Crap, I Was Rifted

The majority of the forces had gathered in a room to get ready to see what was next. But most wanted to know about the past instances. Are large group of Ardat Yakshi had arrived thanks to Maldova and Aurora. Thanks to Benezia's involvement the numbers had swelled. Each received the first two rounds of treatment for free.

As a show good faith. The Asari council then paid large sums of money for the 3rd. But they had to receive it under the control of Azul's people. No shipping it out or passing it over by hand. Each injection was carefully administered. The number of Asari that stood on was a drop in the bucket compared to those that left. Each one that received treatment could meld with another alleviating the cravings that popped up. But they would never receive a cure with out the final injection. For some that was enough.

Talking with Aurora and Ruby he found it to be enough that they bolstered the ranks. Specifically their own ranks. Each received a mark in the guise of a RUne. It passed a loyalty Indoctrination onto them boosting loyalty with the System. However, the System allowed only that. Azul couldn't take control of them to try and force anything out of them. Which was fine.

"Get started." Maldova said.

"Right." AzuI understood then felt a slight headache at the memory. He knew what was coming next. Maldova spoke first to the others.

"We need to address what happens when Followers and Companions are set free. I think it best they here from you directly." Looking around a few people had their interest pique. "It is time everyone knows what happens when a User releases a Companion. A pull. As well as a Follower."

"When a pull is set free, there are several options. This also applies to the people who decide to come with him. People like Tietra and Mileuda for example as Followers.

0. They are confused and dont know what to do with regards to the User.

1. They can have the entire encounter wiped from their mind. Or they just part ways as they are.

2. They can keep the memories but lose any power the User gave them.

3. This one is rare, they are allowed to start a new life somewhere else. But a fundamental change from the starting self or origins must take place.

4. They can be wiped from existence. This is the harshest one that can be done at my current level.

5. Cant see themselves with out me. The User refuses to set them free. Even with mind control or drug influence that will not change. Only one to change it is an Avatar of the System.

6. You are free and the User sends points to try to fix what they have screwed up wherever you go. They are forever barred from your World. Or from contacting you personally. No matter what happens.

Any questions?"

"Yeah." Riku spoke up for the first time directly at him. "What do you currently have set for each pull. From my understanding, it is based on what you think of everyone intitally."

"It is up to you to show them. I dont have the option." Galtea said looking at Maldova. Lluvia was currently in her Avatar smiling.

"Damn you!" Riku said gritting her teeth at him. She got up and left the room.

"Well, that was interesting!" Ruma said smacking her fingers on the table. "I am defintely ok with this." She stared at Azul. "When things are done here, I and my clan want to permanently reside in Warhammer 30k-40k. That place will be the best for us still." AzuI gave her a nod agreeing. "But the World called Turok will make for great fun."

Tietra's eyes were wide. She stared at Azul intently. He notices the same look from Tifa and Kasumi.

"What? Dont look at me like that. I have not checked. Nor do I currently want to right now." After Azul said that they focused on the screen.

"Galtea what are you set at?" Kasumi asked smirking. "I think I already know." Galtea then flipped the screen over with out even looking at it. "Called it!"

After 10 minutes of this, they moved on to the next order of things.

"Ok, Azul you let them spend their points as they want. Which isn't too bad... but we need to talk about the options. If you want to, you can give them Pulls to use on themselves. The Auxiliary System will help them with what they can get more now."

"Alight. But I cant see what I have currently have so.."

"No problem." Lluvia smiled evilly at him. Azul did not like that look.

He felt himself rip apart and get put back togethor faster than one could think. "What the heck was that?!" It happened again near his fingers this time.

"Your body is rebuilding. Also, all the Space Marine upgrades are getting reinstalled. Cant have you as the weakest Everchosen. That will not do. Also, you are getting the Primaris ones as well tweaked with the Eldar ones. Considering the difficulty of the place, it will no longer matter this slight upgrade difference."

System: Willpower Check 40 Pass

"I would think there would be more screaming." Sapphire said. "That looks painful."

"Usually there would be." Alita said from Tiffany. "But he is focused on something."

"He is focused on shielding everyone in the Nether World." Hilda said. "It is a good exercise so most defintely approve."

"Yah know. If you keep this up.." Emerald paused to say her next few words. "..he will start to despise you. Even with the power-up, he receives from it. If he was power-hungry this would work really well for him though."

