A/N: Sorry for the very late update... Maybe lack of inspiration and time.
Fueled By Hate
Chapter 2: Twist of Fates
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"What shall we do?" Ruriko panicked, sweat pouring down her brow. "Shun!!!"
"Nani?" Shun yelled in helplessness. "I'm not a god!"
Faye approached Shun pulling his arm, and then suddenly, there was a deafening scream. "Ukiya, just for heaven's sake put this fire out with that forsaken wind-gate of yours!!"
"She didn't skip elementary for nothing," Specs remarked in disbelief of a child being a lot smarter than Ukiya. "Shun-sempai, you've got a small brain." But Shun did not take it as an insult.
"I'll try... Fasten your seatbelts!" Shun stretched his hand forward. He heard Ruriko mumbling something but he couldn't hear it due to the noise. A blue gate started appearing, " Ge-to O-pen!" Wind crashed back and forth, howling in their little craft. But the fire had cooled.
"Don't you know that won't work...!" Ruriko shrieked. "That's only works on TV...!"
Specs looked back with frustration. "The wind cut the wires! I can't control this thing!!!" Shun did not reply. Shun faced the hatch.
Without signal, Shun jumped out the craft. A spray of seawater hit his eyes yet he did not react. He opened his gate once more, this time stronger. He used the wind to keep him from falling his eyes were distracted from the sea's wrath, the howling wind pressing his face. A waste of time if he did not do it quick enough it would cost him his life. Every second mattered to his life that is; he would plunge down to the deep waters where it would be full of void and loneliness and death. No time for these thoughts!!! He stretched his hand outward then he dived toward its tail. Then aiming steadily he let the wind ram the tail to the junkyard. Yes, it was successful but what about him? He was stuck. No. He wouldn't let that thoughts come in. Not now.
He let his full gate power propel him to where Kikai stood. But it was a kilometer away. The wind roared against, blowing through his hair. The waves grew trying to reach him. There was hope. But hope died. A part of a metal board slammed his abdomen then it pierced him, he saw blood gushing out. Then his vision started to blur and then he lost it. His entire body plummeted to the salty ocean breaking his spine.
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The gatekeeper Chinook crash-landed on Kikai's island. The gatekeepers came out, minor injuries on their foreheads. They looked at each other. Ruriko was mad. "Shun bakeru!"
Megumi glanced at her. "He's not here... he dropped to the ocean a while ago. He saved us... but it cost him his life."
Ruriko was first in shock then she slapped her. "How can you say that so unemotionally!"
Kaoru moved forward. "We're not here to fight each other. Kikai's looking at us." She said this calmly as if she was unaffected.
"Let's do this for Shun." Faye declared almost crying then she soared toward Kikai fire blasting form her hands. Ruriko joined her light arrows marked aimed Kikai barely missing its mark. Megumi opened her gate wrapping it around the Gatekeepers. Specs threw arrows to Ruriko when her supply became depleted. Kikai was better than before he evaded all their attacks just by moving around as if he was playing around or was he? No attacks for the past 10 minutes. Then they noticed Kaoru wasn't attacking. What the heck was she doing?! Then as Faye realized Kikai was distracted due to his hysterical laughter. She dashed toward him then alighted with one foot when she almost reached the tanker. "Fire Dragon!"
A huge beam of fire erupted from her gate. It blinded all who were around. As its aim was perfect the beam was in the right place. It was about to reach its destination. Nothing could stop it unless there would be someone quick enough to use her body to block the intensely hot fire. And that 'unless' happened. Kaoru was there her brave-self covering the mechanical evil. The fire was going to surge through her body, a horrible third-degree burn; she would die once it did. Kaoru opened a gate, not an ordinary gate but a black gate. It was about a meter in diameter. All except Kikai were shocked. Another mystery, this black gate was already formed since once it opened no more sign of the gate she once had. No more time to wonder. Attack!
