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AN: Sorry for the delay!
Episode 10: Evildoers Beware!
"And now for you..." Growled Green Blade.
Metin was still coughing as he tried to get far away from the rampaging Stinger. He found himself cornered against a pile of wood debris. He looked at the fire on the other side of the battlefield, it was getting awefully closed to that building and here he was, about to be made into mince-meat by crazy Naga. What a way to end a breeder's career. Everything seamed to happened in slow motion: the cruel smirk on Green Blade's reptilian face, the descent of the clawed end, the cries of Kanar, Darkalon and even Chiroh. Metin shut his eyes and prepared himself for the horrendous pain.
The pain never came, only the sound of an impact, a cry of pain from the Stinger and the feeling of heat nearby. Finally the boy opened his eyes to see that Green Blade had backed away, burnt mark on his face, and there was someone standing in front of him, another monster.
"Do not fear citizen! I will protect you from this malevolant menace!" Said the almost completly white Antlan, his Fire Punch attack dieing down as he spoke.
It was an Antlan allright, all white with golden horns and firey orange eyes. The young breeder knew that specie, he had even trained one in the first Monster Rancher Advance, it was a Moon Light, a special Antlan. The other three seamed as surprised as Metin, especially considering there was no breeder around and nobody had seen him arrive.
"HELP! THE FIRE!" Called the woman in the building.
Green Blade seamed enraged, growling menacingly and glaring at the white Antlan. "YOU!... YOU!!! I'M GONNA CRUSH YOU LIKE THE BUG YOU ARE!" Roared Green Blade, swiping madly at the Moon Light.
The white monster reacted swiftly and leaped above the clawed hand. While in the air he opened his arm wide as his body started glowing. A volley of meteor struck the Stinger and his surrounding, forcing him to back away.
"Hurry! Go save the maiden and her innocent child!" Called the Moon Light as he landed and looked back at Metin, who had finally stopped coughing, before he jumped to the side to avoid a cloud of poisonous gas.
The boy was confused for a second before nodding "Right! Kanar!" The two then took off across the battlefield.
"Get back here!" Growled Green Blade turning toward the human.
"I am your opponent you villainous fiend!" Declared the Moon Light with his heroic voice, unleashing a vicious punch rush on the Stinger's lower torso.
Green Blade took many hits before he managed to swat the white Antlan with a slap of his large hand, tossing the heroic monster like a rag doll. The mad monster didn't wait until his opponent recovered and littery threw himself at him, launging through the air claws first and his fangs bare. Half way through his flight he was hit by a dark mass, another fire punch leaving it's mark on his green scales as he was sent flying to the ground and rolling into a pile of debris he had made.
"Forgot about me" Asked Darkalon, swiftly landing.
"Not bad at all, Junior." Said the mysterious Antlan as he was getting up.
"You're not bad yourself, Old Timer."
Metin and Kanar broke through the door of the house and led the woman and her child toward a side street for a safe retreat, the Kokkung keeping his eyes on the battle while walking forward. Metin took time to notice his monster wasn't simply backing away, he had turned his head part backward. Duckens were truly BIZARRE creatures, even by Monster Rancher standards.
Darkalon charged with a fire punch, but the Stinger tried to stab him. The heroic Phantom dodged the attack but his own couldn't connect, barely grazing the Naga's side. The unknown Moon Light tried to attack as well, but Green Blade's tail shot forward and barely missed it's target, breaking the flat rocks used as pavement. In a quick turnaround, the Stinger struck Darkalon with his tail, sending him crashing into one of the few stands he hadn't demolished.
"DARKALON!" Called out Chiroh, rushing to his monster's side.
That's when Metin and Kanar rushed back to the scene, having escorted the woman and her child out of the area, the Kokkung was eager to return to battle. He let loose a series of missiles, but Green Blade swat them away with his powerful clawed hands like they were nothing, sending them harmlessly hit the ground. The Naga had the Moon Light on one side and the foolish Kokkung on the other. He turned to the mysterious Antlan and fired a poisounous gas cloud before turning towards Kanar and charging. Metin was terrified as the Naga leapt in the air, claws ready to crush his Monster. Kanar tried to leap backward but Green Blade had anticipated and suddenly his tail lashed like a whip and stabbed Kanar's middle section, sending it flying into Metin, before he swat the rest of the modular Monster, sending both Breeder and Monster into a pile of wood.
"Does your evil knows no end you Dark Claw scum" Questionned the white Antlan as the cloud of poison gas was dissipated from within by what seamed like a whirlwind.
The Moon Light appeared, the blades that all Antlans posess in there forearms were fully extended, reflecting the sunlight brightly on their golden surfaces.
"Many times in the past have I tried to bring you back to the right side, without success. And now, I've had enough, you shall face my judgement at the tip of my own blades, Green Blade!" He boldly declared, pointing his opponent with his golden weapon.
