Chapter 11- Arrival at the Gundam World
I opened my eyes slowly, and the first thing I saw was the green of leaves and the sunlight passing through them, I got up and looked around… I was in a forest, and everyone was lying down on the ground as well… we must have lost consciousness.
"Guys? Wake up!" I said trying to wake up Mei, who was the closest to me.
"Nnnh…" Mei said while slowly opening her eyes.
"Mei! You're okay!" I said relieved.
"What… happened?" Mei asked.
Everyone then started to regain consciousness.
"Argh… I felt like I got hit by a truck" Haruna said holding her head.
"Where… are we...?" Taiga said looking around.
"Looks like some kind of forest… but where exactly?" Milhi said.
"Ah! there you girls are!" X said panting
"X!" Nagi exclaimed
"That was close, we thought we lost you there!" X said relieved
"Lost us?" I asked.
"Yeah… that jump separated us Gundam… but you girls were still together! What a relief!"
The rest of our partner Gundam followed behind X, we were reunited again, we picked up out stuff and followed Nanoha's Gundam.
"Are we… in the Gundam World?" Mato asked.
"Yes… yes we are" Gundam said leading us out of the forest and into a forest trail.
"Wow… a forest trail… leading to where?" Nagi asked.
"To our village! The forest we are in right now is near our village!" X said excitedly.
"A village?" I asked.
"Yes! Elder Turn A should be there waiting for us! Lets go!" Victory said.
We followed our Gundam Partners and we eventually reached a village… but I wasn't inhabited by people… but with these strange machine like things…
"The Gundam! They've returned with the chosen children!" one of the villagers said.
"Wow… are these the people of your village?" Haruna asked.
"Yes they are… if we are called Gundam, they are GM's" F91 said.
"GM's…" Haruna said thinking.
These strange machine-like things called GM's looked like Nanoha's partner Gundam… but their heads were different… and they had different colors and sizes too… maybe to separate gender and age?
The kept looking at us… maybe it's the first time they've seen girls? Human girls that is.
As for the village… they lived in small log houses and huts… it looked just like a countryside…but it had a somewhat modern feel…
"There it is! Old Man Turn A's hut!" X said.
We went inside and there was saw a Gundam… but he looked different from our partners… his head looked like a helmet, and it didn't have a V-fin on his head but instead it had a moustache complimented the red chin it had, his chest was different too… it was flat and you could see something's moving inside its chest… its heart maybe? And its legs looked somewhat like our partners but they looked heavier and he was holding a staff with an inverted A on top.
"Old Man Turn A! We're back! And we brought the chosen children!" X said.
"Welcome back all of you" The Old Gundam said. "Welcome to the Gundam World chosen children" he welcomed us "Please have seat" he said pulling up some wooden chairs... they may be wooden but they looked like they were crafted by masters! Nonthless we formed a U shaped seating arrangement infront of Elder Turn A.
"You must be… Old Man Turn A?" Nagi asked.
"Yes, that is me, and please refrain from calling me "Old Man". I used to be quite handsome when I was younger" he said.
"S-sorry" Nagi said embarrassed
"What are your names? You already know mine, so please introduce yourselves."
From right to left we introduced ourselves
"Im Madoka Kaname…"
"Im Mato Kuroi!"
"Im Mei Misaki…"
"Im Taiga Aisaka"
"Im Milhi Biscotti"
"Im Nagi Sanzenin"
"Im Haruna"
"And im Nanoha… Takamachi Nanoha"
Turn A looked at Nanoha and said: "The one that was sent back…"
"Yes… that's me…" Nanoha said looking down sadly.
"I see… stay after. I want to talk with you."
"Yes sir…"
All eyes were on Nanoha
The one who was… sent back? What did the Elder mean? What happened to you Nanoha? I thought.
Turn A then looked at us and he looked a surprised.
"An all-female group of chosen children this time around? Interesting, the recent chosen children were all male."
"All male?"
"Yes… and they were how do you say… rough… but they saved us nonthless. Anyway I'd like you girls to put your hands into your pockets"
We did, and we felt something in our pockets, we took it out, and it was some sort of device and it looked somewhat like a stopwatch… only that it was shaped like a hexagon and it had a small screen with some buttons…and it came with a necklace of some sort that looked like a dog-tag… but sidewards.
