This is my sequel to "Brotherhood of The Seed". Be sure to read that first, if you haven't already…this will make much more sense if you do.
This story utilizes characters from The Land Before Time, Kamen Rider Kabuto, Kamen Rider 555, and little bits of Chou Seishin Gransazer. I do not own the rights to any of these characters, nor is it my intention to profit from them.
Enjoy!
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Through the infinite stars and nebula of the universe, the ship of the Neo-Spirit coasted along. It had been quite some time now, since the day it had departed earth, with what remained of a former high-ranking commander among the Impactor race.
Deep within the ship, The glowing form of the Neo-Spirit herself, looked on into the tank where the former Impactor had been slowly regaining his old Earthbound form for quite some time. She smiled lightly now that the process seemed to finally have completed.
"It's finished…" she spoke softly as she floated over the screen where she made her home. "Complete organic regeneration…it is time for you to awaken, my Tendou."
She addressed the young longneck formerly known as Logia by the new name she had given him. His eyes were still closed, deep in sleep as the oxygen mask remained in place over much of his mouth, the warm liquid of the tank surrounding his body as the control panels flickered to life on the base of it.
The Neo-Spirit looked on calmly as the buttons and levers began to push and pull themselves, the machines inside the tank whirring to life, interrupting the peacefulness within the liquid. The liquid itself began to drain around Tendou, his body slowly moving to the bottom of the tank as it all diminished to nothingness, his form laying motionless as the cable above him pulled away, removing his oxygen mask, and the tube that had been in his throat through all that time.
A Mild current then suddenly flashed through the bottom of the tank, causing Tendou's body to jerk upright as it re-animated him, making him cough and convulse visibly through the glass as he felt air entering his lungs for the first time in what had seemed like an eternity, his new heart thundering to life as it beat steadily under his ribcage.
He groaned and grunted loudly, crying out almost like a newborn, as the glass of the tank slowly descended around him, a large robotic arm reaching down and gently scooping him up, it being controlled by the Neo-Spirit as she looked on with an approving smile.
"Yes…" she spoke, as the arm lowered Tendou's body onto a warmed platform. "Feel the air in you once again…let it feed your heart, and nourish your repaired brain and nervous system…feel the warm embrace of life once more, Tendou…"
Tendou shivered as he slowly got a hold of his breath, too bewildered at the moment to even speak. His last memories had been of fighting as Logia, using the Orga gear, and the subsequent reconciliation with his mother, before the Orga Gear's power short-circuited his Impactor life-support, causing what he thought was his death.
The young Longneck shakily got onto all four of his new feet, the sensation familiar, yet unfamiliar all at once as he grunted, feeling quite a bit of stiffness in these limbs as a shower nozzle then slowly lowered from the ceiling, and stopped over his form. It then gently sprayed him with a showering of warm water.
Tendou jumped a little at first, but then sighed and lowered his head at the feel of the warm water washing over him, cleaning his body of all traces of the fluid that sustained and regenerated him in the tank. The Neo-Spirit watched on with an approving nod, as he slowly looked up to her, and spoke his first words through his new vocal cords.
"Tendou…" he said, softly, his voice now calm and masculine, with no traces of technology around it now. "Why do you call me that?" He tilted his head a little as the shower continued to clean his form.
"Because Logia is no longer a proper name for you." She simply responded. "You are not an Impactor anymore. By living that life and using that name, you had doomed yourself to the road to hell…but now, with my help, you will walk the path of heaven."
"Walking the path of heaven…" Tendou spoke softly as the shower finished its work on him, his body dripping wetly. He smiled a little. "I do like the sound of that, I have to say…" He then furrowed his brow a little as he thought to himself, before asking the Neo-Spirit, "But how do you plan on helping me?"
"Shhh…" She responded gently. "For now, rest, Tendou…" A comfortable looking bed rose from the floor, as warm air jets dried Tendou's body. "Your body needs that more than anything right now."
