Android Kikaider 02: The Fanfiction
Disclaimer: Yeah. You know the drill.
The moon peered down on the remains of the Night headquarters. However, black helicopters also surrounded the remains. Men were digging through the rubble to find anything they could. One man found an incredibly damaged human body. "Guys! I found something!"
Another man came to him. "What is it? What did you find?"
The other man gave the reply, "I think it's the boss. Or what's left of him, anyway."
The man then checked his pulse. "He's alive, but barely. I don't think he'll last much longer."
"So then...what should we do?" asked the man who discovered Kuro's damaged body.
The other man then said, "We have no choice. We'll have to transfer the remains into the robot."
The man then shouted, "Bring it over here! Now!"
It was then that some of the other men brought out a black robot with a gold chest and a G on it, red eyes, and some type of empty casing on the top.
---Salvation---
It had been three days since Niro destroyed the Night base, but Suzume didn't know that as she sat in her desk next to the empty one where Niro would sit. "He's not here today either. Where could he be?"
Time passed, and it was lunchtime again. Suzume and Gunta sat at their usual table. Gunta started off with, "I can't believe this! It's not like him to miss one day of school, much less three!"
Suzume just looked at the table and wondered about him. "Niro, are you...avoiding me?"
Gunta looked at her, paused for a second, and said, "Okay. That's it. Spill it. What happened between the two of you?"
"I already told you what happened, Gunta," she replied.
"No, you told me something happened. Now what happened?"
"I just found out that Niro...isn't like most people."
Gunta just looked at her and said, "Oh come on. It's not like the guy was a robot or something."
Suzume just gave a weak laugh at Gunta's comment. But this only got her into thinking about him again. Gunta looked at her and said, "You really have a thing for the guy, don't you?"
Suzume nodded a little bit. "I just wish I could say it to him myself, but sometimes I wonder if maybe he's running from me."
Gunta soon reached into his pocket and pulled out a small slip of paper. "Call his mom first before going to this guy. If Niro's actually run away from home, then he'll find him. From what I've heard, his office is rundown, and he's desperate for work, but he's really good at his job."
Suzume smiled at her friend. "Thanks Gunta."
The lunch bell rang, and everyone went back to class. Suzume looked at the slip of paper. On it was an address and the name Detective Hanpei Hattori.
Niro kept driving down the road on his Rocket Machine. He didn't know where else to go, but he really didn't care. He just knew that he couldn't go back home. He finally came across a building with a design that he had never seen before. He drove into the building to investigate it.
The android walked inside and found the building to be a church. He looked around at all the Christian decorations of the main auditorium. "What is this place?" he thought to himself.
It was then that the pastor came up to him. "Can I help you, sir?"
Niro looked at the man. "What is this place?" he asked him.
The pastor replied, "This place is a church, my boy. Haven't you ever seen a church before?"
Niro shook his head. "No, I haven't."
"Oh," was the only thing the man could say.
Niro then walked over to picture of a man on a cross. "Tell me, who is this person?"
The pastor answered, "That is a picture of Jesus Christ, our savior."
"Savior?" he responded.
"Yes. You see, Jesus is the son of God, the creator of man, animals, the earth, and everything else. Two thousand years ago, God sent his only son to Earth to later insure that all of mankind would be able to go to Heaven."
"But...why is he nailed on the cross like that?"
"Well, the only way all of mankind would have a chance of going into Heaven was that one final sacrifice would have to be made. Although Jesus had never sinned in his earthly lifetime, he took the burdens and sins of all of mankind. He died for our sins so that we can receive the gift of Heaven."
"But how could a father do that to his son?" Niro asked in amazement.
"God loves all of mankind, even though we are wretched, filthy, and sinful. But with Jesus' sacrifice, all of our sins are forgiven, and our souls can live in eternal paradise if we ask him to come into our hearts."
"But why would you ask a dead person to come into your heart?"
