Android Kikaider 02: The Fanfiction
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A young woman that seemed to be in her twenties was walking through the streets of the busy city. She was walking through the city with a small boy holding on to one of her hands and walking with her as well. As he passed by some people, her swift hands would take money and wallets from the pockets of unsuspecting people. The boy then stopped to look at the surrounding buildings. The young woman then said, "Hiroshi, let's go. We can't stay here long."
The child then nodded to the woman, and he began to walk with her again. However, neither one of them knew that on one of the rooftops watching over them was Waruder himself.
---The Honorable Enemy---
Niro and Rieko were walking through the city looking at all the shops. Niro was looking frantically at what all the shops had. "Any ideas on what she'd like, Rieko?"
"I'm thinking maybe jewelry. I don't know, though. Some of that stuff can get pretty expensive," Rieko replied.
Niro heaved a sigh. Rieko then said, "Pardon my short-term memory, but why are we trying to find something for Suzume?"
"Her birthday is coming up soon, and I really need to get her something."
"Oh. Last minute shopping isn't exactly the best way to impress a lady, Cous."
"Well, sorry, but I've been kind of busy. You know, with androids that want to kill me and all that?" Niro replied in frustration.
"That was a little harsh, don't you think?" Rieko asked him.
Niro sighed again and said, "I'm sorry. I guess the stress is getting to me."
Rieko smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. Besides, I'm sure she'll be impressed with whatever you get her."
Niro looked at her in a bit of a confused manner. "What exactly do you mean by 'impressed'?"
Rieko looked at her cousin and replied, "Well, she's your girlfriend, right? Why wouldn't you want to impress her?"
"My 'girlfriend'?" Niro asked, once again confused.
"Yeah! You know, like you're together? An item? A couple?"
Niro shook his head still confused. Rieko then said, "Romantically involved?"
"Oh! No, we're just friends. I just usually get her something for her birthday because I know it means a lot to her," he replied.
"Has she ever gotten you anything for your birthday?" asked Rieko.
"Not really. I never told her my birthday. But then again, I guess being created rather than born doesn't really help."
"Would you stop talking like that? If Suzume can see you as a human regardless of what you are, then I say don't keep reminding yourself of what you are. Loosen up!" Rieko said sternly.
Niro seemed a bit taken back by this, but he recovered and nodded. "So...going back to the original question, do you have any ideas on what she'd like?"
"Akira, how exactly have you and Rieko been carrying out your attacks on Night up to now?" Jiro asked while back at the house.
"Well, I guess you could say it's been more like a guerilla warfare thing. Basically, it's been hit-and-run tactics. An inside informant named Misao would give us information on some of the minor facilities, and then me and Rieko would strike them," replied the teenage human boy.
"Whatever happened to Reverend Fuuten?"
Akira sighed and looked at Jiro. "Unfortunately, he passed away a long time ago. But before he did, he passed on as much knowledge of robotics to me as he could."
"...I see," he replied solemnly.
"I wanted to make sure that what I learned would be put towards good use. I wanted to use my knowledge to help people and become a better person than my father, and that's why the two of us have been fighting this organization. Once Niro was brought into the conflict, Night took less focus on us," Akira continued.
"But now that Night has been decimated and Niro is here, all focus is centralized," Jiro responded.
"Right, but I think we might still have some advantage. Recently, I've been trying to think of what could cause Niro's power to increase exponentially like it has been doing recently. Although I'm not certain of anything yet, my theory is because of his completed conscience circuit," Akira said.
"What makes you say that?" Jiro asked.
Akira then booted up the computer and showed a display of Niro's blueprints. He then zoomed in on the Gemini system and said, "I don't know about you, but I've never seen a circuit that big. My theory is that the Gemini actually contains two parts. The first part is the programming and processing half. This is what allows androids with the Gemini to feel and express emotions. The other half, however, is actually a power generator."
"A power generator? But how?"
"Jiro, did you ever feel your strength and power increase when you were in a desperate situation?"
Jiro nodded and replied, "On a couple of occasions, yes."
Akira then said, "It might be because of the power generator. It acts in harmonization with the emotional processor and gives the strength you need to keep fighting and win. I think that's the part of your Gemini that's incomplete otherwise you would have power surges like Niro."
A bit of a pause came over the two before Jiro spoke up again. "There's more to it that supports your theory, isn't there?" Jiro asked suspiciously.
