For those who have been following this fic, you might be wondering why I deleted this epilogue and the previous chapter. If you must know, I decided to give this fic a small cleanup, even though it hasn't been on this site for long. Two days prior, I edited the documents on Google Docs and replaced most of the chapters with revised ones (the few others I re-uploaded due to them being deleted after being stored in there for over a year). Unfortunately, a problem started to rise, the problem being that even though I've replaced/re-uploaded the revised chapters, for some shitty reason, FF dot Net doesn't even count a couple or so documents as being in the database, thus leaving me no choice but to download the last chapter and epilogue to my computer and upload them instead of the usual copy-paste method and editing them with A/Ns at the beginning and the end of every chapter. I really don't know if this is a glitch, but the admins of FF dot Net, if you're reading this, I would appreciate it if you would get your freaking act together and not be as glitchy like you were with the Ultra Plant chapter!

That being said, the rest of you, please enjoy this epilogue.

Epilogue - End of Paradox

*~Xenoblade Chronicles - Memories~*

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*AC 195, Earth*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The Ultra Wormhole opened in the golden sky of the setting sun, and out emerged the five Gundams, landing on a beach shoreline one by one. Wing Gundam Zero, who was still carrying the battle-damaged Gundam Deathscythe Hell in its arms, softly landed in the water, creating big waves underneath its feet. But it was close enough to the shoreline so that Heero and Duo and descend down from there.

Quatre became the first to lower himself to the sandy ground using the tether cord, then Trowa and Wufei. Heero came down last with Duo holding on to him for physical security so he wouldn't risk falling out of Heero's arm wrapped around his waist.

Once all five Gundam pilots have descended safely, Quatre walked away from them to take a better look at the sunset in front of the group.

"We're finally home," he breathed with relief.

Trowa took out his smartphone and unlocked it, mostly to check the date and time and see if they really are in the same time period as they were during the Eve Wars. To his relief, the digital clock and calendar read December 25th, AC 195, 15:45 PM, and he relayed the information to the other pilots, all of them breathing a sigh of relief.

"It would suck if we arrived back home and realized that years have practically passed," said Duo, who cannot stop grinning.

"Still, though," Quatre replied to him. "I find it hard to believe that we've been gone for no less than a few or so hours."

Duo shrugged. "Well, that's 'cuz time between dimensions and realities and shit aren't in total synch with one another. I wouldn't be surprised that if we went back to Alola in, say, a week's time only to find that a few months have passed there."

"I suppose you're right…"

"That being said…" Wufei took a couple of steps towards the group. "Heero, did you really destroy the falling piece of Libra?"

"I'm more than certain I did," Heero replied honestly. "I believe it was the exact same moment when I shot it down when the Ultra Wormhole had opened and swallowed us all."

"Do you think anything else was caught in the Ultra Wormhole's range?" Duo asked.

"It's a possibility," Trowa replied. "Although the worst I could predict would be chunks of the Libra being flung to some other dimension."

Duo shrugged again. "Can't be helped, I guess."

"Still, though…" Quatre placed his arms behind his back. "That was quite the adventure we had. To think that the multiverse theories were true all along…"

"And we've got Aether to thank for that!"

The rest of the pilots felt uncomfortable with Duo's mention of Aether, coupled with the fact that Remilia supports the Aether Foundation 100%, but they decided to let it slide.

"With all that said and done," Wufei spoke up. "What should we do about our Gundams?"

The boys' mind briefly went blank. "That is a very good question," replied Quatre.

Trowa exhaled as he planted his hands on his hips. "The war between Earth and colonies is already over, so… maybe put them in storage for the time being?"

The rest of the pilots stared at him with surprised and concerned faces, as if asking if he needs a mental check, given what he has gone through for the past few or so months.

"I don't think that's a bad idea…" Quatre finally said after a moment of silence.

"If they get around to outlawing mobile suits, we can just destroy them."

"That sounds reasonable," said Wufei.

"Well, there's one small problem," Duo said as he pointed his thumb towards Wing Gundam Zero.

The pilots looked at the direction Duo's thumb was pointing and realization hit them, Quatre in particular.

"Oh," he said sadly. "That's right…"

"I can program Zero to do the job," Heero offered.

"By all means, do so," said Duo unhesitantly.

Heero nodded slightly with a grunt and walked back towards his Gundam. Taking off his gold sneakers and loose socks and stuffed them into each, and rolling up his skinny jeans, he walked into the seawater, holding his sneakers, and climbed to the tether cord as it lifted him up to Wing Zero's cockpit.

After typing in new commands in the computer system, he descended down to the beach water and reunited with the group. As soon as he did, Wing Zero started walking through the shallow waters, carrying Deathscythe Hell in its arms.

The Gundam pilots watched solemnly as Wing Zero started its march, its figure shrinking the farther away it gets from the shoreline. Their heartstrings tugged as they watched this special funeral, Duo's especially. As odd as it sounds, all of the pilots formed a special bond with their Gundams; in a few cases, they might have displayed vague hints of sentience, even if other people would say otherwise. The Gundams are more than just machines; they're their partners, comrades, possibly even "friends."

Wing Zero finally stopped at a far enough distance from them, its silhouette blackened by the setting sun. Its angel wings were half-submerged in the water, making it… almost more beautiful than ever somehow. Wing Zero slowly lowered its arms, Deathscythe Hell slowly sinking underneath the surface, making large waves crashing against Wing Zero's torso. Wing Zero seemed to watch its comrade sinking slower, and slower, until its figure faded in the dark blue abyss. It simply stood there even as it did, almost as if in mourning.

Back on the beach, Quatre let out a sad sigh. "I'm sorry, Duo."

The braided pilot turned back to him with a smile on his face. "Don't be. Being soldiers isn't what we really wanted to be, anyway, these Gundams a part of it. Still… I really couldn't help but miss my buddy anyway."

The Sandrock pilot let out a small smile and a soft sigh. "I get what you mean. We all do."

"Oh yeah, that reminds me." Duo took a couple steps towards his blonde friend. "Both your eye and hand are gonna be okay, right?"

"Yes, they will."

"One of your sisters is a doctor, right? Maybe you should check in with her to see how they're healing up."

"I'd have to make up a story, though…"

"So? You can just say we got ambushed by a chemical attack started by some Ozzies and you got the worst of it."

Quatre couldn't help but chuckle at that.

Meanwhile, Heero stared out into the sunset, his mind replaying the events that had transpired in the past few days. He couldn't even find an adjective within his analytical brain to describe his and the others' time there, him being the reincarnation of one half of Necrozma being one of them. To be honest, he has a lot more to cope with that he already had gotten.

Slowly, Heero reached his hand towards the setting sun as if to grab it. Vaguely, he could see himself glowing and sparkling in his skin darkened by blocking the sunlight with his hand. It looks like Hikari is almost completely recovered.

And that, my friends, is the end of Black Rainbow. I really enjoyed writing this, and I really hope you guys did, too. For those who have been following my fic, or have started following me, I do have a loose sequel planned out. Please go check my profile page for more to see what it is about, and maybe give me a follow, too!

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