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Chapter 3: Confrontation
Back inside, they all glanced at her appearance. They were deeply surprised and yet, suspicious as to how she ended up in the lake.
"I still don't understand as to how she got here" says Samu, folding his arms and raising his eyebrow in question.
"No kidding. I mean, we've never seen her before. Even though she is kind of cute" told Big.
"I agree" Hiro notified.
"Hiro, you don't really think that she's..." As Emi tries to explain, he cuts her off by shaking his head.
"No. I refuse to believe it."
Before long, the young woman starts to murmur. Indicating that she's beginning to wake up. As they all gathered around her, she slowly opened her emerald green eyes and stood herself up.
Her vision was blurry until she closed her eyes and re-opened them. With a better view, she could feel her head spinning from the tornado that she came from. "Ah...M-My head."
"Are you okay?" Hiro asked her.
As she heard him, she turned her head. When she did, however, she became awfully surprised to see a group of youngsters surrounding her. By blinking her eyes in confusion, she spoke. "Wh-Where...Where am I?"
"Duh! This is Earth. What were you expecting? Something else?"
Then, it hit her. The tornado she was in had taken her to an alternate world that was much different from where she originally came. "That explains it! I've been traveled to a diverse world!"
Hiro was becoming annoyed of her ignorance and so, he asked her again. "Hello! Did you come from another planet or something? And more importantly, who are you?"
By hearing him for the second time, she responded. "Oh! My apologizes. I'm Luna Kouzuki. What's yours?"
"I'm Osamu Nanjo. But my friends call me 'Samu' and this is Futoshi Mizuki. We call him, 'Big'."
"Hello." The muscled man waved at her. He then introduces the young boy next to him. "Next to me is Tomokazu Gokuraku. You can call him, Tombo."
He bows his head at her. "Nice to meet you."
The young boy in yellow introduced himself and the girl next to him. "I'm Hiroshi Taikai, but you can call me Hiro. And, that's Emi Takakura." He offered her his handshake. In which, she accepted.
"It's nice to meet you all. Wait!" Luna than inspects the place, by looking outside the window. She right away gasped. There stood numerous buildings and the sky was very blue. She than approached to Hiro. "For some reason, this is a lot different than from where I was. Are you living in this place, all by yourselves?" she said.
"No, they're not. Quite frankly, they're here to spend the night over. By the way, I'm Happei Aburada." he shakes her hand.
Luna smiled afterwards. However, it right away changed and was feeling very forlorn.
Hiro and his friends became worried.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"Why the long face?" says Emi.
Luna answered. "It's...Tetsuya." She sat down and buried her face, while she started to cry softly.
Samu was left curious, regarding Luna mentioning about a certain individual. "Tetsuya?"
"Is he, her partner or something?" added Big.
"From what I can understand, it's highly possible." Hiro walked on over to Luna's side and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Luna, just tell us who Tetsuya is and we'll understand everything."
She manages to stop crying and as she stares at Hiro's face, she responds. "Okay." After wiping her tears, she continued. "I'll explain who he is and why I'm drawn to him."
It took several hours for her about Tetsuya becoming a Neo-Roid and then, having a close relationship with him despite their differences. His missions were destroying the Neo-Roid army and the enemy who called himself, The Black King by avenging his family. There was also a part that someday, he would return to her as Tetsuya.
When it was all set and done, Hiro and his group became astonished of Luna's deep connection to him.
"So, let me get this straight. Tetsuya is not only your partner but, he's also your boyfriend?" asked Samu.
Luna nodded her head. "Yes. Outside, he was a Neo-Roid. But, he's still human on the inside. Needless to say, I can't imagine as to why he would put the burden on himself and keeps forgetting about me. All over the fact that he prefers to be a machine than a human. In short, he still believes that he's a nobody."
Hiro replied. "Well, obviously, he was putting too much pressure on himself. He shouldn't reflect on his past and feel sorry for his actions. If that happened to me, I'd be throwing in the towel. But still, I don't give up without a fight. It's bad enough, if I don't go into a battle unprepared."
Luna's eyes were widened with surprise. He almost had the same remark that Tetsuya had when he was originally Casshan. "Hiro..." She then smiled at him. "Thank you."
He blushed. "Nah! It was nothing, really."
Emi became irritated of Hiro's sincerity to her and with her face filled with jealously, she smacked him on the back. "Says you!"
As a result, Hiro was sent flying until he fell flat on his face. Yet, he hadn't accounted the golden cigarette lighter that was inside his pockets had slipped out and onto the floor.
Luckily, Luna picked up the strange-looking item and carefully examined it. "Huh? What is this?" She starts inspecting the strange-looking object and just as she was about to figure out of how to open it, Hiro quickly got up and gasped.
"No! Wait! Stop!" He managed to grab hold of the item from her and turned away. He checks to see, if his robotic friend was still intact. "Are you alright, Gold Lightan?"
Luna widened her eyes in surprise. "Who?"
The medium gold lighter nudged a little bit and then, it transformed into a live miniature robot. It had red eyes with a green diamond and a black circle on its golden hat, where his whole body was golden. "I'm fine. Nothing to be worried about, Hiro-Kun."
When Luna saw the golden cigarette lighter coming to life, she gasped in shock. "Ah! A robot? Here?"
