Welcome to Chapter 11 of Demons and Coordinators! So far, the Land of Ice had conducted a pact with the Land of Snow, as well as its team has completed their first mission with their Gundams. This chapter will cover the meeting between Shinn and Stella from the earlier chapter. Here's a question:
- Should Stellar stay alive in this fic?
- Should Rey stay alive in this fic as well?
- How will Hyou create its empire?
Well, I decided to let them live along with Heine Westenfluss. Enjoy!
Chapter Eleven: Chaos and the Rise of an Empire
At the city of Dioucia on the Black Sea, the Minerva has arrived, along with the Zvonkovic team that sailed along with them. They received another surprise; in the form of a pink ZAKU with the sign LOVE printed on is chest. "Lacus" was going to perform in the concert as a celebration of ZAFT's ongoing victory over the Earth Alliance. In the bridge, the Joule Team officers were not amused at that concert, which unfortunately caught the attention of one Meyrin Hawke.
"Commander Joule, what's wrong?" Meyrin asked.
"I'm just agitated right now, Ensign Hawke." Yzak replied. "I'm really agitated with that "Lacus" performing, and the message that she was spreading."
"What's wrong with that Lacus Clyne?" Meyrin asked.
"Well, for one thing, she's got a boob job, which is unlikely going to happen in the Lacus that we knew. Another thing is that she encourages us to fight, when the Lacus we knew doesn't like fighting." Dearka said.
"And final thing, is that "Lacus" is nuts for Athrun, when he's in love with the Princess of Orb." Yzak added. "Lacus' arranged marriage with Athrun was cancelled due to the fact that his own father had labeled the Clynes as traitors after what happened in Alaska during the first war. Not to mention that Athrun himself was labeled as a traitor by his own father too."
"How do you know these things, Commander Joule?" Talia asked, with Arthur looking at him also.
"We've personally met Lacus when we saw her concert at Junius Five." Yzak stated. "She is now in love with Kira Yamato, the pilot of the Freedom Gundam."
"Just don't tell Shinn about it." Meyrin said. "He still blames Orb for his family's death, and not to mention the state he'll be in after he heard that news."
"From what I understand, he had some relatives in one of the Hidden Countries." Shiho said. "He is the perfect creation of the one of the three Ultimate ninja."
"Shinosuke Asuka, which would be Shinn's younger cousin." Talia said.
As soon as the Minerva crew got off their ship, they just came in time to see the concert. The fake Lacus sang all through the day, and it was exciting. Meanwhile, an orange haired woman was taking pictures of the concert. She was Miriallia Haww, an agent in the Terminal which is the organization that the Three Ship Alliance grew into. She was taking pictures, when Zvonkovic appeared behind her.
"What are you doing here?!?!" he asked accusingly.
"Just free photography." Miriallia lied. She was then grabbed in the arm, and led away.
"Lies. Come with me." Zvonkovic said as he handcuffed Miriallia, and led her to his ship. His second in command saw what happened, proceeded to accompany the commander.
"What happened, Commander Zvonkovic?" Dimitrovic asked.
"We've got a spy." Zvonkovic said. "The city should be filled with counter-spies."
They led her to the interrogation room, and tied her up in a chair.
"We will try to extract information out of you in any way we see fit." Zvonkovic said. At the mention of 'any way we see fit', she meant torture. "There will be someone that would help."
A minute later, Miriallia closed her eyes, as two people came in to the interrogation room. When she opened her eyes, she was shocked and pissed at one of them. A person she didn't want to see at all.
"So this is the 'torture' those ZAFT guys are going to deal me with?!" Miriallia yelled. "You!"
"Long time no see, Milly." Dearka replied. He and Yzak were the ones that Zvonkovic had assigned to interrogate the former Archangel crew member.
"Get away from me, you creep!" Miriallia yelled. But Yzak pulled a gun at her.
"Shut up, and don't talk, until we told you to." Yzak said as he pointed the gun at the floor. "Right then, what were you doing at the ZAFT base?"