Ruriko instantly threw three arrows at Kaoru. Kaoru flew to the sky without a trace then she appeared on top of Ruriko and then she performed a heel drop on Ruriko. She was knocked instantly cold. Kaoru then dashed towards Megumi. Megumi opened her gate casting a wall in front of her. But Kaoru just ran toward the gate smashing the wall of metal. Megumi gasped in disbelief. Both of them instantly took off the ground. Kaoru plunged her hand down Megumi's stomach. Crimson blood gushed out of her. Then she was unconscious. Faye came at Kaoru's back, fire blasting throughout. Kaoru dashed toward her. Faye instinctively ran back keeping her eyes on Kaoru. There was a sudden eruption of bullets from Faye's back; she instantly dropped to the ground her screams muffled by Kikai's laughter. He was there laughing mechanically. He was pitiless... Killing man, woman or even child.
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Shun struggled to keep alive and conscious. Blood was on his hands, in fact, everywhere. His blue shirt was no longer blue it was crimson. The smell was horrible as if he were rotting. He kept himself afloat by clinging on to the plank that stabbed him; the thing that endangered his life could be the also one to save him. Pain seared in his broken back, bleeding organs, obviously broken ribs, everywhere in his battered body. He looked at his right hand; the bruises he had taken were covered by a scar and blood. He continued to bleed profusely so did the pain continue. If he were to survive this, he'd probably not talk, walk, digest, breathe properly or simply he would become a vegetable.
He decided to think optimistically; he looked away from his injuries and glanced then stared in front of him... Land! It was only a mile away. But a mile... too long... he'd be unconscious then even if he washed up ashore no one would be there... it was a deserted island that was only inhabited by nothing except wild plants and animals. Be optimistic!!!. He suddenly felt a sting of weakness. Salt sprayed his eyes again... He couldn't take it. Then his world went black. Silence.
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There was a blonde lying on the rocky beach; the sun though it already was dawn was still covered by the dark clouds that obviously warned of a storm. He laid there, his crystal blue eyes opened wide. He looked at his body soaked with blood. Bruises and slashes were all over the stranger. His khaki pants could no longer be distinguished because of the crimson that covered it. His chest was bare for he had taken it off; his gray shirt was beside him. He could nearly feel nothing. His mind was empty, no thoughts- in deep shock. He snapped out of it. He glanced below him; he saw a man at the beach, more bloody than he. He stood up and walked closer to the wounded man. "I have nothing to do with you. But you might be able to help me survive." This was spoken reluctantly.
A few minutes later...
The blonde man and the wounded man were in a coastal cove just a few meters away from the rampaging sea. The sea roared against the rocks that formed the entrance, the wind was howling. He held the man's head then he felt hot red blood oozing from his head, the blood had almost dyed his black hair. He emptied his pockets digging out an ID. He stared at it, though the print was not so clear anymore from the forces of nature, to him it read "Shun li, Aegis Far eastern branch". So he was AEGIS after all? Could they have made a search party for him? Then they might have known his mission! But he would resist the enemy. He was sure he would, no matter what. But he couldn't just give up on the man even though he knew his reputation to being cold-heartedness to everyone except his dead friend would be marred. But he might know the way around the island. He was started when he saw Shun li open his eyes, then twitching.
His mouth began to mutter. "Kikai... help them... they are in the..." then he closed his eyes and mouth. Kika? The blonde thought? He was here. Then many knew his whereabouts and maybe even his mission. He must turn back then. He would obviously be defeated. But wait maybe he overestimated their power. He shook Shun. "My name is Edward Matthews. Do you know me?" Shun began to open his mouth with his eyes still shut. "Yeah... Commander said..." Then he closed it again.
Edward was not surprised. Their commander had briefed him about them. Or did he really? Well, now maybe he was focused on destroying Kikai. For sure he knew, then why would he be here? He looked back at the storm. He saw a glimpse of an island of... metal.
