Chapter Twelve: The Death of A Dark Angel
"Where am I?" Ruriko looked at her surroundings, squinting her eyes to focus but everything seemed to be a blur. She doesn't know where she is going or even why she is walking around in the middle of the night…or if it was in the middle of the night time.
She can't seem to command her feet to stop. She knew she was walking for no reason at all but she failed to command her brain to stop. Imagine how it was to wake up in the middle of the night with a voice saying, "Let's go" in her head over and over again. The voice stopped as soon as she was on the road but she can't seem to think for herself. She stopped and looked up. An old, familiar tower greeted her.
Ruriko was surprised to hear the words, "Perfect, I will be able to revive the crystals hiding all over Japan." Come out from her lips. It was even accompanied by an evil laugh. Ruriko wanted to cover her mouth with her hands but her hands seemed to have a mind of their own.
"I've had it with your feeble attempts." Said a voice in her ear. A sharp pain filled her lungs and suddenly, she can't breathe. The world started to spin around her. Darkness filled her vision and…. nothing.
Ukiya looked at the sidewalks as the AEGIS bus zoomed by. It took a while to get everyone to wake up and get into the bus to look for Ruriko. The city was big but she couldn't have gone far, could she?
"Uh…Ukiya, you'd better take a look at this…" Bancho said, his head outside the window. Ukiya stuck his head out the window. "Oh man…"
Ahead of them, the steel tower was glowing with an unknown yellow aura.
"What now Sempai?" Megane asked, uncertain.
"To the tower…I have a very bad feeling about this…"
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Izuka laughed evilly. "Now the sleeping crystals all over Japan will be awakened!"
True enough, we see crystals, being swept away by the water in the sewers transform. Night watchmen scream as they scrambled to their feet to run away as invaders pop their head out from the manholes. In dark alleys, alley cats run away as invaders emerged. All of them headed towards the tower…all of them.
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Kaoru can see the tower from afar. "We're almost there-what?!?"
The bus shook as invaders, disguised as the roadways, jumped up, taking the bus with it.
Everyone scrambled out of the bus and hit the pavement roughly as they watched the bus explode as it crashed back down. Many people awoke from their slumber and were now running away from their houses.
Ukiya was busy thinking about their past battles and his conversation with Kageyama. "I think I found the answer…" Suddenly, his watch bleeped. "Eh? AEGIS?
He opened the sensor, nevertheless. He was er….greeted by Shirei's face.
"Shirei?"
"Look above you Ukiya taishoo." Shirei said. Shun obeyed and looked to see a helicopter with his…yes! The Gate Robot!
"Shirei?" he looked at the man in his watch.
"It's all up to you Ukiya taishoo, but if you fail, it will be your responsibility."
"Hai!" Ukiya replied cheerfully.
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"Shirei?" Ms, Ochiai said, inquiringly, with a smile.
"If they can't do it, nobody can." Shirei answered, smiling back. He turned his attention to the interactive map as Japan registered more red dots indicating invader sitings.
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"The little pay-things are here again, I see…" Izuka said, in her gate robot, Dark Angel shifting her gaze from the gate robot to the rest of them on the ground.
"You can't fool us anymore Izuka." Ukiya retorted.
"Oh?" Izuka laughed. "You still can't fight me because your afraid the girl will get hurt."
"That won't work on me anymore. I know now that if I attack you, you will experience the pain."
"Oh???"
"Yes. If you are the conscious party, you will be the one who gets hurt, If Ruriko is the conscious party, she will be the one who gets hurt."
Izuka scoffed. "Then I'll just make her conscious again so she will feel the pain."
"I'll defeat you before you could do that!" Ukiya said, as the gate robot charged towards Izuka's robot.
"What?" Izuka said, falling back, surprised at Ukiya's speed. Ukiya's gate robot turned swiftly, pursuing every move Izuka makes, making attacking impossible; it took all of her just to defend. "I'll just wait till you get tired and---what?" The Dark Angel fell back as Ukiya outstretched both arms and hit the Dark Angel's arms. Electricity ran through the hands as they were momentarily paralyzed. She raised her hands so she can attack but screamed as an electric shock ran through her body. The gate robot fell to it's knees.
Izuka cursed at herself for falling into a trap. She saw Ukiya plunge the gate robots hand into Dark Angel and took out it's Gate engine. Izuka cursed again and tried to move the machine but to no avail. Ukiya continued bashing it's head and the whole robot fell apart, it's pieces littering the ground.
Ukiya looked ahead of him and narrowed his eyes. Izuka was floating in mid-air, surrounded by a think yellow aura. She cried out loud and an unknown force. Ukiya kneeled down so that the gate robot can protect his friends who were on foot. Small amounts of electricity ran down the control panel as the gate robot received most of the impact. Suddenly, he pulled the booster level to high, and at the midst of Izuka's attack, he charged at her at full speed.
"Sempai!" Kaoru cried out. Bancho grabbed her and pulled her to safety as the invisible force still assaulted them.
Ukiya winced as parts of the robot's outer body tore away because of his resistant meeting of Izuka's attack.
Izuka slowly opened her eyes, she could make out the gate robot charging at her. "Baka. I'll just make Ruriko conscious and she will feel everything and I will feel nothing." She smiled.
"Ultra Sempu ge!" Ukiya said, creating his attack, charging at Izuka at full speed.
Izuka closed her eyes and slipped herself back into Ruriko's sub consciousness.
"Megumi, now!" Ukiya ordered as he was only inches away from Izuka and saw that she fell unconscious.
