NECRO-Driver Dawn EP 34: Showdown in the Barren Wasteland (Part 2)

Roux: These two are so evenly matched…

Jin: Yeah

Khan: At this point, either of them could emerge victorious. 

Baron Hampton: The fans are really eating this up! Let's see where it goes.

Master Tazz: I'm disappointed in you Shenrei.

Shenrei: Disappointed?

Master Tazz: The man I see before me is not the same person I taught so long ago. I never wanted you to go down this dark path.

(Play song Tsumi to Batsu)

Shenrei: It's too late for that. You forfeited any say you had when you went off and "died". You were the only one I had in my life, but you abandoned me. Don't you lecture me with your deadbeat master talk, you're no better than the people you hate so much! You set me down this path! And I've been walking in it well… (Sigh) I was the one who executed the plan for Project VP.

Everyone: WHAT?!

Shenrei: Look around old man! All the destruction here alone, all the destruction and lives lost during this war? All that blood, all that chaos, it's all your doing. 

Master Tazz: Shenrei… I was wrong to leave you. Maybe you're right, I am to blame for this war taking place to begin with.

Shenrei: Now he admits it.

Master Tazz: Or maybe… You're just blaming me for your own actions! All the suffering you've been through. It doesn't give you the right to determine who lives or dies!

Shenrei: You still don't get it! *Shenrei charges at Master Tazz and their fist collide* Why go to all of the lengths?! Why go and create war?! What is victory without any suffering? This war has made you soft Tazz.

Master Tazz: But that's no excuse to just take tons of lives!

Shenrei: Imbecilic old fool!

*The two of them clash using similar techniques!* 

Master Tazz: RAGING!

Shenrei: UMBRA!

Shenrei/Master Tazz: CANNON! 

(Play song Chinkon no Kane mo Narasenai mama)

Shenrei: (What? I feel overwhelming sorrow in my heart. It almost feels like his heart... is crying!) What is this?

Master Tazz: Silence! 

Shenrei: (This feeling fills up my heart. That's right! The fight is a way for one to express their soul. It was Master Tazz who taught me this! Then, is this his shouting out?)

Master Tazz: If only you hadn't gotten involved, it wouldn't have come to this. I could've eliminated the principality once and for all. This is so unfortunate! 

Shenrei: Master you-

Master Tazz: (Charges up and attack) I am no longer your master!

Shenrei: Then that's how it is!

Master Tazz: Himitsu! (Secret)

Shenrei: Gihō! (Technique)

Master Tazz: Tora… (Tiger)

Shenrei: Strike…

Shenrei/Master Tazz: (In unison) Kōu! (Rainfall)

(The two of them continuously exchange strikes. The sounds of their fight echoes through the hearts of those around them. Each strike conveys the soul of the fighter…)

Sonjo: Do you hear it?

Roux: Mmm

Jin: Yeah, their souls are calling to each other. Even now, they're still trying to reach one another.

Khan: It's the beautiful sounds of the fight.

Baron Hampton: The fight can be used to express one's soul… So simple, yet so deep.

Ayumi: I'll never forget this fight.

Everyone: It's the truest, ultimate fight!

(Back over to Shenrei and Master Tazz…)

Master Tazz: Well Shenrei, still hating me after everything that's happened?

Shenrei: I am. I would've never started this war if it weren't for you.

Master Tazz: Shenrei… (He reaches out his hand, but Shenrei smacks it away) Haven't you grown after all these years?!

Shenrei: Man known as Tazz, you're no better than I am! (Begins glowing with a strange aura)

Master Tazz: What's this?

Shenrei: I'll tell you why. All of this began because the Principality went after you. You are therefore responsible for everything.

Master Tazz: …

Shenrei: Tell me how you can act all high and mighty when you know this is a fact. All of the ruin we've laid, and all the carnage that's happened during the war, is because of you!

Master Tazz: (He notices Shenrei is still powering up…) Then why don't put an end to this fight, and settle this once and for all!

Shenrei: Fine! In the name of the Principality! (Power up)

Master Tazz: (Power up)

(Stop playing the song)

Shenrei: Let's finish this!

Master Tazz: Hyah!

