#ultimate force zero

[himulrai]

the world could not handle the sheer force of nature these two would be if they ever met

PLUS I THINK GLEN WOULD GIVE EMI A NICKNAME VARIANT OF JEAN BOT'S - SOMETHING LIKE BRAISED CHICKEN MAYBE

[chacerider]

happy anniversary, ultimate force zero 🎉

[starlight-artisticmoonfall]

I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. I discover Ultraman and began to watch most of it series and seen the fanart. I had to make this.

[chernobog13]

HAPPY ULTRAMAN DAY!

Ultimate Force Zero: Jean-Bot, Jean-Nine, Glenfire, Ultraman era and Mirror Knight.

[comicalcarnival]

Mirror Knight Fuwa (feat Zero from the Chinese fuwa line because I couldn't locate my JPN Zero fuwa at the time.)

[gangreenous]

[superhero-smackdown]

[harveybwabbit92]

[Glenfire is tailing Zero and Nayaka who are on a date.]

Glenfire, hiding behind a wall: psst, Zero!

Zero: What?

Glenfire: Tell Nayaka that you thinks she’s hot!

Zero, whose turning red: NO!

Glenfire: GIRLS LIKE TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE HOT, Zero!

Zero: shut up!!... And try working on your own love life before meddling in mine!

Glenfire. heating up:....w-What?

Zero: I'm talking about Mirror Knight, don't think none of us have notice how you look at him-

Glenfire, burning up: Okay, okay...I get it! I'm going, jeez!

[inky2556]

Magix Ultra

Chapter 15

"Chiara! Chiara calm down!" Orb yelled in alarm.

"Let go! Let them go!" Blu grunted trying to pull the fairy in question away from the two ultras she was wrangling.

"I didn't say anything to anybody else except for the new generation guys! It was Zett who told Ace who then told Taro wh-" Grigio yelped when she stumbled down after Chiara finally released her and continued holding on to Zett.

The reason for her sudden rampage was the conversation she heard while walking down the Colosseum halls. Let's just say that the misunderstanding of her and Zero's relationship didn't end with Hikari.

"This is what happens when you spend too much time with Zero!" Geed gulped referring to how Chiara had Zett in a choke hold. But at the mention of the blue and red ultra, Chiara halted. Zett took it as a chance to slip out of her hold and hid (hopefully) safely behind Victory and Ginga. Chiara covered her flushed face with her hands and let out a string of incoherent mumbling.

"I'm ultra sorry Chiara...I only told Brother Ace about it I swear. I didn't think he would tell anybody else and it would escalate this far." Zett apologised while peeking his head out from behind Victory. After a few moments Chiara let her hands down and saw Zett looking genuinely guilty.

"It can't be helped now. I know you didn't mean for this to happen but you two should've gotten the facts right before jumping to conclusions." Chiara said almost scoldingly.

"And even if, even if, it's true, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want my personal life aired to the world. Boundaries exist for a reason ya know." She added.

"You're right Chiara...we're sorry..." Grigio said remorsefully. Grigio and Zett looking sad and guilty then made Chiara feel guilty. She couldn't stay made at them forever.

"It's alright. I'm sorry too...I shouldn't have rampaged on you like that. It's just that the situation is similar to what I experienced in Alfea." Chiara admitted.

"Similar how?" Rosso asked.

"When I was a student in Alfea there was this guy at Red Fountain who was really popular at the time. One day we coincidentally sat beside each other during a concert and someone took a picture of us. It was something so simple yet people thought we were dating and that we were a good match and stuff like that. Some girls in Alfea hated me for it because they were his fangirls. But I hardly even knew the guy. It got to the point where the Headmistress and Headmaster of Alfea and Red Fountain got involved. Thankfully things worked out for me and that guy in the end. We didn't end up dating or anything but he was nice. The entire situation disturbed him too. I don't know if he knows or not but Zero's got his own group of admirers too so the rumour going around about Zero and I kinda freaked me out." By the end of her recount Rosso and Blu glanced at each other and then at Grigio. With a serious look in his eyes Rosso asked her,

"Asahi, is there anybody bullying in school?"

"What? Of course there isn't. I'm the one that drives the bullies away!"

"Good. If there is then they have to answer to us." Blu stated.

"Katsumi! Isami!"

"And be careful with boys too."

"Guys!"

