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Ginga GIRI GIRI! The Universe is in Danger!
By SSJ Heero (http://animenext.knorf.net)
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- OPENING SONG: FIREBALL - B'Z -

Shiri ni shikareppanashi
Zabuton no youna kokoro to karada yo
Kono keisei wo gyakuten shitai to
Karamawari shite binbou yusuri
Ganjigarame kato ieba, sou demo nai (getting lose yeah)
Hima darake no chotto munashii kanji

Uragiraretemo koketemo
Are chon kiraretemo
Ijimeraretemo tatakaretemo
Shibutoku ikitai
Donna koukyuu serapi- mo
Ate ni nannai jidai ni ato nani ga aru

Tamashii ni hi wo tsukero
Massao ni koori tsuichau mae ni
My soul is flyin' like a fireball
Kuzu ni youna mayoi mo hai ni nare
Tonde yukeru sora wo moyashinagara
Yume no moto e soshite jibun no moto e

---- Recap ----

[Chibi characters of SSJ, Kensou, Amiko, TM, Van, and 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: Genbu and Anya take center stage!

Kensou: Genbu reflects on the past as Anya struggles to reach into his heart.

Davis: In the end, Genbu finally realizes his mistakes and Anya defeats him.

Van: Afterwards, TM runs into Suzaku.

TM: So prepare for the most awesome fight scene EVER! On with the show!

---- Chapter 86: Closing the Gate - Part Four : Sealed Passage ----

Frank swore within his home. He was glad his parents were out of town that day. It would
help him on this most stressful day. He was left home alone, so he dashed to his brother's
room, and quickly turned on the computer. He waited for it to start up, feeling a dread
creep up on him during that time.

Finally, it was up. He opened the command prompt and began typing. Suddenly, screens and
windows popped up, and text reading "ABANDON ALL HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER" flooded the
windows. Frank ignored it, continuing to type.

He quickly accessed his computer, and the windows and prompts multiplied. That Virus was
working hard to keep him out. He gritted his teeth and continued typing, bringing up his
latest program and quickly starting it up. All of a sudden, all of the windows and prompts
ceased appearing.

He cleared the screen of all the windows and prompts, taking a look upon his work: a
reworked anti-virus tool. He thought, 'Damn it, I hope I can reach those guys.'

He took up the headpiece connected to the computer, a pair of headphones with a microphone
attached. He quickly got to work, delving into his computer with his brother's.

***

"Damn it," swore Mauzel within the cathedral. "That damn kid is being too much of a
problem." Mauzel looked to the ceiling, seeing the pristine painting upon it. It was of the
creation of Terra, her own visage standing behind it, with the six gods descending upon the
world. A fitting piece at the place where the world will end.

Mauzel then roared, "Daedalus! How is the girl?!"

***

Daedalus sighed as he looked upon Cindy, still fighting and resisting. He saw her hands
were raw and bloody from gripping onto the armrest. Her wrists were red from fighting the
shackles. Sweat dripped from her face as she continued to grit her teeth and resist. Where
she had pulled this resistance from, Daedalus could only wonder. Nevertheless, he yelled
back at Virus, "She's being troublesome! It'll take a little longer!"

"I don't have 'a little longer!'" Mauzel's voice roared through the walls. "Hurry up!"

Daedalus grumbled to himself. Was it his fault that the girl was more trouble than she
looked? Virus should be glad they got the weakest one. He looked upon the screen before
Cindy's seat, where the wires converged. He saw the depths of her mind.

***

Cindy's mind was a mess. She saw the many images repeated before her. Nothing but death and
destruction were displayed. She saw the many people who died to help them- even worse, the
many people they themselves killed.

The many faces of the people she killed flashed before her. The people she had failed to
protect, she felt their soul's cries echo in her head.

She suddenly was in a burning field, meteors raining upon the ground. Such was the
consequence if they were to fail in saving the world. The entire burden of the world was
upon their shoulders. This was too much. The people depending on her and her friends... The
weight they carried was too much.

If they were to fail... Not only Terra, but Earth will fall, as well.

