HERE WE GO! Let's start this kick ass chapter NOW! One thing, I'm sorry for chapter 18. I originally thought I was using 2 or 3 DBZ references, but when I got your reviews, bonehead and O TEH NOES, and reviewed the chapter again, I see what you mean. Careless planning on my part, and I hope you don't think Hanku's transformation is related to DBZ, because it ISN'T! The transformation was ALL MY IDEA! I didn't say, "I'll just change the Super Sayain look and save myself the hassle."
Love Hina isn't my work, but Hanku is mine and ISN'T a self-insert! If it WERE an SI, this fic would be a lot more boring.
ON WITH THE FIC
At Hinata everybody gathers around Su's computer screen again upon Su's announcement of Hanku's return, however when the group got a look of his face, many begged to differ that it was Hanku at all. Kitsune wasn't too shy to express her opinion…
"If you mean to tell me that THAT is Hanku, then I will personally admit that I DO drink too much. I mean he doesn't even look like him. This guy looks older, meaner, and a lot more muscular."
Su's mecha-tama scans Hanku and shows the results…
Name: Hanku Royiaki
Height: 6'6''
Weight: 190 lbs
Age: 30
Status: Unacknowledged physical damage. Signs of recent bleeding and injury. Extraordinary muscular build. Dramatic levels of unused energy.
Everybody couldn't believe what he or she was seeing. The Hanku they knew was 6'2'', 150 lbs, and 20 years old! Everybody was officially confused.
Hanku dashes to Mocsha and elbows him in the chest, sending him flying back a ways. Hanku then intercepts him and clubs him back down. Mocsha recovers and hovers back away from Hanku, whom slams his feet at his target's former location, but immediately leaps to him, jabs him in the face and finishes with a lunging forward punch, again sending Mocsha back sliding into the ground.
Mocsha recovers and dashes at Hanku.
BURST MODE
Even with Mocsha's gigantic size, his punches and kicks always missed Hanku's smiling face as he dodges every attack. Mocsha then throws a punch, missing Hanku's face. Hanku turns, grabs Mocsha's arm and pulls him into his own punch straight into his chest.
Hanku takes advantage of the opportunity and kicks down at Mocsha's stomach, until he hit the ground. Hanku then leaps into the air and holds his hand out, where an energy orb appears and starts to release hundreds off gold and purple, energy attacks at Mocsha.
When done, Hanku flies down to the ground and sees Mocsha leap out of the new crater and stand before Hanku, unscratched and pissed.
Meanwhile, in the afterlife, Motoko looks at Yahiko in confusion of Hanku's transformation…
"Umm…what just happened to Hanku?"
"What he has just completed is a rare, powerful transformation that has never been used for many ages. It only requires two things: to carry two forms of energy from two different people and to embrace a thought about the aura's master. In this case, Hanku has a trace of your energy and apparently thought of his love for you."
"You mean…Hanku has MY energy in him? How?"
"Didn't you see his slit hands glow? When you struck his hands, your sword obviously gave a small hint of its power. That's what made those scars and when the scars are gone, so will the energy that lies within them. When you transform, however, it makes the user age by an approximate 10 years, so this is Hanku 10 years from now, except with the changed hair and eye color, of course. And since he has a trace of your energy, and since you are deceased, Hanku carries your battle aura. When a fighter dies, his or her aura dies with them. Luckily for you, when you died, Hanku still had enough of your energy to call your falcon aura to him…unintentionally though."
Back on the planet, Mocsha continues to stare at Hanku, trying to figure out a weak point somewhere…
"Grrr…dammit! He just looks so confident in his abilities and I'm here left in the dark from them. I can't expect anything. Wait…unless…"
Mocsha smirks and holds out his hand, which soon shows a green orb…
"I must say, I am impressed Hanku. Your newfound powers seem to go in your favor, outstandingly, however it forces me to do this. Remember your little, blue-haired girl? Did you expect me to leave her with JUST a curse? Oh no, my boy. I decided to go even further! Within that curse, I stole this piece of her soul; a spirit particle, I like to call it and you know what happens when a piece of the soul is destroyed. It wipes out the rest of it!"
Hanku's smirk turns into a cautious frown…
"You coward. Hiding yourself with innocent people…that's disappointing."
"Hey, try me if you doubt my word. It'll just cost you another life! HAHAHA!"
Hanku chuckles and soon starts bursting out in laughter, which leaves Mocsha in confusion…
"Go on then! See if I care! Crush that particle! It makes no difference to me and it doesn't protect you from your fatal future, so what are you waiting for?"
At the apartments, everybody gasps at Hanku's demented statement as Shinobu begins to glow a green aura.
Mocsha shows a small look of surprise and anger…
"Fine then! Your loss!"
