Light and Darkness
Welcome to my first Ultimo fic! I hope that the few people who will read this will have a good time and enjoy the fic. Please do not eat me alive if I get some facts wrong, I just started reading the series myself and quite enjoyed it. Well enough talk on to the fic!!
( Qualia's Creation )
Darkness surrounded an underground passage that led to a secret lab forgotten by time. As dark as it was light, coming from some sphere that were attach to the walls, was present to show anyone who enter the darkness the way to this hidden chamber. It was humid and had a tingle of cold present in the atmosphere. Not to mention the dead of silence that linger absolutely around the place. However this dead silence was broken by the echo of foot steps, someone had enter this forgotten place. A women wearing a beautiful blue kimono enter this passage way and headed straight for the door at the end of this corridor, she had beautiful purple hair and emerald green eyes and her skin was a rich caramel color. She enter a series of digits on a panel close to the door and withing seconds it opened. She enter the lab that was cover in heavy darkness and turned a switch letting light come into the room. The lab looked crusted and molded, everything was cover in a fine layer of dust. Everything except two giant tubes that glow, one glow with a gentle blue, while the other glowed with a deep violet color. She approach the tubes and put her delicate hands on each of the tubes.
" Dunstan has gotten mad with his little experiment between good and evil. He treats his creations like puppets, tools to be used for his crazy experiment to be thrown away after he finishes with them. I pity them, created to destroy each other just because he wants to see who would win in a battle between good an evil." she shook their heads " Their just his experiments." she looked at the tubes with compassion in her eyes " But not you two. Ultimo and Vice may be his greatest creation from all the others dolls he created, but you two are my greatest creation."
Inside the tubes lie two dolls like boys. One had a boy with brown hair, his bangs where long but the rest of his hair was short. His skin was rich cream and had a pair of beautiful white wings folded to be able to fit inside the tube. On the other tube was another boy and seem to be around the same age and hight but this one had violet hair. His skinned was tanned and like the other had a pair of wings folding inside the tube, except this were black. Both of them didn't seem to have the gloves that make them look like they had giant hands like Dunstan's creations. The woman, named Qualia, looked at the boys like a loving mother look at her children. She had work along side the doctor for as long as she can remember. At first the man had been a genius and his work was dedicated for the benefits of mankind. But lately he had been turning for the worst. And his final experiment had taken the cake of crazy ideas.
Qualia had secretly been constructing these two ever since the scientist began constructing the karakuri dojis for his experiment. However, since the doctor was better and faster than her, she was able to finish her creations around the same day Dunstan had finish Ultimo and Vice. But the difference was evident, Dunstan saw his creations as tools, a means to an end. But to her, her creations were like her children, living beings.
" My children, it won't be long before I finally awaken you from your slumber. We will leave the old man and start a new life together. We shall protect the world from Dunstan's creations until it is deemed to declare it safe." she said in a loving tone. She was unable to bare children so one could only imagine the joy of having two boy calling her mother. She had already implanted information on the boys brain to be able to recognize her and to be able to learn for themselves.
However her thoughts where interrupted when a voice spoke from out of nowhere " Well, well, well. What do we have here?"
Qualia quickly turned to face the intruder, but dread overcame her once her eyes lay upon the person behind here " Dunstan!! What are you doing here!!?"
" I had my suspicion for quite some time my dear. But to think that my lab assistant was working on her own karakuri dojis behind my back. Unacceptable." He eye the two boys inside the tube and grinned " Well, well, well. So the projects of Light and Darkness are finished just like my projects of Good and Evil. Hm, I wonder how they would fare against Ultimo and Vice. By the look of them, they seem to be powerful adversaries!! Oh, the possibilities!! I wonder if they could be part of my experiment of good and evil? Wouldn't that be interesting Qualia?"
" Never!! My children and I will never form part of your twisted experiment! What your doing is wrong and many lives will suffer for it!! I created my boys to grow and learn from life, and be able to protect the balance which you will dis-balance if this goes on!! " She stood her ground.
Dunstan frowned " Nonsense Qualia. These are nothing more than our creations, not our children. You know very well that Light and Darkness will always come in conflict with one another, just like Good and Evil. Both are weak and strong against the other, they will always be in conflict with each other. Good and Evil are the same."
