Pretty long Hiatus huh?...Look i know some of you readers might want SOMETHING from me and Joker other then hiatus after hiatus so i got this little sneak peek created to help kill time. This scene MIGHT get into the main story depends on the talk between me and Joker. (Remember how Gridon was suppose to be important?) It's just my editor working hard and he don't always have the best internet connection or luck. He IS back and he is working hard on chapter 7 and 8.
Just have a little faith in us and i promise as soon as i come back from MY hiatus you guys get TWO chapters. I know our work quality no Chrome but we are really trying hard.
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Blake VS Adam. (Time:?)
"So you came to stop me, Blake?" Adam Taurus asked the approaching Blake Belladonna as they stood alone together in a burning warehouse. Despite being inside a building that won't be left standing soon, neither of them seemed concerned about that fact. What should be noted is that Blake was walking towards Adam while holding onto a Genesis Driver.
Despite knowing that he will now face his former protege, Adam wasn't concerned. It didn't matter who stood in his way. He will crush all of the other Riders and anybody who sided with them. He will obtain the Golden Fruit and make a paradise for him and his Faunus brethren while making the Humans, who treated them like they were nothing just because they were different, taste eternal pain. Nobody will stop him. Nobody can stray him from the path he chose.
Not even his greatest protege and once closet friend.
"This has gone on far enough, Adam." Blake declared as she stopped. "What you're doing is just repaying violence with violence. The world will never change this way... ." Blake sadly said whilst internally humming the song Adam taught her when they were younger as she tried to remember the good times they had together. Just a bit more... before she had to put him down so that she could put an end to his ambition.
"You think your little boyfriend's method of remaking the world is any different from mine!?" Adam growled out. He knew Blake fancied Kumon Kaito. And honestly? He approves. He respected Kaito, especially because of his view of life. What he didn't understood however was why those two had chosen to oppose him. Couldn't they see that they were all fighting for the same thing!? "HE'S TRYING TO DESTROY THIS ROTTEN SOCIETY TOO!"
"AT LEAST HIS WAY DOESN'T INVOLVE HURTING MORE INNOCENTS!" Blake uncharacteristically shouted out to her former mentor. "He's just trying to remake the world so both Human and Faunus don't have to suffer anymore!"
Adam said nothing, knowing Blake hasn't finished saying what she needed to say. Though it was obvious he really didn't want to hear it coming out of his ex-protoge's mouth.
"How many more bodies do we have to pile up for our 'equal' rights!? How many parents do we have to kill and how many more children have to become orphans so we can feel 'equal'!? We can't use the fact we've been mistreated by some parts of humanity to justify all of the things we do! Not all of humanity is bad Adam, and we have to show them that we're better than this!" The normally stoic Blake almost went through a flashback of a moment where she and Adam last sat down together and laughed like a family... .
No, she couldn't hesitate now. Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren, Nora, Sun and everyone in Beacon were her new family now. She had made a promise to Kaito to take Adam out from the battle royale for the Golden Fruit and she was willing to do it no matter how much it hurt her.
Adam continued to stay silent, and opted to put on his Sengoku Driver as he prepared to transform. As Blake put on her Genesis Driver, Adam couldn't help but have a sense of pride in his heart as he remembered the little kitten he helped train had finally become a tiger with sharp claws.
'Looks like you've grown up into someone I can't help but respect as an equal, Blake. You finally have a clear goal to fight for... .'
Their ideals may have been different from the other, and he may not agree with her views, but she finally got that raging fire in her eyes that showed the sign of pure determination to make her dream into a reality.
If he is to die today, by Blake's hand no less... , then as an adult and a somewhat big brother to Blake, Adam still had one final job to do.
"Show me what you got then, Blake!" Adam declared, as he brought up his Melon Lockseed. This caused Blake to bring up hers, which seemed to be an Energy version of his Melon Lockseed, which had the code 'E.L.S. - 04'. "The only way you're going to stop me is by killing me!" Adam declared as the two unlocked their Lockseeds.
MELON!
MELON ENERGY!
Being an Energy Lockseed, Blake's Lockseed had an extra jingle that plays every time her Lockseed finished declaring which fruit it was. For the Melon Energy Lockseed, the tune was a dramatic trance melody. Mentor and protege quickly placed their respective Lockseeds onto their Drivers, before quickly cutting/squeezing it open.
LOCK ON!
SOIYA!/SODA!
MELON ARMS! TENKA GOMEN!
MELON ENERGY ARMS!
