Chapter 5

Right where I looked, I saw the robotic human skeleton-looking Reploid I had just repaired, his eyes glowing red. It was then that I also saw what seemed to be flesh, real human organic flesh, growing over his skeleton. And in a matter of moments, his flesh had completely regenerated. And what was more, his clothes had also grown over his body, which looked like some sort of old martial arts gi, or martial arts training clothes, that didn't seem to be of this century. He just stood there, looking angry as his hand was held up towards Aeolus, as if the energy blast had come from his hand. I only barely recognized the energy. I think someone from the Maverick Wars Era had called it Ki. The only possible way this particular Reploid could have fired a energy blast of his own life force was because he was of a legendary race of which only one member of that race was left alive on Earth and throughout the Universe back during the Maverick Wars and Resistance Eras.

This cyborg-like Reploid must be the legendary Gohan, Jr, who had defeated Dr. Weil, whom had actually been an evil member of Gohan, Jr's race.

Aeolus's outraged question brought me back to reality. He asked, "Who the hell are you?!"

"As if it would matter to you, you filthy Maverick!" Gohan said angrily.

Yikes! I've never heard anyone, not even my friends, make such a cold statement like that.

"You're right." Aeolus said as he had charged at Gohan. "Because now, I'll destroy you!"

My guess was that Gohan would fire another blast of his Ki at Aeolus. But man, was I wrong.

Instead of firing another blast of Ki, Gohan put his hand down and pulled something from a belt around the waist part of his martial arts gi's outer jumpsuit where there was a black martial arts belt. I automatically recognized it as my Saber! Did he really think he could use it?

My mental question was soon answered as soon as a green energy blade emerged from the hilt and Gohan blocked each of Aeolus attacks with such ease that he seemed to be a master of the art of the sword. But Aeolus did prove one thing about himself. He really was a perfectionist, as selfish as he is.

"You may look like my old friend in a way," Gohan started to say, a determined look on his face as he fought Aeolus, "but in battle, you're nothing compared to the real one."

I wondered who Gohan was talking about. But that's when a small tidbit of information from my studies of the Resistance Era popped back into my mind. I had seen a Reploid looking very familiar to Aeolus in Model H Form. I remembered that the Reploid's name was Sage Harpuia, one of the Four Guardians of Megaman X, the original leader of Neo Arcadia. Aeolus was known as Megaman Model H. I wondered if Biometal Model H had been designed from the blueprints of Sage Harpuia.

And how did Gohan know Sage Harpuia? Did the legendary Ultra Uterkian cyborg really know Sage Harpuia? And if he did, they were friends? It seemed I still had a lot to learn about the Resistance Era in more studies. But as far as I knew, when Sage Harpuia was still alive as a Guardian of Neo Arcadia, he destroyed Reploids that had been labeled as Mavericks.

"You think I'm nothing like the Original Harpuia?" Aeolus asked angrily, apparently pissed that Gohan called him nothing. Then he shouted, "You're all ignorant! I started to believe that not only mankind, but that Reploids as well as humans should be annihilated from the planet as well. Humans and Reploids not like me and my companions are inferior and must be wiped out!"

"You're definitely not like my best friend." Gohan said with contempt for Aeolus. "You have no sense of honor or compassion as he did. When we finally put our differences of me being in the Resistance and he a Guardian aside, we fought together when I finally destroyed Dr. Weil when we saved the world together alongside our common friend. Even when I sealed myself in hibernation 254 years ago, I could still see him and my wife, Fairy Leviathan, as well as the other two Guardians fighting for the sake of humankind. You, who are but a filthy Maverick, will never harm another human of the planet which adopted me ever again. Because at the end of this day, one shall stand. One shall fall."

Right when Gohan had stated all of that information, I could see that Aeolus was frozen due to this burst of information.

But then he looked all but livid with rage as he said, "You... HOW DARE YOU!" Aeolus then charged at Gohan with blind rage, having forgotten right then the perfection he used in his fighting style. He tried to pummel Gohan, though Gohan seemed to be moving so fast that before Aeolus could land a punch, Gohan disappeared then reappeared in a different spot away from Aeolus, all in the same instant.

I noticed right then that my Buster had been knocked over towards me during the fighting. I grabbed my Buster and, after using my arms to pull myself into a sitting position against the boulder, began shooting at Aeolus to back Gohan up. Aeolus noticed my shots and avoided all but the first few, he continued to deflect the remaining shots I fired at him.

Then, before I could even react, Aeolus charged at me with his Dash Jets and then used his sabers to cut my arms off. I screamed in pain as the next thing I knew after that initial pain, I felt an even more unbearable pain coming from the center of my chest. I was horrified when I looked down at my chest and saw that Aeolus had stabbed one of sabers into my chest. Aeolus, however, didn't notice Gohan, Jr behind him. Gohan just reached around, pulled Aeolus' saber and arm out of my chest, held it firm with one hand and, after focusing some of his Ki in his fist, he yelled 'ENERGY PUNCH!' and punched Aeolus so hard that Aeolus flew back about 50 feet. Aeolus crashed into the northern outer wall of Hunter HQ, even crashing through the wall all the way to the other side beyond the wall. Gohan stood back up in a martial arts ready stance. The battle was over, and he had won.

Aeolus stood back up, though shaky from the force of the impact of crashing into the wall, the damage pretty evident in his outer armor.

After a short pause, Aeolus looked at Gohan with a most hateful look as he said, "This isn't over yet, Ultra Utekrian. My army and I will be back. And make no mistake, I'll kill you personally for all of those unforgivable insults, mark my words."

"Yeah whatever." Gohan said, just standing there all calm. Then, much to Aeolus' terror, Gohan transformed into his Ultra Utekrian 3 Form. I was amazed at how much different he looked now as he said, "If you ever attack this place ever again, or if you and your filthy Maverick Army ever attack anymore innocent humans or Reploids, then this is what you will face when you meet your demise by my hands, mark MY words."

Despite his terror at seeing Gohan, Jr in Ultra Utekrian 3 Form, he and what was left of his army teleported away through a portable Trans Server unit.

Gohan, after powering down from his Ultra Utekrian 3 Form, turned towards me and knelt down next to me, a soft, gentle, and compassionate look in his eyes as he said, "Don't worry, young warrior. We'll get you fixed up."

It was then that I began feeling some of my other parts shutting down. Aeolus had clearly damaged my power core. When Gohan looked at my chest wound, he looked horrified, which he then turned towards the other Hunters and called for a medic.

My eyes were becoming heavy as the last I remember was Gohan picking up my damaged form and helped get me to the infirmary. I also saw Stephen's face as he looked mortified that me, one of his many friends, was about to shutdown.

After a few more seconds, everything went black as I shut down.