Do not own Kamen Rider, just Lord Shade, or as his real name, Ark. Everyone now knows who Lord Shade really is, right?
Kamen Rider Shade
Chapter 7: Reveal, Yumi's . . . WHAT! And . . . Unveil, the true Angelic Knight!
A man, wearing a large leather trench coat, blue jeans, black boots, and a black shirt walked into the park. He had long hair, but not so long, and had a red streak going down a part of his hair. He carried an electric guitar case, and another case with a bass guitar in it. He stopped. Then, he flipped open his trench coat, took out his electric guitar, and plugged it into an amplifier that was under his coat and strapped onto his belt! "YEAH!" The man shouted. "Everybody ready!" Then he started playing the electric guitar (Any song could do, maybe destiny's play) and started singing.
Ark, who was just finishing bringing some violins to a customer, heard the rock song that the man was playing. Let's see, today Ark is wearing a red jacket, black t-shirt, and white pants. Ark ran from his spot, hoping to find the source of the music.
Ark eventually did, and found the man. The man finished his song. "Yeah!" The man said, then noticed Ark staring, knees to the ground. The man smiled. "So, how was it?"
Ark stayed silent for a bit, then he smile. "Sugoi, that was really great!" Ark shouted. The man extended a hand out to help Ark up.
"Oh yes! My music has brought you to your knees!" The man shouted. "MY MUSIC HAS MADE YOU SPEECHLESS!" Ark nodded.
"Um, what's your name?" Ark asked.
"Me, all you need to know is Koji." Koji answered pointing at himself. "Now what is the name of the person that my music has brought him to his knees?"
"Ark, Ryusei Ark!" Ark answered. Somehow Ark wasn't shy around Koji.
Ark and Koji walked around the streets, talking about stuff, then Koji saw a café. "This place." Koji said, as if recognizing it.
"You want to go in?" Ark asked.
"Not without my new friend, I wouldn't." Koji said putting an arm around Ark's shoulder. This made Ark smiled.
"Um," Ark did say after, "I was going to go in anyway." Koji then shushed him.
"That really kills the mood, let's just never speak of it again." Koji said, clenching his hand into a fist and pumping his arm up enthusiastically. Ark nodded, while smiling. The two walked in.
Ark waved to Ko. "Hello, Ko-san." Ark greeted Ko.
"Oh Ryusei-san, how nice to see you . . ." Ko stopped upon seeing Koji. Unbeknownst to Ark, Koji waved to Ko. "Hello." Ko greeted Koji. Koji and Ark walked off. Then Ko started pondering about something. "That man, he looks so familiar."
Ark sat down on a table, where Hikari was sitting at. Today she is wearing a black miniskirt, with a white top, with pink jacket and black ankle strap shoes. Earlier in the day, Hikari wanted to visit the café, hoping to see Yumi again. Ark decided to let her stay at the café so he could finish some errands, the violin selling. Koji sat on a third seat. Hikari just stared at Koji, while Koji was slumping into the chair. Koji took one look at Hikari, who hid behind Ark. "Who is that?" Koji asked. "Your girlfriend?"
Ark dropped his mouth in surprise, then started stammering. "N-n-no." Ark answered.
"Little sister?" Koji asked. Ark shook his head. "Then what?"
"I'm her guardian." Ark replied. Koji just stared at Ark.
"Guardian?" Koji asked himself softly. "You know, I wonder what he means by that."
Yumi entered the café. Today she wore a blue dress, with a tan color jacket as well with white ankle strap shoes. "Hey Ko-san." Yumi greeted Ko.
"Hello Mizuki-chan." Ko greeted back, then looked towards Koji. "Mizuki-chan, do we know who that boy is?" Ko asked. Yumi looked towards Koji's direction, then Yumi dropped her mouth in surprise. Ko noticed and waved a hand in front of Yumi. "Mizuki-chan?" Yumi lifted Ko's hand out of her face slowly, then walked up to Koji.
"KOJI?" Yumi said in surprise walking up to the table, surprising Ark. Hikari was drinking a cup of juice, strawberry most likely as it looked it. Koji looked up at Yumi.
"Yumi Nee-chan!" Koji shouted, then jumped out of his seat and hugged Yumi.
"Nee-chan?" Ark wondered, while Hikari just kept drinking her juice.
Yumi pushed Koji off. "What, no hug for me?" Koji asked.
