The Beginning of the End

By: Kioko the pirate

Chapter 8: The Final Battle

Kioko and Hashi were exchanging punches and kicks at incredible speed, the two fighters fly apart from each other. Hashi raises his hand towards Kioko and fires a large red beam of energy towards the pirate. Kioko barley dodges it; he looks down as the blast hits the ground erupting in a massive explosion. Kioko looks back up towards Hashi, but again Hashi's fist slams into Kioko's cheek. Hashi then brought his foot smashing into Kioko's wounded gut.

Kioko held his gut as a wave of pain rushed through his body, while Hashi raised his hands above his head. He balled his fists together and slammed them into Kioko's back. Kioko is sent flying into the ground, creating a massive explosion of dust and rock. Hashi just floated there with an evil grin as he stared down at the cloud of dust. Suddenly Kioko appears behind Hashi and fires a blast of energy, point blank range into Hashi's back.

The blast slams Hashi into the cliff face; massive chunks of rock go crashing to the ground. Kioko floats down to the surface and stares into the debris. Suddenly he senses something; Kioko leaps up into the air as Hashi's fist slams into the spot where Kioko had been standing. Hashi leaps up towards Kioko; he begins to throw punch after punch. One punch slips by Kioko's defenses and slams into his face, sending him flying. Hashi flies above Kioko as he flew backwards and fires a blast of energy at Kioko.

The blast slams Kioko into the ground once more, Hashi floats down and lands a few feet away from the crater. Suddenly Kioko leaps out of the cloud of dust and lands in front of Hashi. He had blood running from the corners of his mouth and his coat was tattered. Kioko was breathing heavily while Hashi was showing little sign of fatigue.

"You know, I'm not very impressed. For some one with a reputation like yours I would expect a lot more of a challenge from you." Said Hashi.

Kioko stands up straight and rips off his torn overcoat; underneath he was wearing a black sleeveless t-shirt. "I haven't even gotten started, you'll get your challenge, and I can already tell that you are going to lose."

Hashi laughed evilly. "How can you say that when you're already getting tired and I've still got plenty of energy to spare?"

"You'll just have to find out now won't you!" yells Kioko as he charges towards his opponent.

Kioko reaches Hashi and throws a kick at his head; Hashi ducks under and brings his own kick flying towards Kioko. Kioko raises his arm and blocks the attack, Hashi leaps backwards and before Kioko could react Hashi rams his elbow into Kioko's chest. Kioko is knocked through the air and slams into the ground; he slides for a few feet before flipping back up to his feet. Hashi charges at Kioko again and throws a powerful punch; Kioko evades the attack and kicks Hashi in the face.

Hashi is sent skipping against the ground, like a skipping stone on the water. Hashi gets to his feet, a small amount of blood running from his nose and mouth. The two fighters raise their hands towards each other and fire a blast of energy, the red and the yellow energy's collide causing a tremendous explosion that could easily level Kokoua town. Kioko raised his arms to block his eyes from the blinding light, after a moment the light subsided and Kioko lowered his arms. But right as he did Hashi burst through the cloud of dust and slammed his fist into Kioko's gut.

Kioko fly's through the air and slams into the cliff; he falls to his hands and knees gasping for breath. 'This guy is strong.' Thought Kioko as he coughed up some blood.

'Then let me take over.' Said the sinister voice.

Kioko growled and got to his feet. "I don't need your help; I'll do this on my own."

'Suit your self.' Said the voice.

Kioko looked up towards Hashi, who was standing there with an evil smile. "Come on, stop talking to your self and fight!" yelled Hashi as he charges towards Kioko.

Kioko raises his hand and fires a series of blasts, which Hashi evaded easily. In seconds Hashi was in front of Kioko and brought his foot smashing into Kioko's cheek. Kioko is sent flying through the air; he bounces off the cliff face and slides along the ground. He comes to a stop, his eyes were closed tight and his teeth were clenched from the pain shooting through his body.

Once again Kioko slowly made it to his feet. 'I can't lose, I can't fail, I will save Angel…' thought Kioko as he clenched his fists. "And you will not stop me!" yelled Kioko as he charged towards Hashi.

