Vandread GA: The Second Stage
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Chapter 5: Bittersweet Reunions and Battles (Part 1)
February 12th, 3818 AD; 9:00 am (0900 hours)
The crew of the Nirvana could only be in awe at the 1st fleet of Terrain Prime; two assault carriers, one battleship, one cruiser, one destroyer, one frigate, and two supply ships as Bart carefully navigated the Nirvana towards the center of the fleet.
The people of mission Delta 6 despite being helped from the Nirvana were being moved onto the ships and going to be relocated temporary home while it was upgraded by Terrain Prime. Liz and Patch weren't too happy with leaving their home, but at least those who escaped from the Harvesters were now heading to a better home and were receiving help from Arthur, Brian, and Bella's comrades.
Inside the Nirvana's Main Conference room, Arthur was more nervous than he had been in his life after recovering from the battle beforehand along with Brian, Bella, Victoria whom had been moved earlier was recovering much to his relief on the ship the TPSDNS Keetongu, and Dita because this could be good or bad. He wasn't the only one in the room as Magno, Buzam, Gascogne, Meia, Jura, and several other crew members were gathered inside the room to meet with the captains of the fleet from Terrain Prime.
A few minutes later a call from the security team indicated that they arrived and were heading towards the room. Seconds later, the door opened and the six captains came into the room each with a couple of guards on them with Arthur, Brian, and Bella easily recognizing their former commanding officer Ashley as she walked to her seat.
Magno got a good look at the two captains of the TPSDNS Solaris and the TPSDNS Lunar along with the captains of the TPSDNS Yamato, TPSDNS Musashi, TPSDNS Seraphim, TPSDNS Sparta, and TPSDNS Keetongu.
Magno could obliviously see the resemblance to Bella in Ashley, but the only difference was that Ashley was taller, her eyes and hair color were different, and she was older. The TPSDNS Solaris captain introduced herself and the others before her along with the TPSDNS Lunar captain Commander Nigel Wu.
The first officer Magno and her officers saw commanded the Terrain Prime warship cruiser; the TPSDNS Yamato which it was a male named Michael Roosevelt had very short-cropped hair which was a light red, was Asian specifically old Earth Japan, had deep purple eyes, stood around 6'1, and wore a Terrain Prime Self-Defense Navy uniform with the rank of Commander.
The second officer was female and commanded the sister ship of the TPSDNS Yamato; the TPSDNS Musashi and her name was Anna Lawrence who stood around 6'3, had blue hair in a tight bun, had brown eyes, was dark skinned which meant she was African-American, and sported a Self-Defense Navy Uniform as well along with the rank of Commander.
The third officer Magno and her officers saw commanded the battleship the TPSDNS Seraphim named Kyo St. James stood around 6'1 and ½, had short-cropped ginger hair, light blue eyes, and was a descendant of old-earth India along with a healthy tan.
On the other hand, the fourth officer that Magno and her officers saw that commanded the TPSDNS Keetongu, he was named Lou Benedict stood around 5'10, didn't have any hair due to him shaving it off, sported sliver-gray eyes, and was a descendant of old-earth United States; specifically being Caucasian and from the Southern part of it or Dixie as some called it.
The fifth officer Magno and her officers saw commanded the destroyer the TPSDNS Sparta was a male named Barry Collins stood around 6'7, had very short-cropped maroon hair, baby blue eyes, had the rank of Captain, and was a descendant of old-earth Scotland and Austria due to his build.
The last two officers on the other hand whom both each commanded the supply ships the TPSDNS Buran and the TPSDNS Baikal respectively were both males and were named Leonard and Larry Hartman were both identical twins that both stood around 6'2, had very short-cropped black hair, sported beautiful hazel eyes, had the same rank of Commander, and were both African American like Anna Lawrence, but more specifically old-earth Congo.
Aside from being different heights, eye and hair colors, and skin colors; the other captains all wore the same Self-Defense Uniform and had the different ranks as well with the exception of the captain of the Sparta whose rank was Captain.
Each of the captains was each given a copy of the report that Arthur worked on during the voyage up to this point and looked at the contents. After reading, the first to speak was Ashley herself while the others waited for her to finish while Barnette found herself being looked at by the Solaris captain with an unhappy look.