"What is this?" Milhi asked looking at the device
"That is a Gundam Device or G-vice for short, it is proof that you are a chosen child."
"Proof? Why?" Taiga asked.
"Chosen children always have something special inside them, that's why when your Gundam partner chose you they chose you for a good reason"
"And that reason is?" Mato asked.
"Do you see that necklace with your G-Vice? Each one of you represents a crest… and what you are holding is called a crest tag. Which crest are you? I do not know. When the time does comes, your crest will appear on your crest tag and you will be granted power." Turn A said.
"Power? What kind of power?" Milhi asked looking at her crest tag.
"I do not know. It seems to vary among chosen children."
"Okay then what about our G-Terminals?" Haruna asked.
"Oh those…they are of no use here"
"Seriously? Then how do we use Card Slash feature now?" Nagi asked.
"Card Slash? What is that?" Turn A asked.
"Umm… it's a feature we use in the human world to give weapons to our partners!" Nagi said.
"Weapons?" Turn A asked again.
"Y-yeah… for the game in our world… Gundam Battles." Nagi said seeming a bit tired.
"Ah… that game… tell me… how did you girls get any of these cards?"
"Well… mine showed up when I needed power…" Milhi said.
"Mine was already given to me… rather it was already in my G-Terminal…" Mato said.
"Mine were… well human made… and some didn't work…" Nagi said.
"I see… well you kids should know that cards that appear in your G-Terminal or cards that just appear in front of you are also signs of being a chosen child… you can say its… hope but in material form."
"Hope huh…? Come to think about it… we were losing when the card showed up…" Milhi said.
"Yeah… and when I needed power the cards appeared in my hands" Mato sad.
"Then why can't we Card Slash here?" Nagi asked.
"Remember… those cards are the hope you received… so im guessing that what happens in your world stays in your world."
'I-I see…"
"For your knowledge… the G-Terminals you had in the human world were to transport and keep the Gundam safe… but to fight using them? That's new…" Turn A said.
"To transport and keep the Gundam safe? From what?" I asked.
"From the harm that is in your world… like the people there, or the environment… you see some people don't take us very seriously and they just ignore us, destroy us or even sell us in your world…"
We stayed silent… did some people really do that?
"Hard to believe yes? Alas it is the truth… we have lost many chosen ones that way…"
We couldn't say anything.
"Forgive me… I went too far there. Would you like to know anything else?"
"I was wondering… what are these… G-Vices for?" Mato asked looking at hers.
"The G-Vices act as your communicators here in the Gundam World… think of it as… telephones that you humans use in your world, when you are lost the G-Vice gives a signal that a chosen child is near… or it could warn you of impending danger."
"I see… so it is that important…" I said.
"Yes it is. Think of a G-Vice as… a bond between chosen children and their Gundam, I would also like to say that your G-Vice can analyze your enemy and it gives certain information… like their name, attacks, strong's points and so on."
"Cool! Its like an analyzer!" Nagi said.
"That is one way to put it" Turn A said
"Umm… I'd like to ask… why children? Why not adults or teenagers?" Milhi asked.
"Ah yes… children are pure of heart… our legends have it that some children give Gundam Power… but we never really see it happen… you see… we once had a mixture of adults… teenagers… and children… the adults really didn't help and the teenagers were overconfident… but the children were pure an innocent… they were the one who really gave their partners power".
"Give Gundam Power? How?"
"Yes… You see… a Gundam draws his strength from his chosen child, if the child is pure then the Gundam becomes powerful…although, there are some rare occurrences of some Gundam choosing the wrong children… and they unleashed some very evil things into this world…" Turn A said grimly.
"Evil… things?" Milhi asked.
"Yes… the darkness in the hearts of "wrong chosen children" combined with their partners take physical form… they are horrible beings that spread evil and chaos across the land… and are better known as the Dark Masters" Turn A said grimly.
"Dark Masters?" Nagi asked
"Yes… extremely powerful beings that spawned from the hatred or darkness inside the hearts of… "wrong chosen children… it seems like whenever "wrong chosen children" are chosen they come back from the great beyond and threaten our world again" Turn A said grimly
We were a shocked… were any of us like that? Darkness inside our hearts…? Just the thought made us shiver.
