Android Kikaider 02: The Fanfiction
Disclaimer: Uh huh. Yeah. If you don't know what goes here, then look at some of the earlier chapters.
Niro slowly began to open his eyes and struggled to regain his vision. Once everything came back into focus, he sat up and noticed he was on an observation table with his jacket and shirt off. He looked at his peach metallic form before he looked at his surroundings. "Where am I?"
A voice that sounded about the same age as his responded, "You're in my lab. I found you and brought you here for repairs."
Niro jumped frantically and turned to the teenage boy. He placed his hands an inch apart from the transformation switches. "Who are you?! What do you want from me?!"
The boy stepped back. "Whoa! Hey! Take it easy! I'm not your enemy! I'm here to help!"
Niro slowly dropped his hands back to his side. The boy then resumed by saying, "I didn't mean to startle you like that. My name is Akira. Akira Helbert."
---Broken Heart---
Jiro, Mitsuko, Masaru, and Suzume were watching the TV at the Komyoji house. What was on was the local news. "And in other news, last night, a local church became a victim to an attack that the police are unable to determine the cause of. The pastor of the church was the only one to witness the actual incident, but the police are unable to determine if his testimony as to what occurred is credible."
It was then that the phone rang. Jiro answered. "Hello?"
"Jiro? It's Hattori! I just got a lead on our little runaway android."
Jiro was glad to hear this news. "You found a lead?! What is it?!"
Hanpei then replied, "You know that church that was attacked last night. The pastor was the only witness, but the police won't believe a word he says. From what I've heard, he said something about two robots getting in a fight, and one of them was a teenage boy with a red electric guitar that transformed into a blue and red one."
Jiro then replied, "I'll meet you at the church!"
Both hung up the phone, and Jiro looked at the others. "We're heading off to the church! Apparently, Niro was there with someone to give him an unfriendly greeting."
"Niro Komyoji? That's not a bad name seeing how it comes from the word "Ni" meaning two," the boy named Akira said.
"Why is my name so important to you? Why did you help me?"
"Hey, I already said that I'm not your enemy. Anyway, I wanted to know your name so I could call you something other than Kikaider 02. As to why I helped you out, there are a couple of reasons."
"What reasons?" Niro asked curiously.
It was then that the girl from earlier came down the steps into the laboratory. "Hey, Cous! You're awake!" she said with a smile.
"Cous?" the young android replied questioningly.
Akira cleared his throat and said, "Oh. Where are my manners? Niro, this is Rieko. Like you, she's an android made with a completed Gemini circuit. However, she was modeled after the Bijinder-type androids, Jiro's sisters."
Niro looked at Bieko and said, "So when you say cous...you mean cousin?"
Bieko smiled and said, "You catch on quick."
Akira then said, "That's one of the reasons. The second reason is a bit personal for me. Your father helped protect me ten years ago during the rise of Shadow."
"You know my father?!" Niro replied in shock.
Akira nodded and continued, "Yep. Your father, your uncles, and your aunts."
"My uncles and aunts?" Niro replied questioningly.
"Huh? He never said anything about them? Ichiro? Rei? Rieko? Bijinder? None of them?" Akira asked.
Niro shook his head and Akira said, "I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Rieko and Bijinder died protecting me. The Rieko that's your cousin was modeled after the Rieko that was your aunt along with Bijinder. Your dad ended up having to kill your uncles Kikaider 01 and Kikaider 00."
Niro looked at the ground and thought to himself, "Is that what you tried to tell me before I left to fight Night? Before I killed Sano?"
Akira looked at Niro and said, "There one more reason I helped you. I have a favor to ask."
Niro looked up at the young boy as he said, "Rieko and I have been doing our own little resistance to Night. However, now that Night has been reduced to mere remnants, they're going to be going all-out with no holds barred. I'd like for you to help us out in destroying what's left of Night before more lives are ruined or ended."
Niro stared at the ground and silently asked, "...Why?"
Akira then responded, "Well, we could really use..."
"My power? My skill?" Niro interrupted, "Sorry, but the answer is no."
Akira and Rieko stared at the young android in shock. "What?! But why?!" Akira asked.
Niro then solemnly replied, "There's no reason to fight. I don't have a home anymore, I don't have a need for revenge anymore, and I don't have anyone to waiting for me. I've lost the will to fight."
Rieko then said, "That's not true. You may think you don't have anyone waiting for you or anyone that cares about you, but everyone is important to someone. You just might not realize it yet. Don't you have someone that you care about?"
