Chapter 11 "To the Rescue! Part 3: Final battle!"
All original cast and elements of Urusei Yatsura belong to Rumiko Takahashi The OCs are mine though.
Enjoy if you will.
Tomobiki was always an interesting place to live, what with all the alien invasions, reality-altering shenanigans, and other paranormal nonsense that occurred on a near daily basis? But once Tomobiki's infamous Letcher and the Oni Princess left the planet, a sense of normalcy returned. However an ominous wind blew through the streets of this fair town. Twenty seven years have passed by and a new player arrives to Tomobiki, Ken Aoki, a fighter from Kyoto with a mysterious past and one who had received the title of "Invincible Demon-Fox". Tomobiki will become the epicenter of all weirdness and chaos once more.
*CRASH*
Ken slammed his fist square on the Shark Captain, the Selachian had reacted quickly and crossed it's arms to block the punch, as the force of the blow made the space-faring captain skid quite the distance. The armor enveloping his arms was smoking lightly, but it didn't show bigger signs of damage. The captain lowered his guard and glared at the boy. The first he saw him, the seasoned, war-weary criminal had recognized the battle potential in the youth, more so than on the seemingly stronger girl accompanying him that fateful day. He had literally plowed through legions of his men, and have in a short instance ruined all his plans.
Plans...that involved overthrowing the Oni empire. Yes, there were rumors and tales of the current warlord being nigh indestructible, thus why he scoured the galaxy for unique individuals, all of them possesing a talent for combat. He knew Warlord Moroboshi was an idiot, and unfit to control one of the most powerful forces in the galaxy, so the pirate plotted to seize control of it. The boy could've become a valuable soldier to their cause, perhaps there was still time...
Ken was ready to strike at the Captain once more "WAIT!" -but was stopped short when the Pirate yelled, the room stood still everyone expecting an answer from the older shark. Ken kept his guard, fists still ablaze with white fire. The Captain...
"he he he he..."
...he started to laugh...
"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...Boy!" He addressed the pony-tailed one "I commend you on making it this far. There aren't many warriors in the universe who have the skill and strength you possess."
Ken scoffed, but kept a clear awareness of his surroundings, many of the other pirates where still conscious, and he had noticed the lady lieutenant with her rifle trained at him, in total there were over a dozen enemies. Nu kept close to the terran fighter, a nervous look shone on the robot's display (which incidentally was his eyes). Ken decided to indulge the final bos-er... the Captain and listened to what he had to say.
"Heh, I AM pretty talented." Ken boasted, earning himself confused looks from Nu and from Emi, who had snapped out of her love-struck daze some while ago.
"Exactly, I have a proposal for you." The Captain smirked, with a near predatory grin.
"...I'm listenin'..." Nu was shocked, was this boy's intent...betrayal! Though Nu leveled a glare and was about to berate the youth, the robot quickly noticed another of the pirates, dangerously close to him, his self-preservation protocol demanded for him to 'shut up and just watch', lest he angers their foes needlessly. Emi just kept staring intently, wether she was sad or upset, was anyone's guess.
"Work for me, boy. You are, bar-none, the best fighter I've ever seen. I'll even make you second-in command."
"WHAT! ?" Came the offended screech from his lieutenant, but the Captain merely shot a quick glare to further silence any objections.
"Me workin' for you? Why should I?" Ken reasoned, ignoring the outburst just now
"Because..." The sharkman turned to the human fighter "With your power, we might build a new army, to overthrow the Oni!"
"T-That is your plan! ?" Nu exclaimed, shocked. "That's why you've been abducting various aliens from around the galaxy! ?"
"Precisely" The Selachian glared at the robot, Ken meanwhile scratched his chin contemplatively. "Huh, kinda makes sense why you guys kidnapped me now."
"So what do you say, join me! As long as we have the princess in our power, the Oni won't dare raise a finger against us!"
Ken looked behind the Captain, and saw the ongoing dogfights, the pirates on the losing side of course. "I dunno, dude. They're doing a really good job kicking your tail-fin."
