Mizuki sat out in the courtyard drinking a cup of
tea. Today she seemed rather antsy and irritated about something.
Fritzi came up to her, “Mizuki. Are you okay? You don’t
seem to be in a very good mood.” Mizuki sighed and looked back
at her friend, “Hey Fritzi. It’s just that we haven’t
received any news from Y-28 yet. That agent I handed the Akronian to
so he could information from him. I don’t know what’s
taking him so long.” She took another sip. “I just
want my mother back. I miss her…” Fritzi sat down next
to her and hugged her. “It’s okay, we’ll find
her. You can trust me on that.” The two heard the hawk coming
from the distance. They had just recently discovered she was a female
Akronian hawk and decided to call her Kiza, a slight modification of
Kira, form one of the guards from the lab’s daughters. “What
is it Kiza? What did you find?” Fritzi asked. The hawk danced
around to communicate to them in some way. “Let’s
bring her to the Guru. She’ll know what Kiza’s saying.”
Mizuki picked up the hawk and went to the guru’s room.
In there a small Akronian with the appearance of a
small girl wearing goggles, a dress, and a backpack of medicines and
medical tools. Her hair was pulled back with three braids as bangs
hanging over her forehead. Many had forgotten her real name so she
just went by the name of Guru. Klinkski wore red overalls to carry
his tools in and construction boots while Ogaron wore a biker jacket
and jeans along with biker boots. The two came in as they had just
finished talking. “What is it you want girls?” Guru
asked, “The hawk has a message to decipher.” Mizuki
held out the hawk on her arm. “Very well. You two can get
started while I go with them.” Guru said. “Alright.
Let’s get to it.” Klinkski pat his nephew on the back who
nodded in reply. “What are you two doing?” Fritzi
asked, “Converting Hebi’s body into an Akronian’s;
wish us the best of luck.” Klinkski slipped down a welder’s
mask before turning a torch on. “I
hope he’ll be the same…”
Mizuki mumbled under her breath.
At the courtyard Guru closely examined Kiza’s
dance and squawking and translated it, “It appears that the
man that you gave that Akronian over to… has been keeping him
for his own benefits. No, scratch that, it turns out he works for a
group known as the Dragon Fang…” Mizuki shifted in place
impatiently and asked, “Well what does that mean!?”
The Guru looked back at her, “It means we’ve been
double crossed. Betrayed. They’re going to use him to steal
your mother for their own uses. We need to get that Akronian back
from those Dragon Fang punks and get the information from him
ourselves.” Mizuki looked on in shock, “My mother!? I
won’t allow them to do anything to my beloved mom! Where are
they!?” She asked Kiza. The hawk spread its wings and took
flight. “Come on Fritzi! We need to teach these guys a
lesson!” Mizuki called out for her friend. “I’m
right behind you!” She replied. The two opened the temple doors
and took off on their quest for payback.
The two ran down the mountainside following the hawk
without a second thought. “I wonder how much that guy loves
his teeth.” Fritzi said running along with her friend, “I
guess we’ll find out soon enough.” Mizuki replied back.
Suddenly out of nowhere a group of three ninjas hopped down from the
ledge. “Just as I expected…” Mizuki unsheathed
her sword for combat. The trio immediately took out swords and
charged at the two. Mizuki dodged a swing from one of them and
retaliated with a jab through his chest. Pintoil squirted out as she
drew the sword. “Akronians? They’re a part of this
Dragon Fang group?” She was now confused, “We don’t
have time for questions right now!” Mizuki turned to Fritzi
dodging a swing from another. She looked back just in time to avoid a
blade that grazed her shoulder. A little pintoil leaked out but she
was fine otherwise. The ninja hopped over Mizuki and tried to get her
in the back though the Akronian was too quick for him as she blocked
the blow and countered it with a slash that cut him in half. The
ninja with a stab wound in his chest got back up and headed for
Mizuki. Fritzi picked up the ninja she was fighting and threw him
into his friend. Mizuki swung her sword at the two cutting them into
two and finishing them off. “We should be more cautious
from now on.” Fritzi suggested. “Sure…”
Mizuki was feeling something quite strange inside her soul, “Are
you okay?” She shook it off and reassured her friend, “I’m
fine. Let’s just keep moving forward.” Fritzi nodded in
agreement.
