Villain Retirement
chapter-743

"She's persistent."

Nannah and Chihiro were flying above the clouds, beneath them the lively city of New York; their silhouettes hidden from the people that were just casually going about their day, not knowing the looming chaos literally flying above their heads.

"Just give her to me!"

Suffice it to say, Chihiro Prime seemed to have absolutely no plans to give up the chase. Her teeth showing themselves almost chattering in excitement as her eyes reflected the silhouettes of the two.

"No one else has to die! I just want her gone and we can all just live peacefully. No one's going to miss her!" Chihiro Prime let out a frenzied laugh.

"Shut the fuck up!" Nannah screamed in frustration as she tightened her hold on Chihiro's wrist, "Why can't you just be quiet, tiny, and cute like our Golden Fox!?"

"...You do know I'm turning 26 years old in a couple of months, right?" Chihiro could really only let out a long and deep sigh that persisted even through the violent winds hitting her face, "And I can fly on my own."

"W—"

"It's true, you know!" Chihiro Prime, waved her hands as if swatting away her variant's sigh that was left with the wind, "No one will miss her! I've lived billions of years as Chihiro, and in all of them, there was no one to miss her whenever she died. She just withers away from existence! Out of all of Machina's toys, Chihiro has the most miserable life!"

"I said shut the fuck up!"

"If you really want the Chihiro of this world to live, then just kill her! I'll just ask Diana to create a perfect clone of myself and scatter it throughout the multiverse!"

"Why the fuck kill other Chihiros if you're just going to clone yourself!?"

"Because then it'll just be me! Like Riley!"

"Jesus, fuck. She's batshit crazy," Nannah's pores opened up inside her armor as she shivered from Chihiro Prime's words. She was about to say something else, but Chihiro freed herself from her grip.

"I can fly on my own!" Chihiro shouted as she flew beside Nannah, "You should go! I'm the one she's after!"

"I know, and fuck no! I'm not gonna leave you!" Nannah glanced at her armor's pauldron; which had some sort of meter on it that showed… some sort of charge, "I'm just trying to buy some time to I could charge up my suit and actually be useful in this fight!"

"Does… that suit really increase your strength?"

"It does," Nannah nodded before glancing back at Chihiro Prime, "But seeing the other Hannah…I think I relied on it too much."

"Is… the Chihiro chasing us really that strong?" Chihiro also glanced at her variant, who still had a crazed smile on her face.

"A themarian with other quirky abilities is the best way I could describe her," Nannah's voice turned serious, "Why don't you analyze her stats?"

"I… can't," Chihiro squinted her already small eyes before shaking her head, "That was the first thing I did when she first arrived, and Machina seems to be restricting info about her as all I'm reading are… question marks."

"And me?" Nannah asked as the two of them increased their flight speed, "How strong am I?"

"Strong, incredibly so," Chihiro said without any hint of hesitation, "But not stronger than me. But that's not taking into account your armor."

"The armor increases my combat prowess and effectiveness by at least a 100%"

"...It's close."

"And what about… the other Hannah? Do you think I'll win with my armor on?" Nannah meekly asked; her eyes, just focusing on the endless horizon of clouds in front of them.

"...No," Chihiro breathed in, "The people from Riley's universe are… abnormally strong—especially their Megawoman."

"The Aerith of Riley's universe?"

"Yes, her. The stats of the Megawoman of our world can't even compare to theirs," Chihiro's lips slightly shivered, "It was a good thing that she wasn't the one in our universe, or we would all be dead. The other Aerith is strong too, but she is the weakest of the three themarians."

"You mean moth—Diana is stronger than the other Aerith variant?"

"Hm," Chihiro nodded before her small eyes slowly cleared, "But the strongest one amongst them is Riley Ross. To the point that it's… scary."

"Riley… How are his stats compared to the Aerith of their uni—"

"Gotcha!"

And without even a hint of a whisper, an arm suddenly appeared right in front of Nannah and Chihiro. The two did not really say anything, but they were able to kick each other's foot to push themselves away from the ominous limb.

But alas, the hand was too fast and determined as it ripped Chihiro's arm—or not, as only the sleeves of her shozoku were ripped away, slightly pulling the rest of her top and revealing a part of her skin.

