Welcome, MGS/EVA fans, to another instalment of 'COE'. Wow, it surprises even me to see that how much of you just enjoy seeing Kaji getting the crap beat out of by Snake of all people. I'm no Kaji basher, I liked Kaji for a while in the show, but after seeing just how much of a pain he can be later in the anime, just as Timberwolf said, it couldn't be helped. Why such a character with such arrogance, laziness and unreliability, who was even Misato's lover in the first place, even existed in Evangelion? Sure, people say he's cool, but in HIS own sense of cool. Just what did he do to make himself cool, huh?
Rio: No fair, ShardclawKusanagi!
Me: Oh, Rio, its you again...what do you want?
Rio: It says here in this contract that I signed that my lovely grace and fan service ends in this Chapter. WHY? The fan boys can't get enough of me, so why cut me off early?
Me: Will you relax? It's for the benefit for the story. A little hiatus from the story wouldn't hurt. And this is strictly an EVA/MGS2 crossover. So why even Team Warrior would would be in this? The story's pretty booked with enough characters already, so live with it.
Rio: You can't do this to me! You said that a story like this would get me big bucks!
Me: This is a non-profit fic. I'm only writing this fic for the fun of it. You're not getting any money from me.
Rio looked at me with a glare on her face. She then called out my room's door.
Rio: Hey, Maya! Shardclaw's not paying any dough!
Maya Jingu, with her guns a-blazing, bursts through my room, wearing only a revealing set of bra and panties.
Maya: He isn't, huh? Well, I guess there's only one thing to do...I CAN GET TO SHOOT YOU ALL I WANT!
Me: No, Maya! Please not that! I warned you about guns in the house!
Maya: Too late, pal! And to make it even more enjoyable, Rio and I will chase you around STARK NAKED as target practice!
Me: At least let me tell the good fans what's been happening!
Rio: Twenty seconds, and once we're naked...your ass is ours!
Me: Good God...Last time on 'COE', Snake got the upper hand during the feud against Kaji in the VR simulation, as Snake got to show Kaji how its' done in the battlefield and Snake had a good time while he was at it. Now, the two have confronted each other at the final part of Snake's VR world...on the top of Metal Gear REX. But, before they get the battle going, Kaji reveals that he is a double-agent for SEELE to Snake and is about to let Snake know just why this little competition had to happen. Meanwhile, more of Greg's past is revealed as it was discovered that the power Psycho Mantis is growing within him, but he has to spar with his master to be able to control it and confront the challenges ahead.
Maya, now naked: Ok, Shardclaw, time's up!
Me, having a nosebleed: W-wait, can we talk this over?
Rio, now naked as well: Too late! Now, stay in one place so we can seduce you then kill you with our hot, sexy bodies!
Me: Why me?
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ShardclawKusanagi presents:
Metal Gear Solid: Children of Evangelion
Chapter 11: Endgame
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An armed group of Tengus soldiers make their way into a darkened underground facility. Moving in groups of five, they were armed with assault rifles and katana blades. They spotted tow security guards who started to fire at the intruders, starting an intense gunfight.
"INTRUDERS! Don't let them get to Arsenal!" one of the guards shouted. But his attempt to keep the Tengus from getting to the door
were futile, as one of them swung his blade to deflect the guard's bullets, while another from behind fired at the guards, who was distracted by the defending Tengu.
One of the guards fell back, as being shot both in the chest and head areas, causing a rather bloody death to the sentry. The other stood in fear and ceased firing. The Tengu group then stopped their attack as well, seeing the sentry has surrendered.
"Don't shoot! I give up!" the sentry shouted, raising his arms and dropping the gun. One of the Tengu's came over to pick it up and hold the rifle at him, as did the other specially armoured troops.
Then, from behind the Tengu's, a man dressed in a brown army type uniform appeared, walking up to the sentry. It was Revolver Ocelot.
"Wise choice giving up, you know when you can't beat an army of Tengus by yourself." Ocelot said in his Russian accent. "But, I'm afraid we can't let you live, now can we?"
He took out his Colt Single Action Army revolver with his left hand and pointed at the sentry's temple. The sentry shrieked. "Wait!"
"Go meet your comrade, he's getting lonely." Ocelot smiled as he pulled the trigger at blank range. A spray of blood shot from the middle of the falling sentry's head, as Ocelot spun the gun with an eye-catching display of skill and returned it to its holster.
After the merciless execution, Ocelot signalled the Tengus to open the door. "It's almost time. Get a move on!"
The Tengus unlocked the special locking mechanism that sealed the large door, and then with a loud warning signal, the door opened slowly. Ocelot entered and stood tall over a balcony, a smile on his face.
There it was, the large fortress, still afloat in the U.S government's hiding ground for the keeping place of possibly the most powerful Metal Gear ever created...Arsenal Gear.
Ocelot smiled as he leapt across the top of Arsenal, then after landing, he looked around and then started to laugh in a tone that represented his nature. He seemed to be enjoying every minute of his moment in glory.
Getting back at his enemies and soon they will know why it's not a good thing to mess with the Patriots.
It was then Fortune entered her rail-gun in tow. "It seems that you seem quite satisfied with the retrieval of Arsenal, but don't you forget, Solidus had left it in my possession. I don't want you to get any ideas about taking it, Ocelot."
"That was never my intention, Fortune." Ocelot said. "You can have Arsenal." He walked around for awhile.
"We wait on standby until GW is fully activated, then we set Arsenal free. What about Solidus and Vamp?"
"They are already at the pickup spot as planned." Fortune replied. "And what about...'him'?"
"He's gotten aware of his abilities, so let him do as he please." Ocelot answered.
"Little does he know that he's the starting point of our new S3. Gather the Tengu's and get inside Arsenal. Then we wait."
