From: fogel@plains.NoDak.edu (Chris Fogel)
Subject: Anime War Crisis. Chapter 3. [Fan-fiction story]
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 06:18:03 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network


		[Chapter 3. A Brother Gained and Lost]


[Large dark room. Location unknown.]

     "Now my children, See who is your new brother. Welcome to this world,
Ahz. He is a superior Shinma-Buma to both of you. His new AI interacts better
with his Shinma background more than both of yours. Only he needs one more
piece of equipment to make him complete. There is a new data link that will
allow his AI to infuse with his body, so that he will be Shinma-Buma at all
times, instead of having to transfer his essence, as in your case. The new
link is at Scanner Services Advanced Design Systems. And while your there, you
can look and see what their Mystical Resources Department) might have for 
our cause. Also, take out Mr. Scanner himself,  as he has tickets to AX." A 
deep bio-metallic voice reamed into the darkness.

     A figure stepped out of the darkness, and as Dmitheon and Seaba looked
on, Ahz's body glimmered dimly in the near total black. "Thank you for the
welcome brothers. I look forward to fighting along-side you in the future
to come. May AX fall before our might."

     "Yes! Welcome brother," Saeba extended his hand. Ahz accepted it and
they clasped for a few seconds.

     "Hmmm...Yes, welcome brother." Dmitheon pouted towards his new brother,
and looked towards his masters. "Master Kai, Master Gunbuster. I believe that
I alone could handle this Scanner Industries task. I think Saeba should take
Ahz out on another mission to welcome him to the world."

     "Dmitheon...What better way to introduce Ahz to this world than to have
him  execute the holder of his soon to be new-found power. The Shogun Sabres
will be expecting you, and Terianne will be sure to tag not far behind your
activities. You will stand a better chance at obtaining it with him along with
you. But while you will be at Scanner Services, Saeba will be going to make
an assination. You will be after a goal, but also a diversion, as whom he will
assisanate will greatly cripple their cause. " A whispy, yet slithering voice
echoed into the room. A shimmer showed for mere second as Kai spoke, and then
was again consumed by the black.

     "I see master. As you command." Dmitheon backed away.

     "Now, go and prepare," the bio-metallic voice echoed up again. "Tonight
will not be easy for you, and you have much to show Ahz." The voice obviously
belonging to Gunbuster.

     "As you wish masters." They all replied. 'But I will get that data link
and be the new buma. They don't suspect that Ahz is just ordinary. The data
link won't help him at all, but me, it will make me all things. It will make
me master. I will be God to all living things, and I will Rule.' Dmitheon
posed the thoughts to himself. 'Hehehe' Dmitheon walked out with Ahz and
Saeba not far behind.

     "Kai?" GunBuster opened up.

     "I know. Do not worry, listen..." Kai whispered, and then, they were
both gone.


[Open to Shogun's house, It is obviously a few days after their defeat]

     "Well Shogun, we haven't been able to stop or even get the pattern of
the Shinma-Buma's in the last few days, BUT I know where they will hit next.
They stole an experimental AI chip from Kimagure the same day that Jiro went
over there. But this chip was not finished, so they would need a data link
to allow the Shinma part of the new Buma to exist. Now, it seems that the only
place right now that makes these are Scanner Services (Computer Department).
I figure if we watch that place, then we will have a chance at them. Of course
we would have to take them out before they transfer their essence to shinma."
This means, we would really need some firepower. I don't even know if the
moto-slaves would be enough." Dnab broke the pencil he was fidgeting with.

     "Well, if you need more firepower, I just might be able to help." Jiro
walked in. "After what happened to Kima, I want these guys now, more than
ever. I have been working on a new version of the moto-slave, though this
version is bigger, more armored, and slower. They are all equipped with 
special telemmetry and bio-data links. The joint areas contain paring 
cartridges that allow combination with other cartridges if there is a large
enought power supply to keep the data system flowing. It allows up to five
of the new moto-slaves to act as one system, to work in total unison. And
with the new links, they have superior targetting than alone, and of course
they can weild a bigger weapon. Which happens to be made with an anti-ionic
corruption field, and uses 432 case energy propelled armor piercing meta
synthetic rounds."

