A Nadesico Fanfic (Akito and Ruri), I don't own them or Nadesico!
My Propose of Living
By Redstar Henry
Plot:
After the Prince of Darkness movie, Akito left the others as we know. The crew thought that he was just leaving for nothing. But as it turns out, there was someone preventing him from returning to his family. Can Ruri help him?
Chapter 2: Akito's pain, Ruri's grief
Akito Tenkawa returned to the UESF headquarters after his boson jumping. He really wanted to go back to his family but he couldn't until he finished his mission.
It was exhausting to boson jump but he did it many times so he had gotten use to it.
The Chief Commander was expecting him. He was in the conference room waiting him. He ordered him not to approach the HQ normally as it would attract too much attention to his "Weapon".
Akito Tenkawa saluted half-hearty to his boss and superior.
"Tenkawa Akito reporting to Chief Commander, sir." said Akito.
The Chief Commander smiled as he heard that Akito was reporting back to him. He had control over Akito Tenkawa the Prince of Darkness, which meant that he had control over he so called "Ultimate Living Weapon". Eliminate the Martian Successors was just part of his plan; he had more uses for the "Ultimate Living Weapon" for his own ambitious propose and his lust for power and frame.
Chief Commander nodded before he began to speak to the dark-clothed man.
"Good job at killing the Martian Successors' Main General Hokushin, Akito Tenkawa. You got a new mission after 6 months. Your next mission is to eliminate every single Martian Successors base in this solar system." said the Chief Commander.
Akito lower his head down for a moment before he spoke "Didn't Captain Hoshino and me eliminate their base already, Chief Commander?"
"Unfortunately, you only destroyed their main base. There are several bases that are still operational. Kusakabe could have escape to one of them, he could have time to rearm, and the Successors could be a threat to us again. So you must destroy every single base in this solar system. If any Successors members surrendered, bring them back to HQ" said the Chief Commander.
Akito grumbled again softly before he recollected his senses and listened to his superior.
"As you know, I have promoted you to your rank and now you will have the response. I have given the United Earth and Jovian Fleet under your command. I have asked the Chairman of Nergal Heavy Industries, Nagare to give you the same armor that you used. You will have more than enough manpower and resources to defeat the Successors."
Akito remembered very well that after he had been rescued be Nergal, he had been given lessons about battle strategy and so far, he was one of the best just like Ruri.
"Ruri…." muttered Akito sadly.
"Did you say something?" asked the Chief Commander coldly.
"Um…. no sir, not at all" replied Akito monotonously.
The Chief Commander narrowed his eyes at the black man before he spoke again.
"As I said before, your next mission is to destroy every single Successor's bases. The codename for this mission will be the "Long March" and the codename for your fleet will be the "Fleet of Darkness" as after your nickname "The Prince of Darkness". About 50% of your fleet is UESF ships, 40% is Jovian ships and the last 10% is from Nergal. There are total 200 ships in the fleet. That is more than enough. I expect you will come back to HQ with all the Successors base destroyed." said the Chief Commander.
Akito just nodded, he didn't need any words to let the Chief Commander know that he already knew what he must do.
"Yes sir." said Akito.
"Remember that this mission is extremely top secret, no one in the UESF, the Jovian Federation or Nergal expect you and me know about this. Don't tell this mission to someone or else you will be seen as an enemy to the UESF and I will court martial you!" warned the Chief Commander.
Akito just nodded before speaking "Yes sir, I copy that."
The Chief Commander nodded.
"Because this mission will start in 6 months, you will have plenty of time to rest before you will start the mission. You could go to wherever you want. But first, you must not reveal your identity to anyone; second, you must not reveal the mission to anybody and lastly, you could only stay at the living quarters in HQ. Follow these rules and then you are OK to go anywhere." listed the Chief Commander.
"This is my chance to see them!" thought Akito.
"And remember, you are not allowed to make any contact with the Nadesico Crew" reminded the Chief Commander.
Akito sadden as he was forbidden to make any contact with the Nadesico Crew. The prefect chance to see his family was destroyed.
"Well that is all, you are dismissed for now. I will give you the location of your quarters now. Remember that you have a mission after 6 months." said the Chief Commander before he handed a piece of paper, revealing Akito's quarters.
Akito again saluted half-hearty to his boss before he left the room by boson jumping.
The Chief Commander turned to the computer screen before he smirked.
"Yes, this is getting better and better. With the Successor destroyed I shall be regarded the Best Commander of All Mankin
Unknown to anyone in this room, the whole conversation was recorded by Admiral Misumaru secretly as one of way to rescue his son-in-law from the corrupted Chief Commander.
"He is really out of the line." commented the Admiral
Akito Tenkawa arrived at his quarters after his mission briefing with the Chief Commander
The quarter was not fancy but not ugly, just normal for Akito. There was a bathroom next to the doorway. A bed was at the corner of the room while there was a desk next to it.
On the desk there was a lamp and a laptop computer. At the center of the room there was an armchair, facing to the table which has a fruit plate on it.
It wasn't very much but to Akito Tenkawa, it was just fine for him.
Akito Tenkawa felled on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
"Ruri…" he muttered before he started to sleep.
"Akito, where are you?" asked Ruri Hoshino, captain of the Nadesico-C.
