Finally, My PSO Fan-fic

[Kisanzi]

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“I told you Shira that we would help you find your master. We’re far stronger than the weaklings that you’ve found this time.” Keiji turned around and saw the hunter that had his arm on Shira. He had long, crimson hair that streamed to the middle of his back and scattered on the huge sword that hung there. The hunter eyed Keiji as well and spoke his thoughts. “So this is your new watchdog? He looks more like a watch puppy! My mag is more threatening than this guy.” Keiji exploded with intimidation and dashed toward the hunter with his fist clutched. The hunter swiftly evaded Keiji’s punch and answered back with a high kick to his jaw. Keiji wrenched backward in pain as his mouth began to bleed.
“You best watch your action’s buddy, or I might just have to take this seriously.” The hunter had lost his sarcastic tone and now spoke in a deep, antagonizing voice. “Before we get to the point here, why don’t we introduce ourselves? My name is Tenzo and my tech-inclined pal over there is Suzaki. We don't know who you are, but we just want to show this unfaithful android here what she’s missing out on by not teaming with us.” Keiji gritted his bloodstained teeth in frustration before answering.
“My name is Keiji and you made a big mistake pulling something like this with Yurimi and Shira.” Yurimi’s eyes widened with surprise as Keiji defended her honor and with a sigh of determination she stood and began staring down Suzaki.
“Well Shira we’re gonna see what this guy's made of. Hope you don’t get any blood on that nice white armor of yours." Immediately after finishing his speech, Tenzo pushed Shira aside and yanked the red sword from his back. He spun it around his back before resting it on his shoulders. The red glow it emitted consumed his facial features in shadows, masking his expression of adrenaline-induced excitement. Keiji stared in shock as Tenzo had actually unsheathed his weapon for combat while still aboard Pioneer 2. Shaking away his anxiety, he detached his twin brand from his hip and discharged the two blades. He gave it a few twirls in his hand before settling into his combat stance.
“The boy seems to know a few moves, let’s see how he uses them.”
Tenzo charged at Keiji and swung the sword from his back in a horizontal slice. Keiji ducked under the massive swing and took his turn at offense. He spun his leg around for a sweeping kick but as soon as he was ready to land impact Tenzo had ceased his swing and now directed his sword into a vertical stab. Keiji quickly evaded into a backward somersault, rolling back into a crouched combat position. Tenzo gave a impressed smirk as his preconceived ideas of Keiji now turned into that of a competent fighter. He now knew that he could go full-force without holding back. He tucked the blade of his sword under his arm and charged again at Keiji. As he came within slashing distance, Tenzo spun the sword into a backhand swing. Keiji caught the sword on the edge of his twin and the two shared a brief stare down as they fought to overpower one another's hold. Tenzo gave another quick smirk just before cocking his head back and giving Keiji a hard head butt to the face. Keiji fell backward from the impact and sprawled out on the ground with one hand grasping his forehead.
As Keiji laid before him defenseless, Tenzo readied his next attack. He tightly gripped both hand on his sword and awaited for Keiji to get up. A few moments later Keiji had dragged himself up from the ground and stood ready for the next attack. Tenzo began assaulting Keiji with a rain of heavy sword blows. With every slash Keiji’s wrists would jolt violently from blocking the heavy impact. After enduring as much as he could stand Keiji’s guard began to falter. Seeing his plan had worked, Tenzo spun into a 360, knocking Keiji to the ground in a flash of sparks. As Keiji tried to arise he noticed that none of his limbs would move. He desperately strained his beaten muscles to get to his feet but they refused to move. Tenzo began to laugh at Keiji’s failed efforts.
“I like you’re spirit kid, but you’re finished. That paralysis won’t wear off for another ten seconds and by that time I’ll have finished you. It’s been a nice workout, but this is where it ends.” Tenzo angled his sword to the ground and began one last dash at his paralyzed opponent. As he began running faster the sword kicked up a spray of sparks as it skimmed across the metal floor. With a dominating malice in his eyes Tenzo readied to dispatch his opponent.
Despite what Tenzo had said, Keiji still tried to move his body. He exerted his muscles and his thoughts in an attempt to break the paralysis, but unfortunately his attempts failed.
"What's going on. Why won't my body respond?!" His eyes began to wander about the room, catching Yurimi locking staffs with Suzaki and Shira with her back turned to the whole ordeal. As he looked forward and saw Tenzo charging at him, his thoughts began to echo with fear and frustration. His mind flooded with screams and squeals until one voice shouted through.
“You're too weak...”
After those three words, Keiji’s thoughts were silenced and suddenly his eyes clouded to a deep violet again. His hair began to fade dark as Tenzo came down with his finishing blow. In the blink of an eye Keiji caught the blade of Tenzo’s sword with one hand and gave a disturbing grin at his confused opponent. Before Tenzo could say a word Keiji twisted his wrist and sent Tenzo spinning into the adjacent wall. As he struck the wall Keiji hurled the sword toward him, impaling the wall inches away from Tenzo’s head. In a blur of speed Keiji stood over Tenzo, giving him a haunting gaze of insanity. Keiji slowly reached down and grabbed tightly to Tenzo’s neck, and raised him into the air. Tenzo bore an incredibly surprised and confused look as his opponent displayed a power that was not only unforeseen, but also unlike anything that seemed humanly possible. As Keiji began to draw his other fist back for a punch a bright light consumed the group of brawling hunters, blinding them all. A large craft soared above them, observing the battle scene from above. A voice shot over a loud speaker on the craft giving formal, precise instructions for the combatants below.
“Everyone withdraw from combat immediately, place your weapons on the ground and hands in front of you.”
Keiji and his group all cooperated with the man’s instructions but Suzaki and Tenzo darted away into an adjacent alleyway. Another craft immediately left in pursuit of the two and the main craft began to descend, still blinding Keiji and his friends with it's searchlight. As the craft touched down, the landing gears gave a loud hiss and the searchlight clicked off. Just as the light faded away, Keiji’s features had once again returned to normal. He fell to his knees in reaction to his wounds and drained strength. He struggled to stay conscious as a man in a uniform hopped off the craft and walked towards him and his friends.