Gundam Build Fighters: Last Time

Chapter 1

The Spark's Cloud


It has been seven years since Sei Iori and his partner the mysterious Reiji won the 7th Gunpla Battle World Tournament. Since then Gunpla Battles have been managed by Yajima Trading, and a new generation of fighters have risen all seeking to take the top for the sake of their own dreams. These are classical words of a sequel don't you think? Still before we can begin you'll have to take a dip into the future to see where it all ends. Well in any case imagine yourself being one of several watching a Gunpla Battle take place in deep space. Instead of the people fighting all you see are the stars between worlds.

"Go on and win it!" a fan yells.

That was just one of many things the people watching this were saying whether they be the friends or adversaries of the two fighters locked in bottle, but then all of a sudden your attention is drawn back to the battle system when you see another flash of light burst forth in this simulation of outer space.

"Ven Saurel, you're strong!" an excited Sekai yelled.

That's right the one who said this was none other than the burning boy with red hair and eyes Sekai Kamiki the pilot of the Try Burning Gundam, but that's a whole other can of worms that you'll have to open on your own.

"So are you Sekai Kamiki!" Ven yelled as he was enjoying this fight just as much.

Ven possesses a striking resemblance to Strike Noir pilot Sven Cal Bayang right down to his hair style with the only real differences being the obvious 5 year difference in age, as well as the happy excited expression on his face, the fact that his hair is jet black instead of a white or silver color, and that his eyes are of a bright red like his opponent. In any case both gunpla though still intact show signs of damage on different parts of their bodies.

"But I won't lose to you again." Ven declared.

"And I won't lose either!" Sekai retorts.

As for how they're clashing in this particular instance, the furiously burning fist of Sekai's Gundam is meeting the blade of Ven's beam sword head on with neither giving an inch to the other. That's right I said beam sword. Simply imagine an ordinary sword but with a beam edge.

"Then let's put it to the test shall we!" Ven yells.

Ven purposely has his black gunpla spewing lightning let Sekai's fire spewing gunpla slip past his defense only for him to redirect the danger of his opponent's attack away from him, and of course... to create an opening.

"Wide open!" Ven thought within the confines of his mind.

Ven puts on the afterburners of his gunpla as he pulls back his free arm as far as it can go with the intention of launching a sort of telephone style palm strike aiming for the back of the Try Burning's neck.

"I won't fall for the same trick twice." Sekai declared as without looking he either already knew or already realized the intent behind Ven's moves.

Without warning everything goes from being a fast paced battle to a slow paced slug fest the moment Ven's attack seems like it's about to connect, however as you watch this in slow motion Sekai narrowly dodges this would be lethal blow by a centimeter by in turn ducking his head. It's a good thing too because a small beam blade comes out from just under the palm of Ven's freehand similar to the manner of an Assassin's hidden blade from Assassin's Creed.

"I missed!" Ven thought with irritation as he realized that his attack failed.

"I did say I wouldn't fall for that again!" Sekai yelled as his narrow avoidance of defeat has only served to raise his level of excitement even higher.

Once time returns to its normal flow Sekai waists no time in launching a counterattack. The Try Burning pivots its body to right as Ven's gunpla still hovers just over it, and with his right leg Sekai lands a powerful kick right where the cockpit would be were Ven piloting an actual mobile suit. This kick sens his gunpla back a few feet.

"Tch... a professional always plans for the failure of his first attempt." Ven says to Sekai.

"I don't care how many plans you have! The Try Burning and I will beat them down together." Sekai retorts.

"My gunpla and I will do the same!" Ven yells.

The moment Ven's gunpla comes to a stop as a result of the attack he just took, Sekai turns around and flies towards Ven with one of his arm already pulled back in preparation to throw a punch of his own. The key in this situation is the moment Sekai turns around however as the moment he does so... he finds himself staring down the barrel of an unfolded beam cannon that Ven pulled out from behind his back.

"Try plan 2!" Ven yells as he pulls the trigger for the cannon.

Against certain other fighters Ven would have just guaranteed his win, but he's not facing any ordinary fighter. Sekai shows of the sheer agility of his upgraded gunpla with a quick and short side dash to the left, then with a section shot a side dash to the right, and with a third shot a quick climb up.

"To dodge 3 shots in quick succession from a beam cannon... you really are amazing Sekai!" Ven says as this fights continues to pump him up even further.