After his cousin had asked that question, Suzume's face was the first thing that came to his mind. However, he quickly remembered how he transformed right in front of her, and his mind was suddenly brought back into the present. "Leave me alone," he said as he walked off not looking at her.
"Come on! There has to be..."
"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!" he turned around and interrupted harshly.
Rieko looked at his face and noticed that his once brown eyes had turned into the red form of a mad android. Niro then began to walk towards her with the same maddening look in his eyes, but then he stopped and his eyes returned to normal. Once he seemed to regain his senses, he ran out. Rieko looked at Akira curiously. "What was that all about?"
"I have no clue. However, I've heard that that look is what an android looks like when it's about to go crazy. But Niro's supposed to have a completed Gemini, so he can't be controlled like that from an outside force," he responded.
"So then he's losing his mind on his own?!"
"I don't know what to make of it. He may have a heavy burden on his mind, and that's why his Gemini might not be working as well as it should. The Gemini itself is repairable, but it's a lot harder to fix a broken heart."
"So tell me about these robots that attacked your church," Hanpei Hattori said to the pastor.
The pastor then said, "Well I don't know anything about the black and gold robot with the brain on its head, but the blue and red one has a human disguise. He first came to my church out of curiosity. I tried to witness to him, but he said that it was impossible for him to have his sins forgiven since he didn't have a human soul. I didn't know what he meant by that, but when that other robot came, he changed and gave me a chance to run."
While the pastor was being interrogated about Niro, Suzume looked at the surroundings. "Niro, where are you?"
She slowly placed a hand over her heart as she thought about the young android. She began to walk off somewhere and Masaru saw this. "Hey, where are you going?"
She looked at Mitsuko's little brother and said, "I don't know. I just have a feeling that Niro is close by. I won't go far."
She walked off on her own to find the one person that was haunting her mind. She didn't know why she had the feelings that she did for him, but she has them none the less. She hoped that finding him would help her understand what she feels.
Niro sat on the ground against a brick wall and looked at all the people pass by. After a while, he pulled out his electric guitar and began to play his song. He played it until he heard a familiar voice speak to him. "I didn't think our date went that bad."
Niro looked at the voice's owner and softly spoke her name in surprise. "Suzume..."
Suzume sat next to him. "Niro...I know about Sano. I know about you being a robot called Kikaider 02."
"Android," he corrected her.
"Oh. Anyway, what I don't know is why you ran away or why you spent the past two years lying to me," she said.
"Huh? But I never..."
"Don't give me that! You said that you could tell me anything! No secrets! Remember that?! And here I am finding out my best friend isn't even human!" she interrupted.
"Do you think it was easy for me to hide it from you?! Do you think I enjoyed leaving you in the dark?! No! I hated it! And it killed me day after day to have to keep doing it!"
"Then why did you?!" she asked concerned.
Niro quickly pulled off his glove and showed her his robotic hand. "This is why! I look human, act human, and feel emotions like a human does, but this is what it all comes down to! I'm not human! I'm not like you! I can never be anything like you no matter how badly I want to be!"
Suzume took his hand and held it in both of hers. "If I really cared about what you are, then I wouldn't have been looking for you. Man or machine, you're still my best friend. Niro, I...I care about you a lot. I don't know how to say it any other way just yet."
Niro just looked at her. Suzume then said, "But there's something I want to know. Did you run away because of me?"
Niro shook his head and said, "I ran away because of the guilt I feel. When Sano killed Gold Wolf, I wanted revenge. I didn't think about possibly of somehow getting a Gemini installed into his system. I didn't even think about the fact that he was my brother. I just wanted my revenge. All I could think about was what he did to me, you, and Gold Wolf. I wanted to kill him, and now I'm paying the price."
Suddenly, a group of thugs surrounded the two and laughed. "I don't know what you're doing here, but you're trespassing! Gimme all your money or else!"
Niro and Suzume stood up. Niro said to her, "Get out of here as fast as you can. I'll catch up."
Suzume nodded and began to run off, but one of the thugs caught her. "It's a little late for that now."
Niro shouted in anger, "Let her go!"
"Or what, shrimp?" the thug returned.
All of the gang members surrounded and advanced on the guitar- sporting boy. Niro didn't know what to do, but suddenly his head began to hurt. He fell to his knees and clutched his head screaming in pain. The punks gave him strange looks until he let go, stood up, and opened his maddening red eyes. "Okay. You want some of this? You better be ready to die for it."
