Terms of Life, Terms of Death
An Oni Fic by: Shamgi
Chapter 5: Trouble and help
*Words here*- Thoughts
+Words Here+ - electronics (Radio, T.V., etc.)
# # # - Flashback
* * * - Scene Change
* # * - Character change(same scene, different character)
)Words here( - Spooky voice(Spirit, telepathic comm., etc)
*Authors Note- Well, it's been awhile, but I'm writing again. If you read my last chapter, you noticed there was a huge mistake in it. I fixed it, and now the chapter should be readable. I wish I could write more, but its finals next week, so I've been busy. Here we go, on with the fic!!
Konoko and Muro stood outside the door to the underground complex, waiting for the hacker working on the door to finish. Wires stuck in all direction from the door control, and sparks flew occasionally. The hacker looked like he was doing fine, though Konoko didn't know how he could hope to open the door with that mess. With a creak and a groan, the door began to slide open slowly while the hacker stood and grinned. The door finished opening, and Konoko and Muro just saw several TCTF troopers trailing guns on the door frame before jumping to the side. The hacker, facing towards them, didn't dodge and took several shots in the back, sending him flying forwards and leaving dark red blood spots on his back and what was left of his shirt. Muro signaled, and one of his bodyguards handed him a rather large cylinder.
*H2 Chem. grenade. Very destructive. Very illegal.*
Konoko watched as he primed it, then tossed it through the door. Muro covered his ears, Konoko mimicking him. A large boom was heard, followed by green fire and a lot of smoke came rushing out the door. It cleared after a second, leaving a burning smell in Konoko's nostrils. She slowly peeked her head in, and seeing that the troopers remains were scattered all over the area, motioned to Muro and walked in the room. Other than the bits of armor left by the guards scattered everywhere, the room was bare. There was a small room built into the far wall, protected by a force field. Griffin sat in a chair, protected from all attack. He looked quite smug, and was smoking a cigar.
"The twins arrive. What took you? I was expecting more from Michi's prized experiments."
Konoko was burning with fury. This man had caused the deaths of most of his family, pitted her to the death against what was left of it, and had the nerve to sit there and pretend like it was nothing.
"Why are you so cocky? You have nothing left to defend you but that force field, and I'm pretty sure we can just sit here until you rot in there." Muro's voice was calm, but Konoko could tell he was also burning up inside.
"That's where you're wrong. I have one trick left, and it's quite a doozy. In fact, that should be it now."
Muro's comm. had started receiving reports and was the man on the other end seemed to be screaming though the static. +Come in, and units. This is the squad from the parking garage. We're under attack! Repeat! We are under attack! It's a lone man, but nothing seems to stop him! He's like a tank!! Unable to hold him, requesting... Shit!!! Anyone please, help!! Ahhhh!!! *FZZZT*+ Muro switched frequencies, tuning in so he could talk to all his units. "This is Muro. All units converge on the parking garage. Detain any enemies you encounter." He received several answers, then hooked the radio back to his shirt.
"That won't stop him you know. Nothing can. Just wait for him to show." Konoko and Muro looked back at Griffin, who looked quite relaxed. After several minutes of silence, Konoko heard the sounds of gunfire, which became steadily louder each passing second. Soon it was right outside the door, almost deafening. It cut off with a scream, and a figure appeared in the doorway. It was the TCTF agent from the roof, carrying a Striker by the neck in one hand and a struggling Fury by the leg in the other. With a smirk he crushed the Striker's neck with a squeeze, and then swung the Fury into the wall, bringing a sickening crack from the face of the Fury and a cease of her struggles. He tossed both bodies onto the floor, then stepped on their corpses. He began walking forward, berserkers rage evident in his eyes.
Konoko reacted instantly, jumping forward and grabbing one the dead trooper's guns. Bringing the agents head into her sights, Konoko let loose a torrent of weapon fire, knocking his face backwards without moving his body. Muro joined in several seconds later, but not because of slow reactions, when Konoko had to reload, Muro still had half a clip left, and held of the seemly inhuman agent while she reloaded, with her performing the same job when he emptied. Konoko finally ran out of spare clips, carrying 10, Muro carrying just as many. For some reason, white smoke, Konoko guessed steam, had formed around the TCTF agents head, but when he stepped forward, she knew why. No skin remained on his face, replaced with a metal skull.
