I'll always been a bit of a fan of Hibiki and Barnette together and seeing as nobody else has ever tried to write a fanfiction about them I thought I'll try giving it a shot.
Dating Isn't Just Fun And Games.
Chapter 1
"Damn it! There sure is a lot of these bastards this time around!" Hibiki shouted out angry.
Then used the Vanguard's sword to cut down one of the many cube types that was buzzing around all over the place. This whole battle was actually starting to annoying him quite a bit.
He had been tucked in and fast asleep when the alarm had sounded out through the Nirvana.
Yet when looking around it was pretty obvious that some of the female pilots wasn't really fighting as well as they used to, not one person onboard the Nirvana had been overly delighted when the Earth's damn forces had started attacking them in the middle of the night.
Yet even as his tired mind was thinking about that, he suddenly heard an all to familiar voice shouting from a certain red haired girl.
"Mr Alien lets hurry up and combine so we can't beat up all of these bad aliens!" Dita yelled, just as her blue Dread flew right past him where she shoot down two more of the cubes, still talking eagerly about how the two of them where going to beat them all.
Looking after the Dread for a few seconds Hibiki couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly. He really didn't get how in the heck somebody could be so overly giddy this late at night.
He honestly would prefer that she acted tired like everybody else around here. She simply had way to much energy right now and he frankly didn't feel like dealing with that at the moment.
"I'll beat them myself!" He loudly told the redhead.
Then rush off in the direction of yet another group of cubes hastily approaching the area, completely determined to tear each and everyone of them apart and make them regret attacking them at night.
Yet even as he continued bashing cube types left and right he meet up with one of the Nirvana's many Dreads. Fortunately much to his minor relief it was not one of those he could combine with.
He really didn't feel like dealing with any of those women right now, that however did not mean he was overly delighted about seeing this machine. Barnette and him might be on the same side in this.
But ever since her revolution he had been a bit more careful around her. He really didn't want to give the cranky green haired pilot any excuses to throw him back down in the brig again, one time had been bad enough.
He might think that most of the women on the Nirvana was more then a little crazy from time to time. Yet Barnette Orangello most definitely took the first place in the whole crazy department.
It was kinda like one wrong word to her would get all of them in a load of trouble, so he would honestly prefer to stay away from her.
Yet seeing as most of the cube types was coming from this direction he really didn't have a choice about where to go. "All of you bastards is going down I'll make sure of that!" He yelled out at the cube types.
"I don't understand why it's necessary for you to shout like that when we are in combat, couldn't you just beat them up and be quiet while doing it?" The green haired woman asked in a cranky tone, while firing all of her Dreads weapon at four incoming cube types.
Taking a glance over at the purple Dread Hibiki instantly felt a displeased frown appear on his forehead. "Well excuse me for yelling woman, I didn't realize that your huge ears was that sensitive!" He said, doing nothing to hide just how annoying he found this woman.
From time to time the green haired woman was even more irritating then Dita and Jura combined.
But while growling softly about the person he was now fighting next to he reached up with the left hand and pull out another sword which he instantly throw straight in to the closed one of the cube types which was hastily approaching them.
Hearing that moron say that her ears where big Barnette didn't hesitate even one second about turning all of her attention away from the battle, and over at the yellow colour Mecha.
"My ears are not big you damn imbecile!" She yelled loudly at him. While promising herself to give him a good beating once the battle was over and they got back to the Nirvana.
She just couldn't tolerate the idea that this stupid idiot of a man was actually imprudent enough to say that her ears where huge. Nobody else had ever said something that mean to her.
And she was most definitely going to make him pay once all of this was over, that much was certain.
Yet as she was thinking about what kind of punishment she was going to give the idiot, Meia's Dread suddenly appeared from above where she instantly shoot down three of the cubes.
"Would the two of you please stop arguing already, we are in the middle of a battle here! So if it's not to much to ask could you please put your fight on hold until we get back to the ship!" The light blue haired woman said in a tone.