Fortune simply stared at Ocelot, and then turned her back leaving him. Ocelot smiled slightly, and then raised his right arm with a radio in it.
"Chairman Lorenz, Arsenal is now under our control." Ocelot said.
"Excellent work, Shalashaska." Keele's voice replied. "Proceed with the plan, but be cautious. Do not launch it until further orders are given."
"Yes, sir." Ocelot shut off his radio, smiling once more. (Those SEELE fools...they don't know what's coming to them...)
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Back at NERV Headquarters, at the VR monitor room, Raiden, Otacon and Maya were patiently watching the developments in the VR cage. Ritsuko had already seen that Kaji was going to get whopped by Snake, so she headed back to work...after giving up the idea that Kaji has a chance and paying Otacon up an extra 50 yen on his pay check. Maya stayed to see what would happen, but she knew she too was going to lose the bet. They could see Kaji and Snake talking on Codec mode, but...
"What do you mean they turned their monitors off? You're saying that we can't listen in?" Raiden asked.
"It seems so. Whatever Kaji has to say to Snake must be really confidential." Otacon said. "Well, we'll just have to wait out and see afterwards what the fight's going to be like."
"I can only imagine. I don't need to see Snake beat the living daylights out of an inexperienced guy like Kaji." Raiden got up. "I going to find Linn and hang around with her. If Snake doesn't have any serious competition, this will be a boring fight."
Otacon saw that Raiden had a point; Snake was only getting the upper hand so far. There's no way that someone with little or better yet in Kaji's case, no battle experience can stand up against Snake. Everyone saw just how Kaji fared against Snake in the Weapons department, but in hand-to-hand combat?
As Raiden left the room, the only people left in the room was Otacon and Maya, who was looking at each other in a rather surprised look. Maya simply chuckled and went back to eating her snack and watching the feud. Silence filled the room for awhile until Maya spoke.
"Otacon..." Maya called out at to the engineer, who was seated at his side and still having Pocky. "You think Kaji stands a chance? If Snake at least plays fair from now on..."
"I doubt that, Maya." Otacon answered. "Snake is a man who doesn't go by the rules in battle, but he changes them if it suits. To him, war is a fight for survival in the real world. You don't find a way to adjust to the environment, you'll regret it if you get killed. That's like one of the rules Snake always live by, especially out of the battlefield."
"I see." Maya said, nodding her head. "Hey...Hal?"
"What is it, Maya?"
"You never named the condition if I win the bet." Maya smiled. "How about if I win, you can let me have all the anime you got."
"My entire collection?" Otacon jumped. "I can't that. How about if I win...I take you out?"
"You're betting your anime collection over a date?" Maya asked, blushing. Then she nodded her head. "Alright...I accept. Just be ready to cry if Kaji wins."
"That will never happen." Otacon smiled, and then he looked at the VR cage one more time. (Come on, Snake...just what is it that you and Kaji talking about?)
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"SEELE? Have I heard of these guys before?" Snake asked over the Codec to Kaji.
"Not really, think of them as another shadowy organization. They are the ones who truly keep NERV alive, not the Commander." Kaji replied. "I've been sent under the guise of the assigned role of head of NERV inspections to keep watch over Gendou's actions."
"And so far?" Snake asked.
"They think Gendou is going against their so-called scenario...the Instrumentality project." Kaji said seriously. "Little does he know that SEELE is plotting a counter-plan that may affect everyone...including the existence of humanity itself."
"Why would they want to even try something like that? Aren't they supposed to be the ones helping NERV keep the Earth safe from Third Impact...or is there something you haven't told me?"
Snake glared at Kaji.
"It seems that both Gendou and SEELE have intentions of causing the Impact themselves, instead of the other way around. But, it's a matter of WHO is in control of the Impact and the fate of humanity." Kaji spoke. "Listen to me, Snake...this may be hard to take in suddenly, but the Angels are not the ones that will cause the Impact. In fact...Gendou and SEELE themselves have the requirements they have to cause the Impact, but I sense the Commander is just waiting for the right time to perform the ritual."
Snake stood quiet at this as he listened more to Kaji's most sensible testament yet.
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Author's note: Flashback time again? No, folks, scenes from End of Evangelion would be the best part for this conversation. I hope I haven't jumped the gun here, but hey, Kaji knows more than Snake about this, so why not?
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"You are saying that this base is holding the 'tools' that could put us on the extinction list?" Snake asked. "Ha! Why should I believe you?"
"Come on, why would I lie about something like this? This is dead serious, and bigger than Metal Gear." Kaji said. "If you think I'm lying, take a look at this."
Kaji reveals on the Codec screen a monstrous ghastly white figure with a purple mask of seven eyes over its face. It was staked to a red cross as the bottom surface was a pale orange liquid. Snake's eyes grew more fixated on the creature.
"What the hell?" Snake asked. "Just what is that? An Angel?"
"Yes, one of the very first that is. This is Adam." Kaji responded. "This is the reason why all those Angels in the past have been attacking this city and why the Commander would be planning to cause the Third Impact himself."
"And that thing's right here in this base!" Snake asked a note of shock in his voice.
"Yes, Misato had already seen this and have known some of the truth of NERV. She now seems intent to find out why this Angel is in NERV and what's going to happen to the Evangelions when there are no more Angels." Kaji spoke.
"After seeing something like that even exists here, who wouldn't?" Snake shook his head.
"I do...I have my personal reasons, you know." Kaji spoke with a sad smile.
"Okay, but let me ask this, why would the Commander be holding something like that in the first place? Is he risking his own neck too when he causes the Impact?"
"No...he would be the only one to determine if we live or die, since he has Adam and...Unit-01." Kaji spoke. "Just why is he doing this is beyond me...for power maybe, or something personal? That's the choice one can make when he is in control of Third Impact."
