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Gundam Seed Purpose
Chapter 51: Regret!
The Genocide stood in front of the Proto-Omega, it's pilot had a look of pure determination on his face. He pressed forward on the controls, flying at the Proto-Omega.
"YOU STUPID FOOL!!" Taithan yelled.
Hatches on the Proto's shoulders slid open, revealing missile launchers. Taithan yelled as he fired a barrage of missiles at the genocide. Akushi dodged to the left, then widened his eyes as he saw the missile flying towards the Eternal. He sheathed his swords and drew the Gatling guns on his back. With excellent aiming, each shot that Akushi fired hit its target.
"All forces, please move your battleships out of the area, all Gundam's stay here to fight, the rest of you abandon this battle, a fleet of Earth Forces ships are approaching the area, with two of Uragiri's best warships" Akushi explained, his face appearing on all channels.
The Archangel crew looked in a mixture of shock and anger as Akushi fired a barrage of solid shell bullets, destroying a squadron of Strike Daggers attacking the Eternal. He then turned towards the Proto-Omega, swerving to the right just in time to dodge a beam launched by the giant mobile suit. Diana's face appeared on John's screen.
"Sir, what should we do?" She asked.
"Do as he says, withdraw from the battle, get out of the fortress and this suit's firing range, we'll cover your escape" John explained, turning his pistol on a group of Kratos suits.
Akushi continued to roll his guns, destroying any mobile suit that approached him, while at the same time dodging the beams launched by the Proto-Omega. Canard fired his cannons, hitting two Strike Daggers that tried to shoot the ZAFT ships. Prayer ignited the sabre on his shield, beheading a Kratos. The Three Astray Frames stood side-by-side, shooting and cutting up any Kratos suit that approached the Izumo and Kusunagi. Mina fired her Triskeros missiles, piercing two Strike Daggers. Lowe then slashed a Kratos suit across the head, and finished it off with a stab to its head.
Kira looked in shock as the Genocide cleared a path for the ships with its missiles. The Freedom blocked a slash from Sora's Akuma, and then dodged a shot from Alan's cannon.
"All of you, focus your attention on the Omega, Kira and I will deal with the approaching mobile suits" Akushi said.
"I need someone to get these guys off my back!" Kira growled.
"I've got your back Kira!" Canard said, flying at the Akuma's alongside Prayer.
Prayer launched his gun barrels, firing at the Akuma's, forcing them to dodge. Canard then activated it's Umbrella shield, taking a shot for the Freedom. Drawing his bazooka, Canard fired back, hitting the Akuma's shoulder. Alan widened his eyes, as the shine from his mobile suit was gone.
"Sora, the Dream systems worn off!" Alan said.
"We don't need the dream system to deal with a FAILURE!!!" Sora yelled, flying at Canard.
"GO KIRA NOW!!!" Canard yelled, blocking Sora's attack.
Kira reluctantly flew to destroy the incoming Uragiri mobile suits.
"Good luck…bro!" Canard whispered, before blocking a strike with his daggers.
The Freedom went into HiMAT mode, firing an arc of beams that tore apart the Kratos reinforcements. Akushi then stretched the Genocide's arms out and began rolling his Gatling guns. He span his Gundam around, hitting all the mobile suits that surrounding. The Genocide's flying blades shot out of it's armour, impaling both Strike Dagger and Kratos units. He continued rolling the Gatlings, intercepting the missiles that Taithan fired at the Gundam's. Zack flew at the Omega, then flew upwards as Taithan fired the chest cannon. John slashed a Kratos unit in half, then flew with Mu at his side. Mu drew both his beam sabres, raising them as he approached the giant mobile suits chest. Taithan yelled as he tried to fire his chest cannon, however the weapon was no useless. Drawing his beam sabre, John dragged his blade across the Proto's neck, leaving a vicious mark before stabbing his wrist blades into the Proto's gottfried cannons.
"YOU SHOULD BE DEAD FAILURE!!!" Sora yelled, his funnels firing at the Hyperion's Umbrella shield.
Canard grinded his teeth together as the Gundam's battery was getting dangerously low. Then he widened his eyes as the shield was deactivated and his phase shift lost its colour.
"RETURN TO THE BEYOND WHERE YOU BELONG!!!" Sora yelled, flying at the Hyperion.
