Falling to his knees and curling like a ball, T.K.'s very soul felt as empty and cold as a ghosttown. The Angel of Death closed his eyes, covered his face and wept, feeling as though his heart was in the hands of an ice demon that relished pain and sorrow. Streams of tears dripped out of his helmet and dripped to the ground.
T.K. slowly took his hands off his face and opened his eyes when he heard a very sinister laugh. He saw the monstrous black knight towering over T.K., laughing his heart out and resting his sword in his shoulder.
"/Aaawwww, what's the matter? Are you crying like a baby over that girl? How about this: I'll give you a half hour to fuck her. I think her body's still warm enough for that. Go ahead and have some fun with your girlfriend's body before I kill you.../"
Ken let out an even more frightening laugh than the last time, having it echo throughout the factory. The Kamiyas started to back away from the King of Blades, realizing the true level of his evil. Even the Ishidas started to back away from the evil assassin.
"What kind of a... monster is he??" Joe asked himself.
The Angel of Death remained silent, on his knees and staring down at the ground in defeat.
Ken heard a battle cry coming from right behind him. When he whipped his head to where the battle-cry was coming from, he saw Tai Kamiya running right for him, leaving behind a trail of tears and drawing out his katana in a flash.
"THAT WAS MY SISTER, YA BASTARD!!!" Tai screamed. Tai leaped towards his sister's killer and swung is blade right down for Ken's head. Ken blocked the sword with his own sword with ease. Refusing to give up the rage, Tai continued his onslaught on the towering monster, having every slash strong enough to slice a human's body in half. Smiling to himself and backing away from Tai, Ken parried every attack.
"FIGHT ME, YOU COWARD!!" Tai screamed. Tai spun a 360 degrees and swung his katana with all his might for Ken's head, hoping he could have Ken's head roll off his shoulders. Letting out a sigh, Ken blocked Tai's blade with his fingers.
"/Don't tell me this is the best the Warlord of the Kamiyas can do. Your energy level is absolutely no match for mine/," Ken said. When Ken faced his palm at Tai's face, Ken knocked Tai away with his inner power. Izzy and Takato caught Tai before he ended up making a big thud on the ground. Tai set his enraged eyes on Ken, hoping he could go another round.
"/And now to finish off the Angel of-/"
With eyes down to the ground, T.K. started to growl and tighten his fists, almost to the point of making his palms bleed from his fingernails. When he slowly got up, he set his angry eyes on the King of Blades, grinding his teeth and growling even louder. His muscles started to bulge even more and the veins on his arms and legs popped up larger, showing the fury growing out of control like wildfire. A shining light started to illuminate from his very heart, shining like the North Star. The light grew larger, making him similar to a being of light.
No longer able to contain the rage, T.K. let out a menacing scream for revenge, piercing every human ear near and far. The Angel of Death's very scream was completely surpassed by the enormous power from within him. A bright light exploded out of T.K.'s very body, looking as beautiful and menacing as a little nova. The force within him was so powerful, every person nearby the Angel of Death were launched off their feet and were almost knocked right out of the factory. T.K.'s surroundings disintegrated into dust, every piece of metal too weak to resist his wrath.
The King of Blades shielded his face with his arms forming an "X", feeling it was too late to dodge T.K.'s inner power. The huge power collided into Ken like a mighty tsunami, driving him far away from his nemesis. Feeling his arms burning from within, Ken's heels dug into the floor as he tried to hold his ground.
Finally, the light died down. Ken took his arms off his face when he felt that T.K.'s powers died down. What he saw next made his very heart sink. Almost 1/3 of the Steel Factory's interior was torn apart, looking as though 10 tons of plastic explosives took a big chunk out of it. The Kamiyas and the Ishidas that got knocked away from the power helped their fellow clansmen out of the rubble.
In the center of the annihilation was the Angel of Death, standing with incredible vigor. His entire body was shining off a beautiful white light, and his lovely wings let out a shimmer of gold. He almost resembled a Seraph, the most powerful of all angels.
