Chapter 5 Facing the demons
Belamis was silently watching over the orphanage and also the facilities. She knew there were threats lurking, but had no idea of who they were and what they wanted to do.
She sat at branch of the tree overseeing the facilities, and also she could see the hill where the orphanage was. She hold the samurai sword tight, and stay vigilant all night and day.
Meanwhile, more and more data from Belamis' body was back.
Dr. Kitty compared the data, correlated them, and looked at the detailed analysis of Belamis genetic information.
"Gariusu giants ?" Dr. Kitty read the data.
Assistant Professor Dodge remarked, "what is it ?"
"Its a legendary race at Belamis' home planet. Gariusu giants were a group of Gariusu beings, but they could transform into strong muscular giants. They are a altruistic, peaceful and compassionate race, and they protected the planet's civilization for thousands of years, but they were not seen for almost 2000 years." Dr. Kitty read from the print out.
"Thanks to technology, these legendary giants left behind genetic markers, so their descendants could be identified.... because these giants possess great powers, the authorities at Gariusu decided it was too dangerous ....to use their cyborg technology directly on them...because the cyborg implant would eventually became part of the host's body, and greatly enhance the host's strength, making them literally invincible...if planted on such giants the giants would be almost immortal..." Dr. Kitty continued reading, and examining the screen, depicting how the nanobot cyborg implant would merge with flesh and blood, and also the scan image of Belamis body when they first find her.
"They designed a unit to inhibit two features. One is to suppress the merging of the nanobots, the others, is to prevent the host from unlocking the giant powers..."
It showed a unit identical to the implant in Belamis' forehead.
"Belamis was identified as one of those descendants, and so she got this implant.."
Dr. Kitty gazed at the star shape implant.
"Apparently the implant is not working..." Assistant Professor added...."The nanobots already merged with her body..."
"That explained Belamis' remarkable strength .... her body was completely merged with her own cyborg nanobot implants now." Dr. Kitty remarked.
"The implant would be able to determine if the host possess the altruistic character..." Then Dr. Kitty stopped... the data ended there.
Belamis jumped down from the tree, and walked around.
Then suddenly, she heard explosions from the downtown area.
"What is it ?" She raced towards the downtown area.
Dr. Kitty ran out, "What is it ?" She also heard the explosion at the downtown area.
"Belamis would be there..." Dr. Kitty thought, she grabbed a sensor device and went.
There were explosions, people screaming and running. Three flying monsters were spraying out laser beams, there were explosions, buildings was on fire.
Belamis watched...in horror.....then she again had flashbacks......
The flying monsters were so similar to the ones that destroyed her city, killed her mother and friends....
Belamis pulled out the sword and ran head on ......."I cannot let this happen to Earth.." She thought.
Dr. Kitty arrived, and saw Belamis, and Belamis was fighting the three bird like monsters.
The three monsters flew down and hit her again and again, sending her crashing to the ground. Dr. Kitty was hearing Belamis roaring in frustration..she saw in Belamis' eyes a look of both anger and sorrow.
"There's something wrong about Belamis...." Dr. Kitty wondered....
Suddenly the monsters turned and fired lasers and hit buildings near Dr. Kitty.
"Get out of here!!!!" Belamis came rushing and pushed away Dr. Kitty, and yelled "Run...run!!"
In Belamis' mind her nightmares of how her mother killed surfaced... her demons of the past were back, and it was these memories that haunted her.
The buildings were damaged by the blasts from the monsters, and some large boulders fall on Belamis, pinning her down.
Dr. Kitty ran and the flying monsters pursued.
Belamis watched and again the scenes of her planet under attacks by monsters were flashing back...her eyes welled up tears...she struggled to free herself, but more heavy boulders fell onto her and she could not move.
The laser beams nearly hit Dr. Kitty, and Dr. Kitty fell on the ground. The monsters turned...people were running, screaming....in Belamis eyes she thought she saw the horrid scenes of her home planet under attack, and she felt a pain ripping through her heart...but the boulders were heavy...Belamis couldn't move a bit...
Belamis eyes focused on Dr. Kitty, then a beam of the monster's laser hit somewhere near Belamis, and the place was on fire.. then another blast hit ..Dr. Kitty fell onto the ground.... at this instant she gave out the loudest cry......full of sadness, anguish and pain: Aaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dr. Kitty heard it, and felt the pain in the cry...."Belamis....."
Then suddenly Belamis' forehead glowed...Dr. Kitty watched with sheer shock...
Belamis eyes shot out bright white beams, then her body, her fingertips, her feet all beamed out strong white lights....and her body started to get bigger. As Belamis' body got bigger, her clothes ripped open, exposing her muscles. Within a few seconds, Belamis was transformed to a giantess, standing around 45 meters.
Belamis' clothes were ripped as she transformed, and so she was naked, showing her breasts, and even her body hair covering her private parts were visible, but there were no elements of lust but a purity of innocence of her nakedness.
Her hair became silvery white, and her body a shade of gray, and her muscles were clearly visible, strong and firm.
Belamis roared, then she exerted her muscles, the sound was audible, and her pectorals exerted and her breasts became turgid, and veins appeared on her arms and pectorals. The giantess was strong and full of strength.
But Belamis appeared confused as she looked at her hands and around.
Belamis was not sure what happened... suddenly everything around her was like size of toys...then she saw the flying monsters were heading towards Dr.Kitty again.
She gave out a low sound cry, "Ma ma...", and immediately rushed forward, shielded Dr. Kitty with her body; the laser blasts of the monsters hit her back.
"Arhh...." Belamis moaned in pain, and she gazed at Dr. Kitty, whilst shielding her.
Then she used her giant hands to pick up Dr. Kitty and placed her at a spot far away, safe from the blasts.....She sustained serious wounds on her, the pain was great...but she looked at Dr. Kitty, she recalled the devastation of her home planet, and then tears started to roll down from her eyes.
Dr. Kitty looked at the giantess, teary and compassionate, ..."Belamis...is that you ?" She said.
Belamis looked at Dr. Kitty, her look was gentle and compassionate, she was not sure if Dr. Kitty was her mother. She did not remember she was on Earth, her mind was confused... she felt the same love, her heart ached.... She nodded..in the giantess form, she seemed to understand Dr. Kitty. Then Belamis reached out her hands and tried to touch Dr. Kitty...
Then suddenly two of the monsters, one at each side, grabbed her arms with their claws, and pull Belamis up into the air.
Belamis could not move her arms, and her body was unprotected from attack...the third came charging and sank its sharp claws into Belamis chest...
"Arh...." Belamis groaned in pain.... the monster clutched the claws tighter, sinking the claws deep into Belamis breats and piercing her pectorals, and blood began streaming down.
Then the monster, with its claws still deeply hooked into Belamis' muscles, flew in reverse direction....pulling hard, trying to rip her pectorals off.
"No....!!!!" Dr. Kitty screamed... the monster would rip Belamis flesh off raw....
Belamis let out a growling sound, like a beast. She was in pain...and tears streamed from her eyes as those painful memories of her past surfaced....the scenes of her mother's death was echoing in her head...her body was in great pain..but it was no comparison to the pains in her soul.
The monstrous bird pulled even harder, and the wounds on her breast bleeded...the pectorals of Belamis was pulled and ripped open.
Belamis felt her pectorals would be torn off...."Mama.." She softly murmured... as she glanced at Dr. Kitty.
Dr. Kitty heard clearly that Belamis was calling her "mama.." and Belamis' muscles were being tore apart.
"She had mistaken me to be her mother..." Dr. Kitty thought, "It was Belamis heart being ripped apart as she relived her trauma of her mother's death....".
"Ma Ma..." Belamis thought, and her body shook in pain.
"Belamis..." Dr. Kitty screamed... as she watched sorrowfully as Belamis was being tortured...
Belamis heard Dr. Kitty...her body was shaking as she endured the pain ....in her teary eyes, she saw Dr. Kitty... her memories of her mother's death was her worst nightmare, she would not let it happen to Dr. Kitty.
She gazed at Dr. Kitty, and suddenly roared loudly in anger....then Belamis clutched her teeth and exerted her already torn pectorals to resist the pull by the monster.
Then Belamis exerted her abdomen, delivering a kick to the monster's belly, then pull the other two and hit them.
The monsters had to let go of Belamis and Belamis fell onto the ground, hitting the ground with a big crash.
Belamis tried to stand up, but then fell onto the ground again, her pectorals were torn apart...blood was streaming out her torn pectorals ...she pressed her left hand over her right chest, which had four deep wounds, being ripped opened by the claws, some of the flesh of her own pectorals were hanging, blood dripped onto the ground, as Dr. Kitty watched...
"She was seriously wounded on her pectorals..." Dr. Kitty thought.
The star probe stopped at the facility, and out came Kugo in his full cyborg armor.
Professor Dodge came out, "Why are you here?"
Kugo replied, "Djorgo found out something, and so I came back to Earth..." Assistant
Then they saw the explosion at the downtown area.
Kugo yelled, "That is it!!!" He hopped on probe and raced downtown.
Belamis body was bleeding, but in her heart she was aching as she fought the demons from the flash back in her memories.
The monstrous birds alternately flew and struck her with the sharp claws on her back, cutting her deeply, and Belamis groaned in pain.
Belamis could not fly, and could only return punches or kicks, but they all missed.
Kugo arrived and saw Dr. Kitty, Dr. Kitty came.
"What is happening ?" Kugo exclaimed.
Then his transmitter sounded, "Kugo....that monster...is almost the same type that destroyed Belamis' planet..." It was Djorgo.
Dr. Kitty suddenly realized, "Belamis became so full of anguish was because it reminded her of her painful past..."
Kugo watched..."That was Belamis ??"
Kugo watched the giantess fighting the monstrous birds.
She was a strong goddess like being, with strong and firm muscles, totally naked, body covered in blood and dirt, fighting the three monsters...and he saw in Belamis eyes tears...
"She's going to be killed..." Kugo wanted to go forward and help her...
Dr. Kitty stopped him.."Kugo... let Belamis do this herself...she is not fighting the monsters... but her demons of the past in her..."
They watched Belamis fought, and Belamis let out cries of sorrow, anger and sadness from her...
Then Belamis roared and leaped up high. She leaped up high enough and deliver punches to hit two of the flying monsters, injuring their wings. The two monsters fell onto the ground....
The last one, the one which injured her badly, came diving from height at great speed, aiming its claws at Belamis. Belamis growled, then she jumped, the monstrous bird slashed her back but she did a somersault kick and hit the monster, sending it to the ground.
As the monster hit the ground, Belamis raced towards it, then the monster roseits head and poke its pointed beak, which pieced into Belamis left side, opening up a deep wound, and she moaned in pain.
But Belamis used her hand chop and broke the beak. Then she pressed the monstrous bird down, and gave a loud roar. She raised her right hand, and was about to use her hands to rip the monster's throat...
Dr. Kitty yelled, "No....Belamis..don't kill it!!!"
Belamis' hand stopped at mid air, and she saw Dr. Kitty..."Mama.... ...Dr. Kitty..." She was confused. Apparently her verbal capability was impaired, and she could only give out broken words.
Belamis used her left hand to kept the monstrous bird down, and breathed heavily,and she muttered, "Ma..ma..."
She was reliving her painful moments at her home planet, where similar looking monsters took away her friends and her mother.
Kugo immediately transform to his gigantic form, and walked to Belamis.
"Belamis, it's me..." Kugo said.
Belamis turned and looked.
"Belamis...can you understand me ?"
Belamis nodded, then spoke, "Ku...go...".
Dr. Kitty walked closer, and looked at the giantess form of Belamis.
Though her eyes were white, it was clearly Belamis face, and she saw in her eyes the sorrow and pain, and her face covered both with dirt, blood and tears.
"Belamis... it's over now....we are safe...you saved us..." Dr. Kitty said.
Belamis breathed heavily, and there was a low growling sound from her...she was shaking, still struggling in the horrible memories of loosing her mother. She was crying.
"Her emotions are freely expressed...not holding back as in her human form.." Dr. Kitty thought.
"These creatures were beautiful birds before they became monsters..." Dr. Kitty said softly...."They are victims too...."
"We can restore those birds to their original form...and you will she how beautiful they were." Dr. Kitty continued.
Belamis listened, and remembered. In Gariusu there were giant birds which were gentle and beautiful, and as a kid she even rode on one of those birds and played with them. It was these birds that turned into monsters and killed her friend Medora and her mother.
Kugo watched.
Belamis eyes gradually started to give a mellow look, her face relaxed.
She returned from her memories to the here and now, and she looked at those birds, gradually let go of the one she was holding.
Then Belamis pulled the broken beak out from her side, then blood flowed out from her wound, and she gave a soft moan of pain. She pressed her hand on her wound.
She walked towards the two other injured ones, and she gently pick them up and placed the three together.
Kugo and Dr. Kitty was relieved...Belamis was calming down.
Then something happened. Belamis body began to radiate a yellow light..sending energy to the birds.
The three monstrous bird gradually transformed... and melt into three beautifully feathered birds.
"Galaxy energy???" Kugo asked...
Dr. Kitty was amazed too. "No, but similar in form." She replied. She knew only Princess Aurora could release Galaxy energy, but in pulse. Belamis was radiating the energy from her body.
As the birds transformed, the anger, pain and sorrow in Belamis' face melted away...her face was peaceful, full of compassion.
Belamis peered at Dr. Kitty and the people, and smiled.
The birds make a most beautiful sound, flew around Belamis, gently stroking Belamis body with their soft feathers, as though they wanted to comfort her and thanked her.
Belamis patted the birds gently and smiled back, and she hugged the birds.
"It's so wonderful..." Thought Kugo.
The birds then fluttered their wings and flew away.
Belamis watched the birds flew away.
Then she thought saw her mother like an angel, flying alongside with the birds. Belamis thought that her mother was talking to her, "My daughter, grief and mourn for me this last time, and live a happy life. I live in you forever, whenever you show compassion and kindness."
Belamis eyes streaming with tears, and she fell onto her knees, "Ma ma..."...
She looked at Dr. Kitty, and in her voice she uttered, "Doc..tor....Kit...ty...". She turned to Kugo..and said in a low voice..."Ku...go..." and she began to collapse.
Kugo caught her in his arms, and hugged her.
Then in a flash, the two returned to human size.
Kugo hold Belamis with his arms, he took his helmet off and kissed Belamis' forehead.
"I am here...Belamis...its me...Kugo....I am here...hang on!!!". Kugo wept as he hold the naked body of Belamis, which was now bleeding all over.
Then Kugo carried Belamis and Dr. Kitty took her gown off and covered Belamis.
Then they headed back to the research facilities.
Belamis wore a peaceful face as she lied in a coma. Kugo looked on, worried and sad.
Belamis body was bandaged all over. She sustained horrid wounds with her pectorals, and there was a deep hole on her side poked by the beak.
Dr. Kitty had to stitched her torn muscles up, and performed a long operation on her.
In the long coma, Dr. Kitty stayed by Belamis bedside.
Belamis often murmured, calling "mama", and Dr. Kitty would hug her, hold her hands, and wiped Belamis' tears.
Kugo never saw Belamis injured in such a way, and this hurt him too.
"If I had come back earlier..." Kugo said. "What make her change to the giantess form?"
"I am not quite sure what happened..." Dr. Kitty examined Belamis, and in tears.
"Her giantess form...." Dr. Kitty continued, "appears to be her hidden powers, previously suppressed..."
As she gazed at the screens showing Belamis control unit in her head, and also the image of her muscles and bones.
"In the giantess form, she was even more stronger than her human form, her muscles are more sculpted, visible and strong." Dr. Kitty said as she reviewed the data captured when Belamis was fighting in her giantess form.
"She stood 45 meters, estimated weigh is about forty thousand metric tonnes..."
She remembered the glow at Belamis forehead.
After that glow at her forehead, as if her body was unlocking some energy, Belamis transformed to a giantess.
"According to what we found out so far..." Dr. Kitty added, "It appears that Belamis could not invoke the giantess form at will....that transformation is not predictable."
"At that moment, Belamis wanted to save you and others.."Kugo remarked. "I think this has something to do with it."
"Yes. It was that moment that triggered the transformation... I was in real danger...the monsters could have killed me" Dr. Kitty recalled. That situation was really dangerous, had it not been Belamis transforming to the giantess and shielded her, she would have died.
Dr. Kitty continued, "That control unit in her head is linked to her mind....and according to this..." ...
Dr. Kitty read slowly..."The control unit will not release the lock if it detected anything sinister in the host's mind...it built in some form of guard to ensure its host is a truly altruistic and compassionate being before allowing the host to transform..."
Kugo said, "If what you say is true, then Belamis is truly a compassionate and altruistic person...otherwise she won't transform."
"The energy she radiated....is similar in form and wavelength to the Galaxy power which Princess Aurora has" Dr. Kitty analyzed the data..."It has healing powers.."
"...but...when Belamis emitted it..she did it at her own expense, she was giving out her own life force....and if she kept on non-stop she will die..." Assistant Professor Dodge added.
"You mean...she can even heal people but she will die if she .." Kugo asked.
Dr. Kitty nodded.
"Belamis.." Kugo looked at her, and recalled her bravery in the past.
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Belamis was in a coma for four days and night before she woke up.
She opened her eyes, and saw Dr. Kitty and Kugo.
She looked at Dr. Kitty and Kugo, and wanted to raise her hands to touch her, but her wounds was jolted as she used her arms..she moaned.
"Don't move..." Dr. Kitty said softly..."You wounds are not healed yet.."
Belamis heart was at peace... finally she dealt with her pains.
"Dr. Kitty..." Belamis said... then Dr. Kitty gently touched her face, and suddenly Dr. Kitty felt dizzy, and she collapsed -- Dr. Kitty did not sleep for nights.
Belamis jumped out of her bed, hold Dr. Kitty in her arms, and cried "Dr. Kitty!".
Tears streaming from her eyes, and her body was shaking.... "Dr. Kitty... Dr. Kitty.." Belamis carried Dr. Kitty to the emergency room, ignoring her wounds. She ran bare footed, her upper body was not dressed, but only cover with bandages on her chest and body.
Kugo followed her.
She placed Dr. Kitty on a bed, where doctors quickly came and checked.
Belamis then fell onto her knees. Kugo came and helped her up, "Be careful...you could have tore open your wounds.."
Belamis clutched her teeth, sweat formed on her forehead. She was in pain.
"She have been caring for you for 4 days and night without sleep..." The doctors said.
Belamis looked, and held Dr Kitty's hand, as she braved her pain.
"No matter what... even...even being tortured for eternity... I cannot let anything happen to Dr. Kitty..." Belamis thought to herself.
"You were amazing...." Kugo spoke tenderly, touching her hair.
"What happened...?" Belamis asked.
"You are like a goddess." Kugo said, "You transformed...., tell us how it feels.."
Belamis closed her eyes, and recalled.
"I felt a deep pain in my heart... I cannot let what happened to mother happen to Dr. Kitty" as she looked at Dr. Kitty, who was in a coma.
"I thought...I have to save Dr. Kitty and the others...even if it mean my death or infinite pains...the emotions in my heart was raging..."
Kugo hold her hand tighter.
"Then there was a short moment of black out.... and when I was able to see things again...I felt strange...all of the people turned into dwarfs... my body full of strength. I felt I have to roar, and I roared. I am not sure what happened to me. Because the monsters were attacking, all I was thinking then was to protect Dr. Kitty and the people..." Belamis continued.
"I was like dreaming and awaking at the same time..." Belamis said.
"The memories... of mother.. keep flashing back as I fought the monsters. When I saw you I remembered I am on Earth. I am not at my home planet."
"Did you hear us when we talked to you ?" Kugo was referring to Belamis in her giantess form.
"I recognize you and Dr. Kitty." Belamis said. "I can hear you talk to me."
Kugo kissed Belamis cheek.
Belamis looked at Dr. Kitty and Kugo, "You are both my loved ones.... I am willing to die for you."
"Dr. Kitty, was like my mother. She raised me and Princess Aurora..... I cannot imagine if anything happened to her..." Kugo replied.
”Dr. Kitty is like my mother too." Belamis replied.
"If I were at your position I would be doing what you did, but when I saw you wounds..." Kugo voice was filled with sadness. "I saw you in deep pain...I didn't arrive in time to help...."
Belamis looked at Kugo, "If you were at my place, my heart would break too..."
