Subject: [FFML] (FFML) (fanfic) (Iczelion) Where Does My Heart Beat Now? - Part 3...Take 2
From: "Brian Yaple" <byapes@erie.net>
Date: 7/22/1998, 7:06 PM
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   Okay...let's try this again.

   <include std. begging for C&C>

   Thank to Andrew Dynon for MSTing the first version, and yes, Andrew, you
can use that for your fic.  :-)

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Knight Productions presents...

An Iczer Girl Iczelion story....

Where Does My Heart Beat Now? - Part 3

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   When Chaos appeared in front of Nagisa and Kawai, the two girls could
think of only one response:

   "CHARGING UP!!!"

   With those two words, Nagisa Kai and Kawai Kawai disappeared, and the
Normal Type and Silver Iczelions took their place, ready to fight an enemy
they thought they had defeated once before...

   "Chaos!" Nagisa said, "We defeated you!  How did you survive?"

   Chaos laughed sinisterly.  "When one has played the game of destruction
as long as I have, you learn to have an escape ready just in case."

   Kawai rolled her eyes. "Great.  Standard villain escape plan."

   Chaos sneered at the two Iczelions. "Laugh all you want.  But, when I'm
finished with you two and your friends, your Earth is next.  This time, I
think the game will be more...enjoyable."

   Nagisa thought back to her Iczel's flashback.  The systematic
destruction of an entire planet and it's population.  The last Iczelion
Normal Type.  The final destruction of the planet.  <He call destruction
like that a *game*?  Not this time,> Nagisa swore, <I swear to it!>

   Kawai looked around.  <I thought I heard something just now...>

   "Well?" Chaos asked, "What are you waiting for?  I relish the chance the
paint a canvas with your blood, and I am a busy man."

   The two Iczelions sweatdropped.  "Where do you get those corny lines?"
Nagisa asked, before she brought up her arms and fired a energy bolt at
Chaos.

   "Nagisa, be careful!" her Iczel said.

   The beam bounced off a shield surrounding Chaos.  

   "Oh, crap." Kawai said.

   "Pathetic." Chaos said.  He raised his arm. "My turn."

   Small spheres appeared around Nagisa and Kawai.  Chaos dropped his arm,
and the spheres began flashing with deadly energy charges, shocking Nagisa
and
Kawai.  

   The two Iczelions managed to break free of the attack and immediately
flew to attack Chaos.  As they flew towards him, Nagisa had a feeling of
deja-vu.  <This seems familiar...like...the dream!!!!>  "Kawai!!  WAIT!!!"

   Kawai turned around to face Nagisa, and in doing so, failed to see the
energy beam that was coming at her, fired by Chaos.  The beam struck, and
crying out in pain, Kawai fell to the ground.

   "KAWAI!!!!" Nagisa flew after her friend.  Landing by her, she cradled
Kawai in her arms.  "Iczel?  Can we teleport?" she asked.

   "Yes, but it will be a blind teleport.  I don't know where we'll end
up." Her Iczel replied.  Kawai's Iczel confirmed that.

   "I don't care.  Anywhere is better than here.  Teleport."

   The two Iczelions disappeared in a flash of light.

   ***<3***

   The two Iczelions reappeared on a sandy beach.

   Nagisa laid Kawai down and knelt down beside her to check her injuries. 
To Nagisa's relief, Kawai was not seriously hurt.

   Kawai opened her eyes.  "N..Nagisa?"

   "Kawai?  Are you all right?" Nagisa asked.

   "Yes, I think so."  Kawai got up and shook the sand out of her hair.
"Though I'm going to have a heck of a time getting the sand out of my
clothes."

   Both girls laughed.  Then Nagisa bowed her head. "Kawai...I'm sorry."

   "Sorry??  For what?" Kawai asked.

   "If I hadn't yelled out like that, you might have not been hurt...,"
Nagisa was saying.

   Kawai put one hand on Nagisa's shoulder and used the other hand to raise
Nagisa's head up.  "Nagisa, it's not your fault.  I probably wouldn't have
seen that beam coming anyway.  You remember the last time we faced Chaos." 
She frowned and turned her head to the horizon, a sudden thought striking
her.  "Come to think of it, we *did* beat Chaos then.  Why the hell did he
show up again?"