Canard leant against the Hyperion's leg, watching, as the Dreadnought was equipped with its gun barrel pack.
"Something troubling you Canard?" Prayer asked.
"Yeah, I really want to see Kira"
"I can understand that, you wish to tell him of what happened at Mendel, I would also like to tell Mu La Flaga of what his father tried to do to accomplish immortality" Prayer said.
"You really think he's going to believe that?" Canard asked.
"Probably not, but I can at least try right"
"Damn right!" Canard said, smacking his fist against Prayer's.
Sora thrust his sabre towards Canard. For a moment, Canard was ready to say goodbye, but only for a moment. The Dreadnought suddenly flew into view. Canard widened his eyes as the Akuma's sabre pierced through the Dreadnought's chest.
"Canard…Li…. Live on!" Prayer muttered.
And with those final words, the Prayer exploded in front of Canard's eyes. Tears trailed down Canard's face as the Dreadnought's head floated past him. A Seed shattered before Canard roared out.
"BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU!!!"
"YEAH RIGHT! LIKE A FAILURE CAN KILL ME!!" Sora yelled hysterically, slicing at the Hyperion.
Sora cut the Hyperion's right arm off, and then stabbed his other sabre into the machines shoulder, marking the machines cannons as well. Canard flew back, readying his bazooka.
"All right Sora, kick his ass!" Alan laughed.
"I WILL BE YOUR NEXT OPPONENT!!!" Zack yelled, flying at the two Akuma's.
"The purple comet" Lenne whispered, drawing her sabre.
Sora slashed at the Hyperion, cutting the top right corner of its head. Canard flew the Hyperion to the right, barely dodging Sora's sabre. He then leant the Hyperion backwards, narrowly avoiding Sora's swords. Canard then slammed the barrel of the bazooka into the Akuma's head, piercing it's armour. Sora widened his eyes as he now looked at the barrel of Canard's bazooka.
"No way, I'm a servant of Uragiri, how could I lose to a failure?" Sora asked himself.
"For the last time…I'M NOT KIRA YAMATO! I'M ME!!!" Canard yelled before pulling the trigger.
Alan and Lenne widened their eyes as the Black Akuma's head was blown off.
"No way, Sora lost to the failure" Alan growled.
"PAY ATTENTION!!!" Zack yelled, drawing his sabres.
With two swings, Zack cut the two machines in half. Their escape pods disconnected, flying back to the Fortress.
"Canard fly back to the Archangel" Zack said.
"I know Zack, just, let me take what's left of the Dreadnought back" Canard said, grabbing the head and what was left of the Dreadnought's chest.
Akushi opened the hatches on his mobile suits shoulders, intercepting a barrage of missile fire with a volley of his own missiles. He threw his Gatling guns aside and drew his swords. Holding them outwards as he prepared to battle the Omega. His eyes widened as he saw two mobile suits flying out of the Fortress. Those who had fought in space then widened their eyes, recognising the two mobile suits. They were the Blitz and the Aegis!
"They desire revenge Akushi, revenge for your unforgivable crime!" Taithan laughed as he fired his cannons.
Yamato stood in pure shock as the sound of the gun echoed in the room. Tears fell down his face as he looked at his wife, who had just jumped into the path of the bullet. Yisaka dived at Yamato, sending both of them floating through a door. Uragiri grunted as she ran at the pair. The door slammed shut and the girl yelled as she tried to open it.
"You can run all you want, you'll never escape your fate, my desires will be fulfilled, Gekido will fulfil his Purpose, in the end he'll have no choice in the matter" Uragiri laughed as she walked out of the room.
Yamato held his wife close, clutching her chest. Blood dripped out of the wound in Yisaka's chest, but despite the situation, she smiled.
"I'm glad we got to meet him" She said.
"Yisaka, no please hold on" Yamato said, his lip quivering as the light began to leave Yisaka's eyes.
"These times we've spent together have been the happiest in my life, Yamato, I love you" Yisaka whispered, touching the side of Yamato's helmet.
The man hugged his wife fiercely, feeling her life slowly slip away. He lifted both their visors up, plating a kiss on the woman's lips.
"I wish I could have spent more time with you, just know that all I have ever tried to do is create a world in which people can live in peace together, but the least I can do now is keep our son safe, I promise you Yisaka, Uragiri will be stopped" Yamato said, drying his tears as he slid his visor down.
