Chapter II

Greetings and salutations all my wonderful readers! I have returned with another chapter to the The Endless War. Hopefully everyone enjoyed the previous chapter, and I hope you all enjoy this chapter as well. Be sure to leave a review if you do. At any rate, I would like to thank my coauthor Bakuto Masaki for all of his help with the story thus far and in the future and Kaesarthe42nd for his, as usual, great work on the cover art for the story. So, why don't we move on to the reviewer responses, no?

Sonicdude8: I understand your impatience, but this is actually one I've been sitting on for a while and only recently uploaded, I actually finished the first chapter about two months ago.

Victinis Victory: Yeah, it's a great series with some great characters. They are. The model Alister's using is a model from the show/games, though it only appeared for a very short time in the Original Generation for reasons that would count as spoilers. But the mech in question is called the Gespenst Mk-II Type-SA.

Travis Moon: Just keep reading my friend.

Now, with that done, let us move right along to the main event.

ATTENTION: Lemon in this chapter! I know, a bit quick, but hey, it is what it is.


Ryusei looked up at the central arena with a grin. "Oh! I'm next!"

"Good luck Ryusei!" Sei cheered.

Ryusei grinned as he walked up to the arena.

"I don't think I saw his battle before," Alister remarked as he and Sei went to the stands.

"That's because you left too fast," Sei admonished.

"Because none of the fights were interesting."

Kusuha laughed weakly. "Come on, Ryusei's pretty good."

"Oh?" Alister muttered, looking up to the stage curiously.

Ryusei grinned confidently and placed his kit, a bulky, green and white machine with several pods on its back. "No one can beat my Forever GM!"

Alister frowned slightly. "That's what he uses? Doesn't look very sturdy. At all. You sure he can handle himself?"

"He'll be fine," Kusuha eased.

Alister shrugged slightly. "Right. Well we will see soon enough I guess."

At that same moment, Tatsuya walked onto the stage with his Zaku Amazing in hand.

"Well he's screwed," Alister deadpanned.

"Yeah…" Sei mumbled weakly with worry.

"So how many seconds you think he'll last?"

Kusuha pouted lightly. "H – Hey, come on, that's not nice…"

Alister shrugged lightly. "What? It's an honest question. His opponent has two things going for him. Skill and a superior unit."

Tatsuya prepared to place his Zaku Amazing when the cellphone in his pocket started to ring.

Alister frowned slightly as Tatsuya answered his phone. "Answering his phone in the middle of the match? Why's he doing that?"

Tatsuya nodded with annoyance. "I understand." He immediately closed his phone and then raised his hand. "I forfeit."

"… Wha…?"

"H – Huh?!" Ryusei muttered in disbelief.

The gathered crowd gaped in shock as Tatsuya walked away.

Alister closed his eyes, focusing on his ears as Tatsuya grumbled quietly.

"They couldn't have waited a little longer…" Tatsuya murmured as he left.

Alister frowned in suspicion as he wondered what the other brunette meant.

"Does that mean… I win…?" Ryusei wondered in bewilderment.

"Guess that means our match is next," Alister noted as he stretched lightly. "Better get to it."

Suddenly the lights in the stadium went dim.

"Huh? Power outage?"

A spotlight then shone down on Kirara as she sang to the crowd before spinning into a pose, her hips out and a hand next her face with a grin. "It's me, your PT Idol, Kirara! Kiraran!"

Alister frowned slightly. "Oh. It's Kimono."

Kirara twitched an eyebrow in irritation and turned to him. "It's Kirara!"

Alister blinked in surprise and then smirked in amusement. "Aahh, so that's why you wanted to see the Gespenst."

Kirara stiffened in worry. "Wh – What are you talking about?" she stammered.

"Oh, nothing 'Mihoshi'."

Kirara paled in horror.

Sei looked at Alister in confusion.

Alister smirked and grabbed the Gespenst. "I'll handle this one. So sit back and watch."

The duo then stepped up to the arena and placed their kits.

"Good luck, Mihoshi," Alister eased.

Kirara stiffened and huffed, "I – I don't know who you're talking about."

"Really? Well good luck is wishing good things to happen to others, right?"

"Uh… yes?"

"Then you do know what I'm talking about, Mihoshi."

"M – My name's Kirara!"

The duo's back and forth was interrupted as the computer announced, "Beginning Plavsky Particle Dispersal."

Alister grinned excitedly. "Get ready Mihoshi."

Kirara huffed in annoyance. "It's. Kirara."

"Why do you deny your real name? Or is the other name you gave me the fake?"

Kirara growled in annoyance and pushed a button to activate private communications with Alister. "You're really irritating me!"

"How am I doing that?"

"My name is Kirara not Mihoshi, call me Kirara!"

Alister replied, "Answer my question and I will."

"What question?!"

"Is Kirara your stage name or your real name?"

Kirara twitched an eyebrow angrily. "Oh, for the love of – fine! Kirara's my stage name!"

"Then Mihoshi it is."

Kirara growled angrily in desperate annoyance.

"What?"

"Don't call me that in public!" Kirara demanded in desperation.

"Then only the bedroom?"

Kirara stiffened as her face turned deep red. "What is with you?!"

Alister chuckled lightly. "You're so easy to fluster and it's really cute. Though I bet you'd look even cuter out of that outfit and in normal clothes with your real hair."

Kirara puffed her cheeks before sighing in exasperation. "How'd you even figure it out?"

"Your reaction when I called you Kimono. It was the same reaction you had when I called you Kinaban. And the fact weren't in the stands."

"I… see…" she muttered in thought before widening her eyes, "wait you did that on purpose!?"

Alister tilted his head curiously. "Did you really think I was that stupid?"

"Yes!"

"Huh. Guess you've never heard the phrase 'look underneath the underneath'. Just because you see one thing doesn't mean that's how it truly is. Anyway, it's time to hunt."

"H – Hunt?"


Outside the arena, the crowd watched curiously.

"They're just… standing there," Sei commented curiously.

