Chapter 9: First Step to Understanding

Disclaimer: I do not own gundam 00 or gundam seed/destiny. Both are products of sunrise/Bandai. This is fan fiction for fun.

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Setsuna continues to chase the Arche gundam relentlessly. The two suits had been flying for hours. The sun was setting by the time the Arche gundam stopped. Setsuna watched as he saw Ali stand on his suit. The suit drifts down in front of an old building. Setsuna could only narrow his eyes in anger at the sadistic smile Ali had.

"What are you planning?" he questioned.

Saji contacts him and asks "What's going on Setsuna?"

Setsuna pushed some control buttons on the cockpit and lands the 00 in front of the Arche Gundam. "Just stay in the 0 Raiser." He said. Setsuna gets out of the 00 Raiser and stands in the palm of its hand.

"Well its sure been a while, hasn't it Krugis punk? No, I guess it's Mr. Krugis punk now."

"Ali Al Saachez. You bastard, you're with the Innovators!"

"You got that right. If a mercenary is asked to do a job, he'll go anywhere for the right price."

"Are you saying you don't need a reason to fight?"

"Oh I have my reasons, not that you'd understand them…"

Disgusted with how Ali enjoyed battles and wars so much Setsuna reached back and pulled out a gun and aimed it at Ali's head.

"Hold on there," Ali interrupts.

Setsuna looked at him curiously as he watched Ali motion his arm.

"I brought you here so that you could meet my sponsor…"

A man with light green hair walked forward form behind the building as he looked at Setsuna.

"Are you an Innovator?" Setsuna asks demandingly.

"Yes. My name is Ribbons Almark. It's been a long time, Setsuna F. Seiei or should I say Soran Ibrahim."

Setsuna was shocked. The Innovator knew his real name.

"Though it is your first time meeting me, it is not the first time I met you…" Ribbons began explaining his part in allowing Setsuna to be a Gundam Meister.

Inside the 0 Raiser Saji couldn't take the silence. "Haro, can you let me hear what they're talking about?"

The Haro's eyes flashed, its ears flapped as it began transferred all outside sounds to Saji. Saji had a puzzled look on his face while he listened to this man talking about Setsuna. "So this guy…made Setsuna a member of Celestial Being….?" He questioned.

Outside Setsuna could only listen to Ribbons words like it was something he just couldn't block out of his ears. He blinks and looks at Ribbons.

"It is time you give me back that machine. By all rights, I should be the legitimate pilot of that suit."

Setsuna was quiet for a moment as he kept his gun close to him. "I'm sorry, but I decline!" he yelled. Setsuna pulled his gun up and was about to fire, but Ali pulls a pistol out and fired at Setsuna. Small amounts of red particles could be seen from the barrel of the gun.

Saji's eyes widened as he heard the gunshot. "Setsuna!" he yelled out.

Setsuna bled out and dropped to the 00 Raisers hand. He pushed a few buttons on the thumb. The hand rose toward the cockpit as he got in.

Ribbons watched as the 00 Raiser leaves. "Was that on purpose?" he questioned Ali.

"Sorry boss, but fighting is my reason to live."

"Hmph, fine. Do as you like…" Ribbons assumed that with the high concentration of red particles, Setsuna would die one way or another and the 00 Raiser would be in his hands in the end.

Ali gets back into the Arche Gundam and intercepts the 00. Setsuna aimed both of the rifles and fires a few shots at the Arche gundam. He grunted in pain and in anger seeing the shots being dodged. The Arche gundam raised its sword and dashed toward the 00 swinging it down at the suit. Setsuna countered with the 00's blades. He struggled as he tries to push Ali back.

"How's that shoulder of yours feeling!"

Setsuna felt the cockpit shake with each strike the Arche Gundam gave. The 00 backs away, giving Setsuna a brief moments rest from the constant attacks. Ali releases the GN fangs.

"Fly my fangs!"

