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Chap. 13

"Remove your foot from off my girlfriend! NOW!!!!!"

Yugo was clearly angry. In fact, he was beyond angry. The look he gave was one of murder.

Hajime wasn't threatened though, "Or else what?"

Hajime found himself regretting though words when Yugo charged at his with lightning speed and knocked him down. Then while he was down, Yugo jumped on him and repeatedly punched the living hell out of Hajime (I hope that wasn't too offensive, but that's the only way to describe it). Hajime couldn't even counter as Yugo kept up his merciless attack. Finally, Hajime managed to push Yugo off of him and get up. But Yugo's fury didn't stop and with the power of the hyper mode, Hajime found himself on the very receiving end of the fight.

Down below...

The ninja battle escalated and now they seemed to be defying gravity and they floated around the air with uncanny ease. Gamma went straight at Shin and disappeared. Shin was surprised briefly before he found himself gasping for air. Gamma had gotten behind him and using his tail to choke Shin. Shin tried to pry the tail off, but it was too strong and he wound up bending down.

"It's over now."

Shin desperately tried to get out, but the tail was really strong and he began to black out. No. Can't let it end like this? No!

Suddenly, Shin's body burst with energy and knocked Gamma off of him. Gamma looked back at Shin, whose body was now glowing and crackling with energy. Kenji and Kohryu stopped their fight and looked at him. Kohryu couldn't believe it.

"What? How did he obtain hyper beast mode?"

Further down...

Gado had sent the charges to the vital points of the core systems. All that was needed was to set the timer. But before he could do so, a click sounded behind him. Raising his hand, he slowly turned around to look at the group of soldiers, each with a weapon trained on him. Gado scolded himself. Damn, I was careless. If I was in my beast form, this probably wouldn't be a problem. But one good shot and I'm out of commission. Suddenly, a loud screech alerted the soldiers and they turned. Using the distraction, Gado quickly transformed and attacked the men, wasting no time in taking them out. When finished, Gado looked around for the source of the sound, but it wasn't around. However, when he looked on the ground, he saw the shadow of a bat-like figure before it disappeared. Gado smiled and resumed his work, more carefully this time.

Elsewhere...

The ninja were in awe of Shin's newly acquired hyper-beast form. Gamma shook off his amazement and attacked. Shin suddenly dodged the blow and his knee went straight into Gamma's gut. Gamma reeled back in pain and Shin attacked furiously, utilizing all his attacks on Gamma. Gamma was helpless against the onslaught and Shin hit every area of his body. Shin was then about to send a chop to him when the ground suddenly exploded under him. Kohryu had summoned his beast drive and Shin was now airborne. While in the air, Kohryu launched a barrage of missiles at him hurting him badly and causing him to plummet to the floor. Kohryu returned to his humanoid form and smiled briefly at the damage he done, but it was short-lived as a set of claws shot out of his body.

"Ghhhhhhaaaaaahhhhh!"

Kenji had stabbed his claws into Kohryu from behind. Kohryu slowly turned his head to him, his body damaged and sparks flying as the look of surprise remained on his face.

"That was for Uriko." Kenji removed the claws and glowed. Kenji then dove into the ground and knocked the damaged Kohryu upward. As Kohryu was in the air, Kenji continued his Magic Spear beast drive, teleporting and hitting him several times before latching hit feet to him and smashing him into the ground. Kohryu was down, badly damaged and shredded. Kenji reverted to his human form.

"And that was for me."

Kenji then turned to fight Gamma who was standing over Shin. Kenji ran at him, but Gamma didn't attack. Rather he just looked at Shin with a sense of recognition. Kenji simply observed him and Gamma bent down to Shin. Suddenly, Kohryu arose managed to hold Kenji. Kenji tried to get out, but Kohryu held fast. A device appeared on Kohryu's arm.

"You may have.....beaten me....but I'm.....going to take....you with me."

Gamma looked at the events and looked back to Shin. Then Gamma teleported and grabbed Kohryu, prying him off of Kenji. Now it was Kohryu's turn to struggle.


"Kenji, get Shin out of here now!"

"What about you?"

"Forget me. If you don't leave now, we'll all die."

Kenji quickly helped Shin up to his feet and went for the door. Shin awoke and tried to stopped Gamma, "No, Coris. Don't do this."

