Wild Star Knight Etherias Chapter 2: Case File 002: Psychic Demon!, a metal hero series/メタルヒーローシリーズ fanfic

Exiakaiser: Welcome to the next episode of Wild Star Knight Etherias. Today we look at one specific Metal Hero. However, she is a cyborg girl forced to battle a crime syndicate. In this chapter, Kurogane faces off against DARK's newest Dark Energy Beast, Tengu, as well as an ESPER named Amadeus. To assist him, He summons the girl as his ally, So, before we get into the details bit of this part of the chapter, let's get her bio out of the way.

Name: Kaoru Mikashiba

Metal Hero Name: 'Battle Cop'

Age: Undetermined (Believed to be late 20's)

Personality- Vengeance and justice driven.

History: Kaoru was a professional tennis player who won 2nd place in the nationals. She had a good life, a loving fiancée, and a caring friend. However, one day, all that changed when the covert operations branch of a crime syndicate called 'The Cartel' called 'Phantom' attacked the lab where her fiancée worked to create a police robot. Her life was stolen, as was the life of her fiancée, who died rebuilding her to fight the war on crime. 6 months later, she began her war on crime armed with a special set of weapons, including a handgun made just for her use and a high heat cutting wire. She finally defeated 'Phantom', and destroyed the Cartel before finding out that their leader, Henry Ohba, had been ordered to kill himself. No one has seen her since.

Not many see the movie she was in as counted as a part of the Metal Hero Franchise for 2 reasons. The first was that it was only a movie character. I can see the reasoning behind this logic, but it kinda falls short. Second reason is the reason I added her in the first place- She was not a man. That is sexist, and this is an equality-first series over anything else. Besides there are a ton of heroines in Eastern and Western comics that kicked butt- from Wonder Woman onward. And it is not my place to spilt hairs, so she is counted as a Metal Heroine in my book.

Now that that is out of the way, we introduce the 'Monster of the Week' bit. Like I said, most of the monsters are based on Legendary Monsters from mythology and fables, which is one of the reasons I left out Bigfoot- He is a modern conundrum, having been around since the late 1800's. I prefer classical-age creatures, from Krakens to Dragons, and so on. And since this is only the second episode, I will not be doing too much damage. The monster in this chapter, Dark Energy Beast Tengu, is based on the long-nosed goblins from ancient Japanese Mythology.

However, Kurogane is not gonna go in half-cocked. SKIP has a set of basic combat gear he has to wear half the time, specifically in battle, when not transformed into Etherias. Of these, he carries his Star Buster, a semi-automatic energy pistol in the same style as the Crime Buster as used by Sharivan. His personal armor is specifically designed to tank everything up to heavy ordinance, and his SWAT gear can shrug off a high-EX rocket blast at point-blank range. However, unlike many of his predecessors, he is vulnerable to Psionic attacks, as he has not had any formal PSI training. Will get into that in this chapter, as it is part of the plot.

So, now that that is explained, let's get this chapter started in earnest. The Disclaimer is still the same as usual.

"Curse that Etherias," said Commander Hessler, DARK's Head of Tactical Planning, annoyed that his new mistress had been foiled. "There's gotta be some way to defeat him."

"Till we find that out," said Kaena, "We got business to attend to. Send out Tengu. I need him to make contact with the Earth Crime Syndicate called the Cartel. Maybe they have a weapon we can use to defeat him."

Meanwhile

On Earth

The phone was ringing. The leader of the Cartel's main forces picked it up and said, "Yes?"

"Good evening," said a voice on the other end of the line, "I am Tengu, a representative of DARK."

"I see," he said, interested, "What do you want?"

"We would like your help to defeat a foe of ours," said Tengu, "Do you have a weapon that can destroy him? Overkill would be preferred."

"We'll make you a deal," said the head of the Cartel, "We have been working on a new ESPer unit to replace the original Amadeus unit. We have also been expanding into weapon smuggling, and are looking to set up a few trade deals for weapon shipments. You become one of our partners, we will give you free use of the Mk-II Amadeus Soldier to use as an enforcer."