"What's Shinji's Eva got to do with all of this?" Snake asked.
"Everything." Kaji responded. "It's no ordinary Eva...but one with its own will."
"I'm not liking every sound of all this..." Snake shook his head. "And you expect me to protect Misato and everyone else on the planet from all of that?"
"You have your skills; all I'm asking from you is to at least stop the Commander from causing the Impact. The lives of everyone you care about are riding on this when the time comes, Snake." Kaji nodded. "You can't say no to this...you too will be lost in the Impact unless you do something."
"I'm not saying I can't do it..." Snake said. "Something this big can't be allowed to happen."
"Of course, you are Solid Snake. You never back down from a mission, no matter how overwhelming it seems. I'm certain that you can stop both SEELE and Commander Ikari from causing the Third Impact." Kaji said.
"Is this why you want to trouble me with the challenge in the first place? So you can get to trust me with information like this?" Snake asked.
"Yes, I guess I can see why Misato has chosen you over me. You're a more trustworthy person than I'll ever be, and your instinct chooses the right thing to do, no matter if there are risks involved. What happened when the Fourth was trapped and you rescued him was part of the proof." Kaji said. "Also...give Misato this when you see her..."
Kaji gives Snake a photo capsule. "Be careful when you're handling this. It contains a pill with a special chip that will give you and Misato the passwords to both seal and unlock the door that will take you to Terminal Dogma, as well the truth she will need and take this for yourself..."
He then hands Snake a red NERV card. "This card will get you to the room where that Angel is stored. When you have opportunity, have it destroyed. A thing like that doesn't deserve to be in anyone's possession and who knows if this place is both to fall into SEELE's hands. Only I had access to this card, but now I'm entrusting it to you, Snake."
"Alright." Snake said, placing the card and the capsule. He then looked at Kaji for awhile. "You know, you can call the fight quits if you want to. I can understand that you're looking out for Misato and all, but you should know when you're beat. You could never match skills with me."
"I wish I can say no, but since I'm in too deep, I might as well try." Kaji smiled, getting into a fighting posture. "I may not be fighting for Misato any more, but I have to at least have the honour to do battle against you, Snake."
"You're just asking for punishment, but you know what? I'll go easy on you." Snake said, fixing his gloves. "I hope you're ready for a classic American ass-whopping, Kaji...cuz I'm going to give it to you."
"Unless I give my own to you, Snake." Kaji said.
"Remember the rules, kid. If you fall off the edge, game over." Snake grinned. "Try not to disappoint me too much this time, okay?"
The two men stood staring at each other, and then Kaji gives of the signal. "Have at you, Snake!"
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Back in the NERV maintenance room, Linn was fast asleep in the pilot's seat of the Harrier, still covered in oil smears, due to the length
of time she spent repairing the jet. She was sleeping soundly, and was holding unto a photo of Greg, murmuring his name.
Raiden came in and saw this and smiled. (I can see that she really care for that guy...but what's the deal with then anyway?)
He got on top and called out to Linn, "Hey, get on up, Greg's here!"
Linn got up startled. "What? What? I'm up! Huh...Raiden? Why are you here?"
"You're sleeping on the job; I just wanted to make sure to keep you alert before Greg gets back." Raiden smiled.
"Who the hell you think you are, my boss?" Linn smiled, stretching from the pilot seat. "Alright, I'll get back to work, I had enough rest anyway. So, how's the fight between Kaji and Snake going? Snake is still kicking Kaji's behind, still, right?"
"Yeah, you should have been there. He was really having fun showing Kaji the ropes." Raiden said.
"I say the chances for Kaji aren't so good. Right now they are at the No Weapons mode, on top of REX for the final showdown."
"What? And you didn't stay to watch?"
"Why should I? We both know how the fight's going to turn out." Raiden simply said. There was some silence, and then Linn spoke. "Yeah, you do have a point. I guess we both know who the winner is going to be. So, Jack...how's family? Charlie still as spoiled as ever?"
"Yeah, that boy of mine's got quite some energy in him." Raiden smiled, remembering his son. "Hey, I haven't talked to Rose since all that mayhem yesterday. I wonder if she's working today, I'll give her a call and tell her that things are calm over here."
"Why, Jack, how considerate of you to be worried about your own family after even we have come all the way to visit you!" a young woman's voice was heard form behind him.
Both Raiden and Linn turned around to see a red-haired woman wearing a FOXHOUND receptionist uniform, and were holding hands with a young boy with slightly bright blonde hair. Raiden started to stutter.
"R-Rose? Charlie? What are you doing here?" Raiden went over to meet his family. He picked up Charlie and looked at this wife.
"So it's a crime to visit you now, Jack, or are you just glad to see us?" Rose smiled. "We were sent here by FOXHOUND as well to give you support in case Dead Cell strikes, but I decided to bring our little sunshine as well. Charlie did miss you a lot, you know and you worried me sick when you didn't call since yesterday after Ocelot was spotted."
"Daddy!" Charlie hugged his young father, who was still in shock.
Raiden was looking flushed as bit, while Linn smiled on. "Well, Jack, it looks like you're going to have your hands full from now on."
"Oh, be quiet, Linn!" Raiden growled. "Look, you guys didn't have to do this..."
"Look, Jack, I didn't have much choice in this either. This is part of the Colonel's orders, besides; we have another recruit on the way, so I was sent here to accompany him." Rose spoke.
"And just where is this recruit?" Linn asked.
"He will arrive here tomorrow; he's in a middle of another mission again." Rose said. "So...just where is Snake?"
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Snake can see that this was a one-sided fight; he can take advantage against Kaji and finish the fight in no time. But, he wanted to see what kind of stuff Kaji had. He had to take this easy and not underestimate him.
