Chapter 12 - Tekkadan
Beacon Academy - Courtyard
"A-Atra?" Mikazuki asked, in shock of seeing the person he's known since childhood, AND having a baby with, saved his life in an 8 ft Mobile Suit of her own!
Everyone else became shocked at the sudden appearance of the Tekkadan cook-now-pilot.
"Is that… Atra?" Biscuit asked, if his facial expression of surprise was shown had he not worn his mobile suit.
"But what is she doing… in a Mobile Suit?" Hush asked.
"Not just any Mobile Suit frame…" Isurigi said, joined by Gaelio, "A Gundam Frame."
"ASW-G-35 Gundam Hajiroboshi. To think it still existed after all this time." Bael explained to McGillis, who was also interested.
"One of the few Gundam Frames that doesn't have the Alaya-Vijnana System since it was built in the Calamity War," McGillis noted as Atra/Hajiroboshi kicked away Belphgor, "It has balance in strength, defense and speed, making it quite a versatile machine."
The students were also in shock with Natasha breaking the shock, "That's… Ms. Atra?"
"And she has the same kinda suit as Mikazuki." Yang commented.
Atra helped Mikazuki up, having overcame his bewilderment as the two locked eyes onto each other for just a second before she gave him back his weapon.
"And it's not just me." Atra said, confusing Mikazuki.
"Your hero has arrived, boss!" Orga quickly recognized a familiar voice on the comm link, as another Mobile Suit bashed it's large, two-handle weapon at Mammon, knocking him back.
It soon revealed to be Eugene, in a 9 ft tall reddish-orange, silver and black Spinner Rodi that he just piloted, wielding his Boost Hammer two-handed.
"Eugene!" Orga and Biscuit hollered in unison, happy to see their old comrade again.
"Knew you guys were alive! Just knew it!" Eugene chirped, which Orga gave a metallic chuckle, "Guess this world's full of surprises, eh?" He asked.
Mammon got up, now seeing Eugene just entering the fray. Wiping the dirt off his bone cheek mask, "More of these rats…" He scoffed.
"If you're here… that means-" Biscuit said, realizing Eugene and Atra weren't the only ones to come before he heard another person's voice that he knows to be a friend, and it was…
"Got that right, Biscuit!" That voice was none other than Tekkadan's chief mechanic and first adult, Nadi.
"Pops!" Orga, Biscuit, Akihiro, Shino, Ride, Elgar and Aston hollered in unison, happy to hear that voice as everyone quickly turned around to see the source coming from the sky, revealing Tekkadan's first and iconic ship, the Isaribi, alongside the lead Turbines Transport Ship, now modified and renamed the Sledgehammer.
Multiple Mobile Suits came flying from the sky: Shiden's, Landman Rodi's and even Teiwaz's Hyakuren and one Graze Ritter Custom.
The faces of Tekkadan, Fumitan, Ozpin, Glynda and the students became happy at the sight of reinforcements, while the Princes were simply irritated.
"Now it is the time to awaken our true power." Barbatos and Gusion said in unison.
"Say what?" Mikazuki and Akihiro asked in their heads, before they suddenly felt a strange feeling inside them. Their Mobile Suits glowing their respective colors: green (Barbatos) and tan brown (Gusion). The two Gundam pilots were shocked by this display, the glows began to shine brighter until everything went white.
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Mikazuki's Mind - White Void
Mikazuki opened his eyes as he saw nothing, but maintained his composure as he awaits Barbatos to speak to him.
"You feel it, Mikazuki? That surge of power I now grant to you?" Barbatos asks, which confuses the young teen, which made the Gundam chuckle.
"It's okay to be confused," Barbatos commented as Mikazuki's body began to feel the same strange thing he felt a second ago, "but once we unlock my true power together, we will this time PROTECT Tekkadan!"
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Back in the real world, everyone once again, including the recently arrived Tekkadan members from Mars looked on as Mikazuki and Akihiro, now awakened to the upgraded forms of the Barbatos Lupus and Gusion Rebake: the Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex and Gundam Gusion Rebake Full City, armed with all their weapons and feeling stronger than ever.
