Kyugan: Blast it! *Destroy's expensive marble statues* Hold still!
Ghost Nappa: *STill dressed like a Tansexua Transylvanian* NEVAH!
Lelouch: Blast it! *Destoy's priceless paintings* If he keeps dodging like this, we'll wind up crossing streams!
Museum Curator: WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE DOING?
Lelouch: Isn't it obvious? Ghost busting.
Museum Curator: WITH FLAMTHROWERS?
Kyugan: You know how expensive Proton packs are? I ain't made of money!
Lelouch: I am, but I can't remember by PIN number.
Father and Son.
"Who the hell're you?" Kenta demanded, glaring up at the older, yet strangely familiar man alongside Lelouch, his face lined with anger as they wiped blood from their lips with the back of their hands. Whoever this old man was, he was STRONG.
"That's my line you little punk…" the man muttered, resting his hands on his hips as he bent over, levelling a VERy intimidating 'Yakuza Glare' at the two teenage Riders "What's your game eh? Why're you following Towa-san?"
"Towa?" Kenta repeated, the orange haired teen's normally intimidating eyes widening in surprise as he gaped up at the man, while Lelouch's narrowed in confirmation "You mean…Towa Sakakibara? That was her?"
"Dang right that was her." The man muttered, snorting in disdain as he glared at the duo, his eyes like a more menacing version of Kenta's "Which is why I'm asking what the hell you think you were doing, following her around?"
"We're big fans." Lelouch spoke up quickly, trying not to shiver under the force of the man's suspicious stare, which was like taking daggers to the chest up close "We wanted to ask her for her autograph."
"Yeah right," the man scoffed, glaring at Lelouch in disdain "I look like I was born yesterday you little punk? I HEARD you guys planning to follow her!" he reached down, grabbing the teen's by their collars and dragging them to their feet, getting right in the their faces "Well game's up, cause I ain't letting you punks lay a finger on her."
"You're making a mistake, bodyguard-san." Lelouch muttered, holding up both hands as he decided to try and reason with the big oaf "We're just trying to protect Sakakibara-san, if she performs at that prison she'll be in great danger."
"Oh really?" the man muttered, glaring at Lelouch, his eyes laced with suspicion "And just how do you know that? First hand knowledge I suppose?" he snorted "I knew it…you two really are the ones that have been targeting her...Fangires!"
'God, what is WITH this Neanderthal?' Lelouch muttered, honestly wishing he could just transform and smack the idiot around a few times, that punch to the jaw had HURT Dammit 'God he's so irritating, and those eyes, Where in the hell have I seen…'
He trailed off, eyes widening as he turned to gape at Kenta, who was struggling in the man's grip, his eyes fierce. 'No freaking way…' the purple eyed rider muttered, only to stumble as Kenta's foot lashed out, catching their assailant between the legs, the man doubling over with a choked roar as he clutched his privates.
"Towa-san!" Kenta called out, the teenage Bounty Hunter racing after the startled girl, catching up to her and grabbing her by the wrist, tugging on it insistently as he looked over his shoulder towards Lelouch "Hey Pretty Boy! Come on!"
"Oh good grief…" Lelouch muttered, sweatdropping as he looked down at the trembling form assailant, as a crowd formed around them from the commotion as he turned and raced after the teen "Doesn't he know the meaning of the word Low Profile?"
Outside the music hall...
"H-Hold it!" the bodyguard gasped, staggering to his feet, still holding onto his abused family jewels as he reached after the teens and his charge, only to curse as they disappeared out of sight "Dammit!" he swore, dropping to his knees once again, glaring as he recalled Kenta's scowling face "When I get my hands on that little shit I'm gonna-!"
"Shusei!" a concerned voice called out, the bodyguard looking up just in time to see a young woman, her hair done back in a ponytail and a small beauty mark under her lip, running up to his side, dressed in jeans and a pullover.
