Today was the day of The father's and son's trip. So it was going to be only the girls, Jessenia, and Gina.

"Make sure you bring us something special on your way back." Said Gina to her husband.

"Don't worry honey we will."

"Are you sure you girls are going to be okay? I mean there might be a chance they call you and..."

"Don't worry Richard, we can take care of it. Don't underestimate girl's power!" Alice reassures her childhood friend.

"Yeah so go and enjoy your resume quality time with your father, you might not get an opportunity like this ever again." The pink-haired leader of Team Alpha added up to Alice's statement.

"Hmm, I guess you have a point. Well, we'll come back in three days so you got to tell me what awesome things I miss in Omega while I was away!" Said the boy excited.

"Rick! We need to get going!" Said Frederick inside of the car, which was fueled by a battery and solar power instead of fuel. Right now it was using solar power.

"Ah! Right! Well, we gotta go! See ya!" With that, both Kurosagi males enter the car. Richard waves at them one last time before they leave.

"They are gone." Genre said while listening to her music.

"Yeah."

"So what now?" Yuma asked the girls.

"I know what to do!" Alice said with a big smile.

()

Alice was at least very happy, she might want to enjoy this while she can because...

{'Wait, What do you mean we need to move back to Japan?!'} Alice yelled. She could believe what her mother just said right now. Alice was dressed in a red elegant one-piece gown with red slippers. On her neck was her legendary piece dangling brilliantly. She had makeup and slight lip gloss and her hair was loosened.

{'We need to stay there until my business with my associates is done'} Her mother responded.

{'But, can't you just tell them to come here? You have done it before!'} She got a cold gaze from her mother.

{'It is a must that I go. This is very important to Hishikawa Enterprise.'}

{'Is it? Or is it just because you want me to be as far away from my friends as possible? Is it because you don't want me to be with my childhood friends? With...'}

{'You can speak with your friends via your C.C. I do not see why you're getting upset over minimal things. Besides...'} She looks at her daughter. {'Is for your very own good.'} Her very own good? Her very own good?!!

{'For my very own good...? Now I get it. Is because you don't want me training with Richard is it?'}

{'Alice.'} Her father tried to intervene, he can feel it his wife's dark cold aura.

{'You always try to find ways to separate us. You don't even like him. Why? Because he is the Son of Xino?! One of your high-school classmates?! What happened to you and him...!'} Ayane heard enough and slammed her fist on the table this time, however, Alice didn't flinch and was determined to fight for her freedom.

{'We're leaving in 2 weeks.'} Ayane stood up and passed her daughter. {'Use them, wisely.'} She coldly said before she left the dining room with Jessenia follows suit. This was their first major argument, they had some here and there but nothing to this level of yelling. Well, Alice was the one raising her voice but this time it seems that she struck a nerve the way her mother told that they leave in 2 weeks...it seemed filled with anger something that her mother rarely exhibits and if she does it doesn't even get noticed by anyone.

{'Honey.'} Alice's father was concerned. It seems no matter what happens the relationship between mother and daughter...between his wife and daughter is becoming non-existent.

{'TCH.'} Alice hissed in anger. Why?! Why does her mother have to force everything?!! Why can't she let her enjoy her life with her friends?! She really hates her!!!

"Alice."

"Eh?!" She looks at her friends looking at her.

"Are you alright? You were in deep thought." Aeris said concerned for her childhood friend.

"Oh, no I am fine!" Jessenia knew why the red-haired was in deep thought. She must be thinking about how to tell her friends about her leaving for 2 weeks. While it wasn't permanently it must be hard to tell your friends that you might not see them for a long time.

"We're here." Genre said taking her headphones off and listening to the outside music. For once it had a good beat and rhythm something that she appreciates.

"Let go get some clothes and have fun!" Alice said running inside the mall.

"Don't you think Alice is acting differently today?" The pink-haired teen said to her teammates.

"Her rhythm...was very high."

"Very high?" Yuma said and the smaller blonde teen nodded.

"I'm sure is because Lady Alice is very excited to have a hmm, how do you teens call it? This day 'a girls day out'." Told Jessenia to Team Alpha. They look at each other before deciding that the lilac-haired maid may have a point.

