Pairing Stories - Vincent and Mio

Vincent and Mio is the first episode of Pairing Stories.

The story revolves around Vincent Universe and Mio Akiyama from the Stickman Universe series (K-On!, in the case of Mio, as her counterpart in SU is based off of her), in where the two will find themselves in a few events that could take their friendship to a level that is something more special than the one they both currently are in.

This story is non-canon to the main Stickman Universe storyline, but is set in an alternate timeline from the main timeline.

Story

Part 1 - "Promises are protected and kept, not abandoned and forgotten":

The date is May 26, 2015, at six o'clock in the morning, Vincent's alarm within his room begins to turn on, but Vincent isn't waking up, despite it being loud enough to awaken the rest of his hallmates, much their slight annoyance.

About ten minutes later, Vincent wakes up and looks around his room, then goes outside and finds that everyone is gone. He quickly goes to his clock and notices that he is late for the New Semester Welcoming at the Stadium of their University. He washes his face, grabs his bag and runs for it as he is late.

Meanwhile at the Stadium, Yui, Mio, Rima and Claire from the Light Music Club, also known as the band, Afterschool Tea Time, begins the Welcoming by performing "GO! GO! MANIAC" for the students present at the Stadium. As they perform, Vincent hurriedly runs across the University, coming across Red, Jessie, Amy, Paige, Kiro, Alfa and Stephanie, and all of them run throughout the entire University, having accidentally forgotten where the Welcoming will take place at. Mio, the bass player and back-up vocalist of the group, looks at the crowd to look for Vincent, but does not see him anywhere and begins to feel a bit upset. Vincent and the rest then reach the park, and as they are about to give up and accept being the only students to not be at the Welcoming, luckily, the song Afterschool Tea Time is singing is heard by the group, and they all head to the Stadium, quickly blending into the crowd of students so as to not look as if though they were late. As the band finishes their song, Yui thanks everyone as they all cheer for the band. After they perform, the Dean of the University makes a speech to the students and ends it by announcing that the new semester will hold a few new classes and special additions to the University grounds, for the case of both the new and current students.

Everyone then leaves the Stadium. Red asks Alfa where Vincent is, to which he says that he went over to talk to Mio. Meanwhile, as the group, being helped by a bunch of their supporters, begin to take their equipment back to the Music Room, Vincent arrives and asks Yui and the others where Mio is. Rima says that Mio is feeling a bit upset because he was not present at the start of their welcoming song. Vincent apologizes, reasoning he was late as he couldn't get up from his sleep, despite his alarm clock ringing loud enough to wake up everyone else. Rima tells him to not apologize to them, but to Mio, as she is the one he promised to be there during their song. Claire tells him that if he wants to know where Mio is, she says that she went to the Lake by herself.

Vincent then goes to the lake to apologize to her. At the lake, Mio is sitting on a rock and looks at the lake, feeling upset that Vincent was not present at the Welcoming during their performance. Vincen then arrives and calls out to her, where she then turns around and he sees him. Vincent approaches and apologizes to her for not being present at their performance just like he promised earlier that week. When asked why he did not make it, Vincent coyly says that he overslept, only a bit, which prompts Mio to tell him to sleep exactly just like he should and to not oversleep next time, saying that he was relying on him for support, just like he said when they met at Luxury City when the group first arrived to the City after they transferred to Luxury Summer High. She then asks him if the reason he was up late was because of something else, pointing at Red Rose, Vincent's special ability and power, to which he says it is not, telling her that he had lost Red Rose several months back, to her surprise, he then says that the reason he was up late was due to playing a new video game that had just come out, much to Mio's slight annoyance.

Vincent then once again apologizes to her and says that he will make it up to her in any sort of way he could possibly can. Mio then tells him that all she needs is Vincent's support throughout all of the things she will do and say. Vincent then tells her that he will give her his support within all the things she will do and say, promising that he will be there for her, no matter what. Also adding that, if she were to be in any sort of trouble, he would be there to protect her, regardless of what the situation is, which is what he said to her when they met at Luxury City a year ago.

Mio than thanks Vincent and they both head back to the others, until suddenly, Metoer Smasher appears and challenges Vincent to another fight, refusing to lose to him yet again. Vincent then tells him off by saying that, no matter what he does, he will always beat him because he relies too much on his own naive and brutish strength. Feeling insulted, Meteor Smasher causes a minor earthquake that ruptures the ground, creating a small hole on the ground. Vincent then carries Mio and they both dodge. Meteor Smasher than yells at Vincent, saying that he will not let his pride be ruined again by a teenager, until suddenly, Vincent kicks him on his back and flip kicks him across his head, which makes him tumble and hit a tree. Vincent engages Meteor Smasher in combat.

Though at first Vincent appears to be winning, as he tries to grab a giant slab of concrete from the ground, however, he can not as he does not have Red Rose anymore is instantly hit by Meteor Smasher, sending him flinging towards a giant rock. Vincent aches from the impact and hit of Smasher's attack, as without Red Rose, he can be killed through normal means now and is far more vulnearable to pain and fatal strikes. Mio calls out to him, until Smasher arrives and grabs her.

