Kosuke vs. Robert

Disclaimer: I only own Misora, Kyoto, Yusa, Hana, Koppu, Sonson (the little monkey), Kitsune, Umi and Midori. I also own the plot of the story…I mean the Genome part. Kurumi is from Steel Angel Kurumi. Ritsuka is from Loveless.

Summary: Ritsuka tells the story of why Robert wants to erase the world. It wasn't only because he was rejected and betrayed by his hometown, but because what they did to Sano's older sister Midori Hebi. Even after that story though, that does not stop Kosuke from fighting in an epic battle. Who will win?

Me:…I don't know how to write this chapter…

Yohko: What the hell are you talking about?

Me: I don't want to watch the episode to pause it after every world they say…

Yohko: Just go with the flow…

Me: Okay…enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 7: Kosuke vs. Robert


FLASHBACK

Life for Robert was hell, but Midori had it worst. As people were trying to kick a young Robert out of the village, everyone tried to kill Midori for having the eyes of a snake and the tail of one. Her teeth were unusual because they were fangs and not human teeth. She always liked eating raw or alive meat which was because of her snake instinct. This led everyone to fear her as they feared that she could poison them with one bite from her fangs (which is of course false as she is a garden snake. Not a cobra.) Unlike Robert though, Midori knew how to fight back easily, and didn't hesitate to harm the people who tried to hurt her. Even though she made more and more enemies, she continued to hurt them to protect herself. She had the right to.

Midori lived in the village longer than Robert had, so she wondered why she was being attacked ever since Robert appeared in the town. She felt sorry for the kid who was only using his Celestial Powers to defend himself from the bullies, and people were trying to kick him out of town. She couldn't stand it, so for the first time in her life, she decided to defend someone that was like her, and that earned her Robert's trust. She also earned even more enemies that threatened to stalk and kill her, but that didn't stop her from helping Robert.

Midori was good friends with the mayor who took care of her like his own daughter. She was able to convince to allow Robert to stay in the village and had him stand up for the five year old. The mayor then put Robert in the orphanage with the other kids along with her where they had a happy family for a time. The bullying still didn't stop, but the orphans always defended Robert like family, so the number of times Robert picked on lessened, and if the going got tough then she would have to step in and defend in which was what she had to do when she saw Robert alone on the playground crying.

"Robert, what's wrong now?" she asked in a rather irritated tone. She always had a vain voice because of a snake's personality. This is another reason why people fear her.

"-Sniff- Those mean people were throwing rocks at me again…" Robert cried.

Midori sighed in irritation as she got out a handkerchief and cleaned the Celestial Being's face, "Those brats. I'll give them a lesson that they won't forget!"

She moved her handkerchief violently from him and started to punch the air. While it looked silly and somewhat frightening to see her punch the air, Robert thought of it as amusing. He stopped crying eventually.

"You don't have to be so violent…" he told her in a soft tone.

Midori stopped punching the air and looked at Robert. While she tried to look as gentle as possible, her eyes wouldn't let that happen, so it ended up being a glare, "They're the ones who start the fight, so I'm going to be the one who finishes it!"

"That's not the point! You're get in trouble again!" Robert warned.

"Who gives a damn about what the old geezer says! Revenge without warning comes first!" the snake lady declared.

Robert didn't say anything after that. Once she was fired up, there was no way to stop her sadly. Midori calmed down for a few minutes just to use her healing powers to heal Robert's wounds.

"How can you heal wounds?" Robert questioned her, "I can't do that."

"I was born with them, and I'm quite proud of it," she bragged as the blood from Robert's knee disappeared. The arrogant smile fell though when she mumbled, "Why can't I heal my own wounds with these powers?"

Robert did not seem to hear her as she finished healing him. She gasped for air as she tried to recover from healing the child. Robert hid his eyes underneath his hair. He asked, "Why do my powers hurt people?"

"What do you mean?" she asked between breathes.

"I use my powers to defend myself whenever I'm attacked…but…why do they always hurt people? You're powers can save people…"

"Where are you getting at?"

"If you healed more people, you would start to be excepted the more people you save than hurt, but for me, I'll always hurt people, and I'll never be able to help people with these two hands-"

'Don't say anymore!"

Midori stood up which surprised the young Celestial Being.

"If you keep looking on the negative side, of course you'll never be excepted! You have to think positive if you want to survive!"

"Think positive?" he repeated.

"Yes. Think positive. Trust me. It works," she said with a wink which more like she was locking on to her target.

Robert smiled faintly. Suddenly a women was running up to Midori with a desperate look on her face. Midori turned to her and tried to show her compassionate face, but ended up giving an angry glare.

"What happened Mrs. Whitney?" she asked. Her question did not seem the least bit caring.

"My daughter," the frail women began, "Is dying, and she needs help!"

The two gasped.

"Why didn't you call a hospital?" Midori questioned in anger.

"The doctor told us that there was no hope for her, but someone like you could probably save her. Oh please save her!" Mrs. Whitney begged. She even went as far as begging on her knees.

Midori liked this kind of respect and decided to help not because Mrs. Whitney begged, but because she was a very kind person deep down, "Show me the way."

Mrs. Whitney was delighted that Midori agreed to help her. She led her to her house where her sick child was. Robert followed behind the snake Genome.