It was then that the punk that was holding Suzume pulled out his gun and fired all of his shots at the android. Unfortunately for him, all of the bullets bounced off of his metallic skin. The crazed Niro turned to him and said, "You first."
The attacker couldn't believe what he saw, but he didn't have enough time to think about it before Niro charged at him, grabbed his arm, and began to squeeze it incredibly hard. The man let Suzume go and grabbed Niro's arm, but he could do nothing to him. "Let go! I give!"
Niro wouldn't listen as he kept squeezing. He only stopped when he heard the arm make an incredibly loud cracking noise. The punk screamed horribly in pain and held his horribly mangled arm. Another thug charged at him with a knife, but the weapon only bent into a horrible disfiguration as it hit him. The android then grabbed the thug and threw him right through a brick wall.
While some were outraged, others were terrified. The largest thug charged at him and punched him, but Niro didn't move before or after the attack. However, the punk's hand was completely shattered. "He's...a monster!!" one of them said as some of them ran off.
Most were afraid for their lives. When some of them began to run off, Niro grabbed the large thug with one hand and threw him at them, taking them all down. The last one pulled out some brass knuckles and charged at the mad machine. However, he was soon met with Niro's choking grip.
Suzume watched as Niro's grip kept getting tighter and tighter. "No...Stop...Please stop."
Suzume's words seemed to get him to loosen his grip a little bit. Then she shouted, "Niro! Please stop it!"
Niro's eyes soon turned back to normal and he released the man. The punk ran as fast as his legs could carry him. The android soon fell to his knees and looked at his hands. "W...What have I done?!"
Suzume ran to her friend and placed a hand on his arm. "What happened?"
Niro looked her in the eyes and replied, "I have no idea. I just...completely lost control of myself, and I don't know why."
Niro slammed his fist into the ground and let the tears stream down his eyes. "What the heck is wrong with me?!"
Suddenly, Niro began to hear the sound of rocket exhaust coming his way. He quickly grabbed Suzume and held her close to him and shielding the explosions surrounding them. The android then turned to the direction the missiles came from. "Who's there?!"
Off from one of the rooftops leaped a large red turtle with the number 13 on its back. "They call me Red Faced Tortoise, and I have come to fight you, Kikaider 02."
Niro shouted, "Why do you want to fight me so badly?! Your organization has been decimated, and your leader is having to resort to putting his brain in a ten-year-old robot!"
The tortoise then said, "Night is eternal. You cannot stop us. As long as I have the orders to destroy you, I shall do so."
Niro soon placed his hands on his shoulders and shouted, "CHANGE! 02!!"
Once again, Niro transformed into the powerful Kikaider 02. However, instead of taking a fighting position, he picked up Suzume and began to run off with her. "What's wrong, 02?! Has your conscience circuit made you weak?!"
Suzume held on to Kikaider 02 for dear life as he leaped high into the air at altitudes she never imagined. "Niro, why are you running away from him?"
02 looked at the human girl and said, "I can't fight him with you around. This time, I'm going to make sure you're safe."
As he kept running from the monstrous machine, Red Faced Tortoise continued to chase them firing off missile after missile from his hands. Soon, Kikaider 02 found himself trapped at a dead end. "There is nowhere else to run, 02."
The only thing 02 knew to do next was set Suzume down and stand in front of her, blocking her. The giant red turtle then fired off another pair of missiles at the android. As the missiles came right for them, a violin began to play. Suddenly, the missiles reversed their trajectory and came flying right back at the one who launched them. The tortoise felt an incredible amount of pain as his own missiles impacted on him. 02 and the monstrous android turned to see where the sound came from. The violin sound appeared to come from a golden female android with blue and red stripes running horizontally down her chest, blue eyes, and a red heart-shaped formation coming from her head. "Having fun without me, Cous?"
"Rieko?!" 02 responded.
The android Rieko nodded and then charged at Red Faced Tortoise. However, she was soon knocked aside by him, but this gave 02 the perfect opportunity to land a hard kick to his back. The armored shell cracked, and the evil android screamed once more. "Blast you, 02! You're going to pay for that!"
Red Faced Tortoise then aimed his arm at Suzume and fired another missile at her. 02 panicked and ran after the missile. "NO! SUZUME!"