Smasher then taunts an agonizing Vincent, telling him that he intends to kidnap Mio and "use" her for as long as he wants, with the intention of wanting to see Vincent being miserable and feel far more pain that he has had. Smasher then kicks Vincent and grabs him by his neck, telling him that he'd like to see how much he would really feel pain right now, and then throws him to the ground. Smasher then humiliates him by telling that he will "user" her for his many personal needs, though his intention was to humiliate Vincent, this only further angers him.

As Smasher leaves with Mio, who is desperately calling out to Vincent, who seems to be knocked out, Vincent suddenly rises and a flaming blue aura surrounds him, with his eyes turning to an intense light blue color. Enraged, Vincent orders Smasher to let Mio go and to leave, but also gives him another option of refusing and to fight him again, this time, with Vincent saying that "he will most likely die" from the many upcoming attacks Vincent is about to deliver to him. Feeling taunted, Meteor Smasher attacks him, only for Vincent to send him flying to the air with a sudden and powerful uppercut, mimicking and creating the same light as Red Rose did when Vincent uses it. Vincent then jumps, forces Smasher to throw Mio and then sends him crashing to the ground by punching his face.

Smasher then crashes to the ground, creating a powerful impact which ironically creates a small meteor crater. Vincent then grabs Mio as she falls and they both land safely, whereas Smasher is left unconscious. Mio then asks Vincent if he is okay, but Vincent is still emitting the same flaming blue aura and still enraged. Vincent then tells her to get away from him, as he might unintentionally harm her as well. Mio then urges herself to calm him down, Mio then tells him that she will be okay, since she knows Vincent won't do anything to put her in harm's way. As Mio places her hand on Vincent, the aura then slowly begins to fade. She then, at first feeling a bit shy and embarrassed to do so, puts her arms around him, somewhat embracing him from behind, as Vincent slowly calms down and the aura around him finally disperses. Vincent then obliviously asks Mio why she is hugging him from behind, Mio then suddenly notices what she is doing and then, in a flustered mood, says that she only did it so that he would calm down again.

Completely obtuse to what she said, Vincent asks her again why she did it. Suddenly, Red and the others appear, with Alfa saying that he saw the impact of Smaher's crash and called everyone else to help just in case. Vincent then says that Smasher is knocked out and no longer needs to worry about him. Paige and Kiro then look at the crater, to find Smasher still unconscious.

Jessie says that the other students had already called the authorities and are on their way. Vincent then tells Kiro and Paige to look after Smasher, just in case he wakes up and decides to make a run for it. Everyone else then decides to go back. Vincent then looks back and sees that Mio is a bit shy in going back after what she just did. Vincent then holds and grabs her arm and tells her that everything is okay and to come with him back to the University Grounds, telling her that Yui and the others might be waiting for her. Mio then agrees and they both, along the others, except Kiro and Paige, head back.

Part 2 - "My Wonderful Secret that is Unknown":

Two days later after the Welcoming Ceremony, Vincent and Red are sparring once again. Originally, before Vincent sacrificed the power of the Red Rose to save all of existence against the Dark Alliance, he was nearly invincible and could easily outmatch Red, but it seems as though he is back in having trouble trying to keep up with his best friend.

Red, being incredibly too fast, as his main ability is agility, begins to unleash a row of punches on Vincent, who begins to do nothing but dodge them, narrowly but still getting hit. Amy, another member of the Universe Crew and one of the girls that Vincent has caught their affection for unbeknowingly, worries for Vincent, knowing that he is now far more vulnearable to nearly all attacks unlike from when he still had Red Rose. Sensing what she is thinking, Alfa, the leader of his group within the Universe Crew called, the Rock Hard Gladiators (or RHG in short), tells Vincent and Red to stop the spar.

Red then agrees, saying that he doesn't want to prolong their spar anymore than it should. Though feeling completely exhausted and visibly in bad shape, Vincent tells Red to continue on, not wanting to back out until either he's really defeated or won their spar. Paige, another member of the Universe Crew and Dark Green's love interest, tells Vincent to "let go of the tough attitude" and stop their fight. Jessie, another member of the Universe Crew and Red's girlfriend, agrees. Vincent then tells them all to not get in his way of his training, saying that without Red Rose, he feels as though he is useless now if he does not get to the same level of experience as he did when he had Red Rose prior to him utilizing all of its power and letting go of it.

Red then asks Vincent if he's seriously gonna continue, worried that his best friend's current state of both physical and mental level could endanger him. Vincent then says he will be fine, reasoning that he's had plenty of close calls before that were near at death's front door, also adding that nothing has killed him so far. Red then says that nothing has killed him, YET, telling him to try and not to get himself in danger, or worse, killed. He then withdraws from the fight and tells Vincent to not constantly "beat himself up" to further himself, only because Red Rose is gone from him, saying that if he wants to be himself again, he just has to be himself, use his own instincts and "go in and hope for the best", a quote that he said when they he and Vincent, together, defeated Beast, which reminds Vincent of how he had originally started out and gone through, fought and survived against all of the things he was thrown to without Red Rose. This snaps him out of his state and he agrees.

Though he then collapses to the ground, unconscious, having been critically exhausted from the intense spar with Red. The others rush to him and asks if he is okay, to which he painfully says that he is indeed okay, and that he only needs to rest for now. Jessie then comically scolds Red for taking their fight too far, again, to the latter's apology. Alfa then tells Red to help him carry Vincent to the Infirmary.

