Vandread Fanfic - Slayer of God: Beyond the Time

Rating – Sci-Fi and a little romance here and there

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Chapter 4: All The Love of My Heart

I can still find reaction
I can still find emotional fire
Trying to forget you, Buckle up Buckle up
You got to get out from my dreams

I can still find affection
I can still find emotional fire
Even if I can't get you
Buckle up Buckle up
You have to get out from my dreams!

Emotional Fire by Denise

"The transfer of passengers between Nirvana and Muramasa had just been completed." Informed one of the crew.

BC checks the list of the arrived passengers and sighed.

"Oh dear. With Gascogne and Raymond around, this ship will be a lot more…"

"…livelier?"

BC turned around to see a woman in around her 50's. Despite her age, she still retains the cheerful and easygoing attitude. Her hair was slightly grey to show her seniority but other than that, everything about her is pretty much the same. BC instantly recognized her.

"Gascogne. It's been a while."

"Hey, two years IS not a while."

BC smiled.

"Yeah, right. How's Raymond?"

"That old coot? He's doing fine. Right now, he's at the café with the others."

BC rose from her chair as she pats her shoulder.

"Come on, let's go. We have a lot of catching up to do."

Gascogne snickered.

"Heh. I was about to say the same thing."

Duero was doing some stretching outside the infirmary when he heard a familiar female voice. A voice that he hasn't hard since the war started.

"Duero!"

A female throws herself to him from nowhere. Duero managed to catch her as he looked at her in the eyes.

"Parfet. I've been waiting for you…"

The woman, Parfet Balbair, now Parfet McFile smiled at him. After the battle against Deus and the Earth forces, she discarded her spectacles in favor of a pair of contact lens. Five years later, the two got married and live in Neo Terra ever since.

"Meanie. Why you're not waiting for me at the hangar?" she asked as she pinched Duero forcefully. Duero yelped in pain.

"Ow! That hurts. But really, I'm sorry. I still have a patient inside. I can't leave her alone."

Parfet smiled mischievously.

"Hehehe. 'Her', you say?"

Duero almost choked upon her question.

"Eh, ah…yeah. Hey, don't you start imagining things."

Everyone in the café was having their dinner with Raymond as chef.

"Damn, Raymond. Your cooking is good as always." Hibiki complements as he munched a sushi.

Raymond, who is already, entered his 60's smiled at him.

"Thanks kid."

Bart, who was eating a bowl of ramen, gave not one, but two thumbs up.

"I have no complains about it."

Rick, who was looking outside the window, heaved a sigh. Meia approached him and held his hand.

"Rick, what's wrong? You didn't finish your dinner."

"I'm sorry, dear. I'm full."

Meia stared into his blue eyes and smiled.

"You're acting like an old man, you know."

"Eh…well, I am old in case you didn't see…"

Rick looked into his palm as his hand flickered with electricity.

"I've lost my youth and most of my powers just to be with you but I don't regret it one bit."

"Rick…"

Rick held her hand and kissed it gently.

"As long as you're here with me, I don't care about anything else."

Meia pulled him close and kissed on the cheek.

"I know, Rick. I never have any doubt about you. And I will always believe in that."

Their intimate moment was interrupted by Erick, who just arrived with Barnette.

"Get a room, you two."

Rick stared at his twin then Barnette. He flashed a smile.

"Hah. Looks like you two already…"

Erick quickly covered his mouth before he could finish.

"Shhh, man. Not so loud."

"Okay, my bad. Say, did you see my son?"

"Yeah. He's on his way to the park with Janette."

At the park, Axel was lying on the ground with Janette sitting next to him.

"Phew. I'm full. Anymore of Uncle Ray's dish, I'll probably explode."

Janette smiled as she continues staring at him. Axel sat up.

"Janette, why did you call the Vanguard X as The White-Winged Angel?"

"Ah, that's…because father told me about it. It was easy to imagine it since it resembles a lot to his Vanguard."

"I see. Say, Janette."

"Yes?"

"Do you ever have a boyfriend?"

Janette turned beet red.

"I…no. I never have."

"Haha. I see. Don't worry. I was just curious."

Janette still couldn't recover after that 'shot'. Noticing this, Axel stood up and extends his hand.

"Come on. Let's go to my room."

"Eh?"

"I want to hear more of you. I just wanna talk. Well, if you want to."

Janette stared at him then smiled.

"Okay."

Hotaru was staring at the Paeksis or a long time without blinking her eyes.

(So you did it.)

(…)

(Have you not come in and help, I don't think I'll be able to protect all of them.)

(I feel guilty, sister. And I don't like it.)

(Guilty of what?)

(Of lying to all of them.)

(It's okay. They will know eventually…)

"Huh? Miss Inaho? What are you doing here?" a male voice called her. She turned to Rick. She then blinked her eyes. Rick smiled at her reply.

