Peter shone in dark aura, as he asked a very frightened Bols, "So… Are you scared of the dark?"
He charged at Bols, as Bols cried, "DAMN! I have to use my Trump Card!"
He flexed and expanded his muscles, growing very large. He turned green, and was shiny as steel. He said to Peter, "That's not the only weapon I have. My abilities have improved, since my death and my atonements!"
He flexed, as he boomed, "Feel my power! Kazan Kogai Koho!"
He patted his chest, making hollow metallic sounds, as he said, "Hehe, hehe, hehe… As you see, my time in Hell has shown me the error of my ways. I wanted to visit my girls, again. And now, after my unexpected death, and the actions of what I have done, before it, I have been given a second chance."
Peter glared, "So, what now? That makes you an iron chef?"
"Oh, now, don't be silly… Lemme see if steel is afraid of the dark… which it won't."
Peter smirked, "You will…"
Act VII: The Yoru no Tsumiken!
Peter Giese, the Nanto Master!
Peter attacked Bols with a barrage of punches, but Bols was unaffected. He laughed, as he flexed, "You have no class, Man of Darkness! Hell watches over me, as you will fall to damnation!"
Peter stopped, as he panted, "WHEW! That is tough! Luzer is saving Mizuki, but I bet I can beat your ass, you disgraced El Fuerte."
"Hey, I am an excellent cook! It's just that Najenda gave me shitty ingredients!"
"You study the food of cooking, by looks, not by taste. A true chef must know when to learn what tastes good, depending on the recipe. I have had my share of cooking. I am The Gang's resident chef and songwriter. Food is all I am. And seeing that you're as thick as steel, maybe I can bend it."
He held his hands up and slashed at Bols' chest. Bols laughed, but saw a mark on his chest, leaking blood. It said "Yoru". He gasped, "NO! N-n-n-n-no… That style… and the blood in me… That's…"
"Yoru no Tsumi Ken? Of course."
"NO! NOT THAT! Well, yes, it is, but… that style… It's Nanto Sei Ken!"
Peter smirked, "Quite observant. Yes, it is. Countess Kendra, my mistress and sensei, is one of the old Nanto Masters of old… as she learned the deadly art of Yoru no Tsumiken, also known as Nanto Tsumiken. It is a deadly dark attack that slices you to ribbons… and your soul will be forever damned and doomed, upon expulsion. She passed it down to me, upon learning I have the Darkness Shadow, the most powerful Precious Stone of Control, individually. After three months, it was worth the test."
Peter held up a huge steel girder, as he said, "All I did was nick through your armor… and left a chink in it. Now, for the fun part… To see what happens, when those who are marked for death will feel the unbelievable pain…"
Bols was stunned, as Peter swung the steel girder into his head, right on the left side. He gets struck by it, only for the girder to bend in half. Bols laughed, as he said, "That didn't hurt. But you know that steel is as strong as it gets! Thank Najenda for giving me this Trump Card, but I think we should stop. Go to her, and save Mizuki… The scary redhead. I'll leave, if you must… but know that you are worthy of denting my armor."
Peter dropped the girder, as he replied, posing in a darkened aura, "Sorry. But it takes hours to freeze Mizuki to death. I cannot risk having her die… and I refuse to let you live, even further!"
Bols growled, "You say that now? I have a wife and daughter, waiting for me!"
He launched a punch at him, as Peter disappeared into an afterimage. He leapt upward and slammed his face with hard heavy fists. It severely dented his face.
WHAM! BAM! POW!
Bols' face was distorted in three deep dents. His face reshaped to normal, as he growled, "Didn't hurt either."
Peter picked up another steel girder, and then said, "Okay… Let's try below the belt."
"The groin area?"
"The ribcage. I wanna see if your ribs are fresh."
Bols pounded his stomach and said, "Go ahead. But try as hard as you can. No one breaks through my impenetrable body. Take a free shot!"
Peter prepared to swing in a left-handed batting stance, as he said, "Okay… You asked for it!"
