Chapter XCIX: The Dragon Returns to Battle ~Yoshi6400/Sapphire

 

CR looked over and sighed. "Well, the council has been on the rampage, or most of em anyways. They're attacking some of your homeplanets as we speak." He straightened his tie and continued. "Like, for example.." And he individually went around to many of them, telling exactly what was wrong. As he stopped, he cleared his voice. "Now I didn't mention all of you, because they're not dealing with reigions that affect all of you. So, I hate to do this, but I highly suggest you whom this applies to make a stop back home and take someone with you, as there's likely to be two council members to a planet. On some, there's only one, but they're so strong, you're better off having two people." He pointed to the wall and several Rip Holes formed on it.

Kurayami stood off to the side, and eventually said something. "I'll stay here. There's something I have to take care of before we leave Nimbus..." He then walked past CR and out the door, the Warp Drone following with the partially restored Nightmare Obsidian.

He was growing frustrated since some folks had still not taken a riphole to their respective dimensions. After muttering some words of forgiveness, he KOed some of the members standing around (even if they were preparing to go) The bodies levitated, then were hurled through various holes, some with others, others not.

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6400 dropped onto a mound of white clouds, landing just outside the Main Sanctum on the mountain. When the Yoshi god came to his senses, a small rip hole appeared and a note dropped out of it and into his hands. It said: --I know the other Yoshi Gods and Goddesses are doing a fine job defending Yamauchi. I did hear earlier that you needed to make a stop there to get a few things and I didn't have time to wait for you to speak up so I knocked you out and warped you right to Yoshi Olympus while I was warping others off. Please try to hurry back though... There is still much to be done. Oh, and I also sent Sapphire to the Crystal Fortress with a similar note. I guess you should meet her there after you're done with your business and contact me from your main control room. Sorry again for the "Rip watcher strength" cheap shot KO and stuff...~C.R.-- "I guess I'd better hurry along then..." Yoshi6400 thought as he swiftly got to his feet and entered the sanctum, looking for his friend YoshiGeno. He asked some of the gods and goddesses, but they didn't know where Geno was. Just then he noticed Luna floating by.

"Hey L, have you seen G anywhere?" Yoshi6400 asked, hoping that Luna would be able to answer his question.

"Yeah, he went to practice some moves in the south courtyard after him and a few others, including myself, drove away two demon like people who intended to destroy the planet." Luna replied.

"Did they have noses?"

"No."

"So the Twilighter Council did come this way... What happened?" Yoshi6400 said with a concerned look on his face.

"Twilighters? You'll have to explain it to me later. Well, Geno did a one on one with a female with pink hair and he left her with this big gash across her left arm. Probably going to turn into a scar or something. There was also one that wore a lot of black. Minverva, Apollo and I zapped him and good. Seemed that he really didn't do to well when being hit by magical powers. They both got away in the end though." Luna said.

6400 then noticed a look on Luna's face that he didn't see in a long while. "Luna, you okay? If there is anything wrong, I could try and help."

"I'm okay, I guess." Luna replied, obviously trying to hide some personal feelings from 6400.

"You have gone through a lot through the years, including the loss of some of your friends. I know it's hard but please take care of yourself, okay? The friends you still have are and will still be with you and none of us would want to see you fall into dispair again. some would even be lost without you. If you can't tell your troubles to me, maybe you could find another friend to talk it out with... Well, I got to go. There's stuff to be done and time's running out." 6400 then started to walk away but then he stopped and spoke. "Um... Just remembered something... Luna, could you go around and tell everyone else that they should be on alert? There's more where those two came from and they may be back."

"Okies, I'll go do that" Luna said, going in a different direction, towards her Sanctuary.

After some walking, he found him practicing some swallow techniques in an empty courtyard.

"Hey Geno, got a moment?" Yoshi6400 asked as he walked up to his best friend, "I need your help with something."

"Hey 6400, where have you been?" YoshiGeno asked. He brushed back a lock of silver hair and stabbed his swallow into the grassy earth, then turned to face his friend. "Haven't heard anything from you for days."

"It's a long story that started five years ago on a remote planet called Zolott." 6400 replied "But that doesn't matter right now, the Multiverse is in danger right now and a bunch of heroes, including myself are out to save everything."