Mocsha clenches his fist and crushes the orb where a huge shattering sound is heard. Shinobu flinches in fright as the others dart their attention to her. However…nothing happens. Mocsha, unaware of his failed murder, chuckles, but soon sees Hanku on his knees while holding his head…
"…No! It cannot be!"
Hanku looks up at Mocsha and smirks, still holding his head tightly…
"Heheh…Sorry Mocsha, but you'll have to wait on killing anybody right now."
"Grrr…I should've expected your sentimentality would want to take that curse."
"You betcha and since I absorbed the curse, that gave you an empty shell for a spirit particle, but I must say, getting rid of that curse does give one a MAJOR headache! Your carelessness also means I get to kick your ass even harder now! You'll regret trying to pull MY friends into YOUR affairs!"
BURST MODE!
Hanku soon slips behind Mocsha and brings his arms back, trying to have his hands touch the top of his head. (A/N: Basically, bring your arms behind your back to where they cross over each other and pull up…hurts doesn't it?)
Hanku thrusts Mocsha's arms up, having him yelp in pain. This continues for a while, of which during that time, Hanku lifted Mocsha a foot off the ground, making the suffering even more strenuous. Mocsha, however, starts to show the eyes of a madman.
He smiles widely and pulls himself forward, only to have his shoulders dislocated! Hanku releases his hold and takes a step back in horror as Mocsha relocates his arms and switch his glare of insanity at Hanku…
"Oh great…Now, not only does he have the power of a demon…he's starting to ACT like one. That's…just…PERFECT!"
Hanku frowns and focuses on his enemy, whom madly runs at him.
BURST MODE!
During this BM, Mocsha's attacks seemed more savage and reckless rather than using a fighting style. Hanku figured this as he was slashed across the stomach with Mocsha's claws and later backhanded across the face. Hanku's torn shirt revealed slight, but apparent bleeding as he recovers.
Mocsha quickly gets Hanku into another Burst Mode and ends it just as quick as he strikes Hanku's injured stomach. Ensnaring his opponent's cripple, Mocsha grabs Hanku's head and head butts him three times before grabbing his neck and raising him 4 feet above the ground.
Hanku opens his bleeding eyes and wraps his legs around Mocsha's arm and breaks it by bending his elbow the other way. Mocsha drops Hanku and wails in pain. Hanku dives at his opponent, causing them to tumble around in the dirt, until Mocsha, at the right time, kicks Hanku off of him into a nearby lake. He fixes his arm and dives in.
BURST MODE!
Both fighters were aiming at the others gut to have him run out of air first. Mocsha lands it first and fires a close range energy attack, causing a huge tower of water to appear with Hanku being shot out of it.
Hanku recovers and begins to unfold a plan that would have Mocsha back fire himself. He stands and sees Mocsha fly out of the water and high into the air where he holds his hands out and begins to chant. Hanku shows a look of worry…
"With him being so high up and chanting…I don't expect a friendly answer. Hmm…what to do…wait! I could try it, but if I pull it off then my body will…ah screw it."
Hanku starts making spherical motions with his hands like a fortuneteller with a crystal ball. In the middle of this, an energy orb of a black and silver color began to appear and grow as Hanku continued his hand motions until it was the size of his chest (3 ft diameter)…
"Alright…here goes!"
Hanku then begins to shove the energy orb into himself! The excruciating pain made Hanku holler and yell in agony as he continues to try with all his might to insert the attack in him. Very slowly, the orb is forced into Hanku and then Hanku shouts into the air and is surrounded by a black aura. Mocsha's chanting ends and is followed by a massive energy wave forming above him!
Hanku plants his feet into the ground and prepares himself as Mocsha releases the green wave at him…
"TRI-STAR RESTRAINT!"
Hanku fires three gold energy waves, which then turn into a circle with a star in the center and begin to grow in size to that of the on coming attack. When reaching the attack, the stars position themselves with the attack inside them. The attack stops in mid air and looked nothing more than a floating sphere with three rings around it. Hanku flies at the attack and punches it back at Mocsha whom dodges out of the way just in time to see it fly into space and explode, creating a temporary change of the sky's color from blue to green for a few seconds.
Mocsha shows a look of shock and helplessness then anger as he dives straight at Hanku whom continues to glow black. Hanku moves aside at the last second and backhands Mocsha onto the ground. Mocsha tries to stand, but is pinned by Hanku slamming his foot on his face and keeping it there…
"You have no idea what harm you have caused in the past, no? Your killings and tortures affect other people as well, you know. People, who are just as innocent as your victims, like my friends that are still ALIVE! You may have nothing to say to them, but they have something to say to YOU! Allow me to announce their names; the names of the innocent lives that you have eternally poisoned…Sara McDougal…"
Hanku lifts Mocsha over his head and punches his back repeatedly with his left and right hand, still able to keep Mochsa over his head, until he then grabs him and suplexes him down to the ground!