"You have a deal," said Tengu, "We will meet in person to sign the contract that will make the deal not only accepted, but also official." With that, he hung up.

"Everything is going according to my great plan," said Tengu, laughing like a hyena.

-Meanwhile-

-Undisclosed location-

A pyramid-like structure sat in a dark underground location. Inside the pyramid sat a lone figure, built like a bodybuilder. He sat in meditation, a black aura discharging like fire around him. To one side there sat a vase, and in front of him was a monitor with cables hooked up to it. These cables were EEG leads, sending data to the monitor about his mental functions. The monitor was showing a spike in his mental activity. The vase next to the man shook, like it was being hit with an earthquake, but the rest of the room was unaffected. Then the man opened his eyes, as the vase shattered explosively.

(Opening theme- Doubt & Trust by Access)

(Instrumental)

(The Metal Hero-) The many Metal Heroes appear in a group.

(A group of long-forgotten heroes who fought to protect our world from evil) They fight their respective villains and bosses.

(However, they were forgotten by those whom they saved time and again) Then, the images of battle disappear, leaving a black background.

(But now, a new legend is about to be written, as the Metal Heroes return) All of a sudden, a new picture appears as Kurogane, wearing his SKIP Uniform, holds a deck of cards.

(Now, with deck in hand, and justice in heart,) The camera focuses on the twin braces on his arms.

(A new hero rises to shape his world in the never growing battle between order and chaos) Kurogane holds places the cards in his deck box and does his Wild Star Change.

[owari mo miezu hashiri nukeru] Kurogane stands in front of the city he is working in, looking down at the people.

[yasuragi wa tooku sugata mo naku] Kurogane walks among the people, looking like a lone wolf.

[kodoku o fuujikomete] Images of the murder of Kurogane's father, and his training as a Star Knight Intergalactic Patrolman.

[tozashikakeru manazahi] Kurogane and Marianna are in the Metal Hero Exhibit, looking at the different Metal Heroes, as the many cards of them appear beside each.

[habataku mono o mukaeru sora] Kurogane and Marianna both stand in front of the SKIP Flag, and salute.

[shihaisareru no o osoreyashinai] Exxion and the Staff of the Jupiter SKIP branch salute.

[akogareru mabayusa wa] Kaena and the forces of DARK appear.

[subete o kaeru tame ni] Kaena grabs a hologram of Earth in her clutches.

[dare mo yurusazu ni] Kurogane then raises his right hand in the air, and places his left in the opposite direction. He then rotates them in opposite directions slowly, as his breath slows to a crawl.

[doko e yukeru darou] Kurogane then completes his pose, and calls out, "WILD STAR CHANGE!" With this, he reaches his left hand to the Star Brace on his right arm and presses a button on the Brace, transforming him into Wild Star Knight Etherias.

[hikari no moto Yami wa umare] Etherias then stands in front of Kaena and her many Minions. He then starts to fight a few.

[shinjitsu wa itsuwari ni yureru] The Galawin, Etherias' Battle Cruiser transforms into Battle Giant Galawin, complete with sword and shield, and fights some of the giant beasts.

[kokoro o tsukisasu] One of the monsters Etherias is fighting gets a lucky blow in and Kurogane pulls out a Metal Hero Card, swipes it in the right gauntlet, becoming Jiban.

[fureta yoru o Koorasete mo] He then activates the Autoderringer effect and fires it, destroying a large group of monsters.

[yume to iu Yokubou no kage o] Etherias then returns to normal mode, and pulls out his Quasar Blade, his signature weapon.

[yobitsuzukeru] He charges it up and goes into his Quasar Slash attack, cutting down another group of beasts.

[kimi no tsumi to itami o] He then rushes towards Kaena, Quasar Blade at the ready.

[shinjite iku ] The two clash, leading to a white explosion of light.

Wild Star Knight Etherias

Case File 002

Psychic Demon!

