Android Kikaider 02: The Fanfiction
Disclaimer: Just for old time's sake, I do not own Kikaider, Kikaider 01, or anything else from them. That should do it, right?
Waruder looked at the night sky in wonder. He thought about his last battle with Kikaider 02 and the words that he said to him. "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!"
Waruder then looked at his sword and said to himself, "There is much truth in what you say, 02. However, I still cannot ignore my master's commands."
The silver android then went about slicing the air and practicing his swordsmanship. "Upon my master's orders, I will defeat you."
---Gemini---
"Breakfast is ready!" shouted Misao throughout the house.
Soon enough, everyone came rushing down to the breakfast table except for Niro. He just took his time in getting there. He seemed to be a little deep in thought. Jiro walked up to him and asked, "Are you okay?"
Niro looked at him and replied, "Yeah. I was just kind of thinking about the other day with Waruder."
"Oh. Well, hurry up to the breakfast table. Everyone else is probably waiting on you."
"Sure thing," he replied as he took off to the table.
Once everybody sat down, Misao started serving up some food for everybody. "This looks delicious! Thank you, Misao!" Suzume exclaimed.
Misao smiled and replied, "You're welcome."
Everyone started digging into their food except for Jiro, Niro, and Rieko. Suzume noticed that Niro wasn't eating and asked, "Are you not hungry?"
Niro stumbled at finding the words that would express that he isn't human once again. "Uh...Suzume...I don't eat."
She blushed a little bit in embarrassment. "Oh. I'm sorry."
Niro smiled and said, "Don't worry about it."
Misao looked at Rieko and said, "I take it you don't eat either."
Rieko smiled and said, "Nope, but I try to make up for it in conversation."
Jiro added in, "Yeah. We androids may not be human enough to eat, but we can still keep some company."
Akira looked at Hiroshi and saw that he didn't get a plate of food. "Uh, Ms. Misao, I think you forgot a plate for Hiroshi."
Misao looked at everyone and said, "That's because he doesn't eat for the same reason as most of you."
Everyone looked at her with complete surprise. Akira finally spoke up and replied, "You mean he's an android too?"
Misao nodded. "I probably should have told you the other day, but Hiroshi is indeed an android built to serve as a power source for a special weapon I only know of called the Battleship."
Akira thought to himself, "This sounds way too familiar."
He then asked, "How is he supposed to be the power source?"
Misao responded, "He was constructed with what is supposed to be a completed Gemini system, but the thing is it doesn't work. It's not active for some reason."
Rieko then asked, "But if they lost this one, then why can't they just make more?"
Jiro said, "My guess is that if they couldn't get this one to work, then they wouldn't be able to make any more without the same flaw."
"But if Kuro is using some of Gill's notes and he found out how to build the power generator half, then how would he be able to make a completed one?" Akira asked.
There was a short pause to think of an answer. Niro broke this silence with the answer. "Gold Wolf. Kuro must have known the whole time that he had half of a Gemini. Once he found Gill's half, he could put the two together and make a whole."
Akira's frustration seemed to be growing, but no one was paying attention. Jiro then said, "This sounds a lot like what happened with Shadow ten years ago."
Misao then said, "Well, I've never heard of any plans for complete world domination, so why would Kuro do this?"
Niro then said, "Before I destroyed the Night base, Kuro told me that he was doing the whole operation for money. My guess is that he's going to make this Battleship with Hiroshi as the power source and then sell it to the highest bidder. After finding out that it works, he can begin mass production of these weapons and sell them off for more money. He could very well even make newer and more powerful weapons and make who knows how much!"
Having become unable to take anymore of the conversation and frustration getting higher than it's ever been, Akira abruptly excused himself from the table and went outside. Rieko soon followed him concerned. Niro looked at everybody and asked, "What was that all about?"
Outside, Akira was sitting on a bench and Rieko slowly approached him. "Are you okay, Akira?"
Akira didn't look at her as he replied, "No. Even with a new head, Night is just like every organization before it."
