Vandread Fanfic - Slayer of God Duology Part 2: Together Forever
Chapter 5 - Return of The Dark One
Rating - G / Romance / Sci-Fi

In the burned out, painful lingering memory
I'm going there with you......

TM Revolution- AQUALOVERSDEEP Into The Night


The whole place is in chaos. A man clad in white with short, white hair was running towards the ship that's about to leave the place. Running along him is a woman with short, blonde hair.

"Hurry, Yuki. We're almost there."

"Kay. I'm sorry. I can't go on any longer."

With that, the woman collapsed to the ground. The man kneeled beside her.

"Kay. Leave me."

"What are you talking about, Yuki? I'm not leaving without you."

"But..."

"Stop babbling. We're gonna make this together."

With that, he carried the woman and ran as fast as he could towards the ship. When they finally reached their destination, an elderly woman came up and said,

"I'm sorry. Only women are allowed on this ship."

"What? Hey, where are the rest of other men?"

"They took one of our ship and left."

"Please let him get onboard, please..."

"I'm sorry. As you can see, the ship is already full. We can't afford any extra weight."

The man who was called Kay considered the options. Finally, he turned to Yuki. He looked deeply into her eyes.

"Kay..?"

"Alright. Please take care of her."

The woman nodded.

"Of course we will."

Yuki looked at Kay in disbelief.

"Kay! You wanna be left here?"

"Yes. I...I can't run from my fate. I...must stop him. That's the least I could do."

"Kay! Don't do it! Please don't..."

Kay turned away.

"I'm sorry. Goodbye, Yuki."

Yuki pulled him close and kissed him deeply.

"Kay, please don't leave. I...I love you..."

"Yuki, I love you too. That's why...that's why I have to do this..."

Kay broke Yuki's strong embrace walked out of the ship. With tears flowing on his face, he said,

"Goodbye Yuki. Take care. Remember, I'll always be with you."

With that, the ship left the ground, leaving without Kay. Yuki screamed in agony.

"KAAAAAY---!"

Kay watched the ship left. Then, he heard a sound behind him. He turned and looked at the hulking figure of a gigantic robot.

"Deus..."

"So they left without you, Kay Ell. Or should I say 'Slayer of God'?"

"Deus! Why did you do this? Why?"

"Am I not merciful enough? They were lucky I left their bones intact."

"What's your purpose? To be an almighty god?"

"It's obvious, isn't it? For your information, 'Deus' means god in ancient Greek. That's why you, Slayer of God must be vanquished."

"I don't care what you call me! I'll stop you all the way!"

"Slayer of God. A person sent by those idiots who called themselves 'gods'. If I kill you, they will have to find themselves a new champion."

Kay went in into his fighting stance, readied himself for a fight that he probably will never survive.

"Hmmph! I don't do this for them. I'll do this for myself."

Then, a black figure came out from the robot. And suddenly the clouds started to darkened and thunders came crashing down all over the place. Now standing in front of Kay is a man in black, with long, black hair. His eyes emitting a ghastly white glow.

"So be it, Slayer of God. Show me your all."

Then, everything turned into darkness.


Rick rose from the bed. His body was sweating all over him. Meia, who was sleeping next to him woke up and consoled him.

"Rick, what's wrong?"

"That dream. The same dream. Kay, Yuki, Deus..."

Rick got out of the bed and slipped into his clothes.

"Rick?"

"I need to be alone for a while..."

With that, Rick walked out of the room, leaving Meia wondering what had happened.

(That dream has been haunting him for weeks. But what should I do? What CAN I do?)


Rick was walking along the corridor, still confused about the dream that was haunting him for several weeks.

(Who is this Kay? Why he was called Slayer of God? Those invaders...they called me the same thing. I don't understand...)

Rick was too busy thinking about the dream that he bumped into Dita who was running. She fell to the floor but Rick managed to regain his balance.

"Sorry. I didn't see you coming. Here. Let me help."

"Ouch...that hurts. It's okay. It's not your fault. I'm in a hurry to prepare breakfast for Hibiki-kun."

Rick pulled Dita up.

"Hey, no need to rush, okay?"

"Yes. Thank you. See you!"

With that, Dita ran towards the kitchen.

(Maybe I should hang around at the hangar.)


Rick arrived at the hangar and walked towards Vanguard X.

"Hey. How you've been doing?"

Vanguard X hummed.

"Good for you. Me? I'm miserable. Having the same dream every night. Most of all, I don't even know this guy Kay. Slayer of God...those bastards called me that. And this Kay was called by the same title. Do we have some kind of connection?"