"Try if you can! I'm not affraid of you!" Growled Green Blade.
Chiroh had managed to dig out Darkalon who weakly opened his eyes.
"Darkalon, how do you feel" Asked the boy, concern appearing on his usually emotionless eyes.
"Fine... nothing...broken... where's... the Old Timer" Asked the Phantom.
"I think the battle's about to end." Commented Chiroh.
Meanwhile Metin, groaning in pain, was coming out of the debris and brought Kanar's pieces together. The poor Kokkung had a large dent on his mid section, right were Green Blade's sharp tail had stabbed. Luckily, his TufArmor and the face that his body could break apart had absorbed most of the energy of the impact, but it still did some damage.
"Kanar! Kanar! Wake up!" Pleaded the boy.
"Not now...five more... minutes." Complained the Ducken.
"This is not the time!" Replied the breeder, looking at the Antlan and Naga, ready to finish the battle.
"WHIRLWIND!" Called the white Monster, spinning madly and sending spinning gusts of wind toward his opponent.
Green Blade shielded his face with his hand and tried to hold his ground as he was pushed a few inches away by the wind attack. Suddenly the Antlan stopped spinning and leaped in the air, crossing his arm over his chest. As he was up in the air his blades suddenly erupted with electricity.
"LIGHTENING!" Shouted the Moon Light, uncrossing his arms and sending the collected eletricity hitting the Naga who was pushed a few more inches away by the blunt of the attack.
"AAAAAAAAAH! NO! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!" Roared Green Blade as electricity coursed his body as his white foe landed in front of him.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" He screeched before a blinding explosion occured.
"Justice will always triumph." Stated the Moon Light, standing up and retracting his blades as the smoke cleared out.
The two monster and two breeder gasped when they realised that all that was left of Green Blade was a tablet laying on the ravaged ground. Metin noticed the tablet was cracked all over.
"I wish he could have seen the errors of his ways before I had to resort to this. Now, he will not be able to harm anyone... Ever again. Go and get yourself healed citizens, you were of great help in this battle, now I must bid you farewell and continue my crusade against the dark forces!" Declared the mysterious Monster, before he threw a smoke bomb and dissapeared.
Metin was the first to speak, asking what everybody was wondering "Who was that Moon Light"
"He was...so...COOL!" Commented Darkalon, more to himself than his breeder.
"METIN! KANAR! ARE YOU ALLRIGHT" Suddenly called the familiar voice of Holly.
Holly, Mei and a group of people and Monster came running to the scene.
"What happened here" Asked a tall man that was dressed into what vaguely ressembled a police uniform.
"It's a long... ow...story." Simply said Metin as he got up from the ground.
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Later that day, after a trip to the hospital for a check up, and some explanation, the little gang had gone home. Chiroh and Darkalon had left without as much as a good bye, wich had angered Metin, but now he was eating a delicious dinner in his ranch and decided to forget about the gloom Breeder.
"You should have seen that Moon Light fight, it was so cool, at first he didn't seam much stronger than Darkalon was, but then he went all out on the guy and finished him off with style!" Said Kanar, jumping up and down on his chair, his pieces making loud noises has they slammed back in place with each bounce.
"But he killed that Stinger..." Commented Holly, with a tone of sadness in her voice.
"I know... I didn't like seeing that... I hope I never see it again." Added Metin, feeling a bit down again. "But that Antlan sure was something."
"Bah, that Stinger got what he deserved, he was looking for trouble and that's what he found." Declared Kanar, crossing him arm.
"How can you be so cold blooded" Asked Mei.
"I've got a heart of steel." Answered the Kokkung, shrugging.
"I'd like to find out that Antlan's name tough... ever heard of a Monster like him Holly" Asked the boy, turning to the older girl.
"Hey, I'm as new as you around here, but I do know that Antlan often have a strong sense of justice and honor, and that they are often seen hunting down criminals and wrongdoers even after retirement, it's known as the 'Antlan Vigilante Syndrome', and it sounds like this Moon Light got it big time. Maybe Aroma knows more about him. We shouldn't bother about that for now, don't forget you got an AGIMA Official tournament in as little as 12 days!" Explained Holly.
"Yikes! You're right! " Gasped the boy, checking the calandar of his Mon Unit."Tomorow will take it slow with some basic INT training." He proposed.
"But then we go back to YOUR special training...right"Inquired Kanar, a mischiefous glint in his eyes.
Metin sweatdropped, not liking the fact that his Monster liked to attack him, even tough it was their best bet to become stronger. "Su...sure." He finally answered.
To Be Continued...
AN: I had a sudden rush of inspiration for this chapter and I finished the last half of it in a few hours! I hope you like it, and once again I'm sorry for the delay.