"Urk!" The Captain was taken aback as he recalled the status of the ongoing battle outside, but quickly recovered his wits. "...Pfeh, a mere setback, we haven't fought at our might because I was trying to stop you."
"Fat load of good that did." Ken deadpanned
"Yes...quite, so instead, let us stop this useless battle, and join me as a partner." The Captain smugly smirked, in a devilish kind of way.
Ken though for a few moments, eyes closed as he considered the options, he was presented with quite the opportunity...
"You know what?" Ken extended his left arm, the white flames dispersing from his hands, and signaling for a handshake. Nu looked about to blow a fuse at this new turn of events, and glared with as much hate as his digital soul could conjure, however Emi kept staring, her expression unreadable. The Captain extended his own hand and shook the young fighter's in an amicable manner, he couldn't help but ask. "What?" Ken grinned, however this lasted for just a moment, as instantly his expression darkened. It was then, that Emi smiled...
"Dude...
You're a bigger idiot than I thought you were." Ken said, flatly
"Soru Eikoudan" [Sol Flare Bomb]
Before the Shark alien could react, Ken's right hand was enveloped in the white flames once more and he delivered a punishing uppercut to the Captain, effectively lifting him clear off the ground and delivering the villain against the command console at the other side of the room, smashing it to bits. The blow left a nasty looking bruise, as well as it managed to knock some teeth out, the Captain rubbed his sore jaw, almost certain that it was broken, he felt not like he had received a mere uppercut, but that a meteor crash landed on his jaw! This boy was a monster!
Everybody stared at the fighter, Nu was actually glad for the young man's two-faced nature for once, and Emi just smiled warmly at her hero, her knight in...well, a monochromatic jumpsuit, but you get the point.
"W-why?" The Captain asked recovering his footing, Ken glared at the alien, the selachian feeling his insides turn to ice by the tranquil fury behind the fighter's eyes.
"I may be a delinquent. I may be a scoundrel. I may be a trickster. But I am also a man of my word." Ken turned to look at Nu and then at Emi, giving them a confident smile. "Emi saved me back then, and I promised to save her."
"Sweetie..." Emi whispered
"Master Ken, I shall never doubt you again!" Nu nearly teared up
"You...you...you insufferable MORON! GUARDS! KILL HIM!" The Captain roared, ignoring the pain of his jaw. All the pirates charged at the Ken. He merely grinned and assumed a stance once more, this time both arms crossed in front of him.
"Time to end this..."
"HISATSU: Kitsune-ken Zenryoku!" [Finishing move: Fox's fist All One's Might]
The pony tailed fighter was covered in white flames, his aura made visible, as all the remaining kitsune-bi joined the blazing fire that was Ken. A fiery white aura covered Ken where he was standing, as he sowly took an attack stance, the pirates cowered at the pressure Ken's Ki was emiting, Nu watched dumbfounded, Emi blushed hotly. Ken disappeared, and reappeared in front of one unsuspecting pirate, slamming a destructive punch and sending the foe flying, then he disappeared and reappeared and attacked each and every pirate. Nu fired his scanners once more.
Master Ken is pushing his body to it's limits! His speed and strength have exponentially increased, he may seem to be teleporting, but he's just moving at an extreme speed, however...If Master Ken keeps this up...his body may suffer severe damage!
The Captain felt for the nth time this day that he could not believe his eyes, but it no longer mattered, aiming his arm cannon he tried to get a clear shot as Ken defeated his men one by one. The Lieutenant was trying hard to get a clear shot on the boy as well, but he moved so quickly. Suddenly Ken appeared behind the Lieutenant and tapped her shoulder, when she turned to look, Ken had already moved in front of her and took her rifle.
"Wanna know what I hate more than minibosses?" Ken asked.
"Wha-?"