Megumi opened her gate but…was it too late???
"Where am I?" Ruriko looked at her surroundings, squinting her eyes to focus but everything seemed to be a blur. She doesn't know where she is going or even why she is walking around in the middle of the night…or if it was in the middle of the night time.
She can't seem to command her feet to stop. She knew she was walking for no reason at all but she failed to command her brain to stop. Imagine how it was to wake up in the middle of the night with a voice saying, "Let's go" in her head over and over again. The voice stopped as soon as she was on the road but she can't seem to think for herself. She stopped and looked up. An old, familiar tower greeted her.
Ruriko was surprised to hear the words, "Perfect, I will be able to revive the crystals hiding all over Japan." Come out from her lips. It was even accompanied by an evil laugh. Ruriko wanted to cover her mouth with her hands but her hands seemed to have a mind of their own.
"I've had it with your feeble attempts." Said a voice in her ear. A sharp pain filled her lungs and suddenly, she can't breathe. The world started to spin around her. Darkness filled her vision and…. nothing.
Ukiya looked at the sidewalks as the AEGIS bus zoomed by. It took a while to get everyone to wake up and get into the bus to look for Ruriko. The city was big but she couldn't have gone far, could she?
"Uh…Ukiya, you'd better take a look at this…" Bancho said, his head outside the window. Ukiya stuck his head out the window. "Oh man…"
Ahead of them, the steel tower was glowing with an unknown yellow aura.
"What now Sempai?" Megane asked, uncertain.
"To the tower…I have a very bad feeling about this…"
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Izuka laughed evilly. "Now the sleeping crystals all over Japan will be awakened!"
True enough, we see crystals, being swept away by the water in the sewers transform. Night watchmen scream as they scrambled to their feet to run away as invaders pop their head out from the manholes. In dark alleys, alley cats run away as invaders emerged. All of them headed towards the tower…all of them.
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Kaoru can see the tower from afar. "We're almost there-what?!?"
The bus shook as invaders, disguised as the roadways, jumped up, taking the bus with it.
Everyone scrambled out of the bus and hit the pavement roughly as they watched the bus explode as it crashed back down. Many people awoke from their slumber and were now running away from their houses.
Ukiya was busy thinking about their past battles and his conversation with Kageyama. "I think I found the answer…" Suddenly, his watch bleeped. "Eh? AEGIS?
He opened the sensor, nevertheless. He was er….greeted by Shirei's face.
"Shirei?"
"Look above you Ukiya taishoo." Shirei said. Shun obeyed and looked to see a helicopter with his…yes! The Gate Robot!
"Shirei?" he looked at the man in his watch.
"It's all up to you Ukiya taishoo, but if you fail, it will be your responsibility."
"Hai!" Ukiya replied cheerfully.
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"Shirei?" Ms, Ochiai said, inquiringly, with a smile.
"If they can't do it, nobody can." Shirei answered, smiling back. He turned his attention to the interactive map as Japan registered more red dots indicating invader sitings.
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"The little pay-things are here again, I see…" Izuka said, in her gate robot, Dark Angel shifting her gaze from the gate robot to the rest of them on the ground.
"You can't fool us anymore Izuka." Ukiya retorted.
"Oh?" Izuka laughed. "You still can't fight me because your afraid the girl will get hurt."
"That won't work on me anymore. I know now that if I attack you, you will experience the pain."
"Oh???"
"Yes. If you are the conscious party, you will be the one who gets hurt, If Ruriko is the conscious party, she will be the one who gets hurt."
Izuka scoffed. "Then I'll just make her conscious again so she will feel the pain."
"I'll defeat you before you could do that!" Ukiya said, as the gate robot charged towards Izuka's robot.
"What?" Izuka said, falling back, surprised at Ukiya's speed. Ukiya's gate robot turned swiftly, pursuing every move Izuka makes, making attacking impossible; it took all of her just to defend. "I'll just wait till you get tired and---what?" The Dark Angel fell back as Ukiya outstretched both arms and hit the Dark Angel's arms. Electricity ran through the hands as they were momentarily paralyzed. She raised her hands so she can attack but screamed as an electric shock ran through her body. The gate robot fell to it's knees.
Izuka cursed at herself for falling into a trap. She saw Ukiya plunge the gate robots hand into Dark Angel and took out it's Gate engine. Izuka cursed again and tried to move the machine but to no avail. Ukiya continued bashing it's head and the whole robot fell apart, it's pieces littering the ground.
Ukiya looked ahead of him and narrowed his eyes. Izuka was floating in mid-air, surrounded by a think yellow aura. She cried out loud and an unknown force. Ukiya kneeled down so that the gate robot can protect his friends who were on foot. Small amounts of electricity ran down the control panel as the gate robot received most of the impact. Suddenly, he pulled the booster level to high, and at the midst of Izuka's attack, he charged at her at full speed.
"Sempai!" Kaoru cried out. Bancho grabbed her and pulled her to safety as the invisible force still assaulted them.
Ukiya winced as parts of the robot's outer body tore away because of his resistant meeting of Izuka's attack.
Izuka slowly opened her eyes, she could make out the gate robot charging at her. "Baka. I'll just make Ruriko conscious and she will feel everything and I will feel nothing." She smiled.
"Ultra Sempu ge!" Ukiya said, creating his attack, charging at Izuka at full speed.
Izuka closed her eyes and slipped herself back into Ruriko's sub consciousness.
"Megumi, now!" Ukiya ordered as he was only inches away from Izuka and saw that she fell unconscious.
Megumi opened her gate but…was it too late???