But she could not move. She was frozen with fear. Cindy was too scared. She feared all the
pressure and hopes; she feared that she would shatter them. Everyone had smothered her and
her friends... It was much too heavy. She wanted to forget it all. She wished she had never
come. She wished that she would disappear.

The flames disappeared, and there was nothing but black. Cindy fell into the darkness.
There was nothing but infinite blackness all around. Not a single light or spark anywhere.
That was strange; she did not scream at the rush of the wind blowing through her hair. She
was alone, then. She had no one waiting for her. She had nothing to miss.

But in the blackness, she struggled to remember her friends. Everything had become a blur.
She looked back upon the adventure, thinking of the people that had been with her every
day. She realized a terrible thing, then.

She had forgotten their faces.

***

Daedalus' lips curled into a smile. She finally was complying.

***

TM and Suzaku glared at each other. TM held forth his broken sword, the blade extended with
water. Suzaku's blades slipped back into his hands, and he turned a concerned eye at TM. He
quickly crouched and slipped away faster than TM could react, and the boy saw him appear
upon a bridge far above him. TM looked up at Suzaku, letting the blade of water melt and
disappear.

TM eyed his Izanagi down below. In an instant, he sheathed his sword and leapt down towards
his blade. Suzaku saw the boy and quickly chased after him. TM sped towards his blade that
cut into the pillars.

Then he saw Suzaku right over the blade. TM saw Suzaku put a foot upon the blade. TM
screamed, "NO!"

Suzaku smiled. With one powerful kick, the Izanagi was suddenly free from the pillar. TM
saw in horror as it slip away, disappearing into the darkness.

TM was still falling towards Suzaku. He felt rage throughout his body. He released an
immense battle cry, and the pillars shook from his anger. Suzaku leapt from the pillar and
onto another bridge, looking up at TM.

TM slammed into the pillar, his blue aura filling the entire area. Suzaku looked on in
complete surprise as he saw smoke suddenly filling the area. His vision was blurred, and he
felt the heat. He sensed a tingle in his arm, and he looked down upon the ooze throbbing
upon it. He saw part of it break and melt off.

He realized it. It wasn't smoke... It was fog. It was a thick mist of steam, which began to
affect the ooze. Suzaku swore and leapt from the pillar, trying to leave the mist. He heard
sounds all around, and dread crawled into his thoughts. He saw the mist clear just a bit,
enough to see more than a few yards around him. And then, he broke free from the mist.

He froze, completely stunned.

Suzaku looked all around him. On every pillar and bridge, standing upside down from every
shadow, sticking the side of the pillars all around, TM stood in every direction. "Water
Clones?!" Suzaku muttered with disbelief. 'That's impossible! That kid can't have that much
energy!'

But there was little to doubt when over a thousand Sharingan eyes peered down upon you.
With an immense scrape of metal resounding through the area, each of the bodies drew their
broken blades. Before Suzaku could believe, he saw the blades stretch with blue water.

Suzaku quickly leapt from the bridge towards the darkness below. The many bodies dashed
after him, racing from all directions. In an instant, the blades burst through his skin as
the first clones reached him. Suzaku turned in mid-air and slashed through one, which broke
into a rain of water.

Suzaku twisted and cut through the head of another. It, too, rained water over the area.
Suzaku landed upon a bridge, quickly twirling and cutting through bodies that landed all
around.

More water flew into the air, and Suzaku slipped away and dashed down a pillar towards the
darkness. More bodies sprinted after him, leaping towards him with their swords raised
high. Suzaku was quick to tear apart more, and then he landed upon another bridge.

He looked up, seeing a great many TM's faces still glaring at him. "Stance one!" Suzaku
shouted at once. "Voice of the Devil!" Suzaku slammed his heel hard into the celesium
bridge, and he began to spin. The wind suddenly changed around Suzaku, spinning around him
like a tornado, just as he became a blur in his movements.

TM saw below the spinning about Suzaku. The bodies that neared him were torn apart by the
wind. TM saw the other bodies racing towards Suzaku began to weaken. The boundaries of
their forms began to shake and vibrate. The bonds of the water began to release as a shrill
whistle filled the area. It was the same as before!

