Lightingtooth wandered towards the crystal gate, the gate that lead to crystal city. coming to a stop the midnight black wolf looked around. the sun felt good on his black fur and the rays of the sun made the crystal gate shine in all the colors of the rainbow. he smiled. it had been a long time since he was last on Luviji.
the returning problem of the electrocution rings had kept him away from Luviji far to long. still he was glad to met his friend Winter again as he and his master Hiko seemed to finally been getting well enough to fight again.
Lighting growled remembering the sight of Hiko after the mech empire had gotten hold of him. it had taken a lot of time before the sword master had been well enough for him to rest on Luviji. now it would seem that the Mech empire had something big planed. Ligthing's master Harlock started to gather his friends to counter them if something did happen. Lighting growled thinking about the mechanized people and what much hurt they had caused his friends.
will they now cause even more problems? he thought as he wached some blue cloudes go by over him.
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With a slight sigh, Winter roused up from restless slumber. By his side, a large, catlike creature was also dozing.
"Sense something?" a man's voice asked; prompting the ancient white wolf to look over at the Thirteenth heir of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu.
"Not really. Just a troubled thought from the current Pack Leader, is all. He was remembering how severe your injuries had been, and was worrying about the Mechanized Men continuing to use those rings." Winter replied, honestly. As he watched, he could see when the mere mention of those rings made his new master's eyes narrow, and felt the residual anger return.
"I just wonder what will happen next. How many more will suffer from those hell-cursed rings?" Hiko growled, then gazed at his hands. Even though the wounds on his wrists had healed almost completely thanks to the care the healers among the Luvijians had given them, it still hurt too much to hold Winter Moon in a grip tight enough to fight, if he needed to.
"Try not to worry, old friend. If the need arises, we'll fight by your side. Have faith in that promise." the catlike creature stated, as he walked over and gave Hiko a determined look.
"I still haven't gotten used to the fact that you can speak, Kagemaru...But I will trust you both, should the time come to fight, once again." Hiko murmured, as a look of unease appeared in his ebon eyes.
And I am sure it will...
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Lighting could hear their voices, and smiled.
moving quickly he came over to where they were sitting and smiled.
"enjoying the sunlight my friends?" he asked smiling and his mile wiendned seeing the sake bottle Hiko had beside him.
"hope not the Luvijian sake was to strange for you, my friend. but even for us it is hard to get the real stuff form earth." he grinned as he sat down.
"how are your wounds healing? your friends have been worried especially your apprentice." he asked. he nodded to winter and Kagemaru, glad to see his friends were doing okey.
Hiko arched an eyebrow at this, and allowed his expression to deadpan, slightly.
" 'Worried' hasn't been the word for it. Try 'Frantic'." Hiko muttered, yet even his sarcastic tone couldn't hide all of the relief he had over the strengthened connection between himself and his apprentice. At this, he got quiet laughter from Winter, Lightningtooth, and even Kagemaru.
"Yet the sake here seems to be to your liking." Winter added, jokingly.
"It's better than anything Earth has been able to make, in recent years...Especially since I could never quite drink the stuff the Machine Men made." Hiko sighed, as he gave the jug beside him a rueful glance, and then thoughtfully touched the scars around his neck.
"Harlock says basically the same thing of wine, on occasion." Lightningtooth said, then thought, He must be able to sense that something is about to happen, judging from how much he's noticing the wounds...
"Has there been any word on the recent movements of the Machine Empire, my friend?" Winter questioned, when he'd also sensed the unease that was beginning to return to the forefront again. Lightningtooth shook his head.
"Nothing. And Young Harlock and even Zero are starting to become worried. Whatever it is they are planning, it must be big, since even the smaller attacks by them have ceased." Lightningtooth replied.
"Then the most we can do is be ready." Kagemaru finally 'said'; breaking his mental silence and gazing gravely at those with him in the clearing.
"No arguments there." Hiko murmured, as he then stood and walked off; his sword gripped tightly in his left hand as he went.
" the captain is waiting your return my friends. I need to head back to the castle as I am to have a meting with the great leader. if the silence of the mech men was enough to worry about, when the leader then sends for men. then I get worried. it would seem the great leader have seen something in our near future. maybe that it would give us some advantage over then. still..." he said worried as he nodded to his friends and left towards the Leaders island.
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'Afraid' wasn't a term that was readily applied to Young Harlock, nor were the words 'Worried' or 'Apprehensive'...Yet, all three of these were combining into one, in a small corner of his heart, the longer he looked at the message he'd gotten from his father. At his side, Fang whined softly; sensing his agitation about what he was seeing all-too-clearly.
