Heroes Vs Villains RP 16: The Soulless World

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In Universe 2, on Earth.

Heiwa, the nation that was guided and protected by Minato, now in the capable hands of his son, Zeno, was currently getting adjusted to the technological advancements granted to them by Epilogue.

Villagers were now using chariots powered by engines instead of using horses and members from the Elite Guard were patrolling around with high-tech weapons in their hands.

Gafust was sitting on a barrel with a phone in his hand, texting a message to Lekulia regarding a festival in Universe 9 with Rimaga standing close to him as she was looking around with a bored expression as she clicked her fingers as a cone with ice cream vanilla materialized in the air and landed in her left hand and began to lick it.

Milana, the Omnipotent of Regeneration from 12 was there aswell, talking to a woman with long flowing orange hair, goggles on her forehead, yellow eyes wearing a purple unbuttoned lab coat with a purple dress underneath the coat with yellow slip on shoes as they appeared to be talking about the Kyuubi given by the title of the document that the lady handed to Milana who nodded in response.

Ashley, the daughter of the Omnipotents of Rage and Love, was seen walking into a chariot with a very massive eyebrowless man wearing a sleeveless red armor with a red cowl around his neck, a large scroll placed on his back and a red hood covering his head, a red fabric wrapped around his mouth like a mask entered in the chariot with her and the driver drove off, two Elite Guard members opened the village gate and the chariot drove into the forest.

Everyone was busy with their own activities while at one house that stood out from the row of houses built out of wood was a house built of stone that looked like a royal mansion with three floors and behind the house was a beautiful looking garden and the two youngest out of the Omnipotents from this universe were at that garden, picking up flowers.

"You should of been there, Pynneg, that was so surreal! All those lavender people looked very sad and one of them took me to a prism so I can use my power to make everyone happy, Kita was there too with her knight in shining armor, I wonder what they were doing there." Ganla, identified as the Omnipotent of Joy said as she threw a jelly bean into her mouth from a bag of jelly beans she was holding.

"...That sounds nice." Pynneg said, the Omnipotent of Teleportation as she carefully pulled out a purple flower and placed it in a small bag that was sitting next to her. She had a worried look on her face.

"Hm, are you alright, Pynneg?" Ganla asked with curiosity in her eyes.

"...It's just...Izanami hasn't been home lately, she is trying to find the missing people from Mr.Hanzo's group who weren't arrested, I'm worried that she might of gotten hurt or could be in trouble." Pynneg said, with a thumb put in her mouth.

"Oh, you are talking about the grumpy lady with the single eye? I've seen her before, she really needs to light up." Ganla stated, popping yet another jelly bean in her mouth.

"I made a flower crown for her and wanted to show it to her but she said she was too busy, she will see it later she said...I wish she would actually look at me when we are talking. Papa told me she has a job to do which is why she is so busy while mama just keeps telling me that she is like her aunt, putting safety of the village above her own needs...I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing." Pynneg said, putting more flowers into her bag.

"I'm sure all you two need is a good discussion to patch this up, Mei was distant from her sister but they made up in the end, though I do wish Mei told us that she and her friends are leaving, I was worried sick about them when I heard they got nabbed by those nasties from 1, Izanami can probably handle herself just fine." Ganla guessed.

"...I hope so." Pynneg said, but still couldn't help but feel something in her tummy that kept bothering her and the feeling wouldn't go away.

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Meanwhile, at the South end of the Earth that was entirely covered in ice, known to most folks as Shimo, the land of Frost.

The general and current leader of the Elite Guard, Izanami, who had long yellow hair that reached her back with a black eyepatch covering her right eye, wearing a black medieval sleeveless armor around her torso with a warm long-sleeved black shirt underneath the armor with matching pants and fingerless gloves and high-heeled metal boots, a black jacket with a single white button wrapped around her waist with a sword sheath placed on her left hip had a serious look on her face as she was following another woman with green eyes.

This woman looked to be in her late 30's, with short brighter yellow hair with a thin plaited ponytail leaning against her right shoulder, a ice sword placed on her back, wearing a sleeveless black shirt with pink lines from her collar with a single pink line on the center of her shirt going from the top to the bottom and pink pants with high-heeled white fur boots, the cold din't seem to bother her that much considering the outfit she was wearing that would make her vulnerable to the elements while holding a lantern in her left hand. The two of them were walking on a icy pathway that did not crack as they kept walking.

"How much further to the shrine?" Izanami asked the woman.

"Not much further, my lady, we are reaching the bridge. Are you certain that's where they are hiding?" The woman asked, with a tone that was mixed with curiosity and concern.