Right next to the mighty T.K. was Kari's body. To T.K.'s surprise, Kari's body was unharmed by his inner strength. Kneeling to Kari's body, T.K. slowly caressed her face and fixed her hair when it was covering her eyes. Lying in her pool of blood, Kari's eyes were closed and her smile showed her to be in total peace. Then, through his silver helmet, T.K. saw the King of Blades standing 40 feet away from him, trembling before his very presence.
"/.... what have I done..../"
T.K.'s mighty fist smashed right into Ken's face. The punch was so devestating that Ken's helmet shattered into pieces. Ken got launched by the fist and skidded into the ground, feeling like he got hit by a runaway bullet train. While he skidded, Ken lost his sword. His jaw trembled with fear when his skidding came to a halt.
"/How... how can he move so damn fast? He was so far away. And his power.../" Not being given any time to recooperate, the Angel of Death phased in front of Ken and launched Ken into the air with an uppercut. As he watched him helplessly spiral into the air, T.K. spread his golden wings and flew right for his prey.
When he caught up with the weakened King of Blades, T.K. unleashed a horrible barrage of strikes on him, pulverizing him with fantastic speed and power using fists of fury and kicks of frenzy. Everyone was awestruck from how the Angel of Death can unleash such incredible wrath in mid-air, spiraling all around Ken and bashing away all he could.
Ken had no way of whatsoever to defend himself, being as defenseless a a punching bag.
After throwing 100 more kicks into Ken's bloodied face in 5 seconds, T.K. grabbed Ken by the neck and stared into the eyes of his helpless victim. Ken's arms dangled by his sides as he weakly looked into the face of his enemy. Curling one finger at a time, T.K. made a right fist and aimed it right for Ken's face.
"YOU..."
T.K. smashed his fist into Ken's cheek.
"...WILL..."
He smashed it into Ken's nose.
"... NEVER..."
T.K. rammed his fist into Ken's nose again.
"... BE..."
Blue lightning surged right through his right arm, building up greater and greater.
"... FORGIVEN!!!!"
T.K. threw a right hook into Ken's skull, leaving a trail of electricity along the movement of his fist. Feeling T.K.'s deadly blow crack his skull, Ken crashed back to the bottom of the Factory like a meteor at the speed of Mach 2. The clans felt the awesome impact, feeling as though Tokyo nearby was being hit by an earthquake.
T.K. wasn't finished.
The Angel of Death's scream of anguish and rage spiraled out of control and merged into one, diving into his heart like a ghost and driving his power to the ultimate level. T.K. raised his fists high into the air and stared coldly at the helpless King of Blades far below. His golden wings shined brighter than 20 suns put altogether, leaving not a single shadow unharmed. The entire factory started to rock, feeling as though the earth was about to swallow it.
The clans stood there frozen, amazed by the Angel of Death's amazing feats. Tai knew what T.K was about to do, and only one word popped right into his mind:
RUN!!!
Quickly, Tai got the attention of his clansmen.
"WE GOT TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!! IF WE STICK AROUND, WE'RE GONNA BE REDUCED TO BARBEQUE! MOVE YOUR ASSES, PEOPLE!!" Tai commanded. Sheathing his katana, Tai and later on the entire Kamiya Clan ran for the nearest exit and got out of the factory. Not wanting to see what's about to happen, the surviving Ishidas did the same.
Izzy and the rest of the Kamiyas stopped at their tracks by the time they were 40 yards away the Factory. To their surprise, Tai was still running.
"Hey, Tai! Where are you going? We're already out of harm's way!" Izzy shouted.
Tai stopped at his tracks and made a 180.
"Oh NO, we're not! Keep running!! It's gonna be BIG!!!" Tai screamed. Tai continued to run, not wanting to be part of the final blow. Feeling all the land around the Factory rocking as well, Izzy and the Kamiyas followed Tai's orders. The Ishidas weren't far behind, and they didn't want to feel T.K.'s wrath either.
Back in the factory, the shining Angel of Death felt the power surging from his body and wings right to his fists. His fists over his head let out a beautiful shining, blue light as he was finally ready to destroy the nightmare. With a face of sorrow, he turned his eyes to Kari's body.
