Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam 00.

So this will be the first installation of the series that will eventually be compiled in what I like to call "Dimensional Innovation Rewrite", starting with Gundam 00, then the Naruto portion and finally Gundam Seed. Now that the Naruto manga has finally ended, I can easily say that I may have a rather different outtake to the entire Naruto series. Without a further ado, welcome to Gundam 00C: Redemption.


Stage One: The First Step

A journey to redemption can easily begin with a single step once a fault has been admitted, yet it is not so easy to acknowledge one's own shortcomings. How far can humans learn from their own mistakes will be up to them, but how redemption can be achieved can shape a man's life. People with minor roles may be dismissed as insignificant figures that have no story worth telling, but deep inside their roles will eventually grow. Whether a person suffered a traumatic incident or has experienced a personal loss, any of these things may count as the start of the journey towards redemption. This is a story of several people whose lives will be intertwined, but are rarely known.

Krung Thep in the year 2306 was unlike any other space stations where astronauts conduct their research, because inside this satellite resource station there is a secret that had to be kept from outsiders at all costs. The future of humanity is being forged in this very place, and the presence of advanced technology is something that the mysterious group calling themselves Celestial Being had constantly guarded in order to make sure it did not fall into the wrong hands. In a world where zero-sum games are still being played and human suffering has been escalated as a result of greedy desires and imperialism. It was up to Celestial Being to put an end to these things, but as of now, they are not yet ready.

"VEDA has given me a short notice on the roster of the new Gundam Meisters," a purple haired man spoke up as he floated towards an older woman. Her brunette hair and busty figure was something most men would dream of for their prospective girlfriends, but to some people within Celestial Being, she is just a comrade. "Sumeragi Lee Noriega, I don't understand why VEDA has decided on five Gundam Meisters instead of the expected four members."

Sumeragi Lee Noriega shrugged. "Has VEDA really given you that short notice?"

"Have you even read the reports?" the man asked back. Standing in the distance was a young man with light shade of blond hair and a small, black necklace on his neck. "That man over there had shot another Gundam Meister without having a memory of what really happened."

"Hmm." Sumeragi mused. She looked towards the newcomer while the purple haired man beckoned for him to come forward. "Hixar Fermi, former Gundam Meister and pilot of the GN Sefer. It seems that VEDA has selected you to join our group."

"You must understand, Ms. Sumeragi. Grave Violento was marked for 'deletion' by VEDA," Hixar Fermi told the brunette. "I was acting strange when Grave died. Tieria, you must have realized that VEDA had been tampered with in the past."

"I don't believe for one second that VEDA could easily be hacked. Who would do such a thing?" Tieria Erde replied back.

Hixar looked down. "When Grave was still alive, VEDA gave him a weird order to leave a young boy alone. It was the same boy who saw 0 Gundam's performance in Krugis and was told that he had high potential for this organization."

"Yes, I do remember that part where he was brought into our group. Tieria, you remember someone saying that he was too young to become a Gundam Meister, right?" Sumeragi looked towards where the unfamiliar machines are being built. "I believe it was Allelujah or Lockon who said it."

"Allelujah Haptism said it. Besides, Fereshte's also being formed to act as our shadow support in case we get into deep trouble. Unfortunately, all of the Meisters who don't support our ideals and are useful in fighting have a small bomb attached to their necks in case they betrayed us." Tieria gazed at Hixar, and then at a machine with what appeared to be a cone on its back. "The Gundam Rasiel. We may have to construct a sixth GN Drive that can be used for the second-generation suits, now that 0 Gundam's GN Drive is going to be used for Fereshte's shadow interventions."

"I don't know how easy it would be to create a new GN Drive, Tieria. Fon Spaak's been recruited into Fereshte, but with an unstable behavior, it won't be long before he bites the dust, so to speak." Hixar gestured at the Gundam Rasiel. "Rasiel's not really useful for armed interventions by itself, but the Plutone can't be used."

"I know why it can't be used, Hixar," Tieria told him. "As of now, you are a Gundam Meister. However, you will have to wait until a new machine could be built to your liking, or if you can find an older model and have a GN Condenser attached to it."


