Is That You? By: OtakuSailorV

Chapter 24: Till the End

As the attacks by the Monster's increased in fervor, Genki began to wonder, confused, on their enemy. From his past experience with Moo, he had been ferocious, but had also been able to talk, hadn't he? Or had his memories been distorted?

He was sure that Moo had been somewhat intelligent in this form, at least capable of speech if nothing else.

Just as his mind began to drift, his squadron of fighting Dragons took a sudden sharp turn in mid air and he had to grip tightly to make sure he didn't fall.

Mocchi let out a frightened yelp and clung to his back as they were spun in a circle several times before they leveled out again. When he had regained his senses, Genki opened his eyes to see that they were flying in a large circle back toward Moo, gaining intense speed on the way.

They were far above his head now, the Dragons gave a roar as they adjusted their leathery wings again before darting downward on their foe, releasing large breaths of fire and laser-like attacks that singed the beasts bloodied fur.

Moo gave a horrid cry and his large meaty arms waved through the air, frustrated with his attackers.

There was another cry as several of the Dragons; caught up in the need to fire more and more attacks on Moo were struck from the air. Their comrades let out a long, mournful keen that ended in growls, demanding retribution for the fallen.

Genki stood up on his Dragon's back as best he could and motioned to the opposite wing, his brow furrowed sternly as he tried his best to show them what he had in mind.

The blows to Moo's outside seemed to do very little and those that missed only resulted in more damage to the already leveled city grounds. Moo could not longer fly, his wings having been torn earlier in the battle, so they didn't have to worry about him flying away. But Genki was worried that the beast would become desperate and use his large, beam attack that shot from his mouth and horns. It was deadly and if frustrated much further, he might be provoked to use it. The brown haired fighter didn't want to imagine what devastation it would cause if used.

There had to be a way to finish him off, for the battle had already been drawn out long enough, the Monsters were beginning to look battle-stricken and weary. He feared they would not last much longer, and without any sign of those troublesome Agents around either.

The mouth! Yes, Moo was constantly roaring, if they could manage to get a hit inside of him, especially in such a vulnerable area, he was sure to go down or at least weaken enough that they would gain the upper hand for a while.

Nodding to himself he motioned for the two wings to form up as one again and told his friends hurriedly of his decision.

"It's worth a shot." Pixie said in almost a growl. She was bruised and scratched in some places, her hair messy and claws covered in blood. Her horns were tinged black at the tips from the constant use of her lightening attacks.

"Let's try it out." Hare commented sharply as he saw that they weren't far away from Moo now.

The wing flew back off in its loop and Genki looked to make sure Holly was all right. She seemed determined to stay with them despite the danger. He wanted to protest against her coming with them, but she probably wouldn't hear of it. Grinning he turned back, skin a little paler than usual as they dove at their enemy.


Below, Golem watched his friends' skyward descents and sharp turns while smashing the bones in Moo's thick feet with rocks. He had been scuffed several times by the awkward creatures shuffling to avoid him, but so far Moo had been too busy to pay much attention to Golem. In fact, the stupid meat-head didn't seem to have noticed the rock-giant at all.

He roared stupidly at his opponents, his great tail weaving about and lashing around. Golem ducked as it whizzed by his head and quickly chased after it using his 'Tornado' attack. Something cracked and the tail immediately halted it's swift lashing, twitching on the ground brokenly.

For the first time Moo seemed to register that he was being beaten from below as well and turned his horned head toward Golem, eyes gleaming in the night. He growled deep in his chest, the stones rattled as it passed through him into the earth.

A sudden attack from Tiger, who had suddenly appeared on his nose now, startled him, and he forgot about the stone man below as he swung his head about wildly, trying to dislodge the wolf Monster from him.

Letting out another roar, he clawed at his face, creating new wounds that bled furiously. Pain seared through him and Moo tossed his head into the air, howling madly, exposing his fleshy throat and opened mouth to the world in his unyielding agony.


Hikari and the others watched the battle from the underground base that had been provided to them by those that had control of the Agents. Hikari was stern, biting her bottom lip until it bled. Sucking on the lip now, she turned to biting on the insides of her cheeks and her upper lip instead. She was nervous for the group. Many of the Dragons had fallen and those that were left were winded and tired.

Seisuke shifted, having caught onto Hikari's nervous little twittering himself. A sideways glance her way confirmed his suspicions that she was not altogether enjoying the show as much as Takata seemed to be. The man was anything but solemn and composed like Himitsu. In fact, he was downright giddy over the whole thing. Despite the leveling of the city and the other devastation's, he was smiling broadly, often laughing when Moo or one of the Dragons was hit.