"It's not quite like that. You see, after the third day that He died, Jesus rose from the grave, so he is indeed still alive, and because we have a living God, we can have eternal salvation."
Niro sighed and began to walk off. "Wait. Where are you going?"
The young android's reply was, "I can't stay here. It's impossible for my sins to be forgiven. God can only save a human soul, and I don't have that."
Niro hopped onto his Rocket Machine and took off once again.
Suzume stood at the entrance of the Hanpei Hattori Detective Agency for a moment, and then she walked in. When she walked in, she saw a woman sitting on the couch. Etsuko Sarutobi looked at the teenage woman and said, "Oh, hello. Can I help you?"
Suzume responded, "I'd like to see Detective Hanpei Hattori, please."
Etsuko responded, "Oh sure! I'll go get him."
Etsuko went to find Hanpei, and when she did, she found him drinking a cup of coffee. "Boss, we have someone who would like to see you."
Hanpei smiled and replied, "Good. I needed an excuse to keep me from drinking this weak crud."
"You do realize that we've been using those same coffee grinds for the past week, right?" she responded.
"Broke again, huh? Well, maybe our visitor is a new client."
Hanpei went to see Suzume and said, "Ah, so you must be our visitor. Hanpei Hattori at your service."
Hanpei extended his hand, and Suzume shook it. Suzume then said, "I'm Suzume, and I need you to help me find someone."
The two of them sat down, and Suzume handed him a picture of Niro. "He's a good friend of mine. He ran away a few days ago, and I don't know where to or why."
The detective looked at the picture of the young man with an electric guitar on his back. "He reminds me of someone I knew a long time ago. What's his name?"
"His name is Niro. Niro Komyoji."
Hanpei replied, "Oh, then I'm...Did you say Komyoji?!"
Suzume replied, "Yeah. His mom is a robotics engineer. Mitsuko Komyoji, I think it was."
Hanpei was both shocked and confused. However, he finally regained composure and said, "Don't you worry, Suzume. I'll find him. But before I do anything, I need to see his mom. In the meantime, you wait right there."
Hanpei quickly left Suzume and went to Etsuko. "So how's it going, Boss? Do we have a case?"
Hanpei replied, "Yeah, but you're not going to believe who we have to find."
Hanpei handed Etsuko the picture. "That's weird. He looks a lot like Jiro."
"He should. That's Mitsuko's son, Niro Komyoji."
Etsuko gasped. "You're not serious!"
"I'm not joking about this, Etsuko."
"But how is it possible? I mean considering that Jiro is..."
"A robot?" Suzume interrupted.
Both pairs of eyes were looking at her with complete shock. "Yeah, but how did you know?"
She replied, "Niro is too. He tried to hide it from me, but when I was kidnapped by his brother, he transformed and rescued me."
Hanpei looked at his assistant and said, "We better talk to Mitsuko now."
Suzume then said, "I can take you to the house. I'll do anything. Just help me find Niro."
Hanpei smiled and said, "Don't worry. I said I'd find him, and I will. But I'd like to talk with Mitsuko to see what I've been missing."
Niro sat upon a building rooftop and looked down at the civilization below him. He sat there quietly and thought about the pastor's words. "A man who could die to save all human souls...," he said to himself.
He tilted his head towards the stars and then asked, "But then...what salvation do I have for my soul?"
At the Komyoji house, Mitsuko sat on the couch deep in thought. Jiro came to her, sat beside her, and put an arm around her. "It's been three days since he ran away," she said.
"I know. The police are doing everything they can, and Masaru is still trying to get through to Mr. Hattori," was the only thing that he could say to comfort her.
"But still, I feel like it's all my fault."
"Mitsuko, you can't blame yourself for all of this. Niro wouldn't have blamed you for any of it. He may have destroyed Sano, but you were just thankful he was alive. You have no reason to be ashamed of yourself for that," he responded.
Mitsuko gently placed her head on Jiro's shoulder. However, the moment was soon broken by the sound of Masaru's shouting. "DANG IT!"