Yumi slammed the table, again surprising Ark. "Just what are you doing here?" Yumi asked, with a bit of contempt in her voice.
Koji nervously rubbed his head and chuckled. "Well, you see Yumi Nee-chan, I'm going through some tough times here."
"TOUGH TIMES!" Yumi shouted, slamming the table again, this time surprising everyone in the café. "What is that about?"
"Um, Yumi-san." Ark tapped Yumi's arm. "Why are you treating Koji-san like that?"
Yumi noticed Ark. "Oh, I didn't know you were here Ark-kun." Yumi said.
"Ark-kun?" Koji tried to feel the words in his mouth. "My oh my, Ark, I didn't know he was like that." Koji smiled a smile that seemed a tad out of place.
"Ark-kun, well you see, Koji here, he's my little cousin." Yumi replied.
Ark's eyes popped open. "L-l-little c-c-cousin?" Ark stammered. Ark looked at Koji.
"Yep, my name is Koji, Mizuki Koji!" Koji said with a smile and pointed at himself. Ark looked like he was about to faint.
"Oh my, what a coincidence." Ark actually fainted.
"Ark-kun!?" Yumi checked to see if Ark was okay.
"Shade-kun!?" Hikari set her cup down and checked as well.
"Kun?" Yumi wondered why Hikari switched from Shade-san, to Shade-kun. The two shook Ark.
Koji just closed his eyes. "Wow, the guy's pretty popular, even with my older cousin."
A few minutes later, Ark woke up. "So, why was Yumi-san treating you the way she did."
Koji laughed nervously again. "Well, you see. I promised my beautiful cousin that I would become a great rock star!" Koji shouted, hugging his cousin. The way how he treated Yumi was, strange to say the least. It seemed like he wanted to be near her the whole time. "The same goes for the rest of our family."
"Yeah, and you've failed so many times." Yumi said, with a bit of disappointment. "You kept coming back to ask our family for some money, and you know dad and uncle somewhat disowned you. I know you're good, so why aren't you fulfilling your dream."
"Well, I just never got a good gig." Koji answered.
"Also, where is the rest of your band?" Yumi asked.
"Well, funny story there hehehe." Koji was sweating badly. "They quit on me."
There was a wave of silence among the four. "THEY WHAT!" Yumi screaming, scaring Ark now. Hikari just drank her juice. Koji just chuckled nervously. Yumi sighed. "Guess there's no choice, I just have to help you."
"Yay, Yumi Nee-san!" Koji hugged Yumi again. "I just knew one day you would play your drums for me!"
"Drums?" Ark asked.
"Yeah, I play the drums." Yumi said. "But a drummer and a guitarist isn't going to be enough." Koji was about to say something to Yumi, "And don't think that I'm going to play bass while I play the drums." Ark looked at Yumi again with confusion. "Yep, I can play Bass as well."
"Wow." Ark said.
"Now, let's see." Koji said, looking at his fingers. "A band would best have four people, three at instruments, and one at vocal. Now, if Yumi Nee-chan plays bass, we need a synthesizer player. But that's not a problem, since I don't have a synthesizer." Yumi dropped her mouth.
"NO SYNTHESIZER!" Yumi shrieked.
"Well, yeah." Koji nervously told Yumi. "My synthesizer player took his synthesizer with him, so I don't have one."
"And yet, you still have a drum set." Yumi remarked, sweat dropping.
Koji tried to think, "Yo, Ark!" Koji shouted to Ark.
"Hm?" Ark sounded.
"Well, do you know any other bass players?" Koji asked, Ark shook his head. "Now that's a bit of a problem. We could just find a third person and I could do the vocals."
Hikari stared at the case that held the Bass Guitar, then she opened it, took out the bass guitar, and started playing. The other three just stared at Hikari with wide eyes. She played real good. Koji and Ark dropped their mouths. "Sugoi!" Yumi said clapping her hands. "Hikari-chan, you're a real good bass player!" Hikari blushed and smiled when Yumi complimented her.
Ark stammered. "I never knew you could play." Ark remarked. Hikari just giggled and had her tongue out in a cute gesture.
"YOSHA!" Koji shouted. "WE GOT OUR BASS PLAYER!"
"I can probably play the synthesizer too." Hikari mentioned.
