Author's notes: now I ask myself: WHY IS THERE A CHAPTER 4?!?!?!?!?!? But anyway, it's already here, and I have to tie up the dangling loose ends... please enjoy this LAST (do you hear, shimo?) LAST CHAPTER!! Also, please review! thanks!!

Somebody Mysterious

By: shimo hyozan

Chapter 4

"okay. This is where RaRa will attack" Khan pointed to an area with a red pin on the map that was hung on the wall. "District 7. All the resident there have already been evacuated, save for some others"

"what others?" Kazuki said

"so that you all know, especially you, Kazuki. This is the district where mugenjou is placed"

"what?!?!?" Kazuki said in disbelief.

"mugenjou? Is that where the people with special powers and abilities live?" D said

"yep. And this is where you come in, Kazuki. Are you ready to fulfill your title as 'protector of mugenjou'?"

"you're the assigned protector of mugenjou?" Mitsuki Rara said

"yeah...wait! How'd you know?"

"Mitsuki told us" Mitsuki pointed at the commander's daughter

"oh....right. well...uh...commander! You were saying something?"

"yes. So, are you ready?"

"Yes, sir!"

"then what are you waiting for? Go! Go protect her!"

The female companions of Kazuki all glared at him.

"oh! don't mind that! It's just a joke! A joke! Ahehehe!!!" Kazuki said, smiling and laughing at them

"it better be" Mitsuki Sanada said as she walked towards the launch area. Her companions followed her.

"here they come" Mitsuki Sanada said. Kazuki looked forward. About a hundred robots emerged from the misty and cloudy air in front of them.

Then suddenly, they struck first, their arms reaching further towards Kazuki's side. The male core robot pilot reacted quickly, jumping upwards to avoid the arms that started tangling between the buildings. He heard his companions scream for help.

"KAZUKI!!!"

He looked down and saw the three other robots being crushed by the mass of arms and hands. He shot down on the arms and almost instantly his companions were set free.

"argh! Take this, RaRa!!!" Mitsuki Sanada said, as to grabbing her bazooka and shooting the tangle of arms. Her other companions followed suit, shooting at various directions. It helped greatly; at least the tangle was slowly decreasing. Of course, there were the robots left.

"Kazuki! Never mind this area!!! Go now and clear off the area around mugenjou!!!" the commander's voice spoke through the monitor screen inside of Genmu.

"but, commander! How about th—"

"NEVER MIND THEM! They can handle themselves!!! Go NOW! This is a DIRECT ORDER!!!" Khan shouted at Kazuki

"yes sir" Kazuki answered as he ran towards the direction of mugenjou.

"mugenjou...where are you again?" Kazuki said to himself as he weaved through the buildings.

"use your map, Kazuki-san" D said through the screen.

"thanks D!" Kazuki said and the screen clicked off. "okay..." He continued on as he looked at the map. A red blinking dot showed the position of mugenjou. He navigated around until he caught sight of the odd looking building once more.

As he came closer, he saw through the corner of his eye, something hurling towards the building in top speed. He ran quickly to beat the object to mugenjou. Once reaching the front of the building, he kicked the piece of scrap metal away. He turned around to look at mugenjou.

And he saw her

Kadsuki

Looking back at him

'I will protect you'

He faced the direction where the metal came from and he saw a shower of jagged pieces heading towards himself...and the building behind him.

"oh no...I guess I'd have to use the power punch" Kazuki said. He got into a stance before putting his right arm forward. He retracted it then immediately brought it forward. A huge shield formed in front of his fist then launched towards the flying debris. They immediately shattered to minute pieces that rained down, glistening with the sunlight available. Kazuki smiled to himself.

"Pathetic fools!!! We shall meet again next time!!!" Ayuko Rara shouted as she disappeared while hanging on to a piece of rope suspended from a helicopter that was flying away.

"hmph...we win. Good job everyone!" the commander's voice said, a hint of triumph evident in his voice.

"shall we head back now?" Mitsuki Rara said.

"yes" D replied

Kazuki looked back at the building he had just protected, to see Kadsuki gone. 'I am glad mugenjou is safe...' Kazuki thought as he went back to their base.