Jiro and Mitsuko went to see what was wrong. Masaru just held the phone in his hand angrily. "What's wrong?" Mitsuko asked.
Masaru then replied, "Mr. Hattori first changes his phone number, then he leaves it unregistered, and then after I finally find the new number, I find that nobody's picking up!"
The doorbell rang, and everyone went to see who it was. When they opened the door, they found Hanpei and Etsuko standing at the door. "Hey guys. It's been a long time."
Mitsuko gasped. "Mr. Hattori!"
Hanpei then saw that Jiro was there with them. He and Etsuko gasped at the same time and said, "Jiro! You're alive!"
Jiro smiled and nodded. "It's good to see both of you again."
Etsuko then turned her attention to Masaru. "Masaru?! Is that really you?! You've really grown up!"
Masaru laughed gently in slight embarrassment. "Thanks. Hey, did you guys hear that I've been trying to get a hold of you or something? I called you phone, but nobody was answering."
Hanpei looked at Etsuko and said, "We have a phone?"
Etsuko sharply replied, "Of course we do, sir, but we've been so broke that we got disconnected for a long time."
Hanpei sighed and said, "We really need to work on our finances. Anyway, I came here because I was hired by another client."
Hanpei and Etsuko took a step apart each to reveal Suzume. "Uh, hi. I'm Suzume."
Once they were inside, Mitsuko told Hanpei, Etsuko, and Suzume the whole story about Niro, Night, and the reason he ran away. Etsuko then said, "Okay. Let me get this straight. You made a Kikaider 02 and 03, 02, or Niro, killed 03 and he ran away after that?"
Mitsuko nodded and replied, "I think destroying Sano just completely tore him apart, and I only made it worse for him."
Suzume then added, "I guess the fact that Sano would always call him Big Bro didn't help any."
Hanpei then said, "Don't worry. I'll find him for you."
Everybody soon left the house to look for the missing Kikaider 02.
The day passed and turned into night. Niro just walked around not knowing what to do. He then came to the church again and looked at it. He thought about the pastor's words again. "If God forgives human sins, then what do I do?"
Niro then began to hear footsteps coming towards him. Niro turned around to see Kuro Atogama. "Taking on a religious faith? Not exactly something I'd expect from any android."
Niro looked completely shocked and made his hands into tight fists. "You! But I thought you were..."
"Dead?" he interrupted. "Well, not entirely. My body was all but completely destroyed, but my brain managed to survive. But let's face it, what good is an incredible mind if it dies in such a useless body?"
"More like a psychotic mind that should have died with it," the young android shot back harshly.
"My, aren't we being touchy. But I came here just to let you know that Night wasn't completely destroyed. You made a very big mess of things, but I'm not done yet. But since I'm here, why not finish this?"
Niro replied, "Finish what? You don't have any of your lackeys here. Do you honestly think you have a chance at beating me?"
"Yes," he said as his human features quickly disappeared.
Niro looked in complete shock as he saw Kuro transform into a black robot with a gold chest and a black G on it, a black head with red eyes, a permanent smile, gold streaks coming down from the eyes, and a casing that sat on top of the head containing a brain. "Like the new look? It's a little thing that Lord Gill kept in cold storage after Dark was destroyed and he began to form the Hakaider Squad. This is called the Gold Hakaider unit. However, I had some of my people make some incredible modifications to it."
It was then that Gold Hakaider charged at Niro and threw a punch at him. Although he still managed to block it, the disguised android still flew right through the stain-glass window on the front of the church. The pastor saw this and ran to him. "Are you alright?! What happened?!"
Niro turned his head to the pastor and said, "Get away! It's not safe here!"
The pastor refused to leave, and Gold Hakaider leaped in through the damaged window. "That's just a taste of my new power, 02!"
Niro got up and, without thinking of the pastor being right there to watch, placed his hands on his shoulders. "CHANGE! 02!!"