Tendou nodded slowly as he yawned, indeed feeling quite tired. The bed was nice and well padded as he climbed up into it, slowly getting used to his new limbs as he curled up slowly, and laid down.
"How do you feel?" The Neo-Spirit enquired.
"I feel…" Tendou spoke as he slowly drifted off to sleep. "…cleansed."
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Time passed from then on, and Tendou was taking the time to adjust to his new body, remembering what food and water tasted like, as well as learning about the new weapons the Neo-Spirit had developed.
Little did he know, however, that a piece of his past, his old self, was already on its way to Earth.
A sleek Impactor carrying craft, bearing the name of "The Harbinger", was slowly flying towards the solar system, taking its time as it coasted freely along the stars, and avoiding the occasional asteroid.
A few spare Giga fighters worked the controls of the ship, each of their single red eyes glowing, as a single Impactor warrior stood on the bridge of this craft. He was a prominent Lieutenant of the Impactor armies, who had taken this journey on his own accord.
Lieutenant Kevran stood silently, his arms crossed as his violet armor shone in the light, a slick black visor covering his optical circuits, a motionless metal mouth below it, showing no emotion as he walked slowly to one of the windows, his violet and black colored boots clanking gently as a gun cling to the side of his belt, along with what looked like a series of small, but menacing blade weapons.
"My friend…" he spoke slowly, a soft electronic gargle coming from his voice as he looked out towards the stars. He then thought to himself, "If only you knew of the betrayal of your memory, and your ideals taking place among your fellow Impactors, spinelessly agreeing with the Paxerians to stay away from the planet Earth…Because of your death, along with Lucia, Radia, and General Balcus, a whole planet of Impactors choose not to challenge the organics on this ruling."
He shook his head as he slowly walked away from the window, still thinking. "No one is willing to take a stand…but I shall." He then walked from the bridge and into a hallway, passing a few Giga fighters as he made his way to another room.
"I'm certain the high council will be angry with me once they've discovered I've defied their orders…" Kevran once again thought to himself, as he entered the small laboratory, walking over to a small robot that was making observations on a tank in one corner. "…But once they seen the fruit of my labor, I'm certain they'll be more than willing to forgive my crossing them."
He bent down just a little, in order to observe the bizarre greenish solution that was slowly being concocted from within the tank.
"I'll make them pay for what they did to you, my friend…Those primitive wads of slime on Earth won't know what hit them…"
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On the desert planet of Nubis III, the Neo-Spirit's ship slowly began to descend, blowing bits of sand all around its area as it gently began to set down on the alien surface. After taking some more time to learn about his new body and new weapons, Tendou had gotten wind of the lone Impactor craft that was making its way towards Earth. This planet was just a brief stop on the way there.
"Are you certain you want to put yourself through this, Tendou?" The Neo Spirit asked as he walked to the exit. "You do know this could put us further behind our target, right?"
The Teen longneck simply nodded as he made his way through the door, carrying something around his neck. "This is important to me. First, I need to test out your new weapon, and see how well I can use it…" He then looked up to the screen where the Neo-Spirit was watching. "Plus I think I need to confront my own demons, before taking on any others."
The Neo-Spirit looked on sympathetically. "Very well…If that's how you feel, then I shall no longer restrain you…exit when you're ready."
Tendou nodded again, as he took a deep breath. He then slowly headed towards the door, which opened up for him, leading to the planet's surface. He soon felt the heat from the sun on his skin as he descended onto the warm sand.
The longneck made the first footprints the planet probably had on its sand for quite some time, as he looked all around the oasis. After taking the moment to survey the scene, he waited until he was a good distance from the ship, and stopped walking.
He lowered his head, as the object wrapped around his neck slid all the way down to the base of his skull. With a quick jerk of his head, he tossed the belt-like object onto the sand, a good few feet away from him.
With that, he then yelled out to the object. "Activate simulation 976W, authorization Tendou 98325!"
The object suddenly lit up as he spoke the special password, a shaft of glowing light emanating around it as it slowly began to grow and take another form.
