Chapter 7: The Rising Dawn
(At the Park)
As Mantar and Kailaya watched before their eyes Goku waved at them, turned around and shot into the air, sending a wave of air in all direction.
Mantar and Kailaya just looked at each other. Then a smile spread across mantar's face. He looked into Kailaya's eyes.
"You know Kailaya; it has been really nice of you to help me-us I mean. We couldn't have gotten this far without you."
Kailaya blushed, "That's not true, and you guys would be fine without me."
"Well maybe..." Mantar teased.
"Hey!" Kailaya smiled and punched him in the arm.
Mantar just stared into her eyes for what seemed like the longest time. Then he smiled again and spoke,
"Kailaya, I just wanted to say that-WHAT THE!!! Ow!!! What was that?!"
Mantar recoiled in pain. He looked at it. There was a large splinter in his hand. He looked past that to see he had just foolishly put his hand on the broken tree. Splinters everywhere, smart move.
"Here let me help," Kailaya offered. "She took his hand in hers and stared at the splinter.
"Hmmmmmmm" said "this might sting a little. You may want to...well, do you remember anything from the night when you killed those two men?"
"Well that's kind of random," Mantar said, "but now that you mention it-OOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
With a quick yank Kailaya ripped the splinter from his hand.
A tear welled in his eye.
"Owwwwwww...that hurt! You could have done it softer!"
"Awwwww, does the wittle baby need me to kiss his booboo?"
Kailaya brought his hand to her mouth and kissed the wound.
"Um Kailaya? You kind of got some blood in your mouth, that's kind of disgusting."
Kailaya giggled and licked her lips clean.
"OK! That was kind of creepy! Please don't do that again!" Mantar laughed, taken aback
"Well I've see worse" she said.
Again there was a long silence with them just staring into each others eyes. Mantar was lost in her glittering ruby eyes, he felt secure in them.
Slowly, very slowly they began to advance toward the other. Then without warning-
BANG!
An explosion was heard in the distance. Screams were audible. They seemed to be coming from the direction of the school.
"Dang it" Mantar Whispered. "Kailaya, get on my back, I'm going to waste no time getting there so you better hold on tight."
Kailaya climbed on Mantar's back and wrapped her arms around his neck. With a blast of energy and speed Mantar flew forward faster than ever before. They were at the school in a matter of moments.
The sight that lay before Mantar was devastating. The school was seemingly being laid siege to by over a hundred black-clothed figures. People were flying around, in what seemed to be random directions. Then Mantar looked closer. He saw a small pack of people on the middle of the crowd. He looked closer and gasped.
All of his friends were fighting for their lives in the midst of this tumult. He had to help.
"Kailaya! Come on! They need us!"
Mantar flew directly into the frenzy and toward the pack of students. They all stood in a circle around what looked like Adrian.
"MANTAR!!!! Thank god you're here. I need your help. I've taken a major blow to my leg I can barely stand I need you to get me out of here." Adrian said.
"I can do you one better" Mantar replied.
He put his hand to Adrian's heart and closed his eyes. He concentrated on Adrian's weak energy and let his own power flow into him.
Mantar retracted his hand from Adrian and looked to see what would happen.
Adrian let out a sigh of relief.
"Now Mantar," Adrian said, "there is just one more favor I need to ask of you"
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Rikku and her sisters were really putting on the hurt. If one would be left weak, another would block, and visa versa. Rikku's Lightning hail wrecked devastation on the enemy. Her sisters weren't bad either. Wave after wave of enemies continued to come, with a single spoken thought they all assembled next to each other. Word after word they performed their ultimate attack.
"Till" one said
"Death" another screamed
"We fight!!!" the last two screamed in unison.
They all connected their hands and formed a complete circle.
As a Gigantic Ball of energy formed, each one of the sisters' hair glowed neon in their own color. With a shout of determination they all let they energy ball shoot forward into a beam of concentrated rage. The beam disintegrated all in its path, flashing all the colors of the rainbow as it went. Then, just as their power was waning, Rikku turned to face a new, huge power source coming from behind.
