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"Climax"
TOKYO TRIBUNAL, March 15th, 2989
Strange Meteor Spotted Streaking Through The Skies
"It just appeared out of nowhere. None of our equipment registered its arrival."
Story by Miyuki Takamachi.
After four months our government finally decides to respond to the sky falling on our heads! On 07/10/2989, a team of independent researchs were given permission to explore the newly formed land of Kamikura Island.
This mysterious Eden surfaced in the wake of the meteor shower that had sent many of our military scrambling for the big red button. 'Somehow' the shower hadn't been detected by anyone important until it was practically soaring down our collective noses!
The head of this team, Minaka Hiroto and Takami Sahashi will be leading an team composed of the best and brightest minds in the scientific field. Their goal? To try and discover how this new land was able to quickly develop plant growth on its surface.
"If we can narrow down the elements in the rock, we may be able to try and grow further samples in the lab." Minaka went on record. "This could help humanity. We might finally be able to reverse the damage that was brought about at the turn of the millenium."
The incident in question, otherwise known as the South America Massacre, was when Nuclear Missiles were unleashed from the rogue country of...
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"You shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers." Minaka spoke up behind her. He was wearing his full environmental suit.
Takami Sahashi glanced back at the man. "Government conspiracy again?" She asked dryly. Her thumb flicked off her wrist mounted computer, shutting off the hologram.
"Of course. I know what really went on there, after all." He arrogantly smiled.
"Just because we've discovered this doesn't mean that those rumors about an alien in South America were true either." Takami rolled her eyes as she stepped past the man. The two glanced briefly off to the side, seeing the red sea and crystal clear skies rolling up against the island.
"Then why doesn't anyone ever let the scientific community enter? You've seen those satellite images too!"
Minaka's statement made Takami squirm a bit uncomfortably. The images of the expanding crystal valley in South America had remained in the back of her mind ever since they had discovered this island a year ago.
Before long, both of the humans turned away from walking along the cliffsides and into the lush forests beyond. At times, Takami was tempted to remove the plastic suit around her head to breath in the scent of the beautiful flowers, but her romanticism was kept at bay by the steady beep of her suit's purification system.
Despite the skies looking so beautiful, the air itself had been turned foul long, long ago.
Both of the scientists approached a grand lake with a large, exterrestial ship in the center. Several tents were set up around the ship within a protective dome. Minaka casually swiped his card through an electronic reader before they were allowed back in.
Takami secured the samples she had been carrying in her arms within one of the vacuum sealed crates along the wall of the small decontamination chamber between the outside and the dome itself. Once Minaka saw that she was ready, he swiped the card one more time before they were both cleansed of the Grain in the outside.
"Takami, Minaka, I need to talk to you two about the children." Miya called out to the two humans as she approached Minaka and Takami in her simple blouse and pants. Even within the dome, everyone with the exception of the purple haired woman before them was still clad in their hazmat suits.
The sight of Miya wandering around so openly had sparked a bit of jealousy from the humans at first, but they had grown used to it after the last year here.
"I'm sorry, but I need to study these samples..." Takami began. The woman in front of her narrowed her eyes a little, but the human was saved by Minaka.
"I'd love to see them!" The man boomed as he walked up to Miya and threw an arm around her shoulder. He spun her so she was facing away from Takami. In that moment, he gave the scientist a gesture to get moving.
"Uhm...yes, sir." Miya mumbled, surprised as the two of them began to walk away.
"You shouldn't antagonize her." The amused voice of Takehito Asama spoke up behind Takami. The gray haired man offered the woman a bright grin as he walked up to her, wild hair kept contained in his suit's helmet.
"Hmph. I can't just drop everything at the moment." Takami protested.
Takehito's eyes glittered. "You certainly do that enough when Minaka wants to go out on walks though..oof!" He groaned as he bent around Takami's fist, which she had driven into his gut. "That's not right." He wheezed.
"He follows me. Not the other way around!" Takami snapped as she turned and marched off.
Her ears burned as she heard Takehito's chuckles behind her.
"It's spreading again..." Brigadier General Johnson muttered angrily as he stepped away from the display before him. The crystals that the satellites were showing had expanded more into the sea.
His aide glanced at his boss as he paced across the interior of the mobile base. Everyone inside the room were clad in their environmental suits as well as they eyed the steaming general.
"We have the missile platforms ready, sir." The general's aide spoke up. "We can also send...them to break off the crystal."