Happei also became surprised of witnessing the gold lighter turned to a miniature robot. "Yah! It-It's alive!"
Samu smacked him at the back of his head. "Get a grip on yourself!"
The teacher responded. "S-Sorry about that."
As the golden figure stares at her expression that's filled with a mixture of surprise and fright, he turns to Hiro. "Hiro-Kun, if you please."
"Okay."
By making its way towards Luna, it spoke. "Fear not, young one. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Gold Lightan."
She still felt surprised from his introduction and appearance. "Eh? G-Gold Lightan?"
"Yes. I'm a machine warrior from the Mecha Dimension and defended this planet from the likes of King Ibalda and Mr. Mecha X - the demons from the Mecha Dimension."
This left her stammering in shock. "Y-You? You're a machine warrior?"
The miniature gold figure replied. "That's right. The Mother Computer, Big Eye had sent me from my home planet and into here. Despite the odds stacked against me, I prevailed. With some help from Hiro-Kun and the Lightan Gundans. If it wasn't for me, the whole world would've fallen into a complete disaster."
Then, she smiled. "I'm...amazed."
"Huh? What are you saying?" Hiro asks.
She turned to him and his friends. "It appears that we have something in common. Both this figure and Casshan are robotic warriors and protecting humankind from the androids. Except that Tetsuya had to fuse his human genes with a robotic machine and became known as Casshan."
"I see. It would've been nice, if we had met him. With or without that cybernetic outfit."
Happei raised his eyebrow in curiosity, while he folded his arms and asked Hiro about his friend. "Would you mind telling me of who Gold Lightan is and everything else?"
Hiro was about to answer his question until he was interrupted, when a roar of thunder had bolted across the sky and it was becoming dark very quickly. As raindrops began to pour down on the house, some strong winds blew in with a cold current and some rain were inside the house since it was left opened.
Everyone started to see that the storm is already brewing until Luna managed to close the windows, followed by Hiro, Samu and Emi closing and locking the remaining windows and doors.
As they all watch the dreaded storm outside, the rain slowly began to pour rapidly and numerous bolts of flashing lightning had filled across the sky.
"Well, so much for the outdoors" moaned Big.
"At least, neither of us have gotten wet" Samu mentioned.
"You got that right," added Tombo.
For Luna, however, she became silent while watching the storm progressing. She was still thinking about the young man of whom she'll ever see once again. By placing her hands where her heart is, she clasped them in a form of a prayer and feels her heartbeat. "Tetsuya, please come back to me. I don't want to be alone, anymore."
Hiro and Emi have noticed Luna doing some praying. After looking at each other's faces with concern, they walked up to her and replied.
"You must be reflecting on him, aren't you?"
"If you are, then maybe we can help."
She retorted. "I really appreciate your concern about me but, there's not much that you can do."
Happei briefly interjects them. "I hate to interfere but, we ought to hit the sack since it's dark out."
"Maybe then, we'll see if he ever shows his face or not" added Big.
Luna made a soft smile. "Thanks, everyone."
During the late night, where the clock struck two a.m., Luna had barely gotten any sleep and stayed awake throughout the night. She looks over at her newfound friends, all asleep on the floor with some of them snoring.
She covered her legs with her arms, while she nestled her head on her knees. Her thoughts about Tetsuya's possible return has been inside her mind, ever since he defeated The Black King as Casshan and briefly departed. She muttered his name once again, as tears of pain began to fill up her eyes. "Tetsuya."
As she cried quietly, she was unaware that Gold Lightan had overheard her sobbing.
So, he got out of the bureau drawer and flew right on-top of her knees. "What's the matter, Luna-chan?"
By lifting her head up, she sees Gold Lightan staring right at her.
"I can tell that you're upset. Is something bothering you?"
At first, she said nothing. But by understanding that he's here to assist her, she quietly speaks without disturbing anyone. "Yes. I couldn't sleep."
"It appears as if Tetsuya-kun has always been on your mind. Would that be the case, as to why you couldn't rest?"
She nods her head. "It's not only because of my feelings towards him, but I'm not certain if he'll ever return to me. It pains me to be by myself. Let alone for him to be filled with grief and sorrow without any moral support."
Gold Lightan felt sorry for her. Unfortunately, there was little that he could do. "Whatever the case, we'll have to keep our hopes up. For right now, get some rest. You deserve it."
"Okay and thanks for cheering me up." With a small smile on her face, she laid down on the floor and finally went to sleep.
During the storm and somewhere in an abandoned robotic factory down north, a huge bolt of lightning had struck from above the heavens and onto the ground, where it resulted with a huge bang. Thus, leaving a massive pothole.
When the smoke was cleared, there stood a tall cybernetic man. As he slowly emerges from the wreckage, he once again feels his fingers and tighten it into a fist. With a devilish grin, he laughed. "Now that I'm much stronger, I can obliterate anyone that gets in my way!"
After observing his newly acquired strength from the lightning that he received from his resurrection, he examines the whole city. It had numerous cars, buildings and a huge population to boost. Somehow, he felt intimidated that the tornado he came from had transported him into a different world. "Hmm. Interesting. This world is much vast than from where I originated." He grinned. "It may serve me well to conquer it."
