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Target 54: Grand Finale: Revelation
Outside the arena Primo, Reborn, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Hibari, and Murphy are standing and watching the match on some screens set up. "So… will they manage do you think?" Murphy asks and Gokudera grits his teeth.
"the tenth would never make a wrong decision!"
Primo chuckles a little. "I've made… plenty of those Gokudera-kun. But yes… I think they'll manage to pull out the win. With Tsugemora and his neverending determination and Ren's newfound resolve I'd say they're sitting pretty well on everything at the moment…" He says looking about at the different screens.
-NII-
Tsugemora is flung back by NM-5's powerful fist and he slides a little before coming to a stop, pulling on his wire gun which he's wrapped around NM-5's leg. It makes the robot lose balance for just a second, before he uses the rocket on his feet to blast down the hallway. Tsugemora is dragged along, gritting his teeth as he tries standing his ground. He sends electricity down the wire. "The same tactic will not work on me twice," NM-5 states as his knee joint suddenly pops off making Tsugemora's wire shoot electricity into nothing.
"Dammit…" he simply says retracting his wire before suddenly seeing NM-5 blasting at him again. "W-wha…?" He tries, but NM-5 lands a solid hit with his remaining leg. However Tsugemora wraps his arms around NM-5's leg to prevent him from pulling back.
"Being reckless will not help you," He says shooting his rocket booster straight at Tsugemora, however he stands tall.
"We'll see! I WILL defeat you! I can feel it… Nii-san… he needs me to be somewhere! AND IT'S. NOT. HERE!" He yells getting through the attack from NM-5 swinging him over his shoulder and into the ground.
"Where is it you must be so badly?" NM-5 decides to ask as pushes off the ground, kicking at point blank range into Tsugemora once more.
Tsugemora grits his teeth. He remembers hearing Ren's resolute scream earlier and has a feeling that he will need help, though that's just Tsugemora's lack of confidence in him. "As if I'd tell someone like you!" He yells, still holding into NM-5's leg.
"I could force him to let go, by splitting from this leg as well. I would be down two limbs, however my other leg is only two meters away. I can pick that up using my second layer booster," NM-5 says once more too fast for a human to hear. NM-5 does just that, shooting himself off towards his free leg grabbing hold of it and in a quick roll manages to get it reattached back onto himself. "Tsugemora Gagliardi. You stand no chance of winning as it is currently," However Tsugemora smirks and holds out his wire gun.
"I beg to differ NM-5," He says and NM-5 quickly analyzes that the wire has been fired, however he didn't hear it fire. And his hearing is 10 times that of a normal human's. He looks to where it reaches seeing it entering his reattached leg.
"W-what!? How did he manage to get it like that…?" He says slowly and Tsugemora smirks, before activating the electricity.
"If you can't get hurt while it's on your skin then I'll electrocute you from the inside out!" he yells and NM-5 suddenly feels his circuits going haywire, all his displays malfunctioning, and he falls to the ground.
"Error… main functions… overloaded. Emergency shutdown… initiated," He says slowly falling to the ground his displayed eyes turning into the blue screen of death. Tsugemora pants as he quickly manages to get close and collect NM-5's cloud ring and also pull out his wire from NM-5's leg.
"I… I won… I got him…" He says laughing to himself. "Of course I got him! I'm Nii-san's bodyguard after all!" He yells to himself mostly, but out of the corner of his eye he suddenly sees a figure turn the corner and all the happiness from the victory disappears from his eyes as he suddenly gets very afraid. It's a person he cannot beat. No matter what he might be able to do. Boris the Demolisher.
The large brute smirks seeing Tsugemora's, in comparison, weak frame. "So… this is where that kid's guardians were hiding away!" He says cracking his knuckles. However after taking in the robot at Tsugemora's feet he gives a light grunt. He walks over, suddenly paying Tsugemora no mind at all. He squats down next to his fallen friend. "After all that trouble Reborn-san went through to get you authorized for battle… and not only do you lose your round, but you're also the first of us to bite the dust in here… unless… nevermind that jerk," he says and Tsugemora stops for a moment.
"R-Reborn…-san…?" he says slowly before Boris stands up straight, seemingly being reminded of Tsugemora's presence by his voice.
"Oh yeah… I guess I gotta take care of you then," He says looking down on Tsugemora like he's some sort of insect that needs squashing.
-NII-
Gerald attempts to give Reishiro another swing with his laser sword, but as he suspected it simply gets absorbed into his eye. Ywan grunts in annoyance. "Such a bothersome ability," He says before simply running forward towards the young boy, who still doesn't seem to understand what's going on. Gerald instantly understands what Ywan is going to do. He stabs at Reishiro with his knife. "But it can easily be countered!" He yells trying to get close. However as soon as he's close Reishiro gets a sharp pain in his eye again.
"Argh! A-again… Ren… what's happening…?" He says and Ywan doesn't hesitate in his attack, but right before it connects Reishiro's eye glows. "VENDICARE!" He declares and fires the energy he just absorbed at Ywan who's forced back from the impact.
"Damn this child!" He says but smirks. "Luckily this means he is out of energy," He says and Gerald gets in behind him attempting to hit him from the back while Ywan runs in from the front, however suddenly Reishiro disappears into thin air and their attacks miss, somehow.
"W-what!? But Vendetta doesn't make him intangible!" Gerald says and Ywan spins his knife around a little.