*That smoke wasn't heat, that was his actual face! He isn't human!*
"He's the new millennia of TCTF troopers. SLD(1) androids with superhuman strength and endurance, all due to the Neo-Titanium skeletons." Griffin seemed to swell in pride "Berserkers, they just love the look of dead bodies, and enjoy the killing. Easy to control, easy to build, easy to train. Codenamed Mullen, named after the TCTF agent he was modeled after. He's still in its prototype stages, but when it kills both of you, it'll be mass produced."
The now reveled SLD marched towards them, death on its computer mind. Muro and Konoko were both in fighting stances, though they knew their chances to be slim. He had fallen off a building with no apparent damage, killed off their entire backup force, how could they hope to stop him?
Konoko felt a twinge from a sense she didn't knew she possessed, and ducked. A vaguely human shape flew over her head, going to fast for her to track it clearly. She looked back, and saw a single man standing there; dressed in a TCTF officer's uniform and glowing slightly yellow. He wielded a short ninja's sword(2), which seemed to be made out of yellow chi. He smiled, then pointed back. Konoko turned around again, and saw Mullen, minus his right arm. It was lopped off, apparently by the mystery ninja's sword. The SLD stared at the stump which used to be his arm with a kind of detachment, it never felt the pain of the arm being lopped off, just a loss of sensors. It looked back up at the new arrival, and charged with blind fury. Yellow flashes of light flew out at the android, reveling themselves to be throwing knives when they stuck into the chest of the robot. The left arm soon followed the right, the daggers cutting straight through the metal like nothing. The sheer force of the combined impact knocked the SLD android on its back, and it didn't appear to be getting up anytime soon. Konoko was glad this mystery man seemed to be on their side.
"Watson?!? What the hell are you doing? How are you doing that?" Griffin looked mad and confused, trying to figure out why his own man was betraying him, and how he possessed such power.
"My name isn't Watson. It's Buttagiri Griffin, do you remember that name?"
"It can't be you, you're dead! I made sure of it!" Griffin seemed to have gotten over his surprise and was edging towards a panel on the wall. He pushed a hidden button, and a wall slid up to revel several move Mullen androids, nearly 20 of them. "Kill them all!" The androids started forward, but Buttagiri was faster. Grabbing both Konoko and Muro, he carried both out the door in a flash, faster than Konoko could handle. She began to feel green, and saw black around the edge of her vision. She was about to fall unconscious, when Buttagiri finally stopped running. She looked around, dizzy, and saw they were on the top floor of the building.
*He only ran for seconds, but we're already at the top of the building!*
Muro was the first to recover enough to ask questions, and proceeded to. "Who are you, and how can you do that?"
"Explanations later, but for now you can know I have a Chrysalis as well as you."
Konoko was shocked, but this quickly subsided. "He's more powerful than he seems, and I could sense him.* When Konoko though about it, she also realized she could sense Muro, though he was much fainter in comparison to their new ally.
Buttagiri seemed ready to take charge; it seemed he had planned it that way. "For right now though, we need to worry about this android threat. Right now neither of you could kill one of those things, together, much less alone. You need to progress in you stage of evolution of you're Chrysalis, which I will help you do."
"How will that help us, other than to become stringer and faster? You needed weapons to kill those androids, and I suspect you couldn't do it with you're bare hands."
"You're right, but I can do this."
Buttagiri held out his hand, like he had a grip on a sword handle. He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them, and they were now glowing yellow. The yellow began traveling down his arm, also coming from other parts of his body. The glow became so bright Konoko had to close her eyes halfway, then it abruptly stopped. Konoko looked at his hand, which was now holding the sword he wielded earlier.
"Of course, that was just for show."
The sword disappeared, then after waiting for a couple a seconds, he had it reappear, no flash, no bang, it just faded in.