"REALLY!" Koji squealed in delight. He looked at Ark. Ark nodded. Why wouldn't she, she is a real good piano player. "YOSHA! IKUZO!" Ark sweat dropped, but Koji just had something about him that made Ark more confident. Koji pumped his hand up, and Ark followed. Yumi just stared at the two for acting so weird. "Oh, by the way, what's your full name Hikari?" Hikari hid behind Ark. Koji sweat dropped this time. "Weird."
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Inside a music store, Hikari got up to a synthesizer, and started playing. Koji dropped his mouth, then squealed. "KU! IT'S OFFICIAL! Hikari-chan, you're in the band!" Koji thrust a fist to the air. "Now, you and my beautiful cousin can switch off on who plays bass or not!" Koji was a tad loud. Then he noticed that Ark was the only one who didn't have a role in the band, and Koji really wanted Ark to be in. "Yo, Ark, how's your singing?"
"Me?" Ark pointed at himself. Ark shook his head. "I'm no good."
Hikari shook her own head. "No, Shade-kun's singing is actually good." She remarked.
"Really?" Ark asked. "Where did you hear?"
"I heard you when you sang while you took a shower." Hikari said. Everyone was silent for a bit.
"YOU WHAT!" Ark shouted. "You actually listen in on me when I take my baths!" Hikari nodded. Yumi and Koji just stared at Hikari. Ark fainted, again.
Koji blinked his eyes in confusion. "Wow, this guy sure likes to faint."
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Somewhere far from the four, Kumori walked to a cemetery, carrying three bouquets of flowers. Today he wore a black jacket, black tie, white dress shirt, and brown jeans. Kumori stopped when he reached three tombstones. Kumori placed one flower over each tombstone, then got on his knees, and had his hands together and closed his eyes. "Otousan, Okaasan, Nii-san." Kumori said. "Please, rest in peace." Tears were dripping from his eyes.
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Eventually Hikari, Yumi, and Koji got Ark to sing. Ark seemed a tad shaky in the beginning, but then, Ark really bursted out, or it was because Ark accidently got zapped for some reason after getting too close to the stereo system. Somehow, Hikari, Yumi, and Koji all enjoyed Ark's singing. After Ark finished, Ark rubbed his rear. Yeah, he got zapped in the butt.
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From a distance, a man with wild spiky hair, wearing a black vest, black chained jeans, and no shirt, was stalking a woman. He chuckled. "How nice, a woman for me to feed on." He sunk into the shadow of the tree he was hiding behind. Yep, he's a Shadow. A shadowy blob followed the woman.
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After Ark was accepted into the band, the four of them decided to give a mock concert for a nearby neighborhood. Ark was okay with it, but Ark heard a demonic growl. "Is there something wrong?" Koji asked. Ark shook his head, then walked out the store.
"Sorry guys, but I have something I need to do. Kari-chan, stay with Yumi-san please." Ark ran out as Hikari nodded.
"That guy sure is strange." Koji remarked. Yeah, Ark fainted a lot, and now he runs out without a reason, or he didn't mention one. Still, Koji liked Ark. There was something about Ark that just excites Koji.
Ark ran and ran, until he saw a shadowy blob nearing the woman. The woman was walking the streets, no idea that a blob was following her. Ark reached into his jacket, and took out the Shade Blaster. Ark then looked at the Shade Blaster for a second. "You know, I really feel like this is the first time I'm using this so early in the morning." Yep, all that happened before was in the morning. Ark fired a light from the blaster, forcing the Shadow out of the, er, shadow. Look for the capital letter. The Shadow shouted in pain as he was blinded, alerting the woman that he was stalking. The woman screamed after seeing the man's face turn darker. She ran, but in a straight line, so her shadow got possessed by the Shadow, again the woman had no idea, and she would not have any idea as Ark had prepared his henshin as the Shadow did this. "Henshin!" Ark sounded and ran for the Shadow. Flames engulfed Ark and scattered. Ark rapid punch the Shadow, human form, and kicked a few times. The Shadow was knocked back, and the woman escaped. The Shadow growled violently, and transformed into an insect type Shadow. His whole body was black. He had a black ant shape on his chest, so this proves that this Shadow was an Ant. He had black spiked shoulder pads, and his legs each had an antennae protruding out from the side. He had a black ant head as a head. He had wings on his back, so he's one of those flying ant type monsters.
