All was quiet in the forest, trees were still and the slightly cloudy blue skies were clear. Suddenly a large red laser beam shot across the tree tops followed by a series of green lasers firing back at the origin direction of the red one. The form that direction charged forwards a large robot. The EX-S Gundam unit, re-coloured to change the blue of the original to red. As it charged forwards it drew out it's beam sabre in the left hand, activating it's blue blade. From the other direction a Unicorn Gundam Banshee in destroy mode leapt up into the air, taking one of its beam sabres from the back in the left hand as it came down and the red blade activated, clashing with the EX-S's blade.

With the blades pressing against each other, both suits thrust their guns at each other before a few bolts fired from both guns and blew each other's right arm off just below the shoulders, leaving the remains of those arms and the guns to drop to the ground.

"Think I may have this battle bro" A female voice spoke. "You rifle is gone and my suit is better for hand to hand combat." Banshee then kicked the EX-S causing it to stumble back and Banshee's beam sabre struck round creating several strikes in the armour and cutting off EX-S's left hand and leaving the suit to fall onto it's back, now having Banshee standing over. "You want to surrender this fight then?" She asked.

"Sorry sis, but you have forgotten that I still have one last weapon on this suit" A male voice replied with a slight laugh. "While you have customised Banshee to have more reactive joints and increased thrust, I have given EX-S this." And as he spoke a red glow started on the middle of the chest. Banshee looked down and saw that the centre of the chest, where a cockpit would normally be had been replaced with a energy cannon that was charging up. Banshee started to turn to get away, but it was too late as the cannon fired and blasted right through the middle of Banshee and the remains fell to the ground.

"Battle Ended" A computerised voice spoke as a small holographic banner appeared in the air reading what was said and below it read 'Winner: EX-S Custom'. Then suddenly the environment started to disappear as the area then changed to a large room surrounding a small black octagonal table leaving the damaged remains of both suits on it.

"Nice work on the hidden weapon" The female said as she disconnected a small computer device from one side of the table and placed it in a pocket of her jeans as she then adjusted her orange top before picking up the remains of Banshee in her hand. She also had blue eyes and light brown hair that was tied back.

"Using hidden things along with a modified frame should give us a good chance in the tournament" The male spoke as he removed his own device from the table. He had black trousers and t-shirt along with blue eyes and short light brown hair. He then collected up the parts of the EX-S.

Both walked out of the plain room into a corridor and down past several other room which were similar then into a entrance way.

"So which of you was it today?" A guy asked behind a welcome desk.

"He got me this time, hidden mega beam cannon." The girl replied.

"If it wasn't for that she would have had it tho." The guy with her added with a little laugh.

"Well regardless you both make a strong team, so I hope to see you both in the tournament regional's in a couple of weeks" The guy behind the desk quickly welcomed someone else before returning to the pair. "Anyway Graeme, Serena, both of you take care." He waved to them as they waved back.

As both kids walked back though a city, full of tall building that had plants growing on several levels, each had glass windows that reflected the blue sky, with only a few clouds in sight. The journey also took them through a open park area till finally they arrived at the building they lived in. Passing though the entrance hall and into a lift and they went up to floor 9, heading out down a short corridor and into flat 904.

"Mum, we are back!" Serena called out as they entered the large main room, it was a single lounge, diner and kitchen in 1, with a decent sized balcony outside with plants growing in some pots. The other rooms were all to the side of the main room.

As the two changed their footwear their mother walked in from one of the side rooms. She wasn't much taller them either of them. "How is training going then?" She asked as she went over to the kitchen and got a drink of water.

"We are ready for this year's tournament, as for a Gunpla, that is a different matter" Serena replied.

"Well I think the box's that arrived may help you with that" The mother smiled back to them. "I placed it in the work room."

"Thanks mum" Graeme smiled to her as he ran off to one of the side rooms, entering a small room with shelved around it on which a verity of Gunpla stood. There was a large workbench on it with some tool and a lap, while on shelved below it were more tools and paints, there was several box's around that had spare bits in them. On the desk was a pair of brown postage box's. Going over he pulled out a large knife from under the desk and started to open them up.

"They here?" Serena asked as she walked in, having changed her top.

"Looks like it" He replied before starting to pull a Gunpla box out of the large box, setting it down and then continuing to empty the box. Telling what was in it. "00 seven swords inspection, avalanche Exia and Exia with GN-arms type-E."

"That is the full kits, so the bits are the other box right?" She rhetorically asked as she took the large box and put it to one side.

Graeme immediately opened up the other box and started to pull out some plastic bags with bits in them and set them down as he repeated the process. "2 Seravee hip GN cannon's with the hip skirting plates. 2 GN sword III's. 2 GN submachine guns, and the other GN sword II blaster."

"Great, everything for the unit" She smiled as she took the 00 kit and sorted out the kit out so she had the parts to make the suit. "What is the GN arms for?" she then asked.

"That was on sale, so I decided to pick it up" He replied as he took the suit parts from the avalanche Exia kit as passed it to his sister.

"Fare enough" She nodded as she took all the bits she needed and grabbed a tool kit with clippers, knifes and files in it. "Well we know what to do" She then mentioned as she sat down at the desk and started to work.

"Yep, I'll work in my room on the weapons as you like the suits to build" He smiled as he took another tool kit and wondered out the room, taking all the weapon parts with him.

