A/N: Again, I hope some of you guys liked that endng. Though I can't really
say that Snake won....but in some ways you could I guess...but really it
was FOXDIE that killed Raiden (in which Snake was the carrier boy hehe).
Anyways, this is just an epilouge. Why I didn't post it along with Chapter
16 I'll never know.
EPILOUGE
Snake and Raiden came out of VR. Snake with a little smile on his face. Though he didn't know what happened either, he could likely guess. Raiden frowned for a moment, but then actually managed a smile.
"What the hell happened?" Campbell asked. He took the words right out of Raiden's mouth.
"I wish I knew exactly." Mei Ling said.
"Well, pay up Mei Ling. I believe that Snake has won!"
"No, you two have got to pay ME!" Otacon exclaimed so excitedly.
"Why you?" Mei Ling asked.
"Because considerably nobody won!"
"What are you talking about?" The Colonel happy face suddenly turned into a face of disappointment.
"Snake didn't kill Raiden! Therefore Snake didn't really win!" Otacon began. "Don't tell me you guys forgot about FOXDIE?" Everyone had forgotten about FOXDIE. Everyone excpet Snake that is. "Don't you see...Raiden was killed by FOXDIE."
"But Snake is the carrier of FOXDIE remember? Therefore Snake won!" Campbell argued. "See? Now pay up both of you!"
Snake stopped it all. "I thought you took that out of the simulation?"
Otacon smiled a bit. "I didn't take it out becasue I didn't think that YOU'D actually ever go through the simulation! So I left it there. Kind of cool huh? Plus that could've been a glitch, Raiden shouldn't have been able to succumb to FOXDIE"
Snake shook his head in disappointment. "I could've killed the kid Otacon. You should've taken that out!"
Raiden suddenly burst out. He was happy suddenly. "I was THIS close." He said holding up his thumb and index finger, then squeezing them together so that the space inbetween was only about two millimeters long. "If it weren't for this FOXDIE I'd have killed you and you know it!"
Snake shook his head, but Raiden had a point. "I would've found someway to get out of it. But I agree with Otacon. I didn't really win. I only came out victorious because of FOXDIE."
Otacon cleared his throat, and glared at Mei Ling and the Colonel. "What about my money?"
The Colonel blushed a little bit. "About your money....ummm." He stepped over to Snake and whispered in his ear, "Can I borrow fifty dollars? PLEASE! I made a bet and lost...I was sure I was gonna win! I'll pay you back...honest I will Snake."
Snake broke out in laughter. No one had ever seen Snake laugh like this before. Snake hadn't laughed so hard before in his life. Not like this anyway. Why was he laughing? He wiped a tear from his eye. "I'm so happy for you guys."
"So you'll let me borrow the money?" Campbell spoke aloud now.
Snake continued to laugh and then stopped. "No way pops I need that money!"
"What the hell did you call me!?" Campbell became as red as a chili pepper. He didn't like being called "pops".
"Relax, the experience made me feel a lot younger." Snake laughed. He then looked at Raiden and grinned. Nervously, Raiden grinned back. "Not bad kid. Good game. See how good you became when you were more relaxed and had that inner strength?"
Snake extended out his hand. Raiden was a bit unsure at first, but then he took Snake's hand and they shook. "Good game Snake, and thanks."
Snake looked puzzled at first. "Thanks for what?"
Raiden grinned and let Snake's hand go. "Thanks for giving me that courage and strength. Don't think I could've done it without you."
Snake took a moment to think. Perhaps he'd taught Raiden something after all. "One thing still puzzles me though. Why is it that you always rush in without thinking?"
Raiden laughed. He expected that question to come from Snake sooner or later. "OK, Snake I've been on a different battle field then you. The battle field I was on there was no 'thinking' only 'shoot to kill' and 'only the strong survive.'
