Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com

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DragonTek (Part V: The Destiny Saga)

Chapter 64 - To Protect the One I...

Their weapons clashed violently as they glared into the other's eyes. The hatred between them was evident, and their fury was clearly present with every blow exchanged. The girl that had shamed him drove him even further into the insanity that diseased his mind, and all he desired was revenge against her that would only be fulfilled with her violent demise. Plague and Alena attacked each other in a seemingly endless cycle of strikes and parries, and they seemed to be in deadlock, for their energies were draining.

"You're the reason for the turn of this war's tide!" Bezel grumbled, thrusting his sword at her navel. The girl moved upwards, seeing him stab the air between her legs, and she swung Kotukari down with all her strength and speed. The sharp edge dug into the top of Radonata, Bezel's sword, and cut it.

"I just broke your sword," she replied, her voice containing spite. "You've lost."

"Instead of yapping," Bezel said, regenerating his blade. "Shouldn't you have attacked me now?"

"Bezel," she rasped, splitting her image into ten identical copies, all of which circled Plague. The Tekkaman scowled, and copies suddenly spun clockwise so rapidly that Plague lost track of the real Alena.

"If you continue to use your eyes, you will certainly face a painful demise," the images sang.

"Gotcha!" they laughed as soon as Plague closed his eyes. However, he spun a full three hundred sixty degrees with great speed and lashed out his sword. Alena cried out as the tip of his blade slashed her across her right arm. Blood trickled out of her wound, and she hovered still as the duplicate images faded.

"You honestly thought such a childish move would work on me?" Plague snorted, turning towards her. "I've seen all sorts of techniques performed for over a millennium. Such puerile tricks won't work!"

Alena cursed, for he had inflicted her injury and had countered one of her best deceptive moves.

The forces of yin and yang never attacked each other so viciously as did the lances held by the twin brothers. Grunting and swearing, Saber and Blade repeatedly struck with a ferocity that surpassed the anger of warring tigers. Both of them felt the strength of the other's attacks, and both continued to fight to the best of their efforts. It was a battle for victory… and survival. After clashing lances, they parted.

"You've become strong, Takaya-niisan," Saber caught his breath. "I didn't expect it so soon."

"I persist," Blade grated. "Because of what you just did to our sister. You simply lack love…"

"No, you're wrong…" Saber frowned. "This love of mine… just makes me want to defeat you!"

Shinya charged forward for another attack. He struck forth, but Blade returned the attack. Their lances clashed once again as they pushed their weapons against the other's. Saber scowled under his mask.

"Everything always came easy to you, didn't it, Takaya-niisan? While I had to work like mad for the same result…" Shinya narrowed his eyes, pushing his twin away. "I was always in your shadow."

"And you think that raping our sister would make you see the light?" Takaya snapped.

"It just shows that I'm ready to cut our ties… and beat you in battle!" Saber said, clashing lances with his brother again. Shinya then concentrated hard, and Blade began to wonder what he was doing.

"So… Miyuki is in a pod, trying to recover…" Saber darkened his eyes. "But I… won't let her."

"No…" Blade whispered to himself, remembering that Shinya could detect her telepathically through the network of spore pods lining the surface. "You beast… especially after what you did to her!"

Saber fired the thrusters and blasted towards to his sister's location. With this, Takaya snapped.

"Damn!" the duplicate cursed, barely managing to block the boy's strike. Kenshin swung hard, knowing he had to finish off him quickly and return to Miyuki. Their weapons clashed, and the duplicate was pushed back. Acknowledging that Kenshin was better at swordplay, the duplicate sheathed his katana.

"Heh, so you want to fight fist to fist?" the boy smirked, sheathing Akoutari. "I'm fine with that."

The duplicate raised his fists, ready to battle, and Kenshin lurched forward. With a yell, the boy lashed out, slugging his opponent in the face and sending him flying for fifty meters. The duplicate grunted as he crashed to the dirt and rolled before coming to a halt. Kenshin blinked in surprise, for he'd expected his double to at least try to defend. Seconds passed, and the duplicate slowly pushed himself up and stood.

"Okay, bring it on, kid!" the duplicate yelled, drawing out his sword again. Kenshin frowned but shrugged, and he blasted forward with Akoutari raised. His duplicate smirked, and Kenshin only bellowed as he swung down his sword. To his shock, the duplicate blocked it perfectly and even knocked him back.

"What the hell! Just minutes ago, you couldn't even handle my attacks. Who the hell are you?"

"My name is Replic, Level G7 Radam," he said, rushing forward. With a snarl, he leapt into the air. As he began to fall feet-first, he crouched and raised his sword above his head, only to swing it down harshly. The boy gasped, recognizing the technique as Ryu Tsui Sen, and blocked it with significant effort.

