Cybernetic Blue Blur: Battle Redux
Just a little reworked version of the story, set in a different Continuum Shift. Takes place after the One Piece Arc of the original CBB:B! However, be assured that I will finish the original version. NeoNazo owns Onii-san, Nazo, and Key.
North Korea had always been a bit bad in terms of its history. Countless cold and hot wars and one of the first places decimated in the Chaos Wars before the Future Century began, losing over sixty percent of its landmass while South Korea kept it all. Currently, a jeep with the wheels replaced with rockets zipped across the destroyed landscape.
"Zzz…" Lan slept soundly in the passenger seat as Allenby drove, having gotten her license a year before.
"I can't believe those bastards," Allenby growled as she kept her eyes on the road, "I'm so fuckin' pissed off now! I know I didn't want to be in the Gundam Fight and I'm glad that I'm still able to come to Earth, but did they have to marry me off?!"
The jeep entered into a semi-ruined town. Allenby gave a sad look at the ruined parts. Ever since the Chaos Wars and even in the Gundam Fights, the planet had always been the main battlefield. Many of the animals and plants had ended up going extinct and many cities destroyed. The 16-17-year-old girl stopped the jeep and it lowered itself onto the ground.
"Okay, Lan, wake up," Allenby ordered before poking his stomach, earning giggles from him, "Oh? Ticklish there, are we? Well, wake up!"
"Bwahahahahahahaha!-!-!" Lan cackled as he was woken up by tickling, "St-Stop! I'm up! I'm up-hahahahaha!" Soon, Allenby stopped and Lan panted, "Wh…Where are we?"
"Near the new capital of North Korea," Allenby replied, "I heard rumor that their Neo North Korean representative is living in this town."
"Really? Is this fighter someone that we could be friends with?" Lan asked.
"…What do you think the fighter's gender is?"
"Personally, I don't care about gender. It's the inside that counts, not the outside," Lan replied.
'The inside? So he doesn't care about the fighter's looks, but why they fight,' Allenby thought, 'Maybe this is part of his true self?'
Lan grabbed Allenby and ducked before a man twice his size was thrown over them from behind. They turned to a tavern. They walked in to see a bar fight going on with five grown men against a young man, roughly a year older than Allenby. He had messy brown hair and sharp onyx eyes. He wore a green tank shirt and baggy gray pants. On his wrists were black wristbands with a watch on the left one.
One of the men charged at the young adult, only for the boy to duck and sweep-kick him over. As he fell, the boy grabbed an arm and threw him into another charging man. He skillfully dodged the knives of two of the men before jumping into the air and gave a roundhouse kick, knocking them over. The last man pulled out a sledgehammer and charged. The boy merely ducked and slammed a fist into the man's gut, causing him to collapse and drop his weapon. The boy stood up and smirked.
"Sugei! That was amazing just now! That was just amazing! What was that?!" Lan cheered as he ran over.
The brunette blinked at the excited thirteen-year-old. Nearby, Allenby sighed as she walked over. Still, she was impressed how he knew Korean. She only knew a few sayings in Korean, yet he was speaking it fluently.
"Sorry," Allenby apologized, switching her tongue to Korean as she moved Lan away from him and then whispering to him in Swedish, "Lan, what are you doing?"
"But, Ally-chan…"
"Allenby!"
"Didn't you see it? That was sugei!" Lan grinned, "I wanna know more about him!"
"…Fine," Allenby sighed, "But I want you to translate for me, okay? I've got no teachings in Korean except for a few things."
"Okay!" Lan grinned as he turned to see the boy walking off, "Ah! M-Matte!" he ran before the older boy and stopped, "My name is Lan. This is Ally-chan."
"Allenby!"
"Can we know who you are?"
"…Heero," the boy replied in monotone as he began to walk around Lan.
"Wait! I wanna know more about how you did that!"
"I spent years training for the Gundam Fight," Heero replied, "Now leave me be."
"You jerk!" Allenby snapped as she ran ahead of Heero, "Look, I don't know if you can understand me, but he is really a big fan of you right now. You're not a nice person, you know that?"
"…I don't understand a word you just said," Heero stated before walking past her.
"Why that jerk!" Allenby growled.
"…Mmmmnnn….! MoheMohe!" Lan cried out before dashing off on his EX Gear.
"Aw man…!" Allenby seethed before stomping off and jumped back into their 'jeep,' "He just had to run off without me. Lan, wait up!"
*Cue Music*
Yami o kuraitsukusu soukoku no mori (Within the blue forest consumed by darkness,)
*The screen lit up from darkness, revealing light emerging from linings in the clouds. The camera moved down towards a old, worn road*
Sadame no eda wa hikari motome... susumu (A branch of fate searches for the light...and reaches out.)