Elsewhere, inside the University's Music Room, Yui, Mio, Claire, Azusa and Rima are practicing on a new song that they all seem to can't verify what song they really are working on, with Rima comedically announcing that they should do a Maid Cafe type of song, where they can all wear maid outfits, further stating that Mio would be the one that would "stand out the most" from all of them due to her shy attitude, with Mio responding by hitting Rima over the head and saying that she will not wear a maid outfit only to work on a new song. Mio then adds that wearing frills and a very cute maid outfit would be too much for her to handle, since people would notice and she'd get unwanted attention. Rima then says that that's the point of it, saying that Mio will be the one dragging all the attention for them due to her personality and cute appearance because of her attitude, which then prompts Mio to hit her over the head again, saying that she will not allow it as she would not be able to handle that much attention and would most likely faint if that were to happen, telling Rima to stop suggesting such things, making Yui, Azusa and Claire laugh, followed by Mio and Rima laughing as well. The group then laughs off the idea and decided on a new one afterwards.

Later, after being unable to come up with what kind of song they should all do for the second week of the new semester's festival, Yui and the others leave, as Mio decides to check up on her Bass before she leaves as well. After packing her Bass, Mio then leaves the Music Room.

She walks across the hallway and notices Stephanie, Vincent's disciple and one of the girls to be attracted to him, running towards the infirmary. Mio then decides to check on what is going on. She comes by the Infirmary and goes inside, there she finds Red, Alfa, Stephanie, Amy, Jessie and Kiro standing by Vincent, who is unconscious. Mio then asks the group what happened to him, where Nurse Sacheka says that Vincent had over exhausted himself earlier in the day, saying that he has been in the Infirmary for a few hours now and has not woke up since Red and the others brought him there. Concerned, Mio asks Red what caused him to over exhaust himself, to which he says that they were sparring earlier, adding that he and the rest decided to stop their spar, as Vincent was visibly worn out, but he urged Red to continue and then collapsed afterwards. Nurse Sacheka tells the group that Vincent needs to rest for now and he might also need to drink plenty of water to help further regain his energy. Jessie then gets a call from Dark Green, asking them if they could join up with him and the other members of the Universe Crew.

When she asks why, Dark Green tells her that Black Lightning had survived his battle with Vincent from their previous and "thought to be" final battle during the end of the war, to the shock of Red, Amy, Stephanie, Alfa and Kiro. Dark Green says that Paige had already come by earlier since JunWizard had called her earlier and that they need them to come by, and not to tell Vincent about this. Jessie then tells him that Vincent is currently unable to do anything, saying that he over exhausted himself from his spar with Red and is now unconscious that he will need some time to regain his energy again. She also adds that they cannot leave Vincent all alone, as Black Lightning might be coming for him to get revenge once again. Dark Green then tells her, though assuming and quite likely, Black Lightning does not know where Vincent is.

Mio then says that she'll look after Vincent for them. Red says that he'll stay behind as well, just in case Black Lightning somehow finds out where Vincent is. Jessie then tells Red that Black Lightning is obviously too powerful for him to handle and with Vincent's current condition, he is both wide open for an attack and completely unable to further fend off Black Lightning than before. Red says that he can keep Black Lightning up for some time and that, if he does come, they should all come by to take him on. Alfa also says that he will stay behind, but Red tells him that the others will need him, then Amy and Stephanie decided to stay behind as well. Kiro then says that it would be a good idea that Stephanie were to stay behind, since she is currently the only that can fight back against Black Lightning quite efficiently and that Amy could give Red some back-up. Red and Jessie agree on the idea.

Jessie, Kiro and Alfa then leave the University and head towards for the rest of their friends. Red, Mio, Amy and Stephanie then stay behind to look after Vincent. Half an hour later, Red tells the girls that he will be patrolling outside, just in case Black Lightning finds out where Vincent is. After he leaves, the girls are still worried for Vincent's current state.

After a few minutes, Amy asks Mio is she harbors any feelings for Vincent, a question that she has been wanting to ask her after noticing her for quite some time, to which she says that she doesn't. Mio then asks if she has any feelings for him. Amy then says that she does and that she isn't afraid to express her admiration for him. Stephanie also reveals to Mio that, despite being his disciple, she also harbors feelings for him. Mio is surprised by this and asks them why. Amy says that she was attracted Vincent due to his protective side, explaining that he once protected her from one of King Armageddon's forces that had managed to sneak up on her and catch her off guard, saying that the Unknown would have finished her off had Vincent not come in time to save her. After this Vincent, Amy says that Vincent told her that if she was in danger, she would simply just call him next time for help, at this, she fell for him. Stephanie then reveals that she was attracted to Vincent because of his determined attitude as, though quite stubborn at times, he has shown her many things through his determination. Stephanie adds that, during the time when the Dark Alliance was still up against them, one of their members, named Pierce, tried to attack her, using an Iron spear to try and kill her, but Vincent jumped in and took the blow for her, with the Iron spear going through him. During this, Stephanie was shocked at the sight as Vincent, after the spear was taken out of him, fell down, seemingly dead. This enraged her to the point that she had successfully managed to improve her abilities in fighting and was able to use her aura powers properly, as she had forced Pierce to retreat afterwards. She then tended to Vincent, who surprisingly stood up after taking the fatal blow that was for Stephanie and praised her for finally being able to use her powers properly. Mio is then shocked at this, asking that if Vincent took the blow that was suppose to kill her, how was he able to survive such a hit that was proven to be deadly.