"I hate it too. But it will make him stronger specifically his Devil power. I am hoping his relationship with you all will boost his Dragon power." Hilda looked to Zelda and squinted. "You have to tell him soon. When this is over he will notice some things more. Especially with his Pather power receiving a boost."

Zelda just nodded and looked down. There voices were muffled to Azul but not completely.

In the next instant, everything was over. He stood up and felt well a little more complete. Closing his eyes, he connected with the other versions of him right quick. The connection was way stronger now. Except for the one with Chari and himself specifically. Super Robot Taisen was so far away. Despite everything that was done there to boost the connections.

"Whew, that was actually good at the end. Felt like I just did a Triathlon. Considering I never finished one that is saying something." Flexing his hands, AzuI stared at Tifa. "Put your guard up!" He saw her understand and turned into water and rushed her.

"Splat!" She put up a guard of wind to block him. Turning my foot solid, he sent a kick to her head. She blocked it again. Her eyes went wide when AzuI reformed behind her and punched her in the kidney.

"Kuff!" Tifa spit-up. Kicking her in the b.u.t.t sending her over.

"Fwip!!" Azul dodged several kicks made of wind. Sending water wh.i.p.s at them, he grabbed them and placed them in his hands. The two went at it again. She was more flexible than him by a lot.

Right as Azul got near, she crouched low and tried to uppercut him. He came down taking the hit dead on. It barely stopped him. His fist connected and knocked her into the floor breaking a few teeth of hers.

Health -13

The others walked over to intervene. AzuI pushed them back with his biotics. Gently of course. He looked down at Tifa smirking.

"Get up." He said with little emotion in his voice. He was trying to sound neutral. "You want more so get up." She stood down a little longer than necessary to recover.

Azul stepped forward and tried to step on her head. She took the bait. Turning into wind she aimed to cut a long swipe across his leg. Azul paused his leg and let her. As blood flowed out, he sent it towards the eyes blinding her.

"Ah!" Tifa screamed. She got angry finally. Placing her hands togethor she started to gather energy. "Galik Gun.. fire!!" She fired at Azul point-blank. Azul stepped into and took it all. Sending Biotic Shielding out to block the crew.

"Well, that is more like it." Releasing his pressure as an Overlord, AzuI shaped it around the room and put his magic into the shield blocking around everyone else with an added measure. "Come on show me how pissed you are. Didnt think it would get this bad."

"I know your thoughts from the Chaos Emerald... I know what you think of us." Tifa gritted her teeth in anger. "You should have cut it off from us. Why did you allow us to dig as deep as we wanted?!"

"You what!?" AzuI heard someone say. didnt know who. I watched Riku hair fluctuated and become a lot longer. Energy arcs started to gather.

"Dolphin Stream!" A large influx of magic poured out and started cutting along Azul's body. AzuI could feel something burrowing into the several cuts. As it slashed against his skin and muscles, Azul was able to make out they were little dolphins..

At his cheek, a cut formed all the way to the back of his head. Tifa started to collapse as the power dissipated.

Health -321

"Nice output." Azul murmured as he healed in seconds with a quick cast of Curaja. AzuI caught with with a biotic lift and pulled over. Washing her in Mental Cleansing, they all watched as her body relaxed to normal. She opened her eyes a moment later.

"You suck!" Tifa said somewhat pouting. "Change your designation for me. I dont want 6."

Her admission caused Azul to flinch. "Alright.. but.. what do you want 0?"

"You figure it out. You said you.. no nevermind that part. " You should know better by now." Tifa said staring at him like she was ready for another fight.

"Oh boy. Alright then. Dont regret this." He changed her and dismissed the screen. Then locked it that way. Tifa hit him with a Biotic strand that left him dazed a little. She then collapsed. Over use of the Chaos Emerald.

"Rayna, you mind taking her to the medbay?" Lluvia asked. Rayna did this with no problem.

"Ok, this is tiring." AzuI didnt mean them. He meant his body. He needed to release somehow. Fighting with Tifa definitely helped. AzuI needed to fight a little more. Do something to push more.

"You are to wound up. Mostly because of your mana increase." Seeing the weird expression I had on my face she laughed at me. "Remember you are an Overlord. You killed a lot of things lately. So you received a lot of mana. Bad news you received a lot of mana. You have more than that new vessel can take right now. Good news there is an easy fix for that. You can create a lot of things in your Nether World or create a lot of people."