Rieko sat next to him and looked at him. "I know that, but..."
"It's Hiroshi. Night is using him for the same reason that my father used me, and it just really ticks me off! I don't care if he has different motives, he's no better than my father to be able to do that! I just..."
Akira was quickly cut off when Rieko interlocked his lips with her own. He easily gave in to the kiss and held on to her tightly. Rieko eventually broke the moment and looked at him in the eyes. "I can understand why you'd be upset about this, but you have to remember that we are doing something about it."
Akira looked at her and nodded. "Okay. I'm glad that we've got that settled."
Akira then got up, and Rieko did so as well. They went to go inside, but Akira then said, "Rieko, please don't tell Niro anything about my father being Professor Gill."
"You still haven't told him? Why not?"
"I'm just afraid that he won't trust me if I tell him. You know, sins of the father and all that stuff?"
"Well, it seems to me more like you don't trust him."
"I do trust him. It's just that...I don't know. I guess I'm afraid he won't help us after I tell him."
Rieko just heaved a sigh and said, "Okay. I won't tell him, but you should."
The two then walked back inside the house. Everyone looked at Akira and Misao asked, "Are you okay, Akira?"
The teenage human boy nodded and said, "Sorry for storming off like that. I had some venting to do."
"Oh. Well, would you like to talk about it?"
Akira shook his head. Hiroshi then got up from his place at the table and stood in front of Akira, looking up at him. Akira then knelt down to Hiroshi's level and said, "Hey, little guy. Don't worry. We're not going to let anything happen to you. I promise."
Akira then messed up Hiroshi's hair playfully, and the little android child smiled. Rieko smiled and said, "Aw, how cute! It's kind of like you having a little brother now, Akira!"
Akira smiled, but now it was Niro's turn to walk away from the group. Suzume got up and followed him. Rieko looked towards the direction that the two left and asked, "Was it something I said?"
Jiro looked at Rieko and said, "Yeah. 'Little brother'."
Niro leaned up against the wall in another room. Suzume just looked at him. "How long are you going to keep doing this?"
Niro just looked at her and replied, "I don't know."
"Why do you have to keep doing this to yourself? Niro, Sano is dead, and there's nothing that you could have possibly done to change that."
"I could have not killed him myself. I could have saved him and maybe even have Mom install a Gemini into him."
"You can keep saying that you could have, but odds are I doubt you would have."
Niro looked at her in surprise at this statement as she continued, "You don't believe in the death and rebirth of robots, right? Why should you have to make an exception for Sano? Because he was your brother? Because he never got the chance to live like you do? It wouldn't be right for you to do that, especially against his will. You would have been no better than Kuro himself."
The android didn't say a word. He just thought about what she said until she kept going. "Look. I don't try to pretend to know what it's like to do what you've had to do all this time, and I don't pretend to know how much you're suffering inside. All I know is that thinking about it more isn't going to help you with your Gemini circuit problem. The more you give in to the anxiety and pain the more likely you are to keep going through berserker moments."
He finally replied, "I understand what you're saying, and you're right about all of it. It would be wrong for me to just do that to Sano, and I do need to get out of this state of sorrow, but I don't know how."
"You'll have to get over Sano's death on your own. I can't help you there. But maybe I can help in pulling you out of your depression."
"Huh? How?" he asked.
"How about the two of us go into town tomorrow and spend the whole day finding new things and having fun. Just the two of us."
"But tomorrow is your birthday. I should be doing something for you."
"Hey, it's no problem. Besides, I'll be having fun right along with you. After everything you've been through, you really need a break, and it's always good to have fun with company."
"But I already..."
"Come on, Niro," she interrupted. "I won't take 'no' for an answer."
Niro smiled and said, "If you really want to that badly, then sure."
Suzume gave a big smile as she said, "Great! It'll be like a second date!"
Niro once again looked at her in confusion. "This is starting to seem a bit more than just an expression."
"What do you mean by that?" she asked.