"Where the hell did you learn that!" Kenshin yelled, jumping back. "That's a move only I use!"

"Actually, you copied it from the anime character Himura Kenshin, but that's besides the point," Replic chuckled, tapping his head. "You see, I know everything about you and your techniques. Want to know why? It's because you punched me, thus establishing contact. Without it, I can only look like you."

"So that's why you wanted to fight fist to fist and didn't even resist when I hit you," Kenshin spat.

"Exactly. Establishing contact enabled me to learn the exact molecular structure of your body. I then changed my body internally to match yours, including my brain neurons, which store the knowledge," Replic said. "So I know how to execute every one of your moves, and with your speed and power too."

"And now, I'll give myself an added advantage. Tek-Setter!" Replic yelled, adopting his armored Tekkaman form. He looked straight, only to see the boy rush for him with a blue aura covering Akoutari. With a growl and a desire to end this quickly, Kenshin swung, digging Akoutari into Replic's thick armor.

"What!" Kenshin blurted, his eyes wide, for the armor had effectively stopped his katana from penetrating further, and the blue line failed to appear. Replic punched him hard, and the boy crashed away.

"How…" the boy whispered, picking himself up. "How did he possibly block Sokushi Zanzou?"

"I truly wonder… Why aren't you transforming into Blood? You'd be more powerful if you did."

"I hate Tekkaman Blood," Alena growled, blocking his attack before lashing out. "And I hate you, Bezel, for what you did to me. You made me a bloodthirsty monster who killed my own family!"

"I did nothing of the sort," Plague shot back. "I only gave the order, and you listened. The brutal deaths you performed were done by your volition. Aside from converting people to Tekkamen, The Tek-system only brings out the darkest parts of one's nature. You've had your murderous instincts buried deep inside, and Tek-system merely unleashed them. I am not the cause of your savageness… only you are…"

"That's impossible!" Alena barked in protest, swinging Kotukari again. "I was never like that."

"You are correct," Plague replied, countering. "But your ancestors were. The Saiya-jin people by nature have a thirst for blood and destruction, but you and your relatives have been able to suppress those desires. Yet, there is nothing one can do to stop Tek-system from unleashing them. And that's why I don't like having many Saiya-jin Tekkamen, for they would be unstoppable if they were to escape my control."

"You're telling me I couldn't escape my thirst for death?" she asked, startled.

"Precisely, for it has been and always will be an inherent part of any Saiya-jin's nature," Bezel confessed. "Even Goku and Vegita would have acted the same way you did had they been transformed."

Alena scowled but was soon distracted – they turned towards the direction of the twin brothers.

"You will NOT hurt Miyuki!" Blade shrieked. His eyes filled with angered desperation, and the wrath that surged through him led him to undergo his final metamorphosis. Alena and Bezel watched as a crystal-blue aura exploded around Takaya. His armored thickened significantly, and new spikes protruded from his exterior. Shockwaves of his immense power plowed through the air like a howling wind. With an incredible speed, Blade bolted towards his brother and appeared in his path. Shinya stopped short, gasping.

'So… so fast…' Shinya thought, stunned, only to feel his brother's armor smash into his. 'Argh! That bastard has reached his full power… I'm still using an intermediate stage. I need to… evolve too…'

But Blade didn't let him. Revealing the blaster cannons on his shoulders, Takaya roared a battle cry before a crystal-azure tidal wave of energy burst out. Saber shrieked in agony as the Super Voltekker slammed into his armor, and he used all of his bestowed strength to prevent himself from being vaporized.

Yet, he couldn't stop the blast from propelling him up into the sky. Within seconds, the sustained blue energy beam smashed Saber through the upper levels of the atmosphere and sent his crippled form hurtling into space. Takaya halted his attack, watching the remnants of the sparkling beam fade away.

"Blade…" Alena said dumbfounded, her eyes wide. 'So strong… so powerful… My power…'

"So I guess it's two on one," she said, facing the shocked Bezel. "Or are you going to run again?"

"Bitch!" he yelled, charging her. However, little did he notice Blade appear behind him; Takaya took the advantage and drilled his lance straight into Plague's exposed backside. Bezel cried in pain as the weapon penetrated his armor and entered into his shoulder blade, making him release his grip on Radonata.

"DIE!" yelled Alena, thrusting Kotukari forwards with her strength, tearing through an unarmored notch in his midsection and plunging the blade straight into the side of his belly, just as he had done to her when he had betrayed her. Alena jerked her sword upwards, causing more of his red blood to ooze out.

"It's always nice when someone returns a favor, isn't it?" Alena smirked, pulling out her sword.

