"Why are we doing this Tucker?" asked Danny as he watched his technology loving friend set up his computer.
"Because I want to be the first person to do a web show that focuses on Gunpla Battles," answered Tucker as he continued to set up his web camera on his computer.
"Doesn't that kind of come off as sad?" questioned Danny as he looked around his friend's room. "Usually if people want to see Gunpla Battles, they just go to a hobby shop or anywhere that has a Battle System," he pointed out.
"Yes, but nobody has ever bothered to give a review of the many untelevised Gunpla Battles," Tucker told Danny. "And I'm going to be the first," he continued.
"So why am I here?" asked Danny.
"Well I need someone to talk about the strategies and the background information on the competitors with me when it comes to these reviews," answered Tucker.
"Wouldn't it make more sense to ask Mr. Position to help you out with this then?" questioned Danny.
Tucker looked at Danny for a moment before going back this his work.
"Why would a grown man waste his time talking to a fourteen year old boy about this stuff on a web show?" asked Tucker.
"Good point," replied Danny seeing where Tucker was going with that.
"Anyway, we are ready to go!" yelled an excited Tucker.
"Great, so which Gunpla Battle will we be reviewing first?" asked Danny.
Tucker stopped moving as his brain registered what Danny just said. Danny looked at Tucker's lack of movement and put two and two together.
"You don't have any Gunpla Battle videos, do you," Danny stated in a deadpanned tone.
Tucker was still silent.
Danny rolled his eyes before heading out of Tucker's room.
"Well this was a complete waste of my time," said Danny.
"What am I going to do?" complained Tucker. "I can't start my Gunpla web show without battles to review," he continued.
"Then I guess we'll just have to metaphorically go to the battle grounds," said Danny. "And by battle grounds I mean the hobby shop, and by metaphorically I mean get your camera and DOM," he told Tucker as he left the room.
About an hour later, Danny and Tucker were standing in front of Mr. Position's hobby shop. They were about to enter but Danny noticed a poster with what looks like mobile suits battling each other. There was a caption with the words Open Gunpla Tournament on top with the date of the tournament. Danny continued to read the poster for more information while Tucker was about to enter the store.
"Danny, you coming in yet?" asked Tucker.
Danny took his eyes off the poster to answer Tucker.
"Yeah," replied Danny.
Danny followed Tucker as they headed towards where the battle room was. Tucker stopped and looked to see that there was a match going on in the room. He took out his camera and started to record it.
"Oh man this is great," said an excited Tucker as he continued to record the match.
Inside the battle room, the battlefield that was selected was a forest area during the autumn season. There was a red and black Gunpla that looked like a Zaku but the torso was more streamlined with cylinder shoulder pads with slightly pointed ends facing upwards. The legs were larger around the shins and feet with two turbine engines on the outer sides of the legs. On the sides of the skirt were two movable wings and two large thrusters on the back of the skirt. On the back were two fairly thin wings and two large thrusters between them. On the left arm was a shield with a long barrel gatling gun with a drum and belt fed magazine attached to it. In the right hand was a black sword and there was also a rectangular block with a hole on the end facing the hand. The head had a small blade like antennae on the center above its mono-eye.
This was a modified Gouf Flight Type from the twelve episode OVA Gundam 08th MS Team and its builder was a fellow classmate of Danny and Tucker, the very aggressive Valerie Gray and one of the best A-list Gunpla Fighters in Casper High.
Valerie's opponent was using a GINN from Gundam Seed anime series. The GINN was a gray and silver colored mono-eye Gunpla that was similar to the Zaku and Gouf but it had a larger antennae and big thrusts shaped like wings. The GINN had a rifle in its right hand and a double edged sword in the left hand.
Outside of the battle room, Tucker continued to record the match while Danny went to find Mr. Position. Danny found the man standing in front of one of the aisles stocking up a new shipment of model kits. Mr. Position noticed someone out of the corner of his eye and saw Danny.
