Mekato and Ima walked off, the earth still was shaking.
"Wait a second..." Mekato turned, he saw Lio, his wouns got healed.
"W-what?!" He shouted, shocked. As Ima turned Lio charged with lightspeed and grabbed them both by the neck.
"Listen up, Right now we have a huge problem." He said.
"Either you help, or you die." He said.
They both looked at eachother.
"The corrupted are growning back, a Hive has been grown and is now summoning corrupted right under us." He said.
"If we don't do something about, the same will happen as when we we're young..." He said, looking to Ima.
Ima didn't look like she was going to agree, and when she wanted to say something Mekato interupted.
"Fine, just this once."
"Mekato!"
"We have no choice!" They started discussing.
Lio let go of them both, stepping back.
"I am not giving this traitor my help!" Ima said
"So you want to die? Is that it?" Mekato followed up as she was talking.
"I prefer to die than help- !"
-Smack!-
...It was quiet for a while. Mekato put his hands back in his pockets.
"I said we have no choice, understood?" He said, annoyed.
"Why did you slap her?!" Lio shouted.
"She was out of her mind." Mekato explained shortly.
"I wish someone slapped me when I was like her..." Mekato mumbled.
"Wierd that you care, isn't it?" He followed up.
Lio's eyes widen up.
"O- Of course I would, that was unexpected!" Lio quickly said.
Mekato stopped moving, and he froze.
"Ey, are you listening?!" Lio shouted, then Ima and Lio looked back up.
A huge stealth bomber was flying above them, it was bigger than most of the buildings in the city.
"W-...What is that?!" Mekato shouted, the bomber holes opened up.
"Quick! Let's go!!" Lio said.
Ima still had her hand on her face. Mekato grabbed her arm and ran with her and Lio to the headquarters.
- - - - -
"Sir, the bombing has started." The scientist said to Tumotu and Harime.
"All right, let's move out." Tumotu said, he climbed up and ended on the top of the bomber plane, Harime and the black scorpion are behind them too.
They all looked at all the explosions they've caused.
"I smell..." Harime said.
"...Problems, and a lot of blood!" She followed up, grinning.
Tumotu smiled,
"Let's go then, I and Harime go together, the rest. Split up, I'll give a message if something bad happens." Tumotu said.
"Dismissed!" He shouted and the Black Scorpion headed out.
"Let's go, Harime." He said.
Harime nodded. They both jumped.
"Oohh... I smell something interesting..." She said.
"Who?" Tumotu asked.
"I smell... Ima and two others." Harime said.
"All right, let's go their way." Tumotu said, as they flied straight to the ground.
- - - - -
"We're almost there! -" Lio shouted as two people landed infront of them, they all stopped.
Mekato eyes widened up.
"T...Tumotu?!" He said.
"We meet again, Mekato..." He said.
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"But we don't have time for you two, we only need the girl." Harime followed up, as they walked, Mekato walked infront of them.
"Wait..." He said.
They stepped back, it started to storm.
"Why... Why did you betray us? How could you betray you own friend?" He said.
"Mekato, Mekato, Mekato. Staying in this hellhole is lowering my potential, it had to be done." Tumotu said.
"You and your potential. But today, I am gonna show you you we're wrong." Mekato said. Tumotu grinned.
"Even if everyone ends up dying?!?!" Tumotu shouted, opening his Kurenai he charged straight to Ima.
Sudden slashes could be heard.
Ima's eyes widened up.
There was blood on her face, but she didn't get stabbed.
It was Lio who got stabbed.
"D--... Damn it... There goes another life..." Lio said, an explosion happend, pushing Tumotu away.
Lio's Kurenai awakend and you could see he had three wings left.
"So thats what you mean with blessed vessel... Now I get it." Mekato said.
"Come on, Ima. We got a job to do..." He said, turning to her.
"He... Saved me?" she said.
Her Kurenai opened, but it went further, into stage three.
Her gas mask started to glow brighter.
And her eyes turned Lime green, she got a circle above her head, like a halo.
It pierced through her cat-ears.
"It's time for some fun..." She said, smiling and summoning her chainsaw.
"I'll get backup, all right?" He said.
"I'm the only one able to fly, so." He followed up.
"Sure, just go." Mekato said.
The four ended up looking to each other.
"I'll grab the catgirl, you go kill that Mekato so he won't follow our tail anymore." Harime said, grinning.
Ima faced Harime and Mekato faced Tumotu. Mekato looked at his sword, playing a bit around and then aiming it on his face.
"Time for some fun..." He said, quickly charging to Tumotu, they clashed their sword.
Because of the power a crack came under them. They kept clashing each other. Harime charged Ima and grabbed two daggers, she tried to hit her but Ima used her chainsaw to block the slices, and when she was done hitting the chainsaw she swinged her chainsaw. Harime jumped on the chainsaw and kicked Ima in the face, she dropped the chainsaw and gave Harime an uppercut. Harime dropped her dagger too, Ima then quickly kicked her into a wall. She grabbed one dagger as she charged. As she almost was infront of Harime, harime showed her arm. She grabbed another dagger out of her arm and ducked.