Buttagiri was smiling, and Konoko stood there with her mouth open. She closed it quickly, trying not to look like a gawking fool. She knew the energy from the Chrysalis was powerful, but she didn't think its energy could be controlled like that.
"Now you have to learn to do that. This won't be easy, and I can only tell you how, not show or help you. Are you two prepared?"
Konoko quickly nodded, not giving the problem any thought. She would do anything to avenge her parents and uncle. Muro seemed to take the idea slower, but he also nodded.
"Ok then, here we go."
Konoko waited for him to begin explaining, and never saw the fist heading for her face. Then the world went black.
* * * * *
Konoko awoke to find herself in an unfamiliar setting. She was in a void, devoid of any object, color, or any other distraction for the endless darkness. She tried to move, and found her body was completely numb, she could not physically move.
)Seems lonely, doesn't it?(
Konoko instantly remembered the voice from earlier, and know put it all together.
*Ok, Buttagiri, what am I supposed to do in a void? There's nothing in this place!*
)This isn't a void; first off, it's your soul. Everything here is part of you, and it together makes up the "you". Nothing is foreign, everything has been encountered before. Second, it isn't empty, just a little harder to notice things than normal. Look with your heart, and you shall see.(
Konoko did as was told, looking around and looking with her heart. She did began to see, view events in her life, her view of other people, and her general emotions, all with colors brighter than anything she had ever seen. The void became surprisingly full, but one part stayed black, one part that seemed different from the rest, almost alien.
)That is what you must conquer, if you are to succeed in your dream. That is the Chrysalis you see. It remains locked to you, and you must open it and discover the powers that lay inside. I leave it to you.(
Konoko felt his presence vanish, then hers began to return. She could now feel her arms, then legs, then she had control over her whole body. She began to walk towards the void, intent on piercing it. She almost didn't notice the figure moving to block her way. She registered the figure, then gasped. The figure was her, and Konoko had deja vu to her dream in her father's lab. This Konoko, however, didn't seem intent on killing her, only keeping her from her goal. Konoko realized that this was her test, to defeat the clone and going access to the Chrysalis. Konoko charged the clone, jumping up into a kick that was aimed for the body. The clone-Konoko sidestepped, then grabbed Konoko's leg. Using her own momentum against her, clone-Konoko swung Konoko into the ground. As Konoko slammed into the ground, pain coursing through her body, Konoko wondered why the ground should be so hard in her own soul since pain was of the body. She jumped back to her feet, more cautious of her opponent this time. She went into a punch-punch-kick combo, quick and easy to use, but lacking power. The punches connected, knocking clone-Konoko off balance somewhat, but the kick was dodged, clone-Konoko taking a step backwards to get out of range. Konoko returned to a neutral stance, preparing her next offensive. Clone-Konoko was in a purely defensive form, and something was nagging Konoko about this. She pushed it from her mind, concerting more on the matter at hand. She rushed forward, faking an axe kick but bringing it down at an angle to sweep the feet. Clone-Konoko took the bait and blocked high, but still managed to jump up to dodge the kick and bring one of her own to the left side of Konoko's face. Konoko was sent flying to her right, skidding across the ground for about 5 feet. Konoko got to her feet, feeling blood well up in her mouth, tasting the coppery taste it had. She spit it out, and finally decided to listen to the voice in the back of her head.
*Everything here is part of you, and it together makes up the "you". Nothing is foreign, everything has been encountered before.*
*She isn't a clone, she is me. She knows what I know, can do what I do. She's using it to her advantage by playing defensive. She knows how I attack and how to counter...* Konoko trailed off at this seeing no way that she could win when her enemy knew every move she used. Then the trail of thought continued. *And I know how she'll counter my moves. So I can counter them and I've never dealt with someone countering my counters, so she won't know how to respond. This fight is mine*
Konoko moved in, looking for an opening. She saw a false one, what looked like a defenseless right side, an old trick she had used to fool her sparring partners into attacking her. She took the bait with the generic attack used on her, a right snap kick. Clone-Konoko brought her hands up to catch the kick, but this time, Konoko knew it was coming. Her right foot went flying in the other direction as Konoko dropped her whole body in a left side kick. With her whole weight behind it, her left foot connected with clone-Konoko's lower midsection. Several cracks emerged open impact, and clone-Konoko dropped to her knees, while Konoko fell on her back. Konoko got back on her feet, but the clone didn't. She sat there, holding her cracked pelvis, unmoving. Konoko waited a moment, then walked past her, heading for the Chrysalis. Clone-Konoko struck out, aiming for Konoko's legs. Konoko was prepared, jumping and landing a kick to Clone-Konoko's head. Clone-Konoko's neck spanned to the side, then she fell to the ground, no fight left in her.