"Oh Danny," greeted the man. "Is there something I can do to help you?" he asked.
"Mr. Position, I saw that poster about a tournament coming up…" started Danny.
"Ah yes the tournament," said Mr. Position as he finished placing the model kits onto the shelves. "I take it you are interested in entering?" he questioned the Fenton boy.
"Well…" started a nervous Danny. "I think it might be fun to try," he said to Mr. Position.
"Yes it would be," agreed Mr. Position. "The tournament will be starting in three weeks with the opening matches being conducted in the town's Basketball Stadium. After that, the top ten finalists will be taken to the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee to compete with other competitors within the Great Lakes region," he explained.
"In Wisconsin?" replied Danny in shock. "Who in Wisconsin would want to have a Gunpla Tournament there?" he asked.
"The owner of the multi-billion dollar company VladCo, Vladimir Masters," answered Mr. Position.
"Vladimir Masters is interested in running a Gunpla Tournament," said Danny in surprise.
"Yes, it would appear that during his business trips, Mr. Masters had taken an interest in Gunpla building and became so interested he formed a partnership with the PPSE to help spread Gunpla Battling to America ten years ago," explained Mr. Position. "Are you still interested in competing?" he asked Danny.
"Of course I'm interested in competing," answered Danny sounding excited. "I always wanted to compete in a Gunpla tournament," he added.
"Good, the registration form is on checkout counter next to the register," said Mr. Position as he returned to his work. "Be sure to get as much practice as you can within the three weeks available," he told Danny.
"I will Mr. Position," replied Danny as he headed towards the checkout counter.
As Danny went to the counter, Tucker had just finished recording Valerie's battle and was happy with the footage he got from it. He wanted to show it to Danny but to his surprise, the Fenton boy was not next to him. Tucker looked around for a moment until he spotted Danny heading to the checkout counter.
"Dude I got the footage," Tucker said out loud to Danny as he approached his friend. "I think this will be a great start to my web show," he told Danny before noticing his friend signing a piece of paper. "What are you doing?" he asked.
"Signing up for the Gunpla tournament that's coming in three weeks," Danny answered Tucker's question.
"There's a tournament coming in three weeks," repeated Tucker as he thought about what his friend was saying.
"Yeah," said Danny as he finished signing his name. "Hey, you and Sam should sign up too," he told his friend.
"Dude are you crazy?" asked Tucker. "I'm not that good in Gunpla battles," he told Danny. "I'll get creamed in the first match," he added.
"Tucker, it's an open tournament," said Danny. "Which means that anyone can compete and last I checked there are no professional Gunpla Builders in Amity Park," he explained to his friend. "Besides, you're not giving yourself enough credit," he added.
"Well…" started Tucker.
"What's wrong Foley, afraid of a little competition?" taunted a female voice.
Danny and Tucker turned around to see Valerie standing behind them with her hands on her hips.
"I'm not scared," retaliated Tucker. "I just have better things to do than to play in a tournament," he told Valerie.
"Oh really, like what?" asked Valerie.
"If you must know, Danny and I are going to be hosting a web show," Tucker told Valerie.
"Uh Tuck…" started Danny. "I'm going to be practicing for the tournament, so I'll have to drop out of the web show," he told his friend.
Valerie smiled after hearing Danny's answer because that meant that she may get the chance to take down Danny when Dash couldn't.
"Now that sounds like something far more important than being a part of a web show," said Valerie as she got next to Danny. "I'm going to enter too," she added.
"Cool, maybe we'll be facing off against each other in the preliminary rounds," remarked Danny as he handed the pen to Valerie.
"Maybe," said Valerie as she signed her name. "Do you know anyone else who would be competing?" she asked Danny.
"Well I'm going to see if Sam is interested since Tucker doesn't want to compete," replied Danny. "Besides with how nothing interesting ever happens here, this tournament is a nice chance to have some fun," he added before leaving the store.