-Metal Hero Exhibit-

0900 hours

Kurogane was walking through the Metal Hero exhibit, carrying a strange PDA-like device. In this device, there was information on each and every Metal Hero that stood before him. "Let's see," said Kurogane, standing before one in particular, "Jiban, a cyborg detective forced to fight against Bioroid criminals in the never-ending pursuit of justice. Decommissioned after mission completed." He then walked up to another one, "Battle Cop, Kaoru Mikashiba, changed into a cyborg cop to tackle the Cartel, a criminal organization that was trying to take control of Tokyo. Believed Decommissioned. Okay…a little vague."

"Ah," said the curator, "I see you found our little mystery. Kaoru was never seen after her mission was completed. Disappeared from the radar, I believe is the turn."

"Who knows," asked Kurogane, shrugging. All of a sudden, his communicator went off. "Gotta take this," he then explained and ran over to a nearby restroom. "Reppuu here."

"We have intel that a major smuggling operation is gonna happen between DARK and the Cartel," said Marianna. "We need you to perform the bust."

"The Cartel, huh," commented Kurogane, "Will do. However, there may be a chance they have, with them, an Amadeus Soldier."

"Amadeus Soldier," asked Marianna, "What is that?"

"I did some digging," said Kurogane, "The Cartel has some real deep pockets, it seems, because they created a psychic super soldier that they send out to eliminate anyone who gets in the way of their plans. That is one of the reasons they are feared."

"In any case," said Marianna, "This mission is labeled priority Alpha, and you know what that means."

Kurogane sighed, "Priority Alpha- Mission takes priority over all other missions. Completion by any means necessary."

"Exactly."

"Well, then," said Kurogane, "It's a good thing my hours are extremely flexible, or I wouldn't be able to do this."

-20 minutes later-

"The Cartel wishes to thank you for your willingness to business with us," said the representative. With that, he pulled out a crate full of weapons. "Let me introduce the latest weapon in the Cartel's arsenal, the X-02 Neutron Cannon. It's handheld, making it easy to carry." The rep then aimed the large gun at a set of nearby metal crates and fired. A yellow energy beam was emitted by the particle accelerator gun, causing the crates to spontaneously explode. "With this, you can stop anyone in your way, even a Star Knight."

"Excellent," said Tengu, grabbing the gun. "What can we expect immediately?"

"For your contribution," said the representative, "5 crates full of these, 10 in total. Later, pending future requirements, we may send you a few test weapons, depending that you make good on our deal."

"Will do," said Tengu.

"Target is finalizing a deal with the Cartel," said Kurogane, "Can I proceed with the mission?"

"Not yet," said Marianna, via Comlink, "We need to wait till and take both sides out at the same time."

"There's no time," said Kurogane, "This will be last contact between both sides."

"Remember what Gavan told you," said Marianna, "Sometimes the best plan of attack is to be patient and wait for the moment."

"Fair point," said Kurogane.

"I'm picking up a lifeform about 5 clicks to your right and closing. It seems strange…KURO! GET OUT OF THERE!"

Kurogane had little time to react as the Psychic wave hit him full force. The blast knocked Kurogane back. "It's the Amadeus Soldier," said Kurogane, "He was able to locate me. Impressive use of clairvoyance."

"Well, then, maybe you can congratulate him while he is spilling your guts with his mind," said Marianna, sarcastically. "For now, just take him out."

"Roger," said Kurogane, Charging the Amadeus soldier. When the ESPer fired another psychic wave attack, he called out, "WILD STAR CHANGE," and pressed the button on the right brace, doing so in mid-air. After a burst of light, the armor appeared on him. He then charged at the Psychic soldier, kicking him back with a flying kick.

"Etherias," said Tengu, angered. "Finally, he's here."

"He looks like a Metal Hero," said the representative. "However, he is still no match for Amadeus."

"Correction," said Tengu, "He is no match for Amadeus and me." Tengu then pulled out a halberd and charged, along with his Megars.

Kurogane was not doing too well in this battle, getting tossed around by psychic force blasts, and slashed around by Megars and Tengu. "Kurogane," said Marianna, "Pull out. We will suspend the operation till we can figure out the Amadeus unit's abilities and limits."