"Th-then how did the recent chosen children defeat the evil that threatened your land?" I asked
"The fought with all they had… their ways were brutal… but they saved us nonetheless…"
"I-I see…"
"Which reminds me… some of you were attacked in your world…am I right?"
"Y-yes… how did you know?"
"Our people travel to your world via portals… however the way to your world opens every so often… but now its been opening so much... its starting to distort some places here… "
"Distort some places?"
"Yes, you see when we need chosen children we have a certain time when we choose them… the portals that we use are very unpredictable and seem to feed off the land… that's why there are some places where there was land… but now its gone… we once sent some of our people to your world but they must have ended up somewhere else and never returned… another instance is that they were returning here with the chosen children but they never made it back… I suppose those who make it here can consider themselves lucky."
So traveling here really is hard… im really glad we made it but… the thought of getting transported somewhere else made my skin crawl… not just me… but it affected everyone else.
We stayed silent.
"Im sorry, we strayed a bit from the topic… now… who was attacked here?"
"I was… in my dreams…" Mato said
"In your dreams...? That must be some new power that those Dark Masters have… But I've never heard of them attack anyone in their sleep… what else happened?"
"I was saved… by this girl with long black hair… "
"Girl?"
"Yes… she fought those… things and saved me in my dream… but I've never been able to ask her what her name was…"
"I see…so even the "Black Spectre" is aware of your arrival"
"Black Spectre?" Mato asked.
"That is what we call this entity… it doesn't seem evil... it even protected you… maybe its more of a Guardian Angel in this case"
"Guardian Angel…"
"Yes… she protected you… maybe it had its reasons to do that"
"Say Mr. Elder… did this… Black Spectre protect or show itself to the recent chosen children?" Mato asked.
"That I can't say… but what I do know is that… there were more sightings of the Black Spectre when we sent your partners to your world…and strange enough it was seen protecting some of the inhabitants of this world from attacks…"
"Protecting…?"
"Yes… maybe she intended to meet you all" Turn A said.
"Umm… what else do you know about her? Have you met her" Mato asked.
"Yes… I've met the Black Spectre up close and personal" Turn A said while picking up a picture of the Black Spectre and showing it to all of us.
"What?" We said looking at the picture… it was a picture of a girl dressed in all black with long twintails wearing a jacket, and wearing shorts with black boots… while holding a giant cannon.
"She's pretty…" Milhi thought.
"Yes she is… but… she seems sad for some reason…" Mei said.
"What did this Black Spectre say to you Mr. Elder?" Mato asked
"It was still way back… I was still young back then… I was fetching water when this LaGowe attacked me, I didn't bring any weapons because I knew the place well… but I was wrong not to. It could have did me in but the Black Spectre saved me… I will admit that when she looked at me she had a very sad aura… it didn't show through her emotions… but I knew that she was sad… she then left without saying another word…"
"I see…"
"During then I never saw her again, but I've heard rumors of her going around this world… she must be looking for something"
"Looking for something… d-do you think that she'll show herself to us?" Mato said
"Who knows? If you do try to talk to her… maybe she just needs a friend"
"Okay… I'll do that when I see her again!" Mato said..
"Retutning to topic… im glad none of you got hurt or killed… When the Dark Masters are serious they usually succeed in killing the chosen children… but it seems like something was protecting all of you…"
"Protecting us? The Black Spetre? Or our Gundam?" I thought.
"So they kill chosen children…before they can get here… that's horrible" Mei said sadly.
"They do succeed in killing some… but those who make it here are still able to defeat them."
"I sure hope that's us…" Haruna said.
"Who else was attacked?" Turn A asked.
"Um… it wasn't me but… they took hostages… and we saved the hostages but… we ended up defeating the ones who took them…" Milhi said.
"Ah the hired hands… the Dark Masters do that… they like to let other's do their dirty work, but if things get bad then they soil their own hands… in blood… im surprised you were still able to save your friends… usually when those hired hands lose they kill the ones they've kidnapped and fight in very unfair ways…"
"That's not what our hired hand did… he seemed… respectable… and he didn't want to kidnap nor to hurt…" Milhi said sadly.
"I see…that's a rare occurrence… that hired hand must have not been really suited to hurting or playing dirty…" Turn A said sadly.
