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Ken: " damn it! Damn it!"

Ranger was actually under pressure as he hardly pushed the Killer Droids away from Ken's hiding spot.

Mizel: " calm down! You're making your own partner more nervous!"

Ken: " I can't! My sister is fighting a Killer Droid on her own! She may get killed off!"

Mizel: " I know! But we hardly can damage them, and Ranger isn't exactly able to wreck them!"

Ken: " nor is Valkyrie!"

Up the next set of stairs, Ruri ducked down while Valkyrie was struggling with Baqto.

Ruri: " maybe I should have kept that weapon."...


Lilyan: " Unicorn!"

The LBX that had enlarged his form to match that of a real model knelt down while holding his right arm. Cracks could be seen on it and fragments of his claw were chopped off.

Twilight had one of her wings torn and her left leg was hardly functioning.

Unicorn: " is this... Our limits..."

Yuuya: " Tsk. There are still a lot of them yet!"

Eva tore her look from the left Baqtos and to Yuuya.

Evangeline: " Yuuya! Let's use it!"

Yuuya: " eh! But Ruri-kun said that she didn't perfect it yet and that it may have a limit!"

Liu Bei: " we don't have any other choice in this situation, Yuuya!"

Twilight : " either now or never!"

Yuuya narrowed his eyes as he looked down on the laser cannon in his hand.

Yuuya: " understood! Liu Bei! Switch weapons! Aquarius Lazer!"

He threw the weapon to the LBX that managed to grab it easily. It was large, and the moment he grasped it, it activated and split, revealing a core energy sphere surrounded with beam strings. He quickly pointed it at the first Baqto in front of him.

Liu Bei: " target locked on!"

Yuuya: " Fire!"

A large beam of blue laser was launched at the green robot, easily piercing through its chest.

Unicorn: " a... Amazing..."

Lilyan: " this is Ruri-san's weapon..."

Eva's eyes were sparkling in awe.

Evangeline : " with one shot..."

Yuuya: "... it pierced through the thick armor easily..."

Liu Bei: " Yuuya! We still have more!"

Yuuya: " h, hai!"...


Zenon, Odin and Beargguy had suffered quite a damage while fighting Ban. The fact that they couldn't attack him made them resort to merely defend themselves.

Zenon: " we can't do anything but defending."

Jin: " I know. But..."

He looked at the brunette who had sweat running down his face and his eyes were twitching from time to time.

Odin: " the longer he uses overload, the longer he will damage himself!"

Ban dashed forward, knocking both Beargguy and Odin away and heading to Zenon, who quickly brought up his hammer in defense. Just as they clashed, Jin's CCM beeped. The man looked down to see something that was loading.

When it stopped, Ban pushed himself away from Zenon and aimed for Odin.

Elie: " what was that?"

Jin: " I don't know..."

When he opened the program, his eyes widened in shock.

Jin: " Cho Plasma Burst!?"

Elie: " Onii-chan send it!"

Jin: " but why? How?"

Elie looked up at her brother, and her eyes slightly widened.

Elie: " he is actually lugging..."

Jin: " eh!"

True for that, his moves were slightly slower.

Elie: " Onii-chan is in there, trying to create a way for us to defeat him..."

The more she looked at Ban who was fighting the other LBXs the more she could feel it. She could understand it, what her brother wants. Her eyes narrowed in determination as she gave the attack order to Beargguy.

Beargguy : " but-"

Elie: " do it!"

Beargguy summoned his beam sword and dashed forward, attacking Ban.

Jin: " Elie!"

Elie: " I can't stand like this. Onii-chan is hurt and suffering. He doesn't want to fight his friends anymore. So if it's what Onii-chan wants. I will do it! Armor Change! Achilles Kai!"...


Valkyrie was thrown back and a few sparks flew out of her body.

Ruri: " Valkyrie!"

Valkyrie: " I'm alright. Don't worry about me."