Kurogane then pulled out a Metal Hero card labeled 'Hikaruon' and said, "FORM UP!" He then slid the card in the right brace.

"FORM UP," called out the right brace, "HIKARUON!"

"REKKU," called out Kurogane, transforming into Gakuen Tokusou Hikaruon. He then placed both hands in front, as if he was doing the Kamehameha attack. He then spread his arms apart in full extension, and then crossed them over his chest so that they would be parallel to each other. Then he returned them to position 2, and then placed his left arm at the waist with the hand balled up into a fist, and the right arm at face-length. He then just jumped into the air, and transformed into a ball of light before flying off.

-20 minutes later-

"Dammit," said Kurogane, having to get checked out by the Auto-Doc. "That thing had no foreseeable weaknesses. However, it is still flesh and blood. It can still be destroyed, but it had some good defenses. Maybe, if we could find a way to get a shot through its psychic attacks, we could bring it down?"

"How," said Marianna, "We would need a smart bullet in order to do that."

"If I remember," said Kurogane, going over to his jacket, and pulling out his data pad, "Battle Cop was able to defeat the first one. However, it took at least 3 encounters, and she herself was not unscathed when she finally defeated it."

"But how do we learn from her," asked Marianna, "Her whereabouts are unknown. It is believed she died years ago."

"Her physical body may have passed on," said Kurogane, pulling out her card, "But should her spirit and will to fight still live on, then we may just have a chance."

"And just how you think you will be able to call her," asked Marianna, "The left brace is still untested."

"Remember, the whole Etherias system is untested," said Kurogane, "And yet, I managed to access it for the first time a week ago."

-Later-

The Cartel and DARK representatives were all together, making the first exchange of weapons.

"Let's try this again," said Kurogane, via his Comlink, "Everything in place?"

"We are good to go on this end," said Gavan, standing at the other end of the warehouse where the exchange was taking place.

"Ready when you are," said Marianna, the coordinator for this operation. "Everything's set."

"Just remember," said Retsu, "Patience is crucial to a battle as much as the will to succeed."

"Thanks, Sensei," said Kurogane, "Ready to proceed on your call, Galawin."

"Roger," said Marianna, Making a final check. "Everyone's accounted for, including the Amadeus. Operation can commence now."

"Beginning sting operation," said Kurogane, pulling out a strange hockey puck-shaped device. He then tossed it into the warehouse.

The representatives of both sides of the exchange had very little tome to react as the flash-bang grenade went off. After a few seconds, the light and sound faded, giving Kurogane enough time to fire at each with stun rounds, knocking the Cartel units out quickly. "Stage one completed," said Kurogane, "Retsu, You can proceed."

"Onore," said Tengu, striking the ground next to Kurogane with his halberd. However, Kurogane was already in the air, having jumped out of the way. "You will pay dearly for this."

"I should be saying that," said Kurogane, "I will not forgive you for your actions, Tengu. You have invoked article 7 of the Star Knight Code- An attacked Star Knight has jurisdiction to defend himself, as long as his actions don't harm the world he is sworn to defend."

"Screw you code," said Tengu, "The only Law I follow is the Will of the Dark Goddess herself! PREPARE YOURSELF!"

Kurogane then raised his right hand in the air, and placed his left in the opposite direction. He then rotated them in opposite directions slowly, as his breath slowed to a crawl. When his right arm was about to reach its original position, he then balled it up into a fist, and bent the elbow so that it sat parallel to his face. The left hand was placed at the hip as he did this. When the stance was completed, he then called out, "WILD STAR CHANGE!" With this, he reached his left hand to the Star Brace on his right arm and pressed a button on the Brace.

All of a sudden, a beam of light struck him, and the armor seemed to coalesce onto him. It was gold with silver accents, and lots of strange tech on the chest. He then swung his arms in practice combat strikes.

Etherias' Wild Star Change process takes 0.005 milliseconds to occur. Let's see the Wild Star Change Process again.

