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Disclaimer: I do not own Guilty Gear. The only character I own is Kudou Caos. Peace. BTW, I decided to flip flop the PoV each chapter; The first was from Dizzy's, this will be Kudou's, then the next will be Dizzy's, and so on.

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"I am so lost. Did Dizzy say the cafeteria was this way, or did I take a wrong turn at May's room?" I sighed, scratching the side of my head. It was late in the afternoon on the day after I had ran into Dizzy and company, and I was feeling a little hungry. "Am I supposed to turn left here...?" I stopped, staring at a slightly open doorway. Straining my ears, I could vaguely hear Dizzy's voice through it.

"I'm pretty sure we can trust Koud, Johnny. I don't sense any malice from him at all," Dizzy commented in a neutral tone.

I snuck over next to the door, listening intently. This sounds like something I should worry about.

"Be that as it may. I've called in a few contacts of mine about him. He is a cop like he says, and he works for Ky Kiske. That's bothersome enough, but if I'm right, this mission that Ky Kiske sent him on could prove to be fatal to us all. It'd be safer for us to cut all ties with him now," Johnny commented. I could clearly hear the sounds of paper rustling as Johnny set down what I assumed to be a notepad.

"Johnny's right Dizzy! Something really doesn't feel right with him! I don't trust him at all!" May's high pitched voice grated on my ear drums as she set her hands down firmly on something solid. "We should get rid of him right away!"

"B-But, he's not a bad person..." Dizzy's voice trailed off, slightly muffled. "No Undine, I am not trying to protect him because I like him! It really feels like he doesn't mean any harm! Don't you start on me too Necro!"

I stepped away, pressing my hands into my pockets as I shuffled off. Ugh...go figure. Guess I can't really blame them. I am a cop, after all. Being hated must be a part of the job. I rubbed my stomach as it growled at me, loudly. "I'm still hungry."

"What's a Holy Knight like you doing here?" A girl asked behind me, picking me up by the back of my shirt. "Are you trying to kill my sister?"

"Eh? Your sister? I'm just here looking for Diz-Augh!" I grimaced, pain lancing through my back as I hit the wall hard. "Hey! What was that for? I havn't done anything wrong!"

"I won't let you kill my sister!" The girl stood, twin scythes pointed at me menacingly as she strode forward. "Begone, Knight!"

"Kit, stop! Will you stop threatening every guy that gets near me?" I heard Dizzy sigh in exasperation, grabbing the newcomers wrist. "He's ok. He took care of me when I fainted last night."

"You did WHAT!?" The girl eyed Dizzy before turning to me. "You let a Holy Knight into your room, and you slept defenseless in front of him? Don't you realize he could've killed you!"

I didn't hear what else was said, because once Kits was focused on Dizzy, I broke away. I ran down the hall way at top speed before hopping slightly, a single row of wheels springing from the soles of my feet.

"Excuse me! Official Police business! Keep out of the way!" I shouted, scattering girls as I roared along.

"GET BACK HERE!"

"Not a chance, girl!" I shouted back before glancing behind me, stunned at what I saw. The girl with the scythes that I had thought I'd left behind was not too far behind me, and gaining rapidly! "Holy-!"

I dove, rolling end over end as a scythe cut into the deck where I had been gliding. "What the devil is your problem, dude?" I asked as I stood up, grabbing a nearby sabre. I settled into a defensive stance as the girl stood mightily, a scythe in each hand as she stalked towards me. What the monkey? She's a frikkin giant! She's gotta be at least 6'5"! I edged backward, trying to keep my own 5 foot frame from shivering as I regarded the girl in front of me. Even at this distance, I could FEEL her sheer power. I can't get away from this fight, can I?

"You're shaking," the girl in front of me commented haughtily, spinning her scythes easily. "Feel free to run away, fool."