(A/N: After the action takes place, the announced name will speak after it.)
Sara raises a fist in the air, cheering…
"Yeah! That's right! Let him have it Hanku!"
Hanku then picks Mocsha up and holds his head to his face…
"Haruka Urashima"
Hanku hits the back of Mocsha's head and uppercuts him. Mocsha lands on his back, as Hanku flips into the air and stomps on his ribs with both feet!
"Well…I couldn't have done it better, myself. Thanks Hanku."
Hanku fires a series of small energy waves that dive beneath the ground. Hanku's voice begins to rise with each name stated…
"Mutsumi Otohime"
The attacks shoot out under Mocsha, sending him into the air. The energy waves then started striking Mocsha and bouncing off of him, sending him to another energy wave, which does the same. The waves made Mocsha look like a pinball game about to go TILT! Finally the attacks combine into one attack and launch itself straight down at Mocsha…
"Oh my! It seems he doesn't kid around with revenge."
Hanku then grabs Mocsha's leg and drags him towards a vertical, rock column…
"Mitsune Konno! Better known as 'Kitsune'!"
Hanku stands in front of the column with his back facing it and starts swinging Mocsha side to side into the column!
"YEAH! OH YEAH! GIVE IT TO 'EM HANKU!"
The slamming continues until the column collapses, crumbling it into pieces, except for one 4-foot long, cylinder shaped rock, which caught Hanku's eye. Hanku picks the weapon up and walks to Mocsha…
"Kaolla Su!"
Hanku swings the rock like a baseball player, sending Mocsha back, back, back, back, back, WAY back into a canyon wall, where he falls out and collapses on the ground.
"Alright! Go Hanku! WEEEEE!"
Hanku flies back to Mocsha, whom slowly stands…
"Damn that little pest! It'll take most of my remaining energy just to recover."
When nearly finished, Mocsha is punched in the gut. Mocsha bends over in exhaustion as Hanku kicks Mocsha straight up into the air, where Mocsha recovers, but is immediately head-butted even higher! Hanku then intercepts him and dives down.
"Keitaro Urashima!"
Hanku starts throwing rapid punches at Mocsha's gut all the way down to the ground, but still doesn't stop punching. After a while, Mocsha begins to sink into the ground as Hanku continues his assault…
"HA! HA! That's it Hanku! One at the head! One at the head!"
Coincidentally, Hanku does start including Mocsha's head in his beating. When satisfied, Hanku drags Mocsha out of the 30-foot wide crater and helps him stand on his feet. Hanku then looks at the worn out fighter in the eye…
"This next one is for not one, but TWO people!"
Hanku punches forward and sends Mocsha back while hovering above the ground. Hanku then shows up behind Mocsha…
"Naru Narusegawa…"
Hanku elbows Mocsha's back and sends him back to where he was last struck, of which Hanku appears in front of him…
"AND SHINOBU MAEHARA!"
Hanku uppercuts Mocsha straight into the air, of which Mocsha put in no effort to stop himself from going any higher. Then Hanku starts tightly flexing his muscles to where he would start twitching as purple electricity forms a circle around Hanku, whom then makes an uppercut motion, with his fist clenched, and fires a 10-foot wide, purple, energy beam, which took the shape of a soaring falcon and immediately consumed Mocsha! While releasing it, Hanku roars in anger and determination!
(A/N: Not an orb, a beam! A really BIG beam!)
"………"
Shinobu could only blush and remain silent at Hanku's favor for her, but inside she was a little cheerful.
When finished, Hanku leaps straight above him where lies a mangled body that couldn't find any will to fight. The pain wouldn't cease. Hanku soars past Mocsha, whom continues to move upward, all the way near the end of the atmosphere! Hanku then dives down and at lightning speed he wraps his arms around Mocsha and starts spinning around VERY quickly…
"MOTOKO AOYAMA!"
From the end of the sky all the way down to the ground, Hanku slammed Mocsha into the ground, where then a HUGE explosion occurs! After the smoke clears, a crater the size of a gigantic meteor was made!
In the afterlife, Naru and Motoko couldn't help but cheer. Neither could Hanku's family as they cheered in a similar manner, except Yahiko, whom kept a focused face on the battle…
"Only one thing left to do son…Win!"
Hanku flies out of the crater with Mocsha in his arms, but quickly throws him like rag doll, into a canyon and embeds him in it just a few feet above the ground. Hanku then lands back 30 feet and positions himself in an open stance and has his fingertips touch the other to where it looked like a small cage.