"Oh, I see." Geno said "Why didn't you invite me to come along?"

"The people that came looking for heroes originally started looking for ones that were in the Zolott Affair. We were going to come back to look for others to join in, but the bad guys, known as the Twilighter Council, had already gotten going with their plans." Yoshi6400 started, "I was going to suggest to them to pick you up, but I know that you have quests of your own to deal with. Also, I think it's a good idea to have a skilled warrior like you around right now."

"Yeah, I see your point. Most of the gods and goddesses use their powers for defensive purposes and we both know that a good offence is sometimes a great defense... Hit them while they come instead of waiting to block the shot. You can count on me to take care of things here. I may keep to myself nowadays, but I'm always ready to lend a helping hand." Geno said with a small smile. "So, what was it that you were going to ask when you came in?"

"I almost forgot about that!" Yoshi6400 exclaimed, "The Twilighter Council is looking for things known as Creation's Weapons and an all powerful Creation's Weapon in order to ressurect and free their leader, Sir Pseudo Havering."

"And you have to get them before the TC does?" Geno deduced as he picked up his swallow and began to practice a few moves.

"Exactly. Remember when we journeyed together to defeat UnholyGeno and one of the nights we exchanged stories?" Yoshi6400 said as he unsheathed the Illumina Edge, "I remember that you mentioned something called the Starlight Staff, weilded by the one who discovered the StarFlare Technique... Well, I think that this staff may be one of the weapons."

"Hmmm... You could be right..." YoshiGeno then faced Yoshi6400 and swung his swallow at him. 6400 quickly cartwheeled out of the way and got into a fighting stance. Yoshi6400 then moved in and swung his sword, the two of them beginning a bit of a practice spar. "I remember that the *clang* staff was *ping* originally found deep in the main star of *parry* Star Road... The first place to start looking *shing* is probably there. *swing* I see that you haven't lost your touch."

"No *slash* I haven't *block* and neither have you. *push away*" Yoshi6400 said as he continued to spar with Geno, "I guess I should *sparks fly as weapons hit* ask Prism if she knows anything *swipe* about it."

"Yeah *jump back* I think it it would be best... " YoshiGeno said just before dashing forward and slashing with his swallow, one of the two blades of the weapon coming in contact with the blade of 6400's sword.

"Okay *block* then, *counter* I guess that's the next thing I should do. *clang* Sorry to cut the battle short, but I gotta keep on going." 6400 said.

YoshiGeno then stepped back and held his weapon "Next time we go all out okay? I got some new moves to try out in battle."

"It's a deal. I'd like to see you try to cope with some of my new attacks as well. It'll be a blast." Yoshi6400 said with a big grin while walking towards the door, "Well, cya later."

Yoshi6400 ran through the corridors of the sanctum and jumped out the gate, going right off the cliff and down the mountain. He stayed in freefall without bothering to slow down, falling through the clouds at the foot of the mountain and appearing in the sky above Yoshi's Island. He then righted himself in the air and began to fly west across the ocean towards the south end of the West Continent and Dragonhaven. In the middle of his flight, he flew close to the water surface, the draft from his movement forming a high spray of water. The Yoshi God closed his eyes and felt the cool droplets on his face, his red cape billowing in the wind, and he remembered how he loved being able to fly. It was harder to maneuver using his energy field to fly instead of wings, but it didn't matter because if he needed wings, all he needed to do was transform into Yoshi6400Infinity. "What good is an adventure witout a bit of fun..." he thought, his mind temporarily relieved of worries. About an hour and a half later, 6400 flew over Dragonhaven and headed north for about 2 kilometres. Finally he landed in front of his Crystal Fortress and walked in, the gates automatically detecting him and opening up.

"Sapphire, I'm back." he said into the intercom of a computer panel. "Sapphire? You there?" Yoshi6400 then checked the panel screens. "Hmmm... She went out." he thought to himself. "I guess I'll have to go find her... She's probably in town."