The binders on the Arch gundam spread out and released the Fang units. They began firing at the 00; some thrusting themselves at the 00, trying to stab themselves into the suit. Setsuna tries his best to dodge them and eliminate the ones he could using the GN swords rifle mode. Ali saw a wide opening and charged in.

"You're wide open!" he yelled. The Arche gundam's left foot beam saber ignites as the Arche gundam kicks the 00, trying to slice it. The 00 duck and twirled as it slashed the leg off of the Arche gundam. The 00 flew away trying to dodge the incoming fangs. Setsuna looked back and forth hastily as his body sweat profusely under the stress. He breathed heavily as the 00 continued to dodge the Arche Gundam's fire.

"Still dodging with that injury?" Ali questioned. "How does he do it?"

Saji heard how injured Setsuna was as he panicked. He didn't know what to do. He didn't know where the ship or any of the other members were. He looked at Haro. "Can't you get us help!" he asks.

"Getting help! Getting help!" Haro said. Haro began flashing its eyes. It sends a distress signal out.

Away from the battle location

The crew of the Archangel kept an eye out on events as they watched a broadcast of Celestial Being's latest intervention.

"They won't stop will they…?" Andrew questioned as he watched the broadcast. He took a sip of his coffee knowing his night was just beginning. He watched and leaned back on the chair. He was in the Bridge on night duty with Athrun and Kira while most of the other crew was asleep, resting up.

"I don't think they will…" Athrun said thinking back to his time being on Celestial Beings ship. He felt as if there was something to that ship and its crew. "They know what they fight for…" he thought to himself.

Kira looked at the screen intensely as he thought. "What is it that you're truly fighting for…Celestial Being?"

The three's quiet even drew to a close when Athrun noticed something on the communication line. Andrew noticed his movement and stood up walking towards him. "What did you find?" he asks. Athrun tries to see what it was that was on the communication line. "A distress signal…coming from a mobile suit..." he said questioningly.

Kira heard what Athrun said as he got up and walked toward the screen. "Who could be fighting at this time of night…?" There was an obvious sound of annoyance from Kira's voice. Everyone on the ship knew he didn't like fighting or taking the lives of others if he didn't have to.

"We can't just ignore it; someone might be in trouble…" Andrew said. "I'll wake up the Captain and then we'll all decide on what to do." Andrew leaves and opens an 'All call' link on the ship alerting every crewmember.

Murrue and the others woke up, got dressed and came to the bridge looking at Andrew and the others. "What's with the urgent message?" she questioned.

Andrew explains the situation to her as she nodded. "I see. We'll head to the location cautiously and see what we can do to help. We have to act quickly; we can't risk being spotted by any of the main military factions." Murrue said.

Everyone nodded as they got into their positions. The ship rose up slightly from the sea bottom and heads off to the location of the signal.

Setsuna and Ali

The Fangs returned to their storage location as Ali finds himself dodging the 00 Raisers beams once more. He lightly grunted in annoyance. "You're getting carried away here…" He looks to the screen, checking on the status of his Fang units. He had a displeased look noticing the Fangs were still charging.

The Arche gundam dodges the beams and held up its small GN shield as it dashed toward the 00 Raiser. The shield blocked a beam giving Ali enough time to close in and get into close combat range. The Arche gundam swung its sword down at the 00 Raiser relentlessly; Ali knew all he had to do was wait. "Your shoulder won't hold forever!" he yells grinning.

Setsuna pants as he began blacking out slightly. His vision was blurry and he was beginning to lose his coherence. He forces his body to continue on as his vision became lucid; using more adrenaline to keep himself going. The 00 Raiser broke the constant attacks from the Arche's sword and swung its right sword upward. The Arche Gundam raised its shield up, only to have the shield knocked off the forearm, forcing Ali to back away.

Setsuna continued to leave the area, but Ali was determined to see him dead. They continued to fight as they hovered over the ocean.

Down below, The Archangel arrives near the location only to experience radio jamming and their sensors being disrupted. "This…" Cagalli said.