"Running away won't solve anything." I clenched my sabre tightly before charging forward, my sabre held defensively in front of me. I ducked under her scythes, jumping over a sweeping kick as I drew my blade back. Screaming silently, I brought the weapon down towards her head, only to be knocked back suddenly by a burst of wind. I groaned slightly as I landed, keeping my balance as the shipmates crowded at a safe distance to watch the unfolding scene.

I barely had time to register Dizzy's face in the crowd as my opponent launched herself at me, a devilish sweep nearly taking my head off as I dove for the ground. I rolled, standing up against the wall as I felt a thin cut make itself known on my neck, less then a hair's breadth from my gripped my arms and legs as I watched her advance on me, scythe raised for a killing blow. No!! Is this how it ends?

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I felt heat all across my body. I found myself standing in the middle of a burning village, dead bodies scattered all around in various states of devastation. "What is this?"

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I grimaced, crossing my arms in front of my reflexively, my sabre barely catching against the shaft of her weapon. Later, I would remember that the scythe hadn't come anywhere near to hitting me, and wouldn't of even if I hadn't guarded, but at the moment, all I noticed was the heat of the fire on my body. I tensed my arms, throwing the girl back. "Look, tell me. Just what the hell is your problem!" What was that? My head hurts...

My gaze swam as I regarded Kit. I didn't notice when the sabre fell from my slackened grasp, or when Dizzy strode up next to me. I just felt myself fall before getting caught up in a soft, warm embrace, my consciousness fast fading as the adrenaline exited my system.

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"He's never really fought a Gear, has he?" I heard Kit comment. From the bustling of the still crowded shipmates, I figured it hadn't been too long since I'd fought Kit. It was probably less then a minute, though, since I could still feel Dizzy holding me tightly.

"Just because he's a Holy Knight doesn't mean that he's gonna attack me," I felt Dizzy's voice reverberate in my ears. She seemed a little peeved. "He's too nice for that!"

"And I still say you're being an idiot! You don't know anything about him at all, but you still fell asleep in front of him!" Kit countered hotly.

"You know as well as I do that if he had tried anything, Necro or Undine would've woken me up!"

"I wouldn't try anything like that!" I shouted, a little ticked as I stood away from Dizzy. "I'm not-"

"Have you forgotten about our history with the Knights? Have you any idea how many of our kind have been murdered at their hands?" Kit roared, her ears twitching wildly.

She's got cat ears? I wonder why I didn't notice until just now?

"They were only killed because they were the ones that attacked first! Have you forgotten that the Crusades happened because Justice and the Gears tried to wipe out humankind?"

"What difference does that make?"

"It makes all the difference in the world!"

"I guess some Gears just plain hate humans," I commented, edging away as the girls continued to argue. I cast my gaze to the left as Dizzy and Kit argued over boys, looking for someone that could possibly direct me to the cafeteria. After a moment, I grabbed the arm of a girl that was wearing an oversized pirate hat. "Excuse me, Miss? Can you tell me where the Cafeteria is? I'm hungry."

"There you are Kudou! Johnny's been looking for you!" I tried to pull my arm away as the girl led me through a dizzying array of hall ways and rooms.

"Hey! I just want to-" I started hotly before I plopped down in a chair, facing Johnny.

"Good evening. I didn't expect you quite so soon," the womanizer pirate started, leaning back in his chair.

I ignored the man for several seconds as I scanned the room I was seated in, there were pictures of pretty girls, as well as some scrolls of martial arts knowledge. All in all though, it was a sparsely decorated room, from what I could make out in the dim light. The window's closed...

"I'll admit that I'm not familiar with ship terminology, but this doesn't look like the cafeteria at all," I commented dryly, staring at the girl that had dragged me here. "You fail at navigating May."

"I'll make this simple and short. What do you want with our blue-haired princess?" Johnny asked, emphazing our heavily.

"Your ruler's a little girl? Wow, you have some weird tastes Johnny," I commented in my best innocent tone as I examined the window. "My ruler would have to be an older woman, at least."