(A/N: How did that happen? That's coming soon enough!)
For the Barbatos Lupus Rex, it wields in it's right hand the signature Extra Large Mace, along with the wrist cannons, sharp Rex Nails on both hands (10 fingers), and most importantly, on the back is the Tail Blade that Mikazuki/Barbatos got after the Lupus' deathmatch with the Hashmal, and the Hashmal's tail went along with the Lupus Rex upgrades, making the Lupus Rex a more dangerous combatant.
The Gusion Rebake Full City was fully armed and built like a walking arsenal, still armed with the signature halberd in both hands, the sub-arms activated with a pair of 120mm rifles in both, and retains the skirt shield which can also become a deadly claw weapon when used.
Mikazuki and Akihiro themselves were shocked such a phenomenon could happen. That their Gundams are capable of such powers they haven't known about until now.
"Are you guys getting this?" Biscuit asked, which everyone nodded despite being confused.
"Oh, we're getting it alright." Dante said, who is currently inside an 8 ft Landman Rodi.
"It's incredible." McGillis said.
"Did they… transform?" Natasha asked, which her teammates shrugged their shoulders, still a tad bit confused.
"Mikazuki?" Atra asked, gently using her club against Mikazuki's mace to get his attention, "Are you…" She said.
"I'm alright, Atra. And it's really good to see you again." Mikazuki, in a much sweeter tone that made Atra (if it were her human face) faintly blush.
"It's wonderful to see you back and with a new partner, Hajiroboshi," Barbatos said, which Hajiroboshi replied with, "It truly is, Barbatos," as her voice reveals to be female.
Lafter was looking at her boyfriend's same change "You alright, Akihiro?" She asks.
"Yeah. Just feeling tougher." Akihiro replied, which made the Hyakuri pilot blush a bit.
The Princes weren't impressed. More infuriated actually.
"How annoying!" Beelzebub hollered.
"Doesn't matter. Let's just kill them all." Lucifer ordered, maintaining his cool, which the other Princes immediately followed and began their charge again. Lucifer decided to even the odds a bit more as he swiped his hand empowered by a strange darkness, calling out lesser Grimm to join the fight.
"They're coming again!" Weiss hollered, still not allowed to help Tekkadan out.
Orga reloaded his rifle as he sees the Princes making their second advance after overcoming their shock, "Alright… let's show these bastards what Tekkadan's made of!" Orga's speech inspiring all of Tekkadan, old and new, "YEAH!"
"Guess that makes us members too…" Lafter and Gaelio thought in unison, sweat-dropping that they are now Tekkadan members.
Mikazuki/Barbatos and Atra/Hajiroboshi took fighting stances, "Let's do it, Barbatos," Mikazuki said as his eyes glowed.
[Begin Gundam IBO Main OST]
Belphgor and Leviathan were the first to charge at Mikazuki and Atra, but Mikazuki dashed forward raised his left arm, firing some shots that Belphgor deflected before Belphgor suddenly got smacked by Mikazuki's large mace, sending him flying to a few trees, which shocked the Princes.
Atra used the claw function of her shield to catch Leviathan's right arm when he was caught off-guard, which allowed her to strike with her club right in Leviathan's face, sending him flying in the same place as Belphgor. Asmodeus was going to strike Atra with her attention on Lucifer, but in the nick of time, the Graze Ritter Custom, whose pilot reveals to actually be Kudelia, blocked his spear with her shield, "I don't think so!" Kudelia hollered, before slashing her sword at the spear and shield wielding Prince, only for him to back off before he got hammered by Isurugi's large sword to the ground.
Akihiro/Gusion shoulder-tackled Satan before firing the Rebake Full City rocket armaments in both wrists, generating an explosion that blasted the mace-wielding prince back but managed to stand strong. Shino and Ride came from opposite directions, and delivered a double team attack that knocked him off his feet. "Nice teamwork!" Shino hollered, which Ride gave a thumbs up. Beelzebub attempted to attack the two unguarded, but Akihiro came to their defense with his axe swinging horizontally at Beelzebub, knocking him back.