Alister's Gespenst suddenly charged forward.

Kirara's machine, a rounded, bright pink machine with several thrusters, reacted by dashing backwards.

"There they go," Ryusei commented.


Alister fired his rifle at Kirara, before she dodged to the side. "Are you just going to keep running, Mihoshi?"

Kirara snarled in annoyance. "Stop that!" she growled before shooting her rifle at him.

Alister smirked as he dodged to the side. "Well you are running Mihoshi. So, why should I?"

Kirara launched a volley of missiles at him which he shot down.

"Aren't you going to answer?"

"Just lose!" the pinkette demanded desperately as she shot at him.

Alister dodged to the side with a smirk before charging at her. "Sorry. Can't do that against someone living a lie."

"It's not a lie! It's the only way!" she growled before firing missiles.

Alister fired at the missiles, blowing them out of the sky. "Then why do you hide your true self? Why do you use a fake name instead of your real one? Why are you in this tournament if you obviously don't enjoy it?"

Kirara, becoming desperately enraged, dodged before chucking a grenade at him. "I'm playing this stupid game because my manager said it'll make me famous!"

Alister kicked the grenade away. "At what? PT battles? And if so the one being made famous isn't you but Kirara."

"I'm going to become the top idol in Japan, and eventually the world! And I'll get my name out there by becoming the champion of this game! I had to spend hours watching stupid cartoons and playing annoying games, memorizing names like Gouf and Supplice, all so I can one day become the world's greatest idol!"

"That makes no sense. If you do this shouldn't you focus on something you enjoy and using your true identity instead?"

"Oh please, Mihoshi's just a lonely brat nobody likes, a normal girl without anything. But Kirara's the energetic idol obsessed with everything the boys love!"

Alister frowned in disappointment. "But that's not the real you. And I like Mihoshi."

Kirara stiffened as her eyes widened. "Wh – What…? S – Stop trying to mess with me!"

"How am I doing that Mihoshi?"

Kirara growled and fired a stream of bullets at Alister's machine. "Saying you like that boring bland girl who just vanishes in a crowd!"

Alister easily dodged her shots. "Then how come I noticed you in it with a glance?"

"Huh?" Kirara muttered in confusion.

"I did say I saw you in the audience."

Kirara gazed in disbelief before the left arm of her mech exploded. "H – Hey!"

"We are still fighting Mihoshi."

Kirara snarled as she dodged to the side, launching missiles as she shot at him. "Stupid producer! Why didn't he make this thing tougher!?"

"It's not the machine it's the pilot," Alister remarked bluntly.

"Shut up!" she shrieked as she continued shooting at him.

"Then stop trying to be someone else," he urged as he dashed towards her, ducking as she tried to whack him with the edge of her rifle before slamming his fist into the torso of her machine. "It's over, Mihoshi. Jet Magnum!" he shouted as the poles on the arm of his Gespenst lit up and plowed into Kirara's Gerbera Tetra, blowing it to pieces.

"No! No, dammit!" she cursed as the displays dissipated.

"Battle Ended," the computer's voice said enigmatically.

Alister sighed in exasperation as he watched Kirara stumble back.

"No… my dream… Kirara's dream…" she muttered in defeat.

"Mihoshi…?" Alister asked weakly.

"Now I'll never become a top idol!"

Several of her fans, clad in shirts bearing her image, crowded around her.

"W – We'll try again next time!" the first one cheered.

"I – I'll make you an even stronger Personal Trooper!" the second one added.

"I can't wait a whole year!" Kirara shrieked.

"Will you quit it!?" Alister snarled angrily, shocking the pink-haired girl.

"H – Huh?" she mumbled.

"You're acting like a child over losing at something you don't even like! So what if you lost in this?! It has nothing to do with singing!"

Kirara frowned in disappointment and argued weakly, "But people need to know my name first."

"Which will never happen with that damn pseudonym! So stop trying to hide the real you!"

Kirara merely stared at Alister in confusion.

"This is really weird," Sei muttered.

China flattened her brow in annoyance. "Iori…"

"Y – Yeah…?"

"Be quiet."

"R – Right…"

Alister blinked and turned to Sei, handing the Gespenst to him. "Oh, right, Sei, here. The Gespenst. I think it might need some work."

"Huh?" Sei muttered before looking down at it, seeing the charred and shattered right arm. "What'd you do?!"

"I… might have diverted a bit too much power to the arm…"

Sei stared blankly at Alister.

"That's the same expression every mechanic I've met gave me."

"I wonder why…" the boy muttered sarcastically.

Alister shrugged lightly as Rinko giggled in amusement. "Yeah. I haven't figured it out myself either."


Back at Rinko's house, Alister sighed as he flopped onto the sofa.

Rinko walked over to him with two glasses of tea and sat next to him. "So, mind if I ask what you said to her?"

Alister raised an eyebrow slightly. "Just told her to stop hiding her true self and be herself."

Rinko blinked in mild surprise before smiling.

"What?"

"Nothing. Now, why don't we –" she began before the doorbell to the store rang. "Huh? A customer at this hour?"

Alister stood and offered, "I'll get it."


Making his way to the front, Alister looked in surprise as he saw Mihoshi, now out of her Kirara costume, standing at the door. "Good to see you Mihoshi," he greeted as he opened the door.

"H – Hey…" she greeted weakly as she walked in.

"Good to see you as you," Alister greeted.

"Y – Yeah… I've been thinking about what you said."

"Ah. And?"

Mihoshi steeled herself slightly and answered, "At least for now, I'm going to continue being Kirara."

"I see…" Alister muttered in disappointment.

With a small, excited smile, she added, "That way I can go with you to the championship."

Alister blinked in confusion. "Huh?"

Mihoshi immediately stiffened as her face reddened. "I – I mean…! Wait, I didn't mean it like that…!"

"What?" Alister muttered in growing befuddlement.

Rinko, standing behind him with a smile, added, "She just means that she wants to see you and Sei compete in the championship."