"Danny wait up," called out Tucker as he followed Danny out.
Danny slowed down so that Tucker could catch up to him.
"Are you serious about competing in that tournament?" asked Tucker.
"Of course I'm serious Tucker," answered Danny.
"But what if you get beat in the first round?" asked Tucker.
"So?" replied Danny. "The tournament is just a game Tucker," he told his friend. "And you play a game just for fun," he added.
"But what about your reputation?" Tucker brought up.
"Tuck, I don't have a reputation," countered Danny.
"But…" Tucker tried to think of something else.
"Tucker, what are you scared of?" asked Danny. "It's just a game, a game between people with models, practically toys," he pointed out. "It's not a life or death battle like in nearly all of the Gundam shows," he added.
"But what about your GM Danny?" Tucker asked. "What if it gets ruined?" he asked. "You had that thing since you were eight years old," he told Danny.
Danny thought about what Tucker said and pulled out his GM Striker out of its pouch. He looked at his customized Gunpla and looked at the left arm to see the small shield with the three long rectangular prongs on the end of the shield before looking at the small pistols held in its hands. Danny had a hard time getting that shield to hold in place due to the size difference between the peg and the hole. For the pistols, he had to sand down the handles so that they could fit perfectly into the hands. It took Danny a few hours but to him it was work doing. The thought of his GM Striker getting badly damaged in a Gunpla Battle was likely, but Danny wasn't about to let the fear of his Gunpla getting damaged stop him from entering the tournament.
"If my GM Phantom Striker gets damaged then I'll fix it as many times as possible," Danny told Tucker. "But I'm not going to drop out of the tournament before it even starts," he added.
"But why?" asked Tucker.
"Because Gunpla Battling is fun Tucker," answered Danny. "Do I really need any other reason?" he asked before heading off to Sam's home.
Tucker stood where he was thinking about what Danny just told him.
About ten minutes later, Danny was knocking on Sam's front door. He waited for about a few seconds until one of the butlers that work for the Manson family opened the door.
"Good day Mr. Fenton," greeted the butler as he allowed Danny to enter the manor. "Samantha is down in the basement," he told Danny. "Shall I get you a refreshment?" he asked.
"No thank you," replied Danny as he headed towards the basement. "I'm only here to ask Sam something," he told the butler.
"I see Mr. Fenton," said the Butler as he went back to work.
When Danny entered the basement, he saw Sam sitting on a recliner watching a Legend of Korra episode on the theater screen. Sam turned to face Danny and smiled at him.
"Hey Danny," said Sam as she waved him over. "Have a seat," she offered him.
Danny nodded his head and took a seat on the other recliner.
"So what's up Danny?" asked Sam.
"Well Tucker and I went to Mr. Position's shop to record a couple of Gunpla Battles for his web show…" started Danny.
"Mr. Position has a web show?" Sam remarked sounding confused.
"No, it's Tucker's web show and he forgot that you can't make a web show about Gunpla Battles without footage of Gunpla Battles," Danny clarified.
"That makes more sense," said Sam.
"Anyway, when we got there I saw this poster about a Gunpla tournament that is being held in three weeks," Danny continued.
"A Gunpla tournament?" Sam repeated sounding interested.
"Yeah, and it's open for anyone who wants to enter," Danny told Sam. "Mr. Position said that it'll be held in the town basketball stadium and that the top ten finalists will be taken to Milwaukee to compete against others in the Great Lake region," he explained.
"Wow, sounds like someone really wants to make this tournament sound big," commented Sam. "Is there still time to register?" she asked.
"Yeah, so far only five people have signed up including Valerie Gray and myself," Danny answered.
"Then count me in," said Sam.
"Cool," replied Danny. "Now if only Tucker was as pumped up for this as you are," he added.
"What's wrong with Tucker?" asked Sam wondering what was bothering her other friend.