"Lalog confirmed it for me when she had her Susanoo do a sweep of the planet to gain information about their whereabouts, I'm certain about this. And I'm also certain that a member of that cursed family is with them aswell." Izanami said.

"...That's what worries me the most. I am the guardian of this land and I used to know those people a long time ago before the Juubi awakened from it's slumber, I couldn't imagine any of them surviving after the massacre, I guess I was too preocuppied with Tora to sense any of their presence." The woman frowned.

"If we are lucky, we might be able to still catch them at that place, assuming they haven't jumped ship by now, Ramona." Izanami said as she looked over her shoulder.

The woman, Ramona, simply nodded as the two reached a frozen wooden bridge that lead to the other side that appeared to be a mountain with a building on top of a hill covered in ice.

"That is the household, it's just as I remember it." Ramona said.

"We should be ready if we are to expect them inside that shrine." Izanami said.

The two crossed the bridge and made it to the other side without difficulties, right beneath the bridge there was a small village at the bottom built right between the gap of the two sides with villagers who were wearing warm clothes and minding their own business.

Izanami and Ramona walked up to the hill and reached the Shrine, it was very ancient to say the least, it was colored in black and red, it looked to be four floors long and it was barely standing with black marks that could only be made by fire were visible on the structure with a star symbol on the double door of the shrine.

"This is the main house of the Chikara family. Looks lively." Izanami said, with a hint of sarcasm in her tone.

"The house is filled with all sorts of traps, set up for any intruders, we should be careful when we walk in." Ramona said.

"After you." Izanami said as she reached her for sheath.

Ramona placed her hand on the door and slowly pushed it, a creaking noise was heard as the door slowly opened.

The guardian walked in first as she lifted the lantern to see through the darkness and looked around, spotting a floor tile and pressed her feet against it.

Sure enough, arrows were launched from two separate walls left and right and Ramona pulled out her ice sword and blocked them easily before she took her foot off and backed away, the arrows stopped shooting.

"Hm, good reflexes." Izanami said as she walked in next.

The two of them found themselves in the foyer, with two sets of stairs on two sides that lead to the upper double door. The foyer itself also sustained some damage from whatever happened in here as it was completely charred.

"...I don't sense anyone's presence nearby. I suspect they aren't here anymore." Ramona said, still holding onto her sword.

"I should of guessed this would of been too easy. Doesn't hurt to look around for any clues they might of left before they escaped." Izanami advised, only getting a nod from Ramona.

"Right, I'll take the upper floor, you'll search this area." Ramona said, as she made a leap to the upper door instead of climbing the stairs and went in.

Izanami walked around the foyer, trying to find anything worth telling before her black eye caught the sight of a old painting placed on the right wall and she walked towards it to inspect it from a closer view.

The painting depicted a family of people with blue hair that mostly differed from the length, markings under their eyelids, wearing different colored robes with long sleeves, all standing in front of a statue of a pitch black entity with four eyes and pointy ears, no hair wearing a egyptian collar around their neck with bracelets covering their wrists, baggy pants with a cloth wrapped around their waist that featured the symbol of the moon on the front of the cloth with pointy shoes, their hands with pointy fingernails were placed around their back.

A woman who stood in the center of the family wore a two-piece dress that exposed her arms, belly and feet, her hair was long and messy, with strands that almost resemble snakes, red eyes with star markings under her eyelids and a long smile on her face that stared into the eyes of anyone who dared to stare into her eyes.

At the woman's left, there was a woman who was slightly shorter than the woman in the front who had shoulder length blue hair, pink eyes with markings of a holy gate and wearing a shoulderless and sleeveless black dress with a innocent smile on her face.

And a small child was standing close to the woman with long hair, grabbing onto her dress with nervous eyes avoiding anyone's gaze, he had short dark blue hair with red eyes like the woman, wearing a small red robe with long sleeves.

Izanami looked at most of the members as she saw them before in a few pictures, especially the woman with the pink eyes who had the same appearance as the mother of the soon to be leader of the nation, Ariana, who died a long time ago with her husband to save the world from the Juubi.

"...Which one of them is helping F2's five, I wonder..." Izanami said.

"My lady!" Ramona yelled out.

Izanami looked up as Ramona leaped into the air and landed on her feet in front of Izanami, holding a book in her hands that was titled 'The history of the world's most powerful artefacts in existence'.

"The upper floor was vacant for the most part, but I found this in Celeste's child's bedroom, it must be a clue as to where they ran off to." Ramona guessed.