Alistar was getting overwhelmed by the rapid gunfire from Orga, Eugene, Biscuit, Masahiro, Dante, Aston, Pedro, Chad, Takaki and Derma, the latter three in 8 ft Landman Rodi's as well as Elgar, Embi, Trow and Hirume, the latter Youth Corps three in 7 ft Shiden's, making it impossible for the bow-wielding Grimm to aim properly. The minor Tekkadan members in Mobile Workers, Shiden's, Man Roid's and Landman Rodi's provided cover fire against the lesser Grimm, firing whatever they've got to keep them at bay.
Gaelio/Vidar, now having activated his Type-E Alaya-Vijnana, gained the upper hand against Mammon, showing intense speed with his standard hit-and-run maneuver, not giving the second strongest Prince anytime to strike back. Hush and Lafter provided aerial support with their guns, making it a little hard for Mammon to take back the initiative. McGillis himself, soon charged straight at Lucifer, who intercepted with his sword against the Bael blades, "What's wrong? Surprised your men are getting overwhelmed?" McGillis asked in a mocking manner, which made the lead Prince of Hell growl.
The rest of the lesser Grimm were about to attack Mikazuki, who just punched Belphgor away, but in that moment… he released the tail blade from his back, which shocked the students, Ozpin and Glynda, and the tail rips apart most of the lesser Grimm in mere seconds before the tail came straight at Belphgor, piercing his right shoulder and tossing him like a ragdoll as the students, Ozpin and Glynda watch in awe.
Mikazuki used his tail blade to lift Belphgor and tossed him into Leviathan, who was trying to get the upper hand against Atra and Kudelia, slamming both of them to the ground as the two girls jumped out of the way. Mikazuki then used the blade to grab Asmodeus and pull towards Mikazuki, who delivered a strong punch that broke some mask parts of Asmodeus' face that also sent him flying with sheer force. Satan managed to recover and made a mad dash towards Akihiro, who in a split second, took out the skirt shield and activated the claw function, grabbing the brute's mace hand and with sheer strength, the claw closed down as it chopped off the arm, making Satan howl in pain before being kicked down by Ride, while Shino blocked Beelzebub's chain scythes with his partizan, using strength of will to grab the chains and drag Beelzebub, who tried to hold on, only for Shino to fake him and dashed forward, head butting the chain scythe Prince before kicking him away.
Managing to escape, Alistar attempted to strike with his bow again, but didn't have time as he was getting blasted by the weapons from the Isaribi and Sledgehammer, who also sent out a few Hyakuren to deal fire support, forcing the now-angry bow Prince to retreat. Gaelio, Hush and Lafter continue to hit-and-run, making it hard for Mammon, whose reaction speed is believe to be superior to the Alaya-Vijnana, to hit back. Lucifer was now getting overwhelmed by McGillis, joined by Isurugi who left Asmodeus to Mika, as the leader of the Eight Princes was overwhelmed by McGillis' fighting skills and Isurugi's raw strength, making him even angrier to think humans in Mobile Suits could overwhelm Salem's new strongest fighters.
As the chaos intensified, the students continue to watch in awe. Especially Team RWBY.
"I've never seen anything like this. They're overwhelming those Grimm!" Weiss thinks as she watches on.
"So this is Tekkadan…" Blake thought, amazed at Tekkadan's teamwork and strength.
"Mikazuki's so awesome! He's kicking the crap out of three super Grimm like they're nothing!" Yang mentally notes at the display, seeing the increased power the Barbatos Lupus Rex gave Mikazuki.
"They're all SO COOL~!" Ruby thought, her eyes being stars at watching all the weapons Tekkadan displays.
Pushed back McGillis again, Lucifer is force with no other option. "It is time for us to go," which was listened through the other Princes.
Mammon, Lucifer and Asmodeus nodded to comply, but Satan, Belphgor and Beelzebub refused to hear such orders.
"Like hell we will!" Belphgor exclaimed, followed by Beelzebub saying, "To run from these filthy humans?!"
"I'd rather die!" Satan hollered.