"I mean whenever it's me, you, and Gunta hanging out, you seem as happy as you normally do. However, when it's just the two of us together, it seems like...like you couldn't be any happier."
Suzume blushed a bit. "You really think so, huh?"
Niro nodded. Suzume then thought to herself, "...Don't you feel the same way about when you're with me?"
"Come on. I think the others are still waiting for us."
With that, the two walked back to the breakfast table.
Once they got back to the table, Rieko looked at them observantly. "It's obvious that they like each other, but Suzume is too afraid to admit it, and Niro probably has no idea what he's feeling. Maybe I should give them a push in the right direction," she thought to herself.
She then gave a mischievous smile and looked at them. "So what exactly were the two of you doing back there?"
Niro responded, "We were just talking. That's all."
Rieko then said, "Yeah right. I bet the two of you were making out back there."
While Niro had the look of confusion on his face, Suzume just seemed almost outraged. "No we weren't! We just talked!"
"Oh, come on, Suzume. It's written all over your face! You were doing something more than just talking!"
Just when the human teenage girl was about to storm right to her, Niro stepped in between. "I may not understand what you're trying to say, Rieko, but it seems that it's making her very uncomfortable, so please st..."
Niro then grabbed his head, fell to his knees, and screamed in pain once again. Just when Rieko was about to transform, the berserk android lunged at her and pinned her to the floor in a strangling manner. The red- eyed disguised Kikaider 02 placed his hands around her neck and began to strangle her. Jiro quickly kicked him off and readied himself for a fight. Niro snarled like an animal and charged at his father, but he was soon halted by the sound of violin music coming from Rieko in her android form. Once again, Niro fell to his knees as he slowly regained his sanity. Misao looked at the android curiously and said, "I wonder what caused this to happen."
Jiro then explained, "Niro had a younger brother named Sano, or Kikaider 03. Night kidnapped him and constantly pitted them one against another. Niro ended up having to destroy him with his own two hands, and he's never been able to forgive himself since then."
Niro finally got up to his feet and walked outside. He then sat on the bench and looked at the sky. Misao then looked at the young android and thought to herself, "Killing your own brother is bad enough I suppose, but there must be something else to it for him to act like this. Maybe there's more to his grief than what he's letting on."
While Misao stayed with Hiroshi, the others went to check up on him. "Niro, it's not your fault," Rieko said.
Niro replied, "Then what is it? Why is this happening to me?! Why can't I..."
Niro looked away from the group not wanting to show the tears that were now forming around his eyes. "Why couldn't I just be human?"
Suzume looked at him with surprise as he continued. "Humans have it easy. They're born with these emotions and feeling, and they know how to deal with them. I can feel the greatest pleasure in all of the world, but I wouldn't know what I was feeling...and I hate it."
Suzume slowly began to approach him, but Niro looked up to see a silver figure standing in the front yard. "It appears that you are more complicated than what I ever gave you credit for, 02."
"Waruder!" he shouted.
Waruder then drew his sword and Niro responded by hitting the switches on his shoulders. "CHANGE! 02!!"
Niro transformed into Kikaider 02 and leaped in front of Waruder. "There's no way I'm going to let you take Hiroshi!"
Waruder replied, "As I have said before during our last battle, I do not condone the use of a child as my master intends to, but I must carry out my orders to defeat you."
Waruder threw out two shurikins at him, but 02 managed to dodge them. The blue and red android retaliated by charging at him and kicking him in the torso. Waruder was sent twenty feet across the ground by this attack, but he retaliated by charging at 02 while swinging his sword. 02 sidestepped to the side and soon found Waruder's chain wrapped around his ankle. The silver android then threw him around and slammed him onto the ground. Waruder then readied his sword and said, "If this is all that you have to offer me, then good-bye, Kikaider 02."
Just as the samurai machine was about to bring his sword down on 02, he stopped when he heard the words, "SWITCH ON!!"
Kikaider lunged at Waruder and swiftly kicked him. He was taken back a few feet, but he quickly recovered. "How dare you interfere with our duel, Kikaider!"