"Final match, TCTF championships. Winning attack." Konoko named the place where she had used the same feint to defeat the original Mullen.
"You figured it out." The other version of her talked for the first time, commenting on her victory. "We were always a little to aggressive, but we had the skills and smarts to back it up. If we had ever met someone who could do what we did to each other, we'd have been dead. We are starting to learn to think our enemies through, and we should use that often. It might save our lives."
"You're right, but you're also hurt. Maybe even dying."
Clone-Konoko stood up, looking as good as ever. "Not really. This is our own soul. We can not be hurt of killed here. Now open the Chrysalis and get back to the real world, you have unfinished business there.
Konoko nodded, and started forward towards the Chrysalis. She reached the edge of the black void, and closing her eyes, entered it. She opened her eyes after a second, and saw what the True Chrysalis was...
Konoko gasped and sat up. She looked around, confused, and discovered her surroundings to be the top floor of TCTF headquarters. She looked up into the questioning face of Buttagiri, and nodded, she had done it. He smiled, and helped her sit up. They now had a fighting chance.
SLD(1)= Simulated life doll, an android.
Ninja sword(2)= If you know what the name for these are, could you tell me? (This isn't a Katana, It's different)
End Chapter 5
Authors Notes- I know this took awhile, at least what I think was awhile, but it was finals week last week, and the chapter is three times as long as normal. After you read this, I should already be starting chapter 6. So, if you enjoyed, please let me know, then wait for the next chapter.
An Oni Fic by: Shamgi
Chapter 5: Trouble and help
*Words here*- Thoughts
+Words Here+ - electronics (Radio, T.V., etc.)
# # # - Flashback
* * * - Scene Change
* # * - Character change(same scene, different character)
)Words here( - Spooky voice(Spirit, telepathic comm., etc)
*Authors Note- Well, it's been awhile, but I'm writing again. If you read my last chapter, you noticed there was a huge mistake in it. I fixed it, and now the chapter should be readable. I wish I could write more, but its finals next week, so I've been busy. Here we go, on with the fic!!
Konoko and Muro stood outside the door to the underground complex, waiting for the hacker working on the door to finish. Wires stuck in all direction from the door control, and sparks flew occasionally. The hacker looked like he was doing fine, though Konoko didn't know how he could hope to open the door with that mess. With a creak and a groan, the door began to slide open slowly while the hacker stood and grinned. The door finished opening, and Konoko and Muro just saw several TCTF troopers trailing guns on the door frame before jumping to the side. The hacker, facing towards them, didn't dodge and took several shots in the back, sending him flying forwards and leaving dark red blood spots on his back and what was left of his shirt. Muro signaled, and one of his bodyguards handed him a rather large cylinder.
*H2 Chem. grenade. Very destructive. Very illegal.*
Konoko watched as he primed it, then tossed it through the door. Muro covered his ears, Konoko mimicking him. A large boom was heard, followed by green fire and a lot of smoke came rushing out the door. It cleared after a second, leaving a burning smell in Konoko's nostrils. She slowly peeked her head in, and seeing that the troopers remains were scattered all over the area, motioned to Muro and walked in the room. Other than the bits of armor left by the guards scattered everywhere, the room was bare. There was a small room built into the far wall, protected by a force field. Griffin sat in a chair, protected from all attack. He looked quite smug, and was smoking a cigar.
"The twins arrive. What took you? I was expecting more from Michi's prized experiments."