   Nagisa turned her head away, tears threatening to come.  "You don't
understand!  I cried out like that, because I had a dream..."

   Kawai turned her head back in surprise.  "A dream?"

   Nagisa nodded. "Yes.  In it, you were fatally shot by a void or
something, and you were trying to tell me something before you died, but
you never said it.  I felt like a part of my soul had died."  Nagisa looked
at Kawai's shocked face.  "What?"

   Kawai's voice shook.  "I...I had the same dream."

   Nagisa's eyes went wide.  "WHAT?"

   "It was exactly as you described, but you were the one who was shot."

   Both girls looked at each other, the tension of the moment making the
air thick.

   Finally Kawai said, "What does it mean?"

   "I don't know," Nagisa replied, "but what I do know is that I would
never let anyone harm you, Kawai."  She clasped Kawai's shoulder.

   <Tell her!  Tell her!> Nagisa's mind urged.  But before she could say
anything more...

   "My, aren't we a cozy pair."  It was Chaos, who had appeared in the air
above them.

   "Hey, Kawai?" Nagisa asked.

   "Yes, Nagisa?" Kawai said.

   "After we take out the trash, let's get something to eat, okay?" Nagisa
said, smiling at the brown haired girl.

   Kawai smiled. "I'd like that."

   "Oh, give me a break!" Chaos said, firing a storm of energy bolts at the
two girls, forcing them to separate.  Nagisa got up from where she had
fallen to the ground and charged Chaos.  When she was a few feet from him,
she leapt up, engaged her beam saber, and tried to drive it through him.

   The saber bounced off Chaos shield. 

   <Sometimes, I really hate my life.> Nagisa thought as she pulled back
and threw a punch at Chaos, only to have him catch her hand and throw her
several feet away.  Ignoring the blasts from Kawai, Chaos raised his hand
at Nagisa, and fired a shockwave at her.

   Nagisa staggered and managed to stay where she was.  Uncrossing her
arms, she fired another energy bolt at the same time Kawai did.

   Kawai's bolt was stopped by the shield, but Nagisa's burned through and
hit Chaos right in the face.  He staggered back and scowled at the Iczelion
Normal Type.

   "Nagisa, it appears that the shield protects only one side at a time."
her Iczel noted.

   Chaos's arm started glowing with energy. "For that insult, you will
die!" He fired a stronger shockwave than before at Nagisa.  Nagisa was hit
and thrown into the ground, leaving a very impressive crater.

   Chaos then pointed his arm, still crackling with energy discharges, at
Nagisa.  "Shine." (Die) 

   Forked lightning burst from his hand and clawed at Nagisa, who convulsed
with the shocks the energy was giving her.

   Nagisa screams were the only thing heard in that desolate dimension.

   "Beam Boomerang!!!" 

   Two energy blades struck Chaos in the arm, then swung around and struck
Chaos in the face, causing him to stagger back, allowing Kawai to run to
Nagisa and teleport the two of them away.

**<3**

   The two girls reappeared in the middle of a blasted and destroyed
landscape.  Looking up, Kawai could see something obscured by the thick
clouds.  Upon closer inspection, the object appeared to be...a giant,
severed human head.

   To say this filled Kawai with apprehension would be putting things a
little lightly.

   "Uh, Iczel?  Someplace else would be nice. *Now.*"

   "I agree, Kawai.  Hold on!"

   The two Iczelions disappeared from the post Third Impact Earth.

**<3**

   In a valley with gently sloping hills and flowers all around; the two
Iczelions appeared in a flash of light.  Kawai laid Nagisa down on the
ground and knelt down beside her.

    "Uhh..." Nagisa was coming around.  "Anyone get the number of that
truck that hit me?"

   "Nagisa?" Kawai said, tears forming in her eyes, "are you all right?"

   "Yes, Kawai." Nagisa replied, grabbing Kawai's hand in her own.  "I'm
all right.  Thanks for the save."


   "Well, I couldn't leave you to be killed by that monster..." 

   Kawai then made a decision in that instant, a decision that summed up
her turbulent feelings for the past few weeks concerning everything...her
and Nagisa...

   "...I couldn't let you die...because I think I love you."

   Nagisa's eyes widened. <She...she loves me?>

   Aloud, she said "What?"

