Chapter 35: Battle: Conclusion
11:47 AM (Spain Time), Friday December the 30th…
"… Death Spiral Beam!"
"Hell's Buster!"
Forte bombarded Death Shadow with quick shots while the foe tried to hit him with his arm cannon's charged attack.
Sidier attacked "CF" Netto with his swords but "CF" Netto used his forearms to block them and then shot those blue spheroids at Sidier.
"Damn. What does it take to harm you?" "CF" Netto cursed.
"You'll need to do better than that, Hikari…" Sidier taunted.
"You copied that from Count Dooku." Saito grumbled.
"I think it fits with the mood."
"Shit. Have this, then!"
"CF" Netto stepped back and shot forward, past Sidier, while causing a sonic boom.
The force of it made some more pieces of Sidier's body armor jump off around his shoulders and hips, but armor remained in other areas.
"I've still got 30% of armor left! And my swords are eager to taste some fresh blood!" He announced.
"Shit." "CF" Netto hissed.
"How is it like, Forte? Feeling the despair? Feeling the terror before the eternal slumber? So much for a "bellyful of a bug"!"
"You're the one who's gonna feel it once I can shoot my Darkness Overload at you." Forte growled.
"Try it." Death Shadow challenged.
"You asked for it! Darkness Overload!"
"Pain Barrier!"
"Shit!"
The Pain Barrier absorbed Forte's attack and Death Shadow's formed a blue halo.
He formed columns of ice around the area, summing two copies that spun around the area at a mad speed.
"Crap." Forte cursed.
The clones joined to form a triangle and began to shoot a continuous beam of fire around the area.
Forte had to duck as the columns shattered and fragments of ice rained down around the area.
Sidier's swords made two deep cuts on "CF" Netto's right arm and revealed his shirt beneath it, so he stepped back and grumbled something under his breath.
"Well then… Eat this!" He yelled.
A red shield surrounded him and he jumped towards the ceiling before diving towards Sidier.
The impact caused a wave of heat to expand around the room and it was powerful enough to destroy the two copies of Death Shadow.
"What!?" He gasped.
Sidier fell on his knees and tried to use his swords to support his body as more armor fell off and only a patch around the chest, shaped as a white diamond, remained.
"Damn. Armor's down to 10%...! But I won't give up so easily! Demon Sword!"
He replaced his swords for a different weapon.
It was a wide sword with diamond patterns drawn into it and indented edges similar to a saw's.
He held it with both hands, aiming downwards before swinging it and hitting "CF" Netto's upper torso.
It cut another portion of the bodysuit and left a cut on his orange vest.
"Shit. Gotta be careful…!" "CF" Netto muttered.
"So? What happened to the earlier guts, Hikari?" Sidier taunted.
"Shut the trap up. I'm gonna beat you!"
"But that won't end it, you know."
"I knew that. But it'll force you guys to make a pause before commencing your next campaign!" "CF" Netto replied.
"So you do have brains." Sidier taunted him.
"Trill! Can I use Battle Chips?" "CF" Netto called out.
"Be careful, Netto! They drain a lot of power!" Trill replied.
"Thanks! Battle Chip, Salamander!"
"No…!" Sidier gasped.
The heat forced him to shield himself with the Demon Sword and "CF" Netto plummeted into him.
The explosion and the resulting shockwave even hit Death Shadow and sent him flying until he crashed with the damaged Mecha Arachnus' remains.
The smoke cleared and both combatants were clearly exhausted by now.
Sidier's armor finally shattered and he fell on his fours, panting and dropping the Demon Sword into the ground.
"Recovery 300!" "CF" Netto announced.
"Recovery 300!" Sidier growled.
Both began to punch and kick each other as they rolled across the ground and stood up only to jump into each other and kept on.
"Death Beam!"
Death Shadow shot the blue beam at Forte and it attached to him, b ut Forte aimed his hands towards him.
"Darkness Overload!"
"Damn!"
The blast hit Death Shadow and cancelled the blue beam as the foe managed to stand up and he was beginning to leak data.
His nanomachines emerged and repaired his wounds.
"Not yet!"
Some of them began to work on repairing the Mecha Arachnus while Death Shadow glowed and shot the blue beam at one of the still intact machines, absorbing its energy and shutting it down.
"Net Navis are not the only things from which I can draw power out. Now you are doomed." Death Shadow laughed.
"Shit."
"PUKU~! Forte – sama! Fight on! Puku! For the sake of the "Darkloids"! Puku! PUKU~!"
"Fight! Fight!" The other Navis encouraged.