Shenrei/Master Tazz: Unrivaled martial arts… ultimate technique! 

(Play song Kyodaika-suru Yabo)

Master Tazz: TENNO!

Shenrei: DAGEKI!

Shenrei/Master Tazz: (In unison) KEN! 

(The two of them fire off attacks, and engage in an epic beam struggle. Their combined power causes the earth around them to disrupt and break apart.)

Sonjo: Whoa! This place is falling apart even more!

Ayumi: Big brother! We have to get out of here!

Baron Hampton: We're not going anywhere!

Khan: This fight is the epitome of why we love martial arts. 

Jin: It's the fight we've been waiting for this whole time!

(Meanwhile…)

Shenrei: Hahahahah! What's wrong? Are you unable to keep up with me in your old age?

Master Tazz: Tch…

Shenrei: You old fool, it's over for you. Now I am the master! (He begins adding more power to his attack)

Jin: Oh no! At this rate, Master Tazz is as good as dead!

Master Tazz: Shenrei… (I had hoped I would be able to reach you. Even now, I don't want to be the one to take you down. But it's clear to me I have no other option…) Wrong! It's over when I say it's over! (He begins adding even more power than Shenrei!)

Shenrei: WHAT?!

Master Tazz: You who started this war, but I bet you never thought things would turn out this way, did you? The "Violet Shock", the fastest being in the universe. Yet for all your speed, you weren't quick enough to realize you miscalculated. Fool! You're going to have to finish what you started! 

Jin: Master Tazz, DO IT!

Master Tazz: (Power up scream) WINGS OF THE PHOENIX! (He unleashes his attack into his other attack, sending all of it full force right at Shenrei!)

Shenrei: UAAAAAAAGH!

(Stop playing the song) (The blast continues on, annihilating Shenrei and continuing into the sky. For the first time in a while, the sun comes back out. It's light shining on the battlefield, where so much destruction was laid bare.) 

Jin: Did… Did he do it?

Roux: I… I think so. I can't see any of the Principality members anywhere.

Khan: So that's it? The war is over right?

Sonjo: YES! HAHAHAHAHA! WE DID IT! WE DID IT!

Baron Hampton: ALRIGHT! Great job everyone! 

Ayumi: Yeah guys! We really raised the steaks this time!

Baron Hampton/Ayumi: RAISE THE STEAKS! RAISE THE STEAKS!

Jin: You know what? Since we all didn't die, I'll join y'all. RAISE THE STEAKS! RAISE THE STEAKS!

Baron Hampton: WOW! I never thought I'd see the day where you'd say that.

Jin: What can I say? War changes ya. 

Roux: Let's not forget all of the people that sacrificed so much so that we could win.

Khan: So many lost their lives, or lives of people they cared about.

Baron Hampton: You're right. We should begin doing what we can to rebuild the world we know into a better place.

Ayumi: And we can start by building a memorial for all those that we lost.

Sonjo: Then let's get back to the Blitzwing. We can't focus on the life we have if we're stuck in a place with no life.

Khan: True enough.

(Play song G Gundam Music: Kizu Dakare no Yume wo Nigiri Shimete) (They all begin walking away, when Jin notices Master Tazz is still standing where he fired the blast.)

Jin: Aren't you coming with us?

Master Tazz: I do not think I deserve to.

Jin: Whaddya mean?

Master Tazz: What Shenrei said is right. So much of the war was either spent looking for me, or started after my supposed death. I spent so long hiding from the world, when I could've been helping people in need. People like you and your friends Jin. So much blood is on my hands, whether I want to admit it or not.

Jin: Master Tazz…

Baron Hampton: That's a load of crap!

(They turn around and see everyone coming back)

Khan: Shenrei had the chance to right his wrongs, just as much as you did. None of us here was forced to do anything, we all made our own choices.

Ayumi: And if Baron and I can choose to right the wrongs we made, then so can Shenrei.

Sonjo: It's not your fault that things have gone the way they did. 

Roux: If you still feel like you have a lot to make up for, then come with us. 

Master Tazz: You all… It seems I was wrong to be so hasty. You all are the future of this world, and it could not be in better hands. 

Jin: Let's get going. A better future isn't gonna just build itself ya know.