Disclamier: Okay it's late at night and I'm half dead, I don't own Eureka Seven or anything copyrighted to it. I've been a bit busy but I finished the 3rd chapter. Sleepy time...
Chapter 3: Fight or flight
"Hey Grandpa, Eureka and I found out we didn't have clothes to change into… so…can we go shopping for some?" Renton asked with a fake smile.
"If you're going out for shopping you might as well pick up a few things" Axel said.
"Okay, just give me a list and I'll be on my way" Renton said.
"Eureka, you want to come too?" Renton suddenly turned.
"Sure…" Eureka was still unsure about her wings and they needed to stay hidden for now. Renton wore sun glasses and moved his hair around to change his appearance; he also wore his grandpa's shirt and pants to so no one would recognize him. Eureka because of her large wings she had to fold them up tight so they'll fit in the coat and not show up as a bugle. Instead of folding them up, she wrapped them around her legs and waist to keep them smaller. Wearing a hat and using her hair to cover the green jewel in her head they headed out. Maurice, Maeter and Linck were at school and Axel had just finished all the orders leaving Renton and Eureka with a lot of free time. They walked into the streets and with the list that Axel had given them, they started to look around. Axel's list was full of mechanic parts and tools, all of which were familiar to Renton; he knew where and how much they sold for. Axel had also given them extra money for the clothes that they needed, after about an hour of buying parts for machines, Renton and Eureka stumble upon a clothing store and decided to check it out. The store owner saw them pick a few dresses and they were very picky about the backs, they took them to try it on. The girl in the long coat stayed there for a while and came out with all the stuff she took in; feeling a bit suspicious the owner checked all the stuff five times. After he finished checking Renton paid him and they were off; they bought 6 dresses and all of them had the back exposed. When they finally finished Axel's list of parts they looked around for other clothing stores. They walked around a bit more and found another one, Renton found something he liked. Two black T-shirts, two blues ones, 4 pairs of black/blue pants and two red jackets to go over them, Eureka bought something too; she got a small tank top and a mini skirt.
"I wonder how Eureka's gone look in those" Renton thought to himself when he saw what Eureka picked. When they finished looking around they went to the store clerk and got ready to pay for the clothes.
"That'll be 95 dollars" the clerk said. Renton reached for the wallet and they just had enough. Well it was a 100 dollar bill but, it was just enough to cover the cost, they returned home with the heavy parts and new clothes. By now the kids returned and Eureka changed into the tank top and mini skirt, Renton didn't see yet and went to greet the kids when they got back.
"Welcome home you guys" Renton said.
"Is there anything to eat!" they asked together, just then Eureka walked in.
"Renton's almost done making your snacks" Eureka said as she walked in. Renton's jaw dropped, Eureka looked hot in the top and mini skirt, Maeter and Linck ran up to her to say hi. The top and skirt were blue and she wore sandals, she looked at Renton saw him staring at her.
"How do I look?" she said as she spun around once, showing him her back side. Renton remained silent for a moment and finally mustered up his voice.
"It-it looks really nice" Renton said still nervous.
"You look really pretty, Eureka" he added. Eureka's face turned red upon hearing this. Maurice was staring too, never has Eureka ever tried on something different other then the blue and white military dress that she always wore. For the rest of that night Renton's face was always red.
"Those poor children…" Anemone said sadly as she looked upon the small piece of armor of one of the fallen LFOs.
"Those bastards couldn't take them so they took them out" Dominic said over the intercom.
"Well at least we manage to save two, I just wish we still had the third one" Holland said.
"Sorry we couldn't be there to defend you" he apologized.
"No, there was nothing you could do, but there was something I was wondering; there were two people that took one of the prototypes" he started.
"They defend most of the people and only disabled the KLFs; much like Renton and Eureka's fighting style" he said.
"I'll look into the case a bit more, but until then; watch out they might be back for the other two" Holland warned.
"Dominic… The Exiellenia… It's…" she couldn't say.
"What?" Dominic asked.
