Nextgen Kids: Legend of the Nine Newborn

Operation: AINCRAD, Level 16: CLU's Blues

Eventually, I might make a side journal showing all the bosses in Aincrad. That'll take a while. X)

Kazuma's head was high, eyes on the Elevator Tower as he subconsciously gravitated toward it. He really didn't have any set desires or intentions at the moment, merely walking forward on mild instinct. "Huh?!" He was stunned to find several players lain weakened on the ground, with tiny fragments of HP. "What happened to these people?!"

"Oopsie!" He whipped around, seeing Giffany flickering from a hologram projector. "It looks like they came under a cold! It was probably-"

Her head was ripped off by a muscular, tan fist. "LOVE SICKNESS."

Kazma cowered before the shirtless being with grinning sharp teeth and a fiery crown over its black face. It had black line designs along its abs and wore a large orange sash over its black puffy pants. "What are you?!"

"I am Love Machine. Dr. Eggman's orders are to destroy the MCP. By absorbing the data from these useless players, I'll become strong enough to defeat her! I'm especially interested in you... for defeating that piece of me I placed in Rumble."

"Rumble? I thought your face looked familiar! So, you're the reason Rumble almost drained me!"

"Don't worry... I won't kill you, boy. If you derez, the data I stole will be lost. You look like you're enjoying yourself here, so let me make this quick..." Love Machine materialized a two-sided trident.

Kazma turned himself into his rabbit form. "Sorry, dude. My data belongs to me!"

Love Machine jabbed his trident, Kazma dodging before throwing a punch at his face—Kazma glitched in place and quickly pulled his arm back. Realizing he couldn't touch him, Kazma merely ran from the Program, going into a circus tent. There was a ring of fire suspended on a pole, so Kazma grabbed the pole and clashed the ring against the trident. Love Machine charged him, but Kazma dashed away, spun, and managed to catch him inside the fire ring. His arms binded, Love Machine struggled to escape, suffering burn damage, but the ring ripped apart eventually. Kazma saw a box of fireworks beside some matches, running to light them up and throw the box at Love Machine. The hostile Program endured the colorful explosions as he leapt to stab Kazma in the stomach.

Kazma pulled himself free and smacked the trident away, tearing through the tent wall to escape. He dashed around the park in search of something that could help. "Wait... that trident didn't drain my data. I guess it's safe to touch." He saw a dunk tank full of mud nearby and ran to hide behind it. Love Machine searched the area for the runaway rabbit, but once he was close to the dunk tank, Kazma dashed and shoved the basin over. Love Machine was crushed and drenched with mud before breaking through the glass. Kazma raced over the mud and swiped the trident, spinning to stab his eyes. He dealt further jabs to the chest, but Love Machine jumped and wiped the mud away. He dodged Kazma's further attacks and grabbed the trident, yanking it out of the rabbit's grasp.

Love Machine charged directly, but a strong gold laser struck his face. "There you are!" Kazma turned left to find Mitch Williams. "What sort of mess have you gotten in now?" He shot more lasers that Love Machine blocked, afterwards stabbing the trident at the pro player.

"What are you doing here?!" Kazma yelled as he ran against the trident's handle in attempt to steal it, but Love Machine kicked him away.

"Your friends thought you might've come up here. Listen, Miko is searching for all the Boss Keys, including the one you have. I came here to get it." Mitch materialized a large, gold, holo-fist over his glove and leapt to punch Love Machine in the teeth.