Vandread Fanfic - Slayer of God Duology Part 2: Together Forever
Chapter 9 - Can't Help Falling In Love
Rating - G / Romance / Sci-Fi

Let's make a treasure
I hear your voice in the past
I want to hand it to you now
Because I believe
That you are waiting for me inside the light

Still Time (transliterated) by Tokuyama Hidenori


"Boss, the tide of the battle is slowly shifting towards the enemy." BC said after she looked at the battle screen.

"Boss, there's another object approaching. This time is much more bigger than the mother ship!" Ezra suddenly exclaimed.

"Bring it to the screen." Magno said.

A huge object approaching Alpha-1. It looks identical to the mother ship except the size.

"What is that? Another mother ship?" Magno asked.

Then, Aya entered the bridge and approached BC.

"That's it! That's the huge thing that destroyed Terra."

"A weapon?" BC asked.

"A star destroyer to be exact. They want to destroy the planet." Magno said.

"But my dad is still there!" Aya screamed.


Meia and the others looked at the arrival of the star destroyer in awe. It then opened to reveal more than a dozen of barrels, getting ready to fire at the planet Alpha-1. Then, she heard BC's voice.

"Meia. That's a space cannon. They intend to destroy the planet. Hurry. Destroy it."

"What about the mother ship?"

"Don't worry. Bart will take care of it."

"Don't worry a thing as long as I'm here. I'm gonna toast that ship alive!!" Bart shouted.

Meia nodded.

"Understood. Hibiki, disengage from Dita. Unite with Jura and form a shield around the planet. Dita, follow my lead. Anton and Barnette, pull the mother ship away from the cannon. Bart will need some time to prepare the main gun."

"ROGER!"


Rick and Erick were standing back to back, gasping for breath. They managed to defeat all the dragons.

"Hey Rick. How many dragons did you take out?"

Rick shrugged.

"Damn if I know. Already lost count."

Then, the dragons suddenly revived and roared. Rick sighed.

"These guys just don't know how to quit."

"Right, right. How many rounds already?"

"Let's see...this is the 14th round."

"Ha. Still have the strength to have another go?"

"Don't think so."

"Man, this sucks."

Rick grinned. He and Erick already beaten these dragons more than a dozen times, but for some reason, they keep reviving themselves. Now he doesn't know if he and Erick will live after this. The dragons screamed and launched themselves at both Rick and Erick. Then, a voice boomed in the air and the dragons suddenly ceased their attacks.

"It's alright, my friends. You can return to your nests now."

The dragons nodded and returned to their nests above. Rick and Erick looked at the source of the voice, which was right above the cavern. They saw a man, dressed in white gliding to the ground. Both recognized the man instantly. It was Kay Ell, the one that appeared in Rick's dream.

"Greetings. You must be my successor, remember me?"

Rick nodded.

"Yeah. I know you. But what's with the dream?"

Kay stared at Rick in surprise.

"Dreams? What dreams? Aah, you were still a baby when we first met."

This time, both Rick and Erick stared at Kay in shock.

"WHAT?"


Hibiki merged with Jura and formed Vandread Jura. Jura activated the protective shield around the planet Alpha-1.

"Shields up. But I don't know how long we can hold on against that monster." Jura said as she looked up at the star destroyer.

"Don't you give up just yet..." Hibiki muttered. Then, he saw Dita on the screen.

"Hibiki-kun, please be careful. Okay?"

Hibiki grinned.

"Yeah. You too."

Suddenly Meia appeared on the screen.

"Hibiki, get ready. That thing is about to fire."

"Heh. Come on and show me what you got." Hibiki taunted the huge thing.

Then without warning, the star destroyer fired a powerful blast of red energy at Vandread Jura. Both Hibiki and Jura reeled under the bombardment. After a short while, the star destroyer ceased fire and started to recharge its energy. However, Hibiki and Jura were left exhausted.

"Urghh...how much more can we take against this?" Jura moaned as she repositioned herself on the seat.

"Shoot...it's more powerful that I thought. However, I won't give up. I'm sure he'll be thinking the same way if he's here..." Hibiki muttered under his breath.

"Dita! Follow me in. Let's destroy it while it is still recharging." Meia said.