He saw the bodies all around began to tear apart. They all burst and rained upon the bridge
where Suzaku twirled. TM felt his ears in terrible pain, moving his hands to cover his ears.

TM twisted and landed upon another bridge and held an arm out towards the spinning Suzaku.
He gathered up all the water he could that had gathered upon the bridge. "Blizzard Tomb!"
he yelled as he held his open palm at the leader of the Nishiten.

Suzaku suddenly noticed something strange in his motion. Something began to slow him down,
and the area wasn't a blur anymore. Suddenly, he came to a stop in his spin. Suzaku looked
down and saw the ice around his boots that connected him to the bridge. "What?!" he
screamed in surprise.

He saw the ice race up his body and keep him in place, the sound of chiming glass echoing
through the area. Increasingly, it became more difficult to move. He couldn't move his
legs. Soon, his arms were trapped, and as Suzaku looked up to give a war cry, the ice
covered his head. The chimes of the ice ceased.

Everything was still for a second before TM shut his hand tightly. Ice cracked all around
Suzaku. The celesium bridge was bent and warped. Suzaku's body was crushed, and the ice
shattered. TM was then taken aback.

Suzaku still stood, even with the immense pressure that was able to twist celesium.
Suzaku's skin, though, was torn at many places. TM saw the metal that was under the skin.
"Stance two," Suzaku uttered. "The Scales of the Wyrm." [1]

TM was taken aback to see the shining skin under the torn remnants. TM saw the shield
splitting into pieces which returned to the metal frame under the wires and joints.
Suzaku's skin stretched and reformed, covering his entire body again. "You can't kill me,
boy," said Suzaku. "No matter what."

TM grit his teeth. "Why do you fight?!" TM screamed at Suzaku. "When you have such a body,
why do you fight? Is it because of revenge? Hatred? Is it a mission?"

Suzaku looked at TM across the space between them. Suzaku glared at TM as the last holes in
his skin closed. Suzaku looked up at TM, the glow in his eyes brighter than ever in the
night. "I was born with this power- this strength. Let's begin there, shall we? The first
thing known about me was that I was found in a dumpster, not even ten minutes after I was
born."

TM looked upon Suzaku with surprise, seeing Suzaku's hatred resonate through his eyes.
Suzaku continued, "I was saved and nursed, but my parents were never found. At the outset,
I was abandoned. I had no parents, and no person would take me in. I was under government
care for all my life."

"The government agency that raised me was not too bad. I received food and shelter, which
was all I really needed. But you know what I lacked all my life?" TM looked down at Suzaku,
feeling compassion in his heart. "I lacked friends, parents, someone that loved me. I was
always alone, and will always be alone. The people in Solarice- they don't care. All they
simply know about is money.

"I guess it was their fault, leaving me alone without teaching my any morals. Or maybe they
taught all the morals I needed; they told me through their actions, 'The only one important
is oneself. As long as you satisfy yourself, that is all that matters.' You call that a
normal life?!"

TM's eyes were wavering; his heart became compassionate for the lost soul. TM began,
"Suzaku..."

"I lied," Suzaku interrupted. TM's shakings suddenly stopped as he looked down at Suzaku's
smiling face. "That was all a lie. I made it up and was waiting to tell someone my weepy
sob story." TM's face twisted in anger. He shook again, but this time from rage. "To tell
the truth, I knew my parents. I don't remember their names anymore, but their faces are
clear in my mind. I remember, when I was four, when they sold me to slave traders."

TM was taken aback again. "Is this another lie?!" TM screamed.

Suzaku smiled. "No," he replied. "This is the truth. But don't feel sorry for me, as you
can see I lived through the slave traders. They fed me enough to live, whipped me when I
resisted, and after the two years of travel, they sold me to a rich family in Solarice.

"I bet that family bought me to just let me have a normal childhood, since they treated me
like another son. I was fed, dressed, and treated as royalty. But you know what? The damage
had already been done. Whenever I looked up at my foster father's face, I smiled on the
inside. They were too gullible!"

