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hinomoto- origin of fire
Case 11: Finally
In the first light of the morning sun, when the sky was barley lighting up, a red dot of fire could be seen heading toward a manor in the hills of Japan. The dot passed through the clouds, which seemed to cool off the fires around whatever it was. As it passed through a layer, it came out as Shining Gundam, who even though was a mere mecha suit, seemed to have a look of determination as it rocketed toward the Earth head first.
Behind it flew Master Gundam, followed by Queen Gundam, Wing Gundam, Gundam Sandrock, and Gundam Epyon.
Yugi yawned in his cockpit. So much time had passed, he had hadn't slept for almost a day now. He wouldn't be getting much sleep either. As soon as they made it to the ground, Yami Yugi would get his Dragonballs from Peggy's manor, and from there Yugi would have to try and teleport himself, Wing Gundam, and Cheese Monkey to Hawaii so that they could get the Dragon Radar programming from Nobel Gundam. After that, they would teleport back to Japan, then teleport everyone to Egypt where they would put Zoe's body for the meanwhile. Then off for the remaining Dragonballs.
Shining Gundam flew through the roof and came down to land on the balcony. The other Gundams went to park outside. Meanwhile, I opened the cockpit and went to sit on the edge of the dock. I stared at the green pillar of wires rising in front of the balcony and sighed at what could have been.
A few minutes later, Cheese Monkey jumped down from the ceiling and landed on the ground before Shining Gundam. Yami Yugi came jumping in after her.
"You ready to go?" Cheese Monkey asked. I nodded in reply.
"Yami, you're gonna take care of Zoe, right?"
"Right." Yami answered.
"Ok then, let's go."
"Come out, Wing Gundam!" Cheese Monkey called. I looked up at the hole in the ceiling and saw Wing Gundam's face looking down at me.
"TELEPORT!" Cheese Monkey, Wing Gundam and I glowed white, flashed, then disappeared. Yami Yugi smiled and jumped up into the cockpit of Shining Gundam to watch Zoe's body.
* * *
Three figures of white appeared on the shore of Hawaii then materialized into their proper forms. I walked down to the water, still in my Gundam Outfit just as Cheese Monkey, and stared out at Nobel Gundam standing there desolately in the dark night waters.
Cheese Monkey got into Wing Gundam, who walked over in front of Nobel Gundam. Both cockpits opened, and the docks connected to make a sort of bridge Cheese Monkey crossed with a wire. Inside Nobel Gundam's cockpit, she attached the wire to a space on the outer part of the control module. Her head popped out over the side of the cockpit's doorway.
"It'll only take three minutes!" she called out at me, holding up three fingers before entering the cockpit again. I ran into the water and over to the two Gundams. I jumped up onto the bridge and walked into Nobel Gundam. Cheese Monkey was sitting on the ground patiently.
"Selena, what are we gonna do with Nobel Gundam now?"
"Huh? Nobel Gundam? Hmm… I hadn't really thought about that… I suppose we could hide it somewhere on the Earth until Zoe comes back."
"Where on Earth? With the battle of the Four Gods of the Elements, is there anywhere safe?"
"No where is safe. Not even where we're leaving Zoe's body. The entire world is in danger, Yugi. That's why it's important to hurry."
"I suppose so… We still need to put it somewhere though. How about the ocean?"
"Water is one of the four elements. It'll be more risky there."
"The arctic then?"
"That'll do, we'll teleport it there on the way back to Japan."
"Errr… on the way back? I don't think I can manage that though! I'm not even sure I'll be able to take both Gundams back to Japan!"
"Then we'll take the chance of leaving it here in the waters and come back for it another time. The download's complete… let's get going." Cheese Monkey unplugged the wire. "Here, take this back into Wing Gundam." She handed me the wire, and I grabbed it. Then I walked across the bridge and put it where it belonged. I walked back to Nobel Gundam and caught Cheese Monkey pressing a few buttons on a panel on a wall.
"Time to go." She turned around to get out, and so did I. I jumped off the bridge and down into the water, while she walked into Wing Gundam. I walked back up onto the shore, and the cockpit's closed. Wing Gundam followed be back to shore, where we turned around to watch water rising around Nobel Gundam as it sank into the water.
"TELEPORT!" I shouted as Nobel Gundam's head went under water. The three of us flashed white and reappeared next to Shining Gundam. As we materialized, I fell to the floor on all fours.
"Yugi, what's wrong?" Cheese Monkey asked, bending down beside me and clutching my shoulder.
