(OOC: For the heck of happiness, shall I say... I'll post for Sunday. Just don't take control of any of my characters, okay, Sunday? Also, Juno is at Totally Someplace Elsewhere. ;o)

(OOC2: Remember that place, Juno? XD)

Morph scratched the back of his head, slightly confused. "Well, if you want to fight..." He said. "I suppose there is no other way." He grinned. "Alright then. Fine by me!" He said, getting ready by creating a large sphere of energy around him.

R.D. felt cold when he heard Maya's name for him.

Rising Dragon. How could she have heard that name?

And suddenly, an unbidden emotion welled up within him.

Fury.

"Get in line, bitch!" he screamed as he flipped Maya off. "I'm tired of all you vile freaks of nature hunting me!"

R.D. fused the Phase Blades together again, and spun it in his hands as he brought it to his side. The blades of the Phase Lance began to glow brightly, and he dashed forward a short distance and slashed the ground. A massive wave of energy blasted out of the ground, shooting forward at Maya.

Not quite finished, R.D. charged forward behind the energy wave, ready to strike as his Phase Lance's blades began to glow red.

Edited by RisingDragon on November 7, 2006 at 14:02:13.

"NOW you know the crap I gotta deal with!" Matt shouted, totally in agreement with R.D.

"Damn it!" Hugo shouted, smacking the wall with his pickaxe. "It won't budge!"

"Star Platinum!" Matt commanded, entering the pose again. "Blazing Fists!"

The being stopped charging and charged the wall of energy, shouting his battle cry and smashing it rapidly with his fists. Matt joined in by striking the wall with his own high-powered punches.

This opponent is powerful,[i] Mei-ling spoke within Hsien-Ko's mind. [i]We must unleash our full power.

Agreed.

R.D. blinked as he was transported somehow. When he was placed on the ground, he looked back to see the reason they'd come here in the first place.

"Huh," he said, "I was wondering when the deus ex machina would show up."

The amnesiac teen turned back to look at the confused Maya. "And I was just starting to have fun," he said sarcastically, "I guess even this bloody woman is flawed with emotions."

"Let's GO, Star Platinum!" Matt shouted.

With another, louder "ORA!" and an overhead swing, Star Platinum smashed through the wall of Gouka, shattering just enough to create a hole.

"Good job! Now it's my turn!" Matt spread his arms. Suddenly, he wore thick metal bracers, and attached to the bottom of them were three futuristic barrels that unfolded into attack position, their insides glowing with power.

Hugo was about to charge, until he saw the Stand, still punching the air, still shouting "ORA!" over and over. "You can stop now, you retarded Stand!"

"I'll fix it later!" Matt said, opening his palms and spread his fingers, pointing the guns at Maya. "Photon Array!"

Thin blasts of energy lanced from the six barrels, striking around Maya, and toward her as well.

"Screw that! I'll just find this Ziatoch guy and-WILL YOU STOP SHOUTING AND PUNCHING THE AIR LIKE A F***ING IDIOT?!" Matt shouted, that last part directed toward his Stand, now on auto-pilot.

(OOC: Vagabond knows of Ziatoch? Interesting.)

Sadly, R.D. had only recovered a few memories. The name "Ziatoch" meant nothing to him. Instead he clenched his fist around the Phase Lance's hilt.

"Who is this Ziatoch?" he demanded, staring straight at Maya. Unlike before when he looked at Shayol Ghul, he felt no fear, despite the fact that Maya could have easily killed him.

"What's in the Main Gate?" Hsien-Ko asked, having joined the group. "Why do we need to go there?"

R.D. quickly began moving west, with Alasea following suit. "C'mon! Let's not look the gift horse in the mouth! Let's go!"

R.D. deactivated his weapons and sheathed them, throwing one last cold and calculating look at Maya as she and the Ancient began to battle.

"Bet you're relieved," he said to Matt to relieve the tension, "For once we've got a bad guy who isn't after your head."

Matt frowned.

"...we'll be back," he said, after an interal struggle that was reflected on his face.

With that, he turned, and ran after the others, with Hugo and Hsien-Ko behind him.

R.D. wound up leading the way, until they ran past a destroyed structure; the remains of Re-Tuul's handiwork. They paused to see if this place was what Juno spoke of, but figured out from the shrapnal that it wasn't. They continued running, and R.D. could feel each blow in the battle that Juno fought.

Eventually they found an unadorned white structure.

"Uh," Alasea said, "Is this... it?"

"I hope so," R.D. said, panting as he leaned against the wall of the building.

"Sit down," Mei-ling gently requested of R.D., taking his arm. "You're hurt."

"Damn it!" Matt suddenly snapped, raising his arms. "I hate those damn Seven bastards! Why can't I put a f***ing dent in them?!"

"Communism," Hugo predicted.

"F***ing Communism, that's what it is!" Matt shouted, now in an angry pace.

R.D. followed Mei-ling's request and let her tend to his arm; Alasea came over and began to tend his leg, which also had a number of bleeding cuts on it.

He looked up as Juno appeared. "Nice of you to join the damn party," he said. "Who exactly was that broad?"

Kalmar came to the end of land, the ocean stretching infinitely into the distance, blending with the fading sun. He was standing on a cliff, overlooking the ocean.

The Demon Hunter jumped down onto the beach, spotting a wharf farther down the beach. He walked to the wharf and upon finding a medium sized speed boat, quickly jumped into the vessel and pointed his right hand at the engine.

The engine quickly coughed to life, causing a slow smile to spread across his face. "Now, to find this boy..." The boat's engine screamed as the boat flew across the choppy water.

"Soon, I will be going home..."

Edited by Fallen on November 7, 2006 at 18:56:42.

Edited by Fallen on November 7, 2006 at 18:57:33.

R.D. got up as Mei-ling and Alasea finished patching him up, then followed Juno inside, with the others following him.

"Hold the phone!" Matt said, following quickly. "That little bitch is the one who released the Seven?"

"Now we have a better excuse to kill her," Hugo said.

"Feh," R.D. grunted as they passed the robot, "I'm pretty sure we could've handled ourselves in case we found one."

Alasea looked around the ruins as they wandered through them. "Are there... anyone else like you living here?" she asked Juno.

Matt pointed at the Reaverbot as he passed. "Coo coo ka joo," he remarked with a smooth tone as he passed.

"We still could've taken it," R.D. said, thinking of the superweapon inside of him, "I've... learned some things about myself since we last met."

"So, there's another MegaMan out there?" he questioned further.

"I met a Mega Man," Matt said. "Probably different than yours."