"Based on what the report Squadron Leader Hanson wrote, I can only say one thing to you Barnette; I'm about to kick your ass for your actions towards my subordinate and sister Bella and the other men over the stunt you pulled." Ashley said with a frown.
"Commander Malone, you know we can't do that and you're not Red Forman okay." Commander Kyo St. James said.
"As much as I would love to severely punish the ones who pulled this attempted Coup 'eat against this Magno Vivian, we have to respond correctly." Commander Lou Benedict said seconds later.
Everyone in the room agreed as the meeting went on with Arthur and Bella both having to explain the justifications of their slapping of Hibiki and Barnette though the latter was a bit more understandable along with Arthur's punching of Barnette.
It was then that the meeting ended and the last of the people of the Mission Station Delta 6 left the station and boarded the ships of the fleet though some had to be put into the brig due to them having some criminal records on them. Although the other captains left, Ashley stayed in the meeting room and requested to be alone with Bella and Magno granted her request.
After everyone left, Bella wanted to ask something, "So, what's going to happen now? Commander Malone?"
"Very likely that the leaders of the Terrain Prime Self Defense branches along with the supreme commander of the forces for this war will look at the report once we arrive at a station where the Gundams will be upgraded along with determining if you, Brian, and Arthur stay with these pirates or now privateers or not." Ashley replied without looking behind her.
"Does this mean that Brian, Arthur, and I are no longer considered MIA or KIA now?" Bella said.
"That is something I don't even know myself Lieutenant Malone, but it is very likely given the circumstances." Ashley replied calmly.
Five minutes later, the Nirvana was secured with cables to the rest of the fleet due to the ship not having an Orion Drive. Magno was tempted to ask for tours of the ships, but decided to let that matter wait.
After everyone was secured to their seats, the fleet activated the Orion Drives and the fleet left the area they were in and leaving the old Mission or Station behind because it wouldn't survive the journey due to its age, but it would be used again one day.
Two hours later and the fleet arrived at its destination; a space colony that it looked like an odd-looking eight-pointed star encased by a ring that was bigger than a O'Neil Colony with a station on both the top and bottom parts with perhaps a couple of dozen Vansword mobile suits along with a great number or mobile armors patrolling the colony station as well.
"Wow, I never seen this many Dreads and Vanguards like this. Alien tech is amazing." Dita said.
This caused a few of her teammates to chuckle at the comment while the ship under Bart's control docked at a cleared part of the colony after the other ships did the same. Just then, Arthur came in and made a request for Jura and Barnette.
"Could you put on less revealing clothes because there are some who could be you know, offended by what both of you are wearing. Also, Magno has already ordered all other crew members in reveling clothing to cover up a bit." Arthur said.
"Okay then, handsome." Jura said as she and Barnette left the bio-garden to put on less-revealing clothing.
"Care to tell me why?" Meia asked.
"Well, Terrain Prime is a bit conservative and plus pornography is still illegal on Terrain Prime and any area owned by Terrain Prime as well and it's for a good reason so, don't bother complaining or asking okay though the new Libertarian Party that was recently elected is planning to fix that and is going to likely cause a stir with the conservatives on Terrain Prime." Arthur said as he left.
Ten minutes later, Magno along with Gascogne, Meia, Jura, Barnette, the squad leaders of the Starfire squadron, Hibiki, Duero, Parfet, Arthur, Brian, and Bella left the ship and to the meeting area with the high ups of Terrain Prime Self-Defense branches.
They got into a shuttle bus designated for them and headed for the area. After coming out of a tunnel, they got to see the colony interior, which had a base and a medium-sized town. Everyone looked at Arthur, Brian, and Bella now wearing their official uniforms of their respective Self-Defense branches, which they just shrugged like this, wasn't a big deal to them.
After less than three minutes, they arrived at the base and got off. As the group was walking, they got some stares directed at them mainly on the Mejere women, which made Parfet a bit uncomfortable which was put aside when Duero grabbed and held her left had to calm her down.
The group walked towards the main building and after being let in, they were guided through the base, eventually arriving at their destination in a large conference room that had enough room for everyone.