Akira then sighed and said, "My father kidnapped Dr. Komyoji ten years ago and held him prisoner, right? What if he had him make whatever gave you the advantage, but he only built the generator half?"
"Then Gill would only have half of a Gemini," Jiro replied.
"Right, but since he had the generator half and not the emotional processor, he would have to install the generator into something that was able to feel emotions."
Jiro gasped as he caught on to what Akira was implying. "So that's what he put in you! That's what made you the key power source to Gill's ultimate weapon!"
"That's what I think, but it's just a theory. I really don't have much of a means to prove it."
Niro and Rieko came out of a jewelry store, and Niro put a long black box into his pocket. "I can't believe we were able to find a necklace like that!" Rieko said with excitement.
"I know! And it was a great price to!" Niro replied with just as much enthusiasm.
"Suzume's going to love it!" Rieko added in.
As they were walking, the woman with the child named Hiroshi walked by them. As they continued to pass each other, Niro felt the box leave his pocket. He quickly turned around to see the woman put it in her coat pocket. "Hey! Hold it!"
The woman turned around to see Niro running for her, and she soon began to run as fast as she could. Rieko noticed Niro running after the woman and child, and she took off. Niro yelled, "Stop! Thief!"
The woman picked up Hiroshi and ran into the back alleyways. Niro and Rieko kept up the hot pursuit. "She's using the turns as a means to throw us off," Niro thought to himself.
"Rieko, stay on them!" shouted Niro as he leaped high into the air.
Rieko did so, and she was quickly gaining on them. The woman quickly rounded a corner only to find a narrow one-way path with Niro blocking the opposite end. Rieko stood behind the thieving woman with the young child, and the woman soon realized that she was trapped. "No! I won't let you take him!"
Niro looked at the woman strangely. He regained his composure and replied, "I don't know what you're talking about, but you stole that necklace from me. Give it back!"
The woman looked at the young male android. "So you're not after Hiroshi?"
"No. I'm after that necklace that you stole. It's a gift for someone very important to me. Now give it back!"
The woman took a good look at Niro's belt, and her eyes became wide with surprise and excitement. "It's you! It's really you! You're Kikaider 02!"
Niro looked at her with surprise. The woman then cleared her throat, put down Hiroshi, and said, "Sorry about that. My name is Misao, and this little guy is Hiroshi."
Rieko gasped. "You're our Night inside informant?!"
Misao turned to Rieko and nodded. "I take it you're Rieko."
"Wait, Rieko, you know this person?"
Rieko nodded. Niro then said, "Well, in any case, I'd appreciate it if you could..."
Suddenly, Niro grabbed his head once again screaming in pain. "Rieko!!!" he screamed.
Rieko was about ready to transform when the now crazed Niro lunged at Misao and threw her into a brick wall. She hit it extremely hard and fell to all fours in pain. As Niro slowly approached her, she could see the maddening red eyes he had taken on so suddenly. When he got two feet from her, violin music began to play, and Niro fell to all fours from the restraining tune. Misao looked to see a transformed Rieko and she asked frantically, "What's going on here?!"
Rieko replied, "You'll have to excuse my cousin. He's been through a lot, and his conscience circuit is being affected by it."
Once Niro managed to regain his sanity, he stood and offered to help Misao get up. She hesitantly accepted, and Hiroshi walked back to her side. Suddenly, Niro quickly turned around and threw his hand into the air. He quickly caught the shurikin that was thrown at him. "Who's there?!"
It was then that Waruder came down from the building that he was standing on top of. "So you were the one who took the power source from us. Unfortunately, since you have now been declared a traitor to Night, I must return you to headquarters where Master Kuro will see to your punishment."
The samurai android drew his sword and Niro stepped in front of her. "You can't do this! I won't let you!"
"I have no choice. To disobey my master would indeed be a great dishonor. And on top of that, I do believe that I told you that the next time we would meet it would be as enemies on the battlefield."
"That's why you're going to have to go through me."
Niro placed his hands on his shoulders and shouted, "CHANGE! 02!!"
