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Ginga GIRI GIRI! The Universe is in Danger!
By SSJ Heero (http://animenext.knorf.net)
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---- Recap ----

[Chibi characters of the Crew minus Davis appear in the foreground as scenes from the last
episode play in the background. Though, you can't see 'cause this is text. Haha!]

SSJ: Last time on GINGA GIRI GIRI!

Amiko: With a very flashy entrance, as usual, Team Voldemort arrives!

Kensou: Well, they figure out Rantmon's weakness opened by TM.

TM: Yeah, baby, I did it all.

(Amiko kicks him in the shin.)

TM: Gah! Okay, okay, and after that Hayden comes and fights.

Cindy: And he accomplishes the task of finishing what TM began, leaving Rantmon blind.

All: The end is near! On with the show!

---- Chapter 72: The Battle with Rantmon - Part 5 : The Great Gale ----

The winds around Rantmon's floating palace roared as the currents strengthened. Life was
returning to the planet, trickling out of Rantmon's pores. He was in poor condition,
covered with gray sores, virtually blind, and panting with fatigue. The battle was tougher
than he expected.

Across from him, SSJ and Dark faced him, faces set into a glare. Their muscles were tense,
gripping tightly onto the weapons they held. Rantmon, too, was tightly grasping the hilt of
his blade.

And then, Rantmon was about to dash forward and attack, but then he felt strange. He tried
to step forward, but couldn't... He couldn't figure out why he couldn't move. Everyone else
saw why. Dark's shadow had moved on its own. It stretched in front of him when the sun was
beside him. Their shadows were connected! "Kage Mane no Jutsu!" announced Dark with a
smile. ("Shadow Copy Skill!")

SSJ relaxed and looked to the Crew. Dark had him nice and tight. SSJ then called past
Rantmon, "Care to fill me in on what happened so far?"

Amiko and company exchanged glances. They picked Kensou to tell everything. Kensou then
stepped forward and explained, "Well, the Hokuten came and fought Rantmon first. They were
knocked out, but Rantmon showed that his aura is deadly along with an ability to instantly
stop blood clots. The gray blotches block the blood."

SSJ nodded. Kensou continued, "Davis and Cindy went next, followed by Kino. Kino was
seriously injured and Davis and Cindy took him outside to be healed. During that time,
Amiko and I fought Rantmon. He has a distinct weakness for celesium, which was noticed from
Kino's attack." SSJ grinned at Dark. Dark smirked.

"Then, it was TM's fight. During then, TM was able to destroy some of the crystals up
there." Kensou pointed up towards the glowing Rood in the sky. SSJ saw it, four crystals
remaining. "That is where you should attack. Destroy a crystal with the opposite element.
Already, a good deal of Rantmon's power and resistance has faded. After that, Voldemort and
Hayden fought. Rantmon is as good as blind now."

SSJ nodded again. He looked at each of the Crew. He then asked, "Where's Davis?"

The others froze. They didn't speak. They only stood there, looking away. SSJ looked at
them, and then at the crowd on the other side of Rantmon. They moved apart, forming an
aisle in the midst of them. SSJ looked through and saw the bloody body of Davis leaning on
the wall.

SSJ's mouth dropped open. He was stunned. His thoughts came to a screeching halt. He shook
all over. He became tense again.

Finally, he demanded through clenched teeth, "Who did that?"

Cindy's voice weakly rose above the Crew, "Jallopsimon..."

SSJ glared at Rantmon. His grip on his blade tightened again. SSJ raised his blade and
sheathed it, and then he crouched into his battoujutsu stance. He said no more, becoming
coldly serious. His eyes flickered as he glanced at Dark.

Dark's shadow moved back into its natural position.

Rantmon shot forward, racing towards the two. SSJ shot forward as well with amazing speed.
There was a loud clang as metal struck. SSJ skidded back from the mere meeting of the
Hellfire sword and Rantmon's hooked blade.

Rantmon then recoiled in shock as he felt something hit his gut. He slid back and saw
Dark's shadow moving of its own volition. His face twisted in anger, searching for the
cause of the pain. Dark smiled, standing arms crossed with his lance embedded in the stone
ground.

SSJ was behind Rantmon. He had moved in almost an instant, finding an opening in Rantmon's
movements. Rantmon heard him behind and leapt away as SSJ drew his blade to attack. Rantmon
felt the tip of the blade graze his skin.

Though Rantmon could see nothing but text, his hearing was still good. He shut his eyes and
focused his energies on listening. He heard a soft tap behind him. Dark had moved. He
listened more, and he heard what sounded like moving air. Dark was about to slash.

