ベラミス - her epic journey of her soul

Chapter 11 The Mighty Duo and Belamis' real identity

Queen Cosmos stopped over a small asteroid where the company could recuperate for two days before they proceed to the next point where they could refill their supplies.

The princess emerged to have some air, but heard sound of weapons clashing. She went out quickly to check, and was shocked to find out that Belamis and Kugo were fighting.

"What are you doing ?" She exclaimed.

Belamis with her sword, and Kugo with her Astro-Lance were fighting intensely, whilst Djorgo sat at a side and watched.

Belamis swordsmanship was graceful and glamorous, her moves were quick and agile, her attacks skillful, where as Kugo responded with equal agility, dancing around like a monkey, yelling around, doing acrobats.

Then Kugo yelled, "Hun shen!!" He used his trick of turning out many of his false images, and attacked Belamis.

Belamis smiled, and then she invoked her high speed move, hitting all those images, and then fighting the real Kugo.

"Stop them!!! " Princess Aurora exclaimed.

Then the two jumped back and stood still, Kugo put away his Astro-Lance, and Belamis put away her sword.

"Bravo!!!" Djorgo clapped and smiled.

Belamis raised her shaded and smiled at Aurora and Djorgo.

"What a good exercise to start the day!!" Kugo smiled as he took his helmet off.

"You are not fighting ?" Princess Aurora asked.

"No..... " Belamis smiled.

"It's a practice, me against Belamis, so that both of us can improve our fighting skills on our weapons.." Kugo said.

"Oh.. I see." Princess Aurora replied.

"It's a joy watching two of you -- Belamis has her graceful and glamorous swordsmanship, Kugo his funny and tricky moves." Djorgo continued.

"You two are both agile and quick, but Belamis is graceful, Kugo is fun to watch. Kugo can produce quasi-self to diverge the enemy, but Belamis has her speedy movement to combat it -- just could not tell which of you is better..." Djorgo said.

"...you have a variety of fighting style, Belamis..." Djorgo continued...

"What is my other fighting style ?" Belamis asked.

"When you are in your giantess form.... you are totally naked, you looses everything, but that moment I saw a brave, pure and almost primeval being, with innocence -- that is beautiful too."

Belamis listened, and recalled her few transformations -- she felt when she was in the giantess form, she only had a single thought -- to protect the weak and the loved ones.

"It is the same person.... but also different..." Kugo said.

"How ? " Belamis asked.

"You are the same brave and kind soul, willing to risk yourself, selfless and fearless." The Princess said.

"..but when you are in your fighting suit, with your sword, you are graceful swordsman, fighting in style, and you looked really cool in that..." She continued, as Belamis listened.

"..but when I saw your giantess form.... you fought only with your body and bare hands, no weapon, naked, without protection....you are full of strength, determination, and innocence. " Kugo said..."..it's like you are telling the world, even with nothing, you will fight bravely." Kugo went towards her, and looked at her eyes.

"...and you...showed your feelings when you become that giant.." Kugo said.

Belamis listened.

Back in Queen Cosmos, Belamis and others were communicating with Dr. Kitty.

"Belamis, we have more information about your giantess form." She said.

"You have a control circuit inside you that is responsible for your transformation. When you see your loved ones in mortal danger, you will transform."

Belamis recalled, and nodded. "Yes....every time I transform.." She looked at Kugo and Dr. Kitty.

"It is an altered ego of you, expressing your inner most feelings and emotions, in that form you allowed your emotions and feelings to surface and free to express..." Dr. Kitty said.

The others agreed, at her human form, Belamis though friendly and kind, would not express her feelings and emotions that easily, only perhaps before Kugo she could be more relaxed.

"It is the same person.... kind, gentle, compassionate, brave.... only your emotions manifested differently.." Dr. Kitty continued.

"You belong to the race of Gariusu giants.." Dr. Kitty continued. This was the first time she disclosed these to Belamis.

"I thought you must know that....... we analyzed your blood and your genetic information...." Dr. Kitty continued.