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Sapphire dropped out of the rip hole and onto the bed of her room in the Crystal Fortress, the backpack she held before being knocked out landing just beside her. *hummm what shall I do now* Sapphire thought to herself after reading a note from C.R. and using her powers to heal the small bruise in the middle of her back. "Maybe I should get some different pillows, coz the ones on the Spectrum aren't very comfortable." Sapphire thought out loud. So with that thought she decided to go into town and get some. After walking towards the front door of the Fortress she thought about getting a few more plushies to add to her collection. Sapphire went to her room grabbed another backpack and made sure it was empty, leaving the backpack that she had taken with her on the Spectrum in the main hall so that she could pick it up when they left again.

Sapphire went to her usual shop were she always got her plushies and checked to see if there were any new ones, there were and she bought about four little guys and one big one and put them all in her backpack. Sapphire then went to the linen shop to find different pillows for those whom wanted them and for herself and 6400. She bought as many as she could carry about three and then bought four more and used her telekinesis to carry them home.

On the way Sapphire met up with 6400 and asked him to help her carry the four pillows, because she started to feel some strain on her mind. "Oi... why did you buy so many?" "Well I thought that the others would want them to well rest on and besides I thought that the Fortess could use new pillows too." "You bought more plushies too" Yoshi6400 said pointing at the backpack on Sapphire's back. "Erum yeah I well wanted them so I bought them, can we just get going." "Oh okay." With a sigh from the pair they both started back for the Fortess with 6400 carrying the four pillows and Sapphire still carrying her three.

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After a short walk, Sapphire and Yoshi6400 returned to the Crystal Fortress. After dropping some of Sapphire's new stuff in her room they walked down the main hall. Yoshi6400 entered the main control room of the Crystal Fortress with Sapphire following behind. "Hey Brian, what's that blinking icon at the bottom corner of the screen for" Sapphire asked, watching as the green Yoshi tried to triangulate the com signal of the Spectrum.

"An incomming message? Hmmm... I wonder what it's about." Yoshi6400 said, moving the mouse pointer over to the icon cnd clicking it.

"This is Naaro, Yoshin is under attack. Please send backup. I repeat, planet Yoshin is under attack. We need backup!"

"Naaro's in trouble... and Vector's there as well." Sapphire said in a worried tone, "Is there any way we can go help?"

6400 thought for a moment. "There is one, but I have to..." he began, just before the Spectrum's signal was found "Never mind, follow me to the elevator. And HURRY."

"Huh? Wha?" Sapphire said just before being pulled out of the control room and into an elevator.

Yoshi6400 pressed a button and the elevator went down into the lower levels of the Crystal Fortress. When the doors opened, the two Yoshies stepped out into a catwalk overlooking a large automated factory area. All around the place, there was heavy machinery and equipment, all inactive. Off to the side many incomplete machines stood, waiting for a time when they would be finished and be put to use. Yoshi6400 ran across the catwalk pathways until he reached the launch pad and to his prized creation. Standing on a platform was a mechanical dragon, about 18 metres in height. The metal plates that composed most of its body were off-white (white with a slight tinge of blue) or grey in color with purple and blue pieces here and there. The head of the dragon had two unlit green eyes on the sides of it's head and coolant vents placed near the tip of the snout(custom shaped to look like nostrils) and on the sides of the head. Yellow spikes/blades were placed along the back of its neck, on its forearms, and on the shoulders. On the back of the mechanical dragon, two large rocket engines and a set of smaller boosters could be seen. Also, six fin like devices were attached to recharge racks on the two rocket engines(3 per rack) in the form of wings. This was the StarDragon002.

Yoshi6400 stepped off the catwalk and onto a platform that lay adjacent to the cockpit hatch, a large red piece in the torso. The piece automatically unlatched after detecting 6400 and Sapphire and it slid and opened, revealing another hatch that opened soon after.

"So what are we doing?" Sapphire asked, really wondering what 6400 was up to, "You haven't said anything since you left the control room."

"We're going there to help. That's what." The green Yoshi replied as he climbed into the tandem seated cockpit and strapped himself in the front seat. "Come on, Saphy."

"Oh, okay..." Sapphire said, climbing into the cockpit and strapping herself into the second seat. "So, how are we going to get there?" she asked as the cockpit hatches closed and the startup sequence began.

