Hello everyone, R-0 here with the next chapter of my fanfic, I am sorry for the delay of this chapter, but my laptop went completely FUBAR, so I am borrowing my Mothers's, that's what I get for not regularly wiping my RAM.I get a complete system crash.
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Robot Wars and its Respective Characters.
Chapter 2: Another Begins
"Ryusei-Kun...? Ryusei-Kun...?" A voice calls out to Ryusei, who currently feels disorientated, unable to fully comprehend who is talking to him.
He stirs, lightly opening his eyes, still not fully conscious, seeing only blurrs, however, he has enough sense to know, from the sounds, that he is on a train.
Where… where am I? I remember… that kid and Ingram and…
"Ryusei-Kun, are you alright?" A concerned voice calls out to him, the voice becoming more familiar to Ryusei.
Eventually, his sight stops being blurred, Ryusei finally recognising that he is sat on one of the side seats located on the train. Turning his head towards the direction of the voice, he sees the face of his childhood friend Kusuha Mizuha.
Filled with a sudden joy at seeing his friend who just died in front of him, Ryusei, without thinking, lunges forward and tightly hugs Kusuha.
"Kusuha!" He cries out, his actions turning a few heads, as well as surprising Kusuha herself.
"R-Ryusei-Kun, w-what are you doing?!" She stammers out embarrassment clear in her tone.
"You're alive…" Ryusei says. Kusuha's eyes widen questioningly at this.
"I'm alive, what do you mean?" She asks.
Suddenly, Ryusei realises what he is doing and backs off, sitting back, he rubs the back of his hands embarrassingly.
"Sorry, I don't know what came over me." He apologises.
"It's fine." She accepts his apology "What did you mean by alive?" She asks again.
Oh crap… think of something, Ryusei…!
"Er… I just dozed off for a few seconds, ended up having a split-second nightmare, you know the ones."
As if she'll believe that, Ryusei!
"Well, that's good Ryusei-Kun, that explains why you weren't responding to me for a few seconds, right?"
If Ryusei wasn't so relieved she bought it, he would have face-palmed at her air-headedness.
But still… I am so happy that she's alive, guess Ingram wasn't kidding around… figures…
"Yeah, Kusuha, I just dozed off for a few seconds, sorry about that." He aplogises. "What were we talking about again?"
"You were telling me about some guy named Tenzan Nakijima, apparently, he's pretty famous." If Kusuha was paying attention, she may have noticed how his eyebrows narrowed a little bit at the mention of Tenzan.
Oh yeah, HIM…
While, originally, Ryusei greatly respected Tenzan for his skill and reputation as an excellent gamer. Meeting the real him, seeing how corrupted he became has left the PsychoDriver with nothing but loathing for the man.
An idea crosses through his head, something that may perhaps stop Tenzan from being a threat in the future while finally putting him in his place.
Now that I have been sent back, I will try to fix things or change something for the better, Tenzan, you are my first step towards that!
"Ryusei-Kun? Are you okay?"
"H-huh…?"
"Well, you just did that thing again."
"Oh sorry, just thinking about the tournament, how it would be real lucky if I have gotten this far and win the fight against Tenzan, you know?"
She gives him a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, Ryusei-Kun, I know you will do great!"
He chuckles a little at her encouraging words, "Yeah, thanks Kusuha." He gives a smile back, "by the way, how are things going with you?" Ryusei asks, wanting to keep the happiness he is feeling with talking to her, trying to re-fill the emptiness he felt watching all of his friends die while helpless to stop it.
"Huh, do you really want to talk about that sort of thing? Shouldn't you be preparing yourself?" She asks.
"Nah, it's fine, it will help me take my mind off of it anyway." He reasons.
"Oh well, in that case…" Kusuha began to talk about her life, from schoolwork, to her education and even any new friends she's made.
All the while Ryusei sits there, happy that he has this second chance.
I won't let it happen again, not this time!
Scene Change, The Final Fight
"It's the time you have all been waiting for, ladies and gentlemen, the final round of the Burning PT Tournament!" The announcer says, the crowd cheering at his words.
"The finalists are…"
"To my right, Tenzan Nakajima!" A storm of boos cover the stage, said boos never making much sense to the PsychoDriver.
At least, that was until he met the real Tenzan.
Ryusei stands there, trying his best to control the rage he feels towards the man in front of him, his rational thought the only thing keeping him calm.