All of Niro's human features fell off once more as he transformed into Kikaider 02. He then charged at Waruder trying to throw a punch, but the samurai android stepped to the side and launched a chain out of his hand. The chain wrapped around 02's waist, and Waruder threw him into a brick wall. Once he got up again, Waruder drew his sword and charged at him. The silver samurai slashed downward, but the Kikaider android rolled to the side of the attack, kicked Waruder in the stomach, flipped upward, and hit him in the face with his elbow. "I can see why you have caused Night much pain. You are amazingly strong. However, as strong as you are or as noble as your cause, I cannot ignore my master's commands. I must destroy you."
"You say that like you really don't want to do it," 02 replied sharply.
Waruder threw his chain weapon at 02 again, but this time it wrapped his upper arms to his side. The samurai android pulled tightly on the chain and 02 could feel the crushing pressure he was being dealt. "Indeed your body is as strong as they say."
02 slowly put his lower arms into an X formation and blue energy surrounded them. He then used the Electro End to sever the chain that was wrapped around his body, leaving Waruder surprised at this move. After his arms turned back to normal, the blue and red android grabbed the end that was still attached to Waruder and swung him around a bit. Once Waruder released the chain, he threw two shurikins at him. 02, now noticing that Hiroshi and Misao were right behind him, let the objects strike him.
02 grunted in pain a little bit and pulled the metallic stars out of his body. Waruder, then seeing Hiroshi and Misao, said, "I see why you didn't try to dodge my attack. You were using yourself as a shield for the woman and the power source."
"Stop calling him that! Hiroshi is a person! Not just some tool for Night and lackeys like you!" he shouted back.
"Indeed, you are correct. I do not support the use of a child in such a way as my master plans, but I still have my orders. Hiroshi is to come back with me."
"Lives were not meant to be used for someone else's own personal gain! Your master has been playing God enough as it is!"
"The man you say that has been playing God is also the man that has given me life. As such, I am forever in his debt. I must carry out my master's wishes!"
"You're just a blasted hypocrite!" 02 yelled as he charged at Waruder. The sword-wielding android slashed downward, but 02 caught the blade with his hands, and the two became interlocked in a power struggle. "How dare you call me a hypocrite! I fight for my master because of what he did for me! I will honor him in what I do!"
"You want to talk about honor?! There's no honor in the death of innocent lives! There's no honor in unreasonable killing! There is no honor in making people suffer! All of these your so-called 'honorable master' has done!"
Kikaider 02's circuitry soon began to take on a golden glow and Waruder's ability to keep the power struggle going was fading. "And I refuse to sit back and do nothing as more and more people get hurt!! I will not let anyone else suffer like what me and my family have had to go through!!"
Kikaider 02 soon knocked the sword out of Waruder's grasp and kicked him in the stomach. This sent him flying through the air, but 02 blasted his way to him, interlocked his hands together, and hit him in the chest to send him crashing right back down to the ground. After hitting the ground once, the golden-circuited android zoomed right back to him, hit him in the head, and sent him flying through a brick wall and into a building.
As Waruder got up, he looked around his surroundings. He could hear a crescendo of growls coming from along the walls. These growls began to wrack on his nerves. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the growls came from caged dogs lining the walls of the pound. Just as 02 was about to bring his arms into an X, he heard a really loud scream coming from inside the building. When he put his arms down, he soon saw Waruder making a mad dash out of the pound screaming in fear of his life.
As Kikaider 02 took on a white glow and turned back into Niro Komyoji, he looked at the retreating robot completely dumbstruck. "What the heck was that all about?"
"A cynophobic?! Are you serious?!" the human Rieko asked her cousin.
"What makes you so sure?" Misao asked.
"Well, the fact that I knocked him into a dog pound and he soon came running back out screaming certainly seemed to be a dead giveaway to me."
"Now that is weird," Rieko nodded.
"Oh. I almost forgot. Is this what you were looking for?" Misao asked handing Niro the black box.
"Yes. Thanks for returning it to me."
"No problem. Now I just need a place to stay so Night won't keep coming for us," Misao said.
"Well, why not stay with us? We'd be more than happy to take the two of you in," Rieko suggested.
"But Night will just be coming after you more and more, won't they?"
"I'm sure it's not anything we can't handle," Niro replied.
"Thank you both!" Misao said excitedly.
A small smile came on Hiroshi's face as he nodded to them in gratitude.
A/N: Hey everybody! Once again, thank you for continuing to read this story even though it's getting longer than I'm sure most have expected. There's still more to come for this story. I don't know when it will end, but I do know how it will end. In the meantime, keep sending those reviews! They can really keep a guy going!