The Ant Shadow shrieked. "KISAMA!" The Ant Shadow ran at Ark, and threw a fist. Ark tried to block the fist with his arm, but Ark felt extreme pain upon blocking the fist. The Ant Shadow was strong, almost as strong as an ant would be if an ant was human sized. The Ant Shadow then slugged Ark on the gut, Ark went flying into a wall and dropped to the ground. The Ant Shadow flew over and slammed down. "YOU DISTURBED MY MEAL!" The Ant Shadow shouted. Ark had to roll away, and the Ant Shadow created a crater on the street with just a mere fist. Ark panted as the fist was right next to his head, even after rolling. The Ant Shadow and Ark stared at each other for a bit. The Ant Shadow retracted his fist and prepared to smash Ark. Ark then kicked the Ant Shadow away. Ark drew his blaster and fired fiery projectiles. The Ant Shadow took the hits, but since the projectiles from the blaster weren't exactly the best of projectiles to use, the Ant Shadow didn't take as much damage Ark wanted the Ant Shadow to. The Ant Shadow ran at Ark, and threw a fist, hitting Ark, causing him to fly into a tree.
Ark dropped to the floor, then got up. "Oh well, might as well use one of those new powers now." Ark held a hand to the sky, and a green crest flew into his hands. "Let's see, if I have to think strategically, wind form would allow me to shoot that Ant Shadow from afar, while if I use frost form, I would get hit and take a lot of damage." Yeah, right! Frost Form was quick, so Ark would kill the Ant Shadow in seconds, especially since the Ant Shadow wasn't exactly super fast. But Ark wanted an excuse to not use frost form. Ark opened the mouth of the Shade Blaster, inserted the crest, and swiped it over his belt buckle, crest over eye. "WIND FORM!"
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Inside the special room, the boy, strong, and serious ones were stacking cards into a card house, until the boy felt that he was being called. "Wow, this early in the morning?" The boy said, then ran out the to the hallway, briefly looked like his monster form, jumped, and transformed into the wind vulcan.
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The wind vulcan flew into Ark's hands. Ark grabbed it and transformed his suit into the green wind form. After transformation, Ark pointed the gun at the Ant Shadow, and the Ant Shadow froze after seeing a gun. The Ant Shadow had no special attacks that dealt with long range. "Hm." Ark sounded, and fired.
"ITAI TAI TAI!" The Ant Shadow shouted after getting shot. Ark kept firing. "ITAI!"
Ark kept firing, then stopped. The Ant Shadow ran towards Ark, and Ark fired again. This continued for a bit, then Ark yawned. "I'm getting bored." Ark said, about to swipe the bottom of the handle over his belt buckle.
"WARGH!" The Ant Shadow shouted, then ran backwards, surprising Ark. The Ant Shadow jumped into a shadow of a tree, and moved away. Far, far away.
"Oh, he decided to run." That didn't stop Ark though. Wind Form allows Ark to see beyond what he could originally see, and more. Ark checked to see where the Ant Shadow was. "Got you." Ark said, aiming and firing.
Far away, near a cemetery, the Ant Shadow emerged from the shadowy blob. He sighed, then got shot from behind. "What the?" The Ant Shadow turned around to see if Ark followed, but Ark never moved from his spot, and yet, the Wind Vulcan's shots struck the Ant Shadow. "ITAI TAI TAI TAI TAI!" Sparks kept flying off the Ant Shadow, so the Ant Shadow broke into a run.
Back at Ark's spot, "Hm?" Ark had a hand on his forehead, over his eyes. The Ant Shadow was running. "He's running." Ark then grabbed hold of one of the hatchet like wing designs on his gun, and pulled it out! Ark held the hatchet, then threw it. The hatchet was spinning.
The Ant Shadow saw the hatchet flying over. "HOW MANY PROJECTILES DOES LORD SHADE EVEN HAVE!?" The Ant Shadow shouted. The Ant Shadow rolled on the ground into the cemetery. The Ant Shadow sighed a sign of relief thinking that the hatchet missed, but that hatchet returned and slashed the Ant Shadow, then shots from the Wind Vulcan, until Ark stopped.
"Oh, there's too many trees." Ark remarked. The hatchet flew back to him and Ark attached it back to the Wind Vulcan. "Might as well get closer." Ark ran, until he saw a bakery. "WAH!" Ark squealed in delight. "CAKE!" Then Ark shook his head. "What am I doing, now is not the time for this." Ark ran, then saw a candy truck passed by. "CANDY!" Ark ran after the truck, which seemed strange as Ark had the Wind Shade Suit on. Again Ark shook his head and turned around, running towards the cemetery. Then Ark heard the sound of an ice cream truck. "ICE CREAM!" Ark ran after the ice cream truck, for a really long time. A long, long, long time.