Once they arrived, they rushed to the girl's room. The child was on the verge of falling asleep for eternity. Mrs. Whitney prayed that her child would stay alive. Midori leaned over to the girl and held her hands out. A white light appeared from her hands as the light transferred to the sick girl. The energy was white magic that saved the girl from death…barely. Her face was no longer pale after 10 minutes of healing. When the girl was finally sleeping peacefully, Midori stopped her healing powers. Healing people from death zaps all the energy from one's body. In this case, Midori could not heal anyone else for that day. Mrs. Whitney cried tears of joy as she realized that her daughter was saved from death.

"Thank you Midori!" she said in a grateful tone.

"Don't…mention it…" Midori said weakly. She even lost her voice from using all of her powers.

"You're not a monster like everyone says you are," Mrs. Whitney began, "You're an angel sent from Heaven!"

Midori frowned at that statement. She hated Heaven, but she hated Hell more than Heaven. The Celestial Beings hated her and her species and want them dead. The Hellions only want the Genomes as slaves. The humans did hate people who were different than them, but if you give them a chance, they can understand what the Genomes been through and be excepted as one of them.

"I'll make sure that no one rejects you ever again!" Mrs. Whitney declared as she left her house to tell everyone about Midori's miracle.

Midori wasn't all that happy that she was the only one that would be treated like a hero. What about Robert? Would he still be treated the same way as he always was treated. He probably will.

"Robert," Midori began, "You and I are the same, but I don't understand why only one of us will be accepted into the human race."

Robert looked at the floor and frowned. "You can save people. That's why you can become one of them, but I hurt people…I'll never be accepted…"

Midori glared at the blonde. She gave a hand gesture for Robert to come closer to her. Robert obeyed and when he was in range of the snake Genome's tail, she whacked him in the head with it.

"Didn't anyone tell you, never say NEVER!" Midori questioned him as she continued to hit him on the head with her tail.

"Ouch! Stop it!" Robert begged.

Midori sighed as she stopped, "And if you don't start being submissive soon then people will take advantage of you. I truly think it's fair for you to use your powers to defend yourself…"

The last part was unnecessary but she wanted him to hear what she had to say. Robert seem to take it to heart.


The next day was Midori's last day to live.

"Okay, I'm going to school now! You kids better take care of Robert, or I'll give you a serious beat down!" Midori warned the kids.

"Okay, Midori-chan!" the children said with a smile.

Midori leaves to school hoping to get something out of it.

"I can see why you like her so much," one of the kids told the blonde.

"What?!"

"Getting a girl when you're not even in school yet!"

"I-I d-don't like her! A-And even if I d-did, s-she w-wouldn't feel the s-same way…"

"That's true," the kid said quickly dropping the subject.

"She talks about her long lost brother more than you anyway," another kid added.

Robert frowned remembering her talking about her long lost brother at one time. The expression on her face was unreadable, but the blonde seemed to know that something bad was happening to her brother. She would usually change the subject in the end anyway so the topic was long forgotten.

The mayor of the town appeared after a few minutes asking if the kids could be okay.

"You've got important work to finish right?" Robert questioned the mayor, It's only shopping! We can handle it!"

The mayor smiled and complimented that Robert was a good boy before Robert and the orphans walked off to do shopping.

Shopping was suppose to be easy, but not with Robert around. Because of him, every store was rejecting the orphans despite having money. The orphans felt sorry for Robert who hadn't done anything.

"OH NO!" one of the orphans shouted, "I lost the money! I must've dropped it somewhere."

"WHAT?!"

"YOU IDIOT! WHAT'RE WE GONNA DO?!" the orphan with spiky hair (and obviously the leader) asked.

Robert and his friends decided to backtrack to find the money, but they couldn't find it anywhere. The sun was setting when they gave up.

"The money Midori gave us was suppose to last us three days," one of the orphans complained, "Three days without food!"

"And we only eat bread and soup anyway. I'm starving," the kid who lost the money mumbled.

"I wish I could stuff myself with meat just once," the leader complained.

"We can try asking the shopkeepers to give us food on credit," a female orphan suggested.

"Why would they trust us? They hate us…"

What the orphan who lost the money (Me: What do you expect me to call him?!) said was probably too much because Robert's face saddened as he got up and walked away. He asked, "Hey, we're friends, right?"

"Idiot! Of course we are!" the leader declared.

Robert smiled as he told them that he would be waiting at the orphanage. The kids wondered though if Robert was human. The orphans continued on the road and saw a bakery with bread that was just baked. Hunger overcame friendship at this moment…


Robert was busy fixing the table to notice that the worst was about to happen. When he was done, the townspeople barged into the orphanage with guns, sickles, and anything that could be considered a weapon. Their faced were filled with hate and anger.

"THERE YOU ARE! I knew something like this would happen soon or later!" the guy with the gun yelled, "You really are dangerous!!!"

Robert was confused, "What?"

Robert glanced behind the man to see the orphans all beaten and bruised.

"They confessed that you threatened them and forced them to steal food!"

Robert was stunned by this information, "What? How could I do that? It's not true! Right, everybody?"

The orphans didn't respond. The guy with the gun asked if what the orphans said was true. The leader of the bunch was the one who confessed the lie that Robert threatened them.

Robert was horrified that his friends betrayed him. He fled through the back door with the townsfolk following him. The words that they told him this evening before they parted was still ringing through his head. He eventually ran into the mayor that told him to hide in the shed that he opened up.

"Sir! Everyone's acting weird! I didn't do anything!" Robert explained.

"I know! I know! It's all right!" the mayor said as he closed the door behind Robert and locked ti. Robert was confused again.