"Fumio…" the man called Shusei muttered, waving her concerned hands aside as he slowly tried to stagger to his feet, "I'm fine…" he assured her, a scowl on his face "the little punk just got the drop on me…"
"What happened?" Fumio wondered, the pullover-sporting woman looking the tall bodyguard over with a look of concern, as Shusei wasn't the type to leave himself open like that, meaning he must've been up against someone serious "Where's Sakakibara-san?"
"She got taken away by two little punks…" Shusei muttered, the bodyguard clenching his teeth as he straightened up, looking the woman in the eyes through his grimace "They've gotta be Fangires!"
"EEEEH?" the woman stammered, looking at the winded bodyguard in alarm "But then we have to hurry!" she insisted, gripping his shirt in both hands as she looked up at him "Which way did they go?"
"That way…" Shusei muttered, only to stumble as Fumio left him and ran off "Ah! Fumio! Wait for me!"
A back alley behind a shop...
"I think we lost him…" Kenta gasped, the teenage Bounty Hunter doubled over, one hand resting on his knee, the other still gripping a startled Sakakibara by the wrist, the woman looking between them in alarm.
"W-what do you want with me?" she stammered, looking between the two teenage Riders in confusion, though surprisingly there was no fear in her eyes as she held her violin case up to cover her chest "Who are you?"
"Nice going genius…" Lelouch muttered, glaring at confused Kenta as he separated the two, before turning to the flustered musician "Sorry about before, Sakakibara-san, but we had to warn you and your bodyguard really didn't give us many chances to do so."
"Warn me?" Sakakibara repeated, the pretty violinist calming slightly thanks to the foreign teen's relaxed, soothing tone, though she still looked apprehensive. After all, everyone knew what foreigners were like "What do you mean?"
"I'm talking about cancelling your performance at Kanto West Maximum Security Prison." Lelouch elaborated, nodding at the woman's look of surprise "We have reason to believe something terrible will happen if you attend, and so…"
"Did my competitors put you up to this?" Sakakibara demanded, Lelouch blinking as she frowned, her resemblance to Yuriya strengthening as her eyes narrowed "Well you can tell them from me that I'm not intimidated in the slightest!"
"Sakakibara-san please listen!" Kenta exclaimed, the young bounty Hunter standing with his arms held wide as he tried to make the stubborn woman see reason, only to blink as she turned her glare on him.
"No, YOU listen." Sakakibara ordered, her voice prim and laced with determination "I don't know who put you up to this," she slapped a hand over her heart "but I'm a musician! Music exists to heal the pain in people's hearts, and those in prison are no exception!"
"I'm not disagreeing with you…" Lelouch insisted, honestly impressed with the young woman's fortitude, even as Kenta gaped at her like a landed guppy "But I really don't think you understand the severity of the situation-!"
"Get away from Sakakibara-san!" a female voice called out, the two teenage riders looking up in alarm, just in time to leap out of the path of a metallic, bladed whip that slashed the sidewalk between them, driving them away from towa.
"Another one?" Lelouch muttered, honestly starting to get annoyed with the people of this time as he turned to glare at their attacker, blinking as he espied one of the prettiest young women he'd ever laid eyes on standing there.
"You're pretty cute for a Fangire…" the woman muttered, looking a little uncertain of herself as she advanced on the teens, a strange, craft-knife like weapon held in her hand "But I wont let you hurt Sakakibara-san!"
"M-MOM?" Kenta exclaimed, gaping up at the woman in surprise, Lelouch quirking an intrigued brow as the teenage Bounty Hunter's cry drew the woman's attention towards him, her eyes going wide at the sight of the teen's face.
"S-Shusei?" she exclaimed, her arm jerking, almost dropping her bizarre weapon from the shock, only to pause, gazing at the equally stunned teen in confusion "What are you…I thought you were-?"
"FUMIO!" a familiar voice called out, the group turning as one to see the bodyguard from before running towards them, a snarl on his face as he glared at the teenage Riders "Gotcha now you little shits!"
"We don't have time for this!" Kenta snapped, leaping forward and grabbing Sakakibara by the arm, trying to drag her away again, only for Shusei to latch onto the other arm, the two of them tugging at her like dogs fighting over a bone.