"Yea, it's either Celestial Being or one of the A-Laws…" Athrun finished.

"What are the A-Laws?" Kira asks.

Athrun thought back to what Saji said to him while he waited for the Minerva. He explained to Kira the best he could, having not experienced the A-laws horrible actions personally. Kira and everyone who didn't know of A-laws could only listened in silence at what Athrun said.

"So what do you want to do?" Murrue asks him.

Kira sighed as he looked at her. "I'll head out in the Freedom to see what it is,"

Murrue nodded and commands the ship to surface for the Freedom to launch. Kira got in his suit and prepared to launch as the Freedom was set on the catapult.

Athrun requests permission to launch as well, arguing that due to the last time, Kira may need some assistance. He uses one of the Murasumes.

While the 00 and Arche continued to battle, both pilots stopped as the Archangel surfaced. "What is that?" Ali said glancing down at the ship. He watched as two machines launched from the white ship. He grunted in anger noticing the white gundam from before. "Damn it…." He glances at the other suit launching out as well. "Why do I always end up in these situations…" he said to himself.

The Freedom and Murasume heads for the two mobile suits. Kira and Athrun saw the 00 Raiser and the Arche gundam fighting. "That guy from before!" Athrun shouts, staring at the Arche Gundam.

Kira gripped the controls tightly, remembering what happened last time. Last time he was unprepared and didn't know what to expect. But now he had some experience fighting this pilot. He wouldn't let himself be beaten again.

Ali looked back up to see the 00 Raiser looking down. He grinned noticing his chance to strike. The Arche gundam swung its blade down on the 00.

Setsuna glared at the ship momentarily and then glanced at the two mobile suits launching from the ship. "It's that pilot…" he thought. Setsuna hears the sensors alert him of an incoming attack. When he looked back up, it was too late. Setsuna was distracted and his body was tired and overworked. He wasn't able to react fast enough as he watched the sword coming down at the 00 Raiser.

Kira and Athrun rushed and fired their rifles trying to save Setsuna. "Get out of there!" Athrun yelled at Setsuna. Kira frowned, feeling that it was too late.

Ali grinned, feeling confident that he won. He watched the blade slice through the 00 Raiser. He smiled evilly but then paused, seeing the image of the 00 Raiser disappears. Both halves of the 00 Raiser turned into particles and moved away from the Arche Gundam.

Kira and Athrun stopped, both pilots watched as their eyes froze in shock. "W-what just happened!" Athrun questioned. Kira couldn't say anything; he couldn't come up with the right words to describe what he saw or what he felt. His mouth just kept open as he witness something he just couldn't believe. He blinked when he noticed those particles were in his cockpit. He looked back and forth seeing his cockpit slowly being filled with this green particle.

Ali got angered and looked back and forth, "What the? Where is he..!" The Arche gundam turned left and right, looking for the 00 Raiser. The 00 Raiser appears to the side and sliced off the right arm of the Arche gundam. The Arche Gundam backs off as Ali tries to defend himself. "Go my Fangs!" he yelled. The Fangs launched and fired at the 00 Raiser.

The 00 Raiser easily dodged the beams. Its rifles and the binders moved up and pointed at the Fangs. The 00 Raiser fired its beams as large blasts shot out of the barrels, obliterating the Fangs.

Athrun and Kira stared in awe as the 00 Raiser chopped the Arche gundam to shreds. The more the suit moved, the more particles it expelled while using Trans-am. The particle flows down and surrounded the Archangel and spreads out around the battle. Setsuna was about to deliver the final blow when he heard something. He paused, the sword just a mere thrust from piercing the Arche Gundams cockpit.

Down below the Archangel experienced particles in the bridge as the heard the sound of Children singing. "What the hell is this…!" Andrew said confused out of his mind.