Kugo held Belamis' hand, and Belamis held his hand hard.
"I cannot imagine life ...without you ...and knowing that you suffer..." Kugo remarked, gazing his lover.
"I feel the same....... that fear of loosing you made me run away from your love...now that I have the love...I cannot loose it...I will protect it...." Belamis replied.
After a few hours Dr. Kitty regained consciousness.
Belamis refused to stay in bed and insisted she took care of Dr. Kitty. It was Kugo who talked her back to rest.
"You must both rest. " Kugo said.
In Belamis mind....she would suffer anything for Dr. Kitty,
Notes:
Here I introduced a new fighting form of Belamis -- a giantess form, alluding to the same idea from the Ultraman series and those spawned from it thereafter.
Yet this form, for the moment, would only be a strong and muscular form of Belamis, standing 45 meters tall, with no fancy weapons or powers, except her remarkable strength and her ability to radiate her life force to heal people.
I included a twist too: her transformation will not be triggered by will like Kugo can or those Ultramans (and the likes). In other words, though Belamis knew she had such powers, she could not invoke it at will.
Only extreme emotional commitment and a selfless and genuine will to sacrifice, can start her transformation, something I borrowed from a TV series aired during the same period - The Incredible Hulk. In the "Hulk" TV, Dr. David Banner cannot control his metamorphosis, only when he saw the people he cared about in danger or he faced mortal danger, would he transform. Dr. Banner's change was triggered by anger, but Belamis transformation would be triggered by her deep love, compassion, grief of having witnessed those she love being harmed, and her altruism. Hence in her first transformation, she was triggered by the deep grief of loosing her mother, and witnessing Dr. Kitty in mortal danger that grief re-surfaced, her deep emotional commitment and sorrow unlock her powers. Merely a need for her to survive would not trigger her transformation, it had to be her concern with others, which would be more consistent with her character.
In this giantess, Belamis intelligence was intact, she was conscious in the giantess form, she could understand people talking to her, but she could not articulate and would often confuse Kitty as her mother. She could only speak short words or names, nodding or shaking her head, using hand gestures and facial expression to convey her thoughts to others, and without her fighting suit and helmet, her body was vulnerable, and also she lost all her defense in her emotions, and her emotions were free to express, and in an innocent form, she became a gentle and brave giantess... as we will soon see.
比拉絲不眠不休，在研究所附近一棵樹上守望。那裡她可以看得見研究所和遠處的孤兒院。她知道有東西威脅他們，但是什麼來頭、有什麼目的，比拉絲毫無頭緒。
她坐在樹枝上，手握著武士刀，不眠不休守望。
同一時間，吉蒂博士收到更多有關比拉絲的資料和數據。她細心分析、比較數據，還仔細看比拉絲的基因分析。
「加流斯巨人族？」吉蒂博士讀到一處資料，不禁自言自語。杜杜副教授問：「怎麼了？」
「是比拉絲故鄉星球一個傳說中的民族。加流斯巨人族是加流斯星人之一，傳說可以變身成肌肉強壯、具有神力的巨人。他們是和平善良的民族，幾千年來保護了加流斯星的文明，但差不多兩千年這巨人沒有出現過。」吉蒂博士讀出資料。
「但科技昌明，他們研究出法子從基因辨別出這些具巨人族血統的人。加流斯星的統治者認為這些巨人族有威脅，因為再造人的微機體是可以和接受再造手術的人的身體結合、令他們身體機能大幅提升、無人能敵，假如植入有巨人族基因的人，這些微機體和巨人族身體結合、那人會有金剛不壞之身、不死的身體…」吉蒂博士邊讀出資料，邊看有關的圖像，圖像顯示微機體如何與接受再造者身體結合，然後與他們最初發現比拉絲、給她身體做的掃描比較。
「他們設計了一個組件，用來壓抑兩種特性。一，就是阻止微機體和接受再造手術的人的身體結合，然後就是防止那個受再造者解放出巨人的力量…」
然後屏幕顯示出一個組件，和比拉絲頭裡面的一模一樣。
「他們發現比拉絲是有巨人族血統，所以把這組件植入她頭裡面。」
吉蒂博士望著那組件，看得出神。杜杜博士說：「明顯地那組件好像沒有作用，比拉絲體內的再造微機體已經和她身體融合一起了。」
「這可以解釋為何比拉絲能有那麼大的力量和體能，因為她身體和再造微機體融合後、體能再提升了…」吉蒂博士說。
「那組件也可以辨別出戴者是否不自私、願意為他人犧牲…」吉蒂博士再讀，已經沒有資料。
這時候，比拉絲從樹上躍下，四處巡視。突然市中心傳來巨響。
「那是什麼？」比拉絲馬上趕去看。
「那是什麼？」原來吉蒂博士也注意到。「比拉絲一定會在那裡…」她馬上帶了簡單的感應器趕去市中心。
市中心人們慌忙逃命、四處奔跑，建築物起火。三隻飛行怪獸襲擊市中心。
比拉絲到了市中心，看見那景象，驚得呆了。那些飛行怪獸狀入翼龍、和摧毀她故鄉城市、殺害她母親和好友的怪物十分相似。
比拉絲抽出武士刀，心道：「我不能給發生在我故鄉的事情在地球重演！」
吉蒂博士到了，看見比拉絲在和怪獸戰鬥。
那三隻飛行怪獸不斷在空中飛，俯衝下去攻擊比拉絲、打得她不斷撞到地上。吉蒂博士聽見比拉絲憤怒的吼叫、眼神充滿悲痛和憤怒。
吉蒂博士心想：「比拉絲有點不妥…」
突然怪獸眼睛射出鐳射光，擊中吉蒂博士附近的建築物。比拉絲飛奔來到，叫道：「快走！這裡很危險！」說著要推吉蒂博士離開。「快逃！快！」比拉絲叫喊著。
在比拉絲內心，多年的夢魘浮現了，她過去的心魔出來折磨她。
建築物被怪物射線破壞、巨大的碎愧、石頭掉落，把比拉絲壓住了。吉蒂博士跑開、怪物在後面追趕著。
比拉絲目睹這情景、記憶中她故鄉星球被怪物襲擊的景象浮現在她腦海中，她頓時熱淚盈眶。比拉絲極力掙扎，但更多石頭掉落、重重壓著她，令她動彈不得。
怪物的射線險些擊中吉蒂博士，吉蒂博士跌倒在地上。怪獸轉去其他人，人們尖叫、慌張逃跑，在比拉絲眼前就有如從前加流斯星被怪獸攻擊的情景一樣、那可怕的情景浮現、她內心激痛、有如刀割一樣撕裂她的心…但她被很多石頭壓主、怎樣掙扎也不能動。
比拉絲這時候凝視吉蒂博士，怪物一道射線擊中比拉絲附近、馬上起火焚燒，第二度射線差點擊中吉蒂博士，她跌倒地上。這刻，比拉絲大聲的呼號、聲音充滿憤怒、痛苦和悲痛…「嗚哇哇...」吉蒂博士聽見那聲音中的悲愴，心想：「比拉絲…」
突然，比拉絲額前發出亮光。吉蒂博士看得呆了。
然後比拉絲雙眼射出明亮的白光、她手指、身體、腳步都發出強光，然後身體慢慢的變大，大得衣服也扯破、露出她身體結實的肌肉，數秒間，比拉絲變成一個身高45米的女巨人。
比拉絲變身時候，衣服都全部扯破，她全身赤裸，胸脯、下體的體毛都清楚看見，但只見其質樸與單純，毫無情色的感覺。
她頭髮變成銀白色，身體膚色變成淡灰色，身體肌肉結實、糾結、強壯。
比拉絲這時發出吼叫聲，全身運起氣力，肌肉發出運力的聲音。她猛運胸肌，胸脯變得有如石頭那樣堅實、血管在她手臂、胸肌凸出、女巨人充滿了力量。
但她卻感到一片混亂，比拉絲望著雙手、四處看，不知所措。比拉絲不知道發生什麼事情，她看見四週的人、建築物好像都縮小了，有如玩具一樣。這時候她看見怪獸飛向吉蒂博士。
比拉絲發出低沉的聲音，說：「媽…媽…」她馬上衝前，用身體保護著吉蒂博士。怪物的射線擊中比拉絲背部。「嗚」比拉絲一陣呼痛，然後凝視著吉蒂博士、身體檔著怪獸。
比拉絲輕輕用她雙巨掌拿起吉蒂博士，把她放到一處安全地方，遠離怪獸的攻擊。
比拉絲背上受重傷，痛楚不已。她凝視吉蒂博士、想起了故鄉星球遭遇的厄運、流出了眼淚。
吉蒂博士看著眼前這個流淚、善良、溫柔的女巨人，說：「比拉絲，真是你嗎？」
比拉絲定睛看著吉蒂博士，面容柔和、善良、充滿憐愛，她似乎不肯定吉蒂博士是自己母親，也不知道自己是在地球而不是自己故鄉星球，內心一片混亂，但比拉絲從吉蒂博士那裡感受到和自己母親一樣的愛，她內心一痛，然後點頭，她似乎聽得懂吉蒂博士的說話。比拉絲申手要觸摸吉蒂博士。
突然，其中兩隻怪獸從左右用腳捉著比拉絲雙臂、飛起來把比拉絲拉上半空中。比拉絲雙臂被捉不能動、在空中無法擋駕攻擊，第三隻怪獸飛來、兩隻具爪抓著比拉絲胸脯、鋒利的鉤爪深深刺入比拉絲的胸肌。
「嗚…」比拉絲呼痛怪獸把爪一收、利爪再深入比拉絲結實的胸脯、撕裂她的胸肌、登時鮮血流出。
怪獸雙爪緊緊爪緊比拉絲的胸肌、然後想後飛翔、猛拉，要把比拉絲的胸肌活活撕下。
比拉絲發出低吼聲，她身體痛楚、但內心更加痛苦、腦海痛苦的記憶不斷浮現、而比拉絲不斷流淚、她不斷看見母親慘死的景象、雖然身體十分痛楚、但內心她更加苦不堪言。
怪獸不斷向後飛、力扯比拉絲的胸肌，比拉絲胸脯傷口血流不止、胸肌被扯開。
比拉絲感到她的胸肌要被撕裂、活活扯脫、但她只是低聲喃喃說：「媽媽…」眼睛看著吉蒂博士。
吉蒂博士聽得清楚，比拉絲在叫她做「媽媽」、胸肌快被怪獸扯破
「比拉絲把我當成自己母親…她的心的痛有如被撕裂一樣…」吉蒂博士心想。
「媽媽…」比拉絲不斷想起母親、身體痛楚的不住戰抖。
「比拉絲！！」吉蒂博士眼看比拉絲受著折磨、傷心的呼叫。
比拉絲聽見吉蒂博士的聲音、她忍受苦楚身體不住發抖、在淚眼中看見吉蒂博士，母親慘死是比拉絲最痛苦的回憶，她怎樣也不會讓吉蒂博士遭遇不測。
比拉絲凝視吉蒂博士、忽然發出一聲怒吼，她咬緊牙關，胸肌運起氣力，與扯著她胸肌的怪獸對抗。然後比拉絲腹肌一緊，向在她面前扯著自己胸肌的怪獸一踢，然後左右臂發力拉，用拳頭打到捉著她手臂的怪獸。怪獸痛極，放開了比拉絲。
比拉絲從空中直掉落地面、發出隆然巨響。比拉絲極力支撐身體要站起來，未幾又倒下，她胸肌被撕裂、鮮血淋漓，比拉絲左手按著她右胸，右胸有四個被利爪撕裂、深深的傷口、部份的肌肉吊著晃動、鮮血滴下到地上。
吉蒂博士看著，心裡傷痛：「她胸肌受了重傷…」
星雲艇這時候來到研究所，孫行者全副鎧甲出來。杜杜副教授看見，問：「你怎麼來了？」
「迪高發現些東西，所以我趕回來…」孫行者道。
然後他們看見市中心的煙火。「是那個！」孫行者叫道，馬上跳上星雲艇飛起市中心。
比拉絲全身流血，但她正努力和內心的心魔搏鬥，內心痛苦不已。怪獸往來飛行、用爪子攻擊比拉絲，在她身上劃出一道一道深深的血痕，比拉絲只是低聲呼痛。
比拉絲不能飛行，只能用拳腳還擊，但每每無法打中。
孫行者來到，遇到吉蒂博士。「什麼回事？」
這時候通訊器傳來迪高的聲音：「正在攻擊你們的怪獸，和摧毀比拉絲星球的是相似的類型…」
吉蒂博士恍然大悟：「比拉絲所以這樣激動、是因為這怪獸令她記起傷痛的往事！」
孫行者看著那和怪獸搏鬥的女巨人，說：「那…那是比拉絲？」
他眼前這個女巨人有如一個女神、全身強壯結實的肌肉，赤身露體、身上是汙泥、全身流血，孫行者看見她眼睛裡面泛著淚光。
「這樣下去她會沒命的！」孫行者正要上前戰鬥。
吉蒂博士說：「不要。這是要比拉絲一個人自己面對的，她不是和怪物戰鬥、而是和內心的心魔戰鬥！」
他們看著比拉絲戰鬥，她不斷呼號、聲音裡面是悲哀、憤怒和傷痛。這時候比拉絲發出一聲怒吼，奮力飛躍上半開、剛好她可以用拳頭打中其中兩隻怪獸的翅膀，牠們翅膀受傷、掉了下來。
第三隻，那用利爪扯破比拉絲胸肌的、俯衝下來要用爪攻擊比拉絲，比拉絲「喝」的叫喊、奮力飛躍、怪獸的爪爪中比拉絲背部、但比拉絲一個空翻、後踢擊中怪獸，把牠也打落地面。
怪獸掉落地面，比拉絲馬上衝前攻擊，怪獸頭一抬、尖利的鳥嘴插入比拉絲的左脅、傷口很深，比拉絲嗚的呼痛，但她馬上用手刀打斷鳥嘴，然後雙手按倒怪鳥，怒吼一聲，比拉絲舉起右手，準備用手抓破怪獸的喉頭。
吉蒂博士叫道：「比拉絲、不要殺牠！」
比拉絲右手停在半空，望著吉蒂博士，道：「吉…蒂…博…士……媽媽」比拉絲似乎不大能說話，只能吐出單字。她左手按著怪獸，不斷喘氣，低聲說：「媽…媽…」
在比拉絲內心，她正在重新經歷她在故鄉星球痛苦的回憶，她母親和好友都是這些像翼龍的怪獸所殺。
孫行者馬上變大身軀，走近比拉絲那裡。
「比拉絲，是我阿…」
比拉絲轉過頭來，看著他。
孫行者說：「比拉絲，你聽得懂我說話嗎？」
比拉絲點頭，說：「孫…行……孫行…者」
吉蒂博士也走近，細看眼前這個變成巨人型態的比拉絲。
雖然她眼睛變成銀白色，但那是比拉絲的面孔，吉蒂博士看見她雙眼盡是哀痛，面上是血污和淚水。
「比拉絲，我們都沒有事，你救了我們，一切都過去了…已經沒有事了…」吉蒂博士柔聲道。
比拉絲喘著氣，發出低吼聲，全身發抖。她內心仍然在喪母的痛苦記憶中掙扎，她正在哭著。
「比拉絲完全流露她內心的真情，和平日沉著、內斂的她完全不同…」吉蒂博士心道。
「這些怪獸，之前都是美麗的鳥類，牠們…牠們也都在受苦…」吉蒂博士柔聲對比拉絲說。
「如果這些怪獸變回牠們本來的型態，你會發現牠們都很美麗的…」吉蒂博士說。
比拉絲聽著，然後記起故鄉星球加流斯星也有一種巨大、溫順、美麗的鳥。她小時甚至會騎著牠們玩。正是這些鳥類後來因為加勒斯能減弱變成的怪獸，奪去她好友美杜娜和她母親的生命。
比拉絲眼神變得柔和，面容也放鬆。她開始從記憶回到現在和當下，她看著那幾隻怪鳥，慢慢鬆開手。
比拉絲把插在脅下半截鳥嘴拔出，登時血流不止，她輕輕呼痛。她手按著傷口，走近另外兩隻怪鳥那裡，輕輕抱起牠們，把三隻都放在一起。
孫行者和吉蒂博士鬆一口氣，比拉絲情緒平伏了。
然後，比拉絲身體發出一陣黃光，把能量射向那三隻怪獸。三隻怪獸慢慢蛻變，變成美麗的鳥類，羽毛顏色鮮豔奪目。
「加勒斯能？」孫行者驚道。吉蒂博士也驚歎不已，說：「不是加勒斯能，但型態、能量類似。」她知道羅拉公主也能發出加勒斯能，但比拉絲是用自己身體的能量。
怪獸變成美麗的鳥時候，比拉絲面上的憂愁、傷痛也一掃而光，她面上平和，充滿愛。
這些美麗的鳥類開始飛起來，發出動聽的叫聲，且飛近比拉絲，用牠們柔軟的羽毛撫摸比拉絲的身體，像是安慰和感謝她一樣。
比拉絲輕輕拍拍那些鳥，微笑著，然後抱抱牠們。
「太好了。」孫行者道。
然後那三只鳥拍拍翅膀飛走了。比拉絲看著牠們飛走，突然仿佛看見自己母親好像天使一樣，和鳥那些鳥一起飛翔，好像對她說：「女兒，這一次你為我哀痛難過，是最後一次。我在你心中是永遠活著的，每當你發出仁慈和愛心，就是我在你裡面活著…」
比拉絲眼淚不斷流出，跪倒地上：「媽…媽…」
她轉頭看著吉蒂博士，說：「吉……蒂…博…士」再看著孫行者，說：「孫……行…者」，然後開始倒下。
孫行者馬上雙手扶起、抱著她。
一陣強光之後，兩人變回普通人大小，孫行者脫去頭盔，深深吻著比拉絲額頭，說：「我在這裡…我在這裡、比拉絲你振作啊！」孫行者邊哭、邊抱著赤裸的比拉絲，她全身鮮血直流、重傷昏迷。
孫行者雙手抱著比拉絲回去研究所。吉蒂博士把外袍脫下蓋住她赤裸的身體。
比拉絲躺在床上，面上平和，孫行者看看著昏迷的她，又擔憂又心痛。
比拉絲全身包紮著繃帶，她胸肌被撕裂、左邊身體有一處深深的傷口，其他傷口大大小小不計其數。吉蒂博士給比拉絲撕裂的胸脯縫針、進行了很長的手術治療比拉絲的重傷。
在比拉絲昏迷的期間，吉蒂博士一直照顧她。
比拉絲昏迷時候不斷喃喃的輕叫媽媽，吉蒂博士會抱她、捉緊比拉絲的手、又拭乾她面上的淚水。
孫行者從未見比拉絲受這樣的重傷，他難過得很，說：「我早一步回來就不會這樣了…」
「她怎麼會變成巨人的？」孫行者問。
「我現在也不肯定發生什麼事…」吉蒂博士垂淚說，一邊檢查比拉絲。
「她那個女巨人型態，似乎是比拉絲一直潛藏在體內的力量…現在才釋放出來」
吉蒂博士看著屏幕上比拉絲頭部裡面那星形組件，和比拉絲身體肌肉骨骼的圖像。
「變身後，她變得更加強壯，全身肌肉更加結實、強健、明顯。」吉蒂博士在檢視那些在比拉絲搏鬥時候收集到的數據。
「她身高有45米，體重估計是4萬公噸。」
吉蒂博士清楚記得比拉絲變身前額頭發出光芒，光芒之後比拉絲身體好像釋放了之前隱藏的潛能，變身成為女巨人型態。
「我從手頭數據所知，比拉絲是不能自由的變身。她的變身是難以預測的。」吉蒂博士道。
「當時你們身陷險境，她想救你們。或者這有關係。」孫行者說。
「你說的有道理。她變身的時候，我當時處境真的很危險。」吉蒂博士說。她記得當時險象環生，如果比拉絲沒有變身然後奮不顧身救她，她可能真的會沒命。
吉蒂博士續道：「比拉絲頭顱裡面的控制元件和她心思連結，根據我所有的資料，這元件如果發現戴著它的人心思有任何惡念，是不會解除封鎖的，這元件有一種制衡系統，會確保戴者是完全為了他人、是出於憐憫和愛，才容許戴者變身…」
「依你這樣說，比拉絲真的是真心為了救他人、心中有憐憫與愛，否則她不能變身的了。」孫行者說。
「她之後散發出的能量，在波長與型態和羅拉公主發出的加勒斯能十分相似，而且有治療的能力…」吉蒂博士說。
「但是，比拉絲是放射這種能量，是在消耗自身的生命能量，如果她不停的放射這種能量，她自己也會耗盡自己生命能量而死的…」吉蒂博士說。
「你是說，她這巨人型態有治療人的能力，但她這樣做自己會危及自己？」孫行者問。
吉蒂博士點頭。
比拉絲足足昏迷了四天四夜，才慢慢甦醒。她睜開眼睛看見了吉蒂博士和孫行者。比拉絲望著兩人，想伸手撫摸吉蒂博士，但卻牽動了傷口，不禁呼痛。
「嗚…」
吉蒂博士輕聲說：「你不要亂動…你身體的傷還未痊癒…」
比拉絲內心平靜，她終於面對了內心的夢魘，克服了裡面的傷痛。
「吉蒂博士…」比拉絲氣弱柔絲道，吉蒂博士輕輕撫摸比拉絲的面龐，突然吉蒂博士感到一陣昏眩，然後不支暈倒。吉蒂博士已經幾天不眠不休照顧比拉絲。
比拉絲馬上從床上跳下，把吉蒂博士抱在雙臂中，大叫：「吉蒂博士！」說著淚水滾滾流下，身體戰抖不已。比拉絲顧不得自己身上的傷，抱起吉蒂博士走去緊急醫療室。比拉絲赤著足，上身沒有穿衣服，只是綁紮著紗布繃帶。
孫行者緊緊跟隨其後。
比拉絲把吉蒂博士放在床上，其他醫生來診治。
比拉絲不支跪倒地上，孫行者忙上前扶起她，說：「你小心、別弄破身體的傷口！」
比拉絲咬緊牙關，額頭冒出冷汗，全身痛楚不已。
「她四天以來不眠不休地照顧你…所以疲累過度了…」醫生說。
比拉絲握著吉蒂博士的手、看著她，自己就忍受身體的劇痛。
「無論發生什麼事情、就算、就算要我永遠的受盡苦刑痛楚…我怎樣也不讓吉蒂博士遭遇傷害‥」比拉絲心想。
「你很利害」孫行者輕柔的撫摸比拉絲頭髮。「…像女神一樣你變身了…告訴我，那是怎樣的感覺？」
比拉絲閉目，然後慢慢回憶事件的過程。
「我當時心裡感到很痛楚、我不能給發生在媽媽身上的事發生在吉蒂博士身上…」比拉絲說著，凝視著吉蒂博士。孫行者緊握比拉絲的手。
「當時好像有一刻我是什麼都不知道、然後，我在知道發生什麼事的時候，我有奇異的感覺，四週的人忽然變小了。我感到全身充滿了力量，我覺得要吼叫，於是我就吼叫。我弄不清發生什麼事情，當時也沒有時間想，因為怪獸正在攻擊，我只是想到要保護吉蒂博士和其他人。」比拉絲說。
「那感覺既似在造夢，但我又很清醒。我和怪物搏鬥的時候，母親的記憶不斷浮現，直到我看見你，我才記得自己是在地球而不是我的故鄉…」比拉絲續道。
「我們對你說話的時候，你明白我們嗎？」孫行者問。
「我認得你和吉蒂博士，我聽得明白你們說什麼…」比拉絲答道。
孫行者親吻了比拉絲面額一下。
「你和吉蒂博士是我最親的人……為了你們、要我死也不怕。」比拉絲說。
「吉蒂博士對我像母親一樣。她撫養我和羅拉公主長大。要是她有什麼不測，我們實在不知怎樣是好。」孫行者說。「換了我在你的處境，我會做你所作的事情，但是當我看見你身上的傷…」孫行者語氣哽咽，說：「我看見你受著苦楚、要是我早一步到達就好了…」
「如果受傷的是你、我也會很心痛…」比拉絲說。
比拉絲緊握孫行者的手，孫行者也緊握她的手。
「如果我生命中沒有了你、我不知如何是好…看見你身體受苦楚…」孫行者說，眼睛看著比拉絲，他的愛人。
「我也這樣感覺…我曾經怕失去你而逃避你的愛、今天我有了你，我不能失去你，我要保護你！」比拉絲說。
過了幾小時，吉蒂博士醒來，比拉絲原本堅持要照顧她，孫行者力勸，比拉絲才肯休息。
在比拉絲心目中，她隨時會為吉蒂博士犧牲、受盡苦楚也不怕。
Sep 29, 2011
Belamis ベラミス -- her impact
(Picture one, showing Belamis' dramatic and tragic end -- my heart broke when I saw this ending...)