"ITAI-!" Sakakibara wailed, the pretty musician looking on in panic as the two, VERY intimidating looking men literally fought over her, like two dogs tugging on a bone "Let me go! You're going to snap me in half!"
"Good grief…" Lelouch deadpanned, standing on the sidelines with the woman Kenta had referred to as 'mom', the woman looking between the two young men in confused alarm "No doubt about it…those two are…"
"FREEZE!" a voice called out, Lelouch whipping round in time to find a patrol car parked behind them, two officers leaping out and tackling Kenta and Shusei "You again?" one of them growled a the larger man "It's prison for you this time you thug!"
"What the hell you jackass?" Shusei snarled, the feral bodyguard elbowing the startled cop in the face as Fumio looked on in horror, his temper sparked by the 'thug' comment "Care to repeat that? Teme!"
"Sakakibara-san!" Lelouch called out, the passing through Rider figuring now was as good a time as any to get the woman out of here, reaching forward and taking her by the hand "I'll explain everything, just come on!"
"Um…" Sakakibara stammered, the Yuriya look-alike stumbling as the foreign teen dragged her after him towards the parked patrol car, calling over his shoulder for Kenta to follow after them, shoving the young woman into the back seat.
"Get in!" Lelouch called out to Kenta, clambering into the Driver's seat, only to blink as he watched the woman Kenta had called 'mom', Fumio or something, help Sakakibara clamber out the other side "Oh for the love of-!"
"Gotcha!" Shusei cackled, kicking Lelouch in the ass, sending him sprawling into the car, Kenta trapped under the man's arm in a headlock as he shoved his look-alike into the back, clambering into the driver's seat before tearing off down the road "Fumio! I'll leave things with you!"
"Hey hold on-!" Lelouch began, only to have his face slammed into the headrest, Shusei tearing out of the alley, leaving Fumio and a confused Sakakibara with the wounded cops.
As the patrol car peels away...
"Are you alright, Sakakibara-san?" Fumio asked, the pullover sporting Bodyguard looking the young woman, though in truth, they were around the same age, over with concern, "Did they hurt you?"
"N-No…" the Yuriya look-alike countered, shaking her head reassuringly as she accepted Fumio's hand, the pullover-sporting bodyguard helping the musician to her feet "But…what about your partner?"
"Don't worry about Shusei." Fumio assured the woman, her tone confident "He can take care of himself…"
However, Fumio Usui's thoughts were not on Shusei at the moment, but rather the young man that resembled him so perfectly, down to his intimidating, though she found them quite attractive, eyes.
Had it been her imagination? Or had the teen called her 'Mother'?
With the Patrol Car...
"Alright…" Shusei muttered, leveling out on a deserted stretch of road, allowing the two teens to right themselves and buckle up "I want answers…you obviously ain't Fangires, or you would've transformed back there…"
"Why should we tell you anything?" Kenta growled, glaring at the scarred man defiantly, their gazes locking in the rear view mirror, causing sparks to erupt, only to trail off as Lelouch chuckled.
"This is too rich…" Lelouch mused, the purple eyed teen covering his face with his hand as his shoulders shook from the effort of reigning in his laughter "You two really are like two peas in the pod…"
"The hell you talking about string bean?" Shusei demanded, the bodyguard glaring at the foreign teen out the corner of his eye, while Kenta blinked in confusion, wondering if Lelouch had been hit harder than they'd thought.
"Don't tell me neither of you noticed the family resemblance?" Lelouch asked, smirking all the while as he looked between the two "The hair, the short tempers, the way you jump to conclusions, usually the wrong ones, so swiftly…" he snorted "You even have the same evil eyes for God's sake."
"What in the hell're you talking about boy?" Shusei wondered, a little unnerved by the teen's words as he looked back at the other teen in the rearview mirror. Now that he got a good look at him, the kid DID look familiar, EERILY so.
"No way…" Kenta breathed, the teen's eyes widening, gaping at the older man's profile, his eyes taking in the rugged chin, his features marred, ever so slightly, by a scar set just above his left ear "You can't be…Dad?"
