SHOGO - Atarashi no Jidai

SHOGO - Era of the New Beginning: ULTIMATE Edition
Written by: Amir "SaitoKojima" Mousaly


NOTE: This story is written in fiction. Any relations, whether it be people, places, things, or real events are purely coincidence.

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Chapter I - Looking Back, Shattered Life
章一号 - 俯きがち, 破れた生き方


It's been four years since that horrendous incident, the war between man and machine, World War XIII... Many people have died in the cause of bringing victory for us all. I've lost too much from the war. My fiancee, Kiari Takanoshin. My greatest rival, Ryu Mikachi. Two of the wisest friends I've ever known, Yoichi Toriyama and Meira Kusanagi. All of these friends of mine helped me so much through-out my life. I wish I could have done more back for them. All I've ever done is ignore their advice, and stray off on my own. Thinking back to all this, I didn't deserve to have them as friends... Not now... not ever. I was once a fool....


Kiari... the one who was always by my side, the only one who truly understood me. We've been together since day one, and if there was one person I would never forget, it'd be her. I can still remember how she looked four years ago... Her long bright brown hair always flowing and looking beautiful, the smile she always had when I was with her, and that same outfit she always wore, every single day. A black vest with a small red shirt tucked underneath her dark brown jeans. Her eyes... those shining green eyes... I could never have taken my sight off them.... It's my fault you died. Why did I have to fire the gun at the wrong time..? Why wasn't my timing any better? I hope your afterlife is much better, I hope it's treating you well, unlike what I did.


Ryu... my rival. I'm so sorry it had to end this way. It's all my fault, I took our duel way too far, and it ended up as your grave. Why did I have to take things so seriously that time? I can still remember the way you looked. You always wore that big red jacket, stuffed to the brim full of explosives, along with having no pants. I always wanted to know why you chose to not wear any pants, or fix your skateboard. Was it laziness, or you just didn't need it anymore? You could have at least let me have it, before you blew it up on my 15th birthday... Stupid spiky haired kid... Though I'm the one who thrusted my fists into your chest and caused severe internal bleeding, until you collapsed and died.


Yoichi and Meira... I have almost nothing to say that I haven't already told you. I don't know why I was able to open up to you two so easily. You two were the first who ever knew about my love for Kiari, before I got the courage to tell her myself. I never understood how you two could use magic and all that stuff, yet you both never understood how I could focus ki into balls and beams of energy. I guess it was something we all couldn't describe, maybe it was for the best. I hated the way those bastards of the ShinRod killed you two. One of them ripped Yoichi's penis off and fed it to Meira without her knowing, then you were both frozen into ice statues. Reports from the military told me that your statues melted later on in the future, meaning your bodies rained upon all of us. What a horrible way to die, especially when we fought them for such a good cause.... I can't even bring myself to remember how you two looked, because I'll keep remembering what happened.


The ShinRod.... those bastards... they were the ones who caused World War XIII. I can still remember their leader, Shunryo Mataka. He's probably the only person I've ever hated in my whole life so far. His uniform always sparked so many dark feelings. He looked like a beaver mixed with a pile of rotten donkeys. He was huge, his chin was shaped like two ass-cheeks, and that general uniform was always that same shade of red. I never understood how he had so many golden stars all over it, like he thinks he was something good to care about or give a shit. He created the weapon that ruined my life. The SHOGO Project. This weapon was everything that I shouldn't have had. It's power source was the anger and hate of a human heart, causing huge waves of energy. The more anger was inside the person, the stronger it became. I was used like a lab rat for this weapon, since it was designed and made as an insult to me. I used to call myself Shogo, and the bastard made a giant laser cannon with my nickname. What's a better way to say, "Fuck you" then that? Then I thought I was clever, and tried to use the weapon against him. I tried to fire it at Shunryo without him knowing, but it ended up missing and hitting Kiari instead! Good job, I am an idiot. The worst thing I did at that time, was spare the guy's life. I was at an inch of killing him, and I actually took pity enough to spare his life. I'm more stupid than the man who was my hero in that old cartoon I used to watch when I was younger. Even if that show was at least a thousand years old, it was still good.


Ever since the war ended, I would wander around aimlessly looking for fights or anything that involved violence. I even tried to make some money off fighting. I was able to find a job as a pit fighter, but it barely made me enough money to breathe. It was very hard to find a job with this kind of interest in mind.


Until now. I recently was recruited to a Bounty Hunter organization called the Knighthood. The Knighthood works undercover from the city of Messetsu's Headquarters, they specialize in combat missions and keeping any new machine outbreaks from happening again. I am currently ranked B-Class, in the Ranged Weapons squad. It's a good team to be in, if you don't want to get too close to the enemy when fighting. But, I can take care of myself if they get too close. So far, I don't have much things to protect myself, like others who have armor suits and shield barriers. I guess it's good to be smart and buy equipment someday. Good thing about this job, is that it's good for money, and it's very fun. Well, if you want to call it fun....


Oh, pardon me. How rude could I be today? I forgot to introduce myself.


I am Saito Kojima, I am now 19 years old.

Chapter II - I'm a Soldier, Stand or Die!
章二号 - に違いない 赳赳たる武夫, 一歩も引かない 死して後已む!


Let me explain to you how the Knighthood works, since you probably don't know. The way we get work is like this, somebody has a problem or issue they can't deal with, they come to the Knighthood Agency and request for their problem to be dealt with. Now, usually it costs them a small fee, if the problem is big enough. It then becomes a first-come-first-serve business, where the Hunters here basically race to get the missions and requests. Low ranks suck shit, you just scratch balls and run around. But, what really makes this job interesting is the missions that come up when you rise up to higher rankings. At this point in time, it is expected to take part in Combat, Stealth, Assassination, real Bounty Hunting, and Escorting missions. This is the real stuff, the kind of things that make this organization really at work. This is my job, I take it seriously... almost too seriously....


Throughout my time here in the organization, I had some trouble trying to fit in, especially with my history. Most of the higher-ranked Hunters always asked me to do errands or what they called, "Newbie Work," it wasn't very... shall we say, fun, but it kept me busy. Most things were slightly difficult though, since they required heating objects up or demolishing various buildings of drug lords, serial killers, and city-wide rapists. What made it difficult, is the fact that I've forgotten how to manipulate ki. I think it was something from before that made me hate it, because of fearing I'd succumb to Satsui no Hadou, again. From not using it for so long, I've completely forgotten how to focus my ki, maybe it was for the best.

What is Satsui no Hadou? It's a strange form of energy, literally the Intent to Kill. It's very dark, and can make even the strongest of men, turn into power-abusing, blood-hungry bastards. I once fell for it, as it was very tempting... I became very powerful, but lost so much because of it. I vowed on my life, never to use it's deadly arts again.