The general paused. "No..." He shook his head. "I'd rather not have to rely on the A-rays." The thought of unleashing that much power just to shear off the sheddings of that damn zombie spider annoyed him to no end.
"Call for the Church's agent."
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The time of magi was over.
The Art was only a pale shadow of what it had formerly been.
The elderly priest gazed out into the forest of crystal. They were currently stationed along the coast line of what had been once known as Brazil. His seniors in the Church had unleashed a devastating weapon in this land to pacify the raging demon that had brought ruin to this continent, but in doing so they had been forced to reveal the existence of magic to too many governments.
The truth had been concealed, but once unleashed...
The elderly man pressed his wrinkled forehead up against the terminal showing him the outside world.
"Father." An electronic buzz made the elderly man glance in the direction of the intercom. A screen above the speaker showed a soldier clad in an environmental suit waiting outside of his vacuum sealed room. "The General wishes for you to come. Bring Black Barrel."
"I understand." The elderly man replied. He turned to go and suit up. The man had been raised in the Church in a sterile environment to best keep the amount of Grain in their systems low.
The Lance of Longinus would not work for those that had been corrupted by sin. Even in the environmental suit, the priest could feel his skin burn the longer he was exposed to the air outside of this room.
Still, he and the Church would continue to protect the world from the inhuman.
...
Why was the age of science being stymied by ancient traditions?
The scientist glared as Father Conti stepped past her.
The priest held the only weapon that remained consistently effective against the terraforming nature of the crystalline arachnid, and he couldn't even touch it for longer than five minutes every six months. She loathed the fact that the weapon was only kept away from her team due to its nature as a holy relic of the church.
A quick viewing of the security film of the priest had sickened her when the man had begun to conduct hour long prayers on the weapon. What sort of foolishness was that? Those antiquated methods of belief had gone by the wayside more than five hundred years ago.
Even their greatest weapons – the Six Sisters, had mastered what those ignorant fools had called 'True Magic' to great lengths.
"Report." General Johnson's curt voice caused the scientist to glance back to her terminal.
"Crystal Valley has receded once again." She couldn't hide the trace of bitterness in her voice. "Target is showing signs of having returned to stasis once again."
"Good." The General nodded.
"A-are you sure we should do this, Takehito?" Miya sounded unsure as she followed the suit clad man out into the forest at night. Her long hair blew around her shoulders
"Sure I'm sure." Tatehito grinned over at Miya. "You need to stretch out your wings sometimes. Just watching over the kids all day can be boring, right?"
"Well..."
The man quickly grasped the woman's hand in his.
"Tak..." Miya started as he tightened his hold on her hand. They simply stared at each other for a few moments. "...okay." She put aside her duties for just a brief moment.
Tatehito softly smiled at her and led her off into the forest.
TOKYO TRIBUNAL, March 15th, 2995
Mid Bio Informatics Formed, Patents Pending
In a surprising manuever in this recession, independent firm, Mid Bio Informatics (hereby known as MBI) have appeared in the market wth a direct challenge to the A-Ray program that the United Nations have been using to replace field soldiers in long term deployments.
"We're confident that our products can meet or exceed the abilities of any of the weapons currently in stock." MBI's chairperson, Minaka Hiroto, was quoted as boasting. "In fact, I'm so sure of our products that I'll go as far as to say that they're S-Rays. Superior in every way! Ahahaha!"
So far, of all the patents officially filed, most of them have been medical technologies geared towards improving the purification units in environmental suits and in city wide systems. Also included are several new forms of medication to flush out Grain from the system.
Mid Bio Informatics are based around the city of Tokyo.
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"Minaka..." General Johnson growled at the white haired man staring at him smuggly from the other end of a view screen. "The last thing we want to do is stir dissent amongst the people!"
"Maybe I wanted to do that." Minaka replied. "What better way to get a test of my S-Rays against the A-Rays?"
The general slammed his fists on the table. "You're only where you are because the U.N. gave you permission to explore that island!" He snarled.
Minaka's gaze went cold. "I'm here because I worked hard." A cold smile crossed his lips. "You'd best remember that too, General."
'This man has gone insane, hasn't he?' Johnson thought. 'Too much exposure to Grain while on that island must have fried his brain.'
"If there isn't going to be anything else..." Minaka drawled.
"Fine, go ahead." The general waved his headache and the man away. As soon as the screen went away, he sighed as he saw an incoming call on the display from his superiors.
'Great...'