"Y – Yeah!" Mihoshi answered loudly with a relieved smile.

Alister turned from Rinko back to Mihoshi. "Ah. Thanks, Mihoshi."

"Y – Yeah," she answered with an uncomfortable laugh before evening her expression. "But after the tournament's over, I'm going to start singing my own songs, with my own name, not Kirara."

Alister smiled with relief. "I'll be sure to watch you sing Mihoshi."

Mihoshi's eyes lit up with a smile of excitement.

Rinko smiled mischievously before offering, "Why don't you come in and have a drink?"

Mihoshi twitched lightly, having forgotten Rinko was there. "S – Sure. Thank you, Miss…"

"Rinko Iori. The mechanic for Alister's machine is my son, Sei."

"Ah… So, you didn't build your PT either?" she asked to Alister.

Alister shook his head. "No, but the one who did build it made it with everything he's got. So, it's only natural that I pilot it with my full ability. Though…"

"Though…?"

With a weak chuckle, he explained, "I… kinda busted its arm during our battle."

"Ah… well considering I exploded right next to you it's not surprising."

"True."

After a moment of silence, Mihoshi added meekly, "Um, also, I want to apologize."

"Hm? What for?"

"Trying to tamper with the Gespenst," she explained guiltily.

Alister waved a hand dismissively. "Don't worry about it. Since I was perceptive enough to figure out what you wanted it didn't happen. Just chock it up to a bad decision and move past it."

Mihoshi stared in surprise. "Wait… you're not mad?"

Alister raised an eyebrow in consternation. "Why would I be? Now, come on, let's get something to eat, I'm starving."

Rinko suddenly clapped her hands together excitedly. "I actually have something I was planning on making tomorrow, but I'll whip it up now," she stated before dashing off.

"Uh… okay." Alister then turned back to Mihoshi. "Why don't we sit?"

"R – Right."


Shortly later, Rinko came to the table with a large pot. "Sorry it took so long."

"It's fine, Rinko," Alister eased.

"It smells really good…" Mihoshi mumbled.

"And more than likely tastes as good."

Mihoshi looked around in confusion. "Where is Sei anyway?"

"Probably working on the Gespenst. He's been working on it since we got back."

"Wow…"

Rinko nodded and added with a smile, "Yes, he's quite obsessed with it. Perhaps a little too much, like his rotten father."

'She said it with such a sweet smile!' Alister and Mihoshi unwittingly shrieked in thought at the same time.

"R – Right…" Mihoshi muttered lightly.

"A – Anyway, let's eat," Alister redirected weakly.


Shortly after, the trio finished the meal.

"That was great Rinko," Alister praised.

Rinko smiled pleasantly. "Why thank you."

Mihoshi added, "It's even better than the professional chefs my manager hires."

Rinko smiled as her face reddened. "Aaww… you're making blush from the praise. Oh, right, Mihoshi-Chan, do you have a place to stay?"

Mihoshi nodded in reply. "Yes, I'm staying in a hotel a few minutes away by cab."

Alister then offered, "Want me to escort you back?"

Mihoshi stiffened in response with a reddened face. "S – Sure."

"Right," Alister added as he stood before extending a hand to her. "Shall we go?"

"R – Right…" she mumbled as her face turned a deeper red.

Rinko grinned mischievously as they left.


"It's so dark…" Mihoshi muttered as they walked back to her hotel, night having fallen during her stay.

Alister glanced at her in thought. "Don't worry. Nothing will happen to you Mihoshi."

Mihoshi flinched before frowning defensively. "I – I'm not worried!"

The brunette chuckled lightly. "Well if something does happen you'll be fine," he offered before putting an arm over her shoulders. "Okay?"

"Y – Yeah," she stammered as her face glowed red.

Several minutes passed before Alister asked, "So… we almost there?"

Mihoshi trembled before looking around frantically and seeing her hotel, a large, ornate building with a large golden door. "Y – Yeah!"

Alister blinked in thought. "… You mean the hotel we just passed?"

The purplette blushed in embarrassment. "Y – Yes…"

"Right," he responded with amusement.


"And now we arrived," he noted as they walked up to the door.

"Um, thanks for walking me back," Mihoshi muttered lightly as she walked to the door.

Alister began to reply when they both heard a girl scream before a man got thrown into the nearby wall so hard he embedded into it. "Huh?" Alister mumbled before turning to the source of the scream, seeing a young woman with elbow-length, wavy, bright brown hair, a large pink bow in the back, her fringe coming to a point between her violet eyes, her bangs framing her face and ending just above her generous bosom, wearing a well-fitting, red blouse, a blue blazer overtop, a knee-length, loose, black skirt, and blue high-heeled shoes, clutching her pink purse tightly.

The woman then flinched as she looked at the man and paled. "Oops… I overdid it again…"

Alister frowned and rushed over to her. "Hey, you okay?"

She stiffened as she turned to him before laughing unconvincingly. "Y – Yup, just fine."

Alister furrowed his brow incredulously. "You don't sound fine beautiful."

"No, really, I'm okay, just a little startled from that thief."

Alister blinked before turning to the man. "You mean that guy you embedded in the wall?"

"… Uh… yeah…"

Mihoshi poked the man curiously with a stick, getting no response.

The brunette looked at Mihoshi in confusion before her eyes widening. "Mihoshi?"

The purplette looked up and saw the brown-haired woman. "Huh? Wait, Miu?"

Alister looked between the duo. "You two know each other?"

Mihoshi nodded in response. "Yeah. She's a fellow idol."

Alister turned his attention to Miu. "That so? You're pretty strong for an idol."

Miu stiffened and laughed weakly. "I – I just caught him off guard!"

Alister frowned slightly. "Right… anyway, I was just walking Mihoshi back to her hotel, so I guess I'll see you two later."

Mihoshi frowned in disappointment as he walked away, Miu watching curiously. "Great…" the purplette grumbled in frustration.

"What's wrong?" Miu questioned.