If you beat him, Ryusei, then DC may not scout him, that would save everyone a world of trouble.
"And to my left, we have Ryusei Date!" Ryusei gives and enthusiastic wave to the audience, putting a cheerful smile on.
This greatly pleases the crowd as they give him a happy cheer.
"May the best pilot win, Tenzan Nakajima." Is all Ryusei says to him, feeling very itchy to fight Tenzan.
Tenzan, of course, just gives a little "hmph" and walks to his VR Pod. Ryusei feels great anger at his arrogance, but suppresses it. He makes his own way to the other pod.
"Good Luck, Ryusei-Kun!" Kusuha offers some last words of encouragement for Ryusei.
Once inside he uploads the data for his Burning PT Mech, the Komet SS, the familiar blue, white and red Mech materialising on the Arena Display Unit.
Komet SS, I haven't used this guy in a while, what did this thing have again? A Machine Gun and a Beam Saber?… Damn…
After fighting for so long in the R-1, Ryusei was used to its weapons and fighting style. It isn't surprising that it will take hima while to get back into the swing of it.
On the opposite side of the arena, Tenzan deploys his own Personal Trooper, the yellow-coloured Ocherous-Ausfuhrun.
During the countdown stage, Ryusei is deep in thought about how to tackle his opponent…
Think Ryusei, what has all of those months of fighting taught you? How to think!
His mech may look big and slow, but Tenzan makes it move ridiculously fast, somehow I am going to have to take pot-shots, not just charge at him and give him an opening!
From what I remember, Tenzan taunted me into attacking him; taking advantage of my reckless nature, let's see how he likes his own medicine!
"Let the final match begin!"
Instead of boosting forward like last time, Ryusei dashes backwards, surprising everyone, including Tenzan.
"Oh, looks like this kid's smarter than he looks." Tenzan mutters.
Ryusei eventually jumps sideways behind a large rock-face.
Now… the waiting begins.
It is a tense moment, Ryusei's Komet doesn't move from behind the rock-face. Disappointed murmurs can be heard from among the crowd, clearly they expected more action.
Tenzan, equally one of these people, calls out to Ryusei.
"Oi, what are you doing? Get out and fight me!"
"I will, I just can't be bothered. Go on, finish your snack." Ryusei replies smugly.
"You-You little punk." That statement pisses of Tenzan.
Meanwhile…
"Major Ingram, what is that boy doing?" Aya asks. "Is he hiding from his opponent?"
Ingram shakes his head. "No, Aya, what I think he's doing is more ingenious than that."
"W-what do you mean?"
"Hm, you'll see."
How intriguing… he's using tactical knowledge, but his records show no military history, so how?
Back to the fight…
Tenzan has just finished his meal and his mech come to life, dashing towards the rock-face.
"Have you finally finished your snack?" Ryusei asks, his tone mocking.
"You bastard, I ain't gonna let you just mock me!" Tenzan yells. He raises his Arm Cannon and fires.
Finally.
The shell connects with the Rock face and explodes, a large cloud conjures and Tenzan hovers there, waiting for his proof of victory.
When the smoke clears, The Komet is nowhere to be seen. Tenzan, in all his arrogance, assumes victory.
"Heh, take that! Trying to mock ME, Tenzan Nakajima!" His tone is arrogant and prideful.
Suddenly, a burst of bullets comes from the right. Tenzan manages to react in time and evade, his cockpit and head unit safe, however the bullets manage to hit the Right Arm Cannon, tearing the artificial metal into pieces, the arm unit explodes.
"W-what the hell?!" Tenzan screams, sheer surprise colouring his tone.
The radar suddenly recognises the enemy unit to his right, turning, he sees that it was indeed the Komet SS that had shot him, the Machine Gun barrel still smoking from the recent burst.
"Hehe, got you." Ryusei mutters, a satisfied smirk on his face.
"How did he hit me? How did he get over there without me noticing?!" Tenzan yells, unable to comprehend that he was just outmanoeuvred.
Back with Ingram and Aya
"Sir, is that what you meant?" Aya directs her question
He casually nods. "Indeed it is, Aya."
"If you don't mind me asking, what did he do exactly?"
"He coaxed his opponent into attacking him, then he moved from his position at the moment before the shell connected, avoiding the shot. Doing this allowed him to use the explosion as a smokescreen." He explains. "During the confusion, he took a shot at his opponent."