"This is for you, my love..."
T.K. couldn't contain the power any longer. With tears of blood, T.K. felt that the time has come.
"HAND OF FATE!!!!!!!!!" With one last scream, T.K. whipped his fists at Ken far below and blasted a bright-blue, poweful beam at the King of Blades. The beam was so enormous that it was impossible to dodge the attack in time.
Ken screamed for his life as he watched the Hand of Fate head right for him like a mighty phoenix gone renegade. In a split second, his scream was completely silenced.
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One hundred yards away from the Factory, Tai and everyone else stopped at their tracks and finally felt that they were in the safety zone. Izzy and Takato noticed some bright light cracking out of the Factory. When Tai noticed, his eyes widened.
"EVERYBODY, GET DOW-"
The powerful beam ripped right out of the Musashi Steel Factory! The clans were knocked to the ground as they felt the beam's mighty, unseen turbulence. As the seconds passed by, the beam finally died down.
(Thank God this factory was far away from the city.) Tai thought to himself.
Nobody was prepared to see what was before their eyes. The entire left-half of the Musashi Steel Factory was wiped out. Nothing was left from where the left-half once stood: no steel cauldrons, no catwalks, no stairways, no bodies, nothing!
"My gosh. How can one human have so much power? Are... are they still alive?" Takato asked himself.
"I would do anything to have such power..." Lee whispered to himself.
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Within what's left of the Factory, a blonde-haired, young man in black knelt to the ground and cradled the body of the beautiful musician once known as Kari Kamiya. Trembling, he felt his tears roll down his face and drip onto Kari's lovely face.
"Kari... oh, Kari, why?"
T.K. clutched Kari's body closer to his body and buried his face next to Kari's. He sobbed, knowing that his true love was forever gone.
"Why? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DIE??" T.K. cried. To numb the pain within, all that was on his mind was Kari, his only love. Not wanting the dreadful pain of loss to get the best of him, he focused only on Kari and how she forever changed his life. Listening to her lovely song, tasting her sweet lips, giving up his virginity to a lovely woman with unequal beauty both on outside and the inside.
All that has been put out like a candlelight.
When his sobbing started to reside, he noticed a shadow towering over both himself and his beloved. T.K. didn't have to see who was behind them.
"What do you want, Shard?" T.K. asked coldly.
"Do you really believe that Kari's gone?" T.K.'s eyes widened and quickly set on Shard.
"What are you talking about? I saw the sword right through her!" T.K. said.
"You haven't seen everything, when you shielded your eyes, Angel of Death. Do you really think you're the only one who has ascended to the next level?" Shard asked.
T.K. felt his pulse pounding harder.
"I was watching the battle the whole time, since I wasn't allowed to interfere. When Kari blocked Ken's attack with a steel pipe, she transformed her body into a mystical shield to protect both you and herself. Even though she has ascended, she hasn't ascended to the same level of power as you have. She may have absorbed Ken's physical attack, but she couldn't protect herself from the dark, mystical powers.
She's not dead. She's asleep, and she needs to be awakened by her true love."
With a trembling jaw, T.K. started to smile, feeling his anguish slipping away.
"Shard, how do I wake her up?" T.K. asked. Shard chuckled to himself.
"With love, of course. Love is the greatest force in the universe, T.K. Takaishi. You can make guns, bombs, missiles, anything that can annihilate whatever's in your path. But no instrument of destruction can ever match the ultimate weapon of love..."
"And what weapon is that?" T.K. asked.
"...a kiss..." Shard's very news sliced right through T.K.'s anguish like a hot-tempered sword. Taking Shard's words seriously, T.K. slowly closed his eyes and pulled Kari's body even closer. T.K. leaned down to Kari's lips and gently kissed her there. Her lips were almost ice-cold, feeling as though she just came from the arctic.
Suddenly, Kari's lips started to feel warm...