Qualia bit her lips " Perhaps, Dunstan. My boys will always be in conflict with one another. But you forget one thing Dunstan."
" And what might that be?"
" Light and Darkness are neither good nor evil. They coexist with one another and never choose sides. They will always be neutral except to each other. So you might as well forget about trying to involve them into your so call experiment! Beside they have me to guide them! They will not be in conflict as long as I'm with them!!" she suddenly gasped at what she had slip through.
Dunstan grinned " So, they will not choose side nor be in conflict with each other as long as you're with them? Like a mother teaching her children to behave?" he chuckled " My dear Qualia, you shouldn't have said that, but I thank you. Do not fret though, your experiments will be put to good use." he began to move closer to his assistant.
Qualia frowned " You will never have my boys". She ran to her right and pressed a button, as soon as she did so the tubes were immediately encapsulated and darted upward toward the sky. They then both rocket out of the area in the same direction. Dunstan shouted in anger as Qualia gave a sad smile at the pods, she knew she was never going to see her boys again.
The pods had travel a few distance away from Dunstan and crash landed into a forest. The hatch open releasing the two boys. The first one to awake was the brown hair boy. He lazily yawn and got out of the pod he was currently in. He stretch his arms and wings before he looked at his surroundings. His eyes were reveal to be emerald green but glowed a neon green as he studied his surroundings, he was acquiring data.
Once done he yawn again " Hm were am I?" he looked around once more. " Hm...by my internal map this is...."
" Shut it will you. You're so noisy." a voice suddenly spoke.
The brunet jump and turned around there in another pod stood a boy with dark violet hair. His eyes were ruby red as he had his arm stretch and his palm right open. Small particles were gathering in his palm and the brunet knew that that's how he gather data. He then frowned at the other boy " Oh, it's only you Shin."
The boy finished gathering data and turn to face the brunet " The name is Shinryu you twerp. Get it right Ragnarock."
" It's Rock!! Ragnarock it's too long, beside Shin suit you better."
" Whatever."
Rock looked at the other boy in confusion " Hey, Shin. Why are you naked?"
Shin looked at his body and indeed he was. He then look at Rock " Because my dense brother I had just awaken from my sleep state and I had no cloth because they would've been wet from this liquid we are currently standing on. Besides, looks who's talking." he said as he stepped out of the pod.
Rock looked at himself and lo and behold " Heh, what do you know. You're right!" he grinned as he too stepped out.
Shin shook his head as black energy materialize cloths for him. He was wearing a black shirt with black baggy pants and shoes. He had a pair of chains hanging from the belt around his pants and a coat that reaches to his feet and some gloves, but they weren't exaggerating bing.
Rock did the same thing after he was done. He materialize a white shirt and white baggy pants and shoes. He also had a coat but his was short and blue, in fact his didn't reach his mid section and had a hoody along with some brown fingerless gloves.
Both of their clothing fitted well with their wings. Rock looked at Shin with a frown as if in thought when suddenly a hologram appear before them. One word left to both their mouth.
" Mother."
The hologram nodded " Yes my children. My name is Qualia and I am the one who gave birth to you, the one who created you both. If you see this hologram version of myself then it means that Dunstan had found out about you and I had no choice but to send you away to safety...and also mean I am no longer among the living. I am deeply sorry I could not be there when both of you awaken.." she had tears now running down her beautiful face " ...but it is for the best. I would never let that man take and manipulate my beloved boys to his twisted experiments. You two are program to learn from your environment and have free will, meaning you yourself choose what do to, want, and so on. You two are the ultimate Karakuri dojis of light and darkness. Ragnarock the courageous and noble karakuri doji of light and Shinryu the powerful and un-tamable karakuri doji of darkness. Each strong and powerful, but with their own personalities. There will be times you will clash with each other since I won't be there to stop you, but I have faith that both of you will realize the truth."
" Beware my children, for Dunstan creations of the ultimate Good and Evil, Ultimo and Vice. They will be powerful adversaries but you will prove them you are no weaklings yourselves. Goodbye my children and remember that mother will always love you." with that the hologram ended.
Rock look sadden while Shinryu frowned " Mother is dead?" he asked getting angry but manage to call himself " Ultimo and Vice, huh? Sounds interesting. I'll enjoy sending them both to the dark abyss." he began to walk away, but not before he saved a copy of the hologram.