In the fan page of Starzinger, they posted a election by viewers to vote for the top 10 classical scene in Starzinger.
Remarkably, Belamis had 3 scenes in the top 10.
The scene showing her sacrificing herself came second, probably the most tragic and heroic one. The other was her last moments she spent with Kugo, the two were really talking to each other (seventh place), and eighth place when she mourned for the princess when Djoro shot the princess.
In the Fan Club page, many said they cried at the scene when Belamis died. I cried too, and perhaps most of us went through her struggles with her, wanted her to have a good life and a future, would not anticipate that she would make the ultimate sacrifice.
(Belamis and Kugo.....nobody would anticipate what was to happen next...so sad)
Considering there were Kugo the main character, Princess Aurora the second character competing, Belamis alone has 3 spots in the top ten (one shared with Kugo), two featuring her as solo act, says a lot about how viewers admired this character.
Even Princess Aurora was in 5 of the top 10, at best only 3 can be considered "her scene", because two was shared with several other characters.
I am sure many viewers were very sad to see Belamis end like that in Episode 64. In my mind there were even more classical scenes, depicting her inner struggles, and a glimpse of her true self -- one that is compassionate and kind.
(Number 8 at the top 10, another scene featuring Belamis)
Sep 28, 2011
ベラミス - her epic journey of her soul
Chapter 4 The sword and the arrows
Belamis continued her discipleship with the blind old man in the shed.
The old man strike her with the sword.
Belamis' exercise this time was to withstand the strikes. The blows hit her body at parts that hurts.
She remained still.
After the whole session, she was shaking...
"I can feel from the 'qi' you projected.... you are able to take the pain without stirring your soul..." He walked towards Belamis, rubbing the parts he strike her with pain relieving ointment.
Belamis sat there, and remained silent.
"There's still some demons from the past in you...I know..." The old man said.
Belamis sat in silent, her eyes sparked...there were tears.
The old man massage her shoulders and arms, and said, "All I can do is to teach you how to use your inner strength and develop your awareness....but to deal with your demons, you have to do it yourself...."
Belamis stared at the skies.....thoughtful in her eyes.
It was another day at the research facilities.... Dr. Kitty performing other tests, and Belamis, was assisting her. Dr. Kitty discovered she had good scientific background and technical training, and so she made Belamis her assistant.
Dr. Kitty was analyzing the data collected from the last monster attack. Belamis was watching attentively too.
"There is disturbance in the cosmos... the Galaxy Energy was restored, but someone managed to create partial disturbance... .and the monsters were a result of these disturbance..." Dr. Kitty remarked...
"Monsters...." Belamis wondered, and looked at the data.
"Yes.... they were similar to those appeared when the Galaxy Energy was deteriorating.....before Princess Aurora restored it..."
Belamis looked at the data, and pondered deeply.
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At somewhere remote...the threat was watching.
"We have to act quickly..." The people watched the screen, showing Belamis fighting..
"They seemed to have a cyborg too...."
"No worries....we'd take care of her..."
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Belamis was working at the orphanage and spending time with the blind old sword master as usual.
Then there was a big bang sound..
Belamis dashed out the shed and looked.
"Monster..." Belamis exclaimed... the monster was heading was at the hillside....it could threaten the orphanage.
"Shifu, go! It's dangerous!! I will stop it!!!"
She stood up, and was about to rush to face the monster...
"Take this with you...."
The old man opened a chest, and took out an ancient samurai sword...
Belamis looked, the old man picked up the sword and placed it in her hands...
"You will need this..."
Belamis pulled the sword from the sheath, it glittered....it was a finely crafted sword...the blade was sharp...it was of the finest steel..
Belamis hold it hard on her hand, and said, "Thank you, Shifu..." and she knelt down...
The old man hugged her..."Go....." Belamis eyes welled up in tears....she was now a cherished student ....
Belamis rose and rushed to meet the monster...
When Belamis arrived, there were enemies waiting for her...
Belamis looked at the monster, and ran towards it....she didn't know what to do, and she looked at the samurai sword...
It was the same monster which injured her the last them...the monster eyes fired blasts of deadly laser.
Belamis leaped and dodged all of the blasts, the monster turned to her, and tried to strike her with its front paw...
Belamis yelled with a loud roar.... she pulled the sword out... and suddenly it was energized..... Belamis jumped and severed the monster's front paw with it....
The monster roared in pain and fell, it tried to hit Belamis with the other paw, but Belamis was able to dodge the attack.
Then suddenly she felt pains at her back.... three arrows hit her....
She turned back, there were a group of people holding cross bows pointing at her....
They fired....
Belamis welded her sword and hit all of the arrows...
Then they turned to shoot people...
"No...!!!!" Belamis ran, welding her sword to stop.... and at this moment she didn't remember to protect herself...
A number of arrows hit her....
Belamis clutched her teeth and welded her sword....slaying those that tried to shoot the people...
She saw the monster trying to get to the people...
"Arrrhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!" Belamis cried.... with at least 8 arrows already pierced her body, she welded her sword, and cut that monster's head...
The monster fell and was dead.... Belamis breathed heavily...., and she fell on her knees... the wound from the arrows was painful...
Dr. Kitty and the old man raced to the scene....
Dr. Kitty saw the arrows on Belamis, and cried..."Belamis..."
Belamis turned, looked at Dr. Kitty, the old man walked towards her, placed his hands on Belamis's shoulder, and said, "The arrows have arrow heads which cut you body...you must not pull them out..."
They took her back to the research facilities, and the old man got Belamis to sit down.
"Take her clothes off..." The old man said.
Dr. Kitty gently took Belamis' jacket and her shirt off, exposing her naked upper body. The arrows penetrated her, the wounds were bleeding.
"The arrow heads had hooks, we cannot pull them out like this" The old mam used his hands to touch Belamis body, then feeling the arrows.
Dr. Kitty looked at the old man...the old man said,
"This is our ancient way of extracting this kind of arrow.... Belamis...hold still..." He turned to Dr. Kitty, "Hold her hands..."
Dr. Kitty held Belamis' hands.
"It will hurt a bit..."
Belamis nodded....then the old man placed his hand on one of the arrows, instead of pulling he pushed further...Belamis felt the pain of the arrow going through her body... but she believed her kendo master, she endured... the arrow was pushed and pierced through her body...
"...ar.." Belamis gave a soft groan as the first arrow head came out of her body.
"We have to push all of the arrows out like this, then cut the arrow head... before we pull them out" The old man continued.
He pushed another arrow and it pierced through Belamis' body and came out the other end, blood was flowing out her wounds, dripping down from the arrow heads onto the floor.
Belamis held Dr. Kitty's hands all the time, and her eyes gazed at her... Belamis's thought she saw her mother's face again during the ordeal...
One by one the old man pushed the arrows through Belamis body, a total of 7 arrows were pushed.
The last one was one that entered from Belamis back...the old man pushed....Belamis felt the arrow pushing through her body..she fixed her gaze at Dr. Kitty, only that could help her to ignore the pain...
Dr. Kitty heard the sound of it piercing through Belamis body... then the last arrow came out...through Belamis' left nipple...it went through several points where her nerve endings were concentrated, and thus it hurt most.
Dr. Kitty looked at Belamis, her eyes were focused to her, the pain on her body was intense, but her face was calm.
The old man said, "You have learned well, you are able to clear you mind and focus.."
"Hand me the sword.." said the old man.
Belamis handed that ancient samurai sword to the old man.
"Hold very still" the old man said.
Belamis looked up at her kendo master.
Then the old man weld the sword.
A number of clang sounds, all 8 of the arrow heads were on the ground....even the one at Belamis' left nipple was neatly cut from the arrow, without cutting Belamis flesh...
Belamis didn't blink at all, and remained perfectly still.
The old man nodded and smiled, "You achieved the Fudōshin of kendo...."
He reached his hand out and pulled one arrow out from Belamis body.
Dr. Kitty immediately applied cotton wool on her opened wound where the arrow was, to stop the bleeding and clean the wound.
One by one, the old man pulled the arrows out, with Dr. Kitty making basic treatment on the wounds.
Finally the last arrow was extracted... Belamis looked at Dr. Kitty and the old man...then fainted...
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At the research facilities, Dr. Kitty tended Belamis' wounds, and Belamis was lying on a bed, covered with a quilt.
"Who attacked you ?" Dr. Kitty asked softly.
"I don't know..." Belamis answered, and she stared at the ceiling, wondering about it.
"Could those people be the ones behind the monster?" Assistant Professor asked.
Dr. Kitty and Belamis looked at each other.
"Belamis, you have to be careful.." Dr. Kitty added, "They targeted you..."
Belamis eyes glared...she was worried about the orphanage, and wanted to go back, she tried to get up but her wounds were hurting.
"Belamis, don't...you are severely injured.." Dr. Kitty urged...
Belamis reluctantly lie down...she could not wait another day.
Just two days, Belamis felt she had enough rest. The wounds still hurt but she just put on her clothes, still wearing the bandages on her.
Dr. Kitty saw her and said, "You wounds just closed up... be careful or you would tear them open again..."
Belamis nodded.
She returned to the hill top orphanage, joining the children there.
The old man came, Belamis turned and looked at him, then she followed him to the shed again.
He got that same samurai sword, then placed it in Belamis' hand.
"It is yours now... this sword has now a worthy kenshi, a swordsman, who can use it altruistically ..." The old man remarked..
Belamis knelt down, and took it with both hands.
The old man stroke Belamis soft hair, and said, "I teach everything that I can teach you... and you have learned well... I am so proud to have you as my disciple.."
Belamis looked a her shifu (teacher), said, "I...I.."
"You...give me so much happiness and joy too...." As he recalled the few short months with Belamis. "You are fine girl as well as a fine kenshi... be strong and also be tender..."
Belamis nodded.
Belamis rose...she then put down the sword, and cleaned the shed as she used to, and worked at the small plot, the vegetables grew and there were crops to harvest too.
"Let me harvest the vegetables and crops.." Belamis said.
She took the sickle and the basket, cutting the vegetables and the rice.
"Let's take them to the orphanage..and share with the kids there." The old man smiled.
That night, Belamis, the kids and the old man had a hearty dinner of fresh vegetables.
As usual, the students surrounded Belamis, not wanting to sleep. They loved it when Belamis could use lift 3 or 4 of them just with one arm, and more would climb up on her back.
Yet...some sinister people noticed.....
"This is her weak point...."
Belamis slept on the wooden floor....it was late at night...then she heard something.
She immediately sat up, and looked around.
Then screaming....from the children's quarters!
"No..." Belamis exclaimed in horror...she grabbed the sword and rush to the orphanage quarters where the children were sleeping.
There were 5 or 6 dark shadows, they held guns, and one of them grabbed a little girl.
"Belamis!!!" The children yelled.
Belamis gave out a loud roar in anger, put the sword out.
The attackers pointed their guns to Belamis but Belamis was speedy, she headed to the person who had the girl and welded the sword, severed that person's arm, and the girl ran towards Belamis. Belamis grabbed their little girl with her left arm, and yelled gave her to a bigger child, "Take her away!!! ....All of you run!"
The children ran out from another door behind their quarters.
The attackers started shooting, but Belamis welded her sword so quickly that her sword hit and deflected the blasts.
The attackers gasped....
Then Belamis yelled....suddenly like the last time, Belamis felt a surge of energy in her, and it flowed from her body and energized the sword....
She welded the sword, and sliced towards the attacker....cutting their guns...
The attackers ran, terrified...they had never seen such things before...
Belamis did not chase after them, she checked out the kids.
"Are you all OK...?" She remarked and looked around, all of them were present...
She breathed a sigh of relief....
She headed back to the shed and sat down, then she felt an intense pain.
She took her clothes off, there her bandages were soaked in blood at her wounds. She exerted herself too much, and those movements had ripped her wounds open again.
She took a deep breath, sat down holding the samurai sword with her, and she stayed up all night.
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"We will have soldiers nearby guarding this place..." The officer said to Dr. Kitty.
"Belamis, they obviously is trying to hold the children hostage...they know you cared about them." Dr. Kitty said.
Belamis looked at the hill top, lost in thoughts. She did not tell Dr. Kitty about her wounds.
"We would place heavy guards nearby, and have choppers around surveying the place. The place should be safe." The army officer added.
"I cannot go back there....if I was with them those people might harm the children ..." Belamis remarked. "We must find out who they are ..."
She looked at the samurai sword, and thought to herself, "I would protect the children...and this place...even if it means pain on me..." as she put her hand on her body, where the wounds from the arrows were.
The Dr. Kitty noted her a small patch of blood stain on her jacket... it was new stains...
Dr. Kitty gently said to Belamis, "Come back to the facilities first..."
Belamis followed.
In the facilities, Dr. Kitty changed her blood soaked bandages, and applied treatment. The bleeding stopped, the wounds were forming scar tissue, but could still be torn open if Belamis moved too vigorously, especially if she was to fight again.
Dr. Kitty took away Belamis' blood stained clothes, and found her clean shirts to put on.
"Even if I tried...I cannot keep you here for long..." Dr. Kitty spoke softly as she stick a final bandage on Belamis, and fixed it into position. Belamis put on the clean shirt, with the bandages underneath, and she bowed her head.
"I cannot keep myself away from it..." Belamis remarked..."I loved them....this is now my new home...". She put her jacket on slowly, for she didn't want to tear her wounds and that would worry Dr. Kitty.
She then picked up the sword...."When I became a cyborg, I used a saber as my weapon..."
"Even if I have to fight without weapons, even only with my naked body..I will go...." Belamis looked at Dr. Kitty...
"You are now my only family now.." She looked at Dr. Kitty, eyes welling up in tears.
"Belamis..." Dr. Kitty spoke.. as she watched her headed out.