The asymmetric robot replied, "The destruction of Dark and Shadow was my doing, and because of me not being there, my son has had to endure the burden of fighting in my place. He's done so much, and I should to. I'm not going to let him take on this burden by himself!"
Once he was able to pick himself up off the ground, Kikaider and 02 soon stood back to back in a fighting stance. Waruder replied, "I understand how you must feel, but this means that I must destroy you too."
Waruder charged at the two, but he was cut off by a narrow laser beam coming from a jewel on Rieko's palm. "I've been doing my share of fighting too because I know what it brings. Even though we're taking on impossible odds, we will not be doing it alone. And don't even think of going easy on me just because I'm a girl."
Rieko then leaped to where the other two were, and all three got into a fighting position. Suddenly, there came a loud explosion to the side, causing everyone to look that way. When they turned their heads back forward, they saw a mummy-like monster holding Akira against his will. "If I can't get back the power source that doesn't work, I'll bring back the one that does!"
"Akira!" Rieko screamed.
The android named Shadow Mummy then vanished and his voice was heard all around, "If you want him back, you'll have to find me and face me."
"Shadow Mummy! You coward!" Waruder shouted.
Niro, Jiro, and Rieko reverted back into their human forms, but Rieko found herself on all fours crying. Waruder stayed and watched all of them. "We have to find him!" Niro shouted.
Niro whistled for his Rocket Machine, and it took off right for him. Waruder then walked up to him and said, "You won't know where to find him if you don't know where to look. I know where he is."
Niro looked at the samurai android curiously. "Are you saying that...you're going to help me?!"
"Just for today, yes. I find it dishonorable to use hostages. In order to destroy the dishonor within the organization I have aligned myself to, I ask you to help me as well."
A/N: Hey everybody! Sorry about the long update and some of the less intensity in this chapter, but I think two words will provide an ample excuse. "Research paper." Anyway, just because this chapter isn't that great doesn't mean there aren't better things to come, but you'll have to keep reading to find out what they are. Once again, thanks for all the reviews, and keep sending them in!
Disclaimer: Just for old time's sake, I do not own Kikaider, Kikaider 01, or anything else from them. That should do it, right?
Waruder looked at the night sky in wonder. He thought about his last battle with Kikaider 02 and the words that he said to him. "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!"
Waruder then looked at his sword and said to himself, "There is much truth in what you say, 02. However, I still cannot ignore my master's commands."
The silver android then went about slicing the air and practicing his swordsmanship. "Upon my master's orders, I will defeat you."
---Gemini---
"Breakfast is ready!" shouted Misao throughout the house.
Soon enough, everyone came rushing down to the breakfast table except for Niro. He just took his time in getting there. He seemed to be a little deep in thought. Jiro walked up to him and asked, "Are you okay?"
Niro looked at him and replied, "Yeah. I was just kind of thinking about the other day with Waruder."
"Oh. Well, hurry up to the breakfast table. Everyone else is probably waiting on you."
"Sure thing," he replied as he took off to the table.
Once everybody sat down, Misao started serving up some food for everybody. "This looks delicious! Thank you, Misao!" Suzume exclaimed.
Misao smiled and replied, "You're welcome."
Everyone started digging into their food except for Jiro, Niro, and Rieko. Suzume noticed that Niro wasn't eating and asked, "Are you not hungry?"
Niro stumbled at finding the words that would express that he isn't human once again. "Uh...Suzume...I don't eat."
She blushed a little bit in embarrassment. "Oh. I'm sorry."
Niro smiled and said, "Don't worry about it."
Misao looked at Rieko and said, "I take it you don't eat either."
Rieko smiled and said, "Nope, but I try to make up for it in conversation."
Jiro added in, "Yeah. We androids may not be human enough to eat, but we can still keep some company."
Akira looked at Hiroshi and saw that he didn't get a plate of food. "Uh, Ms. Misao, I think you forgot a plate for Hiroshi."
Misao looked at everyone and said, "That's because he doesn't eat for the same reason as most of you."