The next day

"Kazuki. Go to mugenjou now and observe it. I need you to report on its status. You may take Genmu now. it just finished being repaired so I expect ZERO damage, okay?" Khan told Kazuki.

"Yes, sir!" Kazuki said as to bowing before he left.

"geez...is this how it's going to be? RaRa REALLY won't give up...so I guess the war will still continue on..." Kazuki spoke to the nothingness around him. The people haven't been sent back to their homes and there were still a lot of damages to fix and the whole place to tidy up. It was early morning and the air was damp. Rays of sunlight peeked through the windows of various buildings.

As he trudged on the rough terrain beneath him, he saw a silhouette standing atop mugenjou. Kazuki slowly inched his way forward and started observing on the building's status. He kept his observations mentally but later on, decided to write it on a pad of paper that was lying carelessly on the cockpit. He scribbled down on the pad then threw it to the side once he was finished. Leaning a little bit forward to get a clear view on who the person was he saw the familiar looking brown hair dance to the morning breeze. He squinted his eyes and saw his friend, Kadsuki, accompanied by someone else...a guy.

"who is this? a friend of Kadsuki's?"

The guy was wearing blue pants and a white shirt with one-fourth of its left side colored in purple. It had a high collar and the bottom edges were jaggedly designed. He wore light purple tinted shades that covered the upper part of his face. He also had brown hair that fell down to a few inches above his shoulder. He was hugging Kadsuki, who was leaning in front of him. She wore her pink kimono again.

'I have to go now...I hope you're happy and safe, Kadsuki Fuuchoin of the strings...till we meet again...' Kazuki thought as he turned around and started walking towards the base.

He sensed the sudden movement.

Looking up, he saw the gray robot move away.

"Who is that?" the man said as to slowly releasing his grip on his maiden. He stepped forward and grabbed a couple of his needles. "so you're back, huh? Well...let me show you my power..." he threw his needles at the retreating figure. When he was about to throw a second batch, a hand held his arm, preventing him from doing so. He looked down and was faced by a pair of chocolate brown eyes.

"Kadsuki..."

"Juubei...please stop. That robot is our ally. Please don't hurt him." Kadsuki pleaded.

"oh...alright" Juubei said as he kept his needles. He took Kadsuki's hand and brought it to touch his cheek. "I'm sorry. I was just doing my responsibility as your protector. You well know that I was born to protect you"

"yes, Juubei. I know..." she kissed him lightly on the lips. She drew back immediately.

"shall we go in now?" Juubei said as he wrapped an arm around Kadsuki's waist.

"sure" Kadsuki replied as to being led inside their home.

"I can't believe I have another damage...I sure hope it's just a minor, minor damage." Kazuki said as he piloted Genmu inside the hangar. He got off and inspected the damage that was done on the left shoulder. He saw three shimmering points that he reached for. Examining what now lay on his hand, he gazed at it.

Three metal needles, about half a foot in length. The coolness of the metal sent shivers across his palm.

Then it hit him...the significance of it...and the damages that he received from two people living in mugenjou.

"strings...and needles..." Kazuki said, as to looking straight. "...what a perfect combination..."

He remembered how he saw Juubei holding Kadsuki...so protectively...so lovingly...he remembered how he felt the needles damage him...with anger etched in them. Those events played back in his mind. So fresh...so real...so vivid...

He smiled to himself...realizing something.

"He must be the protector of Kadsuki...all I can say is...he is one lucky guy..." Kazuki said as he let the needles drop to the floor.

"even so...I will still protect mugenjou...still protect her even though she already has an assigned protector over her. I will not deny to myself that I did love the girl who has the same name as I do. I will never forget the memories of her, the way she smiled, the tone of her voice, the manner in speaking. Overall, I will never forget the wholeness of her" he bent down and picked up the needles.

"I will never forget that once mysterious somebody who I fell for"

Author's notes: how do you like it? keep in mind that this is my first crossover fic...so there...um...there's a button on the lower left of the window that says : "submit review". I wonder what it does? But pressing it will make me happy...hearing comments on my writing sort of makes me happy...so make a person happy! teehee...