Part 86: Gekiryuken Sanjou!

Up until recently I've been trapped in a cage. Believe it or not I am the good half of the villainess known as Copycat. Not many believe that she has any goodness in her but I am living proof of this. I am glad to be free but since I'm free, so is the evil half and without me she has no conscience or restraint. I remember all the terrible things we've done when we were once whole and I regret everyone one of them. I carry the guilt heavily in my heart and wish to make amends. I can do this. I am good. Back when we were whole I would show that Copycat was more than a villain. Now, she's loose and with the growing power of the Living Gate inside of her.

Rose and Cathy are in danger. I know she's going to do something unspeakable to them. Tonight, I am going to rescue them. I never expected to get any help, especially from him. I just hope I can save them all before it's too late.

-Neko

The Sands of Time was a world within time where each grain of sand that you see representing time itself. The Sands of Time had a beautiful rainbow colored sky and many mountains. Though it looked deserted, in truth it was not. Time trains capable of traveling through the Sands of Time exist in this plane of existence. They go by many names but carry the same function of carrying passengers through time with the condition that they do not meddle with the time stream. Rarely, but certain, some time trains are commissioned to protect time itself. They protect the timeline of not one world, but other worlds as well. The Sands of Time do not only link with time, but other universes within the vast Multiverse. Not many time trains are allowed to travel to other worlds but there are those that do unless you carry a special Master Pass which allows you to travel to any point in time and any world you please. Just remember to always follow the World Order and do not interfere with other worlds unless you absolutely have to.

One such time train was currently stationed in the King's Terminal. This was the time train known as The GaroLiner. Currently, its crew was inside and ready for departure again.

"Seriously, Shonen-kun sure is taking his time with those kids," growled a voice. He was an intimidating wolf-like creature. He was muscular and covered in black fur. His yellow eyes glowed with an ever-present fierceness. He looked similar to the Wolf Imagin that once fought Den-O, except instead of a hood he wore a black bandana. This was Okami, the Fierce Black Wolf Imagin.

"It was an honorable thing to do. He went to explain his reasoning," said a dignified voice. The owner of the voice had a bulky muscular body and was wearing a jacket with fuzzy lining. His head was covered halfway with a helmet of some kind that had a horn sticking out of the forehead, a pair of pointed ears on top and a visor that acted as a pair of eyes. He was white with black stripes, like a tiger. This was Byakko, the Honorable White Tiger Imagin.

"Hmph! I'm bored! I want to get out there and fight some of those Horrors!" shouted a third voice. The speaker was large and muscular, more so than the other two. He looked the same as the Leo Imagin, except his armor was golden. This was Raion, the Raging Golden Lion Imagin.

"I don't care! Gives me more time with Shiori-chan," grinned a fourth person. He looked like he had a short crimson coat on which had black designs on it. He was wearing white gloves, crimson pants, and crimson boots. The shoulders had fins running from them as well. His head was crimson and very dragon-like. He had both fins and a pair of horns on top of his head. A long braid of crimson hair ran from the back of his head. He was Buraki, the Savage Crimson Imoogi Imagin.

A girl walked past him. She was a very pretty girl with short black hair and blue eyes, wearing a tight white stewardess outfit. This was Shiori, a gynoid and the maid and cook of the GaroLiner. Buraki patted her behind, only to receive an electrical shock. "Buraki! I told you to stop that!" said the girl.

"Buraki," Byakko growled deeply. "How many times must we have this conversation? You know it is dishonorable to treat a female that way! It is nothing but common lechery!"

"But she has such a nice butt," Buraki whined. "Besides, this is just my way of telling her I find her attractive!"

"Then find another way of showing her that!" Byakko snapped.

"All of you knock it off!" shouted a new female voice. The four Imagin cringed in fear. The owner of the voice was an attractive young woman, in her late teens to early twenties. She had long, styled, dark green hair that almost fell to the ground and dark brown eyes. This was Kumiko Tsukuba. "We need to trust that Kenzaki is doing what is right. Sure he does stupid and reckless things…a lot. But he's always there for us, so we need to be there for him when he needs us."

"Hai," all four Imagin replied weakly.

Both Kenzaki and Neko appeared in front of the gate of the Wilson's' Estate. Kenzaki quirked an eyebrow and asked, "So, why didn't we port straight inside?"