"Nothing…"


Alister yawned as he slowly woke up, sighing as he flexed his shoulders. "Another day…" he muttered before turning to see Rinko, in loose-fitting nightwear, cuddled close to him. He sat silently before reaching a hand to her round bottom and squeezing gently, causing a shiver to shake through her body. "I know you're awake," he noted flatly.

Rinko opened her eyes with a light pout. "You're no fun at all."

Alister shrugged lightly as he sat up and stretched. "As I said before, only when I want to be."

Rinko sat up with a yawn before putting a finger on her chin in thought. "Guess I'd better prepare breakfast."

Alister raised an eyebrow curiously. "I was planning to make pancakes and sausages today beautiful. But if you want to make something I won't stop you."

Rinko shook her head in response with a smile. "No, that's perfectly fine. I'll go check on Sei."

"Sure, beautiful."


Rinko, now dressed in her usual yellow sweater and tight jeans, walked up to Sei's room and peered in, seeing the boy passed on his desk with pieces of the Gespenst strewn around him, causing her to release a heavy, amused, sigh.


"Well?" Alister asked as he worked over the stove.

"He fell asleep working on that robot," Rinko answered as she sat down.

"Ah… Guess I'll save some for him later."

Rinko then leaned forward with a grin on her lips. "So, how'd your date with Mihoshi-Chan go?"

Alister looked at her mildly confused. "Date? All I did was escort her back to her hotel."

Rinko's smile dropped immediately. "Really? Aw…"

Alister then looked upward in thought. "Though… I guess I should ask her out. If only to make Excellen happy."

"Excellen?"

"My girlfriend."

"Oh…" the blue-haired beauty pouted.

"She's got this obsession with getting me a harem."

"Oh?" she asked, perked up in curiosity.

Alister nodded in confirmation. "Yeah. One of the things on her lists are milfs. Whatever they are."

Rinko's eyes sparkled deviously. "I think I can help with that."

"Really?"

"Yes, but first let's eat breakfast."


"Yum," Alister commented in satisfaction as he finished his meal.

"Yes, it was very good…" Rinko noted in surprise.

Alister then stood before stretching. "Okay, time to wake the kid." He then began filling a pot from the kitchen with cold water.

Rinko watched curiously as the brunette left the room before he heard Sei shriek deafeningly.


"What was that for?!" Sei screeched as he scowled at Alister, coated in frigid water.

Alister answered plainly, "You wouldn't wake up."

"So you splashed me with cold water!?"

"Worked, didn't it?"

Sei twitched an eyebrow in irritation. "What do you want anyway?"

"To wake you for breakfast. Your mom and I just got done eating. Lest you don't want any."

Sei merely stared at Alister in annoyance.


Later that day, Alister walked around the city in curiosity, looking around. "Hmm… Nice day…" As he continued he heard light giggling nearby, turning, he saw Ricardo holding a model of a white, blue, and red robot talking with a girl.

Ricardo smirked as he leaned next to the girl. "It's the Victory Gundam. It has a sophisticated design and a streamlined form. This Gundam is well-suited to beauty like you," he commented as he handed the model to her, causing the woman to giggle.

Alister twitched an eyebrow and walked over to the flirting man as he continued.

"And I –" Ricardo continued before the model was suddenly snatched from the woman's hand.

The woman looked up at Alister in mild thought as he shook the model lightly. "This thing's junk," Alister sneered.

Ricardo stood with a growl. "Wh – Why you! I spent three days building that Personal Trooper to rope in girls!"

The woman flinched away from Ricardo, disgusted.

Alister snorted, "Then you did a crappy job on it. This thing wouldn't survive long in a real fight." He then lightly clenched his fist around the kit, causing it to immediately shatter in his grasp. "See? Junk."

The Italian Dandy paled in horror before turning to the where the woman sat. "Th – That's not - Senorita?" he sputtered as he saw she was gone. "Where's the Senorita?!"

"She left angry at you Rico," Alister said bluntly as he wiped the dust from his hand.

Ricardo frowned and corrected, "It's Ricardo. Ricardo Fellini."

"Whatever playboy. I see you're in the tournament. Thought me busting your Glint didn't stop that."

"I've got something new. My Partner."

"Can't wait to destroy that too."

"If you make it that far."

Alister raised an eyebrow in mild confusion. "Are you talking about yourself?"

"Very funny," Ricardo hissed.

"How was I being funny?"

The man sighed in exasperation and urged, "What do you want?"

"Nothing. Just heard something and checked it out, Ricky."

"Ri – car – do," he corrected harshly.

"Sure thing, Ricky Bobby."

"Forget it. I'm going to make a new PT to get girls, so go away."

Alister shrugged as he turned to leave. "Sure. You don't need my help to blunder it after all."

Ricardo frowned in disappointment. "… You don't even want to see my Partner?"

"I'll see it in the tournament."

The tanned man hissed as Alister left.

As Alister walked down the pavement he sighed in irritation. "Man, I'm hungry…"

"Oh, hello again," a familiar voice greeted.

Alister turned to see Miu standing nearby. "Huh? Oh, you're Mihoshi's friend. Miu right?"

The brunette woman nodded with a pleasant smile. "Yes. Miu Kujou."

Alister returned the smile. "Beautiful name for a lovely lady. I'm Alister Manase."

Miu blinked in surprise. "Alister?"

"Yep. Why? You heard of me?"

She stiffened slightly and then laughed weakly. "Uh… n – no, just sounds… familiar."

"Huh. I see. I figured it was a pretty rare name."

"What are you doing anyway?" she quickly redirected.

"Exploring. And looking for a place to eat. You?" he answered, simply following her lead.

"Same."

"Huh. Wanna go eat together then?"

"S – Sure," she answered slightly off guard.

"Great!" he cheered.


Shortly later, Ricardo groaned as he walked slowly before seeing Alister walking next to Miu, gaping. "That bastard…" he growled before heading over to them across the street swiftly.

Alister glanced to the side and grumbled as he saw Fellini approaching. "Oh great. It's Rinobabo."