He swung as hard as he can.
WHAM!
He struck Bols on his right side of his abdomen, and smashed through his ribcage, completely. Bols screamed in pain, resisting the blow. Peter held the girder and said, "You know the moment when I punched you in the face? That's the beauty of Yoru no Tsumiken. I can pinpoint your power point, in three areas, and disable it, no matter what defensive move you make. Now that your armor is gone, your muscles of steel are weak."
He smashed Bols' left shoulder with the girder, and started to bat at him with the huge steel beam. Bols started to scream in pain, as Peter swung the steel beam at his neck, knocking him down. He was crawling to the ground, as Peter said, dusting off his pants, "Okay, bad chef. Do you feel scared, now?"
Bols moaned, as he was getting up, "Wh-why are you so calm? Just hours ago, you complained that my cheese pizza was horrible!"
Peter said, "I'm not hungry. Also, I chose to kill you, using my Yoru no Tsumi Ken. Now, lemme show you the truth… Yoru Sen Akuma!"
He separated into four afterimages, surrounding Bols in four different areas – one behind him, one on his left side and right side, and the real one, in front of him. He shuffled around, as Bols gasped, "What is he? He's a demon from hell!"
Peter 2 spoke, "Apparently, in your former life, you have shown shyness and fear."
Peter 4 added, "But I can sense that you chose not to fight, after your sins of that village you burned down."
Peter 3 said, "But as for me…"
Peter 1 said, "I'm judge, jury, and executioner!"
They stopped, as Bols shrieked. The Four Peters landed a huge barrage of punches into Bols, on each side.
Yoru Sen Gatling Ken夜千ガトリング拳
He continued to launch his punches, as Bols was succumbing to the pain. He roared, shooting his punches, "ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA!"
Peter called out, as he shifted sides, punching in an endless manner. The one behind him kicked him in the back of the neck, the right one clubbed him with a punch, and the left one nailed him in the ribs. Peter then said, "Now, GO TO HELL!"
POW!
Bols was taken down by a massive uppercut. He fell to the ground, as Peter nodded, "So… Fear the darkness… and repent!"
He ran in the diner and said, "Mizuki…"
Bols groaned in pain, "Darn it… This guy's as scary as the girl."
Inside the diner, Luzer tried to open the door, as he struggled to pull the knob. Mizuki cried, "HURRY! I cannot… ahhh… My body… is…"
Luzer cried, "Don't freeze on me, Takase! Master loves you so much!"
"WHICH IS IT DOES HE LOVE? ME OR YOUR COUNTESS?"
"HE LOVES YOU, STUPID!"
"Well, are you going to open the door?"
"Wish I could… But this small body isn't what it used to be!"
Peter arrived, as he cried, "WHERE IS SHE?"
"Peter? Is that you?" She called out.
Luzer yelled, "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN? MASKED MAN LOCKED THE MEAT LOCKER!"
"HE WHAT?" Mizuki cried.
Peter said, "Step back, Luzer. Mizuki! Can you blast the door down?"
Mizuki replied, "I kinda knew that, but my hands are so freezing… that my systems has shut down… WHAT? YOU TRY BEING A CYBORG, AND NOT EXPERIENCE PURE SHEER COLD!"
He said, "Remind me to have your doctor make your cybernetics heatproof and iceproof."
She barked, "At least it didn't make it moronproof! Jerk!"
He halted and said, "Okay… I'm not going to."
"WHAT?"
Luzer griped, "ARE YOU NUTS?"
Peter yelled, "For the past days, you have ignored me, and called me a jerk! You haven't once showed love for me!"
"It's been three months! Peter, I love you! And I miss you so! But this… This is a matter of life and death! I'm trapped! And that bastard locked the door! And here I thought he was harboring dead bodies for meat!"
Luzer barked, "Cannibals!"
He said, "Look, I'll free you, but not without an apology!"
Luzer called, "Do as he says! Master was upset that you yelled at him!"