"She's not our ruler or our leader. She's just an important friend to us," Johnny clarified. I couldn't make out his expression behind his shades, but he didn't seem to be amused. "What do you want with Dizzy?"

"Oh, I just want to keep an eye on her, really!" I gave him my best fake smile, barely able to maintain it due to the growling of my empty stomach. /DAMN IT ALL!!! I'm starving!/

"What for? Who are you working for, really?"

"You know, the best answers are wrought with coin and drink at a sleazy tavern on Night Street. Everyone has their own stories, neh?" I commented dryly.

"So, what's your story?" My attempt at sarcasm had apparently flown right over his head, which basically made my attempt worthless.

"About 13 world dollars at the nearest pawn shop. What's it to you?"

"You're not gonna make this easy for me, are you?"

"Oh no, whatever gave you that idea? Of course I'll cooperate!"

"Your sarcasm knows no bounds..."

I opened my mouth to say something, but a scream disrupted my chain of thought.

"KYAAAAAAAAAH!"

"No, stop! You're gonna destroy the ship!"

I ran out the door, looking to the side in time to get backhanded into next week as a trio of robots walked in, sporting white and blue robes.

"BZT-WE-ARE-HERE-FOR-DIZZY-AND-KUDOU-CAOS. DO-NOT-GET-IN-THE-WAY-OF-JUSTICE-BZT!"

"Damn! What's the IBF playing at now? Bunch of 3rd rate..." I let the rest of my comment fade away as I saw the scythe girl, Kit if I remember correctly, run up, cutting wildly.

"You bastards! I'm not letting you take her without a fight!"

"BZT-CEASE-AND-DESIST-OR-WE-WILL-HAVE-TO-USE-FORCE-BZT!"

I settled into a defensive stance as Johnny and May ran up behind Kit, katana and anchor in hand.

"Kudou, you'd better make sure Dizzy doesn't get hurt!" I heard May shout at me accusingly.

"Ow..." I resisted the urge to turn as Dizzy's voice echoed meekly. "Did I do something wrong?"

"BZT-THERE-THEY-ARE! GET-THEM-BZT!" I cringed back, sidestepping out of the way as they flew at me, twisting and turning as the Robo-Kys attacked. I pivoted under a head slash as I spun, a kick knocking a sword out wide as I threw a fist towards the first robot's head. My strike never landed as the robot twisted to the side. I felt a sudden searing pain in my abdomen, the force of the attack knocking me into the wall next to Dizzy.

"Not cool dude!" I couldn't resist shouting, before I realized that the press had lessened to one robot. I didn't have a chance to relax though. Judging by the sounds I was hearing, it sounded like a whole bloody army of the things was attacking the ship!

This isn't good! "Dizzy, you need to convince everyone to evacuate!" I grunted, a false Thunder Seal crashing against my glove as I roared forward, metal cracking as my knuckle impacted against the thing's metallic face.

"What?! But...this is our home..." I heard Dizzy as I dove under a slice, knocking the false cop away with a spin kick.

"I don't like it any better then you do, but it's for the best!" I groaned in pain as its blade ripped past my protective shirt, drawing blood as I twisted away. "Get out of my way!" I shouted, ice surrounding my fist as it crashed into the Robo-Ky's 'chest'. "RAVE-" I grimaced in pain as Robo-Ky's free hand wrapped around my wrist in an attempt to wrench it away. "KNUCKLE!!!" The force of my blow exploded outward, taking on the appearance of a slender icicle as it pierced through Robo-Ky's internal CPU.

"That was a little too much..." I muttered to no one in particular, shielding my face as the robo-ky's internal circuits burst, before it fell limply to the floor. "I really need to tone it down a little." Glancing up quickly, I hopped back, leaning back so far I was nearly perpendicular to the floor as a missile flew out of another Robo-Ky's knee. I pressed my hand to the floor, somersaulting as the missile impacted the wall behind me, my back end getting a little singed from the blast.

"BZT-RESISTANCE-IS-FUTILE! CEASE-AND-DESIST-AT-ONCE-OR-I-WILL-HAVE-TO-USE-LETHAL-FORCE!"

