https://youtu.be/PUxbDUfacaY

"SONIC SHOCK!!!!" Narina shot around at hyperspeed throwing lightning bolts from her hands as she became a series of afterimages around Machi.

"Program Environment.." Even before Machi said this, she had already reflexively snapped her fingers and conjured a pixelated transparent green box around herself.

The lightning blasts exploded into the walls without doing any damage.. 

"It's no use.." said Machi as her Pixel Dragon boss monster stomped over to Narina from behind. "I can freely control the environment here like any game master controls the game which he or she creates. I program everything.. from monsters.. to health.. to statuses.. even the laws of gravity.."

Machi snapped her fingers.. "Environment Program.. "

Suddenly, hundreds of pixelated towers.. the size of buildings shot down at Narina from all directions.

Using the speed of Hypersonic Empress, Narina jumped onto the towers as they crashed down, leaping with amazing agility through the obstacles before jumping into the air past the towers as they crashed with tremendous power into the arena..

Narina crossed her arms together as she flew into the air with her momentum, her dragonish eyes glowing with power. "Dragon's... WING Beats!!!"

Narina spread her arms out.. and from her hands.. large dragon wings made of pure electricity spread out.. 

Narina swept her hands forward, causing the electric wings to fling forward and turn into ginormous electrical blasts that rained down in the form of a tremendous beam..

"Oh?" said Machi with interest.

The pixelated dragon roared and fired a massive geyser of flame at the electrical blast.. but the flames were swept aside easily.. and right before the lightning blast hit, it temporarily took the shape of a dragon's head, which roared viciously before exploding into the programmed fake version...

The pixelated dragon shattered into programming before disappearing into the wind.

Narina grinned as she landed in the stadium. "So.. your constructs aren't invincible.."

"Yes.. programming does have it's limits.. it's not like I'm completely God in this power's range.. But.. I'm pretty darn close.." Machi said. "Remember what I said about the laws of gravity?"

Machi tilted her finger upwards. "In Game Skill.. flight."

"WHAAAAA!!!?" Narina screamed as she was sent soaring into the air like a bullet.

"Remove skill." Machi twitched her finger again. "Increase Sprite Movement."

"WHAAAAMMMMMMMM!" Narina was sent hurtling back to earth at explosive speed.. piledriving into the stadium with a painful impact.

Narina felt her head throbbing, and she gained double vision as she stood up.. staggering around.. "I- I think I felt a couple of brain cells leave.. Urrghh.."

"It doesn't matter how fast you are.." said Machi. "You can't escape gravity.. not to mention your attacks do only a set amount of damage to me... you're in a hole Narina.. and there's no way to overcome it.."

Machi pointed a finger at Narina. "Pacman Admonition!!"

Immediately, a ginormous pixelated yellow sphere with a mouth and eyes appeared before the dazed Narina, opening it's mouth and immediately swallowing her  with  powerful chomp of it's jaws.

"Now.. let's finish this.." said Machi. She clenched her fist. "Delete Program."

The giant Pacman gave a shudder before exploding into a powerful blast of light.. sending Narina flying from the explosion and blasting into one of the stadium walls.

"Hmm? Not yet finished? I see why Chasm is interested in you." said Machi with a smirk as Narina panted and got to her feet.. blood dripping from her forehead and her wrist, which was broken.

"You said there's no way to get past your power.." Narina growled.. still panting hard. "But.. somehow.. I doubt that.."

"You're right to doubt.." said Machi, holding up a finger. "Here's my first lesson to you.. Narina Yukata.. between Master and Student.. as harsh a lesson as it may be.. never assume there isn't a way unless you've exhausted every weapon in your arsenal.. even Brute Force can overcome unconventional obstacles if the right head sits on the user's shoulders. Think.. your attacks only do 5 percent of my health.. and you can't hit me in the first place.. offense doesn't work here... what other option do you have?"

Narina narrowed her eyes.. then she grinned. "Defense..."

"NEH!?" Machi stammered. "No.. Narina.. you're just driving yourself into a corner that way.. what I was about to suggest is you try to get OUT of my range by-"

"ADAMANTIUM QUEEN!!!" Narina immediately switched into her defensive form.. the ground beneath her metal clawed feet cracking from her immediate increase in weight.

Machi sighed. "You.. really need to learn to listen.."