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Specs struggled to breath as he saw the horror- the evil- that he witnessed. As his friend fell to the darkness, then his other friends fell to Kaoru's darkness. Kikai! He vowed to destroy him. He had wished to help them... but he was useless. He was gate-less. What could a weakling like him do? He might have stopped the evil that had consumed Kaoru? But he was a coward... he didn't do it! He felt so hopeless. He looked around the cockpit of the chopper. He reached out and examined the things he had salvaged. He got a stick of metal from one of the levers that had given in. All he could do was give them time. And he would do it. He would not be a coward. He approached the open hatch, holding out his stick in fury. Gripping it tightly. "Gomen, Kaoru... but for the sake of the rest. I must try..."
Specs spun his stick in front of him, hoping he would block some of Kaoru's attacks. Kaoru stared at him as if he did not know him- total blank eyes. She threw a ball of dark energy unto Specs. His whirling stick however managed to block it. She threw more. Once again he dodged it, leaping toward another hump of trash. He picked up a scrap and quickly threw it toward her. When it was a foot away from her, it merely fell. He dashed toward Kaoru. He was using all the strength he had. Now Kaoru had no pity... a huge dark beam erupted from her hand that she had raised. The beam that aimed towards Specs, drew closer and closer. Specs ducked but to no avail, the beam had hit him straight in the chest. The pain was piercing, breaking all his ribs. But the sight of his friend betraying them was worst. He was about to die now. The beam should have reached his heart. He fell flat on the lower ground. Rain poured down inside of his mouth, mixing with the blood that had come out. He was about to give up hope- to die. But then there was something inside of him that made him to stand- without his knowing. His hand rose upward. Then suddenly, his blurred vision cleared. The pain was gone. No more of that irritating sensation. He looked at his hand. A miracle!
There was a gate flashing with all colors. It was like a prism reflecting all the colors. He saw Ruriko, Faye and Megumi, stretching their hands with gates open towards them. Their gates had passed through his "gate", forming a wonderful effect. A huge beam from Specs new gate erupted targeting Kaoru. She formed a dark barrier. The flow of energy from the prism gate of Specs was being disrupted towards the environment. Her barrier then turned into a beam that was darker and more ominous then the others. The Gatekeepers strived harder, making the beam more powerful. The forces first were equal and then the dark was winning. Then the two beams struggled against each other. One time the dark winning then at another the prism winning. But after a few minutes, The Gatekeepers were losing. The prism beam became smaller and smaller. It was nearly vanishing. Kaoru and Kikai gave very audible hysterical laughter. The Gatekeepers were not discouraged. They new hope would come. Somehow... and well it did.
A beam of violet energy combined with the prism beam giving the prism energy incredible strength. The tides turned... they were winning. Kaoru's beam became weaker. Nearly vanishing. Before Kikai and Kaoru were consumed, they vanished by the means of Kikai's technology, their bodies crackling into nothing. The Gatekeepers smiled. They stood up on their feet. But then Kikai's voice was heard once again. "That's only a hundredth of her power... you will see, for sure." Then there was hysterical laughter. Ruriko screamed, " You will pay Kikai... you will pay... for what you did."
Then the Gatekeepers scanned the island for their savior but there was no one else aside from them. Then tears flowed out of their eyes. "Two deaths have occurred today," Ruriko proclaimed, tears still in her eyes, still flowing accompanied by snot coming out of her nose.
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Edward came back to the island smiling at how stupid he had been to have forgotten about his gate. But he knew it wouldn't last him a full trip. Then he shifted his notice to Shun. His eyes were wide open. He was awake. He greeted him rather cheerfully, "Hello, Shun."
Shun looked at him in confusion. "Shun? Who is that?" Edward gave back another confused stare. "Shun... isn't that your name?" The reply was shocking.
"Oh... where are we? Where do I come from? Who are you?" Shun replied in total blankness.