"Gariusu giants were long banished from the civilized society in Gariusu..." Dr. Kitty said.

Belamis gasped...

"...You figured...." Dr. Kitty replied, she looked sad.

"You were raised by a general in your planet, grew up in a family of soldiers... the elite in your civilization..." Dr. Kitty said.

"...you mean..." Belamis said as her voice shaked.

"You parents are not your real biological parents, they adopted you." Dr. Kitty revealed the most shocking news.

"....no.. it cannot be true..." Belamis voice shaked, then she stormed out of Queen Cosmos.

"Why do you have to tell her this ??" Kugo said.

"....... Belamis will soon find out herself, because of the archives the Galaxy Union recovered... She is the only survivor of Gariusu, those archives.... should be given to her..." Dr. Kitty said.

"..then...who is she ?" Kugo and Djorgo asked.

"When Planet Gariusu blew up, its civilization managed to secure its important archives, and sent it out to space in a capsule. Belamis may be the only citizen of it which survived, and many information were found." Dr. Kitty said.

"We only found this capsule recently, and deciphered the data in it just a few weeks ago. Inside it was a single file about Belamis..." Dr. Kitty continued.

"A file about her...??" Djorgo asked.

"What is it ?" Princess said.

"That means Belamis was special...." Djorgo said, "Important enough for the Gariusu people to create a file about her."

"Yes... Djorgo you are right. The file was about her family, or the family which adopted her. Her father, a general of their star fleet, recorded all information about her meticulously."


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It was 20 years ago. A middle aged man was outside the country and was about to leave.

Then there's a sound of a crying baby. The man wondered, "A baby ... in this kind of place ?" He walked to the place where the sound came from, and there under a tree, was a baby wrapped in cloths...

"Oh...what's the baby doing in here..." He picked the baby up...its a girl, and about 2 or 3 months old.

The man started to wonder, "I... I may have to leave her here... but she will die here...."

"A baby in such place cannot be a good sign..." The man thought, as he looked around. He went through the woods, and found giant footprints...

"The giants again...." He thought to himself.

Then far apart, a woman was lying there. She saw the man, and said, "Please.... please...."

"What do you want from me ?" The man asked, feeling compassion to the woman.

"Please... " The lady begged.

"I know who you are.... you are the race of giants...". The man said. "We cannot have anything to do with you."

The man was General Conan, he knew all about the Gariusu giants.

His race and the giants were allies for thousands of years, the giants protected the planet, and fought alongside with their fellow beings on the same planet, and built the civilization together.
The two races lived peacefully together, sharing the goodness of the planet and build their society to a egalitarian ideal world, until 100 years ago, suddenly the race of giants failed to transform, and that was at a time when Gariusu was threatened by aliens. The failure of the giants to transform caused Gariusu forces to lose a key battle, which nearly annihilated all the beings in Gariusu. A great general rose above the ranks and defeated the opponents, and after that he became the ruler. The other race were angry at the giants and blamed them. At that time the giant race lost their ability to transform at all. Being without the transformation, the other race turned their anger to the race of giants, and the ruler ordered to punish the race of giants, who then became as vulnerable as the rest.

The race begged, they were not annihilated, but were banished from the cities, loosing all rights and lived in the wild poorly.

"You know.. we are not to blame for the battles... we cannot help it...." The lady said.

Conan replied, "We know.... we are sympathetic to your race. I know a lot of you died in that battle too.... we wanted that banishment to lift, so that you can have a dignified life, and restore old ideal world..."

"..but now some of you can transform....and we are afraid...." Conan said.

"....no... when we transform, we only transform to save our loved ones... we never attack your people..." The lady said.

Conan signed. He knew the lady told the truth. He saw those giants were gentle, kind, peaceful and had no hatred to them -- they who persecuted them. However the ruling elite did not trust the giant race.

The lady said....and she handed in a bracelet.

Conan looked at the baby, a girl with fair skin, dark hair... and a pair of beautiful blue eyes.

