DISCLAIMER: I do not own Gundam Build Fighters, Gundam Build Fighters Try, or any Gundam series mentioned. All I own are my gunpla.
This story was beta'd by themadDrPatchwork and our shared friend SilverNyan.
The Barbatos Lupus Rex descended to the floor of a desert canyon, mace held up in preparation for combat. Its pilot had seen his opponent dart into the canyon, and quickly pursued, not wanting to give his opponent the time to prepare an ambush. "Come out you coward so I can end this fight." the pilot said, eyes darting around for signs of his opponent. The sound of a pulled tripwire sent his eyes downward, and he quickly leapt back to avoid the brunt of a sudden explosion. "How did he set up a trap so quickly?!" Dust and debris blocked the Barbatos' pilot's vision before alerts popped up along his screen. The obscuring cloud was rent apart as hundreds of bullets impacted the Barbatos Lupus Rex. The gundam shifted its massive mace to act as an impromptu shield as his opponent finally came into view. Firing away at the Barbatos was a customized Heavyarms Kai painted in desert camo, the iconic dual gatlings attached to the backpack by an arm system that allowed it to shift from storage on the backpack to being held in its hands as they currently were. The gundam also had a pair of fold-out heat knives attached to the underside of the forearms as well as the back of the lower legs (1). The Barbatos pilot grinned and lunged forward, mace held high to squash the custom Heavyarms Kai. "I have you now!" he yelled, mace swinging down. The Heavyarms' pilot simply grinned and turned sideways, the mace whizzing by as the dual gatlings shifted to the backpack. The right arm-mounted heat knife folded out and the Heavyarms Kai cut off the Barbatos' mace-wielding arm at the elbow joint with an uppercut. The Heavyarms Kai then reached into a hip pack with its left hand and slammed something onto the Lupus Rex's chest armor before kicking it away. The enemy pilot had only a few seconds to recognize the device on his gundam's chest as a time-delay bomb before his mobile suit was consumed in the ensuing explosion. Once again the dust cleared, this time revealing the Barbatos Lupus Rex in pieces on the canyon floor.
Suddenly an announcement sounded. "Battle ended." the computerized voice said as the canyon dissipated into particles, leaving two gunpla models, the torn apart Lupus Rex and the custom Heavyarms Kai. A hand reached down and clenched the Heavyarms Kai, lifting it into the air in victory. "Ah yeah! Once again my Heavyarms Kai Desert Recon takes the match!" The speaker was a 19 year old man, his black hair tied in a low ponytail with two bangs framing his green eyes, wearing a desert camo jacket over a gray t-shirt that said 'my other car is a Ball' and forest green long jeans with brown sandals. His face was set in a smirk as he turned to the audience surrounding the gunpla battle system while his opponent picked up the remains of his figure. "Does anyone wish to challenge me? I will face any opponent!" He said, before he was grabbed painfully by the ear.
"Ow! What the heck?!" The man yelled at his assailant, a dark-skinned 20 year old woman with long frizzy black hair and purple eyes set in a glare. She was wearing a red hoodie with the Zeon logo on the back over a blue Celestial Being t-shirt and black shorts with red shoes. "Mathias, what are you doing here?! The team meeting was supposed to start ten minutes ago!" The now named Mathias worked himself out of the woman's grip and began rubbing his ear. "Geez Rose, did you have to grab my ear that hard? I figured it would be fine to skip, given the tourney is coming up. Got to keep me and Heavyarms in peak condition." Rose's glare seemed to intensify as she grabbed the collar of Mathias's jacket and dragged him away. "Did you forget that this tournament is a team event? That is why we are having the team meetings, to insure we work together, you ass!" Eventually the two ended up at the gates of the Orlando Institute of the Arts (2). Rose continued to drag Mathias over to a small clubhouse underneath an oak tree and busted through the door. "Hey Adrian, I got our runaway back!" she yelled to the sole occupant of the clubhouse, who was standing by the three combined gunpla battle systems in the center of the room. Adrian was a 20 year old man with short brown hair that looked constantly messy and a pair of glasses over sharp blue eyes. He was wearing a buttoned blue shirt and blue jeans with black sneakers. Adrian pushed his glasses up, a glint reflecting off as he said "I see that. Now that we are all here we can start practicing." He then turned back to the Deathscythe Hell EW Custom in front of him and began attaching extra weapons. Rose frowned at the abrupt dismissal and tossed Mathias in front of one of the GP Base slots on the battle system Adrian was at. Mathias grumbled as the three pulled out their GP Bases and the system started up.