Everyone looked at her with complete surprise. Akira finally spoke up and replied, "You mean he's an android too?"
Misao nodded. "I probably should have told you the other day, but Hiroshi is indeed an android built to serve as a power source for a special weapon I only know of called the Battleship."
Akira thought to himself, "This sounds way too familiar."
He then asked, "How is he supposed to be the power source?"
Misao responded, "He was constructed with what is supposed to be a completed Gemini system, but the thing is it doesn't work. It's not active for some reason."
Rieko then asked, "But if they lost this one, then why can't they just make more?"
Jiro said, "My guess is that if they couldn't get this one to work, then they wouldn't be able to make any more without the same flaw."
"But if Kuro is using some of Gill's notes and he found out how to build the power generator half, then how would he be able to make a completed one?" Akira asked.
There was a short pause to think of an answer. Niro broke this silence with the answer. "Gold Wolf. Kuro must have known the whole time that he had half of a Gemini. Once he found Gill's half, he could put the two together and make a whole."
Akira's frustration seemed to be growing, but no one was paying attention. Jiro then said, "This sounds a lot like what happened with Shadow ten years ago."
Misao then said, "Well, I've never heard of any plans for complete world domination, so why would Kuro do this?"
Niro then said, "Before I destroyed the Night base, Kuro told me that he was doing the whole operation for money. My guess is that he's going to make this Battleship with Hiroshi as the power source and then sell it to the highest bidder. After finding out that it works, he can begin mass production of these weapons and sell them off for more money. He could very well even make newer and more powerful weapons and make who knows how much!"
Having become unable to take anymore of the conversation and frustration getting higher than it's ever been, Akira abruptly excused himself from the table and went outside. Rieko soon followed him concerned. Niro looked at everybody and asked, "What was that all about?"
Outside, Akira was sitting on a bench and Rieko slowly approached him. "Are you okay, Akira?"
Akira didn't look at her as he replied, "No. Even with a new head, Night is just like every organization before it."
Rieko sat next to him and looked at him. "I know that, but..."
"It's Hiroshi. Night is using him for the same reason that my father used me, and it just really ticks me off! I don't care if he has different motives, he's no better than my father to be able to do that! I just..."
Akira was quickly cut off when Rieko interlocked his lips with her own. He easily gave in to the kiss and held on to her tightly. Rieko eventually broke the moment and looked at him in the eyes. "I can understand why you'd be upset about this, but you have to remember that we are doing something about it."
Akira looked at her and nodded. "Okay. I'm glad that we've got that settled."
Akira then got up, and Rieko did so as well. They went to go inside, but Akira then said, "Rieko, please don't tell Niro anything about my father being Professor Gill."
"You still haven't told him? Why not?"
"I'm just afraid that he won't trust me if I tell him. You know, sins of the father and all that stuff?"
"Well, it seems to me more like you don't trust him."
"I do trust him. It's just that...I don't know. I guess I'm afraid he won't help us after I tell him."
Rieko just heaved a sigh and said, "Okay. I won't tell him, but you should."
The two then walked back inside the house. Everyone looked at Akira and Misao asked, "Are you okay, Akira?"
The teenage human boy nodded and said, "Sorry for storming off like that. I had some venting to do."
"Oh. Well, would you like to talk about it?"
Akira shook his head. Hiroshi then got up from his place at the table and stood in front of Akira, looking up at him. Akira then knelt down to Hiroshi's level and said, "Hey, little guy. Don't worry. We're not going to let anything happen to you. I promise."
Akira then messed up Hiroshi's hair playfully, and the little android child smiled. Rieko smiled and said, "Aw, how cute! It's kind of like you having a little brother now, Akira!"
Akira smiled, but now it was Niro's turn to walk away from the group. Suzume got up and followed him. Rieko looked towards the direction that the two left and asked, "Was it something I said?"
Jiro looked at Rieko and said, "Yeah. 'Little brother'."
Niro leaned up against the wall in another room. Suzume just looked at him. "How long are you going to keep doing this?"
