[Author's Note: Welcome back to Rei no Kigen To...! Don't worry, this is far from the end for this fiction! I'll continue as far as I can with this. Thank you again for all of your reviews, they help me get motivated to write. Tranlation of today's episode: Rei and the Machine's Coding! Please be a good reader and review, those help me get direction to my fanfics. Enjoy!]
Chapter 6 : Rei to Kikai no Angoo!
"TIME TO DIE!" The tranced Rei roared in the direction of Ryu. The computer's hard drives spun and made scratching sounds loudly. The cooling system fans switched onto high power.
"Since Rei to closer to the central area, the device has more power over him!" Momo yelled to Ryu and Nina.
Rei started to transform into his monsterous form, but something was wrong. The normal size that the transformation changed Rei into was surpassed. The Were-Tiger Rei barely fit in the lab room when standing.
"The device is interfering with the process!" Momo yelled out to her partners.
"Momo! Try to delete the code! We'll try to stop him!" Ryu shouted.
"But, we can't hurt him! That is still Rei's body! We have to block him from Momo, but we can't hurt him!" Nina said to Ryu.
Ryu and Nina prepared to fight their friend. Ryu drew his blade, unwillingly. Nina prepared herself to cast a spell. Momo was scanning through the code, trying to figure out how to change it. "One false move, and the device could detonate, or effect his transformation again!" Momo thought to herself, "But none of this makes sense to me! If only father was here!"
They waited for Rei to make the first move. He lunged towards Ryu, knocking the desks to the wall like little toys. Ryu ran towards Rei. "I should have a better chance to out-maneuver Rei now, if he was in his normal form, I wouldn't have this chance," Ryu thought to himself as he watched Rei lift his right arm to strike. Rei struck down at the tiny-looking Ryu. Ryu jumped over the arm and slid through Rei's legs across the slippery metal floor.
"Nina, cast something, anything!" Ryu yelled.
"Slow!" Nina shouted. Her chrysm wand flashed and Rei's movements were slowed by a few seconds.
"I can't change the code! I don't understand!" Momo yelled to herself.
Ryu ran around to Rei's front when the Were-Tiger turned to attack Ryu. Since the movements were slowed, this gave Ryu a chance to send Rei back to a corner away from Momo. He lunged at the huge monster and collided with him. Ryu hoped that his velocity would be transferred into Rei. This would cause him to be propelled into the far-right corner. Unfortunately, Ryu's inertia was not strong enough and he meerly fell to the ground. "Damn, he's too big! I'll never be able to move him!" Ryu thought to himself.
Suddenly the effects of the spell that Nina cast were negated and Rei regained his movements. "Nina! Cast another spell!" Ryu shouted.
"Which one?!" Nina yelled to Ryu.
"It doesn't matter!"
"Um, Okay! Drain!"
Visible energy started to move out of Rei and into Nina. "This will weaken him, Ryu! Hurry, I can't do this for much longer!" Nina shouted.
But before Ryu could even move, Rei swung his huge arm and smashed Nina into the solid wall. The spell stopped and the energy went back into Rei. The wind was knocked out of Nina and she passed out. The sudden pain put her body into shock. Rei roared at turned around and focused at Ryu.
"Momo! Hurry! Nina's been knocked out! Momo!" Ryu shouted right as Rei repeated the same attack on Ryu. Ryu somehow dodged the attack but he couldn't avoid the next attack waiting for him. Rei wrapped his right hand around Ryu's arms and chest. Rei started to squeeze Ryu as if he was a little doll. Ryu screeched in pain.
"Momo!" He shouted, then he became unconscious.
Rei then threw him into the wall near Nina. Where his slightly-limp body fell next to her. Ryu and Nina were still breathing, barely.
"There's nothing I can do, I can't delete the programming, if I do, the auto-detonate system will be activated and we'll all die!" Momo thought to herself, "There has to be something I can do!"
Then, Momo remembered what happened earlier.
"Where is this B. D. located?" Ryu asked.
"I'll check the Body Map," Rei said, "Turn around, everyone. And, Momo, don't get any ideas."
"I'd NEVER.."
"Turn around!"
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"Okay, I finished," Rei said.
Everyone turned around and looked at the screen.
"So where is the device located?" Nina asked.
Rei pointed to his left side of his chest.
"It is on your heart?" Ryu asked.