Stephanie says that Vincent is "used to being near death's door", explaining that because of Red Rose, Vincent is able to take on even the most fatal of attacks head on, though he is still not safe from feeling pain and sustaining injuries. Amy further explains that Red Rose has the capability to "reconstruct" its host's injuries to the point that death is nearly impossible. Stephanie also adds that, though at some point, Vincent does tend to "lose himself"; which is his state of extreme and uncontrollable anger.

Amy says that if Vincent was pushed too far from his patience or limits, he would go berserk. Though they say that he can still manage to control it, but not quite as easy as she would think. Stephanie adds that she once managed to calm Vincent down by simply embracing him, where her aura managed to dissipate all of Vincent's chaotic essence. Amy also adds that Aira also managed to do the same, by simply embracing him and begging him to stop, which made Vincent lose consciousness afterwards, though Stephanie then says that Aira does not have any special abilities. Mio then deduces that, the reason for Vincent managing to calm himself down is when someone that is emotionally attached to him were to risk their own lives to make him stop his rampage.

Mio then remembers what happened when Vincent lost his control over his anger to Meteor Smasher, and when she subconsciously embraced him as well, which managed to disperse his flaming anger. Meanwhile, outisde Red is patrolling the University to make sure Black Lightning does not happen upon them.

Just as Red goes out onto Pearlsore University's long walkway from the main campus building, he is suddenly struck down by a figure with a lightning-dark red surrounding him. Red stands up, the individual is revealed to be none other than Black Lightning and he quickly engages him, despite his rather low chance at beating him.

Back at the main campus building's clinic, Amy says that she'll go outside, look for Red and help him out with patrolling. She then leaves Stephanie and Mio.

Just as silence is coming up, Stephanie then abruptly tells Mio that she knows that she also likes Vincent. Mio is then caught by surprise by what she said. Mio then says that she doesn't and that she only likes him as a friend. Stephanie then says that she didn't say anything about "liking him as something more than friends". Mio then blushes as Stephanie then adds that she knows that she really likes him just as much as she and Amy do. Mio then denies, saying that she doesn't feel anything for Vincent. Stephanie then says that she doesn't have to deny it, as denying it further will only increase the chance that she really does.

She then adds that she will not be surprised if she feels that way towards Vincent, expressing that there already others who feel just as much as she and her does for him and that she doesn't see it as a problem for her own feelings for her mentor. Mio then asks what she means to which Stephanie clarifies that there are other girls who like Vincent just like she, Amy and her do and saying that, despite it being quite awkward, Vincent did earn their affection through his personality and actions. Mio further asks for what she means. Stephanie says that it was because of his protectiveness, determination and friendliness that made her fall for him and others out there. Mio then remembers from the time when she went to the Starlight Lighthouse where she nearly fell off the cliff in where the lighthouse itself was settled and give way for it to fall where Vincent came and saved her just in time. She also remembers what he said during then when she told him to leave her when the lighthouse's beacon fell and Vincent held it off with Red Rose to prevent it from falling on them.

Part 3 - "A Youthful Vibration":

In a forest on a sunny day, a young girl is wandering alone, looking for her classmates and friends, having accidentally been left behind during their field trip. The young girl is revealed to be Mio from when she was five years old.

She continues to wander around aimlessly, beginning to get scared being alone in the forest. She then begins to hear scary noises coming from the nearby bushes and trees and cowers and cries for her help. Suddenly, the bush near her begins to rustle and scares her, she then runs and hides behind a tree, crying as whatever is behind the bush is about to come out. She then cries even more. She looks at the bush and notices that the rustling has stopped, then a hand touches her and she gets scared and cowers, telling whatever or whoever is behind her to not hurt her.

The person behind then tells her that she shouldn't have wondered off, she then looks behind and the person is her classmate and friend. The boy then asks her if she is okay, to which she says that she is scared. The boy then tells her to not worry as she will be there to help her when she needs it, saying that if she ever wants him to come and help her, she would just simply call out his name next time. The boy then extends his hand towards her and Mio holds and grabs it. The boy helps her stand up and guides her back to the others, until a stray dog appears, barking at them angrily. Mio then gets scared of the dog and runs out of fear, to which the dog runs after her. The boy then follows quickly.

Mio then finds herself with nowhere to go as the stray dog arrives and angrily barks at her, and it begins to lunge at her. Mio then calls out the boy's name, and the whole thing is revealed to be a flashback just as she begins to do so.

Back in the present, Mio can be seen at the window of the infirmary, remembering the day she was almost attacked by the dog that had chased her also remembering that she was saved by a boy whom she can't remember who. Meanwhile with Red, he fights Black Lightning just outside the main campus building but is obviously having trouble, Lightning then unleashes a chain of combos onto him, but Amy arrives just in time before Lightning delivers a secondary powerful blow. Red, though exhausted and beaten badly, teams up with Amy to fight off Lightning. Lightning tells both of them to get out of his way, saying that he needs to see Vincent and talk to him personally, but Amy tells him that she knows what he means by "talk" and attacks him, but is immediately subdued by Lightning, who grabs her scarf and uses a palm thunder thrust on her, which sends her onto one of the building's walls. Red attacks afterwards and manages to catch Lightning and successfully land a set of moves, but he dodges his next attack and Lightning retaliates by kicking him upwards and groundspiking him down, sending him crashing to the ground.