The day was fun after all, trying clothes, finding swimsuits for the case they go to the beach or a pool, Watching a soap opera movie, playing in the arcade and even listening to music something that Genre really got into.

"That was really fun!" Alice said with happiness.

"Yeah, it was." Adel agreed.

"Alice's Rhythm...more relaxed." Genre said without her headphones on.

"Lady Alice is almost time to go." Jessenia reminded the red-haired teen.

"Oh, yeah. Hmm, hey Jessenia let's get some ice cream before we go back home!" Alice told the lilac-haired maid. In reality, she didn't want to go back home yet because there's a chance that she could be there. Just thinking about it...Alice's trail of thoughts was interrupted when her C.C. Started to ring with her Kawaii Desu Neko ringtone. Soon the other's C.C. started to ring as well.

"Huh?"

"I see," Adel said recognizing the number. It was Omega Corp. which meant that Inès was calling them and it is probably to scan a sector. Black Hat Hackers seem to never have a day off.

"We should answer it." Said the pink-haired teen. The others nodded before deciding to take it from Alice's C.C. since she got the call first.

"Oh, Alice! Sorry if I interrupted anything important." Said the charismatic Nort Anna.

"No, not at all."

"Guys you can stop calling the others it seems they are all here!" Nort Anna told the other White Hat Hackers.

"What is the problem?" Asked Adel.

"We need you, girls, to come and investigate sector 5."

"Western Omega?" Alice said.

"We have investigated that there have been strange activities inside sector 5 lately. We can explain the situation on your way." Viper informed them. From the looks of it, this seems serious.

"Ok, we'll be there as soon as possible," Alice told them.

()

Reaching Omega Corp. the girls wonder how these strange activities are occurring right now. Viper explained on the way that there has been a couple of anomalies inside Western Omega and that the guardian of the sector has been taking care of some strange enemies. The description was weird too from what the white hat hacker told them they look a bit like baby xenomorphs. First a dinosaur now this? What's with this black hat hackers and their affinity with classic movies?! What's next a giant moth? Or maybe a giant ape.

"You're here, good." For now, they will have to deal with this without the boys.

"Miss Inès." Jessenia greeted.

"Jessenia?" She shook her head now is not the time. "Let's go." They go to a special room.

"Nort Anna is everything ready?"

"Yep!" Answered the bubbly Nort Anna to the secretary.

"If you do not mind I will like to assist in this matter." That caught them by surprise.

"Jessenia," The red-haired teen was completely surprised by her mother's maid.

"Hmm, yes, it will help us a lot if we have someone as strong as yourself in this Jessenia." The bespectacled secretary said before adjusting her glasses.

"It is my duty as Lady Alice's maid by Milady's request." Alice would have flinch but hid it perfectly. She really doesn't want to think of her mother after such a wonderful day with the group of girls. Inès acceptably nodded.

"Alright get into the teleporters. Nort Anna, add the coordinates to a new one."

"Got it." The blonde secretary looks at the girls who are ready.

"Good luck you 6." Those were the last words they heard from the bespectacled woman before being teleported to Sector 5.

()

Meanwhile, Richard, Frederick, and their fathers are enjoying their father and son's quality with each other. While Frederick and Santos were going fishing, Richard and Xino had the opportunity to do something that they love.

"Ha!" Richard yelled as he clashes with Xino's sword. Face to Face, father, and son struggle for power before both Core players back each other away. Richard uses his speed to surround his father before finding an opening. To his surprise, his father blocked the attack.

"You're very predictable my son," Xino told before parrying his Kris dagger and force palmed him. The brown-haired boy caught before his eyes widened as he saw his father's free hand charging an energy ball before releasing it. This was followed by a barrage of them. Richard used his speed again to barely dodge every one of them. Xino uses his very own speed to go on the offense making his son barely block his attack resulting in him charging another energy ball that hits the brown-haired teen and sends him flying straight to the waterfall. After a few seconds, Richard emerges out of the water coughing some of it that he accidentally drank.

"'Damn, that hurts," Richard said before groaning and the laying on on his back. His father walks up to him.