The news that he received would go on to sour the rest of his month.
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Miya Asama hummed a tuneless song as she pulled out her and her husband's laundry from the drier. She loaded it into the hamper and sealed it up within a vacuum lock bag before she carried it out of the washing room. On her way out, she waved at several of the scientists. The suit clad men and women cheerfully returned her wave before they went back to their own business.
'It's a shame that they can't expose themselves to this air too much." The woman thought sadly. She gazed out at the dome around her people's ship and the shanty town that had been set up around it. 'Even with our ship's technology to aid them, we still haven't found a fool proof way of sealing the Grain completely out.'
"Big sis! Big sis!" A red haired little girl, no older than five, ran up to her, waving desperately for her attention. Like Miya, she wasn't clad in an environmental suit.
"What is it, Matsu?" Miya immediately dropped to her knees as she set her bag down so she could place her hands on Matsu's shoulders.
The redhead gasped for breath for a moment. "The soldiers! They're trying to get inside the ship!" She blurted out. Her words tightly clutched Miya's heart.
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Tatehito screamed as the butt of a rifle slammed into him, sending him flying out of the way of the five soldiers as they began to stomp up the ramp to the spaceship. Two little girls and one boy trembled as they saw the older men approach them with cold looks in their eyes.
"What are you doing to them?" The researcher demanded.
The four girls screamed as a soldier grasped each of them, dragging them away from the ship as the last began to head towards the entrance.
"Nothing you need to be concerned about." One of the soldiers replied.
"I'm going to have to say no to that." Miya's voice cut through the chaos. Before the soldiers outside of the ship could bring their rifles to bear, Miya had torn past them. The woman was a blur as she slammed her fists into the soldiers, knocking them cleanly out before they could even react.
"Big sis!" The little girls cheered as they pulled themselves off the ground.
"There's still another one in there, Miya!" Takehito warned his wife.
She glanced at him with a smile. "Just take the girls to safety for me." With that, Miya descended into the interior of the ship.
Takehito quickly gathered Kazahana, Karasuba, and Mutsu before he rang the alarm.
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"Tch. That alien already got past them?" The leader of the soldiers snarled as he finished stuffing the last frozen embryo within the cushioned metallic briefcase.
"Correct." He spun to face Miya, rifle ready. The city's alarms could be heard in the distance. "You're not getting anywhere now. The mercenaries that Minaka hired will run you down before long."
"Oh, I think I am going to be getting away." The soldier countered, grasping the handle of the briefcase. "Unless you want me to destroy your people." He gestured with his head along the wall of frozen embryos sealed behind glass.
Miya went pale as he moved his rifle towards them.
"Why... why are you doing this?" Miya angrily demanded.
"Nothing personal...but we're at war now." The man's expression softened a little. "The brass is going to need front line fighters like you if we're going to beat those traitors back." His expression hardened as he gripped the briefcase. "So...move. Or I'll destroy them."
Miya tensed, but the soldier opened fire. The Sekirei moved to protect the embryos and was struck in the shoulder and stomach.
The soldier immediately bolted for the exit as Miya collapsed in front of the embryos, but the second he stepped out a fountain of gore erupted out the back of his head as a sniper blasted the man as he exited the ship.
Scores of mercenaries along with Minaka and Takami rushed the ship. Takami wrenched the case from the soldier's grip while Minaka led the soldiers inside.
"Takami! Get the medics!" Minaka's voice boomed from inside the ship.
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Several days later, the attack on Kamikura Island began in earnest.
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The spaceship quaked and Takami nearly fell as another explosive shell slammed into the armored hull of the ship. MBI's forces retalliated to the attack with their own cannons, which the scientist could distantly hear even within the ship.
'Yes, I'm sure blowing the ship up and everyone in it is a wonderful way to get your hands on a weapon to fight off the A-Rays.' Takami thought with a dark scowl. The woman moved to the ship's medical room.
Her bitterness with the situation faded away as she glanced at softly snoring Takehito, who was practically leaning up against the glass tube they had stored Miya within. At the moment, the Sekirei was gently floating within a healing salve they had invented as the first set of products.
Takami remained quiet as she moved over to her computer in the back of the room. A few moments later, she began to access the plans that Minaka had set up for her before heading off to pressure Japan to provide them aid.
'A proposal to grow Sekirei shocktroopers from samples of the embryos...' Takami chewed her lip.
Another round of thudding impacts on the ship's hull made the decision for her.
