Android Kikaider

Until The Dawn

Written by: Spike (who does not own Kikaider or its items but does own any original work)

Author's note: this is a one shot mixture of poetry and story-telling of the end of the Kikaider OVAs. It was believed that no one survived the blast of Professor Gil's last lab, save for the little boy, but there may be beliefs that he survived. He's now wondering the earth, fighting for his life - his good and evil hearts, to be more precise. This is a story of his torment and suffering. We'll start with a flashback of the last moments of the 4th OVA.

"With this last act, I will finally become human. But... the price I have to pay... is eternal torment!"

(Giant explosions spotted from the distance as Kikaider destroys the last of Professor Gil's brain and eradicates the lab.)

Chapter: The High Price of Humanity

Jiro stares down the long, winding creek over which he stands. The water echoed from the distance, as if calling his name. His echoed name was scattered to the breezes, and the echo was lost. Jiro watched a duck in the distance playing along with its children and wife. Jiro suddenly had this urge to strike them, but he felt another pang from inside his body, and the urge was gone.

::Damn... another feeling of hatred. But... I won't give in. I WON'T!::

For those completely ignorant to the series, Jiro is actually an android created by Dr. Comyoji. But this was no ordinary android - Comyoji had been working on a special circuitry system, which he dubbed GEMINI. It was, in a nutshell, a human heart and concious circuit that allowed Jiro to have feelings and emotion. Through the OVAs, however, the evil scientist that twisted Comyoji's work for his own pleasure, Professor Gil, discovered a new type of concious circuit - a dark heart, essentially. He installed one into each of Kikaider's brothers (Kikaider 01/Ichiro and Kikaider 00/Ray) and one into Kikaider himself. Though Ichiro and Ray gave into it, Kikaider fought against it, and ultimatly became stronger. He destroyed Gil and his brothers and the lab as well. That's all you have to know.

::I'll kill it! I won't... I will! I won't...::

"Arrggaaaah!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!"

Jiro was suddenly on the ground, knees slightly bruised from the point of impact, head grasped tightly in his hands, screaming for his life.

::What have I gotten myself into?::

This must've been a strange sight to see,

A man, yet not a man

Half human, half android

Sitting on the bridge of insanity,

Awaiting his death.

He will refuse to accept his fate

Yet also refuses his destiny.

There is no hope for a person such as this.

There is no way for fate to meet its date

If the man it must meet

Is still not ready.

Jiro was half-transformed by now. The left side of his body was human, but the other side was now a shiny metal red, with white casing revealing the insides of his body at some points along his body. At one point in his chest on the android side of his body, you could see and feel the evil heart pounding along, fighting against the good side. This torment was beyond Kikaider's hope, but that was his price to be human - let the hearts choose what kind of person he would be. As long as the hearts were in conflict, he could never be human. As soon as one heart prevailed, however, Kikaider would be gone, and the human Jiro would live on.

As long as they fight,

Neither one nor the other am I.

As long as both live,

I'm no better than anyone else.

My life so far

Full of nothing but hatred and burning passion.

My life so far...

Consists of nothing but pain and agony.

I have loved and lost,

Suffered and caused suffering.

Nothing can stop my own destiny,

Not even me...

"Hey, sonny... you OK?"

An old man traveling across the bridge stopped to check Jiro. The android part of his body had disappeared, leaving his human form to turn towards the man.

"I'm fine... thank you."

The old man smiled and waved, then continued on his way. Jiro returned to his own thoughts.

::I... can't stand it anymore. I MUST KILL THAT MAN!! No... I will not!::

Jiro's will simply lost control at that point. He transformed into his robot form and was caught half-heartedly at his choice - the duck or the old man. He couldn't decide which one to kill, so he returned again to human form.

::DAMN! I can't stand this anymore!::

Then, Kikaider thought of something very strange - a scene as though from one of his dreams, but almost real... there were people strewn all across a hard wooden floor, and Kikaider himself was standing over them, fires burning in his eyes and all around him. He proceeded into a new room, where more bodies were strewn, along with robot parts - and then he saw him. The man responsible for his madness - Gil. Kikaider prepared to strike him when he was awoken with a start. The old man he had seen on the bridge was staring up at him - up?

"Hey, there, young man, are you OK?"

Kikaider looked around. He was in the middle of a forest, a forest that looked strangely familiar. He looked up at the old man and smiled.

"I'm fine, sir, thank you."

::These hearts are driving me insane! KILL! I can't even think straight! KILL!::

Jiro bellowed an almighty scream that sent every bird in the vicinty flying away - it was dawn again.

::I must find a way to stop these hearts... KILL! No, don't kill! KILL!::

A/N: Ok, so it's not really one-shot. But it's a start. I'm working on more material, so work with this for now. Read and review! Cya laterz!

-Spike (Bright, shining hearts forever more - endlessly smile, for you are alive.)