Hatch Closed
Main Microfusion Reactor running at 100% of normal capacity
Psycommu System active
Armor strength at 100%
Minovsky Fusion Reactors in Fin Funnels running at 100% of normal capacity
Heat Blades and Heat Rod Tail are at 100% conductivity
Beam Sabres charged and ready
Fuel supply at 100% capacity
GUNDAM System Active
Balance Systems... OK
Weapons Systems... OK
Thrust Systems... OK
Mechanical Check... OK
Power Systems... OK
Flight Systems... OK
Ammunition Reserve... OK

YCF-002DGN StarDragon002 Sigma Class is ready... Activating Advanced Logistics and Inconsequence Cognizing Equipment Mark II

"Hey 6400... Hi Sapphire... How are you two doing?" a female voice suddenly said in the cockpit.

"We're fine A.L.I.C.E." Sapphire said. "So, what have you been doing recently?"

"Nothing much going on with me." A.L.I.C.E. replied, "I've just been around on the internet passing my time."

"Hey Brian, why does A.L.I.C.E.'s voice sound like mine, but different in a weird way?" Sapphire asked suddenly

"Um... er... Actually the tone is a combination of your voice and Luna's..." Yoshi6400 said with slight embarassment, "and please don't ask why I did that."

"Why?" Sapphire asked, getting curious.

"Just don't... Please?"

"Oh, okay."

"So, is there going to be some action or what?" A.L.I.C.E. asked, wondering why StarDragon002 was powered up in the first place.

"Yeah, there will be. Just gimme a moment... And sorry about not being to take you into battle. There hasn't been much that I could use StarDragon with recently." 6400 said as he typed some commands into a keyboard "A.L.I.C.E., could you activate a com link with the signal that the main computer just recently triangulated?"

"Easy. Just give me a nano." A.L.I.C.E. said, just before many windows flashed past on the front viewscreen. Then all of the windows suddenly closed and a single window appeared in one of the corners. The window blipped a few times and the image of CR eventually appeared.

"CR, there's been a change of plans. Can you form a rip hole where Sapphire and I are, one big enough to fit a mobile armor?" 6400 said, sending the coordinates pointing out the location of the StarDragon002.

"Yeah, I can do that. So, you want to come back to Nimbus, right?" CR said, wondering the reason for the need of a mobile armor.

Yoshi6400 shook his head. "No, can you send us here instead?" He then sent the coordinates pointing out the location where Naaro's message came from.

"Done." CR said as a rip hole appeared infront of the StarDragon002.

"Thanks a lot." 6400 said before closing the window. "Sapphire, you ready?"

"Yeah, let's go." She replied with a smile.

"You know that my scans say that this warp could be dangerous... You still want to go in?" A.L.I.C.E. warned with an uneasy tone.

"There's no other way to get to Yoshin in time." 6400 said, looking at the controls and holding onto the two joysticks in front of him. "No time to lose, it's now or never. Let's fire up the boosters and get going!"

Sapphire hit a few switches as Yoshi6400 tilted both of his joysticks forward and a light humming sound filled the cockpit. The eyes of StarDragon002 then lit up, giving off green light, and the mobile armor began to move. The large machine moved into a bit of a stance, the boosters in the back and legs giving off some sparks, igniting, and giving off brilliant blue flames soon afterwards. StarDragon002 began to hover and with a blast, the mobile armor jetted off into the rip hole.

StarDragon002 appeared safely on the other side of the rip hole in the skies of Yoshin. Immediately, a group of Razorback fighters turned and flew at the mobile suit. However, the pilots did not notice the wing plates of the dragon separate and fly on their own. They also didn't notice the six plates fly in front of the dragon, open up, and form a hexagonal beam shield between them. As the fighters flew in, they fired all their weaponry at the mobile armor to no avail, the shield absorbing all force from the shots. Then it was StarDragon's turn, the mobile armor dragon powering down the shield, flying through the group of fighters, and slashing through each of them with its superheated forearm blades.

"Whoa, thare's a lot going on here..." Yoshi6400 said as he steered StarDragon to dodge shots from viper suits on the ground below.

"Scans say that there are a few hundred mechas down on the battlefield... And even more fighters in the air." A.L.I.C.E. said, surveying the situation, "I don't have to give you exact numbers do I?"

"It's okay A.L.I.C.E.. An enemy is an enemy right?" Sapphire said while she sent a thought command to the Fin Funnels, splitting the group of six into two groups of three and formed two triangular defense shields.

