Chapter 4: Two opposite side of Freedom
In the previous chapter, unknown units appear and engage in a fight agasint the Nadesico crew... one of them is a black colored Freedom
*Yawn*
"Just how long will this battle last?" the empires strongest said in a tired and irritated tone.
"Seven minutes and twenty seconds ma'am," an information analyst in her teens with long black hair, a well endowed chest and looks like she has a few screw loose depending on the route you're in reported.
"I'm not asking about statistics, Kotonoha." The empire's strongest warned in a cold tone.
"Sorry ma'am," Kotonoha said weakly.
After losing to that person, Esdes, deemed as the empires strongest general accepted the proposal given to her. Battling strong foes and be given the chance to see him again, it's practically a win-win situation. Yet after conquering that dimension where she pierced a certain cape crusader, squashed a certain king of the sea and literally shred to pieces, limb to limb a certain man of steel, their group lead by that person became dormant. No wars, no battles or even skirmishes. None what so ever.
Seeing that person fight against the crew of the Nadesico after weeks of dormancy and that said person allowed Katejina and Nena of all the pilots they have to engage the incoming enemy the Nadesico should have engaged if not for their intervention. Her patience reaches its limit.
"That's it! I'm leaving!"
Esdes forcefully stood, breaking the captain's chair in the process.
*Suu*
"Just where do you think you're going, Esdes?"
The door of the bridge slides and a woman with a very alluring and sinful body along with a teenage boy with short black hair, brown eyes, limited to dull facial expression, unkempt uniform and someone that looks like he's fitted for a certain boat end, a samurai of old with long red hair tied to a ponytail, slightly sharp eyes and deep violet pupils and a noticeable cross-shape scar can be find on his left face and beautiful young woman with jet-black hair and eyes, thin and wears a white kimono with a purple shawl enters the bridge.
Esdes ignored the women and the samurai and look straight to the lech who's still yawning.
"Makoto, you're late!" Kotonoha exclaim.
"H-hey! Why only me? Kenshin and Tomoe are also late,"
"What are you talking about? They're-"
Even before Kotonoha can finish her word, Esdes release a malevolent killing intent enough to shut a crying baby.
"Bruhilda, you take command," Esdes ordered strongly. "And as for you… I'll see you in the Tortu-disciplinary room after I return."
Blood vein started to appear in the one called as Bruhilda's forehead. "Oi! Shotacon, who said you can leave?" she release her own killing intent directed towards her. "You're not allowed to leave or even enter the fight."
"Haah?! Who said I'm going to take part in that boring fight?"
"Then where exactly are you going?"
"Somewhere else to relive stress."
"Hoho… not going to stalk him again are we?"
"…"
"I wonder just what kind of earthly desire that little head of his contain."
"! You… If you dare lay a finger on him or even seduce him…" her voice started to quiver in anger.
"And what of it?!"
"I'll make sure that you've wished you've never leave Neverland…"
Esdes suddenly vanish from their line of sight.
"…From the start."
"Hmph… fine go already," the one called Bruhilda said to the person on her back. "The fight's already finished." She looked at the monitor rather than the person behind her or even the numerous Ice shards that surrounds them.
In that span of conversation held within an invincible ship seated along the asteroid belt. The fight between two Freedoms came to an end. And the winner is…
March 09, 2201; 08:11 P.M
"So you're real purpose is to find that person,"
"Yes…"
At the Nadesico's dinng area, Ruri and Kira held small talks every now and then inquiring about each others selves and their current goals in life. For Kira it's to return to his original world and be with her once more and for Ruri , to be able to find that person who disappeared abruptly after rescuing Yurika in Mars.
"Do you love him? Akito I mean."
"… idiot…"
"Sorry…"
"Apology accepted…"
"…"
"…"
"Do you recent them?"
"Huh?"
"Your parent, the one who turn you into that…"
The 'that' she is referring to is to him being a Coordinator or to be exact an Ultimate Coordinator.