Back at the cemetery, the shots and hatchet slash had brought the Ant Shadow to the ground behind a person who was kneeling and praying. The Ant Shadow saw this man, then smirked, the human face appearing on his chest. Ooh goody! The Ant Shadow thought. I get to feed on a human! The Ant Shadow directed a hand to the man's shadow. DIE! But nothing happened. The shadow wouldn't move. The Ant Shadow tried again. Nothing. Then the man's head perked up, then turned his head sharply, facing the Ant Shadow with endless rage in the eyes. The Ant Shadow stepped back in fear. "No, those eyes, those horrid eyes. You can't be, that boy."
"Shadows." The man said. "They are the sins of humans." The man reached into his jacket, and pulled out the Tenkishi Henshinblade. "Never, I will never . . . forgive you!" THE MAN WAS KUMORI! He had endless rage as he violently shouted. Kumori snapped the Tenkishi belt on. "Standby!" The belt announced. "Henshin!" Kumori held the grip of his henshin blade hard, and the blade extended. Kumori inserted the blade into his belt buckle. "SHINE!" Golden projections of the Tenkishi suit, front and to the sides, flew onto Kumori, creating the Tenkishi suit. "Prepare, prepare for judgement as you return that darkness and life to whence it came!" Kumori ran at the Ant Shadow, and threw a punch. The Ant Shadow got punched in the face, and smashed into a tree. Kumori ran up, and punched more times. Kumori charged energy into his foot, and kicked the Ant Shadow with a shining kick. The Ant Shadow crashed into the tree again, and Kumori fired his vulcan cannons at the Ant Shadow.
Ark came running over, then noticed Tenkishi. Ark had to think about who it was, then realized that it was Kumori, after seeing the belt buckle and recognizing the handle of the Tenkishi Henshin blade. "Uh oh." Ark said, then hid behind a tree that was outside the cemetery. In Ark's left hand, was an ice cream cone? Ark's right hand held the Wind Vulcan. Ark's zig zag mouth design mouth plate opened up, and Ark somehow licked his ice cream. "Kumori-san, he's there." Ark remarked. "But, why?" Ark kept licking, somehow since a tongue wasn't really present. "Ku, boy do I love sweets." Then Ark shook his head. "Geez, is that me talking or the Wind Vulcan?"
"It's you." The boy answered, speaking from the gun, as he himself transformed into the gun.
Kumori threw his hands, in an open fist, and struck the Ant Shadow hard. The Ant Shadow tried a punch, but Kumori simply blocked, and fired his shoulder vulcans. "Shadows, your judgement is near!" Kumori had a hand to his helmet, then the 'crown' on his head split into two, and shifted up, revealing a red diamond crystal on the head. The knight visor on Tenkishi's helmet lifted up, and connected to the split 'crown.' This revealed two red bug eyes. Tenkishi's shoulder vulcans shifted to the back of the shoulder pad. A shining light appeared, blinding the Ant Shadow. Kumori drew the weapon that was hanging on his side, aimed at the Ant Shadow, pulled the golden trigger that was at the bottom of the guard of the weapon, and fired a few shots. The Ant Shadow was struck. Kumori switched his weapon to sword mode, by pushing the long handle of the weapon. A red blade appeared from the top, and Kumori swung the sword once, extending it, as well as bringing the wing shapes on his sword guard up. The barrel of the gun was now hidden, even though the trigger of the gun was still visible. Kumori ran at the Ant Shadow and slashed a few times. The Ant Shadow tried a left hook, but Kumori simply parried with the handle of the sword. Kumori used the butt of the sword to smash the Ant Shadow's head, hurting the Ant Shadow. "This is the end." Kumori then swiped the guard of the sword, which a red crystal was embedded into, over the red crystal on the buckle of his belt. "JUDGEMENT!" The belt announced. Kumori held his sword at ready, light energy entering his blade. The Ant Shadow's head was in pain, but the Ant Shadow saw the attack coming, and couldn't do anything about it. A light appeared from the red diamond shape on Kumori's helmet, and blinded the Ant Shadow. "HAH!" Kumori swung his sword, slashing the Ant Shadow once with a golden shining slash. A red sword, with white angel wings on the sides of it, appeared briefly in a flash of light after the slash connected. This looked a bit liked Tenkishi's chest design, only colored. The Ant Shadow screamed in pain, froze, turned a variety of colors, and shattered to pieces, the pieces disappearing as they hit the ground. The white aura floated around, but shattered to pieces. This was not what a true purification is supposed to be like.
