Oh! Hi there! This is Andrasani, writing what... Chapter Five? Oh man, I'm way behind! Please review. I'm doing everything I can to get my work done, but (hear Tairena's crying) aarrrgghh!! Look, just read and review, please? Chapter Five- Identities Revealed is starting now! Oh, the "[" and "]" keys represent telepathy!
'Why do I feel this way? Do I question my own self? Why are these newcomers here anyway? I know Mihoshi, she's my godmother. But, this Tenchi character... he simply interests me. I can see why girls would like him and all... but five different females from outer space living in a rural Japanese mountain shrine? Something doesn't add up.' Ayane pondered this for several hours now.These thoughts invaded the mind of Ayane Becardo. She was resting, but not in total peace. She felt that her father's conversation with Tenchi, and later on, Mihoshi, and finally June, were enough to make her sad, but yet loved.Their link disconnected. Ayane and Tairena were both unhappy children. Tairena's nightmare, and Ayane's shared thoughts and feelings of her father were overwhelming for the young rulers. Ayane rubbed her head, and sighed.
'How long could this exilement last? I want to be back on duty again. I hate working under these conditions. I've always been the voice of reason, not even my reasoning is going to get us out of this one.' Andrew turned it into a cruise. They are on route for the planet Earth, a backwater planet that both Tenchi and Andrew were born on. In Ayane's room sat all the females on the ship. It was about time that the four of them had to learn a bit about each other.
The four females sat in a circle on the carpeted floor of Ayane's water- blue room. Ayane was nervous because she called the meeting, and didn't know what to talk about. She has closed the link with Andrew, so that the girls can learn about one another in privacy.
"So, I'll start things off. We all know each other's names, how we met my father and/or Tenchi, but I think we have to learn about ourselves and how we all operate, just for safety reasons." Ayane stated.
"Okay. We'll start with you, Tairena. You're the most experienced when it comes to meetings and... uh... um... formalities?" Mihoshi babbled.
"Alright. As you may already know, I'm falling in love with Tenchi, a guy whom I've just met." Tairena admitted, "I don't know how. He has this kindness that I have only seen in one other person, and that is our father. But, before we all get excited, who here doesn't love Tenchi and/or Andrew?" No one said a single word for five minutes. All of the girls felt embarrassed in either way, love for their father, and love for Tenchi. Could it be possible that they can manipulate women?
"Dad isn't as kind as Tenchi is, but his heart is in the right place," June interrupted, "I love dad for the way he is. Maybe you two might feel different, but I can't hate dad."
"June, you're right. It's like they both have that bond." Mihoshi chimed. "Maybe your dad will ask me to marry him, and Tenchi could marry all of you! But wait... there's something I'm forgetting..."
"The fact that he lives with you, and four other women from outer space at his home, trying to solve a myriad of problems." Ayane thoughtfully continued, "As well as he loves us, he loves them. So now, it's a total of 9 females, after his heart."
"I wonder if dad ever thought about that?" June asked. "Does he know that Tenchi lives with all of them?"
"He knows." Ayane answered. "Well... now that we've all got that off of our backs, we're going to feel better in the morning. In the meantime, let's keep talking..."
"June, you were quite adamant for this one. However, it happened when dad had left to attend this public meeting or whatever. Do you remember what happened, Ayane?"
"Yeah, someone made a movie about us and our family. I have to admit, it was quite hilarious. However, when it got to the...uh..."
"The what? Did you guys do something?" June exclaimed. "I mean, come! Out with it!"
"I know." Ayane commented.
"Ayane... I feel sick." Tairena remarked, "that was an unfortunately sad experience."
"Because of the movie? Luckily, we stopped it before it reached production. I would've loved to see the look on dad's face if I had EVER let him look at it." Ayane said.
When it was said and done, the two girls proceeded to show Mihoshi and June the atrocious movie, which made some interesting results.
(A.N. Snake, I'm going to kill you after you get out of that summer program!-Andrasani)
Several hours passed with humorous stories and jokes about the "comical parental guidance" of Andrew, Journey, and Takori let the girls relax and become more like sisters. However, time flies by when you're having fun...
"Hey guys... what's that noise?" June asked.A loud scratch, followed by a loud bang interrupted the 'girl talk' meeting in Ayane's room. June ran behind Tairena. They all stood up and moved toward the center of the room.
"This could get ugly." Tairena grumbled. She removed her wand/weapon, Love Crystal from her sleeve and quickly put a barrier around all the women. "Everyone, stand back, Ayane... you know what to do." She quickly braced for impact, and sent out a message that was at first blocked, but after another try... yes! She got through! She quickly relayed the following message:
[Help! There's a monster in my room!]