"Huh? Why are you locking the door?" Robert asked.

"Robert…I'm handing you over to them," the mayor said simply.

"! WHAT? WHY, SIR? AREN'T I A GOOD BOY? AREN'T I? SIR!"

"I'm sorry. You are a good boy, but…Robert you know that people who commit crimes are imprisoned. But do you know why? Because people are scared of them. People imprison other people out of fear. Bad people…scary people…and you are the scariest of all!"

Robert let those words sink in as he began crying.

"I called you a good boy because I wanted to believe that. But I couldn't because you're a monster! No one can possibly love you. Throwing you out is the only way to preserve everyone's safety!"

"But…why did you take me in at all?" Robert questioned as he kept banging on the door with his fist.

"Money. Your foster parents made a very generous donation in exchange to accepting you. If I throw you out, I must return the money, but if you're arrested for a crime, it's a different story! I can keep everything!"

That was all it took for Robert to snap. The mayor was trying to get the townspeople to get to Robert and abuse him, but Robert beat them to it. He destroyed the shelter he was locked in. He used Kurogane to shatter the place. He was going insane as he planned to shoot the humans with his attack when someone stepped in front of him.

"Robert, whatever you do, you can't hurt the humans!" the person pleaded.

"Why not?! They all hate me!" Robert yelled. He wanted to kill the humans but Midori was in the way. Why did she have to show up now?

"Your friends don't hate you! You have to remember that they're the same age as you!" Midori explained.

"Midori…"

"The adults are the ones that I'm pissed off at, but I'll protect you from them no matter what, so please don't shoot!"

Robert wanted to believe that she was the only person that could love him. He was about to put Kurogane down when the mayor yelled at her to move out of the way.

"Why should I sir?" she asked in a disgusted tone, "I trusted you to take care of Robert and here you are trying to kick him out!"

"What I do isn't of your concern," he said in a low tone trying to stay on her good side.

"It is my concern! You told me that you would take care of Robert! Why are you trying to kick him out?!"

"…He's a monster and he doesn't belong," the mayor said simply.

Midori was shocked, "No…"

"He was like you, but you were able to help us with your powers that could save lives. This child threatened our children and he's going to pay."

Midori didn't move. She stood her ground as she held her hands out, "You have to get past me in order to get to Robert…"

"Midori…"

"I'm not going to let you die…"

The mayor frowned, "That's too bad. You had a bright future too."

The townsfolk liked Midori and they didn't want her to get hurt. None of them stepped forward. The mayor knew that if she was the only one standing up to the blonde then there will be no way of kicking him out. He did the unexpected. He took a gun from one of the townsfolk and shot her.

Robert's world shattered when he saw the only person who really loved him fall to the ground unmoving lying in her own blood.

"M-M…"

Midori was still able to move from the gun wound in the heart. She used all of her strength to turn her head in Robert's direction. She still had the confident grin on her face even before she died, "I guess I'll never be able to find my brother after all…Robert…if you find him…please take care…of…h…im…"

That was Midori's last request before she coughed blood and breathed her last. The townsfolk were stunned that the mayor would kill someone they all admired.

Robert lost his insanity right there, and fired Kurogane at the townsfolk. Most of them were killed at contact of the Sacred Weapon. Robert laughed hysterically as he fired Kurogane everywhere.

All of you die! Die! DIE! Robert thought to himself as he walked down the streets. The buildings were on fire as he fired Kurogane to make it worse.

At the age of , Robert destroyed a third of the town and fled.


END OF FLASHBACK

Ritsuka was tired of talking. He wasn't going to say anymore about Robert's past. Rinko heard the tale before so she showed almost no emotion. Ai couldn't even look Robert in the face. Kosuke felt a slight guilt. Sonson was depressed (for a change.) Sano however was surprised but didn't show it. His sister was killed by the humans who she tried to get them to accept her.

Maybe…Robert was right about killing them… Sano thought to himself.

The quiet session ended when Robert began talking again, "Ritsuka, you're actually pretty talkative when it comes to butting into people's business."

Ritsuka glared at the blonde.

"You know, I'm quite grateful to the mayor. He helped me realize that there's no justice in this world."

Any sympathy that Kosuke felt was gone when Robert criticized justice.

"It's just something humans make up to keep the scary things away. Humans are a bunch of pathetic cowards. I'LL FORCE THEM TO FACE THE ULTIMATE FEAR…THE ANNIHILATION OF THE WORLD!"

Kosuke sighed as he scratched his hair, "I don't know what's going on here. But one thing's for sure. I can't let you win the tournament."

"?"

I kind of feel sorry for you. Even if you realize your dream, you won't be happy."

There was silence before Robert's smiled sinisterly at the green haired teen, "Ueki-kun…you gave me no choice. I'll erase you here and now! I accept your challenge. This is your last chance to quit," Robert warned.

"Let's do this Robert! I want to be the one to stop you!"

"Ha ha…it could be quite a bloodbath. Shall we change locations?" Robert asked, "Let's go to the main battle arena of Dogra Mansion."

Robert transported the group to the main battle arena which was the roof of the mansion. The blonde appeared on the other side of the field in a bubble.

"Only Ueki-kun can enter the main arena. You can attack me from anywhere," Robert taunted.

Without hesitation, Kosuke ran onto the battlefield. Sano intended to follow him but Ritsuka stopped him.

"There's a barrier around the arena, or did you not see it?" the cat boy questioned.

"! I can't help Ueki!"