Both transformed into the same alter-ego; Zangetsu. No, being the upgraded version; Blake's Zangetsu Armor was referred as Zangetsu-Shin! The differences between the two armors was quite clear. For one thing, the Melon Energy Armor Part spun around as it dropped onto Blake, spraying melon juice everywhere (which didn't reach Adam due to the distance between the two Riders).
The two white base suits had clear differences, as Blake's base suit had been colored black on her sides. The way the two Armor Parts unfolded, while quite similar, was different as well. Blake's Melon Energy Armor Part was designed so that when it disassembled itself, she would only have one quite large shoulderpad on her right, with her left being bare of any kind of shoulderpads. The Melon Energy Armor Part also showed the orange-colored melon juice on the breastplate and shoulderpad, further differentiating the two Zangetsus.
Then came the compared to Zangetsu's helmet, Zangetsu-Shin's helmet flared out around the eyepieces. There were pipes connecting the Zangetsu-Shin helmet to the back helmet which came with the Melon Energy Armor Part. Said back helmet had pipes as well, seemingly regulating the orange colored melon juice which filled the eye pieces all around the helmet.
Unlike Zangetsu, who came with the Melon Defender for using Melon Arms and the Musou Saber side-weapon that stayed in Zangetsu's arsenal no matter which Arms he's in; Zangetsu-Shin came with the standard weapon that was used by all Energy Rider due to trading weapon versatility for extra power. Her weapon was bladed bow which was themed after the Genesis Driver in color, named the Sonic Arrow.
As Zangetsu drew his Musou Saber from it's holster and pointed it at Zangetsu-Shin, he couldn't help but feel like it was just like back then when he was teaching a young Blake Belladonna on how to use a sword. Both Riders said nothing as the warehouse around them continued to burn.
"I believe Adam, that one day you and me can play with the Human children and not have to hide in the shadows!"
Zangetsu internally cursed himself a bit for allowing himself to remember young Blake's smiling face, now of all times. He couldn't hesitate now, and as a warrior, he knew better than to let emotions to get involve in missions. Zangetsu-Shin showed no indication that she knew that Zangetsu was slightly distracted, the two Riders still staying silent and staring each other.
But then Zangetsu-Shin made the first move, surprisingly going for a finisher from the get-go.
SODA! MELON ENERGY SQUASH!
Forcing Zangetsu to defend himself with a finisher as well.
SOIYA! MELON SQUASH!
The blades of their respective weapons glowed green as they charged at each other. The blades of their weapons clashed, which caused an explosion to occur that flung the two Riders away from each other, crashing into barrels in Zangetsu-Shin's case or into a support beam in Zangetsu's case.
"She's gotten better... ." Zangetsu quietly muttered to himself before his reflexes kicked in when he heard the sound of the Sonic Arrow charging up an energy arrow. Quickly getting up, he quickly raise the Melon Defender which managed to block multiple energy arrows. However, to his surprise; one of the arrows was shot low enough that it hit his left knee, causing his legs to buckle and forcing Zangetsu to stand on a knee.
There. He saw her. Zangetsu-Shin's form may have been obscured by some smoke but Zangetsu could see that she didn't even got up since crashing into some barrels. It should explained how she managed to shoot such a low energy arrow. Quickly pulling onto the yellow tab of his Musou Saber, Zangetsu shot all of the energy bullets towards Zangetsu-Shin. However, to his surprise; Zangetsu-Shin's obscured form quickly disappeared just as the bullets flew through her.
'What!?' Zangetsu thought in disbelief before he realized what happened. 'I see, it was her Semblance... .' Zangetsu-Shin had used her Semblance, Shadow, to create clone to make it appear that she hadn't move from her original position, when in reality she moved away the moment one of her arrows connected. "Not bad." Zangetsu praised his former protege. "But you should know that your tricks will only work once, Blake." Zangetsu noted, standing up and preparing himself despite Zangetsu-Shin being nowhere in site.
Knowing Blake, she would come from above right about... .
... now.
*CLANG*
Zangetsu's Musou Saber blocked a strike from Zangetsu-Shin's Sonic Arrow. He quickly pushed her away, Zangetsu-Shin using the momentum to shoot a few energy arrows at Zangetsu which were easily blocked by Zangetsu's Melon Defender.
Once Zangetsu-Shin regained her footing, the two Slaying Moons stared at each other... .
... Before charging right at each other, the end of their battle being nowhere in site.
TO BE CONTINUED... .