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A/N: What do you think? Please review!
Fueled By Hate
Chapter 2: Twist of Fates
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"What shall we do?" Ruriko panicked, sweat pouring down her brow. "Shun!!!"
"Nani?" Shun yelled in helplessness. "I'm not a god!"
Faye approached Shun pulling his arm, and then suddenly, there was a deafening scream. "Ukiya, just for heaven's sake put this fire out with that forsaken wind-gate of yours!!"
"She didn't skip elementary for nothing," Specs remarked in disbelief of a child being a lot smarter than Ukiya. "Shun-sempai, you've got a small brain." But Shun did not take it as an insult.
"I'll try... Fasten your seatbelts!" Shun stretched his hand forward. He heard Ruriko mumbling something but he couldn't hear it due to the noise. A blue gate started appearing, " Ge-to O-pen!" Wind crashed back and forth, howling in their little craft. But the fire had cooled.
"Don't you know that won't work...!" Ruriko shrieked. "That's only works on TV...!"
Specs looked back with frustration. "The wind cut the wires! I can't control this thing!!!" Shun did not reply. Shun faced the hatch.
Without signal, Shun jumped out the craft. A spray of seawater hit his eyes yet he did not react. He opened his gate once more, this time stronger. He used the wind to keep him from falling his eyes were distracted from the sea's wrath, the howling wind pressing his face. A waste of time if he did not do it quick enough it would cost him his life. Every second mattered to his life that is; he would plunge down to the deep waters where it would be full of void and loneliness and death. No time for these thoughts!!! He stretched his hand outward then he dived toward its tail. Then aiming steadily he let the wind ram the tail to the junkyard. Yes, it was successful but what about him? He was stuck. No. He wouldn't let that thoughts come in. Not now.
He let his full gate power propel him to where Kikai stood. But it was a kilometer away. The wind roared against, blowing through his hair. The waves grew trying to reach him. There was hope. But hope died. A part of a metal board slammed his abdomen then it pierced him, he saw blood gushing out. Then his vision started to blur and then he lost it. His entire body plummeted to the salty ocean breaking his spine.
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The gatekeeper Chinook crash-landed on Kikai's island. The gatekeepers came out, minor injuries on their foreheads. They looked at each other. Ruriko was mad. "Shun bakeru!"
Megumi glanced at her. "He's not here... he dropped to the ocean a while ago. He saved us... but it cost him his life."
Ruriko was first in shock then she slapped her. "How can you say that so unemotionally!"
Kaoru moved forward. "We're not here to fight each other. Kikai's looking at us." She said this calmly as if she was unaffected.
"Let's do this for Shun." Faye declared almost crying then she soared toward Kikai fire blasting form her hands. Ruriko joined her light arrows marked aimed Kikai barely missing its mark. Megumi opened her gate wrapping it around the Gatekeepers. Specs threw arrows to Ruriko when her supply became depleted. Kikai was better than before he evaded all their attacks just by moving around as if he was playing around or was he? No attacks for the past 10 minutes. Then they noticed Kaoru wasn't attacking. What the heck was she doing?! Then as Faye realized Kikai was distracted due to his hysterical laughter. She dashed toward him then alighted with one foot when she almost reached the tanker. "Fire Dragon!"
A huge beam of fire erupted from her gate. It blinded all who were around. As its aim was perfect the beam was in the right place. It was about to reach its destination. Nothing could stop it unless there would be someone quick enough to use her body to block the intensely hot fire. And that 'unless' happened. Kaoru was there her brave-self covering the mechanical evil. The fire was going to surge through her body, a horrible third-degree burn; she would die once it did. Kaoru opened a gate, not an ordinary gate but a black gate. It was about a meter in diameter. All except Kikai were shocked. Another mystery, this black gate was already formed since once it opened no more sign of the gate she once had. No more time to wonder. Attack!