The man took one last look at his wife before he floated down the corridor. His aim was to save the man he had come to call son.
Outside the Fortress, the ships of the Saishin, ZAFT and Earth Alliance clashed near Mendell. The mobile suits of the Eleventh fleet flew across space, disabling mobile suits as they flew. Mobile armours were launched from the Earth alliance ships, while Kratos mobile suits were launched out of the two Uragiri war ships. The Infernus fired it's cannons, consuming two GINN's.
"Get Casvall back here for a recharge" Leo ordered.
"Yes sir!" Noah said.
"Oyama, Jin, send orders to the mechanics to get the canister ready, we must deliver it to Gekido"
"Yes sir!" The Oyama's saluted.
Lacus knew that the current battle should have her attention, but she couldn't help but look back at the Fortress. She got off her seat and floated out of the bridge.
"Lacus where are you going?" Athrun asked.
"There's something I need to do" The Songstress said, floating past the pilot.
Akushi awaited the attacks from the two Gundam's, which came in full force. The Aegis ignited its sabres, while the Blitz fired both its rifle and launched all three of its Triskeros. Akushi blocked the projectile weaponry, and swerved to the right, just in time to dodge the slashes from the Aegis's sabre.
"He's the one hurting big brother!"
"We have to kill him quickly!"
'So it's just as I thought' Akushi recognised the two voices, while Kira widened his eyes, also recognising the voices of Tachi and Kisato.
"But that's impossible!" Kira gasped.
"Cloning is quite possible Kira, just ask Rau Le Creuscet!" Akushi growled, blocking a swipe from the Aegis.
Kira swung his sabre, cutting a group of Kratos suits to pieces. He then fired all of his weapons at the Blitz, widening his eyes as the mobile suit dodged the hail of beams. The Blitz activated its Mirage Colloid just as the Aegis changed into it's mobile armour mode, firing its impulse cannon.
"Cloning, what are you talking about?" Kira asked.
"Exactly what I said Kira, Rau Le Creuscet knows because he is one, an imperfect clone of Al Da La Flaga"
"La Flaga?"
"My father, but that's impossible!" Mu said, dodging a hail of beams alongside John.
"Ask him yourself if you want" Akushi growled.
"I'd really hate to interrupt these revelations but don't you think we should CONCENTRATE ON FIGHTING!!!" John yelled, punching at the Proto-Omega's legs with his knife blades.
The Blue Frame slashed the giant suit across the back, and then Lowe ignited his beam sabres, flying alongside the Gold Frame. Mina and Lowe yelled as the two of them struck high and low respectively, slicing off pieces of the suits armour.
"ANNOYING PESTS!!" Taithan yelled, firing a storm of missiles at the Gundam's.
The Wild Raptors force field easily took the shots, while the Aile Strike and Red Frame's arms were blown off by the attacks. Mina fired her Triskeros missiles, hitting the Proto's head. Taithan clicked a button, revealing a cannon built underneath the mobile suits eye. Gai slammed into the Gold Frame, knocking it to the side as the Proto fired its head cannon. The Blue Frame flew away from the mobile suit, it's legs charred from the attack.
"Where the hells that Miguel Aiman guy?" Mu asked.
"He's got his own battle to fight, let's just focus on the enemy in front of us" John said, readying his beam sabre.
Taithan smirked as he disconnected his Gundam from the giant suit. He detached his armour bits, switching them to attack mode. The armour bits span around in a circle, firing pink blasts down on the other Gundam's. John grunted as his shoulder took a direct. He fired his pistol at the armour bits, which merely took the beams and continued firing. The Gold Frame was hit in the back, creating an explosion that damaged its wings. Akushi bought his hand upwards, blocking a slash from the Blitz's beam sabre. With one slash, Akushi took of the Blitz's arm, then fired his flying blades into the Aegis's arms and legs, pinning it to the Proto-Omega.
"KIRA PLEASE SAVE THE AEGIS!!!" Akushi yelled
Kira widened his eyes as he saw the Aegis pinned against the giant mobile suit. Suddenly the suit began to fly forward, past the shocked Gundam pilots.
"It must be heading to the battleships" Zack said.
"Guys, please destroy that things rockets" Kira said.
"We'll try, but we might have to end up destroying the Aegis" Mu said.