'I'm sorry, Miya.' The woman glanced up at the serenely floating woman. 'It's for the good of your people.'
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War was nothing to a game for the Sisters...
Even as they floated high above their forces, it looked like two collections of ants pushing up against each other. Occasionally, their all encompassing vision was broken up by a scattering of explosions, but it was nothing they weren't able to gaze past.
"How pathetic."
Four of the Six were in agreement with the thought.
One was neutral.
One was opposed.
"The prophecy states a human is the only one that may wield the Lance of Longinus against the oncoming threat..."
The opposing voice prompted.
"The prophecy also stated that the threat was called due to the human's actions. Dissension will be noted in the records, but will not affect the upcoming plan."
Three of the Six were in agreement.
Two were opposed.
One abstained.
"The A-Rays shall cleanse the Earth of their filth. Once they are gone, the monsters will return from whence they came."
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Damn them! Damn them all!
This was supposed to have been an era of science and those fools have thrown it all away!
The scientist prowled through the base outside of the crystal forest. In her raging mind, she could only blame the warmongers and ignorant for the A-Rays' uprising. The screams of the dying could be heard as she raced to her goal.
Well, there was one thing she'd do before she abandoned these worthless people to their fates.
The scientist pressed on the buzzer for the priest's room with an innocent expression on her face.
"I'm coming!" Father Conti harriedly spoke up as the door swung open. "Have the A-Rays attempted to breach the cordon to the demon?" The elderly man worriedly asked her, clad within his environmental suit.
As always, the Black Barrel lingered in his arms.
The scientist resisted the urge to stare at the weapon longingly as she nodded at the priest. "We need you to join the fighting." The weight of her sidearm hung at her side reassuringly.
Father Conti's face twisted in a hateful snarl. "We should have destroyed those monsters long ago. Let's go and deliver God's judgement to them."
"Of course." The scientist smiled. "Let's kill the ignorant masses."
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By the end of the week, she was on her way to Shin Tokyo. She knew that she would be welcomed by others like her there.
Especially when she presented the piece of the crystalline arcahnid and the Black Barrel to them.
SHIN TOKYO TRIBUNAL
Mid Bio Informatics Triumphant Over Invasion Forces
By Etsuko Kikuchi, Editor.
For the protection of the public, it has been determined by the Japanese government that the nation is to enter a state of lock down. It is advised that any citizens planning on leaving the country to not do so as there will be restrictions on passenger flights within a month. The Japanese Self Defense Force will also be turning back any passenger ships after the deadlines.
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Minaka glanced over the skyline of Shin Tokyo. The dome around the city completely sealed it off from Grain and the filters let clean air into the city. Such a luxury drew caused the U.N. to pay them a king's ransom for the same technology even as they occasionally attempted to break them economically.
His company scoffed at their attempts, and its Disciplinary Squad, staffed full of loyal Sekirei kept industrial spies from breaking into the country. As far as the man cared, he'd let the A-Rays and U.N. kill each other whihe he ruled over Japan.
Still, the U.N.'s attempts at destroying the A-Ray were escalating...
He would have to see if there was anything he could do to keep his Sekirei a step above the two forces. The Six Sisters and the U.N.'s new weapon – the Ether Liners, were incredibly worrisome for the chairman of MBI.
Perhaps he might have a use for the shard of that deceased alien after all.
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A sharp knock on the front door of Minato Sahashi's apartment began his day.
"Alright! I'm up! Hold up!" Minato called out. The dark haired teenager called. He struggled to put on his t-shirt while gnawing on a piece of toast. Succeeding in neither, he annoyedly threw open the front door. "God, can't you take it easy, Godo?"
The sardonic looking man, only a year older than Minato, merely shrugged. His black ponytail bobbed behind him as he shifted the long rifle on his shoulder. "Hey, we got a set schedule, kid." He dismissively replied.
Minato's eyebrow twitched. He once again wondered what was so important about his mom that he and Yukari had a bodyguard.
Speaking of which...
"Big brother!"
Godo calmly stepped backwards and to the side to allow Yukari past him.
"Oh god!" Minato yelped as he was tackled back into his apartment
"Haaah! I missed you so much!" Yukari snuggled into his chest.
"We saw each other yesterday!"
"I know!" Yukari looked agonized.
Godo reached into his jacket and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. When he saw Minato look up at him desperately, he blinked.
"Want one?" He wondered. The man wasn't sure why Minato let out that cry of agony, though.