"I-I don't know…." Murrue said trying to wrap her mind around what was going on. Kira and Athrun watched as the pilot of the Arche gundam left using a core-fighter just like before. Lacus looked around as she heard voices in her head. "What's…causing this…" she said. Everyone showed a sign of surprise as they heard someone's voice in their head.

"I can hear…some kind of song…a song of peace…." Setsuna closed his eyes as he lets go of the controls. The 00 Raiser stopped glowing, indicating it was no longer using trans-am. Athrun and Kira rushed to the suit and caught it before it dropped into the ocean.

They bring him on board. The mechanics tried all they could to open up the cockpit, but it wouldn't budge. Murdock cursed, complaining of what the armor was made of. Saji looked at the pink Haro and pleads with it to open the cockpit for Setsuna to get treatment. They got him out thanks to the Haro's cooperation and sent him to the medical room. Everyone was shocked to see Setsuna's bullet wound. "He fought that well with this kind of wound…what the hell is he?" Andrew asked.

Kira looked down at Setsuna thinking to himself.

As Setsuna was treated, changes occurred due to his Trans-am use. A large military facility appeared. Two men sat face to face, looking at each other confusingly. "What in the world just happened?" the man with a scar on the left of his face asks. "I-I don't know…I was just talking to you about launching a Coup since there were fewer A-laws forces…and then a bright light….that's all I remember…"

The man with the scar looked down thinking back to the conversation he had with the man in front of him. "Yes. I remember…"

"I'll have to cut our conversation short. Considering what happened, I think both of us would rather take the time to find out what happened. Farewell, Sergei,"

The man stood up as he took his leave.

Sergei was left in the room. He had so much going through his mind. "What happened…and what was it you were planning on doing Hercury…" he sighed trying to relax.

Hercury's location

Hercury left the military base to find something very strange. The terrain had changed drastically from what he remembered. He was too far out to return to the base. He decides to try and contact his Coup d'étatmembers. Surprised to see them, he learns from one of the soldiers that they had gone to a new world.

Hercury looked at the soldier with wide eyes, not believing in his words. The soldier brought in images of mobile suits he had never seen before. Hercules got his greatest shock when he saw the Cosmic Era's gundam types. "There are that many gundams…with this many gundams, the A-laws don't stand a chance! " He was excited; thinking that in this world, gundams served the same purpose of eliminating those that promote war.

He looked at his troops and orders them to move out and head over to Africa's orbital Elevators. The mobile suit teams head out and head to Africa.

The Next Day

Setsuna dreams of his past. He watched as he witness his younger self killing his parents. He tried to change the past, but in the end it still happened. He ran out of his old home to see the first Lockon.

"Lockon…?"

"Setsuna, the only thing that changing the past does is that it shows how you feel about them in the present. What happened cannot be changed."

Setsuna jumped a bit to the sound of gunfire. He turns around to see the image he knew too well. His younger self walked out of the house holding the gun that killed his parents.

"Setsuna, you can change. I couldn't…so you'll have to do it for me." Lockon said.

Setsuna slowly opened his eyes and looked up at a figure. "Marina…" He said quietly. When his vision cleared he noticed the person was not Marina, but it was the pink-haired girl, Lacus.

He tried sitting up but Lacus put her hands on his shoulders smiling at him. "You're still injured, you should rest."

"Where am I?"

"You're onboard the Archangel."

Setsuna glanced at the brown haired boy that he met on the beach. "Archangel?" he thought.

Lacus smiles at him as she got up. "Let me bring your friend in to see you." She said in a kind voice. Setsuna watched her leave as he laid down looking up to the ceiling. Kira looked at him wondering if he would talk, but seeing him staring at the ceiling so intensely he chose not to speak and waited for Lacus.

The door opened as Setsuna turned his head toward the door, seeing Saji. He looked down seeing the pink Haro next to another as they rolled into the room. "Saji…"

"Hey Setsuna…how are you feeling...?"