"Well, I was just taking free photos in my camera, which you idiots took away." Miriallia said angrily.
"Well, we had to, because you could be a spy for the Earth Alliance, which was making trouble for the Minerva." Yzak replied seriously.
"What? I'm not a spy!" Miriallia yelled while panicking. Just then, Zvonkovic had entered the room, followed by Talia and Arthur.
"Then why did you take pictures of the Lacus concert?" Yzak asked.
"I'm not telling!" she said.
"You will, or we can execute you on the spot for being an enemy spy." Talia said angrily as she pulled her gun. "A freelance photographer, taking pictures around a ZAFT base."
"This girl is an agent of Terminal." Zvonkovic said. "They can be worse than LOGOS, because they are the ones who are going to replace them once those butchers are killed."
"How do you know?" Miriallia asked.
"Because the Terminal, along with the Three Ship Alliance are well known in our faction." the Croat replied. "Once LOGOS has been wiped out, there are some remnants of the Earth Alliance forces that are still going to continue the fight against us. Even Orb would be supporting us, but it's not the right time yet."
"Orb had aligned with the Earth Alliance, but I heard that a Russian Admiral had seized power." Miriallia said. At the mention of the Russian admiral, Zvonkovic had turned to her, with the pistol aimed at her head.
"Did you take pictures of Tukhachevsky and what he did?" Zvonkovic snarled. "Did you go to his office, and look at his papers?!?!"
"No! I just want to go!" Miriallia cried. "Please let me go!"
"Shut it!" Dimitrovic yelled as he came in a minute later. "We can't allow people like you destroying our attempt on uniting Naturals and Coordinators!"
"I am trying to advocate the unity!" she said angrily. "Not the way Tukhachevsky and the faction that you are doing."
"Just the same, we can't have you wandering around the base." Talia said. "Until then, you will be confined to the brig of the Minerva."
"All right." Miriallia resignedly said.
When the crew of the Minerva led the ex-Archangel officer to her brig, she was annoyed that Dearka would be the one that will be her captor. But Yzak, and Athrun would control the ambiguous Green Coat. A minute later, the crew went out again, only to see Chairman Durandal talking to the two purple coats that visited the Yuki no Kuni.
"So, you two managed to learn the Uzumaki's origins?" Durandal asked.
"Yes, your exellency." Biggsfront said. "I've also learned that his sensei is related to the late Dr. Hibiki."
"This is a great surprise." Durandal replied. "Should he adopt the young Kyuubi container into his clan, we can take advantage of this."
"You're right, but there's an arranged marriage involving the Snow Princess Koyuki and the Uzumaki." Wedgeback said.
"You're right. Why don't we go to someplace where we can meet the crew of the Minerva, along with the Zvonkovic team." Durandal said as Talia came to him, along with Yzak. "Nice to see you two here."
"Mr. Chairman, we've apprehended a spy that was wandering in the base." Yzak reported. "She's detained in the Minerva."
"Very good, Commander Joule. I want to meet this spy that you've apprehended." Durandal said. "Oh, great job being vigilant. We can't have spies crawling around the base, can't we?"
"All right, but she'll be with the guards, sir." Talia said.
"Bring your pilots, and get Zvonkovic to bring his team as well." Durandal replied as he and the two Purple Coats went to their car. When they reached a mansion, they set up a table, and got some cups and teapots. A minute later, a ZAFT Redcoat with an orange hair, and a FAITH badge came up to him.
"Sir, the pilots from the Minerva as arrived, along with the Zvonkovic team." he said, as Yzak came up to him.
"Well done, Commander Westenfluss." Yzak said. "You may join us for a snack."
"That would be great, Commander Joule." he said as he saluted to him. "By the way, I am Commander Heine Westenfluss, ZAFT FAITH forces."
The Minerva pilots, plus Talia, and the Zvonkovic team had sat on thieir chair, and waited for Durandal to show up, along with Biggsfront and Wedgeback.