The two continued their journey to finding that
Akronian. They soon reached three barricades with no one there. “I
can already tell what’s going to happen-” They heard
yelling and watched two samurais, two ninjas, and a shogun landed
onto the ground. The shogun wore a banner on his back and different
armor to signify he was the leader. “Prevent them from
getting any farther!” The shogun ordered as he pulled out a
spiked club and shield. The samurais went after Mizuki while the
ninjas dealt with Fritzi. One of the samurais swung his club down on
top of Mizuki’s head who jumped to the side. “So
that’s the Akronian who wants her precious mother back…
how pathetic. She’ll be nothing but a mess of parts once we get
her mother’s DNA to create our super soldiers.” The
mention of her mother was enough to send Mizuki into a fit of anger
as swung her sword as hard as she could and completely decimated the
samurai’s armor and cutting through him. The second unleashed a
powerful swing from his club that knocked Mizuki clean off of her
feet. She quickly recovered and ran towards the samurai. Without
warning Mizuki’s mind went haywire and flashed images of her
ripping apart Akronians with actual claws. Her body and features all
looked like an actual creature’s skin as if she was organic
instead of a machine. Suddenly everything went black. “Good
job my little demonic monster…”
Mizuki’s vision turned back on to see another dead samurai on
the ground. “W-What…?” She mumbled.
The shogun ran towards her with his weapons at the
ready. Mizuki felt the anger still welling up inside reaching a
breaking point. She wanted to rip apart the ones that kidnapped her
mother and drink their pintoil. ‘What
is happening to me? Why are these thoughts coming to my head?’
She couldn’t understand what was happening but she needed to
stay focused. “Mizuki! Watch out!” She watched as a
ninja slammed into the shogun’s chest. Mizuki looked over to
see Fritzi slamming the ninja into the ground finishing him off for
good. The shogun got back up and dusted himself off. Mizuki ran
towards him with fire in her eyes, she never felt this passionate
about killing someone before. She felt rather unnerved but she didn’t
fight the feeling. The shogun was too late to defend from the blow
and was completely cut in half. Mizuki now felt that her anger
couldn’t be controlled any longer. “Let’s keep
moving before anyone else comes up and ambushes us.” Fritzi
said, “Agreed…” Mizuki tried to get a grip on
herself.
The two continued their journey through the
mountains. Finally Kiza stopped and landed on a rock. They were now
standing in front of a Japanese style temple with a symbol of a
dragon emphasizing the fang. “F-F-Fritzi…”
Mizuki struggled to get the words out of her voice chip, “Yes
Mizuki?” She was petting the hawk, “Perhaps I should
go inside alone. You know, there have to be tons of guys in there so
a stealthy approach might be the best.” Mizuki twiddled her
fingers, “Are you okay? You seem a bit more… jumpy.”
She walked towards her friend. “I-I’m fine…”
Mizuki attempted to reassure her friend. “I’m coming
in there immediately if I hear something or you’re gone for far
too long. Until then I’ll wait here dealing with anybody that
tries to head back to the temple.” She nodded and headed to the
base of the temple. Kiza squawked once more, “I hope she’s
okay too Kiza…” Fritzi sighed.
Mizuki snuck through and old drainage pipe that
wasn’t working anymore after she cut the bars off it. ‘Keep
it under control… keep it under control…’
Unfortunately the entity took control of her once more. ‘Impossible,
you only come out when I’m in combat…’
She fell to her knees, “Finally…
your anger has reached that point. Let me I be the first to welcome
you to the body of an organic being. I hope you enjoy the advantages
and disadvantages.” A voice only Mizuki
could hear said. “What do you mean-? AUUUUUUUGH!!”
Mizuki’s screams echoed throughout the pipe as she began to
transform. Her Akronian metal turned into scales and actual hair
replaced the original multi-joint head. Horns grew out of her
forehead and various bones formed as armor and clothes for her. An
actual mouth formed on her face and her eyes changed into a normal
human’s that were hazel in color. Feet grew out of her
originally feetless legs. Painfully a tail forced its way out of
Mizuki’s tailbone.
Once her transformation was completed she stayed
there for what seemed like an eternity. Mizuki had trouble
comprehending what had just happened. Slowly she stood up and
steadied herself against the wall of the pipe. “Must kill…
must… must please master… seek blood…”
Mizuki had now completely lost her mind and was no longer her
mechanical-self. “Good oni…
now seek those who dare oppose me!” She
continued forth through the pipe until she found a hatch that led to
a courtyard. As she got out and closed the hatch behind her; an
Akronian had spotted her. “Intruder!” Two samurais
and four ninjas appeared in front of her. “Yes…
fresh meat…” Mizuki didn’t even realize what she
was saying anymore. She pulled out her sword and approached them. Two
ninjas ran towards her and inflicted cuts onto her torso but she
didn’t seem to feel a thing as she turned around and ran her
sword into one of them. She lifted him up and stared him in the eyes
before grabbing and ripping the ninja in half with said sword. The
other backed up as she approached him, one of the samurais suddenly
ran towards her and swung his spiked club down upon her only to
barely miss as Mizuki avoided it. The now oni turned around and
hacked a chunk of his neck out before kicking it off.