"Roger!" Dita replied.


Kay was explaining about what happened a century ago and Rick's real origin.

"Let me explain it from the start. It'll be easier that way. To believe it or not, it's up to the two of you." Kay said as the three sat down and formed a circle. Both Rick and Erick nodded. Kay breathed in and began his story.

"I'm not human to begin with. I was one of the gods in the place called Eden or heaven. Deus or his godly name, Antioch was my brother."

"Your brother in heaven?" Erick looked at Kay skeptically.

"Erick, let him finish. We can ask questions later." Rick said.

Kay gave a nod.

"However, he was banished from Eden because he plotted to overthrow our father and rule Eden. However, my father knew he will be reborn as a human and he sent me down to earth as a human as well. Then, many years had passed but I still couldn't find Deus until that fateful
day."

"That fateful day?" Rick repeated Kay's last words.

"Yes. The day I met your real father, Professor Lee. He's the one that created the Paeksis Plasma and its sibling, Axis Alpha."

"Okay let me get it straight. I was born more than a hundred years ago?"

"That's true. Upon the completion of the Paeksis, the project for the Axis was already halfway completed. But Deus used his powers to manipulate the minds of the world leaders and caused an endless battle for world domination. He wanted both the Paeksis and the Axis to complete his plan. However, he only managed to get half of the Paeksis while the uncompleted Axis was divided by Professor Lee."

"From what I've heard, one is imbued in this Sword of the Slayer. The other one was fused into my Vanguard. By the way, how the Axis fused into the Vanguard and where are the last remains of the Axis?"

"The Vanguard actually was one of Professor Lee's inventions. He fused it into its main AI program and hurriedly dispatched it into one of the colonial ships. I forged The Sword of the Slayer out of platinum, the strongest material on earth. Professor Lee gave me the piece of
the Axis for safekeeping but I decided to fuse it into the blade, making it even stronger. The other one is within you, Rick."

Rick widened his eyes. Erick stared at him in astonishment.

"Within me? That guy fused the Axis with me?"

"True. Then, you were cryogenically frozen and were sent to Terra in a small escape pod. When I was killed by Deus, I saw the pod carrying you far away from earth. I decided to entrust my powers to you and hope that you will return and foil Deus' plans. He was furious when he
knew that I gave my powers to you. So he began his hunt for the next Slayer of God."

"Okay, if you were killed by Deus, what are you doing here?" Erick asked.

"I buried all my thoughts and wisdom within the sword. Here, you can have it."

A sword suddenly appeared in the hand of Kay. He then handed it to Rick. Rick gave a nod and unsheathed the sword from its scabbard. It radiated a white halo of light that shone the entire cavern. At the same time, he felt more refreshed and focused than ever. Kay smiled at
him and said,

"My work here is done. The time has come for me to disappear from this world."

"Wait, you're leaving?"

"I have to. But there's one more thing. To unleash the true powers of the Slayer of God, Erick must forfeit his powers to you."

"Hey, I'm not gonna forfeit anything." Erick protested.

"Like I said, it's up to you, Erick. But if the powers still not enough to defeat Deus, you can use the 'Forbidden Power'."

"Forbidden Power?"

"You will know how to use it. But be warned. Should this power to be used, you will lose everything. Your humanity and even your soul."

"But why you didn't use it against Deus?"

"I will have nothing even if I beat Deus. Once you used the Forbidden Power, you will have an uncontrollable urge to destroy everything. Being a human has taught me one thing; you have to sacrifice yourself for your love one."

"You mean Yuki?"

"That's true. After more than a hundred years, I finally get to see her again. In Eden. Oh, have I told you when your birth date is?"

"Hm? Mine's August the 17th."

"Wrong. Actually you were born on February the 29th."

"29th February? Since I aged once every four years, then my real age is..."

Kay grinned.

"That's right. Around 25 or 26. Well, this is it. I better go now and meet her. It's been nice talking to you."

"Yeah, same here." Erick replied.

"Take care." Rick said.

"Farewell..."

Then, Kay vanished into the lights and the dragons formed a circle around Rick and Erick and gave a mighty roar. Suddenly before their very eyes, they saw not one, but two Vanguard X. One is the original white and the other is in red. Erick turned to Rick.