Kaji attacked first with a low thrusting punch to Snake's mid-section, but the war-hardened soldier simply side stepped and Kaji's attack missed. But before Snake can take advantage of the open area Kaji left to attack, Kaji stopped and spun around with a back kick, one that Snake saw coming at the last minute. The end result was a kick to the stomach that sent Snake back a couple of feet.
Kaji stood up with a smile, impressed with his surprise attack. Snake felt the impact and knew Kaji wasn't joking. He too, started to smile at his opponent. This fight was beginning to get interesting.
Now, it was Snake's turn to attack, as he held up his arms and started to send punches as quick as Kaji could have seen them coming. Kaji ducked a few, but when he saw that Snake was going for below the belt, Kaji stepped back to avoid Snake, only to be stepping closer to the edge of REX. Kaji felt this was the plan, so he ducked and spun his legs at Snake's, managing to trip Snake and make him fall on the hard armour of the Metal Gear. Kaji got back to the space where the fight begun and started to speak.
"Ha, is this all you got, Snake? I expected more than that." Kaji said, and was about to stamp Snake on the ground, but Snake stopped the oncoming boot and lifted him off. Snake placed his hands behind him and lifted himself back to his feet.
"You haven't seen anything yet, kid." Snake grunted, as he started to move fiercely against Kaji, using a barrage of punches aimed at Kaji's face. Kaji was able to block the few of punches, but Snake was pushing the limit...each punch was getting stronger and stronger. Kaji couldn't keep up, as he was starting to feel the effects of the added force from Snake's continuous attack.
It was then Kaji got a taste of Snake's hard knocks, as the last of Snake's punches actually broke Kaji's defence and his chin was met with an uppercut. Snake then punched his stomach, then once again in the face, thus bruising it.
Kaji fell back, and felt himself sliding to the darkness, when he grabbed onto the REX's edge and held on. He can feel the result of Snake's punches, they did hurt and Snake wasn't holding back.
He was surprised a man of this strength hadn't even crushed his face with those punches...yet.
Still, Kaji had to finish this fight. He couldn't care whether or not if he lost, he now can trust Snake with dealing with threat of Third Impact if it ever becomes possible. He got back up on the surface; his mouth was bleeding form the inside. Snake looked on and felt some pity for Kaji. But, this was a competition that had to be settled once and for all, and Snake never doubted that Kaji had would feel different about this. He was beginning to earn respect from Kaji, as did Kaji for Snake.
Both men smiled at each other, as they continued to fight on. Snake got into a charging position, lifting his weighty body into the air and spinning one of his outstretched legs at Kaji's shoulder with a drop kick. Kaji dodged this, as this was a slow move, and then countered with a left hook at Snake's face, then a kick to it. Snake stumbled back, knowing this was a serious fight, he can feel his cheek hurt slightly to the impact of Kaji's blow.
But, Snake knew how to recover quickly from such punishment. He tackled Kaji and dropped him on the steel of REX. Snake wasn't finished, as he held on onto Kaji's body at his side and dropped Kaji again, this time with even more force. Kaji kicked out of Snake's grapple, and punches Snake some more. Both men were closed to being fatigued; they have been throwing punches and attacks since this fight started.
"You ready to give up, Kaji?" Snake grunted catching his breath and feeling the blood run down his mouth.
"Never! One of us has to fall, Snake...and its' going to be you!" Kaji spoke.
"You'll never get it, kid." Snake smiled. Kaji got up and charged for Snake, but Snake stepped to the side and Kaji ran ahead to the edge of the REX. Snake simply shook his head, as Kaji fell off to the side, his screaming can be heard as he fell. Snake went over to the edge, thinking that was the end of this little feud. He took out a cigarette and lit it.
"So much for that." he spoke, then touching the Codec call button. "Otacon? Get me and Kaji out of this thing. I had enough for one day."
Inside the VR monitor room, Otacon was smiling to himself and was looking at a blushing Maya. She had lost the bet, but she didn't mind it. She even enjoyed the fight, but what happened after was really the result she was awaiting.
"Okay, Snake. I'm shifting the area settings, so you can find an exit crystal and leave the VR.
That was one awesome fight, Snake." Otacon said.
"Yeah, I didn't think Kaji would have the guts to even survive this fight, he has my biggest respects." Snake said. He then saw everything around him, shift back to the first area of the VR simulation. He started to make a run for the exit crystal, when...
"What the hell?" Otacon spoke. "Snake! Look out!"
"BANG!" a shot was fired at Snake, as he turned to see Kaji armed once more with his PSG-1. Otacon, Maya and Snake were in shock.
"Damn kid! He never gives up, will he?" Snake grunted, still running. But there was no cover, and Kaji had the crosshairs of the rifle, pointed at Snake's leg and managed to fire a shot. The bullet found its mark, hitting Snake's left leg, and causing him to fall, right before the exit crystal. Snake looked to see the leg was bleeding from the shot, even though it was VR, it sure as hell felt real!
Snake was helpless. He had been close to death before, but to be beaten by someone as Kaji, this would be a damper on his reputation.
Kaji held the rifle up close to Snake's head, a big smile on his face. "Snake...I'm sorry, but I have a reputation to uphold too. Please, try to understand."
"You're losing it, Kaji." Snake growled. He knew this was the end. How will he feel when he tells Misato that he lost to Kaji?
Otacon hung his hands over his head; he was going to lose his anime collection to Maya for sure.
Kaji was about to pull the trigger, when he suddenly started to grasp for his heart. He looked as if he was in pain. "Wha...? What the...?"
Snake looked on, as Kaji dropped his rifle and started to clutch his chest. He fell forward, only to look at Snake and say, "What...what did you do to me?"