As I've probably stated, my life isn't too simple. I have been tempted with many of the usual temptations humans encounter in this age group. These things are, sex, drinking, drug use, drug dealing, hitman work, and various other types of evil. Luckily for own faith, I made sure not to succumb to these kinds of "entertainment" or "leisure-fun stuff." It was not very easy, probably one of the hardest tests I've had to take. Maybe... this was a test given by God himself, to see if I truly care for the lessons and things I've learned throughout my whole life. For all I know, it does not matter at all. I do admit, some of the girls I met are pretty cute, but their motives were easy to see through, those soul-sucking bitches....


Hm? Oh, I best to be going now, I have just received information on a mission for the Knighthood. I hope this time I'll get some proper allies or something to back me up, at least.


I am a soldier, I must stand and fight, or die trying.

Chapter III - Welcome to the New Stars! Trial Battle!!
章三 - いらっしゃい 新しい綺羅星! 一審一戦!!


Sorry to have kept you waiting, but I had to go to a small mission briefing. It wasn't long, but I felt pretty bored just listening to the commander droning on and on for fifteen minutes. What's my mission, you ask? Calm down then, damnit! I'll tell you! Though, it's not really too much of a mission, it's actually more like a sort of test, so I can be qualified to get my promotion to a higher rank. My current rank is B-Class, so I am basically considered a moderate member, and know my way around the campus' rules. I can sign up for Combat missions, but I cannot even see the harder things, if I were to check the Mission List right now, they would not appear. I'm not complaining, maybe I'm just not ready for something like assassination and becoming a hitman. I've killed enough people, and those were through self-defense, it'd be hard to bring myself to kill someone just for the sake of killing to get paid some few extra bucks.


My mission test, is to locate two S-Class members of the Knighthood within Sector 4388, and tell them the password, "Omae wa mo shindeiru." Literally meaning, "You're already dead," and they should let me know that I have found them. I have been given specific clues to know who they are. S-Class Hunters wear sleek-looking orange armor suits, with large shoulder bumps and cybernetic technology that contains advanced weaponry using a sort of "arm cannon." Another clue is that on the left side of their chest, there is a crest showing some "signs of an S-Class Hunter," I don't know what those are, but it shouldn't be hard to spot them out. It's stupid that they're telling me about the S-Class armor, when I haven't been able to use such types of equipment yet, and my current armor does not even have weapons built-in.


As I was leaving the building, I recieved a message from Commander Sakazaki, "Saito, have you even arrived there yet?" Damn, I guess the commander has realized that I haven't actually started the test, at all.


"Ah, don't worry, I'm all over it. I can handle this kinda stuff, alright? B-Class Hunter Saito, Out!" and I closed connections with her. Who does she think she is? I know she's the commander, but damn, Commander Sakazaki doesn't need to keep nagging on and on for me to get my work done. "Reminds me of someone I once knew... I hope she's having a good time, and has forgotten about how much of an idiot I was to her." I sighed at these thoughts. Why do I keep thinking about her? It's been four years, and I still haven't gotten over it all. How much of a sucker am I? Pretty much a huge one, if I can't even let one event go away. Huh!? Who's that!?


All the sudden, I could see two men in large armored suits walking towards me. Their suits looked similar to my B-Class equipment, but much more powerful and advanced. Wow... I didn't even need to look for them, the S-Class Hunters have come to me! This is way too easy.


I looked at them both, pointed towards them with my index finger, and said it, "Omae wa mo shindeiru..."

"No need to say the password, Saito. You've taken too long, and might as well just go back."


The other Hunter came closer and spoke, too, "Hey, bud. Why don't we just ice this guy, so we can get some cash off those guys who said they'll pay us to fuck up Saito Kojima?" There's people who want me to get my ass kicked? Great, now I know everything. "You ready to get jacked, Saito?!" Oh sure, use the slang terms... Illiterate piece of sh~~!!

"Oomphff!!" It felt like a large shock on my face. I could feel the blood exit from my body and splash into the stone-covered floor. "Aaagck! *Pptu!* Ergh... You fucking sneak!" I spit the excess blood, these are S-Class Hunters? "Seems the rank has gotten to your heads, now you randomly fight the low-levels just to make yourselves seem tough? How pathetic!!" and I lunged at the second Hunter and punched him back in the face the same way he did to me. When he was staggering from the impact of my fist, I thrusted my body into his chest, making the fucker fall to the ground. After he fell, he started screaming random things that I couldn't understand, so I mounted onto him and started punching him a few times in the face. Teeth, blood, sweat, and lots of spit was coming out of his face. "Ya like that, huh!? Don't take my lightly because I'm a lower level, bastard!" I kept giving him more and more blows to the face, until I felt a very sharp pain in my back. I couldn't move, and the other Hunter threw me off of him. My back is bleeding, something has pierced through!


"Ha! That oughta keep you down! How'd you like getting shot?" Wha..? So he's using weapons now..? What a coward...

"What.. a COWARD!!!!" This really pissed me off! I just don't care now! I... just... ugh.... and my body fell to the ground... Having a bullet wound pierce through my back, when I'm not wearing any sort of protection, made it very hard to keep myself awake.


I am unsure if I survived this incident....

Chapter IV - Poison Melody! Saito's Upgrade!!
章四 - 一服盛る 音調! サイト の 向上!!

Where am I...? Am I dead? Is this how it looks like when you're finally dead? Urgh! I can't open my eyes, but I know that it's bright, I can see light making my closed eyesight look red. What happened to me....? What was my mistake? Why....?


"Saito.... stand up, Saito... You're not finished yet, it's not your end. We're not meant to meet at this time, Saito. You must awaken." Who are you? Why do I feel as though I know you from somewhere else. Tell me, who are you?


"Who are you? Please, tell me..."


"I cannot tell you, I'm so sorry. In time, we will meet again.... Good-bye...." No, wait! Tell me your name!! WAIT!!!

I quickly rose from some sort of dream, when I got up, I was screaming. Looking around, the room was much brighter than the streets, way cleaner too. There were nurses and doctors walking around outside my room. Humph, I was brought to the hospital. But, how was I found? Who brought me here? Oh, it seems the Commander is coming inside. What does she want? But, then again.... what was that dream all about...?


She seemed to be quite relieved, and had a nice smile, "Good morning, Kojima Saito, I hope you slept well." Slept? Morning?! I was out for that long?


"I don't know if I slept well or not... What happened to me?"


With a more serious tone, she explained my situation, "You were attacked by two S-Class Hunters, there's no need to know their names or anything. They have been executed for treason, and attempted murder. Good thing you were very close-by to Headquarters, some young girl with long, bright brown hair carried you into the Medical rooms here. If you haven't noticed, you're in HQ, right now." A long-haired girl with bright brown hair? Could it be.... Kiari!?!


