Hanayo will be taking on a role similar to Zuisen and Keiun, the two monks who accompanied Sai Saici.
Now let's see. How will Honoka fare against Rin and her Dragon Gundam?
Gundam Fight all set? Ready, go!

NEO-CHINA
"Rin-chan, I can't believe you lost your Gundam! This is trouble! If the Shaolin temple finds out…"
Hanayo Koizomi was worried. She looked at her childhood friend and Gundam fight representative of Neo-China-Rin Hoshizora, who was looking anything but worried.
"Don't worry! I'm sure things will turn out fine," Rin said.
"But-but Rin-chan, you heard the news!"
Earlier, while on the road to a town to ask around for information, they heard that the town was raided by a local gang. What was strange about it was that the gang apparently used a mobile suit, which looked like a dragon.
"Yeah, it looks like those bandits have my Gundam, right? Well, we'll just retrieve it from them!" Rin said in a cheerful voice.
Hanayo eyed her orange-haired friend carefully. Sometimes Rin was too optimistic for her own good.
That's when they heard voices along the road.

"That mobile suit the people are talking about. It must be Neo-China's Dragon Gundam!" Honoka said.
They were currently heading to the town the people say were raided by the bandits, using the core lander as a vehicle.
"Yeah, but I wonder why it did that. Has Neo-China's fighter gone rogue?" Maki asked, never taking her eyes off the road.
"Maybe, maybe not. Remember Fuu Saiki? That girl was part of a gang, too, and used her Gundam to terrorize the people. Maybe this one's the same."
"I'm not part of a gang!"
Honoka followed the voice and saw a young girl seated on top of a huge rock.
"Who are you?" Honoka asked.
"Hi!" the girl said. "My name is Rin Hoshizora, and I'm the representative of Neo-China."
"So you're the one?" Maki asked.
"That's right!" Rin answered cheerfully.
"If that's the case, why are you using your Gundam to attack people?" Honoka asked.
Rin shook her head. "Like I said, that wasn't me! You see, when I landed here on earth, there was an error, so I landed on a different spot than my Gundam, so the bandits took it."
"Oh, I see," Honoka said. "So you're not a bad person, are you?"
"No, I'm not. "
"That's great," Honoka replied. "I'm glad."
Someone showed up beside the rock, panting. It was obvious she tried to catch up with Rin.
"Please… don't take off like that again, Rin-chan…"
Rin jumped down from the rock and assisted her friend. "Oh, I'm sorry, Kayo-chin! Hehehe…"
The girl managed to catch her friend. "What Rin-chan said is true. Our aim is to revive the Shaolin Temple of martial arts. Hurting people has never been in our agenda. My-my name's Hanayo Koizumi, by the way."
"Nice to meet you then, Hanayo-chan!" Honoka said. "My name is-"
"You are Honoka Kousaka-san," Hanayo said. "I've heard about you. You defeated Neo-America's fighter."
"You're well informed," Maki said. "I'm Maki Nishikino by the way. I'm Honoka's partner."
Hanayo nodded, and turned to Honoka.
"Kousaka-san-"
"Honoka would be fine," Honoka replied. Let's not be so formal here."
"Ho..Honoka-chan. Maki-chan. Would you please help us recover the Dragon Gundam?"
"I don't see why not," Honoka replied. "Afterwards, you can repay us with a Gundam Fight match!"

Honoka and Rin crept up to the huge temple that the bandits used as their base.
After much argument, they decided that Maki and Hanayo were to be left behind, with Honoka and Rin to attack.
"So, what's the plan again?" Rin asked.
Honoka grinned. "We're gonna bust their doors and beat up the bad guys!"
"I like that!" Rin exclaimed.
"Oh, sure you do!"
Honoka and Rin turned to the direction of the voice. Behind them was a huge group of men.
"So, ladies…. What brings you here?"

