Hello everyone! Chapter 24 is here for you! I really hope you've enjoyed the story so far. Thank you very much for reading every word of my first attempt at a fanfiction story. I know there are some flaws here and there but I must say, I'm really enjoying this. have a great day/night.
Chapter 24: Back to Reality
A figure could be seen bent down over a red mass of metal. Scraps of metal pieces and chips were all over the place. He took off his helmet because of the tears coming down from his eyes. His hands were clenched in fists, red eyes, full of anger and hate. The boy wanted to keep tearing down the armor of the robot but it was useless. Only the torso and the legs remained untouched. The microbots were on the ground lying without purpose. A blue helmet could be seen also on the ground beside the legs of the robot, lights flashing and showing stats of the field.
HIRO
Hirooo!
The yell came from the entrance of the park, which snapped the boy back to the world. He turned around and saw Gogo ready to strike. The disk flew right at him barely missing his chest. Hiro was using the leg of the destroyed robot as cover but nothing came after the failed attempt to hit him. He raised his head a little so he could sight his attacker, and as in cue, Gogo was giving a powerful blow to the man in the dragon suite. Hiro saw that the body of the man in the suite wasn't moving but clearly, he wasn't dead.
Then, something unexpected, Gogo turned her head and picked up something from the floor. Hiro couldn't make out what it was, he just saw the girl bent down and started dressing in something. As lighting, realization struck Hiro hard; memories flooded his mind while recalling last actions. Before the start of the battle, HL was carrying both armor's on her arms but she dropped them beside Akage's body. Soon, the purple streaked girl turned around and saw that she was wearing a pair of yellow 'boots' with what looked like skate rollers. She had a wide smile, this will make easier to take down the boy that 'betrayed' her.
"Oooh Hirooo! Where are you Hiro?" Gogo started to walk towards the last sighting of the boy. Gogo's voice had this weird echo to it and a disgusting hiss was added to it.
Both were being controlled. Corruptor's powers made them more dangerous and more prone to violence. Hiro was grinding his teeth; the voice of Gogo was making things worse.
"Look what I found!" Gogo said in a loud voice catching the attention of the brown eyed boy. Hiro turned around and saw Gogo crouched beside Akage, her eyes examining the girl viciously.
"You know… I would've been able to protect you better than her!" Gogo said still looking at the lifeless girl. The fuse had been set; everything was ready to set the powder on fire. Gogo started touching Akage's face.
"She was clearly not for you!" Gogo said still touching Akage's face. Hiro was disgusted by Gogo, he wanted to kill the girl, tear her to pieces the same way she did his heart.
"At least she is DEAD…" Hiro heard that Gogo purposely said the word louder. "…Now you will be mine! And only mine." The fuse was set on fire. Hiro rushed to the helmet that was lying beside him and with the help of his microbots, rushed towards Gogo's position. Seconds turned into hours but he was getting closer.
"You hear me? You are mine my love!"
Hiro wanted to be faster but the distance seemed infinite.
"Why can't you love me the same way you loved this useless…" Gogo was interrupted by the boy.
"AAAAAAAAHHHH!" Hiro yelled at the top of his lungs. The hit was too fast; Gogo didn't have a chance to react and therefore received a clean punch on her back which sent her flying a couple of meters.
"There you are!" No pain was heard from her voice, she just smiled wider when Hiro revealed his position.
"So cute…!" Gogo said while getting up to her feet. "… The hero is coming to help his damsel in distress!" Gogo said in a mocking manner with a gleeful smile and resting her hand against her cheek.
"SH- Shut up! This is between YOU AND ME!" Hiro hissed at the girl in the yellow armor. Suddenly it started to rain; Hiro instinctively tried to protect Akage's body but was stopped by a yellow blur.
"Nuh-uh… This is between you and me… REMEMBER!" Gogo said while looking at Hiro with a seductive smile. Hiro just clenched his teeth and stared at the girl, but he got distracted. Gogo's suite was made in a way that after every shot, the disk will return to the magnet on her glove. The yellow disk impacted Hiro on his knee and sent him into a backflip, slamming the boy face down to the concrete floor.