"She is beautiful..." Conan's heart softened. He went forward and helped the lady up, taking of his cloak and wrapped her up, and put the lady into his mobile, and said, "I...I will take care of you and your daughter..."

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The Gariusu senate was in the most heated debate, a long streak of debate for months -- it was about the motion to lift the banishment of the race of giants and restore their rights.

"The people are innocent! It's generations already!!" Conan demanded.

"These people are gentle, and will be loyal to us if we restored their rights!" Another senator said.

"After all these years we did to them ? They will revenge us!!" One senator said.

Conan and his allies were the few elite that secretly helped the race of giants, giving food and aid to them, sometimes giving a few of the false identities so that they could live in the cities.

"The race of giants only fought back when they were provoked or attacked, but never lifted a hand against their fellow beings." Conan said. "When they fought back, they never kill anyone of us. They still regarded us as their bothers."

"We have to reconcile...." The other senators said.

"OK. Let's have them back in the cities..." The ruling elite reluctantly agreed.

"But..."

"..but what ?" Conan asked.

The deal was brokered. The race of giants got to live in the city, partially restored their rights, except they cannot enter the military or join the law enforcements. They were allowed to be artists, engineers, scientists etc.

The elite still mistrusted them.

Belamis grew up not knowing her past. Conan took the lady as his wife. The lady was called Rose. Belamis was strong and tough -- Conan loved Rose as well as Belamis, and taught her military stuffs, such as war strategy, shooting and flying jets. Belamis was clever and quick to learn. Belamis excelled in both her studies and also sports. She was fond of swords fighting and also martial arts.

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"Dad..." Belamis stormed into Conan's office.

"Make me a cyborg!" Belamis demanded.

"You..? cyborg..??"

Belamis was in tears.... her mother died.... she was distraught, and her last resort to save the planet and the people was for her, already an military officer, a major, decorated with awards and medals for her bravery, to be a cyborg fighter.

"No!!" Conan said.

"Why ???" Belamis cried.

Conan was not allowing her that because.... during the operation to transform her to a cyborg, the scientists and doctors would examine her and would perform a lot of tests... and her identify as a Gariusu giant would be exposed. If found out, Belamis would not only loose her military rank, but probably be executed for violation of the order that banned Gariusu giants from joining the army.

"That's a no and that is final!" Conan exploded.

Belamis ran outside, in tears, and she hit the walls with her fists.

"Belamis...." Conan looked at her. "I cannot let you risk this..."

The situation in Gariusu was deteriorating fast -- the weakening Galaxy Energy affected Gariusu more than other planets. Not just lifeforms were disappearing, monsters swarmed out. The planet's army was overwhelmed.

"We loose another legion again... the seventh in just three months..." The officer reported to the council of generals.

"How about our cyborg fighters..." General Conan asked.

"The procedure is risky, out of 10 volunteers, 7 dies, 1 permanently disabled, and the 2 that finally make it..., they could only realize 20 - 30% of the cyborg anticipated fighting power...not really of much use... and we only had two of them, and they also died in the last battle..." The chief scientist, Dr. Rolan said.

"We have to get other recruits...... who can withstand the procedure better...and deliver the full fighting power of the cyborg" Dr. Rolan said.

"What do you mean ?" General Conan said, ".. I thought those 10 volunteer are already amongst the toughest in our army!! We have no others that can match them..."

"No.....it is a genetic thing..." Dr. Rolan said, "..our body make up, structure... is not the best choice for cyborg procedure..."

"Go on...." Conan asked. "We... have to consider... the **other** race.."

"Are you crazy ? Having the race of giants to be cyborgs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???" The President of Gariusu yelled.

"I am not crazy.... this is our only hope..." Conan said.

"Then....how do we control them ?" The President said.

"Control ???" Conan asked.

"Yes.....".

General Conan and Dr. Rolan were friends since college. "So how's it ?" Dr. Rolan asked.

"He agreed...but..." Conan replied.