"Hmpf! I don't need spectators!"
"Young chums nowadays aren't honest with themselves! Back on my days, we were honest with each other! If someone roots for you, it's courtesy to acknowledge it!" An old man's voice complained.
"Eye or whatever your name is! You're next!" Sidier growled.
"Shut up, too!" Forte growled.
"Be silenced! Come! Mecha Arachnus!"
The Mecha Arachnus started up and ran up towards Death Shadow as it opened the pilot's hatch.
"That thing won't save you!"
"Netto~!"
"Meiru – chan! Everyone!"
"CF" Netto looked at the still working shield sealing up the corridor's entrance and heard the eight "Cross Fusion" users' voices.
"Good luck!" Everyone encouraged.
"Sonic Boom!"
"CF" Blues joined the fight by drawing a Neo Variable Sword.
"Enzan!"
"Let's fight together, Netto!" "CF" Blues rallied.
"Okay!"
"Ijuuin…!" Sidier growled.
He roared and summoned those spheres of electricity, feeding him energy and he drew his normal swords again.
"Hmpf! Have you written your wills? You lowlifes won't come out alive of this one! I'll bury you in His lands! I'll mince you and drop you into HELL! As mere remains!" Sidier hissed.
"Samurai Sword!"
"CF" Netto drew the Samurai Sword and both he and "CF" Blues clashed blades with Sidier, trying to push forward.
Sidier grumbled and tried to push them back instead.
"Missiles! Laser! Machineguns!"
Forte intercepted the missiles, but the laser hit him on his upper torso and he had to shield himself from the machinegun fire projected by the Mecha Arachnus.
"Damn machine!"
The thing tackled him and lifted one of the four legs to reveal a large needle set on its base, aiming for his neck.
"Not yet! Darkness Overload!"
The blast hit the underside of the robot and blew up the laser gun as it forced it to tumble over and roll across the ground until it hit the energy shield blocking off the corridor.
The resulting explosion blew the machine up and Death Shadow catapulted out of it until he met the far wall, crashed on it, and slid down into the ground.
"Let's go!"
The corridor's barrier disappeared and the eight "Cross Fusion" members, who'd already recovered, ran in.
"Netto!" "CF" Roll called out.
"Meiru – chan! Everyone!" "CF" Netto was relieved.
"You can do it!" "CF" Dingo rallied.
"Good luck!" The others rallied.
"More bothersome mice… Damn the "Eye"! Show your figure, you lowlife! I shall exterminate you interloper!" Death growled.
"Not yet! Yamikawa's show ain't over yet. Once it is, then I'll butt in one day or another. But until then, I'll be glad to pull some strings behind the scenes. I'm an overseer but I don't believe in being "passive"! I'm the hyperactive kind of guy. Until then… Slowly… And carefully… Wrap up this entertaining show co-directed by me. Yours gallantly, Sauron!"
"What a snobby guy." "CF" Blues grumbled.
"Sauron! Do not laugh at my face. You lowlife are but a mere imitator: I do not know the extent of the power of you lowlife, but it shall not be enough to take in the whole triumvirate at once alone!"
Death Shadow scoffed as he aimed his arm cannon at the "Eye".
The "Eye" drew a red circle into the air and the atmosphere heated up.
All of the friendly Navis' and "Cross Fusion" users (except for "CF" Netto and Forte) began to emit energy towards "CF" Netto.
"CF" Netto looked at his body and gasped.
"This feeling…! I remember! Full Synchro…!" "CF" Netto gasped.
Forte grumbled and aimed his Hell's Buster at the "eye" but it emptied and shot a purple beam of energy at his body.
"What…! Power! I feel power surging up! My power is back to 100% while it was at 70% until a few second ago… I'm as powerful as I was back when I defeated Slur in the "Past Tunnel" over a year ago…!" Forte gasped.
"No way! He increased their power!?" Sidier gasped.
"Enzan! Step back! I'm gonna settle in one shot!" "CF" Netto instructed.
"Fine!"
"CHARGE SHOT!" Both Netto and Saito roared.
The brutally overpowered blast hit Sider fully, making him fly across the room and hit a piece of machinery, ending up stuck there.
Several parts of his bodysuit had broken to reveal his skin beneath the suit.
"W-what power…! Is this… what defeated one of Twilight's Mecha… back when the Twilight Tower Day…? My body…! It feels heavy and weak…!"
"When we encourage each other, hug each other, and link each other with powerful bonds… we can create infinite power!" "CF" Netto announced.