Which was more then enough to tell both Hibiki and Barnette, that the Dread leader was running kinda low on patience with them right now.
But before either the short tempered woman or man had the chance to give Meia a response. A certain red Dread flew in between them where it hurried destroyed a few cubes, as the blond woman piloting that Dread began telling Meia her opinion about their quarreling.
"Why don't you just let them argue Meia? I don't know about the rest of you, but I find it quite entertaining listening to them" Jura said in a tone, which was more then enough to make it completely obvious to all of them out there.
That she was really looking forward to tease both the male pilot and her best friend with this, once they had done reducing all of these annoying cube types to nothing more then useless crap.
Taking a brief glance away from the many cubes and over at the red Dread currently floating not far beside her, Meia began talking in a deep highly serious tone.
"It's actually quite simple Jura, the reason why they need to stop arguing, is because they could end up getting either injure or even killed while they are so busy with yelling at each other over the most trivial things!" The Dread leader said, then rushed off to greet the next group of cubes.
Looking after the silver coloured Dread for a few seconds. Barnette got a highly pissed off look, in both of her eyes. "My ears are definitely not trivial" she whispered to herself, before following her best friend and Meia towards the hastily approaching enemy machines.
Watching the very person he had been yelling at fly off like that Hibiki couldn't help but sigh loudly. "I really don't understand women! Why is it necessary for them to get all rattle up about every single thing like their noses and ears?" He asked out loud.
Unfortunately for him he did not realize that every woman currently present there could easily hear everything he had just said.
And it took least then a second before he heard Barnette's angry voice shout out a few unhappy words for that remark. "So what you are saying now is that my nose is big too? You just wait you bastard if the cubes doesn't kill you I certainly will!" She determinedly promised the boy over in the Vanguard.
Hearing her threaten him like that Hibiki of course saying a few things back to the green haired woman. "I never said anything like that, what I said was that all of you women complain way to much, especially you!" The dark blue haired boy yelled back.
Which resulted in that the two of them where soon fighting even more with each other, then the large amount of enemy cubes in the area.
Not knowing if it was even worth trying to stop the two of them again.
Meia Gisborn slowly reached up and rubbed her forehead in a frustrated manner. She quite frankly didn't understand why it was necessary for Barnette and Hibiki to arguing like this, when they where practically surround by cube types.
Didn't they realize what kinda of situation they where in right now.
Yet after listening to them a bit more and hearing Barnette call Hibiki an idiot the light blue haired woman slowly rolled her eyes, then fired a few shots in the direction where she could see the most cubes.
"Dita! Jura you two should try and get around them and flank them from behind, the rest of us will keep them distract while you do that!" Meia ordered. Just as every other girl out there shouted out a loud roger.
Then without even sparing the purple Dread and the Vanguard a second look all of the Dreads rushed forward towards the enemy machines.
They did however not get very far before Meia noticed something else that was now slowly making it's way towards them. And it was only after she had successfully evade a minor bunch of attacks from the cubes that she was able to see what it was.
In her eyes it looked mostly like and enormous mirror of some kind, which was actually more then a little weird. She just didn't understand, what kind of purpose this thing could have.
And it was only when she heard Jura's voice that she was able to snap back out of her thoughts. "Ah how pretty I wish I had something like that in my room! Instead of that small one I have there now!" Jura said wishfully.
Yet as harmless as this thing might look right now, Meia knew that it was very wise to see this thing as hostile. "I'm sorry Jura but you have to look for a new mirror elsewhere, we are taking this thing out immediately! But try and be careful when attacking it, we have no idea about what it can do!" Meia said.
Then instantly started making her way towards the enormous mirror with everybody else following not far behind her. Yet when they got a little closer to the thing she suddenly saw it light up in a blood red colour.