Dr. Rolan were back at his labs..

"Honestly, I don't agree with this control thing.." Dr. Rolan said.

"After the Reconciliation, we all saw these people were loyal and treated us like brothers..... we should remove the restrictions now and fight together to save our civilization, as equals, not discriminating them -- otherwise both races will perish with the planet..."

"One act of mistrust is difficult to recover..." Conan said

"So...who's the first person from the race of Gariusu giant to try the procedure..." Dr. Rolan said.

"Come with me... but don't mention about your thought of recruiting the giant race..." Conan said.

Dr. Rolan followed Conan to a room -- there Belamis was waiting.

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"You never told me that she's a child from the race of giants..." Dr. Rolan said.

"Yes...I have to keep it a secret... to protect Belamis... and I loved her." Conan looked as Belamis was sedated, ready for the procedure. "She's so fine a girl.... I was blessed to have met her mother married her, ....and adopted Belamis.." He said as he stroked Belamis hair.

"I would not have wanted her to go through this... but... she is the only one we can trust... and she will be loyal, because I fathered her..." Conan said.

"This control unit..." Dr. Rolan said, "Of course will inhibit the cyborg nano-implants so that they would not merge with her body..... but just for a while"

"Eh...?"

"But....hahaha... but..." Dr. Rolan smiled.

"I watched Belamis grew up too.... she such a fine girl, kind, and chivalrous -- a rare quality -- she was brave too.... " Dr. Rolan said.

"If I were to make a cyborg warrior.... and I have a Gariusu giant like her... I wanted her to be the finest of all..." Dr. Rolan looked, then he started the procedure to make Belamis a cyborg.

Belamis emerged, naked -- her body became stronger. Then the scientists fitted her with the suit for fighting.

"That's your weapon." Dr Rolan handed her the electromagnetic sword.

Belamis drew the sword.

"You are great sword fighter...this suits you best..." Dr. Rolan said.

Belamis's operation was successful, and her cyborg capability reached 100% the anticipated power.

Yet before more of Belamis' race were recruited for the procedure, the planet met its fateful end. It exploded, with only Belamis managed to escape in her jet alive.

Then the rest was history.


The people at Queen Cosmos cockpit listened in shock. Kugo in tears.

"We never thought she had such a tragic past..." Djorgo said.

"Because she was the first Gariusu giant to receive the procedure and to test the control unit, all her information were preserved in the capsule....we also found this..." Dr. Kitty showed a bracelet, with a star shaped gem on it. "This fits to Belamis arm, it was found to be one that belongs to a giant warrior..."

"I have to go and find Belamis..." Kugo went out.

"Belamis...!!!" Kugo ran out.

There Belamis was standing high up on a rock, gazing the skies, in tears.

"Belamis..." Kugo approached, Belamis turned, and said nothing, but her eyes were in tears.

Belamis wept quietly, as she fell into Kugo's arms.

Kugo did not know what to say.

"I must find out about myself...." She looked at Kugo, "...with you at my side."

Kugo nodded.

For a whole night, Belamis looked at her own files, and she was in deep thought. Kugo watched, and saw her images as a baby, a child and a teenager. There were images with Belamis and her mother together.

"She was so beautiful even as a baby...and Belamis resembles her mother so much". Kugo smiled as she looked at the image, and touched Belamis gently. Belamis hold his hand and said nothing.

"No wonder my body merged with the cyborg implants.... Dr. Rolan decided to let them merge in day one..." Belamis thought.

Dr. Kitty was at the other end, and she said, "Belamis....this one, is meant for you only. We found this special code message. I did not read it. You read it."

"Should I go out ?" Kugo asked.

"No....." Belamis looked at him. Kugo gazed at her blue eyes, and he knew he was the only person she would share her life with.

Belamis pressed the button, it was a video, the title page was "For Belamis.... my daughter."

"A message from father?!"

A man in his fifties appeared on screen, dress in uniform. He's General Conan, Belamis' adopted father.

