History Fanfic / FleshAndBlood

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3555992/1/Flesh_and_Blood Flesh and Blood]]'' is a [[{{Anime/TekkamanBlade}} Teknoman]] AU written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/173299/ Cyblade Silver]] that involves both Slade ''and'' Saber being rescued from becoming servants of Darkon. With 41 chapters so far, each chapter corresponding to slightly more than a full episode of the series, it's a fairly long read, so consider setting aside a weekend if you want to read the whole thing.
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!! ''Flesh and Blood'' provides examples of:

* AffablyEvil: Spear, once more, though several of the other Radam Teknomen have shades of the trait when around each other.
* AndIMustScream: A situation shared by all Radam Teknomen.
* AsleepForDays: Saber, after taking a shot from Spear's [[WaveMotionGun Reflector]].
* AloneInACrowd: The twins, before they became a true part of the [[TheSquad Space Knights]].
%%* AlternateUniverseFic
* ASharedSuffering: Slade and Saber at the beginning of the story.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Slade and Saber's double [[WaveMotionGun Tekno-bolt]] with Pegas.
* BackToBackBadasses: When they need to deal with a particularly large group of [[GiantEnemyCrab Spider-crabs]], Slade and Saber often use this method.
* BadassAbnormal: Every Teknoman, without exception.
* BadassFamily: The Carters, and Ringo's own family, as well.
%%* BashBrothers: The twins themselves.
* BattleCouple: Spear and Sword are the Radam's version of this.
* BeamSpam: Saber's [[WaveMotionGun Tekno-bolt]] can function as this, in addition to the standard beam attack.
* BeingHumanSucks: What all the Radam Teknomen seem to believe.
* BeneathTheMask: [[DeadpanSnarker Saber]], when things are [[LetsGetDangerous particularly serious]].
* BerserkButton: For both twins: the other being attacked, captured, or hurt.
* BetaCouple: Saber and Maggie serve as this.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Saber; whenever he smiles after something bad happens to either him or Slade, watch out. The same holds true of Star, as well.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Slade and Saber both have this towards ''each other''. To say nothing of Spear, of course.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Both Saber and Spear have these.
%%* [[BoisterousBruiser Boisterous Bruisers]]
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Slade, Saber, Star, and Spear.
* CainAndAbel: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]; Saber's birth name remains Cain, but he and Ness have a closer relationship than in [[Anime/TekkamanBlade canon]].
* CantStayNormal: None of the Space Knights can, much as they might wish otherwise.
* ChefOfIron: Spear is implied to be this.
* ChildrenForcedToKill: Teknoman Rapier, aka Sam Carter, is only 14 years old.
%%* [[ClassicalAntihero Classical Antiheroes]]
* CoolUncle / EvilUncle: Grant Goddard / Teknoman Axe functions as both.
* CombatPragmatist: Most of the Teknomen, with the exception of [[KnightTemplar Spear]].
* ConflictingLoyalty: Spear; on the one hand, he loves his younger brothers and wants them to be safe; on the other, he's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy fanatically]] [[PuppeteerParasite loyal]] to Darkon and the Radam in general.
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: Slade does this with Saber in chapter 4.
%%* [[CoverBlowingSuperPower Cover Blowing Super Powers]]:
%%** HealingFactor
%%** InnateNightVision
%%** SuperReflexes
%%** {{Telepathy}}
%%** SuperToughness
* TheCynic: Saber, Slade, and Ringo all qualify, to almost the same degree.
* DangerDeadpan: Ringo and Saber both indulge, and Slade sometimes responds in kind.
%%* DarkIsNotEvil: Saber.
* DeadpanSnarker: Both twins have elements of this, but for Saber it's a way of life.
%%* DeathIsDramatic
%%* [[{{Determinator}} Determinators]]
%%* {{Deuteragonist}}: Saber becomes this.
* DisappointedInYou: Spear often says this; he's ignored just as often.
* DontLookBack: Slade and Saber both try not to think about their DarkAndTroubledPast.
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Said often by Spear; ignored just as often.
* DramaticShattering: Happens to Slade's [[TransformationTrinket teknocrystal]] in chapter 6. [[spoiler: And Saber's in chapter 35]].
%%* DyingAsYourself: Fritz / [[StarterVillain Gunnar]].
%%* [[EarnYourHappyEnding Earn Your]] BittersweetEnding
* EatingLunchAlone: When [[spoiler: Saber is injured]], Slade does this; he isn't particularly happy about it.
* EmotionSuppression: Spear falls victim to this when fighting Slade and Saber at times.
%%* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Evil Teknomen Love Their Younger Brothers]]
%%* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
%%* EvilMentor: Grant Goddard / Axe
* EvilVirtues: Spear's familial love and devotion, even to Saber and Slade.
* FamilyOfChoice: Slade and Saber with the Space Knights.
%%* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: They [[PlayedForLaughs do this for fun]].
* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Sanguine (Saber)