     "What are you trying to say Jiro?" Dnab plucked his broken pencil to
the ground.

     "I watched too much Voltron when I was a kid???!!!" Jiro laughed 
heartily, as Shogun and Dnab broke out also.

     "Well Jiro, tell us more about it, and see what we can do, we don't have
much time left..." Shogun walked out after Jiro towards the construction area
that was setup for the suits, and moto-slaves.

     Dnab got up. "I'll get the rest of the Sabres, and be right down."


[Later that hour, in a small, unadorned room. Lit only by a single candle]

     CLICK. The door to the small room opened up, and unnatural phos-
flourescent light spilled into the barely candle-lit room. "Sir, this just
in from the labs at the Computer department. According to the latest info
and reports, the assailants next target looks to be you and this lab."

     "We know, Please leave us." A figure hovering over the center of the floor
spoke softly.

     "Yes Sir...sorry to bother you sir!" The young man turned and closed the
door. The room once again fell into psuedo-darkness.

     The figure at the middle of the room still hovered as though the young
man had never disturbed it. "Now. Come to us." The voice was mysterious, yet
it had the feel of old knowledge. The room lit as a portal opened into
this world from another place, another time. "We ask. Answer." With the
figure now lit we see that it, no that he, has long flowing hair, and wears
only a simple robe.

     "Yesssss....They are Ssssshhinma....Thhey are perverted. They use
physsssical bodiessss. I would not deem thhhem my kin. They come for you...
Thhhheir massster is 'Kai' a full blooded Ssshhhhinma. You are all that is left
between their new brother, and domination of Bothhh tthhhisss world, and the
Abysssss, our world. If the one attains shhhinma-hood, then he would reign
supreme in all. " The raspy voice echoed from the light portal.

     "So it would seem. Please leave us now." The man looked up for a second,
and the portal closed, and the light was gone. "We shall see. We are returned."
The figure descended and landed on the floor. We could see it stand up, and 
leave the room, closing the door behind it. CLICK. It locks.


[That night, outside Scanner Services (Design Lab 42)]

     "There it is brother Ahz. Scanner Services Lab 42. That's where your
data link is. shall we go and get it?" Dmitheon Smiled.

     "Yes. Let's brother." Ahz looked eager to get on.

     The two Shinma-Bumas headed across the halfway lit lawn towards the
building. Never once stopping for anything, yet strangely, nothing was around.
They had reached the building and were about to enter when a voice broke their
as yet undisturbed trek. "Breaking and entering on Private property is not 
proper. I ask you to reconsider your propositions to enter." The figure from
earlier stepped out from around the corner. He still wore the same simple robe
and carried only a small weapon in his left hand.

     "Mr. Scanner. Nice of you to inform us of our priveledges, but we have
to take advantage of your new data link. In fact, if you want to help us out, 
just tell us how to open the vault the easy way, and that'll save you the 
money on having to rebuild it." Dmitheon stopped his advance and smirked 
towards Scanner.

     "We are afraid that can not be allowed." Scanner raised the weapon
in his left hand. "Now. We send you a compliment of Scanner Services." The
weapon fired a small-high velocity projectile towards Dmitheon, whom it hit
yet did nothing to him. "It seems greater measures need to be taken."

     "You should know by now that I'm not any ordinary buma, and that even
that kind of round won't hurt me. Ahz, now's your chance. Kill your first AX
culprit." Dmitheon turned and prepared to enter the building. " I will get
the data link for you."

     "I think that you should stay and help your new friend Dmitheon. He'll
have his hands full you know." A voice emanated from not too far off. Four
figures stood on the lawn. "Shogun Sabres SanGUU!"