AD 2306
AEU Croatia-Serbia Border

To say that war was going to break out between two major powers will always be proven wrong, but for the AEU, any border skirmish would be used as a caucus belli for a new conflict. Ever since the Fourth Solar War, tensions between the AEU and its enemy, the Human Reform League had remained at an all time high. As to prove to the world that the tensions are real, several airfields were constructed in the vicinity of both Vukovar and the old Serbo-Croat border. Dozens of the older AEU-05/05 Hellion Perpetuum were rolled out of the hangars while ten additional AEU-05/92 Hellion Initium mobile suits moved behind their Perpetuum counterparts. Inside the command center, several AEU officers gathered around an electronic table as one of its leaders began to give a briefing on the situation at hand.

"AEU High Command has given us the green light to intervene against the pro-HRL government in Belgrade. Despite our generous offers of AEU membership and economic aid, the Serbian government has constantly rejected our offer. I'm not sure if it's because of their pride, or the fact that they still don't trust us even after several battles was waged in the last four Solar Wars that we fought against the HRL." Kati Mannequin pointed at the holographic map of the Balkans. "Our troops from the Romanian border will move to secure the airfields in Vrsac and Zrenjanin, while the 8th Aerial Mobile Squadron stationed in Hungary will capture three major cities that are used as HRL garrisons: Sombor, Bajmok and Subotica. We'll fly off from Vukovar and capture Novi Sad before descending towards Belgrade. Any questions?"

"There is one question, Colonel Mannequin," one of the officers raised his hand up. "Wouldn't a quick bombing campaign be more suitable?"

"Unfortunately, the Serbian military has bought plenty of HRL-made Tieren Anti-Aircraft Cannon Type in addition to several of the Hellion Initiums that were purchased illegally. We may have to engage both the Serbian Tierens and that of the HRL. We're facing off against the HRL in this mission, so do not hesitate to take them out," Kati ordered. When all of the officers nodded, she then gave out another order, "Dismissed!"

Thirty minutes later, all of the Hellions waited on the open airfield while several air traffic control personnel ran towards the edge of the airfield. As soon as they waved their flags around, several Hellions took off, with ten of those units taking off ever twenty minutes. By the time 100 Hellions were airborne, one of the Hellions with a distinct marking flew ahead.

"We have enemy units approaching our range within five minutes. Spread out once they open fire," Rudolf Schreiber barked over the comm. Sure enough, enemy anti-aircraft cannon fire erupted from below. "Scheisse. Open fire at once!"

The Hellions began to fire below while the Tieren Anti-Aircraft Cannon Type units retaliated by firing off some of their anti-air missiles. Below, several Hellions in their mobile suit mode faced serious opposition from the well entrenched Fanton units. Indeed, three Hellions were already destroyed within twelve minutes as the Fantons swung their carbon spear to cleave them in half before the rest of the Hellions descended from the sky and stabbed the offending Fanton in the engine, creating an explosion in the progress. Further south, other Hellions managed to move closer towards the entrenched positions occupied by a different looking Fanton that is commonly known as the Anf. Its smoothbore cannons struck one Hellion in the chest, and caused an explosion.

"Status?" Rudolf asked one of the subordinates who is still flying ahead before transforming into its mobile suit mode.

"Sir, we're facing serious counter battery fire from the Anfs and the Fantons!" one of the pilots shouted before his Hellion was struck by a powerful burst of anti-mobile suit gunfire.

Rudolf growled in frustration and aimed his rifle at the offending Anf. Unfortunately, several shells landed beside him as he was forced to retreat back to where he first started and waited until fresh reinforcements arrived. As soon as three additional Anfs and Fantons arrived at the same spot, he beckoned for five Hellions to launch a bombing attack against the entrenched positions.