Time almost seemed to slow down at this critical moment. Kikaider 02's heart was racing, and his Gemini went into overdrive once more. His exposed circuitry soon took on its powerful golden glow, and his speed accelerated greatly. He batted away the missile, and it flew off into the distance and impacted an abandoned building. "Big mistake."
Kikaider 02 soon charged at the monster with blinding speed and pummeled him with punches and kicks that were impossible to block or dodge. After delivering this severe series of attacks, 02 then crossed his arms into an X formation and golden energy began to surround them. The energy then extended past his hands and became massive energy spikes. He then leaped high into the air and screamed, "ELECTRO END!!!"
02 then made an X-like slash that sent two large energy waves in the same formation at Red Faced Tortoise. The red android screamed in pain as the attack hits him and causes to explode, leaving no trace. 02 landed and transformed back into Niro, and Jiro soon drove up to the scene along with Mitsuko, Masaru, Hanpei, and Etsuko. Rieko finally met up with them in human form, and Suzume was still recovering from the shock of what she saw. "I don't think I'll ever get used to this," she thought to herself.
Mitsuko ran to Niro and asked, "Niro! Are you okay?!"
Niro looked at the ground and replied, "No. I just destroyed another android without mercy, and I felt nothing. I felt no regret. What's happening to me?!"
Jiro came over and answered, "I think your Gemini is going through another stage of evolution. You're finally seeing that sometimes destruction is a necessary evil."
"But still...why can't I feel any guilt about it?! This has never happened before!"
Suzume finally regained her composure and said, "Maybe it's because you were protecting me."
Niro looked at her and thought back into the recent past. "You may think you don't have anyone waiting for you or anyone that cares about you, but everyone is important to someone. You just might not realize it yet," he remembered Rieko saying.
He also remembered Akira saying, "I'd like for you to help us out in destroying what's left of Night before more lives are ruined or ended."
Mitsuko then began to say, "Niro...About Sano...I didn't mean to upset you the way I did. Please come home."
Niro then said, "It's okay, Mom. I was the one who overreacted, but I can't go home just yet. Kuro is still alive, and he's placed his brain inside a remodeled Hakaider unit. Night is still out there, and I have to see its ending through."
Mitsuko just looked like she was about to cry. "But...You've taken out Night's main HQ and destabilized their structure! Haven't you done enough?!"
Niro shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry, Mom, but this is something I have to do. You gave me this power so that I might make good use of it. This is my responsibility, and I can't quit now. My cousin Rieko and a boy named Akira Helbert are going to be helping me out, so I won't be fighting alone."
"Akira Helbert?!" Jiro thought to himself in surprise.
Niro began to walk towards Rieko, but Jiro stopped him. "Niro, wait. I'm coming as well."
Niro turned to his father as he continued, "You're not the only one who has a responsibility for this."
The electric guitar player replied, "Dad, you really don't have to."
Jiro shook his head and said, "Yes I do. I haven't been there to help you that much before, and I don't want you to feel abandoned again. Besides, I'm the one who set this whole thing in motion."
Niro accepted his help, and Suzume then spoke up. "Niro, I want to go with you too."
Niro looked at her with complete surprise. "What?! No way! It's too dangerous!"
The young android soon saw the concern in her eyes as she replied, "Niro, whether you realize it or not, you need me. There might be some things that you don't understand about yourself, but I can help you. I can help you understand what you feel and maybe realize your humanity."
Tears seemed to form in her eyes as Niro seemed to think about actually letting her come. "Niro, Please! Let me go with you! I don't want you to shut me out anymore!"
Niro nodded and said, "Okay. You can come too."
She ran to him and threw her arms around him in gratitude. Masaru then said, "Hey Niro! Don't do anything I wouldn't do!"
Niro looked confusingly at his uncle and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Masaru replied, "Good answer."
He still didn't get it, but Niro, Jiro, and Suzume followed Rieko home. Masaru then said, "Looks like we've got a lot of explaining to do to Suzume's parents."
Meanwhile, a silver android with a bowl-like object on his head turned to Kuro and said, "It would seem that Red Faced Tortoise was unable to destroy 02."
Kuro then said, "It doesn't matter. He has served his purpose. I sent him to see what could cause the extra power boost that destroyed Sano, and it would seem that my theory has been correct. Begin construction of the power source."
The android bowed and said, "Yes, my master."
A/N: I hope this one doesn't seem too lame for you guys, but there is some important stuff here that will play out later on. In the meantime, keep those reviews coming! I appreciate every single one!