"When you read this, I hope you find a new home somewhere in another planet.... I want you to know, your mother and I loved you so much...."

"You gave us so much joy.... even though at your teens you rebelled against me.... I know it's because you were chasing your dreams......I want you to have your dreams...."

"You and mother were very close, I remained distant, using discipline and military ways.... maybe I wanted you to be a son...."

Belamis remembered the days her father was strict, and showed few emotions, but his eyes were warm and kind.

"When I saw you in the cyborg testing chamber, enduring all tests in pain... my heart ached..."

Belamis was the first from the Gariusu giant race who went through the procedure, and the scientists subjected her to strong blasts of electricity, electromagnetic energy, heat and extremes of temperature..and even injected poison into her body... to test how much extreme Belamis could withstand.

Belamis remembered all those horrendous tests. However she emerged to be the most powerful cyborg fighter, excelling in all capability.

"I wished I would be at your place... " General Conan said, "...every time you came out, almost collapsing, I did not hug you... please forgive me.... I cannot show any emotion to you because you are my daughter... all soldiers has to be treated equally before me..."

Belamis bowed her head.

"Her character is just like her father..." Kugo thought.

"I remembered when you first dressed in combat uniform after you became cyborg...I put the cape on you...." Belamis remembered that day, how he gently put the cape on her, though he said nothing, she felt her father's love.

"I wish I don't have to sent you to the front line to fight.... but... it's your choice.... you have grown up...and mother would have supported you too..."

"You fought bravely, and you are fine commander...you won't leave your comrades behind... many times you saved your fellow soldiers..... I am a proud father, as well as a happy General who has a good lieutenant."

"So... she really was in the army before..." Kugo thought.
"As I record this.... our planet is only hours before its destruction.... we have done our best, you have done your best....my daughter.... I wanted so much you be my real daughter... but you make me proud..... Goodbye..."

The recording stopped.

Belamis was in deep thought -- she remembered trying to fly her jet back to Gariusu, but from the transmitter, her father, also her commander yelled, "Don't come back, just fly away. I am ordering you to fly away."

"No!! I am going to disobey!" Belamis yelled. Then a great explosion occurred, thrusting her jet away, as she regained consciousness, she witnessed her planet exploded.

"Father!!! " Belamis cried.

Belamis told Kugo all this. Kugo patted her shoulder and hugged her.

"Do you want a minute by yourself ?" Kugo said.

Belamis looked at him and said, "Just stay here..."

There Belamis wept silently.... making soft sound of sorrow. Kugo hugged her tightly.

In the morning, Djorgo and Princess found Belamis all naked, sleeping in the arms of Kugo.

They looked, and left the room, leaving the two by themselves.

"Belamis.... she only has Kugo..." Princess Aurora said.

"That would be enough..." Djorgo said, as he closed the door, looking at Belamis.

The next day, Kugo assisted Belamis on her stretching. Kugo hold her leg, and helped her to stretch.

Belamis closed her eyes, and stretched her tendons.

Kugo watched, and thought, "She acted as though nothing happened... she did this because she didn't want us to worry about her......Belamis will want to fight... this is her way to deal with her sorrows..." He recalled her weeping the night before.

"Press harder..." Belamis said, as she did another set of stretching. Kugo pressed her back, so that her body touched the ground as she spread her leg apart, to pull her tendons on her thighs.

Then Kugo helped her to stretch her shoulder tendons and pectorals, pressing her arms, and pulling her arms.

"I need to stretch .... to maintain my flexibility..." Belamis said.

Kugo hold Belamis hand and body, and looked at her. "She could do this herself...but she had me help her....."

Belamis wanted to have Kugo at her side... in her heart she needed Kugo's company.

"We can start now..." Belamis said, and she hold hands with Kugo.

Kugo looked into her eyes, and nodded.

Belamis stood up, and said, "Let's try the stunt!"

She drew her sword as Kugo drew his Astro-Lance.

