Spartan-190, The Metal Hero (Halo X The Rising Of The Shield Hero)

Underwhelming Dragon fight

The crew arrived at the village, and Mike saw the dragon incinerating the surroundings and the people desperately running to flee. Then he saw something that made his heart stop. An entire family stood huddled, and the dragon swooped down and landed in front of them, roaring at them. The dragon started inhaling, and a light from inside its mouth began growing brighter and brighter, eventually, smoke started escaping between its teeth. Mike jumped off the hog and fired a shot with his sniper to draw the dragon's attention.

It turned to face him and Mike looked around and saw the charred corpses of many people, piles of ash, and not even children were safe. He froze, and stared at the dragon underneath the helmet he had a blank face. He didn't know what was happening, he had been enraged before, but never to this extent!

Even so, his face began to contort into one of rage, the death of all the innocent people and children reminded him of the covenant. He felt his heart rate accelerating. He started shaking and snarling at the dragon, his armor's lights began pulsing, changing from their previous white color to a deep green, reminiscent of a certain gamma-irradiated hero.  Similarly, green energy began swirling around him.

"Not good! He's losing control! He's about to go berserk!" Naofumi seemed to be in deep concern, he knew Mike was powerful, and if he lost control, he might end up attacking them too, which would at best, result in them being beaten half to death.

Sakura jumped out and began running to Mike, "Onii-chan! Please calm down!". But the message fell on deaf ears. Mike's rage was too great to be calmed. He had a goal, and would stop at nothing to achieve it. He started walking toward it, but Sakura blocked his path, "Please Onii-chan! No!". Mike responded by taking his helmet off and throwing it into the ground, causing it to sink into the dirt, the force of which left a small crater kicking up a large cloud of dust, and throwing pebbles and clumps of dirt around. Sakura flinched and looked up at Mike; what she saw could only be described in two words.

Savage animal.

His face was contorted into one of unparalleled fury, his irises glowed a terrifying yellow, and his hair, pointed upward, took on an even spikier appearance. His teeth were bared and clenched, his eyes had a much sharper shape. He loosened his jaw upon gazing on Sakura for a few seconds, and closed his lips, before looking at the dragon. Almost instantly he bared his teeth again, and looking down at Sakura, he backhanded her into a tree 70 feet away, the impact completely shattering the trunk and sending the tree down to the ground. Sakura tumbled across the ground, and was severely bruised, and scratched, with cuts on her skin. To top it off, several bones in her body were also broken. Tears filled her eyes, a combination of pain, terror, and worry. Her entire body was in immense pain, so even crawling felt as though knives were being driven into her.

Naofumi lept in as well, only to be swatted away with similar ease. But due to him being the shield hero, he was still able to stand, but was struggling to walk. He also was badly bruised and cut, but no bones were broken.

Ren didn't even try to calm Mike down, he instead sprinted over to Naofumi, and Sakura, and helped them both back to the warthog, taking extra care with Sakura. He bandaged them up, and gave them medicine to help them recover. Filo was cowering in the storage box Mike had added to the warthog. Naofumi only looked on, concerned about Mike's rampage.

Back with Chip-190, he glared at the dragon, and leapt at it, a fist cocked back. The punch knocked the dragon back 50 feet. Mike didn't relent, he continued to pummel the dragon, eventually punching holes in its wings to stop it from escaping. The dragon began to show signs of fear and tried to run. Mike was, however, significantly faster and stopped its escape by breaking its legs. He began using the environment to attack, lifting boulders effortlessly, and throwing them at the dragon.

The boulders easily exceeded several hundred pounds in terms of mass, each close to or larger than the Spartan in size. The speed at which he launched them was a terrifying 60 mph, (roughly 96km/h for you who use the metric system) they did considerable damage, and most were aimed towards the face, disorienting the dragon until it fell backward dazed. Mike looked around, and saw a large tree, he uprooted it with no struggle, he tossed it 150 feet up into the air, then jumped after it, and delivered an axe kick that sent it plummeting down, right onto the dragon.

*CRACK*

The thundering sound of the dragon's rib cage being destroyed caused everyone to wince in pain, which was followed by a second crack.

*CRAAAACK*

Spartan-190 had, on the way down, smashed both of his fists onto the dragon's head with enough power to shatter the thick skull of the dragon. The dragon was unimaginably powerful, but even it had its limits. With the relentless assault of Mike and his powerful rage, even the dragon stood no chance. Eventually, the dragon was beaten within an inch of its life, and lay on the ground, barely able to even raise its head.

Mike stared at the dragon in the eyes, and suddenly, he hesitated, he saw a look in the eyes of the dragon that struck him. A look of desperation and fear, the dragon's will to fight had been shattered. He then heard a grunt of pain behind him, followed by the sound of someone falling into the grass. 

"Onii-Chan! Stop! This isn't like you!" Sakura cried out, with tears in her eyes as she drew closer. She crawled her way closer and wrapped her arms around his legs. "Onii-chan! Onii-chan! Please calm down!".

Mike's face went blank, after shaking his head aggressively, he looked at the dragon, then to his hands, they were stained with blood. He saw her with her injuries He crouched down as he spoke, "Sakura?".

"Onii-chan!" Sakura bawled as she hugged the spartan.

Mike felt something he had never felt before. Knowing what he did to Sakura, he didn't know what it was, but he decided to follow his instincts and say what he thought was best.

"Sakura, I'm sorry..."

He returned her hug, having complete control of himself again, as he tightly embraced her. He turned to face the dragon. He approached it, and put a hand on its snout, looking apprehensive, suddenly, a white particle came off the dragon, then another, and eventually, multiple began emanating from its body. Then, it was surrounded by a white light, after it dissipated, the dragon seemed to be healed.

"Go on, leave."

Seemingly understanding Mike, the dragon began flapping its wings, leaving the area.

Mike stood there, wordless. He saw a look in the dragon's eyes, he didn't know what to think of it, that dragon seemed to be in awe more than anything else.

He thought, "Did I just see a glint in its eyes?".

He put his helmet back on and returned to the group on the warthog. No words were exchanged with the villagers, he left them a crate of tools (axes, pickaxes, and shovels) made with the same titanium composite his armor was made with before he and Sakura hopped on the warthog and drove off.

30 mins of driving later-

"Mike, do you think that was..?"

"Ikari? Most likely, that blind rage seems to fit the nature of the form I know."

"Huh, does your armor also use that to increase it's own strength?"

Mike was silent. He hadn't thought about that. But it could be possible, using his ki to increase further the strength of his armor's shielding and mobility.

But how would he go about it?

"I hadn't actually thought about that, it'd most likely be a complicated process, considering I'd have to convert my own energy into mechanical energy somehow. Maybe there's another way though."

Mike had a feeling it could be possible and that it could yield some terrifying results.

He also suddenly decided to put his foot to the floor. The Engine roared, and threw everyone back in their seats, and accelerating from 92 km\h to 200 in 7 seconds, much faster than what it would have been previously. Eventually, it reached 321 km/h (roughly 200 mph). At that speed, coupled with the weight and increased durability of the warthog from Mike's alterations, it was able to plow through trees without much strife.

At those speeds he closed in on the previous village quickly, he saw something he hoped he wouldn't have to see.