"Wow, he doesn't look like the strategic type." Aya says.
"I think it is more of a case of he developed a strategy for THIS particular opponent. It certainly seems like he has fought him before."
"But they haven't even met, Major." Aya explains.
"Maybe, maybe not. Either way, continue to monitor the boy."
"H-hai!"
Back to the fight…
Ryusei decides to go on the offensive and charges at Tenzan, letting of controlled bursts of machine gun fire.
Tenzan easily dodges the shots and returns with shots with his remaining Arm Cannon. Ryusei equally dodging his shots.
Tenzan is becoming increasingly irritated, his shots losing accuracy and becoming more sporadic, some even hitting the ground.
They both continue to strafe in a circle, both Personal Troopers letting off continuous shots at each other, a dance of shells and bullets.
Unfortunately, Ryusei is the first to give as his Machine Gun runs out of ammo.
Dropping the weapon, Ryusei pulls out his Beam Sabre and charges at Tenzan who, seeing an opportunity, stops moving and hovers.
Come on, take the bait Ryusei Date!
Ryusei continues to charge at Tenzan, without hesitation, eventually reaching danger close.
"You're mine, Tenzan!" Ryusei goes to strike the enemy PT, however Tenzan dodges to his right and aims his cannon at the Komet.
Tenzan lets out a howl of laughter "Gotcha!"
He shoots the shell at a close enough distance where dodging is impossible. The shell comes into contact with the Komet's armour and an explosion is noticeable. Tenzan continues to laugh at his apparent victory, taking his hands off of the controls and assumes victory.
All of a sudden, however, the Komet comes dashing out of the explosion, missing an arm and the left side of the Body Armour severely damaged. The Beam Sabre still grasped in the other hand.
Ryusei Swipes downwards towards the Ocherous. Tenzan having no time to counter as the energy blade comes into contact with the Arm Cannon, slicing it off. But the Sabre keeps going and moves downwards and slices one of the legs off.
Without both of its arms and a leg, The Ocherous collapses onto the ground, a defeated heap. Tenzan, however refuses defeat.
"Come on, you piece of Shit! Move!" He yells at the cockpit, frantically trying to do something.
The Ocherous manages to activate the boosters on its other leg and tries to reverse, however Ryusei gives no quarter and slices off the other leg, leaving the Ocherous helpless as it lies there helpless. A simple head and Torso now.
"Oh no… NO!… no,no,no,no,no… I can't lose!" Tenzan now starts to severely panic as he is helpless, his machine staring helplessly up at the Komet.
Meanwhile, Ryusei is feeling great joy at watching Tenzan squirm, seeing his Ocherous try to move even an inch unsuccessfully. He feels tempted to watch this for ages and not let it end.
"It doesn't feel good, does it Tenzan?" He asks.
"What…?" In between his panicking, Tenzan manages to reply.
"To be helpless as an opponent dominates you and rubs it in your face, make you feel inferior." Ryusei explains. "That's what you wanted to do to me, isn't it?"
"Why you…! I'll make you pay!"
"Do you know why you lost? You underestimated me, you didn't go all out from the start, if you had, I would have lost easily. Instead you wanted to humiliate me, now look at you." His tone is arrogant, mocking.
"Oh well, let's end this."
Ryusei manoeuvres his Komit directly in front of the Ocherous' head.
In a touch of irony, Ryusei plants the Komet's foot onto the face of the Ocherous. Pressing down hard onto the head, the foot crushes the head into complete scrap.
Feel what I felt, Tenzan!
"I win, you lose, Tenzan Nakajima." Ryusei says this as the words YOU LOSE appear on Tenzan's display.
Tenzan is unable to bear the shame anymore as he dashes out of the Pod and makes his way for the exit.
I'll get you for this humiliation, Ryusei Date!
Letting go of his own controls, Ryusei takes a breath for a second.
I think I went a little overboard…Oh, who cares?! It's not like he didn't deserve it or anything. Who knows, it may change him for the better?
Hopefully, The DC won't try and recruit him now…
Broken from his thoughts, Ryusei gets out of his Pod and waves to the audience, who cheer for him.
"And the winner is… Ryusei Date!"
Ryusei feels great pride at that.
So this is what it felt like…
Later…
Ryusei has just met up with Kusuha, after being given the prize money, who seems to have a very saddened look on her face.
