamina for what we are planning to do to locate Alice?"

"Well, when you put it that way!" The brown-haired leader of Omega has been very calm outside but inside he is very desperate to rescue his childhood friend. The thought that Rusher was involved in the kidnapping makes him worried that his friend will be hurt by him or whoever that guy is working with.

"Alright then...Train wisely, kids. You only have 1 hour." With that, the President log out of the intercom and it was just the two of them on the big very far futuristic city.

"We should get started."

"Right?" The two almost identical warriors get into their fighting stances.

"Ah, before we start! I have a question Sexan."

"Shoot."

"Well, How did you met Alice?" Well, that's kind of surprising, then again Alice is his childhood friend so...

"On a mission, we were partners for one mission. She is a very great partner, better than the ones I previously had." Told Sexan.

"Oh."

"Is something wrong?"

"Huh?! No! Everything is fine!" Sexan shrugged off. If Richard didn't felt concerned before, he sure is showing it now! I mean, his mother did say...

"Let's begin!" Fast!

"Whoa!" The clashing of both the Kris Dagger and Twin Hook swords echoed the city. Sparks came as soon as the two weapons clashed before Richard had to back off because of Sexan's follow up sweeping slash. The leader of Team Omega counter-attacked with a slash of his own only to be parried and kicked toward a car bending it in the process because of the force of the kick.

"Um..." Richard groaned before back handspring on top of the bent car as one of Sexan's hook swords end up stabbing through the door before he up swung. Richard moves out of the way by flipping back as he sees the car being cut like swiss cheese. The brown-haired owner of the fake piece used his speed to follow thru with a combination of rapid slashes and front stabs which Richard had to block and/or dodge with equal speed. An hour of this might take forever but it seems like that wasn't the main issue here. The main issue seems to be that the brown-haired charismatic teen with the Kris dagger was not performing at its best and Sexan could tell considering that every exchanged ended up with him having a slight advantage. Something was missing in this fight, he can tell.

"Is that all you got?" No...

"I'm just getting started."

"Oh, Really, Richard? Because you are sure as hell not showing any commitment to this fight! Maybe...just maybe...you don't want to fail." That's not it!

"That's not it at all!"

"Is that so?! Then what is it?!"

"Is...Is something..." He can't think of anything...

"Something...maybe you should not be training, to begin with...I don't think you are cut out to save her." Something sparked inside Richard the next thing that happened was Sexan blocking and both their pieces glowing. The Diamond Dragonite however, seemed was glowing more intensively, it is reacting to his master's emotion. Said master was starting to have an aura similar to his battle with Boulenvard and the Pentagon Of Manipulation...only this time it was a bit darker. Sexan had to back off only for his opponent speed to best his so he started to be more defensive as opposed to his early aggressiveness before this sudden offensive explosion coming from Kurosagi. He, however, couldn't block a running knee to the gut making him cough and fly a few meters on the streets of S.K.Y.H.I.G.H City. Before he can act he blocked Kurosagi's Kris Dagger after this one jumps high and strike down with a downward stab. Those eyes...they are different than the eyes his opponent had previously. There were no longer lacking concern or hesitation. That's...A good sign because now...he doesn't have to hold back! His fake piece...has the same idea. Getting him off him Sexan proceeded to go to the air if he can't beat him grounded he will beat him where he has the high ground...No pun intended of course. That would be great and all...except that Richard was slashing and creating these white lines that he had to maneuver around in order to avoid them!

The brown-haired boy from the other side, however, was not focused at all, his body was more on autopilot even more now that the Omega Eyes are starting to appeared.

'Analyzing the opponent...Analysis complete. Opponent's Name: Sexan Arifer Age: 17 Capacity Power: 1,000,000 and increasing slightly by 3 every 3 seconds.' Richard just continued the offense before Sexan decided to go higher. To his surprised Kurosagi was above him now with what looked like wings. Unlike his metal wings which were part of his design inside the game, his opponent's wings were astral in other words they weren't part of his because it was only aura blue colored wings! He did have enough time to block but the impact was so high that he went downwards and landed on the ground as fast as lighting striking on a tree...It was also painful too!!

"Ow..." Sexan gasped as he saw more white lines coming his way.

*Swish*

*Bump*

The sound of the white lines and the sound of the impact that they did on the ground was resounding. After all the white dragon strike fangs hit the ground Kurosagi looks around to see if there was anything left of his opponent. He wasn't there.

The reason why Sexan wasn't there was that he used his last-ditch effort move Replacement. It took 1/3 of his capacity power to pull it off but it was good enough to not be cut into a million pieces. Seriously what the hell was that?! No what in the hell?! By now anyone will be tired that was like what 8?! 9?! 10 OF THOSE THINGS COMING AT HIM?! Even more, he used more at the beginning of this onslaught! How does he still have any Capacity Power left?! The president specifically said they were on Immortality Mode Not God Mode. So where does all that Capacity Power came from?! He can only make sure he can trade spots with whatever surrounding he sees. It is a miracle that Clouds also counts as a target for his Replacement ability. Still...This is the very same situation he was in when he couldn't do anything to stop Rusher from kidnapping Alice. He has already failed once...this time it will be different since he knows now how to handle a situation like this. Hmm, the more he thinks about it the more he is willing to become strong enough to save the red-haired teen. He is determined to do so even if he has to defeat someone who has a legendary piece. His fake piece seems to agree completely, it wants to show that even if it is a clone created from the original that it too can be powerful enough to make sure it's master's wishes come true.

()

"This seems to go well."

"You can say that. thou, I am a little bit concerned I won't lie Leos."

"I understand that feeling Xino...Your son is still not ready yet to control the legendary piece's power. If he doesn't get his emotions in check...He might get consumed by the hidden corruption of said piece...that goes for every single one of us." The president told the father of Richard Kurosagi. There are good things about the legendary pieces. Good stories from heroes but...there are some stories...that they are better left not being known...