"Okay, can you explain what's happening here?"

"Beats me..."


"Bart, are you ready with the main gun?" BC asked Bart who was struggling to maintain the balance of the ship.

"No, not yet. For some reason, it didn't respond to my commands." Bart replied.

BC then contacted Parfet who was facing another problem.

"Parfet. What's going on down there?"

"The Paeksis is having a problem. The condition is stable but it didn't respond to any input. It was like at the time before the appearance of the VX4." She replied as she was connecting a few cables to Pyoro. Duero was right behind her, trying to revive the Paeksis.

BC remembered the incident seven years ago.

"Hmm. What's happening? Does it have something to do with him?"


Hibiki and Jura were exhausted after the weapon's fifth bombardment.

"We can't stop another blast. We're done for." Jura said, gasping for breath.

"Hey! What are you doing? We're done for if you don't do anything to stop it from firing another blast." Hibiki said through the speaker. Then, Meia replied,

"The weapon's defense is too strong. Anton, Barnette. How the two of you holding up?"

"Not good. We managed to lure the mother ship away but Nirvana is having a problem with the Paeksis. At this rate, we're gonna lose the battle for sure." Anton replied as he struggled to break free from his attackers.

Meia was about to give an order when she heard Rick's voice.

"Don't give up, dammit! I'm coming."

She turned and saw Vanguard X approaching Vandread Jura with another identical Vanguard X. However, the other Vanguard X was in red. Hibiki and Jura stared at both Vanguards in astonishment.

"What is happening?" Hibiki wondered.

"No time for that. It's gonna fire another one..." Jura said as the red energy gathered at the tip of the barrel. Then, they heard Rick's voice.

"Hibiki. Jura. Disengage now!"

"What? You're gonna let them destroy the planet?" Jura asked.

"Just listen to him, okay? Blondie." Another voice came out.

"Erick?" Barnette's voice echoed.

"Hey there. But we have no time. Just disengage dammit!"

Hibiki and Jura reluctantly disengaged Vandread Jura. The weapon then fired a blast that will surely seal the doom of Alpha-1.

"Okay. That's good. Hibiki, Erick. Let's merge!" Rick said.

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words. But Hibiki has no time to think. He approached both Vanguard X and a searing light illuminated the space.


Hibiki opened his eyes and found himself in a new environment.

"Heh. Welcome aboard, kid."

Hibiki turned and saw both Rick and Erick sitting in their cockpit next to each other.

"Hey. We really did merge. But how..?"

"No time for that. Look, that blast gonna hit us if we don't do something." Rick said. Hibiki gave a nod.

"Right. Let's see what this new Vanguard can do."


Everyone on Nirvana looked at the explosion in awe. They even more surprised when they saw Alpha-1. The planet was still there. Aya almost burst into tears.

"Dad..."

"What happened? Ezra, did everyone survive the explosion?" BC asked.

Ezra checked the screen and gave a nod.

"All is still alive except Rick and Hibiki. I can't see their signal anywhere. Wait. There's another unidentified signal. Located at the centre of the explosion."

"Bring it to the screen."

When the smoke disappeared, they saw a huge, winged black mech with a sword and a gun in each hand.

"That's not a Vandread..."

"Heh. True. This is the Super Vanguard." A voice came out and Hibiki, Rick and Erick appeared on the screen.

"Dad? You're still alive? I thought you..."

Rick smiled.

"Never say die, dear."

"The Super...Vanguard? The three of you merged together?" BC asked.

Rick nodded.

"Yep. I'll explain later. Right now, let us take care of that huge gun."

"It's payback time. Finally get to use the Bozar EX." Erick said, referring to Super Vanguard's huge gun.

"Not until I slice and dice that thing with the sword." Hibiki said.

"Guys, guys..."


"I don't know there's a fusion between Vanguards..." Jura said as she joined Meia and Dita for the assault on the mother ship.

"Maybe we can merge our Dreads together?" Dita suggested.

"If our Dreads can merge together, it would have happened a long time ago. Come on. Let's go and help out Barnette and Anton." Meia replied.


The Super Vanguard easily burst through the space cannon's defense line and sliced the cannon into pieces with its sword.