Also there was one person Arthur thought he wouldn't see, standing around 5'10, had steel gray eyes along with orange hair, and sporting a Self-Defense Army uniform stood Major Lockheed Ellison, pilot of the Raijin Gundam.
Once everyone was seated, the high ups walked in and took their seats at the far end of the room in front of a projector screen. Magno didn't need to be a genius and saw that off all of the people that could make Arthur, Bella, and Brian scared; these folks could do that easily.
"We will now begin the inquiry into the voyage of the Nirvana and its crew along with revisiting the Ikazuchi Incident this time with testimony from Arthur, Brian, and Bella. "Marine General Albert Watson said calmly.
The screen then came to life, which first showed the first combat with the Tarak Vanguards against Arthur, Bella, Brian, Victor, and Alice which was labeled the Ikazuchi Incident.
It was then Air Chief Marshall Buddy Salvador asked the first question calling out Arthur first, "Tell me Squadron Leader Hanson, did you or did not know the results of this encounter would have?"
"Sir, when the pirates began their attack, based on the damage the they did to the escort ships, all of us assumed that they would focus more on getting away rather than fighting which appeared to be one sided. As for the fight, some crazy-nut job thought Bella was a monster and we simply reacted the way we were taught which was self-defense and mind you, all of you that we tried to explain to those pilots carefully why we were in the area, but they refused to listen and we disabled them so they wouldn't be a threat anymore." Arthur said defensively.
"Not to mention that the Tarak Empire focused more on using shear overwhelming numbers rather than skill to fight and even before they fought us, the Mejere pirates were already winning against them and going up against us showed even further proof why you shouldn't be blaming us for the failure of the mission along with the loss of Squadron Leader Silverpath and Sergeant Cruz. Due to the heat of the battle, Arthur and Brian unknowingly wandered into the hidden cannons of the main ship which even the pirates assumed didn't exist, sir." Bella said.
"So who's the bigger dumbass? Arthur, the Mejere Pirates, or the Tarak Empire or even everyone?" Lockheed asked with a smug smile.
It was then that Grand Admiral Rachel Adams spoke after glaring at Lockheed, "Major Ellison, you will keep quiet and getting back to what we were talking about. Arthur after what happened with Sergeant Cruz and Squadron Leader Silverpath, why did you lose control of your Gundam only to regain control of it at certain points?"
Arthur took a deep breath and spoke, "Ma'am, first and foremost I was distraught over the loss of two comrades, secondly ma'am, just as I got to the first one I for some reason could hear the pilot screaming, begging me for me not to kill him and due to the fact that pretty much all of the Tarak Vanguards encountered were mere trainees or noobs and even the Mejere pirates could've easily taken them on without us getting involved. Besides, they were nothing more than beer cans trying to pass of as mechs. I personally take full responsibility for them which is why I make sure that every last Dread and Vanguard pilot now makes it back home to the Nirvana and their homes alive."
"And how did you train a group of civilians to become mobile suit pilots may I ask? Also, who let you do that?" General Liam Blackhawk asked.
It was then Magno who kept silent for a good part of the inquiry spoke up, "I did, you young kids along with the approval of my first mate BC and Gascogne the latter who is present here in this room."
Magno then after nodding to Arthur let Buzam speak, "The training methods those three pilots used were based on the training they received from their mentors who designed and built their Gundams along with the training from their respective branches as well."
"Was it true that your pirates attacked any of our ships in the past up until now?" Supreme Commander Alberta Walker asked.
"No, not at all young lady because of the fact from the various rumors or talks from Mejere crews that we attacked that your planet has a group tasked with anti-piracy efforts. If we did try, it would be devastating for us." Magno said.
After about ten minutes later, the inquiry into the Ikazuchi incident along with the Nirvana's voyage up with various questions including the desert planet mission and Barnette's stunt against Magno came to an end.
After talking among themselves for a couple of minutes Alberta Walker spoke, "This concludes the inquiry into the Nirvana's voyage, Magno Vivian's pirates, and the Ikazuchi incident. Although the Gundreads are amazing in the own rights along with the Vandreads, one fact needs to be settled in forty-eight hours."
"What is that?" Magno asked.