Kumori sighed, and took his belt off, the Tenkishi suit dematerializing in a golden light. Kumori then faced the three tombstones again, after walking back. Ark's suit also dematerialized. Ark walked into the cemetery. "Kumori-san?" Ark asked.
"Oh, hey Ark-kun." Kumori greeted Ark, then noticed that an ice cream cone was in Ark's hand. Kumori simply smiled, and went back into praying. Ark knelt as well, and prayed alongside Kumori. "What are you doing?"
"Just, helping you pray, I guess." Ark replied. Kumori flinched, but allowed Ark to pray. "Kumori-san, if you don't mind me asking, who are these tombstones supposed to be for?"
Kumori started to tear, but he held it in. "My otousan, okaasan, and Nii-san." Kumori replied.
"Oh." Ark really regretted asking Kumori. Ark took a lick at the ice cream, which was mint flavored, then he went back to praying. "I'm sorry."
"You don't have to be." Kumori replied. This was the first time Ark ever saw Kumori so emotional.
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Somewhere during the evening, the band decided to practice until a group of people that were in the neighborhood came out to see them play. They were in the middle of the streets, but they were given permissions to be there. "YOSHA!" Koji shouted. "One two, one two three four!" Koji, and Hikari started playing, with Yumi drumming in pattern. Ark was in the middle, and the crowd was waiting for Ark to sing. "Come on, Ark." Koji said softly.
"Sing." Yumi whispered.
"Come on Shade-kun." Hikari said softly.
Ark stared at the crowd, and couldn't find the courage to sing. The crowd got mad. "This band isn't any good." A man complained.
"Let's blow this stand." Another one sneered.
Ark couldn't handle it, then he fell unconscious, or did he?. "NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO SLEEP!" Koji whispered.
Ark was unconscious for a bit, then his head came up, and he started singing! (DESTINY'S PLAY!) The crowd started cheering. Ark was real good! But, was it Night Ark, or Day?
They ended the mini concert late. "WOO!" Koji shouted. "That was awesome!" Koji had a rocker hand sign. "You rock Ark!"
"Thank you, Koji-san." Ark answered. Seriously, the tone in his voice was that of Day Ark's. "Yumi-san, Koji-san, that was fun." Yumi-san? That proves it, it was Day Ark who was singing on that stage. Oh, so that means Day Ark can handle singing to a crowd! Ark was smiling. Yumi smiled as well.
"Ark, you have a real charming smile." Yumi giggled and remarked. Koji just stared at Yumi.
"Ooh, I knew it!" Koji said teasingly.
Yumi looked at Koji. "Knew what?" Koji didn't answer.
Ark sweat dropped. "Oh well, Kari-chan, let's go." Hikari nodded and the two were off, walking. Along the way, Ark actually fell unconscious, well, his head stooped down, then came up again. Ark woke up as Night Ark. Night Ark, it seems, just pops out at a random time, usually early in the night, but today, it was late. "I wonder, is my day self starting to accept me as a part of him?" Ark pondered.
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Yumi showed Koji his apartment. "Here is where you live." Yumi said. "You know, I kept this place for you just in case you ever returned."
"I love you Yumi Nee-chan!" Koji shouted, hugging her. Koji hopped around the room, and opened the bedroom, er, storage room.
"Yeah, since you didn't live here, I decided to use this place as my own personal storage place." Yumi explained.
"That's fine, I'll just sleep in my futon in the living room tonight." Koji said. Other then the useless bedroom, there was kitchen and a living room. There wasn't really any other place Koji could sleep in.
"Okay, good night." Yumi said. Then Koji had a puppy dog pout on his face as Yumi was about to leave.
"No good night kiss for me?" Koji asked.
"EH!" Yumi shouted. "You still want those!?"
"What, you used to give them to me all the time." Koji remarked.
"I guess, that makes sense, but you're a grown man!" Yumisaid. She gave in and gave Koji a kiss to the forehead. Yep, Koji was a strange man.