Soon, right before the pastor's eyes, Niro transformed into Kikaider 02 and got into a fighting stance. The black and gold cyborg then got into a fighting stance, and the pastor stepped in between. "I don't know what the two of you are or what kind of bitterness you hold for each other, but this kind of chaos will not be allowed in the Lord's house!"
Gold Hakaider then drew Sano's blaster and aimed it at the pastor. "Quiet, you old fool!"
Once 02 saw that he was about to squeeze the trigger, he quickly pulled the pastor out of the way and ended up taking the blast himself. The energy blast sent him to the ground with critical damage done to him. Gold Hakaider then retracted his gun and transformed back into Kuro Atogama. "This has just been a waste of my time."
Kuro then walked out of the church as 02 struggled to get back up. He soon thought to himself, "He spared me? Why?"
It didn't matter to him, though. He walked out the back door of the church and into some forestland. He kept walking, holding his damaged area. Finally, the strain of it grew to be too much as he collapsed on the ground, lost consciousness, and reverted back into Niro Komyoji.
A young boy that seemed to be the same age as Niro's appearance came to the android. He had dark hair that sloped downward and covered one of his eyes. After finding Niro, he shouted in the direction that he came from, "Over here! I found him!"
A young girl about the same age as the boy came to him and looked at the android. "He's unconscious. He must have a great deal of damage to his body. We've got to get him home now!"
The boy just looked at Niro as the girl picked him up and threw the android over her shoulder. He thought to himself, "He practically looks just like him!"
The girl started walking off while the boy still looked with amazement. The girl then said, "Akira, we don't have much time! We have to move now!"
The boy named Akira snapped out of it and soon followed the girl carrying Niro.
A/N: Aha! How do you like them apples?! To answer the question on some of your minds, I have no clue how much longer this story is going to go, but it's going to go on for a good while longer. I really don't like to leave things unresolved, and you'll see what I mean by that in the later chapters. Anyway, thank you once again for all the nice reviews! Keep sending them in!
Disclaimer: Yeah. You know the drill.
The moon peered down on the remains of the Night headquarters. However, black helicopters also surrounded the remains. Men were digging through the rubble to find anything they could. One man found an incredibly damaged human body. "Guys! I found something!"
Another man came to him. "What is it? What did you find?"
The other man gave the reply, "I think it's the boss. Or what's left of him, anyway."
The man then checked his pulse. "He's alive, but barely. I don't think he'll last much longer."
"So then...what should we do?" asked the man who discovered Kuro's damaged body.
The other man then said, "We have no choice. We'll have to transfer the remains into the robot."
The man then shouted, "Bring it over here! Now!"
It was then that some of the other men brought out a black robot with a gold chest and a G on it, red eyes, and some type of empty casing on the top.
---Salvation---
It had been three days since Niro destroyed the Night base, but Suzume didn't know that as she sat in her desk next to the empty one where Niro would sit. "He's not here today either. Where could he be?"
Time passed, and it was lunchtime again. Suzume and Gunta sat at their usual table. Gunta started off with, "I can't believe this! It's not like him to miss one day of school, much less three!"
Suzume just looked at the table and wondered about him. "Niro, are you...avoiding me?"
Gunta looked at her, paused for a second, and said, "Okay. That's it. Spill it. What happened between the two of you?"
"I already told you what happened, Gunta," she replied.
"No, you told me something happened. Now what happened?"
"I just found out that Niro...isn't like most people."
Gunta just looked at her and said, "Oh come on. It's not like the guy was a robot or something."
Suzume just gave a weak laugh at Gunta's comment. But this only got her into thinking about him again. Gunta looked at her and said, "You really have a thing for the guy, don't you?"
Suzume nodded a little bit. "I just wish I could say it to him myself, but sometimes I wonder if maybe he's running from me."
Gunta soon reached into his pocket and pulled out a small slip of paper. "Call his mom first before going to this guy. If Niro's actually run away from home, then he'll find him. From what I've heard, his office is rundown, and he's desperate for work, but he's really good at his job."