"You fool!" yelled Hashi as he charged Kioko.

The two of them meet in the center and they both throw powerful punches. Their fists slam into one another's, the impact was so powerful that it sent a shock wave through the ground which threw large chunks of stone into the air. Hashi smiles evilly as he reaches forward and grabs Kioko by the wrist, he twists it painfully causing Kioko to yell in pain. Hashi then kicks Kioko in the gut, once again knocking the wind out of him. Hashi then lifts Kioko up and flings him toward the cliffs, but Kioko flips in the air and lands on his feet before he reached the cliffs.

He then launched back towards Hashi, He threw a punch which was easily blocked by Hashi. Hashi countered with a punch of his own, Kioko catches it and elbows Hashi in the face. Hashi was knocked backwards; Kioko leapt forward and kicked Hashi in the cheek. Hashi slammed into the cliffs and disappeared in a cloud of dust. Kioko starred at the cloud, searching for the slightest sign of movement.

Suddenly a series of energy blasts shot out from the cloud, Kioko leaps to the side as the blasts slam into the ground. Kioko slides to a stop but from out of no where Hashi appears behind him and delivers a devastating kick to the back of Kioko's head. Kioko flips through the air and finally lands on his feet, but before he could react Hashi slammed his fist into Kioko's gut.

Kioko falls to his knees as he gasped for breath; blood was running from the corners of his mouth. Hashi walked up next to him with an evil smile, he then smashed his boot into Kioko's head. Kioko was sent sliding across the ground, but he could not give up, he once again got to his feet.

'This is ridiculous, why can't I beat this guy. It doesn't matter I must keep fighting, I just hope Stitch and Angel are doing alright.' Thought Kioko as he breathed heavily.

Up in the tower Stitch and Angel were doing good, Stitch was still battling Clyde while Angel was attacking Bonnie. Pantucka was just hiding in a corner looking on at the ensuing battle. Clyde had just a few scratches on him while Stitch had even fewer. Clyde charged towards Stitch with his drill arm but Stitch leapt to the side. Clyde's drill slams into the wall; Clyde quickly pulls it out and once again charges Stitch. Stitch grabs his metal arm and flips him over his head; Clyde slams into the marble floor leaving a small crater. Stitch leaps backward as Clyde gets to his feet, he was breathing heavily.

"Just give up Clyde; you know you're not as strong as me." Said Stitch in a calm voice.

Clyde growled. "I won't stop until I kills you for what's you did to Bonnie!"

Stitch sighed and lowered his head. "How many times do I have to say that nothing happened between me and her?"

"As many times as you's want cause I'm never going to's believe you!" yelled Clyde as he charged at Stitch.

Clyde stabbed at Stitch with the drill but Stitch catches it, he raises his paw and brings it smashing down into Clyde's mechanical arm. The metal shatters as sparks fly out of Clyde's arm; Stitch drops the hunk of metal that used to be Clyde's arm and kicked Clyde in the chest. Clyde skids across the well polished floor and slams into the wall. Clyde gets back on his feet and charges at Stitch; with his mechanical arm gone he had to resort to throwing punches with his other arm.

Stitch easily blocked or evaded Clyde's attacks, Stitch caught Clyde's punch and twisted his wrist. Stitch then head butted Clyde in the gut, knocking the wind out of the thief. Clyde fell to his knees as he gasped for breath, Stitch kneeled down in front of him and placed his paws on Clyde's shoulders.

"Listen to me Clyde; you don't have to go through this. Believe me nothing happened between me and Bonnie. Angel is the only one for me and I would never cheat on her." Said Stitch firmly.

"You's could have fooled me!" growled Clyde as he sent his fist slamming into Stitch's gut.

Stitch doubled over in pain as Clyde got to his feet and punched Stitch in the head. Stitch slid across the floor and finally came to a stop near Bonnie and Angel. Angel was still on the offensive as she slammed her fist into Bonnie's gut. Bonnie fell to her knees as she held her gut but Angel would not let her rest as she kneed the green experiment in the head. Bonnie rolled along the floor and finally rolled onto her back.

