Haruo grabbed his buckle off the table. Whennit was finished it had a more upgraded design. The inside of the gem had some carvings that went horizontally that looked like a strand of DNA. On the left side was some sort of reader, Haruo looked at them, "Hey dad, What's this?"

"It's a reader, it's used to power up into a stronger form than your base form."

"I see."

"Yes, it will completely remove your limiter and you will receive immense strength, speed, agility, and durability."

"Thanks." Haruo then put it in the pouch. Hanabi then took out her buckle.

"Can you upgrade mine as well?" Hanabi asked

"If you'd like me too." Hikaru said, "Place it on the table."

"Thanks." She then put it on the table and Hikaru started to update it. Hanabi then looked to Haruo and folded her arms. Haruo gave her a smile before he then leaned his hands on the desk, "You okay?" Hanabi asked.

"I'm fine." Haruo said, "Just tired."

"I see." Hanabi said, "...do you think...there's a way for me to hold my niece?" Haruo smiled.

"Yeah, but Yuko's not gonna like it."

"Yeah I left a bad impression."

"Little bit." Haruo then looked at her buckle, "So how'd you get yours to look like that?"

"That's just how it came. There was another one there too but it was damaged beyond repair."

"I see. If you brought it back I'm sure dad could have fixed it."

"No thanks, I'd prefer not too." After a half hour Hikaru had finished Hanabi's buckle. Hanabi took it and placed it in her pouch. Haruo and Hanabi then left the lab. "What's the plan?"

"What plan?"

"To kill X?"

"I haven't thought that far ahead yet. But he's normally five steps ahead of me."

"Then just use as much brute strength as possible:"

"I see." Soon an explosion went off and the whole ship shook.

"What the hell?!"

"Orga..."

"Let's go."

"Yeah." The two then ran to the door, Naomi stopped them on the way out.

"Haruo," Naomi said, Haruo turned and faced her, she had the strange baton object in her hand. "Here, Yuko wanted me to give this to you." Haruo then took it, the object seemed to be fossilized.

"Thanks." Haruo and Hanabi then ran outside the ship. They made it onto the ground and Orga stood above them destroying the city and shaking the earth. Soon the object in Haruo's hand started to glow, the rock on the outside of it broke. It then looked like almost a small bow staff. It had blue, yellow, red, and black colors on it.

"Hey," Hanabi said getting Haruo's attention. "You ready?" Haruo looked to her and nodded. They both put their buckles on at the same time.

"Zone! Standing by! Say to change!"

"Zone! Standing by! Pull to change!"

"Zone Change!" They said in unison, Haruo then put the end of the bo staff on the reader on his buckle. The two of them then transformed. The sky gray sky suddenly erupted into color. The sky became clear and blue, and the sun shined brightly. Hanabi then appeared in the city, Haruo appeared shortly after.

"Fight! Zone Striker!"

"Ike! Zone Smasher! Okinawa Might!" Haruo's body then formed. He looked much different than he did before. His arms and chest was a blue color, his torso and the outside of his legs were black, and the inside of his legs were red. His body seemed to look like it was mostly spandex and body armor. His feet looked almost metallic as did his arms, he also had what looked like a stand up collar around his neck. His eyes remained LED Blue, the antenna on his head was bow a thin vertical red crystal. A lighting bolt went across his chest that seemed to reflect the different colors of the rainbow. Silver coat tails came down from the belt on his waist. He also had the staff in the hand raised over his head, he brought the staff down and held it with his other hand.

Hanabi looked over at him, "Nice new look." Haruo looked himself over, he then nodded. Meanwhile inside Yuko looked at the big screen inside the medical bay. She smiled at the sight of them and she bounced Haruka gently up and down. Haruka then made a small noise.

"Yeah Haruka," Yuko said with a smile, "Your papa is pretty cool."

Back outside Haruo and Hanabi looked over at Orga. The monster then roared. "Hanabi, let's go." Hanabi looked at him and nodded,

"Yeah!"

