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estiriseFor my very first NaNoWriMo, I wrote "Discovering the Sun", which was a Kamen Rider Kabuto AU. I think it's one of my most-read fics. It's unfortunate that I haven't been inspired to work on it much. Like last year, it's one of my ficspam fics.
Discovering the Sun
by Estirose
c 2006-2009
Chapter 4, part 6
But Kagami didn't say anything to Misaki-san and Tadokoro-san. Because some part of him still wanted to be a hero, and some part of him still wanted to save Makoto, mimic running loose or no.
And if he had to use Gattack, he would. He just hoped that the Zecter would let him go afterwards. After all, it seemed to have been just as confused as he had been. If the Zecter could see that he and it weren't meant to be, maybe it would leave him alone, and he didn't have to worry about being pressured as a host again.
When Misaki-san and Tadokoro-san were gone, he quietly removed his I.V. He slipped out of his room, heading down towards his apartment. He'd probably need something to keep him safe from the Zecter and from the Worm.
And then he realized that it wasn't safe to go after the Zecter again. He had a mimic, plus they'd probably have the place staffed. Plus he didn't really want to be beaten up by a small robot insect. That wouldn't do anything really good for his ego... or what was left of it after Tendou stepped all over it.
So, he finally fitted himself out and headed up towards the factory. If he could get Makoto out, then ZECT could blow up the building if they wanted to, and Makoto would be safe. And then he'd prove the boy was human.
Dodging ZECT troopers, he scaled up a wall and over it. He sneaked into the factory, avoiding the Worm as best he could. He was there to rescue, he reminded himself, not to go up against beings that could take him out easily.
"Kagami!" Makoto's soft cry was a welcome sound. "Kagami-san! Over here!"
With a rush of gladness, Kagami slid up and around the pipes until he was where Makoto was. "Let's get out of here," he said. "They're going to blow this place up."
"But my dad," Makoto cried.
"Um, probably dead," Kagami said awkwardly, as he led Makoto through the hallways towards the outside. Everything was going well.
"But...."
Kagami had no time to deal with that as his mimic stepped out in front of their path, a gloating smile on his face. Kagami hoped he never looked that scary when he gloated. "Makoto," he said, shielding the boy as his duplicate shimmered and changed to its true form.
And then he felt something enter his back, impaling him. He looked around to see that Makoto had suddenly sprouted eight spidery arms.
"So, you are a Worm," he murmured, and the Makoto-worm smiled. It occured to him that this had been a trap all along, because he would die and his duplicate would walk out of there, and everybody would die because they'd assume it was him, dumb Kagami, who got out of there before anything could happen and rescued the lone survivor besides.
He felt several more pointed arms punch through him, was aware that he was bleeding. He was dropped unceremoniously to the ground, and as his vision dimmed, he could see his duplicate hold out a hand to the Makoto worm. The two of them didn't spare him a glance as he lay there, too intent on getting out of the place before it blew up.
Well, nobody said that they were stupid.
He wished that someone would come out here, rescue him, stop the Makoto-worm and his duplicate.
In his fading consciousness, he heard someone. Something.
"Host!" it cried.
Discovering the Sun
by Estirose
c 2006-2009
Chapter 4, part 6
But Kagami didn't say anything to Misaki-san and Tadokoro-san. Because some part of him still wanted to be a hero, and some part of him still wanted to save Makoto, mimic running loose or no.
And if he had to use Gattack, he would. He just hoped that the Zecter would let him go afterwards. After all, it seemed to have been just as confused as he had been. If the Zecter could see that he and it weren't meant to be, maybe it would leave him alone, and he didn't have to worry about being pressured as a host again.
When Misaki-san and Tadokoro-san were gone, he quietly removed his I.V. He slipped out of his room, heading down towards his apartment. He'd probably need something to keep him safe from the Zecter and from the Worm.
And then he realized that it wasn't safe to go after the Zecter again. He had a mimic, plus they'd probably have the place staffed. Plus he didn't really want to be beaten up by a small robot insect. That wouldn't do anything really good for his ego... or what was left of it after Tendou stepped all over it.
So, he finally fitted himself out and headed up towards the factory. If he could get Makoto out, then ZECT could blow up the building if they wanted to, and Makoto would be safe. And then he'd prove the boy was human.
Dodging ZECT troopers, he scaled up a wall and over it. He sneaked into the factory, avoiding the Worm as best he could. He was there to rescue, he reminded himself, not to go up against beings that could take him out easily.
"Kagami!" Makoto's soft cry was a welcome sound. "Kagami-san! Over here!"
With a rush of gladness, Kagami slid up and around the pipes until he was where Makoto was. "Let's get out of here," he said. "They're going to blow this place up."
"But my dad," Makoto cried.
"Um, probably dead," Kagami said awkwardly, as he led Makoto through the hallways towards the outside. Everything was going well.
"But...."
Kagami had no time to deal with that as his mimic stepped out in front of their path, a gloating smile on his face. Kagami hoped he never looked that scary when he gloated. "Makoto," he said, shielding the boy as his duplicate shimmered and changed to its true form.
And then he felt something enter his back, impaling him. He looked around to see that Makoto had suddenly sprouted eight spidery arms.
"So, you are a Worm," he murmured, and the Makoto-worm smiled. It occured to him that this had been a trap all along, because he would die and his duplicate would walk out of there, and everybody would die because they'd assume it was him, dumb Kagami, who got out of there before anything could happen and rescued the lone survivor besides.
He felt several more pointed arms punch through him, was aware that he was bleeding. He was dropped unceremoniously to the ground, and as his vision dimmed, he could see his duplicate hold out a hand to the Makoto worm. The two of them didn't spare him a glance as he lay there, too intent on getting out of the place before it blew up.
Well, nobody said that they were stupid.
He wished that someone would come out here, rescue him, stop the Makoto-worm and his duplicate.
In his fading consciousness, he heard someone. Something.
"Host!" it cried.