"Snipers." In a single move, Ken crushed the rifle in his hands, rolling it up till it was an indeterminate ball of metal, and tossed it over his shoulder. The Lieutenant, now defenseless, sank to her knees, awaiting the boy's attack. Suddenly Ken expression shifted from smug to panic...
*Ka-chunk*
Someone was about to shoot them.
"WATCH OUT!" Ken dove and grabbed the lieutenant, just in time as a huge ball of destructive energy razed through and through, passing right where both of them had been standing a mere moments ago. Ken was holding the female pirate in his arms [Emi fumed angrily at this scene], as they both directed their eyes towards the attacker...the Captain himself.
"C-c-captain...?" The Selachian woman stuttered, unbelieving, Ken on the meantime glared at the Captain,. "Attacking your own allies? You're the lowest of the low."
"You betcha!" Emi yelled, and Nu forcefully nodded.
"Silence! ALL OF YOU SILENCE!" The Captain fired another shot this time at Emi.
"Kyah!"
"MOROBOSHI-HIME!"
"EMI!" Ken yelled, fortunately the blast bounced uselessly on the bubble prison, knocking the Oni girl to the side of the prison and into unconsciousness. Ken glared at the Captain and laid down the shark woman. He stood once more, his aura blazing brighter than ever before.
"NU! How's Emi! ?"
"M-m-Moroboshi-hime is alright, she's just unconscious, her prison received the brunt of the attack." Ken breathed a sigh of relief to hearing that, his glare intensified as he turned to the Captain.
"Unforgivable..." Ken marched slowly towards his enemy,it was true though, what the villain just did? Unforgivable...the Captain visibly panicked.
"S-stay back!" He fired another shot, to which Ken instantly side-stepped, not stopping for a moment, the Captain shot again and again...
"Stay Back! Don't come any closer! I-i-I'm warning you! !" ...but Ken sidestepped every attack, his aura blazing as his eyes were shinning with the same tranquil fury that made the Sharkman's blood go ice artic. He stepped back trying to put distance as he kept firing shot after shot, but Ken pressed on, soon the Captain was backed literally to a wall. One last shot, at point-blank range, managed to hit Ken dead-on, but when the smoke cleared, he was still standing, no worse for wear...or so it seemed...
"I-i-i-impossible!" The Captain lowered the arm-cannon, now truly out of options.
"P-please, we can t-talk this out! J-just don't kill me!"
"...I would never take another's life..." Ken said in a low voice, the Captain seemed relieved for a second but it ended when Ken grabbed the Captain from the neck of his armor. "...As a matter of fact, I won't allow you to die..."
The older Pirate, started to turn pale.
"Zenryoku Nagareboshi Suto-mu!" [All One's Might Meteor Storm]
Punishing fist after punishing fist shot against the Captain, his armor warped and his face distorted, teeth flying of in all directions. When Ken finished, the puffy, extremely bruised, unrecognizable face of the Captain was what he had to show for his effort, unconscious after the attack. The lieutenant decided to escape then and there, running for the exit as fast as she could. Nu started to hover close to Ken once more as he saw the youth releasing the pirate form his grasp, the villain crumpling in a heap at Ken's feet. The boy turned to walk towards Emi, but fell quickly on his hands and knees.
"Ugh!" Ken nearly collapsed, the blazing aura, extinguished.
"Master Ken! Are you injured! ?"
Ken for his part weakly chuckled. "R-relax, Nu...Just went a lil' overboard with that last technique." Ken shook his head, trying to clear the cobwebs that were beginning to form in his mind. Nu sighed in relief. "Master Ken! That was an utterly reckless thing you just did! Using all your power in one single go? Unbelievable..." Nu reprimanded, Ken tried to raise himself on one knee, this simple act taking a great considerable effort, it was then that Nu noticed a small, diminutive flame still hovering near the fighter.
"It got the job done, didn't it? Hehehe-urk!" Ken nearly fell down once more, Nu hovering nearby and analysing the youth.
SUBJECT: Ken Aoki
STATUS: WARNING! Heavy damage to ribcage area, scan confirms 3 broken ribs. Medical attention required immediately.