Ugh…
Hiro shook his head and tried to get up but the hit was too hard that it took a while for the pain to recede. Hiro was starting to regain composure but Gogo with her rollers was too fast, dashing through the concrete floor, she started to get closer to the boy. His senses fired up; in seconds, Hiro quickly rolled in the ground and made a motion with his hand. A mass of microbots shot up and got the girl by surprise on the chest, sending Gogo to the floor several meters away from her prize. She got to her feet and just chuckled at the boy.
"You know…" Gogo raised a hand. "This…" Gogo knocked her chest armor. "Thanks for loving me! These reinforcements are amazing!" Gogo laughed at the boy who was standing there, ready to fight.
"Stop! I don't love you!" Hiro snarled at the girl that was smiling at him.
"Then I'm going to make you love me!" She rushed forward, towards the boy and ready to knock some sense into him.
"Never!" Hiro started to send spikes against the girl in what looked like a retractable arm. One the spike reached the desired distance, it retracted back, so there was no need to send some microbots flying everywhere.
Gogo dodged them easily, as if she had practiced several times against these attacks. It was her turn now; skillfully she jumped into the air and making a pirouette to gain momentum, shot a disk at the boy. Hiro reacted accordingly and with the help of the microbots he raised a 'shield' and blocked the attack but never noticed that Gogo also sent her other disk towards him. It was too late when Hiro noticed the incoming blow. The disk got his right shoulder leaving a deep cut on it. Soon, Hiro felt a hot liquid coming through the gash on his arm. Gogo laughed and went into the already destroyed forest.
Hiro followed her with great speed thanks to the microbots but he knew why she came here. The more obstacles between Gogo and Hiro, the harder would be for him to hit her. Unfortunately, the same strategy never works the same way twice. Hiro instinctively sent several daggers to the air and through the branches of the cherry blossom trees.
CRACK
Gogo fell from a branch, one of the spikes from Hiro impaled her left shoulder armor. It wasn't a serious blow but the part that got hit fell down to the ground.
"I thought you were smarter Gogo… What happened?" It was Hiro's time to laugh at the girl. She was still trying to recover from the blow but his laugh was just placing gas on the fire.
Hiro and Gogo's eyes started to burn brighter, both snarling at each other like dogs with thirst of blood. Gogo got to her feet again and looked at Hiro with a lost smile.
"And you…?" Gogo looked at Hiro with a crazy smile. "You weren't smart enough to save Akage… What happened?" She said raising a brow with a devious smile. Hiro's eyes glowed stronger, hands clenched in fists and he was grinding his teeth so hard that it was hurting him.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Hiro yelled at top of his lungs and extended his hands sending spike after spike to the girl.
"I…" Hiro raised himself with the microbots sending several spikes to the girl but she was able to dodge them.
"Loved her…!" Now that he was higher he had a better view but Gogo was still able to dodge all of the incoming strikes. It kept going like these for several seconds, Hiro was not giving an inch for Gogo to recover and send a strike of her own. Hiro kept leading Gogo to the Center of the park in which a tall tree was proudly standing. Gogo suddenly saw herself cornered, and then Hiro appeared in the distance carried by the microbots with a lunatic grin. He motioned with his arms and formed a giant spike, ready to send the girl into oblivion. Gogo was just standing there, waiting for the blow, as if the pain was welcome to her body.
It was pouring; both of the teenagers were covered in mud. Cuts and scratches could be seen on their bodies. Blood was coming down from Hiro's right shoulder, while Gogo had half of her armor was shredded. Their clothes were torn, leaving bare skin to the cold rain coming from the sky. It was getting harder to see by the minute, and Hiro was losing his chance to hit the yellow armored girl.
"What are you waiting for?" Gogo asked trying to get the attention of the boy through the rain.
"Oooh Gogo… I'm just trying to enjoy the moment." And in the blink of an eye, Hiro sent a huge round 'punch' at Gogo but Hiro's hesitation gave her the moment to recover some air. She jumped out of the way and just watched as the long 'spike' of microbots shattered the tree that was behind her.
CRACK
The impact was so strong that it sent some pieces of wood into the air, some ended up piercing Gogo's uncovered left arm. The once proud standing tree was falling down because of the blow. Hiro, noticing the damage, used the microbots to get out of the way to an opening so he could spot if Gogo was out of the forest. Dust, pieces of several branches and huge balls of mud were sent everywhere and like a huge explosion, the tree fell to the ground. Hiro kept looking over the horizon trying to spot the girl but nothing, the heavy rain was making difficult to barely see 10 meters away from you.
