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"NDS: Book 15—Wings of the Raven: Chapter 107: The Wind Dies After It Blows"
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Dimension travel? What did you mean by that? We all stay in the same dimension here in this story, so I don't understand why you would mention dimension travel.
Originally, after Book 11 there was going to be a continuation to the original NDS, but I decided against it. The thing was that it was too fan fiction to be considered real. I mean, it basically continued some years later and it was the kids of the first story, so you can see, that's sort of a very fan fiction idea, and I decided against doing it in my own story. Leave that for someone else to make as a fan fiction. Anyway, the only two redeeming ideas about ND:SANDS was Adven becoming the main character who is looking after Daisuke's kid, and that Nobuo was reincarnated (in a different way then Densuke is). Mizu had Adven's kid, he doesn't know. Adven and Mizu hadn't seen ppl for many years, and Inu Gato had a bigger part. While that was a great idea, I decided against it. My only regret now is that we don't have Adven actually being a friend to the daughter that Mizu and he had, rather than just having Adven unaware that there is a child. If the names sound confusing, just fill in Jet, Sakura, and Gear where you see fit.
I also want to apologize for the wait. Usually I do these faster, but I've been so busy cleaning my room (Spent five hours and I'm still in the same spot I started at)
Also, I was waiting to complete the final part to this chapter, but guess what, I had to rewrite it anyway totally aside from the basic plot. Seems pointless now to wait and then do.
Anyway, let's start off Book 15. A fighting chapter.
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The SAND sat with it's hindside smoking from a hole inflicted by the Neutral Cannon. The engines dead, leaving the sandcraft a sitting duck. The looks on Gallows' and Emilia's faces were that of complete shock and worry. Not only was the attack unexpected, but also, their friends onboard could very well be dead. Emilia's own mother aboard of it. It also meant that the one thing Gear was after was ready for the taking.
Emilia's fist formed a ball. "Damnit…"
Gear scoffed. "I suppose this means your only chance now would be to kill me, doesn't it?"
"And I will!" Emilia quickly turned her body with her hand on the shinobi-zue. "Transcendent the Blade!"
The wind blade flies forth causing Gear to jump away from the attack and Enduro—Maxwell home in favor of safety. Emilia's attack itself exploding on contact with the ground leaving a small depression behind. Not letting up on Gear, Emilia moved her body forward at the man. Her swings of the blade moved with grace and speed, but they were useless against Gear who moved away from each. With her free hand, Emilia formed a fist.
"Gale Fist!" With the cyclone-like punch, Emilia sent the body of Gear flying further out into the yard.
The man hit the dirt hard, but was back on his feet as soon as he could recover. "How sad." Gear remarked. "Over the past two years your body has not increased in speed. Did you only work on your strength and ships?" Gear mockingly asked.
With grit teeth and a growl, Emilia moved forward, "Razor Kick!" Sending a blade of wind from her leg attack, Emilia looks on with hope it will hit. It did hit, but when it was all over, Gear, with his raised arms that blocked the attack, remained uninjured.
"Tiger's Gale, Punch!" The Lion's Rage copy attack hit Emilia hard in the chest. Emilia had not expected Jet's own attack to be used against her. With the situation as such, Emilia was hit and flung far away from her original spot.
"Emilia!" Gallows drew his ARM and let rip at Gear who dodged the shots with grace. "Pressure!" The water bubble missed the quickly moving man.
Gear came to a halt. "Bomb Melee, Launch!" The multiple bomb attack made up of neutral energy was too much for Gallows. The attacks hit him and left terrible injuries behind as he fell to the ground. The attack was just too much for him to handle and he was already halfway down for good. Gear took aim on the downed Baskar Priest. "Neutral Cannon, Burst!"
"Wind Shield!" Quickly stabbing the earth in front of Gallows, Emilia was able to project a shield of wind to protect them. The Neutral Cannon instead going around the two. As the attack faded, Emilia drew her sword hand backward, as if prepping it to run someone through. "Joust Strike!" A wind attack from the kissaki of the sword is produced as it flung through the air headed for the stoic Gear.
Despite his attempt to block it, Gear is still knocked backward by the attack and hits the ground hard once more today.
Emilia huffed and gathered strength.
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The dark and cold metal structure was hit by a sudden in-and-out of light. The red bulbs powered by the emergency backup generator colored the room a blood red. Stirring to his feet, Pike slowly went tall.
"Is everyone okay?" He wondered.
Some assorted wall panels and the like had come undone from it's place. The controls were fried in some places, and the windows shattered. The armor on the SAND was too thick for Gear's Neutral Cannon to get through fully. It could only damage the back where the engine and the like were.
"Yes, I am." Came the voice of Catherine. She stood not too far from the young man who asked the question.
From the helm shook the head of the blue haired Sakura. "So am I." She sat still for a moment. She ran her hand along her stomach. "I'm sure the baby is as well."