Snake caught Kaji as he was on the floor, knowing what was happening. Yet, he can't find the right words to tell Kaji what was happening. Before Snake knew it, Kaji laid silent in the floor, his pulse very low.
"Oh no..." Snake said. Then he spoke to Otacon. "Otacon...Kaji is..."
"Take it easy, Snake. I programmed the VR program to activate the Fox Die to stop Kaji." Otacon smiled. "Look, I'm shutting down the simulation."
When he did, Snake and Kaji were back in the empty training hall, Kaji groggily got back up. Snake smiled.
"Very sneaky, Otacon, even for you." Snake smiled. He went over to Kaji and held him up.
"You okay, Kaji? You had me worried there."
"Yeah, I thought I was a goner." Kaji smiled. "Well, I certainly enjoyed myself today, did you?"
"Best entertainment I had in a while, Kaji. I was honoured." Snake shook his hand. "Now, let things be and leave it at this, okay?"
"Fine, but remember what I told you..." Kaji spoke, rubbing his chin. "Owww, that hurts..."
Kaji left the VR cage, as Snake looked on. (Don't you worry, Kaji. I'll make sure Misato and everyone else will be safe from the Third Impact. It won't be easy, but it will be done.)
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Meanwhile, at FOXHOUND headquarters in the United States, Col. Campbell was being briefed about the new FOXHOUND recruits, by Naomi, one of them in particular was Gregory Kinezono.
"It still surprises me that he would hide something this vital from us." Roy said, sitting in his desk, while looking at the profiles and bios of the recruits. "No medical records, birth certificates...Greg's a complete mystery, but he has stayed true to the group's regulations since the re-formation of FOXHOUND after the Big Shell incident."
Naomi nodded. "True, which makes him one of the top rising recruits, he always seek to accomplish his mission and puts the safety of civilians lives' as priority one. But, as to why he even has this power building up within him is even unquestionable. Rio did say that it had to be kept a secret for his own protection."
Roy stood up to walk over to a window and placed his hands behind his back. "Sigh, so it had to come to this. I never had guessed that one of the newest of psychic soldiers would be one of ours. Not that is bad thing, but we should be careful. Who knows what may happen if Greg does not control his power, or if he falls into the wrong hands. Also, Snake and Raiden must know about this. They have a reliable ally on their side. It's up to them on how they will him play his role."
"Oh, I shouldn't worry about that too much." Naomi smiled. "Greg's got all the sense not to go the wrong way...and his teacher is giving him all the support he needs."
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Greg leapt back after seeing Rio swing her batons at him. He was quick enough to evade her, but Rio's slender body was just as fast. The FOXHOUND recruit underestimated her attack and saw one of the batons that missed hit him on his temple.
"OWWWW!" Greg shouted, easily flinching away the pain. He fell back to his side, as Rio stood over him, pointing the baton at him.
"What's this? First attack and you're in pain?" Rio said. "You are getting soft on me, Greg?"
"Crap...that hurts." Greg said, feeling the growing bump on his head. "Come on, Rio. It's been that long since we last sparred."
Rio simply looked at Greg closer than before. Greg simply grinned as he got another hint of Rio's fan service in front of him.
"Don't give me that! You must be able to focus your power!" Rio growled. "Don't make yourself easy prey, G9999. You're going have to use this power whether you want it or not."
Greg didn't like being called a number. Sure, it sounded cool, but it was the name Rio always called by whenever he trained with her. Still, he had to listen to Rio's advice. A lot of things are going to be different from now on, and he had the power to do that.
Greg simply grunted while getting up and nodded. "Fine, Rio. It's a pain, but I'll play along."
"Good. Don't disappoint me this time." Rio said, getting back into position. "But...how about some inspiration, eh?"
"Inspiration?"
Rio simply licked her lips as she took out a radio player. "I know listening to that soundtrack of yours from your favourite games always helped, so I racked up your all time favourite..."
"Not 'Tears', Kyo Kusanagi main theme from KOF?" Greg looked excited at this unexpected turnabout.
Rio nodded as she pressed play. The mellow guitar beat starts to play and that starts to sends a chill up Greg's spine. He could feel his right arm starting to tremble and spasm.
"What the...? Rio?" Greg grunted, holding his right arm.
"Good, it's working, I see." Rio said. "Now...attack me!"
Without hesitation, Greg rushed at Rio, clenching his right fist. Rio lifted her weight and flipped over her student, swinging one of her batons. Greg looked up, only to see Rio getting ready to use one of the batons at him, but the recruit raised his left arm and it was met with a cracking blow. But still, it was a small thing to Greg, he reached for the baton and while Rio was still in the air and brought her body closer to him, punching her stomach with his broken left arm.
Rio looked surprised, despite the punch she got, as her student caught her with his right arm and then flung her body behind him. Rio's body hit the floor mat with enough impact that she thought she swore she broke something. Luckily, she didn't. But she knew Greg had a broken left arm now from that blow she gave him. Or did he?
She looked to see that her student's left arm was turning a nasty colour, but Greg simply closed his eyes and grunted in agony, as the used the mysterious ability he had to brace the arm, then partially heal the damage. Rio looked at her student with a smile.
"Good, you're speeding up the healing metabolism in your nanomachines." Rio said. "But, you need a moment to do that, which means..."
Rio got up and took out her handgun. Greg looked at her in shock.
(Wait...she didn't tell me that she was going to use any weapons!) Greg thought, as he flinched from the pain. (What the frig am I suppose to do now?)
Rio fired, but Greg was still recovering. He didn't bring any weapons with him, not that he'll need them anyway. He made a dash to his right, rolling away from his teacher. He can still feel the spasms in his right arm, as if it wanted to explode.