"Yo," he greeted with his patented smile.

"What are you doing here? Showing off another junk heap?"

"No," he answered flippantly, "but inspecting a gem," he commented before smirking to Miu.

"Ew…" she groused as she hid slightly behind Alister.

Alister deadpanned to Ricardo, "I think you best leave now."

Ricardo twitched and left, grumbling insults under his breath.

"What a creep," Miu hissed as she stepped back beside Alister.

"Yeah," Alister agreed simply.

Miu then turned her attention back to Alister. "Um, where were we going?"

"A place to eat."

"Oh, right. Any ideas?"

"Not a one."

Miu nodded in understanding before lowering her brow in thought. "Hm… how about something simple?"


After a short walk, the two stood in front of a small café.

"Huh," Alister commented as he looked around. "This looks good."

Miu blinked curiously as she looked up at the name. "Café… Kousaka."

"Huh. Wonder if it's related to that cute classmate of Sei's."

"Uwah!" China, walking with Sei, shrieked in surprise at the comment.

"Alister? Why are you here?" Sei questioned as they approached the other two.

"To eat," Alister answered simply.

"Ah. Well China's dad makes good food so it's a good choice."

China muttered in quiet confusion, "Wh – Why'd he call me cute…?"

"Because you are," Alister answered simply.

China stiffened in shock. 'He heard that!?'

"Something wrong?"

"N – No!"

"Okay?"

The four entered the store and saw a plain man behind the counter, China's father, standing perplexed. "Oh dear…" he muttered.

"Papa?" China asked as the four walked in.

"Oh, China," her father noted.

"What's wrong?"

Her father laughed weakly and motioned to the customer in front of him. "This boy is trying to pay for the shortfall with a toy."

"What?" Alister asked incredulously.

"It's not a toy, it's a PT," argued a young boy with short, green hair, squinted eyes, and a very urban outfit topped with a straw hat. "And look at the quality."

"That's not the issue…" China's father argued weakly.

"How much could you sell it for?" Alister interjected.

The boy looked at Alister in thought. "Hm? About twelve thousand yen."

"Whoa!" Sei suddenly shouted.

"Decent amount. Why can't you just pay for it?"

The boy frowned in embarrassment. "Sensei didn't give me much change.

Sei immediately ran up to the model on the counter, a black and grey robot with large wings and a long scythe. "No way! This is the Gundam Deathscythe Hell! Finished to perfection!"

"The what?" Alister wondered as he looked at the model.

"The Deathscythe Hell! It's incredible!"

"Never heard of it."

Sei looked at Alister with a flat expression.

"What?"

"N – Nothing…" Sei then turned his attention to the other boy. "Did you make this?"

The boy laughed weakly. "Y – Yeah. Don't look at it so closely, I'm ashamed that I built it so quickly here. It's far from perfect."

Alister raised an intrigued eyebrow and added his thoughts to the conversation. "Want to test it in a fight?"

The boy waved a hand dismissively. "Nah, it wouldn't win against anything with any time put into it."

"Hm… I see… It's definitely better than that scrapheap Fellini made. A lot better."

"Fellini?" The boy's face then went wide in disbelief. "Ricardo Fellini!? The Italian champion!"

He looked at the boy with a deadpan. "That douche is a champion? Jeez. They give anybody a title like that in the civvies sector. Hell, Bullet could beat Fellini."

"Who's that?" Sei wondered.

"I don't know. Some cannon fodder Excellen told me she's in the same unit with. My point is, even the most greenhorn military pilot could be that supposed champion. I certainly hope things step up in this tournament or I'm going to be bored as hell. Hm… Maybe I should break one of the Gespenst's arms…"

Sei paled in horror. "Eh!? No way!"

"Aw…"

The other boy blinked curiously. "Gespenst? Wait, are you Sei Iori?"

Alister glanced at him curiously. "Who, me or him?"

The boy remained silent, his gaze darting back and forth between Alister and Sei until steam began flowing from his eyes and he collapsed.

"Kid must not be good at thinking. Oh well."

China's father then interjected into the conversation. "Um… his bill still needs paid."

Alister turned to him and asked, "Do you accept military credits?"

"If that's all you have."

"Cool. How much?"


The boy bowed repeatedly to Alister and the others. "Thank you so much!"

"No problem, kid," Alister retorted.

The boy added, "My name is Mao Yasaka."

"Got it."

Mao then glanced over to Sei and China with a pout. "I'm jealous you have such a cute girlfriend."

China's face turned bright red as Sei sputtered, "H – Huh?! N – No! We're not like that at all!"

Alister sighed and knocked him on the head lightly. "Idiot. It's kinda obvious you two like each other."

"Eh!?" the blue-haired boy shrieked.

"… Loud."

Mao frowned in concern. "Did I do something wrong?"

Alister waved a hand dismissively. "No kid you didn't. Sei's just a little thick."

"Ah…" Mao then cleared his throat and turned his attention directly to Sei. "Ahem, though I'm glad I finally met you, Sei Iori, my lifelong rival!"

Alister slapped a hand over his face in utter disbelief. "Is this entire city built on a leaky gas pipe…? I mean seriously!?"

"Eh!?" Sei shrieked, again.

Mao continued, "My name is Mao Yasaka! I won the Japanese Fifth Block of the Burning PT Championship, and I want to become the best PT builder in the world!"

"I – I see…"

Alister folded his arms and interjected, "Best Builder doesn't mean much to me. Best Pilot does."

"Well then, you're just uncultured."

"I beat the Italian with a basic Gespenst."

Mao gaped in disbelief. "Wh – What!? No! That's not possible!"

"And why is that?"

"I've seen Fellini's builds, they're always so grand, so great, so perfect! Well, not as good as mine but still! There's no way someone who doesn't even know how to build one could beat him."

Alister flattened his brow incredulously. "You… do realize building a mecha and piloting it are separate things, right? I mean seriously. He wasn't all that."