"It's nice of you to join us for a nice tea, don't you think?" he started. "By the way, what are your names? It would be wise to stand, though."
Lunamaria started first, as they stood up. "Lunamaria Hawke, Mr. Chairman."
"Ah yes, Ms. Hawke. You have connections to the Joule Team, is that what you said to Mr. Wedgeback back then?" Durandal asked.
"Yes sir." she replied.
"And I know you, Rey. How are you?" Durandal asked in a fatherly way.
"I'm fine, Mr. Chairman." Rey replied.
"And what is your name, young man?" Durandal asked Shinn.
"Shinn Asuka, Mr. Chairman." Shinn replied.
"Ahh, you must be related to the one of the three Ultimate ninja of the Hyou no Kuni." he said. "Shinosuke, I presume?"
"Yes, sir." Shinn said.
"Very well, you all may be seated." Durandal said as he gestured the people present to sit. "Well, we came here to discuss a few things, and we'll start."
"Like why are we fighting this war in the first place?" Dimitrovic asked.
"Very good, Commander Dimitrovic." Durandal replied. "It seems that the Earth Alliance wouldn't back down for a moment, even with Tukhachevsky trying to mediate the two opposing sides."
"It's because of LOGOS, isn't it, Mr. Chairman?" Zvonkovic said.
"You are right. They are the ones who caused this mess, along with the other mess throughout history. They were the ones that created Blue Cosmos. They desire war, and would do anything to keep it that way." Durandal explained. "It seems that Tukhachevsky had exposed the Seirans' affliation to LOGOS when they signed the International Security Assurance Treaty. It would look like the war doesn't have to break out even more, with Orb staying neutral. But why do people fight? It's because of survival instincts, or just for the sake of being great. The Hidden Countries have also supported us, despite one of them, who shelters the Seirans. The people of the village Konohagakure would consider LOGOS as gods, and would do anything to join their ranks. As if the world needed another butchers in the Hidden Countries."
"You're right, Mr. Chairman." Dimitrovic replied. "In Konoha, and the Ka no Kuni, they hated the jinchuuriki because they are simply different."
"That's the thing. People fight and kill each other, because they're different from each other. It's a good thing the Coordinators, as well as the jinchuuriki that lived in territories that support ZAFT are well treated there." Durandal replied. "If possible, I'd like to promote that. A world without wars. But this task would be very dificult."
After the discussion, Durandal was generous enough to grant the entire crew of the Minerva two days of rest from the fighting. Just then, the pink haired Lacus lookalike came in, and almost knocked Athrun over.
"Athrun!" she said.
"It's Lacus Clyne." Durandal said happily.
"Yeah, you wish." Yzak muttered.
"Is something wrong, Commander Joule?" Durandal asked.
"Well, we knew Lacus doesn't support any fighting at all, yet this Lacus does." Yzak said. "We would know if Lacus is rela by how is she attracted to Yamato."
"Ah yes, Kira Yamato." Durandal said. "A pity that he didn't join us when he had a chance."
"Yeah, it was a pity, even with Athrun trying his best." Dearka replied. "I recall Commander Le Creusetgiving him permission for his best friend to defect."
"Of course, being an Orb national, he naturally wouldn't be serving ZAFT." Biggsfront said.
"Since I've granted you all the time you need to rest, why don't you two go to dinner." Durandal said to the fake Lacus and Athrun. "Before you go, I'd like to talk to you. If that's okay, Athrun. Tomislav, Yzak and Dearka would also be welcome."
When Durandal got the ex-Le Creuset veterans plus Zvonkovic, and Dimitrovic in a circle, they stood at attention.
"I was wondering about the whereabouts of the real Lacus Clyne." Durandal asked. "Because I've been looking for her for a long time now, along with Kira Yamato. The last time I've heard from them, they were still at Orb through Tukhachevsky."