Kari slowly brushed her lips with T.K.'s, enjoying her mate's sweet taste. Kari embraced T.K. and kissed him with more passion, feeling as though she hasn't seen him in hundreds of years. Moaning lightly while kissing him, Kari opened T.K. lips with her own and slid her wet tongue into his mouth to let their tongues slither around each other. They slowly released each other's kiss, leaving a long spit-line in-between them.
"...Hikari..."
"...Takeru..."
Not wanting the moment to go away, T.K. and Kari embraced each other, feeling each other's heartbeat. The warm beautiful feeling blossomed through their bodies as they continued to feel each other's wonderful touch. T.K. and Kari set their eyes of joy on the enigmatic man.
"Thank you, Shard. Thank you for helping us!" Kari said.
"How... how did you know how to bring Kari back? How do you know what I'm capable of doing?" T.K. asked.
Shard started to float away from the couple.
"That is another story, Takeru Takaishi. After what you've done, no longer will you be known as the Angel of Death. From now on, you shall be known as...
... The Angel of Hope..."
The shadows consumed Shard, taking him away from the torn-up factory.
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"BIG BROTHER!" When T.K. and Kari finally got out of the Factory, Kari leaped into Tai's arms. Finding it too good to be true that she's alive, Tai lifted Kari off her feet and swung his little sister around. Tai and Kari laughed with joy, feeling like their mischievous selves when they were just children. T.K., Izzy and the Kamiyas felt warm all over when they watched the true Kamiyas filled with life like never before.
(I'm coming home, Mimi! Just like I promised...)
Suddenly, their laugh was interrupted when someone cocked the hammer for his .45 caliber silver handgun.
To their surprise, they saw Lee aiming his handgun right for Tai's head. Tai gently placed Kari back down, with cold eyes on Lee. T.K. quickly stood by his beloved, willing to use his own body as a shield for Kari. T.K. wanted to stop him, but he was too weak to do anything after that last attack on the King of Blades.
"Now that Matt's out of the picture, I and I alone will have the joy of killing the Kamiya Warlord! And I will ascend to power! Time to day 'sayonara'..."
A gunshot ringed right through the night.
Blood trickled out of Lee's heart, staining his shirt horribly. Feeling the light within himself die out, Lee collapsed to the dirt. The Kamiyas saw who pulled the trigger.
It was Joe.
"This feud is over." Joe turned to all the Ishidas.
"No longer will the Kamiya Clan be harmed. And no longer will the Ishidas exist for its heartless methods that have been used for years! From now on, we are known as the Kido Clan! Anyone who disagrees with my orders will answer to me," Joe said with authority. Knowing that their once leader is gone, the now Kido Clan bowed their heads to Joe, their new Warlord. Joe beckoned a beautiful red-haired girl to stand by his side.
"Ruki, you're my right-hand now," Joe commanded.
"Of course, Mr. Kido," Ruki responded obediently.
Without anything else to say, Joe and his clan walked off and left the Kamiyas alone, leaving no words to say. Completely exhausted, the Kamiyas went the opposite way and headed back to the Kamiya Estate. All were more than willing to let T.K. come along.
In Tai's limo, Kari rested peacefully, letting her head rest on T.K.'s shoulder. Seeing that Tai and Izzy were completely exhausted as well, T.K. gazed out the window and watched how fast the limo passed down the streets back to Tokyo. T.K., the Angel of Hope, had no idea what the future has in store for him. All he could do was just watch the street-lights pass by and stay on-course, letting fate take control of his life for once. Smiling, T.K. brushed his fingers through her lovely hair and did his best not wake up his beloved angel.
"For you, Kari, I will never take another life ever again...."
T.K. had no idea as to how he transformed into the Angel of Hope. And what's to become of Kari? Is Kari destined to follow T.K.'s footsteps and ascend?
And what does Shard have in store for the former assassin?
That's another story.
~~THE END~~
I'm so happy that all you readers love my story! Since many of you love it so much, I'm going to concentrate on making this story a novel! Don't expect my new version to have the same characters and the same plot as the one you just read here. Not only am I going to make some changes in the plot, but I'm also going to make it far more action-packed than before! I hope you'll love my original version when it gets published! Ja ne!