(What's happening to me? I haven't felt the true extent of this power...it's as if Rio's being extra hard on me just to let out this power!) Greg thought. (No where to run of hide...good God, what to do?)
Rio was unloading rounds behind her retreating student, coming closer him with every shot. Greg was quick to evade the close shots, but he had to fight back. He did come to visit to settle and confirm this power once and for all. He never showed this kind of stuff to anyone except Linn, but even she doesn't know just how potentially dangerous Greg can get.
(Crap...I bet Mantis never had trouble just to control his psychic ability like this.) Greg thought. Then he stopped to think, but not for long.
(Wait...Rio doesn't know what Ocelot did to disable the Unit-00 during that battle yesterday. Maybe if I can do the same...) Greg thought. (It's a long shot, but...)
Rio fired another shot, but Greg thought hard about one thing...seeing Linn again. He felt not only his arm build up massive strength, but his body as well. His pain only increased as he felt an overwhelming force build up inside him, then he felt the urge to scream the words that normally help ease his pain.
"Ahhh! I MUST PROTECT...!" Greg screamed in Japanese, as he threw his right arm over himself, a silver glowing force field covering him, creating a crater just under him. The bullet then deflected off the field, shocking Rio as she saw the true awakening of the psychic power before her.
"Good work, Greg. But this is where it gets interesting!" Rio smiled, as she threw her batons aside and reached for a shotgun. Greg, who was still recovering from putting up the defence field, saw his master load the gun with ammo.
(What? Is she nuts?) Greg thought, starting to run again.
"Now that you are able to defend yourself with the psychic ability you got, let's see if you're able to use it for OFFENSE!" Rio shouted, as she started to fire at her student.
"Holy Crap, Rio!" Greg shouted. "Maya's the gun nut for this sort of thing, not you!"
"You may never know if the enemy's packing, so you got to be one step ahead of them, my dear student." Rio said, during shots. "Now, show me what you got, little FOXHOUND!"
Greg simply ducked for cover while his master continued to fire. (Damn...that's not blanks she's using. Its live ammo and she's is starting to push it. Gotta find a way to counter it. If only I had a weapon...)
The FOXHOUND recruit remembered that when he attacked the RAY the previous day, he used most of his power to damage it during the shot of the grenade launcher he was using. He thought of an idea, another long shot, he thought, but it would impress the heck out of Rio and everybody else once he got the hang of it and not try to hurt his master too much.
The recruit stopped running, feeling the blood trickle down from his grey hairline and unto his dark brown skin. He was in some degree of pain, but nothing too serious. He felt the energy in his right arm continue to build up; he just had to let it out in an attack. He thought of how Rio was firing her shotgun, so he got in a position where he would be able to stand in place, his bended left leg behind him as a footstep and his right foot outward, he lifted his right arm over his head and pointed at Rio, his left arm grabbing unto it, he clenched his fist on the outstretched arm and shouted, "Mega-Shotgun Attack!" in Japanese.
"Uh-Oh!" Rio simply said, as the next shot she fired was dissipated by a small explosion caused by Greg's arm, who was firing psykinetic energy through his arm in the form of firing a high energy weapon! His shots were invisible, but the space between himself and Rio was not a pretty sight. As Greg fired, a sphere of the invisible blue energy was formed in front of him as Rio got repeatedly by the continuous shots of his incredible energy. The fifth and last one was powerful enough to send Greg some distance back with some serious recoil.
Greg dropped, holding unto his bleeding arm and gasping for air, as Rio lay beaten on the floor mat.
(Good God...did I just do that?) Greg thought, then seeing Rio, he started to panic. "Oh no, Rio!"
Greg ran over to his master, who was bleeding from her forehead and mouth. Greg held her up and shook her.
"Sensei! Sensei Rio!" Greg shouted. "Oh, no...I didn't mean to do that! Sensei..."
Tears started to well up in the recruit's eyes. He thought he had seriously hurt his master to the extent he may have killed her. But, his sobbing stopped, as a hand reached for his cheek.
"What's this? My student crying over me?" Rio smiled at Greg, tears coming out hers as well. "Well, at least you discovered another aspect of your power."I'm so proud of you."
"RIO!" Greg smiled, seeing his master get up. Rio dusted herself and looked at Greg with a light smile on her bleeding face.
"Heh, my little Greg's grown up, big time. You haven't disappointed me a bit." Rio said. "Sorry if I was a little hard on you."
"A little hard? You're the one who fired weapons at me!" Greg growled. "You're the one who was pushing it!"
"Yeah, and I expected just the same results from you. FOXHOUND certainly didn't waste time moulding you." Rio said. "But just because you attacked me with that move, I'll let you get off that easy. I want you to practice what you have learned until this afternoon!"
"What? The afternoon! You're kidding...right?" Greg was dumbfounded as hell.
"Nope. Get to work, while I get out of this suit and into some bandages." Rio said. "And don't even think of using stealth to see me undress!"
Rio walked up stairs as Greg simply frowned, then smiled. "Well, I do have the rest of the day ahead of me...guessed going back to Toyko-3 would have to wait..."
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"GW restoration...complete." a terminal voice responded in a darkened hall. "Arsenal Gear returning to full operational status."
"Good. Set Arsenal's course for the Patriot's location, Vamp and Solidus are already awaiting our arrival."
"And what about SEELE?"
"They are in for a surprise as well. They will know soon enough why they shouldn't have planned to use us in the first place."
"Understood, Shalashaska."
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Snake had already returned to the Katsuragi household later that day, still sore from the bruises Kaji gave him earlier. He had to get an icepack for them the instant he got home. He was going to stop at his place, but made for the doorbell for Misato's door. He pressed on it, and it slid open, revealing a surprise for Snake.
