There was a large factory within a city that builds cars on an assembly line. However, due to certain economic changes the company was out competed and was forced to sell their business to a higher company. All that remains now is a grave yard factory where cars were built, employees worked, and machines were powered by electricity. Rumors spread throughout the inhabitants that ghost wander in the factory. It would be a perfect setting for a horror movie where the people are picked off one at a time. However, that would not stop the ERT soldiers from entering. A large military jeep equipped with a large cannon on the top pulled up to the factory. Tokui stepped out of the shotgun seat, and Haitani emerged from the back seat.
"I'm just saying, he had a really nice car. I wasn't insulting the jeep", Haitani told Nentou as he continued their argument.
"Dude, you don't compliment another man's car after he's finally upgraded it", Nentou continued.
"Nentou if your car is so tricked out, how come your stereo system is worth more than both the car AND cannon", Tokui added.
"Because he's Ratchet", Haitani said as he pulled out an automatic rifle from the trunk.
"Just go do your job", Nentou scolded them. "I need a smoke, I'll be here when you get back."
The large factory door swung open with a creaking sound that echoed throughout the factory. With a flashlight attached to his gun, Haitani took a quick survey around the area before signalling to Tokui. Both walked in slowly side by side while scanning everywhere with a flashlight.
"Man this is creepy", Haitani said. "I feel like the La Llorona is gonna jump out and devour our souls or something."
"Haitani, La Llorona isn't real", Tokui said as he scanned the area with his hand held flashlight.
"No, the Easter Bunny isn't real", Haitani imputed.
"No He's Real! I've Seen Him Before", Tokui defended.
"Listen to yourself captain. Twenty two years old, and you still believe in the Easter Bunny."
"I never believed in Santa Clause, but I swear up and down the Easter Bunny is real", The Shinmei-Ryu student told him.
From the blackness, a large metal crate was tossed in front of them. For exactly three-point seven seconds Tokui and Haitani stared at the metal container. If they hadn't stopped to argue about what was real and what wasn't, they would be dead men. Sure they had great strength and endurance, but Keitaro was probably the only one who could survive something like that. Another crate was tossed out a few feet away from the first one. The soldiers looked up to the next floor where a door was broken into. There was light coming from the opening. Tokui and Haitani quickly, but quietly ran to the stairway.
It didn't take long for the two to reach the entrance. Like they were trained before, Haitani took one side, as Tokui took the opposing side of the exit. Both nodded before taking a peek into the room. Inside, a bulky man searched through searched through the many crates, tossing aside the ones that were useless to him. A single lightbulb glowed above him, throwing sparks here and there. The long, thick, white hair he possessed seems to be holding sparks of electricity as well.
"It's him alright", Tokui mentally noted. "He hasn't noticed us yet. This is a perfect opportunity for a sneak attack. If we can capture him, we can get a little information about him."
Tokui unsheathed his katana by an inch. There was a tiny clank from the sword movement so small that a mouse would seem loud. However, that was all the alert their opponent needed. The larger than life man gathered ane enormous amount of electric energy in his hand. With a thrust of his muscular arm, the energy blasted through the doorway.
Still outside, Nentou took note of the lightning bolt that tore through the building and sailed for miles.
"Huh, looks like they started", Nentou said as he took another puff of his cigarette.
Tokui and Haitani remained calm even after having another near death experience. To Pokefy it, they were mere centimeters from a one hit K.O. Hyper Beam. Unlike Pokémon, this attack didn't need to recharge, and it was playing for keeps this time. Haitani pulled out a pin for a grenade and tossed it into the room.
"Fire in the hole", Haitani yelled before they both made a run to the bottom floor.
The grenade exploded with a bang, just as expected.
"Did we get him", Haitani asked.
From the smoke they could make out a burst of electricity. I wasn't another attack, but merely the flow of energy surrounding their enemy.
"Nope", Tokui said as the large man leapt to the air.
The electric-powered man landed just ahead of Tokui and Haitani. Haitani drew his assault rifle as Tokui took his Tanto. The man was completely surrounded by an electrical field. He wasn't moving, but his hair jumped here and there from the amount of power he showed.
"Tokui", The man shouted.
"Zeus", He answered. "I thought we put you away for good. I guess we've been kinda lazy with the security.
"There is no prison that can keep me tied down", Zeus thundered.
"It did until someone busted you out", Haitani corrected. "The question is who busted you out?"
"It was someone who was willing to extend my power to unimaginable heights.
The electricity surrounding Zeus intensified. Before he couldn't even get a clean shot, Haitani received an uppercut to his chest. The blow tossed him all the way to the ceiling, before he fell back down on the stairway.
"Haitani", Tokui shouted to his now unconscious ally.