"Could today be any more bothersome?" I withheld a sigh as I looked at the explosion before taking off down the hallway. "That's right! Where's Dizzy??" A sudden impulse had me turning, a devastating kick lashing out for my perceived attackers neck-

-only to take off the hat of a certain angry pirate kid.

"Um...oops. Sorry about that," I stumbled slightly, regaining my balance as May set her hat back on her head.

"Where's Dizzy and Johnny?" May asked, staring at me in what I could only assume was a worried look.

"Wasn't Johnny with you?" I had to ask, the sounds of the continuing battle echoing all over the ship.

"You don't know where he is either? Dammit!" May shouted, running back down the hallway. "Hurry up and find Dizzy!"

"Hey! Who do you think yo-" I stopped my retort short, hearing something large and metallic touching down, not too far away. Behind me, there were two corridors; the one I was in, and another which branched off heading to the lockers, if I remembered what I'd been told correctly.

I peeked around the corner, using a shiny floor tile as a mirror (There were several littering the hallways, due to the missiles the many Robo-Ky would occasionally fire. Some were covered in black dust, some were in pieces.). A gunshot rang out, knocking the makeshift mirror from my hand, but at least I had learned that there was a Robo-Ky standing in the hall.

All right, I gotta get past this clockwork soldier somehow.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Somewhere far off, yet somehow close by, I heard Dizzy cry in pain.

Wait. Was that pain or terror? I can never quite tell the two apart.

I heard the sound of the Robo-Ky turning, instinctively rushing around the corner in a low crouch. Diving, I dodged under a hail of buckshot as the robot fired the shotgun hidden in its arm. "Get out of my way!" I grimaced in pain, a burning in my lower leg as I attempted to sweep the thing off its feet. Unfortunately, it didn't work out quite that way (Now that I think about it, I was trying to kick something that was metal. Of course it wouldn't have worked.)

I grimaced in pain, my leg rebounding off the unyielding iron in the mecha's leg as it stabbed its sword towards my head. Through an odd dose of luck, I managed to knock it to the side with one of my hands, the sword stabbing into my left arm instead. "Get off me!"

"BZT-YOU-HAVE-INTERFERED-WITH-JUSTICE. YOU-SHALL-DIE-NOW."

I managed to crawl away from the ensuing swipe before lunging, burying my fist into the thing's face. "Get out of my way! RAVE KNUCKLE!!" I covered my stomach with my injured left hand as Robo-Ky attempted one last swipe before my attack crashed through its head.

"Damn it, I need to be more careful," I shivered slightly, examining the wound in my arm. "Doesn't seem too bad. It missed the bone, at least. I'm gonna be frikkin sore in the morning though." I took a few steps hesitantly, ripping a sleeve off my shirt so I could use it to bandage the wound. Once that was done, I took off down the hallway as fast as I could, urgency seeming to grant me wings. Rounding a corner, I turned just in time to duck under something metallic and...airborn?

"Damn! Those Robo's can fly too??" I slid to a stop, readying myself as the bot crashed into the wall before sliding down to the floor unmoving. For what felt an eternity, I stood there tensed, poised to react to the slightest movement from the thing before me. As the moments passed, I calmed down, casting my gaze to the sides before heading in the direction of Dizzy's voice. I think.

"Why the hell is this boat so big? How many crew members are there, a thousand?" I shouted, in a colossal waste of effort. The only sounds that answered me was my own hard breathing, and the sounds of battle echoing all over the ship. "Dizzy! Where are you?" A bright light flashed in front of me, a beam the height of a full-grown man piercing through the air inches from my arm, but I paid it no mind as I leaped over burned shapes, entering a spacious room.

"EEK! SOMEONE, HELP ME!"

Right there, in front of my eyes, Dizzy, Kit and Johnny were surrounded by well over fifty of the things, just trying to survive. "DAMN IT ALL! I'm coming!"

