Disclaimer: Same as before.

Chap. 11

HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All four ninja-beasts jumped high into the air; Kenji at Kohryu and Shin at Gamma. But just before hitting each other, they vanished, only to reappear on the ground and fight. Kenji had faced Kohryu before and he knew how deadly he was. Last time, it took the combined effort of him and Uriko to stop him. Uriko. The thought of her fueled his strength as he battled the mechanized mole. On the opposite side, Shin was fighting against Gamma, but he wasn't faring well. Aside from the numerous attacks and his speed, Gamma also made use of his tail, keeping Shin at a distance. And Shin was still reluctant to fight his brother. Gamma struck him with another tail strike and Shin flew into the air. However, Gamma struck out again and hit Shin fell to the floor. Gamma then lunged at Shin with his mouth open, ready to bite down. Shin looked at him coming and on reflex, he hopped up and kicked him in the face. The talons made a bloodied mark on his face and Gamma backed away.

"Is that any way to treat your brother?"

".........."

They resumed.

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Gado and Shina were locked in a heated fight with the soldier. Although they weren't nearly as skilled as the mercenaries, they had the numbers on their side as well as the weapons. Shina and Gado had to take some of theirs and fire back. Whenever an enemy got too close, they would beat them and take their guns. But now they weren't coming close, and the two mercenaries were running out of ammo.

"I'm out."

"Same here. Guess we do things the hard way now."

The two transformed into their beast form and ran out. With their heighten senses and speed, they were able to dodge the bullets and get close enough to take on the soldiers up front. Even though the soldiers had close range weapons, they are unable to even face the fury of a lion and a leopard at close range and the two began to maul them. However they knew they had to move fast before reinforcements arrive and the situation gets out of hand.

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Long searched through the hallways, looking for his comrades. He remembered Shenlong last words to him.

"Others? Don't you mean your girlfriend?"

In truth, that was who he was looking for. Jane, where are you? He almost didn't notice a shadow creep up behind him. He whirled around and faced...

"Jenny."

Jenny gave a half-smirk, "Nice to see you too, Long. I see you're searching for the others or more to the point, her."

Long's expression was neutral, "Yes, I'm looking for her."

Jenny's half-smirk became a full smirk, "That's what I like about you, Long. Most men would try to hide their feelings, but you are quite honest about them."

Now it was Long's turn to smile, but Jenny cut him off, "Don't you be getting any ideas. You're not my type. Besides, I'm way out of your league."

"I'll take your word on that. But you've never talked this much as far as I remember. Normally, you'd say a simple message and disappear."

Jenny nodded, "Yes well. People have been known to change."

Long looked at her expression. She's been changed alright. But not outright. By someone else.

Jenny shook her head, "But enough with the pleasantries." She motioned to the left. "Both Gado and Shina went down this way. Knowing Gado, he's probably in a firefight right now. The core is that way, so they'll try to destroy it and this building. As for the others, Alice, Uriko and her mother have already evacuated the builing, so you won't have to worry about them. But you better hurry. H...I mean they will need your help."

Long nodded, "Of course."  She wanted to say 'he'. She wants me to get him out. She cares for him. Long was about to run when Jenny stopped him. "Wait. I have someone to accompany you." Another dark figure moved behind Jenny and out of the shadows.

"So it is you."

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High in the top of the building, Hajime began transforming. Busuzima moved away as his master did so. Yugo were used to seeing strange transformations, but this one envoked a power that they had never seen. Or rather, have seen. He transforming in hyper-beast mode. Hajime was now completely transformed. He looked similar to Zeta, but he was a lot larger, and instead of fur, scales covered his body like plates of armor. His wings spread out several feet and his eyes were the ones of a reptile. Hajime growled and swung out his clawed arm, taking Shenlong off his feet and into the wall. Yugo stood ready and transformed once again, but Hajime merely swung again with Yugo hit the wall. Yugo growled in pain. Damn, he fast. And he wasn't trying. A roar interrupted his thoughts and Yugo turned to see Shenlong, now in beast form and really mad. Together they charged at him, but he swiftly dodges them and smashed both of them into the ground. Shenlong leaped up, but Hajime caught him in mid-air. Shenlong struggled, but he couldn't break free. Hajime then retuned his attention the Yugo as he came again. A sudden pulse ofenergy emitted out and Yugo was floored again. Hajime hovered toward him, but Yugo instantly jumped up and spun backward in the air. His feet touched the wall and Yugo shot himself out with full force. Hajime was hit hard and he released Shenlong. But just a soon as he fell, he got back up and shoulder-rammed Yugo. He then looked at Shenlong, whose back was turned at went after him. But a smirk (If you can imagine that on a tiger's face) appeared and Shenlong put a great deal of force in a back smash, knocked Hajime down. But like before, Hajime arose swiftly and clobbered Shenlong and tossed him into Yugo. Both men were hurt badly.

"I don't believe this. He just keeps coming."

"You're telling me. What does it take to keep him down?"

Hajime stomped toward them, "And that wasn't even a warm-up."

With a loud roar and howl, the wolf and tiger charged again.

"Misguided fools."

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Outside, Uriko, Mitsuko, and Alice were a distance from the compound. Uriko was in bad shape, but Alice took care of most of the serious injuries. Alice then looked back at the building.

"I...I have to go back."

Mitsuko nodded, "Go on."

Alice looked surprised, "You're not going to stop me?"

"No. I understand. He needs you. Don't worry. The car is nearby so I'll take Uriko to a hospital."

"Thank you." With that, Alice ran back into the building.

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In the arena, the molten pit below began to bulge and shimmer. Suddenly, Zeta emerged still in her beast form, and protected by an energy bubble although she was injured in several places. Mindlessly, she flew upward, toward the skybox and to the battle that was taking place above.