"EH?" Shusei baulked, his eyes bulging as the car swerved, Lelouch holding on for dear life as they almost ran over a redheaded girl, though not in time to avoid the panda, that's right, a panda, that was chasing her "The hell?" Shusei demanded, uncaring of the endangered species he'd just mauled as he stared at Kenta over his shoulder "Who you calling Dad? I don't got no kids! I'm too young!"
"Maybe now…" Lelouch admitted, mildly disconcerted about the fact they'd somehow managed to run over a panda in the middle of a street "but seeing as Kenta and I came here from 22 years in the future, it's not too far off."
"I think I hit you kids harder than I thought…" Shusei muttered, the bodyguard sounding a little apologetic as he eyed the foreign teen askance, his eyes unnerved "I better get ya to the hospital…"
"I can prove it!" Kenta insisted, the Bounty Hunter reaching inside his jacket and pulling out his mobile phone, handing it to the dubious looking Shusei to examine through the gap in the chairs "Look inside!"
"Nice toy…" Shusei muttered, though the light of disbelief still shone in his eyes as he flipped it open. This ended as he gaped at the sight of Kenta's wallpaper, which depicted a VERY familiar face, albeit a few years older than he'd last seen her "FUMIO?"
"My name's Kenta Usui." Kenta insisted, the teenage Bounty Hunter and Rider looking up at the dumbstruck older man with a sense of wonderment in his gaze "My mother's name is Fumio Usui."
"No way…" Shusei muttered, the bodyguard looking like all his ghosts had come back to haunt him, and by the looks of things, brought a few of their friends with them, as he turned to look at his future son "You…You're really my…"
"EYES FRONT!" Lelouch yelled, the passing through rider's eyes wide as he grabbed the wheel, Shusei cursing as he slammed the brake just in time to avoid colliding with another patrol car, coming the other way.
"Iizuka!" a loud voice crowed, the trio looking up in amazement as a familiar looking officer with a crew cut and sandals leapt out of the other patrol car, aiming his gun at Shusei's face "I got you this time you punk!"
"Officer Kankichi?" Lelouch muttered, blinking at the sight of the future Truancy officer in confusion as he, Shusei and Kenta were swiftly cuffed by the man's partner, "This is just too weird."
One arrest later...
Ironically enough, the prison they were escorted to was none other than the one where Sakakibara was to have her concert, apparently Shusei had quite a reputation for brawling with police officers, and so they weren't going to take any chances.
Naturally, of course, Kenta and Lelouch were considered 'guilty by association', as Officer Kankichi 'didn't like the look' of Kenta's eyes and seemed to be dispossessed towards foreigners for some reason.
So after a grueling, three hour drive, a painfully thorough cavity search, and being forced to dress in bright orange prison overalls, the trio found themselves sharing a cell at Kanto West Maximum Security Prison, awaiting proper sentencing and punishment.
"So you're really my kid…" Shusei muttered, the man unable to take his eyes off Kenta's face as the two sat across from one another, Lelouch leaning against the bars, his arms crossed in annoyance "Surreal…so what's it like in the future?"
"Well…it's alright…" Kenta muttered, the teenage Bounty Hunter looking up at his father in wonderment "Some things are different…" he admitted "like the old theater being renovated…and they fixed the park up too…"
"Fumio'd love that…" Shusei muttered, a kind smile forming on his rugged features as he thought of his partner and girlfriend "I always knew she was the woman for me…we grew up together you know."
"Mom told me." Kenta admitted, looking down at the ground, embarassed for some inexplicable reason "She said your parents, grandma and grandpa, hated each other's guts, so Grandma didn't approve of mom seeing you."
"That old battleaxe still alive?" Shusei growled, smirking apologetically at Kenta's uncomfortable look "Ah forget about her…if you're here then she obviously wasn't able to keep us apart." He blinked at Kenta's flinch "What? Something wrong?"
"It's nothing…" Kenta muttered, averting his gaze as he spoke. How could he tell his father that he'd grown up without every seeing the man? Shusei had apparently been killed in an accident before Kenta was even born. Fumio'd been forced to move back in with her mother, who destroyed all of the man's photos to spite him.