Ruriko instantly threw three arrows at Kaoru. Kaoru flew to the sky without a trace then she appeared on top of Ruriko and then she performed a heel drop on Ruriko. She was knocked instantly cold. Kaoru then dashed towards Megumi. Megumi opened her gate casting a wall in front of her. But Kaoru just ran toward the gate smashing the wall of metal. Megumi gasped in disbelief. Both of them instantly took off the ground. Kaoru plunged her hand down Megumi's stomach. Crimson blood gushed out of her. Then she was unconscious. Faye came at Kaoru's back, fire blasting throughout. Kaoru dashed toward her. Faye instinctively ran back keeping her eyes on Kaoru. There was a sudden eruption of bullets from Faye's back; she instantly dropped to the ground her screams muffled by Kikai's laughter. He was there laughing mechanically. He was pitiless... Killing man, woman or even child.
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Shun struggled to keep alive and conscious. Blood was on his hands, in fact, everywhere. His blue shirt was no longer blue it was crimson. The smell was horrible as if he were rotting. He kept himself afloat by clinging on to the plank that stabbed him; the thing that endangered his life could be the also one to save him. Pain seared in his broken back, bleeding organs, obviously broken ribs, everywhere in his battered body. He looked at his right hand; the bruises he had taken were covered by a scar and blood. He continued to bleed profusely so did the pain continue. If he were to survive this, he'd probably not talk, walk, digest, breathe properly or simply he would become a vegetable.
He decided to think optimistically; he looked away from his injuries and glanced then stared in front of him... Land! It was only a mile away. But a mile... too long... he'd be unconscious then even if he washed up ashore no one would be there... it was a deserted island that was only inhabited by nothing except wild plants and animals. Be optimistic!!!. He suddenly felt a sting of weakness. Salt sprayed his eyes again... He couldn't take it. Then his world went black. Silence.
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There was a blonde lying on the rocky beach; the sun though it already was dawn was still covered by the dark clouds that obviously warned of a storm. He laid there, his crystal blue eyes opened wide. He looked at his body soaked with blood. Bruises and slashes were all over the stranger. His khaki pants could no longer be distinguished because of the crimson that covered it. His chest was bare for he had taken it off; his gray shirt was beside him. He could nearly feel nothing. His mind was empty, no thoughts- in deep shock. He snapped out of it. He glanced below him; he saw a man at the beach, more bloody than he. He stood up and walked closer to the wounded man. "I have nothing to do with you. But you might be able to help me survive." This was spoken reluctantly.
A few minutes later...
The blonde man and the wounded man were in a coastal cove just a few meters away from the rampaging sea. The sea roared against the rocks that formed the entrance, the wind was howling. He held the man's head then he felt hot red blood oozing from his head, the blood had almost dyed his black hair. He emptied his pockets digging out an ID. He stared at it, though the print was not so clear anymore from the forces of nature, to him it read "Shun li, Aegis Far eastern branch". So he was AEGIS after all? Could they have made a search party for him? Then they might have known his mission! But he would resist the enemy. He was sure he would, no matter what. But he couldn't just give up on the man even though he knew his reputation to being cold-heartedness to everyone except his dead friend would be marred. But he might know the way around the island. He was started when he saw Shun li open his eyes, then twitching.
His mouth began to mutter. "Kikai... help them... they are in the..." then he closed his eyes and mouth. Kika? The blonde thought? He was here. Then many knew his whereabouts and maybe even his mission. He must turn back then. He would obviously be defeated. But wait maybe he overestimated their power. He shook Shun. "My name is Edward Matthews. Do you know me?" Shun began to open his mouth with his eyes still shut. "Yeah... Commander said..." Then he closed it again.
Edward was not surprised. Their commander had briefed him about them. Or did he really? Well, now maybe he was focused on destroying Kikai. For sure he knew, then why would he be here? He looked back at the storm. He saw a glimpse of an island of... metal.