Disclaimer: Uh huh. Yeah. If you don't know what goes here, then look at some of the earlier chapters.
Niro slowly began to open his eyes and struggled to regain his vision. Once everything came back into focus, he sat up and noticed he was on an observation table with his jacket and shirt off. He looked at his peach metallic form before he looked at his surroundings. "Where am I?"
A voice that sounded about the same age as his responded, "You're in my lab. I found you and brought you here for repairs."
Niro jumped frantically and turned to the teenage boy. He placed his hands an inch apart from the transformation switches. "Who are you?! What do you want from me?!"
The boy stepped back. "Whoa! Hey! Take it easy! I'm not your enemy! I'm here to help!"
Niro slowly dropped his hands back to his side. The boy then resumed by saying, "I didn't mean to startle you like that. My name is Akira. Akira Helbert."
---Broken Heart---
Jiro, Mitsuko, Masaru, and Suzume were watching the TV at the Komyoji house. What was on was the local news. "And in other news, last night, a local church became a victim to an attack that the police are unable to determine the cause of. The pastor of the church was the only one to witness the actual incident, but the police are unable to determine if his testimony as to what occurred is credible."
It was then that the phone rang. Jiro answered. "Hello?"
"Jiro? It's Hattori! I just got a lead on our little runaway android."
Jiro was glad to hear this news. "You found a lead?! What is it?!"
Hanpei then replied, "You know that church that was attacked last night. The pastor was the only witness, but the police won't believe a word he says. From what I've heard, he said something about two robots getting in a fight, and one of them was a teenage boy with a red electric guitar that transformed into a blue and red one."
Jiro then replied, "I'll meet you at the church!"
Both hung up the phone, and Jiro looked at the others. "We're heading off to the church! Apparently, Niro was there with someone to give him an unfriendly greeting."
"Niro Komyoji? That's not a bad name seeing how it comes from the word "Ni" meaning two," the boy named Akira said.
"Why is my name so important to you? Why did you help me?"
"Hey, I already said that I'm not your enemy. Anyway, I wanted to know your name so I could call you something other than Kikaider 02. As to why I helped you out, there are a couple of reasons."
"What reasons?" Niro asked curiously.
It was then that the girl from earlier came down the steps into the laboratory. "Hey, Cous! You're awake!" she said with a smile.
"Cous?" the young android replied questioningly.
Akira cleared his throat and said, "Oh. Where are my manners? Niro, this is Rieko. Like you, she's an android made with a completed Gemini circuit. However, she was modeled after the Bijinder-type androids, Jiro's sisters."
Niro looked at Bieko and said, "So when you say cous...you mean cousin?"
Bieko smiled and said, "You catch on quick."
Akira then said, "That's one of the reasons. The second reason is a bit personal for me. Your father helped protect me ten years ago during the rise of Shadow."
"You know my father?!" Niro replied in shock.
Akira nodded and continued, "Yep. Your father, your uncles, and your aunts."
"My uncles and aunts?" Niro replied questioningly.
"Huh? He never said anything about them? Ichiro? Rei? Rieko? Bijinder? None of them?" Akira asked.
Niro shook his head and Akira said, "I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Rieko and Bijinder died protecting me. The Rieko that's your cousin was modeled after the Rieko that was your aunt along with Bijinder. Your dad ended up having to kill your uncles Kikaider 01 and Kikaider 00."
Niro looked at the ground and thought to himself, "Is that what you tried to tell me before I left to fight Night? Before I killed Sano?"
Akira looked at Niro and said, "There one more reason I helped you. I have a favor to ask."
Niro looked up at the young boy as he said, "Rieko and I have been doing our own little resistance to Night. However, now that Night has been reduced to mere remnants, they're going to be going all-out with no holds barred. I'd like for you to help us out in destroying what's left of Night before more lives are ruined or ended."
Niro stared at the ground and silently asked, "...Why?"
Akira then responded, "Well, we could really use..."
"My power? My skill?" Niro interrupted, "Sorry, but the answer is no."
Akira and Rieko stared at the young android in shock. "What?! But why?!" Akira asked.
Niro then solemnly replied, "There's no reason to fight. I don't have a home anymore, I don't have a need for revenge anymore, and I don't have anyone to waiting for me. I've lost the will to fight."
Rieko then said, "That's not true. You may think you don't have anyone waiting for you or anyone that cares about you, but everyone is important to someone. You just might not realize it yet. Don't you have someone that you care about?"