The two then got in fighting poses before they charged Orga. Hanabi quickly kicked the monster across the face, Haruo then swung the staff hitting Orga across the other side of the face. Haruo then twirled the baton and flicked his wrist, the staff then turned into a katana. He then swung the sword downwards slashing Orga's body. Orga roared and grabbed Haruo with one of its hands, Haruo grunted as he got lifted off the ground and thrown. Hanabi then wrapped her legs around the back of Orga's legs, she then pulled them towards her and Orga came crashing onto its back. She then went to punch it in the face only to be knocked away by Orga's ginormous hands. Haruo then charged Orga, he swung his sword upwards slashing Orga up the gut, he then went to swing downwards, Orga grabbed both of Haruo's hands and then threw Haruo in the air. Haruo caught himself by flying, he then charged downwards and bashed his knee into the top of Orga's head. Orga roared, Haruo then lunges backwards to Hanabi's side.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I need a power up like that."

"Mm," Haruo then stabbed the sword into the ground and raised his fists, "Let's do this!" Hanabi nodded and stood up, they both charged Orga. Orga roared and swung its hands, the two of them blocked and then raised their legs and kicked Orga's chest. Orga staumbled backwards, it roared and then hunched over. A hole opened in its shoulder and a yellow light started to charge in it. The light then turned to a beat attac and it fires directly at the two of them. Haruo stepped in the way of Hanabi and held out his hands forming a shield. The shield absorbed the blast. Haruo then charged at a high speed, he spun and performed a roundhouse kick sending Orga flying through the air. Orga roared and crashed down on top of a building.

Hanabi then ran to Haruo's side. "That was awesome." Hanabi said, Haruo nodded, "Can you show me how you do that Zone Spark?"

"Why?"

"If we both use it on Orga, it might be enough to kill it."

Haruo nodded, he then raised his left arm and energy started to form and Hanabi did the same. They then both held their right arm out to the side. Orga stood up and roared. "Now!" Haruo said.

"Zone Spark!" Hanabi said,

"Okinawa Zone Spark!"

They fired both of their attacks. The attacks swirled and made a giant beam. The attack then swallowed Orga and completely destroyed it. A massive explosion went off. Haruo then raised his left arm across his chest towards Hanabi and made a fist, Hanabi looked at Haruo and then looked at his fit. She then looked back to the explosion and raise her arm and subtly fist bumped Haruo. The two looked at each other and then looked around at the destroyed city. "My home..." Hanabi said choking up. Haruo places his hand on Hanabi's shoulder.

"Home is where your family is," he looked at her, "Your real family." She then looked over at him, even though he couldn't tell she was smiling.

"Thanks big brother..."

The two of them then looked to the sky and flew off. X stood in the city below, he smirked at them as they flew away. He bent over and picked up a device, the device had a crystal in it. The crystal was smoking and burnt out, he removed the crystal and put in another one. "Wave 2 is about to commence."

Haruo and Hanabi walked into the medical bay, Yuko quickly turned the screen off with a remote and went back to looking at Haruka. "Hey," Haruo said, Yuko looked up at Haruo and smiled.

"Hi," Yuko smiled,

"What've you been doing?"

"Oh, Hikaru just hooked me up with some old superhero shows. The effects are dated and the action is corny so I turned it off."

"Alright." He sighed and folded his arms, "Yuko...I know you aren't going to like this but..."

"But what?" She asked,

"Can Hanabi hold Haruka? I know you don't trust her...but I do, I trust Hanabi. So trust me."

Yuko hesitates, she looks down at Haruka and then she sighs. "She can...just as long as you're watching her."

"I will." Haruo walked over to Yuko, he gently picked up Haruka, he turned and took her over to Hanabi. "Here, please be careful." Hanabi nodded, Haruo then gently handed Haruka to Hanabi. Hanabi looked down at the baby and smiled.

"Hey baby..." Hanabi said softly, Haruka opened her eyes and looked up at Hanabi. "Hi..." Haruka yawned and then stuck out her tongue, Hanabi laughed, "Silly girl..."

"She likes you." Haruo said with a smile,

"Yeah.." Hanabi smiled, "She's really cute."

"Yeah, just like her mother."

