The Return of Atomsk v2

Disclaimer: See first chapter.

Chapter Two

Light tears streamed down the cheeks of the lavender haired wonder Eri.

Naota was concerned, but more so bewildered by this sudden outpouring. “Eri, what’s wrong?” That was the first time he had spoken her first name in several years.

“Naota, I need to tell you something…”

The young man, somewhat confused and awkward, took a deep breath of air. “Um, okay?”

“You've become so distant in the past few years.”

He thought nothing of it. “Is that so?”

“Noata, you don't understand! You've changed, and I believe it's for the worse.”

“I see, you're gonna get all judgmental and say I should lay off the drugs and alcohol. Forget it.” He got up, intending to go elsewhere.

Eri pleaded him to stop. “That's not what this is about!”

He turned to snap at her, and most vehemently at that. “Then what is it about?”

“My parents don’t like you. They're threatening to keep me away from you!” Her voice was starting to crack. “They promised this would be the last time we hang out together. Come this Monday, you're going to be expelled, thanks to my father.”

Naota grinned. “That's pretty swee...”

Eri cut in, “damn it Naota, that's not the point!”

“Then get to the point, Ninamori.”

She shivered at the coldness of his voice. “I'm scared, Naota. I don't think I can live without you.”

“You'll do just fine. Tasuku. Haruko. Mamimi. They all abandoned me. I thought it would be the end of the world when they left, but you know what? I moved on and I learned to not give a fuck!”

She could see the hate in his eyes. His soul was slipping away, day by day. If the pain was to consume him much longer, he would cease to be the boy she once knew.

“You do care, that's why you desensitize yourself with the booze and cocaine.”

“The hell do you know?!”

She grimaced at the emotional pain building up inside her. She had to tell him, Eri needed him to understand. “I know...”

“I know...”

“I know...”

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Back in Mabase, a blue robot suddenly stopped what it was doing, all the clean dishes in its hands were dropped to the floor and shattered! Danger was afoot. Upon sensing this, Kanchi jumped 8 or so meters into the air, bursting through the roof of the Nandaba Bakery and took flight at speeds in excess of Mach 5.
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“I know because I love you.”

Naota's profile, once filled with bitterness, instantly switched to cynical skepticism. “Huh?”

The young woman slowly stood up and approached him. She reached out to him, caressing the young man’s face with her right hand, their eyes locked on to one another.

“Eri?” Naota wasn't sure if he liked where this was going. Surprises tended not to be his cup of tea, after all.

“I need you.” After she finished vocalizing that phrase, Eri closed her eyes, and softly pecked him on the lips.

Naota’s eyes widened in shock. Sure, he knew they were friends, but not to this degree. 'She needs me?'

“Will you return my affection, my dearest Naota?”

Had he become so distant that he forgot the closeness between them? He disregarded the thought. All that mattered was that this woman, the kindest as well as the sexiest woman he's ever met, needed his love. Knowing what course to take, he smiled at her reassuringly and voiced his reply, “yes.”

Eri smiled at him before she embraced him tightly. It didn't take much time for him to embrace her as well. Both of them enjoyed the warmth, mentally and physically. After what seemed like an eternity, they slowly brought their lips together again.

Eri beamed when they parted moments later. “I’ve never felt so happy in my life.”

Naota, seeming to be relieved with her comment, replied, “me too.”

“How sweet. Primitive mammal scum!”

Naota and Eri, confused, looked towards the dark forest, and all they saw were a pair of evil red eyes.

“What the hell?” Naota looked on in horror as the mysterious figures approached them.

It was a man standing over seven feet tall, with flaming black hair, lots of battle incurred scars, and totally shredded frame, muscle bulging to the most grotesque degree. It seemed his weapon of choice was a metallic black coated Specter Bass guitar.

The young man thought, 'Atomsk?'

The man spoke, “at last, I have found you, Gatekeeper. With your N.O., I will finally be able to flatten Atomsk!”

“Atomsk, the space pirate king?” Naota verbalized his thought this time. It was apparent that he wasn't Atomsk, but was likely of the same specie as him with the ethereal aura of his hair.

