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Episode 4-

The next day after work, Yumi and Hayato were walking together through halls, talking about the mysterious Zero and where he may have come from. As they did, they found Ezekiel in the training room. They watched him for awhile and then Yumi thought of an idea.

"I know. We should invite him with us."

Hayato tensed up, "Are you sure Yumi? He doesn't exactly look like the social type."

Yumi smiled, "Don't worry. He's just not around people too much. D-Boy is like that too. Come on."

They entered the training room where Ezekiel was doing push-ups. Yumi stopped in front of him.

"Umm, excuse me. Hello. Um, we were just wondering if you would like to go out with us. We're going to the mall and we'd like it if you came. What do you say?"

Ezekiel didn't stop, "No."

Yumi blinked, but didn't stop, "Why not? You can't inside all day. You need to get out and relax a bit."

"No."

At this point. Hayato got a little annoyed, "Hey come on, man. She didn't have to ask you, but we saw you here alone and she decided that you could use company. The least you can do is look like you're paying attention."

He didn't stop and Hayato sighed, "I guess he wants to be alone. We should go Yumi."

Yumi looked sadly at him and then turned with Hayato. But when they reached the door, a voice called out,.

"You're right."

They turned to see Ezekiel standing up facing them, "You're right. I should be more respectful. It's just that I'm not exactly the best of company."

Yumi ran up to him, "Don't worry. It'll be okay. Just come." She latched on to his arm, "Don't worry. It'll be fun." Yumi began to walk, dragging a reluctant Ezekiel with her. As they walked out, Hayato thought, I wish Yumi could hold onto me like that.

The three of them went to the shopping mall were Yumi decided to pick up a few clothes. Of course a few meant several bags of it. While Yumi and Hayato talked with one, Ezekiel stayed quiet, holding the majority of the bags. He watched them converse and interact. They mainly talked about being Space Knights and their previous adventures. Yumi spoke mainly about Tekkaman Blade, the legendary white tekkaman, much to Hayato's dismay. Ezekiel noticed this and smiled a bit, So Hayato is in love with Yumi, but she doesn't seem to notice. She seems more interested in talking about Blade.

Unfortunately, Yumi noticed the small smile on his face. "Oh, so you can smile after all."

The smile quickly faded, but he spoke, this time not in monotone, "It's nice to see people enjoy themselves sometimes."

Hayato overheard, "What about you? Don't you have fun sometimes?"

"I...can't. Not anymore."

The two of them looked sadly at him. Clearly, he was someone who still had much to deal with. Yumi tried to perk him, "Well, now you're going to try, right?"

Ezekiel looked at this young girl before him. She was trying hard for him to relax. Such a nice girl. She was so much like her...

"No promises."

Yumi smiled, "That's okay. Let's go."

Suddenly their communicator watches began to ring again. Quickly, the trio jumped into their jeep and Hayato stepped on the gas. However, they only reach a half a mile before one of the buildings exploded in front of them. Hayato hit the brakes hard and they stopped. Above them, a dark object hovered over them. Yumi looked at it.

"It's a Tekkaman."

True enough, a Radham tekkaman hovered before them on a carrier. Behind it were several others heading toward them.

"We have to get out of...Hayato?"

Hayato was knocked unconscious. Apparently, one of the bricks from the fallen building had hit him on the head and he was bleeding. Ezekiel began to lift him up out of the jeep.. "Yumi, go ahead. I'll take care of him."

Yumi nodded, "Alright. Take care."

"Same to you."

Yumi took out her pink crystal and called the energy forth.

"Tek-Setta!!!!!"

Yumi glowed in energy and shot into the sky. The energy landed on top of the building and was replaced with the armored warrior.

"Tekkaman Hiver!"

She leapt into the air and battled with the first Radham Tekkaman. The creature took out his lancer and Yumi did the same. They clashed in the air and their strikes were displayed by streaks of light as they tangled in a deadly dance. The Radham stabbed at her, but Yumi managed to dodge it and strike down on the Radham. It managed to dodge it, but not fully and its lancer was broken in half. The Radham then struck out with its claw, but Yumi knocked him aside. She was about to rush at his, but a flash of light made her dive to the ground. The Radham tekkaman disintegrated in the light. Yumi looked up and saw what had happened. The other Radham had shot their partner in order to hit her. Yumi thought about using the Reactor Voltekka, but she couldn't control it well enough in the confined space she was in. She would have to get airborne for it to be effective, but the Radham were blocking her from doing so. Suddenly, a streak of light appeared and one of the Radham were destroyed, sliced in half. Yumi followed the light and for a moment thought it was either Blade of the Chief. But the light revealed an entirely different person.

"Zero."

Tekkaman Zero looked at her briefly before shooting through the air, ripping another Radham to pieces. With only four left, Zero turned around and two of them headed toward him. The three headed for a collision course and in a zing of light they passed each other. Zero continued to fly to the next two while the first exploded behind him. The last two Radham fired their Voltekkas, but Zero shot upward, avoiding them. Zero then flipped his sword upside-down and brought it down on the next Radham. With one left, Zero quickly dashed in front of him and sliced off his arm. The creature gargled and words could barely make out a few barely made-up words.

"......who....you.......are?"

Zero raised his sword, "The same as you." With that, he brought the sword down, slicing the wounded creature in half. The fires caused by the damaged they caused during the fight raged around him. He looked at Yumi briefly before disappearing into the fire. Yumi was about to call him when the other knights arrived. They landed beside Yumi and asked her what had happened.

"He was here. Tekkaman Zero."

The others looked around at the remains of the Radham, at how they were butchered. Dead then asked, "Where are the others that were with you?"

"Oh, I almost forgot about then. Hayato was injured and Ezekiel carried him to safety. I hope they are alright."

In a nearby alley, Hayato was laying down with his back leaning on the wall. His head was wrapped up in shreds of clothes. He managed to weakly open his eyes to see the Tekkaman Zero standing before him. He glowed faintly before revealing his human form. Hayato's vision was blurry and soon he was unconscious again. He didn't see who the Tekkaman. The human picked him up and carried him out.

"Over here."

Hayato was carried out of the alley...by Ezekiel.