   Before Kawai could get the courage to say it again, a maniacal laugh was
heard.  Then one word was spoken.

   "Shine."

   A huge energy beam lanced out of the sky towards Nagisa and Kawai.  

   "Nagisa, look out!"

   Kawai shoved Nagisa out of the path of the beam.

   "Kawai, no!!" Nagisa shouted.

   The beam struck Kawai full on.  

   (Author's note: Think of Saffir's death in SMR)

   For a full 30 seconds, all that could be heard were Kawai's screams.

   "KAWAI!!!  NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Nagisa screamed.

   The beam cut off, and Kawai collapsed in a very impressive crater. 
Nagisa ran over to her friend...<Friend?  No, much more now.> Nagisa
thought.

   <}"I love you."{>

   Reaching Kawai, Nagisa cradled the other Iczelion in her arms.  "Kawai? 
Kawai?  Please don't die...did you really mean it?  What you said?"

   Kawai opened her eyes and looked up at the vision of beauty before her. 
Even though she was covered with cuts and burns and generally looking beat
up, Nagisa still looked beautiful to Kawai eyes.

   "Yes, I did mean it, Nagisa...I love you."  She reached a hand up to
caress Nagisa's face, nevermind the pain that one movement was causing her.

   For her part, Nagisa looked stunned as the truth of Kawai's statement
rolled over her.  She thought of her torn and mixed feelings over the past
few weeks and then, the pure and simple truth shone in her heart.  

   Nagisa looked down at the vision of beauty that had haunted and
perplexed her with the feelings it aroused, and at that moment, made a
decision.

   Eyes shining with tears, Nagisa took Kawai's hand in her own and looked
down at her.

   "I love you too, Kawai."

   Then Nagisa leaned down and kissed Kawai.

   For both of them, it was the sweetest thing they had ever felt.  In that
instant, their feelings for each other were crystallized, and they let
those feeling in that kiss, letting the other know exactly how they felt.

   In the heart and soul of Nagisa Kai, the Normal Type Iczelion, a new
power began building up, waiting to be released.

   Unknown to the both of them, Nagisa started glowing.

   Then Kawai's arm went limp, and she fell unconscious.

   "Kawai?  Please don't leave me...not now...Iczel?"

   "I...I don't know, Nagisa.  I can't communicate with the Silver Iczel,
and I can't sense Kawai's lifesigns..." her Iczel said.  "I'm sorry,
Nagisa."

   Tears began to form in Nagisa's eyes.

   "Pathetic humans, your emotions make you weak.  No wonder you must be
destroyed."

   Nagisa-still glowing-looked up at the floating Chaos with a look of pure
Rage and anger in her eyes.

   <Kawai...this is for you...my love.> She thought.

   "Chaos, what you think is a weakness in humans in actuality is one of
our greatest strengths.  It is what makes humans unique in this
universe...and for daring to come between such emotion...I will never
forgive you!!!"

   Chaos laughed.  "Brave words, Nagisa Kai...but the dead cannot forgive
the living...and I am not the one who will die!!!"  With that, Chaos
released an energy bolt similar to the one that had injured Kawai.  The
bolt traveled downward towards Nagisa, who simply stood there, still
glowing ever more brightly.

   The bolt struck, and was deflected around Nagisa.

   "WHAT??" Chaos said, dumbfounded by the failure of his attack.

   Nagisa still stood, untouched by the beam, while the ground around her
had large gouges dug in it by the attack.  Kawai's body was behind Nagisa,
so she was safe.

   "Chaos...I will never forgive you." Nagisa said.  The glow around her
started crackling with energy discharges, and started glowing even brighter
than before.

   Nagisa threw her arms out to her sides.  "CRISIS CHARGE!!!!"

   The glow exploded into a column of white light that stretched out to the
heavens.  

   When the glow faded, Chaos gasped in shock.

   A female figure stood there, clad in full plate armor, with wide
shoulder
pauldrons giving the effect of dual blades.  Twin thruster pods were
mounted
on the back, while the entire affair was colored a metallic red and silver.
 There were also six energy wings-three on each side-giving off a faint
light.

   From inside the armor, Nagisa gasped in shock.

   <Iczel, what is this.  This isn't what happened last time we tried
this?>

   "I don't know, Nagisa."