"Well, the Archangel could be trying to escape from the Orb forces, seeing as he is now in charge." Yzak said. "Along with some units loyal to the Atthas."
"A good thing the Orb has replenished its forces with the rouge Earth Alliance ships, the ones that oppose LOGOS." Durandal said. "Igor, have you talked with Tukhachevsky yet?"
"No, comrade Chairman. But I'll get it done." Dimitrovic said. (His full name is Igor Dimitrovic) "I can get some Orb officers to get me in touch with him. They're in the area because of the humanitarian aid."
"Orb is also very clever in doing things that we can't get it done." Durandal said. "I'll have to go visit Hyougakure to have a nice chat with the young Uzumaki boy. Interesting comparison, Naruto Uzumaki and Kira Yamato. Both boys using their false names, when they are the real deal. The Namikaze and the Hibiki names they should be using."
"We'll let you know if the Archangel is sighted." Zvonkovic said. "I'll have to talk to Tukhachevsky about contacting the Eurasian government, and speaking to Alexei Romanov, and Zofia Mikhailovskaia."
"See to it that it's done." Durandal said as the ex-Le Creuset veterans have saluted. "Nice chatting with you."
When they got to a hotel, Yzak pulled the group to a huddle in the boys bathroom.
"Since that fake Lacus would be looking for Athrun, we should come up with codenames." Yzak said.
"I'll stick with Alex Dino." Athrun said.
"I'll go by Ian Danielson." Dimitrovic said.
"I'll go by Thomas McIntyre." Zvonkovic said.
"I'll go by Daniel Anderson." Dearka said.
"And I'll go by Max Bradley." Yzak said.
The boys went to the hotel front desk, and booked a room, but told the clerk not to tell.
"It's a secret." Yzak said. "Just erase it after."
"Of course, sir." the clerk replied.
The next morning, Lunamaria and Shiho were in front of the door at Yzak's room.
"Good morning, Commander Zala." Lunamaris said. When the door opened, Yzak was glaring at them.
"Don't use our real names, you fool." he whispered. "That impostor would be hearing you if you blab out loud."
"All right, Max." Shiho said.
"Just give us a minute to get ready." Dearka said as he woke up. The girls had left a minute later, when they bumped into the fake Lacus, who turns out to be a fan girl by the name of Meer Campbell.
"Have you seen Athrun?" Meer asked.
"Nope." Shiho said as she grabbed Lunamaria, and went away. Moments later, Meer saw the ex-Le Creuset veterans coming down to the reception room, expecting to see Athrun, but she was stupid to not have noticed him in his sunglasses.
"Just keep cool." Yzak instructed.
"Well done, Max." Zvonkovic said using Yzak's code name.
When Lunamaria, Shinn, and Rey reached the elevators, they noticed the ex-Le Creuset veterans acting funny.
"What's the matter, Commnader Zvonkovic?" Shinn asked.
"Well, for one thing. Don't use our real names until "Lacus" is gone." Dimitrovic answered.
"Yeah, because we're trying to make it look like Athrun's engagement to her was canceled." Zvonkovic said, as all officers went inside the elevator.
"I was planning to spend the day with "Alex" on the market place, but I figured he might be busy with you guys." Lunamaria said, using Athrun's code name.
"Well, why don't you come with us." Shiho suggested. "We're planning on spending our day renting a huge boat for pleasure cruising, and catching fish."
"Okay then." Lunamaria said. "Sounds nice."
When they reached the coast, Yzak spoke to a local man about renting boats.
"Sure, for you guys. I have something special in this occasion." the local man said.
"All right." Zvonkovic replied as he paid the local boater a huge sum of money.
"Thanks." he said as he led the group to a dock, where a huge pleasure boat that looked like a modern sail ship had docked. Zvonkovic had brought with him things they're going to need for their relaxation, including a flare. He then set up a transmitter, and proceeded to contact the Orb ships.