In the infirmary, both Mio and Stephanie continue to watch over and worry for Vincent's condition, still not waking up from his extreme exhaustion. Just then, JunWizard contacts Stephanie, telling her that they realized that Lightning had already gone to Pearlshore City and is quite probably already at the University. JunWizard asks her if there is anybody left at the University to watch over Vincent, to where she says that she and Mio are currently by Vincent's side while Red and Amy had decided to look out for Lightning. JunWizard then tells her to not leave the infirmary and that they are on their way to help Red and Amy.

Back with Red and Amy, both of them double team Lightning, but he successfully manages to dodge and block all of their attacks. Red then decides to charge his energy and begins to charge at Lightning with a powerrful Shockdriver, but Lightning intercepts and counters it with his Dark Thunderstorm Fist, which then knocks out Red. Amy attacks but she is blown back by the shockwave. Lightning tells Amy that he will leave her alone if she would let him pass her, but Amy strongly rejects moving away for him. Lightning utters her being an annoyance and rushes up to her, but suddenly, Alfa, Pix, Paige and Kiro arrive just in time to block his attack, but all four of them are knocked out of his way, but manages to stagger him a bit where Andrew, Pedro and Oxob deliver a triple punch attack at him.

Stephanie notices the commotion outside. Mio asks what is going on, Stephanie tells her that everything will be fine. Suddenly, Vincent's right arm begins to glow, much like the same way from before Red Rose appeared on him. Black Lightning then attacks JunWizard, Alfa, Pedro, Marc, Oxob, Paige, Kiro, Pix, Amy, Jessie, Fox, Dark Green, Red and Kickman, easily knocking them all down. Red says that he hates it whenever Lightning were to somehow be able to take them all on easily, jokingly adding that it feels nostalgic as well. Red then gets up and says that he won't Lightning get to his best friend. Lightning then says that he isn't here to fight him, the others or Vincent, he just wants to talk to him, alone. Red then charges at him, cracking a remark by saying that he can tell it to his fist, but Lightning, obviously as always, dodges and counters by grabbing Red and throwing him down and then kicking him away, where he hits a wall.

Mio then tells Stephanie that something strange is happening with Vincent as his entire body begins to move on its own. Suddenly, Black Lightning arrives. Stephanie then stands her ground and tells Lightning not to approach. He ignores her and begins to walk over to Vincent. Stephanie then tells Mio to stand by Vincent, which she does so. Stephanie then attacks Lightning, but he blocks all of her attacks. He then knocks her out by tripping and then hitting her on the back of her head, where he remarks that "she shouldn't be trying to defeat her other mentor by herself". Lightning then approaches Vincent, who is still unconscious. Mio then tells Lightning to get away from Vincent. He then moves towards Mio, where he exclaims that "he hates having to deal with people other than Vincent and the Universe Crew", as he begins to attack her. Mio then calls out Vincent's name. Suddenly, somebody grabs his arm, turns him around and punches him out through the Infirmary's window, sending him outside, but he lands unharmed. He then says "about time you woke up...". The smoke from the attack clears, and it is revealed to be Vincent, though with his entire body being engulfed in the same flaming aura as before, with his mind unconscious but his body moving on its own. Just then he dashes to Lightning and grabs his neck, raising him up. His eyes then open up, turning into a furious cyan-colored eye. He then tells Lightning to "get away from Mio" as he then throw Lightning into the air, and as he comes down, Vincent punches him away, which is strong enough to send him crashing towards the nearby trees. Mio then notices Vincent and calls his name. Vincent then tells her to stay put and that he'll take care of his rival.

Vincent then leaves and goes after Lightning, leaving Mio shocked. Stephanie wakes up just as Red and the others arrive, all of them still injured. Amy goes over to Mio and asks her what happened. Mio is left speechless after seeing Vincent's current state. Picking up on her expression, Red then tells the others that they have to go after Vincent. Red then tells Amy to stay behind and look after Mio. Though Mio herself then insists that she go as well, but Red tells her not to, as she is in no condition right now to follow them. She then says that Vincent needs her, and that she has to be there for him. Seeing how serious she is, Red reluctantly agrees. They all then follow Vincent and Lightning.

Meanwhile, Lightning is sent once again crashing towards the nearby trees, though still not badly hurt or exhausted. Vincent then suddenly appears and he attacks him furiously. Lightning then manages to counter his last attack and then strikes him, which stuns Vincent just as he takes advantage of the moment. Their battle begins to turn around in Lightning's favor, but suddenly Vincent takes over their battle. They then attack each other with their respective blows, strong enough to push both of them away from the amount of force they gave. Red and the others arrive and witness as Vincent knocks out Black Lightning.

Red and the others then get in Vincent's way, telling him it's over and that Lightning's down. Vincent then tells them all to move out of his way or they'll be hurt as well. Red tells him to snap out of his rage and to control himself, saying that he isn't being himself. Vincent then knocks out Red and the others. Mio and Amy arrive as well. Amy then gets in front of Vincent and tells him to stop, but he ignores and knocks her out of the way. Mio then sees Vincent grinning, realizing that he really isn't being who he is and that "he isn't Vincent", but someone else. She then calls out Vincent's name, but he ignores her and instead keeps on moving forward to finish off Black Lightning.