Suddenly, the earth begins to quake and Hanku's two auras, the dragon and the falcon, appear and move into Hanku's hands. As a result, an electric ball, that changed its color with black, silver, gold, and purple, forms and instantly, an energy spear comes out of the ball, but remains connected with it. Mocsha opens his eyes and sees the gold, energy spear launch from Hanku. The spear skewers Mocsha like a kabob! Upon impact and settlement, the spear begins to emit energy that harmed its victim. Mocsha wails in pain and suffering.
Hanku, meanwhile, has the electric ball disappear, and begins to slowly fly high into the air with a black flame surrounding him!
At Hinata, everyone is going ballistic! To their knowledge, it was an inevitable victory for the young warrior, however, that all began to change.
Hanku flies to the same height where he recently intercepted Mocsha with a slam, and crosses his arms over his chest and focuses very hard. His arms begin to turn black and gold, with some electricity shooting from them.
Su sees an enormous energy increase coming from Hanku and smiles…
"This is it! The big bang! The grand finale! The finishing touch!"
However, the energy Hanku was gathering wouldn't stop rising. In fact, it began to increase even more quickly. Su squints her eyes…
"What is he doing? He's already got enough energy to wipe that guy out. Why is he continuing?"
In the afterlife, the cheering had stopped and everybody was focused on Hanku's rising energy. Motoko starts to twitch…
"That's far too much energy! If he keeps this up, he can wipe out the whole planet!"
Motoko looks over to Yahiko, whom still kept his focused face on the fight. Suddenly, Motoko makes a shocked expression and frowns…
"You know about this, don't you? You know he's going to destroy the planet, right?"
"…That is true. Hanku doesn't have a choice. Mocsha could regenerate from the smallest piece of his DNA. As long as there is a molecule with Mocsha's energy in it, he will always recover himself, so Hanku is going to pull a double-whammy: an energy attack AND a planetary explosion to make sure that Mocsha dies and STAYS that way!"
At Hinata, Su's computer starts to go haywire! The energy readings were off the charts! A planetary explosion was now impossible to avoid.
Hanku positions himself, as if he would launch his "Judgment Pulse" technique. Black and gold energy surrounds his hands as it began to make a gradually increasing sound…
"BANISHMENT…"
Hanku briefly stops his command as he sheds a tear, but quickly recomposes himself…
"…CHARGE!"
A black and gold energy orb that was capable of consuming New York City was launched and Mocsha looks up, still suffering from the energy spear, and screams in fear as the attack strikes him! While inside the attack, the last thing Mocsha sees is a giant, black energy dragon fly to him and consumes Mocsha as if he was fast food!
Hanku takes deep breaths in exhaustion, as he knew he had limited time to do anything, so Hanku flies to his pod and rips the door out, due to the fact that it was jammed. He places an earpiece in his ear and looks toward a small screen, which soon showed the Hinata gang gathered around.
Meanwhile, the gang sees Hanku's face on the screen, looking straight at them in a black and blue image…
"Hey guys…you all doing' alright?"
Kitsune flips…
"Alright? ALRIGHT! You go up there to avenge our friends' death and what do you do? You go on and play the sacrificial hero!"
"You're getting worked up over nothing Kitsune and you're wrong. I came here to bring back my friends."
"What are you talking about?"
"Kitsune…Naru and Motoko will be brought back to life sometime soon, so don't go do anything with their bodies. Just take care of them until they're back."
The gang gasps at Hanku's announcement.
"I already gave Keitaro a clue. Remember Kei?"
Keitaro thinks and remembers Hanku's demand of him to have a wonderful future with Naru. The miracle was already told, just unacknowledged…
"I only have a few moments, so I'll just leave with this…I couldn't ask for a more perfect group of people for me to call them my friends, which leads me to this theme: second chances are more than just re-do's for the simplest of things. They're miracles. I have seen this theme unfold itself before me. (Hanku starts to cry) Naru and Motoko have a second chance at life, you guys have a second chance at living a happy and prosperous future…a-and I got a second chance at having a family…(sniff) From the bottom of my heart…I love you guys."
Nobody could respond, due to the fact that all of them were showing tears…
"…(sniff) Gotta go now guys. Take care of yourselves."
Everybody shouts at a last ditch effort in talking to Hanku, but the screen fizzed with static.
Hanku removes his earpiece, exits his pod and flies high into the air as the planet begins to shoot fountains of lava and create hundreds of faults. Hanku looks down as the planet now shoots beams of light out of the ground. Just before the planet explodes, Hanku smiles and says to himself…
"Well…what do you want to do now Hanku?"
After his statement, Hanku screams and is consumed in the bright light. The planet explodes and in both the afterlife and Hinata…everything was quiet and still.
End of chp. 20
(sniff) OH JUST REVIEW! I can't find the tissues! WAAAAHHH!