"Hey, Kusuha, did you see that? I WON!" He happily yells, his good mood apparent.
"Yeah, that's great Ryusei-Kun…" Her voice is obviously depressed. Something hich Ryusei picks up on.
"Oi, what's wrong?"
"It's just… you scared me Ryusei-Kun." Ryusei's eyes widened.
"W-what do you mean?"
"What you did… to that Tenzan person, that was cruel!"
"Kusuha, believe me when I say that I hated doing it, but you don't understand what Tenzan is like, he would have done it to me if I let him!"
"So that makes it right?!" Kusuha asks.
"… No, it doesn't makes it right…" Ryusei says "How about I promise to not do it again? Believe me when I say Kusuha that Tenzan deserved what he got."
"I'll accept that, Ryusei-Kun, but if I see you ever do it again, I won't forgive you!" Ryusei can't tell if she is serious or half-joking.
"Of course, Kusuha."
Back with Ingram and Aya
"Aya… let's pick up Mr. Date once he leaves the building." Aya gives Ingram a little smile.
"Was it an easy choice, Major? He did win, after all." Aya asks.
"No, that isn't the reason I chose him." Aya gives Ingram a quizzical look.
"Then why…?"
"Because Ryusei showed a determination to win, I felt a drive from him, some inner strength that I think the Team needs. That, and I just have a good feeling about him."
"To be honest sir, I am glad that you picked Ryusei, he seems like a nice person, much better than the alternative." Ingram can see she is alluding to Tenzan.
BEEP!BEEP!BEEP!
"Unknowns detected in the air-space. Forces sent to intercept!" Came one of the other Operators.
Back to Ryusei and Kusuha
Any moment now…
What Ryusei is waiting for happens in the next second as an earthquake resounds through the Stadium. He manages to to keep his balance while Kusuha falls onto the ground.
"Are you alright, Kusuha?"
"Yeah… I'm fine, what do you think that was?" Kusuha asks.
"I don't know" he lies, suddenly he has an idea. "Listen, Kusuha, I am going to check it out, can you leave and find some cop or something?"
"Huh, but Ryusei-Kun…" He Interrupts her by slamming his hands down on her shoulders.
"Please?" His voice is pleading, begging even.
Kusuha can't seem to argue and so:
"Alright…" She runs off and escapes from the DangerZone.
Good, this time I stopped her getting hurt…
He runs into the stadium and sees the Insect-like Megillot rise from the crater.
"It's been a while since I have seen one of you, you bastards!" he yells at it, this seems to get its attention as it turns towards his general direction, as if looking at him.
Knowing what is coming next, he dives back out into the corridor. The Sonic Blast impacting against the wall, causing rubble to collapse all around him.
Disorientated, he staggers back up and groans.
"Was it this painful before?!" He asks, seemingly to himself.
At least Kusuha didn't get hurt this time…
Meanwhile…
"Aya, send out the Type-TT." Ingram commands.
"Sir, are you sure? A game and real combat are very different from one another." Aya protests.
"Exactly, let's see how good he TRULY is, Gespensts can always be replaced."
"B-but sir-"
"Are you going to go against me, Aya?" Ingram asked, already knowing the answer.
Aya hesitates for a few seconds before…
"Y-Yes sir… Sending out the Type TT." She goes back to work.
Now… show me how good you truly are, Ryusei Date!
Back to Ryusei
He already heads outside in anticipation for the arriving Gespenst, so when it arrives he doesn't waste anytime.
He rides the Elevator to the cockpit, pops the hatch and dives into the cockpit.
"Luckily, I still remember how this thing handles!" Ryusei mutters to himself.
Suddenly, the Megillot appears in front of him, entering an aggressive stance.
"There you are, you bastard!" He smirks and grabs the controls.
"Alright, let's do it, Gespenst!"
And so ends the second chapter.
Some of you may be confused why I had Ryusei beat Tenzan, trust me when I say that it will come back to bite him on the Ass.
I am afraid that there may be some Bullet Bashing. I don't like Bullet at all. He is very boring and I just get so pissed when he gets all this attention as some Super PsychoDriver when there are plenty infinitely better than him. I mean, he needs to have a Robot God Mech to do anything!
Good news, I just ordered a Game Boy Advance and OG 1, so I may get some added trivia for the fanfic, however it will still follow the Anime's plot.
By the way, Merry Christmas!
R-0 Out!