Mei Ling came back with the results now. "Tsk tsk. If you hadn't killed so many people Snake you'd have gotten 'Big Boss' ranking....again." She then looked at Raiden. "You really don't want to see these....they're actually satisfactory. Now one thing STILL puzzles me. How exactly did your first records show no kills?"
"Mei Ling you make no kills sound like a bad thing." Snake said with a slight grimace. "The point of a stealth mission is not to kill at all."
"Well, actually I really didn't get any KO's...I could've actually done this if I wanted to. But you wouldn't believe how incredibly dumb the gaurds are. Most of my spots came from messing with the guards. I was able to get several to shoot their partners." Raiden chuckled. Though he didn't really like Mei Ling speaking of his records he managed. "God I have to PEE! We were in there for 12 hours!" He said and ran off to the bathroom.
Raiden dashed out the door and to the bathroom. "When he's done in there I got to go." Snake said.
"Your both stupid. Adult diapers are going to be the wave of the future!" Otacon screamed raising his hands. "You'll see. If you piss on yourself as much as I do!"
When Raiden came back after about 15 minutes of ummm "releasing his spiritual energy", he turned and looked at Snake. "Now that I've shown you I'm not quite that much of a rookie, wanna go at it again sometime?"
Snake grinned. "If you put up a fight from the beginning I'm game." They shook on that. Afterwards, Otacon started to shut down the VR simulation. It needed a rest now anyway. But at least they had it recorded. Otacon took the tape out of the recording VCR. They didn't have a DVD recorder...yet anyway. He took out a label and then wrote on it: "Raiden vs. Snake: The Shadow Moses Story."
THE END
A/N: Well? What did you guys think? Some fic huh? I'm proud of it! This was one hell of an accomplishment for me. I hope you all had as much fun reading it as I did writing it. I have been inspired a sequal to this story and am currently working on it. Its entitled "Raiden vs. Snake 2: The Big Shell Story." BUT FOX-HOUND won't be in it because that would really screw up the storyline you know. Keep a look out for the fic if you liked this one. However whether I post it or not depends entirely on your reviews. If you actually want me to write a sequal then you've got to TELL ME! Otherwise I'll be wasting my time if no one wants a sequal...
EPILOUGE
Snake and Raiden came out of VR. Snake with a little smile on his face. Though he didn't know what happened either, he could likely guess. Raiden frowned for a moment, but then actually managed a smile.
"What the hell happened?" Campbell asked. He took the words right out of Raiden's mouth.
"I wish I knew exactly." Mei Ling said.
"Well, pay up Mei Ling. I believe that Snake has won!"
"No, you two have got to pay ME!" Otacon exclaimed so excitedly.
"Why you?" Mei Ling asked.
"Because considerably nobody won!"
"What are you talking about?" The Colonel happy face suddenly turned into a face of disappointment.
"Snake didn't kill Raiden! Therefore Snake didn't really win!" Otacon began. "Don't tell me you guys forgot about FOXDIE?" Everyone had forgotten about FOXDIE. Everyone excpet Snake that is. "Don't you see...Raiden was killed by FOXDIE."
"But Snake is the carrier of FOXDIE remember? Therefore Snake won!" Campbell argued. "See? Now pay up both of you!"
Snake stopped it all. "I thought you took that out of the simulation?"
Otacon smiled a bit. "I didn't take it out becasue I didn't think that YOU'D actually ever go through the simulation! So I left it there. Kind of cool huh? Plus that could've been a glitch, Raiden shouldn't have been able to succumb to FOXDIE"
Snake shook his head in disappointment. "I could've killed the kid Otacon. You should've taken that out!"
Raiden suddenly burst out. He was happy suddenly. "I was THIS close." He said holding up his thumb and index finger, then squeezing them together so that the space inbetween was only about two millimeters long. "If it weren't for this FOXDIE I'd have killed you and you know it!"
Snake shook his head, but Raiden had a point. "I would've found someway to get out of it. But I agree with Otacon. I didn't really win. I only came out victorious because of FOXDIE."