Meanwhile, in high orbit, the Galawin's orbit reached its zenith in line with the sun. With the top of the craft, it collected energy and converted it into solar power for the Nano-Cells that made up the armor. It then fired the particles at Kurogane, which began to coalesce into armor plates as a particle beam.

"Knight of Justice," said Etherias, "My mission is to bring fiends like you to justice. My blade is for the people. Wild Star Knight Etherias, Battle ready!"

All of a sudden, a psychic blast pushed Etherias back. Amadeus had arrived, and attacked Etherias like a mad dog with a single opponent. He kept the pressure until Tengu told him to stop.

"It's obvious you are not strong enough to defend against Amadeus's psychic powers and my strategy," said Tengu, gloating, "However, you will not be able to escape this time. Accept your fate, as your death will be just another footnote in the long history of DARK and its conquest of the universe."

"I refuse," said Etherias, standing up with some effort. "I can't just let you get away with this. And if I need an additional support to bring you down, then so be it." He then reached into his deck box and pulled out two cards. "It's time," he then said to himself and placed the 'Battle Cop' card in the left brace and swiped it.

(BGM- Macross Frontier op 2- Lion)

"TO ARMS," called out the left brace.

"Hear me, oh warrior of justice," said Etherias, "Your work is not yet finished. I summon you to my aid to combat that which threatens the forces of peace and justice. Rise up and take up arms as you ANSWER THE CALL TO WAR!" After he said this, a beam of light fired out of the left brace, and a figure appeared when the beam landed. Kaoru Mikashiba, former tennis ace, now cyborg police operative, had returned from wherever she slept.

"Who wakes me from eternal slumber," she asked, confused.

Etherias approached her and said, "A fellow warrior against evil. I called you here because I need your assistance." He then extended his hand to her. "The Cartel is once again up to no good, and I could use your help in fighting their killer ESPer. You up for one more battle?"

"Sure," said Kaoru, accepting his hand. "Got any weapons around that I can use? My pistol is not gonna be enough against it."

"I believe there are about 5 Neutron Magnum in the crates beside you," said Etherias. "I will hold him off while you get one."

"Can you handle it alone," asked Kaoru, confused.

"With Jiban, I might be able to defeat him alongside you," said Kurogane, revealing the other card in his hand, "But, till you are ready, I will only need to distract him long enough."

He then slide the Jiban card through the right brace.

"FORM UP," said the right brace, "Kidou Keiji Jiban!"

All of a sudden, Etherias was showered by energy particles, and his armor changed to look exactly like Jiban's Perfect form. He then pulled out the Maximillion Type 3 in Jitte mode. "Go," said Etherias, "I will cover you."

"You're not going anywhere," said Tengu, rushing towards Kaoru…

…only to stop dead as Etherias fired 5 shots from the gun form of the Maximillion Type 3. "I'm you r opponent," he then said, switching it to sword form and charging at them. He then placed three direct hits on Tengu, followed by a kicking attack. This knocked the long-nosed gobbling back into a wall. "Now, to deal with you," he said, switching his weapon back to gun from and firing 8 shots in rapid succession at Amadeus.

This only distracted Amadeus, who fired a psi-burst at Etherias, knocking him back. "Anytime, now, milady," he said, before he got knocked back by another blast.

All of a sudden, a neutron beam hit the Amadeus soldier, knocking it back. "Sorry about that," said Kaoru, with a Neutron Magnum in hand, "These new units are a little smaller than the one I first used."

"Alright," said Etherias, pulling out a weapon card, "Let's finish this with the big guns, shall we?" He then slid the card through the right Brace.

"EQUIP," the right brace called out, "AUTODERRINGER!" All of a sudden, a massive cannon appeared in Etherias' hands. This was the ultimate weapon of Jiban, the Auto Derringer. He then aimed it, alongside Kaoru and her Neutron Magnum, at the Amadeus soldier and said, "TWIN BURST!" All of a sudden, both guns fired a beam of energy at the creature. This discharge overloaded the ESPer's nervous system, causing a catastrophic overload, and then the ESPer exploded.