Robert…I won't let you erase this world! I'll stop you no matter what! Kosuke thought to himself. He fired Pick at Robert which he defended by summoning Hood. Hood was strong enough to punch Pick away.

"I was prepared to give you time to power up, but you're too dumb to wait," Robert taunted, "Listen up Ueki-kun. There are three reasons you can't win against me."

Robert started listing all the reason why Kosuke couldn't beat him, "Number one. You're a six star celestial, and I'm a ten. But if I used the higher weapons on you, this fight would be over, so I'll hold back. Number two. When you got your little power from your God Candidate, you didn't know that a celestial can combine his powers with his sacred weapons."

Robert demonstrated this theory by throwing his cup that was still full of tea at Ueki. Nothing spilled when it dropped to the ground.

"A teacup whose contents cant' be spilled…such a cup is ideal isn't it? The power I was given is the power to change ideals into reality. I can't make things ideal in in every way, just the enhance the functions that objects already have, and I can't use it on living things. With this power, I can change a knife into an ideal knife that can cut anything…a paintbrush into an ideal brush that paints perfect pictures…and a soap bubble into a bubble that won't burst!"

Then those soap bubbles were created by your powers…" Ai mumbled.

"I knew from the beginning that my power could be combined with my sacred weapons…so I chose a power that would make my sacred weapons invincible. Have a look! KUROGANE!"

Kosuke intended to block the attack with hood, but Kurogane swerved around the shield and hit him head on. The attack sent him flying into the air.

"My Kurogane is a cannon that never misses its target! My Hood is a shield that never fails to defend! Which reminds me. The third reason you can't win against me…"

Kosuke landed on his back…hard.

"You're just like the Robert 10. You never get any stronger. Your level's so low. As we get stronger, the powers we were given can advance to the next level."

"What?"

"Is he serious?" Sano asked the cat boy.

"I guess. I didn't know that."

"Our God Candidates aren't allowed to tell us about this. When we first get our powers, they're just powers the candidates transfer from themselves. But as you master your power, it levels up! Once your power reaches level two the objects you create with your power become more powerful. In my case, it works like this."

Robert demonstrated again by summoning Mash underneath Kosuke. Kosuke tried to outrun it by using Rakia but the thing was right on his tail.

"Since this is the ideal Mash it'll follow wherever you go until it catches you, and then Mash turns red."

When Mash turned red, Kosuke fell to the ground due to gravity.

"This is my level two power. The ideal objects I create with my power acquire the super power to change the gravity of whatever they touch. When my ideal objects make things lighter, they turn blue, and when they make things heavier, they turn red. Since you're just level one, you can't possibly beat me."

Mash opened up from underneath and apparently swallowed the Celestial Being.

"UEKI!" Ai screamed.

Good thing Kosuke's persistent because he was able to climb out of the ground. He was still injured badly but nothing life threatening.

"Ha ha…I'm just playing. That was me on low power. I know you're still wrung out from your battle with Carpaccio. You know, maybe I won't finish you off just yet."

"…?"

"After all I want you to witness the moment the world vanishes when humans are exposed for the cowards they really are!"

Kosuke glared at the blonde as he continued to rant about how there was no such thing as justice. Tenko was telling the green haired teen to run, but he refused to run away.

"Tenko, I know you told me about my past. But even though I was born a celestial, I still think of myself as a human. I can't act like a coward in front of Robert! That's just what he thinks humans are like!" As he said this he slowly started to stand up, "I've got to prove him wrong! He's all screwed up! Humans aren't as bad as he thinks!"

Everyone watched as Kosuke stood up.

"Robert…maybe you're right about humans. I'm a coward , too. When I lost a CD I borrowed from Mori, I made up excused because I was scared of her."

"-red vein- YOU LOST IT?!" Ai questioned him in rage, "YOU JERK!"

"Ki…(That outburst is why he probably made up an excuse.)"

"But the justice I'm talking about is different," Kosuke continued, "Koba sen sacrificed his life to save me. So did Inumaru. But they're not the only ones. When I was almost killed by you before…Mori Risked her life for me, even though she had no powers."

"!"

"When I was in the healing beast…Rinko protected me with her life!"

"!!"

"And when I almost lost the first battle…Sano gave up everything to shield me!!"

"!!!"

"Humans are cowardly, but we can become strong! When we try to protect our loved ones…even powerless humans can act like Koba sen! To overcome the weakness inside ourselves…that's my idea of justice!"

Kosuke's friends (and Ritsuka) were shocked at Kosuke's declaration of justice. Robert just smirked evilly and said, "I tried to be patient and hear you out, but you've been completely brainwashed by the humans! Time to expose the ultimate fear! What can you possibly do with your measly power?"

Robert fired Kurogane at Kosuke. Ai and Rinko told the green haired teen to look out. Kosuke told himself that he had to get stronger…stronger until he was able to summon multiple sacred weapons at once surprising everyone.

"How can this be? It isn't possible to bring out more than one sacred weapon at once!"

Robert noticed that Pick was the only attack that was going to hit him directly so he tried to block with hood. The attack was able to get through and he was injured but not much.

"Huh? That's…a lot of sacred weapons. How'd I do that?" Kosuke asked himself. He was too slow to realize how he did that."

"Ueki-kun, you're amazing!" Rinko complimented.

"When did he master that?" Ritsuka questioned.