Honoka and Rin were now tied up. They were brought to the inside of the temple.
In the throne room, sitting in the emperor's seat, was the gang leader, a man in his late 50's.
Rin whispered to Honoka. She had an idea. Suddenly they were interrupted by the gang leader.
"My name is Hongli. You have intruded on my territory!"
"Intruded? You stole my Gundam!" Rin said.
"Oh, so that was yours? I have to thank you then," Hongli said. "Thanks to you, our group has gotten a lot stronger. We'll use the Gundam as we see fit."
"That Gundam is Rin-chan's," Honoka said. "She has a noble dream; the revival of the Shaolin temple. Unlike you, who just wishes to use it for your own gain!"
"Oh? What are you going to do about it then?"
"Maybe this?" Rin asked.
Rin suddenly burst free from the ropes binding her.
Honoka gaped. "Awesome!"
"What?" Hongli asked.
"I've untied myself while you were talking," Rin said. "Thanks for distracting them, Honoka-chan!"
Honoka smiled. "Well… sure. No problem."
Rin quickly untied Honoka.
"This can't be happening!" Hongli said. "Men! Seize them!"
Men appeared from all four corners of the room. Honoka and Rin, both trained in the martial arts, made short work of them.
Now Rin was holding the ropes that were used to tie her up. "What should we do with the rope, Honoka-chan?"
Honoka shrugged. "I don't know, maybe something like… tie him up so that the police can catch him later?"
"Good idea!" Rin said.

The Dragon Gundam was hidden in a waterfall near the temple.
It looks like an armored warrior. Most formidable were it's arms- they looked like dragon heads.
"Thanks for the help, Honoka-chan!" Rin said.
"No problem. Now, it's time for the match! RISE, SHINING GUNDAM!"
The Shining Gundam burst free from a surrounding rock formation.
Now both fighters were ready.
Rin moved first. The Dragon Gundam's arms were extendable, and she extended both, surrounding Honoka. Honoka deflected one of the arms, but the other arm was able to activate it's flamethrower. Honoka raised her hand to block, and grunted as she felt the heat on her skin.
"Not bad, Rin-chan!" Honoka said. "You're really strong!"
"There's more to me than just that!" Rin replied. She used the dragon arms to slam Honoka into a cliff.
Honoka quickly recovered and drew her beam saber.
Rin responded by grabbing two of the four poles mounted on the back of the Dragon Gundam and merging them to form a spear.
Both fighters clashed, but Honoka found an opening and kicked Rin.
"That's unfair, Honoka-chan!" Rin said.
Honoka charged forward, and Rin raised the spear to block. Flames suddenly emitted from the tip of the spear, making it resemble a flag.
Honoka slashed through the flag, but she was surprised.
"There's no one here!"
Rin was suddenly at her back. She extended her arm, knocking the beam saber off Honoka's grip. Honoka responded by firing her vulcans, but again Rin used a flag, and Honoka's attack hit thin air.
Honoka noticed that the field was now surrounded by flags.
"What now, Honoka-chan? Can't you see me?" Rin asked.
Honoka closed her eyes. The flags are distracting me.
She sensed the field around her…. And now she knew Rin's location.
Immediately she activated her Shining Finger and slammed her hand into the Dragon Gundam's head-except, once again, the attack hit thin air. "Impossible! Where is she?" Honoka said.
"I'm up here!" The Dragon Gundam was up in the air.
"In that case…. SHINING FINGER!"
Honoka jumped high in the air to meet Rin's attack, and used her Shining Finger to bring Rin down to the ground.
"This is the end of the match!" Honoka declared. "This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! It's burning grip tells me to defeat you."
"Wait!"
Honoka saw that Hanayo and Maki were watching.
"You might want to consider this match a tie, Honoka-chan," Hanayo said.
"But why? " Honoka said.
Then she noticed something curled around the Shining Gundam's neck.
It was the "hair" decoration on the back of the Dragon Gundam's head. However it was more than just a decoration-it could also be used as a weapon. Like right now.
"So? What do you think?" Rin asked.
Honoka smiled. "That was a great fight, Rin-chan. So yeah, let's declare this a tie for now."
Both fighters stood up.
"Say, Rin-chan… have you seen this girl?"
Honoka showed her a a picture of Yukiho and prayed that she hadn't. She wouldn't want Rin to have contact with the Devil Gundam.
"Hmm… no, I don't think so," Rin replied.
Honoka sighed in relief.

"Where are you going now?" Rin asked Honoka.
"Well… honestly, I don't know," Honoka replied sheepishly. "Um, Maki-chan?"
Maki shook her head. "Honoka, we're going to Neo-France this time."
"Oh, I see! Thanks, Maki-chan!"
"Looks like we won't be meeting for quite a while," Hanayo said. "We were planning to travel to Neo-Egypt."
"Yeah. So don't lose until the next time we meet!" Rin said.
"You bet!" Honoka replied.

Yeah, I forgot the name of the gang leader-if he even had one. I'm not really sure…
Up next: Challenge! The Red Rose Knight!