The barrier fell down and the others rushed in while Iris made some gestures and "CF" Netto's "3rd Juuka Style" cancelled.
"Darkness Overload!"
"Damn!"
The blast hit Death Shadow and it inflicted major damage to him, so he dropped into his knees as his nanomachines tried to repair the damage.
"No…! I cannot…! No…! My grand power… there is something above it…? Damn…! "Nebula Grey"…!" Death Shadow muttered.
"This is the end!"
Forte rushed for him, loading up energy on his right hand.
"Death – dono! I would suggest retreat! It would be best. I do suppose you do not seek to "die" again, am I correct?" Yamikawa politely suggested.
"Of course not! I am the Grim Reaper! I shall not "die" because I am the one who brings "death"! As you suggest, Emperor S… I shall retreat and rendezvous with Obihiro…! But…! This is not over…!"
He stood up and formed the algae barred to bounce off Forte's attack.
"Sidier! Return here at once! Your condition is critical and not even a Recovery Battle Chip will allow you to keep on under such conditions!"
"R-roger, Yamikawa – sama…! I shall remember this!"
He detached from the machine and took two steps forward in an erratic manner.
He looked about to lose balance and collapse on the ground from the effort each step brought upon.
"I'll be back…! And I'll bury you lowlifes!"
He panted, looked up, made a grimace and finally entered the purple portal that opened behind him.
"This is not over! My mark shall not vanish! I shall bring death to all of you weaklings marked by it one day or another! Sauron! The same goes for you lowlife! I shall return!" Death muttered.
He stood up and tried to take some steps forward as he aimed his arm cannon at the "Eye" in a menacing move before he escaped the room, so Forte growled out of anger.
"Wait, you cowards!"
He warped out of the room as well.
"… We… did it…" "CF" Netto muttered.
His "Cross Fusion" cancelled and he almost collapsed into the ground but Enzan held him.
Netto had a large smile on his face even though he'd lost consciousness.
"No wonder… He's made a brutal effort today!" Enzan smiled.
"We did it!" Meiru exclaimed.
"Man! What a day!"
"Ya finally learned to use yer head! That robot head helped ya!"
"Wha~t?" Rokushakudama growled.
"Tomahawk Man! I'm gonna get my tomahawk back!" Dingo announced.
"Nope."
Dingo collapsed in a weird manner, looking shocked.
"Trill! Iris! Thank you."
Rock Man materialized and walked over to them.
"Trill believed in Saito and Netto! Trill wanted to be strong and help them! Trill is trying to help everyone!" Trill told Saito.
Saito walked over to him and Trill leaned on his legs as he looked up with a smile at Saito.
"Trill will do his best! Trill promises!"
"That's splendid, Trill. I believe in you, too." Saito replied.
"Thank you, everyone, for lending us strength." Iris thanked.
"You ended the war! We'll always be grateful!" Shark Man replied.
"Heh! It was worth a thrill!" Killer Man grinned.
"No evil guys will threaten our towns!" Charge Man announced.
"Hmmm! I bring justice!" Tengu Man announced.
"We tested a new type of metal!" Ground Man told Dust Man.
"It was the biggest thrill ever since the summer!" Dust Man laughed.
"We won!" Skull Man announced.
"We all fought together!" Wood Man added.
"I cut 'em up!" Slash Man chuckled and looked at his claws.
"My flames burnt 'em to a crisp." Fire Man laughed.
"The "WWW Team" fought valiantly 'till the end!" Colored Man chuckled.
"We've proven our worth to Dr. Wily – sama!" Elec Man exclaimed.
"True." Magic Man commented.
"I'm gonna enjoy some off-season time to finish polishing my small show. Go dance with Raoul Ou – sama 'till dawn creeps into the disco!"
"Man. He'll end fueling Raoul's weird manias when it comes to dancing."
"Some of us are underage, if that means anything to you." Meiru told him.
"I knew it! Go and listen to Unbelievable Truth with Count Elec and laugh. I'm off to work. You may see my ominous presence around. Farewell and drink a lot of water!"
"He thinks he's funny." Laika sighed.
"Blame Mr. Prankster Robber of Seagulls Eggs!"
"What the heck is that?" Dingo gasped.
"Might be a handsome fella who'll court your fiancée!"
"Hey there! Shanka ain't my fiancée! We're but childhood friends!"
"They say many of those things end up in marriage! Go, Sioux!"
Laughter echoed before the "eye" vanished and Dingo groaned.
"You gotta be kidding me~!"
"Oh well! What matters is that we won! Let's celebrate!"