Then Hiro looked up, even under the rain he was able to make a figure on top of the buildings. The figure was blurry at the beginning but by focusing a little bit more he was able to make out a tail and huge arms with claws. They kept staring at each other for several seconds, but then the figure started moving faster. Something caught the attention of the 'dragon', Hiro looked down and…
CRACK
Hiro was distracted; a yellow blur was coming to him. The disk hit him right in the chest.
CRACK
Hiro suddenly coughed blood. Apparently the disk broke one of his ribs. Now he was on his knees trying to ease the pain but it only shot his anger more towards the girl.
"So weak! I thought you could do more Hiro…" Gogo came out of the tree line but just stood on the edge. She wasn't going to give up the strategic value that the trees were giving her.
"WEAK?" Hiro coughed and a splat of blood was sent to the ground. "I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU… I'M NOT… WEAK!" Hiro motioning with a punch sent a spike towards the girl.
Gogo just grinned and easily dodged the shot, making it to hit a tree. But Hiro had a grin on his face too, Gogo was clueless but soon Hiro extended the palm of his hand. In matter of seconds, the spike that was sent towards her created more spikes that were sent in every way. Some were able to harm Gogo, tearing up more her leggings and leaving deep cuts were blood started to come out. (AN: Look it like a rose! The stem is the original spike; the thorns on the stem are the other spikes… I hope you get the idea.)
"Argh… I have to admit…" Gogo also knelt on the ground looking at her leg, quickly examining it. "That was a good one!" She flinched because of the pain but her red eyes were indicating she wanted more.
"Come on Hiro! Is that the best you can do?" Gogo was on her feet again, snarling at the boy. "If you can barely protect yourself, how did you expect to protect the girl you loved?" Gogo said pointing at Akage's body. Hiro's eyes suddenly glowed brighter and turned to look at the girl in HALF yellow armor.
"I…" Hiro regained control of the microbots and started moving towards Gogo.
"Will…" Hiro gained speed, while Gogo just smiled but got into a fighting stance.
"Make you…" Hiro raised one of his hands as if gaining momentum. Right behind him a large column of microbots formed, ready to attack
"PAY!" Hiro sent his arm forward, the large spike formed by microbots went towards Gogo but a new trick appeared in front of her. Like a fork several spikes were formed from the tip of the original one, creating a 'shower' of spikes. He barely missed Gogo but he was able to create a scar than ran all along her right leg.
She stopped behind a tree to take quick look to her leg but Hiro was not going to give her a break. Immediately, the tree was cut in half effortlessly by the bots revealing her position. She quickly turned around and with a fast swing sent her disk towards the boy, but the shot was lame. Hiro was able to stop the disk with his bare hand. He looked at her raising a brow in a questioning manner and glanced at the disk. Without thinking it twice, he broke the disk in half and dropped it to the ground.
"What is happening Gogo? Getting a little tired?" Hiro exclaimed while taking a look at the girl. Indeed she was getting tired. She had fought the other three members of the team, and now she had spent several minutes sparring against the boy.
Unlike Hiro, she had been using her body to fight against all of them, while Hiro was only using his mind. And the rain wasn't helping her either, with most of the rocky ways flooded with water and the mini forest of cherry blossom trees was now filled with small pits of mud. Her rollers were useless at this point, so she bent down and took off her disks but left her boots on. Hiro frowned at the beginning but he saw the reason of it, the mud and the rain will only slow her down. He missed the chance to hit Gogo while detaching her disks, mostly because of the shock of seeing the girl discard the only item that would help her against him.
"What a shame…" Gogo said while standing up. "I could've saved myself along with you…" She turned around and locked sights with the red eyed boy. "But you chose her…!" Gogo flashed a smile to the boy while point at the lifeless body of Akage.
"AAAAAHH!" Hiro yelled and charged towards the brown eyed girl. Despite her tiredness, she easily dodged the first strikes that came from the boy, but her body was too exhausted. Her senses lowered, her movements slowed down and every jump sent a pain through her body. Soon she stopped behind a tree; one hand was on her knee while the other was supporting her weight on the trunk of it.
ugh... Sometimes I hate this with all my heart! So guys... I'm struggling again to place the whole chapter into one so please go ahead and read the next one too! Thank you!