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Specs struggled to breath as he saw the horror- the evil- that he witnessed. As his friend fell to the darkness, then his other friends fell to Kaoru's darkness. Kikai! He vowed to destroy him. He had wished to help them... but he was useless. He was gate-less. What could a weakling like him do? He might have stopped the evil that had consumed Kaoru? But he was a coward... he didn't do it! He felt so hopeless. He looked around the cockpit of the chopper. He reached out and examined the things he had salvaged. He got a stick of metal from one of the levers that had given in. All he could do was give them time. And he would do it. He would not be a coward. He approached the open hatch, holding out his stick in fury. Gripping it tightly. "Gomen, Kaoru... but for the sake of the rest. I must try..."
Specs spun his stick in front of him, hoping he would block some of Kaoru's attacks. Kaoru stared at him as if he did not know him- total blank eyes. She threw a ball of dark energy unto Specs. His whirling stick however managed to block it. She threw more. Once again he dodged it, leaping toward another hump of trash. He picked up a scrap and quickly threw it toward her. When it was a foot away from her, it merely fell. He dashed toward Kaoru. He was using all the strength he had. Now Kaoru had no pity... a huge dark beam erupted from her hand that she had raised. The beam that aimed towards Specs, drew closer and closer. Specs ducked but to no avail, the beam had hit him straight in the chest. The pain was piercing, breaking all his ribs. But the sight of his friend betraying them was worst. He was about to die now. The beam should have reached his heart. He fell flat on the lower ground. Rain poured down inside of his mouth, mixing with the blood that had come out. He was about to give up hope- to die. But then there was something inside of him that made him to stand- without his knowing. His hand rose upward. Then suddenly, his blurred vision cleared. The pain was gone. No more of that irritating sensation. He looked at his hand. A miracle!
There was a gate flashing with all colors. It was like a prism reflecting all the colors. He saw Ruriko, Faye and Megumi, stretching their hands with gates open towards them. Their gates had passed through his "gate", forming a wonderful effect. A huge beam from Specs new gate erupted targeting Kaoru. She formed a dark barrier. The flow of energy from the prism gate of Specs was being disrupted towards the environment. Her barrier then turned into a beam that was darker and more ominous then the others. The Gatekeepers strived harder, making the beam more powerful. The forces first were equal and then the dark was winning. Then the two beams struggled against each other. One time the dark winning then at another the prism winning. But after a few minutes, The Gatekeepers were losing. The prism beam became smaller and smaller. It was nearly vanishing. Kaoru and Kikai gave very audible hysterical laughter. The Gatekeepers were not discouraged. They new hope would come. Somehow... and well it did.
A beam of violet energy combined with the prism beam giving the prism energy incredible strength. The tides turned... they were winning. Kaoru's beam became weaker. Nearly vanishing. Before Kikai and Kaoru were consumed, they vanished by the means of Kikai's technology, their bodies crackling into nothing. The Gatekeepers smiled. They stood up on their feet. But then Kikai's voice was heard once again. "That's only a hundredth of her power... you will see, for sure." Then there was hysterical laughter. Ruriko screamed, " You will pay Kikai... you will pay... for what you did."
Then the Gatekeepers scanned the island for their savior but there was no one else aside from them. Then tears flowed out of their eyes. "Two deaths have occurred today," Ruriko proclaimed, tears still in her eyes, still flowing accompanied by snot coming out of her nose.
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Edward came back to the island smiling at how stupid he had been to have forgotten about his gate. But he knew it wouldn't last him a full trip. Then he shifted his notice to Shun. His eyes were wide open. He was awake. He greeted him rather cheerfully, "Hello, Shun."
Shun looked at him in confusion. "Shun? Who is that?" Edward gave back another confused stare. "Shun... isn't that your name?" The reply was shocking.
"Oh... where are we? Where do I come from? Who are you?" Shun replied in total blankness.
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A/N: What do you think? Please review!