The door quickly broke from its steel hinges and jumped onto the floor, as a six-foot tall, four armed, grotesque monster erupted into the view of the girls. Was this part of an attack? Who was responsible for this?Meanwhile... 7 cabins down... Two swords clashed with a bright metal spark. A thermal energy weapon flew at Crystal Wing in its blade form, and bounced back to its holder in complete darkness. More clashing ensued. They two indiviuals moved at great speeds, each strike differeing from the last. The thermal weapon twirled above the user's head, then one trident flew right towards Crystal Wing. The thermal weapon shone and glows with an awesome radiance, along with Crystal Wing.
Both parties stop, and the lights turn on, to reveal a tired Tenchi Masaki, holstering Crystal Wing, and Andrew Becardo, using Trailblade in it's Twin Thermal Energy (Poleaxe with energy trident blades, or if you've watched Gundam Wing, think of the Altron Gundam Custom) mode, dropping it into the ground, and deactivating. Both warriors dropped to their knees and pant heavily; unaware of the six hours they spent training.
"How does it feel to fight with me, Tenchi?" Andrew barely whispered. "I see that you know a bit of swordmanship. I guess your grandfather taught you a good deal.
"Yeah! Maybe you should train with him! You're amazing. Worthy of... the ...title of Legendary Swordsman." Tenchi labored. "Why... did you let me use Crystal Wing?"
"I figured you'd be more familiar with it than with my Trailblade." Andrew answered. "and by the way you fight, a poleaxe would slow you down considerably, considering at your age you're very agile and nimble."
"It's amazing. One question... why is this thing so heavy?" Tenchi asked.
"I haven't the fainest clue. I've been wondering that ever since I got it," Andrew responded, "it'll be like that for a while until you get used to it."
"Have you tried to use the blade before?" Tenchi asked. "I can't control its full power. You are in a class of few, Tenchi." he answered.
"But Andrew, you weild Trailblade of Time, the Time Controller's Weapon." Tenchi remarked, "They taught us that in my history classes."
Before Andrew answered, he felt as if his identity was just blown off the hinges. "I'm strong, smart, and tactical, Tenchi. You have to learn your opponent's strengths and weapnesses. Your only weakness is your disposition to others. Small things like concentration and correct stroke patterns come with experience. You made several incorrect choices on attack methods, but overall, you did darn well to keep up with me." Andrew smiled.
But his thoughts returned to his secret about Crystal Wing: 'If this boy only knew how good he is with a Lighthawk Weapon... I wonder how long it takes for him to realize he is weilding a Lighthawk Weapon? Nonetheless MY Lighthawk Weapon?'
"Now let's start again!" Andrew said, smiling. Tenchi stood and removed Crystal Wing from its holster, turned to Andrew and charged him at full speed, preparing for a clash of bone and sinew.
Andrew's Trailblade moved faster than the first time. In complete darkness, the two resumed fighting as before, but even faster! Sparks flashed as both Andrew and Tenchi clashed until Tenchi disarmed Andrew in the middle of his attack by knocking Trailblade upwards into the air, and landing on the ground just a few feet behind Andrew."Ha! ha ha ha! I got you!" Tenchi laughed.
"Really..." Andrew chuckled; "that's not what I think!" Andrew turned around, kicked Trailblade to waist height, activating it while stabbing one end into the ground, polevaulted and kicked Tenchi in the back, knocking him to the ground. Tenchi rolled from the impact and the two resumed fighting. The two continued training in the dark, perhaps it was to heighten the senses, or maybe they preferred it...
(A.N. I think this is more or less Snake's and Oxy's approach to their training- Andrasani)
Tenchi and Andrew jumped into the air, and swung their weapons and that is when both warriors picked up a message:
[There's a monster in my room!]
It was Ayane's voice. Both fighters stopped and almost fell standing back to back. Andrew's wings brushed against Tenchi, and they kept both of them standing. There they stood, in complete darkness; against their own will. However, what was after them? Andrew picked up an imaginary monster, but he knew all too well, someone was behind this. 'Who would do such a thing?'
"Tenchi, I don't think we're alone anymore." Andrew remarked.
"What?"
"Ayane just called us," Andrew quickly turned to his right, to find a giant, four foot spider, looking to add Andrew and Tenchi to its menu of food for that day. He quickly activated Trailblade and got back into battle position. "Try this on for size!" Andrew yelled as he quickly flew upward into the dark sky. Two seconds later and a shower of needlepoint feathers feel from the darkness above, fatally puncturing the spider.