"Um… we had an instance where… one of those hired hands stabbed his friend and it caused him to act differently… like it wasn't thinking anymore... it was more of a berserk animal instinct than their usual personalities…."
"Im sure you had to fight these things… tell me… did they regenerate everytime you would damage them?"
"Y-yes… our attacks were useless… and it kept on regenerating… how did you know that?" Milhi said sadly.
"That is called the Regeneration Program."
"Regeneration… Program?" Milhi asked.
"Yes… it was a program that our creator made… it was to ensure that those who lived in the Gundam World would not have to worry about wounds and scars… but something went wrong… and it was destroyed… however some fragments were found by the leaders of bounty hunters…and they used that to punish those who fail their job."
"Then…why do they lose their ability to think? Isn't it supposed to help them Regenerate?" Milhi persistently asked.
"If im not mistaken… the Regeneration changed… instead of Regenerating… it destroys the thoughts and personality of anything it touches and in effect it puts them in a state of thoughtlessness… all they can do now is destroy…"
"How do you know so much…do you have anything to do with this…?" Milhi asked doubting the Elder.
Turn A sighed and opened his chest armor… and inside some of his parts were distorted.. almost like they were infected.
"O-old man…" X said in shock
"Yes… this is my punishment for helping create the Regeneration Program… some of it stuck onto me and it destroyed my weapon system, making me unable to fight… I suppose its my punishment for my sin which is the Regeneration Program…"
"I-im sorry… I…"
"Its alright child… I understand that you suspected me? I am to blame anyway…" Turn A said putting his armor back on.
Milhi looked like she was about cry.
"Shed no tears child, some people in this world hate me as well… they call me a monster for making that program… it's a good thing that the people of this village accepted me for what I was… and now I've devoted my life to helping this world and by guiding the chosen children"
Milhi could say nothing.
"Do you have anything else to ask?"
We said nothing.
"Alright… if you want to ask something just come back here… im free for consultation anytime."
Turn A then looked at Exia.
"What happened to your arm Exia?" Turn A said with a sigh
"Oh, I lost it in a fight…"
"With whom?"
"Shining Gundam"
Turn A sighed and said: "I cant believe you two fought this hard… against each other nonetheless… you really should be saving your power for the Dark Masters…"
"S-sorry…" Exia said.
"Forgive us" Shining said kneeling down and bowing.
"I'll let this go now, because the chosen children are here… but they next time you do this… be ready for the consequences" Turn A said sharply while hitting the end of his staff on the ground.
"Y-yes!" Exia and Shining said scared.
Taiga and I looked each other…man do I really feel dumb about making Exia do that… I wonder what Taiga was thinking though…
"Good, now why don't you Gundam show the chosen children around? I'll have a banquet prepared in honor of your arrival here."
"That sounds good! Come on everyone! Lets go around I'll show you guys around!" X said.
"Not if I can show them first!" Zeta said clashing with X.
We giggled and exited the Elders Hut along with our partners.
But Nanoha stayed.
The Elder then wrote a note and dropped it in a small slot in his desk.
"You came back… to get your friend back yes?" focusing his attention on Nanoha
"Yes… is she alright? Where is she?"
"She's fine… walk with me, I'll lead you to her."
"Thank you".
Turn A and Nanoha walked through the back door of his hut and into a path leading down the harvest area.
"Who is your partner child?" Turn A asked.
"Gundam…" Nanoha responded.
"I see, you remind me so much of his… last partner… he was also called the "White Devil" and thanks to him Gundam also got that title here as well".
"Was he a good partner?"
"Yes… although he was childish… he could sense the movements of his enemies… I think he has a special gift… "psychic" is probably what you humans would call it?"
"Psychic… "
Turn A and Nanoha arrived in the main harvesting area. Turn A then said: "You have a guest."
Then a young girl with blonde hair wearing a farmers hat sporting twintails that were tied with pink bows looked up and said: "Nanoha…?"
"Fate…" Nanoha said with tears in her eyes.
"Nanoha…?" she said running to Nanoha
"Fate!" Nanoha said running to her.
The two embraced each other and had tears in their eyes.
"Fate…! Im so glad you're okay…! I…I…" Nanoha said with so much joy.