" W-Wait Shin!! Where you going? And what did you do that for?" Rock asked.
" Are you stupid or something? You heard mother. We better prepare in case we ever meet with these two. And I save a copy of this so I can see and remember what mother looks like." was the reply.
Rock nodded and did the same thing " Wait Shin, let's travel together for now. Until we have gather enough data to be able to be on our own. I feel weird around you and you probably must feel the same. But it is best for our survival, if not for me then do it for mother."
Shinryu consider it for a moment before he nodded " Very well, but only until we are able to be on our own. Now come on, there is a lot of places and thing to gather information." he spread his wings the tips were surrounded with a purple color energy making his wings look even larger. He took of with amazing speed.
Rock shook his head and laughed " Show off!!" he spread his own wings and took off after his brother. His wing only left a beautiful dust of light behind. As he fly he looked like he had a veil of light following him. His speed was the same as his brother's. They both darted out of the area.
( A few years later )
The group of mercenaries watch as the two robots above them fight. It was amazing and frightening at the same time.
One mercenaries had a blade close to the throat of an old man, the old man was none other than Dunstan.
" What the hell is going on, Old man!? One second the green one is going to kill us and the next the red one and the green one are suddenly beating each other up!" the man holding the blade, Yamato said.
The old man chuckled " Of course they are. They are the ultimate Good and Evil, they could never mix. They're like water and oil. It can clearly be predicted that things would be like this if you guys opened the boxes and awakening them at the same time. I created them for the purpose of seeing who would win in a battle, good or evil? Don't you find this interesting?"
" You're insane!! I don't understand any of this...but I do know one thing, I can never rest in peace if a let a mad man like you live!" Yamato said but his attention was drawn by an explosion and he looked up.
Vice and Ultimo were now staring at each other. Vice let a mad grin appear on his face " Ultimo...I'm going to end you right here, right now."
Ultimo smirked " No Vice, that shall be you."
The two launch at each other intending on finishing each other off. As they approach each other their ams were beginning to transform, however they didn't change completely for they were now restrain by a hand as they were only inches from each other.
" What the fuck!!?" Vice shouted angrily. Ultimo was stunned by the sudden restrain. The grip was very strong.
" You know there are may ways you two can actually settle this without killing each other. But then again you probably were program to obey that man's twisted experiment. I feel sorry for you."
The one holding both robots was a boy with white angel wings and brown hair. His eyes were emerald green and white clothing with a blue short coat and brow fingerless gloves. Everyone, even the two karakuri dojis, stared at the angel who had stopped the titanic fight.
" An angel has saved us boss!! A real life angel!!" one of the thief shouted in awe.
The praises reach brown hair angel and he couldn't help but to grin. He felt some pride in the wave of complements that were thrown his way.
Dunstan frowned ' A disturbance has appear. Curse you Qualia.' he thought.
The angel grinned as he let go of both robot boys arm " You two must be Ultimo, the Ultimate Good, and Vice, the Ultimate Evil."
Vice snapped out of his stunned stated " Just who the fuck are you!!? And how dare you interrupt our fight!!"
The angel looked at Vice shaking his head " Mah, Mah. No need to get hasty evil one. Your creator there knows who I am, since he tried to take possession of me and my brother. But since you asked..." he made a heroic pose as he pointed at himself "...My name is Ragnarock, the Ultimate karakuri doji of Light!! Just call me Rock for short." he grinned.
Ultimo blinked " Well um...Rock. Why did you stop us?"
Rock shook his finger at them " You two have been causing a commotion around here. Many of my animal friends have already flee in terror because of you two. Not to mention the villagers, not too far from here, that are hiding in their houses in fear. So I took it upon myself to check it out and what do I find...the two karakuri dojis of Good and Evil going at it."
" Why the fuck do you care? If you're a karakuri doji as you say you are, then which side are you on anyways!!?" Vice was getting angry now.
Rock smirk " Side? I'm in no ones side. I am neutral, like my brother, well for now anyways. Now, I'm gonna ask you two to cut it out..." he then gave them a vicious look as his smirk deepens " ...or I'll be force to destroy you two."
Ultimo glare back, not liking to be threaten " Threatening some one is not a very nice thing to do. You better go back from where ever you came if you know whats good for you. I will not tolerate any evil acts, not on my watch."