比拉絲跟隨那瞎眼的老者學道，在老者的小木屋打坐。老者舉起竹劍狠狠地擊打比拉絲的身體。
比拉絲的修鍊是邊忍受痛楚，但同時保持心靈的明淨。老者擊打她的位置都是很痛楚的部位，比拉絲坐著不動。
完了這課修鍊，比拉絲全身痛得發抖。
「我感受到你發出那股『氣』，你可以抵受痛打而沒有動搖心神…」老者走近前，用油膏給比拉絲痛楚的地方按摩，給她鎮痛。
比拉絲一言不發，聆聽老者。
「但你內心仍然和過去的心魔搏鬥…」老者說。比拉絲聽著，眼泛淚光。
老者邊說，邊按摩她肩膀、手臂等地方，道：「我能教你就這麼多，令你懂得使用你內心的力量、和令你心境明淨，但是，你還得一個人面對你過去的痛苦記憶和傷痛…」
比拉絲抬頭看著外邊的天空，滿懷心事。
這天在研究所，吉蒂博士正分析最近事件的資料，比拉絲在傍邊協助博士。吉蒂博士發現比拉絲在科學、技術有豐富知識和技能，於是讓她當自己的助手。
吉蒂博士分析過去幾次怪物出現的數據，而比拉絲在旁邊也很關切的看著。
「宇宙的加勒斯能有異常的干擾……雖然加勒斯能是恢復了，但似乎有些力量干擾它、在部份地方造成加勒斯能的真空，最近怪獸的出現，可能與此有關…」
「怪獸…」比拉絲沉吟道。
「是的，這情況有點像羅拉公主恢復加勒斯能之前的情況…」吉蒂博士答道。
在遙遠的地方，有些威脅正在虎視耽耽。
「看來要加快行動…」他們看著屏幕顯示比拉絲在作戰。「地球居然還有一個再造人戰士？」
「不礙事，我們很容易就能解決她…」
這天比拉絲依舊在孤兒院那裡工作，和在老人小木屋修鍊，突然傳來轟然巨響。
比拉絲衝出木屋看，只見山下有一隻巨大怪獸，正走向他們方向。
「師父，快走，我出去對付牠！」比拉絲叫道。
她正想衝出去對付怪獸，老人說：「這個…你拿去…」老人從柜取出一個木盒，打開是柄古老的武士刀。
他把武士刀放在比拉絲手中，說：「你會需要這個…」
比拉絲將劍拔出，看見劍刃閃閃發光，是柄精鋼鑄造的利器。
她跪在老者，她師父面前，說：「謝謝…」
老人緊緊抱著她，說：「孩子，去罷。」比拉絲感動得下淚，她已經是老者所愛惜的徒弟了。
她站起來出去迎戰怪獸。當比拉絲走到怪獸那裡，已經有敵人等著她。
比拉絲直奔向怪獸，但卻未知怎樣對付牠。比拉絲看看手中的武士刀，那怪獸正是上次她遇到過、與牠搏鬥而受傷的。怪獸眼睛射出激光。
比拉絲敏捷的跳避開怪獸的激光，怪獸就追趕她、揮動前爪要打向比拉絲。
比拉絲飛躍避開，抽出武士刀、然後猛喝一聲，武士刀被能量充滿，比拉絲揮動武士刀把怪獸的一隻爪子砍掉。
怪獸痛極怒吼，倒在地上，然後用另外一隻爪要攻擊比拉絲。
比拉絲避開攻擊，忽然感動背上一陣劇痛，她背上中了三支箭。比拉絲回過頭來，看見幾個人握著弩弓，然後他們向她射箭。
比拉絲揮動武士刀把射向她的箭都打落，這時候那幾個人忽然轉向攻擊人群。
「危險啊！」比拉絲當下奮不顧身用刀檔、保護人群，自己卻中門大開、沒有保護自己。她身上再中了幾箭。比拉絲咬緊牙關，用刀殺了那幾個攻擊的人。
這時候怪獸又走來、要攻擊人群。
「啊啊啊喝！」比拉絲大聲呼喊、揮動武士刀、身上還插著八支箭、飛躍起來把怪獸的頭砍下，打倒了牠。
怪獸倒地死亡，比拉絲不斷喘氣，跪倒地上，她身上的傷十分痛楚。
吉蒂博士和老者都來到，扶起比拉絲。
吉蒂博士看見她重傷，「比拉絲…」
老者走近，雙手搭在比拉絲肩上，然後用手摸著她中箭的地方，說：「這箭的箭頭有倒鉤，不可以就這樣拔出的…」
他們帶比拉絲回到研究所，然後比拉絲坐下。
「脫去她的衣服…」老者說。
吉蒂博士替比拉絲脫去外套和身上的衣服，露出她一身結實的身體。箭插在她身上，傷口正流血。
老者摸著她傷口和箭，說：「箭頭有倒鉤，鉤著了裡面，不可以就這樣拔出的…」
吉蒂博士看著老者，老者說：「捉著比拉絲的手…」
「這是我們祖先用來取出這種箭的方法…比拉絲你忍耐著別動」
比拉絲點頭，吉蒂博士緊握比拉絲的手。
老者拿著其中一根箭，不是拔出，而是把箭再推入比拉絲的身體。
比拉絲感受到箭穿入、插透體內的痛楚，她默默忍受，因為她信任自己的師父。老者把箭推入，箭頭就從另外一邊穿出。
「嗚…」箭頭從她體內穿出體外一刻，比拉絲禁不住輕輕叫了一聲。
「我會把每一支箭都這樣推入、穿透你身體、然後弄斷箭頭才拔出來…」
說著，他有把另外一支箭推入、穿透了比拉絲的身體，血在另一頭的傷口流出、在箭頭上滴下到地上。
比拉絲緊握吉蒂博士雙手，眼睛凝視著她，又仿佛看見母親的樣子、正憐愛地看著自己。
老者一根一根的把箭推入然後穿透了比拉絲的身體，足足有七支箭。到了第八支，那箭射在比拉絲背部，老者開始推，比拉絲完全感受到箭穿入體內的痛楚，她凝視吉蒂博士、內心被愛充滿、令她能忍受這痛楚。
吉蒂博士聽到箭穿入比拉絲身體、插過她體內的聲音，最後那一支箭從比拉絲左胸乳頭位置穿出、因為它穿透幾處比拉絲體內的神經叢、所以也特別痛楚。
比拉絲看著吉蒂博士，目不轉睛，雖然身體十分痛楚，但她面上平靜。
老者說：「你修鍊得很好，你已經可以保持心境的明淨。把武士刀給我。」
比拉絲把武士刀遞給老者。
老者說：「坐著不要動。」比拉絲抬頭看著老者，他拔出武士刀，揮動它，一陣金鐵擊打的聲音後，地上全是箭頭。老者用刀砍掉箭頭，連在比拉絲乳頭的也砍掉，但沒有傷到比拉絲丁點肌膚。
比拉絲眼睛也不眨一下，坐著紋絲不動。老者微笑說：「你連劍道裡面的『不動心』的境界也做到了…」說著就一根一根箭給比拉絲拔出。當老者把一支箭從比拉絲身體拔出，傷口就流出血，吉蒂博士馬上用棉花紗布給比拉絲清潔傷口和敷藥。
老者把一根一根箭從比拉絲身上拔出，吉蒂博士就給她療傷。
最後一支箭拔出，比拉絲凝視老者和吉蒂博士，終於不支暈倒。
在研究所中，吉蒂博士悉心治療比拉絲身上的上，比拉絲躺在床上，身上蓋著薄被。
「攻擊你的會是什麼人？」吉蒂博士說。
「我毫無頭緒…」比拉絲答。她眼望天花板、不斷思索。
「這些人會不會和怪獸有關？」杜杜副教授說。
比拉絲與吉蒂博士面面相覷。
「比拉絲，你要處處小心，那些人的目標是你…」吉蒂博士說。
比拉絲眼睛一亮，馬上擔心孤兒院的孩童，她恨不得馬上回去。比拉絲嘗試起來，但牽動了傷口。
「你身上受重傷、要休息啊…」吉蒂博士說。
比拉絲無奈躺下，心裡記掛孤兒院、實在不願意等多一天。
過了兩天比拉絲在也忍耐不住，只覺自己休息足夠，傷口雖然劇痛，也穿上衣服，身體還是扎著繃帶紗布，準備去孤兒院。
「你身上的傷才剛剛結疤、小心別牽動它們，否則傷口會裂開流血的…」吉蒂博士說。
比拉絲默不作聲，只是點點頭。
她回到孤兒院，與孩子們一起，然走老者來到，比拉絲看見他，就隨他到木屋那裡。
老者把那武士刀放在比拉絲手中，說：「這個、屬於你的了…這刀已經有一個配得起它的主人，你是一個配得起這刀的武士、劍士，你會為了保護他人而使用這刀…」
比拉絲雙膝跪下，用雙手接過武士刀。
老者輕撫比拉絲頭髮，說：「我能教你的、都傾囊相授，你也學得非常好…有你這樣的一個徒弟我十分自豪…」
比拉絲看著老者，說：「師父…我…我…」說著聲音哽咽。
「你也給我很快樂的時光」老者想起短短數月和比拉絲相處的時光，道：「你是個好女子、也是個勇敢的劍士、你要堅強，也要溫柔！」
比拉絲點頭，然後放下武士刀。然後她如常的給老者清潔木屋、打掃地方。然後出無外的小田地種地。蔬菜和穀物都可以收割了。
「等我把稻米和蔬菜收割罷。」比拉絲說。
她拿出鐮刀、收割蔬菜稻米，放在籃子裡面。
老者微笑說：「拿那些蔬菜和米去孤兒院，和孩童們分享罷。」
當天晚上，老者、孩童、比拉絲享受了一頓美味的晚餐，有新鮮的蔬菜。
孩子們不願意睡覺，他們包圍比拉絲，要爬到她身上，他們希望比拉絲能單臂舉起他們兩三個孩子。雖然身上傷口痛，但比拉絲仍然忍耐，和他們玩。
但是，不懷好意的人注意到了。
「這是她的弱點…」
比拉絲睡在小木屋的地板上，已經是深夜，比拉絲忽然聽到有奇怪的聲音。
她馬上坐起來，細心聽。突然孤兒院那邊傳來尖叫聲。
「糟糕！」比拉絲驚道，她馬上拿起武士刀向孤兒院奔跑去。
在孩子睡的地方有五、六個黑影，手上有槍，其中一人更捉著一個小女孩。
「比拉絲！」小女孩大聲哭叫。
比拉絲大聲怒吼、拔刀衝過去、他們就舉槍指向比拉絲。但比拉絲身手敏捷、搶到捉著女孩的人前、揮刀砍掉那人一條手臂，然後比拉絲一手抓著女孩，交她在一個男孩手上，叫道：「你們都快逃走！」
孩子們馬上從房子另外一個門口跑，那些人開槍，比拉絲快速揮刀、把槍擊都檔去。
那幾個人驚得倒抽涼氣。
比拉絲猛喝，和上次對付怪獸那樣，她感到體內一陣能量流動、從她體內併出、到了手中的刀上面。她撲向那些人、揮刀把他們手上的槍都砍斷了。
那些襲擊的人從未見過這樣的事情，都驚恐得逃跑了。
比拉絲沒有去追，她馬上出去察看孩子們是否都安好。
「大家都沒有事罷？」比拉絲看見孩子們都安好，吁了口氣。她回到木屋，坐下來，突然身體一陣劇痛。
比拉絲脫下外衣，她身上繃帶紗布都被鮮血浸透。剛才她太用力，把身上傷口都撕裂了。她深深呼吸，坐下，手握著武士刀，整晚不睡覺守著到天明。
「我們會有人把守這附近和山上的了」軍官對吉蒂博士說。
吉蒂博士對比拉絲道：「比拉絲，他們是要捉孩子來做人質要脅你…」
比拉絲只是看著山上、怔怔的出神、正在思考。她沒有告訴吉蒂博士她身上傷口撕裂。
「我們會有足夠人手在這裡，也會有直升機在附近巡邏的」軍官對吉蒂博士道。
「我現在不可以回去，我在那裡的話會連累孩子們…我們要盡快查出那些人是什麼來歷…」比拉絲說。她握著手上的武士刀，心想：「我怎樣也要保護那些孩子、就算自己身體多麼痛楚也在所不辭…」比拉絲手按著身體的傷處，心中想：「就算是更重的傷也不怕…」
這時候吉蒂博士看見比拉絲衣服上有處血跡，她看出那是新的血跡。她柔聲對比拉絲說：「先跟我回去研究所罷…」
比拉絲點頭，然後跟她回去。
回到研究所，吉蒂博士替比拉絲換掉已經被血濕透的繃帶紗布，在給她敷藥。比拉絲傷口的血已經止了，部份傷口開始結疤，但如果用力還是會撕裂，尤其比拉絲如果是戰鬥的話。
吉蒂博士把比拉絲那身有血跡的衣服拿去，把乾淨衣服拿給比拉絲。
「我知道我怎樣也好，你仍然是會決心回去孤兒院那裡的…」說著把最後一片紗布敷在比拉絲身上、綁上繃帶固定。比拉絲穿起乾淨的衣服，遮蓋她身上的繃帶紗布，低頭，說：「我不能不回去保護他們…我深愛他們…這裡…已經是我新的故鄉星球了…」她小心穿起夾克，留意不弄破傷口，以免吉蒂博士擔憂自己。
比拉絲拿去武士刀，說：「我是再造人戰士的時候，我的武器是柄劍…」
「就是我手無寸鐵、就算要求赤身露體，我也會戰鬥到底的…」她望著吉蒂博士說。
「你…已經是我的至親了…」比拉絲說著，眼睛閃著淚光。
「比拉絲…」吉蒂博士目送她離開、再去孤兒院，心中盡是擔憂和憐愛。
Belamis continued her discipleship with the blind old man in the shed.
The old man strike her with the sword.
Belamis' exercise this time was to withstand the strikes. The blows hit her body at parts that hurts.
She remained still.
After the whole session, she was shaking...
"I can feel from the 'qi' you projected.... you are able to take the pain without stirring your soul..." He walked towards Belamis, rubbing the parts he strike her with pain relieving ointment.
Belamis sat there, and remained silent.
"There's still some demons from the past in you...I know..." The old man said.
Belamis sat in silent, her eyes sparked...there were tears.
The old man massage her shoulders and arms, and said, "All I can do is to teach you how to use your inner strength and develop your awareness....but to deal with your demons, you have to do it yourself...."
Belamis stared at the skies.....thoughtful in her eyes.
It was another day at the research facilities.... Dr. Kitty performing other tests, and Belamis, was assisting her. Dr. Kitty discovered she had good scientific background and technical training, and so she made Belamis her assistant.
Dr. Kitty was analyzing the data collected from the last monster attack. Belamis was watching attentively too.
"There is disturbance in the cosmos... the Galaxy Energy was restored, but someone managed to create partial disturbance... .and the monsters were a result of these disturbance..." Dr. Kitty remarked...
"Monsters...." Belamis wondered, and looked at the data.
"Yes.... they were similar to those appeared when the Galaxy Energy was deteriorating.....before Princess Aurora restored it..."
Belamis looked at the data, and pondered deeply.
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At somewhere remote...the threat was watching.
"We have to act quickly..." The people watched the screen, showing Belamis fighting..
"They seemed to have a cyborg too...."
"No worries....we'd take care of her..."
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Belamis was working at the orphanage and spending time with the blind old sword master as usual.
Then there was a big bang sound..
Belamis dashed out the shed and looked.
"Monster..." Belamis exclaimed... the monster was heading was at the hillside....it could threaten the orphanage.
"Shifu, go! It's dangerous!! I will stop it!!!"
She stood up, and was about to rush to face the monster...
"Take this with you...."
The old man opened a chest, and took out an ancient samurai sword...
Belamis looked, the old man picked up the sword and placed it in her hands...
"You will need this..."
Belamis pulled the sword from the sheath, it glittered....it was a finely crafted sword...the blade was sharp...it was of the finest steel..
Belamis hold it hard on her hand, and said, "Thank you, Shifu..." and she knelt down...
The old man hugged her..."Go....." Belamis eyes welled up in tears....she was now a cherished student ....
Belamis rose and rushed to meet the monster...
When Belamis arrived, there were enemies waiting for her...
Belamis looked at the monster, and ran towards it....she didn't know what to do, and she looked at the samurai sword...
It was the same monster which injured her the last them...the monster eyes fired blasts of deadly laser.
Belamis leaped and dodged all of the blasts, the monster turned to her, and tried to strike her with its front paw...
Belamis yelled with a loud roar.... she pulled the sword out... and suddenly it was energized..... Belamis jumped and severed the monster's front paw with it....
The monster roared in pain and fell, it tried to hit Belamis with the other paw, but Belamis was able to dodge the attack.
Then suddenly she felt pains at her back.... three arrows hit her....
She turned back, there were a group of people holding cross bows pointing at her....
They fired....
Belamis welded her sword and hit all of the arrows...
Then they turned to shoot people...
"No...!!!!" Belamis ran, welding her sword to stop.... and at this moment she didn't remember to protect herself...
A number of arrows hit her....
Belamis clutched her teeth and welded her sword....slaying those that tried to shoot the people...
She saw the monster trying to get to the people...
"Arrrhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!" Belamis cried.... with at least 8 arrows already pierced her body, she welded her sword, and cut that monster's head...
The monster fell and was dead.... Belamis breathed heavily...., and she fell on her knees... the wound from the arrows was painful...
Dr. Kitty and the old man raced to the scene....
Dr. Kitty saw the arrows on Belamis, and cried..."Belamis..."
Belamis turned, looked at Dr. Kitty, the old man walked towards her, placed his hands on Belamis's shoulder, and said, "The arrows have arrow heads which cut you body...you must not pull them out..."
They took her back to the research facilities, and the old man got Belamis to sit down.
"Take her clothes off..." The old man said.
Dr. Kitty gently took Belamis' jacket and her shirt off, exposing her naked upper body. The arrows penetrated her, the wounds were bleeding.
"The arrow heads had hooks, we cannot pull them out like this" The old mam used his hands to touch Belamis body, then feeling the arrows.
Dr. Kitty looked at the old man...the old man said,
"This is our ancient way of extracting this kind of arrow.... Belamis...hold still..." He turned to Dr. Kitty, "Hold her hands..."
Dr. Kitty held Belamis' hands.
"It will hurt a bit..."
Belamis nodded....then the old man placed his hand on one of the arrows, instead of pulling he pushed further...Belamis felt the pain of the arrow going through her body... but she believed her kendo master, she endured... the arrow was pushed and pierced through her body...
"...ar.." Belamis gave a soft groan as the first arrow head came out of her body.
"We have to push all of the arrows out like this, then cut the arrow head... before we pull them out" The old man continued.
He pushed another arrow and it pierced through Belamis' body and came out the other end, blood was flowing out her wounds, dripping down from the arrow heads onto the floor.
Belamis held Dr. Kitty's hands all the time, and her eyes gazed at her... Belamis's thought she saw her mother's face again during the ordeal...
One by one the old man pushed the arrows through Belamis body, a total of 7 arrows were pushed.
The last one was one that entered from Belamis back...the old man pushed....Belamis felt the arrow pushing through her body..she fixed her gaze at Dr. Kitty, only that could help her to ignore the pain...
Dr. Kitty heard the sound of it piercing through Belamis body... then the last arrow came out...through Belamis' left nipple...it went through several points where her nerve endings were concentrated, and thus it hurt most.
Dr. Kitty looked at Belamis, her eyes were focused to her, the pain on her body was intense, but her face was calm.
The old man said, "You have learned well, you are able to clear you mind and focus.."
"Hand me the sword.." said the old man.
Belamis handed that ancient samurai sword to the old man.
"Hold very still" the old man said.
Belamis looked up at her kendo master.
Then the old man weld the sword.
A number of clang sounds, all 8 of the arrow heads were on the ground....even the one at Belamis' left nipple was neatly cut from the arrow, without cutting Belamis flesh...
Belamis didn't blink at all, and remained perfectly still.
The old man nodded and smiled, "You achieved the Fudōshin of kendo...."
He reached his hand out and pulled one arrow out from Belamis body.
Dr. Kitty immediately applied cotton wool on her opened wound where the arrow was, to stop the bleeding and clean the wound.
One by one, the old man pulled the arrows out, with Dr. Kitty making basic treatment on the wounds.
Finally the last arrow was extracted... Belamis looked at Dr. Kitty and the old man...then fainted...
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At the research facilities, Dr. Kitty tended Belamis' wounds, and Belamis was lying on a bed, covered with a quilt.
"Who attacked you ?" Dr. Kitty asked softly.
"I don't know..." Belamis answered, and she stared at the ceiling, wondering about it.
"Could those people be the ones behind the monster?" Assistant Professor asked.
Dr. Kitty and Belamis looked at each other.
"Belamis, you have to be careful.." Dr. Kitty added, "They targeted you..."
Belamis eyes glared...she was worried about the orphanage, and wanted to go back, she tried to get up but her wounds were hurting.
"Belamis, don't...you are severely injured.." Dr. Kitty urged...
Belamis reluctantly lie down...she could not wait another day.
Just two days, Belamis felt she had enough rest. The wounds still hurt but she just put on her clothes, still wearing the bandages on her.
Dr. Kitty saw her and said, "You wounds just closed up... be careful or you would tear them open again..."
Belamis nodded.
She returned to the hill top orphanage, joining the children there.
The old man came, Belamis turned and looked at him, then she followed him to the shed again.
He got that same samurai sword, then placed it in Belamis' hand.
"It is yours now... this sword has now a worthy kenshi, a swordsman, who can use it altruistically ..." The old man remarked..
Belamis knelt down, and took it with both hands.
The old man stroke Belamis soft hair, and said, "I teach everything that I can teach you... and you have learned well... I am so proud to have you as my disciple.."
Belamis looked a her shifu (teacher), said, "I...I.."
"You...give me so much happiness and joy too...." As he recalled the few short months with Belamis. "You are fine girl as well as a fine kenshi... be strong and also be tender..."
Belamis nodded.
Belamis rose...she then put down the sword, and cleaned the shed as she used to, and worked at the small plot, the vegetables grew and there were crops to harvest too.
"Let me harvest the vegetables and crops.." Belamis said.
She took the sickle and the basket, cutting the vegetables and the rice.
"Let's take them to the orphanage..and share with the kids there." The old man smiled.