The giant spider slumped to the ground, and melted, revealing its organ structure in a pool of bodily fluids. Tenchi winched and looked directly into the sky as Andrew dropped to the ground and summoned Crystal Wing from the young prince's hands by moving his hand outward. It flew quickly to Andrew, and he, with one hand turned it into a whip blade. He then moved slowly and swung it repeatedly, slicing any and everything he could.
Bewildered, Tenchi was at a loss for words. Was there more to Andrew than meets the eye and his experiences? In addition, where did he learn such a technique? Turning a blade into a whip? Finally, after a couple more spliced spiders, he turned to Tenchi.
Andrew felt his body trembling; Crystal Wing's poison was taking it's toll. 'If that weapon... why won't it obey me when I made it from my own Lighthawk energy?' He dropped to his knees, writhing in horrible pain. Both Trailblade and Crystal Wing dropped to the ground beside him, and they both returned to their nautral forms.
Tenchi picked up Crystal Wing, and swung at the approaching spiders, slicing them in half. When Andrew returned to his feet, he turned to Tenchi in sheer amazement and shock.
"It seems you've learned a lot, Tenchi." Andrew grunted. "I won't let these spiders overrun this ship. Let's hurry to the girls!"
"Yeah," Andrew picked up Trailblade and swung qiuckly, sliptting several spiders in half.
"Well, let's go!" The two warriors continued through numerous fights. Each more worrying than the last.
Exhausted, Tenchi stopped and almost collapsed on the steel floor. He knew he couldn't give up. The lives of his friends were on this ship... catching probably his fifth wind; he stood erect, with Crystal Wing in his hands. 'Damn, this sword is heavy!' his mind raced through his current thoughts. His home on Earth, the girls, and his newly acquired friends were that that he had, and he wasn't going to let anyone take them away.
'He could summon the Lighthawk,' Andrew though to himself. 'It would make this a lot easier. Heck, I don't know how, but I know I could.' Andrew continued using as many abilities before he realized he was running out of energy to use them...time for another Needle Wing Strike! He quickly flew into the air, and quickly flapped his angelic- like wings to fire yet another spray of needle-sharp feathers. Seven more spiders were defeated.
"Hurry! This way out!" Tenchi yelled.
"GO! I'll handle this." Andrew quickly turned to the army of spiders. He heard the door close, and finally... he stood in front of the next group of evil creatures.
This was Andrew's final message to his daughters: [Stay alive! One of us will be there soon to help you! Please, do everything to stay alive!]
Andrew opened his wings and flew directly vertically into the air, twirled Trailblade and charged at the spiders. 'This could be fun.' I've faced dragons, the greatest swordsmen of any dimension, and the worst a mortal could face- what are a couple thousand spiders gonna do?' he thought. 'I mean, what's the worst that can possibly happen? Now that Tenchi's gone... I can use my Particle Laser. In the meantime... I hope the girls can hold on.'
Meanwhile...
Tairena's force field was losing ground to the brutal clubbing of the monster with its mighty arms. She was mustering all of her energy. 'Somehow, I know the bit I will save will really be coming in handy soon.' she thought The multi-armed monster continued to pound mercilessly at the force field.
"Sis, pump up the power!" June screamed.
"Don't you see? She's tired! I don't wanna diiiiiieeeee! waaaaaaah" Mihoshi cried. "I don't wanna die!"
"How about you do something, huh? Well, get ready to hurt this thing! I'm out." Tairena collapsed to find herself helpless to the next swing of the monster. The creature threw its left arm upward, knocking Tairena in the face, a trickle of blood squirted out and sent her sprawling across the room and into the wall, cracking it and sending sharp pain to the back of the princess. Tairena tried to stand up, but it was no use and quickly, everyone came to her aid.
The creature roared and pounded on the floor several times before a tackle from behind knocked it down to the ground and the stranger quickly ran over to the girls huddled around an unconscious Tairena.
"Tenchi! It's you! How did you manage to get here? I thought-" June exclaimed.
"Is Miss Tairena alright?" Tenchi asked. He thought for amoment and then worried for himself. 'What if I fail? No! I can't fail!'
"Girls, when I give the signal, you guys run to the bridge and take Tairena with you. I'm sure we can all make it out of here if we work together." June explained
"Hmm... alright. June, Mihoshi, get Tairena out of here. I'll help you, Tenchi. My telepathy can work wonders." Ayane remarked. "I'll ready my Thunderspark, so it can paralyze the monster, you only get one shot, Tenchi."
"Thanks." Tenchi replied. "That's all I need. I hope your father's sword can do what I think it can." Ayane nodded and hurried to ready her Thunderspark attack.