"Squadron Leader Hanson, Lieutenant Malone, and 1st Lieutenant De Gras returning to the TPSDNS Solaris and to the front lines, but however due to the fact that this would deprived the Nirvana of its primary Vanguard leaders and the Gundreads, one will have to return and that is an order, no questions asked." Air Marshal Buddy Salvador said sternly.
With that said, the five high ups left the room leaving the Magno's group with a very difficult choice which was who has to go back and who gets to stay? The likely one to leave could be Arthur, but then again it could be Bella.
After the group left heading back to the Nirvana, they all thought to themselves one thing; they were very lucky that the high ups didn't demoted them though they did question Arthur's crazy-ass tactic when it came to the Harvester copy of the Fujin Gundam and the Harvester mech at Delta 6 calling both of those events border-line suicidal at best.
It was then just as Dita got into the shuttle bus back to the Nirvana that Lockheed appeared and dropped a bombshell, "General Blackhawk, Grand Admiral Adams, Marine General Watson, and Supreme Commander Walker will be visiting the Nirvana for a tour of the ship along with the Squad leaders of the fleet as well so along with the rest of the Gundam pilots of the Solar Eagles and Lunar Knights including myself, be extremely prepared okay."
Before he left the bus to leave, he looked at Barnette and spoke, "Bye, hot stuff."
This caused Barnette who was wearing the pirate security suit to blush slightly red and glared at him as he walked away. As the bus pulled away, a few sneakers were heard, followed by a round of laughter.
"What is so funny?" Barnette asked.
"Looks like Lockheed might like you or find you very attractive." Bella said.
"Oh it so true." Arthur said.
After everyone got back to the Nirvana, Magno made the announcement of the visit to the ship tomorrow, which did make some a bit nervous because these were military/self-defense force folks even though they were Self-Defense Force people.
The next day at around nine am, the special group from Terrain Prime arrived at the Nirvana along with Lockheed himself. They meet them first and foremost in the Hanger bay where the Vanguards and the enhanced dreads of Meia, Dita, and Jura were kept. The Fujin, Calypso, and the Vulcan Gundams were not present due to them being upgraded or worked on in the colony/station.
Looking around, Marine General Watson looked at Hibiki's Vanguard and spoke, "Why is that one different than the other Vanguards we've seen?"
"It was exposed to the Paksis along with Meia's Dread, Dita's Dread, Jura's Dread, Arthur's Gundam, Brian's Gundam, and Bella's Gundam." Parfet said as she came into the hanger.
"And plus to make the long story short, originally I was a parts mechanic on Tarak and made a stupid bet I could steal a complete Vanguard and bring it back to my fellow third-class citizens with a special mark I gave it although you can't see it, but all of us know how that turned out." Hibiki said as Misty came into the room.
"Also, why the hell did the pirates including you Magno Vivan allow an eleven-year old kid join let alone be allowed to become a nurse?" Grand Admiral Rachel Adams said while looking at Magno.
Magno looked at the Navy woman and replied, "It's a long story and is tragic at best, but that's for another day."
Before the group could continue, one of the squad leaders from the 1st fleet walked towards Arthur and to everyone's surprise kicked him right in the one place guys hate to be kicked at which was his groin making him collapse on the ground while holding his privates.
"Squadron Leader Hanson, what did we say about using physical violence against others? Plus you could lose your current mobile suit and rank if you keep this up." Air Chief Marshall Buddy Salvador said sternly.
Magno got a very good look at the one who kicked Arthur and she asked out loud, "I take it you're the younger sister of Arthur? Was it Victoria or something young lady?"
Squadron Leader Victoria Hanson who kicked her brother for some reason looked at the elderly pirate leader and nodded before looking at Arthur with disgust and walking back towards the group she was a part of as Arthur got back up.
"Terribly sorry for her behavior ma'am, she's still trying to wrap her mind around the fact that her brother is alive and a few other matters that we can't discuss." Supreme Commander Alberta Walker said.
"I understand young lady and shall we continue on?" Magno said.
After the whole messed was dealt with this included a reprimand for Squadron Leader Victoria's actions, the tour resumed with the high ups seeing the engineer bay, the bridge, and the register along with keeping an eye on anyone who dared try to disrupt the tour.