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Disclaimer: I do not own Guilty Gear. The only character I own is Kudou Caos. Peace. BTW, I decided to flip flop the PoV each chapter; The first was from Dizzy's, this will be Kudou's, then the next will be Dizzy's, and so on.

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"I am so lost. Did Dizzy say the cafeteria was this way, or did I take a wrong turn at May's room?" I sighed, scratching the side of my head. It was late in the afternoon on the day after I had ran into Dizzy and company, and I was feeling a little hungry. "Am I supposed to turn left here...?" I stopped, staring at a slightly open doorway. Straining my ears, I could vaguely hear Dizzy's voice through it.

"I'm pretty sure we can trust Koud, Johnny. I don't sense any malice from him at all," Dizzy commented in a neutral tone.

I snuck over next to the door, listening intently. This sounds like something I should worry about.

"Be that as it may. I've called in a few contacts of mine about him. He is a cop like he says, and he works for Ky Kiske. That's bothersome enough, but if I'm right, this mission that Ky Kiske sent him on could prove to be fatal to us all. It'd be safer for us to cut all ties with him now," Johnny commented. I could clearly hear the sounds of paper rustling as Johnny set down what I assumed to be a notepad.

"Johnny's right Dizzy! Something really doesn't feel right with him! I don't trust him at all!" May's high pitched voice grated on my ear drums as she set her hands down firmly on something solid. "We should get rid of him right away!"

"B-But, he's not a bad person..." Dizzy's voice trailed off, slightly muffled. "No Undine, I am not trying to protect him because I like him! It really feels like he doesn't mean any harm! Don't you start on me too Necro!"

I stepped away, pressing my hands into my pockets as I shuffled off. Ugh...go figure. Guess I can't really blame them. I am a cop, after all. Being hated must be a part of the job. I rubbed my stomach as it growled at me, loudly. "I'm still hungry."

"What's a Holy Knight like you doing here?" A girl asked behind me, picking me up by the back of my shirt. "Are you trying to kill my sister?"

"Eh? Your sister? I'm just here looking for Diz-Augh!" I grimaced, pain lancing through my back as I hit the wall hard. "Hey! What was that for? I havn't done anything wrong!"

"I won't let you kill my sister!" The girl stood, twin scythes pointed at me menacingly as she strode forward. "Begone, Knight!"

"Kit, stop! Will you stop threatening every guy that gets near me?" I heard Dizzy sigh in exasperation, grabbing the newcomers wrist. "He's ok. He took care of me when I fainted last night."

"You did WHAT!?" The girl eyed Dizzy before turning to me. "You let a Holy Knight into your room, and you slept defenseless in front of him? Don't you realize he could've killed you!"

I didn't hear what else was said, because once Kits was focused on Dizzy, I broke away. I ran down the hall way at top speed before hopping slightly, a single row of wheels springing from the soles of my feet.

"Excuse me! Official Police business! Keep out of the way!" I shouted, scattering girls as I roared along.

"GET BACK HERE!"

"Not a chance, girl!" I shouted back before glancing behind me, stunned at what I saw. The girl with the scythes that I had thought I'd left behind was not too far behind me, and gaining rapidly! "Holy-!"

I dove, rolling end over end as a scythe cut into the deck where I had been gliding. "What the devil is your problem, dude?" I asked as I stood up, grabbing a nearby sabre. I settled into a defensive stance as the girl stood mightily, a scythe in each hand as she stalked towards me. What the monkey? She's a frikkin giant! She's gotta be at least 6'5"! I edged backward, trying to keep my own 5 foot frame from shivering as I regarded the girl in front of me. Even at this distance, I could FEEL her sheer power. I can't get away from this fight, can I?

"You're shaking," the girl in front of me commented haughtily, spinning her scythes easily. "Feel free to run away, fool."