     "So we meet again, and this time, I needn't swat the AD Pests in order
to take you out! And I shan't wait till you shoot me a few times either."
Dmitheon burst out of his skin and into buma form. "Ahz, change now. Let's
play!!!" Dmitheon leapt towards the Shogun Sabres eager to fight yet again.

     "Yes!" Ahz burst from his skin, and followed Dmitheon, forgetting all
about Scanner, who stepped back, not hiding, but watchful.

     "By the way Sabres...Nice new mecha...not gonna help though!!!"


[Shift to a movie theater. In the main room, with the lights still on.]

     A man walks out onto a stage which is under the projection screen. 
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the Anime Mystery Showing Theater. Today
we are proud to show the premiere of the 'Maisson Ikkoku' series with the
first four episodes, done by Screamline Pictures Inc."

     Near the back of the theater, a couple sits. "Hardsuit!" The female 
whispers. "You said it would be a good movie...I HATE Screamline. I can't
believe you would even take me to this tradegy of Anime. I'm appalled."

     "I'm sorry, I didn't know..We can leave, and go somewhere else. I'm
really sorry. I am...I didn't know." Hardsuit pleaded to his girlfriend.

     In the background, moans and screams of dejection, dissappointment and
hatred can be heard. Until a voice broke out over the calamity. "I can't
believe of all the good stuff out there, you had to show a Screamline
production. I'm dissappointed!." BANG. Saeba walked out from the sidelines
as the body of the announcer fell dead. 'I wonder how Screamline got MI.
Man, that sucks. Of all the people. Man, I think we should go and wipe out
Screamline instead of AX...hmmm...Oh well...' Saeba walked over to the body
on the floor. "Everyone will now be happy to know that they aren't going to
show that shit today! Camaraman, you will change it. NOW!!! Put in 'Anime
War Crisis, the movie, done by AE." As he talked, people were still fussing
around, though now about the dead man than the movie. "And the people in this 
theater will sit down and shut-up, or I'll have them put the MI back in!"

     Saeba scanned the audience until he found who he was looking for. He 
started to walk towards th back of the theater. "Mr. Hardsuit, I believe that
you are the Art Director for AX. I hope things are not self sufficient without
you, because that would make things much easier for us."

     "Hardsuit...Hardsuit...no...this is the..the..the super buma that's in the
news all the time..Please sir...please....don't" The girl started to get hyper.
"We'll do anything....anything, just please don't kill us..."

     "Anything? Hmm...that's a thought...I know! How's this?" Saeba stroked
his chin with his free hand.

     'I'm as good as dead, unless I can knock the gun away long enough for us
to get out of here. Okay...' "NOW!" Hardsuit jumped at the gun, in an attempt
to knock it away. BANG. Hardsuit stopped in mid-flight, and dribbled blood 
"Doesn't matter, with our GoH, you've lost..." as he fell over the seat in
front of him, empty of life.

     "Anything hmmm? How about you give me a backrub?" Saeba looked at the
lady. "I've had a long day."

     "Will you kill me?" The lady whimpered. 'I can have the chance to get
him for what he did to hardsuit'

     "Your a cruel woman...your boyfriend just died...bitch!" BANG. "Oh well,
I guess the backrub'll have to wait till tomorrow when Ryo gets to work" Saeba
put his gun away, and walked back down the aisle and out of the theater.

[Now, back at Scanner Services, where the battle goes in the Bumas favor]

     "No good shogun...even the two of them are too good for us." Pomru
jumped away from a blast sent by Ahz.

     "Alright then, we try Indy's new idea. Indy! We need you now!" Shogun
pulled back, and activated the sequence. "Shogun Sabres form: Giant Shogun
Sabre Bot." Jiro popped out of nowhere in his mecha, that was more of a piece
to fit the puzzle than a fighting machine. The other four mecha leapt towards
Shogun's and then in the blink of an eye, and three replays of the forming
later, there stood the Shogun Sabre Bot. 