*The scene faded in to Lan, slowly tilting his head up. He held up his left hand, revealing a shadowed device. As it zoomed out, a burst of power enveloped him, giving Lan a shadowed armor. The screen spun around to another shadowed figure and then to the both of them standing across from one-another and charged, colliding and covering the screen with green and blue flames. The title, 'CYBERNETIC BLUE BLUR: BATTLE,' blew away the two flames before they converged once more to block the screen*
Taguri yoseta akai ito wa ta ga tame no inochizuna (That red-colored thread you're reeling in, whose life does it hold?)
*It cut to Jasmine through the Pipe Area with Medi-cal and Key-dom, her back towards the camera. It faded in to a back head-shot of her as she turned, turning into Angel. It then cut to Lan walking past a hall of mirror, his reflections being that of a figure in white and a figure in red*
Shinshoku suru kaikoroku wa kimi no shin o mo kuruwaseru yo (While eroding memories are deluding you from the truth,)
*A rose petal flew past the screen, changing the scene to that of Megaman in a rose garden. It cut to a rose petal going by the moon as it turned red. It went back to Megaman as the roses wilted and died as he assumed ImmersionStyle and then Four Beasts Out before doing a kick at the screen*
Mawaru eien o seoi mitsumete (You stare continuously, all the while burdened.)
*It cut to a head shot of Maylu and Roll, their eyes closed while facing each other. They slowly moved so that their faces were facing the screen when Roll's covered Maylu's, the NetNavi/Former Hedgefox transforming into Soul-Style*
Osore FICTION nugisutetara (Renounce this frightening FICTION)
*It cut to the sky as Chi landed behind her, transforming into her massive form and then a blade shaped like her upon impact with the ground before Shining Gundam pulled it out. It cut to a medium shot of Onii-san with a sword made of a drill out at the screen, the blade flashing a bit in the sunlight as he turned into Pirate, before cutting to night as Megaman looked out towards the sea, snow falling around before it flew around him and turned him into FrostSoul.*
Ima, kono mune ni tou (And look inside your heart.)
*It then cut to Rayne and Turbo delivering a Rider Kick at the Evil Ghost Pig while he threw a Ghost Bomb at them, the three attacks colliding in an explosion of flames*
Sabiyuku ENGAGE, karamaru INFINTY (ENGAGE yourself in this intense race to INFINITY.)
*It cut to the Hikari Household where Uzume and Chiyo were taking pictures of Kusano dressed as a phoenix while Haruka and Miya cooked in the background as the Furious Five, Tai Lung, Ace, and Po fought outside. It then cut to a full moon as Lan stood on a Cliffside, performing slashes with a staff-like sword*
Mayoikomu ao no RAGNAROK de dore dake ken o furueru? (Within this chaotic blue RAGNAROK, How long will you wield your blade?)
*It then cut to a hall of mirrors, fifteen shaded figures within them, eight bearing a stylized 'M' above them before they were revealed to be the MagiRangers while the remaining seven had what resembled three claws marks above them. The camera lowered to show Lan looking directly at it with both symbols glowing on the back of his hands. It then cut to MagiGreen being kicked back by the Evil Flame Pig when they villain was side-tackled by Tomba's Doka Pin before it returned to the pink-haired young adult. Roll jumped over Tomba in ElecTeamStyle and sent a duplicate of Musubi and Ace at the screen*
Tamashii o yuzurazu ni (As long as your spirit doesn't give in.)
*It was then the Evil Flame Pig turned into a giant monster of flames that was hit in the 'face' by two giant shaded figures, one was MagiTaurus wielding an axe and the other held a drill*
Urei no MONOCHROME Deguchi no nai sora e (A gloomy MONOCHROME marks a cloudy sky)
*It cut to a shaded figure, only a sneer visible, before zooming out to show a dark background with Maylu, Matsu, and Tabby with their eyes closed and hands in prayer*
Konton ga furisosogu haruka e (And a chaotic maelstrom in the distance.)
*It the cut to another shaded figure ducking an attack sent by GekiOh before an elephant-shaped shaded figure slammed into it and knocked it over. It seemed to split into four parts and separated in order to be connected to GekiOh and released a flash of light*
Sore demo maiagareru ka? (Considering this, will you still attempt to fly?)
*It faded to a figure, smirking in the shadows, as he stood before a massive construct with more smaller Gundams fighting on screens around him, before cutting to the Last Evil Pig/Shinkuro unleashing a series of gold chains at the screen*
Kotae to hikikaeru wa... mirai (To find the answer you must redeem...the future.)