Otacon cleared his throat, and glared at Mei Ling and the Colonel. "What about my money?"
The Colonel blushed a little bit. "About your money....ummm." He stepped over to Snake and whispered in his ear, "Can I borrow fifty dollars? PLEASE! I made a bet and lost...I was sure I was gonna win! I'll pay you back...honest I will Snake."
Snake broke out in laughter. No one had ever seen Snake laugh like this before. Snake hadn't laughed so hard before in his life. Not like this anyway. Why was he laughing? He wiped a tear from his eye. "I'm so happy for you guys."
"So you'll let me borrow the money?" Campbell spoke aloud now.
Snake continued to laugh and then stopped. "No way pops I need that money!"
"What the hell did you call me!?" Campbell became as red as a chili pepper. He didn't like being called "pops".
"Relax, the experience made me feel a lot younger." Snake laughed. He then looked at Raiden and grinned. Nervously, Raiden grinned back. "Not bad kid. Good game. See how good you became when you were more relaxed and had that inner strength?"
Snake extended out his hand. Raiden was a bit unsure at first, but then he took Snake's hand and they shook. "Good game Snake, and thanks."
Snake looked puzzled at first. "Thanks for what?"
Raiden grinned and let Snake's hand go. "Thanks for giving me that courage and strength. Don't think I could've done it without you."
Snake took a moment to think. Perhaps he'd taught Raiden something after all. "One thing still puzzles me though. Why is it that you always rush in without thinking?"
Raiden laughed. He expected that question to come from Snake sooner or later. "OK, Snake I've been on a different battle field then you. The battle field I was on there was no 'thinking' only 'shoot to kill' and 'only the strong survive.'
Mei Ling came back with the results now. "Tsk tsk. If you hadn't killed so many people Snake you'd have gotten 'Big Boss' ranking....again." She then looked at Raiden. "You really don't want to see these....they're actually satisfactory. Now one thing STILL puzzles me. How exactly did your first records show no kills?"
"Mei Ling you make no kills sound like a bad thing." Snake said with a slight grimace. "The point of a stealth mission is not to kill at all."
"Well, actually I really didn't get any KO's...I could've actually done this if I wanted to. But you wouldn't believe how incredibly dumb the gaurds are. Most of my spots came from messing with the guards. I was able to get several to shoot their partners." Raiden chuckled. Though he didn't really like Mei Ling speaking of his records he managed. "God I have to PEE! We were in there for 12 hours!" He said and ran off to the bathroom.
Raiden dashed out the door and to the bathroom. "When he's done in there I got to go." Snake said.
"Your both stupid. Adult diapers are going to be the wave of the future!" Otacon screamed raising his hands. "You'll see. If you piss on yourself as much as I do!"
When Raiden came back after about 15 minutes of ummm "releasing his spiritual energy", he turned and looked at Snake. "Now that I've shown you I'm not quite that much of a rookie, wanna go at it again sometime?"
Snake grinned. "If you put up a fight from the beginning I'm game." They shook on that. Afterwards, Otacon started to shut down the VR simulation. It needed a rest now anyway. But at least they had it recorded. Otacon took the tape out of the recording VCR. They didn't have a DVD recorder...yet anyway. He took out a label and then wrote on it: "Raiden vs. Snake: The Shadow Moses Story."
THE END
A/N: Well? What did you guys think? Some fic huh? I'm proud of it! This was one hell of an accomplishment for me. I hope you all had as much fun reading it as I did writing it. I have been inspired a sequal to this story and am currently working on it. Its entitled "Raiden vs. Snake 2: The Big Shell Story." BUT FOX-HOUND won't be in it because that would really screw up the storyline you know. Keep a look out for the fic if you liked this one. However whether I post it or not depends entirely on your reviews. If you actually want me to write a sequal then you've got to TELL ME! Otherwise I'll be wasting my time if no one wants a sequal...