Disclaimer: Repeat.
A young woman that seemed to be in her twenties was walking through the streets of the busy city. She was walking through the city with a small boy holding on to one of her hands and walking with her as well. As he passed by some people, her swift hands would take money and wallets from the pockets of unsuspecting people. The boy then stopped to look at the surrounding buildings. The young woman then said, "Hiroshi, let's go. We can't stay here long."
The child then nodded to the woman, and he began to walk with her again. However, neither one of them knew that on one of the rooftops watching over them was Waruder himself.
---The Honorable Enemy---
Niro and Rieko were walking through the city looking at all the shops. Niro was looking frantically at what all the shops had. "Any ideas on what she'd like, Rieko?"
"I'm thinking maybe jewelry. I don't know, though. Some of that stuff can get pretty expensive," Rieko replied.
Niro heaved a sigh. Rieko then said, "Pardon my short-term memory, but why are we trying to find something for Suzume?"
"Her birthday is coming up soon, and I really need to get her something."
"Oh. Last minute shopping isn't exactly the best way to impress a lady, Cous."
"Well, sorry, but I've been kind of busy. You know, with androids that want to kill me and all that?" Niro replied in frustration.
"That was a little harsh, don't you think?" Rieko asked him.
Niro sighed again and said, "I'm sorry. I guess the stress is getting to me."
Rieko smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. Besides, I'm sure she'll be impressed with whatever you get her."
Niro looked at her in a bit of a confused manner. "What exactly do you mean by 'impressed'?"
Rieko looked at her cousin and replied, "Well, she's your girlfriend, right? Why wouldn't you want to impress her?"
"My 'girlfriend'?" Niro asked, once again confused.
"Yeah! You know, like you're together? An item? A couple?"
Niro shook his head still confused. Rieko then said, "Romantically involved?"
"Oh! No, we're just friends. I just usually get her something for her birthday because I know it means a lot to her," he replied.
"Has she ever gotten you anything for your birthday?" asked Rieko.
"Not really. I never told her my birthday. But then again, I guess being created rather than born doesn't really help."
"Would you stop talking like that? If Suzume can see you as a human regardless of what you are, then I say don't keep reminding yourself of what you are. Loosen up!" Rieko said sternly.
Niro seemed a bit taken back by this, but he recovered and nodded. "So...going back to the original question, do you have any ideas on what she'd like?"
"Akira, how exactly have you and Rieko been carrying out your attacks on Night up to now?" Jiro asked while back at the house.
"Well, I guess you could say it's been more like a guerilla warfare thing. Basically, it's been hit-and-run tactics. An inside informant named Misao would give us information on some of the minor facilities, and then me and Rieko would strike them," replied the teenage human boy.
"Whatever happened to Reverend Fuuten?"
Akira sighed and looked at Jiro. "Unfortunately, he passed away a long time ago. But before he did, he passed on as much knowledge of robotics to me as he could."
"...I see," he replied solemnly.
"I wanted to make sure that what I learned would be put towards good use. I wanted to use my knowledge to help people and become a better person than my father, and that's why the two of us have been fighting this organization. Once Niro was brought into the conflict, Night took less focus on us," Akira continued.
"But now that Night has been decimated and Niro is here, all focus is centralized," Jiro responded.
"Right, but I think we might still have some advantage. Recently, I've been trying to think of what could cause Niro's power to increase exponentially like it has been doing recently. Although I'm not certain of anything yet, my theory is because of his completed conscience circuit," Akira said.
"What makes you say that?" Jiro asked.
Akira then booted up the computer and showed a display of Niro's blueprints. He then zoomed in on the Gemini system and said, "I don't know about you, but I've never seen a circuit that big. My theory is that the Gemini actually contains two parts. The first part is the programming and processing half. This is what allows androids with the Gemini to feel and express emotions. The other half, however, is actually a power generator."
"A power generator? But how?"
"Jiro, did you ever feel your strength and power increase when you were in a desperate situation?"
Jiro nodded and replied, "On a couple of occasions, yes."
Akira then said, "It might be because of the power generator. It acts in harmonization with the emotional processor and gives the strength you need to keep fighting and win. I think that's the part of your Gemini that's incomplete otherwise you would have power surges like Niro."
A bit of a pause came over the two before Jiro spoke up again. "There's more to it that supports your theory, isn't there?" Jiro asked suspiciously.
