Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com

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DragonTek (Part III: The Vengeance Saga)

Chapter 35 – Hatred Blooming

"Do you expect me to believe such an idiotic story?"

"General Dodge, please listen to me. You have to believe us," Milly begged as she spoke to the new head of the Allied Military. She had established communication in hopes that the military would help in evacuating the cities around the world. "The spore plants will strike soon, anytime now. If people are still present, they'll just get attacked and swallowed by the plants."

"Plants swallowing people? Like huge Venus human traps?" Dodge laughed. "Stop wasting my time. The military has a lot to do, and I don't want to blow resources on such lunacy. We'd analyzed the plants thoroughly in our labs, and it's obvious that the plants are merely a food source for the Radam."

"But, General, that's what we thought too, but they are nothing of the sort…"

"This matter is closed. Good-bye," he scowled as he ended the transmission. Milly slammed the console with her fist and gritted her teeth. First, Aki had acted officiously, and now Dodge was being extremely unreasonable. Didn't anybody take her seriously? Didn't the military care what would happen?

'Even the late General Galt was more sensible…'

"Okaasan!" Kenshin yelled as he burst through the front door of his house. "Nio!"

The boy desperately searched the residence for any sign of his remaining family members. Going into the basement, he overturned boxes and emptied closets, praying that his little sister had been hiding in them. He opened up refrigerators and crates, but nobody was there. Kenshin raced upstairs and searched through all of the rooms, calling out for them. Again, he did not find a trace of his mother or sister.

"They aren't in there," a raspy voice called from outside.

'That voice… from the backyard…' he thought, bursting through the patio door. What he saw made him freeze in dread. Out from behind four small juniper bushes, he saw a hand – a hand coated with blood. Kenshin felt weak as he walked slowly towards it, and he almost vomited upon seeing his mother's dead body. He fell to his knees as tears burst out of his eyes; he could not bear the sight of his mother with a hole torn through her abdomen. Her eyes were still open, desperately looking towards the sky, and her entire body was caked with dried blood. Kenshin touched her cold face, tears spilling onto her pale skin.

"Tekkaman Blood…" he choked, the lump in his throat too tight. He raised his fists and slammed them repeatedly into the ground. He did not even want to think about what could have happened to Nio.

"The Radam have destroyed my family… the Radam have destroyed my family…"

"No, I have destroyed your family," Alena said calmly as she leaned against the fence nearby.

"Alena," Kenshin gritted his teeth as he turned to face his cousin. "Why, Alena… WHY?"

"I was ordered to by Bezel-sama, and I simply carried out my commands," she replied with a thin smile. "But I do admit I have a personal stake in this. I hate Saiya-jin, especially those that breed them."

"I should have taken your life when I had the chance," he rasped.

"But your sense of humanity stopped you, didn't it?" she shot back. "It's that same humanity you treasure that will now get you killed."

"You murdered my whole family; how could you even kill my sister?" he demanded tearfully.

"Your sister…" Alena smiled to herself. "Oh, you should have heard her screaming! Now, that was quite a treat in itself. But your mother; she was begging so hard for me to spare—"

"Shut the fuck up!" Kenshin screamed with tears. "I don't want to hear your shit anymore!"

"Then get ready to die, you pitiful bastard," she snarled as she unsheathed Kotukari. Kenshin's eyes widened as he saw its precise craftsmanship. It truly was a deadly sword, held by a vicious demon.

"Where did you get that from?" he demanded, trying to subdue his tears.

"Let's just say a few people had to die in order for me to secure it," she smiled in return. "How fitting it would be for me to kill you with it… to kill you with such a marvelous weapon. It would end your existence right here next to the woman who had so lovingly gifted you with life… that utter waste."

"You bitch!" Kenshin yelled as he felt the power surge through his body. Slowly, his biceps bulged and tightened. His quadriceps expanded, and his calves strengthened. Alena watched in scorn as he roared a battle cry; the ground around his feet exploded as the golden aura of the Super Saiya-jin enveloped his figure. His eyes turned from their normal color to the typical sea green, which then turned to a piercing yellow. She saw the veins pop out on his arms and his hair form in tight golden spikes. The aura burned around him as he glowered at her; the heat from his energy evaporated the tears spilling from his eyes.

Alena watched curiously as Kenshin unsheathed and gripped his katana with his left hand. He crouched in a side-stance with his right foot extended forwards towards her. He raised his left hand next to his head and pointed the sword upside down and downwards in her direction. The golden aura continued to shroud him as he used the fingers on his extended right hand to position the acute tip of the katana.

'Feel death by Miburo's Wolf,' Kenshin whispered in his mind. 'Gatotsu, first stance.'

Without wasting another second, he sprung towards Alena with the deadly attack.

"No!" a man yelled before his chest was split open by Scimitar's blade. Scimitar chuckled as he grabbed the victim's body and threw it into the window of a nearby store. Both Tekkamen continued to wreak havoc on the city as they broke through buildings, terrorizing those that had fled indoors.

"That wasn't nice," Masamune chided his comrade in a stern voice.

"Have you even killed one person yet?" Scimitar asked.

