-Gundam Brawl-KA-
Chapter 1: Sayuri and Maimi: Zaft and Orb
When Sayuri and I got to Kazuki Academy, we thought it was a completely normal high school.
It wasn't.
First of all, it was shaped like a giant tipped over conch shell. Secondly, most of the kids were taller and stronger than the others. They were called—as we learned later—Brawler Coordinators. Thirdly, if you said one wrong thing to one wrong group, you were challenged to a Brawl and you could not disagree. If you did, you had your G-Mech (Slang for Virtual-Gundam-Mechanism—or otherwise called VGM) taken away. Sayuri and I are twins, and we had never been split apart. However, in Kazuki Academy, I was put into one group and her in the other.
Both Sayuri and I were BC's, sent to Kazuki academy because of our knowledge and expertise on the GBC strategies, rules, and regulations. Our parents had rounded up enough money to pay for one year tuition at the Academy. We both had black hair with red and blonde highlights. We had both gotten the highlights from Mother's mother and father's mother. You could only see them in the right angle of sunlight, though. Both of our eyes were bright green. When we first stepped into the academy, we were stared at by all of the kids. Nobody had seen true twins before, just two girls named Lacus and her look-alike Meer. We were told to sit outside the office until the first bell rang. It was ten minutes until the first bell rang, and many people passed our way, sometimes looking backwards, just to try and make sure we were real.
During out wait, Sayuri and I passed across the eyes of three boys walking to their homeroom. One had blue hair, one had black hair, and one had blonde hair. They passed us, but the boy with black hair had walked backwards and stopped in front of us. The blonde and the blue haired boy walked back as well and looked at us.
"So, you two must be the new twins!" The black haired boy said.
"Look here, people; we have the next Albert Einstein on our hands." Sayuri said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. I elbowed her in the arm.
"I'm sorry about Sayuri. She's just really sour about being transferred."
"The second time this month." She mumbled.
"Oh, really? What school did you go to before this one?" The blue haired boy asked.
"The Norm." Sayuri and I replied.
"Oh. When did you find out you were BC's?" The black haired boy asked.
"When we Brawled for the first time. Then we knew we'd be the best BC's in the GBC."
"Our parents thought this school would be the best for us to enhance our education and our GBC skills for summer."
"You're entering the GBC?" The blonde asked. This was the first time I had heard him talk.
"We plan to. We're not sure if we'll get in again." I said. "Ugh, where are our manners, Sayuri?"
"We lost them under the bed." I glanced at her as she gave me a large grin.
"I'm Maimi Yamashita, and this is my sister Sayuri Yamashita. Who are you three?"
"I'm Shinn Asuka, and this is Athrun Zala and Ray Za Burrel." The black haired boy said. "What grade are you two going to be in?"
"Senior." Sayuri said lazily.
"11th grade." I answered.
"Oh! Ray and I might be seeing you in homeroom, then." Shinn said, shaking my hand. "See you guys later!"
I looked as Shinn, Ray, and Athrun walked down the hall. We waited for five more minutes until two boys and a girl walked down the hall. One girl had blonde hair and the two boys had grayish-blue hair and one had green hair. Sayuri and I cast glances as they nodded briefly and walked away. In my opinion, they did just what Sayuri would do if she met people she didn't like. When the bell rang, we were summoned into the office.
The Dean of the school had black hair and orange eyes, which I felt was a bit unusual. He looked at Sayuri and I closely and then nodded.
"I'm sorry for this…"
"For what, sir?" I asked calmly, trying to cloak my nervousness.
"I will have to split you two up. Will the youngest of you two step forward?" I nervously stepped forward. "Hmm…you have amazing credentials. In the top fifth percentile in your class along with your sister, you've won the five GB's you've ever been in; you've participated in one GBC when you were twelve…"
"Thank you, sir." I said with a light blush.
"I've decided to place you in the high level of the Zaft level."
"Oh, thank you, sir." I shook his hand and got my uniform handed to me in a plastic bag. From what I could tell, it was a sleeveless red shirt with a strange symbol on the shoulder. The skirt was pink and it had socks and shoes.
I was told to leave the office and change in the bathroom down the hall. I did as I was told, and finally came back out. Sayuri came out, carrying a uniform with white and blue with a white skirt. It was true. We were going to be split up. I hugged her and then squeezed her hand. Everything was going to work out for us. With that, I gathered my books and headed towards homeroom.
Note: Here are some terms you might want to know during the story.
KA: The abbreviation for Kazuki Academy. Used in the title as the main setting.
BC: Brawler Coordinator-A student that has the Coordinator gene and can successfully take part in GBC's with or without a formal license. These are otherwise known as BC's.
GBC: Gundam Battle Competition-Otherwise known as GB (Gundam Brawls-going to get covered next). The Gundam Battle Competition is when the two sides of Kazuki Academy (Zaft and Orb) battle each other for school domination.
GB: Gundam Brawl-The informal form of a GBC. Normally a group of three or more of the Zaft or Orb side playing in a distinctive virtual schoolyard after a Brawl is initiated. Whoever wins gets to confiscate the other's VGM's and tweaks them to make errors or backfire when they return to their rightful owners the next day. These "alley brawls" are frowned upon by the high officials in Kazuki academy, but these are the most common until the GBC starts in late summer.
VGM: Virtual Gundam Mechanism or just G-Mech. These are used and controlled by small control panels often found in "cell phones" (will get explained later). The strongest VGM's in Kazuki Academy are the Strike Freedom by Kira and the Destiny controlled by Shinn Asuka.
Cell phones: They can double as a talking device and a control panel to control the VGM's once transported into the virtual GB field. Sayuri and Maimi have not currently been assigned "official BC cell phones" given to them by the assistant principals from the sides they have been assigned.
The Norm: Normal schools. This is what BC's usually call them.