Tenchi quickly took a stance in front of the approaching creature. The monster swung at Tenchi and missed by a millimeter to his face, as he ducked and kicked high, knocking it to the ground.
"Now! Hurry and run!" he yelled. As soon at the girls left with Tairena in tow, he turned to the monster in front of him, beginning to pursue the two girls, as he ran to the monstrous beast and tackled it back down with all of his might. He quickly jumped off and ran back to Ayane. She was almost finished for her attack and this could be a lucky break for them if this works.
"Okay, I'm ready. You had better connect with Crystal Wing." Ayane purposed. If you don't...if you miss, we're both dead." Tenchi flinched and lifted the heavy blade into the air.
"Darn! Andrew could at least make this thing lighter!" he thought to himself. "If I stop it... they'll be safe. I hope Miss Tairena isn't bruised too badly...."
"Ready?"
"Here I go! Aaaahhh!" Tenchi ran straight at the visibly weakened monster as Ayane fired her Thunderspark... a bright flash followed, covering our friends from sight...
Andrew finally eradicated the monsters in the training room, quickly ran toward the main bridge, and just hoped he would find out what is going on. Could anyone survive this? He continued through many halls, turning left, cutting through a monster, turning right, slide under two monsters, trip them with Trailblade.
Only one thought was on his mind: 'There is no time to waste! I must hurry!'
"Chronos! What is going on?" He yelled while running.
"Master Andrew... the monsters held in the basement of the ship is running rampant! They will pass through security sectors 1 through 9 in a matter of hours. I would advise getting everyone away from there."
'This is great. Washu never told me about any monsters on this thing! Oh, I am so going to have a talk with you. Anyways... I have to find Tairena and Ayane. I know that Tenchi has probably found them, so I will only locate Ayane.' he hoped.
Andrew closed the link and made haste towards the hallway of Tairena's room. If they stopped there, he could pinpoint them. She has the closest room to his, and the to the main bridge. If this right, he'll reach them before the he gets to the front bridge.
He opened his wings and flew inside the small confines of the hall with extreme grace and speed, dodging and slicing monsters and their protests of raging anger. His flight followed until he found Tairena's room.
'Nothing, just a little messy from getting dressed.'
He closed the door and resumed flying. "Chronos... how far did June leave from Ayane's room?"
"She left to her room, and then to Miss Mihoshi's and are currently moving to the front bridge." it replied.
At this realization, Andrew came to the abnormal belief: 'No way! How fast were they running? They have to be flying! Hmm... I better keep going. My wings are going to be ruffled and I'm missing about a third of my total feathers.'
At the next corner, his eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. A plethora of more monster, fiends, and ugly creatures (that I do not feel or do not think it will be necessary to describe) filled the hallway.
"Well, here we go! Forward charge!" He opened his wings and flew directly into the horde of monsters. "Out of my way!" he yelled as he cut though a couple more monsters. "How about some Tetra Vine?" Andrew quickly pulled at the center of Trailblade of Time, apart into two separate blades, attached by a thermal energy chain. In midair, he turned his wings, flipped backwards, and faced the mobile path of already hard to kill monsters and quickly flapped his wings in an almost sonic boom attack, hovered above the ground.
Trailblade itself dropped from his hand, went directly into the ground in front of Andrew, and disappeared from sight. He could not find Trailblade quickly and anything that came near it resulted in an all out blitzkrieg against the approaching subject.
'If they are heading anywhere, they couldn't have got too far from her room. It is too far. I had better regenerate my feathers.'
Snap! There went the first monster. Trailblade continued to entangle and torture the monsters as Andrew restarted the process to growing the feathers he lost in almost a dozen Needle Wing attacks. Suddenly, his thoughts pondered to both June and Mihoshi; did they find any shelter? 'Hmm... I can't contact June with telepathy unless she opens her mind to me but I guess if I have much of a choice, I will contact Mihoshi...maybe not.'
"Chronos! How far are the girls from my present position?"
"Seven minutes. They are on the main hallway from the bridge. Master Andrew, hurry and help them. The monsters are heading towards them. Lady Tairena has not awaken yet. I am doing my best to protect them."
'Right. This is going to be tough...'
His link opened once more, calling out of any of the three girls running away from the monsters. Silence. Andrew knew someone or something was blocking it. They would have answered him by now. 'Hmm... Must be worse than I thought. Trailblade... hurry up. Alright, I'm just missing another 25 feathers to fly again. This could get ugly. Where is the exit?' He continued looking around for the nearest exit. 'There, at the end of that hallway!' he rejoiced for the moment, but soon realized that all of his energy will be required to perform this task. 'I'll get down there and find the girls, they couldn't have gotten though this entire hallway!'