Oh, another thing: This story is strictly my property! If anybody dares to plaigarize my story, he/she will be asking for a lot of legal trouble!!
T.K. slowly took his hands off his face and opened his eyes when he heard a very sinister laugh. He saw the monstrous black knight towering over T.K., laughing his heart out and resting his sword in his shoulder.
"/Aaawwww, what's the matter? Are you crying like a baby over that girl? How about this: I'll give you a half hour to fuck her. I think her body's still warm enough for that. Go ahead and have some fun with your girlfriend's body before I kill you.../"
Ken let out an even more frightening laugh than the last time, having it echo throughout the factory. The Kamiyas started to back away from the King of Blades, realizing the true level of his evil. Even the Ishidas started to back away from the evil assassin.
"What kind of a... monster is he??" Joe asked himself.
The Angel of Death remained silent, on his knees and staring down at the ground in defeat.
Ken heard a battle cry coming from right behind him. When he whipped his head to where the battle-cry was coming from, he saw Tai Kamiya running right for him, leaving behind a trail of tears and drawing out his katana in a flash.
"THAT WAS MY SISTER, YA BASTARD!!!" Tai screamed. Tai leaped towards his sister's killer and swung is blade right down for Ken's head. Ken blocked the sword with his own sword with ease. Refusing to give up the rage, Tai continued his onslaught on the towering monster, having every slash strong enough to slice a human's body in half. Smiling to himself and backing away from Tai, Ken parried every attack.
"FIGHT ME, YOU COWARD!!" Tai screamed. Tai spun a 360 degrees and swung his katana with all his might for Ken's head, hoping he could have Ken's head roll off his shoulders. Letting out a sigh, Ken blocked Tai's blade with his fingers.
"/Don't tell me this is the best the Warlord of the Kamiyas can do. Your energy level is absolutely no match for mine/," Ken said. When Ken faced his palm at Tai's face, Ken knocked Tai away with his inner power. Izzy and Takato caught Tai before he ended up making a big thud on the ground. Tai set his enraged eyes on Ken, hoping he could go another round.
"/And now to finish off the Angel of-/"
With eyes down to the ground, T.K. started to growl and tighten his fists, almost to the point of making his palms bleed from his fingernails. When he slowly got up, he set his angry eyes on the King of Blades, grinding his teeth and growling even louder. His muscles started to bulge even more and the veins on his arms and legs popped up larger, showing the fury growing out of control like wildfire. A shining light started to illuminate from his very heart, shining like the North Star. The light grew larger, making him similar to a being of light.
No longer able to contain the rage, T.K. let out a menacing scream for revenge, piercing every human ear near and far. The Angel of Death's very scream was completely surpassed by the enormous power from within him. A bright light exploded out of T.K.'s very body, looking as beautiful and menacing as a little nova. The force within him was so powerful, every person nearby the Angel of Death were launched off their feet and were almost knocked right out of the factory. T.K.'s surroundings disintegrated into dust, every piece of metal too weak to resist his wrath.
The King of Blades shielded his face with his arms forming an "X", feeling it was too late to dodge T.K.'s inner power. The huge power collided into Ken like a mighty tsunami, driving him far away from his nemesis. Feeling his arms burning from within, Ken's heels dug into the floor as he tried to hold his ground.
Finally, the light died down. Ken took his arms off his face when he felt that T.K.'s powers died down. What he saw next made his very heart sink. Almost 1/3 of the Steel Factory's interior was torn apart, looking as though 10 tons of plastic explosives took a big chunk out of it. The Kamiyas and the Ishidas that got knocked away from the power helped their fellow clansmen out of the rubble.
In the center of the annihilation was the Angel of Death, standing with incredible vigor. His entire body was shining off a beautiful white light, and his lovely wings let out a shimmer of gold. He almost resembled a Seraph, the most powerful of all angels.