That night, Belamis, the kids and the old man had a hearty dinner of fresh vegetables.
As usual, the students surrounded Belamis, not wanting to sleep. They loved it when Belamis could use lift 3 or 4 of them just with one arm, and more would climb up on her back.
Yet...some sinister people noticed.....
"This is her weak point...."
Belamis slept on the wooden floor....it was late at night...then she heard something.
She immediately sat up, and looked around.
Then screaming....from the children's quarters!
"No..." Belamis exclaimed in horror...she grabbed the sword and rush to the orphanage quarters where the children were sleeping.
There were 5 or 6 dark shadows, they held guns, and one of them grabbed a little girl.
"Belamis!!!" The children yelled.
Belamis gave out a loud roar in anger, put the sword out.
The attackers pointed their guns to Belamis but Belamis was speedy, she headed to the person who had the girl and welded the sword, severed that person's arm, and the girl ran towards Belamis. Belamis grabbed their little girl with her left arm, and yelled gave her to a bigger child, "Take her away!!! ....All of you run!"
The children ran out from another door behind their quarters.
The attackers started shooting, but Belamis welded her sword so quickly that her sword hit and deflected the blasts.
The attackers gasped....
Then Belamis yelled....suddenly like the last time, Belamis felt a surge of energy in her, and it flowed from her body and energized the sword....
She welded the sword, and sliced towards the attacker....cutting their guns...
The attackers ran, terrified...they had never seen such things before...
Belamis did not chase after them, she checked out the kids.
"Are you all OK...?" She remarked and looked around, all of them were present...
She breathed a sigh of relief....
She headed back to the shed and sat down, then she felt an intense pain.
She took her clothes off, there her bandages were soaked in blood at her wounds. She exerted herself too much, and those movements had ripped her wounds open again.
She took a deep breath, sat down holding the samurai sword with her, and she stayed up all night.
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"We will have soldiers nearby guarding this place..." The officer said to Dr. Kitty.
"Belamis, they obviously is trying to hold the children hostage...they know you cared about them." Dr. Kitty said.
Belamis looked at the hill top, lost in thoughts. She did not tell Dr. Kitty about her wounds.
"We would place heavy guards nearby, and have choppers around surveying the place. The place should be safe." The army officer added.
"I cannot go back there....if I was with them those people might harm the children ..." Belamis remarked. "We must find out who they are ..."
She looked at the samurai sword, and thought to herself, "I would protect the children...and this place...even if it means pain on me..." as she put her hand on her body, where the wounds from the arrows were.
The Dr. Kitty noted her a small patch of blood stain on her jacket... it was new stains...
Dr. Kitty gently said to Belamis, "Come back to the facilities first..."
Belamis followed.
In the facilities, Dr. Kitty changed her blood soaked bandages, and applied treatment. The bleeding stopped, the wounds were forming scar tissue, but could still be torn open if Belamis moved too vigorously, especially if she was to fight again.
Dr. Kitty took away Belamis' blood stained clothes, and found her clean shirts to put on.
"Even if I tried...I cannot keep you here for long..." Dr. Kitty spoke softly as she stick a final bandage on Belamis, and fixed it into position. Belamis put on the clean shirt, with the bandages underneath, and she bowed her head.
"I cannot keep myself away from it..." Belamis remarked..."I loved them....this is now my new home...". She put her jacket on slowly, for she didn't want to tear her wounds and that would worry Dr. Kitty.
She then picked up the sword...."When I became a cyborg, I used a saber as my weapon..."
"Even if I have to fight without weapons, even only with my naked body..I will go...." Belamis looked at Dr. Kitty...
"You are now my only family now.." She looked at Dr. Kitty, eyes welling up in tears.
"Belamis..." Dr. Kitty spoke.. as she watched her headed out.
比拉絲跟隨那瞎眼的老者學道，在老者的小木屋打坐。老者舉起竹劍狠狠地擊打比拉絲的身體。
比拉絲的修鍊是邊忍受痛楚，但同時保持心靈的明淨。老者擊打她的位置都是很痛楚的部位，比拉絲坐著不動。
完了這課修鍊，比拉絲全身痛得發抖。
「我感受到你發出那股『氣』，你可以抵受痛打而沒有動搖心神…」老者走近前，用油膏給比拉絲痛楚的地方按摩，給她鎮痛。
比拉絲一言不發，聆聽老者。
「但你內心仍然和過去的心魔搏鬥…」老者說。比拉絲聽著，眼泛淚光。
老者邊說，邊按摩她肩膀、手臂等地方，道：「我能教你就這麼多，令你懂得使用你內心的力量、和令你心境明淨，但是，你還得一個人面對你過去的痛苦記憶和傷痛…」
比拉絲抬頭看著外邊的天空，滿懷心事。
這天在研究所，吉蒂博士正分析最近事件的資料，比拉絲在傍邊協助博士。吉蒂博士發現比拉絲在科學、技術有豐富知識和技能，於是讓她當自己的助手。
吉蒂博士分析過去幾次怪物出現的數據，而比拉絲在旁邊也很關切的看著。
「宇宙的加勒斯能有異常的干擾……雖然加勒斯能是恢復了，但似乎有些力量干擾它、在部份地方造成加勒斯能的真空，最近怪獸的出現，可能與此有關…」
「怪獸…」比拉絲沉吟道。
「是的，這情況有點像羅拉公主恢復加勒斯能之前的情況…」吉蒂博士答道。
在遙遠的地方，有些威脅正在虎視耽耽。
「看來要加快行動…」他們看著屏幕顯示比拉絲在作戰。「地球居然還有一個再造人戰士？」
「不礙事，我們很容易就能解決她…」
這天比拉絲依舊在孤兒院那裡工作，和在老人小木屋修鍊，突然傳來轟然巨響。
比拉絲衝出木屋看，只見山下有一隻巨大怪獸，正走向他們方向。
「師父，快走，我出去對付牠！」比拉絲叫道。
她正想衝出去對付怪獸，老人說：「這個…你拿去…」老人從柜取出一個木盒，打開是柄古老的武士刀。
他把武士刀放在比拉絲手中，說：「你會需要這個…」
比拉絲將劍拔出，看見劍刃閃閃發光，是柄精鋼鑄造的利器。
她跪在老者，她師父面前，說：「謝謝…」
老人緊緊抱著她，說：「孩子，去罷。」比拉絲感動得下淚，她已經是老者所愛惜的徒弟了。
她站起來出去迎戰怪獸。當比拉絲走到怪獸那裡，已經有敵人等著她。
比拉絲直奔向怪獸，但卻未知怎樣對付牠。比拉絲看看手中的武士刀，那怪獸正是上次她遇到過、與牠搏鬥而受傷的。怪獸眼睛射出激光。
比拉絲敏捷的跳避開怪獸的激光，怪獸就追趕她、揮動前爪要打向比拉絲。
比拉絲飛躍避開，抽出武士刀、然後猛喝一聲，武士刀被能量充滿，比拉絲揮動武士刀把怪獸的一隻爪子砍掉。
怪獸痛極怒吼，倒在地上，然後用另外一隻爪要攻擊比拉絲。
比拉絲避開攻擊，忽然感動背上一陣劇痛，她背上中了三支箭。比拉絲回過頭來，看見幾個人握著弩弓，然後他們向她射箭。
比拉絲揮動武士刀把射向她的箭都打落，這時候那幾個人忽然轉向攻擊人群。
「危險啊！」比拉絲當下奮不顧身用刀檔、保護人群，自己卻中門大開、沒有保護自己。她身上再中了幾箭。比拉絲咬緊牙關，用刀殺了那幾個攻擊的人。
這時候怪獸又走來、要攻擊人群。
「啊啊啊喝！」比拉絲大聲呼喊、揮動武士刀、身上還插著八支箭、飛躍起來把怪獸的頭砍下，打倒了牠。
怪獸倒地死亡，比拉絲不斷喘氣，跪倒地上，她身上的傷十分痛楚。
吉蒂博士和老者都來到，扶起比拉絲。
吉蒂博士看見她重傷，「比拉絲…」
老者走近，雙手搭在比拉絲肩上，然後用手摸著她中箭的地方，說：「這箭的箭頭有倒鉤，不可以就這樣拔出的…」
他們帶比拉絲回到研究所，然後比拉絲坐下。
「脫去她的衣服…」老者說。
吉蒂博士替比拉絲脫去外套和身上的衣服，露出她一身結實的身體。箭插在她身上，傷口正流血。
老者摸著她傷口和箭，說：「箭頭有倒鉤，鉤著了裡面，不可以就這樣拔出的…」
吉蒂博士看著老者，老者說：「捉著比拉絲的手…」
「這是我們祖先用來取出這種箭的方法…比拉絲你忍耐著別動」
比拉絲點頭，吉蒂博士緊握比拉絲的手。
老者拿著其中一根箭，不是拔出，而是把箭再推入比拉絲的身體。
比拉絲感受到箭穿入、插透體內的痛楚，她默默忍受，因為她信任自己的師父。老者把箭推入，箭頭就從另外一邊穿出。
「嗚…」箭頭從她體內穿出體外一刻，比拉絲禁不住輕輕叫了一聲。
「我會把每一支箭都這樣推入、穿透你身體、然後弄斷箭頭才拔出來…」
說著，他有把另外一支箭推入、穿透了比拉絲的身體，血在另一頭的傷口流出、在箭頭上滴下到地上。
比拉絲緊握吉蒂博士雙手，眼睛凝視著她，又仿佛看見母親的樣子、正憐愛地看著自己。
老者一根一根的把箭推入然後穿透了比拉絲的身體，足足有七支箭。到了第八支，那箭射在比拉絲背部，老者開始推，比拉絲完全感受到箭穿入體內的痛楚，她凝視吉蒂博士、內心被愛充滿、令她能忍受這痛楚。
吉蒂博士聽到箭穿入比拉絲身體、插過她體內的聲音，最後那一支箭從比拉絲左胸乳頭位置穿出、因為它穿透幾處比拉絲體內的神經叢、所以也特別痛楚。
比拉絲看著吉蒂博士，目不轉睛，雖然身體十分痛楚，但她面上平靜。
老者說：「你修鍊得很好，你已經可以保持心境的明淨。把武士刀給我。」
比拉絲把武士刀遞給老者。
老者說：「坐著不要動。」比拉絲抬頭看著老者，他拔出武士刀，揮動它，一陣金鐵擊打的聲音後，地上全是箭頭。老者用刀砍掉箭頭，連在比拉絲乳頭的也砍掉，但沒有傷到比拉絲丁點肌膚。
比拉絲眼睛也不眨一下，坐著紋絲不動。老者微笑說：「你連劍道裡面的『不動心』的境界也做到了…」說著就一根一根箭給比拉絲拔出。當老者把一支箭從比拉絲身體拔出，傷口就流出血，吉蒂博士馬上用棉花紗布給比拉絲清潔傷口和敷藥。
老者把一根一根箭從比拉絲身上拔出，吉蒂博士就給她療傷。
最後一支箭拔出，比拉絲凝視老者和吉蒂博士，終於不支暈倒。
在研究所中，吉蒂博士悉心治療比拉絲身上的上，比拉絲躺在床上，身上蓋著薄被。
「攻擊你的會是什麼人？」吉蒂博士說。
「我毫無頭緒…」比拉絲答。她眼望天花板、不斷思索。
「這些人會不會和怪獸有關？」杜杜副教授說。
比拉絲與吉蒂博士面面相覷。
「比拉絲，你要處處小心，那些人的目標是你…」吉蒂博士說。
比拉絲眼睛一亮，馬上擔心孤兒院的孩童，她恨不得馬上回去。比拉絲嘗試起來，但牽動了傷口。
「你身上受重傷、要休息啊…」吉蒂博士說。
比拉絲無奈躺下，心裡記掛孤兒院、實在不願意等多一天。
過了兩天比拉絲在也忍耐不住，只覺自己休息足夠，傷口雖然劇痛，也穿上衣服，身體還是扎著繃帶紗布，準備去孤兒院。
「你身上的傷才剛剛結疤、小心別牽動它們，否則傷口會裂開流血的…」吉蒂博士說。
比拉絲默不作聲，只是點點頭。
她回到孤兒院，與孩子們一起，然走老者來到，比拉絲看見他，就隨他到木屋那裡。
老者把那武士刀放在比拉絲手中，說：「這個、屬於你的了…這刀已經有一個配得起它的主人，你是一個配得起這刀的武士、劍士，你會為了保護他人而使用這刀…」
比拉絲雙膝跪下，用雙手接過武士刀。
老者輕撫比拉絲頭髮，說：「我能教你的、都傾囊相授，你也學得非常好…有你這樣的一個徒弟我十分自豪…」
比拉絲看著老者，說：「師父…我…我…」說著聲音哽咽。
「你也給我很快樂的時光」老者想起短短數月和比拉絲相處的時光，道：「你是個好女子、也是個勇敢的劍士、你要堅強，也要溫柔！」
比拉絲點頭，然後放下武士刀。然後她如常的給老者清潔木屋、打掃地方。然後出無外的小田地種地。蔬菜和穀物都可以收割了。
「等我把稻米和蔬菜收割罷。」比拉絲說。
她拿出鐮刀、收割蔬菜稻米，放在籃子裡面。
老者微笑說：「拿那些蔬菜和米去孤兒院，和孩童們分享罷。」
當天晚上，老者、孩童、比拉絲享受了一頓美味的晚餐，有新鮮的蔬菜。
孩子們不願意睡覺，他們包圍比拉絲，要爬到她身上，他們希望比拉絲能單臂舉起他們兩三個孩子。雖然身上傷口痛，但比拉絲仍然忍耐，和他們玩。
但是，不懷好意的人注意到了。
「這是她的弱點…」
比拉絲睡在小木屋的地板上，已經是深夜，比拉絲忽然聽到有奇怪的聲音。
她馬上坐起來，細心聽。突然孤兒院那邊傳來尖叫聲。
「糟糕！」比拉絲驚道，她馬上拿起武士刀向孤兒院奔跑去。
在孩子睡的地方有五、六個黑影，手上有槍，其中一人更捉著一個小女孩。
「比拉絲！」小女孩大聲哭叫。
比拉絲大聲怒吼、拔刀衝過去、他們就舉槍指向比拉絲。但比拉絲身手敏捷、搶到捉著女孩的人前、揮刀砍掉那人一條手臂，然後比拉絲一手抓著女孩，交她在一個男孩手上，叫道：「你們都快逃走！」
孩子們馬上從房子另外一個門口跑，那些人開槍，比拉絲快速揮刀、把槍擊都檔去。
那幾個人驚得倒抽涼氣。
比拉絲猛喝，和上次對付怪獸那樣，她感到體內一陣能量流動、從她體內併出、到了手中的刀上面。她撲向那些人、揮刀把他們手上的槍都砍斷了。
那些襲擊的人從未見過這樣的事情，都驚恐得逃跑了。
比拉絲沒有去追，她馬上出去察看孩子們是否都安好。
「大家都沒有事罷？」比拉絲看見孩子們都安好，吁了口氣。她回到木屋，坐下來，突然身體一陣劇痛。
比拉絲脫下外衣，她身上繃帶紗布都被鮮血浸透。剛才她太用力，把身上傷口都撕裂了。她深深呼吸，坐下，手握著武士刀，整晚不睡覺守著到天明。
「我們會有人把守這附近和山上的了」軍官對吉蒂博士說。
吉蒂博士對比拉絲道：「比拉絲，他們是要捉孩子來做人質要脅你…」
比拉絲只是看著山上、怔怔的出神、正在思考。她沒有告訴吉蒂博士她身上傷口撕裂。
「我們會有足夠人手在這裡，也會有直升機在附近巡邏的」軍官對吉蒂博士道。
「我現在不可以回去，我在那裡的話會連累孩子們…我們要盡快查出那些人是什麼來歷…」比拉絲說。她握著手上的武士刀，心想：「我怎樣也要保護那些孩子、就算自己身體多麼痛楚也在所不辭…」比拉絲手按著身體的傷處，心中想：「就算是更重的傷也不怕…」
這時候吉蒂博士看見比拉絲衣服上有處血跡，她看出那是新的血跡。她柔聲對比拉絲說：「先跟我回去研究所罷…」
比拉絲點頭，然後跟她回去。
回到研究所，吉蒂博士替比拉絲換掉已經被血濕透的繃帶紗布，在給她敷藥。比拉絲傷口的血已經止了，部份傷口開始結疤，但如果用力還是會撕裂，尤其比拉絲如果是戰鬥的話。
吉蒂博士把比拉絲那身有血跡的衣服拿去，把乾淨衣服拿給比拉絲。
「我知道我怎樣也好，你仍然是會決心回去孤兒院那裡的…」說著把最後一片紗布敷在比拉絲身上、綁上繃帶固定。比拉絲穿起乾淨的衣服，遮蓋她身上的繃帶紗布，低頭，說：「我不能不回去保護他們…我深愛他們…這裡…已經是我新的故鄉星球了…」她小心穿起夾克，留意不弄破傷口，以免吉蒂博士擔憂自己。
比拉絲拿去武士刀，說：「我是再造人戰士的時候，我的武器是柄劍…」
「就是我手無寸鐵、就算要求赤身露體，我也會戰鬥到底的…」她望著吉蒂博士說。
「你…已經是我的至親了…」比拉絲說著，眼睛閃著淚光。
「比拉絲…」吉蒂博士目送她離開、再去孤兒院，心中盡是擔憂和憐愛。
Sep 26, 2011
ベラミス - her epic journey of her soul
Chapter 3 A memorable weekend
"She's alive ???" Exclaimed Kugo, now at a remote outpost at the edge of the galaxy.
"Yes...I want you to know it". Dr. Kitty replied.
"How's she ? Is she OK ? " An excited Kugo asked.
"You will have to find out yourself..." Dr. Kitty smiled at the other side of the visual monitor.
Then the communication session ended.
Kugo turned around and Djorgo was smiling.
"What's that smile suppose to mean ?" Demanded Kugo.
"Hmmm...... ever since you thought Belamis blew herself up... you talked less crap, and more often you are serious....."
"What is that suppose to mean then ?"
Djorgo grinned, "You are the only one that knew she would sacrifice herself...you went after her....you cried for her...not just for loosing a friend...."
"..every month you pay a visit the the Great Planet, placing flowers at her make shift tomb... white lilies... purple peony..."
"What are you getting at!!!!???" Kugo was blushing ...
"Even the Princess noticed....that day, the way you looked at her, and she looked at you...the way you talked to her.... hahahaha..."
"She's a very good friend...!!!"
"Yeah yeah yeah... V-E-R-Y G-O-O-O-D friend..... combat partner...and more..." Djorgo replied with a sly smile"....the first day you met her you already cared about her a lot!! hahahaha"
"She is a virtuous person, a fine warrior.... I respected her...I was glad she is alive now...that's all it is...." Kugo said.
"Oh.....ho ho ho.... a scrapbook full of drawings of her sword, her cape, her helmet, her jet, her faces...."
"You son of a bitch!!! You looked at my scrapbook ????!!" Yelled Kugo.
"No..no..no....I didn't sneak up and peek at them....you left it wide open in the control room...and when I returned it to you your face blushed...hahahahaha".
"So what ?!!!" Kugo yelled.
Djorgo cleared his throat, then straighten his face and said, "Look, you don't get to meet a girl like that in this vast cosmos that easily!!! Now you even have a second chance after you nearly lost her!!!"
Kugo was speechless.
He started to recall their first encounter, their initial opposing battle when Belamis was the Captain of the enemy army, that last time she was fighting alongside with him. The day she nearly died, they actually talked.....
"I was always wondering....why is she always on my mind....even from day one I met her....I can't help thinking of her....and felt a heart ache..." Kugo thought to himself, as he recalled that day Belamis flew on her jet towards the monster.
Kugo signed....He regretted that he did not go a step further to stop her, and he secretly wished he realized that earlier, and he would not have let her go....
"You are a lucky guy, my friend." Djorgo said.
"???"
"You are the only man in her heart. You are the only person that she will open up to.. her heart belongs to you already. Even the Princess knew it".
Kugo stammered.."I...I...."
"Come on, lover boy, if you let her go this time you'd be the biggest fool of the entire universe ...hahaha..."
"Stop it!! Jerk..." Kugo shouted. His heart was pounding....."Belamis....Belamis..."
"Just go, a few days without you is no problem....I'll tell the others when they are back..."