3 Broken ribs! ? But when-?
...One last shot, at point-blank range, managed to hit Ken dead-on...
That last blast! Ken must've been injured then! This is bad!
Emi started to wake up, shaking her head, she was slightly dazed but otherwise unharmed. It was good fortune that she inherited her father's resilience. She looked around and saw the Pirates all lying unconscious or embedded in the walls as the case was, the Captain lying in a crumpled heap, only his moans of pain the only indication that the alien shark was still alive, the shark woman nowhere to be seen (Good!) and Ken clutching his side in pain while Nu scanned him over.
"Nu! Swee-er Ken!"
"Moroboshi-hime!"
"Y-yo, Emi, what's up? Erk!" Ken tried to cooly say hi, but failed when the pain on his side flared up again. Ken tried his best to stand up and ignore the pain, and walk over to where Emi was...stiffly of course to make sure not to move the injured side of his body. It made Ken look like one of those stiff dolls that couldn't bend their legs, his face tried to hide the pain as best as he could.
"Ken! Are you all right?"
"Never better, babe. Hehe *ow* hehehe *ow* hehe..." He laughed, all the while with a goofy expression.
"...For reals?" Emi wasn't entirely convinced, Ken shook his head and regained a more normal expression.
"Y-yeah, chill, we'll get you outta there. Nu, your turn." The little robot nodded, all to eager to comply.
"Right away, Master Ken!"
Nu brought up various holograms as he tried to decrypt the lock of Emi's cage.
"Moroboshi-hime, I must say I'm very disappointed in your actions, to let yourself be kidnapped, even to make us bring the armada here all because you refused-"
"Ken, are you sure you're OK? You look in pain."
"Relax relax, this is nothing for me! 'Tis but a flesh wound' Hahaha *ow* haha."
Nu looked annoyed as his Mistress was ignoring his reprimand completely, oh he was SO going to tell Lady Lum about this! Nu found the attempts to unlock the cage much more difficult than he initially believed. The teenagers not helping to the robot's concentration.
"Anyway, let me work unlocking this before something else-"
ALERT ALERT ALERT- SELF DESTRUCTION SEQUENCE ACTIVATED. T - 10 MINUTES. PLEASE EVACUATE THE SHIP IN AN ORDERLY MANNER.
Everyone blanched, Ken and Emi turned to glare at Nu for invoking Murphy's Law. Everyone else turned to where the Captain was. The Pirate Captain was barely standing, in fornt of the command console of his ship! His face still deformed in a puffed out state as he chuckled weakly and crumpled once more.
"None of you will survive! Hehehe-urk!"
"...Hrmm...called it..." Ken grunted, annoyed. The unconscious pirates all over the ship woke up to the blaring alarm and all as one ran like hell towards the hangar. Ken jumped and chased down the shark alien responsible for this, ignoring the pain of his broken ribs, but the Captain pressed another set of commands and instantly an enormous capsule surged up from the floor. The Captain jumped inside and the hatch closed off, sealing the sharkman inside the escape pod, Ken uselessly slammed his fist toward the window, growling feraly, as the escape pod sank back down the floor and disappeared. All the while the Captain saying:
"I'll see you in hell, idiot"
...And with that, he was gone.
"...Well, that *agh!* s-sucks..."
Remy was recovering consciousness, and shaking his head, he stood straight.
"Idiots...but no matter." he took out a comb and fixed his hair to it's former glory. Just about then the Pangalactic Cabs returned to the docking bay, all 35 of them, and Remy looked at them oddly.
"You guys are back?" Remy asked, pocketing his comb. The same slug like alien cabbie hopped down from his ship and addressed Remy on behalf of the taxi cabbies.
"Yeah, Mac. Miss Benten told us to wait for a...ahem lemme see..." The cabbie ruffled his pockets looking for something, he pulled out a small device and started pressing some buttons. "Ah here we go, we have to wait for a 'kitsune youkai'..."