"Kiari... Commander, was the girl's name, Kiari?!" How could she be alive? That is if it really is her....


She looked at me puzzled, "I'm not sure what her name was, she didn't say. All the girl did was carry you to this room, look at you for a bit, and started to whisper something, you started to talk to her as well, it seems. But, that's besides the point, your situation is critical! When you were shot, it seems they used some sort of poisonous round, and it's rapidly taking it's effect in your body. While you were asleep, the doctors have done surgery to ensure you stay alive for longer. If it weren't for them, you would have died around 17 hours ago. Saito, don't be alarmed, look at yourself...."


What I saw was almost too much to handle, not only have I been completely naked this whole time, with no sheets to cover me up, but the left side of my chest has this strange machine. It's placed exactly where my heart is, the machine is glowing and pumping with an abnormal green color to it. What is this thing?


Pointing her fingers at where the machine was placed, her voice slowed down, "That machine, is an upgrade to your body, Saito. It's what is keeping you alive, but it will only last for ten years. Basically, it's a mechanical heart, those men shot out your original heart, and this is the only way to keep you breathing. There is some benefits, however, your agility and reflexes have increased ten-fold, and blood pumps into your body at least six times faster. That would mean, that most of your body has become stronger than before. But, since we never expected that the men would have tried to kill you, the mission has been classified as a success, and you have been advanced to A-Class. Congratulations, Saito Kojima. Now... you need to get some rest, and just take it easy for a couple of days, we'll be monitoring your actions until we see that you're able to leave this room." She turned around, and left the room, very quietly, I guess she thought I fell asleep.


So, it seems I've died twice already. Three lives, and it's "Game Over" as they always say, and I'm at my last life. But, who was that girl...? If it really was Kiari... Ooh.. I just can't wait to see her! Heh heh heh, oh Saito, you sucker, getting all excited for something that could easily be not true. Well, I should get some rest, even if I had plenty....

Chapter V - Mysterious Woman! Who is She!?



Mmm... it always feels good after a nice rest, especially one that was at least seven-teen hours long. I feel as though I could take on the world! Then again, I'd better tell the nurses that I'm ready to leave, and ask where's my clothes. Is it me, or has the room gotten brighter? I almost have to squint to be able to see what's around me.... Let's see here... left-foot out, touch the floor, then right-foot out, touch the floor. Ha ha! I managed to stand up! Take that, S-Class bastards!


I began to walk out of the room, with the door half-closed to my left, when a nurse ran right in shouting, "No no no! You need to have clothes on! This isn't a brothel!" The hell.... I was just about to ask you for them.


"You do know, I was about to ask where my clothes are, right lady? Also.... what's with the brothel comment? Y'take me for a perverted loser, huh!?" Damn it, at times like this, I wish I could use ki once again....


Her voice calmed down a bit, "I'm sorry," she bowed when she spoke of this, "your clothes are in the closet to your right, and we cleaned them and kept them safe. I think they're better than ever!" The nurse started to giggle when she was finished. Hm, now she's cute all the sudden....


"Thank you very much, and sorry for that little outburst there," and I walked towards the closet. It's very sleek-looking, with the outer shell all white, and rectangular-smooth. It seems to look like something I'd probably fall asleep inside, if it was cushioned up and comfortable in there. I opened it up from the small little button, located on the bottom. I could hear a nice, "Ksssssssssshhhhhhhhhklunk!" sound when it was opening up, and there they were, my clothes. Short-sleeved jeans jacket, two red wrist-clothes, a white T-shirt, sneaking boots, and dark blue jeans. Exactly what I wore, and she was right, they do look better, for some reason....


I put on all my clothes, and fixed up my hair, a little bit. Just a little fondling here and there on the top, and presto! My hair's fixed! Wow, I sound like some stupid game-show host or something as obnoxious as that... Well, it's time to head out. Out the door I go!


As soon as I left the Medical Section of Knighthood HQ, I could see the calendar right above me, flashing with a very bright yellow light. The current date is... March 26th, 2189. So it seems that if nothing kills me in between now and the next ten years, I'll be looking at living until the year 2199. Great, just before the new century, that'll be a good way to kick off the next hundred years. Hm... I feel as though I'm being watched by someone, trying not to be seen. Heh, let's try this out.


"Hey! Whoever you are, just come out. I already know that you're watching me, so there's no point in running away, alright?" I guess it worked, since someone is coming towards me. It's the same girl Commander Sakazaki described to me, who saved my life! Why is she still here? Do I have some sorta stalker? "It's you, you're the one who saved my life, right? Well, um... thanks for helping me out, I owe you one." I can't see her face too well, since the lower half is covered by a mask, but the rest of her body is all in very-tight and dark leather, making the torso look very thin. Let's hope it's only the leather making her look that skinny...


"Saito... I did it because I had to. There is no way I can let somebody like you die in such a horrid and weak way." Oh, so I'm going to die in another way, much better than that?


I was feeling adventurous, and came towards her, "Hey, just being curious. Do you happen to know someone named Kiari Takanoshin?" when I said Kiari's name, she flinched, and began blush. "What's wrong? You don't happen to be Kiari, huh..?"


For some reason, she quickly said this, "What're you talking about, Saito-kun!? I can't be her! Oh ho ho, no no no, Saito-kun! I'm no Kiari!" Now she's laughing at herself.... great... a crazy girl... But then again, only Kiari calls me by Saito-kun!

"Cut the act, Kiari. I know it's you..." as I stepped forward to take off the mask, the girl pulled it off and kissed me... It felt.. warm, and wet at the same time. I could feel the machine pumping at a much faster rate, making my entire chest glow green. Kiari... Kiari... I've missed you... I haven't felt your lips in so long... this feeling... this love... I embrace it!

The kiss ended after 3 minutes, and she looked at me, very innocently. Don't know why she'd be acting so innocent after doing something like that. Has she changed this much? Before, I'd be the one who starts the kisses, now it's the other way around.


"I'm sorry to have tricked you Saito... but like you, I also survived the blast. Even I couldn't believe it!"

"It doesn't matter... I missed you so much, Kiari... I love you... Forever...." I held her very close to me, with her head just under mine.


"I love you, too... Saito...."

Chapter VI - Where Did You Go? Lonesome....


Just like that, my life has become important, once again. The one person, in the whole world who I cared about most, has come back, and was never dead. It's shocking, to say at least, that this turn of events has happened. I pray that the rest of my life will continue on this sort of path... But then again, I am prone to have a great deal of misfortune.