TM's eyes narrowed into an even more hateful glare. "If anything, those slave traders were
my true parents. They taught me to use others and do what you can to please yourself. So, I
did. A year after I was bought, I killed my entire family and took their entire fortune.
From there I learned how strong I truly was, indulging in pleasures and gaining strength."
TM gritted and ground his teeth. "I met Seiryuu soon after, and we joined forces."

TM heard Suzaku continue, "Over the years, we gathered other powerful members: Byakko,
Genbu, Gouki, and Nataku. We traveled the world, gaining reputation as a legendary clan of
thieves. We were all killed by one kid almost some four months ago. We were brought back to
life by Daedalus, and we all have seen the truthful corruption in the world. With no other
choice, we joined Virus' plans. So there, you know our story." Suzaku smiled. "Maybe it
will become a bestseller in the New York Times."

TM's eyes narrowed. "I wanted an answer, not your life story," he said back.

Suzaku smiled further. "True. It's because I have no answer. No matter what my comrades
think, I fight because I can. Ever since I was young, all I knew was that I was powerful. I
would use my power as much as I can."

TM said nothing as Suzaku continued, "It is a way to prove my existence! I, whose story
prior to now was lost, can make a mark on history. I will be remembered forever as a man
who brought the world to its knees. Killing and making history go hand in hand! One can't
happen without the other! In short, I kill, therefore I am!"

It was silent then. TM glared at Suzaku, who smiled still. The silence stretched on, the
two looking at each other's red eyes. TM then just yelled, "BULLSHIT!"

TM leapt forward at lightning speed, using all of his bishoujo's powers, as well as his
own, to gain the most speed. Suzaku was taken aback at the blur that raced at him. "Scales
of the Wyrm!" Suzaku hastily yelled.

TM pulled back his arm, reached Suzaku in record time, and with a giant scream, he slammed
a fist into Suzaku's cheek. He felt the solidity of Suzaku's cheek, which neither bent nor
broke. But still, Suzaku flew off the bridge, and TM fell after him.

As they fell towards the ground, TM got in another punch to Suzaku's gut. Bridges flew past
at dangerously fast speeds. TM drew his sword and formed the water blade. He aimed a slash
at Suzaku.

With a loud ching, the blade was stopped by Suzaku's forearm. The skin tore, but the
exoskeleton of powerful metal resisted the blade. Suzaku's blade from his palm, and he
drove it through TM's shoulder. TM screamed in pain as the tip of the blade tore out of his
other side.

TM glared at Suzaku, sweat dripping from his skin. One bead slid down his arm, onto
Suzaku's, and it touched the ooze. TM noticed the ooze slightly twitching and spreading
apart from the water. He realized its weakness.

From Suzaku's other hand, the other blade tore out. TM was quick, grabbing Suzaku's right
arm. Suzaku noticed TM's tight grip upon his arm. TM screamed, "RAIN!"

Suddenly, water rained all over the two. Suzaku was taken by surprise and fear. He saw the
ooze on his arm weaken and melt away from the water. The bonds were breaking in the
substance. The ooze was dissolving into the water. TM had discovered the ooze's weakness!

Suzaku screamed in anger as he saw his power falling away. Still, with his left arm still
dangerous, he thrusted at TM.

Suzaku was taken aback when he saw the wall of ice that formed between the two, blocking
his attacks.

TM's aura filled the area again, the bridges and pillars blurs as they raced even faster
towards the ground, the wind rushing through their hair. TM held his right arm high, his
left holding Suzaku's arm in place. TM gave a war cry as he put all his energy into the
palm of his hand.

Suzaku looked up, seeing the energy swirl around TM's hand. The winds moved and the aura
churned. His entire aura shrank into the small area of his palm, a torrent forming in it.
Suzaku saw, with surprise, the storm shrink into a tiny ball. TM thrusted it into Suzaku's
gut and screamed, "RASENGAN!"