"As interesting as this little family reunion has been," Lelouch spoke up, drawing the father and son's attention to him as he frowned, the lilting trill of violin music drifting through the halls "Sakakibara's concert has started, we need to get out of here before Kaneshiro makes his move."
"Who?" Shusei wondered, Kenta's future father looking between the time travelling pair in confusion, a frown marring his already intimidating features "Wait, is this what you were going on about earlier?"
"A inmate called Hokuto Kaneshiro's going to take Sakakibara-san hostage during the performance." Kenta revealed grimly, looking his father in the eye "During his escape, he's going to stumble into some ruins…"
"Which all boils down to the future being in danger, and only WE can save the day." Lelouch cut in, smiling despondently at the duo as he tapped the bars "Of course…there's not much we can do from in here…"
"Then we gotta get outta here!" Shusei declared, getting to his feet with a growl "I don't fully understand what's going on…but Fumio and I'd never raise no liar for a son, and I ain't the kind of man that'd let people get hurt if I can stop it!"
"Dad…" Kenta marveled, the teenage Bounty Hunter looking up at the scarred man in wonderment, Shusei smirking down at his son confidently before marching forwards, grabbing the bars and rattling them fiercely.
"HEY!" the Bodyguard roared, his terrifying features bared in a snarl that scared the bejeezus out of the other inmates, who retreated from their own bars at the sound of his voice, cuddling one another for safety "GUARD! GETCHER ASS DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!"
"Back away from the bars!" the guard warned, marching in front of their cell and slapping a cattle prod against the bars, forcing Shusei to back off with a snarl "I'm warning you Iizuka, just gimme a reason to-!"
"Pardon me…guard…" Lelouch called out, the foreign teen stepping forwards with a polite, innocent smile, subtly elbowing Shusei in the flank to keep him from speaking again "What did you say your name was?"
"Ore?" the guard stammered, blinking at the polite, foreign teenager that had the misfortune of being locked in a cell with an animal like Shusei Iizuka, and a kid that bore more than a passing resemblance to said animal "Sanjou."
"Well then…Sanjou-san…" Lelouch smiled, one hand brushing his ebony bangs out of his face dramatically "Would you be so kind as to let us out of this cell?"
Officer Sanjou blinked, his features going slack for the briefest of seconds, before speaking in a dazed voice, his eyes staring straight ahead "But of course…" he muttered, unclipping a ring of keys from his belt and unlocking the door "You all be careful now…"
"Much obliged…" Lelouch offered, stepping out of the cell with a regal smirk, before grabbing the man's tazer and zapping him in the nuts with it, the guard jerking, his mouth forming an 'O' of surprise, before collapsing to the floor in a heap.
"Wh-what the hell?" Shusei stammered, father and son gaping in disbelief at the sight before them, before turning to Lelouch, who was kneeling next to Sanjou's twitching form "What'd you do to him?"
"Just a little test…" Lelouch assured the pair, smirking wrly to himself as he set the tazer aside, unbuttoning the guard's uniform as he spoke "I'll fill you in later, right now we have to get up to the performance."
"And how're we gonna do that?" Kenta asked, the teenage Bounty Hunter looking at the foreign teen in stunned amazement, and a little bit of apprehension "I mean the minute they see us they're going to raise the alarm."
"Not if we're being escorted…" Lelouch countered, smiling up at Shusei "Isn't that right, Officer Iizuka?"
In the main hall...
Towa Sakakibara smiled as she played atop the stage, basking in the warm stage lights and the warm, receptive smiles of the inmates that had come to savor the soothing melody of her music. She could already feel the aura of depression and loneliness in their hearts fade away, replaced by a feeling of calm and peace that would no doubt stick with them for weeks, maybe even months, making their dreary sentences that much easier to bear.
Abruptly, the lights cut off, Sakakibara's eyes widening as her playing faltered, looking around in alarm, only to scream as an arm wrapped around her neck.
"My apologies for the rough treatment…" a cultured voice offered, Sakakibara's eyes widening at the sight of the handsome young man standing behind her, a makeshift glass shiv held at her throat "But I need you to cooperate with me for a bit."