"I don't know really, he just seemed so freaked out when I told him I was going to compete," Danny told Sam. "Do you think he's afraid of something?" he asked.
"Maybe, but I don't see why he should be," replied Sam. "After all, it's just a game," she pointed out.
"That's what I said to him too, but he seemed so worried about something," Danny pointed out.
While Danny and Sam ponder over the mystery as to why Tucker was so scared of competing in the tournament, said boy was in his house thinking about the tournament. In Tucker's hands was his Gunpla which he was worried about it getting damaged.
The Gunpla had a black and blue color scheme with a gray chest piece which gave it a somewhat muscular look. The shoulders were diamond shaped but were curved on the top that covered the blue arms. The forearms were somewhat bulky with slightly longer protrusions near the elbows. On the outer part of the forearms were small curved pieces that stuck out slightly. The head was round with a red framed outline that held its one red eye. On the waist was a blue and black skirt that was flat on the front while the rear was expanded and faced downwards. The legs were blue and large with a thruster on the sides and two thrusters on the back of the legs. The feet were also large, somewhat like the feet on Valerie's Gouf. On the back of the Gunpla was a backpack with a silver long cannon attached on the right side and a red and silver cylinder on the left. There was also a red cable connecting the cannon to the backpack.
This Gunpla was Tucker's customized ZGMF-XX09T DOM Trooper from the Gundam Seed Destiny series. The only difference between it and the actual machine would be that Tucker's model uses the long range cannon from the ZGMF-1000/A1 Gunner ZAKU Warrior from the same series. Tucker fitted his DOM with this cannon because the DOM Trooper shared the same port hole as the ZAKU Warrior.
"What should I do?" Tucker asked himself. "I love my Gunner DOM but I don't want it to get damaged in a battle," he said as he continued to hold his Gunpla. "What would you prefer?" he asked his DOM.
As expected, the Gunner DOM said nothing for it was nothing but a toy, a toy that would not come to life unless it was in a Gunpla Battle. Despite not getting an answer Tucker thought back to when he first got his DOM.
Flashback
Nine year olds Danny, Sam, and Tucker entered Mr. Position's hobby shop with Sam's grandmother following them. Danny had told his friends about this hobby shop where he got his GM Striker a year ago, but they never had the time to go check it out until now. As soon as they entered the store, Sam and Tucker marveled at the sight of all the model kits that were all over the place while Sam's grandmother smiled at her granddaughter's happy expression.
Soon enough, Danny pulled his friends the one of the display cases to show them the built Gunplas. The case had a lineup of white Gundams that started with the legendary RX-78-2 Gundam up to the then recent GN-0000 00 (pronounced double O) Gundam. Sam and Tucker awed at the models that stood in front of them, each holding a weapon of some sort or with closed fists.
"All of these are built by someone?" asked an amazed Tucker.
"That's right little one," said a male voice.
The young trio turned around to see a slightly younger Mr. Position standing behind them.
"Hi Mr. Position!" cheered Danny.
The older man looked at Danny and smiled at the boy.
"Ah… I see you've decided to come back to visit my shop Danny," said Mr. Position.
"Uh huh, and this time I brought my friends Sam and Tucker," replied Danny as he introduced his friends.
"That's nice but you three shouldn't stray away from your parents," Mr. Position told them.
"We didn't come here with our parents," replied Sam. "My Grandma took us here," she told the man.
"Well then, that's good to know," said Mr. Position.
"Oh there you three are," said Sam's grandmother as she walked towards the kids and Mr. Position. "I thought I lost you three for a moment," she said.
"We're right here Grandma," Sam told her grandmother.
"I can see that Bubala," replied Sam's grandmother. "So have you three found anything that you like?" she asked them.
"We found these cool toys right here Mrs. Manson," answered Tucker.
"Really?" replied the elder Manson as she walked up to the display case to look at the models. "Very nice," she said. "What are they exactly?" she asked Mr. Position.