*It cut to Lan and Tomba dodging the chains before five lights engulfed Lan and eight figures with Tomba lunged at the figure before colliding and releasing a flash of light that faded to reveal a black screen*
"The history of this world is amazing," Matsu noted as she looked through the planet's history through her laptop and PeT ZX as she, Onii-san, and Jasmine drove through a decimated town in another flying jeep, "Apparently, a war known as the 'Chaos War' had occurred. It was through the use of newly developed Mobile Suits that it came to an end. Six years once the Future Century calendar began, a tournament was created to occur for one year every four years; the Gundam Fight. It seems that, currently, Neo Hong Kong is considered the current 'Ruler' of the planet and its orbiting colonies, winning the right because of a man known as Master Asia and his Gundam, the Kowloon Gundam."
"Yes, yes, we get it. But what do you have on the Gundams in this tournament?" Jasmine asked.
"I'm getting to it. The Gundam here is the GF13-045NSP Matador Gundam, piloted by Carlos Andalusia of Neo Spain. Hmm…Designed with a beam saver and a beam cloth generated from its forearms. Can also retract the Gundam Head and Limbs into its massive torso, using the rocket boosters to ram its foe at high speeds," Matsu explained, "I have a picture of it."
"Show it," Onii-san ordered as he drove the 'jeep.'
Matsu nodded before showing the image. Its feet appeared to be shaped to resemble red hooves of a bull. It had a tail, two massive gold horns on its shoulders and head unit, and was primarily brown with hints of auburn and red. What was really interesting was that its entire torso was a massive bull's head.
"…It looks like a Gunmen," Jasmine whispered to Onii-san.
"Put the head into its body and you get the brother to the one that attacked Jiha Village all those years ago," Onii-san noted before turning to Matsu, "Matsu, take an E-Mail to Mr. Andalusia!"
"Already written up and sent five minutes ago. Receiving his reply," Matsu informed.
"…You related to this Radar fellow?" Onii-san asked.
"Who?"
"Never mind," Onii-san waved her off, "What's the reply?"
"He accepts and will meet us at these coordinates as fast as we can get there," Matsu replied as she brought the coordinates onto the screen.
"There you are!" Allenby called as she stopped the 'jeep' before a river, Lan sitting on a rock near it.
"Gomen. I just feel MoheMohe right now, Ally-chan."
"Allenby!"
"Hai…" Lan sighed.
"…Hey, now, don't let his words get to you. He's just an idiot," Allenby informed before hearing something on the monitor on the 'jeep,' "That sounds like the alert for a Gundam Fight starting!"
"Eh?" Lan looked over at the jeep before the two went over and turned the monitor on.
"That looks like the Roman Coliseum in Italy. I read it in a book," Allenby noted.
"Sugoi…" Lan awed.
On the monitor were two Gundams. The first appeared to be primarily in dark colors, like a deep, dark wine color and hints of crimson and bronze/gold spikes on the arms and legs. The other was in the same coloring as Nobel Gundam. It appeared to be mainly masculine with gold details on its helmet. In the middle of its torso was a green orb while the lower arms had strange blue armor over them while the shoulders had armor that extended a bit past them with red details. On its back was a single rocket while its 'face' had a red 'chin' and green optics. The screen began to show data, naming the darker Gundam Neros Gundam/Michelo Chariot and the blue and white Gundam Shining Gundam/Domon Kasshun.
=Ready! Go!= Domon, wearing a black Mobile Trace System with Japan's 'sun' on the torso, roared within Shining Gundam.
The two Gundams charged and slammed into one another. Neros Gundam began to push back the Shining Gundam. Shining Gundam engaged its rocket and flew away from Neros Gundam.
=You're not getting away!= Neros Gundam declared as he open fired from vulcans in the helmet before shoulder lasers emerged and fired orange beams at the Gundam =Take this!=
Shining Gundam grunted as the shots hit his left arm-guard. He dropped a canister that filled the area with smoke.
"Sugoi! Go, Shining Gundam!" Lan cheered.
"Hold on. Its right leg's glowing," Allenby noted.
=Silver Legs!=
A massive silver beam erupted from the right leg, dispersing the smokescreen. More and more beams fired from the leg, destroying buildings all over the area.
"Zowazowa…" Lan whispered, seeing the destruction on the scream before screaming, "A man's about to get hit!"
"What?!"
Allenby looked closer at the screen. Indeed, there was a man there in a gray trench-coat. He was about to be hit by a stray shot when Shining Gundam protected him from it. Though the cameras didn't see it, the facemask of Shining Gundam unlocked and flipped out, revealing a red facemask underneath.
=You may have those Silver Feet…= Domon informed as Shining Gundam raised its right hand =But I've got these Gold Fingers!= With that, Shining Gundam lunged right through the blast, dispersing it as he got closer to Neros Gundam =Here I go!-! Shining Finger!-!-!=
"Its hand…!" Lan whispered, witnessing the Shining Gundam's right hand erupted in energy, turning gold in color before slamming it into the Gundam's head.
"It's got the Head Unit!" Allenby cheered.