This simulation was a little something Tendou had been cooking up for a while. He looked on, preparing to face his created opponent, which finally solidified into its full form. Tendou watched as the figure of Logia, his old Impactor self, now stood before him.
Logia looked over his hands, surveying his black and silver armored form slowly, his gun at his side, before looking back over to Tendou and shaking his head slowly.
"You are such a fool…" Logia Spoke, his distorted, electronic voice sparking to life as it reverberated through the oasis. "Look at you…standing before me as your former self, a weak, common organic!" He placed a hand on his chest. "You would willingly turn against this? Against your power, and the beliefs that sustained you? Are you truly prepared to revolt against your true self."
"I am prepared, because you are NOT my true self!" Tendou shot back. "Because of you, my true self almost died! Almost taken completely by your venom, by the poison that the entire Impactor race fed to me. And now, today, I shall rid myself of this venom for good!"
An electronic chittering was now heard through the air, as the form of a small, metallic red beetle suddenly flew out of the Neo-Spirit's ship, and into view. Logia simply watched as the beetle buzzed around Tendou, zeroing in on a silver belt that he was wearing around his middle.
"Henshin!" Tendou yelled out, as the beetle finally flew to the middle of his belt on his underside, attaching itself to him as it clicked into place. A few buzzing and whirring sounds came from the belt, as a deep electronic voice called out "HENSHIN" from the belt.
Tendou's form changed right there, rising onto his hind legs as his forelegs changed into arms, his humanoid body slowly covering itself in a heavy silver armor, with traces of red and black underneath, as a mask with a blue visor encircled his face and head.
Logia looked on with interest as Tendou's armored body, clicked into place and hissed to life. He was now in the default "masked" form of the new weapon the Neo Spirit had created, the armored fighter known as "Kabuto".
"Impressive toys you have…" Logia mused as he readied his holstered gun. "But that in itself does not insure victory!" With that he quickly spun, pulling his gun out of the holster and firing. Tendou quickly turned as his armored back took the brunt of this blast, letting it knock him forward a bit. He then spun back towards Logia, and whipped out his own weapon. It looked like a small axe, but it also had a gun's muzzle on the butt, as he pulled the hidden trigger on the other end and fired back.
Logia quickly spun once more, avoiding the blast from Tendou, as he counter-blasted him three times. Tendou responded by charging towards the impactor, grunting as he slashed his axe left and right, deflecting each of the blasts before finally reaching Logia and slashing him across the chest with the blade.
Logia grunted and gasped as the blade hit him so hard, raising his hand as Tendou tried to bring the weapon down on him again. He attempted to bring the gun up to Tendou's middle, as Tendou saw this and quickly grabbed Logia's gun hand, trying to draw it away from him. It was no use though, as Logia fired and clipped Tendou in the right side of his abdomen, and then brought up his other hand and gave him a glancing blow across his blue visor, finally kicking him away with his left foot.
Tendou grunted loudly as he fell to the sand, rolling away as Logia fired away with his gun once more, laughing a bit as Tendou simply rolled away from each shot on the sand.
"Look at you…" Logia growled. "Crawling about on the earth like a worm…You should have known that without your Impactor parts, that you were always a frail and easy kill." He fired again as Tendou now rolled back onto his feet, deflecting the blast with his right gauntlet as he breathed heavily.
"Oh, I assure you…" Tendou responded. "You're not even close to having me dead." With that he then quickly pulled the horn back on the beetle in the middle of his belt, stopping it halfway as a series of clicking and beeping noises emanated from his suit. The heavy silver armor that covered nearly all of him quickly detached itself partially, before Tendou finally called out "Cast off!" and pulled the horn all the way back.
Logia aimed his gun for another shot, before the voice in Tendou's belt called out "CAST OFF". Before Logia could fire, he suddenly saw pieces of the heavy armor suddenly launch out towards him, causing him to duck before a few pieces smacked him on the head, making him fall back.