Robert grinned at the sight in front of him, "Normally, it's impossible to bring out multiple sacred weapons. So this must be your level two power. The power to make trees become a power to make forests…I guess. Well, this is quite a surprise isn't it? But it's not enough to defeat me! Watch. Lets say I crush all your sacred weapons using just Kurogane."

Robert shot Kurogane at Kosuke. The green haired teen tried to use multiple sacred weapons to block the attack, but it destroyed Hood to get to him directly. He took another big hut as Robert shot multiple Kuroganes. Kosuke blocked again, but they were all destroyed instantly as he took another hit.

"You may have reached level two but that alone won't close the gap between us. My power is perfect. As long as I have the power to change ideals into reality I am invincible!" the blonde breached.

"He's too strong…" Ritsuka murmured, "We should have stopped him before he got into this mess."

"Here's my chance. Shall I prove once and for all that humans will always be weak and cowardly? If you keep fighting to the death, I'll let your friends go, but if you surrender I'll spare you and kill the others."

"WHAT?!"

'Now your life is balanced against theirs. What will you do?"

"You bastard!" Sano cursed.

"What kind of question is that?" Kosuke asked as he stood up again, "My friends are way more important than mine. Who'd surrender, idiot?"

Robert grinned sinisterly as he fired multiple shots of Kurogane again. Kosuke shielded himself with multiple sacred weapons. The strategy didn't' seem to work until Kosuke delayed the Mash attack so that it would be in front of the blonde. Robert barely managed to get out of that one, but he still did as he sliced Mash in half with Ranma. That was enough time for Kosuke to get behind him and used Robert as a shield against the Kurogane that was after him. The blonde outsmarted him though by using his blue bubble to make Kurogane light. He then punched Kosuke away and got out Ranma.

"You get points for that little trick. But in the end you can't win against me!""

Just as Robert was going to make the finishing blow, a chunk of the ceiling was about to fall on top of him. The battle could have been won but Kosuke being himself rescued him without realizing it. Everyone was shocked especially Robert.

Why did you save me? You could have died, too…"

"Huh? Oh, yeah...you're right. I guess I wasn't thinking."

When he said that though, he coughed up blood.

"Ueki, are you okay?" Sano questioned the teen.

"It's okay…I'll live…"

Robert was silent for a minute before he decided to help (Me: Yes people! Robert really could have finished him off, but he decided to help.) Kosuke. He used the blue bubble to life the chunk of ceiling off of the teen.

"I don't want you to think I owe you," Robert said to cover the fact that he wanted to help the teen.

He let the chunk of ceiling fall on him, "Did you think that if you saved me, I'd repent? Think again. My hatred will die with me!"

Even though he said that he stopped the chunk of ceiling from falling on him with the blue bubble, "Can you see now that I owe you nothing? I can protect myself with my power over gravity! Pointless heroism, Ueki-kun!"

"Owe? Repent?" Kosuke asked. He was confused.

"Ueki-kun…how dare you treat me like a fool? Feel the full power of my hatred!"

Robert attacked Kosuke again with Pick. Kosuke intended to dodge but the pain from the ceiling kicked him resulting in him dodging at the last minute and using Pick only for Robert's Pick to split Kosuke's Pick in half. Kosuke then tried using Mash making Robert used his bigger Mash destroying it. Kosuke's last attempt was using Kurogane which Robert countered with his all mighty Kurogane that not only broke Kosuke's Kurogane, but manage to land a hit on Kosuke. He was too injured to use another Sacred Weapon.

"You jerk! Ueki injured himself saving you!" Ai spat.

Kosuke was hit again by another Kurogane, but this one hit the barrier. Kosuke was then hit by a horde of Kurogane. Robert laughed hysterically.

"Dammit! If only I could break this barrier…" Sano mumbled.

"Ki! (You are not using me to break something!)"

Kosuke was seemly defeated now as he could no longer move a finger. At this time pieces of the ceiling was falling on top of the others. They had to flee in order to avoid them but the barrier was broken because of this.

"You see, Ueki-kun? This is the power of my hatred…ha-ha-ha! DIE!"

When all seem lost Sano threw a spear like object inside the Kurogane cannon resulting in the weapon blowing up causing a smokescreen. When the smoke cleared, Sano and Rinko were standing in front of Kosuke ready to defend him.

"How did you two…"

"The barrier was destroyed by the falling debris!" Sano explained as he turned his head slightly to Ueki, "We'll protect you with our lives, Ueki!"

Robert looked at the damage and then back at his opponents, "I see…the damage to the ceiling. Of course. I got a little carried away. But this fight is between Ueki-kun and me. Stay out of it, please."

"Beating someone who hurt himself saving you? You call that a fight? Don't make me laugh! Ueki risked his life to save my friend. So he's an important friend to me now! I don't want to lose anymore important friends! Sorry, but I'll do anything to protect him!" Sano declared.

"I'm the same. Ueki-kun taught me the true meaning of being companions, of being friends. I'll protect Ueki-kun at the cost of my life," Rinko added.

Ai and Ritsuka were the only ones sitting out of the fight. Ritsuka was staying out because he simply didn't want to fight and he was still injured. (Plus, he doesn't consider Kosuke as a friend yet.) Ai was on the sidelines because she didn't know what her powers were.

"Let me see…the power to make myself beautiful!" she shouted.

Nothing happened. Ritsuka looked at her and sighed, "You're not beautiful…"

Robert gave them an evil look, "Protect him with your life? Very interesting! What exactly do you plan to do?"