Arriving at the Main Conference room, it was there that the leaders of the Nirvana made their decision on who would go and return to Terrain Prime, which was Bella by one vote among the leaders.
For the Nirvana's crew, this was very bittersweet for them because of how she was like another sister to them and how she helped with the ship along with helping the crew make it up to this point.
"I must say Lieutenant Malone, helping to deliver a baby in an elevator with Dita and Hibiki with R2-D2 helping out in the end was one I got to say a very interesting thing I've heard. You're mom is going to want to hear that herself." Grand Admiral Rachel Adams said.
"Yeah it is but, Hibiki should really grow a pair next time he's in that situation again." Bella said.
"Indeed, I guess growing up as a third-class citizen and not be exposed to the facts of life must've traumatized that boy pretty well as for him, the Birds and Bees talk from Tarak was nothing like what he saw in that elevator. Plus, it was pretty funny to see him freak out like that. Also, the baby seems to like Bella as there are days when she walks past her, the little one seems to reach out to her." Arthur said.
Meanwhile, Hibiki after being done with the tour was in the hanger bay working on his Vanguard when he heard footsteps and turned around and found Misty looking at him which seconds later, Dita appeared wanting to win Hibiki's affections.
Before either female spoke, another set of footsteps approached and this time it was Major Lockheed Ellison who had come on the tour along with several others and wanted to talk to Hibiki who introduced themselves to Hibiki one by one including the rest of the Solar Eagles.
The first person Hibiki saw whose name was Yao Zhao had a height of 6'3, a weight of 125.5 pounds, sporting sliver-black hair, indigo blue eyes, and had the rank of Captain in the Terrain Prime Self Defense Army, Yao was considered by his fellow teammates the brute of the group, but was a nice and gentle dude once you got to know him.
The second person Hibiki saw was named Chris Lane had a height of 6'4, a weight of 127 pounds, sported dark golden blonde hair, had platinum silver eyes, and had the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Terrain Prime Self-Defense Army, although he had a bit of narcissism, he was one guy you could count on in battle and was very outgoing.
The third person Hibiki saw was named Elijah Yamato had a height of 5'8, a weight of 124.9 pounds, sported dark light blue hair, had yellow orange eyes, and had the rank of Lieutenant in the Terrain Prime Self-Defense Navy. He was quiet and shy, but was very noble in his person and actions.
The fourth person Hibiki saw was dark skinned like Amorone, but was male was named William Gustav had a height of 5'19, a weight of 125.9 pounds, his hair was shaved for regulations, had sky blue eyes, and had the rank of Lieutenant Officer in the Terrain Prime Self-Defense Air Force. He was the calmest person in Lockheed's group, but he was crazy occasionally because of his wiliness to try bizarre food when others wouldn't.
The fifth person Hibiki saw was a woman named Nami Jha who had a height of 6'1 the same as Arthur's height, a weight of 125.14 pounds, sported black hair in a tight bun, had bluish purple eyes, and had the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Terrain Prime Self-Defense Marine Crops. Although her teammates knew she was humble and wise, she could be a drama queen for various odd-balled reasons.
The sixth person Hibiki saw was none other than Harold Hanson Arthur's cousin who Arthur talked about a lot. The seventh person Hibiki saw was named Steve St. James while the eighth and final person Hibiki saw was another woman named Lilo Stone.
"You're Hibiki right?" Lockheed asked.
"Yeah, what is it?" Hibiki said.
"Can I have a word with you?" Lockheed said.
After getting down from his Vanguard, Hibiki then walked over to Lockheed and looked at him while Misty and Dita watched. Motioning for him to follow him, Hibiki left the Hanger bay with Dita and Misty in tow both arguing who should be with him.
Seeing this, Lockheed couldn't help, but find it funny. The rest of the Gundam pilots including his teammates went to explore the ship on the other hand to give Hibiki and their leader some private time.
Walking to towards the Bio-Garden, Hibiki looked at Lockheed and asked, "Have you ever had two females fight over you?"
"Relatively speaking no because I'm more focused on my mission to end the war against Mejere and the war against Tarak along with defeating the Harvesters, but one time I did see a couple of females on Melanos once get into a cat-fight over a guy who didn't want anything do with him and both females got demoted for the fight." Lockheed said.