"Running away won't solve anything." I clenched my sabre tightly before charging forward, my sabre held defensively in front of me. I ducked under her scythes, jumping over a sweeping kick as I drew my blade back. Screaming silently, I brought the weapon down towards her head, only to be knocked back suddenly by a burst of wind. I groaned slightly as I landed, keeping my balance as the shipmates crowded at a safe distance to watch the unfolding scene.

I barely had time to register Dizzy's face in the crowd as my opponent launched herself at me, a devilish sweep nearly taking my head off as I dove for the ground. I rolled, standing up against the wall as I felt a thin cut make itself known on my neck, less then a hair's breadth from my gripped my arms and legs as I watched her advance on me, scythe raised for a killing blow. No!! Is this how it ends?

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I felt heat all across my body. I found myself standing in the middle of a burning village, dead bodies scattered all around in various states of devastation. "What is this?"

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I grimaced, crossing my arms in front of my reflexively, my sabre barely catching against the shaft of her weapon. Later, I would remember that the scythe hadn't come anywhere near to hitting me, and wouldn't of even if I hadn't guarded, but at the moment, all I noticed was the heat of the fire on my body. I tensed my arms, throwing the girl back. "Look, tell me. Just what the hell is your problem!" What was that? My head hurts...

My gaze swam as I regarded Kit. I didn't notice when the sabre fell from my slackened grasp, or when Dizzy strode up next to me. I just felt myself fall before getting caught up in a soft, warm embrace, my consciousness fast fading as the adrenaline exited my system.

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"He's never really fought a Gear, has he?" I heard Kit comment. From the bustling of the still crowded shipmates, I figured it hadn't been too long since I'd fought Kit. It was probably less then a minute, though, since I could still feel Dizzy holding me tightly.

"Just because he's a Holy Knight doesn't mean that he's gonna attack me," I felt Dizzy's voice reverberate in my ears. She seemed a little peeved. "He's too nice for that!"

"And I still say you're being an idiot! You don't know anything about him at all, but you still fell asleep in front of him!" Kit countered hotly.

"You know as well as I do that if he had tried anything, Necro or Undine would've woken me up!"

"I wouldn't try anything like that!" I shouted, a little ticked as I stood away from Dizzy. "I'm not-"

"Have you forgotten about our history with the Knights? Have you any idea how many of our kind have been murdered at their hands?" Kit roared, her ears twitching wildly.

She's got cat ears? I wonder why I didn't notice until just now?

"They were only killed because they were the ones that attacked first! Have you forgotten that the Crusades happened because Justice and the Gears tried to wipe out humankind?"

"What difference does that make?"

"It makes all the difference in the world!"

"I guess some Gears just plain hate humans," I commented, edging away as the girls continued to argue. I cast my gaze to the left as Dizzy and Kit argued over boys, looking for someone that could possibly direct me to the cafeteria. After a moment, I grabbed the arm of a girl that was wearing an oversized pirate hat. "Excuse me, Miss? Can you tell me where the Cafeteria is? I'm hungry."

"There you are Kudou! Johnny's been looking for you!" I tried to pull my arm away as the girl led me through a dizzying array of hall ways and rooms.

"Hey! I just want to-" I started hotly before I plopped down in a chair, facing Johnny.

"Good evening. I didn't expect you quite so soon," the womanizer pirate started, leaning back in his chair.

I ignored the man for several seconds as I scanned the room I was seated in, there were pictures of pretty girls, as well as some scrolls of martial arts knowledge. All in all though, it was a sparsely decorated room, from what I could make out in the dim light. The window's closed...

"I'll admit that I'm not familiar with ship terminology, but this doesn't look like the cafeteria at all," I commented dryly, staring at the girl that had dragged me here. "You fail at navigating May."

"I'll make this simple and short. What do you want with our blue-haired princess?" Johnny asked, emphazing our heavily.

"Your ruler's a little girl? Wow, you have some weird tastes Johnny," I commented in my best innocent tone as I examined the window. "My ruler would have to be an older woman, at least."