"Heh heh, yeah" a spiteful laugh, but that kitsune deserved worse
"...An Oni girl..."
"Of course."
"...A Tigerball A.I. butler..."
"Yes yes..."
"...and a goofy-looking Tiger-cow..."
"Yes, I underst-GOOFY-LOOKING! ?" Remy furious spat that last one, clearly refering to the Tiger-cow Oni himself.
"Oh yeah, we have to wait for anyone left behind, and take any captured pirates back to the Oni base." The cabbie finished, but Remy wasn't done with the alien taxi driver.
"Listen here you, I have half a mind to-"
*RUMBLE*
A rumble began shaking the entire room, slowly increasing in strength. An alarm blared all of a sudden as well as a computerized display appeared, a countdown of ten minutes started.
ALERT ALERT ALERT- SELF DESTRUCTION SEQUENCE ACTIVATED. T - 10 MINUTES. PLEASE EVACUATE THE SHIP IN AN ORDERLY MANNER.
Remy paled as he recognized that sound, specially since not too long ago he was victim of the stampede that caused it, he knew he'd regret it, but still he turned to see...
"Mommy..."
...the stampede of pirates. They all ran over the unlucky Oni, who knew this was Ken's fault in someway.
"Wait, plea-! *STAMPEDE* Ow! c'mon *STOMP* Enough alrea- *FLATTEN* This is getting ridicu- *SMUSH* You people su- *OWIE* ck.."
"All right, same as the first group, one atta time, c'mon, move it, move it. You're all pirates, right? Eh whatever, we'll let the Oni sort that out" The cabbie directed all the escaping pirates into all the taxis. Remy once more flattened on the floor, this time one taxi stayed behind.
"...Aren't... you... gonna... leave?" Remy weakly asked
"Nah Mac, gotta wait for those people I mentioned." The slug cabbie scratched his chin momentarily "Yo mac, ya seen a goofy-looking tiger-cow 'round here?"
"...Hate...you...SO...MUCH..." Then Remy's world turned black...again
"Nu...ugh...WHAT THE HELLS THE DAMN *ow* HOLDUP! ?"
Nu worked as quickly as the little A.I. butler could, but the encryption on the bubble cage was heavy, and now they faced a countdown of...
T - 7 MINUTES TO SELF-DESTRUCTION
Nu looked at the various encryptions, hopeless, he couldn't finish on time! The feline robot turned to Ken, before today he saw thew earthling youth as nothing more of a punk, a delinquent and overall a scoundrel, but now he saw the battered and injured youth who fought so valiantly for his mistress...and it was him who was going to let them all down.
"I...I...can't..." Nu instantly closed off all the holographic windows in defeat. "F-forgive me, Master Ken, Moroboshi-hime..."
"Nu..." Emi whispeed, feeling sorry for the little robot.
It was hopeless, Nu had scanned the bubble prison when he had entered the room, it was made of a special polymer alloy, indestructible by any means. The cage looked to be embedded on the room, there was no way to remove it, and the youth had already done so much for them...all to fail just short of the finish line, there was no more time, what could they hope to do now?
"Argh...LIKE HELL WE'RE GONNA DIE HERE!" Ken yelled, the one little flame flaring up once more in a full blaze.
The fighter walked to the cage and took a stance, readying his right arm into a punch.
"Emi! Brace yourself!" The young man warned. Emi nodded and shrunk into a ball. When she had finally braced, Ken's slammed a punch on the bubble, the material resonating. Emi flinched as she felt the vibrations pass through, but then she opened an eye to look survey the state of her prison, Ken stood there for a moment until-
"FUCK! That hurt!" -the youth clutched his now bruised hand.
"Master Ken, it's hopeless...you...you must escape!"
Ken glared at the bubble once more. No, he refused to lose so close to his goal. Emi looked at Ken sadly, Ken's eyes met with hers, he could see a deep sadness in those blue and brown eyes
"Ken...I'm sorry...you gotta escape!"