After his cousin had asked that question, Suzume's face was the first thing that came to his mind. However, he quickly remembered how he transformed right in front of her, and his mind was suddenly brought back into the present. "Leave me alone," he said as he walked off not looking at her.
"Come on! There has to be..."
"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!" he turned around and interrupted harshly.
Rieko looked at his face and noticed that his once brown eyes had turned into the red form of a mad android. Niro then began to walk towards her with the same maddening look in his eyes, but then he stopped and his eyes returned to normal. Once he seemed to regain his senses, he ran out. Rieko looked at Akira curiously. "What was that all about?"
"I have no clue. However, I've heard that that look is what an android looks like when it's about to go crazy. But Niro's supposed to have a completed Gemini, so he can't be controlled like that from an outside force," he responded.
"So then he's losing his mind on his own?!"
"I don't know what to make of it. He may have a heavy burden on his mind, and that's why his Gemini might not be working as well as it should. The Gemini itself is repairable, but it's a lot harder to fix a broken heart."
"So tell me about these robots that attacked your church," Hanpei Hattori said to the pastor.
The pastor then said, "Well I don't know anything about the black and gold robot with the brain on its head, but the blue and red one has a human disguise. He first came to my church out of curiosity. I tried to witness to him, but he said that it was impossible for him to have his sins forgiven since he didn't have a human soul. I didn't know what he meant by that, but when that other robot came, he changed and gave me a chance to run."
While the pastor was being interrogated about Niro, Suzume looked at the surroundings. "Niro, where are you?"
She slowly placed a hand over her heart as she thought about the young android. She began to walk off somewhere and Masaru saw this. "Hey, where are you going?"
She looked at Mitsuko's little brother and said, "I don't know. I just have a feeling that Niro is close by. I won't go far."
She walked off on her own to find the one person that was haunting her mind. She didn't know why she had the feelings that she did for him, but she has them none the less. She hoped that finding him would help her understand what she feels.
Niro sat on the ground against a brick wall and looked at all the people pass by. After a while, he pulled out his electric guitar and began to play his song. He played it until he heard a familiar voice speak to him. "I didn't think our date went that bad."
Niro looked at the voice's owner and softly spoke her name in surprise. "Suzume..."
Suzume sat next to him. "Niro...I know about Sano. I know about you being a robot called Kikaider 02."
"Android," he corrected her.
"Oh. Anyway, what I don't know is why you ran away or why you spent the past two years lying to me," she said.
"Huh? But I never..."
"Don't give me that! You said that you could tell me anything! No secrets! Remember that?! And here I am finding out my best friend isn't even human!" she interrupted.
"Do you think it was easy for me to hide it from you?! Do you think I enjoyed leaving you in the dark?! No! I hated it! And it killed me day after day to have to keep doing it!"
"Then why did you?!" she asked concerned.
Niro quickly pulled off his glove and showed her his robotic hand. "This is why! I look human, act human, and feel emotions like a human does, but this is what it all comes down to! I'm not human! I'm not like you! I can never be anything like you no matter how badly I want to be!"
Suzume took his hand and held it in both of hers. "If I really cared about what you are, then I wouldn't have been looking for you. Man or machine, you're still my best friend. Niro, I...I care about you a lot. I don't know how to say it any other way just yet."
Niro just looked at her. Suzume then said, "But there's something I want to know. Did you run away because of me?"
Niro shook his head and said, "I ran away because of the guilt I feel. When Sano killed Gold Wolf, I wanted revenge. I didn't think about possibly of somehow getting a Gemini installed into his system. I didn't even think about the fact that he was my brother. I just wanted my revenge. All I could think about was what he did to me, you, and Gold Wolf. I wanted to kill him, and now I'm paying the price."
Suddenly, a group of thugs surrounded the two and laughed. "I don't know what you're doing here, but you're trespassing! Gimme all your money or else!"
Niro and Suzume stood up. Niro said to her, "Get out of here as fast as you can. I'll catch up."
Suzume nodded and began to run off, but one of the thugs caught her. "It's a little late for that now."
Niro shouted in anger, "Let her go!"
"Or what, shrimp?" the thug returned.
All of the gang members surrounded and advanced on the guitar- sporting boy. Niro didn't know what to do, but suddenly his head began to hurt. He fell to his knees and clutched his head screaming in pain. The punks gave him strange looks until he let go, stood up, and opened his maddening red eyes. "Okay. You want some of this? You better be ready to die for it."