"There's an energy field around the place that doesn't allow anyone to teleport inside," answered Neko as she took out a grapple gun. The walls surrounding the compound were 20 feet high and 4 feet thick.

"First, tell me who Rose and Cathy are and what they mean to you," Kenzaki requested.

"We don't have time to waste here," Neko complained. "Are you coming or not?"

"Just, answer the question."

Neko sighed. "Rose and Cathy are the two most precious people in my life."

"How precious? Like friends?" Kenzaki inquired.

"Rose is my girlfriend and Cathy is my daughter," Neko answered. She then found Kenzaki gawking at her. "What's with that look?"

"You're kidding, right?" Kenzaki asked. Her girlfriend and daughter?

"I'm bisexual and Cathy is adopted," Neko clarified briefly. "Now, come on." She fired the grappling hook and it caught on the top of the wall. She tugged it to make sure it was secure before climbing up. She leapt off the top of the wall and onto the front yard. She heard a thud and looked to her left to see Kenzaki, standing back up after he'd just vaulted over the wall, "Show off," Neko muttered.

"You know, you were way nicer before," Kenzaki pointed out. He noted that the Neko he was talking to now and the one he'd encountered before seemed like very different people. This version of her seemed more confident.

"I'm good, not that good," Neko replied. In truth, she'd absorbed some of the other Titans' personalities when she'd absorbed their powers. She pulled the goggles over her eyes to see a laser field. "Follow me. There's a laser field. If you trip them, you'll set off the alarm."

"This guy sure has a lot of security," Kenzaki spoke as he slowly followed after Neko and followed her movements.

Neko kept silent. She was trying to concentrate on her movements. As much as she wanted to be quick to rescue Rose and Cathy, she couldn't risk alerting her evil half. She just had this really sick feeling in her stomach that both of them were in danger.

Rose came into Katherine's room, wondering what her girlfriend wanted. She'd been worried actually. On the previous night, her girlfriend had returned different. She seemed more cruel and ruthless than usual and seemed a little flirtatious with the other girls. Rose was unsure of how to react.

"Kat?" Rose asked and heard the door slam behind her. She jumped and turned to see Katherine leaning backwards against the door with a wide smile. "Oh, you scared me." She noted that Katherine only had on a black spaghetti strap top and tight matching shorts.

"Did I? Sorry," Katherine purred. She looked Rose up and down and frowned. Rose was wearing a silk robe over her pajamas. That would have to go and soon.

"So, what's going on?" Rose asked. "You sounded pretty urgent."

Katherine approached Rose and cupped her cheek. Rose shivered at the sensation. Katherine leaned her face over to take in the girl's fragrance. "Must I have a reason to be with the one I love?" Though separated, both Katherine and Neko still shared the same feelings for Rose. However, being evil, Katherine had a different way of showing it. Hidden under her bed were whips, handcuffs and all sorts of bondage items. Katherine leaned in and captured Rose's lips with hers. The silver-haired girl gasped and closed her eyes, kissing back. Katherine grinned on the inside as her hands went to the belt and began to untie it. She also started to slip it off Rose's shoulders. Rose didn't seem to notice. She did start to notice when Katherine's hands were unbuttoning her shirt so she broke the kiss and backed away, nervously.

"Something the matter?" Katherine asked, licking her lips, as Rose buttoned her shirt back up again.

"Um…Kat?" Rose asked, cheeks flushed, "Didn't we promise to wait before going that far?"

Katherine frowned. To hell with that promise! "Maybe we're ready for that step."

"Well, I'm not," Rose replied. "Sorry."

Katherine's eyes narrowed. Sorry? SORRY!? "Not yet you're not," Katherine hissed before she grabbed Rose's face and pulled her into a violent kiss. Rose was shocked and didn't like the way Katherine was kissing her. She pushed the black-haired girl away.

"Kat! What's wrong with you!?" Rose yelled but shivered in fear when she saw the feral look in Katherine's eyes, which were also glowing red.

"Nothing's wrong with me. I'm perfectly fine. Better than fine." Katherine grinned as she stalked towards Rose, fingers curling into claws. "I'm just sick of waiting." She pounced on the other girl, forcing her down to the floor. "I WANT YOU NOW!"