"Oh…?" Chihiro giggled; her small eyes that were as wide as they could be emerging from the void that suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She looked at Chihiro from head to toe, before literally stepping out of the void; almost as if her weight could be carried by the clouds beneath her feet.

"Why are you really doing this!?" Chihiro yelled as she covered her small-sized bra, "Please, whatever you are going through, we can talk about it!"

"...You think we need to talk?" A sarcastic smile crawled on Chihiro Prime's face, "The only thing you need to be doing is die."

Chihiro Prime stretched her hand to the side, and as she did so, a spear with a crescent-like blade instantly materialized on her palm.

"So, die for me."

A blast of wind blew away all the clouds beneath Chihiro Prime as she lunged straight toward Chihiro; the smile on her face, distorting as she reached closer to her. Before she could actually get near, however…

"Oh…?" Chihiro Prime stopped flying as she noticed a large ball of fire shooting directly at her—the fire, enough to distort everything around it and completely remove all the clouds within half a mile, "Is this what you were charging fo—"

And before Chihiro Prime could finish her words, a pair of orange eyes appeared behind her—and without even giving her a chance to fully glance back, Nannah slammed both her feet on her back and pushed her directly to the oncoming miniature sun.

"Just fucking die, you asshole!"

"Heh… classic," Chihiro Prime smirked as she felt the heat embrace her entire body was slapped by the fiery ball. She did not resist, however, and even stretched her arms to the side to receive it.

"Let's go!" As for Nannah, she did not stay to watch what was going to happen next as she once again grabbed Chihiro's wrist and flew away.

"Heh…" Chihiro Prime smiled as the spear she was holding turned into a shield. And with a release of her breath, she slammed the shield down at the fiery ball of fire—smacking it straight down like some sort of volleyball.

"...This is fun, really fu—" Chihiro Prime was about to make chase again, but she saw a farm at the ground where the ball of fire would ultimately crash. And without even a trickle of hesitation, she dove straight down; a void appeared on her path which teleported her directly above the farmhouse.

"Who wants to see a homerun!?" Chihiro Prime clasped her hand together as the shield turned into a large silver bat. She then turned her eyes toward the disappearing silhouette of Nannah and Chihiro.

And then, with a deep breath, she swung the large bat at the diving meteor… launching it to where Nannah and Chihiro were flying to.

"..." Chihiro Prime then glanced at the farmhouse to check if it was alright. And when she confirmed that everything was okay except for some slight burnt marks here and there, she once again summoned a void.

Before she could enter it, however, Hannah appeared behind her.

"So, what are you, really?" Hannah whispered. All this time, she was actually behind Chihiro Prime, chasing her as Chihiro Prime chased the two. But when she saw the fiery ball of fire falling toward a farm, she dived to follow it… but Chihiro Prime beat her to it,

"What sort of game are you playing here, Chihiro? If you're a hero, then stop acting like a fucking maniac."

"..." Chihiro Prime did not really say anything and just winked at Hannah before moving toward the void she created. This time, however, Hannah was able to follow her through the void and was able to teleport behind her.

"Wow, you're really really persistent."

"Just stop this, Chihiro!" Hannah tried grabbing Chihiro Prime by the ankles, but she turned around and quickly pulled her leg away; her eyes, just looking Hannah straight in the eyes as she flew backward, "What are you really even trying to achieve by killing the other Chihiro!?"

"I already told you," Chihiro Prime smiled at Hannah; her hair, slightly covering her face as it violently danced in the gale she created, "So I can be alone, that is the only way I can be worthy of Riley."

"You are doing all of this for that genocidal maniac!?" Hannah roared as everything around her evaporated.

"...Aren't you also doing the same?" Chihiro Prime tilted her head to the side, "Riley has done a lot of evil things, most too violent and harrowing to even explain—and yet you want to save him."

"I'm not trying to save him!" Hannah shook her head, "And even if I was, I'm her sister!"

"No, you're not," Chihiro Prime burst out in laughter, "You think we didn't realize? The Baby Crew all saw it…

…You lust for your brother."

"Ew...What the fuck?"