"They have no air cover, but we shouldn't just write them off like that," Rudolf said to himself. He fired his linear rifle at the Anf as it exploded from the shot it sustained. Suddenly, a burst of machine gun fire erupted from his right as the Hellions were forced to evade. A newer model accompanied by additional Fantons had just taken out three Hellion Initiums while Rudolf grabbed his sonic blade and swung it at the new Tieren Ground Type as it brought out its handheld axe. "So that's the new Tieren they've been bragging about. As always, your machines are too slow, Human Reform League!"

The Tieren simply shoved the Hellion aside as three Fantons continued to fire its machine guns at Rudolf. Inside the Tieren, a pilot looked around as several bombs began to fall into the ground from the sky. Three Tieren Anti-Aircraft Cannon Types rushed to shoot down the Hellions that dropped the bombs, but Rudolf used the opportunity to throw his sonic blade into one of the Anti-Aircraft units and slashed the knife across the cockpit before firing a single burst from his linear rifle.

"Whoever came up with this kind of tactic must be pretty talented indeed," Rudolf growled back.

Inside a command post occupied by the Human Reform League, a scarred man watched as several officers chatted in the background and passing folders to each other constantly. One of the officers then handed him the folder containing sensitive information that would only be presented to higher ranked officers.

"Colonel Smirnov, we've taken too many casualties from the AEU invasion. Perhaps we should retreat while we still have a chance," one of the HRL officers told Colonel Smirnov, but he shook his head.

"We cannot retreat, or Novi Sad falls. Don't forget that we're defending this place as if we're defending HRL territory," Sergei Smirnov told his subordinate. He looked at the holographic map of the battlefield at hand and frowned. "Have the 21st Mobile Suit Corps deploy to the border with Romania and the 26th to the border with Macedonia and Bulgaria. We're stretched as it is, and we can't bring fresh reinforcements from the HRL bases in southern Russia."

Just then, another officer ran into him and saluted. "Colonel Smirnov, the Serbian Army's taken huge casualties as well. Their leaders told me to tell you that they are ready to commence guerrilla warfare."

"Isn't that a bit too soon? They haven't occupied the entire country yet," Sergei told the newcomer. "Ensign Ming, tell Colonel Pang to move his group towards the Bulgarian border. Vranje must be defended at all costs."

"Yes, Colonel." Ensign Ming saluted and walked out of the command post. Sergei then began to move towards the door, accompanied by five other officers beside him.

"As of now, we still can't deploy the rest of the Tierens due to their initial testing stages. What are we going to do if the AEU continues to escalate this conflict?" Another officer asked him.

Sergei grimaced. "We'll just make them pay in blood. We don't have to win this at all. We just need to make the AEU lose more men and materiel. Knowing the history of this place, I suspect that guerrillas will have fun making these bastards miserable." He walked towards the hangar where five unmanned Fantons and two Tierens were parked. He climbed inside one of the newer Tierens, activated its engines and began to move out of the hangar. "Status report!"

"Twelve Fantons have been destroyed and twenty tanks obliterated. We managed to shoot down over ten enemy Hellions, but they just keep on coming. On top of that, fourteen Serbian Anfs were destroyed in the initial attack on the Vukovar Line." An officer relayed his message to Sergei as the Tieren aimed its smoothbore cannon into one of the Hellions that continued to fire its linear rifle.

"If this keeps up, then we will have to fall back all the way to Belgrade. Even with our newer Tierens and older Fantons, we might not be able to throw the AEU off this territory," Sergei explained to the surviving Tierens. "All anti-aircraft units, continue engaging the enemy Hellions! The rest of you, follow me!"

Sergei continued to fire its smoothbore cannon into the rest of the Hellions as he spotted AEU infantry soldiers moving along with their tanks into the entrenchment. At the same time, twenty HRL ground troops arrived from an armored fighting vehicle as both sides traded machine gun fire. While the Tieren Ground Types provided the artillery fire needed to take out the arriving AEU tanks, the HRL brought out their own tanks to reinforce the infantry that continued to swarm in multiple directions.

"50 Serbian T-90 battle tanks are on their way right now, but our convoy has been trapped in Novi Sad due to some logistical problems," another Tieren pilot told Sergei just before a Hellion crashed down into the ground beside him. "Colonel Smirnov, can we hold out at all?"

