Light and Darkness
Sorry I didn't update in a long, long, LONG time. I've been a little busy. Well here's the next chapter...enjoy.
( A new path )
Coming out of his shut down state Ragnarock slowly opened his eyes. He looked at his surroundings and he couldn't decipher where he was. He inspected this place more closely and figure he was inside a tent on a very uncomfortable bed, but he really shouldn't complain. He sit up from his position and stretch. Memories of the battle with his brother suddenly came into mind, he inspected himself and was please to see that his chest wound was already healed and so were his wings.
" I see that you are already up and healed." a voice spoke.
Rock turned to look at the person who had enter the tent, or rather boy. The fiery red head Ultimo was standing at the opening eying the brunet with a soft smile " Your healing capabilities are remarkable, just like mine and Vice's" he said while showing his newly formed gloved hand to the brunet.
Rock grinned " Yep! Um...where am I anyways?"
Ultimo smiled again " We're in the bandit's camp site. They were more than pleased to help their saviors in their hour of need."
Rock sighed " I see. Say Ultimo..."
" Uru...please call me Uru, it's shorter that way."
Rock grinned once more " Right!! Uru...how long have I've been in shut down mode?"
" Well you been like that for three days now." he then looked at the ground looking guilty " Listen, I'm sorry for impaling you...I..."
" Hey common, I told you to do it. I'm sorry if I made you go against your orders. But it had to be done, beside my brother would've understand. Now if you'll excuse me..." Rock stood up from the bed " I'm going out and look for said brother."
Ultimo had wide eyes " W-What?" he then looked serious " I'm sorry to say this but your brother is gone."
Rock bit his lips " N-No. He's stronger than that. If I survived the attack so did he."
Uru shook his head " Rock, you didn't fall into a fissure. Who knows how many times he got hit with rocks, stalagmites and such. I caught you, remember?" he once again look guilty " I'm sorry."
The brunet angel sighed " That's ok. Maybe it's for the best, but its not going to be the same without him around. He's my brother you know."
" He tried to kill you." the red head countered.
Rock shook his head " No, he moved me out of the way so he can kill you and Vice. He has no interest in killing me, well just as long as I didn't give him a reason to."
Uru sighed " You really care about your brother, don't you?"
" Yep!! After all, I used to bug him so much until he blasted me with his hydra canon....hehe, it is so much fun." he then looked depressed " Or it used to be."
" You seem to be pretty close to your brother...I wish I was as close with mine. But for some reason I have the urge to beat up and destroy him every time I see him." the red head looked sad.
The white winged angel sighed " Uru, do you know why you, Vice, and the others were created?"
" Others!!?" Uru looked shocked.
Rock raised a brow " Yes Uru, others. You and Vice are the ultimate in good and evil. Meaning you two are the best of each side. But there are others who aren't as such and they are all scatter around the world."
" Why?"
" Uru...in a certain point of time, one hundred karakuridojis are going to fight in a so called ultimate battle to determine which side will prevail, good or evil. And when that happens my brother and I would've destroy each and every one of you. No offense Uru, but you yourself are a threat to the world, and one hundred going at it just to determine which side will win it's just playing stupid." Rock explain before he sigh " Now it seems I need a new plan before said war goes on so that I can protect everyone, now that I'm alone."
Ultimo was stunned " One hundred karakuridojis at war? And you and Shinryu where created to stop the war?" he then frown in thought " So, because you want to stop the war to protect everyone, does that mean your on the good side?"
Rock chuckled " No Uru. I'm neither good nor bad. I though we went through with this already?"
The red head boy shrugged " You seem like one of the good guys to me. Anyways, why don't you stay a while. Master would be disappointed if you left so soon without him giving you a proper thank you."
Ragnarock frown " You already have a master? Then it has already begun."
" You mean having a master to learn from?" Uru moved his head slightly to the left.
" Yes. You will learn any concept from your master, whether it may be good or evil. Once you learn everything you need to learn from them you will become independent and start the war."
Ultimo frowned " You seem to know a lot about me and my siblings."
" Of course!! I was built to protect this world from you, so it's only natural to know about you." Rock grinned.
Uru chuckle " Well, you certainly would've succeeded in stopping us if you would've made your existence a secret. Come on, Yamato-sama is waiting to meet you." Ultimo said as he lightly push the other boy out of the tent, Rock sighted and simply went with it.