"Obey our leader's orders, now!" Mammon hollered, silencing the three Princes to obey.
Lucifer snapped his fingers, "Until next time… space rats," he said before disappearing, along with the rest of the Eight Princes.
[Gundam IBO Main OST ends]
The battle was now over, giving those the chance to deactivate their Mobile Suits, returning to their human forms.
The human forms of Atra, Kudelia, Eugene, Chad, Dante, Derma (who reveals to have gotten a prosthetic arm in place of the arm he lost in the Gjallahorn Civil War conflict) and Takaki revealed themselves, which brought joyful expressions to Biscuit, Shino, Ride, Lafter, Aston and Hush. The two ships that arrived slowly lowered down, allowing all the passengers out to greet those who died once came to Remnant.
Orga smiled, "It's really good to see the rest of you guys okay."
Eugene grinned, "If it hadn't been for Mikazuki and Akihiro, we wouldn't have made it."
"Well, I couldn't leave Mikazuki to fend off the enemy himself," Akihiro said, rubbing the back of his neck in an awkward fashion, which Lafter and Masahiro smirked at seeing Akihiro getting soft.
Mikazuki was suddenly hugged by Atra from behind, softly crying on his jacket with her hands wrapped around his stomach, which startled him a bit.
"I'm so glad… that you're alive, Mikazuki." Atra said, tightening the hug. Mikazuki warmly smiled, seeing her again really took the weight off his shoulders.
Mikazuki suddenly felt hugged from the side by Kudelia, who wrapped one arm around Mikazuki and the other around Atra, the latter doing the same thing as Kudelia as the two girls hugged Mika together.
"We never believed you and the others were gone. We just knew you were alive." Kudelia explained, a single tear flowed from her right eye down her right cheek.
Team RWBY, finally allowed to check up on them by Professor Ozpin, greeted Atra and Kudelia, having released the hug to meet with Mikazuki. Fumitan went along with them to see Kudelia, the latter shocked to see Fumitan alive and well.
"Fumitan…" Kudelia gasped, couldn't control the tears coming down as Fumitan smiled, "It is so good to see you again, miss."
Kudelia trusted into Fumitan, hugging her that took the ex-aide by surprise, causing her to cry harder upon seeing one of the most important people in her life once taken, now alive and in her presence. Fumitan smiled and returned the hug.
"I missed you, Fumitan…" Kudelia said, continuing to cry, as Fumitan hugged in reply. Mikazuki, Atra and Team RWBY all smiled at the sight to see Kudelia and Fumitan happy together, though Yang was hiding behind her younger sister when she saw Atra, much to both the confusion of Ruby and Atra.
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Shino sheepishly laughed as he was being hugged by Yamagi, who silently cried.
"S-Shino… I'm glad you're okay…" Yamagi said.
"Aw, Yamagi. You don't have be sad." Shino said, trying to lift Yamagi's spirits after seeing him again.
"Not helping your boyfriend with that kinda attitude." Flauros sneered, reminding Shino a way to get back at his Gundam partner latter.
Hush was greeted by Zack and Dane, both who were happy to see him.
"I can't believe you're alive!" Zack hollered, as Dane tries his best to keep Zack under control. Hush, simply sighed.
Team JNPR watched with joy, with Nora trying her best to greet the other Tekkadan members, only for Pyrrha and Ren to keep her at bay, while Jaune sighed.
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Masahiro (who left Akihiro and Lafter), Aston and Pedro hugged Takaki, Fuka and Derma respectively.
"I'm glad to see you're okay, Aston." Takaki said, happy to see the best friend he made on Earth again.
"So am I! I thought I was dreaming!" Fuka hollered, crying a bit.
"I really missed you both too," Aston said to the Uno siblings, before seeing Derma, "And I'm liking the new arm, man," he commented Derma's prosthetic arm.
"Can't replace the original, but it works well." Derma said, moving the prosthetic fingers of new new arm a bit.
Masahiro and Pedro were amazed to see Derma's new arm.
Ride was laughing with Elgar, who reunited with Embi, Trow and Hirume.
