The Reasons We Fight

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Sapphire gritted her teeth. "Get him on the chopper!" she yelled, Garnet quickly doing as told. The female cat shot any G.U.N. soldiers that managed to survive while backing up. She hurried onto the chopper.

"Four Seven Niner, get us back to base, right now," she demanded before taking her seat.

As the Chopper flew out of Shimalu, Niko began to return to his normal state and looked at everyone who was looking at him with looks of questioning.

"I guess I have a lot of explaining to do huh?" He asked.

Sapphire, being the rage driven idiot she currently was, was unfastened and leaning sideways in her seat, eyes narrowed dangerously at Niko.

"Explaining? EXPLAINING? You think you need to do some EXPLAINING!? Niko, you have better give me every DAMN detail!"

Garnet, who was fastened in like a wise person, leaned forward just enough to put his hand on Sapphire's shoulder, but she quickly shrugged it off.

Niko began to explain the best he could how he has two-fifths of Chaos' power and it manifest into the demon they saw. After explaining he looked at Sapphire.

"I'm so sorry I became that...beast." Niko said. "I was hoping to hide it from you." Niko looked on the verge of tears as he explained everything. Just then Tikal walked in as if she wasn't shot in the heart from behind.

"Sapphire when I said mate I meant girlfriend." Tikal explained. "Niko needs a girl who can defend him when he can't defend himself and someone who can back him up in a fight."

"Mom..." Niko said blushing madly.

"Let's go see Lumina. She can shield me from any danger until the battle truly begins."

"But mother?" Niko said.

"Niko Alucard Prower!" Tikal said to everyone's laughter. "Don't you "But mother" me! Now tell the pilot to take us to Lumina's house in Station Square. Now!"

Niko looked down in embarrassment and nodded and told the pilot to go there. When they got there however, they saw she wasn't at home.

"Told you." Niko said receiving a slap in the back of the head from Tikal. "May I suggest Vanilla, mom?"

Tikal nodded and they headed to Vanilla's house.

"I'm surprised you got Four Seven Niner to change course so easily," Sapphire muttered in amazement, now walking freely around the chopper. She suddenly felt them land. "Looks like we're here."

Nickel made a noise, and Sapphire shook her head. "You don't have to come with." She said sighing heavily. "Just... Don't break anything, ok? You know how violent you can get."

Garnet stood up, and he and Sapphire exited. He murmured something to her, causing her to sigh and shake her head.
A Niko walk up to Sapphire as Garnet went ahead and looks at her.

"What did Garnet say to you?" He asked to no reply.

Suddenly the group was welcomed by a little caramel colored rabbit with a red tank top and blue jeans and a Hero Chao next to her. Niko runs up and hugs her.

"Caramel!" He shouts gleefully. "Oh my god you grew! Seems like Vanilla's home cooking is doing the charm isn't it?"

"Yep!" Caramel replied and looked at Sapphire. "And you must be Sapphire! Niko's told me all about you when he calls. It's nice to finally see you!"

Suddenly Vanilla walks in and immediately tackles Niko and starts combing his hair like a mother would do to her son.

"It's nice to see you Niko and his friends," Vanilla said busy untangling Niko's hair. "But Niko can you ever comb your hair, dear?"

"Ow! It's stuck that way, Vanilla! OW!" Niko said in pain.

As she finishes, she lets Niko up and Niko introduces her to everyone including Sapphire who he introduced her to last.

"Sapphire," She cooed. "What a lovely name. So Niko. What brings you to visit me?"

"Tikal needs a place to stay until we can recapture Shimalu from the G.U.N" a voice said. Niko turned to a hooded figure who revealed herself as Rouge. "Nice to see you again, Niko. You haven't missed our relationship too much have you?"

"It wasn't a relationship, Rouge." Niko growled. "That kiss was a one time thing and we swore we'd never speak of the event again!"

"I had my fingers crossed." She said teasingly and looked at Sapphire.

"You must be his new squeeze, Sapphire." She said teasingly. "G.U.N has a record on all the Insurgents and has one of your agents right now, Miss Platinum?"

"What?" Niko shouted. "How? She was back at the base, right Sapph? How did she get captured if the base is well hidden?"

"You gave it up when you entered it by mind projection, Niko." Rouge said simply.

Sapphire's eyes widened, and then, suddenly, she was gone, when she had just been there a second ago, but the echo of her loud cursing remained.
"No...No way they have Platinum... And I hate when she does that!" Garnet exclaimed. He jumped in the chopper, "Four Seven, G.U.N. has their hands on Plat. Get back to base, right now," he ordered, voice firm. Four Seven Niner didn't argue, but suddenly said something.

"Garnet, I don't think she was kidnapped." Four Seven Niner said nervously.

"What do you mean?"

"I haven't been telling you all the full story. Platinum has been acting strange, and I...I think she's a G.U.N. member, Garnet. She's a traitor."

Garnet cursed loudly and tapped a button on his helmet. "Director, do you copy?"'

"Hear you loud and clear, son." The Director replied.

Garnet told the Director the situation.

"Dammit!" he heard his boss curse. "Get your asses back here right now. I'm dispatching the others as we speak."

Garnet whistled for Niko. "You're coming with us. This is all your fault, you're going to fix it."

Niko nodded and teleports to the G.U.N base he walks up to the commander and sees Platinum for some odd reason wigging out. Convulsing on the floor, Niko runs up to her and pick her up.

"What did you do to her?" Niko demanded.

"Oh nothing." says a voice who he immediately recognizes as Rouge's. He turns to her and tries to lift her off her feet via Psychokinesis but can't. He then feels a sharp needle go into his neck. He turns to see Shadow behind him waving a needle.

"You won't be needing those powers." Shadow said triumphantly. Not where you're going. Alright Omega...you remember the orders. Open fire on Niko!"

"Setting lasers to kill!" Omega's voice boomed as he began to open fire. Niko closed his eyes and suddenly a sword appears in his hand and, without knowing it, he deflects all the shots aimed at him and when he open his eyes, he sees the sword and looks at Platinum.

"Don't worry," he told her. "We're getting out of here!"

He then teleports out to the Insurgents' base and puts Platinum down, the new sword he somehow acquired on his back.