"Don't...!!!"
"Don't what ? I am saying I will tell them you are taking a few days off..that's it!"
"Thanks!" Kugo signed...
"Don't thank me...".
Kugo was in his probe, about to switch to warp speed.
"Hey lover boy...stay tuned...I will find you a few dating tips in my computer for you! You are a rookie in dating...hahahaha" Djorgo said in the transmission.
"Knock it off!!!" Kugo snapped. "Thanks....Djorgo".
"Good luck this time, friend. Even I think she's a fine girl....you two fought when you met...neither of you won..you are her best match... and she deserves a man like you..."
The probe switched to warp speed and was dashing through hyper-space. It will be at least 2 days to reach Earth.
"Damn the warp speed!!!!" It's too slow for Kugo.
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Bang! The door flung open.
"Where's she ?" Demanded Kugo.
"Who's 'she' ?" Assistant Professor Dodge replied with a sly smile. Even Dr. Kitty giggled.
Dr. Kitty, "Easy, she is working as a volunteer at a orphanage. She comes back to sleep during weekends..."
"Where's the place ???" Kugo cannot wait ....
"You just slam right in like that ?" Dr. Kitty smiled and said.
"Oh....oh..." Kugo was embarrassed..."Yeah...yeah...how ...."
Dr. Kitty had knew Kugo had a crush on Belamis, and Kugo's look was unmistakable.
Kugo treated the Princess as more of a sister who he would protect, but Belamis was a different story. Kugo was confused about his feelings towards the two women, until that fateful day, when he didn't stop Belamis in time, he knew he lost more than a good friend and combat partner.
Kugo in deep thought...
"Ever since that day...I kept thinking of her.... I cried at her tomb too...what is that feeling of lost and emptiness ? Her face is always coming up in my mind....I cared about her a lot....Why is it I am the only person who realize that she's was going to sacrifice herself?...."
Kugo didn't know, from the very beginning they met each other, Kugo was attracted to her, and she was in his heart too. Kugo was connected to her.
"That's the place". Dr. Kitty replied.
Kugo looked up the hill.
"Up these steps... I have told the lady here, she will not tell Belamis that you will come... you can watch her from afar..." Dr. Kitty said.
Kugo went up the steps, and carefully stay out of Belamis sight as he watched from a distance.
He thought he saw an angel or a goddess. It was the same Belamis as he knew it, beautiful, long black hair, blue eyes like the heavens, a confident look, kind...this time was more.
Before this Kugo always saw Belamis in her fighting suit, all the time in her helmet..."Her hair...so beautiful.." As he watched Belamis long and pitch black fine hair, hanging to her shoulders...Belamis was also often in a soldier like demeanor before... now Kugo saw her gentle and mellow side..
He also remembered her tough demeanor, pushing him and others away, not letting others into her.
"Belamis...you are warm-hearted, kind, loving and needed love inside....but why did you push me back ?" As he recalled on the Great Planet, she turned down his invitation to go together...
"Perhaps...she thought I loved the Princess.. perhaps..." Kugo recalled, looking at Belamis.
"Belamis... please, don't push me back again...." Kugo said to himself, as he watched.
"Hahahahaha" she laughed with the kids...
Kugo thought that he saw Belamis glowing.....as he watched her played with the children, doing the chores at the orphanage, carrying the disabled children around...
"She was such a kind and compassionate girl....I knew right at the beginning...that was what my hunch told me.. she was not that ruthless and evil captain..." He recalled slowly..."She was just...just angry and sad ...about her suffering...".
He kept on watching, careful not to let Belamis spot him, and smiled at every move of her.
"She so kind and generous, and full of poetic justice..." He recalled several of their encounter...Belamis stretched her arms, children jumped on and hang from her strong arms, each of her arms was supporting 5 or 6 small children...
Kugo thought, "She was kind and gentle....that is Belamis..."
Kugo was very happy as he watched Belamis, and he wished he could just keep on watching Belamis like that forever.
Belamis cleaned the houses, wiped the floors, and in the old man's shed she kneel on the floor and mobbed it with her hands, then she was on the fields working...
Kugo watched...and the he watched the more he loved her...
It was an uneventful day, Belamis was about to head back to the research facilities, as she walked to the steps a person shook her emotions..
"Kugo...?"
It was no other person than Kugo, waiting for her. Kugo was in uniform, not in cyborg armour.
"Look....a guy is waiting for Belamis..." Some children whispered, as they watched Belamis walked towards Kugo...."He's handsome..."
They stood face to face, gazed at each other. Belamis emotions were violently surging, her eyes glittered..with tears in it, but she would cry.
"How...how are you ?" Kugo finally blurped...
Belamis smiled...her eyes still in tears, that question was both easy and difficult to answer, but she saw the caring eyes of Kugo, and was deeply touched.
"I am good...now..." She said, smiling. "You are in the army ?"
"At the outpost, serving as a lieutenant...."
Belamis walked towards Kugo, then both turned together towards the steps almost in perfect sych, then they held hands and walked side by side...Belamis hold Kugo's hand tightly, Kugo hold Belamis' hand tighter...
"Now ..you are not fighting.. that's the real you..." Kugo thought.
"Wooooh.....her boyfriend!!" The children exclaimed....
The pair walked slowly down the steps. The moment of their togetherness was beyond words.
The first time they hold hands, instead of shaking hands as friends.
Neither said a word as they descended down the 1000 steps, but they looked each other in their eyes.
Belamis felt heavenly.....her eyes beaming....
"I finally can meet Kugo as a woman..." She thought, as she believed she lost all her cyborgness.
As they got to the bottom, Belamis said, "Where are we going then ?"
Kugo stuttered..."Er..er..."
"You used to talk non-stop", smiled Belamis.
"Yeah...I know a place!" Replied Kugo.
Kugo of course check this place out just before he came to the orphanage to pick up Belamis. This was his first date with a girl too...thanks to Djorgo's tips...
Kugo took Belamis to a seaside fair, where it was traditional Japanese festival. They strolled along the stalls, watched road performances, watched the fireworks, played at some games...laughed wildly...
After they spent time at the fair, they took to the seaside, sat at a rock, and gazed at the fireworks.
"They looked like explosions..." Said Belamis.
"Are you OK ?" Kugo was worried that it might bring painful memories back.
"Funny.....they were so beautiful now..."
The two gazed at the skies.
Belamis then turned her eyes to the sea, and said, "...its so beautiful...and great to be alive...."
Kugo looked at her, and put his arm round her, and said, "Belamis...", she looked at her eyes, blue as the dark blue night key, and asked..."Why...why did you do this...? You didn't have to...."
Kugo was recalling the months he visited Belaims make shift tomb at the Great Planet. He spent hours beside the little tomb, bringing with him white lilies, purple peony...to match the colors of Belamis' outfit...
For countless days Kugo asked the same question..."Why...why did you do this....???" He shed silent tears as he sat before the "tomb" for her...
Belamis looked at him, and slowly replied..."At that time.......I had lost all will to live....I had a lot of heartbreaks....and when I saw Princess came to you...I thought I would never have a place in your heart..."
She remembered before she flew to the photon monster she took her helmet off and let her long hair visible...a display of her womanhood....
"I only wanted to die...and hope you remembered me forever...."
Kugo kissed her...and said, "Please....promise me... don't ever do that again..." He was referring to her act of sacrificing herself.
Belamis eyes was welling with tears and looked at Kugo.
"I remember how you flew behind me...calling at me to turn back..." as she recalled her struggles...
"At that time I could not find a reason to go on....there was too much miseries..." Her voice was shaking, eyes welling up in tears.
"But fate was kind to me this time..."
"My fighter was on fire... then it exploded...the explosion sent me flying away....I was knocked unconscious..." Belamis said.
"All of us were focusing on the photon master....we didn't notice...." Kugo added.
"I was hit by the blasts of the photon master....but the vital units of my cyborg body was not damaged...so I didn't explode...." Belamis said.
"You are a good person at heart.... moreover you have a spirit that refuse to die... I know you won't just die like that......." Kugo replied.
Belamis looked Kugo into his eyes, and said, "I promise...I will not leave you like that anymore......after drifting in space alone...without you.....I cannot imagine being without you..."
Kugo was touched, hold her hand, Belamis hold his and hold hard, Kugo said, "That is a promise... you are a soldier and a fighter! You have to keep your words!"
Belamis laughed.
They stood up and walked around aimlessly, just being together for them after death nearly parted them makes the moment precious. They then sat down at a bench.
"I'm tired..." Said Belamis.
Kugo looked at the night sky, then suddenly he found Belamis rested her head on his shoulders. She was asleep.
Kugo smelled Belamis long fine hair, stroke it, this was a moment beyond words.
"It smells good..." Kugo murmured. There were also the smell of sweat on her...she had been working all day.
"She is flesh and blood now...a woman..." Kugo put his arm around her....then he felt her left shoulder and arm. Belamis jacket was off, and something startled Kugo.
"A scar ????" It was the scar from the would Belamis sustained when she fought with the monster. Kugo saw it was a new scar.
His heart trembled...but dare not ask....then his heart ached....
"She suffered a lot...."
The scar triggered Kugo love for her, he hold her tight, then said, "Sweet dreams...dear..sweet dreams...".
"Her hair was long....". He watched them grew since their first encounter, from medium length just touching her collars, to shoulder length, then all the way hanging down to her back..
"She was alone all the time in space, who would tend her hair ?"
"I cut and braided them with my sword..." Belamis whispered....She was awake...and heard Kugo talking to himself.
"Of course...there's no place to get a haircut in outer space..."
Belamis bursted in laughter and opened her eyes.
"That's funny...." She smiled, her eyes beaming.
"If it gets too long, it would get in my way when I fight or when I put on my flight helmet..."
"I like that look when you wear it long down to your back....it's naturally beautiful..."
"Really ?"
They talked and talked all night, Kugo cracking jokes, and Belamis laughed...
Then they chased each other around at the beach...Belamis always outrunning Kugo...
Kugo suddenly picked up Belamis, hold her in his arms and ran.....he laughed...
Belamis also laughed... Kugo put her down...then Belamis chased the seagulls, and leaped up high....her hands touching the feet of the seagulls flying up high.. and as she fell from above, Kugo caught her in his arms, and he had a deep kiss on her... the two bathed in romance....
Then they sat at the beach, and Belamis began telling Kugo her stories.
Kugo, "I don't know who my parents were...."
"You are an orphan ?" Belamis asked.
Kugo nodded, and he told Belamis how he was also raised by Dr. Kitty.
Belamis took a deep breath.... thinking about the children in the orphanage. She looked at Kugo, put her arms around Kugo shoulder...
"Tell me about your mother..." Kugo said.
Belamis nodded.
"She...was the most beautiful woman..... at least in my eyes..... kind and gentle...I was a tomboy..."
Belamis lost in her memories of childhood..
"I was so much loved by her....I was raised like a soldier, I have a strong body, and she gave me a tender soul..." as she looked towards Kugo, and telling her little things about her mother.
"All was changed...when..." Belamis remembered the fateful days of her planets destruction, the monsters attacking, her mother's death, her friend died in her arms... and she told Kugo all of them .... holding back her tears ...
Kugo looked at her into her eyes..., and said, "I promise I will not leave you....never..."
Belamis eyes were teary...and then tears streamed out her eyes...
Kugo also had tears in his eyes and flowing...
Then Kugo kissed her at her lips....the two kissed intensely.....
Soon it was dawn.....the two didn't sleep. They strolled along, not knowing when or wanting to stop.
Then some music caught Belamis' ears..
"That was beautiful.....where was it coming from ?"
Kugo looked, it was from a street corner, a person was playing a guitar.
The pair walked towards the guitarist.
Belamis looked at the guitar, and said, "Can I try ?"
Kugo asked, "You know how to play one...?"
"It looks like those lute in my home planet..." Belamis remarked as she put her hands on the frets and the strings, plucking the strings....
"Yes...it is almost the same..."
Then she sat down and hold the guitar, and began plucking the strings with her fingers...
Kugo watched, again adoring her.
"Mother taught me this..." Belamis said...
She got the hang of the instrument, then slowly playing chords and tunes...and humming a melody softly and tenderly
Kugo was mesmerized and listened...."I don't know she can be so emotional and tender..."
Then Belamis whistled the melody along.....
When the song ended...she returned the guitar and was silent.
"That was beautiful....what is it ?" Kugo noticed that Belamis was disturbed...
"The song....was the last song I sang to mother....." Belamis replied....
Kugo put his arms around her, they hugged each other, each feeling the others body, their heartbeat...
Finally, Kugo must return to his duties.
"Goodbye..." Belamis said.
"We will see each other again soon...I will try to take days off and see you!" Kugo replied.
Belamis nodded.
She returned to her quarters at the research facilities... on her bed there was a new guitar, with a beautiful ribbon tied on it, and a red rose.
She picked it up, and found a note, with a digital recorder along with it.
The note read:
"I want to hear you play this...and sing to me... here are the songs... when I come back to Earth again, I want you to sing to me, you have to do this for me! Kugo"
Belamis smiled, and switched on the digital recorder, there were a lot of songs in it...she listened, picked up the guitar, and started playing....
Dr. Kitty heard the guitar playing, and Belamis humming along.
"She has opened herself up now...."
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"Monster ??? She was hurt by a monster ??" Kugo yelled....
"Yes....she tried to protect our facilities and the orphanage.." Dr. Kitty replied from the other end.
"Why...why didn't you tell us about the monster ???" Kugo asked.
"It's OK back on Earth, we have the Earth's cosmos fleet and armed force guarding us." Dr. Kitty said, "There is no immediate danger at all."
"Was she badly hurt then ?" Kugo changed the subject...he was more concerned with Belamis.
Dr. Kitty bit her lips, then said, "She was very brave. She tried to lure the monster away from people, and risking herself...."
Kugo was lost in thoughts...."It was the same Belamis I know...the same brave soul....not a bit of her changed..." As he remembered the times she braved monster's attacks when she fought alongside with him.
"She was hurt badly on her side and her left arm and shoulder.." Dr. Kitty added,
"but she is very strong and tough...."
"But she could not fight!!!" Kugo was worried...The last time he was with her, he saw with his eyes that her body was indistinguishable to human flesh and blood, and the scar told a lot about her body.
"When I met her, she was a space fighter with her sword, her jet, and her body was protected with armor...this time she was all flesh and blood..." Kugo said.
"Belamis is not the same kind of cyborg as you or Djorgo...her body is changing, getting stronger and stronger....she healed quickly from her wounds" Dr. Kitty said.
"She may not have her sword or her fighter jet with her, but it seems..."
"No....I can't let her risk her life like that!" Kugo said, as he stood up, "I have to go back to Earth!"
Djorgo put his hand on Kugo's shoulder, "Perhaps...this is what Belamis wants after all ..."
"Huh...?"
"She is a fighter, a warrior, one that will risk to protect people she loved....and Earth is now her new home..." Djorgo continued. “She have loved ones there which she wanted to protect …”
Kugo turned, and suddenly those image of her in the orphanage re-appeared. She was happy there, she loved the children...he also remembered her courage...not afraid of fighting even the most formidable monster...
"You know her well, and if you try stop her ......she will be REALLY mad at you.....I don't think this lover's fight is pleasent...." Djorgo said, "you know you have an unfinished fight... if you two fight it will be a war zone...hahaha" Djorgo chuckled....
Kugo nodded...,"You are right. If I were her, I would want to protect Earth, Dr. Kitty and others with the powers she had...she made Earth her home now...she will not let anything happen to Earth ..."
"And you know sometimes she would not listen to others...not even you...when she is determined ..." Djorgo added.
Kugo knew Belamis well. If she decided to do something she would stop at nothing...she had that kind of hard neck determination that was sometimes difficult... "She is very stubborn sometimes....that was charming too..." Kugo thought....
"..if she made Earth her home, she will protect it even at the pains of death..." as he remembered that horrid scar on her left arm, and of course how she would sacrifice for others.
"You don't have to worry, we are safe here on Earth." Dr. Kitty said, and she signed off.
"I don't know about others, but if it is Belamis, I will not worry at all..." Djorgo added, "She will do everything to protect Earth...and I know she can."
Kugo nodded, and thought, "Belamis...you take care things back at Earth...and take care of yourself...".
Remark:
Most Belamis' fans knew Belamis loved Kugo...and many believed from tell tale signs in the series, Kugo was also attracted to her...the misfortune of fate put them in opposing sides until late in the show, Belamis refuse to serve that evil forces. I, perhaps many viewers, had high hopes that Belamis would keep appearing...
Kugo and Princess Aurora's relationship was more of a subordinate obeying his superior, i.e. Kugo served the Princess, so often he had to obey her. The Princess could punish him by making his head band to tighten round his head.
However with Belamis he was much more relaxed, and could joke and talk a lot, and he was an equal with her.
This chapter echoed the theme of a short novel written by fans, obviously those who loved Belamis deeply, and those who wished she and Kugo could be together.
The novel depicted a sad Kugo bringing flowers to small tomb at the Great Planet. The tomb was created in remembrance of Belamis.
In this novel, Kugo revealed his love to Belamis, and he knew Belamis loved him, but regretted he didn't stop Belamis in time. Belamis was referred to as a strong warrior, superior at strategy, kind to those who lost their home planets, and was their worthy opponent.
The novel in the first link spelled out what fans all anticipated: Beramisu has never disappeared from the heart of Kugo...and the Princess Aurora was envy about this. She knew if Belamis was alive, she would be the one walking with Kugo...
クーゴの傍らにいるのは、いつもベラミスだったのだろうか
I expanded on this theme, and decided to write about Kugo and Belamis relationship, more than friends, but deeply in love with each other, and to a point that neither can live without the other.
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"She's alive ???" Exclaimed Kugo, now at a remote outpost at the edge of the galaxy.
"Yes...I want you to know it". Dr. Kitty replied.
"How's she ? Is she OK ? " An excited Kugo asked.
"You will have to find out yourself..." Dr. Kitty smiled at the other side of the visual monitor.
Then the communication session ended.
Kugo turned around and Djorgo was smiling.
"What's that smile suppose to mean ?" Demanded Kugo.
"Hmmm...... ever since you thought Belamis blew herself up... you talked less crap, and more often you are serious....."
"What is that suppose to mean then ?"
Djorgo grinned, "You are the only one that knew she would sacrifice herself...you went after her....you cried for her...not just for loosing a friend...."
"..every month you pay a visit the the Great Planet, placing flowers at her make shift tomb... white lilies... purple peony..."
"What are you getting at!!!!???" Kugo was blushing ...
"Even the Princess noticed....that day, the way you looked at her, and she looked at you...the way you talked to her.... hahahaha..."
"She's a very good friend...!!!"
"Yeah yeah yeah... V-E-R-Y G-O-O-O-D friend..... combat partner...and more..." Djorgo replied with a sly smile"....the first day you met her you already cared about her a lot!! hahahaha"
"She is a virtuous person, a fine warrior.... I respected her...I was glad she is alive now...that's all it is...." Kugo said.
"Oh.....ho ho ho.... a scrapbook full of drawings of her sword, her cape, her helmet, her jet, her faces...."
"You son of a bitch!!! You looked at my scrapbook ????!!" Yelled Kugo.
"No..no..no....I didn't sneak up and peek at them....you left it wide open in the control room...and when I returned it to you your face blushed...hahahahaha".
"So what ?!!!" Kugo yelled.
Djorgo cleared his throat, then straighten his face and said, "Look, you don't get to meet a girl like that in this vast cosmos that easily!!! Now you even have a second chance after you nearly lost her!!!"
Kugo was speechless.
He started to recall their first encounter, their initial opposing battle when Belamis was the Captain of the enemy army, that last time she was fighting alongside with him. The day she nearly died, they actually talked.....
"I was always wondering....why is she always on my mind....even from day one I met her....I can't help thinking of her....and felt a heart ache..." Kugo thought to himself, as he recalled that day Belamis flew on her jet towards the monster.
Kugo signed....He regretted that he did not go a step further to stop her, and he secretly wished he realized that earlier, and he would not have let her go....
"You are a lucky guy, my friend." Djorgo said.
"???"
"You are the only man in her heart. You are the only person that she will open up to.. her heart belongs to you already. Even the Princess knew it".
Kugo stammered.."I...I...."
"Come on, lover boy, if you let her go this time you'd be the biggest fool of the entire universe ...hahaha..."
