A/N: Hello everyone I am back with chapter four of "Redemption". In this chapter Naricent makes his next move and Ringo tries to deal with her demons.
Disclaimer: I don't own Casshern Sins
In a a dark castle sat a man with a dark heart. Lord Naricent sat on the throne awaiting the return of his soldiers. He had gotten impatient and was tapping his finger on the throne.
"My lord. I request entrance." said Green Ogre from outside the throne room.
"Enter." said Lord Naricent angrily.
"My lord it seems no word as returned. I sent a scout party to find them." said Green Ogre.
"I didn't give you permission to do that." noted Naricent.
"Please forgive me my lord. I sent it out on my own." said Green Ogre.
"I do not care what you did under Braiking Boss but, you must answer to me." said Naricent.
"Yes my lord." replied Green Ogre.
"However, you did make a good decision so I will forgive it." said Naricent.
"Thank you my lord." said Green Ogre.
"How long ago did you send them out?" asked Naricent.
"Forty minutes ago. They should return soon."answered Green Orge.
"Good." said Naricent.
"My lord, I should bring to your attention the Cult of Luna seems to be making a revival." noted Green Ogre.
"They still believe in her I see." said Naricent with a smile.
"It does not seem like many believe in her but, there is still a devoted following. It seems to have been revived by her return and the end of the Ruin." explained Green Ogre.
"False prophets will appear and preform great signs and miracles." mused Naricent.
"I don't understand." said Green Ogre.
"That was a quote from Jesus of Nazareth." said Naricent.
"The man whom the silly humans calling themselves Christians believed was a messiah?" asked Green Ogre.
"Yes. Also known as Jesus Christ or the King of Kings." answered Naricent.
"A powerful title." said Green Ogre.
"Luna is seen as a messiah by humans and now even robots now. However, she is a false messiah." explained Naricent.
"That makes sense." said Green Ogre.
"I learned it when I was a general for Braiking Boss." noted Naricent.
"Ah. I see." said Green Ogre.
"I am the only messiah." said Naricent.
"I accept you my lord." said Green Ogre.
"All of minions must. In the end, I will be the only to rule the world." said Naricent.
"My Lord, the scout team has returned." said a robot entering the throne room.
"I didn't give you permission to enter my throne room!" cried Naricent furiously.
"Sorry my lord but, this is important." whimpered the robot.
"What is it?" asked Naricent.
"It seems Sophitia and Casshern have whipped out the entire team. We found them all totally destroyed." answered the robot.
"Dammit!" snapped Green Ogre.
"First, I need to take care of business." said Naricent.
Naricent clenched his fist and punched the robot in the face. He then smashed the robot's head with his foot killing the robot.
"Well done my lord." said Green Ogre.
"I need to discover a method of destroying these two." said Naricent.
"Sophitia lives to fight. She's an experience warrior and a serious threat." noted Green Ogre.
"Casshern was built the brilliant Ohji. He is the living personification of death." stated Naricent.
"They have to have a weakness." said Green Ogre.
"Send another team to attack the two." ordered Naricent.
"Okay sir." said Green Ogre.
"We will also send a scout team to observe them. We will find their Achilles' Heel." explained Naricent.
"That's is ingenious my lord." replied Green Ogre.
"The men we send are merely disposable." huffed Naricent.
"Yes my lord. I will do that now." said Green Ogre.
Meanwhile, Ringo was current outside tending to the flowers. There was a light wind and gentle blowing as she worked. Ringo loved these flowers and worked on them around the clock. Seeing this, Alexandra decided to join her.
"Hello Ringo." said Alexandra.
"Hey Alexandra." replied Ringo.
"Can I join you?" asked Alexandra.
"Sure." answered Ringo happily.
"You really do love this garden don't." noted Alexandra, joining Ringo.
"This garden is special to me." said Ringo.
"Because it reminds you of Ohji, Lyuze and Casshern." replied Alexandra.
"Yes. This is all I have to remind me of them. Along with Friender of course." said Ringo.
"Do you think about those times a lot?" asked Alexandra.
"All the time." admitted Ringo.
"I could never imagine how you must feel. Growing up in such a violent environment." said Alexandra.
"You lived through it too." said Ringo.
"Yes but, I was fully grown. You were just a child." explained Alexandra.
"Growing up under Braiking Boss must not have been easy." said Ringo.
"It was a totalitarian police state. The only improvement was their was order even though there was no freedom. The Ruin had no rule or law. It was anarchy." said Alexandra.
"Like I said, it's survival of the fittest." said Ringo solemn.
"Where you always this...realistic?" asked Alexandra.
"I was a naive young girl and in someways I still am but, growing up in the Ruin hardened me." explained Ringo.
"I see." said Alexandra.
"But, Casshern protects us." said Ringo, almost dreamily.
"Your did mention that before. Please, tell me what happened." requested Alexandra.
"Lyuze went outside and was confronted by bandits. Luckily, Casshern came to her rescue her." said Ringo
"That's amazing." replied Alexandra.
"Casshern is a hero." stated Ringo.
"From what I've heard and what he did for us I have to agree." said Alexandra.
"He'll be back." stated Ringo.
"You think so?" asked Alexandra.
"I know he will." answered Ringo.
"I'd love to thank him personally." said Alexandra.
"You will when he returns." said Ringo.
"Ringo, please tell me what Casshern is like." requested Alexandra.
"He's a kind and caring person. He's really pretty too." replied Ringo.
"Sounds like somebody had a crush on Casshern." said Alexandra.
"I was a young girl." said Ringo.
"It's too bad he left." said Alexandra.
"He had to go!" snapped Ringo defensively.