"No, I don't need to. You're causing more deaths than you should be."

"Like I care; there's plenty of people left in this world to convert into Tekkamen," Scimitar reasoned. "Taking a few lives over here isn't really going to hurt in the big picture."

"Do whatever you…" Masamune stopped as he turned his head. In the distance, two objects were approaching with rapid velocity. He got the attention of Scimitar, who also looked in the same direction.

"They're finally here," Scimitar chuckled. "Took 'em fucking long enough."

"At last, we can focus on real targets," Masamune sighed. "And perhaps have a real challenge."

"Welcome, Tekkaman Blade, Tekkaman Rapier," Masamune greeted as he pointed his weapon.

"Why were you hurting these people?" Rapier demanded.

"To fish you fuckers out, naturally," Scimitar chuckled. "It shouldn't be a surprise that we were sent here to kill you. It'll suck that you dip-shits won't live to see the plants swallow up your friends."

"I won't die that easily," Blade shot back. "I can't say the same for you, however."

"Yeah?" Scimitar sneered as he took a swipe towards Takaya, who blocked the attack with his lance and flew backwards several meters. Blade removed the two sharply angled boomerangs from the tip of his lance and fired them at his opponent, who ducked out of harm's way and knocked them towards the ground. Masamune watched the battle quietly, for he refused to engage with Rapier just yet.

"Brother, be careful," she whispered to herself as she watched the ongoing battle.

Scimitar came from above and swung his scimitar down at Blade, who dodged out of the way and drilled his lance into an unarmored notch in Scimitar's leg. The Radam chuckled upon seeing a thin trail of blood seep out of the wound; the attack had only achieved superficial damage. Blade staggered back in surprise but came in for another attack, thrusting his lance towards Scimitar's head. His opponent avoided the lance and swung his sword at Blade's hand. Takaya moved his hand out of the way, but Scimitar's weapon hit his weapon with great impact, causing him to lose a firm grip on its handle.

"DIE!" Scimitar yelled as he swung towards Takaya's neck.

'Shit!' Takaya thought as he saw the weapon approach. Scimitar was too close to him; there was no way he would be able to block the attack.

"Damn!" Alena cursed to herself as she just barely avoided Kenshin's attack. It was an offensive tactic he hadn't practiced much, and he could not stop himself before crashing into and destroying the fence Alena had been leaning upon. He had used too much momentum, and now his back lay exposed as Alena swung Kotukari towards his lumbar vertebrae. Kenshin raised his blade over his shoulder and thrust it downwards behind his back, parrying her strike. The boy turned around quickly and faced his cousin.

"That was a sweet block," Alena smiled. "But I must say, I am quite at a disadvantage. After all, you are a Super Saiya-jin, and I'm not. The difference between our fighting abilities is clear."

'She's right, but she was able to dodge my attack regardless,' Kenshin thought.

"So, I'm going to zero that difference," she said, narrowing her eyes.

"What!" he said as he felt her power level escalate at a tremendous rate. Her muscles didn't bulge, but her hair turned golden. It became slightly spikier, but otherwise it retained its normal appearance. Her eyes turned from their normal color to a light purple, and a golden aura flared around her. Alena grinned.

"Alena… a Super Saiya-jin?" Kenshin asked himself, noticing her point Kotukari at him.

"Yes, a Super Saiya-jin," she answered. "What, did you think it was impossible for a girl?"

"You couldn't do it before," he shot back.

"You couldn't either until I killed that poor bastard you called your father," she sneered. Kenshin's aura exploded, and he took a powerful swing. She parried, and the two seethed as their blades locked together. Alena pushed forward, but Kenshin dropped to his knees and took a swipe at her legs.

"Bastard!" Alena screamed as she retreated several meters and looked down. There were two superficial cuts across both thighs, and trickles of her blood seeped out of the incisions. Kenshin continued to glower at his cousin, who returned the same expression. Neither moved as they continued to glare.

"Do Ryu Sen!" Kenshin yelled as he whipped the ground below with his sword, sending dozens of aura charged dirt blocks towards the girl. Alena jumped about ten meters into the air, avoiding the attack, but several of the blocks hit her and gave her small welts on her legs. Kenshin bolted upwards towards his cousin, aiming his katana vertically. Alena moved to the side, dropped down, and swung Kotukari, blocking his attack mid-way. She smiled, realizing that Kenshin couldn't see her left hand from the position they were in. Without wasting a second, she spun around and delivered a small but powerful energy blast at Kenshin, who staggered back and howled in pain.

"I never knew my cousin would be such a dolt," Alena spat. "You're still bandaged and hurting from the time Spear wrecked you. Trying to attack me when you're not a hundred percent will do you in."

Kenshin growled, knowing he hadn't fully recovered. Every move he did stretched and hurt his burns. If he didn't finish off this fight quickly, they would blister and reopen. In other words, his body would give out.

'Almost there,' thought Shinjo as he approached his target. The man shuddered as he flew; the air around him was rather cool, albeit the fact that summer had approached. Shinjo carefully noted the blips appearing on his scouter; the Dragonball was coming up very close and very soon.