Two or three more factories for those damned rings have just been found...And at least that many battleship docks have been put into operation since we'd found Sanosuke, Kenshin, and Hiko...Are they preparing for another invasion attempt? Young Harlock wondered, uneasily, as he wandered away from his desk. The thought of another war with the mechanized men chilled and boiled his blood at the same time. So many loved ones had been lost, so much blood had been shed...And for what reason?
"I hope Dad has been able to find something out, on Luviji...Something that might help us prevent this war, altogether." Fang murmured, as he watched his friend pace nervously in front of the desk.
"I hope so, too...I don't want to see another massacre like that happen again." Young Harlock agreed; perking up when Tochiro's voice called out to him from the bridge.
"We're almost at the meeting place your dad had told us about, Harlock! Better get up here!" Tochiro called.
"Be right up." Young Harlock replied, before rushing to the bridge to get to his position on deck; with Fang right on his heels.
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Lighting returned to the Arcadia in all haste. his heart raced and he was short breathed.
"Harlock. he called as he finally arrived on the bridge.
the elder space pirate turned. his black cape with the red inside waved as he did and his hazel brown hair moved slightly. his already cold and hard Hazel brown eyes narrowed seeing his wolf companion in such hurry.
"What is wrong my friend?" he asked as the wolf came to a stop next to him. the crew looked worried on them. Lighting gasped for air and tried to clam his racing heart.
"the leader... have seen their plan... we can... stop it if... we hurry." he gasped out. Harlock's eye narrowed even more.
" easy. what is the plan my friend?" he asked calm. his voice calmed the wolf down.
"it would seem they plan to kidnap royal family's and force them to take mech bodies. that way controlling the planet, and then have the royal family have all humans changed." he said growling as he did. it was not often Captain Harlock were seen paling but he clearly was now. he sat down in his chair looking grim.
"they will do as they did on LaMaetel. the whole story will repeat itself." he curse.
"Kei how far are we from the meting place?" he asked. Kei who frozen to her spot as she had heard the plan suddenly snapped back to reality.
"almost there sir, and the Deathshadow is just a few space kilometers behind us. and we pick up the Atlantis as well as the 999 on the radar.
"good." he said looking grim as the Deathshadow island came towards them.
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The general feeling within the Atlantis' bridge was one of almost overwhelming anxiety, as Falko gripped the helm wheel tightly in his gloved hands. Word had come to them by way of Captain Harlock himself that something deadly was about to happen, and Kenshin (who was currently on board Falko's ship at his own insistence) could only hope that they would be able to stop it.
"Too many have already suffered and died at the hands of the Mechanized Men...How much more blood must be shed before they are satisfied?!" Falko had asked, angrily, when he'd seen the same information Young Harlock had received, and had come to the same conclusions.
"Oh, Great Packs..." Mind muttered, the horror in his voice prompting everyone into looking in his direction.
"What's the matter, Mind?" Fritz asked, impetuously; his childish courage fading when he saw the look in the older wolf's eyes.
"Lightningtooth has just found something out...that even freezes my blood in my veins..." Mind murmured, then gave Falko an almost frightened glance, "If we don't hurry, the tragedy and travesty of La Metalle may just be about to happen again..."
Where history is forgotten, it is often repeated... Kenshin thought, remembering when Hiko had said that to him, many years before.
And you couldn't be more right about that, Shishou...Though I hope we can prevent this, this time...
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Angel whined as she to felt the pain in her soul mate's heart.
"we need to hurry. time is of the essence now." she wined after telling Lady Emeraldas what Lighting had learned. the Lady Emerladas sank down in her chair hearing the needs and young Emerladas paled tereblie. Maya whined next to her fearing that her friends would pass out.
"will there be no end to what mother started? " Emerladas cursed angry. she looked to her guardian. "has Maetel been informed?" she asked wondering if her sister knew of this as well.
Angel nodded. "I can sense Firefly and Steel as well."
"we need to hurry we are picking up a military ship heading our way as well. I can not yet pick up what ship it is." young Emeraldas said looking to the radar.
Author's note:
this is taken out from a Role play me and Gemini had on: http://s11.
I have not changed anything of it only put it together as a whole.
this sort of comes in after Gemini's Warrior souls.
hope you enjoy it as much as me and Gemini did.
feel free to us how we did (",)
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