=Article One of the Gundam Fight International Regulations: 'A unit whose Head Section has been destroyed is disqualified'= Shining Gundam informed as sparks erupted from Neros Gundam's head unit =I'm not done! I've got something I've been meaning to ask you=
The two couldn't hear the question. The raw power emanating from the Shining Finger was causing vocal interference. It was then Neros Gundam's head unit exploded and the Gundam fell over.
=At least you didn't lose your life. I spared you, Micaelo Chariot= Shining Gundam informed as his Shining Finger ended along with the broadcast.
"Sugoi! That was sugoi!" Lan cheered as he hugged Allenby, "Ne, ne, ne! That attack Shining Gundam used was nikiniki!"
"You said it. That was badass! Did you see how it tore through the Neros Gundam's laser?!" Allenby beamed.
"Yosha! I feel really excited! I wanna find the Neo North Korea's pilot now more than ever!" Lan pumped a fist before his body tensed and he turned to the sky, "Eh? Zowazowa."
"Huh?"
Allenby looked up with Lan to see something flying over them. Allenby quickly brought up a video image from one of Neo Sweden's satellites, revealing that it was a strange flying vehicle. It was primarily white with bits of blue and gold on its four 'wings.' The top of it had two red 'fins' and a red and gold 'cockpit' area. On the sides of the front was a pair of black blasters with gold designs. Allenby's eyes widened before gunning the motor and caused Lan to fall onto his seat.
"Nani?! Ally-chan what's going on?!"
"It's Allenby! And that plane is heading on a direct path for GekiOh!" Allenby replied.
"GekiOh!" Lan gasped, "Ikuze! Ikuze! We have to get to GekiOh!"
"Mobil Trace Suit systems detected. Orders are clear. Destroy all Gundam that are found," a figure noted inside a complicated cockpit, multiple screens on before him before glancing at one, "Two targets confirmed heading for the Gundam. Most likely one is the pilot."
"Darn it! We're gonna be too late!" Allenby growled.
"Iie…" Lan trembled, "Iie…Iie! I won't lose a nakama!"
A glow resonated within his vest's pocket. Lan pulled out the Light-Blue Chaos Emerald he always had on hand. His eyes glazed over for a few minutes as Allenby yelped while the controls began to go nuts.
"Chaos…Control!" Lan shouted.
The jeep vanished in a flash of light-blue light before appearing near GekiOh, lying down amidst a large group of trees. Allenby gawked, surprised at what had just happened. Lan put the emerald back into his vest and quickly got into the Gundam. He grunted as he struggled with the Mobile Trace Suit as it covered his body once more. GekiOh stood up, its blue optics flashing, as Allenby managed to get control of the jeep once more to drive off the a safe distance.
"GekiOh! Burning up!" Lan declared within his Gundam, GekiOh assuming a fighting stance.
The jet stopped and hovered before GekiOh. Inside, the pilot narrowed his eyes before pressing a series of commands. Before GekiOh, the jet transformed into a Gundam, its cockpit now a shield while the two blasters were fused into one. It had a blue torso with a green orb in the center and red feet. The shoulder-guards were primarily blue with traces of red, white, and gold. The helmet was akin to the standard Gundam shape, but its crest had four points instead of two while the sides had extended points on the sides, resembling wings.
"Transformation Complete: Gundam Wing Zero," the pilot informed, his cockpit having transferred to the torso of the Gundam.
"That voice…Heero-san?" Lan pondered before a screen appeared, showing Heero's face on it.
=I was hoping not to fight you. Just to follow my orders to destroy any Gundam I find before the pilot could get to it= Heero frowned.
"But where's the fun in it? That's not nikiniki at all. It's Zowazowa! And your Zowazowa makes me Kichikichi!" Lan growled, "Tagire! Kemono no chikara! Beast On!" Lan's body glowed before it changed into GekiRed, "Karada ni minagiru mugen no chikara. Unbreakable Body! GekiRed!" He shot his hand into the air before slowly lowering it to his face, the fingers posed as claws aimed at himself, "Moetatsu Gekiwa seigi no akashi (The blazing Geki is the proof of Justice)! Jyuken Sentai! GekiRanger!"
=I see…So you want to fight= Heero sighed before turning off the screen and scowled in his cockpit, "Combat level. Target confirmed: GekiOh," Heero narrowed his eyes within Wing Zero, "Commence destruction."
"Yosha! I'll beat you up!" GekiRed declared, "Gundam Fight, ready?"
"Go!" Heero replied.
Wing Zero took flight and his weapon glowed down the middle. It split into two and he aimed both at GekiOh. Massive gold beams fired from the barrels, making Lan scream and run away from the attack.
"Commencing immediate attack on the target. All obstacles must be removed," Heero informed.