"She's not our ruler or our leader. She's just an important friend to us," Johnny clarified. I couldn't make out his expression behind his shades, but he didn't seem to be amused. "What do you want with Dizzy?"

"Oh, I just want to keep an eye on her, really!" I gave him my best fake smile, barely able to maintain it due to the growling of my empty stomach. /DAMN IT ALL!!! I'm starving!/

"What for? Who are you working for, really?"

"You know, the best answers are wrought with coin and drink at a sleazy tavern on Night Street. Everyone has their own stories, neh?" I commented dryly.

"So, what's your story?" My attempt at sarcasm had apparently flown right over his head, which basically made my attempt worthless.

"About 13 world dollars at the nearest pawn shop. What's it to you?"

"You're not gonna make this easy for me, are you?"

"Oh no, whatever gave you that idea? Of course I'll cooperate!"

"Your sarcasm knows no bounds..."

I opened my mouth to say something, but a scream disrupted my chain of thought.

"KYAAAAAAAAAH!"

"No, stop! You're gonna destroy the ship!"

I ran out the door, looking to the side in time to get backhanded into next week as a trio of robots walked in, sporting white and blue robes.

"BZT-WE-ARE-HERE-FOR-DIZZY-AND-KUDOU-CAOS. DO-NOT-GET-IN-THE-WAY-OF-JUSTICE-BZT!"

"Damn! What's the IBF playing at now? Bunch of 3rd rate..." I let the rest of my comment fade away as I saw the scythe girl, Kit if I remember correctly, run up, cutting wildly.

"You bastards! I'm not letting you take her without a fight!"

"BZT-CEASE-AND-DESIST-OR-WE-WILL-HAVE-TO-USE-FORCE-BZT!"

I settled into a defensive stance as Johnny and May ran up behind Kit, katana and anchor in hand.

"Kudou, you'd better make sure Dizzy doesn't get hurt!" I heard May shout at me accusingly.

"Ow..." I resisted the urge to turn as Dizzy's voice echoed meekly. "Did I do something wrong?"

"BZT-THERE-THEY-ARE! GET-THEM-BZT!" I cringed back, sidestepping out of the way as they flew at me, twisting and turning as the Robo-Kys attacked. I pivoted under a head slash as I spun, a kick knocking a sword out wide as I threw a fist towards the first robot's head. My strike never landed as the robot twisted to the side. I felt a sudden searing pain in my abdomen, the force of the attack knocking me into the wall next to Dizzy.

"Not cool dude!" I couldn't resist shouting, before I realized that the press had lessened to one robot. I didn't have a chance to relax though. Judging by the sounds I was hearing, it sounded like a whole bloody army of the things was attacking the ship!

This isn't good! "Dizzy, you need to convince everyone to evacuate!" I grunted, a false Thunder Seal crashing against my glove as I roared forward, metal cracking as my knuckle impacted against the thing's metallic face.

"What?! But...this is our home..." I heard Dizzy as I dove under a slice, knocking the false cop away with a spin kick.

"I don't like it any better then you do, but it's for the best!" I groaned in pain as its blade ripped past my protective shirt, drawing blood as I twisted away. "Get out of my way!" I shouted, ice surrounding my fist as it crashed into the Robo-Ky's 'chest'. "RAVE-" I grimaced in pain as Robo-Ky's free hand wrapped around my wrist in an attempt to wrench it away. "KNUCKLE!!!" The force of my blow exploded outward, taking on the appearance of a slender icicle as it pierced through Robo-Ky's internal CPU.

"That was a little too much..." I muttered to no one in particular, shielding my face as the robo-ky's internal circuits burst, before it fell limply to the floor. "I really need to tone it down a little." Glancing up quickly, I hopped back, leaning back so far I was nearly perpendicular to the floor as a missile flew out of another Robo-Ky's knee. I pressed my hand to the floor, somersaulting as the missile impacted the wall behind me, my back end getting a little singed from the blast.

"BZT-RESISTANCE-IS-FUTILE! CEASE-AND-DESIST-AT-ONCE-OR-I-WILL-HAVE-TO-USE-LETHAL-FORCE!"