"Here..take her."

"Alright." Haruo then took Haruka from Hanabi, "Hey," he said to the baby softly, Haruka looked up at her father. She opened her mouth and stuck her tongue out, "Silly girl." He then gave her his finger and she held onto it. He then turned and walked back to Yuko, "Here, you can have her back."

"No.." Yuko said with a yawn, "I'm tired, I need to be off mom duty for a while."

"Alright," he smiles, "Rest well."

"Okay..." she smiled and looked at him, "You know..being a dad suits you." She yawned and stretched and then she rolled over onto her side facing away from him. What she had been planning was for Hanabi to get more time with Haruka.

"Hanabi, want to hold her some more?" He asked turning around, Hanabi smiled and nodded. Haruo then took Haruka back to Hanabi. Hanabi took Haruka and bounced her gently in her arms.

"Hey little one," Hanabi said with a smile, Haruka made a little noise, "Oh really? You think I'm much cooler than your dad? I think so too." Haruo just smiled at her. Hanabi looked at Haruo, "Hey...um...I'm a little hungry. Do you have any food on this ship?"

"Yeah, there's plenty in the cafeteria."

"Alright, after I'm done holding her then I'll go get some."

"Sounds good."

"Hey...earlier...you and me fighting together..."

"Yeah." He said placing his hands on his hips.

"...it felt nice..." she said with a smile, "Do you think maybe...you could train me to be a better fighter? I mostly know some brawling from defending myself against weird creatures."

"Sure." He said, he then paused, "Did you mean to call me big brother earlier?"

"I didn't call you big brother."

"Yes you did."

"..." she paused and thought back for a minute, "Oh my god...did I?"

"You did."

She laughed softly, "Well...I don't know...maybe...sitting down and just talking with you about stuff was just...comforting, it was nice to know that there's someone actually out there who cares about me."

"Yeah." He then thought for a second, "If you want, we can train tonight. I can show you a few things, we'll meet in your room."

"Alright."

The rest of the day went along silently. Soon the night came, Haruo came to Hanabi's room and walked in. Hanabi sat across from him on the bed, he took her hand and she looked into his eyes. "This is how dad trained me, I need you to clear your mind. Focus on your breathing and on me." She nodded, Haruo and Hanabi closed their eyes. Haruo then grabbed Hanabi's head and he pressed his forehead against hers. It wasn't too long before they were in Safe Zone. Hanabi looked around at the beautiful green plains, the trees and the flowers.

"What is this?"

"It's Safe Zone. It's a place where two Peacelandian minds connect. Think of it like that movie The Matrix."

"Jesus Christ you're old..."

"Thanks." Haruo then sat down and looked at the sky, "I often come here on my own to clear my mind or to focus on other things. I come here in my sleep, it's where I train myself and get stronger."

"Does it work?"

"Well I beat you didn't I?"

"That doesn't count."

"It counts."

"No it doesn't." She said with a glare, he smiled.

"I want you to first take in the surroundings and everything else, feel the light air and the sun on your face."

"I didn't come to meditate I came to beat the shit out of you."

He chuckled, he then stood up. "Alright Fine, we'll go straight to fighting." They both out their buckles on and transformed. Haruo decided to go with his base form instead of powering up. Hanabi charged him and started to attack, Haruo quickly blocked, ducked, evaded and countered all of her attacks. She was really really really bad at fighting. He then quickly shoved his palm into her chest, Hanabi then flew backwards and landed on her back. She groaned in pain and clenched her chest. "You're fighting too much with your fists and not enough with your mind and the rest of your body. When you fight you need to feel all the atoms in your body." Hanabi then stood up.

"If you're so confident in yourself then why don't you show me?!"

"Fine then." He then struck a fighting pose, he then charged her at a high speed. He delivered a strong blow across her face. Then in rapid succession he knees her in the side, he jumps and then on his way down chops the top of her head, he sent several punches to her gut and then finally swung his leg into her side sending her rolling across the grass. She finally stopped rolling, she painfully got onto her hands and knees. "You need to be in perfect resonance of your body, feel everything from your head to your toes."