With that, Wing Zero rushed at GekiOh. Unaware to them all, a nearby tree held a Chihuahua-sized fly wearing a tiny pair of glasses and a referee uniform. Its proboscis seemed to resemble a microphone's top.
"Hello, ladies and gentlemen! I am GekiJyu FlyKen Master Bae! Wherever there are giant battles, I will cross the mountains, the seas, the very stars themselves!" the fly declared, "And what an exciting match we have today! GekiOh against Gundam Wing Zero! Now, it's begun! Wing Zero starts with a long swing. GekiOh dodges! How violent! GekiOh goes with two fists! Both are fiercely clashing!"
A compartment on Wing Zero's right shoulder opened and he pulled out a white handle, causing a white beam saber to appear from it.
"And what's this? Wing Zero's called upon a beam saber! GekiOh tried to use a big attack with a roundhouse, but is blocked by Wing Zero's shield!" Bae commentated, "Wing Zero is at an advantage with his shield!" He flew down to fly above Allenby, "How do you find the commentary, Allenby-san?"
"Huh? Who said that?" Allenby looked around.
"Oops! Bad idea!" Bae yelped as he flew off before Allenby could spot him, "I got so excited about the fight. Now, both fighters clash again! Ahhhh!-!-! Wing Zero took off GekiOh's left arm! Now the right one! Oh, this is bad for GekiOh! He needs to get a leg up on the competition and fast! No fair! No fair, Wing Zero! GekiOh is in a pinch! He's cornered as Wing Zero pulls out his blasters!"
"Commence destruction," Heero informed inside his Gundam before the Wing Zero unleashed two beams of light at GekiOh…only for the tiger-themed Gundam to backflip to the side, dodging the blast.
"GekiOh dodged! Well done, GekiOh!" Bae cheered while, inside GekiOh, GekiRed's GekiChangers beeped.
"Eh?" GekiRed looked down at them.
=Hello= a voice called from the devices.
"Who is this? This is who?"
=I believe we met earlier in Neo Sweden=
"Oh! You're the Nazonazo person who was doing GekiJyuKen!" GekiRed exclaimed.
"Hai, hai, hai. That was me," the figure chuckled as he talked into a radio near the fight area, his mittens and wraps gone to reveal cat hands and a cat head with white whiskers, "I am GekiJyu NekoKen Master, Shafu."
=Neko?= GekiRed repeated.
"Hai, hai. I've been watching you for a bit since you first turned into a GekiRanger. I've seen how you don't think about yourself except in doing your best," Shafu noted, "Think about a new Geki Waza in this way; it is done in a triangle."
=Triangle?=
"The true meaning of GekiJyuKen is the triangle Shin-Gi-Tai. Each part of that true meaning is in you and many others."
=Shin (Heart)…Gi (Technique)…Tai (Body)…= GekiRed realized =Yosha! Arigatou, Neko-sensei!=
"What's this?! A powerful aura of Geki has begun to blaze off GekiOh!" Bae exclaimed.
'It's like last time…' Allenby thought, recalling the playback video of how she lost in Nobel Gundam.
"GekiWaza: Rai Rai Jū (Come-Come Beast)!" GekiRed declared, "Come out, GekiTiger!"
The aura erupting off GekiOh transformed into a massive red and black tiger with the front paws orange. GekiTiger roared as it charged at Wing Zero. It jumped and gave a few slashes on Wing Zero, tearing apart one of the wings, before jumping into the air.
"GekiWaza: Jyuken Busou (Beast Fist Armament)!" GekiRed declared.
GekiTiger's head went into its body and split into two parts down the middle. The hind legs folded into themselves as orange hands emerged. The front legs folded into themselves and then slid into the body halves. They attached to the arm sockets of GekiOh, the wiring and mechanics within GekiOh connecting right up into the parts of GekiTiger. The tiger head of GekiOh roared before a serrated black horn formed on its head as its jaw opened up to a ninety degree angle, revealing a silver and black face with sculpted nose and lips and gold optics.
"GekiTigerOh, Burning Up!" GekiRed roared.
"What?" Heero's eyes widened.
"And it's GekiTiger! GekiOh has called upon the power of GekiTiger and combined to form GekiTigerOh! For me to see GekiTiger again with my own eyes…I, GekiJyu Fly-Ken Bae, am moved to tears!" Bae cheered, "Oh, what a blazing Geki our brave Gundam Fight is showing! He's become quite fierce! Oh, look at him go with that double punch! Ooh! Wing Zero attempted to cut off an arm again, but ended up getting kicked in the face! Here it comes! The Hissatsu Waza!"
"GekiWaza: Dai Gan Gan Ken (Great Firm-Firm Fist)!" GekiTigerOh declared, "Geki-geki-geki-geki-geki-geki-geki…"
With that, the upper body of GekiTigerOh began to spin 360 degrees and it charged. The arms were outstretched as orange energy claws appeared over the fists.
