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OO On Earth OO
Chi Chi sat sipping lemon water from a coconut, tiny umbrella and all. She sat is a chair outside the Wise Man's house enjoying the sunshine, when the Wise Man walked out of his cabin and approached her with a tray of rice balls.
Standing next to her, he smiled and said, "Would you like a refill?" he asked as he set the tray down next to her.
She smiled and said, "Thats okay. Thanks anyway." The Wise Man bowed slightly, and tried to sneak his hands toward her chest. But he quickly stood strait up as electricity went through his body. Chi Chi smiled as he stood up smoking.
"You're not the only mechanical genious around here, so keep those hands to yourself." she said showing him the remote, then sipping her drink again. The Wise Man nodded and walked away, a little stiff in the knees. Chi Chi suddenly heard a sound from far awat that sounded like a low humming. She knew what the sound was, or at least what it sounded like. Standing up, she looked into the sky and saw a giant beam of light create a circle of clouds as it shot towards the earth. "Oh no..." she said and braced herself.
The beam of light smashed into the ground, crushing the Wise Mans house. Chi Chi fell and landed on her rear end from the force of the attack, but she stared at the beam with amazement. "This isn't nearly enough power to destroy all of Japan...what happened up there?" she asked. Then, as if meant to be an answer to her question, flaming metal started to rain from the sky. She smiled brightly as she saw the metallic meteors falling towards the earth. "They did it!" she shouted excitedly.
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The entire Earth Force stayed floating in space, watching what was left of the Aries burn and float away. A loud cheer went out through the radios of the fighters. Even Koryuta was flying circles through the rubble of the demolished battle ship. But there was one person who wasn't cheering for victory, but mourning. Yae sat in her ship, unable to fully comprehend what she had just witnessed. A silent tear rolled down her face as her green eyes looked at the remaining pieces of the black dragon floated around with the Aries.
Suddenly, she burst. She broke down, crying her eyes out and screaming as she slammed her clenched fists against the console in front of her. Goemon turned around in Impact and went to congratulate Yae on her core destruction plan, when he turned the radio on. He heard everything that she did in the cockpit and was instantly surprised.
"Yae, whats wrong?" he asked. She said nothing, just continued sobbing as Goemon listened, his heart breaking just listening to her.
"Goemon!"shouted Sasuke. Goemon looked at the ninja questioningly. "Look at the underside of the ship. Those floating components don't belong to the Aries."
"What? Where did they come from?" he asked.
"That part right there looks like the tail segment from Bahamut..." he said.
"Oh no..." said Goemon. He instantly grabbed the radio and yelled into it. "Shang! Come in Shang! Do you copy?" But all he got back was static. "Shang!"
"He won't answer..." said Alita as she flew up next to him.
"Why? What happened?" asked Goemon urgently.
"He jumped in front of the cannon blast at the last second. If he hadn't, Japan probably wouldn't be in one piece...well, four pieces right now. I saw it all as I was flying underneath the Aries. He was very brave." she said softly.
"Cummon, lets get this junk away from Earth, then head for home. I'll have to break the news to everyone." said Goemon, unable to control his heart rate. Together, the Earth Force grabbed the remaining pieces of the Aries that was floating around and hurled it all into space. After the cleanup was finished, they all headed for home.
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Oedo had grown to be even more prosperous than it was before. People all over the country travelled there to visit the places that Tokyo had changed, some for the better. But best of all, everything was peaceful in the large town. People began rebuilding their homes and shops, started cleaning the city of the leftover robot parts, and even built onto a large tower in the city as a new tourist attraction.
Two men stood at the bottom of the tower that Tokyo had started to build, and they had finished, debating on what to name it. "I say we name it the Phoenix Tower, because Oedo rose from the ashes like a phoenix." said one man.
"I think we should call it Koryuta's Tower, cause he is the one whos going to destroy that space station." said another. They both argued back and forth about what the name was going to be until something hit one of them in the face. The man grabbed it and said, "What's this?" Looking at it, he saw it was triangular shaped cloth and had a familiar face on it. "Hey...I got an idea." said the man.
"What's that?"
"Lets name it Tokyo Tower, so that everybody will know who defeated Storm Cloud Tokyo."
The other man smiled brightly and said, "Sounds good to me! You here that all you other countries, we saved the world!" he shouted. Suddenly, the scrap metal that had escaped into the atmosphere made its way towards Oedo. The men looked up and saw the spectacle, when one of them started crying. "Never have I been so happy to see fire and brimstone rain from the sky." he said.
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Goemon and the others had flown back to Japan after bidding the others farewell. Yae had sat in the same place, her eyes dirtied with tears as she had cried her heart out, watching the scrap of Shang's ship be hurled into space. After several attempts to get Yae to come with them back to Earth, she finally gave in and went with Goemon back to the planet.
When they arrived at the Wise Man's house, they found Chi Chi flying towards them excitedly. The Wise Man sat in the grass, arms crossed, with an irritated look on his face. Impact landed with a thud, and the cockpit opened, letting Goemon and the two small mechanical ninja's out. Goemon was instantly hugged by Chi Chi, making him turn red.
"You guys did it! You actually did it!" she shouted excitedly.
Koryuta flew down from the atmosphere and turned into his human form again. When he landed, he landed on two legs, with his battle armor still around his chest. "I must admit Wise Man. This body changing armor was ingenious!" said the dragon boy.
"Yeah, I know..." said the Wise Man grumpily.
"Whats the matter with you?" asked Sasuke.
"Over fifteen hundred miles of land in Japan, and the cannon hits my house!" he shouted.
"Don't worry, we will get you a new one in town." said Goemon. At this, the Wise Man started to mumble to himself.
