Nextgen Kids: Legend of the Nine Newborn

God Killing, Part 6: Kill the Dreams and Nightmares

Planet Gaia is one of those fantasy worlds that's just absolutely fantastic and diverse and I want the KND to explore it, if I could just stop being lazy and catch up with Final Fantasy! But we'll get there. Play "Chaos Theme" from Sonic Adventure!

The Armored Agent Shaved away from Karin and assaulted her with Tempest Kicks. Karin dodged most of them and kicked her soccerball at their helmet, dizzying them for a brief enough moment to jump and kick their head. The agent spun and returned their own kick, Karin rolling back to her feet. The agent thrusted aerial Finger Pistols, Karin running circles in evasion, but the agent Shaved in front and jabbed at her stomach. Karin bent her stomach inward and pushed down against the agent's hand, doing a flip and stamping both shoes in the head. As the agent stumbled back, a firework crashed and glued them down with sticky cheese. The agent twisted and saw Jinta and Megumi dashing up, with Kodama further behind. Jinta leapt and SLAMMED the stranger with his Haki-hardened bat!

He not only forced them out of the cheese, but shattered their armor into pieces. The kids stood cautiously over their grounded form, anxious to learn who they were. "...BLAH!" They were a water monster! Humanoid with only two large, pointed toes on each foot and similar hands, but with thumbs. They had narrowed, alien green eyes, a brain inside their pointed head, and two spikes curved down behind the head. The glow and texture of their water was ethereal.

The beast seized their moment of awe to stretch an arm and PUNCH Jinta, sending him flying. Megumi bounced her iron paddleball, but it phased through its body without harm, leaving her vulnerable to the next punch. Karin charged it, but the creature Shaved behind and pierced her back with Finger Pistol. Jinta immediately ran to whack it with his hardened bat, but it merely splashed through as the beast kicked him. Karin got away as Megumi tried to patch her back wound. "Even Haki doesn't work on this thing?!" Jinta asked, countering the beast's claw swipes. "What kind of assassin are you?!"

"A special one~" it replied in an echoey voice, which sounded like Cree Summer. The agent stretched a leg and spun quickly, sending Tempest Kicks in every direction whilst the group ducked. Kodama launched Iceworks at them, freezing their water solid. Jinta shattered it, but the beast became a puddle on the ground, flowing under Jinta and reforming as it tried to bend and break his limbs. Megumi gasped, seeing the brain in its head. She bashed her Iron Paddle against the brain, the beast yelping as it splashed into pieces and freed Jinta. "Ya gotta hit the brain, partners!"

"Damn." The beast reformed further away. Jinta smirked and ran swinging his bat at the brain, but it used Paper Art to evade him. The water of its right arm turned a wavy, Haki black, and punched Jinta away. Kodama launched more Iceworks, but the beast took care to dodge. Karin's soccerball struck the brain and disassembled it, maneuvering away as the puddle tried to pick one to follow. Its arms suddenly shot out and Pistoled Megumi and Karin in the stomachs. "That's enough playtime, kiddies!" The beast Shaved away after fully reforming. "You couldn't stop me from killing the Firstborn, so you've already lost! See yaaaa~"

They retreated into the girls' bathroom, Karin dashing in after. With a flushing sound, she was too late as the being was already gone down the toilet. "...Hmmm..." She figured it would be too hard to chase them, but... may as well send a little gift their way. (End song.)

A few minutes later, Karin was out of the bathroom. "Was this really the best time to go?!" Jinta shouted.

"Look, it doesn't matter. Let's check in with Ururu and Sugar."

Sector JP traveled to the backstage and met with Sugar and Rise in the changing room. "So... you were in here the whole time?" Rise asked.

"Mm-hm!" A pair of red eyes peeped open in a wide, white bear plushy in a red shirt (resembling Teddie from Persona). "I'm sorry we didn't cue you in on the plan, but we had to make the illusion convincing."