Kaoru then said, "My mission is completed. I must leave now."

"I know," said Etherias, "Don't worry. I can take it from here. Thank you for your assistance." Kaoru smiled and nodded, and then faded away.

Kurogane then turned to the Tengu, "And now, it's your turn."

-Meanwhile-

Fortress Belial

"ONORE," yelled Kaena, angered. "Akuma Jikyuu hatsudo!"

"At once," said Dezzle, who then pressed a black button.

The universe is made of both positive and negative matter- Light and Dark; Matter and Dark Matter. DARK takes the Dark Matter that makes up a specific space and compresses it into a dimensional vortex. This vortex opens up into a separate dimension of pure evil.

Tengu then jumped into the vortex, and howled in delight.

"Right," said Etherias, who then called out, "STARRON!" as he did this, an antenna popped out of his helmet.

All of a sudden, as if from out of nowhere, a strange motorcycle, resembling a tricked out Kawasaki Ninja appeared on the field. Etherias got on it and rode towards the Vortex.

While in the Akuma Dimension, a Dark Energy Beast's strength is multiplied by four. However, it also changes them into mindless beasts while there.

Etherias looked around and saw that the area was full of danger. He made sure to be cautious. However, then Tengu in his Beast Form, a massive red Orc with red eyes and a battle axe the size of a halberd, lunged at Etherias. Kurogane dodged the first strike, but was unable to dodge the second one. The beast lunged a second time, knocking the fledgling Star Knight to the ground, and started trying to pummel at him. However, Kurogane, then said, "SHOCK BLAST!" This released a minor charge that frightened the beast enough that Etherias could stand up.

However, before Kurogane could retaliate, the two enemies were pushed away by a strange gravitation blast. Kurogane found himself in a separate area with a giant beast attacking him with boulders the size of the Statue of Liberty. "Looks like it's time to bring out the big guns," he then said, activating his left brace's special button. "GALAWIN!"

All of a sudden, the Hyper Star Cruiser Galawin appeared in the Akuma Dimension. Kurogane then jumped into the machine and sat in the mecha control seat and called out , "HYPER STAR GIANT GALAWIN!"

All of a sudden, servos and gears started to move. These started changing the machine into a giant robotic fighting machine. First the boosters extended and became legs and feet. Then the wings retracted and the sides pulled out becoming arms. Then the torso opened up, revealing the head. Then the hands popped out of the arms, opening each finger as they did so. This was the hyper star giant Galawin.

"Let's go," said Kurogane, pushing forward on the control levers. Galawin responded by punching a boulder in half. Then the titanic beast tried to crush Galawin with its huge fists. However, Galawin was much faster. Kurogane then called out , "GALAWIN BUSTER!" All of a sudden, Galawin raised both arms and fire twin beams of energy at the titanic beast, destroying it. Etherias then left the machine and continued further on.

Tengu suddenly attacked him, knocking Etherias back. However, Kurogane remembered there was a good technique for finishing a battle quickly that he has yet to try. He then raised his right arm to face forward and placed his left arm perpendicular to his right to act as a brace. He then concentrated his energy into the attack. As he did this, a small sphere of energy appeared in his hand, now balled up into a fist. "EAT THIS," said Etherias, "WILD STAR BULLET!" All of a sudden, the sphere launched like it was fired from a rail gun, hitting Tengu in the chest.

Etherias then pressed a button on the deck box. This closed and locked the top of the box, flipped it around and opened another lid, revealing the weapon cards. Etherias then pulled out the card labeled 'Etherias Blade and Shield', and slid it in the Right Brace. All of a sudden, the card vanished from his left hand and a sword and shield appeared. The sword was secured in a scabbard in the shield. Etherias then pulled out the sword and said, "In violation of Article 23 Paragraph D of the Star Knight Law Mandate, which states, and I quote, 'Those who do evil shall be judged by severity', Article 30 section B, 'Those that threaten with death shall themselves be slain', and Article 8, 'Those that kill people of a world under Star Knight Jurisdiction will be put to the death on the spot', I hereby find you guilty and sentence you to death according to Article 5, 'A Star Knight has the Right to administer sentence for a crime that breaks Star Knight Law." He then took the shield and flung it at the Dark Energy Beast, which was stunned by the hit. He then ran his hand along the blade, which seemed to charge with energy. Etherias then swung the blade a few times and charged at Black Dog, slashing him once with an attack that caused him to receive an electric shock. He then turned to face Black Dog and slashed the air in front of them, calling out, "QUASAR DYNAMIC!" The slash produced a shockwave that cut through the air in front of hi, till it hit Tengu, slicing him in half.