Mio continuously calls out to him, but is continuously ignored. Mio then begs him to stop as she cries out his name again, but is once again ignored, just as Vincent is about to finish Lightning off. Mio then remembers how Vincent once told her "If you ever need me, just call out my name and I'll be there for you. No matter what. Okay?". She then runs towards him and calls out his name one more time and stops him, unknowningly embracing him the same way he did before just as he was about to strike Lightning. She tells him to stop and that he wants him to go back to who he was. Suddenly, Vincent passes out again and Mio manages to hold on to him just as he falls.

Red and the others all stand up, and notices that Lightning had escaped.

Several hours laters, in the South Wing's Infirmary, Vincent wakes up and notices that he is inside the south wing infirmary. He also notices someone beside him. He realizes that it is Mio, who fell asleep watching over him. Due to his habit, Vincent pokes her cheek, which then wakes her up. Vincent greets her by saying "Good morning, sleepyhead!". Mio, still sleepy, looks around. Vincent then tells her if she's okay. Mio then realizes that she had fallen asleep inside the infirmary watching over Vincent, with him alone. Vincent then thanks her for watching over him, but asks her where Stephanie and the others went. However, Mio is embarassed and can not hear him as she runs outside the infirmary. Vincent is then left confused, asking himself if he said something wrong. Red, Amy, Jessie, Kiro, Stephanie, Paige, Dark Green and Alfa then arrive and greet Vincent. He then notices that they are all injured and asks them what happened. Though Red says that it'd be best if he didn't know. Red and the others then notice that Mio is gone, where Vincent says that she ran out and left after she woke up beside him.

Mio is then seen walking on the east wing, asking herself why she fell asleep and why she ran out feeling embarrassed all of a sudden after she noticed that she was alone with Vincent when he woke up. She looks at the University's lagoon, and notices that she can feel something in her heart, as though it is beating fast, though she thinks that she might still be left shocked after last night's events. Just then, she runs into Ritsu, Yui, Tsumugi, Nodoka and Azusa. Ritsu asks her where she was yesterday, she says that she had looked after Vincent after he had over exhausted himself from his spar with Red. Ritsu then teases her if the only reason she had looked after him was to be alone with him, which then makes Mio remember what happened earlier. She then hits Ritsu, with her saying that she was only kidding. Mio scolds her for assuming something absurd.

From afar, Stephanie and Amy are seen watching Mio and the others. Amy then tells Stephanie that it could be possible that Mio may also have feelings for Vincent. Stephanie says that she could be right, but tells her that they shouldn't assume it so suddenly without first observing it thoroughly. Amy agrees.

On top of Pearlshore Sky Tower, Black Lightning is standing on top of it, where he says that he really needs to talk to Vincent right away.

Part 4 - "The light that shines between the Twilight":

"The romantic light of the Moon shines brighter than the stars as two becomes one!"

[To be Added...]

Part 5 - "If only I discovered how Emotions work":

"Feelings are discovered, and an upcoming relationship is about to bloom"

[To be Added...]

Part 6 - "Heart Goes Boom!!":

"A heart will skip more than just one beat..."

[To be Added...]

Part 7 - "A Battle for what One Desires":

"This circle becomes a triangle, as someone is about to intervene between their feelings for each other..."

[To be Added...]

Part 8 - "Enter Akuisan":

"He is here..."

[To be Added...]

Part 9 - "Remembrance":

"Do you remember?"

[To be Added...]

Part 10 - "Confused Feelings":

"Which of her feelings are true? Her apparent feelings for Akuisan or her unrealized feelings for Vincent?"

[To be Added...]

Part 10.1 - "Me and My Drum":

"Ritsu decides to play a solo drum instrumental by herself... but she doesn't know what kind of instrumental she should do..."

[To be Added...]

Part 10.2 - "Azu-nyan Returns!!":

"Yui finds a pair of black cat ears, nearly similar to the ones Ms. Yamanaka used to have Azusa wear. Thinking over the memories of how cute Azusa was when she would wear cat-based head clothing, she chases Azusa throughout Pearlshore World University to try and have her wear it, but Azusa, already annoyed and over from her experience before, does not want to. With Yui's persistence on having her wear it, will Azusa get caught or will she escape having to become "Azu-nyan" again?"

[To be Added...]

Part 10.3 - "Oh My Giita!":

"Yui arrives at the Music Room, but finds that nobody is there. Seeing an oppurtunity to further her handling and experience with her guitar, "Giita", she decides to practice all by herself... but she suddenly starts to feel a bit shy and uneasy. Is there somebody watching her?"

[To be Added...]

Part 10.4 - "The New Student Council Vice President":

"Aira is back! This time, she's the new student council vice president of Pearlshore World University. She learns that Vincent is also at the University and decides to see him, but when her chances of meeting him always end up failing, will she be able to talk to him again?"

[To be Added...]

Part 10.5 - "My Mentor and Love":

"Vincent and Stephanie decide to head over to Pearlshore Park on Stephanie's request. A day that's just supposed to be about her and her mentor walking around the park turns into a flustering day for Stephanie, as suddenly the park celebrates Couple's Week. Wanting to further her relationship with Vincent, will she be able to finally confess or will it end up as another failure as usual?"

[To be Added...]