...but Emi then saw his golden eyes, shinning with conviction and resolution.
"*huff* Sorry Emi, but I'm way too stubborn to do that."
"Sweetie..." She inaudibly whispered
Nu merely stared at the boy, his own display fogging up in tears [of oil, mind you]
T - 6 MINUTES TO SELF-DESTRUCTION
Ken cursed at the clock, and slammed his fist again on the bubble. Emi flinched again as the shock made the her cage shake. Ken was breathing heavily, his left hand clutching his side. He backed up again and slammed another devastating punch...which only managed to shake the bubble a little. Ken groaned, the pain on his side become more and more unbearable, but a quick shake of his head, and he restored his conviction. One more punch...then another... and another...
T - 5 MINUTES TO SELF-DESTRUCTION
"SHADDUP! it-itai..." Ken yelled at the computerized voice, as he slammed his fist once more, a splatter of blood leaking from his knuckles.
"M-master Ken! That is enough! you can't keep going like th-"
"Nu!" The former martial artist interrupted, in a weak, albeit forceful yell
"Nu...get to the hangar...get everything ready *huff* for escape...*huff* can you do that?"
"Master Ken..."
"C-can you?" Nu kept staring at the youth, even to his digital recorders, the robot could see it. A sense of stubborn conviction, the youth would not allow himself, or his mistress to perish today.
"Yes, Master Ken! By your leave!" The machine hovered away at top speed, Ken smiled as the bot sped off.
T - 4 MINUTES TO SELF-DESTRUCT-
"WE KNOW !" Both teenagers yelled in unison. Ken instantly went back to hammer his bleeding fist to the cage, the bubble reverberating in a constant tempo. But nothing, not even a crack! Emi kept watch no longer flinching to the shocks as she floated, Ken was too tired to notice this.
T - 3 MINUTES TO SELF-DESTRUCTION
Ken looked up to the computerized display counting down, desperate, then he looked at Emi inside the bubble. Was this it? Was this the limit of what he could do? Was this the limit of the 'Invincible Ken'? Of the 'Strongest Fighter in the World'? Of Kenichi Aoki?
"HELL NO!"
Ken took a few steps back, and focused into a stance, closing his eyes, bringing both fists to his sides, the one lone kitsune-bi blazed. A feral growl erupted from the youth's lips. Emi could only watched enraptured as she saw Ken's eyes open, shinning white like the sun, a frightening vision, seeing the young fighter covered in white fire once more, but the young man smiled at her.
"Stand back" He said with a level voice.
Emi braced once more, Ken pulled his right fist back, though all his body was surrounded in ethereal fire, it concentrated heavily on his fist. Ken looked at his latest opponents, the countdown clock, the unbreakable bubble...and finally despair.
"ZENRYOKU..."
No, he was not going to lose, not today, not ever! No one could stop him! No one could defeat him! Today was not gonna be the day he would lose!
"...KYUBI NO KITSUNE..."
Bring it! Any foe! Human or not! Big or small! He didn't care! He was going to win...
"...MUTEKI NO KEN! ! !"[*]
...just try an' stop me!
The punch slammed fully on the cage this one vibrating constantly. The young man still engulfed in white fire. Then suddenly...
*CRACK*
...a crack! Then another and another! Emi could only stare in complete disbelief, just a little more...
...you can do it, Sweetie!
The bubble kept cracking each time more, Ken, his arm almost looking like it was rocket propelled, his hair unraveled from the ponytail into a sea of black, then blazed in fury as he pushed the fist further into the material. In that instant he finally yelled:
"FOR MY MARRIAGE! ! !"
*CRASH*
The bubble cracked completely, the shards blasting away from the forceful impact, Emi used her own natural ability to dodge all the shards that flew around, there were benefits to being a Moroboshi...
Ken merely smiled as he saw her floating out of where the bubble laid, his vision going blurry, the foxfire all extinguished. Ken dropped to his knees, but before he could hit the floor, Emi picked the terran warrior.