"Im so glad you came back for me Nanoha… I knew you'd come back for me…!" the girl named Fate said embracing Nanoha even more.
"Hahaha… youth is certainly beautiful…" Turn A said chuckling.
"Elder… I..." Nanoha said looking at Turn A with grateful eyes.
"Say no more." Turn A said.
"Thank you Elder…" Fate said "You brought Nanoha back…"
"Thank her partner, for brining her back… im am simply here to guide them."
"Th-thank you so much…" Fate said.
"Come… being in the harvest area is very strange place for a reunion… let us go to my hut here and have some tea."
"That would be lovely" Fate said
The three then went to Turn A's small hut…. And for an elder Nanoha was expecting something bigger and more fit for an elder… Turn A got a small kettle put some herbs into it as well as water, started a small fire and boiled it.
"Fate… how have you been? I've been so worried about you" Nanoha said with tears in her eyes.
"I've been doing great here… Elder Turn A took very good care of me and so did the villagers!" Fate said.
"I have to ask though… why are you working in the fields?" Nanoha asked puzzled.
"Well… I want to express my gratitude toward the people of this village… so I teach the children and help in the fields with the planting and harvesting… its hard work, but everyone works so hard and has been so kind to me… this is the least that I can do"
"Oh Fate…" Nanoha said hugging her dear friend again.
"Thank you again for coming back for me Nanoha…" Fate said hugging her back.
"I'll never leave you again Fate…" Nanoha said.
"Nanoha..." Fate said.
Turn A checked on the tea…and it was ready… he then took 3 cups poured it in and served it to the two girls.
"Th-thank you Elder" Nanoha said.
"Yes… thank you"
"Im sorry if im interrupting your reunion but… may I ask how this happened?"
"Oh…one day Fate and I were finished with our cleaning duties in our classroom after class… when a G-Terminal appeared before us…"
"And… who was the Gundam that was asking for help?"
"It was Gundam. He said that he needed help. We couldn't turn him down, so we agreed and he transported us to some forest area where we were separated… when I found Fate, this huge black shadow engulfed her and took her away… I was lost in that dark forest for days… trying to escape from the horrible sounds I've heard…I must have given in to fatigue and passed out…the next thing I knew… I was back here in my own world… I thought it was a dream but… when I tried looking for Fate… she was nowhere to be found…"
"I see… Then… how did you meet Gundam again?"
"I don't really know how… but I was attacked by those things called… Zaku's? And Gundam came in his G-Terminal and saved me… to be honest… our meeting wasn't exactly good…"
"Oh? How so?"
"Well… I blamed Gundam for taking us to the Gundam World… I called him very bad names and shouted at him… the strange thing was… he said he didn't know anything that I was talking about…He then told me about the chosen children and without much thought... I took up his offer to find the chosen children so that I could go back here and save Fate."
"I see… so you really aren't here to save our world but only to get your friend back…" Turn A said.
"Yes that's true… but now that im back with Fate, I'll still fight to save your world along with Fate! " Nanoha said confidently.
"Thank you… child"
"Though I will admit Elder…when I lost Fate… I lost all my happiness and joy… I never smiled anymore… I was bitter and full of hate and angst…until I met that Kaname girl…"
"Kaname girl?"
"Y-yes… that girl with the cool goggles…"
"Ahh her… what about her?"
"Even when I threatened her and did mean things to her… she became brave and talked to me… befriended me even… it made me realize that I can't do things on my own… and that I need friends to help me…"
"I see… she sounds like a strong girl…"
"She became strong… stronger than I could ever be…" Nanoha said admitting her mistakes honestly.
"Can... I meet her too?" Fate said.
"Yes, of course! When we get back I'll introduce you to everybody!" Nanoha said happily.
"Yaay!" Fate said hugging Nanoha.
"You know… we once had a chosen child like her once… although he was a boy… I forgot his name… but he had the same goggles as her…but he wore a blue cloth with his goggles."
"R-really?"
"Yes… he was a rough person… but very kind… much like your description of your friend"
"A boy version of her maybe?"
Then along with the elder we shared a happy laugh.
I sneezed… someone must be talking about me… I wonder who?