"It's that damn Akushi's fault!" Lowe growled.
"No, I think he's different from before, or maybe he was never different, I don't know how to explain it but take it from someone whose seen Akushi fight before, he's changed and his voice is still aggressive, it's just lacking that blood lust" Kira explained.
"Akushi saved my life earlier" John said.
"And I'm feeling conflicted emotions from Akushi himself" Zack added.
Akushi swung his Gundam's foot into the Blitz's head, shattering it's head camera. Kisato growled as she flew the mobile suit back to the fortress. Taithan merely licked his lips as he ignited his beam claws. With one slash, Taithan cut the Genocide's swords to pieces. Akushi then commanded his flying blades, sending them crashing into the Bulky Gundam's armour bits. Taithan then opened a hatch on his Gundam's belly, revealing a cannon.
"DIE GUILTY BASTARD!!!" Taithan laughed hysterically as he pulled the trigger.
The blue and red beam slammed into the Genocide, consuming it in an explosion.
"NOW YOU SEE! YOUR PATH OF REDEMPTION ENDS STUPID BOY!!" Taithan yelled, leaning back on his chair.
Taithan then widened his eyes as a silvery black mobile suit flew out of the smoke. It was the Genocide, it's blade like armour and heavy weaponry had been stripped off to reveal the mobile suits rectangular shaped armours and spherical chest, which had a glowing red kanji symbol on it. The mobile suits thrusters gave off a red trail, shaping into a pair of demonic wings. The hair at the back of its helmet was flung around widely as Akushi drew a pair of red beam sabres.
"Redemptions on the list, but it's not at the top, I'M GONNA REVEAL THE TRUTH!!!" Akushi yelled as he sliced off Taithan's arms.
The Genocide's eyes glowed a deep red colour before it flew to the battle between the ships. Kira widened his eyes as the Genocide flew past the Freedom, crashing into what was left of the Proto-Omega. Akushi grabbed the Aegis, flying away from the Proto-Omega as it was blown apart from the inside.
'Igniting a grenade from inside the machine seems to be the best bet, if that's the prototype I hate to see what the real thing will do' Akushi thought as he let go of the disabled Aegis.
The glow on the Genocide's eyes faded, signifying that the machines power had been drained completely. A single GINN picked the mobile suit up, flying it back to the Vesalius.
Kira and other Gundam pilots began to dock with the other ships. John and Mu got onto the Archangel while Gai and Low got onto the ReHome. Mina and Zack docked with the Izumo and Kusunagi respectively while Kira picked up the Aegis and docked with the Eternal. The ships continued to fly around on another, launching missiles every few seconds while their mobile suits battled on. For now the fighting had died down.
"This time give me the Sword Striker!" Hayato said as the Archangels crew recharged the weapons on the Cosmo Grasper.
"This battles only going to get worse" Mu muttered, taking off his helmet and rubbing the sweat out of his hair.
"And suprisingly even more complicated" John added.
Inside the Eternal, the Aegis's hatch was pride open and the guards aimed their rifles at Tachi. He was wearing a blue version of the Uragiri forces grunt flight suits, the same kind that Gekido had stolen once. Kira looked into the machine, widening his eyes as he saw Tachi, alive and well.
"Tachi, is that really you?" Kira asked.
"Kira…wait, why did you bring me here, I need to kill Akushi…where's my mum and dad, where's Kisato…oh man, I'm so confused" Tachi said, putting his hands to his head before throwing up inside his helmet.
"I NEED A DOCTOR HERE!!" Kira yelled.
Akushi got out of his machine, looking at Rau as he climbed into his new Guaiz. Then his eyes went over to Yzak, climbing into his own machine.
'All right Rau, since your distracted now would be a good time to throw a cork in your plans' Akushi thought as he floated out of the hanger.
Mu tapped his foot against the floor, waiting impatiently for the Strike's repairs.
"There's just one thing I'm wondering, forget all that other garbage Akushi said, just what does that mark that appeared on his mobile suits chest mean?" Mu asked.
"Hmmm, I'm no expert but it was Japanese Kanji, I think the symbol means regret…perhaps there's more to Akushi than meets the eye" John said, leaning his head against the Farsights' foot.
Next Chapter 52: Regret part 2!
Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, next is a Akushi versus Uragiri, then it's the final battle between Miguel and Gekido.