"Hah. Look. Mission completed." Hibiki said, boasting at the destruction he caused.

Rick looked closely at the pieces of the ship. He could see the pieces were joining together. It was regenerating.

"Not quite, kid. Look, it's regenerating."

"Let's try the Bozar EX." Erick said as he aims the huge blaster at the remains of the cannon.

"Fine, fine. Do it your way." Hibiki replied in resignation.

Erick grinned and fired an endless round of blue energy at the remains of the cannon.


"Looks like they destroyed the space cannon." BC said after watching the newly formed Super Vanguard busted the cannon to ashes. A short while later, Parfet appeared on the screen.

"The Paeksis is running fine now. Energy level is at maximum level."

She gave a nod.

"Good. Bart, is the mother ship within range?"

"Ready to fire at any time." Bart replied.

"Everyone! Get out of there. Bart will fire the main gun at the mother ship."

"ROGER!"

"YOU WANT SOME HELL, I GIVE YOU HELL. BIG TIME." Bart gave a shout and fired an endless stream of white energy at the ship, blowing them to dust.

"Not bad for a spoiled brat." Hibiki said, teasingly.

"Watch your mouth! I'm gonna get you."


After they reported to Magno what happened while they were on Alpha-1, both Rick and Erick were on their way to the café.

"Hey Rick. Tell me something."

"Yeah?"

"What happened to us? We shouldn't be coexisting with each other."

"I've been wondering about that as well."

Suddenly, they heard a voice,

"IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHO THE SLAYER OF GOD IS, THE DARK ONE MUST BE BANISHED."

"Who's there? Show yourself." Erick shouted.

"I AM RAH, THE RULER OF EDEN, THE FATHER OF ANTIOCH AND ALEXANDER, OR HIS MORTAL NAME KAY ELL."

Erick grinned.

"So you're his dad, eh? If you are so powerful, why you didn't stop that nutcase Antioch?"

"GODS CAN'T INTERFERE WITH FATE DIRECTLY. TO DO SO WILL BRING OUT A CATASTROPHIC RESULT."

Rick gave a nod.

"I see it, then. But how the two of us..."

"YES. IT'S TRUE THAT BOTH OF YOU ARE SHARING THE SAME EXISTENCE. BUT BY MY POWERS AND THE WILL OF ALEXANDER, I GAVE ERICK
HIS OWN BODY AND SOUL SO THAT HE COULD HELP YOU IN YOUR FIGHT AGAINST ANTIOCH."

There was a silence. After a while, Erick gave a shout.

"Hey! You're still there?"

"I think he's already gone. But he explained everything."

Erick gave a sigh and scratched his head.

"Yeah, guess so."


After checking his red Vanguard X, Erick was on his way out when he saw Barnette leaning against the wall as if she was waiting for him.

"Hey there. You're waiting for me?"

Barnette mumbled for an answer.

"I...uhh..."

Erick smiled. All this time, all she could see from Erick was his evil smile and burning looks in his eyes. But right now, she could feel that his smile is genuine and the looks in his eyes were softer despite his reddish eyes. Then, her heart started to pound as Erick closed in, looking at
her in the eyes.

"I heard from Rick that you have a crush on me. Is it true?"

"I...I..."

"Okay. How about this? If you really like me, kiss me on the lips. Otherwise, I'm outta here."

Barnette struggled to make up her mind. Erick smiled despite his frustration. He was about to walk away when Barnette suddenly pulled him close and kissed him deeply, on the lips. Erick was surprised for a few seconds. After a while, Barnette pulled away from him. Erick smiled teasingly.

"Ha. Got you, didn't I?"

Barnette touched her lips, shocked at what she has done.

"I...what have I done..?"

Erick let out a sigh.

"Come on, admit it. You really like me, don't you?"

Erick then kissed her on the lips but she didn't make any attempt to push him away. She wrapped her arms around him, knowing that she already fell for him.

(Yes, this is love. I truly love him...)


get me power
do it babe
love explosion for you baby
get me power
get me higher
new vibrations from me lady

get me power
do it babe
love explosion for you baby
get me power
get me higher
new emotions from me to you

Get Me Power by Mega NRG Man