"We can hold out for sure. I don't know how will the Serbs hold out, but all the same we must defend them. They are our allies, and the AEU doesn't like our presence here at all. Soldiers, keep pushing forward!" Sergei shouted as the Fantons kept on arriving at the entrenchment. "Bombard at will!"

Several Tieren Anti-Aircraft Cannon Types fired salvos of anti-air missiles at the incoming Hellion Initiums while their Perpetuum counterparts evaded them and moved closer towards the anti-air units. It was at this point that the Fantons and Anfs painted in Serbian Army standard color began to bombard the surging AEU infantry with artillery barrages while several AEU tanks were destroyed by the Fantons' carbon spear.

Meanwhile, Rudolf and the other Hellions were still pinned down at the other side of the border as the Tierens kept up the pressure on them. He spotted three AEU tanks already destroyed and several AEU infantry soldiers gunned down by the hulking Anfs. He fired his linear rifle at an approaching antique, or more precisely, an old Serbian T-90 battle tank. The tank exploded and the path was clear for the Hellions and the ground troops that provided the necessary support.

Suddenly, Rudolf heard a siren inside his own Hellion as he looked up towards the Tierens and Fantons that began to launch their artillery barrage towards them. To make matters worse, two of the other Hellions were taken out by a Tieren with a different color, forcing him to move to the side. He saw that Tieren once again five minutes later, this time putting aside the smoothbore cannon and grabbed a carbon axe. Rudolf responded by grabbing his sonic blade and clashed.

"That Tieren fights rather differently from the others," he told himself before he saw the smoothbore cannon pointed at him. "Shit!"

"This guy's good." Sergei continued to fire his smoothbore cannon until several shells fired from the Fantons landed closer towards the Hellion. "We're not done yet! AEU reinforcements are still pouring in, so unless we get permission to invade AEU territory to take out the airfields, we'll just have to outlast them!"


AD 2306
UNION TERRITORY

ALASKA, NORTH AMERICA

To say that Alaska was just a place full of exotic forest wildlife was not an understatement at all, it is proven through its lush forests and ice caps that dominated the mountain ranges of this far flung territory that is the Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations. Yet this beautiful state that is a part of the United States of America became a suitable place where the Union had established their military base and where the bulk of the Union's military is stationed in the event that the HRL would launch their invasion of Alaska once again, as they had done in the last four Solar Wars.

Joshua Edwards was like any other Union pilots who fought for the service of their country: brash, confident and a bit egotistical. Unlike most of the Union pilots however, he had plenty of experience piloting several Flag models and Realdos from his time as a test pilot in this very same military base. Moreover, he had a grudge against another aspiring ace, one Graham Aker whose role in the death of Sleg Sletcher had made his grudge stronger.

"Lieutenant Edwards, sir," one of the Union pilots said as she approached him and handed him an envelope. "There's a message for you from your cousin."

"Thanks, Ensign Peterson," Joshua replied back. He grabbed the envelope and began to read. "It's from my cousin Victoria. She wants to meet me in three hours."

The hangars in Alaska were unlike any designs that were common in most AEU military bases in size and shape, primarily because the Flags and Realdos that were parked inside are in their mobile armor mode. Parked inside one of the hangars was Joshua's custom YMS-01A Union Flag with his personal insignia on it. Two regular Realdos were parked on each side of the custom Flag, while three Realdo tanks were being rolled inside another hangar.

A car arrived in front of the military base as the driver waited for Joshua and his adjutant to arrive. Just after three minutes, the two men climbed inside the car and its driver moved into the road and towards the main traffic. More trees covered the sides of the forests while Joshua could see Union officers and their subordinates on a training exercise. By the time they reached the city of Fairbanks, another car moved beside Joshua's car. A red haired woman around Joshua's age stepped out of the car, accompanied by a butler and her own driver.

"Victoria, it's good to see you again," Joshua said. They embraced each other while the drivers parked their vehicle. "How's Uncle Sleg's grave?"