Rock smirk never left him " Says the guy who just threaten back."
Ultimo eyes narrow even more. Vice was gritting his teeth " Who the fucking hell do you think you...huh?" he notice some particles coming fro him and Ultimo, and around the area were beginning to rise toward the air. The two looked up and saw yet another angel, or a fallen one. His hair was deep violet and his wings were black. He wore darker clothing, opposing the other angel. The particles floating toward his glove cover palm before he close it and the particles disappeared. He eyed the three karakuri dojis with an unreadable expression, he simply looked at them seriously.
Rock grinned " Well, long time no see Shin. I thought you disappeared after we parted ways." he then frown " Now, what are you doing here?"
Shin shook his head " You are such an annoyance Ragnarock. The real question is what are you doing here with these two?" he glared at the red and green robots.
Rock shrugged " They were messing up my animal friends home." Shin rolled his eyes as if saying ' still playing with fluffy animals, you freak'" Hey! They are living being too! Anyways, I was giving them a chance to knock it off and disappear from here."
Shin smirk " Why give them a chance..." a black energy sphere appeared around his hand "...when you could kill them now." a black beam shot from it and headed straight for Vice.
Said robot manage to dodge but part of his side was caught and destroyed and he screamed from the pain " AARGH!! Y-You bastard!!" he said holding his side.
Ultimo wasted no time and charge at the black winged karakuri doji. " ' Robotic Transformation' Lion's Mouth!!" he threw the lion head arm intending on hitting him with enough force just to make him fall back.
Shin ducked " ' Robotic Transformation'..." his right arm glow an eerie purple before it was replaced with a dark purple dragon's head " Dragon's bane!!" the dragon head open its mouth and out came a long pitch black blade. He swung his arm blade and cut through the lion head with ease. Ultimo screamed in pain put something grabbed him by the throat. Shin had a hold of the other boy and was looking at him seriously, Ultimo use his other gloved hand to try to get himself free, but fail. " I have nothing against you nor your play pal over there. But I do have something against your creator. It is only fair that I destroy his so call creations since he killed our mother."
" W-What? W-Who are you?" Ultimo groan in pain.
" I am the karakuri doji of Ultimate Darkness, Shinryu. Our mother, Qualia, warned us about you two, but so far I'm not impressed." he raised his dragon head once again " Farewell Ultimo, may you fine peace in the endless darkness." as he was about to strike a hand stopped him. He didn't turn at all to know who it was " What are you doing Rock?" he asked in a monotone voice.
Rock had a serious face " That's enough Shin, I think you prove your point."
Shin didn't turn around nor let go of Ultimo " Point? No, I have not. I don't understand why you want to give these pathetic karakuri dojis a chance to leave when they attack me with halve their power thinking that that would be enough, amateurs. No. Unlike you I do not forgive that easily Rock." with a powerful flap from one of his wings he hit the brunet dead on sending him crashing to the ground. " Foolish brother, your compassion will be the death of you one day. People must not be easily forgiven. Now...." he turned to a now terrified Ultimo "...where were we?" he raised his blade again to strike.
" 'Robotic Transformation'!! Phoenix Blast!!"
The dark winged angel let go of Ultimo and dodge a fiery bird shape blast. Ultimo took the opportunity to gain some distance. He turned to look at his attacker but saw Rock only inches away from him.
" 'Robotic Transformation'!! Pegasus's sword!!" his right arm glowed a blue color before it transform into a light blue head of a horse with a horn, the horn was the long blade. He swung down and the blades collided with each other. " I said, that's enough." Rock said seriously while Shin simply glared at him.
The bandits and Dunstan, all were watching as the two angels clash against each other. It was like watching a holy battle between a demon and an angel. Ultimo was holding his injure arm as he wince, he look for Vice and found him holding his side but looking intently at the dark angel. Ultimo immediately knew that Vice wanted the dark angel's power for his own.
" Hydra canon!!" a barrage of bluish fireball darted from another dragon shape arm but this one was different shape and a dark blue color.
Rock was able to narrowly dodge the blasts by using his wings like a shield. Once he opened them he launch forward toward the black winged angel " Shin, stop this right now!!" he shouted as a veil of light followed him.