"GekiTigerOh has begun spinning! My eyes are spinning more and more!" Bae exclaimed as he started to grow dizzy from watching it.
As GekiRed continued to repeat 'Geki,' he slammed the claws into Wing Zero's head until he completely tore it off, causing Wing Zero to collapse, shutting down.
"GekiJyuKen is the fist of Justice!" GekiRed declared, "Those that are righteous will surely win!"
"GekiTigerOh has done it! It starts with one win!" Bae cheered.
"GekiTigerOh, Win!" GekiRed declared as GekiTigerOh brought its hands together and bowed.
"It may be a small victory in JyuKen's history, but for this new Triangle, it's a big single victory!" Bae cheered.
"He won! He won!" Allenby squealed in delight as she jumped in joy.
"Hmm…"
The Matador Gundam looked around, watching out for his opponent in the middle of a large field outside of the capital of Spain. Just a few hours ago, he had gotten the challenge for a Gundam Fight from Neo Belgium's Gundam pilots. It was quite interesting to see how a Gundam could operate on not one, but two pilots. He had sent a reply to have them meet here for their fight, since he didn't want the people or the proud city of Madrid to come to harm.
"Now where are you?" Carlos Andalusia, Neo Spain's Gundam Fight representative questioned from his cockpit.
"Right here!" a voice called out. The Matador Gundam turned around to see what he believed to be them Gurren Lagann approach. Inside, Carlos gasped as he saw that Neo Belgium's male representative, Alexander Taisen, was standing up from the exposed cockpit… in the head. The head atop the unit's shoulders, instead of bearing a faceplate with slats and colored lenses over a black face, resembled that of a human's with a nose and jaw. Its features resembled that of a carved statue, its face beige, eyes yellow with blue lining underneath, a red guard lining its jaw, and a circular beige crest lined with a dark blue ring over the forehead.
The Gurren Lagann's body was something so vastly different from every other type of Mobile Suit, it could barely be considered a gundam at all. Encompassing the entire upper half of its body was a large skull-like face with yellow-colored eyes in the black sockets, and glistening white fangs with light blue gums. Apart from the beige-colored armor on its shoulders, which were connected to a pair of yellow black-trimmed shields bearing Neo Belgium's emblem -a snarling black lion with a crown above its head-, the armor encapsulating its body was a bright red. Its forearms, shins, hips, and the tops of its shoulders as well as its neck were all reinforced with black armor with yellow accents, resembling a samurai. There was a black object with folded wings on its back bearing a long yellow-tipped fin, and around the points of articulation of its body were ringed pits.
"But how can this be?!" Carlos tensed up in surprise.
"Surprised?" the body-mounted face questioned, Jasmine's voice coming from it as its mouth moved as though it were talking. "Gurren Lagann requires two operators instead of one."
"Hmm…Then this means I cannot target the head unit for a quick victory," Carlos noted, rubbing the chin of his Gundam head, "This will be quite an enjoyable match. I'm glad to enjoy such an interesting Gundam Fight so early on."
"You really think so? And here I thought my opponents would whine and say this is cheating," Onii-san chuckled before sitting down and grasping the controls, the brain-like canopy closing overhead. "Matsu, how we doing?" he asked into his earpiece.
=All lights are green for combat= Matsu replied on the line =Ohhh…! I just can't wait to start recording the data on this fight!=
"Easy now! Down, girl, down!" Onii-san joked.
"Let's just get on with it," Jasmine sighed in annoyance.
"Gundam Fight, ready?" Onii-san and Jasmine asked in unison, Gurren Lagann assuming a fighting stance like a brawler.
"Go!" Carlos roared as steam shot out of the Matador Gundam's nostrils.
Rushing forward, the two met in the middle, their hands clasped in a grapple while the chest-mounted faces slammed into one another, the ones on the top of their shoulders glaring holes at one another. To Carlos' surprise, while the Gurren Lagann's feet dug trenches in the ground underneath its feet, it was able to keep up with the Matador Gundam's brute strength, equally matched until the red-and-black machine actually began to push it back. Firing off a blast of steam from its nostrils and blocking Jasmine's line of sight, Alexander pulled back. When the Matador Gundam drew its beam saber and rushed the two, to Carlos' surprise, instead of drawing its own and countering, the Gurren Lagann caught the concentrated beam of energy in its hand. With no ill effects.
"What?!" Matador Gundam gasped.
"Surprised?" Gurren smirked before grabbing the beam weapon tighter, "Then you'll be red with rage over this!"
With that, Gurren Lagann turned and threw the Matador Gundam over their shoulder. Matador Gundam screamed as he spun in the air and landed on his Gundam's main head's face. He got up and turned to the two-manned Gunmen.