X and Zeta showed us around, the village was bigger than it looked! It had a blacksmith.. a theatre… even a food stall! it was just like a village in the times of ancient Japan… but with these uhh… people inhabiting it instead… plus it was slightly modern… I mean… there were vending machines here… no wonder the Gundam told us that we wouldn't get hungry…
We finished the tour, and our partner Gundam's decided to go to their respective homes to rest for a while… after all they deserve it… they've been away from home for quite a while.
I follwed Exia to his house… it was simple, and it looked like a house from the old days of Japan… it had a hanging kettle… tatami mats… even a table and floor cushions… everything a modern house would have!
"Ahhh… it feels great to be home!" Exia said crashing on his bed.
I sat down on the tatami mat.
"Please make yourself at home Miss Kaname! My home is your home!"
"Th-thank you Exia"
"If its alright with you… I'd like to rest for a awhile… I feel really tired and I'd like to get some rest before the banquet"
"A-actually im feeling pretty tired myself… can I sleep as well?"
"Okay… but not on the floor!" Exia then got up and got a mat for me to sleep in and a small pillow, "Sleep on this instead!"
"T-thanks Exia!"
We then both lied down and fell soundly asleep.
Time passed and I was awakened by the sound of Exia's voice waking me up.
"Miss Kaname? Wake up!"
"E-exia…?" I said rubbing my eyes.
"Ahh good you're awake! Lets go! the banquet is about to start!"
Banquet… ahhh yeah… in honor of us…I totally forgot.
We exited Exia's house and made our way to the center of the village… there we saw a huge bonfire, food with tables, and music... it looked like some sort of festival...
"Exia, you're finally awake" the Elder said, "Come with me, you can't celebrate with your arm like that"
"Y-yeah…" Exia then turned his attention to me. "I'll just go with the elder first okay Miss Kaname?"
"Okay" I said sitting down with Milhi and the others.
Exia followed the elder to his hut.
I wonder what everyone was doing when we were asleep? I asked Milhi what they did… but they said they felt tired and slept too… wow… we were really that tired huh?
We talked with each other to pass the time, Then I noticed Nanoha and decided to talk to her.
"Hi Nanoha… are you okay? You looked so sad awhile ago" I said.
"Oh! Kaname! Am I glad you're here! There's someone I'd like to introduce everyone to!" Nanoha said happily
"Someone?" I wondered as the sadness around her was gone.
"Yeah! Can I ask you to call everyone?"
I called everyone to gather around Nanoha.
Nanoha ran back and came back with a blonde haired girl with twintails "Everyone I'd like to introduce you all to my best friend… Fate!"
"H-hello… everyone"
We ogled at her, she was pretty cute.
"Go ahead… introduce yourself!" Nanoha urged her.
'H-hello again… my name is Fate… Fate Testarossa… its very nice to meet you all" she said bowing.
We then talked with Fate… she was a pretty interesting girl… but I couldn't get near her… everyone else talked with her.
Nanoha then pulled me.
"Nanoha…?" I said.
"Listen Kaname… im so sorry how I treated you before…"
"Takamachi…?"
Nanoha then explained what happened to Fate and her.
"Now I see… im sorry I misunderstood you as well."
"Friends?" Nanoha said extending her hand
"Friends" I said shaking her hand with a smile.
When I looked at Nanoha then… her smile seemed to give off a happy radiance… compared to that dark aura she gave off before, I actually felt more comfortable around her now…
"Fate?" Nanoha said to her.
"Yes?" Fate said.
"This is Kaname Madoka… she's our leader"
"Hello… its nice to meet you Miss Testarossa" I said with a smile.
"And the same to you" Fate said. "By the way… your goggles are cool!" Fate said smiling
"R-really…?" I said.
"Hey! Let me try those on Kaname!" Im sure they'll look better on me!" Nagi said trying to grab my goggles.
"Me too! I wanna try them on!" Mato said chasing me as well
"If you wanted goggles then you should have bought your own when were were still home!" I said trying to escape.
Everyone laughed, as Nagi and Mato chased me around, after a bit we got tired and sat down, but continued talking to Fate.
Then these children came up to us and offered us fruit… the fruit looked like pears.
"H-here you go chosen children…" the young ones said.
We graciously accepted and tasted the fruit… it may have looked like a pear but its taste was something else! It was sweet yet… it had a tangy flavor to it!