Right next to the mighty T.K. was Kari's body. To T.K.'s surprise, Kari's body was unharmed by his inner strength. Kneeling to Kari's body, T.K. slowly caressed her face and fixed her hair when it was covering her eyes. Lying in her pool of blood, Kari's eyes were closed and her smile showed her to be in total peace. Then, through his silver helmet, T.K. saw the King of Blades standing 40 feet away from him, trembling before his very presence.
"/.... what have I done..../"
T.K.'s mighty fist smashed right into Ken's face. The punch was so devestating that Ken's helmet shattered into pieces. Ken got launched by the fist and skidded into the ground, feeling like he got hit by a runaway bullet train. While he skidded, Ken lost his sword. His jaw trembled with fear when his skidding came to a halt.
"/How... how can he move so damn fast? He was so far away. And his power.../" Not being given any time to recooperate, the Angel of Death phased in front of Ken and launched Ken into the air with an uppercut. As he watched him helplessly spiral into the air, T.K. spread his golden wings and flew right for his prey.
When he caught up with the weakened King of Blades, T.K. unleashed a horrible barrage of strikes on him, pulverizing him with fantastic speed and power using fists of fury and kicks of frenzy. Everyone was awestruck from how the Angel of Death can unleash such incredible wrath in mid-air, spiraling all around Ken and bashing away all he could.
Ken had no way of whatsoever to defend himself, being as defenseless a a punching bag.
After throwing 100 more kicks into Ken's bloodied face in 5 seconds, T.K. grabbed Ken by the neck and stared into the eyes of his helpless victim. Ken's arms dangled by his sides as he weakly looked into the face of his enemy. Curling one finger at a time, T.K. made a right fist and aimed it right for Ken's face.
"YOU..."
T.K. smashed his fist into Ken's cheek.
"...WILL..."
He smashed it into Ken's nose.
"... NEVER..."
T.K. rammed his fist into Ken's nose again.
"... BE..."
Blue lightning surged right through his right arm, building up greater and greater.
"... FORGIVEN!!!!"
T.K. threw a right hook into Ken's skull, leaving a trail of electricity along the movement of his fist. Feeling T.K.'s deadly blow crack his skull, Ken crashed back to the bottom of the Factory like a meteor at the speed of Mach 2. The clans felt the awesome impact, feeling as though Tokyo nearby was being hit by an earthquake.
T.K. wasn't finished.
The Angel of Death's scream of anguish and rage spiraled out of control and merged into one, diving into his heart like a ghost and driving his power to the ultimate level. T.K. raised his fists high into the air and stared coldly at the helpless King of Blades far below. His golden wings shined brighter than 20 suns put altogether, leaving not a single shadow unharmed. The entire factory started to rock, feeling as though the earth was about to swallow it.
The clans stood there frozen, amazed by the Angel of Death's amazing feats. Tai knew what T.K was about to do, and only one word popped right into his mind:
RUN!!!
Quickly, Tai got the attention of his clansmen.
"WE GOT TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!! IF WE STICK AROUND, WE'RE GONNA BE REDUCED TO BARBEQUE! MOVE YOUR ASSES, PEOPLE!!" Tai commanded. Sheathing his katana, Tai and later on the entire Kamiya Clan ran for the nearest exit and got out of the factory. Not wanting to see what's about to happen, the surviving Ishidas did the same.
Izzy and the rest of the Kamiyas stopped at their tracks by the time they were 40 yards away the Factory. To their surprise, Tai was still running.
"Hey, Tai! Where are you going? We're already out of harm's way!" Izzy shouted.
Tai stopped at his tracks and made a 180.
"Oh NO, we're not! Keep running!! It's gonna be BIG!!!" Tai screamed. Tai continued to run, not wanting to be part of the final blow. Feeling all the land around the Factory rocking as well, Izzy and the Kamiyas followed Tai's orders. The Ishidas weren't far behind, and they didn't want to feel T.K.'s wrath either.
Back in the factory, the shining Angel of Death felt the power surging from his body and wings right to his fists. His fists over his head let out a beautiful shining, blue light as he was finally ready to destroy the nightmare. With a face of sorrow, he turned his eyes to Kari's body.