After the two of us were reunited, we went over to my home, an apartment room close to Knighthood HQ. It's not too shabby, but still kind of bad looking. All there is inside, is just a regular double-sized bed, a television set that looks like it came from the year 2002 or less, and kitchen to the right half of the room. Kiari, on the other hand, didn't seem to find it as bad as I do.


"For someone living alone, you're doing pretty good. It's much better than my house, that's for sure. Mine's just an abandoned shed all the way next to some farm." Hmm... Seems you had it rough...


"I'm sorry to hear that, Kiari..." I really was, from the bottom of my heart.


We kissed once again, this happened quite a few times. Each time we kissed, we walked closer to my bedroom, a few steps each kiss.... Are we ready to be doing something like this? Is it right? I could feel her tongue moving inside of my mouth, squirming and touching mine.... Her arms were wrapped around my waist, I never knew Kiari's grip was so tight! Slowly, I could feel myself falling onto my bed, and feeling more and more tired. Kiari.... I love you... But... what are we doing? What just happened? A second ago, you were wearing clothes, and now we're already here. Did all this happen in a matter of seconds, or was it longer? Why does it sound as though you're in pain..? Your body is all wet, we're both feeling as though we're out of breath. Your body is on-top of mine, and I can feel every inch of you. Deeper and deeper... I lose consciousness....


I woke up the next morning, and all my clothes, except for underwear, were hung up on the side of my bed. What happened last night...? Did we really do this...? No, it can't be... I looked to my right, and found no one next to me, I looked to my left, and found the same thing, nothing but wrinkled bed sheets.


"No... Where are you, Kiari?" I am still feeling tired, "Where are you!?" She couldn't have just left me like this, there's no way!

I got up from my bed, and went to the kitchen, very slowly. The stove, and everything else looked fine, as though it was never touched. But something was different, on the dining table, was a small case. It was chrome-colored, and had a tiny black button on the top, a holographic message. It must be from Kiari, she should be able to explain what happened. I pressed the small button, and set it back down on the table, it began to make a quiet humming noise, and flashed a holographic image of Kiari, fully clothed, finally...


"Good morning, Saito... I hope you slept well, I've recorded this message to inform you on what's going on. The thing is, I'm part of the Knighthood Agency, but I'm of a much higher class than you are, the X-Class. Those who are in this class, are not allowed to be seen taking part in missions, or almost anything, we are basically shadows. Also, I don't live in a small shed next to a farm. I've got enough money that purchasing a dorm within the Knighthood was easy for me. It was all a lie, I tricked you. Heh heh, and I'm sorry... Also, I'm not a virgin. Well, not anymore, thanks to you, that is, Saito. As hard as it is to believe, we did it. I think we both enjoyed that... but that's not what this is about."

Shadows, X-Class Hunters, and lies? What the heck is going on!?

"Saito, I'm not supposed to be seen with you, there is a group of underground thugs who are thinking of overthrowing the country's government. I am being told to sort of, sneak my way into becoming a member, so I can find out more about their motives. Being seen with you, would mean that I'm helping the Knighthood, causing my cover to be blown. I'm so sorry, Saito. Maybe, when this mission is over, we can finally be together, forever...."

"Wait... Let me hear your voice longer... wait..."

The holographic message stopped, and the small box disappeared, almost as though it evaporated itself. What a shocking turn of events... This really hurts me inside, but if she needs to do this for her mission, I will wait for her, and allow her to do as she pleases...

No, she might get hurt. There's that chance she might slip up and be killed! I cannot allow it to happen, and nobody else but me can help her.

Kiari, I will join them, and fight alongside you!

Chapter VII - Underground Missions! Don't Play For Fools!!


Just for that one night, I thought I had it all back. Now, everything's taken away from me once again, leaving me empty and strength-less. Show me how it ends, for I've become sick of it! Sure, she left for an important mission, but why not just at least allow me to assist? That's what I will do, I will request for the same mission Kiari has, personally.


I got all my clothes back on, and headed out of my apartment home, down the elevator, out the door, and into the streets. By looking at how much people are outside, which isn't very much it seems, it must be around 9:30AM. Great, now it leaves me with more questions on when did Kiari leave? But, that's another concern that is best to just say, "Fuck it" to. I walked the short walk towards the Knighthood Agency, and the automated doors opened. I quickly glanced around the main lobby, and saw a few of my usual friends. One of them has seen me, and just jumped off a large white coach, then ran towards me waving. His name is Patsu Horishi, and he's a loud one...


"Hey!! Saito, my man! Where've you been for the past four days? I heard you got jacked by some S-Rank guys, don't worry 'bout'em, they got jumped later on that night." Yeah yeah, I already heard the story from Commander Sakazaki.


Luckily for him, I was in a good enough mood to respond for once, "Sup, Patsu. How long have you been here, anyways?" he looked a lot more cheerful today than usual, probably high off something. His clothes are all green colored, green winter jacket, even though it's almost spring. Green jeans, and a small green beret. Hell, I didn't know they sold jeans in green until I met Patsu. Currently, he's an A-Class, too. He got it before me, about a month ago.


"I've been here since 6AM, man. I seen a few people come inside and leave for breakfast, but what was sweet was this one chick that came in wearing all dark-leather. Daaaamn, she was fine! I'd tear that shit up!" What!? You'd tear up my Kiari!? Alright, calm down, he doesn't even know her at all, and Patsu's not the type to rape anyone.


I looked at him more seriously, with my left hand placed around my hip, "Believe it or not, she's my girlfriend. I'm trying to find her to see what her current mission is to help her out." Yeah, good going, Saito, you just blurted out some secrets.

"You? With her!? Ya gotta be kiddin' me, right?" I shook my head, "Well I'll be, you picked up a nice one. As for her getting a mission, I'm not sure if you can even see the same stuff she gets on her list. You do know she's X-Class, right?" He knows about X-Class, too? Am I the only one who didn't learn about them? "It'd be smart not to go into their missions, Saito, you'll get fucked up, real bad." Thanks for the tip, I think I've had worse missions than this.


"I'm sure I can handle it. Remember, I'm the guy who fought the ShinRod single-handedly, so this shouldn't be too hard. I'll see you later, I've gotta report to the Commander."


"Peace!"

I walked off, I kept going for about three or four white hallways, until I found a very large door. This is where we usually choose missions, and get them approved by the Commander at the same time. I'll try to convince her that I'm capable of assisting Kiari.


As I walked inside, a few other Hunters who's names I can never seem to remember, started to quietly clap for me as I made my way towards Commander Sakazaki. She looked a lot younger than usual, for somebody who's around forty years old. Her clothes looked similar to Shunryo, but orange-colored, and a lot smaller. Her hair is bright blonde, and cut extremely short, I think the style's called a crew cut or something. She's also got a small pair of glasses on, that are very hard to notice. The rest of the room is filled with computers and screens floating around the place. The Commander is standing on a platform that is suspending in the air, just a little higher than the rest of us.