"No.." said Narina. "You need to learn to learn about ALL my powers... Body Enhancement.. The Queen's Prisoner

https://youtu.be/IUwzeJcpio0

A great light exploded around Narina's Adamantium Queen form... and a collar made of radiant light appeared around her neck.. with a chain of diamond and Q-Carbon forming and latching itself to a large keyhole lock on Narina's chest

Massive weighted arm guards appeared on her wrists and ankles. Her tail.. had also grown larger than ever, with thick spikes covering it in a spiral pattern.. like a drill. tattoos appeared under Narina's eyes, taking tear-like patterns.

"What?" said Machi.

"Say hello to Adamantium Queen's body enhancement form." Narina growled. "With this, my weight is at a point that I can no longer move my body as fast as even a normal human... however, my defense is increased drastically."

"hahahah!" Machi laughed. "You think you can beat me with that? You can barely move!! You're a sitting duck in my power."

"That's what you think." said Narina. "But take a good look."

Machi looked at herself and gave a surprised. "oh?"

Chains made of diamond were latched to Machi's ankles and wrists, jutting out of the ground.

"What is this now?" Machi said curiously. 

"The Queen's Chains, that's what I call that nifty little effect." said Narina. "Enemies who enter a 50 meter radius get caught in those chains, as long as those chains remain on you.. any target that are caught in those chains.. can be dragged to me!!!"

"Dragged to-" Before Machi could finish what she was going to say, the chains gave a tug and dragged through the earth, pulling Machi along with them.

Machi squealed as she was dragged along the ground at amazing speed, dragging a gouge through the earth right before stopping at Narina's clawed feet.

"Boo." Narina said, with a grin as her massive tail swung down and grabbed Machi like a constrictor, keeping tight hold of her. 

Machi struggled in the powerful confines of Narina's tail, stunned. "What!?"

"Usually, one swing of Queen's Prisoner's tail is enough to smack down any foe in one shot. The weight combined with my strength.. it's pretty easy. But with your HP thingy.. I figured I'd do another thing that makes sense.. zap you around 20 times till your health is zero!!!"

"Don't be absurd.. you won't last long enough!! GALAGA CANNON!!!"

More galaga ships appeared above Narina and fired their energy shots into her.. but when the smoke cleared there wasn't a single scratch.

Narina grinned, her fangs gleaming slightly. "Well well.. you were saying?"

"eeep!!" Machi squeaked as suddenly, a massive lightning shock coursed through her body from the tail..

The shocks came, once, twice, three times, repeatedly until finally there was only 5 percent of health left in Machi's health bar.

"This is it.. you're done!" Narina growled. 

Suddenly there was a cracking sound.

"N-neh?" Narina stared at her armor.. it was cracking.

"Oh.. crap.. I'm out of time." Narina squeaked... 

There was a massive burst of light and shattering diamond armor.. and Machi was staring down at Narina, who had fallen to her knees, her stamina drained from the massive toll of Queen's Prisoner.

"EEEEEEEEEKKK!!!" Narina screamed, covering her bare chest. 

"Don't know why you're worried so much about nudity." said Machi simply, pointing at the galaga ships surrounding them.

"Fiddlesticks.." Narina squealed, right before a barrage of energy blasts exploded into her...

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In the end, Narina was declared a of the Princess of Ryuu society. As royalty was decided by battle ability and not blood line, Narina was now one of the four heirs.

The title was flattering, despite Narina having another title as Princess being an heir to the King himself that she rather despised. And she felt satisfied.. despite the fact that she was now sore all over her body.

"You did well." said Machi with a smile as Narina rubbed some of the bandages on her arms ruefully. "I have to say, you are quite a talented student. And you passed my test with flying colors."

"Huh? Test?" Narina muttered, tugging on the sleeve of her new kimono now. 

"That fight just now. I requested it from my HQ superiors." said Machi. "I told them I thought you had what it takes. So they allowed me to perform an induction test. Your resourcefulness with your abilities cleared you for an Official Apprenticeship under yours truly. You and Jugi are sibling disciples now."

"Wait.. REALLY!?" Narina stammered. "But.. I thought I had to beat Reaper to-"

"Reaper is the final test, regardless whether I teach you officially or not." Machi said seriously. "However, graduating with a seal of approval from a master not only raises your chances of beating Reaper, but also fetches you a lot of benefits in Powers Society Galactic, believe me.  I'll probably test Violet at some point too.. and that Ezra shows promise."

"There's a girl named Nue whose a good friend of mine." Narina said quickly. "Is there a chance you could check her out too?"

"Uh... I guess." said Machi. "But I can't make any promises about taking her on as my student.. she has to prove herself for that to happen."

"She will, trust me." said Narina fervently. "Anyways, I've got to tell Stoor about the plan from earlier.."

As Narina stood up and made to go find Stoor, Machi smiled. Never before had she seen anybody with as much potential as this one.. 