   A new voice interrupted them.  <Iczelion Plus configuration online>

   <Nani?  I thought we had the Plus mode the *last* time?>

   "Nagisa?  Now is not the time to discuss it."

   <Right.>

   From the open helmet of the armor, Nagisa looked at Chaos.

   "Because forgiveness, for one such as you, could never be an option!" 

   Then the winged helmet's faceplate closed, and the Iczelion Plus leapt
at Chaos.

   Chaos threw a punch, which the Iczelion Plus caught, which then threw a
punch to Chaos's stomach, which drew some blood (or whatever).  Chaos
retaliated with a kick to the Iczelion's head, which separated the two and
threw them back a few feet.  

   Chaos fired another shockwave at the Iczelion, which, unlike the other
times, was totally unaffected by the blast. 

   Chaos then gathered more energy that he had ever before to strike a
massive, ending blow to this impertinent and annoying Iczelion.

   Unfortunately for Chaos, Nagisa had one little surprise left in store.

   The Iczelion Plus's wings glowed more fiercely, and energy started to
gather in the cupped hands of the Iczelion.

   Inside the armor, Nagisa's thought of only one thing before Chaos fired.

   <Kawai, I love you.>

   "It ends now, Iczelion!!  SHINE!!!!!" Chaos fired the enormous beam at
the Iczelion Plus.

   Nagisa said, "Nova...

   The glow of the Iczelion's wings reached a peak, and the energy gathered
in its hands glowed brighter than the sun...

   "...BEAM!!!!!!!!"

   The Iczelion Plus fired its blast at Chaos's blast.  The two energy
beams met in the center and...

   Chaos was sure that the Iczelion would be destroyed.  Imagine his
surprise then when the Iczelion's Nova Beam came stabbing at him, and the
smoke cleared so he could see that the Iczelion Plus was unharmed.  In
fact, Chaos was sure that he could see a faint glowing figure superimposed
over the Iczelion Plus...a figure with wild blond hair...

   "She has...the spirit...of an Iczer?!?"  That was the last thing Chaos
would ever say as the Nova Beam rent his form to atoms.

   The explosion engulfed the whole area, including the Iczelion Plus.

   Then silence...broken only by a simple thought, echoing through the
silence.

   <Kawai, I love you...>

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End of Part 3
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   Author's Notes:

   Okay, this time I think I got it right.  I usually hate writing combat
scenes, but I think I got the spacing right on this one.  Any comments?

   I noticed in the comments for the last version that there was a
considerable amount of deep reflection at the wrong time.  Now while I know
the venerable Laws Of Anime (tm) usually prevent most enemies from taking
advantage of this, I felt a little romp through the dimensions would
stretch things out just right.  Plus, a "cat and mouse" game would fit in
with Chaos's style.

   Just in case you lost count, here were the dimensions visited:
   
1. A beach.  Plain and simple.

2. Post Third Impact Earth, from the movie End of Evangelion.  I found that
little movie still on a Eva website, and I found it positively chilling.

   3. Wait till next part.  <grin>

 Yes, there was a considerable Sailor Moon influence in this part, how
could you guess?  <grin>

   I was also influenced by the final battle between Achika and Kain in
Tenchi Muyo In Love!, and both "forgiveness" lines are taken from there. 
(I found out this little tidbit while playing around with my DVD player and
TMiL disc.)

   For the Iczelion Plus, think of a fusion between Nagisa's normal armor,
Iczer-Robo, and Tekkaman Blastor.

   *No*, Nagisa was *not* going SSJ.  I find it very unlikely that DB or
DBZ will ever be a part of the Destiny's Path universe.

   That glowing scene was actually inspired by the final fight scene in the
Fatal Fury movie between Terry and the spirit of the Armor of Mars.  

   Spirit of an Iczer??  Sorry, you'll have to wait till next part.  (Of
course there'll be a next part, are you kidding?)

   Iczelion was created by Hirano Toshihiro/KSS Films and is brought over
the North America by AD Vision (Great bunch of people, even the Eva dub!),
and this story is copyright by me alone and is for entertainment purposes
only.  Plus, I'm also a college student, so I'm perpetually broke.

   Please don't sue me?

Brian Yaple
Knight Productions
BYapes@erie.net
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