The remaining realized that she was a bigger threat
than originally thought and decided to attack the threat together at
once. Mizuki however swiftly avoided a few swings and launched a full
power swing that went through two of the ninjas. The last samurai
which Mizuki could tell was a woman by her body structure lunged at
her full force. Mizuki let out bellowing roar as she landed her sword
into Mizuki’s shoulder. Primal instinct had taken over and now
it was kill or be killed. She bit down on the samurai’s neck
and was forced off. The stunned samurai gripped her wound in a feeble
attempt to keep pintoil from leaking. Mizuki finished her off by
putting a hole into her chest. The last two ninjas stood there in
shock but shook it off as they darted towards Mizuki. She didn’t
even flinch as the swords completely impaled her. Tears streaked down
as regular Mizuki seemed to be taking back control. Out of nowhere
she gripped one of the ninja’s head and split it in half. She
pulled out the two swords and rammed them into the last ninja’s
eyes before ripping them out and beheading him.
Finally with the whole group done for Mizuki
collapsed and sobbed over the pain of her wounds. Suddenly a voice
came into audibility, “Why are you
crying? They’re just flesh wounds! You’re going to
receive a lot worse if you don’t get back up and stop you’re
crying!” Mizuki looked around in anger,
“You don’t order me! I’ve never been in this
much pain…” She cried, ‘I
said… get up!’ Mizuki felt
herself be forced up to her feet. “F… F-FRITZI!”
She yelled as loud as she could in hopes her friend could hear her.
Fritzi looked up from the falcon. “Is Mizuki insane? She’s
going to get herself caught.” Fritzi rushed over to the opened
pipe and ran as fast as she could through the pipe before reaching
the same hatch and bursting through it. When she looked frantically
for her friend she found a demon sobbing. “Fritzi…
help…” Mizuki called for her. “Mizuki? What
happened to you?” Before they could talk any further another
group of ninjas and samurais appeared forcing the two to run. Fritzi
picked Mizuki up and took off.
As Fritzi rushed through the halls of this labyrinth
like temple Mizuki moaned even louder as her wounds were growing
exponentially more painful. “Hold on Mizuki… just a
little bit more…” She looked around and quickly ducked
into a closet. In there, Fritzi carefully laid her best friend down
and began treating her with bandages that were in there at the
moment. “Why are you like this?” Fritzi asked as soon
as she got done bandaging her, “I don’t know, all
that happened was that the entity took control again, then this voice
began talking, and then the transformation happened. That’s
all.” Mizuki stood back up. “Are you okay?”
Fritzi supported her friend. “I-I’m fine… I
can k-keep going…” She said steading herself. “If
you say so…” Fritzi backed away to give her friend room
to stretch out.
Suddenly the door was forced open to reveal a female
shogun to which Mizuki kicked out of the way before the two ran off.
“I spotted them! They’re in the hospital wing!”
She yelled as she stood back up and chased after the two. Soon a door
burst open revealing four ninjas that stood in their way. Mizuki took
out her sword and engaged two of the ninjas while Fritzi took on the
other two. Mizuki let out a guttural growl as she quickly slashed
through the two ninjas while Fritzi tackled one of the ninjas and
unleashed a deadly punch that crushed his skull. The last thrusted
her sword at Fritzi who dodged it and smashed in the back of the head
with a chair she quickly grabbed. The shogun raised her weapons only
to be disarmed and knocked out safely. “We’re not
killing everyone in here. Got it?” Fritzi told her friend,
“G-Got it…” Mizuki nearly lost control again.
“Good. Now let’s get in there and get that man back.”
Fritzi pointed to the open door before the two took off in that
direction.
The first thing they saw Y-28 with the same Akronian
from before with another shogun whose armor was the most elaborate
looking. “How did you manage to get past all my soldiers?”
He asked, “Give that Akronian back to us!” Mizuki
demanded. “You mean him? Only if you can bring me down. The
Dragon Fang do not accept defeat until we’re all done!”
He drew his sword ready for battle. “Who are you anyway?
What is the Dragon Fang?” Fritzi asked, “What is the
Dragon Fang? The Dragon Fang look to overthrow Oleria and reclaim the
throne in the honor of our ancestors!” Fritzi looked unamused,
“Who’s our ancestors? Because if I remember correctly
they were a bunch of scrap metal and toasters in the swamp.”
The girl huffed. ‘To think that we
came from such insignificant technology…’
Mizuki thought to herself, “Say what you want but you
aren’t leaving this place alive!” He charged at the two
with his sword at the ready.
The two dodged to the sides before trading looks with
each other and then both unleashing kicks into the sides of his head.