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Deep in the forest, back within the moving Iron Fortress,  Chompani was complaining again.

"DAMN THAT STUPID DRAGON GIRL!! That stupid Shock Therapy is gonna get a whole helping of CHOMPA CHOMPA!! When I'm CHOMPA CHOMPA through with her!!" Chompani was raging as Scalaknight used a blow torch to weld some parts to Chompani's partially repaired body.

"Enough complaints Chompani." said Senes, rolling his eyes. "It isn't like you to get so worked up over one little girl.."

"THAT LITTLE GIRL PUT ME IN PIECES!!" Chompani roared, ramming a fist against the metal floor, causing the still incomplete repaired arm to fall right off his shoulder. "CHOMPA DANGIT!!"

In the background, Valerie sat next to a burning forge, silently watching the other robots work over the iron and molten metal.

"In any case.. I don't think Narina Yukata will be too much of a problem." said Senes. "The King has just informed me.. he has given leave to release Ozone."

All the androids in the place froze, all of them staring up at Senes.

"You're.. not serious!?" Scalaknight stammered. "I-isn't that a bit overkill?"

"What is Ozone?" said Valerie.

Senes nodded at Valerie. "You know about Chasm don't you?"

"Yes, the ancestor of all dragons.. the alien creature that dwelled beneath the Earth's surface for millions upon millions of years." said Valerie. "That information is indeed in my data banks."

"What if I told you that Chasm wasn't the only one of his kind on this planet?" said Senes. "There was another of his species, dwelling within the atmosphere of the planet.. hidden in an egg made of metal and burning with heat... the king discovered it eons ago."

"And ever since then, the royal family has kept it as a sort of weapon, passing the secret of Ozone from Father to Son." said Scalaknight. "Father to Daughter. Because when the egg hatched, another being that had been sleeping for eons emerged.. having hidden in the egg to recuperate.. "

"It calls itself Ozone.. and he's a fickle fellow, however, he serves the King for reasons that are solely his own." said Senes.. "He should be arriving momentarily, you'll see him for yourself.. he is the Royal Family's darkest secret, we keep the secret, or die with it..  He shall be the eventual trump card against those who rebel against the Royal Family.."

Suddenly there was a hush.. Senes looked to the door of the forge, his sensors were going haywire. "Ahhh.. he's here."

Valerie followed the others outside, and her eyes widened as she watched the tremendous being arrive.

It levitated down from the sky...

He looked like Chasm, except, his body was made of what seemed to be a bluish metal. the top of his head was a transparent shell from within burned a powerful orange nuclear energy.. glowing orange and hot, letting out miniature solar flares now and then..

The eye on his chest and one on his face, had black scelera with glowing molten irises.. He bore no pincer like Chasm, and possessed two normal hands, his body far more streamlined. 

(the song is Ozone's theme.)

https://youtu.be/o_0jhMyEdYk

As Ozone descended among the Androids from the sky, an enormous heat blazed from him.. like an unlimited generator. the ground began to shake..vibrate even, and a ring of fire burst out from around his feet the moment he touched the ground.

When he spoke, just like Chasm, he spoke in the minds of others, however, his telepathic voice sounded like a fiery like Ghost Rider. 

"Blood and Iron.. Dust and Death.. I have come." said Ozone, his very tone intimidating. "I have been ordered to kill Narina Yukata is she does not comply to come home to her royal relatives.. you are to work with me.. do I have your cooperation?"

Senes smiled and bowed. "Why of course Lord Ozone. Will you also be assisting in eliminating the Ryu people?"

"My only purpose is Narina Yukata." said Ozone. "Worry about the others in any way you seem fit."

"Oh, of course, my apologies." said Senes. 

Ozone suddenly turned to look at Valerie, and immediately the eye on his chest and face blazed to life with a terrible power.. and flames sprouted all over the ground. "Narina Yukata?"

"No.. that is Valerie, an android made from Narina's biological information." said Senes. "I assure you she isn't Narina Yukata.."

Ozone stopped looking at Valerie, and she fell to her knees gasping.

Valerie couldn't believe the strange terrible feeling within her, from having had such a being look upon her with a wrath that desired death and destruction... was this what humans called fear? Could she actually experience this so called fear? Or was she malfunctioning?

"I will stay here to ascertain my bearings." said Ozone simply. "You may all carry on with what you are doing until I have orders to the contrary.."

Ozone turned around and began to walk off, leaving molten three toed footprints in his wake..

Meanwhile, Miles away, Chasm looked up, his bluish eyes gleaming with electric power. "My my. Why does this feel familiar?"