Akira then sighed and said, "My father kidnapped Dr. Komyoji ten years ago and held him prisoner, right? What if he had him make whatever gave you the advantage, but he only built the generator half?"
"Then Gill would only have half of a Gemini," Jiro replied.
"Right, but since he had the generator half and not the emotional processor, he would have to install the generator into something that was able to feel emotions."
Jiro gasped as he caught on to what Akira was implying. "So that's what he put in you! That's what made you the key power source to Gill's ultimate weapon!"
"That's what I think, but it's just a theory. I really don't have much of a means to prove it."
Niro and Rieko came out of a jewelry store, and Niro put a long black box into his pocket. "I can't believe we were able to find a necklace like that!" Rieko said with excitement.
"I know! And it was a great price to!" Niro replied with just as much enthusiasm.
"Suzume's going to love it!" Rieko added in.
As they were walking, the woman with the child named Hiroshi walked by them. As they continued to pass each other, Niro felt the box leave his pocket. He quickly turned around to see the woman put it in her coat pocket. "Hey! Hold it!"
The woman turned around to see Niro running for her, and she soon began to run as fast as she could. Rieko noticed Niro running after the woman and child, and she took off. Niro yelled, "Stop! Thief!"
The woman picked up Hiroshi and ran into the back alleyways. Niro and Rieko kept up the hot pursuit. "She's using the turns as a means to throw us off," Niro thought to himself.
"Rieko, stay on them!" shouted Niro as he leaped high into the air.
Rieko did so, and she was quickly gaining on them. The woman quickly rounded a corner only to find a narrow one-way path with Niro blocking the opposite end. Rieko stood behind the thieving woman with the young child, and the woman soon realized that she was trapped. "No! I won't let you take him!"
Niro looked at the woman strangely. He regained his composure and replied, "I don't know what you're talking about, but you stole that necklace from me. Give it back!"
The woman looked at the young male android. "So you're not after Hiroshi?"
"No. I'm after that necklace that you stole. It's a gift for someone very important to me. Now give it back!"
The woman took a good look at Niro's belt, and her eyes became wide with surprise and excitement. "It's you! It's really you! You're Kikaider 02!"
Niro looked at her with surprise. The woman then cleared her throat, put down Hiroshi, and said, "Sorry about that. My name is Misao, and this little guy is Hiroshi."
Rieko gasped. "You're our Night inside informant?!"
Misao turned to Rieko and nodded. "I take it you're Rieko."
"Wait, Rieko, you know this person?"
Rieko nodded. Niro then said, "Well, in any case, I'd appreciate it if you could..."
Suddenly, Niro grabbed his head once again screaming in pain. "Rieko!!!" he screamed.
Rieko was about ready to transform when the now crazed Niro lunged at Misao and threw her into a brick wall. She hit it extremely hard and fell to all fours in pain. As Niro slowly approached her, she could see the maddening red eyes he had taken on so suddenly. When he got two feet from her, violin music began to play, and Niro fell to all fours from the restraining tune. Misao looked to see a transformed Rieko and she asked frantically, "What's going on here?!"
Rieko replied, "You'll have to excuse my cousin. He's been through a lot, and his conscience circuit is being affected by it."
Once Niro managed to regain his sanity, he stood and offered to help Misao get up. She hesitantly accepted, and Hiroshi walked back to her side. Suddenly, Niro quickly turned around and threw his hand into the air. He quickly caught the shurikin that was thrown at him. "Who's there?!"
It was then that Waruder came down from the building that he was standing on top of. "So you were the one who took the power source from us. Unfortunately, since you have now been declared a traitor to Night, I must return you to headquarters where Master Kuro will see to your punishment."
The samurai android drew his sword and Niro stepped in front of her. "You can't do this! I won't let you!"
"I have no choice. To disobey my master would indeed be a great dishonor. And on top of that, I do believe that I told you that the next time we would meet it would be as enemies on the battlefield."
"That's why you're going to have to go through me."
Niro placed his hands on his shoulders and shouted, "CHANGE! 02!!"