"… WING GUNDAM ISN'T EXACTLY THE EASIEST THING TO TELEPORT!"
"If that was hard, how can you teleport all 6 Gundams?!" I growled.
"I can't! I can barely take two people after that spell…" Yami Yugi jumped down from Shining Gundam.
"No problem, Yugi. You don't have to teleport us all to Egypt, we don't all need to be there. Some of us can go and get one of the two remaining Dragonballs." I looked up from the floor.
"Only two?" Yami had his hands behind his back, and when he took them out he had a Dragonball in each. In the right, he had the three star ball, and in his left the seven star ball. "Wow, I thought you only had one… So I guess all we need are the four star and the six star balls."
"That's right. And as we all know, time is of the essence, so how about you locate the last two, Cheese Monkey?"
"Uhhh… right." Cheese Monkey nodded from Wing Gundam's dock. She walked into the Gundam, while Yami helped me up. As we stood there, Isis jumped in through the hole in the roof.
"Princess, I'm sure all of this has been very stressful for you; you must be very tired. I'd like to help you recover."
"Ummm… help me recover?" Isis put both of her hands in front of my face.
"Oh, blessed and humble hand of God, life and breath of Mother Earth, come before me and show your great compassion and deliver us: RECOVERY!" Each of her hands gave off a bright white flash that filled into my body. My tired bones started to feel stronger, and my strength slowly returned. Soon I felt as good as new.
"Oh, COOL! That was awesome, Isis! Thanks! You have served your Princess very loyally. All of my power hasn't come back yet though… I still don't think I can teleport you all to the Dragonballs' locations."
"No problem, Yugi, I can teleport some of us." Yami said.
"… you have teleport too?"
"Of course I can. Haven't you realized it by now? Any spell you get, I do."
"Why?"
"I guess we still have some kind of bond..." I gasped.
"That's why you've can use Astral Vine! And the Dragon Slave! AND DYNAST BRASS!"
"That's why I was surprised you didn't know… It seemed fairly obvious."
"Guys! I've got the locations of the final Dragonballs!" Cheese Monkey screamed as she walked out onto Wing Gundam's dock.
"Then it's best we get going." Isis said.
"Right, we'll split up into teams then. Since Yugi and I are the ones with teleport, we'll decide who comes with us. Isis, Cheese Monkey, you two come with me. Yugi, you go with Duke and Joey. Ok?"
"Ok then." I jumped up into Shining Gundam's dock and ran into the cockpit, closing it behind me. Cheese Monkey walked back into Wing Gundam. A window opened on my screen as Isis and Yami jumped out of the building through the roof to get to their Gundams. It was Cheese Monkey.
"Yugi, one of the Dragonballs is in Australia, ok? You guys head there. We'll go down to South Africa and get the other ball."
"Ok. What about Zoe though?"
"Well, it really would be best if we didn't waste too much time… can't you just teleport her to the Millennium Pyramid?"
"I… I guess I could do that."
"Then do it."
"I didn't say I wanted to…"
"You have to."
"Uhhh… umm…. Teleport…" It was a tough decision, but I held my hand at Zoe and imagined the Millennium Pyramid in my head. Zoe vanished before my eyes… another tear rolled down my cheek.
Shining Gundam flew out of the manor quickly, me not wanting to talk to Cheese Monkey. Gundam Sandrock and Gundam Epyon were waiting for me at the edge of the forest. Shining Gundam stood beside them and I tried to forget about Zoe.
"Satellite Image- Australia." I commanded. My screen blinked and reopened with an image of Australia. I studied it carefully, then gave my next command, "Switch back to Gundam cameras- 360 degree angle, level 1." The screen blinked again and I was able to see what was outside my Gundam. "Ready to go?"
"I'm ready." Duke said cheerfully. I was still getting used to him…
"Foooooood… food… foood…" Joey kept saying.
"Ok then." I focused on the image of Australia in my mind, and on the other two Gundams. "… TELEPORT!"
The three Gundams glowed white, then disappeared.
In Australia, three glowing figures appeared in the grasslands far from civilization, waiting to materialize properly…
* * *
Three large glowing figures materialized into Gundams in the South African plains. They looked around at the dried up grass. They looked at the burned forest around the plains… The forest was completely dead. The fires had turned everything black and void of life. There was no wild life for miles around.
"What's going on…?" Cheese Monkey asked.
"The world is being drained of energy… life is dying." Isis answered as a window with a graph opened on her screen. "Pollution levels have risen in the last 24 hours to a record-breaking high. Wild life has decreased by 3%. There have been power shortages all over the world in large quantities. Weather has been at an off as well."
