Chapter 4: The Battle ship spreads this wings, memories take flight!

"It looks like she should be all set!"

An old man removed a little dist from Yurika's chest, the wrinkles around his eyes emphasized as he smiled. "She seems to be in perfect shape. A vacation on Jupiter should be no problem at all!"

Minato gave a nervous cough from a chair on the other side of the small examination room. She was having a hard time lying about what they were actually planning on going.

"Thank you very much Doctor." Ruri said bowing to the old man.

"Not at all."

Ruri, Yurika and Minato met Jun out side the examination room door and they proceeded the to office exit. Jun walked behind the three girls looking nervously around at the people waiting to get in to see the doctor. He had been especially nervous about their plan of stealing the Nadesico, acting is if some random person might pop up and arrest him.

"Was it really necessary for me to go to the doctor's office, we really should be leaving now!" Yurika complained,

"Yes Yurika!" Jun moaned from behind the group, looking nervously at an old woman who winked at him when she noticed his look. "After what happened to you for two years it is completely necessary to make sure you are at full health before we go back into space!"

Yurika moaned, "It's been so long since we decided to steal the Nadesico! Akito could be anywhere!"

Ruri grabbed Yurika's arm as they walked. "Please calm down Captain, we can't afford being unprepared, we have no idea what Nergal will be willing to do to stop their ship from leaving."

Yurika frowned and looked at her feet. Akito! Where are you. I won't let you go like that, so please stay put for a while!

"That right Ruri Ruri! Don't you worry; we will find Akito most defiantly!! Alright, alright, lets keep the spirits high!" Yurika skipped forward, pushing the office door open and running out singing to herself.

Ruri smiled, Yurika was trying so hard. Ruri had always found it amazing how Yurika had always been able to smile at everything. She understood now that Yurika wasn't actually always happy, but just was able to smile to keep every one else worry free, with high spirits. She really is an amazing woman.

Akito was moving through the museum, looking for the Gekiganger section. "Gekiganger, Gekiganger" He mumbled the words to himself as he moved along. The word did feel familiar to his tong. He liked it. Somehow the word gave him a sense of security, the same feeling he got when he looked at Yurika. Akito remembered saying something to Yurika, two years previous. "The part of me that loves Gekiganger is the part of me that loves you." Akito still did love Yurika, he knew that for a fact. So he must still love Gekiganger.

"Oh, what an amazing sense of romance! He dies fighting for the people he cares about!"

Akito heard the familiar voice and his heart sank. Slowly, he turned his head to face the owner of the voice.

Agua?

There was absolutely no doubt. That voice, that face, that hair. It was Aqua. Akito had the urge to run away before Aqua recognized him. However, just as he was walking away he realized what she had been talking about. Gekiganger.

Akto looked down at the show case. A Gekiganger model was standing in it. It was only about a foot high and it was standing with one arm pointed into the air.

"Why does everyone have to touch my Gekiganger?" Akito yelled as he crawled across the floor, his eyes searching.

"Maybe you should try putting it in a safer place…" Yurika was also crawling. Just then they were interrupted by the sound of the doors opening. It was Minato, hand in hand with Tsukumo. Akito and Yurika quickly shoved themselves under a table and listened quietly to the couple.

"You mean you've never even kissed a girl?" Minado questioned. Her voice was gentle but also playful. It made Akito's stomach squirm uncomfortably.

"N- no" Tsukumo mumbled. Akito could only imagine how he was feeling. Probably a little close to how Akito was feeling.

"I'll have to teach you then. You put your hands here and here."

"There!"

"Yes"

Akito closed his eyes tight. He had stopped listening. The scene was a little to much for him. His stomach squirmed as he realized how close he was to Yurika. Slowly, Akito turned his head to look at her face. Her eyes were wide and her mouth was open slightly. Akito had never really noticed her mouth so much. Her lips were just a slight shade of pink, a little darker than her skin. Her hair fell over her face a little and Akito could really appreciate how beautiful she was.

He had the sudden impulse to lean forward and place his lips, ever so gently on hers. His lips felt warm thinking about it.

But, Yurika had just noticed Akito staring at her. She turned her head as well and Akito's head snapped back to face Minado and Tsukumo.