The next few days went by going to school, coming home to work on the new model, eat, more work then sleep. Till eventually standing on the desk in the work room stood a customised 00 Gundam. It now had the shoulder and knee parts from Avalanche Exia mounted on it, the GN submachine guns mounted on the side of the arms that both held the GN sword III, along with the hip cannons from Seravee and a pair of the GN sword II blasters attached to each of its GN drive binder's mounting points. Both blades had my modified with reinforced barrels and the shield plates from the 00 hinged on the mounting points. The suit still contained the dominant red from the seven sword inspection, and other parts of the accessories had been re-painted as needed and the whole thing had a coating over it to prevent scratches from handling and transport.

"So our Gunpla is ready" Graeme smiled.

"You know you are using it first right" Serena giggled a little.

"What?" He panicked hearing the comment.

"Well I am not going to be the one to break it on its first battle" She teased as they both left the room and went to their separate rooms for bed.

The following day school went as normal for a Friday in year 13, however during lunchtime Graeme was wondering around looking for his sister with her nowhere to be found.

"Don't play dumb I know you have it" A male voice aggressively spoke from within a side room.

"Get your hands off me!" Serena's voice moaned back wounding rather annoyed, then a slap could be heard.

"Why you little..." The male angrily growled before Graeme opened the door into a locker room seeing his sister pinned back against some of the lockers by a couple of guys. They both looked round seeing who entered. "Well now, if I can't get it from the girl, I can get it from him." The one that previously had been speaking commented with a slight smile as the pair tossed Serena to the floor and then grabbed Graeme and pushed him against the lockers while shutting the door. "Hand me the pass." He demanded.

"What pass?" Graeme asked back.

There was a punch to his stomach area by the other guy who then laughed a little before speaking. "Don't play stupid"

"If you don't say what it is specifically, then how do we know what it is" Graeme spoke in some pain, seeing behind them Serena had got up, herself in pain.

"Your entry pass for the Gunpla world tournament qualifiers. I know you have one of the 32 England entry passes" The first one firmly spoke out in his face.

"We earned it, so if you want it, you have to bet us" Graeme firmly replied, to which Serena looked a little shocked.

"That is fine" The guy smiled as he raised his fist to punch him.

"Not this way, Gunpla battle" Graeme smiled. Serena was shaking her head, not looking happy. "Prove you are a better fighter then, if you really think you are a better battler and builder."

The other guy then went to give him another punch. "Shut up" He instructed, only for his fist to be stopped by the first one grabbing him. He looked over a little puzzled as the first one released Graeme, he then followed.

"Fine, you have your fight. 4:30 at the battle arena. I will prove that the pair of you don't deserve your place in the tournament" The first spoke before the both of them left.

"What were you thinking?" Serena screamed at Graeme one the door was shut. "We worked hard for an entry pass and now you are going to throw all that away!"

"We are not throwing it away" He replied rubbing the area he was punched. "I just got us someone to serve as a test for the suit."

"There is no guarantee it will perform" She was still panicking, before calming down. "Fine, but if we lose this it is all on you."

"Fine, but if know if I didn't do this then he would have kept going at us, and I won't see my little sister harmed" He replied as he rubbed her hair a little.

"Well it is nice to have my big brother looking out for me, but don't be so reckless in future" She replied tidying her hair back up. "But still, don't mess up the suit too much, Wednesday is the first round, just as well today is the last day before holidays."

"I don't plan on letting Gary win, plus Ralph may be a good builder, but he does nothing beyond re-painting, no customisations" He smiled as he spoke. Serena smiled back as they both head off hearing the bell for class to start.

The day ended at 2pm and at 4:20 the pair arrived at the battle facility and wondered in. "Mike, the central field available?" Graeme asked as they went up to the desk.

"Yea, it is" The guy behind the desk replied. "Not like you to use that one tho." He then commented.

"Got a proper fight this time" Serena replied as she passes money over.

"Well wish you both luck" He then smiled to them both as he passes over a key card with a tag attached to it.

"Let Gary know which chamber if and when he shows up" Graeme told him as he took the card and the pair started to walk off into the building.

"Will do!" Mike called to them.

The pair went into a large room with a Gunpla battle table filling up the middle, around it was a viewing gallery. The pair waited until Gary and Ralph arrived, while above the gallery filled with other students from the school.

"Hope you don't mind me having some of the school come to watch you both be made a fool of" Gary taunted them as they all walked around the table to be opposite each other.

"They are only going to see you making a fool of yourself" Serena giggled.

"So quick, or drag it out?" Graeme asked her in a joking way.

"I say drag it out" She replied, playing into the joke.

"This will make the joke on them" Ralph told Gary as he passes a small box.

"Let's get this over with then so I can enter the tournament" Gary smirked.

Graeme nodded as he put in the key card he was given in a slot by where he was standing.

"Please set your GP base" The machine asked as a pair of docking ports emerged from the table, to which Gary and Graeme placed their GP bases in. Graeme's one read:

Builder: Graeme/Serena

Fighter: Graeme

Scale: 1/144

Class: HG

Model No.: GN-0000/S

Gundam 00 Striker

"Beginning Plavsky particle dispersal" The voice spoke as the table lit up and the control sections formed around Graeme and Gary, while Serena and Ralph got a support section. "Field 4: Mountain" Was then declared as the arena formed as a snow-covered mountain range. "Please set your Gunpla" Was the next instruction. Both players set their models on the front of where they docked their GP bases and the eyes on both flashed as the launch booths formed around them. "Battle Start!" The computer called out as the launch area went green.

"Gary and Ralph, heading out!" both of them called.

"Serena" She called.

"Graeme" He then called

"00 Striker, commencing battle" They both finished as then Graeme pushed forwards on one of the control orbs as then their suit was sent down a Gundam catapult launch into the arena.