Mizuki gasped, as she was shivering in the meat locker. She cried, "I didn't mean to. You were just upset over the simplest things, and you two act like idiots!"
Peter said, "Well, I'm not saving you, without an apology…"
He turned away and said, "Jerk."
He walked off, as Mizuki sobbed, "WAIT! Peter… Peter… I'm sorry… But… I want to be with you… forever. Don't leave me. I love you."
She wept, as she was dropping to her knees, "I love you… PETER! I LOVE YOU!"
She pounded on the door, crying. She slammed her fists at the door, and then, the door fell over. Mizuki gasped, as Peter was turning his back on her. He then said, "I knew you would. I love you, too. Also, I slashed the hinges, so you did the rest."
Mizuki sniffled, as she hugged him, "OH! PETER~!"
She bawled on him, as she blubbered, "I… I was scared… I thought Bols was-."
Peter said, "It's alright. Bols is dead. He knows not to mess with The Gang."
Luzer said, "Uh, guys…"
Bols got up, as they looked out the window. Peter growled, "Damn! I thought that the Thousand Gatling Fist would subdue him. Even so, he's of no use. It's over."
He said, "Come on!"
They stepped outside, as Bols growled, "This isn't over, Man of the Darkness!"
He reached in his pants, from behind, and pulled out a Model 24 Potato Masher. Mizuki said, as she was sniffling, "Bols, you bastard… You will pay for this…"
They prepared, as Peter said, "Miz, you feel okay now?"
Mizuki snorted, "Just a little frostbite… One more hour of this, and I will have crashed."
Bols asked, "You are not a computer!"
Mizuki said, "Dr. Ryuken made me what I am. Besides, you would know that, do you?"
He held up the grenade and said, pointing it at them, "Well, let's see how you two will be blown to bits. I have this, and when I jab it in one of you, you die… and be blown to bits!"
Luzer gasped, "NO! Is that-?"
Peter asked, "Wait… Where'd he get those weird bombs?"
Mizuki beeped, "That is a. Model 24 Potato Masher – discontinued since 1945."
She added, "I take it that Hell remanufactures wartime relics."
Bols pulled the pin, as Peter said, "Go ahead and throw it into one of us… because you know you cannot throw it."
He stated, "You see, during my Thousand Gatling Fist, I managed to subdue all of arms' vital points. Even if you tried to throw it, your hands cannot let it go."
Bols gasped, as he pried his hand open, with his free hand. But no luck. Mizuki giggled, "Amazing job!"
Luzer cheered, "That was a smart move, Master!"
Peter said, "Even as an emulation of Hokuto Shin Ken, you know that Yoru no Tsumi Ken is considered three times deadlier as Nanto Sei Ken."
Bols then held it out, as he cried, "AAGH! IT'S GONNA BLOW! NO! NO! Wait! I'll just die with you!"
He ran to them, as Mizuki shot out a green energy shield, as she said, "Sorry. But I have a defense that blocks your pyromania!"
Bols panicked, as he cried, "NO! NOT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
KABOOM!
His right arm blew off, leaving only a burned up stump. He screamed in fright, as he was in constant pain. Mizuki and Peter were unaffected, thanks to Mizuki's shield. She dropped to her knees, as she beeped, "Energy… depleted…"
Peter said, "You did well. Now, leave it to me…"
Mizuki wept, as she smiled, "I love you… Master…"
Luzer griped, "I told you I CALL HIM THAT!"
Peter said to a one armed Bols, "Now that you have lost one arm, you cannot fight me, with only the other one. If you want to fight me, Iron Chef, you can only have five seconds to live. But I won't use my Yoru no Tsumi Ken, since you're going to die, soon… And even so, your mother and daughter will be lonely. Maybe when you change your ways, you get a third chance… and to reform. Otherwise… 5…"
Bols shivered, as Peter counted down, "4… 3… 2… 1…"
Bols screamed, as he charged at Peter. He launched a Railway Upper at Bols, but Bols dodged it, grabbing his legs. But Peter went upward and higher, as he dispersed his Upper Finisher. He glared downward, as Bols shrieked in horror.