Sei suddenly interrupted, "Y – You battled Fellini!? When did this happen!?"

"A little bit before the tournament. Used a basic Gespenst to tear that… White Glint I think it was called, into a piece of scrap."

The two boys gaped in awe.

Alister blinked in confusion. "What? It was a high-speed unit. Those things have trouble stopping."

"Wow…" Mao mumbled.

"What? It wasn't that tough. A few smoke grenades, forcing him to run, and bam. He rams into a building."

China frowned in confusion. "Um… what are you all talking about?"

"A pathetic pilot."

"I – I see…"


Soon, the group returned to Sei's shop and Sei turned to Mao and explained, "Well… this is it, Iori Hobby Shop."

"Wow…" Mao awed as the group entered the store, Alister making his way to the back counter, where Rinko was, whilst the two boys focused on the models.

Rinko watched curiously as the two boys spoke. "Alister, is that boy Sei's friend?"

Alister shook his head in denial. "Nah. Self-proclaimed rival."

"I see." She then smiled pleasantly. "Well I'd say they're about to become friends."

"Maybe."

Rinko then turned her attention directly on Alister. "So, how are you liking your time in this city?"

"It's interesting." Turning his gaze to her, he added, "And there are certainly some interesting people here. You being one of them."

Rinko smirked playfully. "Oh?"

Alister responded with a smile, putting an arm around her waist. "Yep."

"My, my, so forward."

"Mmoomm!" Sei whined. "Stop being weird!"

Alister retorted, "She's an adult, kid, she can do what she wants. Got it?"

Sei pouted and turned his attention back to Mao, trying to ignore the two behind him.

Mao looked over the multiple models in the store's display case with amazement. "It does my heart good to see such well-built PTs. Did you build them all yourself?"

"Well, yeah."

"I see. It's just like my master said."

"What is?"

"I've loved BPT since I was little. To be honest, I thought I was pretty special. But my master… he said, the world is huge. And that even he, who master the PT Shingyo School, once feared someone. His name was Takeshi Iori. He said I need to go and meet you, his son. So that's why I came all the way from Kyoto."

Sei remained silent in shock whilst Alister merely yawned.

Rinko frowned in consternation. "Takeshi…"

Alister glanced at her curiously. "Your ex I assume?"

"More or less…" She then smiled weakly. "To think he was respected by such a great man." Her weak smile then widened to a bright grin. "Sei! Show him the talent you inherited from your papa!"

Sei's face instantly turned beet red. "M – Mom! Cut it out!"

"Come on! Do it!"

"There's no need," Mao added as he stood.

"Huh?"

"Looking at the Personal Troopers here, to be honest, I was disappointed."

Alister frowned incredulously. "Why?"

"What do you mean?" Sei wondered.

"I mean exactly what I just said," Mao answered. "The most important thing in the building process is imagination. All the PTs here lack that. You just build the products nicely."

"Imagination doesn't win battles," Alister argued bluntly.

"Besides, these are just samples," Sei argued.

Mao folded his arms curiously. "Then, can I see your real work? I also have one that reflects the results of all my training."

Sei tilted his head slightly in confusion but nodded in reply. "Um… sure."

China frowned in concern. "Are you two… going to play Burning PT?"

Alister interjected, "I'm the one who can actually pilot the damn thing, not Sei."

Mao smirked and chided, "There's no need to. A true builder can tell which model is better with one glance."

Alister folded his arms and snorted dismissively.

Sei tightened his fists and nodded resolutely. "Right… I'll go get it."

"Glad to see you won't back down from a challenge."


A few minutes later, the two boys sat crouched in the living room of Rinko's house, with China, Alister, and Rinko watching pensively before the duo pulled out their respective machines and put them on the floor in front of each other.

Alister looked at Mao's, an extremely angular machine with multiple solar panels and a large cannon. "… The fuck is that thing supposed to be?"

Mao grinned proudly. "The Gundam X Maoh! My custom unit. My best work!"

"Right…" Alister and the others stood silently as Mao and Sei sat across from one another, moving nary a muscle, their eye contact unbroken. "… They've been sitting there, doing nothing for five minutes…"

"Yep…" Rinko added with a sigh.

China frowned as she looked between the duo. "How long will this continue…?"

"How would I know?" Alister retorted.

"They're having a duel in their minds," Ral, standing next to the trio, commented.

Alister looked at the man in disbelief. "When the hell'd you get here?"

"Not important." Ral narrowed his eyes as he continued watching the two have a stare off before stepping close to them and swiping his hand between them. "Hya! This battle is too fantastic to finish in your imaginations. Let us move it to the BPT arena."

"Huh?" Sei stammered.

"I'm fairly certain our friend here, Mao, is in the Burning PT Tournament, correct?"

Mao grinned proudly and puffed his chest out. "That I am!"

"Ah," Alister remarked dismissively. "So I'll have to fight the squirt then."

Mao twitched an eyebrow at the man but decided to redirect his attention to Sei as he packed away the Gundam X Maoh. "Alright Sei, let's put this battle on hold."

"Really?" the boy asked in surprise.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm fairly certain I'm better at building PTs, but I'm interested to see what your machine's normal pilot can do."

Alister flattened his brow in annoyance. "Don't you watch the fights kid?"

Mao looked at him curiously and then shook his head. "Hm? No, I've been walking since before they started."

He gaped slightly in disbelief. "… You walked all the way from Kyoto?"

"Yep!"

"… That sounds like something I'd do."

Sei looked at the man in shock as Mao left. Looking at the other boy's shrinking form, Sei nodded to himself. "Okay, I know what I'm going to add to the Gespenst."

"Oh?"

Without another word, Sei rushed off to his room.

Alister folded his arms and then sighed heavily before turning to Rinko. "I'll walk China back to her place."

"Right," the blue-haired beauty answered with a nod.

Alister looked at the girl and motioned to the door.

China nodded and followed behind.


The duo walked in silence for quite some time before they finally began to near China's home.