Chiara smiled longingly witnessing their sibling antics. It reminded her of a past she dearly missed.

"Chiara, we're sorry if our teasing made you uncomfortable. We just thought you really did like him." Geed said.

"It's okay. Unlike in Alfea I didn't feel bothered or uncomfortable. It just felt really embarrassing. And..." she trailed off to think.

Chiara received a lot of help support for her trauma. She was determined to not let what those people did to her bother her anymore. Yes she still had nightmares about it but not as bad or as frequently as before. And she had a lot of time to thoroughly think about her feelings.

Then she realised that what she thought was a simple crush was actually something more. It was obvious to everyone but she was scared of falling for someone again after being betrayed by Nightwing. However, Chiara knew Zero was different from Nightwing. Vastly different.

"I like him...I really do like Zero..."

Everyone froze at her admission.Yes there was always some sort of what do you call it...chemistry whenever they saw Zero and Chiara together. It was obvious they both held affections for each other but either didn't realise or were too afraid to admit it.

Which is why they hatched a plan with the UFZ during the Spark festival. A plan that may have worked a little too well... _________________________________________

Zero's fist was inches away from punching the training dummy when the events of the Spark festival flashed in his mind. He stopped and groaned at the memory.

•~•

Since their friends were absent, Zero and Chiara hung out together at the Spark festival. The festival well, festive. They did a lot of things together like trying out all different kinds of food from all over the galaxy. That's when Zero found out Chiara was a big 'foodie'. It stills puzzles him how her stomach could hold all the food she ate. She literally tried each food she could get her hands on. Food from all over the galaxy. Her favourite was ice cream. She got extra large big scoops of those.

All in all they had a great time at the festival. Except for the plays. The plays were boring so they skipped them. Eventually Chiara got tired so they stopped somewhere to rest. They had already explored the festival so the only thing left was to wait for the fireworks show to begin.

While they were waiting, Zero recalled to ask her about going home. He could travel through the multiverse so it wasn't a problem. Chiara of course was aware of that fact. She was also aware that there was no guarantee they would end up in her universe on the first try.

They couldn't dimension jump willy nilly since one, they might get into trouble if they end up in the wrong place and two, it can be really draining for him. Chiara didn't want Zero getting hurt because of her. 

"...I want to go home but not at the expense of anybody else. So until I can pinpoint the magic dimension, there won't be any portal opening anytime soon." She said it with so much conviction. The safety of her friends comes first before her own desire to return home.

Then all of a sudden, a stray fireball came hurdling at them. Zero pulled Chiara towards him, the ball of fire narrowly missing her back. But because he yanked her too hard and too fast, Chiara crashed into him making them both stumble down.

Which led to a rather...awkward situation. Zero landed on his back while Chiara fell on top of him. Since the ultra cushioned her fall, Chiara quickly recovered and realised the position they were. When she propped herself up with her arms, her eyes met his. Thankfully due to his ultra biology, he didn't blush as he felt his heart racing. But the same can't be said for her.

Chiara's fair complexion started turning redder and redder. Seconds that felt like hours passed before they both scrambled to get up. Unfortunately a lock of her hair got snagged in the claps of his mantle.

"Uhh...uhh...sorry..." Chiara tried hard pulling the lock of her hair that got stuck, forgetting that Zero can just take off his mantle. With one last strong tug, her hair didn't get free but instead, Zero was yanked forward. Time seemed to slow down as the night sky came alive with an array of fireworks going off

This time they didn't crash into each other. But something else did...their lips

•~•

After their accidental kiss Chiara cut the part of her hair that got stuck and immediately flew away looking flustered. He thought abour seeing her but would hesitate and didn't know what to say. The entire thing just felt so complicated. Zero cursed whichever ultra decided to literally play with fire that night.

"Is there something bothering you?" Mirror Knight suddenly asked. He didn't realise that his entire team had entered the training room.

"Could it be that Zero boy here had a couple's fight with Chiara?" Glen Fire teased.

"I told you she's not my girlfriend!"

"But whatever problem you're going through has something to do with her right?" Said Jean Nine. Before Zero could ask or deny Jean Bot chimed in,

"It's obvious things have been quite awkward between you two."

He can't say he's wrong on that one. Zero and Chiara didn't avoid seeing each other when needed but the tension between them was clear.