"I don't know, but I bet he is in a kind of place where he cannot be found easily." replied Hari.
"But why? Why would he go there?" asked Ryoko.
"Not sure. Maybe this is a set up by someone." pointed Minato.
"Possible." said Ruri "But who?"
"Don't ask me, I haven't got a clue." said Seiya.
"As usual." taunted Ryoko.
Seiya really wanted to argue that he was not as brainless as Ryoko or Jun said. But knowing that arguing will only earn a few more "Baka" from Ruri, he dropped down the urge as he had to reveal some horrifying news to them.
"Well that is not good news. I just overheard that Yurika had asked Jun to help her with the divorce papers." said Seiya.
Ruri gasped, Hari's eyes widen, Minato's and Yukina's jaw dropped to the ground and the three female pilots stood speechless.
"You mean…." asked Minato.
"You got it, She is going to divorce Akito." sighed Seiya.
"She couldn't do that! I mean, she married Akito because she loved him ever since childhood!" said Yukina.
"Well, unless I got to check my ears, what I said is real. She is really going to divorce him. That will break the dark kid's heart for sure." said Seiya sadly.
"But why? Why would she do this?" asked Ryoko. Hikaru and Izumi grinned mischievously at Ryoko. Ryoko just glared at them angrily.
"I don't know, but I think that it is because of Akito's leaving. Maybe she thinks that he doesn't love her anymore." pointed out Saburota.
"If only he doesn't leave for his own propose." murmured Ryoko.
"No, I don't think it is that simple." pointed Hari. Ruri and the others turned their head to Hari.
"I may not have known Akito for a long time, but I have heard many rumors about him when I was younger. The one that interested me the most is that he is able to boson jump to the Earth during the First Battle of Mars. I also heard that he was in some kind of secret officer training before I was assigned to the Nadesico-B. Whatever it is, I agreed to what Minato had said before, it may be a set up." said Hari.
Whatever the former crew of the original Nadesico or the crew of the Nadesico said, Ruri felt more grief as she heard more about Yurika's divorce.
Finally, Ruri couldn't take it anymore; she excused herself and headed outside again to "breathe some fresh air."
Hari had known it was an excuse to prevent any grief. Even though his adopted elder sister was hurtled by Akito's leaving, he didn't blame the man. Even this fact shocked him.
He trusted Akito Tenkawa with his life as if the Prince of Darkness was his father.
Seiya, Ryoko, Minato and Yukina tried to catch up to her but they were stopped by Hari.
"Don't. She need sometime alone. The fact that the family that she loved will be broken was too much for her." pointed out Hari.
The crew nodded as they all agreed that Ruri need some time.
Ruri stood under the yellowish sky, the sun began to set.
She remembered well that she was used to watch sunsets with Akito 3 years ago. Those memories were totally unforgettable.
Though Ruri won't show up much emotion, that fact that her family was about to break up was too overwhelming for her to handle.
Her eyes shed some tears as she tried to get over the fact.
She tried to block out reality, pretending to thought that this was only a dream. Sadly, she knew that she will have to face the fact, whatever she like it or not.
"Akito…." she murmured before she returned to her crew.
"So, what do you think about Yurika's action to divorce Akito?" asked Yukina.
"Only four things I can be sure, first is that Akito will find it too hard to accept this news; second Ruri will be heartbroken for a long time; third is that Jun will surely be Yurika's new husband and lastly, Admiral Misumaru will not be happy about this." said Seiya.
"I thought that Admiral Misumaru didn't approve of Yurika's relationship with Akito." said Yukina.
"Things changed. Every since Akito gave the "Tenkawa-Style Ramen" to the Admiral, the Admiral opened up to him and also asked Akito to teach him how to make the "Tenkawa-Style Ramen". Generally, the Admiral began to accept Akito as his son from that moment on." said Minato.
"So, he will not be happy about this. Besides, this shows that Yurika was not a very faithful wife to Akito, I don't think that Akito will want a wife like that." commented Seiya.
"Agree, Akito may be the Prince of Darkness but I still believe that there are still some trances of him within the mask that he wears. With some help from us, I believe that he will become the Akito that we once knew and loved as a family member." pointed out Minato.
"But Tenkawa had just left us without saying a goodbye." pointed out Ryoko.
"Ryoko, you should not judge Akito by just one action, like you can't just judge the book simply by its cover. As Hari said before, it may be a set up by someone. If we against him just by he leaving us, then we are not faithful friends to him then we are no different from him." said Minato.
Ryoko thought about a moment before she nodded.
"So, now what?" asked Hari.
The original Nadesico crew sighed before Seiya spoke again.
"Well, I suggest that we get some rest because we have been waiting for a long time for Yurika to wake up. We will try to convince her to stop the divorce after we rested. Plus I need to call my wife, she and my son were very anxious to hear from me."
"Agree, I am pretty worn out from the fighting." said Ryoko.
"Same with us." said Hikaru and Izumi.
"I will try to talk to Ruri." said Minato. Yukina and Hari nodded.
"Well now lets get some rest, I don't want to stay awake for the whole night." said Saburota.
The crew said night to each other as they went back to their hotel rooms.
Next Chapter: The moment before the mission (Reviews please!)