Story of Kusanagi-Sama
War of the Gods

Chapter 9:
Revelations

Task Force 2 entered the next room, which was incredibly small. The room was a long corridor, leading down to a slightly larger, circular room. In the center of this room, were three circular tubes that went to the ceiling. Everything was coated with a fine coat of dust.
"Master D'Zuro, what can you see in the tubes?" asked Kumo quietly. Ga'an squinted slightly at the three tubes, his gray eyes glinting in the medium darkness. "I see," said Ga'an slowly, "three cold shapes inside the tubes."
So they weren't activated yet, thought Gii-Sha. That's a relief... Then Gii-Sha panicked. But what if they activate before we destroy them?! Then what'll we do?
"Okay," said Kumo, stepping into the circular room, along with Task Force 2. The walls were covered with various control panels and computer screens. These computer screens displayed several pictures of Warbot schematics and the like. Before the three tubes was a very large computer screen and control panel, both of which were active.
There was one thing on the computer screen that caught Kumo's eye. There was one window that was labeled 'Renaming Ceremony'. But he would look at that later; he had more pressing matters.
The frontside of the tubes were covered with a mirror-like substance. Kumo pressed a button on the side of the tube, and instantly, the entire front side began to lower. Kumo, Ga'an, and Mha all pulled out their swords, ready to destroy the Three Generals at first sight. The tube lowered... they saw three figures...
And as one they leapt at the Warbots inside the tubes, slicing their heads off without even breaking a sweat. "Well, that was easy," said Kumo. Shiitsu pointed at the tubes, saying, "A little too easy. Look." They did, and Kumo threw his sword to the ground in frustration.
The three capsules were empty, nothing but crucifix-shaped structures inside. The crucifixes were cut in half from Kumo, Ga'an and Mha's swings.
Kykoko mumbled, "There's only two possible explanations: either the Three Generals never existed..."
"Or they're already active," finished Gii-Sha.

It was mayhem outside the bunker. Warbot reinforcements showed up just moments after Task Force 2 entered the bunker, and even Murasaki was fighting for her life. Literally thousands of Warbots had shown up, and not just humanoid Warbots. They also brought with them Legged Tanks and Flying Donuts, the Warbot assault transports.
BEEP! BEEP!
"Commander Nyurinito! Come in, Commander!" came a voice over Murasaki's clover.
It was Kumo Kitsune. "Yes, Commander Kitsune?"
"Terrible news, Commander Nyurinito! The Three Generals are missing! They must already have been activated!" came Kumo's voice, and Murasaki's blood froze.
"Is this true?!" shouted Murasaki, clearly frightened of what this could mean.
"Yes!" said Kumo. "And it's worse! I think I know what the Three Generals look like!"
"You do?" asked Murasaki, slightly relieved. "Yeah! I just finished watching a 'Renaming Ceremony' that was saved on the computer, and Kajinagi- Sama renamed the Akutenshi Warbot Forces!"
"What did he rename them to?!" screamed Murasaki, desperate to get enough information from Kumo. He told her what the Akutenshi Warbot Forces were renamed to, and Murasaki was half-confused, half-shocked. But when she saw three completely unfamiliar Warbots slaughtering her forces, it suddenly all made sense to her.
"Thanks, Kumo! I'll warn Kusanagi-Sama of this new threat! Bye!" and Murasaki said to her clover after Kumo signed off, "All troops evacuate to the Sakaseyu!" Suddenly, Murasaki saw a Warbot missile strike the bunker where Task Force 2 was. When the smoke and fire cleared, the bunker was in ruins. Then, when she saw what was left of Task Force 1 run into a drop ship, which took off towards the Tenshi Warship, she made to contact Kusanagi. Murasaki hurriedly put a hand on her clover, and said, "Kusanagi-Sama, come in!"
Nothing but static answered her. "Damn it..." Murasaki's long- distance communication through her clover was jammed by Akutenshi scramblers. Fortunately, Murasaki was prepared in case something like this happened. She pulled out a little invention of hers. It was a clover-shaped communicator that was immune to Akutenshi communication disruptors. Murasaki set the frequency to Kusanagi's clover...

Kusanagi was sitting in her throne on Godenku, awaiting word from Murasaki. She was due to call by now. Was she held up? Did something, or someone, keep her from contacting Kusanagi?
"Kusanagi-Sama! Kusanagi-Sama!" came a voice from Kusanagi's pocket. Kusanagi recognized it as Murasaki's voice. Kusanagi pulled out her Clover Communicator from her pocket. Murasaki's image was on top of it, swinging her sword to block incoming blaster bolts.
What is it, Commander Nyurinito? asked Kusanagi. "I am evacuating all of my forces from Mazhyeri Fahnsi as we speak!"
What?! Why? asked Kusanagi. "Kumo found out that the Three Generals were already activated for some time now! And I just saw three very different Warbots slaughtering my Task Force!"
Did Commander Kitsune find out anything else? questioned Kusanagi. "Yes, he did! It turns out that Kajinagi renamed the Akutenshi Warbot Forces a few days ago! He renamed them to the--" Murasaki turned away from Kusanagi. "Wait, what's that?! No! For the love of Hajima, don't come near me with that thing! No! NOOO--!!!!" Kusanagi saw three samurai swords (one emerald-green, one sky-blue, and one silver) swing towards Murasaki simultaneously, then the image fizzled out and died, the audio replaced by static. And if anyone was in the room, they'd have seen an occurance so rare that Tenshi often lived their entire lives without seeing it: Kusanagi talking through her mouth.
"Commander Nyurinito! Come in!" Kusanagi shouted.

Next Time...
In Chapter 10:
Tenshi's Bane Unleashed...

...there were literally thousands of Warbots out there, mostly Troopers. The Commander was seen out there, completely repaired and looking like new. Among the Warbots were several dozen Akutenshi Warriors. The Warbots closed in on them, lasers pointed at the ruined bunker...

Stay Tuned...