Angel walked up and stepped on Bonnie's chest, denying the thief breathe. Angel stared down at Bonnie with an icy glare and a growl. "You're going to pay for what you did to Stitch. I'll make sure of that."

Bonnie looked up at Angel, she could barley breathe but she had to figure out a way to make Angel believe her. Otherwise she might end up dead. "I swears to you… nothing happened last night. I wouldn't dream of splitting you's two up."

"Then why did you capture me?" Angel stepped harder on Bonnie's chest. "Huh? If you wouldn't dream of splitting us up then why did you do what you did? Huh, why… answer me!"

Bonnie coughed as she exhaled. "Neither of those things was my choice. Pantucka's the one who mades us capture you and he's the one who wanted me to do's that with Stitch. But I's didn't do the last thing, I just hung out in his cell and wes talked. That's all that happened."

Angel gave a small laugh. "I doubt that, you look like the kind of girl who gets what she wants."

"That's just the thing… I didn't wants to do it. I'm just not readys for such a relationship."

Angel got a confused look on her face; Bonnie saw her opportunity and grabbed Angel by the leg. Bonnie swiped Angel's legs out from under her causing Angel to fall on her back. Bonnie leaps up and places her paws on Angel's shoulders, pinning her to the ground.

"Listen doll face, nothing happened between me and Stitch and nothings ever will. Cause to tell you the truth… Stitch isn't really my's type." Growls Bonnie.

"Well if you were forced to do it then that wouldn't really matter would it." Growled Angel as she got her legs underneath Bonnie and kicked her off.

Pantucka continued to watch the fight, growing uneasy with all the violence around him. He rushed over to a panel on the wall; he typed a few things in and then turned towards the fighting experiments. "I have enjoyed your little fight, but I'm afraid that your pelts are mine."

Suddenly multiple doors open up all around the room, guards come rushing into the room. They point their weapons at the experiments; Pantucka pulled out his own pistol and aimed it at Stitch. All of the experiments stopped fighting and slowly gathered in the center of the room, Stitch looked around the room and growled.

Pantucka gave an evil laugh. "I told you all that your furs would be mine, no matter what." All of the guards readied their weapons. "Now open fir…"

Pantucka was cut off when a massive explosion tore through the wall opposite to the one Kioko had made. A cloud of dust swept through the large room, every one covered their mouths to keep from breathing in the dust. Everyone looked towards the hole; suddenly a bolt of blue energy blasted from the cloud and struck down one of the guards. Seconds later a storm of blue laser's blast into the room, striking down all of the guards.

One blast knocked the pistol out of Pantucka's hands, moments later men in orange armor come running out of the smoke. They looked similar to the suits from Halo, they all ran into the room and surrounded the experiments and Pantucka. A moment later another armored person came out of the smoke, their armor was dark blue.

"Yampi Pantucka, you are under arrest!" yelled the blue suited officer, but the voice sounded like a woman's.

Three officers run over and place Pantucka in hand cuffs, the blue officer then turned to face the experiments. "Are you alright?" asked the officer.

Stitch nodded. "Yeah we're alright, but who are you?" asked Stitch curiously.

The officer reached up and took off their helmet, revealing a beautiful woman with dark blue hair that came down to her shoulders. "I am lieutenant Shemata of the Koriganian royal police, we were told that Pantucka was here and had captured some new victims. So we rushed over." Said Shemata, she had such a strong and confident tone to her voice. Stitch could tell that she was not a girly girl.

Angel stepped forward. "But who told you?"

"I did." Came a voice from the clearing dust.

The figure slowly cleared, Stitch and Angel both went wide eyed when they saw Lilo walk out from the dust. "You called them?" said Stitch in shock.

"Well, you and Kioko both left me sitting on top of that cliff and I got bored so I called the police."

"But how did you know how to work the thing?" asked Stitch as he rubbed his head.

Lilo walked up next to Shemata, who was slightly taller. "I had time to figure it out."

"Well, we have Pantucka in custody and we will gladly give you a ride back to your ship." Said Shemata as she looked among the group.