Shin smirk as he awaited the others blow. ' He is so easy to read' he smirk grew.
Rock threw a punch at the other but was easily caught, he then threw the other one but was caught by the other hand as well. They struggle for a moment before Shin thrust his wings forward cutting Rock's wings.
" Aah!!!" Rock shouted.
Shin frown as the tip of his wings burst the purple energy making his wing look even larger and thrust forward pushing the now wingless Rock. He soar quickly the sky and slam the brunet against a giant boulder not too far from where they were. Rock was in pain. Shin ruffle the brunets hair softly " Sorry for this Ragnarock. But now that I am close to finishing off those two I can't simply let you intervene just because you want to give them a chance. Not everyone is as forgiving as you." he then left the brunet and headed toward the place where the two robots where.
To his surprise they were still there " Good, you didn't flee. I guess my respect for you two have improve some. But it won't be enough to save you." he smirk but suddenly his whole body was cover in arrows. He had a disbelief look on his face.
" You demon!! How dare you hurt the angel!!" one of the bandit shouted.
" Yeah!!" all the other bandits join in. Even Yamato had left the old man to join the rest of the bandits.
Vice smirked " Looks like we aren't the only ones you manage to pissed of today."
Shinryu's eyes glowed red. The arrows around his body turn to dust. " You pathetic excuse for vermins!! How dare you attack me!!?" he raised his arm and a black vortex appeared in the sky. " I was planning on eliminating these two only, but you humans force my hand!! Prepare to die!!" he shouted enraged. His calm de-minor had vanish and his hatred began to take over, something that happen every once in a while.
" I won't let you!!" Ultimo shouted " ' Robotic Transformation'!!" the arm he still had transformed into a crane head with a very long beak " Crane Sword!!" he rocket toward the other.
The vortex was sucking everything into the darkness. The skies began to twist and loose their bluish color and turned red. The ground bellow began to crack as some of the bandits and pieces of earth floated into the black hole. Ultimo simply couldn't allow this to happen.
Shinryu smirk " You think you can stop me at your current state!!? HAHAHAHA" his laughter echoed eerily around the field. " That's almost insulting. What makes you think you can hit me, especially if I move around?" his smirk grew.
" I'll give you a hint." a voice said softly from behind making Shin's eyes grow wide. The violet hair angel suddenly felt his arms and wings being restrain by a pair of arms. Shin looked behind to find his brother pinning him on the air.
" Rock!!? What are you doing!!? Get off of me!!" he roared.
Ultimo halted and watch with wide eyes the scene before him. Rock saw this and immediately shouted " Ultimo now!! Do it now!! This is the only chance you got to take him out!!"
" W-What? But if I do that you will.." the red hair began but was cut off.
" No!! Right now he's in a state were he can't be reason!! Trust me and impale him already!! I can't hold him for much longer!!" the brunet shouted as he struggle to maintain his grip on the other. Ultimo looked uncertain, but launch again with his sword at the ready.
" Ragnarock let go of me!! If you don't we'll both die you moron!!" Shinryu continue to struggle.
" Perhaps, but maybe its better this way." he smiled as he saw Ultimo within range.
Shinryu's eyes widen as he felt the blade pierce through his chest and Rock's. The blade had made a clean cut through both of them. He felt his system beginning to shot down " Dammit...all." he mutter as he felt the blade leave his body.
The angels began to fall down from the sky. Rock had a smile on his face but felt something grab him and prevent his falling, he slowly looked up and saw that Ultimo was holding him with his only available arm. He looked as his other fell into one of the many fissures. He made a gesture as if to reach for him " S-Shin.." he said weakly as he saw his brother disappear in the darkness and he himself fell into unconscious darkness.
Ultimo felt pity for the angel. He look around and spotted the remaining bandits ok, some of them had survive the onslaught, but Vice was no where to be seen. Far away from the group, Dunstan had watch everything with an amuse expression " Why my dear Qualia, you have created two powerful karakuri doji's, maybe even more powerful than mine. Now that you will not guide them...things has just gotten more interesting. I wonder how it will all develop...hm, well I have all the time in the world to watch." he said as he disappeared from sight.
I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. More will be on their way but I'm kinda bussy with my other fic, so they might come more slower than anticipated. Reviews are welcome. See you next time.