Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com

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DragonTek (Part IV: The Justice Saga)

Chapter 41 - The Hitokiri Awakens

"God damn it, I died again," Kengo said with an annoyed voice, shaking the GameBoy.

"Kengo, be more careful with that!" Satoru yelled. "It's delicate!"

"Well, I've had enough fun for now. Zelda will always be a classic," Kengo muttered as he turned around and walked towards the next room. Before he went through the door, he paused and tossed the GameBoy over his shoulder. Satoru yelped as he dove towards the gaming device, catching it just before it crashed on the floor. He breathed a sigh of relief as he stood up, turning the game back on.

"You need to grow up," Mieko sighed. "You're twenty one years old, for goodness sake."

"Bite me," said Satoru as he turned his full attention back towards the game. Mieko stood up and shook her head in disapproval. Looking at Kengo, she shrugged her shoulders, wondering how this boy was chosen to be a crewmember of the Argos. It seemed that all he was good at was wasting time.

"My love, why stay out there?" Kengo smiled, holding out his hand. "Please come to bed."

"I thought you would never ask," she joked, passing by an absorbed Satoru. Frowning at him, she turned towards her man and placed her hand on his. Kengo placed his arm around her waist and brought her closer to him. Mieko's face relaxed as she felt his grip, and she leaned her head on his shoulder. Their romantic moment was soon rudely interrupted by a very obnoxious individual.

"Mieko! You forgot to save my game!" Satoru barked. "You lousy bitch…"

His words were cut short as a small ninja star slammed into the gaming device, shattering it.

"Don't you ever call me that again," she warned in a sharp tone before entering the bedroom. Satoru threw the remains of the device on the ground in frustration and turned towards the young woman. However, the couple had already entered the room and had closed the door behind them.

"Fucking hell, now I have to go back down and get another one," he said, pulling out his brown Tek-Crystal. "Stupid woman fucked up my game…"

'Am I a murderer? … Have I gone insane? … Why did I hurt her?'

These questions haunted his mind as he flew over the ocean, headed for the Space Knight's secondary facility. He was definitely still injured; he had bandages and burns over his body from his fight with Alena. Even though Shura had attempted to comfort him with her words, he felt so lost. He needed somebody to talk to, somebody to confide in. He wanted to pour his heart out to Miyuki.

"Miyuki… please help me," Kenshin whispered as he continued to fly over the ocean waters that passed closely below.

'I shouldn't have thought that you would die so easily, Kenshin,' thought Blood, perched on a segment of the Orbital Ring. 'I will find you, cousin, and this time, I will make sure that you are dead.'

Her thoughts were distracted as she saw the figure of Tekkaman Scimitar fly by her towards the surface below. She watched him carefully; a crystal-brown aura followed him and marked his trail. Blood chuckled to herself as she resumed her vigil.

'Tekkaman Scimitar – I hear he's quite a character,' she thought.

'This trip is such a pain in the ass,' Scimitar thought as he broke through the atmosphere. He realized that he was over the Pacific Ocean and that he had to go towards Japan in order to get his next toy. However, a flying object distracted him as he began his flight. Looking down, he saw a bluish colored craft head southwest towards the island continent of Australia.

'I remember that ship,' he thought. 'They were with Blade and those bitches Saki and Rapier. Sorry, Zelda… you'll just have to wait.'

"Takaya, I'm sorry to have to make you come with us," Aki said to the man sitting silently in his chair. Ever since they had left their base, Takaya had not uttered a word. His thoughts were completely with his sister, and he did not want leave her side. Leaving Miyuki for picking up Shinjo was ludicrous in his mind, but he did owe Shinjo for saving both Aki and his sister during their trek through the forest.

"It's alright; let's just do this quickly," he muttered in response. Aki looked down at the floor in front of him; she had asked him to come just in case they were to be attacked on the way. The others in the ship – Noal and Saki, also sat relatively quietly. Other than giving orders during the piloting of the craft, Noal didn't say much. Saki sat anxiously, eager to see her brother once again. Aki tried to break the awkward silence with some conversation.

"Saki, I never understood how you and Shinjo got involved in all of this," Aki started. "The first time I saw you two was when you tried to save Miyuki from her brothers…"

Aki suddenly closed her mouth, realizing her mistake. Turning towards Takaya, she saw him close his eyes and cross his arms. She hadn't meant to bring back that memory of when he was fighting for the Radam side. Saki, slightly surprised at the question, turned her head towards Aki to answer.

"Shinjo, I, and the rest of the team were on Earth. On the day I met you, I saw Miyuki flying above. I followed her and began to fight those that were attacking her, but I lost badly," she answered, sounding disappointed in herself. "I should have been able to fight them."

"You should be proud that you could fight like the way you did. Where did you learn it from?"

"Shinjo taught me how to fight. I don't know where he learned how to fight like that though," she replied proudly of her foster-brother. "He's great at chi control."