As Trailblade plundered and created carnage for the sake of it's master, Andrew wondered: 'if Trailblade had a conscious and mind of its own, would it do what I ask?' In the middle of an action, Trailblade stopped and retracted back to Andrew in into a full metal pole. However, the mess of blood-covered bodies strewn into the hallway and the creatures that were killed was not an uneasy sight for almost anyone.
'I've seen so much bloodshed in my life. Why must we continue shedding blood for our freedom?' He picked up the bloodstained thermal energy weapon and now stood in a pool of blood himself. 'Are my hands bloodstained?" he thought. "If they are... does that mean that I've become evil itself? I should be more concerned about Tairena and the others. I'll get moving, sorry you guys...'
As a parting act, Andrew opened his wings and flew down the hall once again at full speed. His excellent hearing clicked as he suddenly, as in a single movement only matched his high speeds: flipped backwards, stopped, and u-turned when he reached June's room. 'Are they inside? Can't sense anything... maybe they're... No! I will find out with my own eyes. If the girls are in there, they're done for!'
"You will stop squirming! I will do as I want." A male voice called from June's room. "Where is he? Where is your father?" Andrew heard a punch land and June's crying responded in him breaking through the door to help her.
A tall, pink haired man stood in front of June, and Tairena was defenseless against his punches to her face and chest. She lay crumpled on the ground, crying in pain. He wore a ruby colored battle armor suit and had a pistol in his left hand, and a long, crescent-shaped sword in it's sheath on his right hand side. He turned to Andrew and smiled after kicking Tairena in the stomach area in spite of Andrew's arrival.
"I am he." Andrew replied. "What are you doing to my daughter? Why are you here? Who are you?"
"I am Milanisho Pinashi Baimatsu... I prefer the name Pinashi. I am a Ruby Knight sent by the Garnithian Supreme Council to kill you."
"Hmm... A Ruby Knight." Andrew remarked. 'Those Knights still exist. I disbanded them 40 years ago when I was the leader! Who would bring them back?' Calmly, Andrew asked him; "Nice. How long did it take you?"
"I will not answer you. Now, come with me." He ordered.
"And what if I refuse?" Andrew sarcastically asked. "Is the red pansy gonna hurt me?!" He grabbed Tairena by her throat and pointed his gun at her head. She continued to squeal and cry, but her body was too battered and bruised to help her break free. "You'll be missing one child." He smiled and began to charge his pistol. "So, what'll it be? Her death or yours?"
"You let Tairena go now!" Andrew proposed. "You want me? Fight me! Child of Geous Baimatsu! Prove your worth to your father by fighting me."
"Dad! Don't fight him!" June cried. She ran to Andrew and hugged him tightly. "You could kill him. I do not want to see you hurt anyone. Please?"
"Let Tairena go. I'll come along, but only if the girls are set free. You are a knight, aren't you?" Andrew remarked. Andrew's telepathy was working for a certain reason; 'Ayane must still be alive! She and Tenchi can make it out on their own abilities'.
June began to run directly out of the door when a bright red dot from his pistol aimed directly at her head had become visible to her. Everything seemed to move in slow motion. He fired a beam at her, hoping to kill her, but a bright sword cut deflected it.
The beam hit the ceiling, Andrew jumped into the air, and mid-air roundhouse kicked Pinashi in the face, forcing him to let Tairena go as he hit the ground with a loud thud. He held his nose and noticed that blood poured from it. Andrew quickly ran to Tairena and moved her to the other side of the room with him. 'Milanisho Pinashi, a Ruby Knight? He acts as if rank is given for no reason!' Geous must've saw this. There is no way he would let someone like Milanisho attain this unless he... he must be possessed! Geous possessed him!
"What?" he screamed. "How did you... you stopped my shot?"
"Your power is good. Nevertheless, you are no match for me. Who brought back the Holy Knights of Garnith?" Andrew asked. "I can tell by the symbol on your left shoulder."
"Geous Baimatsu, your friend and my father."
'Hmm... Geous, why did you...? We agreed that the Knights should forever be disbanded unless... unless there was a war on Garnith! Oh hell! Please do not let there be a war! Our people are not ready for it! They cannot handle the pain and suffering!
He looked back at Tairena, and cleaned a small bit of the blood from her face with a few of his feathers that fell from his mid-air attack. She was an awful mess, a tenth of her former beauty. He touched her face and found his hand covered in her blood.
Please sweetie, hang on. Daddy's gonna fix you right up as soon as I beat the hell out of this guy...