"KAT, NO!" Rose screamed and shrieked when Katherine tore her shirt open. "STOP!"

"Such beautiful skin," Katherine purred as she licked Rose's neck. The silver-haired girl was trembling now. How delightful. "I want to taste more of it." Rose kneed her in the gut and crawled away but Katherine grabbed her ankles and pulled her back.

"NO!" Rose yelled, kicking at Katherine to let her go. She kicked Katherine in the face and headed for the door with Katherine giving chase, a feral smile on her face. Rose turned the knob but the door wouldn't unlock. Rose felt herself being violently tugged backwards by the hair. She was pulled against Katherine's body. Katherine wrapped an arm tightly around Rose's waist as she shuddered.

"There, there," Katherine whispered almost gently, as she nibbled on Rose's earlobe. "I don't want to hurt you. Just to love you." Why was Rose being so stubborn about this? It wasn't as though she was going to hurt her girlfriend… much.

"Please…let me go…" Rose begged, tears streaming from her eyes.

"In due time. Just cooperate and it'll be over soon. Who knows? You might just enjoy it," Katherine laughed a little. Rose would definitely enjoy it, or else. She began dragging Rose to the bed. Rose was trying to struggle out of Katherine's grip but the dark-haired girl was stronger than her. Katherine then threw Rose onto the bed and then jumped on to straddle her. Rose thrashed and ended up getting slapped in the face, leaving a red welt. "That's for fighting against me. I don't want to do it again so just lie down nice and quietly." Honestly, Katherine loved her girlfriend but sometimes she could be so stubborn! Katherine pulled out a pair of handcuffs and pulled both Rose's arms over her head. She swiftly handcuffed Rose to the bed. Rose's eyes went wide as she realized how vulnerable she was. Rose shrieked as Katherine tore her entire shirt open, exposing her in her bra and panties. Katherine looked down lecherously at Rose's body, licking her lips and her teeth. She leaned down and said, "Scream all you want. I do enjoy it. You won't wake the others up either since I soundproofed the walls." Katherine licked down Rose's stomach as her hand was stroking up her left thigh and to her panties. Rose cringed and felt sickened with fear. "Now…shall we proceed?" She tugged at the panties. Rose would finally be hers. Hers completely.

Rose shut her eyes which were streaming with tears. This was not Kat. This was something else that looked like the one she loved and now she was going to get raped.

'Help me…somebody…' Rose begged in her mind. 'Daddy…anybody…'

CRASH!

The window shattered, startling Katherine and Rose. Katherine narrowed her eyes at the figure that now stood in the room with them. "You," she hissed.

Rose dared to open her eyes and was shocked to see standing there with glass under her feet was none other than… "Kat?" Now she was really confused. Despite the different hairdo and uniform it was her girlfriend. But, if that was the case, who was the nut trying to rape her?

Neko's eyes narrowed at the scene angrily, "Keep your paws off her, you psychopath."

Katherine stepped off the bed, much to Rose's relief. "Who's going to stop me? You?" She stroked Rose's thigh with a finger. "Such soft skin…"

Neko lunged at Katherine with full fury and tackled her to the ground. Both good and evil halves of Copycat fought as they tumbled along the floor. Rose tried to look but she handcuffed to the bed and couldn't see what was happening. She then heard the handcuffs being unlocked and then removed. She massaged her wrists and turned to see a silver-haired man holding the cuffs. Rose was aware of her current state of undress and screamed, covering herself.

"Oh, my god! Sorry!" Kenzaki apologized. He picked up a silk robe and handed it to Rose. "Here you go." He turned his back to her so she could put it on.

"Thanks," Rose spoke, slowly, still recovering from her ordeal. Kenzaki turned around to face her. "What's going on? Who are you? Why are there two of them?"

"In order: this is a rescue mission, I'm Kenzaki Tsukuba, and Copycat has been separated into her good and evil halves that are now fighting," Kenzaki answered.

Rose responded with a, "Oh."

Katherine had Neko pinned down on the ground by her wrists. She leaned down, speaking, "You're weak! You always have been! So just give up!"

Neko spat, "Never!"