I was the first to say anything after the applause, "Commander, I would like to personally request a mission from you. Do you happen to know what's the mission name that a Hunter by the name of Kiari Takanoshin is currently participating in?" She looked at me puzzled at first, then began to type some things into the large computer she's standing next to while saying Kiari's name slowly to herself.


On a very large screen, Kiari's profile appeared. She began to type more things, and the Mission Log popped up, showing all the assignments Kiari has completed, failed, and are currently being attended to. I could see one saying, "Underground Thugs" blinking red, with a small message of, "IN PROGRESS" right below it.


"So, that's the one... Commander, ma'am, may I please be part of Kiari's Assist Unit?" when I said this, everyone except for her, began to laugh.


"That was a good one, Saito!"
"Is this guy for real?!"
"Hooboy, I needed a good joke like that, Saito."


My face started to turn a little red, and I became furious, "I'm being serious!! You may all find it funny, and probably think I'm not strong enough, or at a rank high enough, but I know that I can handle this! Keep in mind, that if if weren't for me, we'd all be dead by two years ago!" Finally, their mouths were shut, and the Commander began to type in some information to ask permission if I can assist with Kiari.


"Saito... if she does accept, you do know this mission will be very difficult, right?" I nodded my head, and understood.


Within a few minutes, a new message appeared, and it said. "Request Denied, [A]Saito Kojima, has not been added to Assist Unit." I felt surprised when I seen this message.


Commander Sakazaki was as surprised as I was, and typed in more things. After she was done, she gave me a smile, "Information about this mission has been uploaded onto your profile, Saito. Even though she denied your request, I have manually entered you to be at least given the ability to try it out, if you feel brave enough. Make sure to actually bring your armor this time, I think you left it at outside this room when you left for the A-Class Test. Most likely, it's still there." I did a short salute, and headed out the door, it slowly opened for me.


When I left the room, I looked around, and there it was, my armor. Well, not the actual armor itself, but the crest that is worn to activate it. It's sort of like a pin you place on your chest, mine's just a large red octagon with the letter "A" in gold on the middle. If I press on that "A," it will make my armor activate and cover my body, allowing me to use the weapons I've transferred inside. So far, the only things I have for weaponry, is a submachine gun, and a medium-sized cybernetic sword. The gun isn't much of a looker, but the blade of my sword is customized to my own liking, blue-colored, and capable of slicing through most objects. I customized the blade's shape to be curved, allowing it to be more suited to slash-like movement, over stabbing. I spent most of my earnings on this one weapon.... Yeah, I waste my cash too easily...


I placed the crest/pin thing on the left side of my chest, in the same area where the machine is, and began to walk out of the Knighthood Agency. As the front door came closer, I waved to Patsu again, since he seems to have been sitting on that coach the whole time, what a lazy bastard. I don't think he noticed me wave at him, since he didn't wave back, but that's alright. I never expected him to do that, anyways.


The door opened, and I could see that it must be around 11:16AM now, since there are a lot more people walking around the streets, and more cars bustling down the roads. I checked my Mission Log, and seen that the destination point is... Sector 612, the sewers.... Just beautiful. Well, time to hit the road, and dig into this biatch!

Chapter VIII - Returning Item Obtained! I am Super Saito!!



So, for this mission, "Underground Thugs," I will be needing to go into the sewers, huh? It shouldn't be too bad down there, since it's been much cleaner there. That is, if the cleaning crewmen kept their word and aren't lying to us, again. Though, why is it located at Sector 612? I remember that place was only a little way further than where I used to live when I was just a kid. Hey, I can also at least see what's happened to that old area. Actually no, forget it, I do enough wasting of my time. Procrastinating idiot, equals me.


I walked for a while, all the way to Sector 612, and let me tell you, it made my legs hurt like hell. I hope my shins will recover from all this walking before I actually start the fighting within this mission. Which then again, I didn't actually check what I'm supposed to be doing. Let's check...
I'll open up the Mission Log, again, just to make sure....


"Mission 005362: Underground Thugs
Recommended Class: S-Class or higher
Difficulty: High


Information:


Your mission, is to infiltrate and secure information regarding a strange underground group of criminals who have situated themselves within the sewage system, at Sector 612.
While you are within the area, try not to alert them of your presence, or better yet, try to work undercover as one of the members. Use all means needed to make this mission a success.


Hunters Currently assigned to this mission:

Main Unit
[X]Takanoshin, Kiari


Assist Unit
[A]Kojima, Saito"


Don't alert of your presence, but yet I'm allowed to use any kind of actions I want? That, doesn't make any sense. Ah, whateve's, at least I'm actually taking into account to read the mission information, for once. Usually, I just do whatever I want, which in most cases, makes me not get as much Ranking Score as I would have gotten normally. No, you don't need to start poking fun at my actions, or I'll just look for things to judge at you...



When I finally arrived at Sector 612, I noticed that it hasn't recovered from the war, at all... All the houses, parks, or anything that used to be there when I was younger, is still destroyed. It's almost as if, it was never even touched, not even one bit!! "This doesn't make any sense, there was supposed to be construction being done here... that's what they said, and that was last year!!" I shouted this to myself, even if I knew nobody was listening. Like I care, I just wanted to get it out of my system, fully. But, from the looks of things, those thugs chose a good place to have as their hideout, since nobody goes here at all. There's no telling what kind of things they could be doing down there... I must find out! I searched the area, under the rubble of houses, around burnt trees, anywhere that looked destroyed, which is everywhere. I searched and searched for at least three hours, until I found a manhole. I slapped myself, hard, for not noticing it before. What the fuck!! After giving it some proper inspection, just to be safe, I began to lift the manhole from the ground. Strangely enough, it came off without any effort. After removing it from where it was, I jumped into the black hole, completely fearless of what might happen to me....


What felt like three minutes, was actually three seconds, I kept falling. I fell until the wet floor appeared in my sight, and when my feet connected with it, I felt my whole body stop moving and drop for another three minutes. Subconsciously, I could see everything that happened to me. It seemed the shock of the fall made my body shut itself down for a bit, and is now probably trying to jump itself back up. This sucks! Get up, get... UP! Come on, come on! I'm trying as hard as possible to make my body move! Move, come on!! MOVE!!!