Eri whispered, “what’s going on, Naota?”

Naota could tell by the sound of her voice that she was petrified.

“I need you to do me a favor. I need you to pull out the Ragnarok from your N.O. portal, this way I can finally destroy Atomsk, as well as the entire universe!”

Naota yelled, “why the hell should I do that?!”

“Do not question my motifs, Gatekeeper. Do as I tell you, or she will die a painfully slow death as opposed to a quick one.” The man pointed to Naota’s newly found lover.

“You leave her out of this!”

A blue flame quickly closed the distance between itself and the evil creature’s position. The blue flame was actually Canti flying at high velocity. The robot delivered a hard right to the face of this villain, but he could only laugh. The evil man grabbed the robot and sent him crashing into the ground with a jackknife power bomb.

Naota knew this was a good time to escape. He took Eri’s hand in his. “Run,” the young man whispered harshly.

The sinister creature was not happy about their attempt to escape. He growled, “get back here, you little brats!” With the blow of a whistle, a black Vespa Scooter came to him as if it were his steed, and thus, the pursuit began.

Canti, while hovering above the ground, delivered a fury of punches to the abdomen and face of this evil, though he was unaffected and managed to maintain his balance. “You are useless without the power of my brother. Without him, you are nothing more than a pile of scrap metal!” He punched the robot's TV monitor of a head, sending it face first into the dirt.

The gargantuan man, now free of distraction, caught up to the couple rather quickly. He jumped off his Vespa and began a vicious assault on Naota with the Specter Bass. CRUNCH! With one swing, he broke the young man’s left arm, and sent him flying a good seven meters across the dirt path.

His girlfriend screamed in absolute horror while he cringed due to the pain.

Next, the relentless sociopath delivered a golf club swing right to the poor boy’s face, which sent him reeling another four or so meters. Blood was then pouring from both his mouth and nose. He was also coughing due to a lack of air intake.

“Why are you doing this?” Noata struggled to ask.

The villain’s reply was, “I need the Ragnarok to destroy my Atomsk!” He then sent the guitar crashing into the boy’s ribs. CRUNCH!

Naota screamed in agonizing pain due to his rib cage being fractured.

Eri began to cry again. 'Kami, what did he do to deserve this? This isn’t right!'

Before this sinister man could strike Naota again, Canti delivered a fierce drop kick to his gut, catching him off guard for once.

Atomsk’s brother flew back a good five meters from the blow. He recovered pretty fast, however. He growled as his gaze was averted to the machine. “Irritable piece of junk!”

Suddenly, hundreds of high impact lasers flew towards the brother of Atomsk. They were coming from a few large battle cruiser space ships, which were descending upon the earth.

'It’s the fuggin’ Interstellar Immigration Bureau!' The man looked over to Naota. “You got lucky, gatekeeper!”

He summoned his Vespa scooter and escaped like no one's business.

Naota was sure he hadn't seen the last of this evil alien.

Once the ships landed, the closest ship in proximity opened up from below. A man and a woman came out to greet them.

The man had red hair, sideburns, sunglasses, and insanely thick eyebrows. His attire was a black business suit.

The woman seemed to be a Ganguro girl, and an attractive one at that. Her attire was a stylish and sporty black miniskirt with white tights and black combat boots.

Naota, barely able to speak, recognized the man. “It's you.”

Commander Amarao half-frowned. “Well kid, you sure got yourself in a mess this time. Captain, make sure he gets the best treatment possible.”

Kitsurubami replied, “yes sir.” She opened up a cell-phone like device. “Get a medical team down here, ASAP.” The woman then closed her device.

The commander requested, “Miss Ninamori, you might want come with us since you could likely be considered collateral.”

Eri, confused, asked, “who are you?”

“Just call me Eyebrows.” He was so used to being addressed as such that he decided it would make for a snazzy pen name.

End Chapter Two.

Author’s Notes: See, I told ya we would get to the action. Who is Atomsk’s brother and what is the story behind the Ragnarok? Stay tuned!