"Kaneshiro!" Officer Ryotsu Kankichi barked, the crew-cut sporting, sandal wearing officer aiming his handgun up at the pair "You little punk!" he snarled, trying to get a better lock on the convict's face "Let her go!"
"Oh I intend to…" Kaneshiro assured the crew cut sporting cop "Just as soon as you open the doors and let me out." He smirked cruelly "You see, I've no intention of dying in here...there's so much left for me to do on the outside."
"You idiot!" Officer Kankichi barked, the crew-cut sporting offiver leveling his revolver at the bespectacled man's face, or trying to, as the stage put him at an awkward angle "Like hell we'd let a murderer like you out!"
"Oh but you will…" Hokuto insisted, the bespectacled convict's handsom features marred by a cruel smile as he stroked the terrified Sakakibara's cheek with the edge of the shiv "Or this woman's life…will be on your hands…"
"KANESHIRO!" a voice roared, the bespectacled man looking up just in time to be hit in the face with exhaust foam, courtesy of a inmate holding a fire-extinguisher, the convict releasing Sakakibara, who was pulled out of the way by a familiar young man in an inmates overalls, only to be tackled by a large guard with a scar on his ear.
"Iizuka?" Kankichi gaped, the crew-cut sporting officer looking up at the stage in alarm, as the man he'd hauled in earlier that day proceeded to beat the stuffing out of Kaneshiro "What the? How did you-?"
"I'll deal with you later, crew-cut!" Shusei snarled, glaring at the officer as he slapped Hokuto's shiv out of his hand, before kneeing the younger man repeatedly in the stomach "Kenta! String bean! Get Towa to safety!"
"Who's he calling string bean?" Lelouch muttered, the purple eyed teen lowering the fire extinguisher with a scowl, only to flinch as Shusei supplexed Hokuto headfirst into the stage, before putting him in a leg-lock "Eesh…he's vicious…"
"That's my dad…" Kenta muttered proudly, earning a look of shock from Sakakibara, who was looking between the two in confusion "So you think this changes things?"
"I'd be surprised if Kaneshiro can even STAND after that gorilla gets through with him." Lelouch muttered, sweatdropping as Shusei spun the smaller man over his head like pizza dough "Besides, after a stunt like this, he'll be sent to solitary until his execution date. Not the best position for stumbling into ancient ruins."
"So the future's saved…" Kenta sighed, smiling in relief as he slumped against the wall, Sakakibara's eyes widening as the teens slowly faded out of sight, leaving her standing alone on the stage, even as the guards managed to get Shusei away from her assailant, dragging the convict off to the side.
Several minutes later...
"You okay, Towa?" Shusei asked, sauntering up to his client with a look of concern in his fierce eyes, looking a little energetic after the savage beat down he'd given Hokuto, only to blink, looking around the stage in confusion "Huh? Where'd the kid's go?"
Before Sakakibara could answer, the door to the main hall flew off their hinges, kicked in by an enraged officer Sanjou, who'd been stripped down to his red, peach adorned boxers, a savage snarl tearing from his lips, which were covered with a stained glass pattern.
"FANGIRE!" Shusei swore, pushing a terrified Sakakibara behind him as the monster assumed its true form, a blue, equine monstrosity that was a Zebra Fangire, the assembled guards opening fire even as the inmates panicked, racing for the exits and generally getting underfoot "Dammit! We gotta get you outta here!"
"Shusei!" a familliar voice called out from on high, Kenta's future father looking up to see Fumio Usui, his future wife apparently, standing on the upper railing, holding up a mechanical knuckle duster and belt in her hands "Catch!"
"Fumio!" Shusei yelled out jubilantly, grinning up at the woman as he caught the items as she tossed them down to him "That's the woman I love for you!"
Fumio blushed, her features turning dark scarlet as she covered her cheeks, even as Shusei grinned, slapping the belt around his waist, before pressing the knuckleduster against his palm "Henshin!"
