"Second Match: Todoroki Hideki vs Natsu Anemone!"

Both battlers got to their feet as they stepped up to the battle arena. Todoroki Hideki had his hair onyx brushed back and wore a simple dress shirt and pants. Natsu Anemone had red eyes and black to dyed blue hair.

"Please set your GP Base."

"Beginning Plaskey Particle Dispersal."

"Field 7: Ruins"

"Please set your Gunpla."

Both Battlers set their Gunpla as Taka blinked in surprise. "A Jesta?"

"That's a special ops mobile suit based on the Jegan series." Miko muttered leaning against her seat. That extra armor though, that's from it's Cannon variation." She muttered. "But that extra armor on the arms… those are Gatling guns."

"Yeah." Alex muttered, before glancing at Anemone. "And that's a Serpent… its armed with a gatling gun, Bazooka, and beam cannon."

Rai made a noise. "That ain't all. Look at what's on it's storage rack. Those are Planet Defenders, and isn't that a Buster Sword? Where'd she even get that?"

"MSG Weapon Unit 33 Knight Sword selection." Takashi muttered as Alex looked at him. "And her waist armor; those are grenades, she's ready for a fight."

"She's not ready for a fight." Miko corrected. "She's ready for war."

"This could get ugly." Alex muttered.

"Battle start!"

Todoroki Hideki; Jesta Cannon.

Natsu Anemone; Serpent Custom.

"Launching!"

City ruins. If there was ever a place that spoke of battlefields past, it would have to be this place. The city carried the scars left from a nameless war, with its silence speaking for the uncounted dead. This nameless city, would serve as the second battlefield for the Seijun Gunpla Tournament.

Hideki's Jesta Cannon fired it's beam cannon as it took to the streets, missing as Anemone dodged, weaving to the side before firing her gatling. Her opponent retreated behind ruined buildings as she gave chase, and fired a small salvo of missiles. Hideki countered with a shot from his multi-launcher, what looked like a grenade exploding into a wall of chaff smoke. She responded with indiscriminate fire from her gatling before retreating. The smoke was split by a beam cannon as she dodged, though not before her shoulder armor started heating up. She took aim with her gatling as she retreated, the Jesta responded in kind with one of its arm-mounted gatling guns as it disappeared behind the opposite corner. Anemone reached for beam cannon, pointed it at the building in front of her and pulled the trigger.

Battler's Seats

"She fired at the building?" Taka muttered in confusion. Why would she?"

"The city doesn't have beam coating." Rai stated. "That blast is gonna punch straight through the wall and the one after that in order to hit the guy on the other side." Rai made a noise. "Not many do that."

"She's taking advantage of the fact the city is deserted." Alex muttered. "There's no people to get caught in the crossfire."

"Or she just doesn't care about collateral damage." Miko added.

Battlefield

The Beam cannon fired a short volley, cutting through the city as the Jesta kept moving, weaving through the blasts as they tried getting closer. Another hand grenade was launched as it exploded this time seeming to turn into a shower of glass as she fired another shot from her mean beam cannon as it suddenly went wild. Being dispersed in over several directions.

"Huh?"

Stands

"What was that?" Richard asked as he watched Anya make a noise.

"Nano-laminate chaff." The woman muttered, actually sounding impressed.

Nano...what?"

It's something from the Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans timeline." She told her husband. "Basically its chaff smoke, but its mixed with a powdered form of nanolaminate armor."

"I…" Richard sounded embarrassed. "I'm not sure I know what that is."

Anya gave him a kind smile before nodding, and seeming to think. "It's… its a type of armor in that series, it basically makes a mobile suit invulnerable to beam weapons by acting kinda like a full body mirror? It sends the full force of the beam in a few dozen directions."

"So it's like a beam countermeasure?"

"Yeah. but the powdered version used in chaff has the added ability to disrupt communication devices and sensors." She added. "But there's no paint to create that yet, they must have used anti-beam coating on some ground up power." She muttered before smiling. "So it's more of a mirror chaff than nano-laminate."

Battlefield

Anemone retreated, firing three more shots from her beam cannon only for them to continue flying elsewhere, damaging the city as the Jesta charged after her. It raised its arm mounted gatling guns and fired, as Anemone brought forward her Planet Defenders to create their electromagnetic field to stop the incoming volley. The Jest just kept charging, before turning and hitting its thrusters to suddenly get by the Serpent's sideIt swing with its arm and prepared to fire, stopping only because the Serpent grabbed its arm as bullets started flying into a nearby building. It swung its other arm as that one was grabbed as well leaving the pair in a deadlock.

The Jesta raised one of its knees and brought it up, slamming it into the Serpent's cockpit before hitting its thrusters to push it back. Anemone countered by twisting her suit, having the mobile suit race down the street as she charged. She launched one of her hand grenades as her optical cameras shut off.

Barely a second later the grenade exploded into a flash of light. "A flare?" Anemone activated her camera's again as she continued her charged, bringing her bustersword off her back and raised it up before bringing it down. She managed to deliver a noticeable cut across its chest as it stumbled back in a blind mess. She turned her swing, bringing it across the mobile suits chest again as they rushed backwards, stopping only when something hit their back. "What the?"

Her Planet Defenders were at his Jesta's back, the EMF repelling him, making sure it wouldn't go any further.