Part 10.6 - "After School Picnic Time!":

"Ritsu, Mio, Yui, Azusa, Tsumugi and Nodoka invite Vincent, Red, Amy, Stephanie and Kiro for a picnic near Pearlshore Evergreen Fields, though two familiar faces are about to ruin what is supposed to be a normal and perfectly good picnic day..."

[To be Added...]

Part 10.7 - "Yui's Feelings":

"Another day at Pearlshore World University for Yui, though she learns from the head nurse, Yao Kenko, that nearly every student are having stomach aches and therefore are unable to attend their classes for today after an incident during the Bake Sale. When she reaches the classroom, she finds that Vincent is there and realizes that she and him are the only active students in the entire campus. As they are alone together for the entirety of the day, Yui remembers how she feels about Vincent and then decides if she should confess to him. Will she ever do it?"

[To be Added...]

Part 10.8 - "Azusa's Older Brother":

"After winning two tickets for the Pearlshore Pierre Carnival, Azusa asks her friends if they could come with her, but everyone is busy with their own things. She then asks Vincent to come with her and he agrees. As the two of them enjoy the festivity of the carnival, Azusa begins to understand why Mio, Yui and the others have fallen for Vincent. Will she also fall for him?"

[To be Added...]

Part 10.9 - "One Night at the Infirmary":

"Amy, Mio, Jessie and Red are tasked on duty to watch over the infirmary until dawn, but with rumors of strange things happening at night within the University, things start to turn from a seemingly peaceful night to a scary nightwatch."

[To be Added...]

Part 10.10 - "Spar Day!":

"As usual, Vincent and Red have a sparring battle against each other, but suddenly Kiro, Alfa, Dark Green and Paige join them, turning their spar into a battle royale... are things about to go out of hand?"

[To be Added...]

Part 11 - "Together with You":

"They finally realized it and are now on their way to see each other..."

[To be Added...]

[More of the Story will be Added...]

Characters

This section is about the characters featured in this story.

Main Characters:

• Vincent Universe  - Vincent is the main male lead character in this story. He is currently 16 years old, is the leader of the Universe Crew, former bearer of one of Existence's most powerful, feared and legendary bloodline ability, the Red Rose and is a Sophomore within the University he is currently studying in, along his friends. Vincent is a very kind, reasonable and overall, a good individual at most, he is strong willed, with great feats of determination and will power, as he is not one to give up so easily, even at the most treacherous and life threatening of situations, rather than backing out, he would try to risk his own life for the sake of protecting those around him, especially the people he cares about the most. Though, Vincent does harbor a dark side that threatens to take him over and wreak havoc everywhere, harming whoever will stand in its way, this being one of his greatest fears of all, as he does not want to lose control over his own abilities, especially his emotions which are somehow linked to his powers. Even so, Vincent will do whatever it takes to do the right thing and make up for the wrong things he's done, to prove that he can be someone that is worthy of protecting everyone he loves, as well as the world. Currently, he is Red's best friend, is Stephanie's mentor, Mio's love interest and he also happens to be the rival of Black Lightning, a clone of himself. Additionally, Vincent is quite dense, being quite obtuse over the concept of romance, though formerly he wasn't until Pyra's death that he focused more on getting revenge on those that caused her demise, losing his side that he does notice the feelings of others around him.
• Mio Akiyama - Mio is the main female lead character in this story. She is currently 16 years old, is the main bass player and back-up vocalist within the Light Music Club, as well as in their band, Afterschool Tea Time. Mio is quite fragile, best exemplified by her shyness, as well as she is easily embarrassed at most. Mostly if she gets any sort of attention that she did not mean to get. She is also quite smart, as she is able to help her friends study before their exams and the results of this are quite amazing, to the point that she is mostly looked upon as a tutor by other people. Though, she is still quite shy when being around people that see her to be quite popular. She is also afraid of ghosts, anything that has to do with gore and severe injuries, mostly cowering at either the sight or hearing any of these. Despite this, Mio is an individual who is trying to improve herself to lose her sides that make her quite fragile that she must rely on others to help her out, even though she is capable of others things independently, mostly relying on Vincent for support. Currently, she is Rima's childhood best friend and she has a very strong admiration for Vincent, due to his personality, and mostly due to him saving her more than once.

Minor Characters:

• Jessie - [Information will be Added...]
• Amy Reins - [Information will be Added...]
• Aira Shayne - [Information will be Added...]
• Paige - [Information will be Added...]
• Alfa Storm - [Information will be Added...]
• Darkmon Greene - [Information will be Added...]
• Kiro - [Information will be Added...]
• Stephanie Jewels- [Information will be Added...]
• Nodoka Manabe - [Information will be Added...]

Central Characters:

• Ritsu Tainaka - [Information will be Added...]
• Azusa Nakano - [Information will be Added...]
• Tsumugi Kotobuki - [Information will be Added...]
• Yui Hirasawa - [Information will be Added...]
• Red - [Information will be Added...]
• Black Lightning - [Information will be Added...]

Antagonistic Characters:

• Akuisan Aishimasu - [Information will be Added...]
• Meteor Smasher - [Information will be Added...]

Differences from the Main Timeline

This section is about this story's differences from the main Stickman Universe timeline. 

