Harem Reborn

Chapter 115: Midnight Black

The red gems glowed in Tilly and Iona's hand as we watched them press them to their chests. Alta was ready this time, and the red glow dimmed with the help of my HUD. Tilly had become a constantly shift station of missile ports the were steadily moving, making her black MAS unit look alive. I turned to Iona, and the dimmer went off; Iona's suit was pure white, except for the spinning core in her chest. The MAS Unit streamlined with her body, showing off all her curves.

/I don't know where you're keeping all the rocket in there, Tilly, but the suit looks good on you. The two of you are like yin and yang now!

//I think they got the colors wrong, hehe -Mikota

Iona whipped around and pointed both her cannons at Mikota, but there we already too many to count. I smacked the real Mikota on the head who was beside me and then pointed at Iona and shook my head. I heard Tilly's gentle laughter come through my speakers and couldn't help myself but smile.

/Alright, just you and me left Sasha, Ready?

Sasha took my hand in response, and we walked into the middle, picking up our gems; all that was left was three pure, one chaos, and the two Purple Monstrosity Gem. I pick up my four, but Sasha handed me the two Purple ones with the ones I had. I looked at her with a puzzled expression, but then she explains that I would need both of them to upgrade.

/What will happen when I absorb the purple ones?

//We will have to go outside for that, It all depends, but you are going to get bigger, but I don't know how much more considerable you will grow. Your body and ability to 'hear' Diamond diamond will change as well -Sasha.

/To hear Diamond? You mean he isn't just a robot?

//He is, but he is more like Alta and as are all the suits, but only you can hear them. I can't go into detail right now about it, but know, the more power you give it, the more coherent it becomes -Sasha.

/Is it bad if he gets smarter?

As I said that, I got a disappointed feeling from Diamond; it almost felt like a sigh.

//No! It is good for them to learn! The smarter the suit, the more likely you are to survive, so it's a good thing -Mikota.

I nodded but then motioned for Sasha to go first in her black and white boom box suit. She pressed the crystals into her chest, one by one, and soon, the speaker on her shoulder got more elaborate. Okay, sure, that would all be good for fights, but it just looked awkward.

Sasha grabbed the last gem, pushed it up to her breasts, and started to glow red. After the light faded, I looked at Sasha, and she was covered in tiny holes. The MAS was still the same color and shape, but the small holes gave her a mesh-like appearance.

/Look good now that those giant speakers are gone!

//That's good; I felt like a walking boom box before! Well, now it's your turn -Sasha.

I picked up my first there crystals and started to press the first one into my chest, but nothing happened. Abruptly, I was ejected out of Diamond, and I stumbled forward, somehow still holding the crystal. I looked at my suit and watched it slowly bring empty had to its chest with one hand and then pointed to me with the other.

Did it want me to put it to my own chest? Maybe, but... I raised the crystal up to my chest and pressed it down. I felt it break apart and merge with my body, making my lines flare bright but then die back down. I did that two more times, and my body was feeling weird at that point.

I moved to get back into Diamond, but the MAS took a step back and pointed at the glowing gems between us. I sighed and picked up the last three, and pushed them into my chest. Luckily I didn't transform with bursts of light, but after I took the last purple gem into me, Diamond opened back to me again.

Oh, so now that I have sucked up all the good stuff, you want to get it from me, do you? Well, let's see what happens next, I thought to myself as I turned and backed into my suit. Once the plate had slid closed, my suit burst with light, and I could feel my new power mixing with Diamond. 

When the light cleared, I was looking down at everyone, but not from too high up. I took a step forward and guessed I was about just over three meters tall but noticed my new paint job. Diamond was now solid black, but so black that it ate the light from the room, and it was even hard for me to look at; I wonder what Sasha thought about it?

I looked up, and I was standing behind Sasha. She and the others were trying to figure out where I disappeared to since I was in front of them before. I cleared my throat to get their attention, and Sasha nearly jumped out of her MAS unit. She stared wide-eyed at me in disbelief as I towered over her and the rest of them.

//How did you get behind up so fast and without us noticing? One minute you were right in front of us, and then you were gone! Your so big, too! -Tama.

I willed myself to change back into my standard form, but I was still midnight black, and I tried to dash to Tama by thinking of her, but I was just there. I stood behind Tama, looking like I was about to start running. Tama squealed in fright into the speakers at first, but they started laughing at my running position.