"Almost, it is closer to the surface than the heart is, outside the rib-cage," Rei explained.
"I've got it! But..." Momo thought to herself.
She grabbed her bazooka and aimed it at Rei. The Were-Tiger stopped moving.
Rei and Momo locked their gazes at each other, their bodies facing each other in perfect alignment. All was silent excpet for the whirr of the fans and Hard Drives from the computers. It remained silent.
Tears...
"I'm sorry, Rei. I'm sorry... If I miss, I want you to know that..." Momo said in a sotto voice with here eyes teary, "... I love you...... I want you back, Rei!" Momo aimed her bazooka towards Rei's heart. She saw a small bump, she knew it was were the B. D. was located. She took steady aim. The moster started to move, but then its right arm hit himself and grabbed his left arm. "Rei, you're still in there... Thank you.." Said Momo.
She aimed again, with the most precision she ever had done. "FIRE!" The bazooka fired and the sparkling chrysm energy struck right on Rei's chest. The Were-Tiger roared with pain as bits of metal and blood shot out from the blast. Three small dropplets of blood landed on Momo's face. Rei fell down, the landing shook the ground violently. Blood still seeped out of of the large wound.
"I hope I didn't penetrate the ribcage! Please, God. Don't let him die!" Momo yelled out as she ran towards the large body of the Were-Tiger. Momo quickly cast "Restore" on him.
"Rei! Get up! Rei!"
The voice echoed into darkness. Rei opened his eyes. He was in a forest, bright light shined through the leaves on him. Rei felt the trunk of a tree, behind him. He was sitting on the ground, leaning on a tree. "So, is this what heaven is?" Rei said with a grin on his face.
"So, Momo did shoot me... I wish I couldn't see and feel everthing when I attacked everyone. I knew Momo felt that way about me," Rei said to himself.
His stood up and used the back of his right-wrist to wipe the water from his eyes. "I'm never going to be able to tell her that I do too..."
"Rei!" Momo's voice rang out through the forest.
"Momo?" Rei asked himself.
Rei ran towards the source of the voice.
"Rei! Get up! Rei!"
Rei continued to run towards the voice.
Suddenly, the forest dissapeared and everything faded away. Rei could feel himself own the ground.
"Rei?"
"Doesn't that beat all... I'm freed," Rei thought to himself.
He opened his eyes.
"Rei! You're alive! I want to tell you something... I..."
"love you?" Rei completed.
Momo smiled and had tears of happiness run down her face.
Rei sat up. "Everything looks so small..." Rei muttered to himself.
"You have to manually return yourself to normal now. You're free."
"Are those the pieces of the device?"
"Yes, they are."
Rei returned himself to his normal shape and size. Momo wrapped her arms around Rei. He did the same and pulled her close.
"I've always felt this way.." Momo started.
"I also did, but I never could tell you."
"I was afraid that you wouldn't love me back..."
Rei bent his knees slightly and lowered himself to Momo's face. They moved ther faces towards each other and touched their lips in a kiss. It seemed to last forever, and they were in each other's hearts for eternity after that moment.
"We should help Ryu and Nina now," Momo noted.
"We should, but let's keep this quiet, I want to surprise them after we leave," Rei said with a smile.
Rei and Momo walked over to Ryu and Nina. Momo pulled out some smelling salts from one of her pockets. "My father always carried these with him..." Momo said.
"I know," Rei said.
Nina woke up, and gasped. "Rei!" She yelled.
"It's okay, we destroyed the device," Momo explained.
"Is Ryu okay?" Nina asked.
"Don't worry, he'll be okay," Rei assured Nina.
Ryu opened his eyes. "I'm tired," he said as he looked at everyone, "I want to rest for tonight."
"We'll do that," said Nina.
That night, Momo took all the papers in the lab and hid them in her blue overcoat. Rei destoyed the computer after loading all the files to a small disk as Momo requested.
"Why do you want these?" Rei asked.
"My father's legacy is on there, I want to keep it forever," she explained.
Rei sighed and went to rest. They were going to return to the real world the next day.
To Be Continued
The next episode of Rei no Kigen To...
The origin of Rei has been found, all that is left is to pick up the pieces and begin a new life, but they have to reveal their feelings to the world to truely be together.
Chapter 7: Rei to Momo no Jihaku!
Rei and Momo's Confession!