"All of that? In the last 24 hours? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD?! It should be perfect! PERFECT!! PEGGY HAS DIED!! IT SHOULD BE PERFECT!!!"
"Peggy isn't dead anymore, he was revived by Devil Gundam. Yugi and I battled him in space." Yami Yugi explained.
"So Peggy's NOT dead? Craaaap… CURSE YOU, CRAWFORD! When will you leave us alone?! DIE ALREADY!!"
"He'll be gone faster if we find the Dragonball, so let's get to it. Which direction is it in?"
"Ummm… right. Dragon Radar System-- Area Map." Cheese Monkey said. Her screen blinked and reopened with a black and green map of a zoomed in part of Southern Africa. In one corner, there was a blinking orange dot. "It's southeast from us." The screen blinked back to its original state.
"Let's get to it, IT'S TIME TO KILL THE PEGGY!!" Master Gundam flew off southeast. Queen Gundam flew off behind it, and finally Wing Gundam. They were heading toward the forest.
"Things are awfully quiet here without the animals." Isis said after a while.
"It really is…" Yami said. A pillar of fire suddenly rose from the ground before the Gundams, who stopped in time to not get caught by the embers.
"WHAT IS THAT?!" Cheese Monkey screamed. The fires split apart and extinguished to reveal Tristen floating in mid-air. His eyes were red, and he was wearing odd orange and robes that were obviously designed to match fire. There were bracelets on his wrists with a round red jewel embedded in each, and he had a similar headband below his hairline with the same jewel.
"… TRISTA?!" Cheese Monkey screamed again.
"No… this is not Tristen Taylor. This is the Egyptian God of Fire." Yami explained.
"I am Hinomoto, and as you said, the Egyptian God of Fire." spoke the God in Tristen's voice.
"… Hinomoto? But that's Japanese… for… origin of fire…?" Yami said.
"My origins are Japanese."
"Oh, I see. Possessing a Japanese man… having your source of power from a Japanese woman…"
"You're a quick thinker… not that is matters…" Hinomoto raised a heavily sleeved arm and punched it forward as he flew toward Master Gundam. A spiral of fire ignited at his fist and flew down past his elbow. Oddly enough, Yami Yugi didn't react fast enough and Master Gundam was punched into the ground.
Hinomoto turned to Wing Gundam. He put one hand behind another and called out, "FIREBALL!" A ball of fire formed before his hands, with two rings spiraling around it. The ball shot out at Wing Gundam, who tried to block it off with its staff, but was unsuccessful.
"SELENA!" Yami Yugi called, as Master Gundam got up from the ground. Hinomoto turned at him and snickered.
"STILL FIGHTING?! YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF BEATING ME!" A wall of fire surrounded Master Gundam, and started to close in.
"Damn it…" Yami Yugi muttered as he commanded Master Gundam to fly up. But the wall of fire rose as well.
"You cannot defy the divine power of an Egyptian God!" Yami Yugi gritted his teeth. The fires were getting closer. Meanwhile, Hinomoto flew calmly in viewing distance of the tornado of fire, smiling like there was no tomorrow.
"Wind, crimson flame. Grant the power of thunder to my hand!… DIGGER VOLT!" Isis screamed. Hinomoto gasped for air as he was hit in the back by a blast of lighting that surrounded his body and gave him a sickening yellow glow.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He yelled uncontrollably, his eyes bulging from the pain.
"Cheese Monkey! Use Flare Arrow to give Yami an opening!" Isis suggested as Wing Gundam started got onto all fours from the ground. It's head nodded, and it extended its right arm. A ball of red light formed before it's palm.
"FLARE ARROW!" Cheese Monkey called out, pointing the her palm up above the tornado of fire, which was still rising after Yami. Five arrows of red fire came out of the ball, which vanished after, and headed up into the air. They hit the fire tornado just as it passed, making a slit which Master Gundam flew out through.
Master Gundam flew down to Queen Gundam and Wing Gundam, who were standing together on the ground in battle positions. Hinomoto had fallen to the ground face forward.
"Do we go after the Dragonball now?!" Cheese Monkey demanded.
"We can't…" Yami Yugi answered as Master Gundam landed on the ground. "Hinomoto still has a lot of power."
"But Digger Volt is one of the more deadly spells; it has the power to kill a man with one shot." Isis explained.