"RAILWAY HEEL DROP!"
KAPOW!
Bols was severely smashed in the head, by Peter's huge right heel drop kick, smashing his heel deep into his cranium. He was still standing, gushing out blood from his head, and croaking in pain.
"So… this is my fate…" Bols thought, as he was dying, "No… I am sorry for what I did… but I have… to return to… my girls…"
Peter dropped down and smirked calmly, as he nudged his chest with just his finger. Bols fell down, as he screamed, "My… girls… MY! GIRRRRRRRRRRRRRLS!"
CRASH!
"TIMBER!" He called out, as Bols was crashed through the ground, ten feet deep.
Mizuki moaned, "My… Hero…" and then fainted. Peter ran to her, as he said, "No… Mizuki… wake up…"
Luzer said, "She's chilled to the bone! Master, we have to get her inside, and warm her up!"
"Right!"
He carried her inside, as they went in. Najenda heard the news, from inside her room, moments later.
"Boss…" A female in pigtails was by the door, in a dark shadow, "Bols… Bols is dead. That fat asshole and his robot girl and his buzzard killed him."
Najenda said, "What did he use?"
The girl said, "He uses Nanto Sei Ken… except he calls it "Fist of the Night". What should we do?"
Najenda said, "Seems things are going as planned… Mine!"
"Boss?"
"Have the preparations made for Scarlet's execution, tomorrow. The Gang is due for a lesson in humility."
"Yes, Boss."
"OH! And also, have ALL remaining NR9 members prepared. There's only six of them, and we have the upper hand; seven, if you count the crow."
Mine left, as Najenda whispered, "Hokuto Shin Ken… Nanto Sei Ken… It seems that the field is even. A-Fist Cooke… Fire Phoenix Stevens… Big Master Giese… Looks like The Gang has their heavy hitters. But not for long. We'll see if their Fists of Deadly Recklessness can defy even the powerful forces of NR9's justice."
Mizuki was lying in a cot, covered in a blanket, only wearing her bra and panties. Luzer felt her neck, as he said, "She's still cold… That, or her arms are icy."
"That's her cybernetics."
"Oh. Oh, okay." Luzer felt her chest, "She's coming to. She's still cold, but her pulse is beating faster."
Peter held her hand and whispered, "Hang in there… Don't die on me, you jerk… You promised to love me… I'm sorry that I was a jerk…"
Mizuki whispered, "I… I'm sorry, too…"
She opened her eyes, as she smiled, "Jerk."
Peter giggled, as Mizuki hugged him. She said, "I forgive you. I mean, three months… and you were worried about me."
"Miz, I'm sorry about everything. I shouldn't have mentioned Kendra, at all."
"What are you saying? I'm not jealous! Your mistress is a thousand years old, and pushing her 30s, in immortal youth. I'm not angry… I mean, okay… well, maybe I was jealous… seeing you with another woman… who trained you in that technique."
She smiled and said, "So, we're cool now, bro."
Peter said, "Yeah, but… I hurt you."
Mizuki huffed, "No… You didn't… Now, you shall take your punishment, like a man! Close your eyes!"
He closed them, as Mizuki leaned to him. She kissed him, as they started to kiss. Luzer smiled, as he said, "All is forgiven… Master and Mizuki… They've rekindled their love."
Mizuki smiled, as she whispered, "I'm sorry. Are we still friends?"
She undid her hair, as Peter whispered, "We have time… We save Scarlet, right now… But first, let's make NR9 regret the day they cross The Gang. Right here, right now…"
He removed the straps on her bra, as she blushed, "Oh, Peter…"
She whispered, "You jerk… Do me…"
They started to make out, as Luzer said, "Uh, okay, you two… I'm gonna go out and fly about, seeing any more danger."
Peter said, still moaning with Mizuki, "You do that."