"Stop it!! Jerk..." Kugo shouted. His heart was pounding....."Belamis....Belamis..."
"Just go, a few days without you is no problem....I'll tell the others when they are back..."
"Don't...!!!"
"Don't what ? I am saying I will tell them you are taking a few days off..that's it!"
"Thanks!" Kugo signed...
"Don't thank me...".
Kugo was in his probe, about to switch to warp speed.
"Hey lover boy...stay tuned...I will find you a few dating tips in my computer for you! You are a rookie in dating...hahahaha" Djorgo said in the transmission.
"Knock it off!!!" Kugo snapped. "Thanks....Djorgo".
"Good luck this time, friend. Even I think she's a fine girl....you two fought when you met...neither of you won..you are her best match... and she deserves a man like you..."
The probe switched to warp speed and was dashing through hyper-space. It will be at least 2 days to reach Earth.
"Damn the warp speed!!!!" It's too slow for Kugo.
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Bang! The door flung open.
"Where's she ?" Demanded Kugo.
"Who's 'she' ?" Assistant Professor Dodge replied with a sly smile. Even Dr. Kitty giggled.
Dr. Kitty, "Easy, she is working as a volunteer at a orphanage. She comes back to sleep during weekends..."
"Where's the place ???" Kugo cannot wait ....
"You just slam right in like that ?" Dr. Kitty smiled and said.
"Oh....oh..." Kugo was embarrassed..."Yeah...yeah...how ...."
Dr. Kitty had knew Kugo had a crush on Belamis, and Kugo's look was unmistakable.
Kugo treated the Princess as more of a sister who he would protect, but Belamis was a different story. Kugo was confused about his feelings towards the two women, until that fateful day, when he didn't stop Belamis in time, he knew he lost more than a good friend and combat partner.
Kugo in deep thought...
"Ever since that day...I kept thinking of her.... I cried at her tomb too...what is that feeling of lost and emptiness ? Her face is always coming up in my mind....I cared about her a lot....Why is it I am the only person who realize that she's was going to sacrifice herself?...."
Kugo didn't know, from the very beginning they met each other, Kugo was attracted to her, and she was in his heart too. Kugo was connected to her.
"That's the place". Dr. Kitty replied.
Kugo looked up the hill.
"Up these steps... I have told the lady here, she will not tell Belamis that you will come... you can watch her from afar..." Dr. Kitty said.
Kugo went up the steps, and carefully stay out of Belamis sight as he watched from a distance.
He thought he saw an angel or a goddess. It was the same Belamis as he knew it, beautiful, long black hair, blue eyes like the heavens, a confident look, kind...this time was more.
Before this Kugo always saw Belamis in her fighting suit, all the time in her helmet..."Her hair...so beautiful.." As he watched Belamis long and pitch black fine hair, hanging to her shoulders...Belamis was also often in a soldier like demeanor before... now Kugo saw her gentle and mellow side..
He also remembered her tough demeanor, pushing him and others away, not letting others into her.
"Belamis...you are warm-hearted, kind, loving and needed love inside....but why did you push me back ?" As he recalled on the Great Planet, she turned down his invitation to go together...
"Perhaps...she thought I loved the Princess.. perhaps..." Kugo recalled, looking at Belamis.
"Belamis... please, don't push me back again...." Kugo said to himself, as he watched.
"Hahahahaha" she laughed with the kids...
Kugo thought that he saw Belamis glowing.....as he watched her played with the children, doing the chores at the orphanage, carrying the disabled children around...
"She was such a kind and compassionate girl....I knew right at the beginning...that was what my hunch told me.. she was not that ruthless and evil captain..." He recalled slowly..."She was just...just angry and sad ...about her suffering...".
He kept on watching, careful not to let Belamis spot him, and smiled at every move of her.
"She so kind and generous, and full of poetic justice..." He recalled several of their encounter...Belamis stretched her arms, children jumped on and hang from her strong arms, each of her arms was supporting 5 or 6 small children...
Kugo thought, "She was kind and gentle....that is Belamis..."
Kugo was very happy as he watched Belamis, and he wished he could just keep on watching Belamis like that forever.
Belamis cleaned the houses, wiped the floors, and in the old man's shed she kneel on the floor and mobbed it with her hands, then she was on the fields working...
Kugo watched...and the he watched the more he loved her...
It was an uneventful day, Belamis was about to head back to the research facilities, as she walked to the steps a person shook her emotions..
"Kugo...?"
It was no other person than Kugo, waiting for her. Kugo was in uniform, not in cyborg armour.
"Look....a guy is waiting for Belamis..." Some children whispered, as they watched Belamis walked towards Kugo...."He's handsome..."
They stood face to face, gazed at each other. Belamis emotions were violently surging, her eyes glittered..with tears in it, but she would cry.
"How...how are you ?" Kugo finally blurped...
Belamis smiled...her eyes still in tears, that question was both easy and difficult to answer, but she saw the caring eyes of Kugo, and was deeply touched.
"I am good...now..." She said, smiling. "You are in the army ?"
"At the outpost, serving as a lieutenant...."
Belamis walked towards Kugo, then both turned together towards the steps almost in perfect sych, then they held hands and walked side by side...Belamis hold Kugo's hand tightly, Kugo hold Belamis' hand tighter...
"Now ..you are not fighting.. that's the real you..." Kugo thought.
"Wooooh.....her boyfriend!!" The children exclaimed....
The pair walked slowly down the steps. The moment of their togetherness was beyond words.
The first time they hold hands, instead of shaking hands as friends.
Neither said a word as they descended down the 1000 steps, but they looked each other in their eyes.
Belamis felt heavenly.....her eyes beaming....
"I finally can meet Kugo as a woman..." She thought, as she believed she lost all her cyborgness.
As they got to the bottom, Belamis said, "Where are we going then ?"
Kugo stuttered..."Er..er..."
"You used to talk non-stop", smiled Belamis.
"Yeah...I know a place!" Replied Kugo.
Kugo of course check this place out just before he came to the orphanage to pick up Belamis. This was his first date with a girl too...thanks to Djorgo's tips...
Kugo took Belamis to a seaside fair, where it was traditional Japanese festival. They strolled along the stalls, watched road performances, watched the fireworks, played at some games...laughed wildly...
After they spent time at the fair, they took to the seaside, sat at a rock, and gazed at the fireworks.
"They looked like explosions..." Said Belamis.
"Are you OK ?" Kugo was worried that it might bring painful memories back.
"Funny.....they were so beautiful now..."
The two gazed at the skies.
Belamis then turned her eyes to the sea, and said, "...its so beautiful...and great to be alive...."
Kugo looked at her, and put his arm round her, and said, "Belamis...", she looked at her eyes, blue as the dark blue night key, and asked..."Why...why did you do this...? You didn't have to...."
Kugo was recalling the months he visited Belaims make shift tomb at the Great Planet. He spent hours beside the little tomb, bringing with him white lilies, purple peony...to match the colors of Belamis' outfit...
For countless days Kugo asked the same question..."Why...why did you do this....???" He shed silent tears as he sat before the "tomb" for her...
Belamis looked at him, and slowly replied..."At that time.......I had lost all will to live....I had a lot of heartbreaks....and when I saw Princess came to you...I thought I would never have a place in your heart..."
She remembered before she flew to the photon monster she took her helmet off and let her long hair visible...a display of her womanhood....
"I only wanted to die...and hope you remembered me forever...."
Kugo kissed her...and said, "Please....promise me... don't ever do that again..." He was referring to her act of sacrificing herself.
Belamis eyes was welling with tears and looked at Kugo.
"I remember how you flew behind me...calling at me to turn back..." as she recalled her struggles...
"At that time I could not find a reason to go on....there was too much miseries..." Her voice was shaking, eyes welling up in tears.
"But fate was kind to me this time..."
"My fighter was on fire... then it exploded...the explosion sent me flying away....I was knocked unconscious..." Belamis said.
"All of us were focusing on the photon master....we didn't notice...." Kugo added.
"I was hit by the blasts of the photon master....but the vital units of my cyborg body was not damaged...so I didn't explode...." Belamis said.
"You are a good person at heart.... moreover you have a spirit that refuse to die... I know you won't just die like that......." Kugo replied.
Belamis looked Kugo into his eyes, and said, "I promise...I will not leave you like that anymore......after drifting in space alone...without you.....I cannot imagine being without you..."
Kugo was touched, hold her hand, Belamis hold his and hold hard, Kugo said, "That is a promise... you are a soldier and a fighter! You have to keep your words!"
Belamis laughed.
They stood up and walked around aimlessly, just being together for them after death nearly parted them makes the moment precious. They then sat down at a bench.
"I'm tired..." Said Belamis.
Kugo looked at the night sky, then suddenly he found Belamis rested her head on his shoulders. She was asleep.
Kugo smelled Belamis long fine hair, stroke it, this was a moment beyond words.
"It smells good..." Kugo murmured. There were also the smell of sweat on her...she had been working all day.
"She is flesh and blood now...a woman..." Kugo put his arm around her....then he felt her left shoulder and arm. Belamis jacket was off, and something startled Kugo.
"A scar ????" It was the scar from the would Belamis sustained when she fought with the monster. Kugo saw it was a new scar.
His heart trembled...but dare not ask....then his heart ached....
"She suffered a lot...."
The scar triggered Kugo love for her, he hold her tight, then said, "Sweet dreams...dear..sweet dreams...".
"Her hair was long....". He watched them grew since their first encounter, from medium length just touching her collars, to shoulder length, then all the way hanging down to her back..
"She was alone all the time in space, who would tend her hair ?"
"I cut and braided them with my sword..." Belamis whispered....She was awake...and heard Kugo talking to himself.
"Of course...there's no place to get a haircut in outer space..."
Belamis bursted in laughter and opened her eyes.
"That's funny...." She smiled, her eyes beaming.
"If it gets too long, it would get in my way when I fight or when I put on my flight helmet..."
"I like that look when you wear it long down to your back....it's naturally beautiful..."
"Really ?"
They talked and talked all night, Kugo cracking jokes, and Belamis laughed...
Then they chased each other around at the beach...Belamis always outrunning Kugo...
Kugo suddenly picked up Belamis, hold her in his arms and ran.....he laughed...
Belamis also laughed... Kugo put her down...then Belamis chased the seagulls, and leaped up high....her hands touching the feet of the seagulls flying up high.. and as she fell from above, Kugo caught her in his arms, and he had a deep kiss on her... the two bathed in romance....
Then they sat at the beach, and Belamis began telling Kugo her stories.
Kugo, "I don't know who my parents were...."
"You are an orphan ?" Belamis asked.
Kugo nodded, and he told Belamis how he was also raised by Dr. Kitty.
Belamis took a deep breath.... thinking about the children in the orphanage. She looked at Kugo, put her arms around Kugo shoulder...
"Tell me about your mother..." Kugo said.
Belamis nodded.
"She...was the most beautiful woman..... at least in my eyes..... kind and gentle...I was a tomboy..."
Belamis lost in her memories of childhood..
"I was so much loved by her....I was raised like a soldier, I have a strong body, and she gave me a tender soul..." as she looked towards Kugo, and telling her little things about her mother.
"All was changed...when..." Belamis remembered the fateful days of her planets destruction, the monsters attacking, her mother's death, her friend died in her arms... and she told Kugo all of them .... holding back her tears ...
Kugo looked at her into her eyes..., and said, "I promise I will not leave you....never..."
Belamis eyes were teary...and then tears streamed out her eyes...
Kugo also had tears in his eyes and flowing...
Then Kugo kissed her at her lips....the two kissed intensely.....
Soon it was dawn.....the two didn't sleep. They strolled along, not knowing when or wanting to stop.
Then some music caught Belamis' ears..
"That was beautiful.....where was it coming from ?"
Kugo looked, it was from a street corner, a person was playing a guitar.
The pair walked towards the guitarist.
Belamis looked at the guitar, and said, "Can I try ?"
Kugo asked, "You know how to play one...?"
"It looks like those lute in my home planet..." Belamis remarked as she put her hands on the frets and the strings, plucking the strings....
"Yes...it is almost the same..."
Then she sat down and hold the guitar, and began plucking the strings with her fingers...
Kugo watched, again adoring her.
"Mother taught me this..." Belamis said...
She got the hang of the instrument, then slowly playing chords and tunes...and humming a melody softly and tenderly
Kugo was mesmerized and listened...."I don't know she can be so emotional and tender..."
Then Belamis whistled the melody along.....
When the song ended...she returned the guitar and was silent.
"That was beautiful....what is it ?" Kugo noticed that Belamis was disturbed...
"The song....was the last song I sang to mother....." Belamis replied....
Kugo put his arms around her, they hugged each other, each feeling the others body, their heartbeat...
Finally, Kugo must return to his duties.
"Goodbye..." Belamis said.
"We will see each other again soon...I will try to take days off and see you!" Kugo replied.
Belamis nodded.
She returned to her quarters at the research facilities... on her bed there was a new guitar, with a beautiful ribbon tied on it, and a red rose.
She picked it up, and found a note, with a digital recorder along with it.
The note read:
"I want to hear you play this...and sing to me... here are the songs... when I come back to Earth again, I want you to sing to me, you have to do this for me! Kugo"
Belamis smiled, and switched on the digital recorder, there were a lot of songs in it...she listened, picked up the guitar, and started playing....
Dr. Kitty heard the guitar playing, and Belamis humming along.
"She has opened herself up now...."
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"Monster ??? She was hurt by a monster ??" Kugo yelled....
"Yes....she tried to protect our facilities and the orphanage.." Dr. Kitty replied from the other end.
"Why...why didn't you tell us about the monster ???" Kugo asked.
"It's OK back on Earth, we have the Earth's cosmos fleet and armed force guarding us." Dr. Kitty said, "There is no immediate danger at all."
"Was she badly hurt then ?" Kugo changed the subject...he was more concerned with Belamis.
Dr. Kitty bit her lips, then said, "She was very brave. She tried to lure the monster away from people, and risking herself...."
Kugo was lost in thoughts...."It was the same Belamis I know...the same brave soul....not a bit of her changed..." As he remembered the times she braved monster's attacks when she fought alongside with him.
"She was hurt badly on her side and her left arm and shoulder.." Dr. Kitty added,
"but she is very strong and tough...."
"But she could not fight!!!" Kugo was worried...The last time he was with her, he saw with his eyes that her body was indistinguishable to human flesh and blood, and the scar told a lot about her body.
"When I met her, she was a space fighter with her sword, her jet, and her body was protected with armor...this time she was all flesh and blood..." Kugo said.
"Belamis is not the same kind of cyborg as you or Djorgo...her body is changing, getting stronger and stronger....she healed quickly from her wounds" Dr. Kitty said.
"She may not have her sword or her fighter jet with her, but it seems..."
"No....I can't let her risk her life like that!" Kugo said, as he stood up, "I have to go back to Earth!"
Djorgo put his hand on Kugo's shoulder, "Perhaps...this is what Belamis wants after all ..."
"Huh...?"
"She is a fighter, a warrior, one that will risk to protect people she loved....and Earth is now her new home..." Djorgo continued. “She have loved ones there which she wanted to protect …”
Kugo turned, and suddenly those image of her in the orphanage re-appeared. She was happy there, she loved the children...he also remembered her courage...not afraid of fighting even the most formidable monster...
"You know her well, and if you try stop her ......she will be REALLY mad at you.....I don't think this lover's fight is pleasent...." Djorgo said, "you know you have an unfinished fight... if you two fight it will be a war zone...hahaha" Djorgo chuckled....
Kugo nodded...,"You are right. If I were her, I would want to protect Earth, Dr. Kitty and others with the powers she had...she made Earth her home now...she will not let anything happen to Earth ..."
"And you know sometimes she would not listen to others...not even you...when she is determined ..." Djorgo added.
Kugo knew Belamis well. If she decided to do something she would stop at nothing...she had that kind of hard neck determination that was sometimes difficult... "She is very stubborn sometimes....that was charming too..." Kugo thought....
"..if she made Earth her home, she will protect it even at the pains of death..." as he remembered that horrid scar on her left arm, and of course how she would sacrifice for others.
"You don't have to worry, we are safe here on Earth." Dr. Kitty said, and she signed off.
"I don't know about others, but if it is Belamis, I will not worry at all..." Djorgo added, "She will do everything to protect Earth...and I know she can."
Kugo nodded, and thought, "Belamis...you take care things back at Earth...and take care of yourself...".
Remark:
Most Belamis' fans knew Belamis loved Kugo...and many believed from tell tale signs in the series, Kugo was also attracted to her...the misfortune of fate put them in opposing sides until late in the show, Belamis refuse to serve that evil forces. I, perhaps many viewers, had high hopes that Belamis would keep appearing...
Kugo and Princess Aurora's relationship was more of a subordinate obeying his superior, i.e. Kugo served the Princess, so often he had to obey her. The Princess could punish him by making his head band to tighten round his head.
However with Belamis he was much more relaxed, and could joke and talk a lot, and he was an equal with her.
This chapter echoed the theme of a short novel written by fans, obviously those who loved Belamis deeply, and those who wished she and Kugo could be together.
The novel depicted a sad Kugo bringing flowers to small tomb at the Great Planet. The tomb was created in remembrance of Belamis.
In this novel, Kugo revealed his love to Belamis, and he knew Belamis loved him, but regretted he didn't stop Belamis in time. Belamis was referred to as a strong warrior, superior at strategy, kind to those who lost their home planets, and was their worthy opponent.
The novel in the first link spelled out what fans all anticipated: Beramisu has never disappeared from the heart of Kugo...and the Princess Aurora was envy about this. She knew if Belamis was alive, she would be the one walking with Kugo...
