Chapter 35: Battle: Conclusion
11:47 AM (Spain Time), Friday December the 30th…
"… Death Spiral Beam!"
"Hell's Buster!"
"Hrah!"
"Ya~h!"
Forte bombarded Death with quick shots while Death tried to hit him with his arm cannon's charged attack while Sidier attacked "CF" Netto with his swords but "CF" Netto used his forearms to block them and then shot those blue spheroids at Sidier.
"Damn. What does it take to harm you?" "CF" Netto cursed.
"You'll need to do better than that, Hikari…" Sidier taunted.
"You copied that from Count Dooku." Saito grumbled.
"Yeah. I think it fits with the mood."
"Shit. Have this, then!"
"CF" Netto stepped back and suddenly shot forward and past Sidier while causing a sonic boom: the force of it made some more pieces of Sidier's body armor jump off around his shoulders and hips: but the remainder was still up.
"I've still got 30% of armor left… And my swords are eager to taste some fresh blood!" He announced.
"Shit." "CF" Netto hissed.
"How is it like, Forte? Feeling the despair? Feeling the terror before the eternal slumber?" Death taunted.
"You're the one who's gonna feel it once I can shoot my Darkness Overload at you." Forte growled.
"Try it." Death challenged.
"You asked for it! Darkness Overload!"
"Pain Barrier!"
"Shit!"
The Pain Barrier absorbed Forte's attack and Death's body shone with a blue halo: he laughed in his icy voice and then caused for those columns of ice to show up while he summoned two copies: they all spun around the area at a mad speed.
"Crap." Forte cursed.
The clones then joined to form a triangle and began to shoot a continuous beam of fire around the area: Forte had to duck as the columns shattered and fragments of ice rained down around the area.
"Hrah!"
"Grah!"
Sidier's swords made two deep cuts on "CF" Netto's right arm and revealed his shirt beneath it: he stepped back and grumbled something under his breath.
"Well then… Eat this!" He yelled.
He was surrounded by a reddish shield and he jumped towards the ceiling before diving towards Sidier: the impact caused a wave of heat to expand around the room and it was powerful enough to destroy the two copies of Death, who stepped back.
"What?" He gasped.
"Gruo~h!" Sidier roared.
He fell on his knees and tried to use his swords to support his body as more armor fell off and only a patch around the chest, shaped like a white diamond, was left.
"Damn. Armor's down to 10%...! But I won't give up! Demon Sword! Hah, hah, hah, hah!" He announced.
"Crap." "CF" Netto muttered.
He replaced his swords for a different weapon: it looked like a rather wide sword with diamond patterns drawn into it and indented edges similar to a saw's.
He held it with both hands and aiming downwards before swinging it and hitting "CF" Netto's upper torso: it cut another portion of the bodysuit and left a cut mark on his orange vest.
"Shit. Gotta be careful…!" "CF" Netto muttered.
"So? What happened to the earlier guts, Hikari?" Sidier taunted.
"Shut the trap up. I'm gonna beat you!" "CF" Netto announced.
"But that won't end it, you know."
"I knew that. But it'll force you guys to make a pause before commencing your next campaign!" "CF" Netto replied.
"So you do have brains." Sidier taunted him.
"Trill! Can I use Battle Chips?" "CF" Netto called out.
"Yeah! Be careful, Netto! They drain a lot of power!" Trill replied.
"Thanks! Battle Chip, Salamander!"
"No…!" Sidier gasped.
The heat forced him to shield himself with the Demon Sword and "CF" Netto plummeted into him: the explosion and the resulting shockwave even hit Death and sent him flying until he crashed with the damaged Mecha Arachnus' remains.
"GROA~H!"
The smoke cleared and both combatants were clearly exhausted by now: Sidier's armor finally shattered and he fell on his fours, panting and dropping the Demon Sword into the ground: he growled under his breath.
"Recovery 300!" "CF" Netto announced.
"Recovery 300!" Sidier growled.
Both stood up and readied.
"Hra~h!"
"Hora~h!"
Both began to punch and kick each other as they rolled across the ground and stood up only to jump into each other and kept on.
"Death Beam!"
Death shot the blue beam at Forte and it attached to him: Forte aimed his hands towards him.
"Darkness Overload!"
"Damn!"
The blast hit Death and the blue beam was cancelled: Death managed to stand up and he was beginning to leak data: his nanomachines came out and repaired his wounds.
"Huff… Huff… Not yet!"
Some nanomachines began to work on repairing the Mecha Arachnus while Death glowed and shot the blue beam at one of the still intact machines: he absorbed its energy and it shut down.
"Net Navis are not the only things from which I can draw power out. Now you are doomed." Death laughed.
"Shit."