Konoko was burning with fury. This man had caused the deaths of most of his family, pitted her to the death against what was left of it, and had the nerve to sit there and pretend like it was nothing.
"Why are you so cocky? You have nothing left to defend you but that force field, and I'm pretty sure we can just sit here until you rot in there." Muro's voice was calm, but Konoko could tell he was also burning up inside.
"That's where you're wrong. I have one trick left, and it's quite a doozy. In fact, that should be it now."
Muro's comm. had started receiving reports and was the man on the other end seemed to be screaming though the static. +Come in, and units. This is the squad from the parking garage. We're under attack! Repeat! We are under attack! It's a lone man, but nothing seems to stop him! He's like a tank!! Unable to hold him, requesting... Shit!!! Anyone please, help!! Ahhhh!!! *FZZZT*+ Muro switched frequencies, tuning in so he could talk to all his units. "This is Muro. All units converge on the parking garage. Detain any enemies you encounter." He received several answers, then hooked the radio back to his shirt.
"That won't stop him you know. Nothing can. Just wait for him to show." Konoko and Muro looked back at Griffin, who looked quite relaxed. After several minutes of silence, Konoko heard the sounds of gunfire, which became steadily louder each passing second. Soon it was right outside the door, almost deafening. It cut off with a scream, and a figure appeared in the doorway. It was the TCTF agent from the roof, carrying a Striker by the neck in one hand and a struggling Fury by the leg in the other. With a smirk he crushed the Striker's neck with a squeeze, and then swung the Fury into the wall, bringing a sickening crack from the face of the Fury and a cease of her struggles. He tossed both bodies onto the floor, then stepped on their corpses. He began walking forward, berserkers rage evident in his eyes.
Konoko reacted instantly, jumping forward and grabbing one the dead trooper's guns. Bringing the agents head into her sights, Konoko let loose a torrent of weapon fire, knocking his face backwards without moving his body. Muro joined in several seconds later, but not because of slow reactions, when Konoko had to reload, Muro still had half a clip left, and held of the seemly inhuman agent while she reloaded, with her performing the same job when he emptied. Konoko finally ran out of spare clips, carrying 10, Muro carrying just as many. For some reason, white smoke, Konoko guessed steam, had formed around the TCTF agents head, but when he stepped forward, she knew why. No skin remained on his face, replaced with a metal skull.
*That smoke wasn't heat, that was his actual face! He isn't human!*
"He's the new millennia of TCTF troopers. SLD(1) androids with superhuman strength and endurance, all due to the Neo-Titanium skeletons." Griffin seemed to swell in pride "Berserkers, they just love the look of dead bodies, and enjoy the killing. Easy to control, easy to build, easy to train. Codenamed Mullen, named after the TCTF agent he was modeled after. He's still in its prototype stages, but when it kills both of you, it'll be mass produced."
The now reveled SLD marched towards them, death on its computer mind. Muro and Konoko were both in fighting stances, though they knew their chances to be slim. He had fallen off a building with no apparent damage, killed off their entire backup force, how could they hope to stop him?
Konoko felt a twinge from a sense she didn't knew she possessed, and ducked. A vaguely human shape flew over her head, going to fast for her to track it clearly. She looked back, and saw a single man standing there; dressed in a TCTF officer's uniform and glowing slightly yellow. He wielded a short ninja's sword(2), which seemed to be made out of yellow chi. He smiled, then pointed back. Konoko turned around again, and saw Mullen, minus his right arm. It was lopped off, apparently by the mystery ninja's sword. The SLD stared at the stump which used to be his arm with a kind of detachment, it never felt the pain of the arm being lopped off, just a loss of sensors. It looked back up at the new arrival, and charged with blind fury. Yellow flashes of light flew out at the android, reveling themselves to be throwing knives when they stuck into the chest of the robot. The left arm soon followed the right, the daggers cutting straight through the metal like nothing. The sheer force of the combined impact knocked the SLD android on its back, and it didn't appear to be getting up anytime soon. Konoko was glad this mystery man seemed to be on their side.
"Watson?!? What the hell are you doing? How are you doing that?" Griffin looked mad and confused, trying to figure out why his own man was betraying him, and how he possessed such power.