The battle system stated in its usual bland tone "Gunpla Battle simulation mode, startup. Model damage level, set to C. Please set your GP Base." The three fighters set their GP bases as the Plavsky Particles began to form the arena they would train in. "Beginning Plavsky particle dispersal. Field 7, Ruins. Please, set your gunpla." Mathias set his Heavyarms Kai DR onto the battle system while Adrian set down his Deathscythe Hell EW Custom, mostly unmodified from the official build, the only additions being two of the original Deathscythe's shield and a pair of beam pistols on the hip skirts. Rose set down a straight build Burning Gundam, earning a snort from Mathias. "What, you got a problem with my gunpla?" Rose asked with a glare. Mathias answered "Only that it is a straight build. Don't you know a custom design is always superior to a straight build when you ignore piloting skill? Even Adrian understands this, though he admittedly falls short as well with just adding some accessories. Not like my Heavyarms Kai Desert Recon. I made every part myself and fully overhauled the original design to boost every strength and eliminate every weakness. I may be younger, but it is clear to me who among us is better at gunpla." Rose started to turn the same color as her namesake at Mathias's statement, and quickly yelled "You are goddamned lucky we have to team up for the tournament or I would kick your ass so hard your gunpla would feel it!" Before Mathias could reply, Adrian interjected. "Would the two of you stop bickering. Our training match is about to begin." At Adrian's comment, the battle system said "Battle start." Rose glared at the two before turning back to the battlefield. "Rose Fayre, Burning Gundam, let's fight!" Mathias smirked and said "Mathias Winns, Heavyarms Kai Desert Recon, ready to sortie!" Adrian merely pushed his glasses back up and calmly stated "Adrian Brown, Deathscythe EW Variant, launching." The three gundams landed within the ruined city, which Mathias immediately recognized as the location of the final battle from Gundam Wing Endless Waltz.
"Alright, I set this for a 3 on 3 match against the mocks built into the system. I will cloak and establish an ambush. When the enemy gets into range, I want Mathias to lay down cover fire to allow Rose to get close and initiate close quarters combat. While the enemy is distracted by the two of you, I will strike from behind. This way we insure success with minimal damage to our gunpla." Adrian stated calmly. Mathias opened a video feed with Adrian and said "You want me to provide cover fire?! Screw that! I'm gonna go in and crush those mocks like cardboard!" Mathias launched his Heavyarms Kai DR forward to the shock of Rose and Adrian. Rose immediately let out a snarl and yelled "Oh, like hell I'm going to let you hog all the glory!" Rose quickly leaped up and sent her Burning Gundam flying through the air in an attempt to get ahead of Mathias and his Heavyarms Kai. Adrian merely sighed as the bat wings of his Deathscythe EW Variant folded close and cloaked itself, following after his teammates. "It would seem my plan is being ignored. How annoying."
The Heavyarms Kai DR stopped at an intersection and looked around. "Where are those mocks. I want to end this match as quickly as possible. I hate working with others. Always getting in my way." Suddenly an alert signaled an attack from above. The Heavyarms Kai DR looked up only to be knocked to the ground by the Burning Gundam crash landing at the same location. "Hey, watch where you're going!" The Heavyarms Kai DR shoved the Burning Gundam off of itself. Rose opened a video feed with Mathias and shouted back "Why should I! I am not letting you pull this lone wolf bullshit! This a team effort dumbass, or did you forget that?!" "Screw team effort! I don't need help to handle three mocks, especially if it's coming from a complete noob!" "Excuse you, what the fuck did you just call me?!" "You heard me! Only a complete amateur would step into a gunpla battle with a straight build! You didn't even pick a good gundam for a straight build! The Burning Gundam has almost no ranged combat! You should have picked a more decent figure, like the 00." Rose saw red and punched the Heavyarms Kai DR into a building. "How dare you! Do you get off on insulting everyone around you?! I don't care how good you think you are, I will wreck your shit!" Immediately after Rose said that, the Burning Gundam had an arm sliced off at the shoulder by the Heavyarms' heat knife. "You know what, screw this team match! I am going to tear your gunpla to shreds and show you just how out of your league you are!" Mathias shouted as the Heavyarms Kai DR lunged forward to continue attacking the Burning Gundam.