"Sorry, little bro. But this has to end here. This explosion will destroy the Zetas and will cause Tylon a really big blow. This is what I had to do, so you can live. So live. Sorry I couldn't be with you, but thanks for freeing me again. Goodbye, little brother."

Kohryu exploded in a flash of light and it engulfed both ninja. The spilled fuel on the floor ignited and the whole chamber room exploded in flames. The two remaining ninja managed to get out before the flames reached them. Shin looked back into the flames, but said nothing.

"Shin. I'm sorry."

"........Don't be. Let's go."

The resulting explosion bore through the structure of the building and into the core chamber. Long, Shina and Stun narrowly avoided the incoming fires while many of the soldiers weren't so fortunate. Gado had just run out to meet them.

"Alright, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that the bombs are set and we have ten minutes to get out of here."

"What's the bad news?"

"This fire will reach the bombs in five. We have to leave now."

Long shook his head, "No, what about Yugo and Shenlong?"

"He'll be fine, but we have to leave now."

Together, the group headed for the exit. But another fire exploded in front of them and they were trapped. Suddenly, another door opened and Shin and Kenji came out.

"Hey, it's you guys."

"We have to leave."

Shin point to an area, "There should be another exit this way."

"Good. Let's go."

Wait. What about Yugo?"

"He'll get out. But not if he's looking for us. Now let's go."

Upstairs, Yugo's battle with Hajime continued. Hajime was badly hurt and was no longer in hyper mode. What strength of power is this? It's not normal.

"Clone! Aid your master!"

However when he turned around, the clone Buzuaima was running for the door. Enraged, Hajime roared, but then he remembered Alice. She was just getting up when Hajime came at her and held her, with one of his claws at her throat. Yugo growled, but Hajime warned, "You will do nothing Yugo. I don't know how you became powerful, but that doesn't matter now. Transform back or she dies." He presses the claw further on her and Yugo saw no way around it, so he reverted to human form. Hajime laughed, "Hmm, despite this minor setback, I learned something from this. I didn't know that the hyper beast could be summoned naturally without the Tabula, much less grant that much power. Truly, you have reached the next level, Yugo. But that doesn't matter now."

Yugo snarled, "Let her go."

Hajime smiled, "Don't worry, I will. You two have annoyed me long enough." He raised a claw, "You both will die, starting with her."

It was then that Hajime's head lurched to the side, causing him to drop Alice. Turning around, he saw Shenlong, bloodied and battered, but alive.

"Looks like you forgot about me."

Hajime roared at Shenlong, but that didn't stop Yugo from running at him, transforming and use his beast drive Spiral Fang, knocking Hajime in the air and furiously slashing him before grabbing him in his teeth and plummeting to the ground in a crushing slam. Reverting to human form, Hajime lay unconscious and Yugo bent down tired as well as Shenlong. Alice managed to walk over to Yugo to help him up.

"It's over, right?"

Yugo held her close, "Yeah, its over. Let's get out of here."

The two began to walk toward Shenlong when they heard a small moan. Turning to it, Alice saw Zeta, in human form, on the ground. Her body was bleeding and she was trembling slightly.

"Oh, my. We should help her."

Yugo looked at her strangely, "Are you crazy? She tried to kill us."

Alice stopped, "But we can't just leave her like that. She needs our help."

Yugo shook his head and smiled, "The angel of mercy again. Alright. I'll go help Shenlong."

A click suddenly sounded behind them. Yugo and Alice both turned to see Hajime standing up with a gun pointed at them.

"No more of this. No more!"

Hajime began to pull the trigger when the wall behind him exploded and engulfed him in fire. Yugo and Alice dodged the flames, but unfortunately Hajime wasn't so lucky.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The flames began to spread around and engulf the room. Alice picked up Zeta while Yugo helped up Shenlong. But they couldn't find a way through the fires. Suddenly, part of the wall began to rip apart. Sets of claws began to shred through and open a hole. On the opposite side was Kenji and Shin.

"What the heck are you two doing here?"

"Get you guys out. Come on."

The group left for the exit, but Shin remained where he was. At this, they stopped. "Shin, come on. We have to go."

"I...I don't."