Katherine smiled eerily, "You know, we can be together again. I maybe powerful but I feel incomplete without you. We both hold one hold one half of the Tiger Zodiac Power. All I gotta do is reabsorb you and then we can be whole again." Katherine offered, "So, whaddya say?"

Neko narrowed her eyes, "I say 'duck'!"

"Huh?" Katherine quirked an eyebrow and then yelled as she was sent flying by green eyebeams. Katherine crashed down on the floor and sat up, looking astonished, "How!?"

Neko flipped back to her feet and answered, "Let's just say I still got some tricks up my sleeve."

Katherine narrowed her eyes as she stood back up. "Well…let's see you deal with this trick!" She pulled out her Zodiac Deck and summoned her belt. "Henshin!" She slid the deck inside her belt and was transformed into Zodiac Knight Copycat. She went into a battle stance. "Now, let's see you deal with me." She lunged forward and swung at Neko, trying to strike at her with her claws. Neko dodged each strike easily, her training in Stealth Style helping her out. She momentarily morphed into a fly and flew behind Copycat before morphing back.

Neko chanted. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" The bed rose up, covered in dark energy, before it was sent flying at Copycat and smashing into her. Copycat was smashed against the wall. She growled but then watched as Neko's eyes glowed pink. The ceiling above her collapsed and buried her under rubble. Satisfied with her work, she ran straight towards Rose.

"Rosey-chan!" Neko swung her arms around Rose, picking up the startled the girl. "Oh, I missed you!" She put Rose down. "Are you okay? Did she hurt you?"

"I'm fine," Rose replied. "She didn't get too far." She looked Neko over and saw the familiar blue eyes filled with concern instead of the lustful red eyes of Katherine. Still , she had to make sure. "Are you really the good half?" Rose asked, unsure of the situation.

"It's me," Neko nodded. "Call me Neko."

"How can I be sure?" Rose asked. Neko smiled and gave Rose a gentle kiss. Rose smiled. "OK, I'm convinced."

Kenzaki was stunned to see two girls kissing but managed to recover quickly. "Can we save this love-fest for later?" Kenzaki asked. "She's recovering." He pointed at the rubble which was shaking as Copycat began to dig herself out.

"Right," Neko nodded. "Rose, I'm taking you out of here. Where's Cathy?"

"In her room with Minx and Jasmine," Rose answered.

"Well, we're bringing her too, and the cats," Neko added. "Go and get her and meet me outside."

"You both go," Kenzaki said.

Neko tried to protest, "But-"

"This is personal," Kenzaki spoke as he fastened his Garo Belt around his waist. "Trust me. I can handle her."

"OK," Neko nodded. "Just don't get killed." She and Rose ran towards the door. It was locked, though. It was not a problem. Neko morphed into a rhino and smashed through the door before morphing back. "If that doesn't wake everyone up, I don't know what will." She grabbed Rose's hand. "Let's go!" They both ran down the hallway towards Cathy's room.

Kenzaki stared at the rubble. "Time to finish this." He watched as Copycat pulled herself from the rubble.

She glared at Kenzaki. "So, it's you again," she hissed. She noticed as a black streak once again appeared in Kenzaki's hair.

"Oi, neko-onna, I think it's about time we finished this," said Kenzaki, though his voice had a new edge to it. He pushed the black button on his belt. "Henshin!" he exclaimed as he waved the Rider Pass over the belt.

"HUNTER FORM!"

Once again, Kenzaki was clad in his Plat Form armor, followed by his Hunter Form armor. Garoh haphazardly swung the blade around, sending out arcs of energy. He then spun the blade around and rested it on his shoulder. He then crouched down on one knee, with his right arm pointed down. He then scratched his claws across the floor. "Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf?"

"Cathy-chan! Cathy-chan!" Neko called as she frantically knocked on the door. "Wake up!" There was a clicking sound inside and the knob turned before the door opened. Cathy was in her white pajamas. She rubbed her eyes and yawned cutely.

"What time is it?" Cathy asked, still half-awake.

"It's late," Rose answered. "Honey, we're leaving."

"Leaving?" Cathy questioned. "What do you mean?"

"We don't have time to explain right now, kitten," spoke Neko seriously, "But trust us when we say it's not safe."