As they walked, China glanced at Alister silently. "U – Um, thank you…"

Alister merely shrugged in response. "No problem kid. You know, he's never going to notice if you don't do something." He quickly changed the subject, causing the girl to stop in her tracks and turn red. "Or is that why you bought the model?" he posited, causing the redness on her face to bright severely. "Looks like I was right." Turning from her door with a smirk, he added, "Anyway, I'll see you later."

"R – Right…" she stammered as he left.


"What a day…" Alister sighed as he turned to Rinko's house before flopping onto the sofa.

Rinko noticed the heavy exhaustion in his breath. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm just bored."

Rinko hummed in thought before heading to her fridge.

Alister sat up in slight surprise as she returned with two cold beers. "Huh. Didn't take you for a drinker."

Rinko laughed lightly and added, "Not regularly, but on occasion."

"I see. My girlfriend does too."

Rinko raised an eyebrow as she sat down and handed him one of the cans. "You've mentioned her a few times, but you haven't said what she's like."

Alister sat in thought as he lightly tapped the can against his head. "I guess I haven't. Well for one she's a fun person I suppose. Energetic. Top notch pilot and one hell of a shot."

"Oh? Sounds like the perfect person for you to fight with."

Alister nodded with a warm smile. "She is. I spend my time busting jaws on the battlefield, keeping all the enemies away from her, and she goes nearby and picks them off one-by-one to stop me from being overwhelmed. Our teamwork in the sims is pretty much unmatched. Throw in Kaguya and we are pretty much the perfect team."

"Kaguya?"

"The first member of that harem Excellen is making us, and a fellow military grad."

Rinko blinked in thought before smirking. "Oh?" she hummed as she pulled the tab on her drink.

"Yep," he answered simply before opening his own drink and taking a swig. "Huh. This is pretty good."

"Thanks."

After a moment of silence, Alister questioned, "So, what's the occasion for the drink?"

"How much you've helped Sei."

"Oh?" he returned before taking a drink.

Rinko nodded with a warm, loving smile. "He hasn't smiled this much in almost three years. I don't think anything in the world could make him happier than seeing the machine he put his soul into being used by such a skilled pilot."

"Ah."

She then turned her gaze towards him with her cheeks turning red with light inebriation. "So I thought the least I could do to pay you back was give you a drink."

Alister chuckled lightly in amusement. "And here I thought you wanted me drunk."

Rinko returned a playful smile. "Do you really think I'm that type of woman…?"

"No clue," he replied before putting a hand on her thigh firmly. "I certainly wouldn't mind finding out though."

Rinko grinned with excitement before leaning towards him, their lips pressing together as their tongues eagerly reached out towards each other.

Their appendages coiled and caressed around one another, a soft battle of dominance playing out between their mouths, with Alister proving the victor as he pushed onward and in to her mouth, exploring every crevice and spot of her soft cheeks with glee, gliding up under her tongue and gently caressing the roof of her mouth before pulling away.

Rinko gave him a heavily blushed smile as he did, a single strand of saliva connecting them for a moment. "Your time with those two has definitely paid off."

"You ain't seen nothing yet." He looped his arms under her knees and back, picking her up gently.

"My, my, you're certainly strong," she noted with a smile, putting an arm around his shoulders.

"Not at all, you're not very heavy." Alister quickly carried her to her bedroom at the back of the house and shut and locked the door before putting her on the bed with a firm drop.

"Well aren't you vigorous?" she teased with a smirk.

"Well I'd say the same about you," he retorted before his hands grasped her bulging bosom tightly. "Even with your bra on I can feel your nipples poking my hands."

"Y – You certainly… know how to use your hands…" she moaned out as he kneaded and rolled her orbs with his fingers.

"I'd like to think I was taught well." He leaned down and pressed his lips against hers before moving his hands down to between her soft thighs, placing his hand over top her mound. "Hehe, even through your jeans I can tell how wet you are," he teased before moving down to her nethers.

"What are you…?" she wondered before moaning loudly as he pressed his fingers into her entrance, digging her jeans and panties underneath.

Alister chuckled lightly. "I don't know if it's because of the alcohol or how you normally are, but you're certainly sensitive."

"D – Don't tease me like that…!" she begged as each motion of his fingers sent jolts of pleasure through her body.

"Hehe, you're much cuter like this." He quickly turned her on her front, her plump bottom sticking up in the air.

"H – Hey…"

Alister grabbed the top of her jeans and pulled swiftly, exposing her dark violet panties, a long stain of arousal darkening the fabric as drops of fluid eked out. Placing his face close, he drank in the scent of her arousal flowing from her pussy. "Such a nice smell." He pressed his tongue against her mound, gliding it up and down along the slit, feeling her body shiver with each motion before grinning and pinching her throbbing nub with his teeth.

Rinko clenched the sheets in her fists and grit her teeth as a loud shriek of ecstasy shot from her throat. "H – Hhyyaauu!"

"Now, now, not too loud, you might wake Sei."

Rinko shivered and bit her lip softly as he twirled her clitoris in his teeth. "Th – That's not… fair… I haven't had sex in so long… my body's so sensitive…"

Alister chuckled as he moved the fabric of her panties aside. "You really are wet," he remarked as he spread her lower lips, a light gush of arousal pouring out. "There's certainly a lot coming out. Perhaps I should get some out." With his other hand, he slid a finger into her quivering hole, awing as the soft orifice greedily sucked his digit in.

Rinko widened her eyes as Alister's finger sunk into her pussy, twirling and dancing around in the hole, stirring the flesh inside. "I – If you keep… keep like that… I won't… won't be able to keep my voice down…!"

"Hm… you have a point."

Rinko's body arched sharply as Alister added his index finger to his middle, both swirling and moving about inside her, stirring, pulling, and pinching the walls of her pussy. "I – It's been so long… since I've felt… anything like this… I think… I think I'm going to… to…!"

Alister smirked mischievously as he curled his fingers, pinching a rough portion of her inner walls as his thumb and pinky squeezed her clitoris.