Yurika tapped his shoulder, making him jump and his stomach squirm more. She threw her head to the side indicating a door on the opposite side of the room. He nodded and started to crawl towards it…

"Akito?"

Akito was quickly pulled out of his memories as he heard his name yelled out. For one great moment, he thought it was Yurika, until he noticed Aqua running towards him with her arms held wide open. At that moment, one word stuck in Akito's head.

"Shit"

Akito didn't really know why, but after his two years of torture, he had adapted something that he had never had before. An instinct of gunfire. Not thinking, Akito wiped out his gun and pointed it at Aqua. Screams rang out through out the museum at the sight of an odd man with a black mask and cloak with a fully loaded and quite large gun.

Aqua on the other hand, laughed insanely and continued to run towards Akito.

"You look so different my love! Perhaps you shall kill me? Oh how romantically amazing that would be." She paused and placed her hands on her cheeks, "A man falls madly in love with a girl. However, fate separates them, leaving the heartbroken man behind. His sorrow becomes madness and he seeks to murder the girl!"

"Aqua threw her arms around Akito's neck and holds her face close to his chest. "Isn't it wonderful darling? At last I will have and end that fits!"

Instinct of gunshot.

Akito fired his gun, which was now facing downward. The bullet pierced Aqua in the leg. Now her scream was added to the great mass of screams.

Aqua fell backwards on the ground. Akito wasn't too surprised to see a gentle smile on her face.

Men jumped forward, ready to attack Akito. Of coarse, Aqua was a pretty important woman if you thought about it. There would be body guards.

Akito jumped back to avoid a punch from one man. Akito simply shot him right in the fore-head. The man fell with a thud to the floor.

For the first time a quite a while, Akito felt shame. A twinge of guilt. But, it only lasted a second.

Akito's moves were emotionless and strong. He avoided killing them if he could, but what did it matter, he didn't know them.

One man ran forward recklessly with a dagger. Akito spun swiftly to avoid him, then striking the man hard in the face.

Akito noticed the larger of the men bending down if front of Aqua, holding her hand.

"Please my love, don't get hurt! He is a crazy viscous man who once loved me but lost his mind when I denied him. Now he wishes to kill me, do me this last honor, and kill him!"

The man kissed Aqua passionately and stood up, drawing his weapon.

Akito was surprised to see the man draw a katana. The man ran towards Akito with his sword at the ready. This time, Akito dived down to avoid the blow.

On one knee, Akito swung around to aim his gun at the man.

Suddenly, Akito saw the blade flash past right in front of his face. Akito jumped backwards, dropping his gun as he did.

Cursing to himself, Akito stood up, pulling out his own dagger.

The man swept forward gracefully, swing his weapon. Akito jumped back and dived downward, forcing the blade into eh man's leg.

The man yelled out in pain, but Akito didn't wait around. He ran back out the door.

Aqua woke up only a little while later in her house. Ent, her large body guard lover, was leaning over her.

"Aqua!" Ent grabbed her hand.

"You are alive my dear Ent!"

Ent nodded, holding Aqua's hand close to his face.

"And Akito?"

"He escaped."

Ent stood up and started walking back and forth, limping slightly. "We must track him down. Do you have any more information about him?"

Aqua bit her lip and nodded. They could probably get to Akito by the girl with the dark hair. Akito had many women in his life as far as Aqua had seen, but the dark haired girl with the happy face was the greatest.

"There is a witch who cast a spell on him to force him to love her." Aqua quickly made this lie to make the situation more interesting. "If we get that girl, we will have him."

Ent nodded and continued to walk. "Do you know how to get her."

Aqua also nodded. "The battleship Nadesico!"

Notes: Thanks to all for the reviews. As you can see I will use Aqua as my villain. My only problem is that she seems like more of a joke. I had fun using her as a character when she first came in because how romantically dramatic she is. Now she is just annoying. I will probably have her hire some people to do her dirty work for her. Ent is kinda annoying too :\ oh well

I have been on a writing frenzy lately so I should be going a bit faster with this. Thanks again for reviewing and if you haven't yet, you can still earn a pretty girl's thanks puppy dog eyes

Sorry if some things were a little off. Like Akito's memories. I don't actually have the box set or anything so I didn't have a way to see the exact words. I got the basic point though.

Hope you enjoyed it. Bye-bye!