"Yes, that's right... And we should be watching the... INCOMING!" 6400 said just before he jerked his control sticks and made the mobile armor dodge a massive blast from the surface. The blast then continued to fly, burning through a large group of fighters headed towards the dragon. The two pilots in the StarDragon002 and A.L.I.C.E. then noticed the source of the blast, a blue mobile suit on the surface.

"Hey, that mobile suit has a Yoshi code in its ident number... Should we contact it? Or blast it for shooting at us?" A.L.I.C.E. said as 6400 and Sapphire dealt with some more fighters.

"The contacting thing is worth a try." Sapphire replied, "A.L.I.C.E., could you take care of it? We're a bit busy at the moment."

"This may take me a bit. The generator of the suit is emitting a lot of radioactivity." A.L.I.C.E. said as some info windows popped up on a side screen, "It seems that the power cell is some 'Hyper-Fision' drive. Generates as much power as our Microfusion reactors, but much more dangerous. Lucky for us that Neo Gundarium Alloy can shield against it."

Sapphire recalled the Fin Funnels and made them return to the storage racks on the back of the StarDragon002. The Mobile Armor then landed on the ground in front of the blue mobile suit and the two were then surrounded by Vipers. Yoshi6400 pushed a trigger in his left joystick and a compartment opened on StarDragon002's left forearm and a beam sabre handle popped out. StarDragon002 then reached over with its right arm and pulled out the handle, a blue energy blade forming as the beam sabre powered up. 6400 then made the mobile armor dragon dash forward and slash through a viper with a swing of the blade. Some Vipers then got in close around the StarDragon002 and fired, their bullet weapons deflecting easily off the armor plating of the mobile armor. Then with a twirl of 6400's joystick and the push of a button, StarDragon002 spun around, the tail becoming superheated and slicing clean through the surrounding enemy suits. As this was going on, the blue mobile suit had pulled out its heat sabre and covered the StarDragon's back, eliminating more Vipers swiftly and cleanly. Sapphire then activated the fin funnels again and launched them out in attack mode, the six remote pods flying through the crowd of Vipers, shooting many of them up with high powered beam shots. The whole crowd of mobile suits then blew up simultaneously in a spray of metal parts.

"We have contact!" A.L.I.C.E. suddenly said, bringing up a video communication window with Naaro wearing a protective suit.

"Nice to see that you've joined the battle. We need all the help we can get. And that's a cool computer you have there." Naaro said with a smile.

"Yeah, A.L.I.C.E. is cool isn't she?" 6400 said before grumbling, "Lemme guess, Richter Sprint again?"

"Yeah. It seems he didn't learn his lesson when you singlehandedly crippled the Pentastar." Naaro replied, "He just doesn't want to give up."

"Naaro didn't you go to get a Creation's Weapon? Where is it?" Sapphire asked, just noticing that Naaro didn't have the sword that he went to look for.

"Oh no! I must have left it back in that hospital place... I guess I'll have to go retrieve it later." Naaro exclaimed, banging a fist on an inactive console.

"Erum... Guys... There are more enemies, a hundred, no... two hundred fighters headed this way." A.L.I.C.E. said as she displayed some readouts on her screens. "We'd better get moving."

"I was headed towards Yoshitopia before I saw your mobile armor appear in the sky. I'm going there and I guess you guys could tag along." Naaro said. The Horus then dashed off along the ground towards a towring pillar of smoke in the horizon.

"Converting to flight mode. It'll be faster that way." A.L.I.C.E. announced just before taking conrol and beginning a transformation sequence. The StarDragon002 then blasted up into the air, spun into a horizontal position, blasted forward, and changed form as it flew. The legs and arms partially retracting in first, followed by the shoulder plates rotating and covering most of the visible parts of the arms. The head and tail then slightly shifted position and aligned with the body and the wings did so as well. Finally, the thrusters in the legs (The lower parts that stick out) ignited and burned at full blast. The mobile armor caught up quickly to the Horus and flew along site it, giving Naaro enough time to make the mobile suit make a jump and land on the StarDragon002's back. The StarDragon002 then blazed off towards Yoshitopia.

 

 

(Special thanks goes out to YoshiGeno and Luna Yoshi for letting me use their characters.)