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Hikari was asleep, and Ark put her in bed. He saw how cute she was, and he gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Sleep tight." Ark said, walking out. He walked to his living room, took his trench coat from his coat rack, as well as his hat, then walked to the garage. "Geez, morning attack, and now a late night attack. Oh well, no rest for the weary, at least I think that's how it goes." Ark put on his helmet, opened the garage door, and rode off.
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A strange burglar was walking to Koji's apartment room, which was at the second floor. The burglar picked the lock of Koji's apartment, and entered inside, and closed the door. He noticed Koji on the floor, sleeping on a futon. "How nice." The burglar said. "A man sleeping out here, it's feeding time." The burglar, wearing a black ski mask, transformed into a Raccoon Monster. He had a blue, white, and black raccoon shape on his chest. He had a white raccoon head, with a black mask on. He had white shoulder pads, with a brown body. He had black claws on his feet and hands. "Oh, how I love to feed on sleeping humans. It's just so . . . fun. The humans get drained while they are fast asleep, and they die with no knowledge of their death." He got control of Koji's shadow. "Now, give your life energy to me."
Then Ark kicked the door open, and fired a light from Shade Blaster, blinding the Raccoon Shadow. Then Ark ran at the Raccoon Shadow, and threw the Raccoon Shadow out the door over the balcony. The Raccoon Shadow landed on the ground with a thud, waking Koji up. Koji saw a trench coat man in his room, not noticing Ark's face. Ark jumped off the balcony and fisted the Raccoon Shadow on the gut. Koji rubbed his eyes, then heard no battle sounds. "Geez, I have got to stop eating chocolate before bedtime." Koji thought that trench coat man was just a dream. Koji got up and closed the door. Then Koji wondered how the door to his aparment got opened.
Ark closed the mouth of his blaster, creating the Shade Belt from the flames on his waist. Ark's eyes became red, and Ark swiped the blaster over the buckle, creating the Shade suit. "You know, I don't like you." Ark said. "You actually tried to kill my new friend." Ark ran at the Raccoon Shadow with a sword, blaster with the pulled handle. Ark slashed the Raccoon Shadow. Ark then kicked the Raccoon Shadow back. The Raccoon Shadow got knocked into a tree. The Raccoon Shadow jumped at Ark, and Ark shifted to the side. Ark tried a back slash, and got that slash. "Here we go." Ark said, swiping his blaster's crystal, still sword mode. "BLAZE!" The belt announced. Flames surrounded Ark and his sword. Ark ran at the Raccoon Shadow, and slashed once with a flaming slash. Ark thought he got the slash in, until the Raccoon Shadow ran at the left, causing Ark to miss. The Raccoon Shadow was quick! Ark felt where the Raccoon Shadow was coming in for an attack with a claw, and Ark had to parry with the sword. "Whoa!" Ark kept parrying, until the Raccoon Shadow kicked Ark. Ark was able to block with his sword, but the kick launched Ark into a large rock. "Dang, that raccoon is fast." The Raccoon Shadow was too quick for Ark to deal with, so Ark shifted his sword back to blaster mode, and tried to blast the Raccoon Shadow with a blaster shot. Nothing. The Raccoon Shadow kept dodging the shots. It's a surprise that none of the fighting sounds woke Koji, or anyone at that matter, up again. The Raccoon Shadow was running towards Ark. Ark knew something had to be done. "Guess I need him." Ark had a hand directed to the sky. The blue crest flew into his hands. Ark inserted the crest into the open mouth of the Shade Blaster, and swiped it over the belt buckle. "FROST FORM!"
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Inside the special room, the serious one, who was just playing chess with the boy, noticed he was being called. He smirked. "How nice, Master Ark is calling for me." The serious one threw a queen piece at the boy, and ran out to the hallway.
"Want to play?" The boy asked the strong one.
"You aren't going to eat my queen piece, are you?" The strong one asked.
"Who would eat your queen piece?" The boy asked, tilting his head in confusion, and also with a face that just said, 'what?'
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The frost spear flew into Ark's hands. Ark grabbed it and his suit became blue and cold. The Raccoon Shadow ran at Ark. "You're mine!" The Raccoon Shadow shouted. The Raccoon Shadow was a good tactician, and he heard that Frost Form made lord Shade beastly. If the Raccoon Shadow took advantage of the feral nature of Ark and combined it with his own speedy attacks, then Ark would be doomed. The Raccoon Shadow slashed with a clawed hand, then Ark blocked. "WHAT!" The Raccoon Shadow shouted. Ark looked at the Raccoon Shadow, then slashed with the spear. Sparks flew off of the Raccoon Shadow. The Raccoon Shadow rolled on the ground. "What's going on with you!?"