"Why are you dressed like that?" Cathy asked as she was referring to the uniform Neko was wearing.

Neko sighed. She might as well explain as briefly as possible. Of course, she wasn't going to explain verbally. Rather, she was going to do it telepathically, "Koneko-chan, please brace yourself. I'm going to show you something." She held Cathy's shoulders and leaned down so their foreheads were touching. Neko closed her eyes and sent the images into Cathy's mind. Not the violent ones, of course. She was sending Cathy images of what was truly going on. As soon as it was over, which was about 10 seconds, Cathy gasped in shock.

"Is this true?" the mutant girl asked. Both her parents (Rose was her second mother) nodded grimly. "But what about Papa Slade?"

"I don't think we can save Slade-sama," Neko confessed. When fighting her evil half she'd gotten a brief look into her mind. Slade had a Horror seed implanted inside of him, making him Katherine's puppet. Rose didn't have one and neither did Cathy. Maybe a part of her didn't want to subjugate the two girls she loved. "Now, go and get your things."

"What about me?" Rose asked. "I need to pack up too."

"OK," Neko agreed. "But hurry up, OK?"

Rose and Cathy nodded. Rose went straight to her room to pack her things up quickly while Neko went in to help her daughter.

'Tsukuba-san, I sure hope you can distract that demon long enough,' Neko prayed.

Copycat had summoned her Psycho Slasher and both she and Garoh were trading blows. Sparks flew as their weapons made contact with one another. Garoh had incredible speed in his Hunter Form. Unfortunately, so did Copycat.

Sparks flew as their weapons clashed and soon their weapons were locked in a stalemate. They began to push at one another, trying to force the other to give in.

"Why did you want to help my weaker half?" questioned Copycat. "I thought you wanted her dead."

"You're my target, you bitch," Garoh snarled.

"Oh, is this because I killed your sister?" Copycat purred. Garoh was stunned.

"W-What?" Kenzaki's spoke broke out before he was kicked in the gut and then slashed across the chest, sending him reeling.

Okami yelled in Kenzaki's mind, 'Oi, Shonen! Get a grip!'

'I'm trying!' yelled Kenzaki back.

"It took me awhile but then I remembered why you were so familiar," Copycat said, hefting the Psycho Slasher on her shoulder. "It's that aura. Plus, I never forget any scar I leave on any of my victims." She squatted down. "You sure grew up nicely, kiddo. Anyway, the hearts of your parents were delicious if I do say so myself. Too bad I had to kill your sister too early, though. I wanted to have some fun with her beforehand. Oh, well…we can't always have what we want. We can just move on."

"You monster!" Kenzaki roared as he got back to his feet. His sync with Okami was weakening and without Okami his Hunter Form wouldn't be able to hold much longer.

Copycat had knowledge about Imagin possession. In cases when the host and Imagin bonded 100 percent, all that was needed to break the sync was to weaken one half of the equation. She'd learnt how to play mind games from Slade-sama and now was going to use it to her advanatage.

Kenzaki roared as he slashed at Copycat but then she avoided the slash and grabbed Kenzaki by the throat.

'Oi, Shonen!' Okami yelled. 'Shonen!'

"I can show you your sister again," Copycat purred. "Wouldn't you like that?" She paused. "Why am I even asking? Of course you would. You miss her." Her eyes glowed red. "Say hi to her for me."

Kenzaki's entire world changed around him.

"Where am I?" Kenzaki asked himself as he looked around. "This…it can't be."

Kenzaki found himself no longer in the room he had been fighting Copycat in, but his old home before the Horrors had swallowed it. He watched as his sister and family were settling down to dinner and were gesturing for him to come. A weak smile came to Kenzaki's face as he began to walk.

That's when it happened.

The world grew dark as the sun began to go out. Kenzaki looked around before several screams echoed. He turned back to see his entire family being dragged into a pool of darkness by the spindly hands of Horrors. They looked pleadingly at him before vanishing into the tar-like mess.

"NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Kenzaki roared as he watched his family die a second time.

As Copycat was mentally torturing Garoh, she created a duplicate of herself via the Power of Aries. She ordered the duplicate, "Go and find my other half. Don't kill her. Just rough her up a bit," and sent her on her way.