"Huh…! PUKU~! Forte – sama! Fight on! Puku! For the sake of the "Darkloids"! Puku! PUKU~!"
"Yeah! Fight! Fight!" The other Navis encouraged.
"Guys… I'm now fueled up! Let's turn this thing around!" Forte muttered, surprised, before smiling.
"Bothersome mice." Death grumbled.
"And that's where you fail: you and the "Darkloids" only believed in your own power and foolishly thought you were overwhelmingly strong."
"Be silenced! Come! Mecha Arachnus!"
The Mecha Arachnus started up and ran up towards Death as it opened the pilot's hatch: Death jumped inside of it and it closed: the eyes glowed red and the whole thing glowed with a blue light.
"That thing won't save you. I'll defeat you for the sake of those who believe on me!" Forte announced.
"Netto~!"
"Huh? Meiru - chan! Everyone!"
"CF" Netto looked at the still working shield sealing up the corridor's entrance and heard the eight "Cross Fusion" users' voices.
"Good luck!" Everyone encouraged.
"Sonic Boom!"
"Uack!"
Sidier was pushed back as "CF" Blues joined the fight by drawing a Neo Variable Sword.
"Enzan!"
"Let's fight together, Netto!" "CF" Blues rallied.
"Okay!" "CF" Netto nodded in agreement.
"Ijuuin…!" Sidier growled.
He roared and summoned those spheres of electricity: they fed him energy and he drew his normal swords again.
"Have you written your wills? You won't come out alive of this one! I'll bury you in His lands! I'll mince you and drop you into HELL! As mere remains!" Sidier hissed.
"Samurai Sword!"
"CF" Netto drew the Samurai Sword and both he and "CF" Blues clashed blades with Sidier while trying to push forward: Sidier grumbled and tried to push them back instead.
"Missiles! Laser! Machineguns!"
Forte intercepted some of the missiles: the laser hit him on his upper torso and he had to shield himself from the machinegun fire projected by the Mecha Arachnus.
"Huh!"
The thing suddenly tackled him and lifted one of the four legs to reveal a large needle set on its plant: it was aiming for his neck and it shone with a menacing light.
"Not yet! Darkness Overload!"
The blast hit the underside of the robot and blew up the laser gun as it forced it to tumble over and roll across the ground until it hit the energy shield blocking off the corridor: the resulting explosion blew the machine up and Death was catapulted out of it until he met the far wall, crashed on it, and slid down into the ground.
"Let's go!"
The corridor's barrier disappeared and the eight "Cross Fusion" members, who'd already recovered, ran in.
"Netto!" "CF" Roll called out.
"Meiru – chan! Everyone!" "CF" Netto was relieved.
"You can do it!" "CF" Dingo rallied.
"Good luck!" The others rallied.
"Grah… More bothersome mice… Damn the "Eye"! Show your figure, you lowlife! I shall exterminate you interloper!" Death growled.
The "Eye" suddenly showed up and an echoing chuckle rang out while filling the room: it projected a message in Japanese.
"… "Not yet: Yamikawa's show ain't over yet. Once it is, then I'll butt in one day or another. But until then, I'll be glad to pull some strings behind the scenes. I'm an overseer but I don't believe in being "passive": I'm the hyperactive kind of guy. Until then… Slowly… And carefully… Wrap up this entertaining show co-directed by me. Yours gallantly, Sauron." … What a snobby guy." "CF" Blues read aloud before making a comment of his own in a slightly annoyed tone of voice.
"Sauron! Do not laugh at my face. You lowlife are but a mere imitator: I do not know the extent of the power of you lowlife, but it shall not be enough to take in the whole triumvirate at once alone!" Death scoffed as he aimed his arm cannon at the "Eye".
The "Eye" merely drew a red circle into the air and the atmosphere began to heat up all of a sudden: all of the friendly Navis' and "Cross Fusion" users (except for "CF" Netto and Forte) began to emit energy towards "CF" Netto and Forte: it produced a yellow glow around their bodies and they looked at them in a surprised manner.
"This feeling…! I remember! Full Synchro…!" "CF" Netto gasped.
"And my power is back to 100% while it was at 70% until a few second ago… I'm as powerful as I was back when I defeated Slur in the "Past Tunnel" over a year ago…!" Forte gasped.
"No way! He increased their power, you say?" Sidier gasped.
"Enzan! Step back! I'm gonna settle in one shot!" "CF" Netto instructed.
"Fine!"
"Hra~h…! CHARGE SHOT!" Both Netto and Saito roared.
The brutally overpowered blast hit Sider fully and he roared as he was pushed against a piece of machinery and got stuck there: several parts of his bodysuit had broken to reveal his skin beneath the suit.