Tendou simply stood as the Kabuto armor now took it's much more sleek and impressive "Stealth" form, his lighter armor now mostly red with some black highlights. His once unified blue visor was now being separated by a long red horn that was hidden in his masked form. It clicked into place on his helmet as his blue eyes glowed, the voice speaking once more as it said "CHANGE BEETLE".
Logia slowly got back onto his feet, as he suddenly saw Tendou rushing right towards him now, letting loose with a flurry of punches and kicks. Logia quickly countered a few of these moves, holstering his gun as he punched for Tendou's head, only to have him quickly weave out of the way. He then tried to kick Tendou's side, as Tendou simply sidestepped him and turned, giving the Impactor a hard elbow in the back.
The Impactor grunted as he fell and rolled back onto his feet once again, readying his blaster. Tendou reached into his belt, and pulled out a sleek dagger that was now waiting for him in his present form. He quickly dodged all of Logia's shots, before Logia lost his patience and withdrew the blades that resided in his wrists. He ran in and slashed each one at Tendou, who skillfully evaded all of these swipes, and with a single upward swing, gave Logia a deep cut on the right side of his grilled visor.
Logia grunted out in frustration as pieces of his visor fell off in the process, all the wires exposed as his vision was now slightly impaired. He then launched himself at Tendou, grabbing him by the arm and yelling out as he threw him over to a collection of rocks lodged in the sand. He then blindly fired away, as Tendou leapt to avoid each of these shots, trying to dive behind a few boulders as Logia used all the energy in his gun to send an extremely powerful blast towards the area.
An explosion rocked the oasis as he fired, seeming to hit Tendou as it also crashed into the boulders, obliterating them in seconds as pieces began to rain down from the aftermath of the blast.
Logia stood for a moment, satisfied now, as he began to walk away…before he turned around once more, suddenly sensing that the blast didn't do it's job.
He turned just in time to see Tendou calmly rising from the area where Logia had thought he had killed him, walking slowly towards his opponent.
"Why…" Logia breathed harder as he clenched his fists. "Why can't I kill you?" He screamed.
Tendou offered him no answer as he ran in once more, yelling out in a rage as Tendou quickly avoided his attempt at a punch, grabbing his arm and bringing up one of his powerful feet, kicking the Impcator off to the side as he fell and rolled onto his knees in the sand.
With that, he turned slightly, and quickly pressed three buttons that were now above the beetle on his belt, the computer speaking "1, 2, 3" as he pressed each one. He then pulled the beetle's horn back to its forward position, and calmly spoke "Rider kick." He pulled the horn back to the other side as the beetle itself began to spark, the computer proclaiming "RIDER KICK".
Tendou simply stood in his place, not moving as Logia got back onto his feet. He ran in, trying once more to take out Tendou from behind, as blue energy carried itself from the middle of Tendou's belt, right up to the very tip of his horn.
Just as Logia moved in for the kill, Tendou suddenly turned, bringing up his right foot as it glowed with the same energy. In a split second, he caught the impactor with hard, and impressive crescent kick, the impact making Logia explode almost instantly.
A great blue-green fireball engulfed the area around Tendou as his simulated opponent was finally destroyed, his demons finally conquered, in his own mind that was, as a whining noise was heard after the fireball, the result of his own weaponry powering down. As the smoke slowly cleared with the sand from the explosion, Tendou returned to his standing position once more, and gave a gesture. He placed his left hand just above his belt, and slowly raised his right arm above his head, his index finger pointing towards the sky…towards heaven…
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On The Harbinger, Kevran Slowly paced along the bridge, slowly seeing the planets of the Earth's solar system come into view.
But this was not on the Impactor's mind at the moment, as he was slowly pouring some of the same bizarre solution from before into a small container, with what looked like a needle at the end of it.
"Soon, my friend…" Kevran spoke softly to himself. "Soon you shall be avenged…the seed left behind by your simple existence is now ready to be spread."
With that, he placed the tiny container into his gun, and cocked it into place…