The Fighters That Were
Note: I don't own G Gundam or any of the mobile fighters.
Prologue: 14th Fight, The Finals Begin
Everyone remembers the thirteenth Gundam Fight. How could they not? Neo Japan winning the championship for the first time ever, all the events with the Devil Gundam, the appearance of the new Shuffle Alliance, and the deaths of more fighters than in all the other fights put together. Well over four years have past and things for the most part have settled down, but they will never be the same. Domon Kasshu has gone on to marry Rain and has returned to the Gundam Fight to keep the title of "Gundam the Gundam" in the burning hands of his God Gundam. Also over the course of time two of the largest corporations on earth have been granted their own colonies and access to the Gundam Fight.
Cyberdyne Industries which is the leading producer of robotic and nano-tech devices used its darker side to force the International Committee into granting them a colony which they named (in mock homage to the other colonies) Neo-Cyberdyne. The other, Umbrella Incorporated the world wide organization specializing in advanced bioengineering, used their almost limitless wealth to bribe the committee into granting them a colony that in the same mock homage as Cyberdyne was named Neo-Umbrella. The reason for these two groups receiving colonies is the fact that under the Gundam Fight International Treaty all colonies must enter a gundam in the tournament. The companies knew of the advantages that the fight would give them and came up with the plan to use the Gundam Fight as final testing for their latest developed weapons and technologies.
This is the year of the 14th Gundam Fight and the "Survival Eleven" is almost over. All the remaining gundams are making their way to Tokyo, Neo-Japan for the final rounds, all except for one or two gundam fighters who are not familiar with the rules for making it into the finals.
"Damn it!" the young man exclaimed. "When is Chairman Burken going to call? He's supposed to call and tell me when to head to Neo-Japan for the finals. I know that the finals are supposed to start soon, but no one bothered to tell me WHEN!!!! God! This is great, our first year in the Gundam Fight and I embarrass the whole colony by not showing up for the finals. They know I haven't lost my gundam's head so they'll label me a traitor to the nation. Damn that Burken!" All of a sudden a monitor flashed on. The pilot looked up to see a stern faced man in his mid thirties. "Cha Chairman Burken, I was ju just thinking of you sir. I've been meaning to ask you sir, when am I supposed to be in Neo-Japan for the finals?"
"When?" Burken repeated. "I'll tell you when," his voice took on a harsher tone "TODAY!!!! The deadline for the finals is in four hours. Didn't you receive my message?"
"N, no sir." He replied.
"What!? Where the hell are you?" Burken demanded.
"I'm at our European Headquarters in Neo-England. Since they weren't allowed to compete this year due to their actions in the last tournament, they offered to act as a sort of headquarters for me." was the answer.
"Oh, good. You'll be able to make it within the time limit if you leave now."
"One slight problem sir. The gundam is currently being serviced. I did some last minute training and they offered to fix and restock it for me. I'm sorry sir, but I didn't know, I thought I had more time. The gundam won't be ready for another five hours."
"WHAT!!?? I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!!! WHY I SHOULD……"
"ImsorryImsorryImsorryImsorry!!!" The pilot shouted cowering in fear of the chairman. "Isn't there anything you can do sir? I mean you are the chair for Neo-Umbrella. Can't you like bribe the committee so that I can enter a little late?"
"I'll see what I can do. However the gundam has to be ready to leave in exactly five hours, no excuses. Relay that to the workers. Out."
"Yes sir." He walked into the hanger where his gundam was being serviced. "Chairman Burken says that the gundam has to be ready to leave for the finals in five hours exactly. He says there are to be no excuses or we're all fired."
"Yes Sir!" They shouted.
Meanwhile in a different part of Europe, another Gundam Fighter was having a similar discussion.
"Why haven't you left Neo-Italy yet?" A mechanical (yet strangely smooth) voice asked the young man.
"Two reasons lord Skynet. One, I was not aware that I was to be anywhere yet. And two, our branch here is servicing the gundam as a token of respect to our new nation, and because they were not allowed to compete this year."
"Well then, did you know that the Finals start in three and a half hours?"
"Um, uh, no. I didn't know that." He looked a little nervous as he said this.
"We will see to it that you are allowed into the finals no matter what. Just have the gundam ready as soon as possible. Victory WILL belong to Cyberdyne this year. Understand?"
"Yes, Skynet." He gave a bow and the monitor he was looking at deactivated. He turned to the technician class T-900s that were servicing his gundam. "Cyberdyne will be in the finals, Skynet has assured that. So make the gundam look its best, I want it perfect for our victory."