** Choleric (Ringo)
** Melancholic (Slade)
** Phlegmatic (Star)
%%* FriendlyRivalry: The twins, again.
* FromDressToDressing: Saber uses strips torn from his shirt to bandage Maggie's leg.
* GenFic: Has mentions of romance, but focuses on the Space Knights' war with the Radam.
* GoodIsNotDumb: The Space Knights in general, with Ringo, Saber, and Slade all demonstrating that GoodIsNotNice at various times.
* GuileHero: Saber, and to a slightly lesser extent, Slade.
* HeadbuttOfLove: Slade and Saber often do this.
* HumanPackMule: Saber, during his [[BreatherEpisode trip to the mall with Tina and Star]].
* IAmWhatIAm: Slade declares this at the end of chapter 19, almost verbatim.
* ICanStillFight: This is the twins' go to response to injuries, exhaustion, or both.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Saber is said to be paler than Slade, with finer eyebrows and a different hair style.
* IdentityAmnesia: Both Slade and Saber start to suffer from this after undergoing their secondary transformation.
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: ''Spear'' of all people tries this with Slade and Saber when he first meets up with them. It... doesn't work out.
%%* ItsAllMyFault: Part of Slade's GuiltComplex.
%%* KillTheOnesYouLove
* KnightInSourArmor: Both twins to some degree, though Saber more than Slade.
%%* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Spear, in spades.
* LapPillow: Slade uses Saber as this whenever he has a bad day.
%%* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Saber, to Slade.
* LivingShip: [[BigBad Darkon's]] ship; implied to be true about all of the Radam's ships.
* LonelyTogether: The twins at the beginning of the story.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Sword, though there ''are'' extenuating circumstances.
* LoveIsAWeakness: Slade and Saber both believe this at the beginning of the story. [[CharacterDevelopment They get better]].
* MasterRace: The Radam clearly believe themselves to be this.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Saber and Maggie.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Carter family: Conrad / Spear, Ness / Slade, Cain / Saber, Shara, Sam / Rapier.
* MeatPuppet: Spear, [[spoiler: and by extension all of the evil Teknomen, thanks to the [[{{PuppeteerParasite}} Radam mind parasite]].]]
* MenacingStroll: As in [[Anime/TekkamanBlade canon]], a staple of Radam Teknomen.
* MindlinkMates: Sword and Spear, on the Radam's side.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Slade, after he nearly strangles Saber to death.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Spear all over, for [[PuppeteerParasite obvious reasons]].
* MythologyGag: Saber goes to the mall with Tina and Star, and ends up in an outfit almost completely identical to the one he wore in the anime.
%%* NecessarilyEvil: How [[TheDragon Spear]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy sees himself]].
* NoBadassToHisValet: Ringo, though he is [[TrueCompanions very much a friend to the twins]], doesn't think of either of them remotely the way that the [[PersonOfMassDestruction AEM]] [[LivingWeapon does]].
* NeuralImplanting: What the Radam do to their Teknomen, leaving them with a more comprehensive understanding of the Empire and their place in it.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[{{Jerkass}} Balzac]] gives Saber one of these after [[spoiler: Marlowe dies.]]
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Saber accuses Balzac of this, while [[HypocriticalHumor standing right behind Slade]].
* NowOrNeverKiss: Maggie, with Saber, at the end of chapter 16. Doubles as TheBigDamnKiss.
* OnlyFriend: Saber to Slade, at the beginning of the story.
%%* OriginalFlavour
* PatchworkFic: uses the US dub's names for the characters, but refers to the invaders as the "Radam" instead of the "Venomoids".
%%* [[PhlebotinumRebel Phlebotinum Rebels]]
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Slade to Saber in chapter 18.
%%* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: Sometimes strays into this.
* PopCulturedBadass: Saber makes references to old movies and TV shows; Slade does as well, but not nearly as much.
* PowerStrainBlackout: Saber falls victim to this once his crystal is cracked.
* PreemptiveShutUp: Slade gives more than a few of these to Saber, over the course of the story.
* ProperlyParanoid: "Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they ''aren't'' out to get you."
* RedOniBlueOni: Slade and Saber, respectively.
* RepeatWhatYouJustSaid: Saber asks Balzac to do this, [[spoiler: then punches him in the face]].
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Saber goes on one, alongside Ringo and Star, when the military captures Slade.
* RunningGag:
** Slade: "Slacker" Saber: "Spaz"
** ''Saber says something sarcastic, or acts overly literal'', Slade: "Wiseass."
* SadClown: Saber comes off as this, sometimes.
* SarcasmFailure: When this happens to [[DeadpanSnarker Saber]], it generally means that something has GoneHorriblyWrong.
* SecurityCling: Slade, to Saber in chapter 18, coupled with CryIntoChest.
%%* SeriesFic