"FIST ON!" the belt declared, a holographic image of a three bladed cross spinning out from the belt, assuming the form of a holographic golden armor, which converged over Shusei's form, solidifying into a white suit of armor with gold and blue highlights.
"Now then...Fangire…" Ixa muttered, Shusei's version of his son's armor differing only in that the golden visor did not separate to reveal the crimson eyes beneath "Time to return those lives you stole to God!"
Charging forward, the white Rider delivered a punishing blow to the Zebra Fangire's midriff, followed by a roundhouse punches to its fanged, equine maw. As it reeled back, dazed from the blow, he grabbed it by the mane and kneed it repeatedly in the stomach, grabbing it by the throat as it tried to break free, one arm wrapping around it's leg as he threw it across the hall.
The Fangire rose with a snarl, the officers, led by a stunned officer Kankichi, opening fire at it's seemingly defenseless back, only for the bullets to have no effect, other than draw the Fangires ire towards them.
Snarling, the monster unleashed a sphere of destructive energy from its maw, the officers lunging out of the way, screaming incoherently as it punched through the wall behind them, the officers scrambling to get clear of the beast as snipers began firing at it from the walkways above.
During all the commotion, nobody noticed the limping form of Hokuto Kaneshiro, as the bespectacled convict hobbled towards the hole the Fangire had just blasted in the concrete wall.
In the caverns...
'I don't know what the hell is going on…' Hokuto muttered, holding his broken glasses to his face, his nose broken and bloody from the beating he'd received from Shusei 'But while they're dealing with that monster, I'm going to get out of here.'
He staggered through the hole, using his hands to guide him through the darkened hallway on the other side, his eyes narrowing as he realized he'd stepped into what appeared to be a series of catacombs, which likely connected to the mountain the prison had been built on.
'Which mean's there's probably an exit somewhere…' he mused, a cold, wry smirk forming on his face at the thought 'It'll take some doing, but they should be too busy with that thing, whatever it is, to miss me for a good while yet.'
He paused, his brow furrowing as his hand touched a smooth surface, FAR too smooth to be a natural occurrence in a cave, his eyes narrowing, sight slowly adjusting to the darkness, at what appeared to be several carved arches, which lead towards a hollowed out chamber, in the center of which lay a large stone casket.
"What is this?" he wondered, stepping forwards in wonderment, his eyes somehow able to make out the marking son the casket despite the dim light "Some sort of tomb? In a cave?"
He reached out, his fingers brushing the dirt of centuries off the casket, revealing a strange crest carved on the lid. He stumbled back, eyes widening in alarm as the crest lit up, the lid of the casket rising as a golden glow filled the suddenly menacing burial chamber.
From within the casket, a horned shadow rose, it's large golden eyes boring into Hokuto's as it extended one shadowy limb towards him, as if reaching for his hand, the convict loosing an agonized scream as the light from the casket flowed into him, countless golden dust particles forcing their way into his body as his screams tore through the catacombs.
Yeah...no problems there...
Lelouch: THIS wouldn't have happened if we'd used the damn car.
Kyugan: Dude, it's a national treasure, like hell I'm letting you joy ride in that.
Lelouch: Oh and I suppose the TRAIN would be better?
Kyugan: Are you kidding? Last thing I need is you getting into another drag-race with the Den-Liner crew.
Ghost Nappa: *Grumbles* they started it...
Next Time on Code Decade:
The adventurers return...
Lelouch: Dont tell me he stayed behind...
Only to find new problems await them...
Nekonome: We've been getting great stories!
Lelouch: Such as?
Random student: Monsters!
The Legendorgas remain...
Nekonome: BUT THE KING SEALED THEM AWAY CENTURIES AGO!
Lelouch: Didn't do a thurough enough job of it...
As does their ambitions.
MedusaL: I never tire of hearing human screams...
Hokuto: Kiva...I shall defeat the one who has inherited his power...
A familliar face returns...
Kenta: Dad!
Shusei: Mataku...being a dad's such a pain in the ass...
And a new enemy appears...
Kenta: Y-You?"
?: Long time no see…Kenta Usui-Kun.
Destroy Everything! Connect Everything!