"Calling Orb forces. This is Commander Zvonkovic of ZAFT." he said. A minute later, an Orb captain had responded.
"Greetings, comrade!" he said.
"Can you get me a link with Tukhachevsky?" Zvonkovic asked.
"Anything for our comrades." the captain said. "Here's comrade Tukhachevsky."
"Greetings, comrade Zvonkovic! How are you guys?" Tukhachevsky asked over the transmitter.
"Great, comrade Admiral." Dimitrovic replied.
"Can you contact comrade Zofia and comrade Alexei in Moscow?" Zvonkovic said.
"I'll do that. The Eurasian Communists should be in position to seize power anytime soon." Tukhachevsky replied. "But I have to tell them that they don't launch a putsch in the Kingdom of Scandinavia. Ironic that communism loathes the monarchy. But we've got to retain relations with them."
"All right." Dimitrovic said as the transmitter shuts off.
"This is great! I love this scenery." Lunamaria said as she and Shiho were changing into their swimming suits that they brought. Yzak and Dearka went into the water to swim, while Athrun, Zvonkovic and Dimitrovic were fishing. Midway into their relaxation time, they saw a girl waltzing in the cliff. They also saw Shinn riding a motorbike, and following her. When they saw the girl fall, she was screaming for help. Shinn dived into the water, and tried to get the girl to shore, but she scratched him. She fell down again, but he managed to get her to calm down.
"Don't worry, you're not gonna die. It's okay. I'll protect you." Shinn said as the girl calmed down. He then saw a boat with the rest of the ZAFT crew, and was startled.
"What the hell did you do back there?" Zvonkovic said as he helped Athrun get Shinn and the blonde girl on board. "You could have froze to death."
"I had to save her. She can't swim." Shinn replied.
"OK, you did one thing that was unheard of." Dimitrovic replied. "You've saved an Extended."
"What?" all of the crew of the pleasure boat asked.
"She's one of the Alliance's Extendeds. Her name's Stella Loussier, and her fellow mates are Auel Neider, and Sting Oakley. They were the ones who stole Chaos, Gaia, and Abyss." Dimitrovic replied.
"How could you?" Lunamaria said.
"I don't know." Stella said.
"Don't worry. They can atone for their crime by helping us. I'll have to get their leader to defect to Orb." Zvonkovic said.
They ate and swam for the rest of the day, until they had to go back to shore. When Auel and Sting came by to find Stella, they were shocked at the group of people.
"Thanks for finding Stella for us." Sting said. "We owe it all to you ZAFT forces."
"You're welcome." Dimitrovic said. "Although you guys are the ones that stole the machines fromus, we are willing to pardon your crimes, if you three, along with your leader Neo Roanoke can work undercover for us. Deliver this message to him. I want a private meeting with the masked man."
They nodded, and left. The ZAFT group then decided to go back to their ships.
Meanwhile, Chairman Durandal has arrived at Hyougakure's ZAFT base, and went ot the Hyoukage tower. He requested a meeting with the Sandaime Hyoukage, and to request that Team Tsukasa-Hibiki be brought in too.
"Of course." he said. A minute later, Mamoru, Shinosuke, Amaya, and Naruto were in the Hyoukage's office, and stood there before the Sandaime, and Durandal.
"Which one of you is Naruto Uzumaki?" he asked.
"That's me." Naruto said. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki."
"I'm Chairman Durandal, and I'm the leader of the nation you called the Land of the Hourglass." Durandal said as he shook Naruto's hand. "You must be Shinn Asuka's younger cousin."
"Yes, Mr. Chairman." Shinosuke said.
"And you are the girl that's related to the Snow Princess." Durandal said to Amaya. "The third Ultimate ninja. To think that the pro-ZAFT territiories would encourage Coordinator toleration up to this level."
"Yes, Mr. Chairman." Amaya said.
"Well, I came here to tell you all another secret that involves this Uzumaki here, and you Mamoru." Durandal said. "Naruto, should you accept the Hibiki name, and be adopted into the Hibiki family, you can pass down that name, along with the Namikaze name to your descendants, right?"