"That would be great, but where's Kioko?" asked Lilo as she looked at Stitch.

"What! Kioko the space pirate is here?" yelled Shemata.

"Yeah he's out there fighting Hashi." Said Angel as she pointed to the gaping hole in the wall.

Everyone rushes over to the hole and looks out over the battle field. Craters dotted the ground and piles of rubble laid at the bottom of the cliffs. They finally saw Kioko and Hashi standing facing each other, both of them were breathing heavily now. Kioko's shirt was torn and he had bleeding cuts and wounds all over his body. Hashi also had bleeding wounds all over his chest.

"Well, this has been fun but I'm afraid that I must end this." Said Hashi evilly.

"I'm afraid that I will be the one ending this you son of a bitch." Growled Kioko as he readied himself.

"Oh such bad language, you should watch that pirate mouth of yours." Mocked Hashi as he readies himself.

"Just come o…" Kioko was interrupted when Hashi slammed his elbow into Kioko's gut. 'How did he move so fast?' thought Kioko as he fell to his knees gasping for breathe.

Hashi brought his foot smashing into Kioko's head, knocking him into the air. Hashi leapt up and punched Kioko in the face with a bone shattering punch, an explosion of dust and rock spew up into the air as Kioko slams into the ground. Hashi lands with a thump and slowly walks down into the crater that Kioko was lying in. He reaches down and picks Kioko up by the neck and hold him in the air. Hashi started to float up into the air with Kioko still in his hands; they got about 50 feet in the air.

Hashi gave an evil smirk as he punched Kioko in the gut and then through him towards the ground. Kioko hits the ground and then bounces back up into the air; Hashi aimed his hand and fired a beam of red energy. It slams into the pirates gut and blasts Kioko into the cliff. There was a massive explosion as boulders and dust fell to the ground. The dust cleared revealing Kioko embedded in the cliff face, blood running from numerous wounds all over his body.

Hashi landed and slowly walked up to Kioko, who was nearly unconscious. He stood in front of Kioko and looked at him with an evil glint in his eye. Hashi raised his hand towards Kioko as an evil smile formed on his face. "Do you recognize me Kioko?" asked Hashi coldly.

Kioko looked up at him weakly. "No… should I?"

"Oh don't worry; it will come to you in time. To bad your time is almost up." Hashi formed a red orb of energy and aimed it at Kioko's head. "Good bye Kioko."

Angel couldn't stand watching this and right as Hashi was about to fire the fatal blast she called out. "No Kioko!"

Hashi stopped and looked over his shoulder at the group of people starring at the two fighters. His eyes fell onto Angel and his smile grew bigger, he turned back to face Kioko. The red orb disappears and Hashi gets closer to Kioko.

"You know… I think I'm going to give you a break, so that I can go have fun with that stubborn, pink little creature." Said Hashi evilly.

Kioko growled and looked at Hashi. "If you lay a hand on her I swear that I will kill you." Said Kioko angrily.

Hashi smiled and grabbed Kioko by the head; he threw him to the ground and laughed. "I'd like to see you try." Said Hashi as he kicked dirt into Kioko's face. Hashi turned to face the tower; an evil grin appeared on his face.

"I suggest that we get out of here." Said Lilo as she saw Hashi look up at them.

The group turned and started to quickly walk away from the hole; suddenly Hashi appears out of no where in front of them. He had an evil smile on his face as he looked at Angel. "Oh thank god you're here Hashi, now set me free and lets get out of here." Said Pantucka happily.

Hashi turned and faced Pantucka. "Ok, I'll set you free." Hashi raised his hand and blasted Pantucka with a red blast of energy. The officers gasp and then charge toward the man. Hashi turned and pointed his hand in their direction. A blast of energy sends the officers flying across the room. Hashi turns back towards the group, but right as he does he gets Shemata's fist in his face. He stumbles backwards as she throws a kick towards his head. Hashi catches her leg and flings her into one of the metal tables. Hashi once again turned towards the group and begins to walk towards them.

This time Lilo steps in front of him. "You are not going to get away." Warned Lilo.