Ruri clicked her tongue. She had to find a way to defeat Baqto or else she won't be able to get the Driver.

Ruri: " think about it... Think about it... The armor is heavy and tough and is able to deflect beams easily. Because of the weight of the armor, it's not fast at all. That's how Valkyrie is still standing till now. I hate to admit it but that's not an enemy I can defeat on my own."

She turned around looking at her surroundings.

Ruri: " use the field to your adventege, think of a way.''

Her eyes fell on the hanged red flags near them.

Ruri: " if I use it..."

She looked at her CCM that was showing Valkyrie's damage.

Ruri: " alright, all or nothing, I have to bet on it."

Valkyrie backed as she followed her operator. Baqto chased after her, trying to thrust her with its beam sword. She hardly was able to dodge or brush off its attacks.

Ruri: " Valkyrie! Switch weapons!"

She threw an energy gun at the robot who abandoned her spear and caught the gun midair.

Ruri: " drop the flag!"

Valkyrie: " alright!"

She aimed above her and shot at the rode holding the red flag. As it broke, the red cloth fell down.

Ruri: " harry up an get away!"

Valkyrie managed to back away just in time while the flag draped down on Baqto, startling it. A yellow light could be seen from under the large cloth as Baqto was charging its chest cannon to tear it appart.

Ruri : " now!"

Valkyrie switched weapons again.

Ruri: " Hissatsu Function!"

" Attack Function: Holy Lance!"

The blue light pierced through the red fabric and the charging Laser Cannon, causing the robot to explode.

Ruri let out a sigh of relief while Valkyrie hurried back to her.

Valkyrie: " are you alright?"

Ruri: " ah, let's get the Driver!"

She scurried up the last set of steps and opened the door of the Panda statue.

When she walked in, she could see the round device placed on the keyboard. As she made a step forward, suddenly something zoomed past her. When she realized, a Gafran had beaten her to the Driver.

Valkyrie: " when did it?"

Ruri: " hold on! Don't tell me it was waiting for us to finish off the other one! They wanted to weaken us!"

Valkyrie: " I won't let you!"

But with a single slash of its claws, Valkyrie's leg was chopped.

Ruri: " Valkyrie!"

Ruri barely dodged as the robot flew over her head and out of the Panda statue.

Ruri: " it's running!"

She yelled to alert her brother. When Mizel saw the purple robot flying off with the Driver in its hand, he tried to fly after it.

Mizel: " I won't let you!"

But a Baqto grabbed his leg and pulled him hard on the ground, wrestling him to keep him down.

Mizel : " tsk! Everyone! A Gafran is running away with the Driver! Stop him!"

Jessica: " impossible!"

Touko: " we're struggling with thousands of Baqtos here!"

Momona: " we can't move!"

Mizel : " damn it! Damn it!"

And Gafran flew away...


Jin bit his lip as they had lost the Driver. Ban retreated, ready to fall back.

Elie: " oh no you won't!"

Achilles Kai stepped in his way, blocking him from going back.

Elie: " Jin! Lend me a hand here!"

Jin: " but-"

Elie: " I know!"

[ ~ Insert Song:Kamado Tanjiro no Uta.]

She snapped in anger, yet her voice was shaking. Jin chanced a glance at her and spotted the tears in her eyes as she turned to face him.

Elie: " I know it... I know Onii-chan will get hurt... I know that very well... But Onii-chan would have it that way other than the pain of hurting a friend... If I don't stop him now... If I don't put an end to Onii-chan's pain, I will never be able to face him again..."

Odin: " Elie..."

The woman shifted her look back to her brother, her eyes full of determination.

Elie: " Achilles!"

Achilles: " ah!"

The small robot pressed on, keeping attacking the brunette and never allowing him to back. Ban shot at him but he kept dodging his blasts or fending using his shield.

Elie: " I will save you! Onii-chan!"

Odin glanced at her for a second before flying off to Jin.