     The fighting continued, but the Sabre Bot only evened the odds, instead
of turning them. The battle ground on, and a winner was not being found. 
"Shogun, we only have enough energy left for 3 minutes, after that, we'll have
to split apart again. I suggest we try to use the new cannon." Jiro interrupted
the beeping of the intercom.

     "Your right. Time for the big gun." Shogun pulled a few levers and pushed
a few buttons. The hands of the Sabre Bot came together as Shogun yelled.
"Form! Blazing Big Gun!" As the hands pulled apart, a big gun appeared as if
from nowhere.

     "Man, the designer watched too much Voltron!" Dmitheon saw what was coming
and decided to make his move. 'Their power level isn't holding up, my guess is
that they can't be that giant robot for long, so...' Dmitheon moved over to Ahz
and opened up against the Bot. The now huge gun aimed itself in the direction
of Dmitheon and fired. "Afraid not guys!" Dmitheon dropped, rolled back, and 
kicked Ahz right into the path of the burst. 'Can't have you taking me out when
I'm so close to this. How about taking Ahz, he's just another one in my way
too, so, here you go. Ahz's body slammed into the ground as now mostly slag.
Dmitheon took the opportunity in the wake of the blast to change himself. 
"Heheheh" Dmitheon's body shimmered and then there he stood in his shinma
form. "Now Sabres! We deal the final hand"

     "He's changed...break apart now, don't get caught together!" Shogun 
pressed a big button in his cockpit, and the Giant Sabre Bot broke apart.

     "Shinma. Hold!" The till now forgotten Scanner stepped forward onto the
lighted lawn. Dmitheon turned around. Scanner had produced a small scroll
with ancient writing on it. "Shinma. We bind you." Scanner started chanting.

     "You can't bind me Mr. Scanner, You're not the Guardian, and You didn't
summon me!" Dmitheon struggled against the restraints that were forming around
him. "Uuugh!" Dmitheon finally ripped the bonds and was about to turn his
attention once again towards the now disenheartened Shogun Sabres.

     "But I may." Terianne floated down and LordFranz arrested next to her.
Dmitheon jumped back to take in the whole scene. Standing on the lawn were
the Shogun Sabres, Terianne(who now had brown hair instead of black) and
LordFranz, and Scanner. Terianne formed a mystic flame and handed it to
LordFranz. LordFranz cast the flame towards Dmitheon as lightning etched
the ground around the Shinma-Buma.

     'If only I had that data link. I can't take all of them on, not by 
myself.' Dmitheon started backing up till he hit the building. "Shit. Your
lucky yet again Shogun Sabres." Dmitheon reformed into his buma self, and
blasted off past the startled group.

     "Who are you, that can frighten his shinma form?" Shogun opened up
his mecha and leapt out, though he still wore his suit.

     Scanner stepped forward. "She is Terianne, and he is LordFranz. She
is the Guardian of this realm. She returns lost shinma to the Abyss."

     "I see. Thank you then Terianne for your help, and also you LordFranz.
We were quite at a loss when they were in that form." Shogun walked over to
where Terianne, LordFranz and Scanner stood.

     "You're welcome sir." LordFranz spoke up.

     "CUT...CCCCUUUUUUUTTTTTTT!!!!!!! What the hell do you think you're
doing LordFranz?! Haven't you ever seen Vampire Princess Miyu? Better yet!
Didn't you rehearse your parts? You aren't supposed to talk!!!!! Shit..Now
we have to retake. Places everyone!" The man who yelled sat back down into
his chair which had : Director - Heretic written on it. "And...Action."

     "You're in over your head Shogun Sabres, be wary..." Terianne giggled
as LordFranz pulled her closer and they faded into the night.

     As the ring of Terianne's giggle faded...it darkened once again, and
Scanner was nowhere to be seen. "Well, let's go home guys..." Shogun crawled
back into his mecha and the group sped home.


[End Chapter 3]
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