"Misato?" Snake was stunned, to see Misato dressed in a cooking apron, as she was in the middle of preparing dinner. There was a big smile on her face.
"David...you're home. Oh, my, what happened to you?" Misato asked Snake, seeing the effects of the pain Kaji inflicted on Snake.
"Your jealous ex played a little too hard. But I'll be fine." Snake smiled. "What are you doing?"
"Oh, well, I'm taking lessons from Rose to how to cook better. So far, she thinks I'm making progress." Misato let Snake in, and to Snake surprise, he saw Raiden being hassled by Asuka, while his son Charlie was playing cheerfully with Pen-Pen. Shinji was with Rose, getting the stuff she needed to add to the feast she was preparing, while Rei was with them, reading texts on all the Metal Gears in the past, thanks to Rose's reading material.
"Rose? You're here too?" Snake asked. Asuka and Shinji saw Snake and leapt in his direction. They were too happy to see Snake.
"Snake! I heard form 'Samurai Jack' that you and Kaji tried to kill each other today. I hope you didn't kill him, cuz I'll be the one to have my revenge!" Asuka shouted.
Raiden simply rolled his eyes and placed his hand on Asuka's hair. "Sheesh, even when I warned her since I picked these kids up from school, she never learns. No one can beat Snake. So...just how did you beat him, Snake?
"Fox Die. Nuff said." Snake turned to Rose. "Rosemary, did Roy send you as part of his orders?
"Yes, Snake. I know, it may seem overcrowded, but it was part of the mission objectives." Rose said.
"More kids to baby-sit, huh? This is going to get fun..." Snake said, being handed an icepack by Misato. "Thanks, Misato."
"You're welcome...my champion." Misato smiled, getting back to her cooking. Snake then leaned over to Shinji. "How is she doing anyway?"
"We'll just have to wait out and see. Raiden said that Rose has been getting practice lately..." Shinji smiled.
"Just cross your fingers that Rose's cooking isn't as bad as Misato's. Raiden for one knows that." Snake smiled. "Did you miss me, kid?"
Shinji replied with a bashful reply. "Y-yes... of course, I missed you."
"Well, I did go through a lot for the day. I'd missed you and Misato." Snake said, remembering what Kaji told him earlier. (Poor kid...he doesn't know what his own father is planning for the future... Damn you, Gendou Ikari...)
Snake went over to Misato and held her from behind, surprising the Major. "Ohhh, David...I'm sorry about what Kaji. He still acts like a child."
"He has his reasons." Snake held her hand and opened it. He placed the capsule in it, and then whispered into her ear. "I know, Misato...about the truth of NERV and I want to help. Just don't let Shinji know about this...not yet. You have to trust me on this, as Kaji has, understood?"
Misato looked at Snake and nodded, taking the capsule. Giving her a peck on her cheek, Snake turned to the guest-filled apartment.
"Okay, until dinner is served, I'll let you guys in on what really happened with me and Kaji..."
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Greg was already on his motorcycle, holding unto a pack of ramen Lilica had cook for him. Both her and Rio, who sadly was covered up on her mid-section in bandages, was seeing him off.
"Well, Greg, there you have it, another tutorial in controlling your psychic abilities. Don't disappoint me now." Rio warned him. "But before you leave, a word of advice, and this time I'm serious."
"I'm listening." Greg replied.
"The gift you have is from God. What you do with it, is your gift back to him." Rio said. "Remember that, and I think you got a future, kid!"
"Uh, huh. I'll think of it." Greg smiled. "Well...I'm going."
"If you are in any trouble, just call for me and we'll come right over to help. That is a promise." Rio said. "See you, Greggie!"
"Call often, big brother!" Lilica waved at him, as Greg waved back. "I love you!'
"I will...and thanks a lot. I won't forget today, Rio." Greg smiled as he drove off.
Lilica and Rio waved on, as Lilica spoke, "Hey, Rio?"
"Yes, Lilica?" Rio asked.
"You think Greg's power has enough promise in a time like this? I mean, we sure risked a lot to keep him safe, but..."
"Don't you worry a thing, Lil. Greg's just too whole hearted to lose his way. He'll know what to do and help others on the long run."
Rio said. "I just hope he doesn't push himself to the limit..."
Lilica looked on in silence, as Rio grinned.
"Ah, it's almost closing time. Time to get these customers served!" Rio cheerfully said.
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Otacon and Maya were also working at the apartment for their temporary FOXHOUND quarters. Linn was already home, helping out with the encoding of the chip recovered from the RAY from the last battle. Linn was still hyped about Kaji losing to Snake, from Fox Die of all things. She urged Otacon to make copies of the fight and labelled the fight, "Snake vs. Kaji: Fight for Misato.", an idea that Otacon wasted no time to get into action, as well as preparing himself for the date he'll soon have with Maya, thanks to his intervention to save Snake from losing.
Linn was eating Pocky, and was typing away, unaware that she was working non-stop since the Harrier's repairing. She wasn't going to slow down, the Patriots hide out is so close to being found out...
"I did it! I found them!" Linn shouted. Otacon and Maya rushed over to see what Linn had found and queered to find out.
"What is it?" Maya asked.
"It's the latitude and longitude for the REAL Patriot's hideout. Ocelot hid the address as part of the encoded logic on the chip." Linn said.
"Pretty smart, even for him." Otacon said. "Okay, get a map of the world and start comparing."
Linn activated an atlas on the computer and started analyzing. Sooner than she started, she found a location, but...
"Hey...this isn't right...the coordinates from the chip match the same location of the Patriots' safe house." Linn said seriously.
"And where that is, Linn?" Maya asked.
"Somewhere right here...IN TOKYO-3!" Linn shouted. The apartment was then filled with silence.