At that instant, I shot up, as if I was electrocuted from some sort of device, or something. I felt as though I've taken three energy pills at once, and my awareness sky-rocketed. While looking around at my surroundings, I noticed that everything was very dirty and wet, especially my clothes. Great, now I'm gonna have to wash them, again. But wait a second, what's this? I seen something shining in the wet floor, it was sort of round, like a wristband. Taking slow steps, I approached it, and knew right away, what it was. It's Kiari's, or really, my Sychro Watch! I can still remember the powers that it used to have, this baby was amazing! But, why is it here? Did Kiari drop it on accident or on purpose? I'm guessing it must've been on purpose, since she tried to give it back to me repeatedly before, when I first entrusted it to her. I picked the Sychro Watch up, and placed it on my left wrist, and just like old times, I did a super-hero pose and shouted the old words....


"Lend me power of the innocent!!"

As soon as I said those beautiful words, it the Sychro Watch began to glow, and my whole body was really tingly inside and out. I could feel armor parts begin to materialize around various places on my body. Shoulder pads, chest plate, helmet with an eyeshield, leg armor, arm protection, and some strange fillng began to cover up any of the exposed areas on me. I felt it's strange jolt once again, and my mouth moved on it's own, yelling.


"I am... SUPER SAITO!!"

Chapter IX - Impressive Increased Power! Blazed Rising Fist!!



It feels good to have these babies on my body, once again. I didn't think I'd ever be able to see myself wearing the Sychro Armor in the future, I guess this must be my little break. I won't be needing to re-learn ki anymore, since I think this stuff has powers built-in. Those underground thugs won't know what hit them with my perfected fighting style of Hinote Chou-Ken/Blazing Super Fists. I can't wait to see it, after so long....


I looked ahead from where I am standing, and I noticed the only way to go is straight, along the wet path. I'll just go there now, and I just kept walking my way on this path. The boots of my armor made this funny, *Shhfklunk! Shhfklunk!* noise whenever I took a step and another. While taking this path, I could see more and more light, making this an easier sight. Closer and closer, I could hear lots of middle aged, and older men, talking about random things. Most of them were pretty graphic, like how they skinned alive their last victim before killing them. These men sound like fun already, and the party hasn't even been started or named yet! Yet again, I can't wait to show them my power!


I could feel myself being closer to their little hangout area. About a few seconds later, maybe six, I was just a small wall away from them, and I am now hiding behind it so that they cannot see me. I just hope my armor isn't too big, so that it won't stick out or anything. Let's take a small peak to see if anyone's there.... I inched my head outside the "safe zone" and checked the area... There are three men here... One of them has very long black hair, with a long beard covering his chest. Another has long white hair, and seems to be in his late 50's, and the last one... I can't see anything but the back of his head, but he's got dark red hair, and it's slicked-back. The last guy must be the youngest one.... Heh heh heh, time to get this party started! I ran out of the small cover I had, and got into a fighting stance.


"This party's gettin' crazy! Let's rock!!" All three of them were very shocked to see me, and they quickly picked up their knives to fight. "Do you seriously think that'll work on me?"

The man with the beard stepped forward, "We don't know how ya got in'ere, but you're goin' down!!" he lunged at me, and tried to thrust his knife into my stomach, the armor was too thick, and it made his knife bend and almost break.


"Do you know who I am? I'm Super Saito, bitch!!" He was stunned and quite deeply afraid, the man began to step back away from me. No need to walk away, I'll finish you! I took a deep breath, and then punched him as hard as possible. When my fist connected with his jaw, large sparks began to erupt into his face, and small burns formed. As my hand was leaving his face, I shouted, "Hinote Sho-sen Ken/Blazing Rise Fist!!" and his body spiraled to into the floor, completely knocked out. It works... YES!!


The other two men were even more surprised to see this happen, than I am. One of them ran off and went straight into the stone wall. I'm guessing it was an accident. The other man looked at me with an arrogant smile, and threw his weapon. It bounced off my armor, and fell to the ground with a loud, "KLANG!!" When I looked back at him, he was already gone.


After I was done with these thugs, I checked around for anything I could use as evidence. After checking the crates they were sitting on, and the rest of the room, which consisted of more dirty water, and a small piece of rotten meat. I'm guessing it's pork, since everybody but me and Kiari eat that stuff! Yeah, let's eat meat coming from an animal that just ate shit for a living. But, enough about that, I'm supposed to be doing a mission and helping Kiari, not thinking about meat I should never eat!


Hell, thinking about the mission now, why the hell didn't I just message Kiari and tell her to meet me at a certain spot? I can't believe I forgot that I can just send voice messages to anyone I'd want, as long as they are connected, via email and Instant Messaging.... Alright, check my left wrist here, tap at an invisible keyboard there, and say "Send." right now, and there we go, a message should get to her in a second or two. Literally, only a few seconds later, she replied, and said we should meet at the entrance to the hideout. Good, I'm already at the entrance! Why don't I just lie down and rest? That's a good idea.... Maybe she'll have some breakfast for me, or something....


About fifteen minutes later, I saw someone approach me, and it was Kiari. She still seems to be wearing that dark-leather suit, and covering her face. Doesn't it get hot inside of that? Wait, then I'll be called a hypocrite to be thinking that, since I'm wearing this armor....


"Hey Kiari, it took you a long time to show up."

"Well excuse me, Saito, I was trying to go to the bathroom." Really? Wow, why would you just say that so openly? "Also, what the hell are you doing here? I declined the request."

"Oh, sorry to have interrupted. Please, continue." when I said this, we both laughed. Whew, good thing she still has the sense of humor, I thought I was a goner.

After we laughed at my joke, she spoke once again, "I'm glad to see that you're back to using the Sychro Watch and it's abilities, I was able to hear what happened to those three guys lying on the ground. Strange, I didn't mean to drop it. So, you still know how to use your ki?" Hell no, sister!

"No, not at all. I think it just has these abilities built-in, since I haven't used ki since the war, and I stopped because I feared succumbing to Satsui no Hadou, again. I never wanted to re-experience the horrible events that took place that day.... But, how'd you like my new move?" She better like that Hinote Sho-sen Ken!

"It was incredible, I didn't think the guy could live or take a hit like that! I'm surprised his body could hold such a blow, and still be alive! You're amazing, Saito-kun!" she was about to kiss me again, but then stopped because Kiari remembered I had the armor on, covering most of my face, and she had her mask on.

"Yeah um, now's not the best time... But, we should be getting back into the hideout, and continuing the party."

She quickly held my hand, and smiled, "I'm not letting you get the bounty first, bro!"

Chapter X - Tell Me Isn't So! Hatred Enemy Encounted!!



After a little bit of conversation, regarding on what our next move should be, Kiari and I set off in different paths to search around the underground hideout. She told me to try not to get into too many fights, claiming that the big boss of this group is who I should be saving my energy for. Hmph, yeah, like I'll be needing it. But, I really should listen to her now, since she's much more experienced than I am. But, why are we in separate paths? I only chose to be part of this mission to fight alongside with her, not without her! Bah, whatever, let's just get this over and done with!