[!!!WARNING!!! - This section contains spoilers for the current sixth chapter of Stickman Universe below]

General Differences:

• Black Lightning survives his fight with Vincent after being fused with the Destroyer during the final moments of the Universe Cre/Dark Alliance war.
  • Additionally, Oracle Fantasia does not sense him being "ressuructed" by an unknown being, since he did not apparently die in this story's timeline.
  • In the main timeline, Black Lightning, fused with the Destroyer, was crushed underneath the falling debris of the Grand Oblivion Tower during their fight with Vincent, who was fused with the spirit of Jay and Vicente Universe. In this story's timeline, however, he says that the Destroyer's essence within him were somehow ripped off of him after the fight, and he managed to escape while the Destroyer was finally defeated and killed once and for all.
• Black Rose does not go by the alias of "Roselia Miller", but instead, goes by the alias of "Rose Melson".
• The BattleWorld Online Incident that occured and ended in the first season did not happen in this story's timeline.
  • Additioanlly, Vincent does not get over his fear of Raven's death and is still haunted by it.
  • Also, Vincent did not meet the others characters that made key and supporting roles during this incident. Along that, Vincent does not know that Master Player, Jerald Hunter and White Crusader are still alive/out of prison during this, which also makes their status unknown.
• Vincent did not meet Alanna Shinito, as the BWO Incident did not happen in this timeline, making her status unknown and everyone else does not who she is.
• The Iku Special Dorm does not appear in this story's timeline, however it does appear, but does not become a central plot location in this story's timeline, unlike the main timeline.
  • Additionally, the events that are supposed to take place during the second and third season in the main timeline will or might not occur in this timeline.

Chapter VI - Season 1:

• The BattleWorld Online Incident did not occur in this timeline. Additionally, Vincent never met Alanna Shinito and is still not over Pyra's death, though he is trying to move on from it.
• Hinamaya, Marilyn, Rika, Iyumi, Lea, Crystal, Hermione and Icharu do not transfer/enroll into the University in this timeline, making their status in this world currently unknown.

Chapter VI - Season 2:

• When Vincent goes over to talk to Yui and the others in the Stadium, Mio was present there and that's where she and Vincent talked in the main timeline, though in this, both of them converse near the University's Lake.
• Meteor Smasher did not engage Vincent in a fight during May 26, which was the day of the New Semester's Welcoming Ceremony. Instead, in the main timeline, he fought Vincent during the day of the first day of the new semester, which was on June 1.
  • Additioanlly, before fighting Vincent, Smasher fought Red and Alfa first, before Vincent and the others joined in.
• The "special family dorm" in which is owned by Hinamaya and was owned by her other family members that studied there before, does not appear and does not become a central location in this series, whereas in the main timeline, in becomes a central location for the remainder of the series' story.
• The rest of the characters that were suppose to be in this season does not appear in this story, making their current whereabouts in this story unknown.

Things In Common

This section is about the things that the main characters have in common to support their pairing. Please do not take this all too badly.

• Both Vincent and Mio had or have a fear of anything horrific, gore and overall, anything that pertains both.
  • Vincent has gotten over his fear, though still reveals that he hates it, whereas Mio still hasn't, but is slowly overcoming it herself.
• Both Vincent and Mio are known for a running gag in where they respectively hit their respective best friends on the head if they were to say or do something bad or idiotic.
  • Vincent often hits Red on the head, while Mio often hits Ritsu on the head. Comically, after hitting them, they leave a lump on their head for comedic relief as well as leaving them "crying".
• Both Vincent and Mio have a fondness for chocolate-related sweets.
  • Though in Vincent's case, he does not favor chocolate-related sweets that have almonds or jelly in it.
• Both Vincent and Mio were protected when they were kids by people they later became close to. Vincent was protected by Alice when he was being bullied by the kids in his neighbordhood and Mio was protected by Vincent when she got seperated from her group and from an attacking dog.
• Both Vincent and Mio are somewhat tied with strawberries.
  • Mio has a fondness for strawberries, whereas Vincent was born with strawberries as the main food his mother ate when she was pregnant with him, though Vincent rarely eats them himself.
• Both Vincent and Mio have worked as a butler and maid respectively, either once or more in their life.
  • Vincent currently works as Hinamaya's personal butler due to a promise he has to keep for her and Mio has worked as a maid during the "Maid Cafe" idea her friends had.
• Both Vincent and Mio have tripped on a stage, either once or more in their life.
  • Vincent has tripped on their school stage back in elementary twice during their practice for graduation and Mio has tripped on stage once which lead to an embarrassing incident.
• Both Vincent and Mio have become or are tutors or mentors. Vincent is currently Stephanie's mentor and Mio became Yui's mentor on how to play her guitar and sometimes tutors Ritsu before their exams.
• Both Vincent and Mio often go by themselves when they are in deep thought over someone or something. In Mio's case, she oftens goes alone when she is thinking up of lyrics for their new songs while Vincent often goes alone when he is in deep thought over someone or something.
• Both Vincent and Mio were/are prone to fainting when being spooked too often.
• Both Vincent and Mio rely on each other. Vincent relies on Mio when he has to study hard due to her high knowledge in education while Mio relies on Vincent for support.
• Both Vincent and Mio have been looked up as a sort of brother/sister figure by someone close to them. Azusa has looked up to both of them as like her older brother and sister, much like how both of them see and treat Azusa as their little sister.

Trivia

• This story is set in an alternate timeline that greatly differs from the main Stickman Universe timeline.
• Most of this episode's story happens during the second season of the sixth chapter of Stickman Universe, although being set in an alternate timeline, however.
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