"So how do you deal with it if it was you in that situation? I got two females after me! What do you suggest like said?" Hibiki asked.
"Simple Hibiki, if I was you I would choose which one truly loves me for who I am both my strengths and weaknesses and I can do the same vice-versa along with both of us caring and being there for each other and not one who only wishes to use me. Ultimately, you must be the one to decided not me because it's your problem not mine." Lockheed said firmly.
While walking through the area where the women's shower or bating areas were located carefully, Lockheed was so absorbed in his conversation with Hibiki that he failed to see Barnette who was leaving the area wearing nothing, but a towel covering her body.
She was about to go back inside the women's showering areas after seeing nothing because she thought she did, but did not and was turning around when she ran into Lockheed which caused both of them to fall down with Barnette landing on top of the Lunar Knights Squad Leader in an awkward position with Lockheed on the bottom while Barnette was on top giving Lockheed a good view of Barnette's breasts or seeing her cleavage clearly.
As if to add insult to injury, one of Lockheed's hands was on Barnette's left breast that he squeezed once that caused both Lockheed and Barnette to blush like a pair of red tomatoes at this scene.
Hibiki, Dita, and Misty could only blush and stare in shock at what was going on and next thing they knew was Barnette screamed as loud as she could, slapped Lockheed in the face hard as she could, and ran back inside embarrassed.
Unfortunately for him, things got a bit worse when Arthur talking with his commanding officer Air Chief Marshall Salvador arrived on the scene and wondered what the hell happened and why Lockheed was blushing very badly.
Before Lockheed could respond, Misty began snickering which then erupted into full out laughter before falling down on her ass along with Hibiki and Dita doing the same seconds later. Lockheed got up still embarrassed and looked down at the floor face full of red.
"Hey! I didn't mean to touch her like that! I was distracted okay so can we drop it and not talk about it please!" Lockheed shouted.
"Oh sure...you were feeling her up you pervert!" Arthur said before he laughed.
After everything settled down, they all left the area though Barnette on the other hand was very embarrassed by the whole incident. Not to mention, Paiway caught the whole incident with her signature Pai-checks carefully.
For some reason, Barnette put her hand on her left breast and she thought about it for a bit wondering why did she like it for some reason? Arthur she knew did it to her and Jura by mistake, but this was a bit different so, she decided to ask Magno about this odd feeling and thought of nothing of it moments later.
On the other hand for Lockheed's group, after arriving at the Bio-Garden Hibiki decided to ask something, "Hey, Major Ellison could you show me what your Gundam looks like sometime?"
"Sorry, but its classified." Lockheed said.
"Mr. Angel Alien, is it true? Is Ms Bella going to leave?" Dita asked.
"Yeah Dita, she is and there is nothing I can do about it because the high ups like Air Chief Marshall Salvador here need her, but don't worry Brian and I will stay with permission of course." Arthur said while arriving in the bio-garden with Brian.
The other Gundam pilots of Terrain Prime on the other hand were exploring the ship which Yao and Chris were walking taking in the sights before they came to the bridge where Ezra, Belvedere, Amarone, and Buzam were working.
Buzam saw them and spoke, "You boys need something?"
"No ma'am, just-"
Chris stopped talking when in his looking around the bridge, his speech came to a halt when his gaze stopped at Amarone who looked confused as she stared back at the teammates of Arthur, Bella, and Brian. Yao saw this and waved his left hand in front of him trying to get him to snap out of his trance.
"Hello?! Chris are you there?!" Yao asked while being annoyed.
Chris shock his head and replied, "Yes Yao?"
"You were staring at that one chick. What's up with that?" Yao asked.
"Um, I don't know. She just looks nicely dressed and reminds me of Lilo's folks who dress like that." Chris replied quickly.
"Oh? You're not checking her out?" Yao asked.
Chris blushed a bit and replied, "No! And...uh...keep up the good work ladies bye!"
He soon left the bridge in a hurry leaving everyone confused as Ezra looked confused while the rest of those on the bridge looked at Amarone that seconds later, Belvedere got up and walked up to Yao wondering why are they here.
"What are you doing here?" Belvedere asked.
