Chapter Seven: His Own Personal Gunman, part 2

That red machine with the scary face...it's his now, right?

"Those bastards took my Mom and Dad!" Simon yelled, startling both Ron and Lena.

The boy screamed out in anger and despair. The monitor flashed, activating the small mecha as Lagann's eyes shined brightly; its face contorting in the same pain its pilot felt at that moment.

Outside, the 2 Gunmen from the day before along with their newly arrived leader walked towards the village. The men shot at them with rifles and handguns, watching the small bullets ricochet off the metal. Stepping back, the men turned and ran into a ridge as the red mech reached back behind itself and took out two large black blades; slashing and slicing through the rocks.

"It's immense," Kamina said in awe as he watched from afar.

"It's my first time seeing one that size," Yoko said beside him. He chuckled lightly. "Very nice. Just what I was looking for!"

The demonic and frog Gunmen walked inside the ridge towards the village; not noticing the hidden people armed and ready for battle. Once they got deeper inside the ridge, Dayakka stood up suddenly from behind a rock and yelled in his walkie-talkie: "NOW!" He and the other men fired at the red Gunman's back as it turned around halfway to look at them. Explosions set in the rocks went off around the mecha, causing a rockslide. The red mech growled in anger before being buried under the large amounts of dirt.

"That was...?" The red-haired girl smiled, chuckling to herself. "We lured it in so that we could bury it with that explosion." She shouldered her rifle, looking to the blue-haired boy with a smug smile. "What, did you think we didn't know how to fight?" Kamina scoffed lightly at her. Yoko's smile widened only to disappear when she and others heard a loud roar from under the dirt. Suddenly, the red Gunman sliced through the dirt and rock; the debris being engulfed with white light and electricity. The debris soon exploded as the red mech roared loudly in triumph.

A shocked Yoko ducked down behind a rock. "What the..? We didn't plan on this!"

"Isn't it great? I'm feeling a strong connection with that one!" Kamina placed a foot on a rock, folding his arms, not really caring for the debris of rock and dirt flying over their heads. "I've decided!" he exclaimed. "I'm taking that Gunman!"

The red-head gasped as she ducked from a large boulder then looked to the blue-haired boy in surprise. "Wait...what did you say?" she asked.

He grinned broadly. "I said I'm gonna ride that thing!" The red-head tilted her head in confusion. "...Earth to Kamina.."

"I'm sure I'll be able to ride it even if I don't know how the controls work," Kamina said ignoring the girl as he held up his fist. "I'll move it with willpower!" Yoko sighed, shrugging. "I don't know if he even believes that.."

The blue-haired boy frowned at her. "Shut it! That's just the way men do things!"

"I keep telling you I'm a girl!" she cried out.

The two watched as Lagann came flying out of the cave, gliding across the ground. The Stargazer came running out afterwards. "Wait a minute, Simon!" Lena yelled over the radio at him. The dark-haired boy didn't hear her in his angered state.

"Bro!" he yelled; the small mecha taking off from the ground. Kamina smirked widely. "Let's go take what's ours, brother!" He ran towards Lagann and jumped into the air, landing in the tight space of the cockpit as a pink shield covered the two boys.

"What's that lunatic trying to do?" Dayakka asked aloud while he and another man watched in confusion.

Lena frowned then followed after Lagann who ran across the ground. Idiot, she thought to herself. He's gonna get himself killed out here..! Inside of the small mecha's cockpit, Simon glanced to the older boy. "Bro, these things...! These bastards...they're the source of the tremors...of all the earthquakes underground!"

"Ah, that makes sense," Kamina said sitting behind the boy; sword in hand. The dark-haired boy growled darkly in anger, gripping the controls tightly. "These bastards...took my Mom and Dad!"

"Simon! A burning spirit is fine, but calm yourself," the blue-haired boy said placing a firm hand on his small shoulder. "In a fight, you need to have both a scorching heart and cool temper!" Above Lagann, the red Gunman's blade flew towards its target and slammed into the ground...missing the smaller mecha.

The red mech jumped back as Stargazer shot at it. Lena cursed lightly before running at the machine with a yell. Clashing with the red Gunman, the white machine shoved it back and punched it across the face only to be pushed to the ground by the frog mecha. The black-haired girl growled as the Stargazer rolled out of the way from the red Gunman's black blade.

"Listen, I'm going to take that one by force."

Simon looked back at the older boy in confusion. "Huh?" Kamina pointed to the red mecha. "The face on the stomach...I can get in from there. Take me over there!"