"Sorry son. However, come the World Tournament the other opponents won't hold back on you. Also..." He becomes serious. "You might face more powerful black hat hackers in the future and trust me on this...They are a lot stronger than your average player." Richard knows what his father meant by that. When he fought Lahaska when she entered Omega with hacked stats he was completely dominated in every sense of the way. If it wasn't for Harry and his dad when Aeris was hacked he would have been destroyed by both girls. Even more, he and his rival stood no chance against Lahaska and the transformation she got from her legendary piece. That is why he is training with his dad right now, if something similar happens again, he'll be ready for it.

"I know, this is why we are training right now, right?"

"Yeah, also I wanted to have some time with my son, it might be the last time we have a father and son talk like to this. Hmm, that reminds me how's your school life doing?" That caught Richard by surprise.

"Huh?! Oh, it was alright."

"Really?"

"Yeah! It was surprising to see Aeris and Emuna."

"Oh, Emuna is taking classes with you guys? That is really surprising."

"Yeah. Anyway, it was more fun having them around. Although I kind of felt sorry for Emuna, she felt kind of..." Richard said trying to find the correct word to describe Emuna's situation.

"I think the word you're looking for is the rare one."

"I guess."

"So, what about Alice?"

"Huh, what about her?"

"Well, you been friends for years, have you known each other better?"

"I don't follow." Xino realizes how clueless his son was, guess it runs in the family.

"Never mind." Richard quizzically looks at his father with a giant question mark on his head.

"There was this one time that I kind of hugged her because she was crying, I still don't know why she was crying thou but I thought it was the only thing I could do to comfort her," Richard said.

"I see, yeah if I was in your shoe I would've done the same thing," Xino said kind of having a bit of a clue as to why the red-haired girl was upset. So she hasn't forgotten and now her daughter is taking all the burden. When will she let go of the past? Is she going to ruin Alice's happiness over something that happened 18 years ago?

"Dad,"

"Hmm?" He looks at his son who has a serious face.

"I wanted to know...How much do you know about the legendary pieces?"

()

Landing on Sector 5 the group of six females wasted no time investigating the western town.

"Oh welcome." Said one of the NPCs.

"Oh, yes we're looking for someone, um, her name is Raylee?" Aeris asked.

"Oh, Sheriff is not in the town now. If yer ladies want to find her, yer betta gets to the train in a snap if yer wanna catch to her."

"Okay thank you." The red-haired powerhouse thanked the NPC.

"We will get there and inform Lady Raylee about our arrival. We will meet you there." Jessenia told the others before she and Yuma being the only default scouters use their speed before vanishing. The others didn't waste time and followed at their pace.

After a few minutes, the group of four reached the train, and outside was the Sheriff herself.

"Oh! Hiya partners!" Said Raylee. Raylee is the NPC Guardian of Western Omega. She is a skillful wild western fighter with her dual laser guns that are semi-dusty. The black-haired 18 years old never leaves without them. She was dressed in her brown short jacket, blue long-sleeves shirt, short brown skirt, and coffee-colored cowboy boots. She wore a white cowboy hat and a red scarf.

"Hey Raylee, if you're outside and not there that means Jessenia and Yuma caught up to you in time," Alice told the teal-eyes girl which this one nodded.

"I was gonna check if the vermins were in there but it doesn't hurt if reinforcements arrive."

"Vermins?" Aeris said confused.

"She is referring to Enemies." Genre answered the questionable pink-haired teen.

"Yeah, that's what I meant!"

"We should do these quickly the more we waste time speaking the more problems we will face." They agreed with Jessenia so without further do they entered the train.

"This is pitch dark." Alice pointed out the lack of light inside the train.

"Strange, Wonder where the crew is?" Asked the guardian. Lately, there have been people disappearing and she has been on the lookout for the culprit but due to the sandstorms and the weird disappearance of footmarks, she was at a loss. As they explore further a more strange thing happened, the train started to move on its own.

"Huh?!"

"What the dilly?" those were the words of Alice and Raylee one after the other when the train started to mysteriously function on its own.

"Keep your guard up," Adel said to the girls. Just then something slimming dropped on the red-haired girl's shoulder. When she touches the drool.