While taking very cautious steps around the hideout, I found a couple more members of their group. Being very smart-witted, I activated the command to materialize my sub-machine gun. It looked like little black squares forming together to shape up the gun. If I didn't look at the change, I would have never known it does this, and would just think my weapons appear in a flash. God, gotta love technology.... Being even more careful, I aimed it towards the two thugs. While holding my breath, I fired two shots at each of them, all four shots were near-perfect, and landed at their heads. They fell to the ground, dead, and never to awaken, just like how death is meant to look like...


"....It feels strange, taking another person's life. I've never become used to doing it, and probably never will." I whispered these words to myself, and stepped towards the two dead bodies. While checking their clothes. I noticed something very different about these guys. They weren't like normal thugs, their clothes were a lot cleaner looking, and they had.... "Oh my... It cannot be!!" It's almost insane to see it, but they both have emblems that are shaped as "真," there is only one group that can have this sort of emblem. I refuse, and will not bring myself to say the name! But why, why are they back? What are they planning on this time? No wait a sec, Kiari already told me that they're planning on over-throwing the government.... Only one thing left to do with these two. I picked them up, one by one, and placed them in any random dark corner I could find, then punched their faces three times, so that it'll be harder to identify who they are. There, now to get out of here, and find the leader....


Not caring anymore about what Kiari has told me, I began to run aimlessly around the hideout, hoping to find the leader's room, or at least bump into him. If it really is who I'm thinking it is, then I must kill him and finish what should have been done before! Running and running, my "heart" pumping faster and faster, feeling my lungs work harder. I finally make it to the door. It's massive, dark-red colored, and designed with dragons and a very large "真" on the middle. With as much disrespect as I could possibly muster, I kicked the door as hard as I could, and it broke off it's place, flying into the floor, broken. I stepped inside, and there he was... The one man I wished never to see again.


"You! I can't believe you're still trying the same old things. I will not allow you to continue!" I was furious, and ready to face him. He seemed to have been expecting me, and has been leisurely sitting on a rather large throne, eating grapes, and sitting the seeds at the walls. The room looked very expensive, everything was made out of gold and diamond. "Shunryo Mataka, chances are you don't recognize me, right?!" Yes, it's him. The only person I've ever hated in my whole life, and he looks exactly the fucking same as he did four years ago! "You got a new place, but you still wear the same damn clothes!"


His voice finally escaped from those dirty lungs, "Hmm hm hm.... heh heh heh heh.... My, you have grown quite a huge amount since I have last seen you..." he rose from the throne, stepped forward a little bit, and then lunged at me, "SAITO KOJIMA!!" I jumped to the right, avoiding his attack, and fired a few shots at him with the sub-machine gun. All the bullets seemed to have deflected off his body, he didn't take any damage! "Guns will not work on me, don't you remember? Kuhhhaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!" Shut up! Stop laughing!


My anger began to build even faster, "Shut up, you~~!!" I threw away the gun, and deactivated my Sychro Watch. "If I am going to kill you, I'll do it without any assistance!" After both things were gone, I ran towards him, and kicked off the ground to punch him in the face. Almost as if he knew my exact moves, he grabbed me in mid-air, by the face, and began to look at me, very deeply.


"You really have grown... But you still use the same fighting techniques, with the same rushing monkey-like anger! Maybe, you'll learn this time!" He pulled out a pistol from the right side of his belt, and fired it into my stomach!

BLAM!!

"Ghkkrooaaagh-ack!!"

I've never taken a bullet at point-blank range, I can scarcely breathe... Blood is flooding from my mouth, and my stomach... No, I can't die now... I just can't die now!!! SHUNRYO!!!!



"No~~~!!! Saito-kun~~!!"

Out of nowhere, and at the perfect time, Kiari ran into the battle, and made Shunryo let go of my body. "Saito, you're going to be alright, just hang on!" Her voice is so soothing... She began to search her inventory, making a small little window appear next to her, scrolling through various weapons and items, until she found a white box with a red cross on it, and a smaller purple "plus" sign next to the bottom. She double-clicked on the icon, and it materialized into her hands. I can't stop bleeding, but in her arms, I feel a bit better. "Saito, this will heal your wounds, I told you not to be so careless! But, you still don't listen!" I could see tears in her eyes, please stop crying... Kiari opened the white box, and dumped all of it's contents onto my torso. For some reason, the gunshot wound disappeared, and it felt as though I was never harmed at all. "All better now, you're not finished yet."


"No, I'm not. Thank you again, Kiari, that's two I owe you now." I then re-activated my Sychro Watch, "I guess I really have to use this! Lend me power of the innocent!" the transformation process happened again, and I could see Kiari look at it with an extreme amount of awe, as if the real Knight in Shining Armor, has truly appeared. "I AM SUPER SAITO!!!"


Shunryo looked amazed that I was still alive, but seemed to be impressed at the same time. Shouting, his voice boomed, "It's time to finish this!" I began to feel the rage come back into my body, and my hands started doing strange circles around my torso, making a red circle of fire form around wherever I moved my arms. After about seven times doing this, I grabbed the ring of fire, and cupped my hands together, placing them at my side. Am I really doing this? I can't believe I'm using ki!!! Shunryo stood there, waiting for me to attack, and without myself doing it on purpose, I shouted out the following words...


"Hinote Nabiku Ken/Blazing Wave Fist!!"

Almost as though it were a natural instinct, I basically announced my attack, and I thrusted my cupped hands towards him, a wave of fire erupted from my hands, shooting at Shunryo! He flinched, which caught him off-guard by this move, and took it full force! I could see the flames burning his general uniform, making it look even more ugly and stupid, while he is screaming in anger from the pain. Kiari, on the other hand, could not believe what was happening, and began to pinch herself.


"This can't be real.... it can't... Saito doesn't have a Power Level that high! He just can't! No human at this age could pull off something like that!" she was still pinching herself in the cheeks, and now slapping herself, "It's all a dream, just a dream..." Just stop it, that's what I think, "God damn it, it's not a dream! Saito, you're more than amazing, you're fucking brilliant!!" I know, Kiari, don't need to repeat that....


After the flames left Shunryo's body, and the smoke cleared away, I could see him, covering himself as if he were blocking. The entire area where clothing was at, in the upper body area, was completely gone, and there are a few burns on his body. I never knew before, but it seems Shunryo Mataka has been working out a lot, cause he's huge!


"Heh heh heh... did you think that was the end? I'm the ruler of the ShinRod! I am a God!!" He stopped his blocking stance, and raised his right fist to the air, "There is no person who can exceed me! You will die now, by my godly hands!"