Suzaku was taken aback as the ball of pure energy tore through his stomach. He pulled his
arm away, and TM's blood flew around the area. TM ignored the pain, shoving the ball even
further into Suzaku's gut. Suzaku flew away from TM, towards the darkness below. Suzaku
disappeared in the black.

TM heard a thud soon after.

TM was taken by surprise as lights became visible. The ground was not too far off! As
quickly as he could, he tried to form a way to slow his descent. He thought of everything
he could do, considering any possibility that he had. He thought of one.

He righted himself in his fall and formed a bridge of ice under his feet, and formed more
before him in his fall. He slid down the newly formed bridge of ice, his descent not
slowing any reasonable amount. The exact points of the lights became visible, and so did
the solid ground below.

TM formed a bridge that curved sharply like a roller coaster. His speed suddenly curved
with the bridge, and he was upright as he slid forward. Sliding down the bridge, he
suddenly was sliding parallel to the ground, rather than at it. His idea had worked!

Before his feet, he continually slid along the track of ice, swerving over buildings and
between pillars. He saw Suzaku in the streets below him, and nearby, the Izanagi had torn
through a building.

TM leapt off his bridge at Suzaku, who wasn't moving then. TM said nothing as he retrieved
his Izanagi, unharmed from the long fall. The second he reached and picked it up, he heard
the stones that paved the streets shake. They rumbled and were violently upheaved as a
tremendous wind came forth and tore the streets apart.

TM turned and saw Suzaku, suddenly standing. One of Suzaku's eyes was gray, the red light
no longer shining. Suzaku had only one eye left, and his shell of metal had bent from the
impact. TM saw in surprise Suzaku almost in perfect condition, with the swirl of energy all
around the android.

He then heard Suzaku scream, "STANCE THREE! THE FLAMES OF THE PHOENIX!"

All around, the stones of the buildings tore apart, and the ground around the two was
reduced to dirt. TM saw in astonishment Suzaku's immense power. "Flames!" he yelled. TM saw
in surprise as Suzaku pull a flask of oil from his sides. He snapped off the caps and in
one motion spread the oil along his arms and body. He pulled a lighter from his pockets,
and suddenly he was aflame.

"Talons!" The metal tore through his fingers and boots, revealing razor sharp claws made
of the nanomachines that flowed through his body. He threw the lighter away, and shouted
finally, "Wings!" The skin on his arms tore apart, with the metal of the shell ripping out
to form long, feather-shaped blades of shining metal. TM was taken aback at the
transformation.

Suzaku raced at TM, eye set in a glare. TM was quick to raise a thick wall of ice between
him and the android. TM suddenly saw Suzaku in the reflection upon the ice, behind him. TM
ducked as the feathers slashed through the ice and rolled away. Suzaku raced at TM with all
speed, and TM blocked the feathers with his Izanagi. TM was shoved back by Suzaku's power.

'How did he change so much?!' thought TM. Suzaku suddenly put all of his force into his arm
and threw TM back. TM collided with a building, crashing through its stone walls. Smoke
flew everywhere, but with a wave of his flaming hands, Suzaku blew it away. He saw TM
clearly, standing with his sword raised.

'If he's all machine, he can't possible suddenly gain strength!' thought TM. TM went on the
offensive again. He dashed forward, raising his sword high.

Suddenly, his gut was cut open. Suzaku was immensely faster than he was. TM coughed blood
and fell back, grabbing his stomach in pain. TM quickly called his flames and cauterized
the wound, glaring at Suzaku.

Suzaku said nothing, and silence formed between the two. TM just panted, looking up at
Suzaku. TM then swore, raising his blade. He thought of an attack, and he promptly leapt
into the air. He was far above Suzaku when be yelled, "HITEN MITSURUGI RYUU! RYUU TSUI..."

But then, to his astonishment, he saw Suzaku flap his wings. Winds flew all over the place,
but the metal feathers served their purpose. Suzaku began to fly up after TM. "WHAT THE
HELL?!" TM yelled in surprise, his focus lost. TM was knocked out of the sky, a slash from
his shoulder to wrist.