Suzume smiled at her friend. "Thanks Gunta."
The lunch bell rang, and everyone went back to class. Suzume looked at the slip of paper. On it was an address and the name Detective Hanpei Hattori.
Niro kept driving down the road on his Rocket Machine. He didn't know where else to go, but he really didn't care. He just knew that he couldn't go back home. He finally came across a building with a design that he had never seen before. He drove into the building to investigate it.
The android walked inside and found the building to be a church. He looked around at all the Christian decorations of the main auditorium. "What is this place?" he thought to himself.
It was then that the pastor came up to him. "Can I help you, sir?"
Niro looked at the man. "What is this place?" he asked him.
The pastor replied, "This place is a church, my boy. Haven't you ever seen a church before?"
Niro shook his head. "No, I haven't."
"Oh," was the only thing the man could say.
Niro then walked over to picture of a man on a cross. "Tell me, who is this person?"
The pastor answered, "That is a picture of Jesus Christ, our savior."
"Savior?" he responded.
"Yes. You see, Jesus is the son of God, the creator of man, animals, the earth, and everything else. Two thousand years ago, God sent his only son to Earth to later insure that all of mankind would be able to go to Heaven."
"But...why is he nailed on the cross like that?"
"Well, the only way all of mankind would have a chance of going into Heaven was that one final sacrifice would have to be made. Although Jesus had never sinned in his earthly lifetime, he took the burdens and sins of all of mankind. He died for our sins so that we can receive the gift of Heaven."
"But how could a father do that to his son?" Niro asked in amazement.
"God loves all of mankind, even though we are wretched, filthy, and sinful. But with Jesus' sacrifice, all of our sins are forgiven, and our souls can live in eternal paradise if we ask him to come into our hearts."
"But why would you ask a dead person to come into your heart?"
"It's not quite like that. You see, after the third day that He died, Jesus rose from the grave, so he is indeed still alive, and because we have a living God, we can have eternal salvation."
Niro sighed and began to walk off. "Wait. Where are you going?"
The young android's reply was, "I can't stay here. It's impossible for my sins to be forgiven. God can only save a human soul, and I don't have that."
Niro hopped onto his Rocket Machine and took off once again.
Suzume stood at the entrance of the Hanpei Hattori Detective Agency for a moment, and then she walked in. When she walked in, she saw a woman sitting on the couch. Etsuko Sarutobi looked at the teenage woman and said, "Oh, hello. Can I help you?"
Suzume responded, "I'd like to see Detective Hanpei Hattori, please."
Etsuko responded, "Oh sure! I'll go get him."
Etsuko went to find Hanpei, and when she did, she found him drinking a cup of coffee. "Boss, we have someone who would like to see you."
Hanpei smiled and replied, "Good. I needed an excuse to keep me from drinking this weak crud."
"You do realize that we've been using those same coffee grinds for the past week, right?" she responded.
"Broke again, huh? Well, maybe our visitor is a new client."
Hanpei went to see Suzume and said, "Ah, so you must be our visitor. Hanpei Hattori at your service."
Hanpei extended his hand, and Suzume shook it. Suzume then said, "I'm Suzume, and I need you to help me find someone."
The two of them sat down, and Suzume handed him a picture of Niro. "He's a good friend of mine. He ran away a few days ago, and I don't know where to or why."
The detective looked at the picture of the young man with an electric guitar on his back. "He reminds me of someone I knew a long time ago. What's his name?"
"His name is Niro. Niro Komyoji."
Hanpei replied, "Oh, then I'm...Did you say Komyoji?!"
Suzume replied, "Yeah. His mom is a robotics engineer. Mitsuko Komyoji, I think it was."
Hanpei was both shocked and confused. However, he finally regained composure and said, "Don't you worry, Suzume. I'll find him. But before I do anything, I need to see his mom. In the meantime, you wait right there."