"I say a few more people. Your thinking more people as well." AzuI watched her nod in agreement. "Ok, a few more people. The rest of the mana spent on upgrades for the Nether World." He said leaning in his seat. "A lot of of our people need training still. A good portion has gone to prepare for Magic the Gathering. Now need to get ready for other places.

"Ah, the important things are done. If anyone wants to leave you may do so." Lluvia said. A few of the crew turned off their monitors and went on about their business. Everyone at the table remained seated. And the people on the second rows remained.

Flickering a screen, Lluvia opened up a System display. Azul remembers that screen and shook his head in dismay.

"This will allow them to see the process as it unfolds." Seeing everyone pay close attention she continued. "Let's use some of your Pulls. You have a lot of them and a lot of dangerous new ones. But first I will spend a few of your points on purchasing an additional Senate from Disgaea. That way you have a lot of options as well as making new troops separate from the current set up." AzuI nodded at that choice.

His forces were large enough that it was needed. The second one was completely dedicated to the new people. The first one worked better with the higher level people and made it for they would not have to keep their power in check to match the weaker ones.

Lluvia gestured for Azul to use his Pulls next. "There is also that new function. Use it like you did last time. I want to check something.

As soon as he started she started asking him questions to help him remember.

"Azul how are you feeling? Still wondering what's next? Still, wanting to complete missions? Still Horny? Still wanna fight?" Her questions came out rapidly. AzuI was slightly confused by this.

She asked each time the System started searching. It was really weird.

System: High-Pull..searching...match found... MegaMan X7... found a match for User's personal preference...Mega Man (X)..pulled... High-Pull... searching...match found... Metroid Other M...Samus Aran... emotional confliction between User and Pull.. negotiating... pull has agreed instead of returning...High-Pull... searching... Final Fantasy 13...searching... User confliction found.. searching..User confliction found...searching...unstable match found.. intervention by Avatar Calamity... Claire Farron.

"What the heck!?" Azul's was hurting something fierce. "How the heck is Claire Farron and Samus Arran able to be Pulled again?"

"My aunt moved some things.." Lluvia smiled. She waved her hand in the air and the other Pull's started showing. "I will leave the others in holding for now." She looked at Jaina and then smiled. "You wanted a new teacher right? Also, you are upset with some things are you not?"

"Well yeah, I doubt I will get to learn anything with Jaina currently busy." AzuI felt a slight pang at that. "Yeah, I am a little tick she ignored me but.." That is when hee notice it was the System scanning him.

"You need someone to replace Alistair. He will not travel with you much longer." Galatea said flatly.

"Wait what the heck!?"

System: Medium Pull.. Final Fantasy 8 Remastered.. searching... Quistis Trepe... sending to other Quistis ... fusion successful. Medium Pull... Final Fantasy 7 Remake.. searching... Mental disgust with the World detected with the User.. designating new location.. error.. contact has been made by a resident...Tifa Lockhart combining with other Tifa.. fusion successful. Medium Pull... Street Fighter... multiple matches found.. Chun Li has latched on. Special connection detected. Soul Bond formed.

"Oh how nice. Did not expect that." Galtea said surprised. Her eyes lit up when a rift opened and a young woman jumped out. "She ignored the warnings. She will have to be disciplined later."

"Haha, what a funny girl." Skarlett said. She looked Chun-Li over with interest. Staring intently at her legs and hair. With a shift she matched her clothes and hair design. "I like this look."

"Azul!" Chun-Li yelled. Her knee outstretched as she came toward him. "Finally time for a rematch!"

"Ah, cant... I am not feeling well." Feeling the memories flood in, AzuI grabbed her with his biotics. "Settle down now. We can do that later." He had to buy some time seeing that the prodding start again. He looked at Lluvia. "Why do I keep getting some mental prodding. What the heck is going on?" He watched as her eyes lite up for a second.

"Ah, your powers are wanting to do a Pull. The system is just stopping it is all." Lluvia pecked away in the air and he felt the prodding stop. "There all better?" She asked him.

"Yeah. So what was up with all of that just now?"

System: Medium Pull commencing... Sword Art: Fatal Bullet. ... target locked. Arfa-Sys lacks consciousness. Companion Bass has requested.

"Sure." Azul agreed and felt it go away. "I swear he better not use it for... ugh.."