Hashi grinned. "Out of my way human." Says Hashi as he slams the back of his fist into her cheek.

Lilo slides across the floor and into the wall. "Lilo!" yells Stitch as he watches his friend slam into the hard wall. Stitch steps in front of Angel and growls.

"Step aside; I have business with your mate." Growls Hashi.

Stitch extends his extra appendages and growls threateningly. Bonnie and Clyde look at each other and then run away. "You are not going to get Angel as long as I live." Growls Stitch.

"Very well then." In a flash Hashi grabbed Stitch by the head and threw him into the wall. "Now, where were we?" asked Hashi as he looked at Angel.

Suddenly Stitch came running up towards Hashi; he leaps up into the air and slashes Hashi's cheek with his razor sharp claws. Hashi turned to face the experiment, an evil smile growing on his face, blood running from the three scratches on his cheek. Suddenly Hashi disappears into thin air; Stitch looks around trying to see where the evil man had gone to. Suddenly Stitch is hit from behind and is sent slamming into the other metal table.

"Stitch!" yells Angel as she looks at Stitch.

Hashi turns to her. "Now, now you'll be with him shortly." Said Hashi evilly. Suddenly Hashi is hit by the metal table; he is slammed into the wall.

Stitch walks forward and stares at the table, without a moments notice the table exploded. Hashi burst out of the smoke created by the blast and kneed Stitch in the gut. Stitch is sent flying into the wall and is knocked unconscious. Hashi once again turns towards Angel; he began to walk towards her slowly. She started to back up slowly as she became filled with fear.

"Well now, it look's like there's no one left to save you. It's just you and me!" growled Hashi.

Hashi speed over to Angel incredible speed, he smashed the toe of his boot into her gut. A wave of pain rushed through her as she flew up into the air; Hashi catches her in midair by the scruff of the neck. She gasped for breath as blood began to run from the corner of her mouth.

"I told you that I would kill you, I always keep my word." Said Hashi in a cruel tone.

"Kioko will stop you." Said Angel weakly.

Hashi laughed. "Kioko will not save you; he could hardly speak let alone fight me. You put your faith in a very unreliable man my dear." Hashi threw Angel into the air and in an instant smashed his fist into ther head. She slammed into the wall, creating a crater that she remained embedded in. "Kioko does not care about you; if he did he would have fought harder. He's left you to die and nothing more."

Hashi grabs angel by the head and brings her face smashing into his knee, he lifts her up and looks at her. Blood was running from her nose and mouth. An evil smile forms on his face as he turns and throws her out of the hole in the wall. She felt her self falling through the air; she felt the tremendous pain spreading through her body. She was about to hit the ground when suddenly Hashi appears below her and catches her in his arms. He grabs her by the antenna and holds her in front of him.

"Remember what I said, I'm going to kill you nice and slow." Said Hashi in a psychotic tone.

He flips her over his shoulder and slams her into the ground over and over again while holding her by the antenna. After about 10 hits he tossed her up into the air, her body was like a rag doll as she fell back towards the ground. Right as she was about waist level Hashi kicks her in the gut, she fly's into the cliff with devastating force. She slowly opens her eyes, to find herself embedded in the rock. Blood was running from her nose and mouth.

Hashi walks over and stares at her with a cruel smile, she stares back at him with a look of anger on her face. "Well, this is the end my little friend. No one is going to save you. But I must give you credit, you've stayed conscious. But it would hurt a lot less if you weren't." Said Hashi as he raised his hand towards Angel.

"No, I can't let this happen." Groaned Kioko as he watched the brutal assault. "I must save Angel." Kioko suddenly felt a rush of energy blow through him, like a refreshing spray of water.

Hashi pointed his palm at angel and formed a red orb of energy. "Good bye, you stubborn little bitch." Said Hashi as he fired the blast of energy.

It shot toward Angel with incredible speed, its red glow illuminating the surrounding stone. Angel closed her eyes as she awaited her death, a second later the orb exploded in a massive fireball. Hashi looked on in sick amusement; he visualized her body being incinerated in the flames. The blast died down and the area was covered in thick black smoke.