"We gotta tell Snake and Raiden about this." Otacon got up, Maya and Linn following him.
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The trio got to the Katsuragi apartment, still stunned to learn about the revelation of the Patriots hiding place. They entered the room only to see Snake and everyone else watching the television set. Something big was happening on the set, but it wasn't until Otacon looked at the screen.
"My God..." was the words that escaped his lips.
"Less than five minutes ago, the current Metal Gear, Arsenal, had somehow become active again, and has broken free from the U.S government's holding building. Despite the National forces and Army's attempts, it was sighted heading into the Pacific Ocean and westward to Japan..." A news announcer's voice rang in over the breaking news. Snake took off the television.
"It seems that our worst nightmare's just been reawakened and is heading right for here." Snake said, turning to the group. "Now, the real mission has begun."
"Surely, things can't get any worst?" Asuka said, and as if on cue, Greg stepped in, a furious look on his face.
"WHO'S THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THRASHING MY HARRIER?" Greg was really going to burst a blood vessel. Everybody looked on, when Charlie broke the silence.
"Mommy, Daddy! Look at the man with the funny hair!" Charlie pointed at Greg.
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"This is not part of our scenario! Arsenal was not to be achieving full activation until we commanded the initiation!' an angry Keele said, while seated with the rest of SEELE. "Vamp...was this part of your doing?"
In the middle, Vamp only smiled at the chairmen, his fangs showing. "Yes...all part of OUR little plan, not yours, chairman Keele."
"What are you talking about?" Keele asked. Just then, a grey figure jumped down unto the table from nowhere, dressed in armour. It was Mr. M. He held out his blade and held it at Keele's throat.
"You..? What is going on here, Vamp?" Keele said a hint of fear in his voice.
"That is for us to know and not for you to find out." Mr. M spoke. "You are under our control now..."
"You won't get far with this, Vamp!" Keele said, but he was cut off when Mr. M used an electrical discharge from his sword to render Keele and the other chairmen out cold. Vamp reached for his radio.
"King, we have control of SEELE."
"Excellent, Vamp. I'll join you and the others soon enough with one of the enemy. Hold our forces at stand by until then."
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In a darkened office, the Commander was unable to contact the Committee for several minutes now. He saw the line was disconnected, and put the phone down. When he did, a heard a man's voice spoke, but it wasn't the Sub-Commander.
"So...we meet, Commander Gendou Ikari...or should I say...ex-Patriot, no.7?"
Gendou looked in front of him, as he saw a large man with a feature close to Snake's, but he has grey hair and a patch on his left eye. He was wielding two blades, and was wearing long snake arms from behind his back. Gendou took out his gun from the desk's drawer, but Solidus used one of the arms and knocked the gun away. Then, he grabbed Gendou's arm and brought him over the desk to him.
"Sears!" Gendou spoke. "You're supposed to be dead! Urrrgh...!"
Gendou's speech was cut when Solidus choked him with another grab of the snake arms. "While the Patriots still have control of the United States? Not on your life, Gendou. I'll see that both my homeland and the world is liberated from you and the Patriots...then I'll have my revenge. But I won't kill you just yet. I have some use for you for the new S3 plan...let's go to your new home, shall we?"
And just like that, Solidus, with Gendou in tow, left the room in a flash of lightning fast speed. Some seconds later, the Sub-Commander entered, noticing the empty office...and the pair of broken tinted glasses. He saw the gun on the floor, and then rushed for the phone.
"This is Sub-Commander Fuyutsuki. Patch me through with the head of NERV Operations." he spoke. "Tell her the Commander's been kidnapped."
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To be continued...
Yahoooo! I can sense the crowd going off their seats, cheering for more! You must be loving every minute of this, I can sense it. Yes, I'm that good.
Gendou an ex-Patriot? Now we know why he's such an asshole all the time...but leave it for old Solidus to have all the fun to bash him. Well, another advantage of being an ex-President and the third son of the 'Les Infant Terrible' project, I guess. I hoped you LOVED this Chapter, one of the best yet, and there's more where it came from, so stay tuned!
Oh before I close, to RuneKnightPictures, if you have any other plans that I would I like to hear, please send them over right away. I'm not sure if I can keep this update a week thing up for long, so please, e-mail me. And to the rest of you...you know your roles...review, review, REVIEW!
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Another Omake by ShardclawKusanagi (yayyy!)
Gendou: Kusanagggiiiiii...
Me: What? Not you again? What do you want?
Gendou: You may have defeated me the last time, but this time I've bought with me Naru, Mokoto and Su of Love Hina to destroy you!
The three cute girls appeared in front of me. Naru looks in amazement at me.
Naru: My God...it's ShardclawKusanagi!
The three squeal in delight. Gendou looks on in an evil stare.
Su: This evil man kidnapped us and forced us to cooperate to kick your butt, or else he will turn us into LCL!
Me: WHAT? How dare he...using girls to do his dirty work. HE'LL PAY!
A raging fire emerges from my body, the girls actually stepped back. Gendou looked around to see the girls distance from him, as I lit out a flame from my hand.
Me: ShardclawKusanagi Ultimate attack...Saishuu Kessen Ougi Reishiki! (Final Showdown!) I lunged at Gendou, igniting him with a fury of fiery punches and finishing the move with an uppercut. Once more, Gendou lies on the ground, writhing in pain...
Gendou: Why me...not again...
Naru: Oh, you're our hero. How can we ever thank you, you great Gendou bashing machine?
Su: I know, let's kick Keitaro out and let him live at our place, and then all of us can give him wild, nightly orgies!
Mokoto: Well, will you do it, great Kusanagi-san?
My only response was a loud: YES!
Until the next one folks, this is where it all began...and ends.