"Well, as long as you're feeling okay, that's fine, I guess."

He slowly approached her and looked at the Paeksis.

"You know, I can't sleep too. Many things had happened and it will take some time to except it all."

The Paeksis glowed faintly. Rick turned to Hotaru.

"I used to come here a lot when I was younger but my wife kept telling me it's off-limits. And I ended up hearing her lecture about safety on the ship."

"But you really love her, yes?" she finally said.

Rick, with a look of surprise, replied;

"Yeah, of course I do. Well, I must be boring you. Better get back before she comes here and drag me by the ear."

Hotaru chuckled.

"Yes, you better go. Good night then."

Rick turned around and glanced.

"Yeah, you too. Have a sweet dream."

Next day…

"So far, we don't have a clue of what they are." Said one of the congress members.

"We only see their infantry unit but they just look like a bunch of zombies to me." Said the other.

"We have to find what they are and why the attacks?"

"Then, we can formulate our next plan of action."

Soon, the meeting room became noisy with congress members and high ranking military officers from the three planets (Tarark, Mejale and Neo Terra) bickering at each other. BC, who was silent all the time couldn't stand it any longer.

"STOP IT THIS INSTANT!"

Everyone ceased their arguments and looked at her.

"Well, now that I have your attention, let me propose an idea."

They looked at each other.

"Very well. Let us hear it."

BC then played a hologram image of Neo Terra. A small red dot was blinking.

"As you all can see, this is Neo Terra and this is where Nirvana was before the attack. Before the attack, my crew detected their presence from here."

She then pointed towards the newly appeared blue dot far from the image of Neo Terra.

"And what is your proposal, exactly?"

"Let my ship scout that area. We will send you any information we might get."

Erick was enjoying his breakfast when Jura snuck up on him and smacked his head. Needless to say, his head went crashing on the table.

"Hey, it hurts, woman!" Erick said, half-shouted.

She sat next to him and giggled.

"Hee. Sorry about that."

"Tch. What do you want from me?"

"Nothing. Just wanna see how's my daughter's father is doing."

"As you can see, I'm doing fine here. Thanks very much."

"Yeah. I can see that." She sighed.

"Hm? Jura, what's wrong?"

"You still remember the reason we did it and have Mara, right?"

Erick raised a brow to that.

"Err…yeah. You want the experience of being a mother."

"Now that I'm one right now, I want to settle down."

"As in…married?"

She smiled and winked at him.

"That's right. But don't worry. I won't take you to be my lawfully wedded husband."

"Thank god."

"But I want you to help me with something."

"Eh, what?"

Janette woke up from her sleep only to be greeted by her sister's smiling face. This caused her to jump from her bed.

"Sis! Oh, you surprised me."

"Morning. So, how was it?"

"How was what?"

"You know, last night."

A slight blush appeared on her face.

"We were just talking."

Mara looked at her teasingly.

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah. We talked a lot last night until I fell asleep. How did I end up here?"

"He's the one that carried you here."

Janette looked at her in shock.

"Eh, he did?"

"Yup."

Rick was staring out of the glass window as Meia woke up from her sleep. He turned to her and smiled.

"Good morning, dear."

"Umm…morning, Rick."

"Hey, you're still sleepy?"

Meia smiled at him weakly.

"Yeah. Kind of."

Rick pulled her up by hand and hugged her close. Meia was surprised but then she smiled.

"It's okay now, Rick. I'm fully awake now."

"How about the usual 'Morning Kiss'?"

Meia pinched his cheek playfully.

"Naughty!"

"Hey, it's not my fault I'm stuck to you."

"Oh? So, you blame me for that?"

"Yeah. Damn right."

"Well, sorry! What can you do right now?"

"What can I do, eh? THIS!"

Rick kissed her forcefully. Meia gasped after the kiss.

"You…"

Meia pushed her husband to the bed and within seconds, she's on top of him.

"I want a compensation for that."

"Yeah?"

She then kissed him. Rick instantly wrapped his arms around her as their lips locked tight. After a while, Meia pulled away from him and lays her head on his chest.

"Meia?"

"I want to be like this a little longer."

Rick stroked her hair gently.

"Sure thing, honey."

Hibiki was walking along the corridor towards the cafeteria when his leg stumbled upon something hard. He looked down and saw a small white robot clutching its head in pain. He smiled as soon as he recognized it.

"P-chan. It's been a while."

The cute robot jumped up and down angrily.

"It's Pyoro!"

"Yeah, whatever. You were transferred from Muramasa?"

"Affirmative. I want to do what I can."

"Heh. Like old times, huh?"

"Yep."

"I'm gonna have some breakfast. Wanna tag along?"

Axel just barely walked out of his room when Kahlua surprised him.