"Lenghen!!!" Kugo yelled. Belamis hopped and landed on the tip of Astro-Lance. This was her trick when she first fought with Kugo.

"Brilliant!!!" Djorgo yelled.

Belamis leaped up, and Kugo produced his quasi images again. Belamis moved in her near lightning speed, striking at each part of Kugo's image.

Djorgo watched, and nodded.

After the practice, Kugo said, "Hahaha, me and Belamis devised new moves!!!"

"I know..." Djorgo said, "Next time the enemy met you guys... that would be his unlucky day..."

Kugo and Belamis practiced their moves, and at night, Kugo would sleep with Belamis.

"Well, they stopped pretending..." Djorgo joked.

Princess Aurora said, "Belamis needed Kugo.....and she let us all know about it instead of pretending not to......"

Queen Cosmos launched again, and Belamis was at the cockpit with Princess Aurora.

"She acted as though nothing happened.." Aurora thought.

"I will be OK..." Belamis said, "...I know you are concerned about me..."

She looked at the Princess, "Thank you."

Then alarm sounded again.

"Time for battle..." Belamis took her helmet, and Djorgo entered the cockpit.

"I will oversee things here." Djorgo said.

"Star Probe, go!!" Kugo already was on his probe and went out.

"Jet fighter, go!" Belamis also flew her jet out and followed.

"Space Bike!" Belamis launched her space bike and hopped out of her jet, riding it alongside with Kugo.

"Cool!!!! Next time let me have a ride!" Kugo smiled.

Belamis smiled, and let her jet fall behind her.

The duo approached -- it was a large space monster... one like a giant serpent.

"That's easy!" Kugo exclaimed, and he charged forward. "Astro-Lance!!" He pulled the Astro-Lance out and blast at the snake, whilst Belamis on her bike tried to diverge the serpent's attention.

Kugo yelled and cut the head of the serpent. "Hahaha.... so easy..."

"It's too easy.." Belamis said.

Then at the end where the head was gone, three new heads grew...

"What the heck????" Kugo said.

Belamis charged forward and lifted her sword, and cut one of the three heads, whereas Kugo severed the other two.... then 9 heads grew ...

"It is just like the monster in Greek mythology..." Djorgo said, "...Don't cut the head!!!"

The nine heads spit out blasts of flames towards Kugo and Belamis. They narrowly escaped the blasts.

"This is messy..." Belamis said as she rode her space bike and looked back.

Then several blasts of flames headed to Belamis.

"Be careful!!" Kugo yelled.

Belamis invoked her near light speed move... and her bike moved along with her -- her space bike was built with such capability, and she dodged the attack.

"Djorgo.... try to find out how to destroy this monster!!" Belamis said, as she and Kugo flew around it.

"The tip of the tail...." Djorgo..."..it's the serpent's heart!!"

But the nine heads were spraying balls of flames everywhere. They could not get around them and aim at the tail.

"We have to try our new stunts..." Belamis said.

Kugo replied, "Let's go!!!"

Kugo yelled, "Hun Shen!!!" And he produced 9 duplicates of himself, heading to the different heads of the serpent, with Belamis following behind.

The serpent's nine heads fired simultaneously, aiming at the 9 duplicates, with Belamis moving in lightning speed, appearing from behind each of Kugo's duplicate and she used her sword to poke the eyes of the heads. Because Belamis was so quick, it appeared that she was at 9 places at the same time, appearing from the back of Kugo's clone.

With all the eyes blinded, the serpent waved its tail.

"Take the shot!!" Belamis yelled, as she flew clear from the serpent, escaping from the blasts of flames.

"Yeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ha...!" Kugo yelled, and shot a blast at the tail.

The serpent exploded.

"Bravo!!" Djorgo yelled.

Belamis docked her bike as she leaped back to her jet, and the pair flew back to Queen Cosmos.


"This pair of cyborg is a great threat...." An officer from the Golinkor empire said.

"If they build more confidence in fighting as a duo...."

"We have to eliminate them quickly..."