Meanwhile on the battle field were many people would've lost their life, Vice descended onto one of the many fissure created by the black winged angel. He was determine to find him and make him his own. He had never wanted anything before this badly, but seeing the display of pure destructive power was simply too tempting to ignore.
' With that kind of power by my side Ultimo will have no chance against me. This battle will be done withing minutes.' he thought with a grin plaster on his face. He looked at every direction trying to locate the karakuridoji that had gain his attention. The hole was deep and hard to see, Vice had to switch to night vision mode in order to see. " Where is him!? I know I saw him fall into this fissure in specific. He's gotta be here somewhere."
" Hehehehe..." a chuckle echoed in the darkness making the black hair boy stopped on his tracks " Oya, Oya. Aren't you the brave one, coming here in the darkness alone to find your death."
' Fuck! This isn't good.' Vice though bitterly, he was not expecting the other to be moving again so soon, if at all, not after that sort of attack going through a chest. " Show yourself!!" he felt something brush against his shoulder and quickly turned around only to find nothing. He growled but deep inside he was unnerved, he would never admit he was scared.
A blade suddenly press softly on Vice's neck making his eyes go wide " I'm right here of course." Shinryu smirked.
" H-How are you fixed already?" Vice asked.
The violet hair angel smirked before he vanish " I can fix myself just like you and Ultimo." he suddenly appeared right in front of Vice.
" What the fuck do you know about me and Ultimo!!?" Vice barked angrily.
" Everything of course. How you two need a master to learn from, before the incoming battle and the fact that you don't know you have siblings. And by the looks of things, you already found a master and made the vow of evil, correct?"
" WHAT!!?? Siblings!! And how do you know about my master!!?"
Shin laughed " See, told you." the smirk then appeared on his face again " There will be a battle in which one hundred gay dolls will engage. But first you must learn from a master in order to grow and do battle to determined who will win, the sissy flowers ( good ) or the rat asses ( evil ). But that's where me and my brother come in, we are going to destroy each and everyone of you, and if I eliminate you and then Ultimo, the rest will be a breeze." he said mockingly.
" But...don't you want revenge for what your brother did?" the green gloved boy tried to persuade. He seriously didn't want to battle this formidable foe.
" No, in fact I'm grateful he did that. Otherwise I would've made mother disappointed in me. She created us to protect the world from you, not destroy it. Thou thanks to the human acts I now despise them, what did she ever saw in them?...but mothers happiness if far more important than revenge.." he pointed his blade at the others chest where the core lied. " Now, where were we?"
" W-Wait!! Why take revenge on us? Wasn't the old man that killed your creator? Then you want to eliminate him, not us!!" Vice said nervously.
Shin took the blade away from the other boy, who sighed " Hm...you may have a point. Something tells me he would care less what ever befalls to his puppets." he then smirk " You are indeed correct, he shall be the one to die at the hands of my blade." the smirk grew " But first why don't I take you out, to save me the trouble of doing it later, don't you agree?"
Vice frowned " Don't get cocky with me you fucker! You and I have the same level of strength, as does Ultimo and your brother. Go ahead and try."
" Hehehe. You forget that Ragnarock and I have been awaken a few years earlier than you, so our battle experience greatly surpasses yours." he got his blade ready.
Vice growled " Why!!? Fuck!! I thought you would join my side since your brother has join Ultimo's side!!"
Shinryu frowned " What did you just say?"
Vice noted the sudden change " I saw the white winged angel with those bandits and Ultimo before coming here looking for you."
The frown on the other boy's face turned into a scowl " What the hell is he thinking!!? Is Rock stupid or something!!?...wait, of COURSE HE IS!!" he roared making the underground shake. He took a few seconds to calm down " Let see what the idiot is doing." he began to fly away as he said this.
" And how are you going to find him? Only I know where they are, but by the time you get there it might be too late and they would've already move on." the green arm robot said after him.
The violet hair boy turned his head to look at the other " You keep forgetting that we are similar to you. My core is the exact opposite to Rock's core. Which means, if your processor isn't getting it, that we can find each other no matter where we might be." he turned his head forward again " Now, I leave. Consider yourself lucky to be alive."