"Sir!" They replied.
Later in Neo-Japan
"And that's it! The time limit is up! The Final rounds of the 14th Gundam Fight will start in exactly one day. But before we start let's introduce the 24 gundams that made it:
Representing Neo-Japan, our God Gundam.
Representing Neo-America, the Gundam Maxter.
Neo-China, the Dragon Gundam.
Neo-Russia, the Bolt Gundam.
Neo-France, the Gundam Rose.
Neo-Germany, Gundam Schneider.
Neo-Sweden, Nobel Gundam.
Neo-Kenya, Zebra Gundam.
Neo-Holland, Nether Gundam.
Neo-Nepal, Gundam Shangri-La.
Neo-India, Shiva Gundam.
Neo-Canada, Rocky Gundam.
Neo-Denmark, Grimm Gundam.
Neo-Greece, Hoplite Gundam.
Neo-Egypt, Pharaoh Gundam XIV
Neo-Poland, Gundam Rokat.
Neo-Mongolia, Gundam Khan.
Neo-Mexico, Dorado Gundam.
Neo-Israel, David Gundam.
Neo-Brazil, Sugarcane Gundam.
Neo-New Zealand, Cook Gundam.
Neo-Australia, Tasmania Gundam.
Neo-Scotland, Celts Gundam.
And Neo-Ukraine, Minion Gundam."
As the gundams were called they marched out before the audience. Each gundam received its mix of cheers and boos. Then Prime Minister Karato gave a speech and with that the opening ceremonies were completed for that day and everyone went back to their lodges to rest and prep for the next month of fighting.
The next day started off with the announcement of the first two fights. Neo-Egypt was to face Neo-Kenya at noon followed by Neo-Canada vs. Neo-Mexico at 6 o'clock pm. Nobody was really interested in the first match, Egypt hadn't made it to the finals since the fourth fight and the odds of them making it any farther were 40,000 to 1. Sure enough Pharaoh XIV had its head taken off and was disqualified in under two minutes. The second match however was looking to be much more promising. Canada had done well in the finals of the 13th fight. That was reason enough to watch, but also Mexico had never made it to the finals before so people were eager to see what it was capable of doing.
Six o'clock arrived and hundreds gathered around the West Shinjuku arena. Karato came out onto a platform and turned to the audience. "Gundam Fight all set…"
"Ready!" Yelled Neo-Canada's Doug McKenzie.
"GO!" Replied Neo-Mexico's Hernando Rivera.
Dorado Gundam charger forward. It dodged Rocky Gundam's vulcan attack and dashed strait by it. Dorado turned around to face the back of Rocky and drew out two beam tridents. Just as Rocky turned around, Dorado hurled the tridents, which found their mark in both of Rocky's shoulders. The now impaled gundam flew backward several feet and crashed into a wall. Dorado walked up in a very confident manner (namely it struts) and pushed the tridents farther into Rocky's arm guaranteeing that it would be stuck to the building. The Mexican gundam then jumped backwards and took out a whiskey tin.
"Tequila Buster!" Yelled Hernando as his gundam brought the tin to its mouth and took a swig. The gundam then raised what looked like a cigarette lighter towards its mouth and exhaled. This caused a giant stream of fire to be shot strait at the Canadian's head. While the head did not melt away the gundanium was weakened to the point that the head was taken off by Dorado's beam switchblade.
"The winner is Neo-Mexico's Dorado Gundam!" Yelled Karato. "Since its head was taken off Neo-Canada is disqualified from the tournament."
There were a few boos from the Canada supporters but for the most part, the stadium was filled with the sounds of people cheering over the fact that it had been such a good fight.
"We have one last announcement before you all go home for the night. It appears that two countries missed the deadline for the finals and have launched a campaign of complaints to the fight committee. While normally the committee wouldn't normally allow them to enter, because they are brand new countries and have never entered the gundam fight before they will be allowed to enter past the deadline this one time. The two countries are Neo-Cyberdyne and Neo-Umbrella. We will introduce Cyberdyne's rep before the first match tomorrow, and Umbrella's will be introduced after the second match." The announcer said before everyone left the stadium.
The stadium was filled with people commenting on what they had just heard.
"What?! Letting in two countries after the time limit?"
"Not just any countries, the two Corporates."
"Probably bought off the whole committee."
"Yeah, so that they could actually get into the finals. We all know they couldn't compete with the other nations."
"Well, we'll definitely find out tomorrow how good they are."
"This is going to be another strange fight."
While most people didn't want to see the corporate nations enter the finals, they all agreed that it would be worth it to watch this years finals closely.