"Try and get around it and attack it from behind" she order while firing a few beams straight at the mirror, not realizing that she actually succeeded in making the glass on it crack up slightly when her shots hit it.
That however did not slowly down the machine at all it just continued gathering together energy for it's attack or whatever it was trying to do. But before any of them had much time to wonder about it the red light suddenly disappeared in to the glass.
Which was a clear sign in Meia's eyes that the weapon was now ready to be used. "Everybody get behind it now!" She ordered in a serious tone, while she and all of the other girls hurried made their way to the back of the mirror.
But as they where doing that two certain people had not realized what kind of danger they where in at the moment. They where simply to caught up in their argument to notice the strange looking weapon that was now there.
Yet it was only when Meia had successfully gotten around the huge mirror that she saw what it was aiming at. "Hibiki, Barnette! What in the world are you two doing get moving now!" She yelled out after them.
But her warning came a few seconds to late, for when the last word had left her mouth the mirror thing fired an nasty looking red beam straight at the Vanguard and the Dread, who had noway of getting out of the line of fire.
"MR ALIEN!" Dita cried out in a loud panicking tone, just as Jura yelled out after Barnette.
There was however nothing that could be done about it now, the huge red beam hit both of the machine making everybody that was watching this think that the beam was actually consuming both of them.
And their loud screams served as a deeply painful reminder that there was nothing they could do to help them at the moment. "Damn it, we just have to do something Meia!" One of the other Dread pilots yelled, sincerely hoping that their leader had some kind of idea to save both Barnette and Hibiki.
Yet as much as Meia truly wanted to do something to save them. She honestly had no idea about what to do in this situation. Seeing as they had no knowledge about what exactly it was, the weapon was doing to them.
So she didn't give the concerned girl a reply as she continued staring intensely at the huge mirror.
And only after two long minutes that felt an awful lot like an eternity. The bright red beam finally started fading away, only to stop completely a few long seconds later, where much to all of their shock and surprise they saw both the Dread and the Vanguard completely intact, it was almost like nothing at all had happened to the two war machine.
"Huh what in the world is this?" Jura asked in a small yet worried tone.
She really didn't understand what was going on. As much as she hated to admit it, the blond girl had honestly believed, that the frightening red beam would have been the end of both Barnette and Hibiki.
Yet from what she was able to tell from there, they where both all right even after that attack.
"Mr...Mr Alien" Dita mumbled softly obviously quite relieved that the male pilot was all right.
But it did not take long before their worries return when they heard BC call out after the two pilots and there was no response from any of them, which was enough to tell them all that something was still very wrong about all of this.
Yet even as the second in command kept on trying to get in contact with the two pilots. The captain made the decision that it was properly wise to get the Dread and Vanguard, onboard the Nirvana as quickly as possible.
"Meia please hurry and get rid of those cube types and that mirror so we can get Gascogne out there to pick up our two short fused pilots!" Magno said clearly more then a little concerned about Hibiki's and Barnette's safety.
She seriously didn't like that it seemed pretty much impossible to get in contact with any of them. So they just had to hurry up and get both of them back here so they could get whatever medical attention they required.
Instantly realizing that the captain was right about them needing to get Barnette and Hibiki back to the Nirvana in a hurry. She shouted out a few simple commands to the still highly rattled up Dread team.
"Lets get them girls and make sure that you keep them away from Barnette and the Vanguard!" She said then rushed off after the mirror. Wanting to make absolutely certain that thing couldn't do anymore damage then it had already done.
Seeing where their leader was heading the other girls snapped back to reality, then hurried took off after the silver coloured Dread.
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It was about twenty minutes later when the two silent crafts was cautiously brought in to the Nirvana's giant hangar.
With almost every crew member on board watching with a deeply worried expression on their faces, as each an every one of them wondered if their two friends was going to be all right.
And once the male craft and the female craft was place securely on the floor the captain, Duelo and Parfet rushed full speed over to the machines to try and get them open.