There would be no chance to check on his comrade, for Zeus was already upon him. Tokui leapt in a reversed fashion, making sure not to take his eyes off of Zeus. Each swing Zeus took, Tokui managed to stay out of his reach, or counter it with his Tanto. Once he was backed into a corner, Tokui leapt over the brute force man. Now it was Zeus who was cornered. Tokui took Raised the blade to his opponent, but it was countered with his wrist. The metal did nothing to Zeus's skin, due to the amount of energy surrounding him.
"Your weapon is no better than the Cheetah Demon's. I would have preferred to fight him, or even the Titan you called Han", Zeus said before blasting Tokui in the chest with a beam of electricity.
Luckily for Tokui this blast wasn't as powerful as the one before. Still, it did leave him in a daze. Tokui shook off the strike as best he could before taking up the fighting stance he was trained to use. Surprisingly, Zeus dispersed the energy that surrounded his body.
"The Shinmei-Ryu have been known to slay demons", Zeus said. "Powerful being in the ages of the past. But this is the age of the past where the sword has become an antique."
"The Shinmei-Ryu are a clan that has long endured through out the centuries. They're not an antique just yet, and neither am I. I'll show you why the ERT nicknamed me the Dragon Slayer."
Tokui raised his tanto above his head.
"Dragon Slash", Tokui roared.
The soldier swung the sword downwards where a large crescent energy wave soared towards Zeus. The villain countered it with a strong swipe of his electrical powered arm. Even without the energy surrounding him, he was still able to use his powers. Before he could make another move, Tokui was already two feet in front of him. With reflexes rivaled by few, Tokui slashed at his opponent three times. Three slashes appeared on Zeus's arm and chest since his blade was now infused with Ki. Where ever Zeus tried to punch, chop, or blast his foe, Tokui maneuvered around his attacks while remaining at a very close range. Tokui stabbed his Tanto into Zeus's shoulder.
The weapon was deeply lodged into Zeus. Zeus seized Tokui's hand within his, and slowly pulled out the blade. Tokui fought against his strength, but it was no use. Zeus grabbed Tokui by the face as he tossed the weapon away from Tokui's grip. He struggled and kicked within Zeus's grip as the Lightning Bolt subject held him above the ground. Zeus was three feet bigger than even Han, so Tokui was at least four feet off of the ground.
"Your blade is weak, and your body is fragile", Zeus told him.
Zeus built up the electricity around his body again before discharging it through Tokui. The captain screamed in agony as the energy coursed through his body. It was for something like this that Angel couldn't come along. A high current of electricity like this would ruin his body. Keitaro could either brush off an attack like this, or simple be too fast to be caught. However, he was in no shape to be fighting, physically, and mentally. There was Han who once went toe to toe with Zeus, but he didn't want to endanger his comrade anymore than he had to. Nentou was of no use on a battle field unless he was in a vehicle. Shirai was more of a supporting character, and would need someone to take the lead. The same with Haitani.
As Tokui's mental role count for his soldiers took place, the energy surrounding both him and Zeus suddenly disappeared. A dark figure appeared in Zeus's face before landing a critical kick to his eye. Zeus staggered back, and Tokui was taken to a safer distance. Standing right next to Tokui was Haitani.
"Haitani, you're okay", Tokui asked.
Hantain couldn't answer his captain at the moment. A small amount of electricity funneled though his mouth down to his throat. The electricity completely disappeared as he shut his mouth.
"What is this", Zeus asked.
Haitani kept his eyes closed for a few seconds. Haitani took to the floor on both hands and feet like a true beast. That's when it all kicked in. A single strand of electricity circled around Haitani's body. The hair on his head, ears, and tail stood up. The wild dog opened his eyes with a growl to reveal pure yellow orbs without a pupil.
"An imitator of the Lightning Bolt", Zeus said as he built up his energy again.
Once Zeus's power returned, Haitani placed a strong punch to Zeus's wounded shoulder. Even with the electricity now powering Haitani, he wasn't as strong as Zeus. However, hitting him in a wounded spot, and using his own weapon against him actually hurt Zeus. None of them noticed as Zeus dropped a small black device from his pocket. In the mist of the battle time, Tokui ran for his Tanto as Haitani covered him.
"That's Haitani for you", Tokui thought. "Besides the wild dog features and senses, their real potential lays in their stomachs. Shirai and Haitani have the ability to eat any form of energy , even Ki. They then are able to use that energy to some extend for a short period of time."
Tokui grabbed his Tanto and rushed Zeus head on. Haitani spied his captain, and knew he needed to create a diversion for him. Haitani used his razor-sharp claws to hack as Zeus's face. Zeus was temporarily blinded by his claws, giving Tokui just what he needed.
"Now, Dragon Slash", Tokui yelled as he leapt into the air and performed another energy wave attack.