"My name isn't Watson. It's Buttagiri Griffin, do you remember that name?"
"It can't be you, you're dead! I made sure of it!" Griffin seemed to have gotten over his surprise and was edging towards a panel on the wall. He pushed a hidden button, and a wall slid up to revel several move Mullen androids, nearly 20 of them. "Kill them all!" The androids started forward, but Buttagiri was faster. Grabbing both Konoko and Muro, he carried both out the door in a flash, faster than Konoko could handle. She began to feel green, and saw black around the edge of her vision. She was about to fall unconscious, when Buttagiri finally stopped running. She looked around, dizzy, and saw they were on the top floor of the building.
*He only ran for seconds, but we're already at the top of the building!*
Muro was the first to recover enough to ask questions, and proceeded to. "Who are you, and how can you do that?"
"Explanations later, but for now you can know I have a Chrysalis as well as you."
Konoko was shocked, but this quickly subsided. "He's more powerful than he seems, and I could sense him.* When Konoko though about it, she also realized she could sense Muro, though he was much fainter in comparison to their new ally.
Buttagiri seemed ready to take charge; it seemed he had planned it that way. "For right now though, we need to worry about this android threat. Right now neither of you could kill one of those things, together, much less alone. You need to progress in you stage of evolution of you're Chrysalis, which I will help you do."
"How will that help us, other than to become stringer and faster? You needed weapons to kill those androids, and I suspect you couldn't do it with you're bare hands."
"You're right, but I can do this."
Buttagiri held out his hand, like he had a grip on a sword handle. He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them, and they were now glowing yellow. The yellow began traveling down his arm, also coming from other parts of his body. The glow became so bright Konoko had to close her eyes halfway, then it abruptly stopped. Konoko looked at his hand, which was now holding the sword he wielded earlier.
"Of course, that was just for show."
The sword disappeared, then after waiting for a couple a seconds, he had it reappear, no flash, no bang, it just faded in.
Buttagiri was smiling, and Konoko stood there with her mouth open. She closed it quickly, trying not to look like a gawking fool. She knew the energy from the Chrysalis was powerful, but she didn't think its energy could be controlled like that.
"Now you have to learn to do that. This won't be easy, and I can only tell you how, not show or help you. Are you two prepared?"
Konoko quickly nodded, not giving the problem any thought. She would do anything to avenge her parents and uncle. Muro seemed to take the idea slower, but he also nodded.
"Ok then, here we go."
Konoko waited for him to begin explaining, and never saw the fist heading for her face. Then the world went black.
* * * * *
Konoko awoke to find herself in an unfamiliar setting. She was in a void, devoid of any object, color, or any other distraction for the endless darkness. She tried to move, and found her body was completely numb, she could not physically move.
)Seems lonely, doesn't it?(
Konoko instantly remembered the voice from earlier, and know put it all together.
*Ok, Buttagiri, what am I supposed to do in a void? There's nothing in this place!*
)This isn't a void; first off, it's your soul. Everything here is part of you, and it together makes up the "you". Nothing is foreign, everything has been encountered before. Second, it isn't empty, just a little harder to notice things than normal. Look with your heart, and you shall see.(
Konoko did as was told, looking around and looking with her heart. She did began to see, view events in her life, her view of other people, and her general emotions, all with colors brighter than anything she had ever seen. The void became surprisingly full, but one part stayed black, one part that seemed different from the rest, almost alien.