"You said earlier that you and the 'rest of the team were on Earth.' Are you telling me that you're not from this planet?" Noal asked sharply. "And what were you looking for that you needed a team?"

"We came from Jupiter's moon, Io," Saki replied carefully. "When we learned of the invasion of the Earth, we came as fast as we could."

"I see. I remember reading about a group of people years ago who had colonized there," Noal replied. "But that still doesn't tell me why you and your group have come down."

"We came to look for the Dragonballs," she replied.

"Dragonballs?" Aki asked, turning her head towards the girl sitting behind her.

"They are seven orange spheres, each the size of a softball. They are spread randomly all over the Earth, and when somebody collects all seven," she paused, wondering if the rest of the people in the Blue Earth would believe her, "then a dragon will appear and grant any two wishes."

"What a bunch of baloney," Noal laughed. "You've been reading too many fairy tales."

"Noal!" Aki scolded. "I think you should apologize."

"Yeah, why?" Noal countered, giving a rude smile. Turning to Saki, he continued, "Ok, suppose these things exist. What were you going to wish for?"

"We were going to wish that—"

"Enemy coming in!" Aki suddenly cut in, noticing the blip that approached the vessel. Noal suddenly snapped to attention and zoomed in on the object approaching.

"Radam Tekkaman coming in from behind us," he said in a low voice. "Takaya…"

"I guess it's good that I came," the man replied softly as he got up for the airlock.

"I'm coming with you," Saki said with a glint in her eye.

"Don't you want to see your brother?" Aki asked her.

"Yes, but I want to help out too," she replied. "Pick us up after you pick him up."

"Will do," came the reply.

The two hovered in the air above the ocean, waiting for the object that approached them. Saki chuckled as she saw it; she immediately recognized Tekkaman Scimitar as it came into view. The girl slammed her fists together, knowing that she was going to win. Blade watched silently as it made its way towards them; he realized that Scimitar had not seen them but was rather heading towards the Blue Earth. Blade and Saki both made themselves clearly visible, and Scimitar halted his flight path in front of them.

"Lookie here, it's Blade and the bitch!" he started to laugh out loud.

"You've got a lot of nerve calling me that, especially after I beat you senseless last time," Saki replied with a thin smile. The young woman crossed her arms defiantly and narrowed her left eye.

"That's exactly why I'm here," he said, becoming serious. "To pay you back, you little whore. You hurt my face, and Blade's sister messed up my gut. Like I said, I'm going to fuck you up real bad."

"Satoru, why are you doing this?" Blade said. "There's still a chance to save you from them."

"Spewing the same shit to everyone, aren't you?" Scimitar sneered. "Didn't you already say that to Saber and Spear? You better learn that the only way for anybody to be saved here is to join Radam! I've spent a little while planning your end, Saki. This time, I'll have my sword to do it."

Scimitar blasted towards the girl, but Blade got in his path. Using his sword, Scimitar took a wild swipe at Blade, but Takaya easily blocked and countered. Scimitar ducked in elevation, allowing Blade to pass by overhead, and the Radam went for Saki. The girl shot a blast at him, but he evaded it and swung at her with a calculated stroke. The girl winced as she felt it graze her arm.

"That's what a bitch gets for…" he was interrupted as he felt Takaya deliver a strong kick to his back; the Radam grunted as he plummeted towards the water and created a huge splash. Scimitar yelped as he saw Saki approach him from above; just above her raised hand gyrated a disk-shaped energy attack. He knew exactly what that attack had done to his weapon during their last battle.

"Kien-zan!" Saki yelled as she hurled the attack towards him at lightning speed.

"Kenshin, you're back!" Milly yelled happily as she ran towards him. Giving him a big hug, she stepped backwards and gave him a beaming smile. Kenshin refused to return the smile; instead, he looked at her as serious as ever. Milly gulped, for he seemed to have suffered more injuries since he had left.

"Kenshin, what happened to you?" she asked worriedly. "Where had you gone?"

"Back home to take revenge," he replied in a low, sharp voice, "but I failed completely."

"Revenge against… Blood?"

"I need to talk to Miyuki; where is she?" he ignored her question.

"She's in the infirmary right now…"

"Infirmary!" Kenshin blurted, quickly concerned. "Is she okay? What happened to her?"

"She's okay now, but she had an attack," she whispered back. "We don't know what it…"

"Take me to her now, please," he interrupted, rubbing his hands together.

The new figure that appeared batted away Kien-zan as if it was nothing. It laughed in scorn at the two that had attacked her Radam comrade. Tekkaman Blood twirled her lance as she noticed the shocked expression on Saki's face. Even Blade looked very nervous; he gripped his weapon ever so tightly.

"What joke of an attack was that?" Blood taunted.

'She's so much stronger than us,' Saki gulped. Scimitar alone would have been easy, but this match-up seemed like a no-contest in Radam's favor. 'I've never seen her before; where'd she come from?'