"While doing Pull's with the new System configurations your mind is used to help scan as well. Whatever you are thinking affects the Pull. A way to help you get what you are looking for with out reducing the quality with filters. However, it has problems as you have seen." Lluvia recited.

"It does not look favorable with the way he is acting." Hilda said concerned. "But this is still new to me. I like the old way better if it does not cause problems."

"I agree." Mileuda said next. "Maybe you should stick with what you usually do. I think it will work better."

"I agree. I did not enjoy this at all actually. Ugh, my head hurts." AzuI rubbed at his temples. "Put that method on the list for when we have a dangerous place to go to and resources are low. Better yet, take some of the stuff in my inventory that would help better during an emergency." He felt a little ping as what he assumed were Pulls and items leaving.

"Done. However, these are the ones I can not mess with. You must decide what to do with them." Lluvia waved her hand and a few orbs floated in front. "It is a good time to talk about them."

"Brother, can you let me down now?" Chun-Li said. While she was suspended with biotics. AzuI dropped her down. "Good to see you again. Where is your better half?"

"Chun-Li.. are you hungry?" She nodded at Azul's question. "Lluvia release the other's and let them go get something to eat. A further debriefing as well. I need to think things over."

"Understood." With a wave of her hand, Azul watched the others come out. Seeing Mega Man(X) was something else. But the Samus caused him to stop. He then looked to Dark Samus who said nothing.

"Ugh.. I can not really.. deal with this." Azul cast sleep on the Samus dropped like a sac k of potatoes. "What do you want to do?"

"I.. get to decide?" Dark Samus looked shocked but happy from what her Biotic Strands released. She remains quiet and thought things over. She came to a snap decision. "As long as she doesn't try to cause me trouble everything will be fine."

"Good. Please check over to make sure she does not have any Photon issues. can never be to careful." Dark Samus went to work and checked her over.

"I feel human." Megaman said. Lluvia and Galtea had finished with making him whole again.

"Yeah, you are "alive" fully again." Scanning him and checking the energy on him I was happy the reactor was still there. "Just think a little and your body will come back sort of." Following Azul's advice, he did just that. His right arm glowed and his buster returned. In a second it returned back to normal. Removing his helmet AzuI was surprised to see he had long brown hair. 'Oh that is right Megaman hair was brown in the cartoon makes sense it would be to. Man, I miss Protoman.'

"Do not fire that thing in here!" Lluvia said a little angrily. "We already had two idiots fighting in here."

"No problem." Megaman said smiling. "So I can eat food now? Defintely want to try all I can."

"You sound like a glutton." Samus said. She had sat up from the sleep she was put under. Only giving Dark Samus a slight glare. She was looking at him with one of her hands on her hip. Her hair was in a ponytail and she looked like her version of herself in the smash series. Which was about the same as the game she came from anyway.

"Right that.. catsuit is not gonna work for me." Looking her up and down AzuI pulled a Alliance suit from inventory. He had stocked up on a few of them earlier. "Go and put this on."

"Eh, you serious?" She looked at him with a raised eyebrow. Seeing him nod she mumbled something. He didnt really pay attention to it. Claire had his attention. Or should he say, Lighting?

"What was wrong with what she was wearing?" Lighting asked frowning at him.

"It was distracting to me. Plain and simple. Already have a few crew members walking around with barely any clothes on. I do not need another." AzuI shook his head when he saw Mileuda smiling. She licked her lips sensually and did not even try to hide it.

"Why not just keep your eyes up top?" Lighting said.

"How about I vent you out an airlock?" That got everyone's attention. "Whoops, my bad. Feeling a little aggressive. Rembering what happened last time I met someone like you." Azul's Dragon was agitated for some reason.

"How about a little break, I think that will be for the best Commander." Ruma said. Her voice came out very soothingly. It left a strange feeling. "You listening or do I need to pinch your nuts again?"

"Yes.. yes I am listening. A break sounds perfect." AzuI looked to Hilda. "You say we need to discuss something right?" She nodded at him. A few of the others cleared out leaving only.. well the women present. "Can a brotha get some back up... damn!"

"Scared of us?" Azul turned to see Claire dr.a.p.e herself onto him. "Shock was the least of what was in his minds. "Try not to faint again."

"What the fu.." She over loaded him with her Biotic Strands. 'The future ended already!'