Rantmon ducked, dodging the blade of Dark's lance. "What?!" Dark uttered as Rantmon gave
him a powerful uppercut.

Rantmon got to his feet as Dark flew back. His nose then twitched. He smelt SSJ. He raised
his arm and blocked a kick from SSJ. SSJ twisted around and attempted to give him a punch.
Rantmon caught his fist. SSJ twisted once again, flipping into the air above Rantmon. He
gripped his sword tightly and held it out as he flipped towards Rantmon. He yelled, "RYU
KAN SEN ARA-"

CLANG! Rantmon blocked with his blade and kicked SSJ away. SSJ scraped away, feeling pain
in his gut. Rantmon was weaker, but still more powerful than him. He swore, "Shit! He's
blind, but he still can sense us!"

Dark leapt and landed beside him. He rationalized, "His other senses must still be strong.
Smell and hearing should be easy enough to destroy." SSJ nodded. Dark placed his bandaged
arm upon the stone wall beside him. The Crew was taken aback to see a bright blue alchemy
flash, then in Dark's hand was a small sphere.

Dark tossed it at Rantmon. Rantmon heard the thing fly through the air. He dodged it as it
hit the ground before him. He was taken by surprise when a hissing noise came from it.
Everyone saw smoke rise into the air. Green smoke. Dark had created a poison bomb!

Amiko turned to Dark. "Damn," she muttered. "He can do alchemy even without clapping his
hands..."

Rantmon leapt back, nose burning from the gas. That bomb had specifically targeted his
olfactory senses! He swore at Dark as he came to a stop by the rubble of his throne. He
clawed at his nose, trying to make the pain disappear. It was no use. Tears came from his
eyes due to the pain.

Then he heard Dark speak, "Rantmon, why are you doing this?"

Rantmon paused at his clawing and turned to where he heard Dark's voice. "Foolish humans,"
he muttered. "Life is a pitiful existence..."

SSJ sighed as he stood beside Dark, Rantmon ranting in the background. "You just had to ask
him that," SSJ muttered sarcastically. Dark gave him a narrow glance. SSJ just quietly
muttered, "He just goes on and on once he gets onto the subject. It could take years before
he finishes. Besides..." He loosened grip on his blade and turned it around in his hand,
holding it upside down. He continued, "I don't really care what he's doing it for anyway."

"Ryuu Mei Sen," SSJ silently uttered. He dashed forward. Rantmon cut off in his speech,
hearing the loud stomps of SSJ. He just sighed and ran towards SSJ. They both yelled as
their blades came close. A gash appeared on SSJ's shoulder. SSJ and Rantmon ran past each
other.

SSJ had sheathed his sword again, not even laying a wound on Rantmon. Everyone was stunned.
"He missed?" TM couldn't help but ask. Everyone was silent. But then, from the crowd, a few
of the people grunted in pain. They covered their ears. Especially Paul, who had awakened
at that moment.

Paul stood up and saw the Crew. They saw him as he tightly covered one ear. "Huh? What's
wrong?" asked Amiko.

Paul groaned and finally answered, "That boy... That was his attack." Every one of the Crew
was silent.

Rantmon screamed in pain, dropping his blade and gripping both ears with his hands.
Everyone looked on as Rantmon fell to his knees in pain. Paul's voice moved through the
silent crowd, "The attack was the sheathing of the sword. The friction causes a
high-pitched sound wave that only affects those with superb hearing."

"Right," they heard someone call from behind. The Crew turned and saw Anya, awake and
leaning on Risika, whose knees were quivering. "You're awake!" Anya happily yelled to Paul,
patting him on the back.

"The sound got you both?" asked Paul. They both nodded.

Amiko looked at Risika, wondering why she was shaking. The sound did it... How could it
have... She then realized it. She glanced at Rantmon, trying to stand up only to fall down
in pain. She uttered, "I see... That attack reaches deep into the ears, affecting the
semicircular canals. That disrupts all the balance in your body!"

Anya and Risika nodded. "Good thing we aren't so good, huh, Risika?" Anya muttered as she
nudged her friend.

"Right, Anya," Risika said back. The Crew thought they were a bit too casual at such an
event.

"Come on, Dark!" they heard SSJ yell. They turned and saw Dark leaping into the air. SSJ
followed and leapt onto Dark's shoulders. Then with a loud yell, he leapt as high as he
could into the air.

Then there was a cry that ran through the entire island. Every looked up to see the five
remaining dragons race at SSJ. SSJ was surprised, seeing them all race to him. 'Damn it,'
thought SSJ. 'Kensou forgot to mention the dragons...' He twisted in midair and dodged the
tail of Rith. He put energy to his feet and dashed up Rith.