It hummed yet again.

"Yeah, you're right. No point thinking about it now..."


Realize your true destiny...

You will lose everything you have...

That is your fate, Slayer of God.


Gasco and Raymond were playing cards at the requisition office and this is the 33rd round with Raymond won 27 of it.

"I win yet again."

Gasco threw her cards and screamed in frustration.

"I can't believe you won 28 out of 33. You're not cheating, aren't you?"

"No, of course not. I'm clean all the way."

"Why did you become a chef when you can easily get rich by gambling?"

"I don't like to gamble. In fact, life itself is a gamble. And besides, I like to cook."

Gasco stared at Raymond for a few moments. She bend closer and said,

"Hey, can you make lunch for me?"

"Uh, yeah sure. Why not? Just tell me what you want."


Aya was watching the stars using a telescope, wondering when their journey will end.

(What will happen in the end? Am I going to be there when everything ends? I have a bad feeling about the whole thing...)

"Miss Aya..."

A voice echoed behind her. She turned and saw Anton standing not far from her.

"Oh, Anton. What's up?"

"I...ah...just taking a walk."

"Oh, I thought you came here to see me."

A slight blush appeared on his face.

"Miss Aya, that's not true."

Aya looked at him and laughed.

"I'm just kidding. What's that blush for?"

"Well, ah...I just can't help it..."

Aya walked closer and looked in his eyes.

"Miss...Aya..?"

"Hey, why don't we get something to eat?"

Anton stepped backwards and replied,

"Ah...yes. Sure..."

Aya then pulled Anton by his hand, dragging him away.

"Miss Aya, please don't drag me like this..."

"I won't let you go. You're always slow in everything. It'll gonna take forever if I walk with you."

"Miss Aya! Please..."

However, Anton's pleas is ignored by Aya. After they left, Paiway emerged from the bushes and wrote of what she saw earlier.

"Pai check!"


Rick entered the newly built training simulation room and saw Hibiki was using it. Hibiki took off the visor and handed it to Rick.

"Here. I'm done."

"Thanks."

"You do know how to use it, don't you?"

"Yeah."

Rick put the visor on and sat at the available chair. Suddenly Rick felt a painful sensation and tried to contain his pain. Hibiki watched at the screen to see what Rick's training environment is. To his surprise, old buildings, covered by dark cloud, surrounded Rick. And he saw another
figure, a person in black, with long hair and his eyes glowing ghastly white. Suddenly, Hibiki heard the black figure speaking,

"So be it, Slayer of God. Show me your all."

Suddenly, he appeared before Rick and threw a heavy punch in the midsection. Rick grimaced in pain and lashed his hand at the black figure. He avoided the blow and punched him at the same spot, sending Rick flying in the air.

"Is this all you got? You really disappoint me."

The black figure then jumped at the same height as Rick and drove both his feet into Rick's abdomen. This blow sent Rick crashing to the ground.

Hibiki sensed something's wrong looked at Rick. To his shock, Rick was badly wounded. He then tried to take the visor off him but failed to do so because there is some kind of barrier around Rick. Hibiki rushed to the nearby communication system and called for help.

"Hey, someone, anyone. Help me here. Rick is badly wounded and I can't stop the training simulation system!"


Meia was walking along the corridor when Dita rushed towards her.

"What's wrong, Dita?"

After catching her breath, she replied.

"Rick. He's badly injured in the training room!"

Meia quickly ran past Dita upon hearing what's happening.

(Rick...)


Many people were in the room by the time Meia arrived. She heard Rick screaming in pain. She rushed towards Rick but suddenly pushed away by an unknown force.

"Uhhh...what's going on?"

"There's some kind of invisible barrier around him. We can't do a thing..." Hibiki explained.

"Look at the screen. He's fighting with someone." Bart pointed at the screen.

Meia looked up at the screen. She saw Rick struggling to block all the attacks from the black figure. Then she heard Aya calling out her father.

"DAD!!"

Raymond blocked her way.

"Aya, don't. There's nothing we can do now. We can't even get near him."

"But..."

"Look!" Jura exclaimed.

The black figure held Rick by the throat.

"Time to settle this once and for all."

He then threw a punch to Rick's body. The blow went through his body. Meia screamed.

"RICK!!"

"Goodbye Slayer of God. Vanish from my sight forever!!"