"Those are Gunplas," Mr. Position answered.
"Gunplas?" repeated Sam and Tucker.
"Gunpla is a combination of the words Gundam and Plastic," Mr. Position started to explain. "Roughly after the original Gundam anime ended Bandai, the company that sponsored the series, decided to expand on the series by making model kits for fans to build much like how other people would have models of cars, planes, ships, trains, and tanks. These models kits range in scales with the standard high grade models such as the ones on this display case being about thirteen centimeters or the master grades which are between sixteen to nineteen centimeters in height. There are others scales much bigger but they cost a lot more and are very time consuming, some of which can take a few days to complete," he continued to explain.
"Wow," said Danny, Sam, and Tucker.
"But enough about that," said Mr. Position as he knew that if he were to continue all of that information would be way over the trios heads. "Why don't you kids look around and find a Gunpla that you like and I'll sell them to you for half price?" he suggested.
After hearing that Sam and Tucker took off to find the perfect Gunpla for them while Danny, who already got his own Gunpla, and Sam's grandmother stayed with Mr. Position.
On one aisle, Tucker looked through all the models and tried to find the right model for him. After looking through a large number of Gundam models, Tucker spotted a box that had an image of the DOM Trooper with a bazooka in its right hand and two more DOMs behind it. He picked up the box and smiled at it before heading towards Mr. Position.
End of Flashback
"That was when I got you and after being taught how to build you, I learned about how people around the world customize their Gunplas to become their perfect mobile suits," said Tucker. "Mr. Position once told us that everyone can enjoy Gunpla by either building them, customizing them, or using them for Gunpla Battles, but a lot of people seem to prefer Gunpla Battling because they want to prove that their Gunpla is the strongest," he continued. "Maybe it won't hurt to try my luck against some other builders," he added.
The next day, Danny and Sam were heading to the hobby shop so that Sam could sign up for the tournament. When they entered the store, Danny and Sam were surprised to see Tucker inside the battle room practicing with his Gunner DOM in a trial battle.
"Is that Tucker?" asked Sam.
"Yeah, it looks like Tucker," replied Danny. "But why is he in there?" he asked.
"He's getting ready for the tournament," answered Mr. Position.
"He is?" Danny and Sam asked together.
"Yes, he came in earlier this morning to ask if the registration for the tournament was still open and I told him yes," explained Mr. Position.
"Is registration still open?" asked Sam.
"Of course," answered Mr. Position as he held up the sign up form.
Sam smiled as she started to sign the form so that she can enter the tournament. Danny smiled at the fact that both of his friends will be in the tournament with him but he could help but wonder about Tucker's sudden change of heart about the tournament.
'I wonder if what I said to him yesterday sounded like I was guilt tripping him,' Danny thought to himself. 'Nah, Jazz has always told me that I could never do anything like that,' he reminded himself as he and Sam went into the battle room to play a friendly free for all with Tucker.
Author's note: And here is the third chapter to the newly renamed Danny Phantom/Gundam Build Fighters crossover now titled "Gundam Build Fighters: Phantom's Flight." I would like to give credit for the new title to Timeless Dreamer Neo for the title and for helping me decide on the plot for the story. As you all now know, there will be a Gunpla tournament that Danny, Sam, Tucker, and Valerie will be participating in. Of course there will be others who will be competing as well.
I'm also willing to put in any fan characters that any of you want in the story. If you are interested then put them in a review, but no female characters who want to be Danny's love interest. I've seen those female OCs and I honestly find them to be flat and uninteresting characters because they seem to be more of an object than an actual character. I would also need Gunplas for the characters be they customized Gunplas or repaints, I'm not picky on those so long as it's not the same Gundam such as Wing Gundam Zero (seriously, if you type in Gundam on google chances are you'll find Wing Zero on the front page of the images). I already got two people who submitted their characters and their Gunpla for this story and I think I may need a few more.
