Chapter 8 - Disaster

Halfway there, Keitaro pushed off the ground and started going upwards. He had only one shot and this was it, this was the final test of his dedication, his endurance and his love.

The screams of the girls were drowned out by Keitaros concentration, his hearted pounded like crazy in his head. The adrenaline pumped into him like cobra poison, energizing and pushing him to his very limits. As he closed in on the missiles, it all came back to him. The screams, the cries, the tears, and the fear, the fear of losing it all. For 2 years he had lived at Hinata Sou, and for 2 years, his tenants and him had been through a lot.

All of a sudden, the anger came back, all the beatings, the insults, everything that had ever caused him anguish was brought back full strength. And thus the battle for control inside of him began. Let the die 'I can't it's not right' What's not right is how you're abused day and night. 'That may be true, but that doesn't give me the right to play god with their lives' Yes it does, How many times have you almost died?

'That's irrelevant' No it's not and you know it. 'No, I can't hurt them' Why? 'Because they're my friends.' If these are your friends, I'd hate to meet your enemies. 'Do I really have to tell you about high school.' No I was there, as pathetic as it sounds. Look, what goes around, comes around. Right? No one will blame you if you "fail" to rescue them. 'I will' If it's that much of a problem, I'll do it and save you the trouble. Think about what happened last time. You can't tell me you didn't enjoy it. 'I don't even know what happened!' Don't lie, we, yes we, fought those two "Friends" and we kicked there ass, not physically, but verbally which worked fine for me. Then. I know somewhere inside you want to jus take them by their necks and strangle them, If you don't then tell me why I'm here.

'We can't do this, it's not right.' C'mon Kei, It's only a few inches and BOOM, they're gone. 'But what about Haruka and Seta, they will know what I did.' Not if you don't let Mecha Tama get to them 'I have a deal. How about, we let loose any tension and settle for turning Mecha Tama into scrap metal. Fine! We'll talk later, don't even try to ignore me, or else?

All this happened within half of half of half a second. Motoko has realized that everything lies on Keitaro. She uses her ki to see if Keitaro actually has a chance. As far as she can see, Keitaros ki has nothing particularly special about it, so she gives up realizing that Keitaro can't do it. But then, just as she is about to stop, she sense it. The rise in ki. As far as she could see, Keitaros ki had had a huge power surge and had now ascended past her own by miles, but she wasn't sure how he stood against Seta. Seta, however, looked on interested, watching Keitaro carefully, noting everything from the beads of sweat on his brow to the intense internal battle his eyes showed. He inwardly smiled knowing that his plan to finally release all hell on earth was soon to take place.

Keitaro does a flip in mid air, then jumps onto the back of a missile, sending it upwards. Just before he was thrown off, he jumped onto another, and another. On and on this insane waltz continued as he skillfully sent each missile into orbit. The number of rockets dwindled in a matter of seconds. Finally came the last one came. Tama reared on it's hind legs again and prepared to destroy Keitaro. As he jumped onto the projectile, it turned sharply to the left ad upwards, causing Keitaro to lose his balance and start to fall backwards. This would have been fine had the missile not snaked a mechanical claw around his ankle, dragging him up into space and his final destruction.

"KEITARO!" the girls screamed as the giant explosive continued to rise. As if on cue, the other missiles already in the air exploded covering the sky with smoke and fumes, in which Keitaro quickly vanished.