"This is for you, my love..."
T.K. couldn't contain the power any longer. With tears of blood, T.K. felt that the time has come.
"HAND OF FATE!!!!!!!!!" With one last scream, T.K. whipped his fists at Ken far below and blasted a bright-blue, poweful beam at the King of Blades. The beam was so enormous that it was impossible to dodge the attack in time.
Ken screamed for his life as he watched the Hand of Fate head right for him like a mighty phoenix gone renegade. In a split second, his scream was completely silenced.
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One hundred yards away from the Factory, Tai and everyone else stopped at their tracks and finally felt that they were in the safety zone. Izzy and Takato noticed some bright light cracking out of the Factory. When Tai noticed, his eyes widened.
"EVERYBODY, GET DOW-"
The powerful beam ripped right out of the Musashi Steel Factory! The clans were knocked to the ground as they felt the beam's mighty, unseen turbulence. As the seconds passed by, the beam finally died down.
(Thank God this factory was far away from the city.) Tai thought to himself.
Nobody was prepared to see what was before their eyes. The entire left-half of the Musashi Steel Factory was wiped out. Nothing was left from where the left-half once stood: no steel cauldrons, no catwalks, no stairways, no bodies, nothing!
"My gosh. How can one human have so much power? Are... are they still alive?" Takato asked himself.
"I would do anything to have such power..." Lee whispered to himself.
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Within what's left of the Factory, a blonde-haired, young man in black knelt to the ground and cradled the body of the beautiful musician once known as Kari Kamiya. Trembling, he felt his tears roll down his face and drip onto Kari's lovely face.
"Kari... oh, Kari, why?"
T.K. clutched Kari's body closer to his body and buried his face next to Kari's. He sobbed, knowing that his true love was forever gone.
"Why? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DIE??" T.K. cried. To numb the pain within, all that was on his mind was Kari, his only love. Not wanting the dreadful pain of loss to get the best of him, he focused only on Kari and how she forever changed his life. Listening to her lovely song, tasting her sweet lips, giving up his virginity to a lovely woman with unequal beauty both on outside and the inside.
All that has been put out like a candlelight.
When his sobbing started to reside, he noticed a shadow towering over both himself and his beloved. T.K. didn't have to see who was behind them.
"What do you want, Shard?" T.K. asked coldly.
"Do you really believe that Kari's gone?" T.K.'s eyes widened and quickly set on Shard.
"What are you talking about? I saw the sword right through her!" T.K. said.
"You haven't seen everything, when you shielded your eyes, Angel of Death. Do you really think you're the only one who has ascended to the next level?" Shard asked.
T.K. felt his pulse pounding harder.
"I was watching the battle the whole time, since I wasn't allowed to interfere. When Kari blocked Ken's attack with a steel pipe, she transformed her body into a mystical shield to protect both you and herself. Even though she has ascended, she hasn't ascended to the same level of power as you have. She may have absorbed Ken's physical attack, but she couldn't protect herself from the dark, mystical powers.
She's not dead. She's asleep, and she needs to be awakened by her true love."
With a trembling jaw, T.K. started to smile, feeling his anguish slipping away.
"Shard, how do I wake her up?" T.K. asked. Shard chuckled to himself.
"With love, of course. Love is the greatest force in the universe, T.K. Takaishi. You can make guns, bombs, missiles, anything that can annihilate whatever's in your path. But no instrument of destruction can ever match the ultimate weapon of love..."
"And what weapon is that?" T.K. asked.
"...a kiss..." Shard's very news sliced right through T.K.'s anguish like a hot-tempered sword. Taking Shard's words seriously, T.K. slowly closed his eyes and pulled Kari's body even closer. T.K. leaned down to Kari's lips and gently kissed her there. Her lips were almost ice-cold, feeling as though she just came from the arctic.
Suddenly, Kari's lips started to feel warm...
