"This is fascinating" Karma said as he observed the Berserker's gauntlet
"What is it?" Sakura asked
"Nothing much. I'm just looking at the way the Berserker Gauntlet works" Karma said as he notice Sakura wearing a kendo uniform with a bandage on her arm. "How's the arm?"
"Not too bad" Sakura asked "Its starting to heal.
"That's good" Karma said smiling gently
"I didn't know that you were a Mecha-smith" Sakura said
"I was, that was before I became a knight" Karma said
"How did that happen?" Sakura asked "You switching from smith to knight?"
"It happened around the same time that I met Nagisa and the others.
"You see it was just after Nagisa had entered the school and had a fierce case of amnesia. So one day Nagisa was moping around and I was just walking with my head in a text book when I heard a thud. Turning around I saw three of the biggest jerks at the time had knocked Nagisa down. So I calmly placed my bag on the ground before going full bore into that fight. Eventually it became a six on six brawl with a jouster, an arena fighter, a baseballer and a sniper joining in on my side and three more jerks on the other side. Soon Karasuma found out about it and had us explain what exactly went on, after that he asked us if we wanted to help Nagisa, so we all signed up and became his friends and teammates. Over the years we were more like brothers than anything else And thus the Knighs Dragoon were born" Karma smiled
"Cool, do you think I could be a knight?" Sakura asked
"If you keep at it" Karma said as the forge signaled it was done.
"So what are you going to do with that?"
"Just wait. I'm going to let it cool a bit down, so I can handle it. Plus I need to get the notes that the original creators wrote up" Karma said
"So what can I do?"
"Go out and play in the rain okay?"
"Alright" Sakura cheered before running off.
"She's excited" Karma said
"Here it is" Okano said as the Valkyries showed up at the crash and began to search it
"So what happened here?" Kaede asked
"Heavy impact, most systems are likely down. A missile probably" Okuda said
"Yeah, but were there any survivors?" Kaede asked
"Seems like it, there's scattered armour all around the crash site" Yada said
"So where would I go in a storm if I was stranded in the plains?" Nakamura said
"An hour away to the east" Okano said
"Why there?" Kaede asked
"Simple. It's the location of the Shiota estate; Nagisa's home" Okano said
"Do you think they took shelter there?" Okuda asked
"Only one way to find out. Move out girls" Kaede said as they mounted their mech-steeds and rode off.
Once the girls arrive the rain had lightened up but not enough to remove their covers.
"So this is where Nagisa came from huh. It looks" Nakmura started
"Old, dingy, abandoned, dilapidated?" Hayami asked
"Cosy" Nakamura said and traditional
"Are we looking at the same building?" Hayami asked
"Come on we need to find them" Kaede said
"She's steamed" Yada said
"Well, if you found out your boyfriends team disguised themselves and then got into a transport crash and then took off wouldn't you?" Okano asked
"Good point" Yada said as the saw Sakura
'There she is" Fuwa whispered
"Hang on" Kaede said walking forward "Hey Sakura
Sakura was excited to be playing out in the rain instead of being cooped up inside at the academy. She saw a butterfly and was chasing it
"Hey Sakura" Kaede said walking up to her
"Hello princess" Sakura said as she seemed skittish
"Glad to see you are alright" Kaede smiled hugging the young squire before noticing the bandaged "Sakura what happened?"
"It came off. The gauntlet just fell to the ground once I was inside the gates of the estate. Mr Maehara bandaged me up" she said smiling
"Thank goodness" Kaede said hugging Sakura tightly "You're alright its gone now
"What happened?" Yada asked
"The gauntlet's off her arm
"See?" Sakura asked showing the girls her arm making them relieved
"But where is the gauntlet right now?" Hayami asked
"Okay that should be cooled enough" Karma said
"Raising the hood" Maehara said
"Why hide a forge inside a dragon's mouth besides symbolism" Sugino asked
"Don't knwo don't care" Karma said as he reached in with tongs and pulled out the gauntlet laying it to rest on a cooling counter. The first thing they noticed was that the gauntlet changed. No longer did it look like a blood-soaked copper gauntlet with claws, but a regular silver glove with royal blue highlights.