"You both got everything you need?" Neko inquired both Rose and Cathy who both were now properly dressed. They had backpacks on and Cathy was carrying the briefcase which held her ALPHA Gear. Rose was carrying a pet carrier which held both Minx and Jasmine inside. Since this was an emergency, they had to pack as light as possible. "Alright, let's get out of here."

"I don't think so, pretty kitty," a voice purred. Neko's eyes widened as she spun around and was nearly gutted by a claw. Luckily, she'd borrowed Shadowcobra's shadow powers and turned herself intangible. She phased through the ground and phased back up behind the duplicate of her evil half. She immediately put Copycat in a headlock and shouted at Rose and Cathy, "Run!"

"But-!" Rose began to protest.

"GO!" Neko yelled out. Rose nodded, reluctantly, and grabbed Cathy's arm. They both ran.

"Mama!" Cathy shouted.

Copycat threw Neko off of her and onto the floor. Neko pushed herself up to a sitting position but had the wind knocked out of her as Copycat dropped down on her with one knee in her gut. Neko was forced back down as Copycat grabbed her by the throat and slammed her head down on the floor. Copycat straddled the waist of her weaker half and grinned.

"What are you going to do? Kill me?" Neko spat. "What happens to you?"

"Oh, I don't have to kill you," Copycat purred. "All I have to do is weaken you. I know how long that mimicry power of yours can last. All I got to do is make sure you run out of time and then lock you up." Copycat leaned down further, till they were face to face. Her faceplate opened and she licked Neko's cheek. "Soon, we will be together again. Then, I'll have my fun with Rosie-chan and Cathy-chan. I'll make them scream and make you watch." Copycat giggled.

Neko's eyes widened with fury as she locked her eyes on her evil half, "YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE!!" A blue aura surrounded her body and then threw Copycat off her. Copycat flew through the air but then she did a back flip and landed on her feet, like a cat. Neko got back to her feet as well and clenched her fists. She drew out the ALT-01 deck and summoned the belt around her waist. "HENSHIN!" she called out and slid the deck inside the belt, allowing the artificial Zodiac Knight armor to encase her. Copycat scoffed.

"You want to fight me using that knockoff armor? Puh-leaze!" Copycat rolled her eyes. Her eyes were focused on ALT-01 Neko when she noticed the blue aura around Neko forming…into the shape of a dragon. "Huh?"

ALT-01 Neko charged forward and began to throw her fists at her dark side. She even swung her legs in a variety of kicks like roundhouses, front snap-kicks and even a heel-kick for good measure.

Copycat was forced into the defensive as the strikes came at her. 'How did she get so strong?' she wondered. 'No matter. She's no match for me.' As soon as she found an opening, she began her counter-attack.

AlLT-01 Neko was becoming desperate. Though Neko knew all of her counterpart's moves, her counterpart was more vicious. She tried to find a way to counter but the strikes were swift and meant to be lethal. She began to regret that she shouldn't have come alone.

When Copycat's claw flew towards her faceplate, Neko grabbed it and spun to around, flipping the evil Knight over her shoulder. Copycat, however, landed on her feet and then spun around to dig her foot into ALT-01 Neko's stomach, sending her skidding backwards. She strode towards ALT-01 Neko when several explosions erupted from her back. She turned around to see both ALPHA and Aqua staring her down with their weapons out. ALT-01 Neko's eyes widened as she saw her two girls.

"I told you two to run!" Neko shouted.

"We couldn't just leave you," Aqua/Rose reasoned.

"Mama, we're here to help!" ALPHA/Cathy added.

Copycat rolled her eyes at their attempt, "How touching…" She looked over her shoulder at Neko. "I'll deal with you later. Right now, these girls deserve a spanking." She turned her attention to the two girls and rushed at them. She drew a card and slid it into her whip. "Sword Vent!" In an instant, the Psycho Slasher was in her hands.

"NO!" ALT-01 Neko shouted as she drew two cards and slashed them through her gauntlet/card reader.

"Sword Vent! Accelerate Vent!" the gauntlet responded in a female digital voice as it scanned both cards. The cards vanished in blue flames as the black lance appeared in ALT-01's hands. The speed granted her by the Accelerate Vent card allowed her to intercept Copycat before she reached both Aqua and ALPHA.

CLANG!