"Red Flash Swirl!" the Matador Gundam called out as it swung its right arm, the bright red beam cloth brought into view in front of the Gurren Lagann. " . . . You were supposed to rush into that," Carlos said waving the beam cloth enticingly. For a bull at least.
" . . . I like to think I have a bit more self-control than that," Alexander spoke through the Gurren Lagann's topmost head.
"I don't, but I save that for the bedroom," Jasmine giggled, Carlos somehow blushing through his Gundam as that image was processed.
This of course stopped when the Gurren Lagann suddenly rushed up and decked it across the chest, making a dent in its snout and making the pilot inside feel like he'd been clubbed with a sledgehammer. The Matador Gundam groaned as it held its main head before shaking it off. He got up and began to snort while his left leg began to dig into the ground, as if he was about to charge.
"HEEEAT..." the Matador Gundam roared as its head and limbs were retracted into its torso. "HORN!" it roared as the rocket boosters sent it flying towards the Gurren Lagann, its horns glowing red.
"SKULL..." the Gurren Lagann roared out as it drew its fist back, a pair of silver drills bursting out of the ringed pits by its elbows. "BREAAAK!"
Gurren Lagann lunged at the Matador Gundam, bypassing its Heat Horn and punching it in the face retracted in its torso, a few yards above the cockpit thankfully. The drills at its elbow suddenly burst out of the ringed pits by its wrist and sheared through its head like a meteor through wet toilet paper. Its head destroyed in a hail of shrapnel, the horned helmet was sent flying through the air, and the Matador Gundam fell to its knees.
"Im...Impossible..." Carlos gasped as a screen in his control room turned on to reveal Onii-san's face through the communications channel, "You have bested me, Alexander, Jasmine. I humbly admit my defeat."
"Huh. I was expecting someone being a sore loser," Jasmine blinked, "I'm glad we decided to fight him first instead of Neo North Korea and Neo South Korea."
"We would have if Matsu hadn't found the damn regulation where we can only fight one-on-one. Hey Carlos! You mind if I keep this?" Onii-San called out holding the Matador Gundam's helmet in his hands, which had finally come down after a few seconds.
"Well, I don't mind. Consider it a gift from me to you as tradition in Neo Spain dictates, but I'm not sure that it will..." Carlos said as the Gurren Lagann drew the helmet down over its head, the crest on its forehead bursting through the Matador's helmet crest. The next moment the helmet re-fitted itself to the Gurren Lagann's head and changed in color to red with black accents, the horns turning gold and elongating to full length like bull horns. "...fit," he finished in surprise at the sudden transformation.
=Oh my~!= Matsu swooned on another screen =It even adapts outside technology and makes it stronger~! I wonder if Lan-tan could learn how to use this on himself. Kufufufuf~=
"Down, girl, down!" Onii-san yelped as the Lagann half of Gurren Lagann turned to look in the direction Matsu was at, 'Good heavens! And Lan actually likes a girl like this?! I guess I should be glad Momiji was able to extract the Debauchery from his body, or who knows what kind of women he might have attracted to himself.'
"The hell, Rain?!" Domon exclaimed, "I thought I told you to take her to the police there!"
"They wouldn't have been much help," Maylu noted, "I told you before that I'm from a different world."
"And I still don't see the proof," Domon rolled his eyes until Maylu called out a toy mallet form her Smash Scarf and bonked Domon on the head with a small *doki*sound.
"Baka!"
"Hey! You little...!" Domon growled as the two glared at each other.
"Honestly," Rain rolled her eyes as she drove the Core Lander, "It's like you're a pair of siblings arguing over every little thing."
"We're not siblings!" both snapped, earning a giggle from Rain.
"So where are we going, Rain-chan?" Maylu asked.
"America," Rain replied, "One of your friends may be there."
"I hope. It was kinda sad that I didn't see them in Italy," Maylu sighed.
"I still say we just drop you off at an orphanage," Domon snorted before Maylu pulled out a box and put it on his lap.
"Open it," Maylu ordered.
"?" Domon raised a brow before opening it and ended up getting a pie slammed into his face with a spring-loaded glove, causing Rain to start laughing and Maylu to giggle, "D'oh..."
"The hell was that?!" Allenby exclaimed, looking up at the completely repaired GekiOh, "The arms were torn off! They…The…How?!"
"GekiJyuKen!" Lan replied with a grin.
"D'oh…!" Allenby fumed before Heero walked over to them, a duffle bag over his shoulder.
"Seems you were quite skilled, Lan," Heero noted.
"Heh. Arigatou. I can't wait to see you at the Finals!" Lan grinned before seeing Heero's eye twitched, "Eh?"
"You tore the Head Unit off, as Article One of the Gundam Fight dictates, it means I'm disqualified," Heero informed.