)That is what you must conquer, if you are to succeed in your dream. That is the Chrysalis you see. It remains locked to you, and you must open it and discover the powers that lay inside. I leave it to you.(
Konoko felt his presence vanish, then hers began to return. She could now feel her arms, then legs, then she had control over her whole body. She began to walk towards the void, intent on piercing it. She almost didn't notice the figure moving to block her way. She registered the figure, then gasped. The figure was her, and Konoko had deja vu to her dream in her father's lab. This Konoko, however, didn't seem intent on killing her, only keeping her from her goal. Konoko realized that this was her test, to defeat the clone and going access to the Chrysalis. Konoko charged the clone, jumping up into a kick that was aimed for the body. The clone-Konoko sidestepped, then grabbed Konoko's leg. Using her own momentum against her, clone-Konoko swung Konoko into the ground. As Konoko slammed into the ground, pain coursing through her body, Konoko wondered why the ground should be so hard in her own soul since pain was of the body. She jumped back to her feet, more cautious of her opponent this time. She went into a punch-punch-kick combo, quick and easy to use, but lacking power. The punches connected, knocking clone-Konoko off balance somewhat, but the kick was dodged, clone-Konoko taking a step backwards to get out of range. Konoko returned to a neutral stance, preparing her next offensive. Clone-Konoko was in a purely defensive form, and something was nagging Konoko about this. She pushed it from her mind, concerting more on the matter at hand. She rushed forward, faking an axe kick but bringing it down at an angle to sweep the feet. Clone-Konoko took the bait and blocked high, but still managed to jump up to dodge the kick and bring one of her own to the left side of Konoko's face. Konoko was sent flying to her right, skidding across the ground for about 5 feet. Konoko got to her feet, feeling blood well up in her mouth, tasting the coppery taste it had. She spit it out, and finally decided to listen to the voice in the back of her head.
*Everything here is part of you, and it together makes up the "you". Nothing is foreign, everything has been encountered before.*
*She isn't a clone, she is me. She knows what I know, can do what I do. She's using it to her advantage by playing defensive. She knows how I attack and how to counter...* Konoko trailed off at this seeing no way that she could win when her enemy knew every move she used. Then the trail of thought continued. *And I know how she'll counter my moves. So I can counter them and I've never dealt with someone countering my counters, so she won't know how to respond. This fight is mine*
Konoko moved in, looking for an opening. She saw a false one, what looked like a defenseless right side, an old trick she had used to fool her sparring partners into attacking her. She took the bait with the generic attack used on her, a right snap kick. Clone-Konoko brought her hands up to catch the kick, but this time, Konoko knew it was coming. Her right foot went flying in the other direction as Konoko dropped her whole body in a left side kick. With her whole weight behind it, her left foot connected with clone-Konoko's lower midsection. Several cracks emerged open impact, and clone-Konoko dropped to her knees, while Konoko fell on her back. Konoko got back on her feet, but the clone didn't. She sat there, holding her cracked pelvis, unmoving. Konoko waited a moment, then walked past her, heading for the Chrysalis. Clone-Konoko struck out, aiming for Konoko's legs. Konoko was prepared, jumping and landing a kick to Clone-Konoko's head. Clone-Konoko's neck spanned to the side, then she fell to the ground, no fight left in her.
"Final match, TCTF championships. Winning attack." Konoko named the place where she had used the same feint to defeat the original Mullen.
"You figured it out." The other version of her talked for the first time, commenting on her victory. "We were always a little to aggressive, but we had the skills and smarts to back it up. If we had ever met someone who could do what we did to each other, we'd have been dead. We are starting to learn to think our enemies through, and we should use that often. It might save our lives."
"You're right, but you're also hurt. Maybe even dying."
Clone-Konoko stood up, looking as good as ever. "Not really. This is our own soul. We can not be hurt of killed here. Now open the Chrysalis and get back to the real world, you have unfinished business there.
Konoko nodded, and started forward towards the Chrysalis. She reached the edge of the black void, and closing her eyes, entered it. She opened her eyes after a second, and saw what the True Chrysalis was...
Konoko gasped and sat up. She looked around, confused, and discovered her surroundings to be the top floor of TCTF headquarters. She looked up into the questioning face of Buttagiri, and nodded, she had done it. He smiled, and helped her sit up. They now had a fighting chance.
SLD(1)= Simulated life doll, an android.
Ninja sword(2)= If you know what the name for these are, could you tell me? (This isn't a Katana, It's different)
End Chapter 5
Authors Notes- I know this took awhile, at least what I think was awhile, but it was finals week last week, and the chapter is three times as long as normal. After you read this, I should already be starting chapter 6. So, if you enjoyed, please let me know, then wait for the next chapter.