It was then that the punk that was holding Suzume pulled out his gun and fired all of his shots at the android. Unfortunately for him, all of the bullets bounced off of his metallic skin. The crazed Niro turned to him and said, "You first."
The attacker couldn't believe what he saw, but he didn't have enough time to think about it before Niro charged at him, grabbed his arm, and began to squeeze it incredibly hard. The man let Suzume go and grabbed Niro's arm, but he could do nothing to him. "Let go! I give!"
Niro wouldn't listen as he kept squeezing. He only stopped when he heard the arm make an incredibly loud cracking noise. The punk screamed horribly in pain and held his horribly mangled arm. Another thug charged at him with a knife, but the weapon only bent into a horrible disfiguration as it hit him. The android then grabbed the thug and threw him right through a brick wall.
While some were outraged, others were terrified. The largest thug charged at him and punched him, but Niro didn't move before or after the attack. However, the punk's hand was completely shattered. "He's...a monster!!" one of them said as some of them ran off.
Most were afraid for their lives. When some of them began to run off, Niro grabbed the large thug with one hand and threw him at them, taking them all down. The last one pulled out some brass knuckles and charged at the mad machine. However, he was soon met with Niro's choking grip.
Suzume watched as Niro's grip kept getting tighter and tighter. "No...Stop...Please stop."
Suzume's words seemed to get him to loosen his grip a little bit. Then she shouted, "Niro! Please stop it!"
Niro's eyes soon turned back to normal and he released the man. The punk ran as fast as his legs could carry him. The android soon fell to his knees and looked at his hands. "W...What have I done?!"
Suzume ran to her friend and placed a hand on his arm. "What happened?"
Niro looked her in the eyes and replied, "I have no idea. I just...completely lost control of myself, and I don't know why."
Niro slammed his fist into the ground and let the tears stream down his eyes. "What the heck is wrong with me?!"
Suddenly, Niro began to hear the sound of rocket exhaust coming his way. He quickly grabbed Suzume and held her close to him and shielding the explosions surrounding them. The android then turned to the direction the missiles came from. "Who's there?!"
Off from one of the rooftops leaped a large red turtle with the number 13 on its back. "They call me Red Faced Tortoise, and I have come to fight you, Kikaider 02."
Niro shouted, "Why do you want to fight me so badly?! Your organization has been decimated, and your leader is having to resort to putting his brain in a ten-year-old robot!"
The tortoise then said, "Night is eternal. You cannot stop us. As long as I have the orders to destroy you, I shall do so."
Niro soon placed his hands on his shoulders and shouted, "CHANGE! 02!!"
Once again, Niro transformed into the powerful Kikaider 02. However, instead of taking a fighting position, he picked up Suzume and began to run off with her. "What's wrong, 02?! Has your conscience circuit made you weak?!"
Suzume held on to Kikaider 02 for dear life as he leaped high into the air at altitudes she never imagined. "Niro, why are you running away from him?"
02 looked at the human girl and said, "I can't fight him with you around. This time, I'm going to make sure you're safe."
As he kept running from the monstrous machine, Red Faced Tortoise continued to chase them firing off missile after missile from his hands. Soon, Kikaider 02 found himself trapped at a dead end. "There is nowhere else to run, 02."
The only thing 02 knew to do next was set Suzume down and stand in front of her, blocking her. The giant red turtle then fired off another pair of missiles at the android. As the missiles came right for them, a violin began to play. Suddenly, the missiles reversed their trajectory and came flying right back at the one who launched them. The tortoise felt an incredible amount of pain as his own missiles impacted on him. 02 and the monstrous android turned to see where the sound came from. The violin sound appeared to come from a golden female android with blue and red stripes running horizontally down her chest, blue eyes, and a red heart-shaped formation coming from her head. "Having fun without me, Cous?"
"Rieko?!" 02 responded.
The android Rieko nodded and then charged at Red Faced Tortoise. However, she was soon knocked aside by him, but this gave 02 the perfect opportunity to land a hard kick to his back. The armored shell cracked, and the evil android screamed once more. "Blast you, 02! You're going to pay for that!"
Red Faced Tortoise then aimed his arm at Suzume and fired another missile at her. 02 panicked and ran after the missile. "NO! SUZUME!"