"So are you. I thought it would take you a couple seconds longer to come back from that kick." Sekai retorts as the excitement of the battle causes the grin on his face to grow even bigger.

"We've both gotten stronger since the last time we fought, so I guess it's to be expected." Ven retorts as he puts his cannon away.

"That's why we should with everything we have so there's no regrets, so this way we can both be satisfied with the battle." Sekai points out as he backs of from Ven in order to put some distance between them.

"Truer words have never been spoken." Ven retorts as well.

Just as there were many ordinary people and unknown fighters watching this clash go down much to their enjoyment... there were many well known faces observing the fight for the same reason. One in particular a Meijin would have something to say.

"Yes... that's exactly what the essence of a Gunpla Battle should be!" Meijin Kawaguchi III yelled with his hand outstretched.

All of a sudden Ven felt his black gunpla being pulled by a force where it's impossible for it to exist in space, but given his opponent... it's not even a problem.

"Wind in space? Amazing Sekai... this makes me want to pay you back for my loss even more." Ven thought as the grin on his face has grown so much that he risks ripping in apart.

Believe it the impossible or no... the wind does flow in space and gathers around the Try Burning forming a powerful raging tornado, but as amazing as it is things still aren't going to be that simple in this battle.

"Jigen Haoh School! Senko Majutsu-Geri!" Sekai screamed.

"A feint? Damn." Ven thought as he clearly wasn't expecting this move.

Ven quickly raises the forearms of his gunpla directly in front of his face. It might seem pointless given the sheer power of Sekai's martial art techniques, however there is still a glimmer of hope as they reveal themselves to be equipped with beam shield generators. Those shields take the brunt of the attack head on perhaps saving Ven's gunpla from instant destruction, but still... the force was immense enough to send him flying through the stars.

"Damn... I won't be able to avoid hitting that." Ven thought.

By "That" Ven was referring to the hull of one of the destroyed ships that litter the battlefield, and boy did he come into contact with it... hard enough to send several cracks in all directions.

"The shields may have mitigated some of it, but that kick still did a lot of damage. At this rate I won't be able to fight for much longer." Ven thought.

"I'm glad that didn't finish you off. I know I said to fight with no regrets, but I wouldn't be satisfied if that took you down." Sekai points out as he moves closer to Ven but still keeps some distance out of caution.

"I'm glad too, and Sekai... I'll understand if you don't answer, but answer this... your gunpla won't be able to fight much longer either will it?" Ven asks.

"No it can't... but the Try Burning and I will still fight to the end." Sekai answers.

"Then what do you say we settle this the same way we did last time we fought? We use the strongest technique we can in our current state and put everything we have left behind it. With your burning spirit against my surging spirit... we'll see which one of us is stronger once and for all." Ven suggests.

"Interesting... alright I'll take on that challenge." Sekai said as Ven's suggestion is really appealing to his warrior spirit.

"Quoting you 'No Regrets'!" Ven yelled.

Here right now... there spirits as fighters have reached their peak, and now their gunpla are clearly reacting to it. In Sekai's case the back of his gunpla is being covered by a large ring of fire, and in Ven's case wings made of lightning itself are shooting forth from his back.

"Let's go Try Burning/Assassin Noir!" Sekai and Ven thought as they call out the names of their gunpla within their minds.

This whole time Ven never let go of the beam sword he had his hands on earlier and to compliment it he pulls a second one out from behind his back, but... the first surprise here is that he combines the two swords turning it into an anti-ship beam blade. The second surprise is when the red beam of this combined sword turns a faded purple like Ven's wings as he puts the blade to his gunpla's right side.

"Jigen Haoh School! Shippu-Zuki!" Sekai yelled.

As for Sekai... his mind is clear like dropping a small pebble into a perfectly serene lake. With this attack he puts both the implausibility of flames and of the wind into a single punch. Everyone watching has their eyes open and are refusing to move from where they are. After all since it was so obviously declared this attack will be the last of the battle.

"Magnificent! To see two fighters with their assimilation set to the maximum about to clash... It almost makes want to join the fight." Meijin Kawaguchi III thought.

Once both of their techniques have been prepared Ven and Sekai charge at each other at full speed. With each inch they get closer their gunpla continues to emit more of their surging and burning spirits as fire and lighting. It gets to the point where it emits so much both gunpla are literally consumed by this emission.

"Arghhhhhhh!" Sekai and Ven yell as the show their spirit, their bonds, and their desire to win with a simple scream... no a proud war cry.