Ignoring his question Setsuna musters enough strength to stand up. He started walking towards the door as he passed Saji. "Let's go…" he said weakly. He wasn't sure if this Archangel ship was an enemy ship or what, but he knew he had to get to Ptolemy as soon as possible. He was about to collapse as he reached the door when Kira caught him and bought him back to the bed.

"Just rest Setsuna, I'll explain everything later." Saji said to him. Setsuna didn't want to, but he couldn't argue in the state he was in. Trusting his life to Saji, Setsuna closed his eyes drifting into a deep sleep. As Setsuna slept more transitions occurred due to his use of trans-am. In Africa another orbital elevator appeared. Around certain areas just above the planet a weapon appeared along with more A-laws fleets.

In a desolate location, buildings and cities appeared. A man in a A-laws uniform stood in an office as he looked around. "What in the world…?" He turned around facing the window as he looked down seeing familiar buildings around him. "Must be nothing…" He puts his hands behind his back and looked out the window calmly.

Celestial Being

In the Ptolemaios, repairs were being done on the gundams while Feldt and Anew searched for Setsuna and Saji.

Sumeragi enters the bridge and sits down. "How are the repairs going?"

Feldt opened another screen and checked on the updates. "They're done,"

"Good." Sumeragi closes her eyes and sighed. The past night had been tiresome; to say it was hectic was an understatement. They had to rush all the repairs, trying to leave as soon as they could. Sumeragi looked at the sea and thought how she would feel if the other members would have been caught in the crossfire of their battle with A-laws.

Anew notices something odd when she checks on updates. "Miss Sumeragi. There's something you need to see."

She brings it up on the main screen. The image in front of Sumeragi surprised her as her eyes widened in shock. "Another Orbital Elevator…"

She thought to herself thinking of what could have happened to Setsuna to cause him to use Trans-am. "Prepare Ptolemy for launch, we're leaving now!" Everyone stopped what they were doing and got into their normal stations. Sumeragi looked down as the ship left the temporary base. "The A-laws and innovators will get wind of this new change….they'll strike us, assuming that the 00 Raiser is in our possession…."

Sumeragi prepares the pilot with a combat plan. The Ptolemy heads on route to where the 00 Raiser was last seen.

Ribbon's location

Ribbons glanced behind him, seeing an Innovade. The Innovade was about to speak, but Ribbons stops it. "I already know, and I'm taking the measures to control the situation." The Innovade leaves Ribbons as he thought to himself. "Although he didn't get me the gundam, what came of the transition could be of great use to me…."

Ribbons contacts Homer Katagiri and informs him of what happened. Since Katagiri followed Ribbons tips before, resulting in their discovery of Celestial Beings location, he listens to Ribbons and does as Ribbons suggest. Later on, Ribbons sends Homer orders and he follows Ribbons orders, waiting for the moment to proceed with the order. As he waits for the right moment, he contacts all known A-laws forces involved with the transition and informs them of the current situation.

A-Laws

On the ocean two A-laws carriers sailed to intercept Celestial Being, following a tip. The Innovades and regular pilots were on separate ships. On the pilot's ship, a small craft brought in a new A-laws officer. Kati steps out to greet him as she wondered why someone like Billy would be in the A-laws.

Over on the Innovades ship they watched the other ship, hearing some arguing and roughhousing. Hiling sat down looking up to the skies. "It's sad that humans can't communicate like we can…"

She glances over seeing Revive walking towards them. "At least we'll get the chance to destroy Celestial Being. I still couldn't believe that Bring died."

Divine lightly grunted and heads inside the ship, not wanting to be a part of this conversation.

Celestial Being

Having traveled for a good amount of hours, Ptolemy entered a small island, using it as a short cut, shortening its travel time. The sensors blared as Feldt looked at the radar. "Enemy forces are heading for the ship. Judging from the particle output is most likely A-laws."

The Meisters rushed to their gundams and prepared to launch. Lockon rushed to the Cherudim, carrying Haro in his arms, "It's just like Anew said…they always manage to find where we are!" he said thinking back to the conversation he had with her.