クーゴの傍らにいるのは、いつもベラミスだったのだろうか
I expanded on this theme, and decided to write about Kugo and Belamis relationship, more than friends, but deeply in love with each other, and to a point that neither can live without the other.
http://www.lighthill.org/nohohon/sutazin-syousetu3.html#0003
http://www.lighthill.org/nohohon/sutazin-syousetu7.html
「她活著？」孫行者興奮的大叫。他被派到銀河系邊緣駐守。
「是的。我想你知道她消息。」吉蒂博士在通訊器中傳來的聲音說。
「她怎樣了？她可好嗎？」孫行者繼續興奮的追問。
「那不如你自己去看看好了。」吉蒂博士微笑道，然後中止通訊。
孫行者轉過頭就看見迪高在對他笑。
「你在笑什麼？」孫行者怒道。
「哼哼，自從那天，你以為比拉絲在大王星爆炸喪命，你說少了廢話、變得很正經…」迪高笑道。
「什麼意思？」
迪高笑得更加狡猾，道：「當天就是只有你一人知道她要犧牲自己、你追著她、又為她哭了很久…對你來說她不僅是朋友…」
「每個月藉故去大王星，送上白色的百合花、紫色的牡丹花去那個你為她立的墓碑去…」
「你想說什麼？」孫行者的面和耳根都紅了。
「連公主都留意到，當日你兩個眼目傳情、一起對話的樣子…她看著你的眼神…哈哈」
「她是我一個好好的朋友！」孫行者叫道。
「嗯，好一個『好好』的朋友」迪高笑。
「比一個好戰友更好的朋友…第一次你遇到她你已經很緊張她了…」
「她，是個光明磊落、勇敢的戰士，我尊敬她。她這次無恙，我很高興而已…」孫行者道。
「真的？一本畫冊全是她的面孔、她的劍、她的戰鬥機…」迪高笑翻了肚。
「你這臭傢伙，你偷看我的畫冊？」孫行者怒道。
「誰偷看啊？你自己把它打開留在控制室給我看到，我還給你時候你滿臉通紅呢…哈哈！」迪高笑著。
「那，那又如何？」孫行者怒道。
這時候迪高收起笑容，一本正經說：「在這個浩瀚宇宙，遇到她這麼一個女子已經不容易。你如今，在失去她後有第二次機會，就更加不容易！」
孫行者默然。
他憶起他如何第一次遇見比拉絲，兩人未完的決鬥，比拉絲成為敵人軍團的總隊長和他為敵，她如何省悟後和自己並肩作戰，在臨近大王星那天，兩人少有的可以一起談天…
「我一直都想，為何我對她一直念念不忘…第一天我遇見她未知道她是女兒身…我就一直想著她…想起她我的心會痛…」孫行者想起當日比拉絲駕駛她的戰機飛向怪獸同歸於盡，感到心痛。
他嘆了口氣，一直懊悔當時為何不盡力阻止比拉絲，他早點發現自己是愛她的話，就不會給她去的了。
「你是個幸運兒啊，朋友。」迪高說。
「？？？」
「你是她心目中唯一的男人，她只會對你說出她的心事，她的心已經屬於你的了，連公主都看得出來」迪高說。
「我…我…」孫行者張口結舌。
「你這次不把握機會，你就要成為全宇宙第一傻瓜的了…」迪高說。
「你給我住口！」孫行者道。但他的心卜通卜通的跳，心裡不斷只是想她的名字：「比拉絲、比拉絲…」
「你去吧。你走開幾天沒關係的。其他人回來我會說一聲的了…」迪高說。
「別對他們說…」孫行者驚道。
「我是告訴其他人你放幾天假而已，別緊張！」迪高笑道。
「謝謝你。」孫行者道。
「謝謝什麼？」迪高笑道。
孫行者跳到他的星雲艇，馬上開動，準備進入穿梭飛行。
「大情人，記得找我，我會從電腦找些追求女孩的秘技，你在追求女孩上是新手……哈哈」通訊器傳來迪高的聲音。
「別鬧了！……謝謝。」孫行者道。
「祝你好運。我也覺得比拉絲是個難得的好女子，你兩個不打不相識，兩個本領不相上下，你和她實在相配得很…」迪高道。
孫行者星雲艇進入穿梭飛行，但也要兩天才到達地球。
「這穿梭飛行他媽的真慢！」
孫行者心急如焚。
砰的大門打開，孫行者衝了進來。
「她在那裡了？」孫行者大聲叫道。
「那個她啊？你只是叫嚷，一點沒變！」杜杜教授道。吉蒂博士也忍不住笑了。
「你別緊張。她每天都在附近的孤兒院幫忙，週末會回來睡覺的。」吉蒂博士說。
「那是在什麼地方？」孫行者已經等不耐煩。
「你不是要這樣子衝上去看她罷？」吉蒂博士笑說。
「嗯…嗯…這個…我」孫行者又張口結舌，滿臉通紅。
吉蒂博士知道孫行者愛上了比拉絲，他這個樣子更加顯示他真的愛得比拉絲要死。
孫行者對待羅拉公主，是看她如自己的妹妹一樣愛護保護，但對待比拉絲是另外的感覺。只是孫行者弄不清楚他對兩個女人的感覺，直到大王星那次他看見比拉絲「死去」，他才恍然大悟，知道他不僅失去一個朋友和好戰友…
他邊走邊想。
「那天之後我不斷想著她……在她的墓碑面前我不斷的流淚…那種失落、傷感…我常常記起她的面孔、我很關心她…為何當天只我一個知道她要犧牲自己……？」
孫行者自己不知道，他們第一天相見，比拉絲和他已經互相被對方吸引了。兩人不覺心心相印。
「是這裡了。」吉蒂博士說。她帶了孫行者到了孤兒院的山下。
孫行者看著山上。
「到了石級盡頭就是。我跟負責的女士說了。她不會告訴比拉絲你會來…你可以在遠處看看她…」
孫行者慢慢上了石級，小心的在遠處看，避免給比拉絲看到。
他以為自己看見天使或是女神。比拉絲仍然那麼美麗，長長烏黑的頭髮、如藍天的藍眼睛、一面堅強自信，善良。這次他看見更多。
以往孫行者只看見比拉絲穿了戰衣、戴頭盔的樣子。「她的頭髮好美…」比拉絲一頭長髮披在肩上、隨風飄揚。從前穿了戰衣、戴頭盔的她像個軍人那樣雄糾糾的，但孫行者看見這時的她溫柔而和善。
孫行者也記得比拉絲倔強固執的性子，拒人千里之外，不對人透露她內心的心事和感情。
「比拉絲，你外表冷傲、倔強，其實內心是熱血、溫暖、善良、仁慈，和需要人去愛的。你為何拒絕我？」孫行者記得她拒絕自己邀請一道去大王星。「也許她以為我愛的是公主？也許…」
他一邊想，一邊凝視著比拉絲。
「比拉絲，你這次別推開我，你要讓我進入你的生命…」孫行者心道。
這時傳來比拉絲的歡笑聲，她和孩童們玩耍，正在和他們歡笑。
孫行者頓時感到一陣暖意，看見比拉絲好像發起光來。他看著比拉絲和孩子們玩、有在孤兒院幹活，然後抱著肢體殘廢的孩子走。
「她其實是善良、仁慈的女子，我一遇見她就知道她不是壞人。她不是那個人人以為是邪惡無情的隊長…」孫行者慢慢回憶。「她過去的不幸和痛苦令她憤世嫉俗而已…」
他一直看著，不讓比拉絲看到自己。「她其實慷慨、仁慈、充滿正義感和俠義心腸的。」他記起多次比拉絲出手救人、甚至幫助自己。這時候比拉絲又和孩子們玩他們喜歡的遊戲：她伸直雙臂讓孩子掛上去、爬到身上，左右手臂各自讓六七個孩子掛上去。
「仁慈和溫柔的比拉絲…」孫行者心道。
就這樣遠看比拉絲，孫行者已經無比快樂，他真盼望永遠可以這樣看著她。
比拉絲勤奮的清潔地方、跪在老人的小屋抹地板、在小園子工作。孫行者越是看見她這樣勞動，越深愛她。
這天平淡的過去，比拉絲打算回去研究所。她走向石級，卻看見一個人。
那個不是別人，正是她心目中唯一愛的男子，孫行者。
「孫行者……？」她不相信自己眼睛。
孫行者脫去再造人的盔甲，穿的是軍人制服，正在等她。
「有個男子等候比拉絲啊…」有些孩子說。他們看見比拉絲走向孫行者。「這男子很英俊哪…」
兩人面對面看著對方。比拉絲內心激盪，眼睛淚光閃動，但她性格倔強，不哭出來。
「你…你…可好嗎？」孫行者終於開口了。
比拉絲笑了。她眼泛淚光，不知道如何回答這問題。她看見孫行者眼中充滿關切愛意，心中感動。「我很好…你是在軍隊裡面？」比拉絲道。
「在銀河系外駐守，上尉…」孫行者答。
比拉絲走近去，兩人差不多一起轉身，然後手牽手一起走。比拉絲緊握孫行者的手，孫行者握緊她的手。
「你不在戰鬥的時候，那是真的你」孫行者心道。
「嘩……比拉絲的男朋友啊！」孩子們驚呼。
兩人沒有聽見，慢慢走下石級。雖然時間不長，卻有如在天堂那樣美好。
他們是好像情侶那樣拖手，而不是朋友間握手。兩人步下石級一言不發，互相凝視，比拉絲很快活，在孫行者眼裡面她好像整個發光了。
「我終於是用我一個女人的身份去和孫行者一起了」她心想。
到了石級底，比拉絲問：「我們要去那裡？」
孫行者頓時張口結舌：「嗯…我…」
「你向來總是很多說話的啊…」比拉絲笑道。
「我帶你去一個好玩的地方！」幸虧他有迪高的貼士。他來接比拉絲之前已經請教過如何令女孩開心的了。
孫行者帶比拉絲來到一處日本節日慶典的地方遊玩。
這裡兩個人遊覽不同的街頭攤擋，觀看表演、玩煙花和玩遊戲，兩人開心的歡笑著。
晚上他們觀賞煙花，兩人在海邊的石頭上坐著。
「那些煙花很像爆炸…」比拉絲自言自語道。
「你沒有事罷？」孫行者擔心她想起過去的事情。
「真奇怪，原來看來這些也很美麗。」比拉絲道。
兩人凝望星空，然後比拉絲看著海，說：「一切都很美麗…原來活著是那麼美好的…」
孫行者看看她，用手環抱著比拉絲身體，看著她雙眼，「比拉絲…」她那雙藍色眼睛好像深藍色的天空那樣「你那時候為何要這樣做？你根本不用去…」
孫行者想起多個月以來他常去到大王星那裡他為比拉絲立的墓碑那裡，逗留很久很久。他帶去白色的百合花、紫色的牡丹，這些顏色是比拉絲戰衣上面的顏色。不知多少晚上他不斷的問同一個問題︰「你為什麼要這樣傻、去犧牲自己？」孫行者會靜靜的在墓碑前流淚。
比拉絲看著孫行者，緩緩道：「我那時候萬念俱灰、感到生無可戀，在世上、宇宙，我已經一無所有、舉目無親、我所有的夢想都破滅了…當羅拉公主走過來…我又想到，我永遠不會在你的心裡面…」
當時她駕駛戰鬥機飛向怪物，把頭盔脫去、讓自己長長的秀髮飄揚，大概是她讓孫行者看到自己的女兒身和面目。孫行者初次見她面，比拉美斯也是沒有帶頭盔的，露出她的本來面目和表情。
「我那時候一心求死…我想，或者我死在你面前，你會一生都記得我…」比拉絲續道。
孫行者這時候深深親吻了她一口，說：「你答應我，以後都不要這樣子了…」孫行者是說比拉絲那次的自我犧牲。
比拉絲熱淚盈眶，凝視孫行者，說：「我記得你在後面飛來、不斷叫我回去…」她憶起當時候內心的掙扎…「但我無法想到任何理由我要繼續生存下去……」她開始哽咽，眼中都是淚水。「但命運對我很仁慈…」
「我的戰鬥機起火、衝向怪獸時候發生爆炸、爆炸的威力和衝擊把我撞擊、彈開了我、然後爆炸的衝擊令我昏迷了…醒來時候我全身重傷…」
「我們大家只顧看著那怪獸，沒有留意…」孫行者道。
「光子怪獸的射線擊中了我，但沒有傷到我的要害…所以我身體沒有爆炸、沒有死去…」比拉絲說。
「你本來是個善良的人，而且你和我一樣，都有一副打不死的意志，你一定不會那樣就死去的絕…」孫行者道。
比拉絲說：「對，如果我要死的話，最少死了四次。」
比拉絲除了在她故鄉星球死裡逃生外，她在拉色斯星球爆炸逃生、被牛魔王兒子生葬活了下來、和在大王星活了過來，真的有四次。
比拉絲看著孫行者雙眼，誠摯的說：「我不怕死，但我以後一定不會這樣就離開你…當我獨自一人在宇宙飄浮…我發現我不能沒有了你…」
孫行者深受感動，捉著她的手說：「你以後別這樣丟下我…你是個戰士，可要守信！」
比拉絲笑了。
兩人又起來漫無目的地一起走。兩人幾乎陰陽相隔而又在一起，都珍惜相聚的時光。未幾他們來到一張長椅子，又坐下來。
「我累了，有點睏…」比拉絲說。
孫行者看著夜空，忽然發現比拉絲靠在他肩上睡著了。
孫 行者聞到她頭髮上的味道，他輕輕撫摸她一頭長髮，感動無限幸福。「她好香呢…」孫行者還聞到她身上汗水的味道，比拉絲勤奮勞動了一天，全身出汗，沒有洗澡。孫行者心想：「她全是血肉之 軀，是個女人…」想著就用手臂抱著她的手臂和肩膀。比拉絲外衣脫了下來。這時候孫行者發現比拉絲左臂有東西，他心頭一震。
「她這傷疤那裡來的？」這是比拉絲之前和怪獸搏鬥後受傷留下的疤痕。孫行者看出這道疤痕是新的。
孫行者內心戰抖，又是心痛，但不敢問什麼。「她真的受了很多苦…很不幸…」孫行者更加憐惜比拉絲，抱緊了她，輕聲說：「好好睡覺罷…作個甜夢…」
「她頭髮很長…」他記得初遇見比拉絲，她頭髮只是及到領口，到長得披在肩上，然後到背上。「她一個人在宇宙流浪、怎樣打理那頭秀髮…」孫行者自言自語道。
「我用我的劍來自己修的…」比拉絲輕輕道。她聽到孫行者說話。
「那當然，太空那裡有理髮店？」孫行者笑道。
比拉絲笑了。「你真有趣。…頭髮太長，打鬥的時候不方便，戴頭盔也不便的…」
孫行者說：「你長髮的樣子，尤其長到背上，很美麗，我喜歡…」
「你說真的？」
兩人於是不睡，就在長椅子談天說地，孫行者說笑話逗得比拉絲不斷笑。
然後他們在沙灘上追逐玩耍，比拉絲總跑得比孫行者快。
「你給我站住！我要捉到你！」孫行者叫到。「哈哈哈，有本事追來！」比拉絲笑著說。
忽然孫行者一閃身，抱起了比拉絲奔跑，然後大笑。
比拉絲也開心的笑，孫行者放下她，她奔跑追海鷗，然後飛躍而起，手指碰到半空飛翔的海鷗。她掉下來時候，孫行者接著她，然後深吻了她一下，然後孫行者兩手舉起比拉絲，讓她伸直身體，好像在飛行一樣，不斷奔跑。比拉絲伸直身體，兩手張開有如翅膀一樣，海風吹拂她頭髮，有如飛行一樣，快樂的歡笑。然後孫行者放下她，然後兩手托起比拉絲的腳，比拉絲借力飛躍到半空，再落下地上，孫行者接著她，抱著她不斷旋轉，兩人沐浴在浪漫的愛裡面。
然後兩人坐在海灘，比拉絲開始說她的往事。她是加流斯星球軍隊將軍的女兒，如何成長、如何失去母親等。
「我沒有父母，我不知道他們是誰。」孫行者說。
「你是孤兒？」比拉絲說。
孫行者點頭，然後告訴比拉絲他如何給吉蒂博士撫養長大。
比拉絲長嘆，想起了孤兒院的孩子。她發現自己和孫行者兩人都經歷過孤苦的日子，她手臂抱著孫行者，凝視著他。
「告訴我你母親是怎樣的？」孫行者說。
「在我心目中她是最美麗的…仁慈、溫柔…我自小好動，像個男孩子…」比拉絲說。
孫行者唧的一笑。
「別笑！」比拉絲拍他肩膀，但面上甜蜜得很。
「媽媽給了我很多的愛……雖然我自小就被撫養教導得像一個軍人，強壯勇悍，她的愛，給了我一顆溫柔的心…」她看著孫行者，告訴他很多小時候和母親的往事。
「這一切都很好直到那時候…」她說到自己星球遭逢巨變，怪獸攻擊摧毀他們的城市、比拉絲目睹母親慘死、朋友死在自己懷中、她聲音哽咽，把這些傷痛都告訴了孫行者。
孫行者心想：「比拉絲原來親眼看到母親死去…這對她實在是很大傷害…」他看著比拉絲那雙藍眼睛，裡面全是淚水，說：「我答應你，我一定不離開你…永遠都不離開…」
孫行者親吻她嘴唇，兩人熱烈的親吻。
不覺天色已亮，兩人整個晚上到處走，沒有想過什麼時候停下，什麼地方停下。
然後忽然傳來音樂聲。
「那裡來的？很動聽…」比拉絲說。
兩人去找，發現路邊一個結他手在彈結他。兩人駐足聆聽。
「能不能給我彈一下？」比拉絲問那結他手。
「沒關係！」他把結他遞給比拉絲。
「你懂得彈這個？」孫行者問。
「它跟我故鄉星球一種六弦琴差不多…」比拉絲說著邊撥弄、邊試著，然後說：「真的差不多…」她坐下然後就用手彈起來，孫行者在傍邊看著出神。
「這是媽媽教我的…」比拉絲說，然後就開始彈出和弦、曲調，她口中輕柔的哼著歌曲。
孫行者在傍聽得著迷，心想：「看不出她感情如此豐富、又如此溫柔…」比拉絲吹著口哨、吹出一個曲調，曲調既哀怨但很動聽。
音樂聽了，比拉絲把結他還給結他手。
「真動聽，你那是什麼曲子？」孫行者問。
「那…那是唱給最後一次的歌曲…」她答。孫行者馬上抱著比拉絲，兩人緊抱對方，聽得到對方的心跳。
孫行者終於要走，回去銀河系去繼續駐守。
「再見…」比拉絲說。
「我們很快見面的…我一定多請假回來看你…」孫行者說。
比拉絲點頭。
別過了愛人，比拉絲回到研究所自己的住處，發現床上一個新的結他，上面有個蝴蝶結，還有支紅玫瑰。
她拿起結他，上面還有張紙條，和一具數碼錄音機。
紙條寫道：我要你為我彈奏這些曲，唱給我聽…我回到地球你要做這些事…你要為我做這事。孫行者字。
比拉絲笑了，她開動數碼錄音機，裡面已經有很多歌曲。她邊聽，然後就彈奏起結他。
吉蒂博士聽見她彈結他、輕輕的哼歌，心道：「她開始放開自己心懷了…」
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「怪獸？？你說她給怪獸打傷的？」孫行者叫道。
「是的。她是為了保護研究所和孤兒院所以受傷的…」吉蒂博士在通訊屏幕答道。
「怎麼…怎麼你們不告訴我怪獸的事？」孫行者問。
「地球這邊沒有問題。地球的宇宙艦隊和宇宙防衛軍都在，足夠保護我們，我們沒有任何即時危險的」吉蒂博士說。
「比拉絲她傷得重嗎？」孫行者轉問比拉絲的情況，他更加關心比拉絲。
吉蒂博士咬了嘴唇一下，道：「她很勇敢，她為了引怪獸遠離研究所和孤兒院，以身犯險…」
孫行者心想：「那是我一直認識的比拉絲…一樣的勇敢…她一點沒有變…」孫行者記起之前兩人並肩戰鬥，比拉絲也是如此奮不顧身、面對怪獸攻擊掩護了他，甚至願意犧牲自己。
「她左臂、肩膀和身體都受重傷…」吉蒂博士續道，「但她體質很強壯…」
「我們不能讓比拉絲戰鬥…」孫行者清楚記得兩人上次見面，他看到比拉絲身體根本和人類血肉之軀沒有分別，他看到那傷疤很清楚告訴他比拉絲的身體是怎樣的。
「我最初遇見她，比拉絲是戰士，她有劍、戰鬥機，戰鬥服和鎧甲保護…現在她只有一副血肉之軀！」孫行者說。
「比拉絲是和你與迪高不同類別的再造人，她身體正在蛻變著，變得越來越強壯、她受傷也很快復原…雖然她沒有劍或者戰鬥機…」吉蒂博士道。
「不行…我不能讓她冒險…」孫行者叫道，站起來：「我要回地球去！」
迪高雙手搭在孫行者肩頭上，說：「這可能是比拉絲自己甘心情願的…」
「嗯？」
「比拉絲是個戰士…她是一個會為保護所愛的人奮不顧身、怎樣危險也勇敢戰鬥的戰士。她已經把地球當作自己的第二故鄉，那裡有她所愛、要保護的人…」迪高說。
孫行者馬上想起在孤兒院比拉絲的模樣，她深愛那些孩童，孫行者又記得比拉絲的勇氣，她就算面對可怕的怪獸也毫不懼怕、會奮勇戰鬥……
「你和我都很了解她的個性。你要是阻止她，她可真的要惱怒你了…你們一對情人打起來我都要走避…你們不是有場未了結的決鬥嗎？你兩打起來真的誰也近不了身…」迪高笑道。
孫行者說：「你說得對。換了是我，我也會用我擁有的再造人力量，拼命保護地球，自己的家，保護吉蒂博士和自己愛的人…比拉絲已經當地球是自己的家，吉蒂博士是她最親的人…她不會讓地球或者吉蒂博士有任何損傷…」
「而且你也知道她那倔強的脾氣，她固執起來你怎麼勸，她也不聽的…」迪高笑道。
孫行者怎會不知道。要是比拉絲決心做一件事，她會勇往直前、什麼也阻止不了她。她那倔強固執的脾氣有時令人很為難。
「比拉絲有時固執的時候也真難纏……不過這也是她可愛的地方…」孫行者心想。「她現在以地球為家，一定會拼命保護地球、就算死也不怕的」他記起來比拉絲手臂上那道傷疤。
「地球目前很安全，你們不必擔心。」吉蒂博士道，然後中止通訊。
「其他人我不知道，但如果是比拉絲在地球，我會很放心的…」迪高道。「她會盡力保護地球，而且以我認識她的本領，她智勇雙全，絕對不是問題。」
孫行者點點頭，說：「不錯，比拉絲的戰鬥力是很強的，我是應該放心的。比拉絲地球靠你保護了，你要小心…」
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