"Huh. Was not expecting this" Karma said
"It must be its base form"
"It's pretty" Okuda said
"ACK! When did you get here?" Karma asked jumping back
"A few moments ago. So this the gauntlet's base form. Hm; but how did it turn into a berserker's gauntlet?" Okuda asked as Okano and Yada walked up
"No idea, but I know what they did to make the person berserk" Karma said
"What's that?" Okano asked
"Simple; they overcharge the adrenal glands. Basically they forced the fight or flight response on and then made it so the person doesn't run." Karma said
"And that's bad?" Yada asked
"If she was forced to use it any more, she would die. Basically her heart were burn itself out" Karma said
"And now?" Okano asked scared
"She'll be fine for now" Karma said
"Kaede" Nagisa said
"Nagisa" Kaede said
"What are you doing here?" Nagisa asked nervous
"We were investigate a down prison transfer"
"Well" Nagisa said bashful
"And all that was there was security armour" Kaede said
"Um" Nagisa said
"Care to explain?" she asked
"Okay, I knew that something was wrong. Upon hearing about Shiro I knew that the Berserker was linked to him, so I set a trap with the Knights Dragoon swapped out with the security team" Nagisa said "well except Okajima and Mimura"
"How did you manage to...the fight" Kaede realised
"Um yeah" Nagisa said
"You picked a fight with the queen as a diversion" Kaede said
"Possibly" Nagisa bashfully said
"And why?" Kaede asked placing her hands on her hips
"Because we were hoping to draw out Shiro. But not only him but the Reaper as well" Nagisa said
"Shiro is working with the reaper. Not good, do you know the story behind him" Kaede asked
"He was a knight who turned Mercenary wasn't he?" Nagisa asked
"Yes, but not only that Shiro became his right man and he slaughtered an entire class of Mecha Knights who stood in the way of Shiro" Kaede said
"What" Nagisa gasped
"Captain Maehara, General Akabane and Lord Shiota captured Shiro and had him sentenced." Kaede said
"I know, my father told me, while I was here" Nagisa said
"Okay." Kaede said hugging him
"Hold on, now just hold still" Karma said
"I'm scared" Sakura said
"Hey, sweetie it's okay. It's not active" Yada said soothing Sakura who was in tears.
"See. Nothing active and it won't control you; heck I've modified it to fit you properly" Karma said
"He's a skill mecha-smith" Okano said
"He is indeed" Okuda said
"And there" Karma said
"How's it going guys?" Nagisa asked
"It's done" Karma said
"Looks good" Kaede said seeing Sakura's new Mecha-Driver
"It's very cool" Nagisa said "Heck, I think it is some of Karma's best work. And I've seen some awesome builds for him"
"Really" Sakura asked
"Yeah, now I've programmed a mecha-Driver that will fit your name perfectly" Karma said
"Awesome" Sakura said
"Sakura Natsuko, Nagisa Shiota, Karma Akabane, Yuuma Isogai, Tomohito Sugino, Hiroto Maehara, Ryunusuke Chiba, Masayoshi Kimura. You are under arrest" Kataoka said showing up
"Under who orders?" Kaede asked
"Queen Aguri. You have conspired against her words. So I'll forget your arrest orders if you hand over the Berserker" Kataoka said
"Try and claim her" Nagisa said "SWORD ARM!" Nagisa said as he activated his Claymore
"Stand down Shiota" Kataoka said activating her broadsword.
"Kataoka; stand down!" Kaede said
"I'm sorry but the queen's orders surpass yours" Kataoka said
"You come onto my ancestral homes and threaten me" Nagisa said
"Calm down" Kaede said
"I said surrender the Berserker" Kataoak said
"Here" Karma said throwing the gauntlet at Kataoka "There's the Berserker
"Is this a joke?" Kataoak asked
"No joke it just fell off her arm once she passed that gate" Nagisa said
"Very well" Kataoka said picking up the gauntlet "what do you mean just fell off?"
"We believe that there is some kind of mechanism to release it since this was where it was forged
"Very well" Kataoka said walking away. "Have a good day
"That was nerve racking. Come lets rest up and head back tomorrow" Nagisa said
"Agreed" they all said.