"Could today be any more bothersome?" I withheld a sigh as I looked at the explosion before taking off down the hallway. "That's right! Where's Dizzy??" A sudden impulse had me turning, a devastating kick lashing out for my perceived attackers neck-

-only to take off the hat of a certain angry pirate kid.

"Um...oops. Sorry about that," I stumbled slightly, regaining my balance as May set her hat back on her head.

"Where's Dizzy and Johnny?" May asked, staring at me in what I could only assume was a worried look.

"Wasn't Johnny with you?" I had to ask, the sounds of the continuing battle echoing all over the ship.

"You don't know where he is either? Dammit!" May shouted, running back down the hallway. "Hurry up and find Dizzy!"

"Hey! Who do you think yo-" I stopped my retort short, hearing something large and metallic touching down, not too far away. Behind me, there were two corridors; the one I was in, and another which branched off heading to the lockers, if I remembered what I'd been told correctly.

I peeked around the corner, using a shiny floor tile as a mirror (There were several littering the hallways, due to the missiles the many Robo-Ky would occasionally fire. Some were covered in black dust, some were in pieces.). A gunshot rang out, knocking the makeshift mirror from my hand, but at least I had learned that there was a Robo-Ky standing in the hall.

All right, I gotta get past this clockwork soldier somehow.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Somewhere far off, yet somehow close by, I heard Dizzy cry in pain.

Wait. Was that pain or terror? I can never quite tell the two apart.

I heard the sound of the Robo-Ky turning, instinctively rushing around the corner in a low crouch. Diving, I dodged under a hail of buckshot as the robot fired the shotgun hidden in its arm. "Get out of my way!" I grimaced in pain, a burning in my lower leg as I attempted to sweep the thing off its feet. Unfortunately, it didn't work out quite that way (Now that I think about it, I was trying to kick something that was metal. Of course it wouldn't have worked.)

I grimaced in pain, my leg rebounding off the unyielding iron in the mecha's leg as it stabbed its sword towards my head. Through an odd dose of luck, I managed to knock it to the side with one of my hands, the sword stabbing into my left arm instead. "Get off me!"

"BZT-YOU-HAVE-INTERFERED-WITH-JUSTICE. YOU-SHALL-DIE-NOW."

I managed to crawl away from the ensuing swipe before lunging, burying my fist into the thing's face. "Get out of my way! RAVE KNUCKLE!!" I covered my stomach with my injured left hand as Robo-Ky attempted one last swipe before my attack crashed through its head.

"Damn it, I need to be more careful," I shivered slightly, examining the wound in my arm. "Doesn't seem too bad. It missed the bone, at least. I'm gonna be frikkin sore in the morning though." I took a few steps hesitantly, ripping a sleeve off my shirt so I could use it to bandage the wound. Once that was done, I took off down the hallway as fast as I could, urgency seeming to grant me wings. Rounding a corner, I turned just in time to duck under something metallic and...airborn?

"Damn! Those Robo's can fly too??" I slid to a stop, readying myself as the bot crashed into the wall before sliding down to the floor unmoving. For what felt an eternity, I stood there tensed, poised to react to the slightest movement from the thing before me. As the moments passed, I calmed down, casting my gaze to the sides before heading in the direction of Dizzy's voice. I think.

"Why the hell is this boat so big? How many crew members are there, a thousand?" I shouted, in a colossal waste of effort. The only sounds that answered me was my own hard breathing, and the sounds of battle echoing all over the ship. "Dizzy! Where are you?" A bright light flashed in front of me, a beam the height of a full-grown man piercing through the air inches from my arm, but I paid it no mind as I leaped over burned shapes, entering a spacious room.

"EEK! SOMEONE, HELP ME!"

Right there, in front of my eyes, Dizzy, Kit and Johnny were surrounded by well over fifty of the things, just trying to survive. "DAMN IT ALL! I'm coming!"