SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 24 out, this is Chapter 25 of this fic and the start of Season Two. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Pairings: Tieria/Sasha between Season One and Season Two. Allelujah/Marie and Lockon (Jr.)/Anew in Season Two.

Standard BS Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon, Gundam 00 or the pairings. If I did, the other Senshi would be as powerful as Sailor Moon and kicking MOTD ass more often and VEDA would have least an anti-hacker program installed. The only thing I do own is the plot.

Chapter 25: I Can Hear a Song

"Reading on the E-Sensor." Feldt hurriedly reported. "Enemy machines."

On Earth...

"You may have destroyed the Memento Mori, but you're going to pay for that." Joseph Copeland was not too upset about the satellite weapon's destruction. "Sasha Peacecraft."

In space...

Devine Sutherland, in his Empruss mobile armor led the attack on the retreating Ptolemaios with a Gadessa and Garazzo.

Much later, Setsuna was cruising above Earth, trying to locate the Ptolemaios. "The rendezvous point should be around here." the 00-Raiser pilot looked around. "What is this?" his screen revealed the floating debris of the ship. "It can't be... where's the Ptolemy?" he scanned the debris field. "That machine has..." his radar indicated an incoming mobile pod. "Red GN particles."

"Hi, it's been a long while, Setsuna." Nena opened her end of the communication.

"Nena Trinity." Setsuna recognized the youngest Trinity sibling.

"More importantly, it looks like the Ptolemy fell to Earth. I just sent you the data from the battle, so you can figure out where they went by." Nena inform the 00-Raiser pilot. "I've also sent you my backlog of my mission reports to Sasha-hime, so be sure to head it to her, okay?"

"So, your mission..." Setsuna trailed.

"Hasn't yet ended." Nena confirmed. "And neither are Johann-nii's or Michael-nii's."

"Understood." Setsuna nodded. "I await your successes." with that, he headed off.

On Earth...

A fully recovered Ian sat up on his recovery capsule. "What happened to the 0-Raiser?" the technician wondered. "What happened to the battle? We have gravity?" his feet landed on the ground. "When did we come down from the surface?" he exited the infirmary to discover the snowy mountain range in front of him. "What the hell's going on?" he exclaimed.

In the Ptolemaios' bridge...

"Anti-observation optical camouflage restored." Feldt activated the illusion blanket. "Now deploying."

"So, you're saying you activated the 00-Raiser and chased away the enemies at Lagrange 3." Ian summarized. "But, upon learning that the A-LAWs were using a satellite weapon, you went on a mission to destroy it. You successfully eliminated it, but were caught in a surprise attack and fell to Earth where you made an emergency landing. And on top of that, you were separated from the 00-Raiser with Setsuna aboard. Did I get that right?"

"That's exactly it." Mileina beamed.

"Mileina, you don't have to be so chirpy about it." Sasha chided.

"That sounds like a disaster!" Ian agreed.

"Come on, old man." Lasse rebuked. "Don't say that. We did destroy the satellite weapon."

"And we were completely out of GN particles when we came under attack." Feldt added.

"Furthermore, the enemy even deployed a new model mobile armor in the ambush." Tieria piped in. "Sumeragi Lee Noriega made us use the force of the impacts from the shots to accelerate down to Earth, while concealing the ship with smoke. If it wasn't for quick thinking, we would've been finished for sure."

"All right." Ian relented. "What's the Ptolemy's condition now?"

"The engines are fine, but the navigation..." Sasha winced. "Along with the weapons control, communications, and sensor systems are all shot.'

"This is dreadful." Ian sighed. "If the enemy attacked us now, we'd be done for."

"Everyone, I brought you your meals." Marie entered the bridge with a stack of food trays in hand.

Elsewhere...

Having received the data from Nena, Setsuna descended to Earth to locate Ptolemaios. "Still no response from Ptolemy." he sent another message to the ship. "This crater is from the satellite weapon." he flew over the massive crater that was once the Richera Kingdom. "This is the work of the Coalition." his heat sensors then picked up the incoming Arche Gundam. "What the hell is he doing here?" he chased after Ail. "Where the hell are you going?" he snarled, Ail dodging fire from 00-Raiser's rifle. "What's in this direction?" he pulled his map upwards. "Krugis." he realized.

Letting Arche descend to the ground, Ail climbed out of his cockpit.