"Not really…"
"I see…"
Small talk indeed…
March 09, 2201; 08:36 P.M
"Kiraaa…"
A few minutes after decimating the enemy fleet minus the black Freedom who stay stil until all of its forces were destroyed.
"Kiraaa why... why did you…"
The pilot of the black Freedom starts quickly activates its dragoon and disarm all of the Aestivalis while talking using an international distress signal.
"F-Flay?"
"…"
Inside the Nadesico, Ruri looked at the Freedom Alteir grimly.
"What's the matter Kira"
"How could you… how could you…"
"LET HER DIE!"
In a quick instant, the voice that seems to belong to Flay Allster suddenly changes to that certain masked person."
"MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
"Captain just what is happening out there?" Saburota asked, panicking of the current predicament.
"The enemy is currently engaging him in a psychological warfare." Yurika explain. "The pilot of the black Freedom knows Kira and is using his past scars to distract him."
*Suuu*
"Captain let me-"
"No"
Before Ryoko can even finish. Ruri cut her short. "Aestevalis model F can't be easily use by a Natural in our world. It's OS and internal cockpit closely resembles the Freedom's cockpit."
"But!"
"Ryoko, none of the Aestevalis pilot on board has any experience riding a unit with that cockpit design and OS," Yurika added. "You'll be shot down in an instant."
Ryoko grits het teeth as she watches an almost one sided battle.
11:45 A.M Unknown place
In the midst of the Wilderness, the former blazing mobile suit pilot now turns freelance MS pilots transport a heavily damage mobile suit to the nearest city.
"Tifa, Gundams falling from the sky, is that the current craze nowadays?"
"Garrod!" Tifa rebuke. "Control yourself." Tifa gave a quick glance to the person seated next to her then to Garrod who is on the driver's sit.
"Idiot…" Ruri mumbles.
"Say… is it okay for him to stay at the back?" Garrod trying to ease up the tension tried to divert the topic of conversation. "The damage that Gundam has, there little to no point of him staying inside the cockpit. Why don't you call your boyfriend and tell him to join us."
"He's not my boyfriend," Ruri rebuke. "There are plenty of things he can still do even if the Freedom is in such a poor state."
"Really?" Garrod said in amazement. "Can tweaking the cockpits OS do any good with the units current state?"
"No… his adjusting realigning the energy distribution of the freedom so that it won't suddenly blow up."
"Is that a bad thing? We can still run and take cover if that is to happen you know!"
"Just so you know, the Freedom is Nuclear powered."
"!"
The moment Ruri said that, Garrod instantly steps on the break. Sweat slowly fell from his forehead. "That's almost as dangerous with the DX microwave system."
"Garrod, we'll be running late," Tifa said. "Considering that the Gundam we're transporting is that dangerous. It's best if we head to Wang's mobile suit factory."
"There's no need to do that," Kira who's been listening to their conversation said inside the cockpit of the Freedom.
"How is it?" Ruri asked.
"15% operational but the power output is now stable."
A dream…
A recurring dream…
Ever since that day, I occasionally dreamed of that person…
His back in front of me as he slowly drifts into darkness….
The person I tried to catch up with but failed…
The one that she love…
And not the one she is with…
The 'me' from the past that still motivates the 'me' that can't remember anything today.
March 09, 2201; 08:55 P.M
Inside Ruri's quarters, they begun the interrogation of the pilot of Altier. The pilot that shcok the crew of the Nedesico… and above all the pilot that Kira never imagine to meet.
"So… where should I begin?" he said in a tone that carry no emotion in contrast to the facial expression he has right now.
So that's Ch4…
Its been a while since we've last seen the prince of Darkness some Ruri's character is slipping a little bit…
Might rephrase some of the given lines if we have time…
Still conflicted whether we continue the usage of honorific we used almost four years ago…
We've also integrated recent characters that were not present in our orinal ch 4 format that we had in accordance to the revision made in ch3…
Probably one of the few fanfics out there where Esdes made an appearance…
For those who don't know her try reading Akame ga Kill…