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Mantar and Adrian looked at each other. In unison each one performed a series of complex arm and hand motions, and then they added their legs to the strange ritual.
"WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING!??!?!" Rikku shouted. "DANCING?!"
"Hey that's not so bad" Adrian shouted to Mantar over the noise while still performing the strange performance.
"Ya! Let's call it something like-"
With a twist and touching elbows, Mantar and Adrian stopped moving. They each put hand on the others. Mantar's right on Adrian's left. Then, as if some invisible force told them what to say, they both shouted in unison, "SHADOW ENTOURAGE, FEAR THE DANCE OF DEATH!!!"
Again time seemed to stand still. No one moved. All energy everywhere on the battlefield was averted and sucked into a portal where Mantar and Adrian's hands were.
Even the immense power of the Shimas' beam changed its path and flew into the portal. When there was no more remaining energy on the field, the portal vanished. All the energy stood in two tiny streams. Each stream chose its owner. One went to Mantar and one went to Adrian.
The second the first beam touched Mantar all the changes from the day before happened instantaneously, his brows lengthened and narrowed, and his eyes flashed straight to white.
When the second beam touched Adrian however, something not entirely different happened. His muscles bulged and grew to 4 times their normal size, his hair disregarded its normal color and glowed neon green. His eyes also were altered. Not only did his pupils disappear, but his both of his eyes turned a bright shade of neon green as well.
After each simultaneous transformation each looked at the other and smiled.
"Let us finish the fight." The super-human Adrian requested.
"Yes," The inhuman Mantar responded "Let us clean the streets of these men once and for all.
With trails of light following them, both Adrian and Mantar sped off in different directions. This was no longer a fight. This was a massacre.
Mantar and Adrian spread havoc across the school grounds, not only ripping and tearing the men to shreds but burning bodies and disintegrating humans multitudes at a time. Adrian spared none in his path. It must have been one of the bloodiest battles the century had ever seen.
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As the last organization member lay writhing on the ground. Mantar and Adrian stood before him and said to each other.
"Well Mantar, should we kill him or shall we let him live to tell the world of the nightmare he has witnessed."
"I say we go with door number one." Mantar snarled.
With both hands side by side, Mantar and Adrian prepared to blast the man halfway to the moon. When suddenly, Rikku ad her sisters stood before them.
"You can't do this! Let him live, he has seen more horrors than you will ever hear of. Hundreds of men, his men, have been slaughtered here. Let him go in peace!" Rikku shouted with her arms outstretched, blocking him from the beasts.
"Well Mantar, it looks like the bug has come to die, let us accommodate her!"
"Indeed." Mantar grinned.
They both turned their hands to Rikku.
Her eyes widened. They really had turned into monsters. She was going to die here, on this blood soaked ground.
Then, out of the darkness Kailaya ran forward and grabbed the two boy's hands.
"Stop it!" she cried, "Mantar, Adrian, stop all of this, come back to us!"
Both boys froze.
As if on command they lowered their hands and fell limp in Kailaya's arms. She fell to her knees and cried over their unconscious bodies.
But, just when everyone thought it was over, the man from the ground got to his feet and grabbed the two unconscious boys.
"The boss will love to study these two fine specimens in detail, I should be thanking you, without these two, I could have never shown my face in front of him again after this little disaster."
On that word the man turned around and pulled both teens into the sky.
Kailaya screamed at the top of her lungs, "NO! I WON'T LET YOU!!!!!!"
Her eyes flashed a brilliant red for the briefest of a moment and she threw a giant beam flying after the man. The red beam cut through his right hand, not only releasing Mantar, but also releasing the man's hand from his arm. Mantar now stood to face the menacing ground to come up to meet him. With another burst of energy Kailaya shot forward into the air and snatched Mantar from the sky.
Kailaya could only croon over Mantar as Adrian was carried away into the night.