%%* SettleForSibling: Maggie with Saber.
* SleepCute: The twins after a particularly bad day; Ringo even compares them to kittens.
%%* SiblingsInCrime: Two of the five Carter siblings.
* SiblingSenioritySquabble: Slade is thirty minutes older than Saber, though this doesn't often come up in conversation, Slade is still clearly aware of it.
* SiblingTeam: Arguably the point of the 'fic.
%%* SiblingYinYang
* SoftspokenSadist: Spear, though not so much the "sadist" part.
* SomedayThisWillComeInHandy: Saber's learning to break out of handcuffs before the Carters and the rest of the Argos crew met up with the Radam [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope subverted]], as they don't escape from the Military even in spite of that.]]
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: A great deal of Saber's interactions with Ringo are like this.
%%* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Slade and Saber, respectively.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: Teknoman Rapier and Axe.
%%* SuperStrongChild: Rapier
* SuperheroesStaySingle: Slade believes this at first, though he gets better.
* SwitchingPOV: Nearly ''every'' named character gets a section from their point of view.
%%* RelativeButton
* TheApprentice: Rapier to Axe, and to a lesser extent all of the other Teknomen, as well.
* TeamDad / AFatherToHisMen: [[DaChief Commander]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Jamison]], though he's more [[AloofBigBrother reserved]] [[TheStoic than]] most.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Star thinks this about Spear; it kind of freaks her out.
%%* TearsOfJoy
%%* TearfulSmile
%%* TenderTears
%%* [[TheyCallHimSword They Call Him Spear]]
* TheDutifulSon: Spear thinks of himself this way. Really, he's more of a TragicVillain.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: What Spear wants; he's... not likely to get it.
* TheFettered: On the good side: Slade and Saber's loyalty to each other, as well an Ringo and Star's; as well as that of the Space Knights in general to Earth. On the Radam side: Spear's loyalty to Darkon and his worry for the rest of his family.
* TheMatchmaker: Ringo and Saber [[ShipperOnDeck for Slade and Star]].
* TheOnlyOneITrust: Saber and Slade were this to each other, before they warmed up to the Space Knights.
* TheStationsOfTheCanon: Even with Saber alongside him, Slade's life [[InSpiteOfANail isn't that much easier.]]
* TheSocialDarwinist: All of the Radam Teknomen have elements of this.
* TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies: All of the Radam shown believe this.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: The evil Teknomen; all except for their [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]].
* ThePromise: Slade and Saber's is [[HeroicVow to protect each other]]. Though originally, Ness had promised their father that he would protect Cain.
* ThickerThanWater: Why Spear wants Slade and Saber to come fight for the Radam.
* TranquilFury: Spear's usual style of fighting. Also applies to Saber, when he gets particularly angry.
* TricksterTwins: A bit more tame than most, considering [[AlienInvasion the circumstances]].
* TitleDrop: By Spear, in chapter 12: "Do you think I ''enjoy'' having to hunt down my own family? My flesh and blood?"; and again by Star in chapter 19.
* TragicDream: Teknoman Spear's fondest desire is to be reunited with his family, aboard [[BigBad Darkon's]] spaceship.
* TragicMonster: All of the Radam Teknomen, but Spear in particular can come off as this.
* TroubledFetalPosition: Slade, after he pushes Saber away so that Saber can fight the Radam [[GiantEnemyCrab Spider]]-[[{{Mooks}} crabs]] without him.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Teknoman Rapier's attack on Ringo. The interrogation could also count.
%%* TwinBanter
* TwinTelepathy: Used frequently, both in and out of battle.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Saber mostly, though Slade gains elements of this as the story progresses.
* UndyingLoyalty: Slade and Saber to each other, and Spear to Darkon.
* VillainByDefault: Spear, due to the Radam mind parasite.
* VillainousValour: Both Spear and Axe have shades of this, to a greater or lesser degree.
%%* WarFic
* WeatherDissonance: Star finds herself thinking about this, while she, Ringo, and Saber are fleeing from Slade after he goes over his [[HourOfPower thirty-minute time limit.]]
* [[WeUsedToBeFriends We Used To Be Family]]: Spear's constant refrain, and the reason he doesn't fight the twins as hard as he could.
* WhatIf: Saber was freed from the [[PeopleJars teknopod]], the Carter family has a fifth child, and Conrad becomes TheDragon instead of the BigBad
* YouAreNotAlone: Saber says this to Slade [[spoiler: when his brother is [[MadeOfIron strangling]] [[TheDeterminator him]] after he goes over his [[HourOfPower thirty minute time limit]] and succumbs to the Radam influence]].
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Even if they win, neither Slade nor Saber are the people they used to be.
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* BashBrothers: The twins themselves.

* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Evil Teknomen Love Their Younger Brothers]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
* EvilMentor: Grant Goddard / Axe

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: They [[PlayedForLaughs do this for fun]].

* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Spear, in spades.

* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: Sometimes strays into this.

* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Slade and Saber, respectively.

* AlternateUniverseFic

* [[BoisterousBruiser Boisterous Bruisers]]

* ChaoticGood: Both Slade and Saber, as well as Ringo, and to a lesser extension the rest of the Space Knights.
* [[ClassicalAntihero Classical Antiheroes]]

* [[CoverBlowingSuperPower Cover Blowing Super Powers]]:
** HealingFactor
** InnateNightVision
** SuperReflexes
** {{Telepathy}}
** SuperToughness

* DarkIsNotEvil: Saber.

* DeathIsDramatic
* [[{{Determinator}} Determinators]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Saber becomes this.

* DyingAsYourself: Fritz / [[StarterVillain Gunnar]].
* [[EarnYourHappyEnding Earn Your]] BittersweetEnding

* [[ForWantOfANail Divergence Fic]]: Saber was freed from the [[PeopleJars teknopod]], the Carter family has a fifth child, and Conrad becomes TheDragon instead of the BigBad

* FriendlyRivalry: The twins, again.

* ItsAllMyFault: Part of Slade's GuiltComplex.
* KillTheOnesYouLove

* LawfulEvil: Spear, being a FamilyValuesVillain.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Saber, to Slade.

* NecessarilyEvil: How [[TheDragon Spear]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy sees himself]].

* OriginalFlavour

* [[PhlebotinumRebel Phlebotinum Rebels]]

* SeriesFic
* SettleForSibling: Maggie with Saber.

* SiblingsInCrime: Two of the five Carter siblings.

* SiblingYinYang

* SuperStrongChild: Rapier

* RelativeButton

* TearsOfJoy
* TearfulSmile
* TenderTears
* [[TheyCallHimSword They Call Him Spear]]

* TwinBanter

* WarFic

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3555992/1/Flesh_and_Blood Flesh and Blood]]'' is a [[{{Anime/TekkamanBlade}} Teknoman]] AU written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/173299/ Cyblade Silver]] that involves both Slade ''and'' Saber being rescued from becoming servants of Darkon. With 40 chapters so far, each chapter corresponding to slightly more than a full episode of the series, it's a fairly long read, so consider setting aside a weekend if you want to read the whole thing.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3555992/1/Flesh_and_Blood Flesh and Blood]]'' is a [[{{Anime/TekkamanBlade}} Teknoman]] AU written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/173299/ Cyblade Silver]] that involves both Slade ''and'' Saber being rescued from becoming servants of Darkon. With 39 chapters so far, each chapter corresponding to slightly more than a full episode of the series, it's a fairly long read, so consider setting aside a weekend if you want to read the whole thing.

* [[HurtingHero Hurting Heroes]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3555992/1/Flesh_and_Blood Flesh and Blood]]'' is a [[{{Anime/TekkamanBlade}} Teknoman]] AU written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/173299/ Cyblade Silver]] that involves both Slade ''and'' Saber being rescued from becoming servants of Darkon. With 38 chapters so far, each chapter corresponding to slightly more than a full episode of the series, it's a fairly long read, so consider setting aside a weekend if you want to read the whole thing.

* [[ForWantOfANail Divergence Fic]]: Saber was freed from the [[PeopleJars teknopod]], the Carter family has a fifth child, and Conrad becomes TheDragon instead of the BigBad.

* FiveManBand:
** [[TheDragon Spear]]
** [[TheBrute Axe]]
** [[EvilGenius Lance]]
** [[DarkChick Sword]]
** [[CuteBruiser Rapier]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3555992/1/Flesh_and_Blood Flesh and Blood]]'' is a [[{{Anime/TekkamanBlade}} Teknoman]] AU written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/173299/ Cyblade Silver]] that involves both Slade ''and'' Saber being rescued from becoming servants of Darkon. With 37 chapters so far, each chapter corresponding to slightly more than a full episode of the series, it's a fairly long read, so consider setting aside a weekend if you want to read the whole thing.

* EvilAlbino: Sam / Rapier

* InnocentBlueEyes /IcyBlueEyes: Varies, depending on Saber's mood and what he's doing.

* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Carter family
** [[SupremeChef Conrad]] / [[TheDragon Spear]]
** [[GreenEyes Ness]] / [[TheHero Slade]]
** [[DeadpanSnarker Cain]] / [[TheLancer Saber]]
** [[IllGirl Shara]]
** [[TheQuietOne Sam]] / [[CuteBruiser Rapier]]

* CounterpartComparison: Saber sometimes gets mistaken for Slade by people that don't know him well.