Izanami nodded as she took the book, reading the title before she opened it, skipping a pages that featured a a familiar Sceptre, glowing beads, a rod with a eye on it, a gauntlet with a tesseract, a crown with five jewels before she found a marked page that featured seven glowy orbs titled 'Orbs of Fulfillment' created by the Omnipotent of Artefacts, Kamest, who can grant a limited number of wishes without any boundaries if they are brought together in a single place. And they are located in Universe 6.

"...This page is marked unlike the others and I did hear rumours about F2 potentially heading over to the 6th Universe, they presumably want to find these wish orbs that one of those Omnipotents created." Izanami guessed.

Ramona stood next to Izanami and looked at the page, her eyes glinting with curiosity like a cat.

"...Hm, the Omnipotent who made these is dead, correct? Din't he also create that troublesome crown that got the Legion's attention?" Ramona asked.

"Exactly, but he's been dead for a long time and we still don't know if he has a replacement yet like the ones who defeated Morishima in 5." Izanami said, as she closed the book.

She turned to face Ramona.

"Since you found this in the child's bedroom, could this mean that Celeste's son is with the five members I'm looking for?" Izanami asked.

"...It's...possible. We never found Aku's body after Celeste was burned to death as punishment for her crimes, she threw her own son off the mountain before we confronted her but we never found him...but it's unbelievable that he would actually survive that." Ramona said, thinking deeply about this.

"...And if he is alive, I imagine he would use these orbs to bring back his clan which would mean bad news for this planet...and knowing my former comrades, I have an idea or two about what use they would have for those things..." Izanami muttered, her worried tone betraying her stoic expression.

Izanami placed the book in her pocket.

"I need to head back to Heiwa and alert Garmath about this before I go to Universe 6 to find them. You remain here and contact me if any of them return here." Izanami said.

"I understand. But this might be a dangerous task, shouldn't you contact your family first before you go?" Ramona asked.

"I'll have a raven send them a letter, I don't have time for goodbye's, not when things are at stake here. I have to go." Izanami said before she ran out of the shrine, going towards a horse who standing in the distance from the other side.

Ramona simply sighed as she turned to look at the portrait with remorse.

"...If only you weren't so blinded by your pride, you could of saved your family, your sister and your son from this unfortunate fate...we could of found a different way." Ramona said.

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A bit away from Heiwa, at the purple castle that belongs to Zeno's family.

Garmath, Zeno and Mage were standing in front of the castle entrance as Garmath was talking on the phone with someone while Zeno was holding a tablet, sending a message to one of his friends from Universe 1.

"...I just received a message from Izanami, she claimed that Kazumi's men are in fact in 6, looking for the Orbs of Fulfillment. Do you know what those are?" Garmath asked.

"Well...I certainly heard of those things, they were crafted by Kamest but I never saw those orbs for myself, I became a Omnipotent long after Kamest passed away I'm afraid. Still, this information will prove useful to us now that we know what they are after which means we'll have a way to track them down." Iknaa's voice said from the phone.

"That's good to know. Me, Zeno and Izanami will head over to Hikrat's temple to offer our support in this search." Garmath nodded.

"Very well, I'll prepare the arrangements. The new 'Royal Guard' have decided to hunt down F2 aswell so once they arrive, we should get things started." Iknaa said.

"...Yes, that, I'm not entirely sure if we can count on them for help. We had problems with Neonytes long before they stole our world's crest and tried to kill us all." Garmath frowned.

"Only the Gods know if this will be a smart move or not, and I'm not talking about that floating orb who appears at random. We will be waiting for you at the temple." Iknaa said.

Garmath nodded as she held Zeno's hand and looked at Mage.

"Take care of the castle while we are gone. Hopefully we won't be gone for too long." Garmath smiled.

"Okay, mom, you got it. Be nice with the people from 6, Zeno!" Mage said, patting Zeno's head.

Zeno nodded in response as he and Garmath started walking on the bridge together.

Mage looked at the sky as dark clouds were hovering in the air above the Earth.

"...If my predictions were accurate, let us all hope they will be ready for the obstacles that will be in their way...and have what it takes to stop the dark prophecy from happening." Mage muttered, bitting her lip with anxiety.

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Meanwhile, in the middle of space, specifically in Universe 6.

There was a large grey ship with two large guns attached to the bottom of each wing with a third large gun attached to the bottom of the ship, with a 'NRG' logo on the center of the ship, it was currently heading towards the Earth that could be seen from the distance. There din't appear to be any meteorites in sight unlike in other Universes and only two or three planets were around besides the Earth but this was only one side of the galaxy anyways.

Inside the ship, at the top floor, Hercule was currently pacing around with a transceiver next to his ear at the back of a grey cockpit, looking frustrated.