With that, the black figure crushed Rick into millions of pieces. Everyone in the room gasped. Suddenly, the visor that Rick was wearing broke into pieces. Duero quickly rushed at him to check his condition. Meia approached Rick, who is now unconscious.

"How...how is he?" Meia asked Duero.

"He suffered serious internal injuries. We must take him to the operation room quickly."

Suddenly, BC's voice boomed in the air.

"Enemy is approaching! Everyone prepare for battle!"


Hibiki and Anton were running towards their Vanguards.

"Hey, Anton. This your first real space battle isn't it?"

"Yes."

"How does it feel?"

"Ahh. I actually nervous and excited at the same time. But I hope that Master Xero is going to be fine."

"Don't worry. He'll be okay. C'mon, let's go!!"

With that, Hibiki launched into space and Anton followed suit.


Dita, Meia, Jura and Barnette already entered the battle in their Dreads.

"First battle after seven years..." Jura wondered.

"Hope our skills haven't got rusty." Barnette said.

"Jura, Barnette. Lead the attack. Dita and I will provide backup."

"ROGER!"

Meia looked on as Jura and Barnette set on their task given. Then, Dita's image appeared on screen.

"Leader, don't worry. He'll be fine."

Meia smiled.

"Thank you, Dita. Now let's go and show them what we are made of."


"Doctor! His condition is worsening!" Paiway exclaimed when she looked at the heartbeat counter.

Aya, who is standing nearby with Raymond looked at Rick as Duero, Paiway and other medical staff tried to stabilize Rick's condition.

"Dad..."

Raymond held her.

"Don't worry, Aya. Your father will be fine."

"What if he doesn't? I already lost my mother and now..."

"Aya, we must trust your father. If he has the will to live, I'm sure he'll pull through."

Duero suddenly interrupted them.

"Yes. He's right. We must believe him if anything else fails. That's the least we could do."

Aya gave a nod.

"Dad..."


Rick was drifting helplessly in the darkness. His morale was crushed. And all he could do is staring blindly into the empty space.

"Rick, can you hear me?"

Rick was stunned. He hasn't heard that voice for many years. Then he saw a man in red clothing with long, blonde hair and burning red eyes.

"Erick..?"

"Yeah, its me. What happened to you? Don't you want to live anymore?"

"I...I don't know. I just don't know."

"Dammit! If I knew you turned out like this, I will never assimilate with you."

Rick grinned sarcastically.

"So, you want to take over? Fine, do it."

"I will if I can. You do know that I can't appear for a long time."

"How about this? I give you half of my life force to you. That way, we can exist at the same time."

"Are you insane? You'll shorten half of your lifespan."

"Erick, there's something I must tell you."

"Yeah, what?"

"Someone have a crush on you."

"Yeah, I know. Barnette isn't it?"

"You like her?"

"Well, maybe. But I always like to tease her."

"Erick, I'll temporarily give you half of my life force. Take care of things for me."

"You want me to mind the store? Yeah sure. I've got no problem with that."

"Okay, let's do it."


"Darn, either I'm getting rusty or they just got better?" Hibiki said as he smashed one of his attackers with his sword.

"Hmm. They're getting clever too. They knew how to prevent any of us from merging with you." Meia replied as she blasted her way out.

"At any case, this is not good." Jura commented.

"Jura! Help me here!" Barnette called out to her.

"Okay, okay. Stop whining."

Meia thought of Rick for a moment.

(Rick, we'll win this one for you...)


"Doctor, we're losing him!" Paiway screamed as Rick's condition is worsening.

"We have to use the 'head shock' method." Duero said as he prepared to inject small amount of electricity into Rick.

"Wait. His heartbeat rate is stabilizing..."

"Let me see. Yes. He's stabilizing."

"Aya. See? Your father will pull through." Raymond said. However, Aya didn't smile at all.

"I just hope that..."

Her reply was cut short when a searing red flash came from Rick's body. Moments later, the room was filled with smoke.

"Hurry, put out the smoke!"

The medical staff quickly put out the smoke by opening doors and windows. When the smoke was gone, a man in red stood beside Rick.

"It's been a long time. How many years has it been?"

Aya and Raymond looked at the man in shock. He had similar features to Rick with exception of his blonde hair and red eyes. Duero recognized him instantly.

"You...Erick."

Erick turned and gave a chillingly cold smile.

"Yep. The one and only."


If your sadness and your pain would beat you up
No need to break your heart, no need to be alone,
You got somebody to share with you

Truth A Great Detective of Love International Version by TWO-MIX