"Thank you very much" Milhi said with a smile
"Y-youre welcome…!" They said running back to their parents
The Elder and Exia came out of the hut… and Exia had his arm back!
"Sorry for the wait. Shall we begin?" Turn A said.
"Miss Kaname! I got my arm back!" Exia said happily flexing his new arm.
"Im so happy for you Exia!" I said
"Attention everyone. As you all know the chosen children have arrived, forget all your worries, forget all your troubles, the chosen children are here to save us! A toast! To the chosen children and their partners!" Turn A said lifting his mug.
"To the chosen children!" The villagers cried out.
We ate our fill and watched the dances of the village… it was amazing… their timing and rhythm was perfect and they did it so gracefully…
They even performed some acts of the of the past chosen children, and it made us understand even more why they chose us.
The night went on fast, and we retired to the a guest house…or hut made for us, and we immediately fell asleep… all except for Milhi… she snuck out of the hut covered herself up with a blanket and looked up at the sky… the stars seemed much beautiful here Milhi thought to herself.
"Still awake young one?" Turn A said.
"Oh…! Elder..." Milh said shocked.
"You seem troubled… do you want to talk?"
"Y-yes… please… I've been meaning to talk with you sir…"
"Im all ears then."
"Its about the Regeneration Program… and the bounty hunters… why do they kill their own when they failed… can't they give them another chance? Or let them live…? When they turned their own into monsters… it was so cruel…"
"Sadly… the life of bounty hunters are like that… they get paid a very large sum of money to do dirty work. While its true they are looked down by so many people, they must have their own reasons for doing so… maybe they have a family they need to support?"
"They… have families…?"
"Yes.. did you notice the villagers here have families with children? The same can be said about bounty hunters, maybe they started a family with no money… and they probably needed it so survive… and what better way to earn money fast then to hunt for bounty yes?"
"I suppose… but why turn them into monsters?"
"Usually the clients of these bounty hunters are very demanding people… they want the job done no matter what. to fail in a job like this could mean torture for the hunter… or their families killed in front of them…"
"How cruel…" Milhi said even sadder.
"You said that… that bounty hunter was stabbed with a sword with the Regeneration Program am I right?"
"Yes…"
"It seems that… he gave his own life for his family… he must have been a good person…"
"I see... so his reason was just… but they had no right to turn him into a beast!"
"I understand what you are feeling… but again… that is the life of a bounty hunter… to fail means death and they all understand that."
"I-I see…" Milhi said tearing up.
"Now child… you must be strong… who knows how much more danger await you in here?"
"Y-you're right… thank you…" Milhi said wiping the tears off her eyes.
"That's better… be strong…"
Milhi then smiled sweetly at the elder
"You should get some rest now, you had a rough day today" Turn A said giving off a happy aura.
"Yes… thank you, and goodnight" Milhi said going back in.
"Hahaha… sweet child… " Turn A said going back to his hut.
Day came, and we were ready to set off on our adventure in the new world!
"All of you are present and unaccounted for?" Turn A said.
"Yes! We are all here!" X said.
"Alright then… its time for you kids to set off and help those in need in this world, be careful, there are many dangers that lurk around the areas, watch over each other and do not get separated… it will be hard if you do. We can stay in contact with this" The Elder said handing us something that looks like a G-Terminal.
"What is it?" Taiga asked.
"It is a G-Communicator. Think of it as a… message sending device"
"Kind of like a computer… cool!" Nagi said
"The best of luck to you chosen children." Turn A said.
"Thank you elder" Exia said.
"And you Gundams, be sure to protect your partners at all costs."
"Yes sir!" They said.
"Wait..!" A familair voice said.
"Fate?" Nanoha said.
"I want to go with you guys!" Fate said.
"What? But you don't have a partner?" I said
"I don't have a partner... but I know my way around this world!" Fate said proudly.
"Yes, I think thats a good idea... maybe you girls should bring Miss Testarossa with you as not to get lost."
"Fate..."
"I'm afraid... because I know Nanoha and everyone will protect me!"
"Yes... yes we will" Nanoha said.
"So its decided, guide them well Miss Testarossa" Turn A said.
"I will!" Fate said happily.
With that we were off… we left the village and all the villagers were waving at us shouting that we take care.
This was it… our journey to save the Gundam World now began!