I stepped forward to Shunryo, and began to speak, "You're no god... You could never be! God is something, or someone, who is above all, He cannot be harmed, He cannot feel physical pain, and He is not you!!"

Chapter XI - Defying a God!?! We are Miracles!! Saito VS Shunryo Part II


"Heh heh heh... did you think that was the end? I'm the ruler of the ShinRod! I am a God!" He stopped his blocking stance, and raised his right fist to the air, "There is no person who can exceed me! You will die now, by my godly hands!"



"You're no god... You could never be! God is something, or someone, who is above all, He cannot be harmed, He cannot feel physical pain, and He is not you!!" I shouted these words at him, I highly doubt he's listening. Feeling my rage take over, I ran at Shunryo, with no regards on what might happen to me. While coming at him, I was ready to destroy every bit of his body. Instead of kicking off the ground to jump, I slid under his body, between his legs, and got three lucky punches to his back. "This is the end for you! Hinote Sho-sen Hyakuretsu Ken/Blazing Rise Hundred-Crack Fist!!" I took a deep breath, and tried my best to unleash a barrage of punches at Shunryo's back. My hands went at random places, one second they're going down, then they'll be flying straight up. It looked as though my arms were just lines and waves, going in a flurry of movement. But, he turned around before I could land seventy hits, and booted me straight in the chest, the impact was enormous, and I began to puke blood.


"Saito~~~~~~~!!!" as I began to feel my body drop, Kiari ran into the fight and tackled Shunryo out of her way. "Don't worry, with the two of us, he can't win." Yes, you're right.... Together, we're unbeatable....


I could feel myself regain some of my strength, it's almost as if Kiari's words have made me feel stronger. There's no way I'll lose! But, I'm unsure if he'll allow it. Shunryo rose from being tackled by Kiari, and looked extremely angry. Yeah, go ahead, get mad, it'll make it easier to spot your mistakes! I thought that to myself, and I think it'll work....


"Kiari, keep him busy, I'm going to charge energy from my Knighthood Armor into the Sychro Watch." I whispered this to her, so that Shunryo could not hear us, she looked at me confused, "Don't make me say it again! Hurry, Kiari, can't you see that we need to get this last move done!?" This time, I knew he could hear me, and Shunryo started laughing.


"Ha ha ha ha! A little bit of planning for your death? Well then, begin!" He raised his arms to his sides, making himself look like a cross, and started yelling, as if to pump himself up. "I am a God! All shall be vanquished!!"

"Amazing.... I can feel him becoming stronger, but it won't matter!" She muttered, just before getting into position.

Quickly, I deactivated my Sychro Watch, and removed the Knighthood crest from where I placed it. I really hope I know what I'm doing.... After looking at both the crest and the Sychro Watch, I noticed that the crest had two prongs that look like plugs for outlets, on the bottom, and the Sychro Watch already had two holes, but it's meant for doing a blood pact. I inserted the crest into the Sychro Watch, and tried to reactivate it. This time, I didn't bother to say the words, cause it didn't matter at all. The transformation felt much different, and I could feel my whole body begin to burn! Why, why is it hurting this time?


"Grrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuugghhhhh~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!"

I gave the loudest howl of pain that I've ever had in my whole life. I couldn't believe that doing this could hurt so much! I had to endure this pain for almost five minutes. When it was finally over, the transformation looked almost the same, only blue colored, and all of my strength was drained... "Damn, I can't fight.... I can barely move! KIARI~~!!!" I shouted out her name, and at the same time, Shunryo landed a very large blow to her face. Even from watching, I could tell that it hurt, her screams were unbelievable, I can't stand it! Even with almost no strength, I tried my best to move towards them. My body felt as though it weighed over three-hundred pounds, "I can't let him take away the only thing that matters to me... I can't!!" Harder and harder, I pushed myself past my limits, I have no idea where I am getting this strength from, but wherever it's coming from, I thank it. After struggling to reach to Kiari and Shunryo, I finally managed to get to them. For some reason, all of my strength regained itself as soon as I approached them.


His arrogance was rising, speaking with a very heavy tone, "Do you dare defy God now, Saito? Your friend has learned the price for trying. Do you want to share the same fate? It's quite ironic, actually, that you try so hard to protect her, even if she is the reason why you suffer so much. It was also your fault she almost died, both of you are the meaning of disasters! Haa~~ ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!" Shut up.... We're not disasters!!


"I've known her for my whole life, she is the only one who matters to me most. Sure, she's been the cause of some of my troubles, but they are never disasters, and Kiari always stays with me to aid me in the burden! We're not disasters! WE'RE MIRACLES!!" I landed four blows to Shunryo's face while I was giving my little speech, catching him off guard. He staggered from the last blow, giving me another free chance! I raised my hands the same way he did before, like a cross, to mock him. I focused as much power within the Sychro-Knighthood Watch, all of it began to pulse within my arms, it made them tingle and burn at the same time. When it was at the peak, I shouted at the highest of my lungs, "Hinote Hokuto Chou-Ken Ougi: Tensho Juji Ho/Blazing North Star Super-Fist Ultimate Technique: Cross Phoenix Star!!" With this power within me, I thrusted me palms into his chest, it was very mushy, making a loud sloshing sound when my arms entered the bastard's chest, it bled the same way as Ryu Mikachi's once did, a giant gaping hole, with blood spraying outside. His body fell to the ground, with no will to fight.


Shunryo Mataka has been defeated.


But, it's not the end, I must finish him. But... I just can't do it... I'm doing the same mistake as last time, letting him live, but I really don't want to. While I'm trying to make my decision to kill him or not, Kiari stepped toward Shunryo, pointing a pistol at his head, the same pistol he used on me, while he is kneeling to her feet.


"Shunryo Mataka, for the crimes you have committed for the past four years, I hereby sentence you to death, by order of the Knighthood Agency." While she said this, she showed him her crest, "Saito, unlike you, I have no remorse, nor care, to who I must kill. If it is for the mission, I will do it, even if it meant killing you... If you don't want to watch this, turn around." I nodded to her, and chose to witness Shunryo's execution. With a sort of count down, she pulled the trigger, almost as if it was slow-motion, I could see the bullet exit the tip of the gun, and slowly enters his forehead. Slowly, blood and pieces of brain tissue began to leave from his body, and Shunryo was finally dead....


My voice shook from the happiness, "It's over... It's finally over!"

"Yes, the ShinRod has been destroyed from it's core, once again. Now, the future, may be left in peace." I looked at Kiari, and grabbed her by the waist, holding her close.

"The future is in peace.... our, future...." we kissed, once again...



THE END

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Phew....

Now that took a while...

>_>...I'll read it when i have time.

*chuckles*

I was expecting you to say that.

lawl