Copycat brought her lance down but instead of hitting the two 'traitors', she had locked blades with her 'weaker half'. They both struggled as they tried to force one another back.

"Give up, you're weak," Copycat snarled.

"Never!" ALT-01 Neko shouted back.

Copycat was unsure of what to do. She couldn't risk killing her other half. Reabsorbing her was not an option since Neko was resistant to the idea.

Aqua and ALPHA were about to help when ALT-01 Neko shouted at them, "NO! You both just go! NOW!"

"But you need help!" Aqua insisted, ready to throw her war fans.

"Mama, please! Let us help!" ALPHA added, ready to blast Copycat again.

"Hm…how sweet. Well, the weak always hangs out with the weak," Copycat sneered.

Neko narrowed her eyes under her helmet and responded, "Togetherness is not weakness."

"Pretty words," Copycat remarked, "Just pretty and useless words."

Neko gritted her teeth as she pushed back. The 30 minutes were up so now all she had were her initial powers. The power to absorb powers wouldn't work on Copycat since they were the same person. She needed help. She couldn't risk Rose and Cathy, but she would be beaten at this rate. 'I need help…'

Neko found herself in a strange place. It was a vast space of darkness with the only source of light being the stars that were shining above, below and all around her. There was no visible floor and yet she felt that she was standing on something.

"Where am I?" she asked herself. "Wasn't I fighting Copycat?" She panicked, "Rosey-chan! Koneko-chan! They're in danger! I need to go to them!" She began to run. Yet, the farther she ran, she felt as if she wasn't going anywhere. That wasn't going to stop her, however. She continued to run, trying to find a way out of this strange place. Hours seemed to pass and she collapsed onto her hands and knees, exhausted. "What is this place?"

She suddenly heard a disembodied voice speak to her, "Where do you want to go?"

She didn't question where it was coming from, strangely. She answered, "I want to go home."

"Is home so important?" was the reply she received.

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because there are people I want to protect."

"Are these people that you wish to protect important to you?"

"Yes."

"Are you willing to do anything for them?"

Neko pushed herself to her feet and stood up, answering, "Yes."

"To protect them, are you willing to use my power?"

'Power? What kind of power?' If some sort of divine entity wanted to help her, she was in no position to deny it.

The voice repeated, "To protect them, are you willing to use my power?"

"YES!" Neko raised her voice. "Give me the power!"

"Call my name! Call my name and receive the power! Call my name!"

What was the voice's name? How could she know that?

Ge…

Ge…

Geki…

The name was starting to come to her.

Gekiryu…

Gekiryu…

The word was becoming clearer.

Gekiryuk…

She then shouted out its name.

"GEKIRYUKEN!!" ALT-01 Neko roared out and all of a sudden a bright light engulfed the black lance in her hand. Copycat was shocked and jumped back from the light.

"What is this!?" Copycat shouted in outrage. ALPHA and Aqua's eyes widened as the light dimmed. Copycat's eyes narrowed before popping wide open.

"Is that…?" Aqua began.

"No way…" ALPHA added

"It can't be!" Copycat finished.

Replacing the lance was a strange sword. The handle and guard resembled the shape for a key and had a pair of small wings attached to the guard. Hanging from the end of the weapon was a keychain shaped like a white heart with the initials N+R+C engraved inside. At the base of the blade was an ornament shaped like a dragon's head and the tip of the blade was shaped like a diamond. The sword was mainly blue with gold and white accents. This sword was not any old sword. It was a special weapon. It was Neko's key to victory…

It was the legendary Keyblade and its name was…

ALT-01 Neko called out again, "GEKIRYUKEN, SANJOU!"

Up above in the Celestial Realm, a smile formed on Libra's face at the present turn of events. He spoke, "Please, old friend. Help my daughter battle her demons and win."

For centuries I've been asleep, waiting for someone worthy enough to wield my awesome power. About 20 years ago I found the person who would bring my power to new heights. However, he is now on a higher level of existence. I fell asleep for a few more years but I was woken up again when I heard someone calling for me. To my surprise it was another worthy one.

Let's see if she is truly the chosen one capable of wielding my power.

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To Be Continued…

ZK: I'd like to thank Paladin and Shadow Element 13 for their help.

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