"Yes, Mr. Chairman." Naruto said. "I am now engaged to Princess Koyuki of the Yuki no Kuni."
"That's great. You must be lucky to have a family of royal lineage, Sandaime Hyoukage-sama." Durandal said.
"Of course, Durandal-sama." the Sandaime Hyoukage replied.
"I understand that the Shodaime Yukikage is a man called Takeo Namikaze Jr.?" he asked.
"Yes, we Namikaze has dominated the Kage titles of all the great nations. The Uzumaki clan is also a royal clan, since Kushina and Nagato Uzumaki were the children of the daimyo of the Uzu no Kuni." the Sandaime Hyoukage replied. "It's sad that my son Minato died sealing the Kyuubi into my grandson."
"I see. Well, I also heard that the Hyou no Kuni have secretly acquired territories through negotiation." Durandal said.
"I've consented it with the other Kages, including the Sandaime Hokage." he said. "Soon, the Dai Hyou no Teikoku will rise."
News of the exposure of the said empire had sent shockwaves throughout the Hidden Countries. The other great nations were pleased that there will be a leader that would replace the Ka no Kuni as a military superpower. The Konoha council were arguing about the exposure.
"Another nation that we don't know has revealed itself, and is claiming to challenge our supremacy?" the Haruno patriarch asked with a hint of anger.
"That is correct, Haruno-sama." The Sandaime Hokage replied.
"A nation of demons and space monsters cannot be allowed to exist!" the Uchiha remnant head replied. "By the way, the Seirans are here."
The Seirans came in to the chamber, with their guards.
"Well now, we can't be arguing about it?" Yuuna said.
"We must obliterate them!" the Haruno patriarch yelled.
"Yes, but that would be difficult, seeing as other nations had signed a pact with them." Unato said. "We can request to Djibril to help you all bring order to the other nations. But that would lead to even further hatred against this country."
"How about you two get out of here now?" Hiashi Hyuuga yelled to Unato.
"I'm afraid that can't be helped." Unato said with a smirk. "You are to do what we tell you, or the Earth Alliance destroys your village."
Hiashi, and the Atthaist faction had left, vowing to fight against the Seiranists, who are planning on turning the Ka no Kuni into a colony of the Earth Alliance. When the Seirans told Djibril of what happened, he was frowning while watching the food that he was cooking for his goons.
"Well done, you two. However, that would be difficult, as we have to focus more on what's happening in Eurasia, East Asia, and the Equatorial Union. They're getting too rebellious for their own good." Djibril said. "I'd wish that happy go lucky moron Murata Azrael had dealh with them. Too bad he's dead."
"Yes, even we grieved for the death of George Allster." Unato said. "And he considered us lowlifes."
"His death was caused by the same man that banished you two. When the time comes, we'll have to kill him, and crush the Communist movement all over the world. The Hidden nations too." Djibril said, and then turned to his frying pan, which was burning. "Holy crap! The steak's burning!!!!!!!! Wait, let me see the instructions. Damn it, that man Durandal! He made a fool of me!!!!!!!!"
With the Dai Hyou no Teikoku emerged from the Hyou no Kuni, the estabilished territories had now existed. Coordinators that lived in parts of the Ka no Kuni also voted to join the new empire. The result was bloody, but it was worth it. The said empire was the largest, followed by Iwa. The Hyou no Teikoku had announced the engagement between the heir of the Namikaze clan, and the Kazahana princess, and made a treaty that would bind Hyou and Yuki as one. Needless to say, some girls were jealous of the blond jinchuuriki, except the Konoha female population. Tayuya and Amaya weren't jealous, because Naruto would be having two wives when he grew up.
Well, another chapter done, and please review! I've decided that the Extendeds plus Neo will be supporting Tuhachevsky in this fic, instead of killing them off. Rey would stay alive too.