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Chap. 9
"Why are you here, boy?"
Ky narrowed his eyes as Sol said that, however the third guy decided now to cut in.
"Now we don't have to fight each other now, right? You can fight him another time, Sol."
Sol simply shrugged as Ky addressed him, "What brings you here, Axl?"
The British-capped man grinned, "Not much. But I'm guessing it's the same as you. And if that's the case, then 'he' might be here as well."
Ky's face became even darker. "I see."
Ky knew exactly who he was talking about. That 'Man' had been at every scene of major gear activity. But he never openly revealed himself and when he was discovered, he would disappear, leaving behind messages, some of them cryptic. Ky had met him once and that was possibly worse than his meeting with Justice.
Flashback
Holy Knight Ky Kiske. We meet at last.
You're him, aren't you? The man that created the gears.
I am he.
Then it is my duty to take you into custody.
I'm afraid that is impossible. I am still serving my own sentence.
Huh?
Gears were created to give something to mankind. What it is, I can no longer say. But the end results were never my intent.
Nevertheless, I can't let you go. Surrender to me.
Gears have now become something far more different. Perhaps it is my own hope within the sins I have committed, but they are now no longer children of man.
No longer....children of man?
But your true quarry hides elsewhere. They will take time for you to find. In such a time, I will see if I am to be judged by man or God.
All are judged by God's will.
Heh, you remind me very much of him. Of myself too, actually. Let us hope you learn well from my errors. He has to deal with it as well.
He?
The one you call Sol. He was much like you once.
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Ky looked over at Sol. There was no way that Ky could even fathom Sol being like him at any time. His personality is just the opposite. And what did he mean by those other words about gear no longer being the children of man? Was he suggesting that they were children of God? That brought his thought back to Dizzy. It's strange, but perhaps...what he said was true. It wasn't hard to image her as one of God creations. In fact, it was hard to believe otherwise now. Ky shook his head. She continues to inhabit my thoughts, even now. It was plainly obvious to him that he missed her a lot. But he couldn't think about that right now. Despite the feelings and emotions beginning to surge through him, he had to stay focus on the task.
"So what happened to you?"
Ky blinked when he realized that Axl was asking him something. "Huh? What do you mean?"
Axl hopped off the tree he was sitting on, "The way you're holding yourself. It's like you're hurt." This elicited Sol to turn his head slightly as Axl continued to ask, "What happened to you?"
Ky was about to answer, but the red-garbed bounty hunter beat him to it, "Holy boy got careless, didn't you?"
Ky growled lowly and was about to snap back when he realized. That wasn't a comment. That was a question. That means he doesn't know about... Somehow though, Ky gave a half-smirk. It wasn't often that he was a step ahead of the rouge bounty hunter. I'm not sure whether to laugh or grieve. Of course, he did neither but still. Perhaps he can think on it later, provided he lived that long. But right now, they should know what they are up against. He was about to speak when he felt a rush of wind. To a normal person, that's all it was; wind. However, all three fighters knew better. Someone was there.
Sol grumbled, "Come out, you sneak."
Ky looked at him, confused. He turned toward to direction Sol was looking and saw nothing. Yet he knew there was something there. A form began to materialize out of the shadow and a red curved blade glistened in the air.
"You."
The dark gear Testament gave no notice to the other two warriors. His gaze was fixed solely on the blond-haired knight.
"Omae no korosu!"
AN: Yeah, I know. It's short. But it's the best I could do for the moment without giving away too much.