He leapt off, landing on the sparkling white coat of Treva. He then noticed one of the
other dragons, flames spilling from its mouth. Darigaaz didn't seem to care about his
fellow dragon. SSJ uttered, "Tch!"

He leapt off Treva as the ball of flames grazed Treva's scales. SSJ neared the crystals.

Then he was caught in Crosis's hand. 'Damn it, five is too much,' raced through his
thoughts. He looked back and saw the teeth of Rith awaiting his arrival, something it was
waiting for since their adventure in Naraku's castle. SSJ grunted and moved in Crosis'
hand. He turned and put his feet on Crosis' hand. Rith and Crosis were surprised.

"KAITEN!" he screamed as he spun in the dragon's hand. Crosis pulled back his hand from the
burning energy as Rith's head was knocked away. SSJ halted his twirling and landed on
Rith's neck. Once again, he kicked off and leapt up, past the claws of Treva, Darigaaz, and
Volt. He slipped through their clutches. And then he caught onto the crystal of the God of
Earth.

The dragons raced towards him. He couldn't pull himself up in time.

The Crew on the ground new he needed help. Amiko just yelled, "I'm going!" Before anyone
could protest, the winds gathered around the girl. Her energy was weak, but enough to at
least help SSJ. She leapt and raced at SSJ, pushed up by the winds she controlled.

There was a bright blue flash. She saw the stone ground glowing. Something rose from the
ground, brightly glowing. The light died and everyone saw stairs. Dark raced up the stairs.
Amiko saw Kensou, too, race into the Rood and dash up the stairs.

Rantmon had recovered slightly by then, and he realized what was happening. He heard the
stairs form. He needed to destroy it! He grabbed his blade and dashed at where he heard the
stairs come from. He was knocked back with a simultaneous attack by Anya, Risika, and Paul.
He heard chaos above them.

Amiko sped up, racing towards the Dragons. She yelled, "SSJ! Jump!" as she docked an arrow.
An opposite element is needed to destroy a crystal. She aimed for the crystal of Earth SSJ
was hanging upon.

SSJ saw her with her arrow. He swore, "Damn it!" He shifted his weight until he moved like
a pendulum, finally letting go to fly at the crystal of the God of Darkness.

At that crucial moment, Amiko screamed, "KAMAITACHI!" ("SLASHING WIND!") and let her arrow
fly. A wave of wind surrounded the arrow as it raced forward. Past the dragons. Past the
crystal of the God of the Sky. Rith raced at SSJ. But he saw the blade of the wind strike
the God of Earth. The crystal shattered. The God of Earth was freed, and stretched amidst
the falling shards of the crystal.

Rith and Volt screamed in pain. Rantmon screamed as well, feeling the searing energy spill
from his body. He knew another crystal had been destroyed. He looked up and saw the God of
Earth. The God glared down on him, but did nothing but disappear.

Rith screamed, clawing and thrashing in the air, trying to attack SSJ. But then, it froze.
A shadow had moved across it. The dragons saw. Dark was standing upon Rith, and his shadow
connected with the shadow on Rith's side. "You won't stop him," Dark muttered.

The dragons turned and saw SSJ still flying at the crystal. But it wasn't enough. SSJ was
falling. He hadn't pushed off hard enough. He couldn't reach the Dark crystal. SSJ just
grunted and clapped his hands together. His white aura came forth as he aimed both palms at
the crystal. He hoped he could aim correctly.

"Mega Flare!" he screamed as his white aura concentrated on his hands. Everyone saw a
bright light race from SSJ's hands. A beam of energy sped forward, striking the crystal and
shattering it. Crosis and Treva screamed, feeling half of their energy pour out of their
scales. The God of Darkness was freed of its bonds. It quickly exchanged a glance with SSJ
and smiled. With that, it faded away. Down at the ground, Rantmon screamed all the more.
Only two crystals were left!

By then, Dark felt the ground under him give way. He looked down and saw Rith breaking
apart. His elements, Earth and Ice, had already been freed. Cracks appeared all over Rith.
Dark leapt off and landed upon the stone steps he created. Rith broke into powder and faded
from the world.

The dragons focused their hatred on Amiko, racing past the falling SSJ and tearing the
stone steps to pieces. SSJ and Dark fell towards the Rood down below. Kensou leapt off the
steps. The two saw him as he landed on them and kick off again. SSJ cursed at him until he
saw Kensou, a relatively normal male, land on Darigaaz and sprint towards Amiko. Kensou
kicked off Darigaaz's wing and caught Amiko from the air.