He was looking on the opposite side of the house for anything to be salvaged when he heard the voices on the other side. Walking around the burnt house, he stared at them all. "Hey, what took you guys so long?' he asked.
Everybody gasped at hearing the voice and turned to see Shang, bandaged, but alive standing in front of them. Yae's eyes widened and she stood strait up, staring at him. "H-How did you survive?" yelled Goemon.
Shang smiled. "Bahamut was stronger than he looked. He took most of the damage and left me with only minor damage. That combined with the fact that the damage the station recieved nearly halved the power that the cannon had, and its pretty easy to see how I got away."
"But...but...but, you fell like a million feet!" said Ebisumaru extaticly.
Shang smiled slightly at his friends exagerration. "Well, its not quite that long of a fall. And besides, all I had to do was eject from the bot and fly down here."
"You can fly?" asked Sasuke.
"Of course. I can turn into a dragon too, so flying kind of comes natural." he said.
Ushiwaka scratched his head. "Like Koryuta?"
"Not quite...now lets stop the talk and...oof!" he stumbled backwards and fell as a green haired blur tackled him to the ground. "Yae?" he asked, seeing her tear stained face. But she just wrapped her arms around him and squeezed tightly, not wanting to let go.
Goemon turned to the others and said, "Well, lets go to Oedo and see what everyone is up to."
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As soon as they arrived at the large city, they were all greeted as heros, along with all the others that had fought in the war against Tokyo. A large party was held at Oedo Castle for the liberation of the planet, with the heros as the main center piece.
They all celebrated at the castle for three days. The Lord and Princess Yuki had asked Goemon stay and be the castle guard, but was declined.
"Sorry, but you don't have to pay me. I'll always protect your castle." he mearly said. Impact had to kneel to get inside, but the castle was big enough for him as well. He sat in the corner watching the festive party roll on when someone approached him. They began to talk interestedly about his acting career.
Sasuke and Yumi were in the corner sitting at a table drinking tea and enjoying the party. Ebisumaru was helping to pack away the party food with a gusto, making sure to sample everything before he left to take his seat. Ushiwaka had drawn quite a crowd himself, as all the girls in town had gathered to here the warriors tale of the battle in space, though he made sure to point out his part in the whole thing. Shang and Yae stood next to each other, both watching the merriment and joy of the occasion, but both were not as eager to join it. They mearly walked from the castle and into the cold night air with the full moon high in the air.
Yuriko and Artemis were invited to the party, but they decided not to come. They never had liked public, let alone being inside a castle that had every living thing in town inside it. So, together they just flew away from Oedo to get back to their serene life in Zazen.
Koryuta sat outside as well, on top of a roof meditating. Shang and Yae walked past the house, not even looking up to see him. He just sat silently with his eyes closed and his legs crossed. Suddenly, his eyes burst open and he smiled widely. "Shang!" he shouted as he jumped off the roof.
Shang heard the call and turned around. "Oh, hey Koryuta." he said smiling.
"Shang! I got some good news!" he shouted.
Yae looked at him strangely. "What's that? Have you made some kind of idiot reflecting device for Japan?" she asked jokingly.
Koryuta glared at her. "No, but I did just finish talking to my father."
"You mean the Dragon God?" asked Shang. Koryuta nodded. "What did he say?"
"Take off your shirt!" shouted the dragon boy, completely surprising Shang and Yae.
"Why does he want me to do that?" asked Shang uneasily.
"He doesn't, I do. Just do it!" demanded the boy. Shang pulled his shirt off and looked at the boy oddly. Koryuta began to chant silently. After a few minutes, Shang was starting to get impatient, but stayed silent. Finally, something happened. His tattoo started to glow brightly and it began to move again.
"Koryuta! What are you doing?" shouted Yae, but she went unanswered as she watched Shang begin to yell. Suddenly, both dragons combined into one, then vanished from his chest. The entire tattoo faded and finally disappeared. Koryuta stopped and looked up at Shang.
"So, what do you think?" he asked.
Shang looked down and saw the tattoo gone, then began to feel his chest as if to make sure it was really gone. Looking up at Koryuta, he smiled brightly. "What did you just do?" he asked.
"I used a chant that my father taught me. It was a chant used to plant a seal on the Ryu Sen Ken, so that they couldn't escape. But this time I have placed the seal on you. Now, you are the same as the stone that they were locked in."
"What do you mean?" asked Yae.
"Well, think of it this way. Shang can no longer be under the control of the tattoo. Of course, if he is killed, then it will be no different than if the stone was destroyed, and the tattoo will pass on to the killer. You can't fully access the power of the tattoo anymore, but you can still sprout wings and fly around. So, in essence, he has become the stone. The keeper of the Ryu Sen Ken tattoo."
Shang couldn't believe what he was hearing. The curse was actually gone! Grabbing Koryuta, Shang squeezed him into a bear hug. "Thank you! You have no idea how good it feels to be freed from that cursed thing!" he shouted. Koryuta lost his breath and struggled to get loose, but didn't fair well. Finally Shang let go of him and the boy fell to the ground gasping for air. Shang scratched his head sheepishly. "Oops, sorry." he said.
"Its alright. Well, I have to go guys. The tourists are all waiting for more rides here so they can see the new Oedo." said the boy and he walked away, leaving Shang and Yae to their peaceful walk...
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Well, there was too much stuff to fit into just one ending chapter, so I have two and an Epilogue for you all. I hope you enjoy the final chapters of this story.
Sasami: Yeah! Cause the knot is finally tying for this story! And fret not because the author has promised to...
:Covers her mouth: Nevermind.