Victoria Sletcher smiled. "Papa's grave is well kept, but you haven't visited his grave in a while. Even when he was still alive, he's been offering my hand in marriage to that Aker fellow."

"I wouldn't go anywhere near that man if I were you," Joshua replied back bitterly. "Even if it wasn't his fault, I'd still hold him responsible for what happened."

"Why don't we visit Papa's grave and you can bring flowers too. The old flowers are about to die, and they're in need of replacing." Victoria and Joshua walked inside a flower shop while three Realdo Tanks drove through the highway. Meanwhile, a dark skinned Union officer entered the flower shop and spotted the two customers. "Hello there."

The Union officer saluted to Joshua. "Daryl Dodge at your service, Lt. Edwards. We have a complicated situation with Bell Factory's Union Blast."

"I'll wait for you outside." Victoria walked out of the flower shop.

"What is it?" Joshua whispered.

"Chief Engineer Katagiri said that there's been a new interest for that decomissioned model, but I thought the information about the Union Blast was classified," Daryl told him. "Professor Eifman also mentioned something about non-aligned nations that have taken interest in the Blast, as well as some disturbances where we arrested a civilian for trespassing on Union territory in the Bering Sea."

Joshua frowned. "If the professor was serious about it, then why hasn't Bell Factory responded yet?"

"They've been bankrupt lately as a result of the failed bid for the Blast. Come to think of it, was there someone who was also a test pilot for the Blast besides you?" Daryl asked again. They decided to step out of the flower shop as an AFV arrived while Victoria rejoined them. "Hello, Victoria."

"Hello to you, Daryl. Joshua, I can't find any good flowers to place on Papa's grave. I'll see you around." Victoria approached her own car, climbed inside as the driver sped off.

"How many Blast units were produced?" Joshua asked after the two Union officers climbed inside the AFV.

"Just two of them, but I also forgot to tell you the man who was the test pilot besides yourself. Actually, he wasn't that much of a test pilot, more like a terrorist who also fought as a mercenary," Daryl replied back. He showed Joshua a picture of what appeared to be a young man with blond hair and a crazy look on his face. "I don't know this man to be honest."


KRUNG THEP

By now, all of the Gundam Meisters had gathered around in a single spot, with Tieria and Hixar facing off against three other pilots. One of the Meisters had his eye covered by his bangs while the oldest looking Meister wore a vest on top of his green shirt. The youngest Meister wore a plain, white long sleeve shirt and a scarf was worn around his neck.

"You've all been gathered here today because we have one more Gundam Meister that I wish to introduce to you all," Sumeragi said. The personnel who worked inside the newest battleship also moved towards the Meisters. "This is Hixar Fermi, and he will become the fifth Gundam Meister."

"Fifth Meister?" Allelujah Haptism asked back. "Does he have a Gundam to pilot?"

"Unfortunately, his Gundam will be the Rasiel, which is a second-generation. I don't suppose he'll pilot the 0 Gundam since its GN Drive is now under Fereshte's control, though there's always the Plutone, Sadaalsuud and the Astrea. What do you think, Hixar?" Tieria asked HIxar. He soon smiled at the entire crew.

"The Sadalsuud would be a good fit for me, but how can it run on anything if the GN Drive will be used by Fereshte?" Hixar asked back."Can't you guys build a GN Condenser instead?"

"We'll come up with something, Hixar," Tieria replied back. "Just head towards the machine you've chosen."

Hixar nodded and moved towards a blue humanoid machine that stood at a very far end of the entire hangar. Its blue paint shone with the light bouncing back from the machine's frame while the two boosters looked as if they haven't been tested in the open yet. Yet the only distinguishing feature that separated the Sadalsuud from the rest of the third generation machines is that there is no GN Drive in its back, making the Sadalsuud inoperable.

"Yes, I will help Celestial Being, even if I can't do it with an incomplete machine," Hixar told himself. "I will be the one to help change the world."


So that starts Gundam 00C: Redemption. I'm still rusty from a long time of inactivity in fanfiction so hopefully give me more tips on how to write the characters from the side stories. Advice on mobile suits, grammar and character development would be appreciated.