"You did a good job Sweetie, now it's my turn." She said as she planted a kiss on the unconscious fighter's cheek.
Emi effortlessly picked him up, floating some distance from the ground, and blasted off in a speed that would make even bullets go green with envy. Another talent of the Moroboshi, no one could escape quite like them.
Nu had arrived, to his luck a Pangalactic cab was patiently waiting. After loading an completely unconscious [as well as utterly useless] Remy, they kept waiting, Nu hoping against hope to see Emi and Ken arrive.
T - 2 MINUTES FOR SELF-DESTRUCTION
"Yo Mac...not to complain or anything, but are those two gonna get here, we're sort of cutting it close as it is..."
"...they'll be here..." Nu repeated, though it sounded more like a hopeless mantra.
T - 60 SECONDS TO SELF-DESTRUCTION
Where were they! ? He couldn't go back and abandon his mistress, the girl who had built him from scratch, programmed him and accepted him as a part of her family, he couldn't abandon the young master fighter, who more through actions rather than words demonstrated his courage and valor, though somewhat reckless...he just couldn't abandon him for what he went through to save-
"Sorry Mac, but I ain't gonna wait any more!"
Before Nu could object, a piercing cry resounded in the room.
"WAIT!"
It was Emi's voice! And soon enough the Oni girl appeared floating, carrying an unconscious Ken, his right arm completely bloodied and dripping, a nasty purple color around the limb. A quick analysis revealed that Ken had effectively broken his arm in releasing Emi.
"Moroboshi-hime! Master Ken!"
"'Bout damn time, princess! We gotta get outta here-"
T - 10, 9, 8, 7...
"-And now!" the cabbie complained
Emi quickly boarded the cab, carrying a knocked out Ken and Nu following close behind. The cab revved up it's motors and speed off at full speed, the abandoned ship kept blaring the alarm.
...4, 3, 2, 1, 0. HAVE A NICE DAY!
The ship exploded, rocking the cab forcefully. The driver stepped on the gas pedal as hard as he could, trying his best to out run the explosion, that was threatening to incinerate. Emi and Nu prepared for the impact as best as they could, the Oni princess holding Ken tightly in her arms, the long-haired youth opened an eye and reached for a wall on the ship with his left hand...
Ataru and Benten were warned that the ship was about to explode, time had been running out, and Ataru tried to contact the tiger-stripped robot and it's wayward companion. When he saw the ship explode in front of his eyes, that was it, he dropped to his knees. Benten covered her mouth, a look of utter despair in her eyes, no, this wasn't supposed to happen! Ataru's eyes were completely glazed over...his own daughter...that boy...he couldn't save her in the end...
INCOMMING CALL
Benten and Ataru both looked at each other as they saw the message displayed on screen, a communications officer typed at the screen furiously.
"Warlord Moroboshi...it's from TigerBall A.I. Name: Nu!"
"PATCH HIM THROUGH!" Both Ataru and Benten yelled in unison, the engineer nodded and typed a command into his console. On the main screen, static appeared as the communications window was displayed, after a few suspenseful seconds, the signal cleared up...
...on screen where Remy on the back seat, covered in footprints and drooling, completely unconscious; Nu, scuffed up and with a small crack on his display, smiling; Emi, hair ruffled and a little messy with a huge smile on her face, and finally Ken...who sported his hair now loose, his jumpsuit torn and ragged and also sporting the biggest grin of them all, and thought his arm looked to have been though a wood chipper, he still grinned like an idiot, Emi hugging the injured boy, and the cabbie trying to get in frame from a corner of the screen. Ataru teared up, seeing his daughter safe and sound, Benten lowered her head, so she could hide her tears, both were smiling.
Ken was the first to speak, making a victory sign, he said weakly:
"Yo...Mr. M...
MISSION COMPLETE
To be continued...
[*] All One's Might Nine-tailed Fox's Invincible Fist
A/N: Review and comment please, also , I'm not done yet with this story