The Cherudim launched ahead, taking its position in front of the ship as it aimed its Sniper Gun. The Gundam glows a redish pink as Lockon got a clear sight of the enemy and fired.

A-Laws

The mobile suits were launched in small squads of four and the Innovades were in the rear just in front of the ships.

Kati commands the troops to attack. She was shocked when one of the mobile suits was shot down just when she finished issuing the command. "What the!"

The mobile suits scattered as some were successful at dodging the beam, while others were destroyed. Kati deduced the beam was most likely augmented by the ability of the Trans-am system.

Celestial Being

Lockon continued firing and shoots down as many suits as he could. The Haro alerts him that the Trans-am limit was reached as the Cherudim turned around and hid behind the mountain it used to snipe the targets. Lockon sighed as he looked down. "I did my part. I need to recharge for now. Get them, Allelujah…Tieiria."

The Arios and Seravee heads into battle. "Don't let them near Ptolemy." Tieiria warned.

"Understood,"

The two suits fired at the enemy units, taking down many of them until the Innovator units came in. Hiling and Revive used their Gedessas to intercept the two gundams. Tieria used the GN field to block one of the Gedessa's GN Vulcans. Tieria turned around seeing a new mobile armor. He saw it firing a missile like object. Assuming it was a missile he let his guard down and just used the GN field. His eyes widened as he saw the object go through the field and shot out multiple wires wrapping around the Seravee.

Tieria gets a massive electrical shock as he screamed in pain. Allelujah turns the Arios around and rushed to his aid but the mobile armor shot out another one of its whip weapons and shocks Allelujah as well. The two Meisters struggle to break free, seeing multiple suits pass them. "The mobile…suit teams are going to...Ah!" Allelujah yelled in pain.

The squad of mobile suits neared the Cherudim. "Here they come, Haro!" Haro turned left and right. "Still charging GN particles! Still charging GN particles!"

"Well hurry up!" Lockon yelled. He closed his eyes as the A-laws suits shot at him from above. He opened his eyes looking at the squadron. "Damn it…!" he said, worried that the squad would reach the ship before he could do anything to help.

Feldt looked on the radar informing the bridge of the incoming suits. "Activate GN field!" Sumeragi ordered. The GN Field activates just in time to block the beams from the A-laws suits. The attack suddenly stopped as Marie saw the suits leave, heading in another direction.

"They're withdrawing?" Sumeragi questioned. The mobile suits stopped their attack as Tieria and Allelujah grunted in pain, still hurt from the shock. "D-did someone save us?" Allelujah asks.

"But why?" Tieria asks still grunting from the pain.

A-laws

Kati and Billy watched the new alert from their superiors as she noticed the structure of the Orbital Elevator. "Mobile suits….it's a Coup d'état" she said realizing what was happening. She understood why the mobile suits suddenly stopped their attack and why they were now on standby.

Several A-laws mobile suits were sent to Africa in response to this Coup

Hercury and his troops had made a hasty trip to the Orbital Elevator and took over as his troops aimed their rifles at the soldiers there. He stood at the center where the commanding officer of the area sat as he looked over everything.

Archangel

The crew of the Archangel got word from one of their old crew members; Miriallia, that something was happening in Africa. Saji was kept in the same room Setsuna was in as he turned on the screen in the room. He heard one of the people on the broadcast talking about what sounded like an Orbital Elevator. "Did activating that system do that…?" he questioned himself.

He noticed Setsuna moving and rushed to his side. "You're still hurt, you shouldn't be moving, Setsuna!" he advised. Setsuna ignores this as he stood up. The door opened. Setsuna looked up and saw Lacus holding a tray of food. "Oh my, I didn't expect you to wake up…would you like some lunch?" she asks kindly. Setsuna looked at the screen in the room as the announcement of a Coup was made. "A coup…where..?" he thought.