"Look, I don't know how long this mission will take, for all I know it could be days when it comes capturing some killers who survived the downfall of a multiversal black market organization, just let me do my thing and I'll be back home soon, I promise. Don't worry, I won't look at any girls, you know I only have my eyes on you, Aprodite." Hercule said as he was solving this argument with his lover on the phone.

The rest of the new Royal Guard were sitting on four comfortable chairs in the cockpit as Dietz was at the wheel with one hand on it while texting on his transceiver by using his other hand with a empty seat next to him, there were three windows, one in the front that showed a closer view of the Earth and two on the left and right sides where the Royal Guard members were sitting at. The Sun was visible on the left side while the right side showed nothing but stars.

"You can call me Dit, it works. Anything but Nigel, I wish mom din't pick that name up from a internet generator when she was still pregnant." Dietz cringed, as he kept typing while driving the ship at the same time.

"Well, we're closing in on the planet now so buckle up your seats and prepare for a soft landing, ladies and gentlemen." Dietz said as he placed his transceiver on the empty seat next to him.

"Okay, I'll see call you later. Love you." Hercule said, sounding relieved as he finally finished his chat and placed the transceiver in his pocket.

He then walked towards the new Royal Guard, placing his hands on the back of Bacchus and Diana's seats as he looked at Dietz.

"Alright, now that I got that over with, what's the status on Universe 6's earth, Dietz?" Hercule asked.

Dietz pressed a buttons on the control panel with the screen of the planet appearing on the front window with statistics.

"So, Earth 6: the weather is hot as shit so I hope you guys brought some water bottles with you, a few traces of Necromancy energy on a few spots, overgrown worms crawling their way out of the ground in a few places, a guardian sitting his ass in the core underneath a ancient tomb, yup, definitely Universe 6." Dietz nodded.

"And status on any Neonytes living on that place by any chance?" Hercule asked.

"Negative. Anubis did tell us that all Neonytes on this planet were outlawed after that Omnipotent bitch decided to take action fearing that we would overthrow her or some shit. But there should be a few colonies located on some distant planets and our good ole friends the Space Pirates if the rumours about them infiltrating in 6 are true." Dietz said.

"And besides the Pirates, we have to deal with some guys left from Kazumi Hanzo's F from 2 if I'm not mistaken, I'm not entirely sure how tough those guys will be but the Alliance got in contact with the queen and promised to offer us backup when we will get to the fighting part." Hercule said, placing his hands on his chin.

"Yeah, but do you think whoever they will send will be willing to cooperate with us? Not everyone will be thrilled to work with old enemies and the guys from Universe 2 have a bad history with us after a general from Vulcan's army tried to assassinate a baby. Plus, this is our show, I'm sure we can handle these jokers just fine on our own without any assistance from the 'Alliance'." Dietz commented as the ship was getting closer to Earth at this point.

"Whatever issues they will have, we will work them out, we can't let old grudges get in the way of working together for the sake of protecting theses Universes from the threat of F2 and the Pirates." Hercule said.

The ship entered the planet's atmosphere, preparing for a safe landing.

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On the Earth, there was a interdimensional gate stationed right next to the large village of the North where Hikrat's temple was located at, a tanned merchant wearing dark yellow clothing fiddling with his jewels was handing tickets to anyone who was willing to pay money to get to another Universe.

Garmath, Izanami and Zeno walked through that gate and turned to the merchant. Izanami now had a shield with a sigil on it placed on the back of her armor.

"Excuse me, can you point to us the pharaoh's village?" Garmath asked.

"That way, miss." The merchant said, pointing at the village.

Garmath nodded as the three walked into the crowded village.

As soon as they were out of sight, the NRG's ship landed at the same time on a empty spot, catching the merchant's attention.

The big metallic bay door opened up on the right side as Hercule and Dietz hopped off the ship and landed on the sandy ground.

"Damn, should of brought my shades with me, the sun is a killer." Dietz said, blocking his eyes from the sun.

Dietz nearly fell over as Diana got the jump on him, his cheeks turning red.

"...Uh, maybe...mind letting go off me, I feel kinda uncomfortable." Dietz said.

"Oh hello." The merchant waved back.

Hercule to the merchant.

"Hey, this is the village where Hikrat is at, right?" Hercule asked.

"Yes. Two women and a small child from the 2 world walked from the portal just a few moments ago, they should be in the temple, I think." The merchant said.

"...I really hope that isn't the same kid who blasted me into a coma. Mhhh, this is gonna be awkward." Hercule sighed, already dreading what's gonna happen.