Still blinded though he couldn't see them behind him, but as the mammoth sword came forward he still managed to dodge somehow, hitting his thrusters as he took to the air and fired doward with his arm mounted gatlings. Indiscriminate fire rained down on the Serpent, as its Planet Defenders moved to shield it, soaking up as much bullets as it could before they powered down and retreated to the rack to recharge. Anemone started using her mammoth sword to block what she could, as the Jesta retreated into the sky and backwards to jet some room.

"Ok…" Hideki muttered. "I can see again." He blinked a few times, getting rid of the last few spots that were dotting bhis vision as he noticed the Serpent charging behind its massive blade. It fired its beam cannon only for the blast to be redirected into one of the buildings and through it. "Beam coating…" He grumbled before seeming to glance around. The massive sword came down again as he dodged, stepping to the Mobile Suit's side before using his thrusters to jump before swinging a fist as he started coming down. It hit the Serpents shoulder, a volley of bullets from the mounted gatling gun ripping through its armor as it did.

Anemone watched her Serpent stumble as the Jesta tried backhanding her, only to miss as she raised her Buster Sword to block the fist and new volley. She stepped back, uponing one of her Shoulder missile launchers and fired, each one hitting part of the Jesta as she pushed it back. She charged, her massive blade going sideways as she tried bisecting it only to cut into a building. The Jesta hovered out of reach, stepping back before charging. A hand grenade was launched and Smoke erupted it as Anemone stabbed her blade into the ground to protect herself. The Jesta charged through the smoke, circling around the giant blade before punching forward, its gatling starting to spin only to realize the opposing Mobile Suit wasn't there anymore.

"Where?"

A fist to the face answered that question, the Serpent following it with a second and a third, followed by an actual kick to push the Mobile Suit away. She retrieved her blade before charging after the mobile suit as the Jesta started dodging her swings, being sure to stay out its range. The vulcan pod mounted on its head fired as it continued to backtrack. Eventually it charged forward, dodging the blade as it tried circling around, gatling firing as the Serpent used its Planet Defenders to protect itself.

The Jesta tried grabbing one of her planet Defenders only for the electromagnetic field to protect it.

"Ok that's not gonna work…" The massive blade closed in as he hit his thrusters leaping into the air before moving back again. Just when the Serpent charged, hisb Jesta charged twisting its body and slammed its feet into the blade as it pushed its owner back. It fired its gatling again, this time managing to fill the blade with enough lead to split it in half. He readjusted his aim as he watched the Serpent start gliding back and fired. It used its planet Defenders to protect itself, them its arms as the Planet Defenders started to power down and return to their rack to recharge. "Don't let up." Hideki muttered as he pressed his attack. "Those Planet Defenders recharge and I'm screwed."

That was when he ran out of ammo.

He charged as he grabbed one off the Serpent's arms, throwing a punch as he made an opening before following it with a second and a third.

What followed was a punch out as the Two units started throwing hands.

Armor bent and chipped

Glass visors were cracked.

It ended when the Serpent through a punch, stopping only when the Jesta grabbed its arm and punched its joint, breaking it off. She retaliated by grabbing its head and pulled it off before stepping back. It dropped the head before firing one of its hand grenades and the SJesta responded in kind. They hit each other and exploded, covering the area in smoke as a buzzer went off.

Battle Ended

Winner: Serpent Custom.

What remained of both Gunpla had stopped moving as the Serpent's Planet Defenders started to fall to the floor. Slowly, an applause was heard, growing as the match had been decided and the winner was called.

"And the Winner of the Second Match is the Natsu Anemone!"

Taka and the others just clapped as Anemone and Hideki shook hands with a smile. "She used her Planet Defenders at the last minute to protect herself."

"Yeah." Alex muttered. "But that explosion damaged em pretty badly." He muttered. "Still. That was rather impressive match.

"I'll say." Miko muttered slightly tightening her hands together. "She's someone to look out for."

"Yeah."

"You girls worried?" Alex got a hit in his shoulder by Miko.

"Not in your life." Miko muttered.

"You do not sound convincing."

"Screw you." Miko grumbled before raising her hand to hit his shoulder again. She missed this time, Alex pulling himself from his seat as he started walking away.

"Where you going now?"

"Oh, here and there." Alex stated as glanced back, noticing that Anemone was walking off somewhere. "Be back before the next match."

"You know it might be your match."

"I do." Alex countered as he disappeared. No he didn't just disappear, he walked off in the direction Anemone had disappeared.

"Is he following her?" Miko asked as she watched Alex wander off.

"Maybe." Rai muttered before grinning. "Why? You jelly?"

"Don't start Rai." Miko warned as Taka looked between the two and muttered a single word.

"Kuso…"

Gunpla Isles

Alex saw Anemone jump, smiling and cheering like she was a little kid. He just smiled at the sight, practically feeling her happiness radiate off of her as she continued cheering out of sight from the others. She did this little dance with her banged up mobile suit before hugging it as she turned, stopping when she realized that someone was watching her.

There was a silence.

"Yo." She straightened up trying to act as though she hadn't just acted like a little kid.

"O-ohayo." The Anemone stated as she looked around. "How much did you see?"

"Everything." Was Alex's response as Anemone started to blush.

"So~ uh…" She paused. "So~" She glanced around. "Can I... Can I help you?"

"I don't think so." Alex stated. "But hey I could be wrong." He glanced elsewhere. "Wouldn't be the first time." He muttered before looking to one of the isles before stepping into it. "He muttered something under his breath before nodding to himself and pulled out two model kids before walking off to the cashier.