With 00-Raiser on the ground, Setsuna, too, left his cockpit.

"Long time no see, Krugis brat." Ail greeted his former student.

"Ail al-Saachez, you bastard!" Setsuna sneered. "You're with the Coalition now?"

"You got that right." Ail grinned. "If a mercenary is asked to do a job, he'll go anywhere with the right price. I brought you here today because there's somebody who wants to meet you. Allow me to introduce my sponsor's proxy."

"You..." Setsuna recognized Ribbons who had walked out of the roof of a demolished temple.

"My name is Ribbons Almark." Ribbons spoke. "It's been four years since we last met, Setsuna F. Seiei, or rather, Soran Ibrahim. This is the second time you've seem me, but I first met you eleven years ago. Right here, in the hellhole of a battlefield where foolish humans were fighting each other. And on it, a desperate boy was running for his life. I was watching you; from a mobile suit cockpit."

"You don't mean..." Setsuna realized who the 0-Gundam's pilot was. "You were in that machine? In the 0 Gundam?"

"That armed intervention was a performance test for 0 Gundam." Ribbons elaborated. "Naturally, the plan was to dispose all witnesses at that location so as to maintain secrecy. However, I happened to spare your life. Because of the look in your eyes as you stared at the 0 Gundam, at me. That's not all, I was the one who recommended you as a Gundam Meister. Your services are no longer needed, so I thought it was about time you returned that to me; the 00 Gundam that is. After all, I am the legitimate pilot of that machine."

"Sorry, I refuse." Setsuna snapped and pulled his gun at Ribbons.

Ail was faster and fired his shot at Setsuna, injuring the pilot on his right arm.

"You missed on purpose?" Ribbons tsked, Setsuna using 00-Raiser's hand to deposit him back into the Gundam's cockpit.

"Sorry, but fighting is my reason for living." Ail smirked.

"Do as you will." Ribbons snorted.

In the Ptolemaios' bridge...

"Bad news." Lockon hurried in. "Two unidentified suits are coming towards us from different directions."

"Feldt, have Allelujah and Tieria sortie." Sumeragi instructed.

"But how..." Sasha frowned.

In the battlefield...

"It's a bombardment type." Allelujah spotted his opponent. "But you'll never get to fire it. Even without Hallelujah, I can still..." he dodged Revival's attack.

"In the atmosphere, he was the advantage of mobility, but..." Revival dodged Arios' fire. "Even so..." he fired his Mega Launcher at Arios who used the suit's speed to dodge the energy beam.

Elsewhere, Tieria was engaged in combat with Bring. He activated Seravee's GN Field to block out the Garazzo's GN Vulcans, Bring was effortlessly dodging Seravee's canon blasts.

"Tieria Erde," Bring growled. "You are not good enough for her!" he charged towards Seravee, his GN Claws elongated. Moving underneath to dodge Tieria's cannons, he sliced off Seravee's twin bazookas. Pulling out his twin GN Cutters, he struck down.

Tieria fended off the attack with his beam saber and retaliated with his shoulder cannons, only to have Bring kick him to the ground. "He's strong..." the heavy-hitter winced. "So, this is the power of the Coalition."

"I have no wish of causing her anymore pain," Bring renewed his fight with Tieria, still dodging Seravee's attacks. "But I must complete my mission!"

"I, too, have things I can't compromise on!" Tieria roared, his GN Field activating to fend off Bring's GN Cutter stab. He dispelled the barrier, allowing Bring to cut off Seravee's right arm. Grabbing Garazzo's free hand, he then activated the mechanical hands on Seravee's knees to hold the Garazzo in place.

"His Trans-Am..." Bring realized Tieria had activated Trans-Am as well. "If that's all you've got, then..." he pulled out his second GN Beam Claw, ready to take out Seravee. "What the..." he gaped when Tieria withdrew Seravee's shoulder cannons.

"This isn't like what happened with Nadleeh." Tieria brought out the Seraphim. "I reveal this form by my own free will."

"GN Field on!" Bring raised his GN Field as Seraphim leapt over Seravee and thrust both its hands into the barrier. Said hands then changed into twin GN Cannons and blasted Garazzo at point-blank range.

"Bring..." Revival turned, Allelujah using the distraction to take out the Mega Launcher. "Bring McWilliam!" he roared, Tieria taking out both Garazzo and its pilot in one shot.

SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just love plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.