Himitsu sent him a particularly nasty glare once and he had fallen silent, but his eyes still shone with a sadistic kind of light to them as he watched.

"We should help them." Hikari said sternly, eyeing her elder sister, eyes narrowed. Her lips were red and a little swollen from being bitten so hard for so long.

"They can do this." Himitsu insisted, not even looking back at Hikari.

Hikari glanced up at the screen again, fists curling. She hated being left out of things, it was a bit of a pet peeve, and even though she knew she wouldn't be of any help, she wanted to fight. Taking a deep breath she calmed herself and nodded to her superior. "Understood." She bit back a harsh edge that threatened to invade her tone.

Seisuke continued to watch her and after a time he spoke, under his breath to be certain that Himitsu and Sakino would not hear him. "Are you sure of this, L? We could slip away."

Hikari looked at him sharply. "You? Disobey orders? I think not. My sister is right. It's time to rely on them, we wouldn't stand a chance anyway." She hissed back, obviously not pleased that she had to admit Himitsu was right.

Seisuke turned back to face the large screen that showed a distorted image of the fight above. "Na klar. . ."


Moo loomed ahead, his head still flailing from Tiger's attack. The wolf had promptly retreated to speak to Golem of the plan and get him away from the monster before the attack was waged.

The Dragons did not appear shaken at all, but there was something about that bloody, mashed face that sent a shiver down everyone's spine. Holly was white as a sheet at the sight, swallowing convulsively to keep her food from coming back up.

Large pools of it gathered in the folds of his skin as he wrinkled it up to bare his hideous teeth at them. It gushed out and flew through the air as he roared again, challenging them as he clawed at the air, stomping forward in a mad dash, planning on ramming them with his great head.

The mouth opened as he ran, teeth gnashing angrily as blood sprayed everywhere and covered his entire upper body. His eyes were wild but intent, watching them steadily as the impact spot came closer and closer.

"C'mon!" Genki called, trying to rally their spirits. "Fire!" He called; pointing to Moo's face.

Immediately a concentrated beam sprang forth from the troop of warriors. It struck Moo dead on, and the head lashed back, fur and skin singed, letting out a blood-curdling cry as some of the blow entered his mouth, breaking the bones in his face and destroying several of his knife-like teeth.

His hideousness was complete, blood flowed from new wounds, but still there was no end to it. In a mad rage, the already dying beast continued to run at them, though his pace had become dogged. He was determined to take them with him if he was to be destroyed.

Genki held his breath, watching the oncoming monstrosity with wide eyes, taking it all in carefully. Time seemed to have slowed to some extent, though he wasn't aware of any clear thought at the time. It was just him watching the horrific face-less creature stamp toward them, red claws swiping at the air as it roared again and again, trying to relieve it's pain.

Just as it seemed that they were all about to crash together, Moo fell short. Either the blood loss had gotten to him, or the excruciating pain, for the beast suddenly lunged and then slumped to the ground.

His body twitched and several times he looked about to raise himself onto his shaky limbs, but they would not support him and he fell in a pool of blood that had grown underneath him.

From above it could be seen that he had been struck through upon his descent, by a piece of the broken asphalt. It had rammed right through his chest, and a part of it protruded from his back, covered in his foul-smelling blood.

It was a sickening sight, and the smell that suddenly wafted up tot hem was horrendous. Genki felt woozy and drained from the long fight and even longer suspense of fighting such a foe again so soon.

He looked back at Holly with a grin, and felt himself suddenly grow lightheaded. Her calm face suddenly became stricken and he puzzled over it in the few seconds there were before he noticed that the sky had suddenly tilted into his view. Mocchi, who had been sitting at the head of the Dragon they were riding turned and was scrambling to grab a hold of Genki, who had started to slip off of the Dragons back.

Genki, just then noticing what was going on, scrambled as well, waving his arms and grasping at the slippery scales of the Dragons back. But it was useless he was falling.

Briefly he was reminded of another time just like this. The Dragons in the air, carrying them off in victory. . .

As he felt nothingness suddenly close in all around him, his heart sank and he reached a single, pleading hand out to his friends before the utter impact of everything made his vision cloud black.


German Dictionary -

Na Klar... - Of course...

The rest of the author's note shall be in the epilogue. . .