Tengu then screamed as he fell forward and exploded.

-BGM- Final Fantasy Unlimited Theme-

The area in the Akuma Dimension reverted to normal form, and Etherias ran into the DARK base. He then started firing his Star Buster at ships and fuel tanks. This caused the based to explode, as Etherias ran back to safety. "Mission complete," Etherias said, returning to civilian form.

-Later-

"And it turns out that Kaoru Mikashiba is still alive and well," said Kurogane, leading a small group of individuals. "However, she is retired as a warrior for justice, now that her personal fight is done. She lives on an island far from here."

"Will she ever come back to fight again," asked one of the patrons, "Should she need to?"

"Who knows," asked Kurogane, "Only time will tell."

-Later that day-

"Are you sure you aren't lying to them," asked Marianna, "We never confirmed that."

"Actually," said Kurogane, "Gavan told me this. I had him check to see if she is alive and well before the sting operation even began."

"Wait," said Marianna, "She really is alive? But wouldn't she want to not fight?"

"The summon system, it seems allows for the warrior spirit of the Metal hero to be incited and called to action," said Kurogane, explaining it to the best of his abilities. "It is most likely, by some strange pretense that Kaoru Mikashiba wanted to make sure the demons of her battle were finally laid to rest."

"And what do we do about the Cartel," asked Marianna, "We can't just let them continue existing."

"I know," said Kurogane, "Which is why I sent the information I gathered using my hacking skills to the required authorities."

"This just in," said the news lady, interrupting, "The Cartel, a formerly secret criminal organization, has been taken down by the INTERPOL Special Crimes group. This organization, wanted on several crimes from drug and weapons smuggling to assassinations, was trying to make a deal with several other organizations…"

"Well," said Kurogane, "Yet another demon exorcised. Hope Kaoru likes the gift."

-Elsewhere-

-A Small Island off the coast of Hokkaido-

Kaoru Mikashiba was sitting in a rocking chair, drinking a diet coke as the wind blew like a gentle whisper. "Thank you," she then whispered, "Warrior of Light."

At long last, the demons of a former warrior of justice have been laid to rest. However, DARK is still on the loose, and possibly preparing another nefarious scheme. Don't stop fighting, Kurogane! Keep Going, Wild Star Knight Etherias!

-To Be Continued-

Next Time!

DARK has bombed a major UN Summit! Using the powers he has at this time, Kurogane must now put the Form Up and To Arms powers to their ultimate test. The mission, rescue the people trapped in the rubble of the building. However, another Dark Energy Beast is in the building. Can Kurogane master the Special Rescue cards? Or will his battle be over in a blaze of rubble? Wild Star Knight Etherias! Next episode:

Fiery Rescue!

Don't miss it!

Metal Hero Cards used:

Gakuen Tokusou Hikaruon

Type- Special

Summon Points- 1000

Card number- 0231-X (1)

Special Skill- Dimensional Shift- can use interdimensional space to travel.

Metal Hero Cards used:

Battle Cop

Type- Space Sheriff

Summon Points- 1000

Card number- 000X

Special Skill- None

(1)= Special card. If there is an 'X' next to the card number, or in place of the number, the card is counted as a Metal Hero card by technicality.

Well, another monster is down. Next is gonna be the Rescue battle, based on the Rescue Teams- Winspector, Solbrain, and Exceedraft. If you have any ideas for the monster used in the next chapter, please comment and review. Would love to hear your thoughts.