The four of them exchanged glances as he was having an internal crisis.

The four UFZ members had agreed to meet up with their leader for the Spark festival but didn't come due to being held up at Mighty Base. Atleast, that's what they told the ultra. In reality, they along with the new generation decided to play matchmaker.

The plan was simple. Have Chiara and Zero 'coincidentally' run into each other while waiting for them. Then give them believable excuses as to why they had to bail at the last second. So, Chiara and Zero would end up going to the festival together and have a great time. And that's exactly what happened.

From afar, the UFZ and new generation witnessed the two enjoy the festival in each other's company. They looked bappy together and genuinely seemed like a couple in love. Immediately start dating during the festival wasn't expected but it was a step in the right direction.

Everything was going so smoothly. Until a stray fireball became the catalyst to the accidental kiss they shared.

Right now they could only hope that atleast one of them would man up and talk to the other before it's too late.

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[sweetbunpura]

Yuu: Crowley.

Crowley: hmm? Ah! Prefect, what can I do for you?

Yuu: Have you found me a way back home?

Crowley, coughs: It's proving difficult to find a way to return you home.

Yuu: Or, you're not trying to find me a way home.

Crowley: I-

Yuu: Be honest with it. Are you actually giving a fuck or are you blowing smoke out your ass? Promising me something you're not capable of even doing in the slightest?

Crowley: Prefect, where did this come from all of a suddenly?

Yuu: Because I'm tired, Crowley, and I've long since given up on thinking you'll help me. I thought asking you this would finally give me at least some hope, but no. Just like you're failing those who overblotted, you're failing me too. You useless ass bird. *Leaves and slams the door shut*

[genericpuff]

welp, i finished the Dawntrial MSQ last night

it was

uh.

i actually enjoyed a lot of the things people were complaining about in the beginning, because while i could understand their criticisms, to me its flaws felt like something it would grow past as it was establishing a new foundation for a new story, which was what was promised to us, and obviously that's gonna require slowing down the pacing and lowering the stakes, which is fine!

but then the second half of the MSQ hit and i just-

on paper it should have been amazing

on paper i should have fucking loved it

but in execution, i stg trying to finish the lvl 98-100 MSQ took years off my life, even tho the majority of them took me a single night to beat, it still felt like it both overstayed its welcome and also did way too little with what it was trying to present us with

i know this is vagueposting because i don't wanna spoil, but man. "divisive" is definitely a word to describe the Dawntrail MSQ with, especially considering how many people were telling me "it gets better in the second half!" and again, I thought the first half of it wasn't as bad as people were saying, so I was HYPED for the second half, and instead I was brutally disappointed by what I got instead u.u

that said, the dungeon and trial gameplay mechanics are great, when the expansion remembers that it is in fact a video game it does it really well, it's just unfortunately not often enough for it to make up for the sloggy pacing of the story

the music is a bop, there are a couple tracks that i was a little eeeh on because they just felt really saccharine in a way that just clashed entirely with the tone of XIV and made me want to throw my headphones in the garbage, but the majority of the soundtrack was otherwise really well done, soken was really channelling his inner david wise here with the donkey kong vibes LOL but there are some somber tracks that are great too, there's a lot of range here in the soundtrack that should be appreciated despite the odd cringe track

environment design was solid, there were some zones that were questionable in their design because some of them felt pitifully empty despite promising bustling populations (looking at you, Tuliyollal and Solution Nine >:x)

but man , the last zone was brutal and that sucks because again, on paper, the concept SHOULD have been awesome, but ultimately it's still relying on the exact same plot devices in the past (insert lost civilization whose previous inhabitants/rulers are hellbent on keeping it alive even at the expense of current civilizations here) and the gameplay itself deadass forgot it's a game because there isn't a SINGLE instance of necessary combat or gameplay during all of it and so when the final quest (as per tradition, named "Dawntrail") finally pops up, it's like wait what ? that's it?? thankfully the last quest has both a dungeon and trial in it but it feels less like thought out design and more like the game devs remembering they had to actually include some gaming in their video game at the last minute LOL