"I guess so." said Alexandra.
"You don't believe me." huffed Ringo.
"He left you alone." said Alexandra.
"I was fine." said Ringo.
"You were five when he left." said Alexandra.
"I could handle myself." said Ringo.
"I think you're in denial." said Alexandra.
"You and Gregory are guests and you must remember that." said Ringo.
"I'm worried about you. You can't live in the past." said Alexandra.
"Where did that come from?" asked Ringo.
"You always live in the past remembering how times used to be." answered Alexandra.
"I don't care." replied Ringo.
"You need to live on for Gregory and Lyzue." said Alexandra.
"Now you're saying I don't care about my family!" cried Ringo.
"I didn't say that." replied Alexandra.
"I'm leaving." said Ringo coldly.
Ringo stormed off leaving Alexandra behind. Alexandra stood up and headed inside. Once there, she explained to Holder and Gregory what had occurred.
"I don't blame you Alexandra. Frankly, I think you have a valid point." said Holder.
"Have you ever told her how you feel?" asked Gregory.
"I couldn't. She's too fond of Casshern. If I tried to talk to her than..." answered Holder trailing off.
"Well I can't blame you. You didn't want to upset your wife." replied Gregory.
"I need to be stronger." sighed Holder.
"Ringo needs to realize she's living in the past." said Gregory.
"I don't think that's the problem." stated Alexandra.
"What do you mean?" asked Gregory.
"I think she knows but, doesn't want to stop." answered Alexandra.
"I wonder if Casshern will ever return." pondered Gregory.
"He has apparently returned and we just saw him." noted Alexandra.
"If Casshern does return he and Ringo need to talk." said Holder.
"That's the best way to help Ringo move on." agreed Gregory.
"For now, I think we need to figure out now to help her in the time being." said Alexandra.
"If you have an idea then I'm all ears." said Holder.
"Maybe..." said Alexandra thinking.
"Daddy." said Lyuze, coming up to the three adult with concern.
"Hello honey." said Holder bending down.
"Is something wrong with mommy?" asked Lyzue.
"Everything is fine." answered Holder.
"You all are acting weird." said Lyzue.
"We're just having a grownup talk." said Holder.
"Daddy, please help mommy." requested Lyzue.
"I will." answered Holder.
Nearby two pairs of eyes had watched what had unfolded between Ringo and Alexandra. Walking away from the house, Casshern was in deep thought followed behind by Sophitia.
"Casshern, what's wrong?" asked Sophitia.
"I'm worried about Ringo." answered Casshern.
"She did get angry." stated Sophitia.
"I abandoned her when she was young." stated Casshern.
"Oh. Well that is not good." replied Sophitia.
"I think it damaged her. This is my fault." said Casshern.
"You sounding like you used to." said Sophitia.
"You're right. I am Death and couldn't risk her life." reasoned Casshern.
"That sounds fine by me." said Sophitia.
"Maybe I'm just trying to justify it." sighed Casshern.
"Casshern." said Sophitia worried.
"Oh look, the heartless monster does have a conscious." came a voice.
Casshern and Sophitia looked over and saw a large number of robots standing over a nearby ridge. The leader was mostly green with orange eyes. However, he did have a large number of spare parts because of the Ruin. Both Casshern and Sophitia both tensed up.
"Did Naricent send you?" asked Casshern.
"Yes he did. We've come to kill." answered their leader.
"I'm giving you one chance to leave or we'll kill you." said Casshern.
"We've got the numbers advantage." noted the robot leader.
"That doesn't matter." replied Casshern.
"Kill them!" cried the robot leader.
The robots attacked but, proved no match for their foes. Several surrounded Casshern but, when one attacked he dodged, grabbed the robots arm and threw him to the ground. The two on Casshern's sides attacked but, he jumped into the air and came down killing one of the robots. The two that attacked him charged but, Casshern threw the destroyed robot and one killing it than killed the other robot himself. The robot Casshern flipped to the ground tried to get back up but, Casshern kicked his head in killing him.
Meanwhile, several charged Sophitia head on. However, this proved to be a fatal mistake as Sophitia swung her blade and cut them down easily.
Soon, they had eliminated the entire army leaving the commander as the sole survivor. The robot commander was shaking as he faced down Casshern and Sophitia.
"Hey come on guys. I'm just following orders here. Please, spare me." begged the robot commander.
"I'm letting you go." said Casshern.
"Why?" asked Sophitia.
"He will return to Naricent." answered Casshern.
"Oh thank you!" cried the robot leader.
"Go back to Naricent and tell him what happened. Let him know we'll kill anyone he sends against us." explained Casshern.
"Yes! I will!" declared the robot leader who ran off.
The robot leader ran off and returned to the castle. He made his way to the throne room and nervously knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" asked Naricent.
"It's me sir. I've returned." answered the robot.
"Come in." said Naricent and he did.
"Um sir...I have to tell you we failed." said the robot leader.
"Dammit!" snapped Green Ogre.
"Casshern and Sophitia destroyed our armies. We didn't stand a chance." stated the robot.
"I don't like failure." said Naricent angrily.
"Um sir, I do have a good piece of information." said the robot.
"It better be good." said Green Ogre.
"We found a small shack within our territory where the two androids our earlier forces have taken refuge. It seems Casshern might have a connection to them I believe we can use them to get to Casshern." explained the robot.
"Excellent." replied Naricent, "However, I don't like failures."
Naricent raised his fist into the air and violently hit the robot in the head. The robot smashed into the ground and immediately broke.
A/N: Well there is chapter four and things are getting interesting now. Next time, Naricent targets Ringo and the family. Please review.