"The Exiellenia… it wants the two people that piloted it to do it again" she said.
"It said it liked them and they were gentle, he said one of them heard it speak" Anemone said still looking at the fragment of LFO.
"Holland, I think that those people that used the Exiellenia were Renton and Eureka" he said.
"Well, I'll try to get any information on it, until then watch out" Holland said. Just as Dominic turned off the intercom he got a message from Dr. Bear and Mischa. He turned back to the little computer screen and pressed a small button; Dr. Bear and Mischa showed up.
"Dominic, Anemone, there's something amazing you have to see" Dr. Bear said eagerly.
"What is it?" Dominic asked.
"Come to hanger 21, hurry" Dr. Bear said. Anemone and Dominic headed for the hanger for the surprise when they arrived they saw the LFOs that were destroyed completely repaired but the original armor was all gone.
"What happened here?" Dominic asked.
"It seems the archetype repaired itself, and more amazingly; it rebuilt most of the armor by itself" Dr. Bear said with excitement. Anemone looked at the LFOs and blankly stared at them.
"They… they're okay, but they say they didn't do it" she said still looking at them.
"What? Then who did?" Dominic and Dr. Bear asked.
"Exiellenia did" she answered. They all looked to the LFO named Exiellenia, they walked to the LFO and took a look at it and nothing was out of the ordinary.
"So, what are these LFO; they all look the same" Anemone asked.
"Their called the Exiellenia series" Dr. Bear answered.
"They all have the abilities of the Exiellenia, but not as strong" he added.
"Why? Isn't one enough" Anemone asked curiously.
"These were special ones, they repaired themselves to this form and this form only" he said.
"But other then that, they are still weaker then the original" he added.
"This child is different from the others… What about the typeChaos?" she asked.
"It's okay, it's the only other one that didn't get damage" Dr. Bear replied.
"The Exiellenia wants to do something but it won't tell me…" Anemone said disappointed.
"Just like the Nirvash and theEND we'll have to find out what its mission is" Dr. Bear said with a wink.
"Holland… do you really think that Renton and Eureka are back?" Talho asked.
"I believe so, they're the only ones that could pilot like that" he said. He was watching the security tape over and over to see the fighting style of the Exiellenia.
"We'll visit the kids and Axel to see if they heard anything" he suddenly said getting up.
"Hap, Doggie, set course for Bellforest!" he said as he entered the bridge.
"Roger that" they replied. The Gekko-Go turned and began following another Ray Line to Bellforest. Holland returned to studying the video of the Exiellenia, he thought more about why Renton and Eureka didn't want to see them. Holland thought the world was at a time of peace, but little did he know of the plans that Dewey left behind with his "kids".
"I thought after a year with me, you'd be more used to me…" the man in the military uniform said as 3 kids spat at his face.
"You should try to live normal lives, or at least try to…" he said looking disappointed.
"We belong only to Dewey!" the blond boy said.
"You can never replace him!" other said. Jurgens had been taking care of the Dewey kids for a long time, and because they were always together they never got names and were always referred to as "the kids". Jurgens knew that he had to give them names if they were to ever be normal children, with the help of Holland he was able to give them official names. Even though he had given them names they still refused to use them and would always plot ways to injure or torture Jurgens. Unable to connect with them, Jurgens just kept trying to; but for a year and half they still hated him for killing Dewey.
"Leader, we'll be within Bellforest air space in 1 hour" Hap said looking at the monitor.
"Good" Holland wanted to see if Renton and Eureka dropped by Axel's, they had been traveling to Bellforest for 4 hours now and Holland was anxious to find out.
"You really think they'll be there?" Talho asked.
"If they came back then that's the first place they'd go" Holland was almost sure that they'd be there.
"Leader, a call from Tresor" Gidget said breaking the silence.
"Huh? Patch it through" Holland said surprised. He and Talho went to Gidget and looked to the monitor and Dominic was there.
"Dominic, what is it?" Holland asked.