i think the extra burden of directing FF XVI definitely caught up to Yoshi-P on this one, as well as the budgeting problems that still exist from COVID, and the fact that much of that budget clearly went to overall QOL changes like the graphics engine getting an almost complete rehaul (even in the previous expansions which is. a lot of work. like they want to re-texture ALL of the gear in this game and THAT'S A LOT, literally thousands of items!). where this expansion wins, it wins big, but those wins aren't enough to carry an overall lackluster experience that drags itself out way too fucking long for its own good. the story could have absolutely used a few more rounds in the writing room, if they couldn't afford more voice acted scenes then they should have simply just cut down on the amount of cutscenes, and i think the devs need to seriously ask themselves if the Trust system is worth dragging the Scions back into every adventure even when they have nothing to do (and it shows). like idk, just spitballing here, but the Trust system might be a good chance to re-introduce the GC squadrons, no? maybe go back to the roots a little bit and buff up the stuff that could still have a lot more life if given a chance?

anyways my experience with DT has been about a 6/10 and that score in the end will depend on how the patch quests go over the next couple years, I still prefer it over Stormblood (fr fuck SB lol) but it definitely feels like it's trying too hard to be like EW and ShB while missing what made EW and ShB so good in the first place (or acknowledging why its flaws were forgivable within the context of their respective designs, like yeah EW's pacing was iffy too but it at least had a lot more going on in it to justify it, DT is just grasping at straws by comparison). and in that sense it winds up being a lot more like ARR, where it's just kind of lost in what it's trying to do and creates a worse experience by the end. hopefully like with ARR back in the day the devs will figure out it's time to shake things up and try something new without using the old as a crutch.

[himulrai]

zett mentioned that there were schoolbuses in the land of light one ep and it got me thinking about ultras in school

like what if for no reason at all, they all had this one niche area they excelled in (e.g. glen in differential calculus)

IDC IF IT'S OOC PLEASE WE JUST HAD EXAMS AND I WAS SEVERELY HUMBLED

[chacerider]

he genuinely thought he was just making a casual observation, guys, c'mon

[chrisman1983]

Mega Man X Armor Upgrade Collection

[chernobog13]

Three-fifths of Ultimate Force Zero striking poses to impress girls.

[sneakyswag]

(For the ask game!) 🔥🌹💊

Already did the fire one so copy paste!

🔥- Name a crackship, now convince me why it would work!

Ahah…ah, man. Alright so, I wrote for this ship months ago and when you said crack ship, my mind immediately went back to Samus and X. HEAR ME OUT-

I was playing Smash with a couple of friends and one of ‘em was drooling over Samus (no surprise there) and started making jokes about me getting my butt kicked by Samus (I main Mega Man) and made a couple of jokes. Another one of my friends, brought up the fact that Zero was in Smash as an assist and how he wished X was in as an echo for classic Mega Man.

After a little discussion, we imagined what X would be like as a fighter. The same friend that brought it up, decided it was a fine idea to google Samus x Mega Man and found a pic of Samus and X. It clicked for me and we started giggling like the idiots we are. Because Samus is like totally X’s type though. Girlboss, tall, blonde, can kick your ass and his in more ways than one, like what is there not to like? I haven’t looked into Samus’ love interests much because she’s still such a mystery, but my goodness she’s amazing. X would be head over heels for her, no way.

🌹 - What's a small fanbase you're a part of?

Guess.

Correct.

Mega Man.

Just kidding. We’re not so small, but if I was being completely serious, probably the Vivo fandom. So small. It’s a movie about a little monkey with trauma. Yes. Totally serious guys. I can’t think of anything else lol. Unless you count @absolutely-normal-about-x ‘s Legends Reborn as one. It’s more of an au though. Still a fairly small fanbase which I am proudly a part of. Pretty sure it counts soooo yeah Legends Reborn love that sm.

💊 - Current creation/fandom you're obsessed with

Mega Man. Pfft-

I have been. For years. Probably nothing compared to some of those who’ve been in the fandom since the 90s, but it’s the most I’ve stayed in any fandom. Like, you legit can’t get bored. Tired of Classic? Go to X. Tired of X? Go to Zero. Tired of Zero? Go to Battle Network. Tired of Battle Network? Go to Starforce. Tired of Starforce? Go to Legends. Tired of Legends? Go to Rockman Xove- *gets decked in the face* (no I will not talk about Mighty No. 9. No hate. Just haven’t played it.)

So many characters, so many stories, so many theories, so many fan games, official games, art works, animations, so SO much. It’s awesome! And I’m content with it!