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Almiria didn't pay attention to McGillis or Gaelio, refusing to accept them after what both of them did to her and to each other, which McGillis and Gaelio mentally note, "I knew she was going to be like this."
"Women are troublesome…" Bael and Kimaris said in unison, which Isurugi and Todo mentally noted to himself the exact same thing.
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Lafter hugged Azee and Eco, the latter two extremely happy to see their fellow sister-in-law safe and sound as all three of them cried. Akihiro smiled as he watched from the sidelines alongside Team NEGL.
"We're happy that you're okay, Lafer!" Eco hollered, crying loudly.
"I can't believe I get to see you two again! It's wonderful!" Lafter hollered, also crying loudly.
"It is…" Azee said, crying softly compared to the other two.
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Biscuit just got hugged by a crying Cookie and Cracker, the latter two so happy to see their second eldest brother after two years.
"Biscuit!" Cookie yelled, crying.
"Big bro!" Cracker yelled, also crying.
Biscuit returned the hug as he patted their heads with both heads, silently crying himself.
Nadi and Merrebit looked on, smiling at seeing all of Tekkadan again. They later turned to see Dexter getting along with the Faunus Tekkadan members, who easily welcomed those the people that came to Remnant talked about.
"After all they've been through, every one of them still remained the same." Merrebit explained.
Nadi chuckled, "Well, they are still kids, dear. That's never gonna change no matter what happens."
Both Cookie and Cracker remembered something, "Oh! Mr. Mikazuki!" Cracker hollered, which got Mikazuki's attention.
"We have something to show you!" Cookie hollered, as she and Cracker made a dash to the Isaribi. Everyone were currently confused for a moment, as in a minute later, the twins came out with something in Cookie's arms, running gently to make sure "it" doesn't make a sound. Atra gripped Mikazuki's hand tight, now ready to show him what they've made together.
Cookie held her arms out to show what she is holding… it was a baby. But not just anyone's baby… it was the baby of Mikazuki and Atra.
(A/N: SURPRISE!)
Almost everyone (except Gaelio, McGillis, Isurugi, Liam, Ozpin and Glynda) were awestruck, shocked and surprised to see the baby. Even the most surprised were Mikazuki and Orga.
"This is your's and Ms. Atra's baby, Mr. Mikazuki!" Cookie hollered, giving the baby to Atra.
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Lafter, Pyrrha, Nora, Natasha and Elizabeth shouted in unison.
Most of the guys were comically shocked before face-faulting to the ground.
Mikazuki looked really surprised. That the baby he and Atra gave fruit to during that one night before the final battle, came true!
Atra gently rubbed the baby, who let out a small baby sound that made her giggle.
"Atra… this is our…" Mikazuki was now almost at a loss for words, surprised to see the baby.
"I decided to name him Akatsuki. He's our son." Atra said, allowing Mikazuki to see their baby child as everyone else gathered around, commenting on how cute he is.
Ozpin and Glynda watched from a small distance, now concerned with Salem finally making her move in the open.
"Salem's finally making her move, Professor," She explains, her tone of concern.
"Yes. I'm afraid we can't hide the truth anymore now that the students now know about her." Ozpin explained.
"But, sir! This will be far too dangerous for them to-" Glynda objects, before Ozpin managed to stop her with his hand out.
"I understand how you feel. And I know James will object, but all-out war isn't far off, and I'm afraid things will get worse from here on…" Ozpin explained, having briefly turned to see the Tekkadan members and students gathering around Mikazuki and Atra, getting to know the baby and hear him make a sound to no avail.
"… these children may be our only hope to defeat Salem once and for all." Ozpin said.
What a chapter! All of Tekkadan is reunited, and showed their combined power to give seven of those Eight Princes a run for their money! But they will be harder each chapter! Lots of heartwarming reunions and love, and now war is not far off as Salem is ready to step out of the shadows and make her presence known to wipe out humanity! We also get to see newborn baby Akatsuki! Guess letting him take part wouldn't kill anyone. Just to give Mikazuki the chance to show more emotion! The 2nd Great War is coming, and soon, nothing will be the same!