Miyuki screamed as she saw Scimitar's weapon approach Blade's throat. Before the attack could connect, Blade blasted backwards by a meter and quickly opened the blaster cannons on his shoulders. Scimitar gasped, but it was too late; he was too far into the attack with too much momentum. He roared as he was knocked backward by Blade's weakly powered Voltekker blast. Both Tekkamen breathed heavily as they recovered from the attack. Blade had never had to release one so quickly, and he was panting.

"No more fucking freebies for you…" Scimitar managed to sneer.

"I have to hand it to you, Blade," Masamune said. "That was a great counter."

"Thanks," Blade nodded.

"But now that I've seen your move, I'll be able to anticipate it," Masamune replied as he gripped his deadly sword. "I'm sorry Blade, you seem like a good fighter. But I'll be the one to finish you off."

In an instant, Masamune charged towards Blade, unready to fight. Masamune swung down, and Blade blocked with the sharp end of his lance. As they fought, Scimitar began to race towards Rapier.

"Time for you to feel some shit, you little bitch!" Scimitar shouted as he raised his sword above his head and hurled it at Miyuki. The weapon spiraled towards her, but she jumped out of the way. Rapier looked below her and saw the weapon dig itself deeply into the ground. Holding in her right hand a thick but short sword, which had a nylon-like whip attached to its tip, Miyuki prepared herself. Her left hand, still badly injured and broken, remained immobilized. Scimitar retrieved his weapon and flew up towards her. Just as he reached, Rapier shot out her whip, which then wrapped itself around Scimitar's weapon.

"Oh shit…" Scimitar groaned as Miyuki tugged hard at her whip, pulling the weapon out of his hand. She flew down towards him and slashed him across the chest with her sword, but his armor only received a small scratch. Without warning, Scimitar lit an area of his abdomen and fired a brown, crystal-colored Voltekker blast of his own towards the girl.

"No!" Miyuki screamed as she was knocked backwards and crashed into the ground fifty feet below. Scimitar retrieved his weapon and swooped down directly towards her, ready for the kill.

"I'm going to fuck you up real good this time," Scimitar sneered.

"Miyuki!" yelled Blade, turning towards his sister. It was a big mistake, for Masamune took the opportunity to slash his opponent across the back. Blade roared in pain as blood oozed from his wound. His armor truly had protected him; the cut was only skin-deep.

"You should always pay attention to your opponent," Masamune chuckled.

On the ground, Miyuki lay hurt from the attack. She had used much of her strength in attacking Scimitar, who approached closer and closer. As she tried to get up, she was overcome with sudden weakness, and soon her body was enveloped in pain. There could be only one explanation.

'The Radam fail-safe system… my time is nearing, and my body is weakening.'

"Bitch!" Scimitar roared as he came in for the kill.

'Blade, help me…' she pleaded, but her brother could not escape his own battle with Masamune.

Their weapons continued to clash violently and viciously. Alena took another swing at her cousin, who again blocked her attack with skill. Kenshin, breathing heavily, thrust his sword horizontally towards her, but she raised herself by several feet and slashed down on his exposed blade. They both were beginning to tire as their fight persisted, but Alena was clearly getting the upper hand.

"Idiot, still fighting with all those injuries," she spit.

"They're nothing," Kenshin returned. Both paused to catch their breaths as their golden aura expanded and collided; an explosion of wind ensued as they continued to glare at each other. They now were fighting above the waters of the Pacific Ocean bordering Japan. Kenshin had led her there in order to prevent Japanese citizens from getting injured as a result of their fighting.

"I can beat you without even transforming," Alena said as she split her image into ten duplicates. Kenshin winced as he saw ten identical forms of Alena surrounding him, all behaving identically. They suddenly rotated in turn with untraceable speed, and Kenshin soon lost track of the real Alena. Her images laughed at him as he cautiously tried to examine them.

"You'll never find the real me," they chanted in unison. "If you keep using your eyes to see."

"Gotcha!" they said as Kenshin shut his eyelids. He swung violently around him, but his blade did not connect with anything. As he opened his eyes, he saw Alena standing right next to him with her hand directly in front of his chest. He helplessly watched in horror as she let out a terribly powerful chi blast.

"NO!" Kenshin shrieked in pain as the blast enveloped and fried his body. With her free hand, Alena smashed her fist into his face, sending him plummeting hundreds of feet towards the water below. The impact of hitting the water knocked him unconscious, and a gigantic splash ensued, preventing Alena from seeing him sink into the depths of the sea. She waited for him to resurface, but he did no such thing.

"You can't get away from me," Alena sneered as she dove into the water below, searching for a trace of him, but there was none. She continued to investigate but failed to find her cousin anywhere.

"Amazing how water can sustain us… and destroy us," she snorted. "Farewell… Kenshin."

Satisfied, Alena wiped the water off of her soaked body. She sheathed her sword and headed back to Kenshin's house, where she had deactivated and left Giru. Activating the small robot, she examined her options and decided her next destination.

'Two more Dragonballs to go,' she thought as she flew towards the two-star ball.