"Please hurry up Parfet, there is no telling what kind of condition they are in right now!" The captain said. While the glass wearing girl immediately started working on getting the Dread open.
Which only took a few long tense minutes, yet the sight that meet them once the inside of the purple Dread was revealed was more then enough to make more then a few loud gasp ran through the hangar.
And it took even least time before they all heard a certain red haired girl cry out two words loudly. "MR ALIEN!" Dita shouted so loud that everybody present there could easily hear her.
And as the large amount of tears began making their way down the redhead's face, the captain turned her sadden gazes downwards towards the floor. "Let me guess the Vanguard is empty too right?" She asked quietly.
While looking straight at Gascogne who slowly nodded yes a single time to that question. Not doing anything to hide, how utterly sadden she was over losing both Barnette and her favorite poker buddy.
"But...but where are they? What happened to them!" Jura sobbed loudly, while a bunch of tears was now running slowly down both of her cheeks.
Not at all sure what to say to her, Parfet looked a few seconds at the purple Dread and then at the Vanguard. "I don't know, I really don't know! Their bodies could have been dissolved when the beam hit them, or perhaps they where actually teleport somewhere else most likely earth, it was after all a new harvest weapon so they might use it to gather humans in a new way!" She said, not doing anything to stop the many tears that was leaving her eyes.
She truly didn't like being the bear of such bad news. Especially not when they had all thought that they where ok. Since the Dread and the Vanguard had been intact after the bright red attack was finished.
Hearing what might have happened to Mr Alien, Dita just couldn't stand to be down there any longer so without saying a word to anybody she turned around on one foot and stormed hastily out of the room, sobbing loudly the entire time.
Seeing the redhead leave in such a manner, Magno gave her lower lips a hard displeased bite. "Are there anyway Parfet for you to figure out for sure what happened to them. If those two are still alive out there somewhere we are definitely going to find them!" Magno said determinedly.
Seriously hoping that it would not be necessary for them to go all the way to earth to find Hibiki and Barnette again.
Getting a somewhat thoughtful look on her face Parfet took of her round glasses then used her left sleeve to remove the many tears on her face.
"Well don't know if it would tell us anything. But we could try and analyze that mirror thing maybe by doing that we could figure out what happened to them" The girl said in a tone that made it clear for all of them, that she wasn't entirely sure this was actually going to work.
Looking at the clever girl for a small moment or two Magno nodded slowly in understanding. "I see, well then lets stop wasting time my ladies and get the rest of the mirror on board, we have to find our two sour heads and get them out of whatever trouble they are in now" the older woman said, then turned around and started making her way out of the room.
Doing her best not to show any of the girls down there, just how worried she truly was about her two crew members. Each and every one on board the Nirvana was after just like her family or children, and no sane parent would ever want to see their kids getting hurt in anyway.
But even as she was trying so hard, Gascogne could of course easily tell just how much this was bothering her mother figure. And with that in mind she turned around and looked at the other girls down there.
"All right girls listen up, we all heard her so let hurry up and get back to work, there is a lot of things we need to do now. And all of you who got nothing to do go get some rest, I'm pretty certain that all of you could really use it!" She said, in the most kind tone she could muster under the circumstances.
Yet as she stood there watching all of the girls work she hurried call both Ezra and Meia over to her. "Ezra could you please look in on Dita I'm kinda worried about her, I don't think I have ever seen her so sad before! And if it's all right with you Meia? I would like for you to keep Jura company a bit. I honestly don't think any of them, should be alone at a time like this!" She explained with a far away look in both of her eyes.
Not at all sure what to say at first Ezra found herself nodding yes to everything Gascogne had just said. "I'll go down to her room immediately, I was planing on doing that anyway" she mumbled in a badly understandable tone, then slowly walked the rest of the way out of the hangar.
"I'll look in on Jura too" Meia said, sounding somewhat more down to earth about the whole matter, then any of the other women down there.
To be continued.