Sano was already thinking of a plan to defeat Robert. After he finished whispering it to Rinko, he took off in one direction and she in the other. Robert fired Kurogane at both of them thinking that they would be killed instantly, but what surprised him was that they both changed directions in the direction the other was. They crashed into each other as both Kuroganes hit each other cancelling each other out.

"I see! Thos cannonballs chase their target, so they made them crash into each other," Ritsuka stated.

"This is the first time Sano and Rinko-chan have fought together, but they make a good team!"

Or so she thought…

"Did you have to slam right into me?!" Rinko questioned the Genome as she shook him again and again.

"I didn't think ahead…" he mumbled.

"USE YOUR HEAD!"

"Hey, no big deal!"

"Says you!"

"Oooooo (I'm getting dizzy…)"

Ai and Ritsuka sweat dropped.

"On second though…maybe not…" Ai mumbled, "Rinko-chan, you're killing him…"

Robert didn't hesitate to attack them when they still arguing. He used his powers to life them up high in the air and then dropped them. Rinko counted by trying to shoot the blonde with her bead cannon. Robert blocked with his Hood only for Sano's boomerang to come at him.

"The bead cannon was a decoy! I tricked you into using Hood so you couldn't see Sano-kun's boomerang blade!"

Robert attempted to make the boomerang lighter. At that time, Sano turned it back into a towel. Out came many beads that blew up.

"That's Rinko and my combo play! And now...spring!"

Sano turns his towel into steel and bounces back to the ground.

"Over here! I'll catch you Rinko!"

Sano catches her, but they ended up falling on his back.

"HEAVY!" Sano cried in pain.

Infuriated by Sano's comment, Rinko starts strangling Sano, "How rude! I'm not that heavy! Catch me the normal way!"

"Impossible! You're way too heavy for that!"

"I am not! You need more muscle!"

"Ooooo (She's right.)"

"It hurts…" Sano complained.

"So you're telling me I'm heavy?" Rinko asked in an angry tone.

"-sweatdrop- I'm not sure if they're great or useless…" Ai said with a sigh.

"Who's suppose to be the main pairing again?" Ritsuka asked the readers. (Me: The answer is KosukexSano.)

Robert was still alive as he glared at the combo, "You think you have time to chat?" The smoke cleared and Robert was ready for an attack, "Didn't you notice? That Kurogane's power was only half the power I used on Ueki-kun?"

"WHAT?!"

"Oh no!"

"I think I've had enough fun. Here's Kurogane at 100 percent."

Robert fired Kurogane again and Sano and Rinko planned to use the same strategy, but this attack was much faster than the previous. There was no time to react.

I can't believe that Ueki survived this long against this guy.

They were both hit by Kurogane. The attack was so powerful that it seemed to knock them both out. Sonson felt some of the damage that Sano received.

"SANO!" Ritsuka called out.

"RINKO-CHAN!" Ai yelled.

"Well then…I'm done with Ueki-kun and the two traitors…next up…" Robert turned his head in the direction of the bluenette and cat boy, "Is the last traitor and you!"

Robert began walking closer to her. Ai was too scared to do anything, but Ritsuka stepped in front of her. Robert was going too far with hurting Sano. He was surprised when he saw him and Rinko stand up again.

"Hold it, idiot!"

Robert was shocked that they stood up again, "No…why are you standing? Aren't you afraid to die?" he asked.

"Are you dense? Of course we are! But…losing our friends is a thousand times scarier!" Sano told him.

"We told you already…we'll die to protect…our friends.."

Robert was stunned at how persistent they were. The shock turned into anger when he realized that he was seeing Midori in Sano again.Dammit! I'm growing soft again over someone that's already dead! he thought to himself "I have to kill him before I stop my attack again. FINE! So you really want to die? Pick!"

Robert fired Pick at Sano (1). The Genome realized that he didn't have enough strength to dodge it.

Dammit! Why did I have to run out of energy when they need to be protected?! I'm sorry Rinko…Mori…Ritsuka…Sonson…Ueki…

Sano didn't have to die because Kosuke stepped in and saved him by taking the hit that could have (I seriously doubt it since he's a Genome) killed him.

"Ueki!"

"Thanks, Sano. Leave the rest to me," Kosuke told him.

"No…you shouldn't be above to move a muscle!" Robert said in disbelief.

"You can move if you need to protect your friends," Kosuke responded.

"You can move if you need to protect your friend? What kind of crap is that?"

"But I still could move…"

"Ueki! Your body can't move anymore!" Rinko warned him.

"Kosuke turned to them and smiled, "Thanks, Sank…Rinko…you save me!"

"Ki! (Don't say that with blood on your face!)"

Kosuke didn't seem to hear the little monkey and turned his attention back at Robert and glared, "Robert! How dare you try to kill my friends? I won't fail them like I failed Koba sen! I'll protect everyone!"

Kosuke pulled out Pick from his stomach. Blood came gushing out, but that didn't stop him. Robert fired another Pick as Kosuke attempted to fight back with Pick but it was cut in half easily as Pick pierced his shoulder. He fell to the ground and the blonde thought he was dead and proceeded to attack Sano again when Kosuke stood up again.

"I won't let you…lay a finger on my friends!" he announced in a serious tone.

It can't be! Is he immortal? he asked himself in a worried tone.

Ai wanted to save Kosuke so she shouted out another power, "Power to lover my body fat!"

Ritsuka gave Ai a look and sighed, "You're not funny, and that's not helping the situation whatsoever."