Yao just snorted and replied, "What's the deal you little woman? Can't we guys see what the ship comrade Arthur, comrade Brian, and comrade Bella served on for ourselves?"
Belvedere got a bit mad and replied, "Woman?! My name is Belvedere Coco and I'm just turned 19 you arrogant prick!"
"I take it that you had a reason for joining the pirates?" Yao asked.
"Yes and it's none of your business!" Belvedere shouted.
Yao then spoke, "Hope you can have a college education at least when the war is over."
Belvedere got mad which Yao spoke again, "You know, you're cute when you're angry and I like that."
"Got anything more sexist you want to say? Or do I have to toss you out?" Buzam asked.
"Nope, just seeing if these ladies are strong both outside and inside and she's passed my test." Yao said.
He soon left which Amarone spoke, "He's so arrogant!"
"That's Yao for you at least according to what Arthur, Bella, and Brian told me about before." Ezra said.
Harold on the other hand was walking alone in the hallways passing a few of the Nirvana crew members who commented on how he looked like Arthur and wondered if he was dangerous like Arthur himself which he shook his head in annoyance.
He then heard singing which upon tracking it down he found himself at the door of a showering or bathroom for the women as indicated by a crudely drawn female symbol on a tapped piece of paper. He peered into the tiny window and saw it came from a female which he decided to leave to not bother her.
Before he could leave, then saw a young girl which he saw was Paiway run past him, into the bathroom, and seconds later, he heard a flush followed by a loud yelp that was directed at the young girl he saw run past him in a hurry.
"Paiway! I was taking a shower!" Celtic shouted.
"Sorry Celtic! I really needed to use the bathroom and didn't see you there." Paiway said.
Harold started to chuckle which Celtic spoke, "Who's laughing?!"
Seconds later, Celtic clad only in her towel that covered her torso while hiding behind Paiway came out to wonder who was chuckling at her little pain of her shower mishap that was caused by Paiway even though the young nurse didn't mean to harm Celtic.
The moment their eyes met, time seemed to just stand still as the two looked at each other as Celtic stood up fully while holding onto her towel wondering who this mystery male was while Paiway just looked on confused at what was going on.
"Who...are...you?" Celtic asked.
"Oh um Harold...Ensign Harold Hanson of the Terrain Prime Self Defense Navy, pilot of the Pluto Gundam and Arthur's favorite cousin." Harold said proudly.
"You're his blood relative?" Celtic asked.
Harold nodded before he spoke, "Yes and I recommend you get back into the shower before you get cold."
"Okay and the name is um...Celtic...Mordi..." Celtic replied while blushing a bit.
She turned around and just as she headed back in, she accidentally stepped on Paiway's frog puppet or handbag Kero which she started to tumble that prompted Harold to run and managed to prevent her from falling by catching her before she could fall.
"You okay?" asked Harold.
Celtic on the other hand opened her eyes and found herself being held by Harold bridal style making her blush very deeply before she jumped down and shoved Harold, Paiway, and Paiway's bag out the door, but just before the door closed, Celtic's towel came off letting Harold see her backside and her butt for a second.
"Pervert! Kero!" Paiway shouted.
"What?! No I'm not!" Harold shouted while blushing madly.
He soon left, but somehow he couldn't stop thinking about Celtic as he hoped that he could have a more proper time to know her as she looked like the type of person he'd like to date.
"For a shy lady, she's pretty cute and what the heck?! Why I'm I thinking about her? Could this be the start of a crush? I guess time will tell." Harold said to himself.
A/N: Here is the end of Part 1 of Chapter 5
The class of ship the Solaris and Lunar resemble the Archangel-class from Gundam Seed, but a bit more futuristic. For the Seraphim, it resembles the Minerva from Gundam Seed Destiny, but more war like and futuristic.
For the Sparta it takes its appearance from the Eternal from Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny, but more militaristic and futuristic. For the Buran-class, they take their looks from the Tender-ship ReHome from Gundam Seed Astray side-stories, but has a few bits of the Eternal and is more futuristic.
The Keetongu resembles the Ra Nahel Argama from its appearance in Gundam Unicorn, but designed as a hospital ship and is more futuristic.
R&R to tell me what you think, but no flames only constructive Criticism is allowed.
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