"I just wanted you to know, the four LFOs that were badly damaged repaired themselves" Dominic said over the intercom.
"What?" Holland was surprised.
"And they rebuilt themselves in the form of Exiellenia, the LFO that the two strangers piloted" he said.
"So you really think it's them" Holland said as his suspicion grew.
"I think so… but we're not are too sure. I just thought you just wanted to know" Dominic said with uncertainty.
"Thanks for the info" Holland said. He was thinking more and more that it was Eureka and Renton. The Gekko-Go landed on the town tower and set down to Bellforest where they went to Axel's house. They rang the door bell and Axel answered.
"Hi Axel…" Holland wasn't too happy.
"What do you want now" Axel said showing the same hostility as he always did.
"I was wondering of Renton or Eureka have been around" he asked nervously, Holland was scared of Axel because of certain reasons which we all know.
"No, they haven't returned and if they did I'd tell you" Axel said keeping up his tone.
"Okay…thanks…" Holland said as he turned around. Renton and Eureka were lucky today, the kids were upstairs and they saw Holland walking to the door. They quickly told them to not mention that they had return, this was painful to them but they didn't want to return to fighting. They watched as Holland met up with Gidget and Doggie who looked disappointed when they heard they weren't there. They left shortly after that, Renton and Eureka feeling safe return to the downstairs.
"Thanks grandpa…" Renton said feeling a bit sad.
"I'm guessing if he's coming here, he might take you two away again" Axel said.
"I do feel guilty that we can't say hi to them" Eureka said.
"When the time is right, when the time is right" Axel said reassuringly. Renton was in the washroom washing his hands; he stared long and hard at the mirror and looked at his forehead. The jewel was gone, but this wasn't a surprise for him; it would only appear if he called out to Eureka, or when Eureka called out to him. He thought about his time with Eureka in the forest; he and Eureka were just living.
"Are you done yet?" asked a little annoyed voice.
"Almost" Renton replied. It was Maeter. He got out and saw the little girl staring at him looking annoyed.
"Papa, you really need to use the washroom faster" she said as she strolled into the washroom. Eureka was in their room getting ready to get to bed, she seemed worried about something but when she saw Renton the thought seemed to have disappeared from her face.
"Sorry guys Axel said he got nothing" Holland said as he returned to the captain seat.
"That's a disappointment" Hap said.
"Say, how's Charles doing?" Holland turned to Talho. (Note: Charles is Holland and Talho's baby. I used this name for my other fanfiction so when I write other E7 stories some of the names and plot may over lap)
"Still sleeping" Talho answered crossing her arms.
"I won't be able to sleep tonight…" he said to himself. He strolled around the Gekko-Go and stopped at each memorable room. First was Renton's room, the little closet he'd given Renton when he named him an official Gekko State member. Next were Eureka and the kids' room, the four beds and the drawings that were taped on it. The last room was the infirmary, Mischa left shortly after the second summer of love. With Eureka and Renton gone they didn't need her around that often anymore, she went to Tresor with Dr. Bear to study more about the ring that appeared around the earth. He continued on and found himself lost in thought, without realizing where he was going he made his way to the hanger. He looked at the mat that the Nirvash had once rested on; it was now used by the newly repaired Devilfish. He looked to his right and saw the new 909 from Tresor; his old one was torn in half when he fought against theEND, something he didn't like. He finally left the hanger and began his thoughts again. He was trying to use old good memories to wash out his stress but all that he came up with was the hate thoughts. He finally returned to his room with Talho and walked in. There was a crib and many baby decorations around the room, the bright colors kept him a wake most of the time. Holland knew what his goals were; to find Eureka and Renton and find a way to bring the other half of the planet back. These plans were to be greatly changed later on when he least expected them to.
"Eureka…can you sleep?" Renton asked as he turned his head toward the bed next to him.
"Renton…that LFO we piloted the other day…" she started.
"It called us Mama and Papa…" she said.
To be continued…
Fear of war distances the young man and young woman from their friends, what will the new child bring them? Next time: Returning to the sky.