Within a blink of an eye he vanish in thin air. Vice growled " God dammit all!!" but then he smirk ' Oh well you win some you loose some, but that doesn't mean I'm giving up. That power must be mine.' with that he left the fissure in search of his master.
-Meanwhile-
At the bandits camp, Ultimo was still pushing Rock around the campsite in order to introduce his master to his new friend. The brown hair angel chuckled at the red head eagerness. As they passed many tents, with children, men, women, elders, and such , he receive many complements, gifts, appraise, and such, all to simply say their thanks for what he did. He simply blushed and smiled shyly at the many praises coming his way.
Ultimo suddenly stopped at a certain tent. He turned to face the angel " Ok, you wait right here and I'll call for you when he is ready to see you." he received a nod from the other boy. With that he entered the tent.
Rock stood outside, smiling and waving at the people who still were praising him from behind. ' Man, I never got this much attention before. It's kinda nice.'. One little girl approach him from the crowd of people.
" Excuse me, mister angel?" He then turned to stare at the little girl and smiled " Yeah?" " What does heaven looks like?"
Rock stared before he laughed softly " No, no. You see I'm not really an angel. I am a karakuridoji, or a robot to be more easily understood. I'm not really from heaven." the little girl gave a sad 'oh' and the brunet felt sorry for her, so... " But I've been to heaven."
The little girl eyes sparkled " Really!? What is like to be in the big sky?"
Rock thought quickly " Well, it's a really beautiful place to be! There are flower fields as far as one can see! The lakes there are crystal clear, you can swim in them without them being all dirty and such, there are many trees with all kinds of fruit growing on them, little angel boys and girls playing together in peace and harmony with no one fighting or getting hurt, and the floor are really soft fluffy clouds that you can sleep on them, instead of this dirty ground! And there's all kinda fun things little boys and girls can do up there, it's a real paradise for everyone." he said grinning at his own well, if totally lame, description of heaven.
The girl was bouncing around with joy " Really!!? What fun thing? What fun things?"
The brunet chuckled at her antics " Now, that's a secret. Wouldn't want to spoil all of heaven surprises, now would we?". The girl pouted cutely but said ' Ok' before she left to tell her friends. The angel smiled as he saw the little girl telling her friends what he just told her, and by the look of things the others were listening in awe and excitement.
Ultimo came out of the tent a few seconds after that " Yamato-sama is ready to meet you." he said before he enter the tent again.
The brunet enter the tent and was greeted by a man wearing a worn out kimono. He had long black hair tied in a ponytail. The man bowed before him " It is an honor to finally meet the other karakuridoji that save us from both Vice and the dark winged angel. My name is Yamato, leader of the resistance against the nobles." he then walk behind a low table a sit down on a mat on the floor " Please, take a sit." Rock did so, he took a sit across the raven man, Ultimo took a place on one of the sides of the table. Yamato then cough, signaling that there was a question he wanted to say " So, can you please tell me about yourself...um...Ragnarock was it?"
The brunet smiled " Just Rock, thank you. I could, but then I'll have to destroy you." The raven man's eyes widen and so did the red headed boy. Seeing their reaction he quickly clarified " It was a joke." the other looked relieved " Geesh people, taking everything serious. Well then, as you may have heard I'm a karakuridoji representing the ultimate element of Light, and one of the two only ones in existence. My mother, creator, was called Qualia. She stood against Ultimo and Vice creator, Dunstan , twisted experiment of good and evil. She knew something like this could happen so she created me and my brother to stop him and destroy the karakuridoji's before they could engage in their battle. She had hope to be able to be with us and take care of us, you know like a mother. Unfortunately, the old man found out about us making our mother send us away and face her demise at his hands."
Rock took a deep breath before continuing " During our years of activation we been gathering data around us to help us learn more about our surroundings, atmosphere, and about people. That makes us independent, that's why we don't need a master to learn from. Our purpose was to destroy Dunstan's karakuridojis to protect the world, but during the years I've been considering, on finding another way because...well, a life is a life whether it may be a natural one or a robotical one. But my brother...I don't know what he would've done." He said sadly.
Ultimo averted his eyes while Yamato listen with interest " Can you tell me about your brother now?"