Odin: " if you're not going to use that attack function then give it to me!"

Jin looked back at him, startled.

Ban brought down the beam sword on Achilles who shielded himself just in time.

Achilles: " I won't back!"

He said pushing against the weapon.

Odin: " Ban is fighting to give us a chance to free him! He gave you the attack function because he trusts that you can finish it all now! If you're unable to answer to his feelings then give me that attack function! I will do it myself!"

The male narrowed his eyes and clenched his hand tightly on his CCM.

While Achilles was struggling to stand his ground in front of Ban, suddenly Zenon rushed towards them and swayed his hammer, hitting Ban hardly on the torso and knocking him away from the white and Blue LBX.

Achilles: " Zenon..."

Elie: " Jin..."

Jin: " let's just get it over with!"

Zenon: " we will save Ban no matter what!"

A purple light surged through the LBX as Jin's CCM glowed brightly.

Zenon: " Armor Change!"

His armor shifted to a dark purple and orange familiar one. Both Elie and Odin gazed awestruck at the LBX that stood in front of them.

Elie: " Ikaros Zero..."

Achilles: " how..."

Jin: " no time! let's go!"

All three LBXs rushed forward, slashing at the brunette and giving him no time to stand his ground. Ban was furious as he started charging the laser cannon and shooting them. Odin quickly stepped in front of the other two, holding up his shield in defense. He tossed his lance back to Ikaros.

Odin: " I will hold him still! Both of you, use Cho Plasma Burst to finish him off!"

Both LBXs nodded as Ban stopped his attack. Odin lingered not and rushed forward.

Ban tried to back while shooting him but Odin zoomed through the blasts and both the beam sword and shield locked, sparks flying out of them as they pushed each other hard.

Odin's boosters activated, keeping Ban in the same spot and preventing him from dodging.

Odin: " sorry, Ban, it will be over soon."

Jin: " Elie!"

Elie: " understood!"

Elie & Jin: " Hissatsu Function!"

" Attack Function: Cho Plasma Burst!"

Both Achilles and Ikaros soared up and summoned the yellow electricity directing it at Ban at the same time. Odin managed to get away in time while both attacks hit Ban head on. Gafran's Armor cracked and most of it broke as it took on both strikes.

Ban slowly fell to the ground among the chattered piece of his armor, and for a second, his eye seemed to sparkle again before it was closed.

When he hit the ground and didn't come up, Elie rushed to him.

Elie: " Onii-chan !"

She held him up, and had a relived sigh when she found his injuries weren't serious.

Elie: " thank God..."

Tears streamed out her eyes as she hugged her brother.

Elie: " welcome back... Onii-chan..."

Jin exhaled and smiled in relief. Now their friend won't be running away from them again.

Mizel: " watch out!"

The man quickly span around in time to see the rest of Baqtos heading their way. O-Legion joined the other three LBXs as they fended the humans.

Mizel: " they will try and retrieve him."

Jin: " and we're not letting them!"

His CCM was thrusted in front of him while his eyes flicked back to Elie. The brunette clutched tightly onto her brother.

Elie: " I'm not letting them take him away."

Both Yuuya's team and the Reizetsu siblings joined them.

Evangeline : " just in time!"

Yuuya: " thank god!"

Lilyan took a single glance at the twins before she frowned at their enemies, her eyes flashing dangerously at them.

Lilyan: " this time, we will protect Ban-kun!"

Unicorn: " even if this arm breaks! I'm not letting them have him!"

Ken : " very well! Let's finish them off all together!"

" Hissatsu Function!"...


Night...
Japan...

Jinn: " so he lost it, the experiment. And then he ran away his tail between his legs, what a coward."

Leviathan: " doesn't matter, we managed to gather so much data from both of them."

Jinn: " you're right."

He pulled the data of the suit in front of him on the screen, a smile crept up on his face.

Jinn: " I'm looking forward to who will be wearing it next."

And he laughed loudly...