Kensou took the blows of their tails. He barely moved out of the way for their claws to
only just cut his skin and not his bone. He landed in the middle of the crowd, dragons
still wanting to kill Amiko. The hapless crowd about the two screamed. They tried to run
away, but they were too slow. The dragons closed the gap.

And they crashed into a wall. Between them and the two humans, a wall of ice had suddenly
formed. They saw Black Amiko and Shadow down there by the door, seriously challenging them.
"I won't allow you to kill her," said Black Amiko. "She and I are supposed to be one."

Shadow smiled, drawing the hilt of his Glacier and forming the blade in an instant. "Looks
like fun," he said as he leapt up at the dragons.

Dark saw them from the center of the Rood. He and SSJ had a rough landing, but he stood to
see the other two shadows there. He smiled. "Looks like they found the answer like me," he
muttered.

SSJ coughed and got to his feet. "You knew they existed?" he inquired.

"Mauzel showed me it," Dark replied. The two then turned to Rantmon, standing in rage over
the weakened Hokuten. He heard the two and suddenly exploded in rage. "I'LL KILL YOU!" he
screamed as he sprinted at them, sword in hand.

From the door, Black Amiko just muttered, "Well, looks like I have to help." She looked up
at the God of the Sky. She grinned. She held her hand out at the slabs of stone from the
broken walls, and with her telekinesis threw them at the God of the Sky. Everyone glanced
at her, surprised at her talent, then at the giant slabs of stone, which many of the
strongest men couldn't lift.

She muttered, "Earthen Claw." The slabs of stone in the sky crushed themselves. They
flattened and elongated, forming several crescents of stone. They raced at the God of the
Sky.

Volt and Crosis screamed, trying to escape from Shadow. No use. Shadow sliced Volt's wing
and Crosis' leg clear off with his Glacier. He smiled as the two dragons twisted their
necks to see the crystal. As the claws of stone ran into the crystal and tore it to pieces,
the two dragons felt the weight of the world come down on it.

Volt bellowed in rage as cracks appeared all over its scales. Its screams stopped, its neck
and head, too cracked to pieces. And he disappeared into powder.

Crosis struggled to hang on, throwing its head at Shadow. It attempted a suicide attack. No
good. Shadow stopped the dragon with his free arm, fighting with all his might. And Crosis,
too, broke into powder and disappeared in the wind.

The God of the Sky escaped from the crystal, and he stretched as if awakening from a long
sleep. He looked down at Black Amiko, but quickly left the area.

There were two dragons left, both scared out of their wits, since there was only one
crystal left. They gathered around the crystal, protecting it all they could. Darigaaz
threw balls of flame at Shadow, who blocked with his wall of ice. Shadow smiled, but didn't
bother with the dragons. The ice floating above Amiko and Kensou immediately evaporated, as
did Shadow's glacier. He dropped to the ground by Black Amiko. "Looks like they're scared,"
Shadow said with a smirk.

Kensou stood there, looking at the two in wonder at their helping. He then noticed he was
still holding Amiko. He quickly set her down as Black Amiko and Shadow stepped forward and
approached the Rood. Amiko and Kensou exchanged glances, then ran after them.

"Hey!" Amiko yelled. Black Amiko turned her head but did not stop. "Why are you helping us
now?" asked Amiko.

Black looked away and muttered, "I don't know. I guess that guy showed me we could get
along after all."

"Guy...?" Amiko repeated. Then she turned towards the Rood, where SSJ and Dark were panting
and facing Rantmon, exhausted from losing so much power.

SSJ coughed and wheezed, fatigued from the fight. Still, Rantmon was far above them in
power, and it would be difficult to take him down. The three stood, waiting to regain their
strength.

Finally, Rantmon's rage overcame him. He screamed in anger and put all his strength into
flying forward. SSJ focused all his energy on seeing Rantmon. He barely saw Rantmon's
blurred movements. He ducked and dodged Rantmon's jab. Rantmon swung his blade at Dark
then, who blocked with the handle of his lance.

Dark moved his lance into the hook of Rantmon's blade and stopped the sword. Rantmon was
trapped! He would lose the weapon if he let go, but if he didn't... He saw SSJ crouched low
by him, arms wide apart. "Jyuukenpo- Hakke Rokujuuyonshou!" SSJ shouted. ("Gentle Fist!
Sixty-Four Hands of the Hakke!" Sweat trickled down Rantmon's cheek.

SSJ moved forward at the speed of light, thrusting his fists together at Rantmon. Rantmon
knew the attack. It was too dangerous to take it. Rantmon quickly let go of his blade and
dodged the blows. Dark knocked the blade away and out of the broken wall. It flew off the
island, crashing into the ocean far below.