"But...can you pilot it?" the dark-haired boy asked before turning his head back to the front. "You can pilot the Lagann, can't you?" He looked to the right-hand control. "Things like this...it's like the knowledge of how to get it to work was already there." He placed emphasis by gripping the control tightly closed.

The blue-haired boy grinned widely. "Well, that's it!"

"...Eh?"

"I'm sure it's easy!" the older boy said.

Simon shook his head lightly. "I think you're wrong..." Patting the boy's shoulder, Kamina pointed at the red mech. "It's ok, just go!"

The dark-haired boy suddenly panicked as he whimpered. "Where did my cool temper just go?" Lagann ran towards the back of the red Gunman; the red mecha turning around to see its smaller counterpart. The frog Gunman jumped in front of its ally and slammed its hand into the ground, making Lagann jump out of the way from the debris.

The Stargazer fired at the demonic Gunman, making it step back from the white mecha. "Shit, man..!" Lena exclaimed. The small mech jumped onto the frog mecha's shoulder only to be thrown in the air; a fist flying towards it as the two boys screamed. From afar, Yoko shot at the frog Gunman's arm, making the fist go past Lagann-which spinned against the arm-and slammed its fist into the red Gunman's face by accident.

"S-sorry," the frog mecha said with a nervous chuckle.

The red-head looked at the battle before her as she smiled lightly. "My goodness...what would that dummy do without someone like me?"

Falling back against the ground with a thud, the Stargazer slammed a foot into the demonic Gunman's face as it rolled over to get up. The mech growled and lunged at the white machine only to get shot at again. "Take that, you ugly fuck!"

The red Gunman fell to the ground, kicking up dust and debris around it. Lagann spun up into the air and stopped suddenly; its protective shield opening up as Kamina leapt out of the cockpit. "Jump!" he yelled landing on the red mecha's scary face. "Alright!" The blue-haired boy grinned widely at the face. "The more I look, the more I want to get into that body!" He chuckled, grabbing the small handgun from his pants then smacked the teeth-like hatch several times with the butt of the small gun before it suddenly went off, missing his groin by mere inches. He gasped out, holding up the smoking gun.

"W-what the f-?"

"Sorry, but you're not riding it!" the frog gunman yelled out as it reached for the unsuspecting man who didn't seem to hear. Lagann ran over and jumped behind Kamina, stopping the green mecha's arm with its small hands. Kamina looked back at the scene then stood up. "Simon!"

"I won't let you lay a hand on my bro!" the boy cried out. The small mech activated the drill from its head then jumped up, obliterating the frog Gunman's arm up to its shoulder before the machine was knocked down by Stargazer. Lagann turned around as it walked around the blue-haired man to grab the hatch tightly. Pulling apart the hatch manually, Simon grunted with effort inside the cockpit. "Wait...a...sec, Bro!"

Soon, the small mech opened the hatch successfully while its pilot-a gorilla-man-looked on in both shock and surprise as Kamina stood over him, pointing the gun at him. "Move it, we're switching," he ordered. When the creature shook its head hurriedly, the blue-haired man growled lowly then threw him out; bouncing along the face of the red Gunman and finally landing on the ground.

The blue-haired man flopped down into the pilot's seat and grabbed the controls eagerly, a wide grin on his face. "All right! This baby is in fighting form!" Suddenly, the cockpit glowed dark red; alarms going off. On the screens around Kamina, warnings appeared as a hand on the silhouette of the young man's face; the red mecha instantly powering down. A confused look came onto his face, looking around the cockpit.

Outside, the two green mechas looked to their fallen comrade in shock. "They finished off Captain Kyuzaki!" the demon gunman cried out.

"Filthy humans, we won't forgive you!" the frog gunman yelled. They didn't even see the gorilla man on the ground-who was very much alive. "You jerks! I'm not quite dead yet!" He yelped out as he was nearly stepped on by the demon mecha who then kicked the red gunman up in the air.

"How dare you do that to Captain Kyuzaki!"

For good measure, the frog mecha punched its former ally in the face. "Revenge for our Captain!" Kamina was thrown around inside the red gunman as he was attacked, yelling out in the process. The mecha flew into the air again while a shocked Simon looked on.

"Bro!" He yelped out suddenly then looked back at the demon gunman who now had Lagann between its forefinger and middle finger. He chuckled darkly, holding up the small gunman. "Hey, shorty, I'll finish you off too!"

~ Chapter 7, part 2: End ~


A/N: Reviews are loved. On to the next chapter!