"EEK! EW, EW, EW, EW!" Alice shrieks as she tries her best to get the disgusting drool away from her before everyone hears a growl and looks up to see the culprit of the disappearances. Just as the white hat hackers described it on the ceiling of the train there were 4 gray big-headed alien-like creatures that had huge long tongues hanging from their seemingly dislocated jaws.

"I think we found the problem," Yuma stated before they all dodge two aliens separating the group of girls in 3 to the left side and 4 on the right side. Both grounded aliens turn on each side while the remaining two split one on each side on the ceiling.

"Aeris make sure to stay safe and buff our stats respectively," Adel instructed the pink-haired girl.

"Got it."

"Genre wall your side and protect Raylee and Jessenia."

"Yes." told the blonde-haired petite teen who turned on her headphones and listened to the Rhythm of the music.

The aliens charge from both ground and ceiling stalking their prey. Aeris uses her ability to buff her side stats that each of them works on. Alice and Adel feel their strengths increased while Yuma feels her speed going higher than what her speed exceeded. Genre used the flow of her music to create a flowed barrier while both the guardian of Western Omega and the lilac-haired maid both went on the offense. With her dual laser guns, Raylee unleashed a fury of shots that hit the alien-like beings thou they did little to no effect on them. Jessenia took an opportunity presented by Genre blocking the slash from one of the monster's claws to hit one of them hard with her hammer before this one stood up and growl much to the annoyance of Ayane's maid. Adel uses her linear slashes to stagger the enemy back before Alice follows it up with a swing of her pole and Yuma uses her speed to her advantage in order to slash the aliens who roar. Appearing in front of their supporter Yuma did some hand signs before the slashes glowed and they give small explosions on the body of their enemies. After the smokes clear the girls look to see that the aliens were alive and that they were slowly regenerating the wounds inflicted on them by their attacks.

"Tch, this is the worse kind of enemy," Adel spoke.

"What do we do now?" Alice said.

"Aeris."

"Yes?"

"Think you can use your Ochtika multiple times?" The brown-haired teen asked Team Alpha's leader.

"I haven't tried it before since I have only used it once per battle but...I am sure that I can use at least two of them." So they can take care of their side.

"I see, then we will cover you until you manage to create them," Adel said. While she is concerned that her pink-haired friend's Capacity Power wouldn't be enough to create 2 she was now a bit more relaxed when she told her that she can use the technique twice. With that set in mind, the group of girls decided to leave the regeneration problem to the pink-haired and focus on giving her the opening that she needs.

On the other side, Raylee, Genre, and Jessenia have devised a similar strategy when they discovered that the enemy can regenerate the damage they receive from attacks. Genre being the wall uses the flow of her Rhythm to not only deflect every attack but also, dish out some significant damage of her own. The alien surprise Genre by spitting some acid which barely catches her right arm making her wince in pain.

"Are ya Alright, partner?!" Raylee asked concerned.

"...is fine." The blonde-haired answered before seeing her arm having a third-degree burn. Her Rhythm might be more difficult to control but she must fulfill her duty to protect everyone. She doesn't want to fail.

Raylee dodges the acid before shooting, she needs space and time in order to charge her dual guns and unleash her special attack in order to blow them to the middle of next week. Luckily for her, Jessenia complied with the black-haired guardian by giving her the space that she needed.

"Thanks, partner!" The cowgirl guardian thanked the lilac-haired valkyrie before uniting both of her guns thus making a big cannon gun. "Hope ya like my ace in a hole because is going to make both of ya Absquatulate!" The sound of sparkle and engine emitted from the cannon before a red blast was released from it. The blast took the two Aliens before it goes toward one of the windows leaving a huge hole in the railroad car.

"Amazing," Alice said seeing the result of Raylee's attack, now that is what you call girl power. The red-haired blocked the attack of the alien who was ready to spit its acid thankfully Adel cut the creature's head off before both girls backed away from the alien as it felt to the floor. The creature after a few seconds regenerates.