SSJ flew back, crashing into the wall and forming a gigantic hole. There were loud cracks.
Bones in SSJ's body broke from the impact. Stones came crashing down and falling upon SSJ.
Everyone stood frozen as the stones crashed down on his back.

Dark saw Rantmon, mightily angry. His anger had abated slightly. Dark saw Rantmon's eyes
flicker for an instant. Dark turned and saw it. The Atma weapon on display above the
corridor where they came from.

Dark suddenly felt a pain within him. He coughed blood and fell to his knees. 'What the
Hell?!' his thoughts raced. 'What's happening?!'

"Tch! I didn't want to use the Atma on them," he heard Rantmon mutter.

Dark's eyes shot open, realizing what was happening. Both pieces of the Atma were near. His
weakened body could no longer take the punishment of the Atma being within him. Dark
covered his mouth with his hand and got to his feet. He saw Rantmon reach and take the
weapon off of its stand.

Dark's eyes narrowed, knowing what to expect. Rantmon turned and faced him, gripping the
Atma tightly. Rantmon spoke, "That's right... You were the one who took the soul of the
Atma."

Dark suddenly felt a chill. Fear ran down his spine. His pupils dilated. Rantmon was
completely set on killing him.

"Gah... My head..." came from the pile of rubble to the side of the Rood. SSJ coughed and
shoved all the heavy bricks of stone away, blood flowing from his wounds. He could hardly
move, for many bones in his body were broken. He could barely look up at the Rood.

He saw Rantmon dash forward with a new blade. Dark raised his lance to block. CRACK! His
celesium naginata shattered in two. SSJ saw the blade make contact with Dark's gut. SSJ was
frozen. He felt his heart pounding in his chest. He saw blood fly into the air. He saw Dark
collapse on the ground before Rantmon. He heard the blood pumping through his body.

SSJ screamed. Blood flowed like a river from Dark's body. SSJ saw Dark twitching,
struggling to move. Dark looked at SSJ, eyes almost white. Finally, the twitching stopped.
Dark stopped moving. Even his eyes stopped moving. Dark had been killed.

---- To Be Continued ----

- ENDING SONG: DEAR... FROM... - Aiuchi Rina - [1]

Kizukeba itsudemo Kimi wa soba ni ite kureta
Kimi ga mamotte ite kureru Sou omou koto dakede
Mou nanimo miushinau koko nante nai yo kitto
Machigai sae kowakunai Mou shi tachidomaru koto ga

Atta to shitemo Sugu ni arukidase Sou na ki ga suru kara

Watashi no kokoro to omoi wo (Dear my lover...)
Watashi ijou ni shinjiteru (From your lover...)
Kimi ga ite kureta kara Norikoete korete yo

Kimi no kotoba wa mirai to (Dear my lover...)
Yuuki wo wakete kureru (From your lover...)
Koko ni kimi ga ite kureta
Hontou ni arigatou
Arigatou

---- Preview ----

["Last Wolf Suite" from the Kenshin soundtrack plays in background. The Crew minus Davis
appear as chibi style, and random scenes from the next episode play, though you can't see
because this is text. Haha!]

SSJ: Next time on GINGA GIRI GIRI! The new me lays some whoop ass on Rantmon-

Amiko: As expected... God, you had to make things so predictable, huh?

Kensou: Yeah, you could have at least let one of us lay serious damage on him.

(SSJ turns to the two.)

SSJ: Well, TM did figure out the way to beat him. Amiko just destroyed a crystal. You,
Kensou, you stood up against a dragon. Cindy and Davis laid a lot of damage on him. What
did I do? Break an arm. Wow, that works.

TM: Yeah, but you have the longest fight with Rantmon!

SSJ: Half of it was other people doing stuff!

Cindy: Face it, all the important stuff happens to you!

(SSJ grabs his head.)

SSJ: Oh, forget it! No matter what I do I can't make you people happy!

(SSJ stomps out, kicking the wall behind him. The scenes of the next episode fall back and
land flat on the floor. SSJ walks away, leaving the rest.)

All: We were just kidding... So next on GINGA GIRI GIRI! "The Final Downdraft"

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Author's Note:

[1] Whew... I couldn't find "Dear... From..." lyrics anywhere (well, except from a
Geocities site with Japanese only text), so I had to use that and listen closely to the
song for all the kanji I don't know. I was sad, because this is one of my favorite Aiuchi
Rina songs (next to Close to Your Heart), and I expected there to be Romaji lyrics lying
around somewhere. Oh well, I hope I got it right.