"Judging by the force of that hit," Carole Enduro began as she dusted her clothing off. "I don't think we will be moving any time soon."
"Yes, but Gear will be unable to move as well." Catherine reminded them.
"Right, but I'm sure he can fix it, given the time to." Pike interjected, breaking their hopes. He was right though. Gear would be savvy enough to fix the machine.
"Well, we just can't let him have it then." Catherine seriously remarked with confidence.
"Carole and I…we are too weak," Sakura muttered. She picked up her head from it's downcast position. "But, we will have to do the best we can. If not…holding onto this child would become pointless." She gingerly ran her hands over her stomach.
Pike sighed. "Then it looks like we are going to take some final stand here against Gear if he comes."
The group nodded solemnly as they looked to the floor. A bad feeling running over all of them. Sakura Ryokai suddenly felt something tugging at her mind as if telling her to get outside or be back with Adven. Like something bad was about to happen to the man she loved. She just could not understand what.
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"How touching." Gear remarked. "You protect the man you love. Just for that I will have to make sure he dies."
"Like you ever will!"
Kicking off the ground as Gallows remained still in shock, Emilia dashed forwards at the Jet Lookalike. With speed her blade was swung horizontally with her right hand. Instantly Gear threw his forearm in the way and blocked the sword's dull side before Emilia flipped it. He did not wait for Emilia to recover and moved his forearm to send the sword with Emilia's hand still on the hilt away.
While Emilia's body was moving with the sword, Gear took the opportunity to grab at Emilia's hair and closed his fingers for a tight grip. With a hand on her hair Gear pulled her towards him and then past until she was flung into the grass after he let go of her strands.
Quickly recovering, Emilia turned while still on her knees and viciously slashed at Gear. Gear however had moved away from the attack, and then rushed forward to grab Emilia by the shirt collar with his left hand. For a moment or so they were staring into the other's eyes.
"Neutral Decision!" Gear announced as he flung a pale white right fist into Emilia's face. The neutral form of Adven's Surging Punch attack. "Neutral Decision!" Quickly Gear sent one more straight to the woman's face as blood splattered from her nose. Hard and abrupt breaths from her lips sputtered it out on each exhale.
Gear simply tossed the bloody woman aside like a used up tissue.
"Do you have anything to offer me?" Gear wondered.
"Of-of course I do!" The woman angrily replied from her hands and knees. "Because…Because I have people I need to protect!" With all her force and energy, Emilia got back to her feet. "Gale Surge!" Pounding her kissaki to the ground a strong gust of wind blew forth at Gear who seem unfazed by the event. Raising his left forearm, Gear blocked the coming kick from his side. Emilia had thought to use the Gale Surge as a distraction and make another assault, but it had failed. Quickly coming up with a second plan, she grasped her hilt. "X-Strike!" The ultimate attack of Emilia was performed only two feet from Gear.
There was no way Gear could block it, but he somehow found the speed. "Tiger's Shield!" The mock-Lion's Shield blocked out the twin x-shaped attack as the wind sputtered about the area. "Terror of Ten Tiger!" Ten rapid Tiger's Punches hit Emilia in multiple locations on her body until the tenth one hit her chest and she is flung to the ground with a heavy grunt.
Gear huffed an exhausted breath. "I…I truly am stronger than Jet who never thought of such an attack." He mused.
"Maybe…Maybe he knows it." Emilia muttered lying on her back. Blood and bruises on her skin. "Knew it when on Eon…but knew it would weaken him too much."
"I was capable of such an attack. I have much stamina left." Gear dismissed Emilia's theory. With a wave of his arm, Emilia is flung aside and away from him.
Shots from Gallows' ARM caused Gear to move aside. Gear gives him the same attack that flings Gallows into a nearby rock where he hits his head.
"Stupid." Gear muttered. He walked up to him with his boots stopping before Gallows' body. Towering over his form as Gallows struggled over a head wound. "Neutral Cannon, Burst!"
The grayish-white beam attack flew forth from Gear's hands and hit Gallows causing a small white explosion to take the area. When it finally settled, Gallows sat there no worse than before the attack.
"What the--?" Gear's attention went to the shadow that began to overcast over Gallows' body.
"You've sunk low since the last time I saw you, Gear." The man opposite Gear remarked.
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Yes, I did fail to tell you who has come to Gallows rescue. Everyone is out, or so you think. It's a man though. I did say that. So it can't be Emilia back up on a third wind. At this point, it can only be a character already introduced, being that we're about 9 chapters from the end no one new will be coming along. So it can be any of these choices, you guess: Clive, Jet, Clyde, Adven, Pike, Todd, Alfred, Rudy Roughknight…wait, Rudy wasn't in this story at any time…was he? Anyway, it could be Loki from that tournament story. Phil, the guy who put Jet in jail. It could be many different things. I know who it is, and I'm probably making this bigger than it is.