All of Niro's human features fell off once more as he transformed into Kikaider 02. He then charged at Waruder trying to throw a punch, but the samurai android stepped to the side and launched a chain out of his hand. The chain wrapped around 02's waist, and Waruder threw him into a brick wall. Once he got up again, Waruder drew his sword and charged at him. The silver samurai slashed downward, but the Kikaider android rolled to the side of the attack, kicked Waruder in the stomach, flipped upward, and hit him in the face with his elbow. "I can see why you have caused Night much pain. You are amazingly strong. However, as strong as you are or as noble as your cause, I cannot ignore my master's commands. I must destroy you."
"You say that like you really don't want to do it," 02 replied sharply.
Waruder threw his chain weapon at 02 again, but this time it wrapped his upper arms to his side. The samurai android pulled tightly on the chain and 02 could feel the crushing pressure he was being dealt. "Indeed your body is as strong as they say."
02 slowly put his lower arms into an X formation and blue energy surrounded them. He then used the Electro End to sever the chain that was wrapped around his body, leaving Waruder surprised at this move. After his arms turned back to normal, the blue and red android grabbed the end that was still attached to Waruder and swung him around a bit. Once Waruder released the chain, he threw two shurikins at him. 02, now noticing that Hiroshi and Misao were right behind him, let the objects strike him.
02 grunted in pain a little bit and pulled the metallic stars out of his body. Waruder, then seeing Hiroshi and Misao, said, "I see why you didn't try to dodge my attack. You were using yourself as a shield for the woman and the power source."
"Stop calling him that! Hiroshi is a person! Not just some tool for Night and lackeys like you!" he shouted back.
"Indeed, you are correct. I do not support the use of a child in such a way as my master plans, but I still have my orders. Hiroshi is to come back with me."
"Lives were not meant to be used for someone else's own personal gain! Your master has been playing God enough as it is!"
"The man you say that has been playing God is also the man that has given me life. As such, I am forever in his debt. I must carry out my master's wishes!"
"You're just a blasted hypocrite!" 02 yelled as he charged at Waruder. The sword-wielding android slashed downward, but 02 caught the blade with his hands, and the two became interlocked in a power struggle. "How dare you call me a hypocrite! I fight for my master because of what he did for me! I will honor him in what I do!"
"You want to talk about honor?! There's no honor in the death of innocent lives! There's no honor in unreasonable killing! There is no honor in making people suffer! All of these your so-called 'honorable master' has done!"
Kikaider 02's circuitry soon began to take on a golden glow and Waruder's ability to keep the power struggle going was fading. "And I refuse to sit back and do nothing as more and more people get hurt!! I will not let anyone else suffer like what me and my family have had to go through!!"
Kikaider 02 soon knocked the sword out of Waruder's grasp and kicked him in the stomach. This sent him flying through the air, but 02 blasted his way to him, interlocked his hands together, and hit him in the chest to send him crashing right back down to the ground. After hitting the ground once, the golden-circuited android zoomed right back to him, hit him in the head, and sent him flying through a brick wall and into a building.
As Waruder got up, he looked around his surroundings. He could hear a crescendo of growls coming from along the walls. These growls began to wrack on his nerves. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the growls came from caged dogs lining the walls of the pound. Just as 02 was about to bring his arms into an X, he heard a really loud scream coming from inside the building. When he put his arms down, he soon saw Waruder making a mad dash out of the pound screaming in fear of his life.
As Kikaider 02 took on a white glow and turned back into Niro Komyoji, he looked at the retreating robot completely dumbstruck. "What the heck was that all about?"
"A cynophobic?! Are you serious?!" the human Rieko asked her cousin.
"What makes you so sure?" Misao asked.
"Well, the fact that I knocked him into a dog pound and he soon came running back out screaming certainly seemed to be a dead giveaway to me."
"Now that is weird," Rieko nodded.
"Oh. I almost forgot. Is this what you were looking for?" Misao asked handing Niro the black box.
"Yes. Thanks for returning it to me."
"No problem. Now I just need a place to stay so Night won't keep coming for us," Misao said.
"Well, why not stay with us? We'd be more than happy to take the two of you in," Rieko suggested.
"But Night will just be coming after you more and more, won't they?"
"I'm sure it's not anything we can't handle," Niro replied.
"Thank you both!" Misao said excitedly.
A small smile came on Hiroshi's face as he nodded to them in gratitude.
A/N: Hey everybody! Once again, thank you for continuing to read this story even though it's getting longer than I'm sure most have expected. There's still more to come for this story. I don't know when it will end, but I do know how it will end. In the meantime, keep sending those reviews! They can really keep a guy going!