Robert was starting to panic and fired Kurogane at the green haired teen who couldn't even dodge the attack. No matter what he did though, Kosuke was always standing up. He was going to bleed to death at this rate.

"Right now…I have to protect my friends," Kosuke said simply.

Everyone was shocked that he was still alive and fighting. Even though Kosuke was the one struggling, it was Robert that was scared. Robert tried to get rid of his fear as he fired Pick again. Kosuke was stabbed in the other shoulder and it seemed that he couldn't stand again.

"Oh, I see! I was wondering why you kept brining out trees! You don't have the power to use Sacred Weapons!" Robert declared.

"What? You've got to be kidding!"

Robert thought that he won when he fired one last Pick at Kosuke. The green haired teen didn't give up as he coiled Pick around with the tree he summoned. Pick got to him first as he was stabbed in the stomach again, but when that happened Kosuke's pick hit Robert in the face. Both were knocked out.

I see…Kosuke couldn't crush Robert's Pick with his Pick alone! He kept brining out trees to practice coiling his tree around Robert's Sacred Weapon! Ritsuka thought to himself.

Ai kept calling out to Kosuke over and over again to make sure he wasn't dead.

"What's up, Mori? Let me rest a little…" Kosuke mumbled, "I feel like death warmed over…"

"UEKI WON!" Ai declared as she rushed over to him. Sano followed shortly to heal his wounds, but he wished that Kosuke wasn't staring at him as he healed him.

Ritsuka was on the sidelines. He didn't want to run up to them because he felt like he wasn't a part of the group, and he felt some guilt of not helping out Sano and Rinko fight Robert.

While Ai and Rinko cheered for Kosuke's victory, Kosuke was paying attention to Sano healing him.

"This is…"

Sano wouldn't let him finish his sentence, "You're an idiot! You lost so much blood that I might be able to replace it."

"Sorry…"

"-red vein- Don't say anymore you almost dead man."

The victory was short lived as Robert was still alive and planned to kill them all.

"Are you done celebrating something?" Robert stood up surprising everybody, "Ueki-kun, no one has ever lasted this long against me. As a reward, I'll finish all of you with my best weapon! Ten Star Sacred Weapon Archenemy.

Just when he was about to unleash his ultimate weapon, someone stopped him. The person turned out to be Koba sen.

"Hey. Long time no see, guys," he greeted with his usual aloofness.

Both Kosuke and Ai were shocked that their teacher was right in front of them.

"Hew, chill out. You look like you saw a ghost. Well I guess I sort of am…"

"Koba…sen…"

Robert was stunned that the person that tried to send him to Hell was back, "What? You were imprisoned in the underworld! Why are you here?

Koba san cocked his head toward the blonde, "As a representative of Kami-sama, I declare this tournament temporarily suspended!"

"WHAT?!"

"The first round of the tournament is over! There will now be a break before round two!" Koba sen announced before following it up with, "I'm so cool."

"Hang on…what round two?" Ai questioned her teacher.

"We've kept this from you, but the tournament has two rounds! Only 30 (2) combatants can go to the second round. Actually, we were already down to 30 when Kabara bit it. But it took a while to get down to Hell to stop these fights. Now that even Carpaccio's out, we've got just 29 contestants left.

"And why should we care about that asshole?" Ritsuka asked sarcastically.

Robert seemed like he was going to attack either way, but Koba sen proved that he was telling the truth by activating the watch. A man appeared in the light.

"Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Nice to meet you, combatants! I'm the sponsor of this battle tournament! Please call me Kami-sama!"

Everyone was shocked.

"Liar," Kosuke told him.

"HEY! DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!" Kami-sama shouted.

"-sweatdrop- There are many reasons why he would call you a liar…" Ritsuka murmured.

Robert was terrified seeing Kami-sama's face.

"Ah. It seems you know my face. Robert, the device Kobayashi is wearing nullifies any power including Sacred Weapons except the power of the Genomes. I call it Mr. Stopper! Time to give up!" Kami-sama explained.

Robert was forced to give up.

"Boy who could've guess that two Celestials would join the tournament? Quite a development."

Robert flinched at this comment.

"Don't worry! There's no rule against Celestial's participating! After all, no one thought that it'd ever happen. It's just a shame I can't punish the folks who dropped you into the human world. The statute of limitations of what crime has run out."

Ai then suddenly had an idea, "Hold on a sec! Maybe Koba sen came here because he was pardoned by Kami."

Kami-sama had a serious look on his face (which is kind of rare), "Nope. Can't happen. This is a temporary release. Normally the proclamation of the second round is my job but our treaties bar me from entering Hell, so I released Kobayashi, who was already in Hell and gave him Mr. Stopper so he could represent me."

Kosuke frowned, "This means saying good-bye to Koba sen again…"

"You got that right."

"How can I?…In that case…I'll save Koba sen with my power! I'll go to the prison and break him and Inumaru out!"

"Ueki…"

"I don't think so. Once Celestial are imprisoned in Hell, they can't survive elsewhere. Additionally because of those guys running amok, it will be impossible to save them. Only the almighty God can cure them of that," Kami-sama explained.

"Then cure them," Kosuke ordered.

"Can't do it. No way, no how. I am the law and order of the Celestial World. How can I break the rules I made ? Besides I can't go there!"

Kosuke then had a suggestion, "I got it! W just need to make Koba sen or Inumaru God! Whichever one becomes God can change the rules, cure himself and save the other one!"

Everyone stared at Kosuke dumbfounded.

"Hey, Kami dude! Make Koba san and Inumaru into God Candidates again!"