Rock nodded " Shin, or Shinryu, was my opposite, the karakuridoji representing the ultimate element of darkness. Like me he was created to destroy the other robots. But unlike me, he was always the responsible and mature, while I was the goofy and carefree one. He would follow an order to the letter, especially from mother. Of course now that she's gone, he had no orders to follow...so he followed his own. He was always serious and mysterious, but fun to have around. He would always keep me out of trouble and pummel me to the ground whenever I bug him too much. Then we parted ways to learn things independently for a while before reuniting with each other. The rest, well you saw what happened."
Yamato expression was sullen and one of understanding " I see. It's clear that you had a bond with your brother, thou didn't he tried to destroy you? Did he not care about you?"
The brunet shook his head " No, he did. You see the only thing he did was severe my wings so I wouldn't interfere with him destroying both Vice and Ultimo." he chuckled sadly " I guess he wasn't expecting me to jump high and grab him from behind."
The leader of the bandits nodded " I see. I am sorry for your loss, everyone here knows the pain of losing something." he saw a questioning look on the angels face and decided to clarify " You see everyone here hates the nobles because they had taken something from us. Our home, lands, possession, and even our love ones without any remorse for their own need."
" That just horrible!! I mean you're people too! You have needs and such. What gives them the right to take what little you have or rather anything at all? You humans are so confusing sometimes."
Yamato chuckles " I'm not surprised. You only been awaken for a few years, you barely begun to understand human nature. Even Uru has some trouble with it. Anyways, the reason is simply because they're greedy. The want more for themselves and anything that will benefit their lives. That is why we, the people who suffer because of them, band together to oppose their power and fight for our rights. In fact we were just about to go and strike one of their main territories to make our point. Ultimo will be there to help us with out fight, but we would be honor if you could join us in our battle for freedom."
The brunet thought for a while. ' Shin would kill me if I agreed to participate, but seeing that I'm the only one left.' he thought sadly before he nodded " Ok, I'll help."
The red head robot smiled happily as the raven man bowed " We are in your dept for your kindness. Victory will be ours for sure."
( Later a few nights )
From the horizon he could see everything and how the battle ended. The rebels had seized victory in this fight as Jealous the Envious was defeated by the combined efforts of Ultimo and Ragnarock. He could feel his circuits going into overdrive, which one could say his blood was boiling. Shinryu gritted his teeth in anger, he felt betrayed by the one he called his brother.
" And to think I came to like the little traitor." he hissed before taking flight and headed in another direction without being seen.
He kept on flying until he saw a red glow in the distance. He headed there to check what was going on and preceded moving toward the orange light. Upon arriving he was met with a burning village. The whole place was burning to cinders as wood began to fall and crumble or kept feeding the flames which continue to grow. He landed on a clearing right in the middle of the town and saw the many bodies laying around in their blood or being consumed by the flames. He shook his head in pity.
" What a shame. An entire town slaughter and burned to the ground to cover the evidence of the selfish humans who did this act. Why on earth would mother want me and that obnoxious traitor protect these simple minded, yet barbaric creatures?" a sound suddenly enter his artificial ears. They sounded like someone crying from pain " Oh..?"
He moved toward the source of the cries since he didn't fear the flames, heck they couldn't harm him. The black winged angel moved with a slow paste getting closer to his destination. Pretty soon he found himself in front of a house that was burned down and the pieces of wood laying on the ground. On one of those pieces, a boy was struggling to lift the heavy piece that had fallen on him. He could tell that the boy was bruised and bleeding, yet he continue to struggle to live. He had black hair, and a scar the ran horizontally right above his nose.
" My, aren't you the unlucky one. So close to escape this danger only to have a piece of wood crush you as you tried to flee." he said monotonously.
The boy was startled and looked up, his eyes showed fear upon seeing the black winged angel " Please....help me." the boy said as some tears ran down his face.
The violet hair karakuridoji felt pity for him " Poor boy, the only thing I can grant you is a quick and painless death." he said as his arm transformed into a black dragon head. The head open and out came the pitch black sword.
" B-But...I want to live!!" the boy cried before he sniffed.
The karakuridoji stared at him before he raised his blade. The boys eyes widen at the sight of the sword before the black winged angel swung his blade down.
Well for those who read this I hope you are enjoying it.