"NDS: Book 11: Chapter 76: Showdown"

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Here it is. The final battle between Jet and Nobuo. FINALLY! I mean, it seems like a forever ago I started it. But, let's see it to the end now. No more interruptions (from me at least, I have no idea if you'll interrupt the story, and I can't guarantee that a sibling, friend, parent, or other person or animal with disturb your reading.

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Above the decks within Eon there was the roof, covered in all the same gray metal that covered the rest of the ship. The middle of the ship was flat, but at the edges came a slope. The pure vastness of the roof as the sun rose over it was enough to fit a small town. The orange sky had tinted the roof, as well as the rest of Eon, which made it strange for Jet as he viciously swung his free hand at Nobuo, who fell on his back only to land on the roof. Since Jet was facing away from the front of the ship and instead facing the aft, his hair was pushing forward covering his eyes in some instances. The wind up this high, with Eon moving, was terrible, and it seemed amazing enough that the two men could even stand. Especially knowing that a fall of it would be a long drop to the sea of sand for one decisive death. "You can't win." Jet numbly said as he gained a breath.

"I will, my heart is in it more!" Nobuo promptly sprung up and in the process slashed Jet's free left forearm with his sickle weapon. Blood promptly fell about the roof.

But just as soon as the attack had been dealt Jet had already flung his forehead into Nobuo's own, sending the older man backward. Jet now stood facing the front of the ship and Nobuo facing the stern. "You're wrong! You have no heart to put into it! So just let me protect Filgaia! Raven's Wing!" Being against the wind, the Raven's Wing could only fling Nobuo away. And just as soon as Nobuo had stood back up a wave was sent out, that flew at Jet faster than the others since it was travelling with the wind, but the wind also helped Jet by throwing Nobuo's aim off, so it was still easy for him to dodge.

Jet huffed for air as he thought over all his tactics. Nothing seemed to be working for him, and he was just getting more and more exhausted in the process. He tries his Positive Cannon, and that failed. His Lion's Rage sputtered out, and his Raven's Wing would be better off as a hockey stick. But being in battle, Jet had no more time to think as Nobuo swung at Jet, sending the boy to the metal roof painfully.

Without any plan, Jet just countered with a punch to Nobuo's gut as he stood, but a wave from Nobuo and he was right back on the ground, receiving more pain than causing.

Lying on the ground in a daze left Jet open to a downward strike from Nobuo, but it was that same attack that knocked Jet back to his senses. The gray haired male stood quickly and kicked the older one away.

"You must have felt it. What I've been telling you all along." Nobuo chuckled. "You have nothing. You've put up a good fight, but you, and even your friends can't win. You're all just losers." Jet grit his teeth, but at this point, he was starting to believe what he was saying.

"NO!" Jet heard that in his head, and he immediately recognized who had said. It may have been a figment of his imagination, but suddenly it gave him the strength to hold onto his Raven's Wing tighter.

"We can win!" Jet declared as he lifted the Raven's Wing over his head. "We'll win because we have each other, and all you have is your pathetic dreams!" With his left arm holding the Raven's Wing he drew his right hand back forming a gesture he had used before with it, "Lion's!" Jet quickly threw his right Lion's hand at the bottom of the hilt of the Raven's Wing. "Wing Strike!" Instead of the common lion-headed attack, instead a blue Raven soared right through Nobuo sending the man to the metal roof and bouncing off of it twice before stopping in a heap. The Lion's Rage and Raven's Wing combination attack had pulled it off, Jet found.

Blood formed around the gasping Nobuo as Jet lowered the sword and recovered his stamina. "Good…you…got me good, Jet." Nobuo grinned. "You've bested me." Suddenly the corny saying of 'in another world, I think I could have called you friend' seemed like the next likely words from the dying Nobuo, so Jet cut him off.

"Right, I win."

"No, Jet, you don't." Nobuo grinned with a laugh.

"What do you mean?" Jet suspiciously wondered.

"You have forgotten…that…this match is to the death…and you…can't…win…until I'm dead." Nobuo laughed. "And you will not be able to kill me when Eon and I are one."

"Eon…and you…become one?" Jet asked in confusion.

"It seems…you…and your friends are good…you've beaten me…and took away some of Eon's power, but…I will aide him in his final moments to finish our goal…even if…it means sacrificing my body to do so."

Jet went wide-eyed. "No you don't!" Jet goes to strike Nobuo's heart with the tip of the Raven's Wing, but instead Jet can just helplessly watch as the body of Nobuo sank into the roof and disappeared as if his body had phased through it leaving Jet just to stab the metal rood. "He…he gave up himself?" Suddenly the wind picked up and Jet realized Eon was moving faster, and the blue glow to the front of the ship was the beam cannon once more charging up. "How…how can I claim victory if Nobuo is gone?"