SailorStar9: After getting 13 out, this is Chapter 14 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review other than just simply putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot and pairing.
Chapter 14: Subaru, the Cosmo of Wonder! Eden's Mission!
"Why do we have to hide?" Subaru complained as he and Koga took shelter behind a demolished wall.
"We don't have the time to fight all of them." Koga argued.
"I don't want to run or hide!" Subaru snapped.
"Subaru..." Koga chide, unable to stop the Steel Saint from charging in.
"I am the man who will become a god!" Subaru declared, pummeling the Pallasites to the ground.
"That's enough, Subaru!" Souma chided, stopping Subaru's fist.
"We've been serparated from Yuna and Haruto." Ryuho added, holding the panting boy back. "We can't spilt the party further. Don't you feel a powerful Cosmo moving, one that doesn't belong to Pallas?" he asked as the fructured group looked towards Pallas' castle.
"I know this Cosmo." Koga remarked.
"Hello again." Europa greeted the group from on top a building. "It's been awhile. Though it will be goodby before long. I never expected that I, a Class-2 Pallasite, would find myself in the same battlefield as you. What a disgrace."
"What are you babbling about?" Subaru retorted. "I'll fight you."
"Subaru!" Koga called as the Steel Saint jumped up to take on Europa.
"And now I have to fight a Steel Saint?" Europa scoffed. "I've fallen far in life." and sent his chakrams rolling toward the climbing Subaru. "Bratty little Saint." he glared after Subaru dodged the assault.
"Bring it!" Subaru barked, only to be caught in Europa's 'Slash Reaper' attack.
"Black Volpi, go!" Ceres summoned her lightning foxes who used their electromagnetic field to cushion Subaru's fall.
"Ready to go?" Souma looked at Koga.
"I feel an amazing Cosmo." Ryuho looked at their opponent.
"That's the power of a Class-2 Pallasite?" Souma asked.
"Ryuho, Souma." Koga voiced.
Both Bronze Saints nodded and leapt up to engage the enemy.
"Finally, time for the Bronzes, huh?" Europa mused. "I see, much faster this time. This is my first time meeting the two of you." he chuckled. "I hope to enjoy it. Far less formidable than I expected." he taunted, easily doging the Cosmo-powered swipes the pair threw at him., before taking both out with a 'Slash Reaper'. "Easier than anticipated. No, that was a decoy." he corrected himself. "You got behind me."
"Locking Bondage Stripes!" Juno summoned a metal chain from her closed fist and had it secure Europa's body.
"Pale Lightning!" Ceres sent a powerful blast of lightning at the trapped Pallasite.
"Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken!" Koga fired his attack. "Did we get him?"
"Just kidding." Europa teased, appearing behind Koga. "That was a little joke. You couldn't defeat me so easily. Let me tell you something. Your defeat of Class-2 Pallasite Aegir was but chance. He used too much power in his fight against Libra. So, it was just a fluke that you won."
"Koga, calm down!" Juno barked, seeing Koga sending an enraged punch at Europa.
"See?" Europa caught the fist. "It wasn't through your own power. That's enough playing around." he tightened his hold on Koga.
"Moon Blade!" Juno's two crescent light blades came to the rescue, forcing Europa to release Koga before his hand was severed.
"Black Volpi!" Ceres turned to her two black foxes who were tending to Ryuho and Souma.
"This Cosmo..." Koga turned to see Eden behind them.
"What's this?" Europa was intrigued. "What brings you here? You haven't come to help them, have you? No, you haven't." he grinned. "You believe the answer you seek is here."
"I have not come here for answers." Eden corrected. "I simply dislike the way you Pallasites do things." he placed his Pandora Box down. "So, I'll consider the answer myself, once I've defeated you."
"That sounds like the son of the War God." Europa chuckled.
"Come, Orion Cloth!" Eden donned on his Cloth.
"The power of a God, wielding the Orion Cloth." Europa grinned.
"Taste the power of the new Orion Cloth!" Eden went onto offense. Circling Europa, he ejected red lightning from his armguard. "Tonitrui Fera Caelos!" he fired off numerous lightning shots at Europa at seemingly random spots, the Pallasites easily deflecting the blasts.
"So this is a God's power?" Europa taunted.
"Orion's Devastation!" Eden sent a lightning-charged punch into Europa.
"You expected a strike at closer range would do that more damage?" Europa mocked. "No, that's not it." he corrected. "This is to protect them?" he cast a look at the downed group. "You pulled me away from them so they wouldn't be caught up in the fight. If you are a God, you must be more cruel. First, I will remove these distractions." he moved in to finish off Koga's group. "Terrible Slash!"
"Black Volpi, 'Elettro Net Shield: Maximum Power'!" Cere shouted.
"Why do you work so hard to protect these humans?" Europa asked, Eden moving in to block off the energy ball with his body. "Is it your human blood that makes you do this? You insist on fighting us as a man, all to protect humanity? Whether you like it or not, you are a God!"
"It doesn't matter whether I'm a God or a human," Eden retorted. "I am myself. I don't need the power of a God right now."
"He doesn't need the power of a God?" Subaru was shocked. "That's not..."
"This Cosmo..." Eden was stunned to sense an overwhelming power behind him.
"What a waste." Subaru muttered, getting to his feet as an eerie aura of blackish purple surrounded him. "It's just a waste. Don't say you don't need a God's power. That's such a waste." with a roar, his power flared and he landed a punch on Europa who merely blocked it with a hand.
"What just happened?" Eden gaped. "This Cosmo..."
"Why is this punch so strong?" even Europa was shocked. "Could he be... I have fallen to my knees." he sank to his knees. "I only kneel before Pallas-sama, and to do so before you, a Steel Saint. How dare you."
"Roar, my Cosmo!" Eden powered up, seeing Europa was about to take out Subaru. "Orion's Extermination!" his energy blast knocked Europa's hand off and scratching his cheek.
"I see I must fall back and regroup." Europa decided. "Farewell." he disappeared via a shadowy trail.
"Subaru!" Koga and the others hurried over to the unconscious Steel Saint.
I'm certain his Cosmo was what drew me here. Eden frowned. The godly blood within me tells me so. Exactly who are you?
"You sensed it, too." Ceres looked at the lightning Saint. "That kid... isn't what he looks like."
"We'll be doomed if he turns out to be our enemy." Juno predicted.
"Pegasus," Eden voiced. "I shall go with you."
"Seriously?" Souma was shocked.
I'll need to watch over him. Eden mused. Right now, that's my task. Or perhaps, that is my true fight.
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