He stood and turned to Pinashi, whom was still reeling from his facial injuries. Andrew yelled at him; "You dare want to challenge me, an Emerald Knight? In fact, The Legendary Emerald Knight?!" Pinashi jumped back as if he has picked his prey to be too big of game for him to hunt. Distraught, Pinashi drew his pistol and began firing at Andrew as he knelt down in front of Tairena. Quickly, he took the blasts with his wings as a shield for him and Tairena.
As soon as Pinashi ran out of ammo, he drew his sword and laughed confidently. When the mist cleared, Tairena barely removed Love Crystal from her sleeve and healed Andrew back to full strength with the last of her strength.
"No one can beat my sword skill! I have learned from Emerald Knight Geous Baimatsu!" he boasted. Andrew needed the chance. Andrew drew Trailblade of Time and activated its thermal energy as its pole/rod form. Fully recharged, Andrew rose up with more power than ever.
"Geous is an excellent teacher. However, you have not noticed. I am the leader of the Holy Knights."Andrew repsonded. "I am Dueceyune Lazerinith Becardo, the Legendary Emerald Knight. The 'God of Destruction'."
In the Holy Knights are five ranks. White Knights are new recruits. Sapphire Knights several year cadets and potential warriors. Ruby Knights are usually Generals in militaries and very strong adversaries. Then, there is the class of Geous and myself- Emerald Knights, the strongest of the Knights. Usually, Emerald Knights are Legendary Warriors such as myself.
Of the thousands upon thousands of Knights, only nine have ever made this title. Finally, there is a class above Geous and myself, the Diamond Knight. Only one person ever lived to this rank. My teacher, Lunar Cli Masters. He was born a warrior and he died in the same manner.
His fighting style was different from mine, yet I still learned his style and despite how I often mistaken my techniques, he smiled and said; "Dueceyune! You will do fine as my successor. You know the heart and soul it takes to be as passionate in your sword skill as well as you are with your words."
He said I was the next in line to receive his title. Back when I was a White Knight. Now, I am Regent of Garnith and the Legendary Emerald Knight, titles I take proudly.
"I'm sorry, Milanisho..." Andrew paused, his life now divided. He has two options. Either defeat this one, or tend to Tairena. 'She doesn't have much time, so I will hurry and get her away to the main bridge. However, he is blocking the way, and if I fought here, I am in absolute risk of killing Tairena. This could get ugly, and I don't the idea of my daughter being killed.'
"What are you thinking? Then I'll start things off! Hrrryyah!" Pinashi charged at Andrew, swinging his sword repeatedly, making accurate and dangerous slashes. Evading every attack, Milanisho kept swinging. He was bound to touch Andrew's wings.
(I'm getting tired of writing that childs' name! We'll just call him Pinashi so I can stop driving myself nuts!- Lady Andrasani)
'It seems as long as I can keep her alive by evading his attacks, the worse off she is. However, as long as I have to fight, I cannot use any of my sword attacks because they will kill her. Grrr! I'm gonna eventually continue to dodge until I can get back to the training room! Okay, that's the plan protect Tairena until I get to the training room, and hide her inside the control room.' Andrew thought, 'My daughters are my pride and joy... I can't let them die!'
"Hmph! Why aren't you fighting? Are you arfraid to use your weapon? It figures, your skills are old and infantile." Pinashi ran at Andrew, with his sword in the air held high, and he began to swing furiously and Andrew opened his wings and carried Tairena within them. This was going to be extremely difficult. If he managed to lose his balance, Andrew would get himself and Tairena killed."Try me."Andrew then braced himself for the impact of Pinashi's incoming attack. Pinashi swung left; Andrew jumped back and threw another kick at him in his chest, knocking Pinashi backwards. "Are you giving up?"
"Never!"
"Then let us fight." Andrew smiled.
"If you're going to cradle your precious baby while fighting me, then I won't."
"Hmm?"
"But, I have also been sent to kill her as well. I don't want to kill such a beautiful woman, especially the crowned princess of Crystal Island, Miss Becardo."
"That's, 'Lady Tairena', and for harming her, I will make sure you will be demoted." Andrew barked.
"You're not a Diamond Knight yet, Dueceyune."
"I will be shortly, and I hate imprudent knights that don't respond to protocol!" angered, Andrew drew Trailblade and kissed Tairena's forehead. 'I'm sorry, Tairena. Please forgive your father. I am unsuitable to be your father if I condone violence. He pointed Trailblade at her, and smiled. However, it was when her left eye flickered open that he he hid his anger.
"Hey, you..." she whispered to Andrew, "I love you. I'll never hold anything against you as long as you don't hurt anyone I love. Now don't go getting yourself hurt, okay?"