Hanpei quickly left Suzume and went to Etsuko. "So how's it going, Boss? Do we have a case?"
Hanpei replied, "Yeah, but you're not going to believe who we have to find."
Hanpei handed Etsuko the picture. "That's weird. He looks a lot like Jiro."
"He should. That's Mitsuko's son, Niro Komyoji."
Etsuko gasped. "You're not serious!"
"I'm not joking about this, Etsuko."
"But how is it possible? I mean considering that Jiro is..."
"A robot?" Suzume interrupted.
Both pairs of eyes were looking at her with complete shock. "Yeah, but how did you know?"
She replied, "Niro is too. He tried to hide it from me, but when I was kidnapped by his brother, he transformed and rescued me."
Hanpei looked at his assistant and said, "We better talk to Mitsuko now."
Suzume then said, "I can take you to the house. I'll do anything. Just help me find Niro."
Hanpei smiled and said, "Don't worry. I said I'd find him, and I will. But I'd like to talk with Mitsuko to see what I've been missing."
Niro sat upon a building rooftop and looked down at the civilization below him. He sat there quietly and thought about the pastor's words. "A man who could die to save all human souls...," he said to himself.
He tilted his head towards the stars and then asked, "But then...what salvation do I have for my soul?"
At the Komyoji house, Mitsuko sat on the couch deep in thought. Jiro came to her, sat beside her, and put an arm around her. "It's been three days since he ran away," she said.
"I know. The police are doing everything they can, and Masaru is still trying to get through to Mr. Hattori," was the only thing that he could say to comfort her.
"But still, I feel like it's all my fault."
"Mitsuko, you can't blame yourself for all of this. Niro wouldn't have blamed you for any of it. He may have destroyed Sano, but you were just thankful he was alive. You have no reason to be ashamed of yourself for that," he responded.
Mitsuko gently placed her head on Jiro's shoulder. However, the moment was soon broken by the sound of Masaru's shouting. "DANG IT!"
Jiro and Mitsuko went to see what was wrong. Masaru just held the phone in his hand angrily. "What's wrong?" Mitsuko asked.
Masaru then replied, "Mr. Hattori first changes his phone number, then he leaves it unregistered, and then after I finally find the new number, I find that nobody's picking up!"
The doorbell rang, and everyone went to see who it was. When they opened the door, they found Hanpei and Etsuko standing at the door. "Hey guys. It's been a long time."
Mitsuko gasped. "Mr. Hattori!"
Hanpei then saw that Jiro was there with them. He and Etsuko gasped at the same time and said, "Jiro! You're alive!"
Jiro smiled and nodded. "It's good to see both of you again."
Etsuko then turned her attention to Masaru. "Masaru?! Is that really you?! You've really grown up!"
Masaru laughed gently in slight embarrassment. "Thanks. Hey, did you guys hear that I've been trying to get a hold of you or something? I called you phone, but nobody was answering."
Hanpei looked at Etsuko and said, "We have a phone?"
Etsuko sharply replied, "Of course we do, sir, but we've been so broke that we got disconnected for a long time."
Hanpei sighed and said, "We really need to work on our finances. Anyway, I came here because I was hired by another client."
Hanpei and Etsuko took a step apart each to reveal Suzume. "Uh, hi. I'm Suzume."
Once they were inside, Mitsuko told Hanpei, Etsuko, and Suzume the whole story about Niro, Night, and the reason he ran away. Etsuko then said, "Okay. Let me get this straight. You made a Kikaider 02 and 03, 02, or Niro, killed 03 and he ran away after that?"
Mitsuko nodded and replied, "I think destroying Sano just completely tore him apart, and I only made it worse for him."
Suzume then added, "I guess the fact that Sano would always call him Big Bro didn't help any."
Hanpei then said, "Don't worry. I'll find him for you."
Everybody soon left the house to look for the missing Kikaider 02.