TM lost grip of his Izanagi, and he tumbled towards the ground and slammed into the stone.
Suzaku landed just above him. "The Phoenix always returns," said Suzaku. "He is reborn anew
after death, and he will be just as powerful as before. You're not getting past me."

TM lay on the ground, blood flowing from his huge wound. He could barely muster the energy
to cauterize the wound. He could barely get to his feet and face Suzaku. He could barely
even lift up his heavy Izanagi.

Still, ignoring all signals his muscles gave, TM raised his blade at Suzaku. "You... You
say that," said TM between pants. He felt sore all over, almost unable to move. "I guess
you would keep rising every time I knock you down. But..." TM tightened the grip on his
hilt. "But no matter what, I will extinguish your flames." TM placed both hands on his
sword, steadying it. TM sighed, struggling to keep standing.

Suzaku said nothing more. He just figured he'd put the kid out of his misery. He raised his
feathers towards TM, glaring at the boy with his one eye.

TM glared back, holding his sword steady. He could only ponder what could defeat Suzaku,
and what had made him suddenly so powerful. TM looked over Suzaku's right arm, where Virus
had attached to. He saw, through the tears in the skin, the throbbing ooze. TM suddenly
realized something.

He remembered Virus after it left Rantmon. Virus had begun to melt instantly, and stopped
when it attached to Suzaku's right arm. Why had it chosen Suzaku's right arm. TM didn't
know, but he had his strategy set.

The two faced each other, prepared to strike blows. The two shook, feeling anticipation in
their bones. Sweat dripped down TM's face. Suzaku's flames reached high into the air. TM
felt all of his anger well into his blade. He felt all of his power course through him.

Suzaku looked at TM. He noticed the boy's tenseness. He wondered what the boy could be
trying. He didn't notice the flames over him beginning to flicker and wave.

Finally, TM dashed forward. Suzaku did the same. They raced at each other, prepared to
strike. TM pulled back his blade, and slashed. Suzaku swung his feather blades at TM. They
clashed with a loud clang, and to Suzaku's surprise, TM pivoted his foot and screamed,
"HITEN MITSURUGI RYUU! AMAKAKERU RYUU NO HIRAMEKI!"

Suzaku suddenly saw all of his flames be pulled towards TM. He saw the winds churning
around a point between him and the boy. 'What the Hell is this?!' Suzaku thought. He
suddenly felt himself pulled towards TM as TM had his back to Suzaku. Suzaku saw TM
complete his turn, his blade following him.

There was a giant strike, and in an instant, Suzaku was in the air from the attack. Suzaku
was stunned as he looked down on the ground. TM fell to his knees, leaning on his sword and
panting. Suzaku saw the shards of his feathers upon the ground, cleanly cut by the Izanagi.

TM began without looking up at Suzaku, "I may not have enough energy to make flames..." TM
paused to pant, and he looked up at Suzaku as he began to fall. "...Then I must be glad
you're on fire!"

Suzaku as taken aback as TM quickly raised a hand at him. TM's cries filed the air, and
suddenly, Suzaku saw the power move the flames. He saw the flames leave most of his body
and move, instead, to his right arm. Suzaku was completely stunned. He had found his weak
spot!

TM pulled his flare from his pocket. He broke it open, and the flames shown in the city.
Using whatever he had, he sent the flames towards Suzaku's arm. He screamed, "TAKE THIS!"
Suzaku saw the heat melt his arm. And then, he finally felt pain. Suzaku screamed as he
metal warped and melted. Suzaku screamed as he fell to the ground, crashing into it with
immense force. TM shakily got to his feet and dashed at him.

Suzaku was lying on the ground when TM reached him. Suzaku's lone red eye blinked. TM
looked upon Suzaku, shaking in pain. TM saw Suzaku's arm; the metal had melted away. He saw
Suzaku's brain in the arm, which had been protected by a powerful, thick metal shell.

TM figured out Virus' weakness. "It needs a living thing to bond with," muttered TM. Suzaku
weakly turned his head and looked up at him with his blinking eye. "So long," TM said as he
raised his Izanagi.