"I see. Tairena, I know you're not at full health, but if I asked you to walk, would you be able to do it?"
"No, I can't move."
"I'm going to recharge Love Crystal. When our attacks get too much, use it."
"Okay, I got it." She smiled and a little more blood trickled down her right cheek as Andrew let it fall into his feathers. He put her back down and turned to Pinashi.
"This time, I will not let you go." Pinashi threatened. "And then I'll take Lady Tairena and marry her."Andrew scoffed and pointed Trailblade at him. He was infuriated. However, Andrew was one to never let his emotions get the best of him. "Are you ready?"
"Then let's go." The thermal energy activated and took form of a trident on both ends of Trailblade. Andrew twirled the weapon effortlessly and stood with Trailblade at his right side. Andrew felt his spiritual energy grealty increasing. Continuing evasive manuvers, he evades Pinashi's slashes and strikes. Feeling the need to be on the offensive, Andrew opened his wings and flew directly at Pinashi, slashing with force in every one of his strikes. No holds barred, he swung and lost his attack to Andrew's Trailblade. Andrew twirled and slashed while flying and forced Pinashi out of the door with a well-timed shoulder bash. Pinashi flew backwards a few feet, and then ran at Andrew. Andrew waited and then jumped back towards the door once again.
Again, Pinashi continued to attack. His sword skill was very affectionate, but it symbolized hatred, as after many slashes, Andrew found himself standing on the tip of Pinashi's crescent sword by his fingertips. He held Trailblade at Pinashi's neck, laughing. Andrew asked if he was done with his childlike batting the sword around as if he was a hero in a dream, Pinashi became angered and threw another relentless attack at Andrew. Andrew's speed was too much for Pinashi, for he could not even keep track of where Andrew could go when he missed.
'Was Dad right? Is Andrew the reincarnation of Lunar Cli Masters?' Pinashi thought, 'Andrew has his reasons, and Tairena is one of them. All I have to do is kill her. Andrew will then become the evil knight that father was talking so adamantly about. We need him back. Garnith is in war. The Royal Council thought they could get him out so that the girls could be protected in Jurai airspace. Not if my father and I have anything to say about it!' Pinashi cursed at Andrew and spat, but he could never near his attacks as Tairena as much as he needed too. Andrew's speed, experience, and skill itself made him a Legendary Warrior, and he was the only one who could make the rank of Diamond Knight, if he chose to.'
"Try me! I will not die!" he yelled ferociously. "I will defeat you!"
Andrew jumped back towards the door and flanked to his left, forcing him to almost run into a wall, jumped and ran on the wall itself, and tripped Pinashi with Trailblade. Pinashi quickly recovered the ran back inside the room and tried to follow Andrew's movements. Tairena was acknowledging her father's use of his skills; to avoid Pinashi's attacks toward her. As long as Andrew could keep this up, she could use Love Crystal to heal herself. Finally, Andrew tackled Pinashi to the ground, and flipped off him and stood back in stance next to Tairena.
Pinashi realized that he could not keep up with Andrew, but if he could manage to keep Andrew away for just a moment, he could kill Tairena in her weakened state. He bounced to his feet, and swung at Tairena out of pure hope that Andrew could not keep up. His strong attack was blocked by an invisible forcefield.
Suddenly, Pinashi knew whom he was dealing with. Only two people could do this. Geous, his father, and now... Dueceyune, the warrior that blocked his attack.
"You're really him; The Legendary Swordsman. No wonder why you didn't want to fight me, a lowly Ruby Knight. You are too powerful." awestruck, Pinashi swung the barrier; "But I will kill your daughter."
"Don?t think so." Andrew coldly responded. "You'll have to kill me first." Pinashi raised his sword into the air and turned to the shield-like substance.
"Ruby Shotetsuu Slash!" Pinashi quickly swung his sword at the barrier and an energy blast erupted from Pinashi's sword and broke the Andrew's barrier with little effort. After the attack, Pinashi lunged at Tairena again, to find nothing but air where the bruised princess once was. But, a familiar green energy beam was now at his throat once again.
"Here's one you may not like." Andrew, holding Tairena, now stood on top of Pinashi's blade once again. He backflipped off, opened his wings, and landed just inches from the wall. Carefully setting his daughter down, Andrew removed Trailblade from his wings and twirled it above his head. He continued until it turned into a whirling fan, and still, he continued to twirl it even faster. He began walking towards Pinashi. Two feet from Pinashi, he stopped walking, but continued twirling Trailblade.
"Ruby? Shotetsuu.." Pinashi began again.