Bezel's mouth hung open, the pain too much. Quickly, he turned on the self-curing mechanism within his armor, a special feature he had himself built into it. In other words, he was his own healing pod.

"It's time to send you back to hell, right where you came from," Alena sneered, placing her palm before his chest. Blade appeared next to Alena and exposed his shoulder cannons. Plague prayed for his life, but he couldn't even move his arms. The sweat dripped from his head, and he prepared for the worst.

"BIG BANG…"

"… VOL-TEKKA!"

Alena's family's trademark technique burst forth from her palm, and a blue blast shot out from Blade's shoulders. The two attacks merged into one, powerful blue sphere that slammed into Bezel's body at point blank range. Plague shrieked in extreme agony, for the fused attack seeped through every opening in his armor and severely burned his skin. His ribs cracked, and his bones broke as he tried to withstand the force of the attack. The blast blew him sky-high and threw him into space, making him collide with Saber.

"Got you, you bastard!" Alena cheered, smiling viciously as she clenched her fist.

"They're still alive," Blade said, feeling their presence through his Tek-network. "But barely."

"I prefer that for now," Alena responded, still basking in victory. "Let Bezel feel more shame."

"And Shinya…" Blade trailed off, suddenly feeling weak. Alena gasped as she saw him lose control of his body and plummet for the ground. She appeared under him and eased his fall. Placing him on the grass, she noticed all of his armor fade away, leaving only his naked form. His eyes were closed, and he continued to pant desperately for air. Alena turned her back towards his exposed, smoking body.

'He's alive,' she thought, relieved. 'But I can see why he's so exhausted. He's been fighting non-stop ever since his battle with Tekkaman Spear. After Spear, he had taken a good hit from me. Then he followed Bezel to the Orbital Ring and fought him there. On top of that, he fought Kenshin seriously, and now he fought Saber to his hardest, expending the last bits of his energy. His stamina is incredible…'

"Food…" Takaya gasped weakly.

'And of course, during all that, he hasn't eaten at all,' Alena sighed. 'That last transformation must have been the worst for him. That was too dangerous; he could easily have incinerated himself. His survival only means that… his will to live is strong… very strong… unlike mine…'

Alena turned to look down at his face, and he continued to gasp for air as his body tried to recover.

Then, two beings approached from the distance. Alena clenched her jaw, wondering if Bezel and Saber had returned already, and she unsheathed Kotukari. Yet, her look of concern turned into a smile as she identified the newcomers as Shinjo and Goku.

"How, you ask? Via the knowledge I gained from you, I figured it out," Replic chuckled. "One only needs to project all his chi to the entire front of his body, creating a chi-shield against the blue lines."

"Bastard…" Kenshin spat, then smirked. "But now I know your defense. Thanks for blabbing it."

"Are you disrespecting me, kid?" Replic growled, flashing his eyes, for nothing angered him more than a child laughing at him. Firing his thrusters, he turned and raced for Miyuki, ready to deliver payback.

"NO!" Kenshin yelled. The pod sensed approaching danger, and it clearly grew agitated. Kenshin looked on in horror as the bulb began to contract, preparing itself to spit Miyuki out prematurely. The boy roared, bursting through the air in pursuit of Replic. The Radam approached the pod and raised his sword.

"You fell for it!" Replic spun. To Kenshin's horror, Replic's sword was covered with blue aura, and Replic swung, making light contact with the boy's chest. Kenshin gasped, and the blue lines appeared.

"Your one-way ticket to hell, kid!" Replic laughed, only to gape as the lines faded. "What the…!"

Kenshin watched, stunned, only to realize the reason. Then, he stabbed Replic deep to hold him.

"Now, I'll explain it to you," Kenshin said. "When I was taught that move, I learned that the user can't use it on himself – that's because the user and the move share the same chi. Since you didn't learn that move on your own but did so by adopting my body structure, you need to borrow chi from my own chi source to execute that move. And so, the chi on your blade won't attack me, but my Sokushi will work on you because it's my technique, and the chi on my blade will detect your natural chi – different from mine."

"And with my blade inside you now, I'll do it again," Kenshin smirked. "And tear you to shreds."

Replic looked down in horror, seeing Akoutari embedded in his belly. The lines spread out from the sword, and Kenshin kicked him hard, sending him far from the pod. Shrieking, Replic exploded to fragments.

The pod holding Miyuki soon relaxed, and Kenshin slumped to the ground, trembling but relieved.

Author Notes: What did you think of the fights?

KyLewin: Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about Omega... he'll make his appearance sometime soon :) Also, I promise you'll find out how Yamucha, Tenshinhan, and Chao-zu have come to be in their present state. Good job, you predicted the part about the pod about to spit out Miyuki due to the enemy fighting there.