Suddenly a trio of beam shots melted the head and dual gatlings of the Heavyarms Kai DR. Rose and Mathias were completely focused on each other in their argument and never noticed the three mocks surrounding them. Mathias immediately purged his gundam's backpack before the dual gatlings exploded, launching the Heavyarms Kai DR into the Burning Gundam and sent both into a building. The three mocks then fired a volley of beam shots into the hole, melting through the armor of both gundams. When they stopped firing, the two gundams were shown to have taken critical damage. Neither were hit in their reactor cores, but all of their joints were destroyed, leaving Rose and Mathias as sitting ducks. The mocks stepped forward to finish the two off when the center one was impaled by a beam scythe. The Deathscythe EW Variant decloaked and drew its beam pistols, letting off several shots at the remaining two mocks. The two mocks were repeatedly hit in the reactor core and detonated immediately.
"Battle ended." The battle system began shutting down, returning the three gunplas inanimate once more. The Deathscythe EW Variant had its arms extended to the sides and holding its beam pistols while its beam scythe was laying in front of it. The Heavyarms Kai DR was lain atop the Burning Gundam, and both were in perfect shape. Luckily for Rose and Mathias, the simulation was set to damage level C, which meant all the damage they took was simulated. As soon as the battle system was completely shut down Rose slugged Mathias in the jaw. "That was for attacking me you ass!" Mathias rubbed his jaw before responding with a gut punch. "You should have just stayed out of my way! Maybe then you wouldn't have gotten your ass handed to you by a mock!" Mathias was cut off from saying more by Rose lunging and pinning him to the floor. "Don't forget you lost to a mock as well jackass!" Rose shouted while throwing a right hook at Mathias's face. Mathias headbutted Rose and shoved her off of him, and the two quickly devolved into a brutal slugfest. Adrian merely watched before picking up his Deathscythe EW Variant. "This is going to be harder than I expected." he said before walking out of the clubhouse.
8-bit Thief: Welp, here it is, my second fanfic ever! *throws confetti* To be honest, I wasn't planning to write another story until I finished the current arc of Dr Patchwork and Mr Clank, but I was watching GBF GM's Counterattack and had a sudden burst of inspiration to write this, it also helped I have been planning a story like this for a year or so and just couldn't figure out how to start. Also, I am truly sorry for the delay in the next chapter of Dr Patchwork and Mr Clank. For some unknown reason our muse is giving us the cold shoulder. We have been working on it, but it is slow going. I will say that it is very close to being finished, so be on the lookout. Anyway, on to marked references
(1) most of the OC gundam designs I show are possible because I built them as a guide for when I would start writing this story. The Heavyarms Kai DR and Deathscythe EW Variant are not ones that I built, and therefore I have no idea if they are physically buildable.
(2) this is not an actual school in real life. This is an imagined school in the world of GBF, where I imagine gunpla battle had kickstarted a resurgence of the various arts and caused several schools devoted to them to open across the world.
8-bit Thief: Another note will be my use of terms and names. During battle, gunpla will be referred to as either gundam, mobile suit, or mobile armor, depending on the figure and situation. Also, gunpla names may be shortened as needed unless the name is spoken, and even then it may be shortened for the sake of simplicity. Expect the name to only really be given in full during launch or when introducing the gunpla itself to those unfamiliar with it. For instance, the Heavyarms Kai Desert Recon would be shortened to Heavyarms Kai DR or just Heavyarms except when necessary. I hope you guys liked this, and I will be seeing you all in the next chapter! JA NE!
P.S. I am open to accepting any OC Gunplas and Gunpla fighters. They can be individual or team fighters. If I accept your submission, you will be credited in the disclaimer for the chapter your character/s and/or gunpla/s appear in. My only request is to try and make any Gunpla fighters from America. While I will not immediately reject foreign characters, this story is set in America, and as such most of the cast will be from America. If I cannot work a character as American born or as a foreign exchange student but still wish to use them, they will be saved for the world tournament should I get there and their creator will be informed. I will still try to cameo them should such a situation arise.