Don't forget what I said about both gunpla being literately covered by how much power they're putting out. Well now that concentration of energy is starting to take shape. Sekai's spirit manifests itself as a roaring Phoenix. In Ven's case his spirit manifests as a surging Hammerkop known in some mythologies as the lighting bird. The very tip of both birds beaks if formed around Sekai's fist and Ven's sword respectively.

"It ends here!" Sekai and Ven yell at the same time.

At first your eyes are drawn to the entirety of the forms Ven and Sekai's inner gunpla battle spirit takes, but as the final attacks of these two draw closer to one another so are your eyes drawn to the point where they'll come into contact... in particular Ven's blade of lightning and Sekai's flaming fist. Your glued to your seat with your hands tightly gripped on your arm rest with excitement, so as a result you also believe that the only thing that could get you to move is an act of god.

"Now take this!" Sekai yelled.

"Back at you!" Ven loudly retorts.

Once the attacks of these two at last come into contact with one another... Ven's sword and Sekai's fist... a shiver of excitement passes over everyone watching. Who could blame them... what with all that fantastic amount of power being released all at once. That same power blows back around these two and circles around their owner as Sekai and Ven continue to try and get one-up each other.

"I'm really glad I've gotten a chance to fight you again Sekai before I... no there's no time to worry about that." Ven said as he and Sekai continue to try and overpower one another.

"Same here, but remember... no regrets." Sekai retorts.

Once an extreme amount of energy comes into contact with an opposing force of equivalent strength... only one thing can result from it especially in the Gundam Universe. An explosion... powerful enough to force a cloud of smoke against the very edges of the battle system, however that in itself would serve to hide another surprise.

"Plavsky Particles... they're flying out of the battle system... to do that would require a tremendous amount of power." Mejin Kawaguchi III thought.

"Battle ended." the battle system declares in that ever familiar monotone voice.


Now you're probably asking who won aren't you? Was it Sekai, Ven, or even a draw? No one could be blamed for asking such questions in this situation, but nor will you have it answered in this moment either. That reason being is that here is where your dip into the future ends because now is where we start at the beginning.

"Now arriving at San Diego International Air Port. Local time is 6:38PM. Please return your seats to their proper upright positions and be careful when opening the overhead bins as contents may have shifted during the flight." a Stewardess said over a plane's internal PA system.

The people on this particular plane all exit one by one and I'm sure they're all interesting people in their own right, but there's only one face among them that you have to really worry about. That face being our Sven look-a-like Ven wearing a black tunic, with a necklace that has a Fleur-de-lis pendant, very dark blue pants, and a pair of well crafted white leather shoes.

"Excuse me, but are you Ven Saurel?" another stewardess who was waiting at the podium or whatever you'd like to call it right next to Ven's gate.

"Yes." Ven calmly answers.

"Calmly" would in actuality be a clear understatement. The Ven in this moment is very different compared to the excited, happy, and battle enjoying person that he'll become down the road. The present Ven responded calmly to the point of emotionless to the stewardess. Quite frankly the air around him alone indicates that he's a lone wolf type.

"We have a package for you." the stewardess explained.

"From who? Also... why would an airline hold a package for a customer?" Ven curiously asks.

"According to what I've been told it's from your uncle who paid for your ticket. Normally if a customer made such a request we'd tell them to just use some form of courier service, but given his reputation as a word class gunpla fighter upper management back in France decided to make an exception." the stewardess politely explained.

"I see... what did he leave me?" Ven asks.

In response to Ven's question the stewardess pulls out a sealed letter and a small leather case out from behind her podium.

"Just these. I was given strict instructions not to open it or to give it to anyone else but you." the stweardess.

"I see... thank you." Ven says to the stewardess before making his way to the closest airport bathroom.

The moment Ven opens the small leather case he instantly stops moving and stands in the middle of this large airport hallway. It's clear given the sudden twitch of his eyebrows that the case's contents were something he wasn't expecting. Who could blame him? Who would expect to be given a gunpla out of nowhere? Once this momentary shock passes he quickly opens the sealed letter and mumbles its summarized contents aloud.