"Ow...I'm feeling something alright."

"Then show me." She stood up, she screamed and charged him, she brought her hand up to attack him. He grabbed her wrist and held her arm in the air, he then delivered a powerful blow to Hanabi's stomach, Hanabi gasped. "Come on! Show me!" He shoved her, "Come on!" She attacked again, Haruo blocked and then kicked her across the face. "Is this the best you can do?!"

"You're not going easy on me..." she said with a groan.

"The enemy in the real world isn't going to go easy you! You can't just ask Godzilla not to fire it's heat ray because you need to learn to fight!"

"Shut up..." she hissed standing up, she clenched her side, she then looked up at him. She then fell to her knee, Haruo walked over to her and knelt down,

"You okay?"

"I'm fine..." she then dropped to her human state, she held her side and then rolled onto her back. "Ow..." Haruo then dropped to his human state, he sighed, maybe he was being a little too rough on her.

"Here, let me see." He unzipped her jacket and lifted her shirt, she had a pretty nasty bruise on her side, it was even bleeding. "This looks bad."

"Yeah..." she said exhaling,

"Hanabi, I'm so sorry I thought you could take it I shouldn't have-"

"Shut up..." she put her shirt back down and laid down. She took a few deep breaths, "I think we should stop."

"Here, let me help." He placed his hand on her side,

"Ow! Ow! Ow!" She said followed by a groan,

"It's right here, stay still." Soon his hands started to glow, after a while he removed his hands and the bruise was gone.

"What was that?" She asked sitting up,

"Zone Comfort mixed with our healing factor."

"So you've got magic healing hands, Cool." She then painfully sat up, she then looked him in the eyes. She then smiled and then started laughing, she then rolled onto her back and continued to laugh

"What is it? What's wrong?"

"Your face...the look on your face when you saw I was hurt..." she said in between laughs, "You were so worried about me!" After a while of laughing she then sat back up and looked at him.

"You good?"

She smiled and nodded, "Yeah, I'm good." She sat there and looked up at the sun, "God it's been ages since I last saw the sun."

"Me too." He said sitting next to her,

"Haruo..."

"Yes?"

"I forgive you...I'm sorry I've been so cold to you, none of my grievances were your fault you didn't even know I existed."

"You're fine."

"...you know I can never forgive mom and dad right?"

"I know...deep down I can never forgive them too, I believed they were dead for most of my life. It's what gave me my hatred for humanity...for Godzilla...for everything...then Yuko kissed me and like that...something clicked and my faith in humanity was restored."

"Yuko is really special to you huh?"

"Yeah."

"I like her. I'm glad you have someone like her in your life, you deserve it."

"I really don't."

"You do, you deserve it."

"Well thanks." He said, "You deserve a shot at happiness too."

"I don't." She said, "Haruo...I'm too far gone in the darkness...I have no redeeming qualities I'm just...broken."

"Oh," he then reached over and grabbed her hand, "Somone wise once told me...we're all a little broken and damaged inside." He looked at Hanabi, "We all just need to find that special someone to fix us, that person is-"

"You." She said quickly cutting him off, Haruo swallowed, "Haruo...since I met you...I've felt needed, I've felt happy and now I've finally found my true family...even if I never see mom and dad again then having you is just fine." Hanabi then looked back to the sky, "...can I be honest with you...?"

"Sure."

"...I don't want you to restore humanity..."

"Why?"

"They all abandoned me Haruo...every last one of them...they didn't even do a last check of the house...they just left me..." tears started to run down her face and her lips started to quiver, she bit her bottom lip, "I don't want to be left again...I don't want to be forgotten..." she said crying.

"Hanabi," he grabbed her arm, "I will never forget you." Hanabi started to sob and she then wrapped her arms around Haruo and started to cry into his chest, "You're scared, I know you are. I'd be scared too. Humanity is worth saving though, even if no one remembers you, then I will make them remember you. The word will then know the name of Hanabi Sakaki." He smiled, "And in a good way of course, not the I murdered birds on my back porch way." She then laughed and then punched him in the arm, "Ow!"