Kenji looked at him and then turned to the others, "You guys go on. We'll catch up."

Unable to argue, the other left them behind. The fires raged around them as Shin had his back to Kenji. "I shouldn't live. If not for me, none of this would have happened."

Kenji put his hand on his shoulder, "This is the third time I've been surrounded by fire. The first time I didn't know who I was. Then Yugo came and saved me, showed me what it meant to live. Then the second time, I didn't think I should live. I thought I killed Yugo and I was prepared to kill myself. But then he appeared and I wasn't sure of what to do. But after I gotten out, I realized that I had to live on.

"Why?"

"Because, we can't let the past dictate our lives. But we should use it to move on to the future where things like that don't happen again."

"Why are you helping me, Kenji?"

"Because, you and I are the same."

"………"

The fires around them began to break away the ceiling above them. The flames were consuming everything around them. The building wouldn't last long. And then there were Gado's bombs.

"We…. should go. You're right. There's no sense in dying here."

Kenji sighed in relief and the two teenagers left the building. They managed to get out just before the explosives ignited and the whole building exploded in flames. Everyone had gotten out safely. Looking back, Shin watched the building go up in smoke and whispered.

"The deed is done. You can rest in peace now, Coris."

A week and a half later…

"Faster!"

"Come on, Uriko. Keep it down."

"Huh? What did you say?"

"I…oh, I give up."

"Hey Shin, Rei, come on!"

"Alright. Are you ready, Rei?"

"Yes."

The two bikes rolled away from the school, side by side heading for home.

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"And in other news, investigation of the explosion of a large building in the southern area has ended. Although there have still been no explanation as to the cause of its destruction. And now a look in sports…

 Gado cut off the TV and grinned. Sometimes being a government agent has its advantages.

"So you managed to hide all evidence?"

Gado looked to the right. Sitting in a chair next to him was Jenny.

"For the most part. One or two people may go digging for more, but they won't find much."

"Not bad. Of course, I could have done better." Jenny smiled as she played around with a gold ring on her finger.

Gado smiled, "I'm sure you could have, darling."

Jenny gave a mock look of disgust, "Oh stop that. You know how much I hate when you call me that."

Gado stood up and sat beside her, "Well then, what do you want me to call you?"

Their hands linked and it was shown that Gado was wearing the same ring. A dark smile formed on Jenny's face.

"I'll let you know…tomorrow."

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"Hey come on. How long can it take?"

In the Nonomara house, Yugo was downstairs waiting for Alice. Yugo was dressed in a

"Stop complaining. It takes time to get ready."

"Come on. Long and Jane will be here any minute. And do I have to remind you that this was your ide....."

"So...how do I look?" Alice wore a satin white dress with no straps on it. She untied her usually pigtails and let her hair out. Yugo was stunned.

"Wha...wha...wha. I stand corrected. It does take time to look like that. You look wonderful."

"Heh. Thank you." The bell rang and Yugo answered. Outside was Jane and Long. Long wore a white Chinese suit while Jane wore a yellow dress similar to Alice, except her had thin straps. Alice came down the stairs and wrapped her arm around Yugo's

"Well, shall we go?"

With that said the four of them left the house and went on their double date. As they left, Yugo looked up at the moon. It was full and bright, illuminating the entire sky. Alice followed his gaze to it.

"Yes, it's beautiful tonight."

Yugo looked down to her, "Not as beautiful as you."

Alice blushed and Yugo smiled, but the moment was broken by Jane. "Hey, come on. We're starving."

Yugo waved at her, "Alright, alright." But looking at the moon, a thought came over him. He closed his eyes briefly and reopened them, showing canine eyes instead. Lifting his head, he let out a long howl to the moon. When he finished, his eyes turned back.

"Yugo!"

"Sorry. I couldn't help it."

Alice smiled at him, "Yeah, I bet. Let's go."

"Yes, ma'am."

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In a bar, Shenlong sat down with his drink. Sitting across from him, a hooded figure sat and drank with him.

"You're not going to win, Stun. I can out drink you without much effort."

Stun growled back, "Talk, talk, talk. Just prove it."

"You have much to learn, hic."

End…

I hope you've enjoyed this fanfic as much as I enjoyed writing it.  Sayonara.