"A man- not a God. However, that attack was effective. I have a plan all worked out… I'll need you to stay here, Isis, and hold off Hinomoto to give me enough time to cast a spell around the Dragonball. Selena, I'll need YOU to guide me to the Dragonball. And no arguing from either of you, I AM LEADER AND MY WORD IS LAW! Now let's go team!" Wing and Queen Gundam nodded. Wing Gundam flew off in the direction the group had been going in, Master Gundam following close behind, while Queen Gundam stood where it was as it launched another Digger Volt at Hinomoto…
* * *
The three glowing white figures in the Australian Plains materialized. Shining Gundam took a look at its surroundings.
"What now?" I asked. "Which way is the Dragonball?"
"Which way is the turkey?" Joey asked, apparently not realizing the importance of the situation.
"I can find it…" Duke offered. "Activate Satellite Connection; Satellite Code: 0098-1594-385." An invisible signal was sent out of Gundam Epyon up into space to a satellite directed down at Africa. "Locate Gundam Signal: XXXG-01W." A bar appeared on Gundam Epyon's cockpit's screen. It filled with color quickly, with a percentage rising below it and stopping at 100% when the bar was filled. The bar and number vanished off the screen and was replaced by 'GUNDAM XXXG-01W LOCATED'.
"Tap into Gundam XXXG-01W's System, Hack: Programming: Dragon Radar System." The bar reappeared and filled again with 100% below it. This time it was replaced by 'HACK COMPLETE: DRAGON RADAR SYSTEM ACCESSED'. "Dragon Radar System- Area Map: Australia."
A black and green map of Australia filled the screen. On one spot was a blinking orange dot. "Zoom in." Duke commanded. The place where the spot was filled the screen now. "It's in that big mountain thingy like a crater. The red one…" Duke said as his screen blinked back too normal.
Shining Gundam flew off without another word, luckily, in the right direction. Gundam Sandrock followed unenthusiastically, and Gundam Epyon caught up with Shining Gundam.
"What are we doing after this?!" Duke asked me.
"I'm teleporting us to Yami, and we'll summon the Eternal Dragon from there wherever they are."
"You really want to help the world, don't you? You want to stop Peggy…" I frowned. Duke was actually telling the truth… This wasn't about me being more famous now, it was about saving all those lives.
"I'm going to KILL Peggy…" I growled.
"What's this? You want to kill innocent ole me, Yugi-boy?" a voice asked. I looked in front of me and saw Gundam Deathscythe flying before us. Shining Gundam stopped where it was.
"PEGGY-JANE! What ARE you?! How can you still be alive?!"
"I am a darkness deeper than deepest night; blacker then blackest pitch, apart of the King of Nightmare. That is how you describe me. Now fight me!"
"WELL THIS TIME YOU WONT GET AWAY!!" Shining Gundam charged out at Gundam Deathscythe, it's right hand glowing.
"SHINING FINGER!" Shining Gundam's right hand collided with the glowing, yellow blade of Gundam Deathscythe's scythe.
"Yugi…" Peggy snickered at me with effort. "You are ruining my dream… the Gods will kill off everything for me as I have always wanted… Do not interfere!" The scythe pushed back with new found energy.
"CRAWFORD, YOU TOOK MY YAMI AWAY FROM ME!! Zoe is dead! She's gone! AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!" Shining Gundam's right hand pushed back with the same new found energy.
"Yugi, do you know how long I have lived?"
"A FEW HOURS?!"
"Before I committed suicide! I had lived NEARLY a CENTURY! Do you know how much power that is? YOU CAN ONLY DREAM OF GETTING SOMETHING SO GREAT!" My frown grew even deeper.
"Do I care how old you are, WRINKLE ASS?! NO. I DON'T! JOEY, DUKE, FIGHT OFF PEGGY! I NEED SOME TIME TO PREPARE!!!" I call as my Shining Finger starts putting a few cracks in the blade of the scythe, which pushes Shining Gundam off.
I land far enough from Gundam Deathscythe to be out of danger from the new battle. Gundam Epyon and Gundam Sandrock were up in front of it, throwing punches and kicks where they could. Meanwhile, Shining Gundam put it's hands over one another.
"Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond the blood that flows…" A red orb appeared between the hands. "Buried in the flow of time; in Thy great name…"
"Ly Briem!" Joey called, hearing I was almost finished. A wave of blue air rushed at Gundam Deathscythe from Gundam Sandrock's hands. Gundam Deathscythe was frozen in a block of ice.
