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"Gundam Sapphire"

In Future Century 71 Curtis Lee, a 19-year-old martial artist sits on his couch thinking about the Gundam Fight coming up next year. He had always wanted to be Neo-America's Gundam Fighter, but after his best friend Rykan Tokana had been killed in his Emerald Gundam three years ago, he had given up. Rykan had been the King of Hearts, the Universal Martial Arts Champion, a ace fighter pilot and had been raised since birth to be the Gundam Fighter for Neo-America. Curtis was the back-up plan in case something had happened to Rykan. He knew the government would be knocking on his door someday soon and he would just tell them no and that they needed to find somebody else. Yeah, somebody else.

Nine Months Later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BUZZ!! Curtis got up from breakfast and went to the door. "Oh, hey, Nia," It was Rykan's sister Nia. She had been his partner in the last Gundam Fight and he knew she was here to take him to training. He had secretly loved her since their first meeting"Look, Ni-" "Come on Curtis, we don't have much time," she cut him off. "Nia, I'm not going. After Rykan died I just." he trailed off. "What? Curtis you don't have a choice, your contract-" "The heck with my contract!" he yelled. " This isn't worth dying for, Nia!" Nia took a deep breath and said, "Curtis, it's back." She could practically see the gears working in his head. "Okay, Nia, let's go," he said walking out his door. "Right then, here's everything you'll need for now, your security pass, the specifics for your gundam, etc.," she said. He flipped open the specifics booklet and saw that he would be piloting the Sapphire Gundam. It was apparently a revamped version of Rykan's Emerald Gundam. It was equipped with 4 head mounted vulcans, shoulder and chest mounted machine cannons, two Neo titantium swords that could be charged and surrounded with an I-field when necessary. It was designed mainly for close range combat, but was also equipped with a beam rifle for long-range fire. "Besides what's listed in that manual," Nia spoke up, " there is an upgrade set ready for use in the finals." By the time Curtis was done reading the specifics they were at the base. When he got there Colonel Neil Lee, his father, greeted him. "Welcome, Curtis, to your new home for the next three months."

Next Chapter: Boot Camp

Hi, y'all. I know this is short by I just wrote in on a whim. I plan to continue this for a while. Please send me reviews at flamestar01@att.net or the usual way. Without response I usually fall in to a slump and can't write anymore, so please review this. Oh, Curtis is based on my best friend which makes me Rykan. No, I'm not crazy and he is dead. You'll find out what the it is, Nia was referring to in Chapter Three