They started to make out, under the covers, as Luzer left to go outside. He perched towards a tall tree and said, "Mistress Kendra… You taught him well. Master is gonna be alright. But I should rejoin him, tomorrow."
He flew away, spotting Asahi and Heather, far away in a small building. He thought, "Huh? What are they doing?"
Heather was still in her superheroine disguise, as Asahi was brushing her long blonde hair, in a small dressing room.
"Hey, Heather?" Asahi asked, "Your hair… Have you been growing it out?"
Heather replied, "Oh, yes. I wanted to go back to my normal hairstyle. You know… Classic Heather Dunn."
"Yeah, but… You need to change your hair… Lemme fix it…"
She removed her mask and did her hair up, in a bun. Asahi then said, as she switched her hair to a long blonde hairstyle. Heather smiled, "I see that Lorna's tricks are improving into you."
Asahi blushed, "Well, yes. But I am kinda working on some styles. Plus, NR9 may not recognize you, if you had a new hairstyle…"
"I kinda wonder that…"
Asahi found a wig, with blue hair and in a medium bob. She said, "Here. Maybe this will help. It matches your persona."
Heather mumbled, "I prefer pink…"
"Oh, nonsense." Asahi giggled, "I'll be in blonde hair… for this one. My Mech-Asahi form is working well, but I got a new button. See?"
She showed Heather a pink button, in-between the green and black buttons. Heather asked, "What does that do?"
Asahi said, "Oh, I tried it before, but it makes me a powerful fighter, and have the same powers as Mech-Asahi… only my skin will be different, and I cannot perform the Miracle Barrage."
She stated, "I can transform into a chrome Mech-Asahi, with different hairstyles. I could show you, but it takes time; and the control of it is very short. I can only use it as a last resort, if not fighting as Mech-Asahi."
She then asked, as she fixed the wig on Heather, "So, how about you? Why the snowman look?"
Heather replied, "Because… I got me a brand-new Precious Stone of Control."
"Ice Shard?"
"Good guess."
"So, that's why you become Snow Storm Queen."
"No. I chose this, to hide my true identity. I mean, this is a World Government, and we're like the criminals here."
Asahi giggled, "Do your superhero pose~!"
"Huh?"
"Well, since you're all set, you can try it out." Asahi posed, as she stated, "Here, watch me!"
She did a tokusatsu pose, as she chanted, "I am the ally of justice! The pop idol mecha of your dreams! The Gynoid Giantess Idol – MECH-ASAHI!"
She finished, as she smiled, "See? Easy, huh? I've learned it, watching those tokusatsu animes."
Heather said, "Not bad. It'd work, if you're Mech-Asahi. But, I have been testing it out."
Heather posed, with her staff on her shoulders, and her hand sticking out, "Evildoers beware! The ice in our hearts will not melt, for it is our souls! And the wicked cannot melt away our hopes and dreams! Find your heart, deep within the frozen snow! For I am the true snowflake cutie~! I am SNOW STORM QUEEN! And injustice is about to froze over!"
Asahi was not impressed. She said, "Maybe I can help you with your introduction. Your pose is awesome, but that intro line needs works."
Heather moaned, "Night has fallen, and we cannot have fun, since no one wants to have us dispense justice."
A woman shrieked, as Asahi gasped, "Huh? What was that?"
Heather laughed, "Finally… To action, Mech-Asahi!"
Asahi complained, "Heather! I cannot transform, now! There are limits to my powers as Mech-Asahi!"
Heather huffed, "Party pooper."
She then spoke in a bold superhero voice, "Look out, Imperial Lobby! Snow Storm Queen and Mech-Asahi are here to save the day! Let us go, Giantess Gynoid Idol, whatever!"
She glared at her, "You know, Asahi, maybe you should rework that title."
Asahi replied, "I'm getting there."
They rushed off, as they headed to a part of town, to save the day. But little do they know, they were about to fall into a trap by NR9.
To be continued…