"Dear Ventus Saurel AKA Ven Saurel, How was your flight nephew? Well regardless I hope it was enjoyable. Let me just say congratulations on getting into the prestigious Clancy Academy on a Gunpla Building Scholarship. bla bla... bla bla bla... stop going bla bla bla as you read this, and before you think it yes I actually wrote that. Let's see... ah here we go 'Our cousin should already waiting outside your gate to pick you up. If not simply wait and he shouldn't be much longer.' Since I'm sure you've opened the case before this letter... let me just say that this is my gift to you... something to give you luck in this foreign land. I spent 6 months developing this gunpla, but if I wasn't busy with work I probably would have had it finished in 3. I know you said to me that you had absolutely no interest in Gunpla Battles so use this machine inspire your own work, but if that changes this machine becomes your trusted partner." Ven mumbled as he's nearly finished with his summary of this letter.

"Excuse me, but do you know where the lounge for this wing of the airport is?" a random airport goer asks Ven unintentionally preventing him from quickly finishing the letter.

"No this is my first time here." Ven bluntly answered.

This particular person offered a slight nod as thanks, so with this minor distraction out of the way he gets back to finish reading his uncle's letter.

"I'm sure it's obvious to you that this gunpla is based off of the machine I used in the 7th World Tournament, and I'm sure by now your also curious as to the name of the unit. Well this gunpla's full name is the ZGMF-X42SBII Fate Noir MK 2. Now I'm sure if our cousin is there he'll want to get going or if he isn't you'll want to go ahead and do something to kill time, so I won't keep you any longer. Just know that once more I wish you luck. Sincerely your uncle, Lt Cmdr. Ansel Labossière." Ven mumbles before he breaths a sigh of relief now that he's finally finished going through this letter.

Ven puts his uncle's letter away in his pocket and clips the small leather case onto his belt thinking he'd have nothing exciting to deal with for the rest of the day. A few others around him had similar thoughts, but soon enough a monkey wrench would be thrown into that line of thinking. That wrench starts when an apparent employee of one of the businesses located inside the airport given their colorful uniform runs up to one of his female co-workers currently on break. Both of whom appear to be no more than a year or two older than the 15 year-old Ven.

"Dude... you know... the battle systems.. near the directory right across from our workplace?" this employee said as he regained his composure with each word spoken.

"Yeah what abou... wait the manager didn't catch you having a battle while you're on duty again?" the female employee asks with a bit of a annoyed tone.

"Wha... no that's not it. You'll never guess who I saw walk up to one of them." the male employee says with child-like excitement.

"Who?" the female employee asks with piqued curiosity.

"Then..." the male employee says.

"I'm going to need more than that man." the female employee points out as she grabs her co-workers by the shoulders.

"Our Gunpla Battle heroes... both of them." the male employee said as he emphasizes the word "Both".

"You mean..." the female employee says as she starts to become giddy with excitement as well.

"Yeah... Athrun Castleton and Alex Thomas are about to play a Gunpla Battle." the male employee revealed.

These two employees start to run towards the aforementioned area and are followed by several people who on time for their flight be damned overheard their conversation. Ven himself ended up being dragged along by the crowd. He's wondering the same thing you are... over the course of seven years just how much stronger have these two gotten? You'll have to get your answer next time because for now it's...


To Be Continued

Ven: They're strong.

Alex: Long time no see.

Ven: Next time on Gundam Build Fighters: Last Time "The Spark's Storm"

Alicia: Why aren't you into Gunpla Battle?

Ven: Because I gain absolutely nothing from it.


A/N: I realize I haven't finished "Gundam Build Fighters A" yet, but once I had the idea for the second season I had to write it down and post it as soon as possible. Rest assure I will still update both stories with my spare time.

Secondly unlike GBFA, I'm accepting 2 OC submissions... one male and one female character. If you are interested PM me using the submission format below. Don't submit your OC through a review unless you have something to say about the first chapter of this new story. If it's only about your OC, I won't consider it. I will PM the creators of the OCs I select.

OC Submission Format

Name:

Gender: (Has to be between 14-17 in age)

Ethnicity:

Appearance: (Reserved, Flashy, Risque, Cross dressing whatever works for you)

Likes/Dislikes: (Whether it be food, clothes, games, codes of morality, etc)

Personality

Gunpla: (Include full Model Designation number along with Unit Name)

Weapons:

Appearance (Color scheme of the unit, where the weapons are stored, if it looks very different than the unit it's based off the be detailed about this part.)

Special Features (Does it have something like Trans-Am, the RG System, the Exam System, the Strike Freedom's Full Burst Mode, or something similar? If doesn't leave this part blank.