"Tidal Flare!" Trailblade stopped spinning around and pointed directly at Pinashi. A huge water wave had submerged the entire room in water. Andrew's mobility increased drastically. Using his wings, he swam so fast, he had stuck Pinashi's sword away from him, and attacked several more times afterwards. Once Andrew finished his underwater tactics, the water dissipated. "Pinashi, have you given up?"
"Never! I will not give up! I am the son of Geous!"
"What?"Andrew asked, "I will not kill you, child of Geous." He threw Trailblade into the ground, picked Tairena up, and jumped into the air. If a Tetra Vine would work, Pinashi would become immobile; and that's exactly what Andrew needs to help Tairena.
"Your Tetra Vine will not work. I know your style and your secrets." He boasted. "I know all your moves."
"If you really knew all my moves, then you'd know that I wasn't using Tetra Vine,"Andrew bluffed. As long as Andrew kept Tairena near him, he was extremely vulnerable. However, Tairena's survival remained on Andrew. If either one was to die the other would awaken with a Garntihian special technique called Ariste Status. Andrew's body began glowing.
"You're not serious!" Pinashi's voice cracked, leaving a bit of change in his attitude. "You'd kill all of us!"
Pinashi turned around and ran towards the door, but Andrew simply blocked the door off. Pinashi, at a loss for words, just whimpered, hoping that his life would not end here.
"I...I was sent to kill Tairena and Andrew. Nothing more. Please spare me." Pinashi cried mortified.
"You will learn your mistakes. Later on, after this, I will simply eliminate you." Andrew coldly stated. Pinashi's fear continude to rise with each passing moment. His eyes turned from compassionate emerald to clear.
'His... his aura! He's not human! He's not even a living being any longer! It's turning into a black hole! Please God! Noooo!' Pinashi froze in place, unable to move any longer.
When all said and done, Andrew's humble disposition returned. He turned a malignant stare at a scared Pinashi, and smiled.
"This is called 'Mind Tremor Blitz.'" Andrew remarked. "I will send you back to Garnith. And please tell you father I want to speak with him immedately." Andrew turned away and laughed. "Looks like I win."
Several days have passed since the break-in on the Chronosphere. Everyone was a bit tense, so there were many different... ways of dealing with the whole situation. Andrew simply kept silent and only spoke with Ayane through their link while resting on his bed.
[Dad! Why won't you tell me how to use Mind Tremor? Ayane asked. Tenchi and I handled the four armed monster just fine. I told you not ntil you're able to use your telepathy on a better scale.] he answered, [Don't worry, the two of you handled that situation very well. I'm proud of you both.]
[But how did you get to Tairena? Didn't June and Mihoshi leave together?]
[Yeah. I guess they did. They must have become separated while escaping. Ayane, I'm sleepy... is this interrogation over?]
[Yes, it is, dad. I love you, have a nice nap.]
[Thanks, love you too.]
A couple of knocks followed Andrew's conversation.
"Umm.. Andrew?" It was Tenchi.
"Tenchi, come on in." Andrew said, sitting up.
"I heard from Ayane and June that you're aren't whom you say you are."
"I see... Tenchi, my real name is Dueceyune Lazerinith Becardo. I adopted the name "Andrew" from a friend that died in a battle a long time ago. People preferred Andrew to Dueceyune." He smiled; his words left an effect on Tenchi, whom was dumbfounded at this new discovery.
"Wait, why would you hide that from us?" Tenchi asked. "Does that mean you're no longer the girls' father?"
Andrew sighed, then responded; "Because I'm afraid of someone being hurt because of my actions. Especailly the others. Tenchi, I'm afraid that I could lose my family, friends, and home because I didn't tell the truth; because I was afraid to tell them that I am the 'God of Destruction'." Tenchi nodded in Andrew's response. "I am their father. At times, I am ashamed to be so. Because I show them both sides of me. Because I can't...be the loving, happy go lucky, man they want me to be, and that I used to be."
'So there is more to Andrew... he has fears beyond normal. He fears himself, for the lies he had to tell to live from one day to the next...' They both sat in his room, talking.
Alright! I'm finally finished! Holy crap that took a long time to write! Look, I couldn't finish this before the end of July because Tairena got the flu and my fiancee is away in a city that is six hours away from me! Ohhh.... But that's okay, he's back now, so I post-poned the chapter until he got back. I coun't do everything. Oh, by the way, this is a new chapter to my story. When I originally wrote this fic, This was never an included chapter. The rest is sure to come, though. Give me a little time, and Snake and I will post up the entire story within a couple months at most! Okay now, have fun, and review!
-Lady Andrasani