"Gerald… Activate your sword. If he is around his eye will absorb our flames…" He says spinning and blasting the area with sky flames. Some of the flames stop midair and disappear. Gerald runs over kicking at the air, connecting with something and Reishiro reappears and tumbles across the toystore.
"M-mister… please stop the pain…" He says gritting his teeth slightly. He holds his hand over his eye again.
"I-I'm sorry child…" Gerald says however Ywan does not show the same kind of mercy simply attacking again.
"No… not again mister… no more… NO MORE!" Reishiro yells and the horn glows shooting what little light he had stored from moments earlier. Ywan is blinded and takes a few steps back. Suddenly the two men hear a large explosion coming from somewhere else in the hall.
"That explosion… that can only have been Boris… I will leave this to you Gerald. Do NOT fail me," he says before leaving Gerald with Reishiro.
"I truly am sorry for this child…" he says holding out the hilt of his energy sword, without activating it, knowing Reishiro will just absorb it. He runs forward once more and Reishiro takes a little step back in fear.
-NII-
Ywan makes his way towards, where the explosion happened knowing that if it's Boris he must be stopped. However as he runs past a hall leading to the middle he suddenly stops as Faust comes flying past him followed by a beam of cloud flames and as he looks towards the central square he sees Kotsu holding out one fork to fire the beam and the other blocking one of Zaccaria's sword-strikes. "There you are Ywan," He says, guiding Zaccaria's strike elsewhere before shooting off towards Ywan.
"Oi! Kotsukiba! We're not done!" he yells setting off after Kotsu. Ywan holds up his knife to block Kotsu, who spins to hit him with a double kick, using the immense speed from his boosters to make it hit even harder. He pushes Ywan back, holding his forks crossed over his head as Zaccaria strikes at him and he leaps off Ywan, over Zaccaria who instead changes target to Ywan and the two trade a few blows before all three of them split.
"You two!? I have no time for this!" Ywan yells his knife erupting with sky flames and he holds it up, causing a giant blade of sky flames to appear and he swings it down at them. "CARNEFICE!" (Italian: executioner) Zaccaria holds up his sword, blocking the strike while Kotsu jumps over it, and gets in close to Ywan stabbing at him with his fork and Ywan attempts to dodge, however Kotsu uses his cloud flame to extend the tips of one of his forks and scratches at Ywan's cheek, and while the elder man wonders what happened Kotsu spins hitting him in the side with his other fork, while blocking an attack from Zaccaria with the first.
As Ywan is pushed away he grits his teeth. "I WAS planning of doing battle with whoever ended up winning your scuffle, but it appears I will just have to take out the both of you AT ONCE!" he yells and both the younger boys are a bit surprised as they get blasted back by Ywan's explosive power. They both enter the main square again as Ywan comes blasting from the hall, holding out his knife a ton of swords of sky flame forming behind him. The two of them both put up their block as the flame swords, shoot for them as Ywan lands. Kotsu manages to dodge a few before getting struck by several and he tumbles back, Zaccaria managing the same. "Unbelievable. How can Primo and Reborn pick such children for the boss position!?" He yells as they both recover and Kotsu's eyes go wide.
"R-Reborn… and Primo…" He says realizing that if Primo picked him that must mean… "Reborn picked you!?" He says looking to Zaccaria and the cosmic sky flame laughs loudly.
"So the cat's out of the bag huh!? That's right! Reborn-san picked ME over you!" He says smirking devilishly.
-NII-
Outside the mall once more Reborn grits his teeth slightly. "Damn… he found out…"
Primo glances over, having known from the start. "Were you ever going to even tell him?"
"Afterwards I would, but I guess he'll just have to deal with this. Zaccaria handled that spontaneous reveal well though…"
Murphy looks back and forth between them, being the only one among them who wasn't in on it. "What do you mean 'handled it well'!?" he asks and Reborn lets on his signature sly smirk.
"I'll explain after this is over,"
-NII-
Kotsu is in a mild state of confusion wondering exactly why a person like Reborn would choose a person like Zaccaria. Something isn't adding up perfectly. He knows Reborn. He knows that he would never do something without a good reason. He's learned that much during their time together. However he's suddenly snapped out of his trance when suddenly Ywan is right in front of him, his knife raised, blistering with sky flames, shaping a giant broadsword. Kotsu leaps back to avoid it, quickly realizing that Zaccaria is right behind him, and he leaps off the ground into a backflip over Zaccaria swinging one of his forks down at him to create some distance and after getting further into the air he blasts off into the air using one fork for speed and the other for steering and he ends straight over the two others who're still going at it. "Why… why not choose me when you're training me…?" He asks himself before suddenly Ywan releases another wave of swords in all directions and he expertly weaves his way through them all, all the while closing in to Ywan and Zaccaria flipping into a kick, Ywan blocking with his knife stopping his barrage of swords and Zaccaria comes in with another attack and Kotsu points his fork in the other direction towards him shooting a short stream at him before being pushed off by Ywan and he lands right in between the two of them, both striking at him, forcing him to block. He does so with the backs of his forks, pointing them at the opposite opponent they're blocking, firing them both to force his opponents back.
"Still a little confused are we? Let me lay it down for you! It's because I'm BETTER!" Zaccaria yells and it suddenly clicks in Kotsu's mind and he smiles weakly.
"Exactly… I get it now…" He says looking at his fork before clenching it. "You really have a strange way of going about things Reborn… but I'm up for it! Hit me with your worst!" He declares taking a fighting stance with his two forks.