"Morning, Axel."

"Huh? Yeah, morning. You were waiting for me?"

"More or less. I was heading for the cafe but since your room is along the way, I might as well drop by."

"Hah. I see. Well, let's get going, then."

At the hangar, Erick was lying down on the floor after tuning up his Vanguard. He was almost asleep when the looming face of Barnette startled him.

"Oh, hi dear. What's up?"

"Why you didn't wake me up? I was looking for you all over."

"Eh...after our 'marathon' last night, I thought it was better not to do so."

Barnette turned away from him. She was obviously angry.

"Hmmph. Fine then."

Erick rose and turned around his wife, facing her.

"Aww. C'mon. I'm sorry, okay? Forgive me, please? Pretty please?"

Erick looked at her with puppy dog eyes and this had caused Barnette to laugh.

"Alright. Fine then. I forgive you. With one condition."

"Condition?"

Without warning, Barnette kissed him forcefully as Erick were pinned down on the floor. Her chest was pressed against his so hard and Erick could hear their breathing as their lips parted. He looked at her in the eyes and saw that seductive look on her face. He sighed.

"Aww man. Not here, honey."

With her on top, Barnette used her knee to touch THAT position.

"Hmm? What's this?"

"Hey, be careful with the merchandise!"

At the cafeteria, Raymond was busy as usual but now he had two assistants in Gascogne and Dita.

"Phew. Finally the queue died down at the moment." Gascogne wiped her face with a handkerchief.

"Yeah...another wave and I might collapse..." Dita sighed.

"Hm? Really? Now I suppose you don't want to serve me breakfast?"

Dita turned and saw Hibiki at the counter. Both Raymond and Gascogne laughed.

"Hahaha. Take care of him, Dita. We'll be okay." Raymond said.

"Serve him something special, you hear?" Gascogne continued.

Dita smiled at them.

"Yeah. So, what do you wanna have, Hibiki?"

"I heard that we'll be on a journey to find the origins of those guys." Kahlua said as she enjoyed her breakfast with Axel.

"Hah. Really? It sure brings back memories." Axel remarked as he munched a toasted bread.

Kahlua smiled.

"Heh. Yeah, it sure is..."

Hibiki and Dita came over and sat near them.

"Do you mind of having us here?" Dita asked Axel.

Axel shook.

"No. We don't mind at all. We are done anyway."

Kahlua nods.

"Yeah. I have to get to the engine room. See you later, Uncle Hibiki, Aunt Dita."

"Oi, oi. We are not that old." Hibiki complained. Dita chuckled to that.

Axel smiled at the couple.

"Of course you're not. I'll be with my Vanguard if you need me, Lieutenant."

"Sure thing, kid. Later then."

With that, both of them left the married couple. Dita turned to Hibiki.

"Do you still remember when Karu-chan was born?"

He grinned.

"Yeah. I was freaked out, to put it simply."

"Hehehe. Yeah."

Duero just passed the engine room when someone hugged him from behind. He simply smiled.

"Okay now. You can let go of me, Parfet."

"So, you've come to help?"

Duero peeked inside the room. It was a battlefield with at least a dozen mechanics and engineers were busy getting system at top condition.

"I...better not. You already have a lot of help."

"Hehehe. You're right. Well, I gotta go and work on Pyoro-kun."

"Still conducting experiments on him, I see."

"That's mean."

"Oh, sorry. I was just joking."

"And your jokes ain't funny."

Duero sighed and scratched his head.

"Ah, well. I have to learn a thing from Erick about this matter."

"Hee. Yeah.Did you noticed how beautiful Barnette has become?"

"Eh...now that you say it, yeah. She looks much more attractive since last year's New Year celebration."

Parfet grinned.

"I bet I know how she do it."

At the store room within the hangar, both Erick and Barnette were panting after their 'marathon' session. With her next to her husband, Barnette hugged and kissed Erick.

"Now look who is horny..."

"Hey, it's all your fault for turning me on like that." Erick defended himself.

"Hehehe. It's been 20 years, Erick. And I know all your weakness."

"Yeah, yeah. Maybe it was my fault for flirting with you in the first place."

There was silence for a few seconds. Barnette then rose from the floor. She stared at Erick longingly.

"You're right. It's your fault. But I thank you for that."

Fearing that he might upset his wife again, he sat up next to her.

"Hm? Barnette? What's wrong?"

Barnette hugged Erick even tighter.

"I wouldn't fall for you if you didn't stop your persistent attempt at me."

"Barnette, honey..."

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

Barnette smiled at those words and kissed him tender.

"I know, Erick and I love you too..."

All the love of my heart is just for you
I don't care if I'm dead or alive
On and on it grows up I say the truth
And I'm glad you're mine all mine

All the Love of My Heart by Robbie Grain (feat. Name)