"Tekkaman Blood," Scimitar yelled from below with an annoyed voice. "Did I ask for your fucking help? I think not, so let me kill off these two right here."

"You're a real imbecile, talking to me like that after I just saved your shitty life," Blood shot back. "But if you insist on dying against these two, I can bear to watch it. At least it will get you to shut up."

"Stupid bitch," he muttered under his breath, and he shot up from the water towards Saki. Blood watched quietly as he sped by her and attacked the girl. Saki dodged and lashed out a kick, hitting him hard on the head. She observed as Scimitar flew backwards without retaliating. Seizing the opportunity, she flew towards him, charging an energy ball in her hand.

'Now you're mine,' Scimitar thought as he saw her approach right in front of his person.

"Saki, get out of the way, now!" Blade yelled, realizing at once what Scimitar was planning.

"Voltekker!" roared Scimitar, and a crystal brown energy beam burst out of his abdomen and slammed into Saki. The pain for her was all too familiar, and she shrieked as she felt the blast burn her skin once again. He had hit her at point-blank range, and she had done nothing to defend herself. Blood chuckled upon seeing Saki lose consciousness and plummet towards the water below. Before she hit the surface, Blade caught her falling body in his arms.

"Saki…" he whispered.

"Kenshin!" Miyuki said happily upon opening her eyes from her light nap.

"Miyuki," he said, his voice reaching a point of desperation. "What happened?"

"I am okay for now, but what happened to you, Kenshin?" she asked, sitting up slowly. "You just ran from all of us, and we were so worried as to where you had gone. Don't do that again…"

"Sorry, Miyuki," he said softly as they looked at the other's eyes. "Alena is my cousin, and she killed … she killed my mother… and my little baby sister…"

"I'm so sorry, Kenshin," she choked as she felt a lump in her throat. She had met Kenshin's mother, Megumi, on many occasions and even had dinner at their house several times when the two had worked on school projects together. She even remembered Nio, who had been a baby at the time.

'How could Alena go so low?' she thought, tears welling in her eyes.

"Miyuki, I want to tell you something," Kenshin started to stammer and choke on his own emotions. "I almost killed an innocent person today, a completely innocent person."

"Kenshin…" she said, shocked. "How?"

"I was so stupid," he whispered before telling her the whole story.

"I am to blame for it," he continued, his face contorting in emotional pain. "I am responsible."

"Kenshin, you are responsible for that," Miyuki said softly, "and I am not going to lie to you, because that is the truth. But you have to remember that the Radam share that responsibility as well. Don't blame yourself for everything; it's not completely your fault."

"I understand," Kenshin said, relieved that his friend listened to his story and gave him her honest answer. 'Her answer still hurt, but at least it was honest.'

"But with this, I don't think I can fight anymore," he shook his head. "I don't want to hurt anybody… and I won't do what I said I would."

"What are you talking about, Kenshin?"

"The spore plants," he said, trying to read her expression. She didn't seem to know a thing about it, so he decided to break it to her. "The spore plants have already swallowed people."

"It happened a few nights ago," Milly said softly, surprising the other two. They had completely forgotten that she had been standing in the room the whole time. "It happened while you were sleeping. Your brother insisted that we not tell you about it until you got better. But, it happened… I'm sorry."

"Oh my god," Miyuki said as she began to breathe heavily. The worst that could have happened had already occurred. Her efforts for prevention had gone to waste. "There is nothing we can do now."

"What are you saying, Miyuki?" Kenshin turned to her, his eyes desperate.

"The Radam have already won," she said, her throat feeling tight. "The Radam go from planet to planet, capturing the planets' inhabitants and converting them into Tekkamen. With the blooming of the spore plants, they have already achieved it here on Earth. Once the new Tekkamen hatch from the pods, they will exterminate the rest of the human race. Eventually, they will join the rest of the Radam nation and move on to other planets."

"Miyuki, are you saying that we lost?" Kenshin asked, bewildered. He hadn't even realized it.

"Not unless you find the strength in you to fight again," she said, looking into his eyes. "As Shinjo said, you won't be a Hitokiri (manslayer); rather, you'll be a savior. Save the people in those pods from a lifetime of servitude. Harden your heart, Kenshin. It's the only way for you to fight them now."

"Miyuki…" he trailed off, realizing that her words were hitting home. The Earth truly needed him right now, for he was the only one who could resist Blood and Bezel. The more he thought about it, the more things became clear to him. Images of his mother, sister, and father faded in his head, and he felt the anger well inside of him once again. He closed his eyes, only to see one final image – the image of Tekkaman Blood. He had to complete his revenge.

"Thanks, Miyuki," he said, slowly opening his eyes. Miyuki swallowed hard, for she saw a look in his eyes that she had never seen before. It was a look of determination, but it was also a look of ferociousness. It was the true look of the Hitokiri.

'Blood will stain this sword once again…'