"I pledge myself to darkness…" I say, my voice slowly rising with passion. An ember of fire is spinning before the orb, spinning around waiting for me to finish. "Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess!" Gundam Epyon gives the block of ice one punch, shattering it as he and Gundam Sandrock step back.
"… DRAGON SLAVE!" I call out, my voice echoing. The ember explodes into a humungous blast of fire that heads at Gundam Deathscythe, who is caught in the flames. The three of us watch expectantly, waiting for the spell to end and see the results.
The blast of fire goes on for miles. We here no screams and take it as a bad sign. The fire extinguishes.
Gundam Deathscythe is on its knees, burned all over with parts of its armor gone. It's head is lowered from fatigue, and both its arms are grabbing onto the scythe to hold it up. Peggy has lived.
"Yugi… Moto…" Peggy says, confirming my fear.
"WHY HAVEN'T YOU DIED, CRAWFORD?! Just leave me alone! Leave us all alone! DIE!" I bark.
"Yugi… please, calm down… I will die…" I gasp.
"What?!"
"I will die, Yugi… I am meant to die… I was not even meant to be alive right now. My hold on this Earth has expired… my turn is over…"
"What are you talking about?!" Gundam Deathscythe isn't moving.
"It's not important, Yugi-boy… Be happy. I will die now."
"You keep saying that, but I still hear you talking!"
"You must finish me off… But first, let me ask you one thing… Yugi-boy, undo what I have done." My eyes widen and I am left breathless.
"… what?"
"Fix everything… that is all I have to say. My dream no longer matters… I have known since the beginning it was not meant to be completed. You are destined to fix it all, and now that you have shown me you are worthy, I admit it. Kill me now… hopefully, no one will interfere this time and it shall be my final time dying…"
"… Thank you." Duke and Joey gasp. "This is the right decision… Though nothing that you say makes sense, I shall kill you… ASTRAL VINE!" The spell formed in Shining Gundam's hand, and as soon as it did Shining Gundam charged at the still Gundam Deathscythe. With one quick swoop, the Astral Vine went through the chest of Gundam Deathscythe, who let go of its scythe in pain, its head falling back facing the sky.
"Thank you… Yugi…" Pegasus gasped before Gundam Deathscythe became a spiral of ash that rose into the sky, thinned and vanished.
"Finally… Pegasus Jane Crawford, Lord of Akumu, is gone… we can begin the Earth's revival. After the Dragonball!" Our three Gundams fly off…
* * *
"Ok Yami, we're coming up on the Dragonball!" Cheese Monkey informed Yami Yugi, who nodded in response. "… HERE!" Wing Gundam and Master Gundam stopped flying and stood onto the grassy African plain.
"… there's only grass around here. Where is it?"
"Uhhh… there." Cheese Monkey replied, pointing at a thin, leafy tree nearby. Yami Yugi jumped out of his cockpit and ran toward the tree, crying, "ASTRAL VINE!"
He sliced the tree in half, and the Dragonball flew out from the center, free from its imprisonment. Yami Yugi caught the six-star Dragon ball in both his hands. He ran back up into the cockpit.
"Okay, ready now! TELEPORT!" Wing Gundam and Master Gundam vanished and reappeared near Hinomoto and Queen Gundam who were battling fiercely.
Master Gundam put it's hand side by side. A white orb appeared between them, that became, oddly enough, a bag of marbles.
"PERIMETER! HINOMOTO!" Yami Yugi called, the bag of marbles ripping open. The marbles exploded out all around the area. Hinomoto was blasted away into the ground.
"Yami Yugi, what is this magic?" Isis asked.
"The spell Perimeter. Whatever I call cannot come in, or send anything into where the marbles are."
"Let's leave then."
"Right. TELE-"
"Not so fast!" Hinomoto cried as a hand of fire grabbed Queen Gundam. "You're coming with me!" Queen Gundam was pulled to Hinomoto.
"Damn it! She wasn't near a marble!" Yami complained. The hand of fire opened the cockpit and pulled out Isis in her Gundam Outfit.
"I'm taking you with me!" Hinomoto grabbed Isis by the collar. He past a hand over her face and she fell asleep. The hand of fir disappeared, and so did Hinomoto and Isis into a tornado of fire that flew off into the sky before Yami Yugi or Cheese Monkey could do anything.
"NO! Now she's been kidnapped! WHY?!" Cheese Monkey asked.
"It doesn't matter, hurry, we have to summon Shenron! We'll ask our wish, and Isis will be back with us! LETS GO NOW! TELEPORT!" Wing Gundam and Master Gundam disappeared.
One Dragonball is left.