Ark held the spear at ready, but not like a beast. Night Ark had perfect control of the Frost Spear. "Well, to answer you, I'm in Frost Form!" Ark replied cheerfully. The Raccoon Shadow knew that! The Raccoon Shadow wanted to know why Ark was acting so, tamed. Ark wasn't acting beastly at all, and that was because the Raccoon Shadow was fighting Night Ark, which we all know can surpass the form's characteristics. Ark flicked his wrist. "Here we go." Ark said. Ark ran towards the Raccoon Shadow, at top speed. Ark slashed the Raccoon Shadow. Ark kept thrusting or slashing. Ark then clawed the Raccoon Shadow once, and used an icy slash from the spearhead. The Raccoon Shadow flinced in pain, and ran back. The Raccoon Shadow charged energy into his hands, and threw them like bombs at Ark. Ark shifted to the left and right with great speed. Ark ran at the Raccoon Shadow, and stabbed the Raccoon Shadow. Ark kicked the Raccoon Shadow, then swung the Frost Spear around. The swinging of the Frost Spear smashed the Raccoon Shadow into a tree. The Raccoon landed on the shadow of the tree, then he sunk into the shadow, and moved away from Ark, hoping to fight another day. Ark noticed the blob moving away. "Oh no you don't." Ark said, then prepared to throw the Frost Spear. Ark threw, and the Frost spear stabbed the blob. The Raccoon Shadow jumped out of the blob, screaming in pain, again strange that no one woke up, and rubbing his rear, as that was where he got stabbed. Ark ran at the Frost Spear, took it up, and slashed the Raccoon Shadow more. Ark then swiped the crystal of the spearhead over his belt. "FROST!" The belt announced. Ark held the spear at ready. "Rah." Ark said softly, the zig zag design on his mouth plate opening up. Ark inserted the spear's rod into his mouth. Water surrounded him as his 'mouth' clamped onto the rod of the spear. "Here I go!" Ark said. Ark jumped, water still surrounding him and the Raccoon Shadow as well. "RAH!"
"No, I don't want to die so soon!" The Raccoon Shadow shouted.
"Well, then don't attack so late!" Ark shouted while he himself fell from the sky. Ark sliced the Raccoon Shadow with the spear in his mouth. Ark landed and clawed the Raccoon Shadow. Ark took hold of the spear again, and howled to the moon, which by a strange coincidence, was full. The water froze around the Raccoon Shadow, not freezing him completely, but trapping him. Ark slashed the Raccoon Shadow once, twice, three times with icy strikes, the water slashing in conjunction with the spear. The ice slowly froze around the Raccoon Shadow, an icy wolf head appearing briefly. The Raccoon Shadow shattered, its white aura flying to the special jar in the special room.
Ark's suit dematerialized. "Phew, now that was somewhat tough." Ark still held the Frost Spear in his hands. "Good job."
"Thank you." The serious one said, still the Frost Spear, "I am ready and willing to serve you."
"Thanks." Ark said to the spear. "You've always been my best friend, I'm only glad that you are real loyal."
"And I am really glad that you are a great master to serve for." The serious one remarked. "Well, except for that other one." The serious one muttered.
"Hm?" Ark thought he heard the serious one mutter something.
"Nothing." The serious one said innocently. The serious one tried to savor the time he had to talk with Ark, but Ark then proposed an offer.
"Want to sleep in my room tonight?" Ark asked. "You know, as a spear?"
The serious one hesitated to answer, then, "That would be fine with me." The serious one replied, holding back tears, or not really but just in his head. Ark and the serious one, best friends since babyhood, well Ark's at least, were going to spend another night together. Oh how the serious one wanted to be a terrier again, just so he could just sleep on the edge of the bed, waiting for Master Ark to wake up, but he forgot Ark wakes up as Day Ark, and this was the result.
"WAH!" Day Ark screamed. "What's that spear doing in here!?"
DONE! CHAPTER 7! I know that the night battle was a tad rushed, but I wanted to show how Night Ark reacts to the crests in this chapter. Also, can I have some feedback on Tenkishi and Kumori, as well as Shade and Ark, night and day. Again, everyone knows who Lord Shade really is, right? Please review.