TM aimed at the brain and slashed at it. Suddenly, Suzaku grabbed the tip of the blade was
caught by Suzaku. TM was taken aback as he saw the red eye break and open. He saw a single
blue eye underneath. "Don't you ever learn?!" Suzaku uttered. TM was thrown back, and he
saw Suzaku get to his feet. "As I said, the Phoenix always rises!"

TM got to his feet, amazed by Suzaku's tenacity. "Damn it," he swore as he faced Suzaku.
"You still fight for no reason?!"

"'No reason?'" Suzaku repeated. "I am the reason. I fight to live. I fight to be
remembered. I fight for my immortality! You will fade away and disappear in time!"

"Shut up!" TM yelled back. "Quit being selfish! Even if you succeed, there will be no one
to remember you, anyway!"

Suzaku smiled, even with his brain throbbing with the ooze covering it. His blue eye shook
and he glared at TM. "No, if I am still alive, I will be remembered forever. The Nishiten
will be all that exists and live forever. Our memory will be preserved, especially when we
go to your world!"

TM was taken by surprise. "What?!" TM screamed in surprise. "Is that your plan?!"

"Of course," Suzaku returned. "If we kill everyone here, what left is there to do? We will
step into your own and kill everything!"

"Come off it!" TM screamed back. "Like you have the power to do that?!"

Suzaku smiled. "Mauzel had the power to bring you here. We have her power, and it will
bring us there!"

TM was suddenly taken up by rage. "I will not allow this!" TM's aura suddenly burst from
his body, only enough to fill the small area around him. Suzaku saw TM's comparatively
small aura. "Is this all you have to say?!"

Suzaku nodded. TM gave a scream and dashed at Suzaku. Suzaku grinned, and in an instant,
the broken feathers on one arm retracted into his frame. TM saw with surprise the broken
feathers on the other arm lengthen and become whole. Suzaku slashed and cut TM straight in
two.

Suddenly, it began to rain. Suzaku saw with surprise TM split into water. Before he could
react, the Izanagi tore through the brain. Suzaku was stunned. TM was behind him, panting
and bloody. TM muttered, "You fell for Mizu Bunshin, loser."

Suzaku was taken by surprise as he turned and looked at TM. He uttered, "Im...
Impossible... I won't... Be... Forgotten..." Suzaku lost balance, falling away from TM's
Izanagi. Suzaku fell to his knees. "This... Can't be... I've lost..."

"You are a fool," TM said simply. "You can not fight on your own and for your own. You can
only get strong... You can only get strong with the wish to protect another!"

Suzaku said nothing more. He couldn't say anything more. He became still and fell prone. TM
looked down upon Suzaku's body as he coughed up blood. He felt sore all over. He could
hardly move. Still, he looked around the broken city, and in the distance he saw a great
cathedral. Holding his side, he stepped towards the cathedral.

---- To Be Continued ----

- ENDING SONG: AITAI - KIRORO -

aitai to omou koto ga
aishiteru ni tsunagaru
kizukenai hodo renai ni
okubyoo ni natte

anata to iru to
sunao na jibun ni nareru yo
uso ja nai

zutto ki no nai furi wo
shite kita kara
ima sara nani wo ittemo
shinjite moraenai ne

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[The instrumental version of "Eternal Blue" from the Lunar 2: Eternal Blue soundtrack plays
in background. The Crew appears solo in 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!

Amiko: With brains, brawns, and beauty I face my toughest opponent yet!

Kensou: So yeah, she faces Seiryuu in a battle between archers.

TM: Who will win? My money is on Amiko. In the first minute. With her fans alone.

(Amiko glares at TM and rips the bandages around his gut. He begins to bleed and faints.
Everyone looks and sweatdrops.)

Davis: Well anyway, the battle erupts as Seiryuu reveals his attack.

Van: NEXT! On GINGA GIRI GIRI! "Closing the Gate - Part Five : Gateway of the Mind"

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Author's Note:

[1] Wyrm: A dragon. More specifically, the dragon from the epic tale Beowulf.