Aeris is charging her Ochtika as Yuma covers her with her clone. Using their kunai swords they team up on the creature who tries to slash and spit acid at them but the kunoichi and her clone thanks to the speed buffed she received from the pink-haired teen before she Core Shifted to Magical dodged the attacks with ease before they slashed an arm and a leg from the Alien who falls and slithers as best as he can.

"Is now or never Aeris!" Said Yuma knowing that they only have two opportunities at this.

"Right!" With her ultimate move fully charged the girl leaps in the before crashing down on her opponent's huge back.

"Ochtika!" The pink orb engulfed the Alien until nothing was left for it to regenerate into. The only thing that remained was the limbs that were quickly dispatched by Raylee.

"You forgot those partners."

"One left." Said Genre holding her burned arm.

"Are you okay Genre?" Said their leader concerned.

"Fine, go." Instructed the blonde-haired one.

Adel dodged the acid coming her way before she uses her katana to cut her opponent's arm. The creature roars before regenerating its lost appendage.

"Got you! Extend!" Alice snares The alien in his tracks.

"Now Aeris!" Adel scream to her friend who has her Ochtika charged up. Using her speed thanks to her Heaven's Gift Aeris appeared in front of the Alien.

"Disappear, Ochtika!" Aeris' Purification engulfs the Alien who roars before nothing is left of it.

"We did it!" The red-haired's words were followed by the sudden stop of the train.

"Good Job you girls, It seems that the source that was creating this has disappeared. We will take care of the rest." Nort Anna told the group.

"Thank goodness." Said Alice with a sigh of relief as she looks at the result of the battle. She wonders who would do such a thing and why aren't they concerned about hurting the game and the people that are playing inside of it. Black Hat Hackers can be so cruel.

"I'm bringing you back now." The white-hat hacker told them.

"Well, was fun to ride with ya all!"

"Um, yes. It was nice to fight alongside one of the guardians." The pink-haired teen told the sheriff.

"Bye!" Alice said before they got teleported.

"Hmm, that face looks familiar, where did I see it before? Oh well."

()

"Genre!" Aeris said when the girl kneels and winced in pain. Adel lifts the sleeves of the shirt and Alice gasped in horror. The third-degree burn that she got on Omega has resurfaced on her in real life.

"That's...!" Yuma said and gets very concerned. Is this the big risk they were talking about?!

"Get her wound treated quickly!" Inès commanded before they go to escort the girl to their very own recovery room.

"Inès."

"I can assure you that she will be fine."

"Lady Alice, what you have witnessed is the risk of what will happen when black hat hackers attack without the safety code." Explained Jessenia.

"Richard's parents also took these risks, your mother and Alice's grandmother also know about these risks." That got the girls by surprise.

"Mother?!"

"Grandmother?"

"Inès." Spoke A.V. Gamma.

"Yes."

"We have found some information and trace the I.P. address of the black hat hacker responsible for the incidents including today's." The bespectacled secretary nodded before turning back to the female warriors.

"We will discuss more of it later, for now, there's a friend of yours who you need to support. You should know more about it than anyone Mrs. Russo."

"...Yes..." Aeris said if there is one thing that she is grateful is of having friends like Genre, Adel, Yuma, and Alice not to mention the boys and to an extent Emuna. Even more...she clutches her legendary piece, these legendary pieces if they are this powerful in their dormant state, just how much powerful can these artifacts become when they are at its fullest potential?! Not to mention you have to account for the owner. This battles against the black hat hackers, she afraid that they are just hitting the pinnacle of its existence.

()

Emuna was recovering inside a tube filled with water. Just in a special one-piece, the white-haired girl was observed by a concerned childhood friend and daughter of the president Linnet Kishima.

"...Emuna." This black hat hackers have been targeting her family for years. Why? Is it because of their wealth? Now her best friend is in a very damaged state. She has recovered since then but she hasn't...

"Make some space!"

"Huh?!" The blonde-haired girl looks to the direction of the voice to see someone being carried.

('Who is that?') wonders the small teen.

"Injuries stabilized, complete recovery of patient 2000895: Emuna Chariot at 78%."

"Emuna?!" The drill-haired teen sees who called her best friend.

"You!" In front of her there they were the Team that will represent France in the Omega Team World Tournament, Team Omega.