"What?!- "
"Too late!" She shouted, the dagger hit her on her chest.
"IMA!" Mekato shouted, kicking Tumotu away.
Harime stepped back, and as Ima was falling, Mekato catched her.
"Ima, Ima!" He shouted. She still had her eyes open.
But she stopped her Kurenai.
"Mekato..." She said.
"You aren't dying, not you too..." He said.
Ima smiled, looking to Mekato, then... She closed her eyes. Mekato slowly laid her on the ground leaning on a tree. Lio arrived with backup at that time.
"Mekato!" He shouted.
"I'll heal her! You go get those two." Mekato slowly turned.
"You really asked for this." He mumbled, grinning. The aura on his eye came back, and bigger than before.
"First things first, I'll say what I have in mind... I'm fired up and tired up from the things that happend." "Second things second... You people don't care me anymore, no one does... I am done..." He said.
"So whatever it takes, when your dead, I'll have accomplished my goal."
"So you have no one left?" Tumotu said.
"Thats why I don't care... And it's time for you to feel the same." He said, grinning.
As he said that he charged to Harime, the first swing she dodged bucking. But then Mekato grabbed his gun, pointing on her head.
"Harime!" Tumotu shouted, she turned to Tumotu.
"Tumo-" As she was talking Mekato pulled the trigger, the bullet went through her head.
As she was laying on the ground, Tumotu wanted to charge to her, but then Mekato pointed to him. Mekato slowly grabbed his other pistol, again aiming to Harime, he pulled the trigger until the pistol was out of bullets. Mekato's face was covered in blood. He slowly turned to Tumotu. He looked at his shocked face.
"Hah...Haha.... Hahaha! Does it look good on me?! Her blood?!" Mekato shouted.
"You piece of shit..." Tumotu mumbled.
"What did you say? I can't hear you?" Mekato asked.
"I said... You piece of shit!!" Tumotu shouted, he went into Kurenai stage three.
"I'll kill you!!" Tumotu shouted.
"Fine... Come get me..." Mekato said, grinning.
Tumotu swinged his sword, but Mekato ducked, he grabbed a pack of cigarettes out of Tumotu's pocket and kicked him away, Tumotu tried to charge again but Lio clashed his sword with his.
"Aww... how sad... I guess your not killing me today." He said, putting the cigarette on his mouth.
He looked to Harime's body, searching for a lighter in her pocket. He grabbed the lighter out of her pocket and put the cigarette on.
"That's a beautiful lighter she had... Get it? Had?" He said, grinning.
"M-Mekato?" Someone called for him.
Mekato turned, his cigarette fel out of his mouth. His eyes widen up and his Kurenai stopped. It was Ima, who called for his name. She was definitely scared for what she saw.
"I...Ima? You are still alive?" He asked.
"Y-Yes, I... got healed..." She said.
"Will you now stop... you know, being creepy?" She said.
Mekato noticed what he has done, his eyes widened up, he put is hand on his head. What was he doing? Has he gone mad?
"I.. I am sorry..." Mekato said.
"You two should go, quick!" Lio shouted.
"Y-yes you're right! Let's go!" Mekato said.
He and Ima ran off, they still could hear Tumotu and Lio clashing against eachother.
- - - - -
"They're gone..." Lio said, and Tumotu stopped swinging his sword.
"Good..." Tumotu said.
"How lucky that wasn't the real me, he really had it." Harime appeard from the alleyway. Lio laughed.
"He now is probably going crazy." Lio said.
"You should go too, just say you had to escape us..." Tumotu said.
Lio's eyes turned back to normal.
"So you're still staying with the deal?" Lio asked.
"Yes, we are. Kuruki told us." Tumotu said.
"All right, I'll be heading off." Lio said, running off.
"How long are we gonna wait until we're killing him?" Harime asked.
"Soon, pretty soon." Tumotu said, grinning.
"We should get going, the Aircraft Carrier is already at position, the Black Scorpion is too." Tumotu said.
"So we can begin the plan..." Harime said.
"Yes, The Flying Scorpion..." He said.
- - - - -
"BS1?" "Check!"
"BS2?" "Check!"
"BS3?" "Positive!"
"BS4?" "Right here!"
"BS5?" "Yep!"
"BS6" "Yes!"
"BS7" "Yes!"
"BS8?" "Check!"
"Orbital Cannon?"
"70% and then 10 minutes to hit danger zone, Sir."
"Great... We're almost there. The Black Scorpion, is now the Flying Scorpion!" Kuruki shouted.
He looked through multiple screens. One screen showed Minato. Another one showed a giant machine in space. The third screen showed how the machine is going to lazer the city and make it explode. "How long have we left?" Kuruki asked.
"30 Percent, that means 2 hours." A scientist said.
A giant screen appeard with the nummers 02:00:00 and it was counting down. Kuruki was smiling.