Time almost seemed to slow down at this critical moment. Kikaider 02's heart was racing, and his Gemini went into overdrive once more. His exposed circuitry soon took on its powerful golden glow, and his speed accelerated greatly. He batted away the missile, and it flew off into the distance and impacted an abandoned building. "Big mistake."
Kikaider 02 soon charged at the monster with blinding speed and pummeled him with punches and kicks that were impossible to block or dodge. After delivering this severe series of attacks, 02 then crossed his arms into an X formation and golden energy began to surround them. The energy then extended past his hands and became massive energy spikes. He then leaped high into the air and screamed, "ELECTRO END!!!"
02 then made an X-like slash that sent two large energy waves in the same formation at Red Faced Tortoise. The red android screamed in pain as the attack hits him and causes to explode, leaving no trace. 02 landed and transformed back into Niro, and Jiro soon drove up to the scene along with Mitsuko, Masaru, Hanpei, and Etsuko. Rieko finally met up with them in human form, and Suzume was still recovering from the shock of what she saw. "I don't think I'll ever get used to this," she thought to herself.
Mitsuko ran to Niro and asked, "Niro! Are you okay?!"
Niro looked at the ground and replied, "No. I just destroyed another android without mercy, and I felt nothing. I felt no regret. What's happening to me?!"
Jiro came over and answered, "I think your Gemini is going through another stage of evolution. You're finally seeing that sometimes destruction is a necessary evil."
"But still...why can't I feel any guilt about it?! This has never happened before!"
Suzume finally regained her composure and said, "Maybe it's because you were protecting me."
Niro looked at her and thought back into the recent past. "You may think you don't have anyone waiting for you or anyone that cares about you, but everyone is important to someone. You just might not realize it yet," he remembered Rieko saying.
He also remembered Akira saying, "I'd like for you to help us out in destroying what's left of Night before more lives are ruined or ended."
Mitsuko then began to say, "Niro...About Sano...I didn't mean to upset you the way I did. Please come home."
Niro then said, "It's okay, Mom. I was the one who overreacted, but I can't go home just yet. Kuro is still alive, and he's placed his brain inside a remodeled Hakaider unit. Night is still out there, and I have to see its ending through."
Mitsuko just looked like she was about to cry. "But...You've taken out Night's main HQ and destabilized their structure! Haven't you done enough?!"
Niro shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry, Mom, but this is something I have to do. You gave me this power so that I might make good use of it. This is my responsibility, and I can't quit now. My cousin Rieko and a boy named Akira Helbert are going to be helping me out, so I won't be fighting alone."
"Akira Helbert?!" Jiro thought to himself in surprise.
Niro began to walk towards Rieko, but Jiro stopped him. "Niro, wait. I'm coming as well."
Niro turned to his father as he continued, "You're not the only one who has a responsibility for this."
The electric guitar player replied, "Dad, you really don't have to."
Jiro shook his head and said, "Yes I do. I haven't been there to help you that much before, and I don't want you to feel abandoned again. Besides, I'm the one who set this whole thing in motion."
Niro accepted his help, and Suzume then spoke up. "Niro, I want to go with you too."
Niro looked at her with complete surprise. "What?! No way! It's too dangerous!"
The young android soon saw the concern in her eyes as she replied, "Niro, whether you realize it or not, you need me. There might be some things that you don't understand about yourself, but I can help you. I can help you understand what you feel and maybe realize your humanity."
Tears seemed to form in her eyes as Niro seemed to think about actually letting her come. "Niro, Please! Let me go with you! I don't want you to shut me out anymore!"
Niro nodded and said, "Okay. You can come too."
She ran to him and threw her arms around him in gratitude. Masaru then said, "Hey Niro! Don't do anything I wouldn't do!"
Niro looked confusingly at his uncle and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Masaru replied, "Good answer."
He still didn't get it, but Niro, Jiro, and Suzume followed Rieko home. Masaru then said, "Looks like we've got a lot of explaining to do to Suzume's parents."
Meanwhile, a silver android with a bowl-like object on his head turned to Kuro and said, "It would seem that Red Faced Tortoise was unable to destroy 02."
Kuro then said, "It doesn't matter. He has served his purpose. I sent him to see what could cause the extra power boost that destroyed Sano, and it would seem that my theory has been correct. Begin construction of the power source."
The android bowed and said, "Yes, my master."
A/N: I hope this one doesn't seem too lame for you guys, but there is some important stuff here that will play out later on. In the meantime, keep those reviews coming! I appreciate every single one!