"W-what power…! Is this… what defeated one of Twilight's Mecha… back when the Twilight Tower Day…? Groah…! My body…! It feels heavy and weak…!" Sidier groaned.
"When we encourage each other, hug each other, and link each other with powerful bonds… we can create infinite power!" "CF" Netto announced while panting.
The barrier fell down and the others rushed in while Iris made some gestures and "CF" Netto's "3rd Juuka Style" was cancelled: Trill returned to normal and stretched.
"Darkness Overload!"
"Groah!"
The blast hit Death before he'd recovered and it inflicted major damage to him: he dropped into his knees and panted as his nanomachines tried to repair the damage.
"No…! I cannot…! Grah…! No…! My grand power… there is something above it…? Damn…! "Nebula Grey"…!" Death muttered.
"It's over, Death Shadow. Give it up. You can't stand to me in your current status and my goal isn't to delete you." Forte told him.
"Death – dono! I would suggest retreat: it would be best. I do suppose you do not seek to "die" again, am I correct?" Yamikawa politely suggested.
"Of course not…! I am the Grim Reaper…! I shall not "die" because I am the one who brings "death"! Grah… As you suggest, Emperor S… I shall retreat and rendezvous with Obihiro…! But…! This is not over…!" Death muttered between gasps and groans of pain.
"Sidier! Return here at once! Your condition is critical and not even a Recovery-type Battle Chip will allow you to keep on under such conditions!" Yamikawa commanded.
"R-roger, Yamikawa – sama…! I shall remember this!"
He quickly detached from the machine and took two steps forward in an erratic manner: he looked about to lose balance and collapse on the ground from the effort each step brought upon.
"Uck! Gruh…! Grah… Huff, huff…! I'll be back…! And I'll bury you lowlifes!"
He panted, looked up, made a grimace and finally entered the purple portal with the grayish mass which opened behind him.
"This is not over… My mark shall not vanish! I shall bring death to all of you marked by it one day or another…! Eye! The same goes for you lowlife! I shall return!" Death muttered.
He stood up and tried to take some steps forward as he aimed his arm cannon at the "Eye" in a menacing move: he then escaped the room.
"… We… did it…" "CF" Netto muttered.
His "Cross Fusion" cancelled and he almost collapsed into the ground but Enzan held him: Netto had a large smile on his face even though he'd lost consciousness.
"No wonder… He's made a brutal effort today!" Enzan smiled.
"We did it!" Meiru exclaimed.
"Man! What a day!"
"Ya finally learned to use yer head! That robot head helped ya!" Napalm Man joked again.
"Wha~t?" Rokushakudama growled.
"Oi! Tomahawk Man! I'm gonna get my tomahawk back!" Dingo announced.
"Nope."
Dingo collapsed in a weird manner while looking shocked.
"Trill! Iris! Thank you." Saito told them as he materialized.
"Heh, heh! Trill believed in Saito and Netto! Trill wanted to be strong and help them! Trill is trying to help everyone!" Trill told Saito.
Saito walked over to him and Trill leaned on his legs as he looked up with a smile at Saito.
"Trill will do his best! Trill promises!"
"That's splendid, Trill. I believe in you, too." Saito replied.
"Thank you, everyone, for lending us strength." Iris thanked.
"You ended the war! We'll always be grateful!" Shark Man smiled at them.
"Heh! It was worth a thrill!" Killer Man grinned.
"No evil guys will threaten our towns!" Charge Man announced.
"Hmmm! I bring justice!" Tengu Man announced.
"We tested a new type of metal!" Ground Man told Dust Man.
"It was the biggest thrill ever since the summer!" Dust Man laughed.
"Heh, heh, heh. We won!" Skull Man announced.
"We all fought together!" Wood Man added.
"I cut 'em up!" Slash Man looked at his claws.
"My flames burnt 'em to a crisp." Fire Man laughed.
"The "WWW Team" fought valiantly 'till the end!" Colored Man chuckled.
"We've proven our worth to Dr. Wily – sama!" Elec Man exclaimed.
"True." Magic Man commented.
"Yet… What are you up to, "Sauron"?" Forte questioned the "Eye".
"He's displaying another message… "I'm gonna enjoy some off-season time to finish polishing my small show. Go dance with Raoul Ou – sama 'till dawn creeps into the disco." … Man. He'll end fueling Raoul's weird manias when it comes to dancing." Enzan read before rolling his eyes.
"Some of us are underage, if that means anything to you." Meiru told him.
"…"I knew it. Then go and listen to Unbelievable Truth with Count Elec and laugh. I'm off to work. You may see my ominous presence around. Farewell and drink a lot of water." … He thinks he's funny." Laika read before looking skeptical.
"Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh…"