Kari slowly brushed her lips with T.K.'s, enjoying her mate's sweet taste. Kari embraced T.K. and kissed him with more passion, feeling as though she hasn't seen him in hundreds of years. Moaning lightly while kissing him, Kari opened T.K. lips with her own and slid her wet tongue into his mouth to let their tongues slither around each other. They slowly released each other's kiss, leaving a long spit-line in-between them.
"...Hikari..."
"...Takeru..."
Not wanting the moment to go away, T.K. and Kari embraced each other, feeling each other's heartbeat. The warm beautiful feeling blossomed through their bodies as they continued to feel each other's wonderful touch. T.K. and Kari set their eyes of joy on the enigmatic man.
"Thank you, Shard. Thank you for helping us!" Kari said.
"How... how did you know how to bring Kari back? How do you know what I'm capable of doing?" T.K. asked.
Shard started to float away from the couple.
"That is another story, Takeru Takaishi. After what you've done, no longer will you be known as the Angel of Death. From now on, you shall be known as...
... The Angel of Hope..."
The shadows consumed Shard, taking him away from the torn-up factory.
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"BIG BROTHER!" When T.K. and Kari finally got out of the Factory, Kari leaped into Tai's arms. Finding it too good to be true that she's alive, Tai lifted Kari off her feet and swung his little sister around. Tai and Kari laughed with joy, feeling like their mischievous selves when they were just children. T.K., Izzy and the Kamiyas felt warm all over when they watched the true Kamiyas filled with life like never before.
(I'm coming home, Mimi! Just like I promised...)
Suddenly, their laugh was interrupted when someone cocked the hammer for his .45 caliber silver handgun.
To their surprise, they saw Lee aiming his handgun right for Tai's head. Tai gently placed Kari back down, with cold eyes on Lee. T.K. quickly stood by his beloved, willing to use his own body as a shield for Kari. T.K. wanted to stop him, but he was too weak to do anything after that last attack on the King of Blades.
"Now that Matt's out of the picture, I and I alone will have the joy of killing the Kamiya Warlord! And I will ascend to power! Time to day 'sayonara'..."
A gunshot ringed right through the night.
Blood trickled out of Lee's heart, staining his shirt horribly. Feeling the light within himself die out, Lee collapsed to the dirt. The Kamiyas saw who pulled the trigger.
It was Joe.
"This feud is over." Joe turned to all the Ishidas.
"No longer will the Kamiya Clan be harmed. And no longer will the Ishidas exist for its heartless methods that have been used for years! From now on, we are known as the Kido Clan! Anyone who disagrees with my orders will answer to me," Joe said with authority. Knowing that their once leader is gone, the now Kido Clan bowed their heads to Joe, their new Warlord. Joe beckoned a beautiful red-haired girl to stand by his side.
"Ruki, you're my right-hand now," Joe commanded.
"Of course, Mr. Kido," Ruki responded obediently.
Without anything else to say, Joe and his clan walked off and left the Kamiyas alone, leaving no words to say. Completely exhausted, the Kamiyas went the opposite way and headed back to the Kamiya Estate. All were more than willing to let T.K. come along.
In Tai's limo, Kari rested peacefully, letting her head rest on T.K.'s shoulder. Seeing that Tai and Izzy were completely exhausted as well, T.K. gazed out the window and watched how fast the limo passed down the streets back to Tokyo. T.K., the Angel of Hope, had no idea what the future has in store for him. All he could do was just watch the street-lights pass by and stay on-course, letting fate take control of his life for once. Smiling, T.K. brushed his fingers through her lovely hair and did his best not wake up his beloved angel.
"For you, Kari, I will never take another life ever again...."
T.K. had no idea as to how he transformed into the Angel of Hope. And what's to become of Kari? Is Kari destined to follow T.K.'s footsteps and ascend?
And what does Shard have in store for the former assassin?
That's another story.
~~THE END~~
I'm so happy that all you readers love my story! Since many of you love it so much, I'm going to concentrate on making this story a novel! Don't expect my new version to have the same characters and the same plot as the one you just read here. Not only am I going to make some changes in the plot, but I'm also going to make it far more action-packed than before! I hope you'll love my original version when it gets published! Ja ne!
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