The day passed and turned into night. Niro just walked around not knowing what to do. He then came to the church again and looked at it. He thought about the pastor's words again. "If God forgives human sins, then what do I do?"
Niro then began to hear footsteps coming towards him. Niro turned around to see Kuro Atogama. "Taking on a religious faith? Not exactly something I'd expect from any android."
Niro looked completely shocked and made his hands into tight fists. "You! But I thought you were..."
"Dead?" he interrupted. "Well, not entirely. My body was all but completely destroyed, but my brain managed to survive. But let's face it, what good is an incredible mind if it dies in such a useless body?"
"More like a psychotic mind that should have died with it," the young android shot back harshly.
"My, aren't we being touchy. But I came here just to let you know that Night wasn't completely destroyed. You made a very big mess of things, but I'm not done yet. But since I'm here, why not finish this?"
Niro replied, "Finish what? You don't have any of your lackeys here. Do you honestly think you have a chance at beating me?"
"Yes," he said as his human features quickly disappeared.
Niro looked in complete shock as he saw Kuro transform into a black robot with a gold chest and a black G on it, a black head with red eyes, a permanent smile, gold streaks coming down from the eyes, and a casing that sat on top of the head containing a brain. "Like the new look? It's a little thing that Lord Gill kept in cold storage after Dark was destroyed and he began to form the Hakaider Squad. This is called the Gold Hakaider unit. However, I had some of my people make some incredible modifications to it."
It was then that Gold Hakaider charged at Niro and threw a punch at him. Although he still managed to block it, the disguised android still flew right through the stain-glass window on the front of the church. The pastor saw this and ran to him. "Are you alright?! What happened?!"
Niro turned his head to the pastor and said, "Get away! It's not safe here!"
The pastor refused to leave, and Gold Hakaider leaped in through the damaged window. "That's just a taste of my new power, 02!"
Niro got up and, without thinking of the pastor being right there to watch, placed his hands on his shoulders. "CHANGE! 02!!"
Soon, right before the pastor's eyes, Niro transformed into Kikaider 02 and got into a fighting stance. The black and gold cyborg then got into a fighting stance, and the pastor stepped in between. "I don't know what the two of you are or what kind of bitterness you hold for each other, but this kind of chaos will not be allowed in the Lord's house!"
Gold Hakaider then drew Sano's blaster and aimed it at the pastor. "Quiet, you old fool!"
Once 02 saw that he was about to squeeze the trigger, he quickly pulled the pastor out of the way and ended up taking the blast himself. The energy blast sent him to the ground with critical damage done to him. Gold Hakaider then retracted his gun and transformed back into Kuro Atogama. "This has just been a waste of my time."
Kuro then walked out of the church as 02 struggled to get back up. He soon thought to himself, "He spared me? Why?"
It didn't matter to him, though. He walked out the back door of the church and into some forestland. He kept walking, holding his damaged area. Finally, the strain of it grew to be too much as he collapsed on the ground, lost consciousness, and reverted back into Niro Komyoji.
A young boy that seemed to be the same age as Niro's appearance came to the android. He had dark hair that sloped downward and covered one of his eyes. After finding Niro, he shouted in the direction that he came from, "Over here! I found him!"
A young girl about the same age as the boy came to him and looked at the android. "He's unconscious. He must have a great deal of damage to his body. We've got to get him home now!"
The boy just looked at Niro as the girl picked him up and threw the android over her shoulder. He thought to himself, "He practically looks just like him!"
The girl started walking off while the boy still looked with amazement. The girl then said, "Akira, we don't have much time! We have to move now!"
The boy named Akira snapped out of it and soon followed the girl carrying Niro.
A/N: Aha! How do you like them apples?! To answer the question on some of your minds, I have no clue how much longer this story is going to go, but it's going to go on for a good while longer. I really don't like to leave things unresolved, and you'll see what I mean by that in the later chapters. Anyway, thank you once again for all the nice reviews! Keep sending them in!