Niro just looked at her and replied, "I don't know."
"Why do you have to keep doing this to yourself? Niro, Sano is dead, and there's nothing that you could have possibly done to change that."
"I could have not killed him myself. I could have saved him and maybe even have Mom install a Gemini into him."
"You can keep saying that you could have, but odds are I doubt you would have."
Niro looked at her in surprise at this statement as she continued, "You don't believe in the death and rebirth of robots, right? Why should you have to make an exception for Sano? Because he was your brother? Because he never got the chance to live like you do? It wouldn't be right for you to do that, especially against his will. You would have been no better than Kuro himself."
The android didn't say a word. He just thought about what she said until she kept going. "Look. I don't try to pretend to know what it's like to do what you've had to do all this time, and I don't pretend to know how much you're suffering inside. All I know is that thinking about it more isn't going to help you with your Gemini circuit problem. The more you give in to the anxiety and pain the more likely you are to keep going through berserker moments."
He finally replied, "I understand what you're saying, and you're right about all of it. It would be wrong for me to just do that to Sano, and I do need to get out of this state of sorrow, but I don't know how."
"You'll have to get over Sano's death on your own. I can't help you there. But maybe I can help in pulling you out of your depression."
"Huh? How?" he asked.
"How about the two of us go into town tomorrow and spend the whole day finding new things and having fun. Just the two of us."
"But tomorrow is your birthday. I should be doing something for you."
"Hey, it's no problem. Besides, I'll be having fun right along with you. After everything you've been through, you really need a break, and it's always good to have fun with company."
"But I already..."
"Come on, Niro," she interrupted. "I won't take 'no' for an answer."
Niro smiled and said, "If you really want to that badly, then sure."
Suzume gave a big smile as she said, "Great! It'll be like a second date!"
Niro once again looked at her in confusion. "This is starting to seem a bit more than just an expression."
"What do you mean by that?" she asked.
"I mean whenever it's me, you, and Gunta hanging out, you seem as happy as you normally do. However, when it's just the two of us together, it seems like...like you couldn't be any happier."
Suzume blushed a bit. "You really think so, huh?"
Niro nodded. Suzume then thought to herself, "...Don't you feel the same way about when you're with me?"
"Come on. I think the others are still waiting for us."
With that, the two walked back to the breakfast table.
Once they got back to the table, Rieko looked at them observantly. "It's obvious that they like each other, but Suzume is too afraid to admit it, and Niro probably has no idea what he's feeling. Maybe I should give them a push in the right direction," she thought to herself.
She then gave a mischievous smile and looked at them. "So what exactly were the two of you doing back there?"
Niro responded, "We were just talking. That's all."
Rieko then said, "Yeah right. I bet the two of you were making out back there."
While Niro had the look of confusion on his face, Suzume just seemed almost outraged. "No we weren't! We just talked!"
"Oh, come on, Suzume. It's written all over your face! You were doing something more than just talking!"
Just when the human teenage girl was about to storm right to her, Niro stepped in between. "I may not understand what you're trying to say, Rieko, but it seems that it's making her very uncomfortable, so please st..."
Niro then grabbed his head, fell to his knees, and screamed in pain once again. Just when Rieko was about to transform, the berserk android lunged at her and pinned her to the floor in a strangling manner. The red- eyed disguised Kikaider 02 placed his hands around her neck and began to strangle her. Jiro quickly kicked him off and readied himself for a fight. Niro snarled like an animal and charged at his father, but he was soon halted by the sound of violin music coming from Rieko in her android form. Once again, Niro fell to his knees as he slowly regained his sanity. Misao looked at the android curiously and said, "I wonder what caused this to happen."
Jiro then explained, "Niro had a younger brother named Sano, or Kikaider 03. Night kidnapped him and constantly pitted them one against another. Niro ended up having to destroy him with his own two hands, and he's never been able to forgive himself since then."