Lacus watched him looking at the screen as she heard the news of the Coup. "You want to go there, don't you?" she asks. She looked at him with a smile. Setsuna didn't reply to her question but the look he gave her told her what he wanted.

"I'll take you to the Captain. I'm sure that we can help you in some way."

Setsuna couldn't help but be reminded of Marina in some ways each time this girl spoke. He nodded as Lacus led him to the bridge.

Saji follows them as they entered. Murrue and Andrew glanced over to Setsuna as she gave him a concerning look. "I see you're up…but from your condition you should still be in bed."

Setsuna shook his head. "No time for that…got to get to the…Orbital Elevator."

"You mean in Africa? Why there?" Andrew questions

"My friends will be there…and they'll need me…."

"How do you know that your comrades will be there?" Murrue asks, finding it difficult to believe that he knew his ship would be in that area.

"I just do…"

Murrue sighed but gave in, seeing the look in his eyes, she didn't want to fight him. "Let him launch." She ordered.

"Thank you…"

Setsuna follows Lacus to the hangar as they passed Athrun and Kira. "What are you doing up?" Kira questioned.

"He's going to Africa…Captain Ramius gave him the OK to launch" Lacus explained.

"What! You're in no condition to launch. If you go there, you'll be killed!" Athrun argued.

"I won't be alone…My friends will be there…"

Athrun was taken back by this. "How can you be sure?"

"I just am, now don't get in my way!"

Kira looked at him as he glanced at Lacus. He nods to her as he looked over at Setsuna. "Fine,"

Setsuna gets into the cockpit of the 00 Raiser and looked down at Saji before getting in. "Let's go."

Saji sighed, conflicted. He had gotten to know the crew, unlike Setsuna, who rushed back into combat. "Setsuna…I'm staying."

Setsuna was about to argue when he remembered something in his past. He felt something over him as he just looked at Saji. "I understand. I'll need Haro." Saji got up to the suit and puts Haro into the holder on the 0 Raiser. The 00 Raiser is put on the Archangel's Catapult. "00 Raiser, Setsuna F. Seiei Launching"

The 00 Raiser launches from the Archangel as Setsuna heads toward the Orbital Elevator in Africa.

In the ship, Kira watched as he contacts Murrue. After explaining what they should do considering what was happening, the Ship heads off following Setsuna. Murrue followed him as she wanted to see how Celestial Being fought in person, to see if what they were doing were truly righteous or not.

Celestial Being

Celestial Being found out about the Coup and heads to the Orbital Elevator as well. "I'm sure Setsuna, where ever he is; he'll be there." Sumeragi said.

The crew agrees as the ship flew of quickly.

Setsuna/00 Raiser

Setsuna neared the Elevator, only a few more moments and he would arrive. Behind him the Archangel followed. Murrue watched as she had to keep a good distance away or the radars would be jammed due to the 00 Raiser's particles.

The sensors on the 00 Raiser detected a mobile suit ahead as Setsuna was surprised by the look of the model. "This mobile suit is like…but it's not a flag…"

The mobile suit charged in at the 00 Raiser as the two beam katanas swung down at the 00. The 00 Raiser countered as it drew its swords, forming an 'X' to block the mobile suits strike. "I knew I could count on finding you here. Once you heard about the Africa Tower!"

Setsuna recognized the voice. "Back off! I don't have enough time to mess around with you right now!" he yelled. The 00 Raiser broke the clash as the dark mobile suit moved away.

"How can you be so cruel to me? Well here's something you won't' be able to ignore. Observe carefully now, this is the secret of the Masurao my friend created!"

Setsuna watched as he witness what he though was impossible for the Tau Drives. The Masurao began glowing redish pink as Setsuna recognized what the suit had.

"No…that can't be…that's…Trans-Am!"

Chapter 9 is done. Had a little bit of trouble at the end trying to make the interaction between Setsuna and Archangel Crew sound right. Sorry if it's a little or somewhat way Out Of character for the Archangel crew or vice versa for Setsuna or whatnot.