"N – No…! My clitoris… and g-spot… at once…! I'm… I'm ccuummmmiinngg!" she called out loudly as her back arched and heat spread through her body. Her muscles trembled and shivered before she collapsed, breathing heavily. "You're… mean…" she panted out.

Alister chuckled lightly as he pulled his fingers out, both drenched in Rinko's fluids. "You say that, but it seems you liked it," he taunted as he put his nectar-covered fingers next to her mouth.

Without another prompt, Rinko reached out exhausted and began sucking on the man's fingers, licking and sucking her juices from his skin.

"There, all clean. Now, how about we move on to the main event?"

Rinko's exhausted face formed a smile as Alister pulled the tab on his trousers. However, her smile turned to shock as she saw his dick emerge. "I – It's huge…" she muttered in awe at the thick rod, easily greater than thirty centimeters in length, throbbing behind her.

"Do you want me to stop?"

"I – I never said that… I've just… never seen one that big…"

"Well, you could say my past brings me numerous unfair advantages." Putting his hands firmly on her round ass, he pulled her labia open with his thumbs, aiming his member directly at her pussy. "And… here… we… go!" he accentuated before plunging his hips forward, burying his cock all the way inside her.

"Hhyyaauu!" she shrieked out as she felt the end of his member instantly hit the entrance to her womb. "I – It's… so deep… I think… I'm going crazy…" As her shoulders slumped in fatigue, she got a glimpse of their connection, gaping as she realized his tool was only just over half way inside of her. 'H – How can it be so long!?' Her question was not given answer as Alister began moving, his rod plunging back and forth in her tunnel, each thrust hitting against her cervix.

As he continued thrusting forcefully into her tunnel, Alister slid his hands up her striped sweater and lifted it and the bra underneath off her breasts, allowing the wonderful masses to swing freely with each motion. "Mm… they're just as beautiful as I'd imagined they would," he complimented before gripping the fleshy orbs firmly, his fingers sinking into the soft warmth, pulling and kneading them with his hands. "Damn… I think these things are even bigger than Excellen's." With a jerk he pulled her up, sitting her straight as he pounded in from below, her breasts rolling and sloshing in his hands. "You have some wonderful breasts, Rinko," he whispered huskily in her ear.

Rinko gasped with a small squeal. "Th – Thank… you…" she gasped out, her breath hitching with each impact of his dick. Her eyes became foggy as her body was filled with the sensation of ecstasy, the shape of Alister's cock bulging in her skin above her mound as he thrust harder and hard, each plunge increasing the speed of his movements. However, just as she was reaching the peak of her elation, she was pulled from her own head by a knock at her door.

"Mom…" Sei groaned sleepily from the other side of the door. "What's all the noise for…?"

Rinko paled and put a hand on Alister's shoulder. "A – Al, stop," she begged in a whisper.

Alister merely replied with a grin. "You think I can stop now when we're this deep into it?" He accentuated his words by pinching her stiffened nipples, causing her to shiver with pleasure. "Come on, if you don't answer him, he might open the door. Do you really want your son to see you like this? Getting railed from behind by his partner?"

Rinko's eyes went wide before her expression softened, her face turned redder with each passing second.

"Mom?" Sei called through the door once more.

Rinko shook her head firmly and, in her best attempt to hide her moans, answered him. "M – Mommy's fine, S – Sei… I'm just doing a little – hau! A little stretching…!"

"Okay… goodnight…"

"Good – ahn – night…!"

After a few seconds she sighed in relief.

"Stretching, really?" Alister teased as he continued plunging his cock into her.

Rinko frowned weakly in retaliation. "M – My head isn't… working right… at the moment…" she answered shakily, her voice cracking as arousal shoots through her.

"Hehe, true. Well, then I should give you a reward for convincing him so well." Alister then pinched her erect nipples with his fingers and tugged on her giant globes as he shoved his tool deeply, partially opening the gateway to her womb.

Rinko grit her teeth and arched her back as the dual sensations shot through her body, giving her yet another climax, her pussy clenching around Alister's member.

Alister grunted deeply as her walls gripped him like a vice. "Crap… if you squeeze me like that…!"

Without warning, Alister's hose burst, gushing cum into the blue-haired beauty's uterus.

Rinko's eyes shot wide as she felt the hot liquid fill her body. Her expression of shock quickly melted to a face of elation. "It's been so long… since I've felt… this warmth… inside me…"

Alister chuckled lightly. "I'm quite surprised. For the prim and proper air you present, you're really a total slut, aren't you?"

Rinko's pink lips curled down with a frown, her face reddening. "D – Don't… call me that… I'm not… like that…"

"That's what you say," he paused as his reached down towards her pussy, "but your reaction down here says something completely different. Now, I've still got plenty of juice left, so why don't I give you the rest?"

"M – More?!" she asked in disbelief. However, her question again went unanswered as Alister resumed his thrusts, forcing into her vagina with a great speed and force. "N – No…! If you're that rough after I just came… I'll go crazy!"

"Oh? I haven't made you yet?" Pulling his staff almost to the point of leaving her hole, he thrust in with a powerful plunge, his dick forcing her cervix open and forcing its way into her womb.

Rinko's eyes went wide in shock as she felt him bury his full length inside her, stretching even her womb as his entire member filled her. "You're… stirring the cum… inside me…!"

Alister chuckled as his thrusts continued, the semen in her womb sloshing and stirring as he pounded into her. "I hope you've got plenty of energy, Rinko, I've got far more to give you."


And there you have it, the conclusion to the second chapter of The Endless War. Hope you enjoyed the chapter, be sure to leave a review letting me know if you did. If you were confused, unsure, or simply had any questions on anything be sure to let me know and I will do what I can to address your concerns in the next reviewer response. If you did not enjoy the chapter, um... sorry? Post a review if you feel so inclined but do try to keep it civilized, or alternatively go and do something you actually enjoy instead. Anyway, I cannot think of anything else to say, so until the next chapter, bye-bye!