Kami-sama couldn't help but laugh, "You crazy kid! All right! I'll make an exception! Inumaru is once again Sano's God Candidate! But he's staying in Hell!"

"You'll do that? Really?" Sano asked.

Kami-sama laughed, "Frankly, I was having trouble filling the vacancies for God Candidates! Recruiting new guys would make me look bad. People would think I screwed up the first time!"

Ai sweat dropped, "That's the real reason isn't it?"

With him in charge, it's a miracle that Earth's in one piece. Sonson thought to herself.

Kami-sama stopped laughing, "But there are two major problems now! The first one is you!" Kami-sama said as he faced Ai.

"Huh? Me?"

"You were unexpectedly given a power. But hey, it turns out we need an extra combatant for the second round anyway. If you want, you may join the tournament! No wait! If you join the tournament, I'll make Kobayashi your God Candidate! Kobayashi can't be Ueki's God Candidate again, but he can be yours."

Kosuke, Ai, and Kobayashi were surprised by Kami-sama's generous offer.

"We've got some time before the second round. Why not think it over?"

"Hey! Are you sure about this?" Koba sen asked.

"Of course. Your motives are pure. You have to be an idiot to throw yourself into Hell as some kind of ply to become God. After all, if you fail to become God, you'll be executed!"

"So if you don't win…Koba sen will die?" Kosuke asked himself out loud.

"The other major problem is that all the Genomes were registered to battle," Kami-sama said in a serious tone.

Sano turned away from him. It wasn't like he was forced, but…Others like me?

"That shouldn't be a problem though…OH, TIME'S UP! SEE YOU IN HEAVEN!"

The watch turned off.

"Okay! Time to teleport you back to the human world! Dogra Mansion will be destroyed by Hell in five minutes," Koba sen said.

"What?" Robert asked.

"You know it's against the rules to bring humans down here. Do you really think Hell wouldn't find out?" Koba sen turned his attention to Kosuke, "Ueki, it looks like you've toughened up a bit. That's a relief."

"He didn't just get stronger! He's a super strong madman now!" Ai stated, "His power's up to level two, and he can use more than one Sacred Weapon at a time…"

"No. That's not level two yet!" Koba sen, "Just on the way!"

Kosuke refused to leave Koba sen again. His teacher sighed as he walked over to his student.

"Yeah, yeah. You're pretty dim, aren't you? I told you to quit this silly battle, but here you are…" Koba sen patted him on the head, "Well done Ueki. I'm proud of you."

He then walked away and told his student good-bye. Kosuke started to cry knowing that he might not see his teacher again.

"Ueki…" Robert began, "Let me tell you one thing. After all this, I still don't believe in human justice. But I'll give you this much. You are a man worth fighting with all my power. The only reason our fight was so close was that I didn't use my highest Sacred Weapons. Next time around, we'll go out."

That was all he said before all but Sano and Robert were teleported. Sano faced Robert and told him, "I can understand why you hate the humans so much…"

Robert was shocked at what he said after all the preaching about his friends. They were both teleported away to the human world.


Me: Boring chapter 6 is done with 8273 words!

Yohko: Finally!

Kitsune: When will I make an appearance?

Me: You already made your appearance in chapter 3! You just haven't interacted with Sano yet. You will in chapter 10 which is now 3 chapters away.

Kitsune: NA NO DA!

Me: Still…I thought you were crushing on Haru (Taisaya-chan's OC character that is Alviss' older twin brother.)

Kitsune: -blush- I WILL ALWAYS BE ROYAL TO SANO-SAMA!

Me: Whatever…notes!

1. Robert originally attacked Rinko. I made Robert attack Sano so Midori's role would be much bigger.

2. It was originally 25 candidates that could participate, but adding Ritsuka, Kurumi, and all the OC characters, I increased it to 30 so there will be a team of 6 instead of 5.

Me: Now the preview!

"Ki…(Seichiro, that volume of Chobits is going to bring bad luck…)"

"Don't worry! Even if Chi is kidnapped, it's not like I'm going to be kidnapped reading this book."


"KI KI! (Ueki! Seichiro is in trouble!)"

"You want a banana?"

Sonson stops jumping.

"KI! (It's that bastard Hellion!)"

"You must be really hungry. Does Sano feed you anything?"

"-red vein- Ki! (Idiot!)"

Sonson drags Kosuke to where the Hellion took Sano.

"Guess it wasn't a banana…"


"You bastard! What the hell did you do to him?"

"Oh Ueki! It's great to see you again!"

Kosuke attacks him with his tree which Anom dodges.

"That wasn't nice. I just wanted to get acquainted with Sano-kun again."

"What you did wasn't even close to getting acquainted!"


"Sano, I'm glad you're awake!"

"…Where…am I?"

"You fainted and I carried you to my house since I have no idea where you live."

"Oooo. (It was so romantic.)"


Me: I can finally start the romantic relationship between Kosuke and Sano after this chapter!

Kitsune:…

Me: Please read and review or Kitsune will eat you alive which he isn't afraid to do.

Kitsune:…

Leo comes crashing into the wall.

Leo: OH YEAH!

Me: You bastard! You better fix that wall before I start the next chapter!

Leo: Oh yeah?

Me: YOU ARE NOT KOOL-AID!

Yohko: She's not leaving the room anytime soon. Ja ne!

Leo: When you see the real kool-aid, you call it a glass bitch!

Me: You glass bastard!

Leo: That works to.