He didn’t seem to feel a thing as he turned to Mizuki and threw
her to the side while Fritzi jumped onto his back and held on for
dear life. “Get… off of me!” He threw her
straight into Mizuki. “Oof! Sorry about that Mizuki…”
Fritzi stood back up and faced the shogun. “Don’t
worry…” She steadied herself. “You are not
worthy of our ancestor’s power! Prepare to fall before our
great god!” The shogun yelled as he pulled out a second sword
and approached the two. “All right, we need to disarm first
of all. Got it Mi- darn it…” Fritzi looked over to see
her friend rushing the shogun and stabbing him in the stomach. “Is
that all? I’ve had worse wounds inflicted to me during my time
in battle!” He swung his sword which grazed Mizuki’s
chest. It burned as the air touched the open wound, Mizuki collapsed
to the ground gripping her chest. “I’m okay…
I’m okay…” She told herself trying to hold back
tears.
“Your mother has pacified you. That means she’s
soft, we’ll make sure that we make her the killing machine that
we desire her to be.” Now he had pushed her past her limits.
“You can mock me… you can mock my friend… but
no one will make my mother their own slave… am I understood?”
Mizuki stood up with fury in her eyes and tears streaming down.
“Your crying does not make me any more scared. Now stand
there like a little good girl and take your death!” The shogun
charged her only to miss her. “Do you think that’ll
scare me? That’s a rookie move that any ninja can do.” He
was still unfazed by Mizuki’s new attitude. Fritzi took this as
her chance to free the prisoner they had. “Where do you
think you’re going?” Y-28 stood in her way. “To
free him, so you better get out of the way before I break you in
two.” Y-28 stared at her quite amused at that statement, “Do
you think that’s supposed to scare me? You’re going to
have try much better than that.” Teleported right in front of
Fritzi and kneed her in the stomach. “You’ll pay for
double crossing us!” She grabbed him and slammed the agent into
the ground. He threw a kick at her that she grabbed and got a good
hold of. “Now, you’ll leave this place or I break
your leg and leave you for the birds to feast on your corpse.”
Y-28 disappeared from her sight and reappeared outside the window.
“Well my job is done here anyway. I hope to meet you two
again soon, especially Mizuki…” He threw down a smoke
bomb and escaped. “I hope we do. So I can break both your
legs in seventeen different ways…” Fritzi huffed.
Back at the fight between Mizuki and the shogun were
trading blows and refusing to surrender. “So you’ve
lasted longer than any others who have faced me… you’ll
still end up with the same fate.” He snickered until he felt
clock him in the back of the head. “Don’t forget
she’s got back-up!” Fritzi said as she threw away the
broken chair. The shogun turned around and grabbed her by the neck.
He began tightening his grip. “None will escape my dragon’s
grip! You’ll be gasping for air in no time.” He laughed.
“Hey dummy, I’m an Akronian. We don’t even have
lungs.” Fritzi reminded him. “You do have a fair
point…” The shogun quickly blocked a slash from Mizuki.
“Nice try! You’ll have to-” Fritzi shut him up
with a kick to his stomach causing him to let go of her. She grabbed
hold of him. “Now stand still! This’ll only hurt a
ton!” Fritzi laughed as Mizuki charged him and swung her sword
with all her might cutting straight through him. “You…
have… bested… me… take… my sword…
as a… prize…” He collapsed to the ground with
pintoil spewing out of his cut. Mizuki soon felt herself transforming
into an Akronian who now had pink armor with actual hair of the same
color and red hues to still give off the panda color scheme she was
known for. “Nice teamwork there, now let’s get out of
here before anymore Dragon’s Fang members come!” The two
looked over to see the Akronian they were looking for. “Very
well. Let’s blow this popsicle stand.” Mizuki looked at
her unamused, “It’s a saying that humans used. Okay?”
Fritzi claimed. “Let’s just get going.” Mizuki
simply replied.
Back at the temple Guru looked up to see Kiza flying
back over to her. “Did they succeed?” She asked. Kiza
nodded in reply, “That’s great. When will they
return?” The temple gates opening up answered that question.
“Finally you have returned! Now for you…” Guru
walked up to the Akronian, “Mizuki and Fritzi here
shouldn’t have to go through a ton of soldiers in order to
bring you back.” She scolded him. “My apologies
honey…” He opened up his suit to reveal him to be the
same size as Guru. The body was a frame to make him look taller.
“People call me Dr. Riveton. I hope to get know you better
sometime soon. I am Guru’s husband. I infiltrated the project
in order to find out what they were doing. I can tell you the
information, but for right now I must check in with my darling Rinsa
to see if she’s been doing well.” Mizuki and Fritzi
looked at each other in confusion. “Well today’s been
rather… interesting. Why don’t I check up on Hebi for
you to see if his new body is done?” Mizuki nodded. “That
would be nice. I need some time to clear my head…”
Mizuki sat down while Fritzi walked off. She would find out what was
going on with her body.
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