When it all seemed to be another successfully completed mission, something unexpected happened. A second beam of purple energy raced across the factory, countering Tokui's attack and narrowly missing Haitani. The captain leapt away from Zeus and Haitani skidded right to his side. Besides the heavy breathing of Zeus and the ERT soldiers, there was an even louder noise. It sounded like, foot steps...loud foot step. From the darkness emerged another person, completely covered in black. The person's face was covered by the hood of a black cloak, which hid their identity. The only visual information they could get from this person was that it was a woman. The black stilettos explained this as well as the reason for loud foot steps.
"That's enough Zeus. We got what we came for", The woman said.
"Who are you", Tokui asked. "Are you working with Zeus too?!"
"Zeus, come, our job here is done", The woman commanded, completely ignoring Tokui.
"Hey, he asked you a question", Haitani growled.
Zeus walked to the dark dressed woman as if the other two did not exist. Haitani became impatient and took action. Still enhanced with his lightning abilities, Haitani appeared in the woman's blind spot. When Haitani's claws were inches from his target, a large wave of the same purple energy crashed into him. The wild dog was thrown into the factory wall, causing Haitani to lose all of his lightning bolt abilities.
"Haitani", Tokui yelled to his comrade.
"I'm okay", He responded as the soldier stood back on his feet.
"You, what are you plotting along with Zeus? Are you involved with Draconian, Neon, and Viperous? What about the other stolen projects", Tokui questioned.
The woman glanced at her enemies without revealing her identity. With a snap of her fingers, both disappeared in a blinding flash of purple. Tokui and Haitani covered their eyes from the light. Once they discovered Zeus and the woman weren't there, they searched the area. Haitani remained on all four as he sniffed the ground for any signs of them.
"Nothing", Haitani said disappointed. "Hey what's this?"
Haitani turned his attention to the device Zeus dropped earlier in the battle. Tokui's attention turned to the device, but with more concern.
"No way", Tokui said.
"This is an experimental energy storage cell designed by the car company that used to own that building."
Tokui, Nentou, and Haitani were now in Crenjer's garage. The stood on one end of a table, as Crenjer stood on the opposite side. Together they examined the small device now in the techie's hands.
"So what does this mean exactly", Haitani asked in confusion.
"This device was designed to store massive amounts of energy in a small port. It was going to be used as a way for the car company to store electricity without taking it from the city. Sadly, the company went broke, and they never found a way to insert energy within the system."
"It doesn't make sense", Nentou added. "Why would they want to store energy in something like that? There are dozens of other ways to store energy that actually work. Why would they want to try and take a project that was never completed?"
"Maybe it has something to do with the other projects", The captain spoke.
"These other projects you speak of, could they be using the storage cells as battery", Crenjer asked.
"Maybe ", Nentou told him. "Project Racer was a robotic type of droid that's designed for outer planetary surface travel. Project Tower was designed to act as an impenetrable barrier against energy base weapons."
"That may explain why they need the cell, but why would they steal Project Medical Net", Haitani questioned. "That's just an experiment for cell tissue regeneration."
"Do you think they're just trying to steal whatever they can get their hands on", Crenjer asked.
"No, whoever is in charge of these people is smarter than that", The captain said as he placed his hand on his chin. "They have an end game plan, we just haven't figured it out yet."
"Our problems just keep getting worse and worse", Haitani said as he ruffled his hair in frustration. "What's worse is now we have another woman with super powers fighting us! We need to take them out one at a time."
"I don't think we need to worry about how many of them there are. I think we need to worry about who's in charge of these people, and who's recruiting them", Nentou added.
"Hmmm", Crenjer said as he scratched his head. "The way I see it is you need money in order to get what you want."
"I told you Crenjer, we're not paying you anmore than we need to", Tokui scolded the techie.
"No, I'm not talking about me. What I'm saying is that someone with a lot of money must be paying them off to get these projects and recruits."
"That's not a bad idea", Nentou pointed to Crenjer. "Who would try to hire these guys?"
"The top three people around here would be either Darius Perscia, or Kentaro Sakata, and Ken Akamatsu", Crenjer told them. "Tell you what, I'm feeling generous, I'll meet up with Ken for you, free of charge. He's an old friend of mine.
"Thanks", Tokui said. "We better get back to Hinata Sou and inform everyone else about what's going on. It's been a pleasure doing business with you."
"The pleasure is all mine", Crenjer said as he sniffed the fresh money in his hands.
Man, I used so many anime references in this. No doubt you read about the Pokémon part. I wanted to make Zeus's powers somewhat like Laxus from Fairy Tail, but his hair style I had in mind was kinda like Madara's from Naruto. To make him intimidating, I was trying to aim for a Broly look from Dragon Ball Z. Tokui's Dragon Slash appeared like Getsuga Tenshou from Bleach in my head, since they both use a sword based attack. Finally, there was Haitani's ability to eat energy and use it for a short time. I got the idea from reading Fairy Tail's Dragon Slayers. Anyways, now that new plots have been showed, there are going to start coming together. More action will take place in about three or four more chapters. I can't say exactly what will happen between them, but I promise you'll like it. Have a good one, everyone.