"There are rules?" Lan almost whined.
"…Are you serious?" Heero asked, wondering just how he lost to someone so incompetent.
"He's got a bad case of amnesia. We're in this Gundam Fight to help him regain his memories," Allenby explained, Lan translating for her.
"…" Heero sighed, "And you never thought to explain?"
"I thought the scientists did that, okay?!" Allenby snapped once Lan translated.
"Fine. There are seven Articles to the seven Gundam Fight International Regulations: 'A unit whose head section has been destroyed is disqualified. Supplement: Accidental harm inflicted on a Gundam Fighter during a match is acceptable;' 'A Gundam Fighter must never aim at the cockpit of an opponent's Gundam;' 'A Gundam Fighter may repair any damage to their Gundam as often as they desire and move on to the championship league, as long as the head section has not been destroyed;' 'A Gundam Fighter must take full responsibility for protecting their own Gundam;' 'A match shall only be held on a one-on-one basis;' 'A Gundam Fighter shall not taint the honor and dignity of the nation they are representing;' and 'The Earth is the Ring. Supplement: Destruction of property on Earth due to the Gundam Fight is not considered a crime,'" Heero explained.
"Nani?!" Lan exclaimed, "But there are lives on Earth! What if the destruction of property part kills them?!"
"It is not the concern of many Gundam Fighters who only seek victory at any costs," Heero narrowed his eyes.
"Are you one of them?" Lan asked, narrowing his eyes at Heero.
"…" Heero narrowed his eyes, "If there is a way to prevent the fighting in towns, then I would gladly do so like we did earlier."
"So what will you do now?" Allenby asked before Lan translated.
"Considering I'm out of the tournament now, I might as well help you two," Heero noted.
"What are you talking about? We're doing just fine!" Allenby argued.
"…I don't speak Swedish," Heero informed as Lan looked back and forth between them.
"Ano…" Lan began before holding his head while grunting.
"I'm quite amazed you decided to have a few dozen made," Master Hand noted as he handed Lan a small case of Smash Scarves.
"Well, I did ask to keep their Material Formation abilities limited to the healthy snacks from here," Lan grinned sheepishly, "While also keeping the Teleportation ability and the Translation Weaves."
"…" Lan slowly shook his head before reaching behind his back and pulled out two modified Smash Scarves.
"Huh? Where'd those come from?" Allenby pondered before Lan shoved them into their hands.
"Put them on," Lan spoke as he motioned for them to do so.
"?" the two looked at each other and tied them on, Allenby's on her neck and Heero's on his shoulder, "Okay? Now what?" they turned to each other, "I understood you. You understood me? Hey, stop that!"
"Heh. I saw something about me. This guy who looked like a lady gave me a whole case of them!" Lan grinned, "They can translate any language. The more you spend with a language, the more you can naturally speak it once the scarves come off."
"So that's why you can switch tongues so easily," Allenby realized.
"Impressive," Heero nodded.
"Now why the hell do you want to come with us?" Allenby demanded.
"Because I'm curious on you, Lan," Heero replied, "You are the Neo Sweden representative, yet are Neo Japanese in appearance. Same with your friend here, though she has a few traits that let her be linked with Neo Sweden. And then there is what you did with your Gundam, GekiOh. You called forth a red Tiger comprised of raw energy that became your arms when I had destroyed them. It was as if your 'Geki' was 'blazing' and making you stronger, more unpredictable in fighting style."
"…Huh?" Lan blinked.
"He wants to travel with us so he can learn what you did in your fight," Allenby facepalmed.
"Oh! Yatta!" Lan cheered before grabbing Heero and Allenby's hands and began to jump in excitement, "Sugoi! Three of us! This is nikiniki! Iie…This is Wakiwaki!"
"Waki…waki?" Heero looked at Allenby while Lan released their hands and began to head for their mode of transportation.
"It's his way of saying he's really excited," Allenby shrugged, "It's kinda childish…But, I just chalk it up to his amnesia."
"Amnesia? I lost to a kid with amnesia?" Heero blinked as he looked at Lan, 'Note to self: 'Entry 1: Having lost to Neo Sweden's representative, I now accompany him now because he paid to have my Gundam's head unit repaired. This 'Geki' of his allowed him to summon a tiger that combined with his Gundam to form a new combination; GekiTigerOh. I will observe and learn more about this 'Lan' and just how he did this.'
Soon, as their vehicle drove off, Bae followed them through the air while screaming, "Wait for me! I want to keep commentating on your fights!"
Unaware to them, Shafu laughed as he watched them leave the area, "Seems we will see their path." He held up a triangle and tapped it once.
Me: The first Gundam Fights have begun and with his victory, Lan has a new traveling companion in the form of Heero Yuy, the representative of Neo North Korea. Find out, next time!