"That gets rid of her, now to take care of…" Hashi stopped as the smoke cleared, what he saw shocked him. Kioko was standing there in front of Angel his face was straight and serious; a small burn mark on his palm. Angel opened her eyes and saw Kioko in front of her, she gave a small smile.

Kioko formed a small orb of yellow energy, but suddenly the orb became black. It fired towards Hashi like a bullet. Hashi barely side stepped it, it flew off into the distance, a few seconds later a massive explosion erupted. Hashi raised his arms to shield his eyes from the overwhelming brightness of the blast. After a few moments the blast died down and Hashi lowered his arms.

'How could he still have so much energy?' thought Hashi as he stared at the column of smoke rising from the ground.

Hashi turned back towards Kioko but right as he did Kioko's fist slams into his cheek. Hashi is sent sliding across the ground for a couple hundred feet before coming to a stop. Hashi springs to his feet and looks towards the spot where Kioko had been. But Kioko was gone; Hashi looked all around, trying to see the pirate. Suddenly Kioko appears in front of him and slams his fist into Hashi's gut. He is lifted off his feet while Kioko steps back and smashes his foot into Hashi's face.

He fly's up into the air; Kioko appears above him and kicks him in the back of his head. Hashi slams into the ground with earth shattering force. Kioko just floats in the air gazing coldly into the cloud of dust. Suddenly Hashi appears behind Kioko and elbows him in the neck. Kioko smashes into the cliffs and disappears in a cloud of debris. Hashi lands on the ground as he tried to catch his breathe. He turned back towards Angel with a satisfied smile.

"Now, back to where I left off." Said Hashi evilly.

Angel stared at the man as he walked slowly towards her; his smile reminded her of when Kioko was rescuing her. He had smiled in a similar way when he blasted Hamsterviel. There was so much about Hashi that reminded her of Kioko, the two of them were so alike and yet so different.

"Time to finish you off my little pink friend." Said Hashi.

Suddenly something behind Hashi caught Angel's eye, it was a small glint of light coming from the cloud of dust. Suddenly a small beam shot out from the cloud, it sped towards Hashi's back and before he knew what had happened the beam pierces right through him. Hashi looked down at the beam shooting through him, the beam disappeared and Hashi fell to his knees as he held his hands over the gaping hole.

He then heard foot steps coming from behind him; he looked up as Kioko walked up next to him. Kioko raised his hand and held it only inches away from Hashi's face. "I warned you that I would kill you if you hurt her. I wasn't joking around." Said Kioko coldly.

Kioko's hand began to glow yellow. "Well, I must say that I underestimated you. You beat me… but before you kill me can you tell me one thing?" asked Hashi.

"What is that?"

"Why do you fight so hard to protect that small creature?"

"I fight because I care about her." Said Kioko calmly.

"I see." With that Kioko fired a beam of energy from his hand that engulfs Hashi. The blast disappears revealing nothing but a deep trench in the ground. Kioko lowered his hand and turned towards Angel. He slowly walks towards her.

'Finally… it's over.' Thought Kioko as he reached Angel, who had a small smile on her face.

"I knew you would win." Said Angel happily.

"It's only because of you that I won." Said Kioko as a smile formed on his face.

Angel smiled but then hunched over and coughed up some blood. She looked back up at Kioko almost feeling embarrassed.

"You've got internal injuries, you should take it easy." Said Kioko warmly.

"Yeah, I guess." Said Angel as she tried to stand up, she stumbles but is caught by Kioko. She looks up at him and smiles. "You're hurt badly as well, shouldn't you rest?"

"I'll rest when you are all fixed up… now let's go check on the others." Said Kioko as he and Angel lifted into the air and slowly flew towards the top of the tower.

Angel just looked up at him in amazement; it was like he was a whole different person now. Now that he knew she was safe.

Well that's the end of this chapter, school starts tomorrow so I won't be able to update for awhile. But I will try to get it up as soon as possible. The lieutenants' name is pronounced like Sha-may-tay just to let you know. Please review. Later.