Niro finally got up to his feet and walked outside. He then sat on the bench and looked at the sky. Misao then looked at the young android and thought to herself, "Killing your own brother is bad enough I suppose, but there must be something else to it for him to act like this. Maybe there's more to his grief than what he's letting on."
While Misao stayed with Hiroshi, the others went to check up on him. "Niro, it's not your fault," Rieko said.
Niro replied, "Then what is it? Why is this happening to me?! Why can't I..."
Niro looked away from the group not wanting to show the tears that were now forming around his eyes. "Why couldn't I just be human?"
Suzume looked at him with surprise as he continued. "Humans have it easy. They're born with these emotions and feeling, and they know how to deal with them. I can feel the greatest pleasure in all of the world, but I wouldn't know what I was feeling...and I hate it."
Suzume slowly began to approach him, but Niro looked up to see a silver figure standing in the front yard. "It appears that you are more complicated than what I ever gave you credit for, 02."
"Waruder!" he shouted.
Waruder then drew his sword and Niro responded by hitting the switches on his shoulders. "CHANGE! 02!!"
Niro transformed into Kikaider 02 and leaped in front of Waruder. "There's no way I'm going to let you take Hiroshi!"
Waruder replied, "As I have said before during our last battle, I do not condone the use of a child as my master intends to, but I must carry out my orders to defeat you."
Waruder threw out two shurikins at him, but 02 managed to dodge them. The blue and red android retaliated by charging at him and kicking him in the torso. Waruder was sent twenty feet across the ground by this attack, but he retaliated by charging at 02 while swinging his sword. 02 sidestepped to the side and soon found Waruder's chain wrapped around his ankle. The silver android then threw him around and slammed him onto the ground. Waruder then readied his sword and said, "If this is all that you have to offer me, then good-bye, Kikaider 02."
Just as the samurai machine was about to bring his sword down on 02, he stopped when he heard the words, "SWITCH ON!!"
Kikaider lunged at Waruder and swiftly kicked him. He was taken back a few feet, but he quickly recovered. "How dare you interfere with our duel, Kikaider!"
The asymmetric robot replied, "The destruction of Dark and Shadow was my doing, and because of me not being there, my son has had to endure the burden of fighting in my place. He's done so much, and I should to. I'm not going to let him take on this burden by himself!"
Once he was able to pick himself up off the ground, Kikaider and 02 soon stood back to back in a fighting stance. Waruder replied, "I understand how you must feel, but this means that I must destroy you too."
Waruder charged at the two, but he was cut off by a narrow laser beam coming from a jewel on Rieko's palm. "I've been doing my share of fighting too because I know what it brings. Even though we're taking on impossible odds, we will not be doing it alone. And don't even think of going easy on me just because I'm a girl."
Rieko then leaped to where the other two were, and all three got into a fighting position. Suddenly, there came a loud explosion to the side, causing everyone to look that way. When they turned their heads back forward, they saw a mummy-like monster holding Akira against his will. "If I can't get back the power source that doesn't work, I'll bring back the one that does!"
"Akira!" Rieko screamed.
The android named Shadow Mummy then vanished and his voice was heard all around, "If you want him back, you'll have to find me and face me."
"Shadow Mummy! You coward!" Waruder shouted.
Niro, Jiro, and Rieko reverted back into their human forms, but Rieko found herself on all fours crying. Waruder stayed and watched all of them. "We have to find him!" Niro shouted.
Niro whistled for his Rocket Machine, and it took off right for him. Waruder then walked up to him and said, "You won't know where to find him if you don't know where to look. I know where he is."
Niro looked at the samurai android curiously. "Are you saying that...you're going to help me?!"
"Just for today, yes. I find it dishonorable to use hostages. In order to destroy the dishonor within the organization I have aligned myself to, I ask you to help me as well."
A/N: Hey everybody! Sorry about the long update and some of the less intensity in this chapter, but I think two words will provide an ample excuse. "Research paper." Anyway, just because this chapter isn't that great doesn't mean there aren't better things to come, but you'll have to keep reading to find out what they are. Once again, thanks for all the reviews, and keep sending them in!